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THE CIVIL STANDARD OF PROOF AND ALLEGATIONS OF DISHONESTY: AVOIDING HINDSIGHT
October 6, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Witness statements
In Group Seven Ltd & Anor v Nasir & Ors [2017] EWHC 2466 (Ch) Mr Justice Morgan considered issues relating to the standard of proof when there are allegations of dishonesty and fraud. Part of the judgment also deals with the dangers of looking at witness evidence with the benefit of hindsight. Part of this judgment provides a "cut out and keep" guide to the burden of proof when making allegations of dishonesty and of the caution a judge must exercise when looking at a case with the benefit of hindsight.
"The correct position in relation to the standard of proof is as follows. The standard of proof is the civil standard, that is the allegations require to be proved on the balance of probabilities. It must be proved that the fact which is in issue more probably occurred than it did not occur. While it is obviously right to consider the inherent probability, or the inherent improbability, of an event in considering whether it has been proved on the balance of probabilities, there is no necessary connection between seriousness and inherent improbability."
"An allegation that a person has been dishonest has a substantial subjective element. Therefore, the court has to make findings about a person's state of mind at some time in the past. If the individual gives evidence to the effect that he did not have that state of mind at the relevant time then, if he is a credible witness and if there is no contemporaneous document to contradict his evidence, it may be inappropriate to reject his evidence. Even if the court feels that the witness ought to have appreciated something at the relevant time, if he says that he did not appreciate it, perhaps because he was inexperienced or just naïve or he was deceived by a fraudster, it may be inappropriate to reject his evidence."
THE CLAIM
The claimant had been persuaded to part with a €100 million by a group of fraudsters. Eventually some €88 million were returned to Allseas. Several actions had been brought to recover the balance due. In this action the credibility of some of the defendants' witnesses was a key issue.
THE JUDGE'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND ALLEGATIONS OF DISHONESTY
"Mr Landman, Mr Meduri and Mr Louanjli: general remarks
It is of critical importance in this case for me to assess the credibility, and the honesty, of Mr Landman, Mr Meduri and Mr Louanjli. Group Seven alleged that Mr Landman, Mr Meduri and Mr Louanjli were dishonest. Mr Louanjli and LLB joined with Group Seven in contending that Mr Landman and Mr Meduri were dishonest. The Notable Defendants joined with Group Seven in contending that Mr Louanjli was dishonest. It was also submitted that Mr Landman, Mr Meduri and Mr Louanjli lied in their evidence to the court.
The allegations against Mr Landman, Mr Meduri and Mr Louanjli are serious. The fact that the allegations are serious led some of the Defendants to submit that the more serious the allegation the more cogent must be the evidence relied upon. Counsel for Mr Louanjli also submitted that because the consequences for Mr Louanjli of a finding of dishonesty would be very grave, the stronger must be the evidence before a court could hold that the allegation had been proved. These submissions were said to be based on the speech of Lord Nicholls in Re H (minors) [1996] AC 563, in particular at 586. However, that passage in the speech of Lord Nicholls has been discussed on a number of later occasions where it has been pointed out that it has been misunderstood: see re B (Children) [2009] AC 11 at [5]-[15] and at [62]-[73], re S-B (Children) [2010] 1 AC 678 at [10]-[13] and re J (Children) [2013] 1 AC 680 at [35]-[36]. It is clear from those decisions that the nostrum "the more serious the allegation, the more cogent the evidence needed to prove it" is wrong: see re B (Children) at [64] per Lady Hale of Richmond. These authorities were reviewed in Otkritie International Investments Management Ltd v Urumov [2014] EWHC 191 (Comm) at [84]-[91] and see also I T Human Resources plc v Land[2016] FSR 10 at [113].
This description of the standard of proof does not allow me to say that the more serious the consequences of a finding, the more cogent must be the evidence in support of it, as submitted by counsel for Mr Louanjli. However, if the consequences of an adverse finding are very serious for a witness, that may mean that witness will find giving evidence a very stressful experience and I can plainly take that matter into account when assessing his evidence.
It is important that I form my assessment of the honesty of witnesses by reference to what was known by them at the relevant time. Today, a large number of matters are clear. It is clear that Mr Nobre was a fraudster and a money launderer. It is clear that Mr Nobre groomed Notable in order to use them to assist him with his money laundering. It is clear that Notable did in fact provide considerable assistance to Mr Nobre. Nonetheless, it is obvious that hindsight must be avoided and I must take particular care in that regard.
At the trial, the court was given evidence as to a large number of matters but it was clear that not all of those matters were known to all of the Defendants at the relevant time. When I make my findings as to the involvement of Mr Yi together with Mr Sultana, Mr Rejniak, Mr Nasir and others it must be remembered that the actions of those persons in defrauding Group Seven were not known to the Notable Defendants nor to Mr Louanjli. Similarly, I need to consider separately the information which Mr Nobre gave to the Notable Defendants from my consideration of the information which Mr Nobre gave to Mr Louanjli. For this reason, in this judgment, I will set out the facts for the purpose of the separate claims in separate sections. I will deal with the facts which are relevant to the claim against Mr Yi separately from the facts relevant to the claim against the Notable Defendants which, in turn, will be separate from the facts relevant to the claim against Mr Louanjli.
Much of the cross-examination of Mr Landman and Mr Meduri and many of the submissions focussed on the grounds for suspicion in relation to what Mr Nobre was asking Notable to do. Again, the extent to which matters were suspicious must be judged by reference to the knowledge available to Notable at the relevant time and not by reference to the matters which are now known. There is a fundamental difference between a finding that a person ought to have appreciated something and a finding that he did appreciate something. It is permissible to make a submission that because a person ought to have appreciated something that he must have appreciated, and therefore did appreciate, that thing. However, even in a case where the court is satisfied that a person ought to have appreciated something, the court has to consider separately whether the particular individual did appreciate that thing. The same comment applies to the cross-examination of Mr Louanjli and the suggestion that, because of the existence of grounds for suspicion of Mr Nobre, Mr Louanjli must have appreciated that Mr Nobre was a money launderer.
In this context, I will mention the fraud that was practised on Group Seven by Mr Sultana and Mr Rejniak and others. On the information which is available to the court today, it is obvious that Group Seven was being defrauded. Even on the information which Group Seven had at the relevant time, the proposed investment and the circumstances surrounding it looked suspicious in the extreme. It is still very difficult to understand how Group Seven did not realise that it was being defrauded. Nonetheless, it is absolutely clear that Group Seven were deceived. Counsel for the Notable Defendants and for Mr Louanjli referred to the way in which Group Seven was deceived by fraudsters in order to support their contention that something similar happened when Mr Nobre persuaded the Notable Defendants and Mr Louanjli to help him with money laundering. They stressed that Mr Nobre was an extremely skilful fraudster and they were as much victims who were misled by him as Group Seven were victims of Mr Rejniak and Mr Sultana.
Group Seven's experience does show that skilful fraudsters can persuade innocent people of many surprising things. I bear that experience in mind in warning myself to avoid hindsight and to pay close attention to the facts and the evidence of the witnesses as to what actually happened and their actual state of mind at the relevant time.
There has been an eight week trial. Individual documents have been put under a microscope. Great care and effort and time has been spent in assessing their contents and their possible implications. However, what I am concerned with is what happened at the time when the documents came into existence and were shown to others who had to decide what reaction, if any, to make to their contents.
Moreover, if a person accused of dishonesty tells lies in the course of his evidence on some of the issues in the case, the court still needs to ask itself whether it is appropriate to find that he was dishonest in relation to other issues in the case. The fact that a witness tells lies on one topic does not mean that all of his evidence is untruthful. The witness may be telling lies for a reason which does not necessarily indicate that he was dishonest in the way alleged.
Mr Landman
In relation to Mr Landman, I have to determine whether he was dishonest in his dealings with Mr Nobre and in relation to the payments made by Notable at the request of Mr Nobre. His case was that he and his colleagues acting on behalf of Notable were satisfied about the source of the €100 million and did not suspect anything untoward in relation to the payments from the Notable client account. It is important for me to form a view as to Mr Landman's credibility.
Mr Landman was cross-examined in detail as to the many issues of fact in this case. However, there was one issue of fact, in particular, on which he was cross-examined thoroughly and which is of considerable importance for the purpose of my assessment of his credibility. This issue concerned a payment of £170,000 to a Panamanian company called Nisroy Investments Inc ("Nisroy"). The allegation against Mr Landman in relation to this payment was a serious one. It was said that Mr Landman had asked Mr Nobre to make a personal payment to him in return for Mr Landman acting on Mr Nobre's instructions in various respects. It was said that Mr Nobre agreed to pay Mr Landman £170,000 for this reason. It is said that Mr Landman then produced an invoice from Nisroy for £170,000 and that sum was paid out of the Notable client account. At the meeting on 15 November 2011, in order to obtain authorisation to make this payment, Mr Landman told Mr Meduri that the payment was a fee for Mr Haddu-Levi for his introduction of certain investments to Mr Nobre. The money was duly paid to Nisroy who then paid it to Mr Landman or on his instructions.
It is clear to me that the allegations against Mr Landman in relation to this payment of £170,000 have been established. I do not make any specific findings as to the precise nature of Mr Landman's historic involvement with Nisroy nor as to whether he was the beneficial owner of that company nor whether it was a vehicle which was available for him to process payments on his instructions. However, it is clear that he had a long-standing association with Nisroy and that in all respects relevant to this case it acted on his instructions.
On 7 November 2011, after the money had arrived in the Notable client account, Mr Landman emailed Mr Binda of Unifida asking him to prepare an invoice from Nisroy for £170,000. He instructed Mr Binda to backdate the invoice to 1 November 2011 which was before the money had arrived in the Notable client account. He instructed Mr Binda to state that the invoice was for "services in connection with Fairfax and introduction to vendor". Mr Binda did as he was instructed and produced the requested invoice.
On 15 November 2011, Mr Landman approved the payment to Nisroy of £170,000 out of the Notable client account. Mr Meduri had no reason to think on 15 November 2011 that this was a payment, whether directly or indirectly, to Mr Landman himself. £170,000 was duly paid from the Notable client account to Nisroy. On 18 November 2011, Mr Landman instructed Mr Binda of Unifida to pay £25,000 to Colombo Fiduciaria SA. Mr Landman had earlier borrowed £25,000 from Mr Colombo of that company and the payment to that company was a repayment by Mr Landman of the money which he owed. This payment was duly made. Also on 18 November 2011, Mr Landman instructed Mr Binda to transfer £32,700 to Bell Investments Ltd. The precise link between Mr Landman and Bell Investments Ltd was not properly explained but the evidence points to this payment being made from monies which were at Mr Landman's disposal. This payment was also duly made. Also on 18 November 2011, Mr Landman instructed Mr Binda to send the balance of the £170,000 to his personal bank account in Israel and that was done. On 25 November 2011, in connection with the payment to the account in Israel, Mr Landman asked Ms Chantal of Unifida to confirm to the Israeli bank that he was the beneficial owner of Nisroy and it appears that she did so.
The evidence before me as to the Nisroy invoice and the payments by Nisroy to Mr Landman was very clear. However, Mr Landman denied that the Nisroy invoice involved in any way a personal payment to him. To help him to sustain this denial, he came up with two explanations. The first was as to why Nisroy invoiced Larn for £170,000. The second was as to why Mr Landman was instructing Nisroy to pay £170,000 to himself or at his direction.
The first explanation was as to why Nisroy invoiced Larn for £170,000. It was said that that was for a fee due to Mr Haddu-Levi. The story went as follows. Mr Landman knew Mr Haddu-Levi and had introduced him to Unifida. Mr Haddu-Levi had introduced Mr Nobre to potential investments in Fairfax and to Maybourne. Mr Landman had negotiated a fee for Mr Haddu-Levi in return for these introductions. Accordingly, Mr Landman on behalf of Mr Haddu-Levi had asked Nisroy to invoice Larn. It was then alleged that, about a year later, Nisroy had paid to Mr Haddu-Levi £160,000, being the £170,000 which had come from the Notable client account less £10,000 for fees to Unifida or Nisroy. Mr Landman produced a witness statement signed by Mr Haddu-Levi in support of this explanation. I was told that Mr Haddu-Levi would give oral evidence at the trial. However, after Mr Landman was cross-examined about this explanation, when it became abundantly clear that his evidence was false, I was told that Mr Haddu-Levi would not, after all, give oral evidence.
As to the second explanation put forward by Mr Landman, in summary, he said that the payment by Nisroy to his Israeli bank account had nothing to do with Notable or Mr Nobre. The explanation was that he had various arrangements with Unifida and others involving the payment of "retrocessions" to him and various profit sharing arrangements. The monies totalling £170,000 which he instructed Nisroy to pay to him or at his direction were connected with those arrangements. It was a complete coincidence that the sums involved came to £170,000 which was the same as the amount of money paid to Nisroy from the Notable client account. Mr Landman said that the sums payable to Colombo Fiduciaria and to Bell Investments were sums genuinely payable to those companies and not to him.
The two explanations put forward by Mr Landman were false. Mr Landman knew that they were false. Nonetheless, he gave sworn evidence that these explanations were true. He was cross-examined for many hours about his explanations and he persisted in lying to the court about them. He persuaded Mr Haddu-Levi to sign an untrue witness statement. Mr Landman also lied to his partner Mr Meduri about the Nisroy invoice. Mr Landman's false evidence in these respects is a very serious matter. It is clear that Mr Landman is prepared to tell lies wholesale to the court and to attempt to sustain the lies throughout lengthy cross-examination.
In view of Mr Landman's lies in relation to Nisroy, I do not feel that I can accept anything he says to me unless it is supported by some other reliable evidence or, perhaps, is inherently probable. In a case where Mr Landman is facing serious allegations of dishonesty, his lies in relation to Nisroy place him at a considerable disadvantage. If he had not been called to give evidence to face these allegations, I would no doubt have been asked to draw an adverse inference from the fact that he had not been called. In the present circumstances, his position is even worse than if he had not been called. When he was called, he persisted in lying to the court on a matter of some importance. He thereby demonstrated that he was in that respect at least dishonest.
The fact that Mr Landman persisted in his lies about the payment to Nisroy does not mean that he is necessarily lying in relation to other matters. In relation to other matters, where the Claimants allege that Mr Landman was dishonest, the burden remains on the Claimants to establish what they allege. However, Mr Landman cannot expect me to attach much weight to his explanations in defence of such allegations unless his explanation is supported by other reliable evidence or is inherently probable. Further, I am entitled to take into account the fact that Mr Landman's persistent lying at this trial shows he has a propensity for dishonesty.
Mr Meduri
Mr Meduri's position is quite different from that of Mr Landman. Mr Meduri was cross-examined in great detail with a view to showing that he knew certain matters at the relevant time and that he had been seriously dishonest. I will make my specific findings in relation to these matters in due course in this judgment but at this stage I will record my overall assessment of Mr Meduri's evidence. On the whole, I accept his evidence as to what occurred and as to his state of mind. I consider that he gave his evidence reasonably fairly and I do not accept the various criticisms which were made as to how he answered questions and how he explained himself. Conversely, I do not accept everything which he said. In the course of his cross-examination, it was put to him at length that he had been dishonest and that he was not telling the truth. It was not surprising to find that, when he rejected those suggestions, he explained why he did not accept them. The suggestions made to him were often in the nature of putting arguments as to why he should agree that he had been dishonest. It is difficult for a witness to answer such a suggestion without putting forward the contrary arguments. It would not be fair to say that such a witness is being unhelpful because he is "argumentative". It is also entirely understandable that a witness will emphasise the arguments which show him in the best possible light. In the present case, it was obvious that Mr Meduri had considered in detail the evidence as to what had happened and he sought to justify his conduct. The process of a witness reviewing the evidence of what happened and then justifying his conduct will inevitably involve a witness in some element of reconstruction as well as pure recollection. It was contended that Mr Meduri had sought advice from other solicitors, and the Law Society, in relation to what was needed to guard against money laundering not because he really wanted to know and not because he really wanted to follow their advice but for the purpose of "papering the file", that is, creating documents which would give the false impression that he had made the correct enquiries and followed the correct procedures. That suggestion was always improbable and having heard the evidence I do not accept it.
Mr Louanjli
Mr Louanjli gave evidence which he knew to be untrue in relation to a number of key matters. I do not accept his evidence about the conversation with Mr Meduri on 3 November 2011 nor about the conversation he had with Mr Landman just before Mr Louanjli sent the email of 14 November 2011. I also do not accept his evidence about the money which his company, Bridge Ltd, received from Renaissance Limited. I find that I am not able to rely on his evidence on any issue unless his evidence is supported by the documents or is inherently likely or consists of an admission against his own interest."
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Tarmac's innovative Toptint Glow concrete brings new commercial development to life at night
AN innovative glow-in-the-dark paving system that absorbs ultraviolet rays during the day and radiates a soft luminescent light at night has been used to bring a new commercial development in Derbyshire to life.
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You are here: Home / Hawks / Summer / Baseball / Jaguars deliver knockout blow, sweep season series against Ankeny
Jaguars deliver knockout blow, sweep season series against Ankeny
July 12, 2019 by Dan Holm
Ankeny runner Jase Bauer takes a blow to the head while being tagged out by Ankeny Centennial shortstop Keaton Gray during the second game of Thursday's doubleheader at Centennial. The Jaguars swept the twinbill to tie for second place in the CIML Central Conference. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)
Ankeny Centennial's Cory Prange was looking for a pitch that he could drive.
He never got one.
Prange walked on four straight pitches from Ankeny reliever Cooper Cox to force in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the seventh-ranked Jaguars a 4-3 victory and a sweep of Thursday's CIML Central Conference baseball doubleheader.
"He was kind of struggling on the mound," Prange said of Cox. "The first couple batters that were up, he walked them. So I was just looking for a nice pitch to hit. But he didn't give me that, and I just walked I guess."
Centennial capitalized on 24 walks in the twinbill. Fourteen of them came in the opener, when the Jaguars rolled to a 16-3 win in five innings.
"Walks are really indefensible," said Ankeny coach Joe Balvanz. "We did our fair share of that tonight–so many free passes. That's how you get beat in a game like this. (The Jaguars) are too good of a team not to take advantage of it."
Ankeny Centennial's Ryan Vermeer strokes a base hit during the second game of Thursday's doubleheader. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)
Cox, a sophomore, threw 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief in the second game before tiring in the ninth inning. He walked Keaton Gray, Derek Boike and Avery Gates to load the bases for Prange, who then drew the walk-off walk.
"It feels pretty good," Prange said. "It's the last time playing (Ankeny), so it feels really good actually."
The win allowed Centennial to sweep all four games in the season series. The Jaguars finished 12-8 in the conference, tying No. 4 Urbandale and No. 8 Dowling Catholic for second place, and improved to 25-9 overall.
While Centennial has won 11 of its last 12 games, Ankeny is now on a four-game losing skid. The Hawks finished 9-11 in the league and dropped to 16-17 overall.
"It's tough, especially against your crosstown rivals," said Ankeny sophomore Brody Brecht. "But we've got to move on from it. We've got Hoover Monday and then substate."
The Hawks lost despite a strong outing from Brecht, who recorded nine strikeouts over the first 5 1/3 innings. He left with a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth after allowing consecutive walks to Kaden Bollwinkel and Gabriel Monosmith with one out.
Ankeny's Brody Brecht throws a pitch during the second game of Thursday's doubleheader. He had nine strikeouts over the first 5 1/3 innings and left with a 3-1 lead, but received a no-decision as the Hawks suffered a 4-3 loss in nine innings. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)
"I was feeling good," said Brecht, who gave up four hits and six walks. "You always want to limit those walks, so I need to be more accurate."
Cox (1-2) took over on the mound and retired Gray on a fly ball for the second out. He then hit Boike with a pitch to load the bases.
The Jaguars tied the game with Gates at the plate when two pitches from Cox eluded catcher Mo Watson and went to the backstop.
"I think Mo got crossed up, and Cooper said he couldn't see the sign," Balvanz said. "But hopefully we can learn from it and move on."
Centennial sophomore Trey Hansen (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings to earn the victory. He struck out Jase Bauer with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth.
Ankeny shortstop Jase Bauer prepares to make a throw as Ankeny Centennial runner Derek Boike gets caught in a rundown during the second game of Thursday's doubleheader. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)
Bauer had stroked a two-run double in the fifth inning to give Ankeny a 2-1 lead. Cael Boyd stopped at third base on the hit when he heard Balvanz yelling at Bauer to stop at second.
"Cael and I had a miscommunication there at third base," Balvanz said. "He would have easily scored there, so that was disappointing."
Centennial starter Logan Neils scattered seven hits and had six strikeouts over the first five innings. He was replaced in the top of the sixth by Ryan Vermeer, who immediately gave up a solo home run by Evan Lyons–his second of the season.
Lyons' blast gave the Hawks a 3-1 lead, but it wasn't enough.
"We wanted to win, but that's not our focus right now," said Brecht, who gave up an RBI single to Gray in the second inning. "We just have to flush it."
Ankeny's Evan Lyons circles the bases after hitting a solo home run during the second game of Thursday's doubleheader. (Photo by Dan Holm)
Ankeny's Carter Smith went 3-for-4 and scored a run in the loss. Cox went 2-for-4, and Bauer went 2-for-5.
Centennial never trailed in the first game. The Jaguars took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, then added three more runs in the second off Ankeny starter Chris Spear (2-5).
Spear allowed seven walks in two-plus innings. He was replaced by Cox in the bottom of the third after giving up his only hit–a single by Bollwinkel.
"Plate discipline has been a big thing–just getting our pitch, especially when it gets later in the count like 2-0 or 3-0," said Centennial senior Josh Meador. "We've got to make sure it's our (pitch). We have to make sure we're swinging at the right things at the right time."
After the Hawks scored three runs in the top of the third, Centennial broke the game open with six runs in the third and six more in the fourth. Meador had a two-run single in both innings.
Ankeny Centennial's Avery Gates races home to score a run during the first game of Thursday's doubleheader. Gates scored four runs and drove in two more as the Jaguars rolled to a 16-3 victory in five innings in the opener. (Photo by Dan Holm)
Meador (4-2) was also the winning pitcher. He tossed a four-hitter and had five strikeouts.
Meador tried to keep his arm loose during the Jaguars' long innings at the plate.
"We've had that before–up in Ames we had a 17-run inning when I was pitching," Meador said. "We just had to get loose in the bullpen again and get ready to go and try to make the next inning a quick one so we can get the bats going again."
Meador had only one bad inning. Bauer hit an RBI grounder in the third to put Ankeny on the board, Brecht added an RBI single, and Lyons followed with an RBI double.
Vermeer went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs for the Jaguars. Gates went 1-for-1 with three walks, scored four runs and drove in two more.
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Cervical Pregnancy
We present a case and successful management of an early ectopic pregnancy on the surface of the portio. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Intravenous Administration
A patient with a 6-week cervical pregnancy was successfully treated with a single intravenous administration of methotrexate and oral folinic acid without any adjuvant therapy Her recovery was uncomplicated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 9:43–45 PubMed View Article Google Scholar Margolis K (2000) Cervical pregnancy treated with a single intravenous administration of methotrexate plus oral folinic acid. [gynecolsurg.springeropen.com]
Streptococcal Infection
Maternal group B streptococcal infection is an uncommon entity. Herein we describe a case of a 27-year-old-woman who presented life-threateniing group B streptococcus meningitis with an ectopic cervical pregnancy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Cervical Enlargement
By comparison, enlargement of the uterus without significant cervical enlargement is characteristic of intrauterine pregnancy, although the cervix softens and becomes mildly congested. ABOUBAKR ELNASHAR 15. Investigations 1. [slideshare.net]
Herein we describe a case of a 27-year-old-woman who presented life-threateniing group B streptococcus meningitis with an ectopic cervical pregnancy. No other infectious focus have been found. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] without any additive treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: A serial of 19 patients with cervical pregnancy treated with UAE followed by curettage showed a good prognosis. 2016 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Treatment and prognosis The goal is to treat the condition whilst minimizing the risk of severe hemorrhage, and to preserve the patient's future reproductive potential. [radiopaedia.org]
Prognosis and recurrence risk for patients with cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions diagnosed during pregnancy. Cancer. 2004;102(4):228-32. [ Links ] 34. Smith LH, Dalrymple JL, Leiserowitz GS, Danielsen B, Gilbert WM. [scielo.br]
When you're pregnant, you're very emotional already, and early on, we didn't know the prognosis and what it would come out to be like," she says. "But Dr. [mdanderson.org]
Etiology of cervical pregnancy: association with abortion, pelvic pathology, IUDs and Asherman's syndrome. J Reprod Med. 1985;30:25-7. Weyerman PC, Verhoeven AT, Alberda AT. Cervical pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. [ijrcog.org]
The exact etiology of cervical pregnancy is unknown, although there are many predisposing factors, which include endometrial damage after curettage or chronic endometritis, leiomyoma, intrauterine devices, in-vitro fertilization, and primary embryo anomaly [scielo.br]
In recent times, in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technique have been reported to be associated with increased risk of cervical pregnancy and the etiology is attributed to the rapid transport of fertilized ovum in to the endocervical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, management, fertility prognosis. In Comprehensive Gynecology. Elsevier, Philadelphia. Ushakov FB,Elchalal U, Aceman PJ, Schenker JG (1997) Cervical pregnancy: past and future. ObstetGynecolSurv 52: 45-59. [omicsonline.org]
The etiology of cervical ectopic pregnancy is still unclear. [jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com]
A cervical pregnancy can develop together with a normal intrauterine pregnancy; such a heterotopic pregnancy will call for expert management as to not to endanger the intrauterine pregnancy. [11] Epidemiology Edit The incidence has been reported to be [en.m.wikipedia.org]
Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000 ; 283 : 2008 -12. DerSimonian R, Laird N. Meta-analysis in clinical trials. [bmj.com]
Epidemiology [ 1 ] The rate of ectopic pregnancy in the UK is 11 per 1,000 pregnancies. Although the mortality from ectopic pregnancies in the UK is decreasing, around 0.2 per 100 ectopic pregnancies result in maternal death. [patient.info]
Pathophysiology HPV infects the basal keratinocytes of the cervix and can lead to a series of progressive precancerous changes known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). [clinicaladvisor.com]
Based on our previous success with using a single-balloon catheter for the treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy after local injection of methotrexate, we evaluated the use of a double-balloon catheter to terminate the pregnancy while preventing bleeding [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]


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Dear Islamic brothers! The fast of the 27th of Rajab is of great excellence. The fortunate person, who observes fast on the 27th of Rajab, earns the reward of the fasts of 60 months.' (Return of the Shroud, pp. 8).
Dear Islamic brothers! 27th night of Rajab-ul-Murajab, Allah blessed the Beloved and Blessed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with His own Blessed Sight. This was the wish that remained in the heart of Sayyiduna Musa Kaleemullah until it became his appeal and he humbly submitted it to Allah by stating: 'رَبِّ اَرِنِيۡ', O my Lord, let me see You! Allah said: 'لَنۡ تَرٰنِيۡ' you will definitely not be able to see Me. But when it came to the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Allah Himself sent Sayyiduna Jibra`eel to call His Beloved Muhammad (PBUH) and blessed him with His Own Sight.
Dear Islamic brothers! Allah started tonight's great incident with the word 'سُبۡحٰن' (in the Holy Quran), meaning the sanctity of Allah and His state of being absolutely free from every fault and defect. The idea behind this was to also answer any objections that the unbelievers could raise on the authenticity of the physical Mi'raaj. For example, the visit of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with his blessed body to Bayt-ul-Muqaddas or towards the skies with his blessed physical body and from there to the destination of 'ثُمَّ دَنٰي فَتَدَلّٰي' (Allah's closeness) and then the return in an extremely short period of time were impossible for unbelievers to understand. By stating the word 'سُبۡحٰن' Allah has revealed that if all these acts were impossible for Me, then this would be My inability and weakness, and weakness is a defect, and I am absolutely free from every defect. (Maqalat-e-Kazimi, part 1, pp. 123).
Dear Islamic brothers! Raising an objection to this glorious miracle of the Beloved Prophet (PBUH) is not something new, but many unwise people who are unaware of its reality, have been refusing to accept this great miracle even from the blessed era of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). It is sufficient for a Muslim to keep in mind the power of Allah instead of trying to prove this incident through their wisdom because Allah is All-Powerful.
In order to further understand this, keep in mind the miracle of Sayyiduna Asif Bin Barkhiya a follower of Sayyiduna Sulayman that from Yemen to Syria, he took a throne that was 80 yards (128.72 km's) long and 40 yards (64.36 km's) wide which decorated with diamonds and jewelry, he lifted this throne before the blink of an eye. Allah has stated this incident in verse 40 of Surah An-Naml, part 19.
Dear Islamic brothers! Just ponder that Allah granted a follower of Sayyiduna Sulayman, the power of transferring an extremely heavy throne, which was present hundreds of miles away, by lifting it before the blink of an eye upon, then without doubt, in a small portion of the night by His Power and Omnipotence, Allah is able to grant a journey of Makaan and La-Makaan to His Beloved Prophet (PBUH).
Dear Islamic brothers! There is a famous saying 'فِعۡلُ الۡحَكِيۡمِ لَا يَخۡلُو عَنِ الۡحِكۡمَةِ' i.e. the actions of a Wise person is never free of wisdom (i.e. there is always some wisdom behind his action); countless pearls of wisdom are hidden in every action of Allah which are impossible for our intellect to understand. Allah blessed our Beloved Prophet (PBUH) with Mi'raaj, the idea was also to console and comfort the Beloved Prophet (PBUH) , because since that day when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stood on the peak of Safa to present the call to invite the Quraysh of Makkah towards the Oneness of Allah, they started bearing malice and hatred against our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) . Troubles and hardships then started everywhere and grief started increasing day by day. But at this difficult time, the presence of his uncle, Abu Taalib and Umm-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyidatuna Khadijah became a means of comfort and support for him.
On the 10th year of the declaration of Prophethood, his uncle (Abu Talib) passed away. He (PBUH) did not recover from this grief that his beloved companion and consoler, Sayyidatuna Khadijah also passed away. Now no one was there to prevent the unbelievers of Makkah from their injustice and cruelty and to condemn them for these acts, the mischief that they caused became unbearable. The Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) went to blessed Taif in the hope that they would be convinced to accept this invitation, but the cruel treatment which was given to the Prophet of Rahmah (PBUH) in Taif, cannot be fully understood. Under these extreme conditions, when there was disappointment everywhere and apparent support had not been any more, Allah called the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to 'Aalam-e-Baala on a special journey to observe the clear Signs of His Greatness, so that the apparent oppression could not continue to grieve His Beloved Prophet.


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As the title states -- I am unable to open any links in Outlook 2013.
"Something unexpected went wrong with this URL: "http://blahblahblah" Class not registered.
how do I go about fixing this solution?
As per the description provided, it looks like you are not able to open hyperlinks in Outlook.
Which is default browser set-up on the system?
Make sure Internet explorer is set as default browser and then try opening hyperlinks in Outlook.
If issue persists, reset Internet Explorer by running the Fix it in the following article and verify the results.
I hope this helps. If you need any further information, you can always reply and I'll be happy to help you.
I have been looking for a solution to this technical error for a while now, then I remembered there was a client of ours that had this same issue for Outlook 2003! The fix for 2003 also works for 2013!
I am having the same issue with a fresh install of Office 2013 on a Windows 7 64 bit OS, Office 2013 32 bit, with IE 8 as the default browser. All PCs in the company (60+) do not have this issue. I attempted the fix for office 2003 but that did not work either.
What I finally did was completely rebuild the system and the issue was resolved. For me, this was the solution because I had other build problems occurring at the same time. Not sure if they were related but everything is working now. I know this will not resolve the issue since it is impractical for most users.
I WANT TO USE FIREFOX AS MY DEFAULT BROWSER. HOW DO i FIX THIS?
I hate IE and I hate this new one even more. It is too bossy and solicitous, I don't want to be strong armed into using it by you guys messing with my choices!!!!!!!
I am in tears over this!!!!! Having to write and beg you for help!
I am having the same problem. I also use Firefox as default browser.
Just to BUMP this thread, I too want to use Firefox as the default browser that opens hyperlinks from Outlook 2013.
No reply seems to be the loud answer from MS Support, is this because they don't like customers using anything other than their software? I.E. is exactly as decribed by a previous poster and it seems others want to be able to utilise a free choice of browser, MS Support however are not supporting these clients.
Please assist, we pay enough for the software after all, some support would be useful.
Windows 7 Pro 64bit. Office 2013 32bit(as recommended by MS). IE11. Active Directory domain. IE connection setup to use a proxy via a pac file.
All was fine until I installed Office 2013. Now, when I click on a hyperlink from anywhere in Windows, I am getting the "class not registered error". This happened in Word, Excel, from the start button, email client, almost anywhere except from within IE. Happens with http://, ftp:// and file://, but not mailto. Happens with htm, html and asp pages. If I change the default browser to Firefox, all works OK. If I reset all IE settings, it works for a little while, then reverts back to the same behavior.
I suspect there may be a group policy setting changing something but I cannot find a setting that could cause this behavior.
I got the same problem with Outlook 2013 on Windows 8.1.
In my case the solution is NOT to start Outlook as an Administrator.
- "Something unexpected went wrong with this URL: "..." Class not registered.
However, not running Outlook as an Administrator, another problem happens is that the PDFMaker add-in can not be enabled.
This really does not help.
Am now looking for a different email program to use instead of Outlook, as this is completely unacceptable.
BTW, I had no trouble with opening links in email until today, and I've always had Chrome as my default browser.
I had a user with this same issue in Outlook 2013. She was running on IE8, so we upgraded her to IE11. All her links are opening now.


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Club nets cash boost
A KEEN young rower has delighted members of her school's rowing club by donating a cheque for £500.
Emily Stuttard, 12, from Queen's Park High School, won the prize money in a story writing competition run by Dee 106.3 and The Mall Grosvenor.
Part of Emily's prize, for her fantasy tale of Myrtle the Mouse, was £500 to support her school or sports club.
She chose her school's rowing club, of which she is an active member. She joined the club in July last year and has already taken part in a regatta and two head of the river races.
The club is run by parents who volunteer their time and skills and members have been busy raising funds to replace engines stolen from the club last year.
Club chairman Hamish Collin said: 'We are delighted that Emily has chosen to donate her prize to Queen's Park High School Rowing Club. This will help to fund new equipment.'


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ADL ignores Ellison's anti-Semitism, attacks pro-Israel Bannon
As per usual: the right repudiates the racists/haters amongst its ranks while the left embraces them.
(INN) It seems that with each passing day, more information comes to light about the alarming anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and extremist radical Islamist involvements and positions of Muslim U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison a/k/a Keith X. Ellison a/k/a Keith Hakim a/k/a Keith Ellison Muhammed (D-Minn.) - which should disqualify Ellison from heading the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for which he is the Senator Schumer-supported leading contender. Ethical issues have also come to the fore.
On Monday, we learned that the House of Representatives Ethics Committee had opened an investigation into Rep. Ellison (D., Minn.) after he failed to disclose that the Muslim American Society - a group that Muslim Brotherhood members founded to be the "overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S." - paid $13,350 for Ellison to visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2008. (See "Muslim Brotherhood-Tied Group Paid for Keith Ellison to Visit Mecca in 2008: Group was founded as 'overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S.'," by Brent Scher, Washington Free Beacon, Nov. 21, 2016.) The Muslim Brotherhood is the "parent" organization of Hamas, al Qaeda and other terrorist entities. Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UAE, and Kuwait have all designated the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist organization.
Last week, my organization, the ZOA, published a release, urging that Ellison should not be appointed to head the DNC. Per the extensive sources cited in ZOA's release, Ellison's dangerous positions and involvements, have included the following:
During a DemocracyNow! TV interview, Ellison suggested that the Israeli "occupation" was to blame for a "humanitarian crisis" and lack of sewage processing in Gaza – while ignoring that Israel withdrew from every inch of Gaza, and that Hamas diverts the electricity needed to operate Gaza's sewage treatment plant to Hamas's terrorist tunnels and operations.
Also in 2016, Ellison tweeted a sign falsely accusing Israel of expropriation and "apartheid." And just two months ago, Ellison defended the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) on the House floor. ISNA is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case, involved in funneling money to Hamas.
In 2015, Ellison co-authored and spearheaded a letter (and obtained signatures on the letter of 23 Democratic Members of Congress) demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress about the Iran deal be delayed until after the sanctions deadline – when the visit would have been useless.
In 2014, Ellison was one of only 8 Congresspersons who voted against the bi-partisan bill to provide $225 million to Israel's "Iron dome" missile system. Ellison's position would have left innocent Israeli civilians at the mercy of Hamas rockets.
In 2012, Ellison traveled from Minnesota to raise funds and speak at mosques in New Jersey, urging Arab-American residents of New Jersey to defeat pro-Israel Democratic Jewish Congressman Steve Rothman.
In 2010, Ellison spearheaded and convinced 53 other Democratic Congresspersons to sign his infamous "Gaza 54" letter to President Obama, which falsely accused Israel of humiliating and wreaking "collective punishment" on Gaza residents and demanded that President Obama should pressure Israel to lift the Gaza blockade – thereby enabling Hamas to obtain more weapons to kill and terrorize innocent Israeli civilians.
The leading anti-Israel, anti-Semitic boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) group in the U.S. still uses the anti-Israel smears in Ellison's "Gaza 54" letter to promote BDS.
In a 2010 DemocracyNow! Interview, Ellison also argued that the U.S. should not kill a leading terrorist located in Yemen, who was responsible for numerous deaths of Americans and was continuing to foment some of the worst terror attacks on Americans, because the terrorist would consider his own death to be a "reward."
Ellison also received substantial campaign contributions from groups tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, spoke at Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) dinners, and defended CAIR on the House floor. Materials handed out at CAIR's 2008 dinner (where Ellison spoke) called America a terrorist organization, and called for the destruction of Israel and the United States. CAIR is another unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case, involved in funneling money to Hamas.
In 2007, Ellison analogized President Bush's prosecution of the war on terror after 9/11 to Hitler's rise to power and activities after the Reichstag fire.
From approximately 1989 until at least 1998, Ellison was an active leader in Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic Nation of Islam. Ellison raised funds and led anti-police chants to support cop-killers; co-sponsored a vicious anti-Semitic speech by Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), entitled "Zionism: Imperialism, White Supremacy or Both?" while ignoring Jewish law students' pleas to Ellison not to sponsor the speech; and spoke at a public hearing on behalf of the Nation of Islam in support of a woman alleged to have said "Jews are among the most racist white people I know."
Back in 2007, the ADL criticized Ellison's analogy of President Bush to Hitler.
However, the ADL is utterly silent about Ellison now – when the leadership and direction of the Democratic party is at risk of falling into the hands of someone with a longstanding record of anti-Semitic, anti-Israel activities. Instead of calling out the real danger from Ellison, the ADL has been busy falsely accusing President-elect Trump's appointee Stephen Bannon of anti-Semitism.
ADL's failure to condemn Ellison's overwhelming record of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities displays rank partisanship, and is an abdication of the ADL's stated mission of combatting anti-Semitism.
The ZOA thus again urges the ADL to join us in speaking out against appointing Ellison to the extraordinarily powerful position of head of the DNC.
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Archaeologists uncover oldest weapons ever found in North America, and they might rewrite history – BGR
October 25, 2018 Science 1 Views For many years the consensus among archeologists was that humans began settling in North America around 13,000 years ago. Deze tijdlijn was gebaseerd op artifacten gevonden die dateren terug tussen 12.700 en 13.000 jaar, inclusief wapens. Now, a new discovery in Texas could throw that theory right out the door. Researchers from Texas A & M, Baylor University, and the University of Texas have uncovered what they believe to be spear points that were used by human hunters as far back as 15,500 years ago. The discovery pre-dates the accepted timeline for the settlement of North America by a significant margin, and scientists may be forced to rethink when and where the first groups of humans pushed into what is now the United States. "There is no Michael Waters of Texas A & M, lead author of the paper published in Science Advances said in a statement. "The discovery is significant because almost all pre-Clovis sites have stone tools, but spear points have yet to be found. These points were found under a layer with Clovis and Folsom projectile points. Clovis is dated to 1 3,000 to 12,700 years ago and Folsom after that. The dream has always been to find diagnostic artifacts – such as projectile points – that can be recognized as Clovis and this is what we have at the Friedkin site. " It's thought that hunting was what drove groups of ancient peoples into new areas, and at the time…
October 25, 2018 Science 1 Views
For many years the consensus among archeologists was that humans began settling in North America around 13,000 years ago. Deze tijdlijn was gebaseerd op artifacten gevonden die dateren terug tussen 12.700 en 13.000 jaar, inclusief wapens. Now, a new discovery in Texas could throw that theory right out the door.
Researchers from Texas A & M, Baylor University, and the University of Texas have uncovered what they believe to be spear points that were used by human hunters as far back as 15,500 years ago. The discovery pre-dates the accepted timeline for the settlement of North America by a significant margin, and scientists may be forced to rethink when and where the first groups of humans pushed into what is now the United States.
"There is no Michael Waters of Texas A & M, lead author of the paper published in Science Advances said in a statement. "The discovery is significant because almost all pre-Clovis sites have stone tools, but spear points have yet to be found. These points were found under a layer with Clovis and Folsom projectile points. Clovis is dated to 1
3,000 to 12,700 years ago and Folsom after that. The dream has always been to find diagnostic artifacts – such as projectile points – that can be recognized as Clovis and this is what we have at the Friedkin site. "
It's thought that hunting was what drove groups of ancient peoples into new areas, and at the time the spear points may have been used in hunting efforts against large game like mammoths. Men, det var ikke som om settlere eller ålder hadde kort eller en vag forståelse for hvordan den kontinent var formet.
With that in mind, it's easy to see why determining when human settlers arrived is such a difficult box. Smaller groups may have come and gone over time, and progress would have been slow.
Image Source: Texas A & M


When we seek medical care, as patients we have the right to a full explanation and understanding of our medical conditions, and proposed testing/treatment. It is incumbent upon healthcare providers to provide adequate information in this regard, and to answer all questions posed by a patient. In fact, the standard of care requires that healthcare providers be responsive to patient inquiries. The provision of comprehensive information regarding the status of your health and tests/treatments being performed or proposed, can significantly improve your overall healthcare and help to make it safer. Even if your healthcare providers are intimidating and not readily amenable to answer your questions, it is important to make inquiries of your healthcare providers if you are uncertain about any issues surrounding your condition or treatment (and to makes notes of dates of conversations, and, if possible, to secure printed information regarding your condition, testing and treatment).
No matter how much you trust your doctor to proceed in your best interests, it is important to be informed sufficiently to enable you to make your own healthcare decisions, especially if significant options exist. There are no dumb questions that can be asked. Good communication is often the key to effective safe testing and treatment.
It may seem like your doctor is always ordering tests to gather more information about your health, and it's essential to know why, what those tests entail, and ultimately their results. In some cases, there may be no real benefit to undergoing certain tests, and there are instances where diagnostic studies can actually cause significant injuries. In the latter cases, the risk to benefit ratio needs to be considered before tests are consented to. The only way to ascertain that information is to speak frankly with your healthcare providers and be well informed.
Do I really need this test?
What will it show about my condition?
Is there anything I need to do to prepare for the testing?
Are there any potential side effects or inherent dangers of this type of testing?
What are the chances of receiving inaccurate results?
Are there any alternative options that will allow you to get the same information regarding my health issue in a less invasive manner?
Asking questions will show your doctor you are interested, invested in your health and will hopefully encourage them to speak openly and honestly with you about your medical care.


Have you ever truly felt angry about someone else's behaviour?
Don't shoot the messenger but that's your problem.
YOU choose anger as a response.
When I first heard about this concept I had a difficult time to understand it. Could this mean that outside circumstances can never make you upset except you allow yourself to be upset?
In order to have a great life experience it is very important where we live emotionally.
Answer and listen to yourself.
This is such a cool way to increase your awareness and take action.
You can change how you feel, just like that.


text:
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/insert_commands.rb")
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/rake_commands.rb")

class HeadstartGenerator < Rails::Generator::Base

  def manifest
    record do |m|
      app_name = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)).split("/").last
      m.directory File.join("config", "initializers")
      m.file "headstart.rb",  "config/initializers/headstart.rb"
      m.file "headstart.yml", "config/headstart.yml"

      m.directory File.join("app", "views", "layouts")
      m.directory File.join("app", "views", "sessions")
      m.file "application.html.erb", "app/views/layouts/application.html.erb"
      m.file "_woopra.html.erb", "app/views/layouts/_woopra.html.erb"
      m.file "_google_analytics.html.erb", "app/views/layouts/_google_analytics.html.erb"
      m.file "app/views/sessions/index.html.erb", "app/views/sessions/index.html.erb"
      m.insert_into "app/helpers/application_helper.rb",
        'def format_title(title)
          title_words = title.split(" ")

          if title_words.size >= 2
            f_half_loc = (title_words.size/2.0).ceil
            content = ""
            (0..f_half_loc-1).each do |i|
              content += title_words[i]
            end
            content += ""

            content += ""
            (f_half_loc..title_words.size-1).each do |i|
              content += title_words[i]
            end
            content += ""

          else
            content = title
          end
          return content
        end'

      m.file "app/helpers/users_helper.rb", "app/helpers/users_helper.rb"

      m.directory File.join("public", "stylesheets")
      m.file "style.css", "public/stylesheets/style.css"
      m.file "report.css", "public/stylesheets/report.css"
      m.file "reset.css", "public/stylesheets/reset.css"
      m.file "text.css", "public/stylesheets/text.css"
      m.file "layout.css", "public/stylesheets/layout.css"
      m.file "delete.png", "public/images/delete.png"
      m.file "add.png", "public/images/add.png"
      m.file "application_edit.png", "public/images/application_edit.png"

      m.file "modernizr-1.5.min.js", "public/javascripts/modernizr-1.5.min.js"

      m.file "xd_receiver.html", "public/xd_receiver.html"
      m.file "xd_receiver_ssl.html", "public/xd_receiver_ssl.html"

      m.file "app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb", "app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb"
      m.insert_into "app/controllers/application_controller.rb",
                    "include Headstart::Authentication"

      user_model = "app/models/user.rb"
      if File.exists?(user_model)
        m.insert_into user_model, "include Headstart::User"
      else
        m.directory File.join("app", "models")
        m.file "user.rb", user_model
      end

      m.insert_into "config/routes.rb", "Headstart::Routes.draw(map)"
      m.insert_into "config/routes.rb", "Jammit::Routes.draw(map)"

      m.directory File.join("test", "factories")
      m.file "factories.rb", "test/factories/user.rb"

      m.migration_template "migrations/#{migration_source_name}.rb",
                           'db/migrate',
                           :migration_file_name => "headstart_#{migration_target_name}"

      m.readme "README"
    end
  end

  def schema_version_constant
    if upgrading_headstart_again?
      "To#{schema_version.gsub('_', '')}"
    end
  end

  private

  def migration_source_name
    if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?(:users)
      'update_users'
    else
      'create_users'
    end
  end

  def migration_target_name
    if upgrading_headstart_again?
      "update_users_to_#{schema_version}"
    else
      'create_users'
    end
  end

  def schema_version
    IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'VERSION')).strip.gsub(/[^\d]/, '_')
  end

  def upgrading_headstart_again?
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?(:users)
  end

end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Hugh McDermott may refer to:

 Hugh McDermott (basketball) (1893–1978), head basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma, 1922–1938
 Hugh McDermott (actor) (1906–1972), British actor
 Hugh McDermott (politician) (born 1968), Australian politician
 Hugh Joseph McDermott, engineer