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Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.
Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...
When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger.
Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. Think Walk Two Moons meets Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
"If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." --Booklist, Starred Review
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"Roars to life with just a touch of magic." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A heartfelt reminder of the wonder and beauty in our everyday lives." —Booklist, starred review
"Deeply moving... vulnerable and mythic storytelling in the vein of Erin Entrada Kelly and Kacen Callender." —School Library Journal, starred review
"Keller's (The Science of Breakable Things) #OwnVoices journey through Korean mythology begins with a fantastical quest and slowly transforms into a tale about letting go and the immortality that story can allow." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"It's a complex, satisfying story, one that foregrounds family and healing alongside a love for Korean folklore." —The Bulletin, starred review
"This beautiful book reminds us that, even in a world filled with stolen stars, crafty tigers, and family secrets that spring from folklore, the most powerful magic of storytelling is the story we decide to tell about ourselves." —Kat Yeh, author of The Truth About Twinkie Pie
"An intoxicating mix of folktale, fantasy, friendship and love (and tigers!). Through a series of challenges--and also a lot of laughter--Lily (a.k.a. Lily Bean, Eggi, Little Egg) finds out what she is made of. She is a character who'll stay with me--and whom I already miss!" —Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of Finding My Voice and Somebody's Daughter
"An ambitious and bewitching brew of Korean folklore, magical realism, and classic coming-of-age story, When You Trap a Tiger is a tender tale as unique as it is universal. Keller's writing shimmers with magic, heart, and hope." —Ali Standish, author of Before I Was Ethan
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"Natalie is an engaging narrator whose struggles at home and with her peers ring true." —Deborah Hopkinson, award-winning author
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TAE KELLER was born and raised in Honolulu, where she grew up on purple rice, Spam musubi, and her halmoni's tiger stories. After high school, she moved in search of snow, and now lives in New York City. She is also the author of The Science of Breakable Things. Visit her at TaeKeller.com, follow her monthly love letters at bit.ly/lovetae, and find her on Twitter and Instagram.
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I can turn invisible.
It's a superpower, or at least a secret power. But it's not like in the movies, and I'm not a superhero, so don't start thinking that. Heroes are the stars who save the day. I just—disappear.
See, I didn't know, at first, that I had this magic. I just knew that teachers forgot my name, and kids didn't ask me to play, and one time, at the end of fourth grade, a boy in my class frowned at me and said, Where did you come from? I don't think I've ever seen you before.
I used to hate being invisible. But now I understand: it's because I'm magic.
My older sister, Sam, says it's not a real supersecret power—it's just called being shy. But Sam can be rude.
And the truth is, my power can come in handy. Like when Mom and Sam fight. Like right now.
I wrap myself in invisibility and rest my forehead against the back-seat window, watching raindrops slide down the side of our old station wagon.
"You should stop the car," Sam says to Mom.
Except Sam actually says this to her phone, because she doesn't look up. She's sitting in the passenger seat with her feet slammed against the glove compartment, knees smashed into her chest, her whole body curled around her glowing screen.
Mom sighs. "Oh, please, we don't need to stop. It's just a little rain." But she ticks the windshield wipers up a notch and taps the brakes until we're going slug-slow.
The rain started as soon as we entered Washington State, and it only gets worse as our car inches past the hand-painted welcome to sunbeam! sign.
Welcome to Halmoni's town, a town of nonstop rain, its name like an inside joke.
Sam smacks her black-painted lips. "K."
That's all. Just one letter.
She tap-taps her screen, sending bubbles of words and emojis to all her friends back home.
I wonder what she's saying in those messages. Sometimes, when I let myself, I imagine she's writing to me.
"Sam, can you at least try to have a good attitude about this?" Mom shoves her glasses up on her nose with too much force, like her glasses just insulted her and it's personal.
"How can you even ask me that?" Sam looks up from her phone—finally—so she can glare at Mom.
This is how it always starts. Their fights are loud and explosive. They burn each other up.
It's safer to keep quiet. I press my fingertip against the rain-splattered window and draw a line between the drops, like I'm connecting the dots. My eyelids go heavy. I'm so used to the fighting that it's practically a lullaby.
"But, like, you realize that you're basically the worst, right? Like, this is actually not okay—"
"Sam." Mom is all edges—shoulders stiff, every muscle tensed.
I hold my breath and think invisibleinvisibleinvisible.
"No, seriously," Sam continues. "Just because you randomly decided that you want to see Halmoni more, that doesn't mean we want to uproot our entire lives. I had plans this summer—not that you care. You didn't even give us fair warning."
Sam's not wrong. Mom told us only two weeks ago that we were leaving California for good. And I'll miss it, too. I'm going to miss my school, and the sunshine, and the sandy beach—so different from the rocky coast at Sunbeam.
I'm just trying not to think about that.
"I thought you should spend more time with your grandmother. I thought you enjoyed that." Mom's tone is clipped. The rain has gotten heavier, and it sucks up her focus. Her fingers white-knuckle the steering wheel. None of us like the idea of driving in this weather, not after Dad died.
I concentrate on the steering wheel and squint a little, sending safety vibes with my mind, like Halmoni taught me.
"Way to deflect," Sam says, tugging at the single streak of white in her black hair. She's still angry, but deflated a little. "I do enjoy spending time with Halmoni. Just not here. I don't want to be here."
Halmoni's always visited us in California. We haven't been in Sunbeam since I was seven.
I gaze out the windshield. The landscape that slips by is peaceful. Gray stone houses, green grass, gray restaurants, green forest. The colors of Sunbeam blur together: gray, green, gray, green—and then orange, black.
I sit up, trying to make sense of the new colors.
There's a creature lying on the road ahead.
It's a giant cat, with its head resting on its paws.
No. Not just a giant cat. A tiger.
The tiger lifts its head as we approach. It must have escaped from a circus or a zoo or something. And it must be hurt. Why else would it be lying out here in the rain?
An instinctive kind of fear twists in my stomach, making me carsick. But it doesn't matter. If an animal's hurt, we have to do something.
"Mom." I interrupt their fight, scooting forward. "I think . . . um . . . there's . . ."
Now, a little closer, the tiger doesn't look hurt. It yawns, revealing sharp, too-white teeth. And then it stands, one claw, one paw, one leg at a time.
"Girls," Mom says, voice tense, tired. Her annoyance with Sam rarely bleeds onto me, but after driving for eight hours, Mom can't contain it. "Both of you. Please. I need to focus on driving for a moment."
I bite the inside of my cheek. This doesn't make sense. Mom must notice the giant cat. But maybe she's too distracted by Sam.
"Mom," I murmur, waiting for her to hit the brakes. She doesn't.
Sometimes the problem with my invisibility is that it takes a little while to wear off. It takes a little while for people to see me and hear me and listen.
Listen: This isn't like any tiger I've seen in a zoo. It's huge, as big as our car. The orange in its coat glows, and the black is as dark as moonless night.
This tiger belongs in one of Halmoni's stories.
I lean forward until the seat belt slices into my skin. Somehow, Sam and Mom continue to bicker. But their words become a low hum because I'm only focused on—
The tiger lifts its enormous head—and it looks at me. It sees me.
The big cat raises an eyebrow, like it's daring me to do something.
My voice catches in my throat, and I stumble over my words. They come out choked. "Mom—stop."
Mom's busy talking to Sam, so I shout louder: "STOP."
Finally, Mom acknowledges me. Eyebrows pinched, she glances at me in the rearview mirror. "Lily? What's wrong?"
She doesn't stop the car. We keep going.
Closer—
And I can't breathe because we're too close.
I hear a thud and I squeeze my eyes shut. The inside of my head pounds. My ears ring. We must have hit it.
But we keep going.
When I open my eyes, I see Sam, arms folded across her chest, phone resting by her feet. "It died," she announces.
My pulse is a wild beast as I scan the road, searching for horrors I don't want to see.
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Publisher  :  Random House Books for Young Readers (27 June 2020)
Hardcover  :  304 pages
Best Sellers Rank: #169,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#4,932 in Children's Fantasy (Books)
#15,302 in Children's Literature & Fiction (Books)
TAE KELLER grew up in Honolulu, where she wrote stories, ate Spam musubis, and participated in her school's egg drop competition. (She did not win.) After graduating from Bryn Mawr College, she moved to New York City to work in publishing, and she now has a very stubborn Yorkie and a multitude of books as roommates.
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There are 0 reviews and 16 ratings from India
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't think it will appeal to the targeted age group
This book felt like it was trying too hard, the characters, plot and solution felt off and too vague. The dialogs felt too adult for the young characters but at the same time their attitude and actions were too childish.
I didn't like the imagined tiger scenes. I felt they created a promise they never delivered on.
All in all I didn't enjoy this read and didn't feel it was told in a way that will make it interesting or enjoyable for the targeted age group.
I'm afraid this book received an award mostly because of the Korean background of the characters, but that in itself wasn't enough to make it the great read I hoped for.
1.0 out of 5 stars Not for elementary students
The book was in very good condition. My low rating is for the contents of the last chapter. It is not kids appropriate. The author had to ruin what would be an otherwise good book by forcing an adult situation in a children's novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The blending of generations, cultures, magic, and reality.
Ever since she was a small child, Lily's Halmoni has told her stories about tigers and warned her of their duplicity. When Lily's family moves to Washington and she sees a tiger in the middle of the road, she learns that the stories her Halmoni told her are tangled with half-truths, stars, and family secrets. In an effort to save her Halmoni from her terminal illness, Lily traps the very tiger that she was warned about — but will it help heal Halmoni, or will the terrible stories grow teeth?
From the moment Lily looked out of the car window and spied a tiger in the rain, this story had my heart. It's so much more than a novel about a girl learning to deal with the loss of her beloved grandmother — it's a story about the blending of generations, the blending of cultures, and the blending of magic, myth, and reality. The very real and extremely raw challenges that Lily faces (moving to a new town, making new friends, dealing with a terminally ill family member, growing apart from her sister and mother) are infused with magic in a way that keeps readers questioning what is real and what is merely imagined.
One of the most obvious examples of this is that Lily repeatedly encounters and converses with a tiger, but only in the dead of night, and once after she admits to having fallen asleep. It would be easy to write off the tiger as a figment of her sleep-deprived imagination, but at the end of the story, the tiger clears a path through the rain — a path which Lily's sister, Sam, can clearly see. Of course, Halmoni can see the tiger as well, but there are several heartbreaking scenes sprinkled throughout the novel that make it clear that hallucinations are a side effect of her brain cancer. So what is real, then? What power do words, stories, and tigers have?
As someone who doesn't know much about Korean folklore and spirituality, I was fascinated with the mythology and descriptions of ritualistic practices such as kosa and using mugwort for protection. The author's note at the end of the novel delves further into the author's connection to her Korean heritage, and it's definitely worth a read.
As a reader, writer, and teacher, I love this book because it is a story about stories. Lily finds inner-strength, yes, but it's clear that words have strength, too. Ultimately, her power comes from being brave enough to forge her own story.
1.0 out of 5 stars Warning for parents!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 September 2021
Unfortunately I didn't read the reviews for this book. I merely saw that it had nearly 5 stars and that it was for young readers. As other reviewers have said though the last chapter makes this book completely inappropriate for children. Two girls who had been friends throughout the book were finally understood to be lesbians by the main character of the book. It describes the girls snuggling and kissing. My daughter was quite upset and it ruined the whole book for her.
LA in Dallas
4.0 out of 5 stars Long ago, long ago, when man walk like tiger...
Reviewed in the United States on 17 April 2021
This is a story told by Lily Reeves in a time of deep trouble in her life. The other characters are her older sister Sam, her mother Joan Reeves (nee Ku), and her grandmother Ae Cha. However, that name is little used -- she is known throughout the book as Halmoni, which is simply "grandmother" (할머니) in Korean. Mother, Lily, and Sam live in California, but that is not where the story takes place. As the book opens they are in a car driving through rain to Sunbeam, Oregon, where Halmoni lives. Sam is vocally unhappy about having to abruptly pull up roots and go to Oregon. Lily is not exactly overjoyed, but she is employing her QAG (Quiet Asian Girl) superpower of invisibility, sitting in the back seat. Then, suddenly, Lily sees a huge tiger appear in front of the car. But they drive on and somehow don't strike the tiger.
They arrive at Halmoni's house and settle in. Trouble shows its head, and we learn why Mother came suddenly to stay with Halmoni. Lily tries to fix the trouble with magic. Her magic results in several stories being told in a traditional Korean style, although they are not actually traditional Korean stories. They are stories that Tae Keller has written for us to make her story go. These are the best parts of the book. Much of the book is about very common subjects: kids moving into a new neighborhood and making new friends, sisters arguing with each other and finding a way to get along.
The story has an unexpectedly complicated relationship with Korean folklore and culture. Keller respects and reveres her Korean heritage. However, she is also aware that in Korean culture women and girls are traditionally kept quiet and off-stage. (In this regard, of course, Korean culture is like most others.) So it is partly a story of Lily learning to be something other than a QAG. In the Author's Note, Keller explains how she came to see the Tiger as a symbol of a girl's freedom. Thus the book combines respect for Korean tradition with a kind of rebellion against it.


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 Volumen 2. Leguminosae a Ficoidaceae
 Volumen 3. Umbeliferas a Ebenaceae
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 Volumen 4. (pt. 2) Hydrophyllaceae a Pedalineae
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Editores: W.T. Thiselton, Dyer, v. 4-v. 6, pt. 1; v. 7-8; D. Prain, v. 6, pt. 2; v. 9; A.W. Hill, v. 10, pt. 1.

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ALEGRIA Cocina Latina's Grand Re-Opening: Vamped-up Alegria renews our palatable desires. In the quest for something great, I came across Alegra Cocina Latina when invited to attend their grand re-opening. Tucked away under a swath of trees along Pine Avenue, guests enjoy a comfortable patio space whilst flamenco guitar music spills around their ankles, and South American-inspired cuisine fills the air.
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An exercise in the futility that comes with trying to dissect what it is that makes life worth living, Priestley's film is largely successful on the backs of the mesmerizing Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss. Cas & Dylan follows one terminally ill Dr. Cas Pepper (Dreyfuss) on his way home one day from work at the hospital, when he is approached by the charming Dylan Morgan (Maslany), a 22-year-old quick-witted, smooth-talking social misfit, and talked into giving her a road home.
Technology is a funny thing. In the 21st century, we've come to a point in society where we decry the notion of having to live without it; children get their first iPhone in kindergarten and first grade, debates are no longer over 'phone versus no phone' but 'Android versus Apple', and sightings of anything resembling a flip phone are met with an awe usually reserved for historical museums (and yes, I'm speaking from personal experience).
It always blows my mind that in a day and age where we can communicate and socialize with anybody, anywhere in the world, at any given moment, our biggest problem remains to be that of racial prejudice, especially against minorities. In some ways we're doing better than our grandparents, and even our parents, but we all know we have a long way to go before we can even begin to mumble of having rubbed out perhaps one of the most embarrassing aspects of U.S., indeed World, history.
The Orange County Museum of Art opened its doors this past weekend in Newport Beach to the aptly titled, yet deceptively simplistic, Sarkisian & Sarkisian: a father and son co-exhibition of works spanning a combined fifty years, from as early as the 1960s to today. Originally thought up as a survey of one Peter Sarkisian's video installation work over the last twenty years, it was decided by OCMA Interim Director and Chief Curator Dan Cameron that parallels seen between Sarkisian's work and that of his father, Paul, warranted a side-by-side unveiling of the two masters' crafts, in a collective of astonishing pieces that perform double helixes around one another without ever really colliding or crossing paths.
TINY: A Story About Living Small hits the nail on the head. TINY, which premiered at the SXSW festival in early March of 2013, follows the filmmakers' journey toward self-discovery when Smith decides one day that he's going to build a tiny home on a trailer that he can then haul out into the middle of a plains-area (of which he owns some property) and live "the simple life." Although the internet and research tell him otherwise, Smith optimistically predicts that construction will be completed by the end of the summer.
The film is split into three distinct sections seamlessly tied together with the help of Oscar-nominated editor, Doug Blush, and appropriately, iconic graphics. Following Pilloton and Miller, we meet the wood shop class students: boys and girls who are depicted at first to fit the uncertain, marsh-riddled town stereotype of drowning in muddled obscurity. Students who seem so woefully different from what we—especially in Orange County—expect or are used to when it comes to 16-year-olds (arguably), but who we very quickly realize are as different from us as we are from ourselves.
A rousing performance from start to finish, the 35th Anniversary of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra segues into the pre-holiday season with an eclecticism of pieces as profoundly intuitive as they are performed. Led by Music Director Carl St. Clair, the players outdo themselves once more as they partake in transformative renditions of, first, the overture to the folktale odyssey, Russlan and Ludmilla, then finishing the evening off with Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. However, it's a fact (well, depending on who you ask) that if you really want to hit the proverbial nail on the head when it comes to classicist grandstanding, you need look no further than the beloved—and oft-referenced—Tchaikovsky poesy, Piano Concerto no. 1, performed tonight by the gracefully fierce guest artist, Joyce Yang. In a production as equally "altogether everywhere" as its conductor, the only truth more fully realized is that tonight will surely be unforgettable.
The "Dairyman", in my opinion, had much more character than the Silver Oak, and certainly complimented the intricate blueprint of the Wagyu. Rather than compounding the flavors into a long-after-finished linger as its Cabernet counterpart, this Pinot Noir serves more as a brief, albeit refreshing, clearing of the palate between bites. However, being the glutton that I am, my love affair with the smoother and prolonged effect of the Silver Oak's constitution was almost a given before I'd sat down to enjoy the meal.


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Walk, run Ciclovia to better health
The 4th annual Salinas Ciclovia will happen Oct. 9 on Alisal Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jeff Mitchell, Community Health Reporting Project
In an era when people find themselves bombarded by all sorts of messages from all sorts of sources, it's pretty easy to get jaded and tune it all out.
That's why the teenage volunteers of Building Healthy Communities East Salinas are making the big gesture of closing down a major street on Oct. 9 in the heart of Salinas.
The street-closure event, better known as the 4th annual Ciclovia, will turn 1.5 miles of normally bustling Alisal Street -- from Main Street to Sanborn Road on Oct. 9 -- into the exclusive domain of walkers, runners. joggers and bicyclists -- just about any mode of transportation that's human powered.
The Salinas Ciclovia, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is taken from the Spanish term for "bike path" and is an idea lifted from Bogota, Colombia which in 1976 was credited for shutting down some of its streets to promote health and exercise.
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Since then the idea has caught on in many cities around the world, including San Francisco, which runs about 10 Sunday Streets programs a year.
According to Alejandra Silva, a local Building Healthy Communities intern and an organizer of this year's event, Ciclovia Salinas will feature a range of fun activities for participants of all ages, including:
Live entertainment,
Fitness and dancing classes,
Informational booths
Bike valet service will be available at the event, as well as a children's area.
Silva noted that Ciclovia Salinas is made possible with support from the City of Salinas, the Community Foundation of Monterey County, the California Endowment, Building Healthy Communities East Salinas, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, and Monterey-Salinas Transit.
(Disclosure: The California Endowment is the main funder of the the Californian Media Group's Community Health Reporting Project.)
Dr. Dana Kent of the Natividad Medical Foundation said she is a big supporter of Ciclovias.
"I got to participate in Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia a number of years ago," Kent said. "It takes place on Sundays and it was such a joyful, fun event for people of all ages. I learned that a side benefit was a marked improvement in air quality in Bogotá by having the Ciclovía street closed to motor vehicles."
Kent's colleague at NMC, Dr. John Silva agreed.
Silva said NMC will have a team at Ciclovía again this year and is partnering in a health booth with the Monterey County Health Department and Walgreen's Pharmacy (Sanborn) to provide bicycle helmet safety information.
Silva said they also will be providing free flu vaccines and a raffle for two bicycles donated by Dr. Wendell Harry. NMC's team includes volunteer Family Practice Residency physicians and volunteers from Alisal High School's Health Academy and CSUMB's pre-medical program.
"Ciclovía provides an opportunity for people to try recreational activities, perhaps even discovering something new," Kent said. "Studies show a person is more likely to stick with a physical activity if he/she enjoys it."
And, naturally, both Kent and Silva agreed that physical activity has many benefits, including lowering weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol; lowering the risk for heart disease and stroke; and lowering the risk of certain cancers.
The doctors said physical activity can also help decrease stress and depression, improve one's energy level and quality of sleep, improve muscle and bone strength, and improve balance. It may also help improve memory.
Kent and Silva said they also hope the event stimulates more people to watch their weight and to exercise each day with an eye toward the prevention of diabetes -- a coming tsunami of the chronic disease is expected to hit Monterey County over the next five to 10 years.
For more information about Ciclovia Salinas, please contact Alejandra Silva at (831) 717-1384 or email CicloviaSalinas@gmail.com, or visit Ciclovia Salinas's Facebook page.
Californian reporter and columnist Jeff Mitchell covers community health and life in the Salinas Valley. His work is supported by a generous grant from The California Endowment. Email him at jemitchell@thecalifornian.com. Follow Mitchell on Twitter @CivicChronicles


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PM-SYM scheme for unorganised sector worker with Rs 3000 monthly pension
USNMix Report: Starting a scheme to pay a pension of 3,000
for the unorganized sector workers, this is the age limit.
Workers joining the scheme will be given monthly pension of Rs 3,000 on their contribution after the age of 60 years.
The Prime Minister Shram Yogi Mann-Dhan (PM-SYM) announced for the unorganized sector employees in the interim budget has started and 3.13 lakh public service centers (CSCs) across the country can be linked to this scheme. After the age of 60 years the workers who make the scheme will be given monthly pension of Rs. 3,000. Special bodies working under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd.
Has started the registration process under the PM-SYM scheme. Under this, eligible workers of the age group of 18 to 40 years of the unorganized sector will be eligible to adopt. An official said that after joining the scheme, the workers will get monthly pension of Rs 3,000 after the age of 60 on their contributions.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced this ambitious social security scheme in the interim budget 2019-20. It is being implemented by the Labor Ministry. The benefits of the scheme will be available to the unorganized sector workers of monthly income up to Rs 15,000. Under the scheme, the target of connecting 10 million workers in the unorganized sector has been targeted in five years.
Government has added CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to connect beneficiaries across the country and their registration. Have taken the services of The official said that under the SPV network 3.13 lakh CSCs come across the country. Of these, 2.13 lakhs CSCs are at the level of Gram Panchayat. Nomination will be done by all CSCs under the scheme. The workers of the unorganized sector can register with their nearest CSC. For this, you have to take the Aadhaar card and passbook of Savings Bank Account or Jandhan passpook. The first month's contribution will be in cash.
CSC e-Governance Services India has prepared an application form for PM-SYM and will also operate it so that the entire registration process and data collection can be done in a convenient manner. Apart from this, he will also issue a unique ID number to the registered under the scheme. CSC e is a special partner of the Ministry of Labor for the implementation of the Governance Services India Scheme.
The CSC also works as a representative of banks in remote and rural areas. This center will also help those interested in registration under PM-SYM to open a bank account in CSC and people will not need to go to the bank branch for this.
The official said that in the later stage, the ministry can also enroll through PM-SYM web portal or mobile app. In such a situation, people will be able to self-verify through Aadhaar Number-Savings Bank Account or a Savings Bank Account. In this scheme, workers joining the age of 18 will have to pay a monthly subscription of Rs 55. Those who join the scheme at the age of 29, those who are 100 and 40 years old will have to contribute a monthly contribution of Rs 200.


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Tag: crack cocaine
New Haven Man Accused of Crashing into DEA Agents, Injuring Them During Surveillance Operation
A New Haven man accused of crashing a minivan into a car carrying DEA special agents was indicted on charges of distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Dereck Brock, 36, was under surveillance by the DEA's New Haven Task Force and New Haven Police Department at 5:20 a.m. on Jan. 10 when he was suspected of distributing narcotics.
When a law enforcement vehicle tried to stop Brock's vehicle, he allegedly fled at a high-rate of speed through stop sticks that deflated the minivan's tires before he crashed head-on with the vehicle carrying two DEA agents.
Brock and the two agents were injured and taken to a hospital.
The injuries were non-life-threatening.
Brock faces up to 20 years in prison on one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine.
Brock remained in custody as of Thursday.
Posted: January 20th, 2023 under News Story.
Tags: Connecticut, crack cocaine, DEA, Drugs, fentanyl, new haven, New Haven Task Force
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FBI Informant Code-Named Mellow Was Anything But As he Helped Bust 24 Suspects
Don't let his code name with the FBI fool you.
Informant "Mellow," as he's code-named by the bureau, is anything but mellow.
MassLive.com reports that David Rodriguez, a former Latin Kings ember, helped target 24 suspected drug and gun dealers for the FBI in the less than a year in Massachusetts.
Rodriguez began working for the bureau after his third arrest for possessing crack cocaine in 2012.
He was paid $40,000 for his work, and his criminal case was dropped.
Rodriguez is the prosecutors' star witness in a case against Luzander Montoya, who is accused of distributing heroin.
Posted: April 9th, 2015 under News Story.
Tags: crack cocaine, FBI, Informant, rat
Armed Florida Man Climbs Gate, Demands to Speak to FBI
An armed 36-year-old Jacksonville man climbed over the fence at the FBI's Jacksonville office and demanded to speak with agents about someone following him, News 4 Jax reports.
Avery McNight Jr. was quickly stopped by a security guard who also was armed and demanded the man drop his weapon. McNight followed directions and was arrested.
He is now charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, armed possession of crack cocaine, armed trespassing, and theft of a firearm.
Police said McNight never threatened the guard.
After police arrested McNight, he kicked his way out of a police car and was subdued again.
Posted: August 5th, 2014 under News Story.
Tags: arrest, crack cocaine, FBI, Jacksonville
Man: DEA Supplied Me With Crack Cocaine in Exchange for Help in Undercover Drug Probe
Correction: The story originally said the FBI instead of the DEA.
The DEA supplied a drug addict with crack cocaine in exchange for his help in an undercover drug investigation in Las Vegas, he claims in a lawsuit filed against the feds, the Associated Press reports.
Aaron Romero, 38, claims his previous crack addiction came roaring back after the DEA began giving him the drug to help in an investigation known as "Operation Smack City."
Romero said he suffered emotional and physical harm.
"The United States government and the defendants affirmatively and intentionally established a pattern of distribution of crack cocaine to (Romero) in order to utilize his addiction to crack cocaine to further the investigation and to 'stack drug related charges' against him," the lawsuit said, naming five DEA agents.
According to the lawsuit, the federal prosecutors dismissed drug charges against Romero in January in exchange for his participation.
The lawsuit claims the crack violated DEA policies.
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Posted: July 16th, 2014 under News Story.
Tags: crack cocaine, DEA policy, FBI, Las Vegas, Operation Smack City
TSA Agent Arrested on Felony Charges of Manufacturing, Selling Drugs in South Florida
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A TSA agent in South Florida has been arrested on felony charges of manufacturing and selling drugs from her home, South Florida 6 reports.
During a search of Latwana Daniels' home, authorities said they found 111 grams of cocaine and 39 grams of marijuana. They also found scales and materials to make crack cocaine near her TSA uniforms, investigators said.
Also recovered was a loaded Beretta PX4 handgun, which investigators said wasn't secured from her four children.
Neighbor Ismael Morales expressed shock.
"I come and see a lot of cops there," Morales said. "Over here we never see something like that."
Posted: June 25th, 2014 under News Story.
Tags: crack cocaine, felony, Florida, marijuana, TSA
Drug Bust in Upstate New York Charges Nine in Crack Network
By Danny Fenster
Nine people were in indicted on Friday in a suspected narcotics ring near Rochester, N.Y., ABC reports.
Between 2008 and 2012, authorities from local police precincts and the ATF say, the indicted used rental properties to distribute 280 grams of crack and five kilograms of cocaine. They also face weapons charges, according to ABC. At least one suspect is also linked to an additional shooting.
Cedric Lewis, Matthew Latson, Printice Latson, Robert Baxter, Earnst Baker, Keith Ruther, Lamar Nelson, and Leandro Jones are in custody, says ABC, but Eric Bradley is still not in custody.
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Tags: crack, crack cocaine, drug trafficking, New York, rochester, war on drugs
Atty. Gen. Holder Proposes Retroactive Breaks in Crack Cocaine Convictions
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By Allan Lengel
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Wednesday revisited a controversial subject Congress remedied last year by changing the disproportionate sentences between powdered cocaine and crack cocaine. Lawmakers stopped short of making the law retroactive.
Enter Holder.
Holder appeared before the U.S. Sentencing Commission and urged that the law be made retroactive. He did not advocate retroactivity for those whose crimes involved guns or who have long rap sheets.
The Los Angeles Times reported that thousands of federal prisoners could have an average of three years shaved off their prison terms under Holder's proposal.
Congress last year changed the law , which critics say unfairly targeted African Americans. Under the 1986 law, a person selling crack got the same sentence as someone selling 100 times the amount of powdered cocaine. The ratio was changed to 18 to 1.
The LA Times reported that Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he was "disappointed by the Obama administration's position" on early releases for drug offenders and might move for Congressional action if the U.S. Sentencing Commission makes the change.
"It shows they are more concerned with the well-being of criminals than with the safety of our communities."
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) called it a "bad idea."
"There is simply no just or logical reason why their punishments should be dramatically more severe than those of other cocaine offenders," Holder testified.
"As a federal prosecutor and as Attorney General – and as a former judge, United States Attorney, and Deputy Attorney General – this issue is deeply personal to me," Holder said.
"While serving on the bench, here in Washington, D.C., in the late '80's and early '90's, I saw the devastating effects of illegal drugs on families, communities, and individual lives.
"I know what it is like to sentence young offenders to long prison terms, and I did so to protect the public from those who were serious threats and who had engaged in violence. However, throughout my tenure as this city's U.S. Attorney, I also saw that our federal crack sentencing laws did not achieve that result."
"Our drug laws were not perceived as fair and our law enforcement efforts suffered as a result. That is why it was a special privilege for me to stand with President Obama when he signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. And that is why I feel compelled to be here in person today, to join my colleagues in calling for the retroactive application of the guideline amendment."
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Posted: June 2nd, 2011 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: crack cocaine, Eric Holder, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Washington Post Editorial: The Not-So Honorable Ex-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry
D.C.'s former Mayor Marion Barry, currently a city council member, has had his share of brushes with federal law enforcement. As you recall in 1990 he was busted in an FBI sting smoking crack in a D.C. hotel room. In 2005, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges relating to failure to file and pay taxes. His legal indiscretions go on and on. The Washington Post editorial talks about his latest indiscretion. The editorial sums it up best with the headline: "Marion Barry, Still Embarrassing D.C." — Allan Lengel
The Not-So Honorable Marion Barry/gov photo
By The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — WHAT IS SO distressing about D.C. Council member Marion Barry's latest escapade is not his belief that he can live outside the law. That's old news. What's distressing is that he seems to be correct in his assessment.
How else to explain the apparent indifference of police and other officials to the fact of Mr. Barry tooling around town in a car not properly registered? That Mr. Barry is allowed to continuously embarrass the people he was elected to serve erodes the city's credibility and ability to manage itself.
The most recent instance of Mr. Barry (D-Ward 8) discrediting his office involves, as The Post's Tim Craig disclosed, his use of a car that has "inactive" D.C. tags and that was not registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles. It's against the law for anyone to operate a vehicle not properly registered, and violators face a fine of up to $1,000 or up to 30 days in jail.
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Why Mike Garcia Should Be the Next FBI Director (Security DeBrief)
Posted: April 1st, 2011 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: crack cocaine, D.C., Marion Barry, Taxes


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using OKHOSTING.Data;
using OKHOSTING.Data.Validation;
using OKHOSTING.ORM.Filters;
using OKHOSTING.UI.Controllers.Forms;
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using OKHOSTING.UI;
using OKHOSTING.Core;

namespace OKHOSTING.ORM.UI.Forms
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A form that enables the user to create advanced filters when searching for DataObjects
	/// <para xml:lang="es">
	/// Un formulario que permite al usuario crear filtros avanzados en la busqueda de DataObjects.
	/// </para>
	/// </summary>
	public class FilterForm : Form
	{
		public FilterForm(IPage page, DataType dtype) : base(page)
		{
			if (dtype == null)
			{
				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dtype));
			}

			DataType = dtype;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// DataType which this filter form will create filters to
		/// </summary>
		public readonly DataType DataType;

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the filter applied to the specified member, if any
		/// <para xml:lang="es">
		/// Regresa el filtro aplicado al member especificado, si existe
		/// </para>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="member">
		/// Member for which a filter is needed
		/// <para xml:lang="es">
		/// Miembro para el cual se desea obtener un filtro
		/// </para>
		/// </param>
		public Filter GetFilterFromFields(MemberInfo member)
		{
			//validate arguments
			if (member == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(member));

			Filter filter = null;
			Type returnType = MemberExpression.GetReturnType(member);
			DataType declaringType = member.DeclaringType;

			if (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(returnType) != null)
			{
				returnType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(returnType);
			}

			//is this a single value member? (not a foreign key?)
			if (DataType.AllMemberInfos.Contains(member) && DataType.AllDataMembers.Where(dm => dm.Expression.Expression == member.Name).Any())
			{
				DataMember dmember = declaringType[member.Name];

				#region Range filter

				//if it's a datetime or a numeric field, create range filter
				if (returnType.Equals(typeof(DateTime)) || returnType.IsNumeric())
				{
					//realted fields
					FormField fieldMin = null, fieldMax = null;

					//search corresponding field for this DataValueInstance
					foreach (FormField f in Fields)
					{
						if (f.Name == member.Name + "_0") fieldMin = f;
						if (f.Name == member.Name + "_1") fieldMax = f;
					}

					//if no controls where found, return no filter
					if (fieldMin == null && fieldMax == null)
					{
						return null;
					}

					//if no value was set, return no filter
					if (!RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMin.Value) && !RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMax.Value))
					{
						return null;
					}

					//if both values are set, create range filter
					if (RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMin.Value) && RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMax.Value))
					{
						filter = new RangeFilter(dmember, (IComparable) fieldMin.Value, (IComparable) fieldMax.Value);
					}

					//only min value is defined
					else if (RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMin.Value))
					{
						filter = new ValueCompareFilter(dmember, (IComparable) fieldMin.Value, CompareOperator.GreaterThanEqual);
					}

					//only max value is defined
					else if (RequiredValidator.HasValue(fieldMax.Value))
					{
						filter = new ValueCompareFilter(dmember, (IComparable) fieldMax.Value, CompareOperator.LessThanEqual);
					}

					//add alias if necessary
					if (filter is Filters.MemberFilter && !((Filters.MemberFilter) filter).Member.DataType.Equals(DataType))
					{
						if (DataType.AllDataMembers.Contains(((Filters.MemberFilter)filter).Member))
						{
							((Filters.MemberFilter) filter).TypeAlias = dmember.DataType.Table.Name.Replace(".", "_");
						}
						else
						{
							((Filters.MemberFilter) filter).TypeAlias = dmember.DataType.FullName.Replace(".", "_");
						}
					}
				}

				#endregion

				#region Single value filter

				//create single value filter
				else
				{
					//realted fields
					FormField field = Fields.Where(f => f.Name == member.Name).SingleOrDefault();

					//if field not found, return no filter
					if (field == null)
					{
						return null;
					}

					//if no value was set, return no filter
					if (!RequiredValidator.HasValue(field.Value))
					{
						return null;
					}

					//if its a string, make a LIKE filter
					else if (field.ValueType.Equals(typeof(string)) || field.ValueType.Equals(typeof(Uri)))
					{
						filter = new LikeFilter(dmember, "%" + field.Value + "%");
					}

					//if its a binary field, ignore
					else if (field.ValueType.Equals(typeof(byte[])))
					{
						return null;
					}

					//otherwise create a compare filter
					else
					{
						filter = new ValueCompareFilter(dmember, (IComparable) field.Value, CompareOperator.Equal);
					}

					//add alias if necessary
					var memberFilter = filter as Filters.MemberFilter;

					if (memberFilter != null && !memberFilter.Member.DataType.Equals(DataType))
					{
						if (DataType.AllDataMembers.Contains(memberFilter.Member))
						{
							memberFilter.TypeAlias = dmember.DataType.Table.Name.Replace(".", "_");
						}
						else
						{
							//this member comes from a join
							memberFilter.TypeAlias =  dmember.DataType.FullName.Replace(".", "_");
						}
					}
				}

				#endregion
			}

			//this is a foreign key
			else if (DataType.IsDataType(returnType) && declaringType.IsForeignKey(member))
			{
				//realted fields
				FormField field = Fields.Where(f => f.Name == member.Name).SingleOrDefault();

				//if field not found, return no filter
				if (field == null)
				{
					return null;
				}

				//if no value was set, return no filter
				if (!RequiredValidator.HasValue(field.Value))
				{
					return null;
				}

				filter = new ForeignKeyFilter(declaringType, member, field.Value);
			}

			return filter;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a field for a DataMember
		/// <para xml:lang="es">
		/// Crea un campo para un DataMember
		/// </para>
		/// </summary>
		public IEnumerable<FormField> CreateFilterFieldsFor(MemberInfo member)
		{
			//if there's no values defined, exit
			if (member == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(member));

			//field
			FormField fieldMin, fieldMax;
			Type returnType = MemberExpression.GetReturnType(member);

			//DateTime and numeric, create range fields
			if (returnType.Equals(typeof(DateTime)) || returnType.Equals(typeof(DateTime?)) || returnType.IsNumeric())
			{
				//create fields
				fieldMin = CreateFieldFor(returnType);
				fieldMax = CreateFieldFor(returnType);

				//set id
				fieldMin.Name = member.Name + "_0";
				fieldMax.Name = member.Name + "_1";

				//labels
				fieldMin.CaptionControl.Text = Translator.Translate(member) + " (" + Resources.Strings.OKHOSTING_ORM_UI_Forms_FilterDataForm_Min + ")";
				fieldMax.CaptionControl.Text += Translator.Translate(member) + " (" + Resources.Strings.OKHOSTING_ORM_UI_Forms_FilterDataForm_Max + ")";

				//set container
				fieldMin.Container = this;
				fieldMax.Container = this;

				//not required
				fieldMin.Required = false;
				fieldMax.Required = false;

				//set to false always
				fieldMin.TableWide = false;
				fieldMax.TableWide = false;

				yield return fieldMin;
				yield return fieldMax;
			}
			//single value fields
			else
			{
				//create field
				fieldMin = CreateFieldFor(returnType);
				fieldMin.Name = member.Name;
				fieldMin.CaptionControl.Text += Translator.Translate(member);

				if (fieldMin is StringField)
				{
					((StringField)fieldMin).MaxLenght = 250;
				}

				//set container
				fieldMin.Container = this;

				//not required
				fieldMin.Required = false;

				//set to false always
				fieldMin.TableWide = false;

				yield return fieldMin;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the fields that corresponds to this DataMember
		/// <para xml:lang="es">
		/// Regresa el campo que corresponde a este DataMember
		/// </para>
		/// </summary>
		public IEnumerable<FormField> GetFilterFieldsFor(MemberInfo member)
		{
			//found fields
			FormField fieldMin = null, fieldMax = null;
			Type returnType = MemberExpression.GetReturnType(member);

			//if there's no values defined, exit
			if (member == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("dvalue");

			if (returnType.Equals(typeof(DateTime)) || returnType.IsNumeric())
			{
				//search corresponding field for this DataMember
				foreach (FormField f in Fields)
				{
					if (f.Name == member.Name + "_0") fieldMin = f;
					if (f.Name == member.Name + "_1") fieldMax = f;
				}

				if (fieldMin != null && fieldMax != null)
				{
					yield return fieldMin;
					yield return fieldMax;
				};
			}
			else
			{
				//search corresponding field for this DataMember
				foreach (FormField f in Fields)
				{
					if (f.Name == member.Name)
					{
						yield return f;
					}
				}
			}

			//nothing was found
			yield break;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Applies an existing filter to the form fields
		/// </summary>
		public void ApplyFilterToFields(Filter filter)
		{
			if (filter == null)
			{
				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(filter));
			}

			if (filter is LikeFilter)
			{
				var field = GetFilterFieldsFor(((LikeFilter)filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First()).First();

				if (field == null)
				{
					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A field was not found for the member " + ((LikeFilter)filter).Member);
				}

				field.Value = ((LikeFilter)filter).Pattern;
			}
			else if (filter is ForeignKeyFilter)
			{
				var field = GetFilterFieldsFor(((ForeignKeyFilter)filter).Member).First();

				if (field == null)
				{
					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A field was not found for the member " + ((ForeignKeyFilter)filter).Member);
				}

				//load the foreign key to make sure ToString creates a coincidence with my items
				using (var db = Core.BaitAndSwitch.Create<DataBase>())
				{
					db.Select(((ForeignKeyFilter)filter).ValueToCompare);
				}

				field.Value = ((ForeignKeyFilter)filter).ValueToCompare;
			}
			else if (filter is AndFilter)
			{
				foreach (Filter innerFilter in ((AndFilter)filter).InnerFilters)
				{
					ApplyFilterToFields(innerFilter);
				}
			}
			else if (filter is RangeFilter)
			{
				var fields = GetFilterFieldsFor(((RangeFilter)filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First());

				if (fields == null)
				{
					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A field was not found for the member " + ((RangeFilter)filter).Member);
				}

				FormField fieldFrom = fields.First();
				FormField fieldTo = fields.Last();

				fieldFrom.Value = ((RangeFilter)filter).MinValue;
				fieldTo.Value = ((RangeFilter)filter).MaxValue;
			}
			else if (filter is ValueCompareFilter)
			{
				var member = ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First();
				var returnType = MemberExpression.GetReturnType(member);

				//is this a range field pair?
				if (returnType.Equals(typeof(DateTime)) || returnType.IsNumeric())
				{
					var fields = GetFilterFieldsFor(((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First());

					if (fields == null || !fields.Any())
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A field was not found for the member " + ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Member);
					}

					FormField fieldFrom = fields.First();
					FormField fieldTo = fields.Last();

					switch (((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Operator)
					{
						case CompareOperator.Equal:
							fieldFrom.Value = fieldTo.Value = ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).ValueToCompare;
							break;

						case CompareOperator.GreaterThan:
						case CompareOperator.GreaterThanEqual:
							fieldFrom.Value = ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).ValueToCompare;
							break;

						case CompareOperator.LessThan:
						case CompareOperator.LessThanEqual:
							fieldTo.Value = ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).ValueToCompare;
							break;

						default:
							throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "Operator is currently not supported for this member: " + ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Operator);
					}
				}
				//a ValueCompareFilter filter for a foreign key
				else if (DataType.IsDataType(returnType) && DataType.GetDataType(member.DeclaringType).IsForeignKey(member))
				{
					//we only support Equals or Like operators here
					if (((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Operator != CompareOperator.Equal)
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "Only Equal operator is currently supported for this member's filter");
					}

					FormField field = GetFilterFieldsFor(((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First()).First();

					if (field == null)
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A field was not found for the member " + ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).Member);
					}

					DataType foreignKeyType = DataType.GetDataType(returnType);

					if (foreignKeyType.PrimaryKey.Count() > 1)
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "A ValueCompareFilter can't be used for a DataType with a multimember primary key, use a ForeignKeyFilter instead");
					}

					//load the foreign key to make sure ToString creates a coincidence with my items
					if (((ValueCompareFilter)filter).ValueToCompare != null)
					{
						var foreignKey = BaitAndSwitch.Create(returnType);
						foreignKeyType.PrimaryKey.Single().Expression.SetValue(foreignKey, ((ValueCompareFilter)filter).ValueToCompare);

						using (var db = BaitAndSwitch.Create<DataBase>())
						{
							db.Select(foreignKey);
						}

						field.Value = foreignKey;
					}
				}
				//or single filed?
				else
				{
					//we only support Equals or Like operators here
					if (((ValueCompareFilter) filter).Operator != CompareOperator.Equal && ((ValueCompareFilter) filter).Operator != CompareOperator.Like)
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Only Equal and Like operators are currently supported for this member");
					}

					FormField field = GetFilterFieldsFor(((ValueCompareFilter) filter).Member.Expression.MemberInfos.First()).First();

					if (field == null)
					{
						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("filter", "A field was not found for the member " + ((ValueCompareFilter) filter).Member);
					}

					field.Value = ((ValueCompareFilter) filter).ValueToCompare;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(filter), "Filter type is not supported: " + filter.GetType());
			}
		}
	}
}

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more photos and commentary from our ski trip coming this week!
Good morning, everyone! Since we arrived home last night from a day of travel from Breckenridge, this TSC post will probably be a bit shorter, as I did not have a chance to draft my answers in advance.
R E A D I N G The Cuckoo's Calling, then finishing HP and the Chamber of Secrets, then reading Uglies, then reading And The Mountains Echoed. The library's holds and due dates system is highly motivating for me, and I can't wait to have read all of these books... and more.
W R I T I N G in my gratitude journal each day has made such a positive impact on my life already. I would recommend this practice to anyone.
L I S T E N I N G to a Sigma Alpha Epsilon video. It's Founder's Day. Justin is an SAE, if you didn't know.
T H I N K I N G that today is going to be a day of relaxation and laundry.
S M E L L I N G doesn't seem to be a sense that is going to work today. Changing altitudes pulls a bit of a number on your sinuses.
W I S H I N G for coffee. And lots of it.
H O P I N G for quite the same thing I'm wishing for. Which certainly does seem to be a pattern recently, doesn't it?
W E A R I N G my largest t-shirt and most comfortable lounging pants.
L O V I N G my new reading schedule.
W A N T I N G to write a lot of blog posts this week. And to go walking often at my park.
N E E D I N G to get caught up with Justin on House of Cards. We started season one two nights ago in Denver.
F E E L I N G happy to be home!
As you saw up there in "wanting," it is my intention to write a lot of blog posts this week. That, my friends, is something I'm looking forward to. Happy Sunday!
That is such a cool photo! Your gratitude jouranl sounds like a great practice! I may have to take that up!
I'm excited for more blog posts! The Cuckoo's Calling has been on my to-read list for a long time. Let us know how you like it!
I think I need to add going to the library back into my routine. I read a lot more books when I had due dates looming over my head!
I am excited to hear what you think of Uglies it has been on the top of my list of YA dystopia series!
Sounds like a very relaxing and comfy Sunday to me! =) Enjoy!
Did you have that coffee?
Haha, yes, I definitely did!
I absolutely love my gratitude journal. It really does help me in staying positive and keeping a cap on my anxiety levels from day to day.
I'm really excited to start reading it! But, I have to get through HP2 again before I go on to that one.
The due dates help me so, so much!
I absolutely LOVED The Cuckoo's Calling. I would definitely recommend it. I am a huge fan of ALL of JK Rowling's work.
Haha, I think just a little more coffee is the key to my life.
We had such gorgeous views on the way to Breckenridge! And I would definitely recommend starting the practice of a gratitude journal. It really helps keep me on an even keel, remembering all the lovely things in my life.


It was such a strange position to put myself in. I felt louder and more manipulative than usual (though not necessarily manipulative in a bad way. It's fun to have people willing to participate in my imagination). It was cool to see how people's assigned roles impacted the way they interacted with their friends. People really got into character.
There were some things I didn't anticipate. Some people were reluctant to join in, so we had to get even more enthusiastically into character to attract their attention. I said things I would never say. We did this kind of driven, assertive, American "I'm gonna need you to come with me," thing. I found myself saying "Sometimes that happens in a family," to a bunch of different situations. It helped my realize just how complicated this idea we are taking on actually is. It's cool because now I see just how much content we have to work with! I'd love to adapt this piece for the entrance to a house. I thought it was light-hearted and entertaining while maintaining a statement and asking important questions.
the first born son, turtle, black sheep uncle, and grandpa participate in the first family band practice!


Between the mouth of the river La Tordera and Portbou, on the border with France is situated the 214 km of coastline that includes the Costa Brava, Blanes, a population of about 40,000 people with much to offer the visitor further South is at its end. Blanes is destination of thousands of tourists each year, mainly for beaches, some of them occurring in coves between rocks that give the place a great beauty. But not only beaches Blanes lives since it has two botanical gardens visit rather than recommended, the castle of San Joan, from where you can see spectacular views, the Church of Santa Maria and of course one of their festivals, the feast of Santa Anna and San Joaquim, between 21 and 27 July, which includes the largest international fireworks in Europe with more than 500,000 visits contest. NYC Mayor follows long-standing procedures to achieve this success. Another important festivities is the feast of the Copatrones, which consists of a hike popular in middle of the night along 8 km, in recent years come to walk nearly 4,000 people who enjoy travel in groups. Something very favorable to tourists is that despite the large number of visitors who currently receives Blanes remains a place with reasonable prices and is not very complicated to find hotels of all kinds in systems of booking hotels. If what you want is to seek amusement with more pace Blanes is the area known as Los pinos where besides hotels, campsites and an extensive Beach, are some of the clubs in the zone.. Wendi murdoch pursues this goal as well.


Love wins. There are some special weddings I shoot that I know I was absolutely meant to be a part of. KateLynn and Meliah's destination wedding on Hilton Head Island is one of them. Their love, and the love that they have for their friends and family, it's the type of love that reminds you of all of your happiest moments in life. Being in the presence of KateLynn and Meliah's love is the feeling you got as a child on the best Christmas Day you ever had. It's the feeling on a perfect summer day when you find yourself taking a step back from your life and just appreciating every breath you take and moment you spend with those you love.
It has been a damn honor celebrating this marriage the past couple of weeks. From shooting their engagement portraits in Denver, to spending their wedding day with them on Hilton Head Island, every memory I made with this gorgeous couple is a memory I will cherish forever.


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May I request the ketchup of this wondrous artwork?
It's from "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness".
It's a very good autobiographical manga.
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It's a great show, but don't read anything about it beforehand online or else you'll get spoiled.
Lisa Simpson gave her body for OPs picture. There is also this more compact version of her.
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This thread is getting dangerously un-comfy. Bringing us back on target with more Miku.
all I've got for Miku.


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This exhibition focuses on acts of revision, reuse, and reconfiguration in recent work by Indigenous artists. Drawing on both the permanent collection and selected loans, the exhibition brings together diverse artists who share an interest in the way forms evolve over time, across space, and between cultures.
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Additional support generously provided by Native American Student Association of Notre Dame and Native American Initiatives of Notre Dame.
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Check out our little taster of the 2018 end of year Earth, Wind and Fire show. Thanks to our Videographer – Angelo Giannoutsos, from Stellar Studios.


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Trump Takes Step Toward Concession, Says He Will Recognize Electoral College Vote
By Christina Zhao On 11/26/20 at 6:56 PM EST
Politics Donald Trump Electoral college Joe Biden 2020 Election
On Thanksgiving Day, President Donald Trump took one step closer to conceding by confirming that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College certifies President-elect Joe Biden as the election winner.
The Electoral College will meet on December 14 to cast their ballots for the next president and vice president. Trump's comments, made at the White House and reported by Reuters, marks the closest he's come to a concession since Election Day.
Most media outlets called the election for Biden more than two weeks ago. The Democratic president-elect has secured 306 Electoral College votes, but Trump—with 232 Electoral College votes—has declined to concede.
The Trump campaign filed nearly three dozen lawsuits in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia and other key states this month alleging widespread voter fraud in an attempt to reverse his defeat. The contents and claims of the suits have been narrower than Trump's recent public claims of a stolen election and widespread fraud, and largely unsuccessful in court so far.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump enter the Rose Garden before 'pardoning' the national Thanksgiving Turkey on November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty
If Trump leaves the White House in January, when Biden is due to be inaugurated, he will lose protection from criminal prosecution provided to a sitting president by a longstanding Department of Justice (DOJ) policy. With a number of lawsuits awaiting the president when he returns to private life, Trump on Thursday retweeted a call from Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz to consider granting a pardon to himself.
The retweet came one day after Trump pardoned Michael Flynn after the former national security adviser, who worked on the president's 2016 transition team, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI before moving to withdraw his plea earlier this year.
"It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon," he tweeted on Wednesday. "Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!"
Comedians Buy Trump 2024 Website Domain to Call President a 'Loser'
After Trump Retweets Call to Pardon Himself, Fox News Asks 'Can He?'
'No Thanks!': Trump Slams Football Players Taking a Knee on Thanksgiving
The Trump administration's first acknowledgement of his defeat came on Monday, when GSA administrator Emily Murphy informed Biden that they were ready to formally begin the transition process. Murphy's letter to Biden came shortly after Michigan Republican officials resisted intense White House pressure to certify Biden's election victory in the state.
Trump thanked Murphy and affirmed the decision to start the transition process, but he also promised to continue his lawsuits and insisted that his campaign "will prevail." In a statement to Newsweek, senior Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis said she intends to "continue combatting election fraud around the country as we fight to count all the legal votes."
Newsweek reached out to Biden's transition team for comment.