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How Kevin McCarthy's political machine worked to sway the GOP field
Allies spent millions in a sometimes secretive effort to weed out candidates who could cause the House leader trouble or jeopardize GOP victories in November
By Michael Scherer
Josh Dawsey
Isaac Arnsdorf
Marianna Sotomayor
September 27, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) at a manufacturing facility in Monongahela, Pa., in September. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) made a name for himself as a firebrand social media phenomenon who delighted in trolling the left, famously boasting to colleagues that he had built his House office by focusing on communications not legislation.
But the strategy made him vulnerable to forces within his own party that helped end his time in office. Top allies of Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, worked this spring to deny Cawthorn a second term in office, after the Donald Trump-endorsed lawmaker made controversial comments about cocaine use and sex parties in Washington that led McCarthy to announce he had "lost my trust," according to multiple Republicans briefed on the effort, which has not been previously reported.
GOP lobbyist Jeff Miller, one of McCarthy's closest friends and biggest fundraisers, and Brian O. Walsh, a Republican strategist who works for multiple McCarthy-backed groups, were both involved in an independent effort to oppose Cawthorn as part of a broader project to create a more functioning GOP caucus next year, said the Republicans, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Targeting Cawthorn was part of a larger behind-the-scenes effort by top GOP donors and senior strategists to purge the influence of Republican factions that seek disruption and grandstanding, often at the expense of their GOP colleagues. The political machine around McCarthy has spent millions of dollars this year in a sometimes secretive effort to systematically weed out GOP candidates who could either cause McCarthy trouble if he becomes House speaker or jeopardize GOP victories in districts where a more moderate candidate might have a better chance at winning.
The allies close to McCarthy have sometimes taken steps to conceal their efforts, as they did in the Cawthorn case, with money passing from top GOP donors through organizations that do not disclose their donors or have limited public records, federal disclosures show.
In safe Republican districts, controversial Republicans like former New York state party chair Carl Paladino, Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini and Trump-endorsed congressional candidate Joe Kent have been targeted after distancing themselves from McCarthy's leadership and echoing extreme claims. McCarthy's team has also gone to work to protect several GOP incumbents from far-right challenges, campaign finance records show.
Miller, Walsh and McCarthy's office declined requests for comment.
House GOP tries to embark on united front as expected rifts loom
McCarthy's own approach to enforcing unity within his sometimes fractious Republican caucus has been more aggressive than his two immediate predecessors, Reps. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), whose tenures in leadership were marred by dissent and dysfunction. McCarthy has spoken publicly about the need to not just win a majority in the House, but to make sure his party wins "a governing majority."
"We're coming out with solutions. If we're unified in that, even if we have a small majority, we'd be very strong in being able to pass it," McCarthy said at a March House Republican retreat. "So we want the idea to be so strong that you overcome all the politics that people bring."
McCarthy has a reputation for caring about politics over policy, but ultimately his fate may lie in the hands of one person: Trump. If Republicans win a small majority in the House, Trump could likely influence enough votes to determine the speakership, GOP strategists say. It's a major reason McCarthy allies say he has remained close to Trump even when he has grown frustrated with him.
Several Republican members of the House have applauded the efforts to bring more pragmatists into power who will prioritize passing conservative policies over the more disruptive tactics of the House Freedom Caucus. That group of far-right lawmakers has asked for rule changes in the next Congress that would increase their leverage over the rest of the caucus.
"One subset lives in reality, the other subset does not," a Republican member of Congress concerned about the Freedom Caucus said.
'Political animals'
Behind the scenes, some of the party's top donors have worked with McCarthy's allies to further the project, while taking steps to obscure their direct involvement in more controversial races.
"McCarthy is a political animal, and he has a lot of political animals working for him," said a Republican operative close to several prominent donors who is familiar with the broader effort. "He is not a guy to be trifled with. It's like they say in the Marine Corps, 'No better friend, no worse enemy.' And they mean it, and they act on it."
McCarthy allies argue that their interventions in GOP primaries have little to do with political ideology, but rather focus on elevating politicians who will work with the rest of the Republican caucus or who have the best chance of winning their district. The Bakersfield, Calif., Republican has recently embraced some of the most far-right members of his caucus, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), whose committee assignments he plans to restore if Republicans win the House.
Much of the spending in Republican primaries by McCarthy's political operation has been done out in the open by the House GOP's largest super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, for which McCarthy has helped raise $165 million this cycle.
CLF, which is run by Dan Conston, has spent more than $7 million in Republican primaries this cycle, much of it focused on nominating more moderate, and therefore electable, candidates in swing districts. The group also spent millions in attempts to protect incumbents like Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), and Jamie Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), who hail from safer Republican districts, when they faced challenges from more far-right figures.
The group spent nearly $40,000 on turnout calls to help Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) in a safe Republican seat when he was challenged in the primary by online agitator Laura Loomer, who has described herself as being "pro-white nationalism" and a "proud Islamophobe," campaign finance records show. In an overwhelmingly Republican Texas district north of Houston, CLF and another group founded by McCarthy allies, American Patriots PAC, spent nearly $1 million to help McCarthy favorite Morgan Luttrell beat Christian Collins.
Both Collins and Loomer were endorsed by members of the Freedom Caucus. Greene endorsed Loomer in 2021 when she was filed to run against a neighboring Democratic incumbent.
CLF used a different McCarthy-aligned group this summer to intervene on behalf of Herrera Beutler, who earned Trump's ire by voting for his impeachment in 2021. Kent, her Trump-endorsed challenger, opposed McCarthy as speaker, denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election and denounced the legal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters as "banana republic stuff."
But in the weeks before the Aug. 2 primary, two groups, WFW Action Fund and a previously unknown group called Conservatives for a Stronger America, began attacking Kent as a closeted leftist, with television ads misleadingly suggesting he wanted to "defund the police" or showing old photos of the former Army Special Forces officer sporting long hair alongside false claims that he supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
After Kent defeated Herrera Beutler in the primary, both PACs opposing him publicly reported contributions that tied their efforts to McCarthy's allies. WFW Action Fund received transfers of nearly $1 million from CLF in the months before the ads.
Conservatives for a Stronger America reported after the primary that it received all its money from a group called the Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund, apparently named after the year in which the Republican Party was founded. That group, in turn, which has spent money on a number of races this cycle, has received funding from three sources, according to federal records: WFW Action Fund, American Patriots PAC and a nonprofit called Common Sense Leadership Fund, which is not required by law to report its donors. Federal records do not connect any of the specific donors to the transfers to Conservatives for a Stronger America.
Annie Dickerson, the founder of WFW Action Fund, attended McCarthy's Jackson Hole, Wyo., donor retreat this summer, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. She was joined there by the personal advisers of financial manager Charles R. Schwab, Elliott Management's Paul Singer and Citadel's Kenneth C. Griffin, who are all billionaire donors to CLF, WFW Action Fund and other parts of McCarthy's political operation. They are also all donors to American Patriots PAC, a group founded in 2018 by Conston, which has paid Walsh for strategy consulting this cycle.
At the same time, the anti-Kent effort reached outside McCarthy's immediate orbit for support. After the primary, WFW Action Fund disclosed a July 27 donation of $100,000 from Fix Congress Now!, a PAC that has been otherwise dormant this election cycle. Fix Congress Now!, in turn, had received a $102,450 donation from an affiliated group called Unite America PAC on July 2.
Unite America PAC is affiliated with a nonprofit of the same name that seeks changes to the U.S. election system that would give the nation's political extremes less power, such as through the use of nonpartisan primaries or redistricting. Though it has Republican donors, the group is mostly funded by Riot Games executive Marc Merrill and Cathryn Murdoch, the wife of former Fox News executive James Murdoch, who are both major donors to the Democratic National Committee.
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A spokesman for Unite America said the donation was made to support Herrera Beutler. "We affirmatively supported pro-democracy Republicans this primary cycle," said Chris Deaton, a spokesman for the group.
Olivia Perez-Cubas, a spokesperson for WFW Action, said the group raised money from CLF and other partners to support Herrera Beutler because the group is "dedicated to building and expanding the ranks of GOP women in Congress."
'Legislative terrorists'
The complex shuffling of funds through other groups became a pattern in multiple Republican House primaries, where Freedom Caucus-aligned candidates found themselves targeted. A person involved said some of the efforts were coordinated by McCarthy allies. At other times, as in a recent race in Florida's 8th District, where $1.6 million was spent against Anna Paulina Luna, individual donors decide to intervene on their own.
A group that only came into existence in August, American Liberty Action PAC, spent more than $2.5 million in recent weeks to defeat candidates who questioned the 2020 election and expressed affinity for the Freedom Caucus in their recent campaigns, including Paladino and Sabatini.
Both candidates set off alarm bells for Republican strategists close to McCarthy. Paladino had recently circulated a conspiratorial Facebook post about the cause of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., and suggested in 2021 that the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is "the kind of leader we need today." Sabatini, a friend of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), had been an outspoken critic of McCarthy.
"They would have been legislative terrorists whose goal was fame," said a person familiar with the effort to stop them.
After Paladino and Sabatini both lost their primaries, American Liberty Action disclosed that it was entirely funded by the Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund and a nonprofit, American Prosperity Alliance, which does not disclose its donors.
Paladino blamed McCarthy and his allies for the spending, which he said only arose because his opponent, Nick Langworthy, made it clear he would be more friendly with GOP leadership.
"Nick sold his soul," Paladino said. "If I was going to go to Washington, I was going to go as an independent Republican. I just didn't want to be owned by anybody."
Sabatini also believed during his campaign that he was being attacked by the Washington establishment.
"Everything is happening behind the scenes, but obviously that is what the money shows," Sabatini said of the involvement of McCarthy allies. "They don't want a conservative to win. They want a brainless, spineless robot."
Trump has so far declined to criticize McCarthy for the primary interventions. People close to both men say they continue to have a close working relationship around House races, despite other tensions, as Trump has prioritized growing the size of the House majority.
The former president notably declined to make an endorsement against Rep. David G. Valadao (R-Calif.), even though he was one of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. CLF spent about $800,000 in the primary to help Valadao defeat his GOP rival, Chris Mathys, who ran on a platform of supporting Trump more.
"When your own party spends $300,000 a week before the election attacking you, then you really have to wonder which side are they on," Mathys said after his defeat, noting that he could not get his calls returned by Trump. "We called 50 times but never got a call back from anyone."
As in the case of Herrera Beutler, the efforts by McCarthy and his partners have not always been successful. CLF was unable to defeat Sandy Smith, a pro-Trump candidate in North Carolina's 1st District who faced past allegations of domestic violence. In Arizona, CLF and WFW Action spent about $1 million to support Republican Tanya Wheeless, only to watch her lose the primary to Kelly Cooper, who has challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election and promised to seek the release of those arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol.
The Cawthorn race became a concern for McCarthy earlier this year, when the freshman member told a podcast about seeing cocaine use in Washington and being invited to sex parties. After meeting with McCarthy over the statements, Cawthorn blamed "the left and the media" for trying to use his comments to divide the GOP. His office did not respond to a request for comment for this article.
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In the weeks before his primary, a group called Results for N.C. spent $1.7 million to defeat him and support his opponent. The National Association of Realtors, which gave $600,000 to CLF, gave $300,000 to the cause. A nonprofit that does not disclose its donors, Americans for a Balanced Budget, gave $830,000.
Most of the rest of the money, $700,000, came from Ryan Salame, an executive at crypto currency exchange FTX U.S., a major donor both to McCarthy's own operation and to other groups backing McCarthy's favored candidates. West Realm Shires Services, the corporate name used by FTX U.S., gave $750,000 to CLF in August. Advisers to Salame and FTX declined to comment.
But Mark Wetjen, the head of public policy and regulatory strategy at FTX, was invited with his family to McCarthy's August donor retreat in Wyoming.
The 2022 Midterm Elections
Georgia runoff election: Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) won re-election in the Georgia Senate runoff, defeating Republican challenger Herschel Walker and giving Democrats a 51st seat in the Senate for the 118th Congress. Get live updates here and runoff results by county.
Divided government: Republicans narrowly won back control of the House, while Democrats will keep control of the Senate, creating a split Congress.
What the results mean for 2024: A Republican Party red wave seems to be a ripple after Republicans fell short in the Senate and narrowly won control in the House. Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign shortly after the midterms. Here are the top 10 2024 presidential candidates for the Republicans and Democrats.
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There has been an increasing number of news stories, professional opinions and commentary coming to light over the past couple of months warning of another potential market correction (a fall in the value of the market). The timing of this correction is still uncertain, but it made us think – what can we do in our portfolio that will give us some sort of protection if this correction does come.
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Sea Urchins May Inspire Development of Stronger Materials
Home > Topics > Chemistry > Sea Urchins May Inspire Development of Stronger Materials
A team of Weizmann Institute and Brookhaven National Laboratory chemists has discovered that the suprisingly strong flexible spines of sea urchins are made of a most unusual composite material. This research, published recently in Science, has given rise to novel concepts in material science that may eventually lead to the development of tougher, lightweight consumer items.
While it has been long known that an urchin spine is composed of a single crystal of calcite, the most common calcium-containing mineral, no one could explain why these crystals are so much more resistant to fracture than are calcite crystals from geologic formations or those grown in the laboratory. Prof. Lia Addadi, Prof. Stephen Weiner and Dr. Amir Berman of the Institute's Department of Structural Biology have now shown that this phenomenon is due, in part, to the entrapment of proteins within the crystal. In follow-up studies of these novel single-crystal composites by synchrotron X-ray radiation, this team -- together with Drs. Ake Kvick and Mitch Nelson of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz of the Institute's Department of Materials and Interfaces -- discovered how the entrapped proteins act to prevent cracks from spreading through urchin calcite. They found that laboratory-grown calcite crystals obtained from solutions containing proteins extracted from urchin spines had rodlike protein molecules integrated into planes oblique to the crystal cleavage planes, which would interfere with fracture propagation.
Their observations might eventually lead to the development of new single crystal-polymer composites that could be used to make less brittle materials. Continuing stages of this research are being supported by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
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Health Department Approves First Steps For Restaurant Grading System
Filed Under:Allegheny County, Allegheny County Health Department, Approved, Board, Consumer, Grading System, Harold Hayes, Restaurants
A Manhattan restaurant rated with a Health Department 'A' grade is seen March 7, 2011 in New York City. Preliminary results from the initial six months of the city's new restaurant health grading system indicate that restaurants are taking steps to improve their food safety practices. Of restaurants that received an initial 'B' grade, 44 percent of them implemented enough improvements to earn an 'A' grade on their second inspection. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – From the beginning of Monday's meeting of the Allegheny County Health Department board, some restaurant owners raised questions about a process that would change the current system right now an eating place either gets the sticker of approval or a warning that sends the restaurant on the road toward a shutdown for the most serious of violations.
During public comment time, John Graf, representing the Pennsylvania Restaurant Lodging Association told the board, "As Ross Perot said, 'the devil's in the details' and right now we don't know what the details are. I don't think this board does either."
But the board approved the first steps in a plan that would grade restaurants based on a point system of health department compliance.
The more serious the violations the lower the score from A to B to C.
A restaurant would still be in operation with a C but would have a chance to improve in the first months before the grade system is fully implemented.
Dr. Lee Harrison, the board chair, says a grading system can be a win-win situation as restaurants strive to improve their grades.
"Basically the public is going to see in very clear terms how restaurants did on their inspections," says Harrison. "What that's going to allow them to do is basically see whether restaurants are keeping up with the regulations in terms of what they're required to do."
But Graf still has concerns.
"If they were to come in at a time that is a very busy food serviceable, some coolers may be out of temperature because they're open and closed on a hot day and that inspection just happened to come in at lunchtime well then that could be one of these violations that they're talking about but it really doesn't go to the safety of the food that's being presented," he said.
The board says its goal is to implement the plan by September, continually seeking input from the food service community. But a lot more details have to be worked out before then.
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Q: Can we define the non-integer derivation of a function? We know that  $\frac{d^{n}e^{x}}{dx^{n}}=e^{x}$. Can we define the $n$th derivation of $e^{x}$ which $n$ is a real number?!!!

A: Absolutely! You can search for "fractional derivative" to find a lot of beginners and advanced oriented material. The general theory (i.e., not only fractional derivatives of $e^x$) not only makes sense mathematically but has many applications.

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At Bondi Pavilion For Youth Week
To celebrate Youth Week during the April School Holidays, The House That Dan Built is taking over the Bondi Pavilion Gallery from 16 – 29 April with a return season of Tender Young Creatures and a series of theatre and music skill development workshop opportunities for girls aged 9 to 20.
The House That Dan Built is a cross-age ensemble of female artists that cultivate curiosity and creativity of young female performers. From the glitzy Sydney Festival and Mardi Gras stages to the intimate nursing homes and school rooms of regional Australia, artistic director Danielle O'Keefe leads a hand-picked group of young female performers to write and voice their own stories in performances and workshops across the country.
"Just over 8 years ago while running a theatre-making workshop in a tiny rural town with teenage girls I could not get them to stand up. They were not being defiant or rebellious, they just didn't care. Apathy had eaten them alive. My heart broke a little bit that day.
Over the years that followed I have heard story after story from the mouths of girls and young women that tell me we have a long way to go towards equality in this country. The House That Dan Built creates art with young women that can have a lasting impact not only on the girls who participate but society at large. We don't have to stay angry. We have ukuleles!" said Artistic Director Danielle O'Keefe.
During this April residency at the Bondi Pavilion, the wider Sydney community get the opportunity to hear these girls' stories, and girls aged 9-20 will have the opportunity to hone their creative skills and discover their storyteller voices.
"These two weeks will offer a safe environment that supports the vulnerability of the creative process and also encourages peer based learning as a way to hone and capture young girls' talents."
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"""Demo of different plot API styles: procedural test_widget and OO test_plot
"""

from __future__ import print_function

import logging
import sys
import numpy

from PyQt4 import QtGui

logging.basicConfig()
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

app = QtGui.QApplication([])

def test_widget():
    """Code with PlotWidget API"""
    from plot.PlotWidget import PlotWidget

    plt = PlotWidget()
    plt.addCurve(x=None, y=(1, 2, 2))
    plt.addImage(data=numpy.arange(100).reshape(10, -1), xScale=(0, 1), yScale=(10, 1))
    plt.setGraphTitle("Procedural Plot API")
    plt.setGraphXLabel("x label")
    plt.setGraphYLabel("y label")
    plt.setGraphXLimits(0, 10)
    plt.setGraphYLimits(0, 20)
    plt.invertYAxis(True)
    plt.show()
    return plt

def test_plot():
    """Code with OO API"""
    from plot import BackendMPL, Plot

    class MyPlotWidget(Plot):
        """Glue class, should be provided by plot"""

        def __init__(self, title=""):
            super(MyPlotWidget, self).__init__(title=title)
            self.backend = BackendMPL(self)

        def show(self):
            self.backend.show()

    #####################

    plt = MyPlotWidget()
    plt.addImage(data=numpy.arange(100).reshape(10, -1), origin=(0, 10))
    curve = plt.addCurve(y=(1, 2, 2))
    plt.title = "OO Plot API"
    plt.xlabel = "x left"
    plt.ylabel = "y left"
    plt.xlimits = 0, 10
    plt.ylimits = 20, 0
    plt.show()

    # Update
    curve.linewidth = 2
    plt.grid = "both"
    plt.axes.right.ylabel = "y right"
    return plt

plot = test_widget()
plotOO = test_plot()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

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Sally Olsen (10 April 1912 – 12 April 2006) was a Norwegian-born American social worker and missionary.  She was a pioneer of evangelical and social work for criminals and for orphans and neglected children in San Juan, Puerto Rico,

Sally Olsen was born in Bergen, Norway. She was the eldest of four girls. Her father died when she was five years old. In 1929, at age seventeen,  Olsen and her family moved to the United States, where they first settled in Brooklyn, New York. Olsen attended the Bible school of  Philadelphia Church  in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago where she trained for the ministry and was ordained a minister.

Olsen was a pioneer in social work for criminals in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1952, she founded Sarons Rose, a day center mission for children with one or both parents in prison. She also served unofficially in the role of an unofficial prison chaplain in San Juan where she was nicknamed the Angel of Prisoners (El Angel de los Presos).
Her life was chronicled by Max Manus in 1975 and by E. Mentzen in 1987.

References

Further reading
Mentzen, Av Egil (1987) Men Gud Ga Vekst: Jubileumsboken om Sarons Rose Sally Olsen - fangenes engel pa Puerto Rico (Baksidebilde)
Manus, Max (1975) Sally Olsen : Fangenes engel i Puerto Rico (Oslo: Luther Forlag)

1912 births
2006 deaths
People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
American Pentecostal pastors
American Pentecostal missionaries
Female Christian missionaries
American social workers
Norwegian emigrants to the United States
Norwegian Pentecostal missionaries
Protestant missionaries in Puerto Rico
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Q: Code outputs right information but the formatting is incorrect, How do you segment a string? This is my code:
def string2bin(s):
y = []
for x in s:
    q = []
    q.append(str(bin(ord(x))[2:].zfill(8)))
    y.append(q)
return y

It is supposed to output:
string2bin('abc')
[[0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
 [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1]]

But instead outputs:
string2bin('abc')
[['01100001'], ['01100010'], ['01100011']]

Also how do you segment a string?
Thanks for any help!

A: Try this:
def string2bin(s):
  return [list(map(int, str(bin(ord(x)))[2:].zfill(8))) for x in s]

print(string2bin('abc'))

It produces (up to indentation):
[[0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
 [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
 [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1]]

You just missed the map(int, ...) and list(...) part.

A: Probably the easiest edit to your code would be to simply change the append from string to list. As you are adding it to a list as a string, because the way ord works you are simply adding the string as a whole, not as individual values.
def string2bin(s):
     y = []
     for x in s:
         q = []
         q.append(list(bin(ord(x))[2:].zfill(8)))
         y.append(q)
     return y

A: Convert the string to a list of digits.
def string2bin(s):
    y = []
    for x in s:
        q = [int(c) for c in (str(bin(ord(x))[2:].fill(8)))]
        y.append(q)
    return y

A: So you're taking 1 char at a time out of the string then converting it to bin, removing the 0b and then filling in the rest with 0's to keep the length at 8.
The issue is this in turn gives you a string to append, not an array.
Here's my solution, not the most Pythonic but it's easy to read:
def string2bin(s):
    y = []
    for x in s:
        q = []
        adjusted = list(str(bin(ord(x)))[2:].zfill(8))
        for num in adjusted:
            q.append(int(num))
        y.append(q)
    return y

print(string2bin('abc'))

This outputs exactly what you've requested:
[[0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1]]


Braces and orthodontic appliances retain food debris even more. Hygiene becomes more challenging because dental plaque accumulates easily between teeth and orthodontic components. Thorough cleaning is recommended by brushing your teeth after each meal and even after snacks so that food debris is removed. People who have braces should also floss after anything they eat, or at least once a day.
If oral hygiene is not well maintained when doing an orthodontic treatment, some serious problems may appear: gum disease and decalcification of the enamel, which leads to cavities.
Use a soft bristled toothbrush. Apply moderate massaging force with the toothbrush and use toothpaste that contains fluoride. Do not swallow the toothpaste after brushing. Place the toothbrush at an angle so that the bristles enter the zone under the gum line. Use small circular motions to remove plaque and food debris. Take the time to clean each surface of each tooth. Also brush your tongue and your palate (roof of your mouth).
before sleeping, when nothing will go in your mouth after, except for water.
Brushing with braces or orthodontic appliance will make your toothbrush wear out faster. It might need to be changed more often, every month or so.
Brushing alone is not enough to clean your teeth. It's important to floss the surfaces in between teeth. An interdental brush (Proxabrush) and an oral irrigator (Waterpik) can also help complete oral hygiene after brushing and flossing.
Flossing is very important during orthodontic treatments because it cleans the surfaces between teeth that a toothbrush cannot reach. Flossing is more difficult when you have braces or a fixed orthodontic appliance.
A special type of floss called Superfloss can be used when you have braces. Superfloss has a stiff end that helps directing it. To use it, the stiff end of the Superfloss must be passed completely in the space between the metal wire, the gum, and two adjacent teeth. Then, a slight movement of back-and-forth is done around each tooth.
Repeat those steps for every tooth in your mouth. Too much force should not be applied on the metal wire. You should floss after you eat anything or at least once a day. Always rinse your mouth with water after brushing and flossing, and do not swallow the fluoride containing toothpaste.
Sometimes food debris is hard to remove in the spaces between teeth and the orthodontic wires or brackets. An interdental brush (or Proxabrush) may be used to clean underneath and around the braces and wires.
An interdental brush should be used gently in order not to damage orthodontic wires, especially the small thin ones that are used at the beginning of the treatment.
An oral irrigator, also called Waterpik, is a device that cleans remaining plaque and food debris between teeth and around the gum line. This process is achieved by using a stream of pulsating water that is released from the tip of the oral irrigator.
Caring for Teeth With Braces and Retainers (WebMD).
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Over the years, NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series has become a great showcase for not just begining talent, but for living legends as well. There is no better case for the latter than today's guest, the one-of-a-kind mystic, Erykah Badu, who graced the offices at NPR with a two-song set that included two of her biggest musical moments of the last two decades.
Starting things off the right way, Erykah graciously introduces her bandmates, including woodwind, brass, and traditional standing bass, accentuating the jazzy style that was her early hallmark. She then slides into "Rimshot," her musical ode to the snare sound that is a signature of so many musical styles. It's a short performance, just enough to evoke memories of the singer's late-nineties debut and the spiritual emotions she called forth on her 1997 debut, Baduizm.
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Mental health charity Mind has been awarded £436,000 funding by People's Health Trust to launch 9 pilot projects that will support unemployed men and new mums to look after their mental wellbeing during challenging periods in their lives.
The groups were specifically targeted as part of the charity's resilience programme, in which people have been identified as being at particular risk of poor mental health, such as those exposed to social isolation, discrimination and economic deprivation.
Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, said: "We are absolutely delighted to have received these grants from the People's Health Trust using money raised by society lotteries through The Health Lottery. It will help us to provide tailored support based on individual needs for two of the groups that we know are most likely to develop a mental health problem.
"With NHS trusts looking to make efficiency savings of £20 billion over the next 4 years, Mind knows that this will have a huge impact on the support services that those affected by mental health problems can access. That's why funding for pilot projects like these is so valuable and will help us to ensure that we can be there for more people at the earliest possible stage."
Four Local Mind groups in Ulverston, Coventry, Peterborough and Fenland and the West Midlands will be given grants to support pregnant women and new mothers.
Research suggests that 15% of women in the UK will experience a perinatal mental illness in the first trimester of their pregnancy, and 10% of new mothers will experience post natal depression.
The Local Mind projects will provide on-going support to mums throughout pregnancy and the first year after birth, weekly drop-in peer support groups, and weekly home visits by trained befrienders who provide practical and emotional help as well as friendship and encouragement.
Local Minds in York, Tower Hamlets and Newham in London, Merthyr and the Valleys in Wales, Darlington, and City and Hackney in London, will also receive a grant to provide support to unemployed men.
A Mind study from 2009 estimated that the percentage of people with psychological problems increases from 16% among the employed to 34% among the unemployed. The projects will provide structured, practical activities, such as gardening projects or DIY handiwork projects, which support wellbeing and community engagement and help them to improve their skills.


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One study explains why it's tough to pass liberal laws
via Wonkblog by Dylan Matthews on 3/4/13
Last year, a group of political scientists took a random sample of state legislators and asked them a slew of questions, most of which boiled down to: "What do your constituents think about policy?" Do they support gay marriage? Do they support Obamacare? Do they support action to combat global warming?
Friend-of-the-blog David Broockman and Christopher Skovron, graduate students at Berkeley and Michigan, respectively, have released a working paper based on that research and the findings are rather astonishing.
Broockman and Skovron find that all legislators consistently believe their constituents are more conservative than they actually are. This includes Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives. But conservative legislators generally overestimate the conservatism of their constituents by 20 points. "This difference is so large that nearly half of conservative politicians appear to believe that they represent a district that is more conservative on these issues than is the most conservative district in the entire country," Broockman and Skovron write. This finding held up across a range of issues. Here, for example, are their findings for health care and same-sex marriage:
Source: Broockman and Skovron
The X axis is the district's actual views, and the Y axis their legislators' estimates of their views. The thin black line is perfect accuracy, the response you'd get from a legislator totally in tune with his constituents. Lines above it would signify the politicians think the district more liberal than it actually is; if they're below it, that means the legislators are overestimating their constituents' conservatism. Liberal legislators consistently overestimate opposition to same-sex marriage and universal health care, but only mildly. Conservative politicians are not even in the right ballpark.
Is it just that legislators don't talk to their constituents? Nope. Broockman and Skovron tried and failed to find any relationship between the amount of time legislators spend in their districts, going to community events, and so forth, and the accuracy of their reads on their districts. And this bias afflicts not just their view of their constituents, but their positions generally. Consider these charts:
The X axis is the percent of the district supporting universal health care or same-sex marriage; the Y axis is the share of representatives in districts with that level of constituent support who support the policy as well. The graphs show that the threshold of support a liberal policy must cross for politicians to back it is well above 50 percent, and above 60 percent for universal health care. If only 55 percent of a district supported universal health care, then more likely than not, their representative will oppose it.
The research here is young and, as a general rule, reading too much into a single working paper is foolhardy. It'd be good, for one thing, to perform district-level surveys to confirm these findings. But the data holds against a battery of robustness checks the authors threw at it. The finding on conservative legislators in particular is so large that it's hard to imagine any subsequent research would completely overturn it. But if the findings hold, they suggest both that epistemic closure on the right is real and affects state-level policymaking, and that there is a systematic bias against liberal policies at the state level.
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5Cs Reach Toward Environmental Goals
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The Claremont Colleges are slowly but surely moving toward becoming an environmentally friendly consortium. Past steps toward sustainability include converting 10 percent of Harvey Mudd College's 500,000 square feet of landscaped area to drought-tolerant landscaping since 2001, Pomona College's grounds crew reducing grass on campus by 43,402 square feet from 2010 to 2011 alone and Pitzer College decreasing water usage across its campus by nearly 50 percent since 2002. The 5Cs are realizing we live in a desert-like setting, contrary to what our current landscaping might suggest, and thus they are actively planning and executing goals for how to cut down on water usage and become more sustainable.
One of the things the colleges have in common in their sustainability efforts is the utilization of drought-resistant and native plants in order to replace high water use trees and minimize irrigation. By choosing a landscape that requires little maintenance, water can be conserved, and the goal of making the campus more sustainable is better achieved. Other "green" efforts shared by the colleges include drip irrigation systems that use significantly less water than the previously installed spray irrigation system. This saves HMC alone eight million gallons of water per year.
HMC recognizes sustainability as one of this century's biggest challenges. As part of its new strategic vision, the college is incorporating concepts of sustainability into their academic and daily affairs. In 2008, president Maria Klawe joined with college and university presidents across the country in signing the Presidents' Climate Commitment, which includes adopting green standards for buildings.
Another 69,000 square feet will be converted to drought-tolerant landscaping at HMC, according to the college's plan. According to an article about sustainability at HMC published in the college's magazine, goals for the school include decreasing water usage by 40 percent by 2020 so that only local sources need to be utilized, as well as expanding the move to drought-tolerant landscaping and encouraging all five campuses to follow suit.
Though there is still a long way to go toward complete sustainability on the 5Cs, landscaping is an area that has already seen some aggressive conservation efforts. In 2009, Pomona opened a sustainability integration office that is solely responsible for developing and implementing campus sustainability programs. This year, the college welcomed new Sustainability Coordinator Ginny Routhe.
"My goals for this year are to get a clear vision and a clear roadmap for sustainability at Pomona, particularly and specifically a strategic plan for what our end goals are and how we are going to get there," Routhe said.
Although the sustainability movement at Pomona is only about a decade old, Routhe said she believes it is growing quickly. Pomona's Sustainability Integration Office has a number of current initiatives that include drought-tolerant plantings to reduce the grass blends, advanced irrigation equipment to ensure that landscaping is watered appropriately, drip irrigation systems to reduce the use of spray and other sprinkler types on campus and reduced watering schedules.
Similarly, Claremont McKenna College is working to establish more sustainable grounds through a campus-wide irrigation control system and implementation of the best practices for landscape maintenance. The college aims to use a mix of native and drought-tolerant plants appropriate to the climate. According to Matthew Bibbens, Vice President for Administration and Planning at CMC, the college "implemented these principles in its recent North Mall project, which incorporates a range of drought-tolerant and climate-appropriate plant materials, and other sustainable features" such as bioswales, landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution.
CMC's mission is to prepare students to become responsible leaders in business, government and other professions, in part by modeling social and environmental responsibility. The college's overarching goals for sustainability and landscaping are set forth in their Master Plan, published in May 2012. With respect to sustainability and landscaping, the Master Plan Beliefs include "key planning and design assumptions," which state that the college's campus should reflect the utilization of "best practices" with respect to environmentally sustainable design and operation.
For Pitzer, environmental sustainability moves beyond a goal to act as a core value of the college. This means sensitivity to and preservation of the environment is a key value of Pitzer life, and students shape their daily activities and studies to ensure that they leave the environment stronger than they found it. According to Joe Clements, Grounds Manager at Pitzer, future landscaping at the college will revolve around Mediterranean-climate plants and plants that are native to California.
While the grass on the Mounds requires considerable watering, the grounds crew will not eliminate the landscape due to its popularity among students. However, Clements said that Pitzer is "interested in using less water in the future" and will continue to look at "sustainable alternatives."
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depend on NOBT being 0.
Seemed like a reasonable idea, to me.
>>>  that the bits must be continuous.
>> which could be relying on this.
>in the init_record() code, if it is 0.
>way to set MASK directly (contiguous or not), avoiding NOBT and SHFT.
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package dacer.utils;

import java.util.Calendar;

import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;

import com.dacer.simplepomodoro.MainActivity;
import com.dacer.simplepomodoro.R;

import dacer.service.WakeLockService;
import dacer.settinghelper.SettingUtility;

/**
 * Author:dacer
 * Date  :Jul 17, 2013
 */
public class SetMyAlarmManager {

	//Set a alarm to start service at the time after "min" minute.
	public static void schedulService(Context mContext,int min, Class<?> cls){
		PendingIntent mAlarmSender = PendingIntent.getService(mContext,
                0, new Intent(mContext, cls), 0);
        long finishTimeInMills = MyUtils.getCurrentUTCInMIlls() + min*60000;
        // Schedule the alarm!
        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);

        if(SettingUtility.isXiaomiMode()||(SettingUtility.isTick()&&SettingUtility.isPomoRunning())){
        	am.set(AlarmManager.RTC, finishTimeInMills, mAlarmSender);
        	mContext.startService(new Intent(mContext, WakeLockService.class));
        }else{
            am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, finishTimeInMills, mAlarmSender);
            MyNotification mn = new MyNotification(mContext);
            mn.showSimpleNotification(mContext.getString(R.string.sp_is_running),
            		mContext.getString(R.string.click_to_return), true,
            		MainActivity.class);
        }
        SettingUtility.setFinishTimeInMills(finishTimeInMills);

    }

	public static void stopschedulService(Context mContext, Class<?> cls){
			MyNotification n = new MyNotification(mContext);
			n.cancelNotification();
			MyUtils.autoStopWakelockService(mContext);
	        PendingIntent mAlarmSender = PendingIntent.getService(mContext,
	                0, new Intent(mContext, cls), 0);
	        // cancel the alarm.
	        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)mContext.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
	        am.cancel(mAlarmSender);
	        SettingUtility.setRunningType(SettingUtility.NONE_RUNNING);
	        SettingUtility.setFinishTimeInMills(0);
	    }
}


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Pro Stock champ Erica Enders reaches new heights with No. 2 spot in Denver
DENVER, CO — Pro Stock champion Erica Enders would have loved to have held on to the No. 1 spot for the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals on Saturday at Bandimere Speedway, but though she fell .007-second short of that lofty perch, Enders and her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team can hold their heads up high after qualifying No. 2.
"It would have been cool to get a green hat," Enders said, referring to the special hats given to No. 1 qualifiers. "And tomorrow would have been a little cooler than normal because we would have a bye in the first round (because there are only 15 cars in the field).
"But I was talking to my guys about it on the radio before we even made the run — the benefit of running last is that you get to see what everybody does — after we knew that a handful of people had run 6.93s. I told my guys, 'Either way, stay on the pole or not, get it back or not, what an awesome turnaround we have had this weekend, and we will out-tune and outdrive them tomorrow.' And we will."
Enders held the No. 1 spot through three qualifying sessions, but after a rain delay helped cool conditions in the Denver altitude, five cars went quicker in Q4 before Enders and Alex Laughlin made their runs.
Enders made a terrific pass of 6.933 seconds at 198.03 mph, though Laughlin was a tick quicker. However, her run wasn't the best by her Dodge.
"Considering what happened in that run, to be able to throw up an e.t. like that is pretty cool," Enders said. "I mean, I was way over by the wall and it was loose, so there was definitely some e.t. there, but either way it's such an awesome step in the right direction, and it goes to show that hard work really pays off.
"This is where we get to really, really dig deep and see if we can battle back into the Countdown."
Enders sits 11th in the Pro Stock points standings, with only the top 10 advancing to the Countdown to the Championship. Five races remain before the Countdown starts, and Enders is only nine points out of 10th.
She'll battle Alan Prusiensky in the first round Sunday after he qualified No. 15 with a pass of 7.477 seconds at 159.91 mph.
"I'm super proud of our showing thus far, and we've got our day cut out for us tomorrow, but I wouldn't want to go to battle with anyone else," Enders said. "I'm proud to have performed so well in our Mopar Dodge Dart at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals, and we will see if can bring home a Wally to Detroit."
Pro Stock eliminations start at noon, Sunday, and will be broadcast live on FOX from 1 to 4 p.m. (All times listed in MDT).
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It would seem that Metallica, one of the most influential bands in rock history, have little else to achieve. They have sales of 110 million albums behind them, with one album (The Black Album) selling 17 million copies in the United States alone. Winners of 9 Grammys and multiple MTV Video Music Awards and registered in the Guinness Book of Records for having played all five continents of the world (they performed in Antarctica in 2013), the band featuring Lars Ulrich on drums and James Hetfield on vocals and guitar, is without doubt, a cult group. Now they are returning to Barcelona with their WorldWired Tour, filling the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium with their devoted fans.


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Q: Brunch isn´t showing info about compilation errors I´ve been using Brunch since June. I remember that, when you had a compilation error on jsx for example, if you had brunch running in watch mode, it would show you in which line do you have the error.
But since an specific update that i don't remember, it only shows a message like this:
29 Dec 07:50:15 - error: Compiling of app/components/AsciiFacesList.jsx failed.
29 Dec 07:50:15 - error: Compiling of app/components/AsciiFacesList.jsx failed.

Without knowing what's wrong. I added the -d flag to my npm command so it's like:
"scripts": {
      "start": "brunch watch -d --server",...

But even with that, doesn't show additional information like before.

A: You can install brunch from the master branch on github.
https://github.com/brunch/brunch
This issue is already fixed by brunch team and brunch now shows the errors with description.
We have to install from master until this fix will be released with a new version of brunch (>2.9.1)


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LITIGATION PRIMER
RESPONDING TO A NOTICE OF CIVIL CLAIM
Litigation begins with a Notice of Civil Claim or Notice of Claim. A Notice of Civil Claim is a lawsuit that is filed in the Supreme Court of BC. The party that initiates the lawsuit is the plaintiff and the party that responds to the action is the defendant.
If you have received a Notice of Civil Claim, it is important to respond to its in a timely manner as responses are time sensitive.
What Should I include in my Response to a Notice of Civil Claim?
In responding to a Notice of Civil Claim, it is important to determine whether you accept or reject the claim- either in whole or in part. If you wholly accept the admissions made by the plaintiff, you can respond to the claim by filing a Form 2 (Response to Civil Claim) and by consenting to the relief sought by the plaintiff.
If you reject the admission made by the plaintiff, you would complete the same Form 2, but ensure that you provide reasons for rejecting the admission, providing your facts of the dispute and responding to the relief sought by the plaintiff.
If you believe you have a case against the plaintiff, you can also file a counterclaim.
In most cases, a response to a Notice of Civil Claim requires extensive research and review of the documents governing the dispute.
Regardless of how you respond to a Notice of Civil Claim, it is important to seek assistance with your response sooner rather than later, as there are important time limits that may affect the outcome of the dispute.
COURT EXPENSES AND COSTS
Court costs regard the court-ordered payment of expenses from one party to another.
In British Columbia, the Court Order Interest Act permits an award of pre- and post judgment interest on judgments awarded in the favour of the plaintiff. The Court Rules Act B.C. Reg. 168/2009 (Supreme Court Civil Rules) is another statute that discusses interest awards. In the event of a civil case involving a creditor and a debtor, the creditor may also be entitled to pre and post-judgment interest on financial awards.
The interest rates for money judgments depends on the Bank of Canada's interest rates. Having said that, courts have the discretion to vary the interest rate in certain circumstances.
Costs are a financial award that is based on a party's legal expenses (including legal representation and disbursements). In the Supreme Court and most provincial courts, judges have the power to pass a judgment rewarding the requesting parties' legal costs. In general, the losing party must pay the winning party's legal costs.
Costs are paid out in determination of fixed costs presented by the winning party or they are reviewed by an assessment officer. In certain situations, the costs of a motion depend on whether the winner of the motion succeeds at trial. For this reason, and others, costs are paid at the conclusion of a case.
Quantum Awards
While a court may rule in favour of awarding a winning party its requested costs, the entire amount requested may not be awarded. For instance, a successful litigant may receive an award of costs on a partial indemnity measure that allows for a certain percentage of total legal expenses requested.
In some cases, costs are awarded on a substantial indemnity scale. As these cases are exceptional, it is unlikely that 100% of costs will be awarded on a substantial indemnity scale. Exceptional circumstances include a breach of trust, contemptuous behaviour, or fraudulent conduct. In cases where the attorney is guilty of improper conduct, the court may order the attorney to personally remunerate some or all of the costs to the plaintiff or requesting party.
In certain circumstances, security of costs may be requested. Security for a defendant's legal costs at trial or appeal ensure that the defendant is able to pay the costs awarded to the successful litigant. Security may take the form of cash, a letter of credit or a surety bond.
For more information on court-awarded costs, expenses, and awards, get in touch with one of our litigation attorneys.
Discovery is the process by which each party discloses to the other, the documents that will be relied upon during trial. In some jurisdictions in Canada, parties to an action may draft a discovery plan indicating how witnesses will be examined and how documents will be produced.
A document entitled a List of Documents or LOD must be produced prior to trial. Once the LOD has been drafted, it must be served. The plaintiff must serve the LOD to the defendant and the defendant must serve his or her LOD to the plaintiff.
As the LOD requires continuous disclosure, it is important to amend your LOD is required, if you no longer have possession of the listed documents, if you have mislabeled your LOD, or if you no longer intend to use the documents you have listed.
Unless you disclose a document in your LOD, you cannot rely on it in trial. The only exception to this rule is if the document is a public record or document.
If there are documents that are subject to attorney-client privilege, such privilege must be indicated on the LOD. If one party challenges privilege over a document, a motion may be filed to uncover the documents in question.
It is important to provide continuous disclosure and adhere to LOD deadlines as failure to adhere to Court rules may result in sanctions. For further information on LODs, contact one of our litigation attorneys.
PLEADINGS, MOTIONS & CHECKLISTS
In litigation, there are a number of actions taken to either support your case, request extensions on certain matters, or compel a party to do something. Pleadings and motions are some of the ways in which a party can manage a case strategically and effectively
What is a Pleading?
A pleading is the section of a lawsuit that outlines the facts, laws, and precedent that a party relies on. A pleading can take on a number or different forms: (i) an Application, (ii) Statement of Claim, and (iii) Notice of Action. In similar jurisdictions, pleadings are divided into petitions, statements of defence and statements of claim.
In responding to a statement of claim, a defendant, in response to the statement of claim, would file a statement of defence. A statement of defence can include a counterclaim in which the defendant files a suit against the plaintiff.
What is a Motion?
A motion is a formal request made to the court. The request could compel the other party to do something. A party can also request that the court takes a specific action with respect to the case.
Motions also address requests to amend pleadings, requests to the court to rule on complex issues or proceedings, and requests to contest matters brought up by the other party.
Checklists streamline your case when used properly. Checklists will ensure that statutory deadlines are met, appropriate disclosures are made, and correct forms and documents are filed.
Checklists also assist with putting together the composition of a trial or hearing, including the factum and book of authorities.
For more information on court proceedings, get in touch with one of our litigation attorneys.
LEGAL ANALYSIS
Legal analysis involves the application of law to the facts of a case. In applying legal analysis to your case, it is important to clearly indicate why you are relying on the authority of that case and the relevance that the case has to your own case. If the case you're relying on is not directly applicable to your own submission, it is best not to use that particular case. It is also important to note that while there may be similarities between the cases you wish to use and your case, you need to delve further to properly analysing the case law in a way that draws out recognized principles.
Before embarking on your quest to bolster your case with legal evidence, it is important to create a map of how you wish to argue your points.
Conducting your legal analysis effectively means that you are highlighting the most material facts of your case in order to achieve your purpose and objectives in filing your lawsuit.
Clear and concise legal analysis will allow you to present your case more effectively and it will also build the foundation for persuasive advocacy.
In applying legal analysis to your case, it is important to write concisely. Often times, writing concisely is more difficult than writing at length. Writing concisely means briefly outlining the pertinent facts and principles underlying the cases you're relying on, and directly applying those legal principles to your own case. Tangentially describing the facts of a similar case is counter to this principle.
As legal analysis may pose complex challenges, it is important to seek the counsel of an attorney that can help you drive your point forward. Contact one of our legal representatives today.


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LAKE HUME'S HISTORY
The first European explorer of the Murray River upstream of Albury was Hamilton Hume, in 1824. By the 1860s landholders were discussing ways of managing the River Murray for better navigation, irrigation, flood and drought control. In 1915 the River Murray Waters Agreement was approved by State and Federal governments.
The construction of the Hume Dam started on 28 November 1919 and was finished in 1936. The site was originally called 'The Mitta Mitta Dam Site', but in February 1920 the name was changed to 'Hume Reservoir' to honour Hamilton Hume.
The River Murray Waters Agreement included a provision for the construction of a storage on the upper Murray. The site of Hume Dam was selected from 25 alternatives. In 1924, the Commission agreed to enlarge the Reservoir from its planned capacity of 1,360 GL to 2,470 GL. This was later reduced to 1,540 GL due to the Great Depression.
At its peak, over one thousand tradesmen and labourers worked under dangerous conditions to build the dam. While the exact number is unknown, it is believed that up to nine lives were lost during construction.
Horses, steam engines and manual labour were mostly used, with only a handful of motor vehicles used on the project. In the years of the Great Depression workmen were told to load rock into trucks using their bare hands, in order to create more work.
When the project was finished in 1936, it was the biggest dam in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world.
It was hailed alongside Sydney Harbour Bridge as one of the mightiest Australian structures of the inter-war years.
Later, the Snowy Mountains Scheme resulted in increased flows in the River Murray and, as part of the scheme, it was agreed to double the storage to its current capacity of 3,005 GL. These works were completed in 1961. In 1957, a hydro-electric station was built to generate power from releases
More information from Lake Hume Land and On-Water Management


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NEW Softball State Top 20
By Mark Tennis | Published: April 10, 2017 Follow @CalHiSports
Bianca Gonzalez launches a three-run homer for No. 1 Norco in win over No. 3 Orange Lutheran in title game of Michelle Carew Classic. Photo: Patrick Takkinen/SoCalSidelines.com.
Go ahead, call us homers. But it just worked out doing these rankings the same way we've done them for 30-plus years that three teams from San Joaquin County (our home base) have landed in the State Top 20 for softball. It doesn't look like that's happened before. At the top of the heap, meanwhile, it may be Norco, Los Alamitos and Orange Lutheran in the top three for many weeks. No. 4 Gahr and No. 5 Rio Mesa are still unbeaten, but unless one of the first three completely collapses neither of those two teams will have the strength of schedule to move up.
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Last week two of your men came to my home to replace two interior and repair some exterior trim. They were prompt, efficient and well organized. Although, I thought they couldn't finish the work in one day they did! Also, if there was any question about placement or finish work they asked what I would prefer, The fit and finish work is excellent. If I need any work done in the future you will be the first call I make! Thanks.
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Before starting this project we had some concerns on how we could get this done since our winter home is 700 miles away and we would not be on-site to show you exactly what we wanted and would not be there to monitor progress.
However once we chose you as the contractor, we were impressed on how well we were treated by you and Elaine. You were both so friendly that every time I called I felt like I was calling an old friend.
When I saw the finished renovation, I was very impressed with the quality of the work and the place looked fantastic. The transformation you did to our space was quite impressive.


In association with Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers, we have put together a PowerPoint Show which can be watched free of charge from the comfort of your own PC, Apple Mac, Smart Phone or Tablet.
The presentation provides an outline of a variety of tax planning opportunities available to landlords with anything from one property to hundreds.
Are REIT's A Viable Exit Strategy For UK Landlords?


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Zombies vs. Strippers (2012)
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Genres / Traits: Horror Horror Comedy Sex Horror Zombie Film Strippers
The Tough Titty is a strip club that's seen better days. Spider has been losing money on his business for years. Now it's finally getting the traffic he's always wanted... unfortunately, most of his patrons are undead. --IMDb
Circus-Szalewski
Victoria Levine
Adriana Sephora
Nihilist Gelo
Review by Chad
What is it with all the zombies versus strippers movies that have been coming out in recent years? Off the top of my head, we've had Zombie Strippers, Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, and even the Japanese got in on it with Big Tits Zombie... and that's definitely not a definitive list as I've seen a few others mentioned that aren't reviewed on this site. Replace the zombies with werewolves or other horror movie staples and the genre opens up even more. So, here we are once again, this time with Zombies Vs. Strippers, a movie that comes to us with the same general plot that all of these releases use. While it may be lacking in originality, it does come to us courtesy of Charles Band and Full Moon Studios, so how bad could it possibly be?
The entire film takes place at The Tough Titty, a strip club run by a charming fellow named Spider (Circus-Szalewski), and it doesn't take long for us to figure out that this club is in rough shape. The girls are attractive, the bar is well-stocked, and the music choices are solid, but there simply aren't any customers... and there haven't been for a long time. In fact, it's been so long that Spider is selling the place off, and this is the last night that the place will be open. What better way to go out than with a big employee-only party? Joining in are strippers Sugar (Eve Mauro), Bambi (Victoria Levine), Jasmine (Adriana Sephora), and Vanilla (Brittany Gael Vaughn), along with club bouncer Marvin (J. Scott), bartender Bobby (Don Baldaramos), and DJ Bern (Tanner Horn).
The booze is flowing and the boobs are jiggling, but it wouldn't be much of a movie if it just ended there. That is when Spike (Adam Brooks), the frontman for hardcore band Nancy Reagan's Vagina, bursts into the club with a crazy story: it seems that a riot broke out at the club where he and his band were performing, he robbed the place in the chaos, and then headed here. What was an employee-only affair quickly makes way for one guest when Spike reveals that he is ready to blow sixteen grand on lapdances. His story of flesh-eating maniacs and mass chaos outside may be a little frightening, but that money would keep the place in business and do a lot to line everybody's pockets. I think you see where we're going with this. Insert plenty of stripping action, a handful of zombie attacks, a bible-thumbing biker gang led by Red Wings (Brad Potts), and yes, even a zombie clown, and you have Zombies Vs. Strippers.
This is a guilty pleasure movie if there ever was one, let's get that out of the way now. On paper, it should have been awful: the acting is atrocious, the zombie and gore effects are lackluster, and even though the movie runs just over an hour, there are scenes that just go on a little too long. However, it's not without its charm, and fans of bad b-movies will know exactly what I mean. It's true that you can't call it a classic and it's also true that you could point out numerous technical flaws, but at the end of the day, it is an entertaining movie. It's got some likable characters, some funny one-liners, a couple of decent zombie kills, and... alright, I doubt many women are interested in this movie based on the title alone, so guys? Yeah, three out of those four ladies show off their boobies in almost every scene of the movie.
I also have to say that I enjoyed the characters. Now, there's a difference between me saying "acting" and "characters" there, because I'll be honest, the acting isn't all that great. With that said, there are a lot of enjoyable characters here and they all work surprisingly well together. Circus-Szalewski is probably the best of the bunch as bar-owner Spider, and watching his dealings with both his staff and the other people who enter his establishment is always entertaining and often hilarious. I also got a huge Bruce Campbell vibe off of him in this one, so Evil Dead fans will enjoy him even more. Brad Potts is also excellent as the leader of the biker gang, and watching this well-spoken badass take charge of the situation is enjoyable as all hell. I'll even say that the strippers were pretty entertaining as characters - again, I'm not going to give any of them "best actress" nods, but each of them managed to bring some laughs along with their, uh, other goods.
So, even though it does a lot of things wrong, it also does a lot of things right and is pretty entertaining as a result. It's not a horror classic and it's not even the best in the "zombies versus strippers" genre, but the title tells you everything that you need to know about this movie... and if it sounds like something you'd be interested in, chances are good that you'll like it. You want a movie that will scare the shit out of you or raise the tension levels? How about a creative take on the zombie genre? Look elsewhere. However, if you want a cheesy b-movie with plenty of boobs, jokes, zombies, and blood (in that order), then give it a shot. 6/10.


Keifer Sykes – Green Bay. Yes, this guy really is as good as advertised. Even on a week in which Fresno State's Marvelle Harris dropped 40 points on Nevada (he also garnered heavy consideration), Sykes – as he's been on several occasions throughout his career – was the best player in O26 hoops. The senior averaged 28.6 PPG over a three-game stretch, including 28 points against Wright State on Monday, a season-high 34 at Milwaukee on Friday, and 24 versus Youngstown State on Sunday night. His performance against the Panthers was nothing less than dominant, scoring 22 of his team's 47 first half points and personally leading Milwaukee, 22-19, with four minutes left in the opening period. On Sunday, the preseason Horizon League Player of the Year ripped off 10 points in the first seven minutes of the second half to help turn a slight lead over the Penguins into a commanding margin down the stretch, adding nine rebounds and six assists in the process. Considering the level at which Sykes is playing, it's no coincidence that Green Bay won its three games by an average of 18.3 points per game. For that, he earns our Player of the Week Award.
James Whitford – Ball State. I'm pretty sure Whitford picked up a few things during his nine years working under Sean Miller, because Ball State played some Arizona-level defense in the MAC last week. After holding Eastern Michigan to five points in the last five minutes of regulation, forcing overtime and upsetting the Eagles in Ypsilanti on Wednesday, the Cardinals did something only one other team had managed to do all season: slow down Central Michigan's offense enough to beat them. But Whitford's club did more than merely "slow down" the Chippewas' top-20 offensive attack "enough" to win; its pack-line defense limited one of the nation's most prolific three-point shooting squads to 29.6 percent from behind the arc and a season-low 1.0 point per possession, enabling Ball State to win going away. Conversely, the Cardinals' offense was the best it's been all season, scoring 1.28 points per trip. From Whitford's point of view (and probably anyone else who follows the MAC), the pair of victories was something of a breakthrough: "It's not just that we won two close games; it's that we've beaten two legitimate, I think, top-100 teams in the country." The second-year head man is starting to build something in Muncie.
Miami (OH) over Eastern Michigan, 82-81. Okay, so Pepperdine over BYU was probably a bigger upset and Eastern Michigan's loss to Ball State even more improbable, but the manner in which Miami (OH) took down the Eagles last week deserves some attention too. The Redhawks were down by 19 points at the half and trailed by eight with just 1:52 to play, at which point their odds of winning – 31 percent when the game began – fell to somewhere between 0% and 1%. Even after cutting the lead to four, a pair of Karrington Ward free throws extended the deficit back to six with little more than 20 seconds remaining. Hope seemed all but lost. Then Eric Washington made the magic happen. After Miami (OH) traded a two-point basket for one made free throw and cut the lead to five, the diminutive guard drilled two high-rising threes in the final 11 seconds to complete the improbable comeback.
Murray State's Cam Payne to Jarvis Williams. Payne already ranks among the top-three in points, assists and steals in the Ohio Valley, and now he can add another skill set to his illustrious resume: premier lob artist.
Texas State wins in double-overtime, 77-74… Texas State wins in double-overtime, 77-74. That's right – three days after Texas State's Emani Gant hit a buzzer-beater to force double-overtime and eventually beat Georgia State, 77-74, Bobcats guard D.J. Brown hit a buzzer-beater to beat Arkansas-Little Rock, 77-74, in double-overtime. Lightning apparently strikes twice in the Sun Belt.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs has projected	it will finalize recognition decisions	on two Pequot tribes by June 25.
But don't hold your breath. The	Eastern Pequot Tribe and	the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe, like others,	have been subject to numerous delays.
In the meantime, they express hope on	the future that recognition will bring.	Federal funding, health programs, housing assistance,	educational grants and economic	development are tops on the minds of	tribal leaders.


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Lactarius sepiaceus é um fungo que pertence ao gênero de cogumelos Lactarius na ordem Russulales. Encontrado na Nova Zelândia, foi descrito cientificamente por McNabb em 1971.

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 Lista de espécies de Lactarius

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Espécies descritas em 1971


The south coast's leading fresh produce port, Portico, has welcomed Richard Lewis as their new head of operations, as the company looks to launch significant redevelopment plans.
With nearly 40 years of shipping experience, Richard Lewis has worked with major port operators and shipping lines.
His recent position as general manager for Geest Line saw Richard responsible for all vessel scheduling, operations, terminal and logistics management and also joint negotiator for tropical produce contracts.
Originally from South Wales Richard has worked across the country starting his career in the Merchant Navy before joining Geest Bananas at their ABP port facility.
Since then he has taken up positions improving operations at both Barry and Southampton ports, developed good relationships with UK and EU receivers, and Dominican Republic banana exporters.
Richard Lewis said: "I was really attracted to this role because of my enjoyment for port and vessel operations. I'll be focusing on reviewing port operations and also assisting the commercial team with new clients.


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