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Friction between LRA, NCBAL over Licensing Procedure
David A. Yates
Mr. Tumbey: "We are hearing radio announcements and rumors in various corners that the LRA is in the process of giving licenses to people who want to venture in the clearing and forwarding business."
-Brokers Association accuses regulatory authority of overlapping function; threatens to file lawsuit
The already struggling Liberian economy is on the verge of seeing an upsurge of negative issues as tension continues to grow between the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and the National Customs Brokers Association of Liberia (NCBAL)—two entities that contribute significantly to the country's economy.
The brokers association is accusing the LRA of overlapping its functions and of practically involving in 'fraudulent activities' that undermine the smooth operation of the association.
At a recent press conference in Monrovia, the association's president, Ivan Tumbey, accused the LRA of clandestinely engaging in the certification of customs brokers, a move that is contrary to that entity's scope of operations, he said. The LRA's action, Tumbey noted, is in clear violation of the legal framework that established the NCBAL and enacted it into law by the National Legislature in 1997.
According to Tumbey, the act that created the NCBAL gives it the authority and right to perform clearing and forwarding duties as well as supervising their operations.
"We think basically that the LRA is missing her basic function. If you go to the act that established the LRA, there's nowhere in the act that gives them the right to create any association," he said.
Tumbey said the brokers association also has the legal mandate to recruit and vet individuals, while the LRA only has the power to license the group as an association, "and not individuals" as it is being accused of doing.
"We are hearing radio announcements and rumors in various corners that the LRA is in the process of giving licenses to people who want to venture in the clearing and forwarding business, though they have no knowledge of the sector.
"Many of these people have not gone through the rank and file of the national customs brokers association and not accredited by our entity," Tumbey added.
This, he noted, contravenes the act that created the association. "There is no indication in the act that established LRA to train or create a broker or license a broker. The NCBAL is the only entity created to do so. I don't know whether they have other entities established by an act of the legislature," he said.
"Our argument here is that, we are brokers and we follow the rules that established us; and when it is legal for them to license us, we are happy with the procedure that they are coming up with, because more than four years since our last license was earned as an association, it has expired. It is welcoming news to license, but they cannot go beyond the association to license any individual. We are the ones clothed with that authority.
"It is our sole responsibility and they cannot take that from us. If, and only if they insist, we will take another turn because we have used every diplomatic means. We have written, argued, sit together to set a memorandum of understanding to proceed with the LRA and NCBAL as to the way forward in the entire process. But they have been ignoring our requests to sit down and sign the MOU that we both put together.
"We don't know their intentions, but we are going to resist that, and will not allow it to happen for another entity to exist in the country as long as our entity still exists," he said.
Section 3:4 of the NCBAL act gives the association the right "to organize, conduct, administer and evaluate candidates or applicants wishing to engage in and practice brokerage activities in order to standardize the profession. It shall administer tests to all persons or applicants wishing to practice brokerage activities and to be members of the association and also submit who be qualified individuals to the Minister of Finance for professional licensing."
He called on his members to be calm as the leadership puts to bed "this unfortunate situation that is serving as a distraction to them. We want to tell our members not to be deterred, because these are just mere radio announcements. We are not worried about that."
Also speaking, the vice president of the association, James Hinneh, reiterated that the NCBAL is not just a mere entity, "in that the act that was established by our honorable legislature give us the responsibility to be the sole operator of the clearing and forwarding business, every customs related document that enters the customs system should and must pass through the National Customs Brokers Association of Liberia (NCBAL)."
"The LRA and NCBAL are two separate entities, created by the same legislature for specific and distinct functions. Our function is to do clearing and forwarding and to supervise the clearing and forwarding business," he said.
"Their (LRA's) function is to give us license to make it proper through the government; they are the ones responsible to give us license, and we are the ones charged with the responsibility to create brokers and determine who becomes a broker and forward those names to LRA for their own licensing procedure. But in recent times, there are rumors circulating in the public that LRA is certificating individuals."
When contacted, D. Kaihenneh Sengbeh, the communications, media and public affairs manager at the LRA, clarified to the Daily Observer that the two institutions were each created under an act of the National Legislature, but said that the LRA is not violating the act that created the NCBAL.
"If any issue, they do not understand what is in the act. They should have come to us to see how best we can tell them about how the process is going on, because LRA has the authority to license brokers and individuals as mandated by section 1500 of the Liberia Revenue Code (LRC) and section 21(1) (a) & (b) of the LRA Act of 2013," Sengbeh said.
He said the purpose of the LRA licensing customs brokers and individuals is to promote professionalism, integrity, and accountability in the business of customs brokerage in Liberia.
Quoting the relevant sections of the LRC, Sengbeh concluded: "Section 1500 of Liberia Revenue Code (the "Code") authorizes the promulgation of regulations for 'the licensing as customs brokers of persons of good moral character, and of corporations, associations and partnership' including requiring 'as a condition to the granting of any license, the showing of such facts as…may be deemed advisable as to the qualifications of the applicant to render valuable service to importers and exporters.
"Upon this regulation becoming effective [and subject to the transitional period provided hereunder], every business, corporation, partnership or natural person operating or seeking to operate and carry on commercial business as customs broker shall be required to apply for, obtain, and remain in possession of a valid customs broker license issued by the LRA.
"No person shall transact business as a customs broker without a license granted in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, provided that this requirement shall not be construed to require a license in the case of any person clearing goods or transacting business pertaining to his own importations and our action is in the act that created the revenue code."
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Do-It-Yourself Health Care With Smartphones
By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
SINGAPORE — For more and more people, computers and software are becoming a critical part of their health care.
Thanks to an array of small devices and applications for smartphones that gather vital health information and store it electronically, consumers can take a more active role in managing their own care, often treating chronic illnesses — and preventing acute ones — without the direct aid of a physician.
"Both health care providers and consumers are embracing smartphones as a means to improving health care," said Ralf-Gordon Jahns, head of research at research2guidance, which follows the mobile industry.
He added that the firm's findings "indicate that the long-expected mobile revolution in health care is set to happen."
With a rapidly aging population in some parts of the world and curbs on government spending, the use of computer-compatible devices and online tools as part of a program of preventive medicine is a growing industry.
A report by Parks Associates in February estimated that in the United States alone, revenue from digital health technology and services would exceed $5.7 billion in 2015, compared with $1.7 billion in 2010, fueled by devices that monitor chronic conditions like hypertension and diabetes and by wellness and fitness applications and programs.
In January, the French start-up Withings introduced a Wi-Fi-enabled cuff that can take your blood pressure and pulse and that connects to an iPhone to synchronize the data with records kept online. The data can be securely stored on a personal page on the Withings Web site or with other personal health record, or P.H.R., service providers, like Google Health and Microsoft's HealthVault, where it can then be accessed by your doctor.
In February, Entra Health Systems announced a deal with the Swedish mobile phone company Doro to make its MyGlucoHealth service available on their senior-friendly cellphones. With a small device, blood glucose level readings can be sent by text message to a secure MyGlucoHealth portal, which provides instant advice to users on what to eat. MyGlucoHealth, which the company introduced in 2008, is also compatible with Google Health and HealthVault.
Though MyGlucoHealth is already available around the world using various smartphones and simple mobile phones with Bluetooth, early promotion and partnerships centered on Britain, Australia, Germany, the United States and India. The service is about to be heavily promoted in Asia. John Hendel, chairman of Entra Health Systems, said it would be available in Hong Kong on March 29, in partnership with PCCW, and in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea over the next three months.
"Asia has a very high number of people with mobile phones and with diabetes," Mr. Hendel said. "It's a market where there is a lot of genetic predisposition to diabetes, the health care system is typically underfunded and paid for by the patients, and so by coming up with a great cost-effective solution it allows us to capture a big market piece that is just as important as the U.S. market, if not more important."
A report in November by research2guidance estimated there were more than 17,000 mobile health applications designed for smartphones and that many were aimed at and being adopted by health care professionals. It forecast mobile and wireless health care services would expand significantly to reach 500 million mobile users, or about 30 percent of an estimated 1.4 billion smartphone subscribers worldwide, by 2015.
Microsoft's HealthVault and Google Health, introduced in the United States in 2007 and 2008 respectively, offer similar open platforms that allow people to store and manage their health information, including immunizations, disease history and prescriptions in one place, with access to the records possible via various devices or mobile applications.
The personal information is stored in a secure, encrypted database and the privacy controls are set entirely by the individual, including what information goes in and who gets to see it.
"We decided to integrate with Google Health and HeathVault because, based on their potential, a lot of people are using them as a destination site," Mr. Hendel said. "So instead of having to click on our site and then someone else's site, they're acting as depository of connected links."
HealthVault already integrates 170 health care applications, ranging from one that helps triathletes monitor their training and diet to software for managing diabetes, and the platform works with about 90 medical devices, said Mark Johnston, Microsoft's international business development lead, from Sydney.
HealthVault's software development kit has been downloaded 30,000 times. "I think this is the leading indicator of what will come forward," Mr. Johnston said. "And as we continue to land new contracts and open new markets, our value proposition to our development community is only enhanced because we become the distribution channel and they can go to the market with us."
While Google Health is at least for now confined to the United States, HealthVault has slowly rolled out its platform internationally, linking with local partners. It was deployed in Canada in 2009 through a partnership with Telus, in Germany though a deal with Siemens and in Britain through a deal with Nuffield Health in 2010.
In October, HealthVault also signed an agreement with a large systems integrator in China, iSoftStone, and the two companies are now focusing on a government program in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
"They have a very specific ambition which involves diabetes and hypertension patients, and we're bringing to market a set of applications and connected devices that are being driven by our partners in China," Mr. Johnston said. "The entire experience will be localized to their needs to also build a high level of consumer trust."
He added that HealthVault had been concentrating since the beginning on patients with long-term conditions and chronic diseases. "And we're trying to go really deep on application pairings with devices to treat those patients because there is a very strong value proposition for those," Mr. Johnston said, given that governments and other health organizations incur most of their costs from these patients.
So far, adoption of online personal health records by consumers has grown slowly. According to a survey by Knowledge Networks conducted in the United States last year, 10 percent of the public now uses P.H.R.'s, compared with 3 percent in 2008. A similar proportion of doctors said they offered P.H.R. tools to their patients.
Jay Chandran, associate research director of health care at Frost & Sullivan, a research and consulting firm, said he believed patients needed to have an incentive to maintain their online personal health records. Otherwise individuals were unlikely to find the motivation to keep their medical records up to date.
"In my opinion, P.H.R. products will become more successful if data can be captured at the transaction level itself, that is, if a P.H.R. can be a subset of electronic health records, where health care service providers provide the real time information," Mr. Chandran said. "If the records are maintained and entered by health care service providers, the credibility and utility of such data is higher."

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A healthy life is important to lead a good life. Our health is like a wall pre-requisite to draw a picture. We are the architect of our own health. Either we prevent being unhealthy or cure the damage already done. Physical fitness is very vital. Fitness is a relative term. A sprinter should have a different degree of fitness as compared to a music teacher. There are many more dimensions one can bring to define fitness. Depending upon the required level of fitness, one should take appropriate steps.
More than five billion people live in this world. The body constitution of each one of us is different. The calories needed for every individual is different. There is no one common prescription for everyone in this world. Let us take few examples. The energy level needed for a professional designer is different from a taxi driver. To prescribe a labourer to grab a cereal bar for breakfast is ridiculous. My dad's friend, a chain smoker died at the age of 83! Believe me, I observed him leading a healthy life. I am not recommending you to smoke to live a healthy life. I try to drive home the point that you should not get carried away by exciting information that is available around you and go overboard to apply in your daily life also. That is dangerous to a healthy life.
While we cannot have five billion suggestions for physical fitness and healthy life, we can identify common needs for all of us. Whether you are an Olympic champion or an office clerk; a celebrity or a hair dresser, only three appropriate steps have to be taken by you. Look at your eating habit, physical fitness exercise and exercise for the mind. You can build further with many bolts-on to achieve laurels in life.
We can use our common sense to lead a healthy life. It does not require great knowledge about science or medicine or physical exercise. Leave that to the specialists. We are all aware that food is very important for sustenance. Our body is a mysterious workshop containing various machines. Food is its input. The machine processes the food and provides energy to the body to do our daily life activities. If the input to the machine is more than its capacity to process, obviously the machine will break down. If the quality of input to the machine is not conducive to the construction of the machine, again the machine will collapse. Apart from the quality and quantity of intake, we should pay attention to timing. There is a saying. I am sure all of us know this. We should eat breakfast like a prince. In the after noon, we should eat lunch like a king. In the night, we should eat meal like a beggar. The digesting power during the night is very poor. Also there is no physical activity involved in the night when we sleep. So allow the stomach t be half filled. Have your dinner couple of hours before going to bed. When we wake up in the morning, if we take a glass of water, it helps for the body to hydrate to prepare for the day's job. How we cannot start our car with 4th gear, the same way we should consider our body. After 10 hrs of empty stomach when we break the fast, we should start with simple and easily digestible food. Basically we should start with first gear and move on. In my view, to have physical fitness, 3 times of intake – morning, afternoon and night is sufficient. Perhaps refreshment between lunch and dinner can also be incorporated. The key driver is to scrupulously follow the routine timing of intake. This is a good recipe for a healthy life.
Our stomach is the origin for all our ailments. Even the main reason for bad breath originates from the stomach only. If we do not take care of our stomach and brush our teeth with costliest tooth paste and wash our mouth with most expensive liquid mouth wash, the bad breath will not vanish. We should keep our stomach clean by taking appropriate quantity, quality of food in routine timings. It is easier said than done but not impossible. You know who is the culprit? It is our tongue. If we pay heed to the taste, then we would not be able to control the quantum. It does not mean that we should not enjoy the taste. In fact the tongue contributes to a great deal for healthy life. When we enjoy food, we feel good. Feeling good is a sign of healthy life. If someone asks you to take only green vegetables to have physical fitness, there is no difference between us and herbivores. But the trick is not to cross the limit of moderation. That will be counter productive. Give importance to the taste but be careful. We should eat to live and not live to eat.
Many of us believe that being slim leads to a healthy life. One of my friends is slim but has cholesterol. It is a wrong notion. The body structure of each one of us is different. An elephant should not try to become a horse. Nature has created that way. What is important is to prevent becoming over weight or obese or under weight. If the damage is done, consult specialist to get back on track. Do not perform any physical fitness exercise without the proper guidance of a physical education expert. Sometimes you are the expert of knowing your own do-s and don't-s. The first day when I went to learn Tai Chi, Chinese version of Yoga, the master told me to rotate my neck clockwise and anticlockwise as a warm up exercise. However I was earlier told by my orthopedic surgeon not to rotate my neck to recover from a type of spondylities I had. What was good for others did not suit me. There will be many such situations where we should use our wisdom. Especially we have to be careful on physical fitness exercise.
Life is a series of experiences. If our experiences are good we say the life is good, otherwise we say the life is bad. Mind determines whether an experience is good or bad. Healthy life is achieved by the combination of healthy body and healthy mind. Mind does not exist in our brain. Mind is a subtle matter manifests in our astral body between our soul and physical body. The food we eat is converted into energy by the blood and the finest particles of food reach the subtle mind and then to still subtler intellect. While healthy food definitely supports for a healthy mind, nevertheless exercise to the mind is also very important to have a healthy life. Yoga is considered to be one of the best forms of giving exercise to the body and mind. A branch of Yoga has physical fitness exercise also. Meditation is another form of giving healthy exercise to the mind. These have to be practiced with the help of specialists. This is the body-mind-intellect complex. A simple but effective understanding and application of the above will go a long way to attain a healthy life.


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The footpaths and canal ways of the Buckinghamshire Chilterns where she now lives inspired much of the setting of her Slated trilogy. Teri is also the author of Mind Games and Book of Lies, and her most recent work is the Dark Matter trilogy.


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Theodore (Part three)
March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 / ARDeasley	/ Leave a comment
So here is the final part. Hope you like it.
After she had fallen asleep again Theodore had really focused on his research. This time he went through all the history of the ancient world up to the present day and he was sure he had found the answer. He wasn't the only one to fail before victory, in fact it was a depressingly common occurrence. His new hero was Odysseus, King of Ithaca. Although impressed with his exploits, Theodore didn't intend on waiting ten years before breaching his Troy. No, third time lucky, tomorrow he was going to use the old Trojan horse trick.
The next morning Molly had a few choice words for Theodore about the state he had got himself into the night before. It had taken all day to placate her and Theodore was desperate to get the job done soon. It was Molly's birthday tomorrow and he couldn't bear to let her down.
He was impatient but still made sure she was comfortably asleep before he crept out of the house.
The evening was cold, the skies were threatening to rain again. Theodore sneaked into the garage where Molly's father stored the crates that brought his personal artifacts to the house. There were several to choose from.
Theodore found one about the right size, pulled off the smart label and added his own. He was able to finagle the data by using Molly's fathers password; being important had its uses.
He made sure the crate was scheduled to be delivered to the museum by same day delivery. He then crawled inside and sealed himself within. He waited.
An hour later and the garage was opened by the automatic butler.
"This is the one" The butler intoned. Theodore didn't get along with the butler very well. He thought it was a stupid and rigid machine, but in this situation he had to admit he was glad it was old "misery butts" sending the package off. A human might get curious as to where this mysterious parcel had appeared from, not to mention how it had suddenly got on his to-do list. Yes old misery butts would do just as programmed and no more.
The courier was human, there was no mistaking it in his voice, which just showed what a high class service it was. The courier loaded the crate onto his hover-bike, none too gently Theodore thought, and raced off to the museum.
The journey was swift and he wasn't jolted around too much. Hover-bikes were an amazingly smooth ride, the only issues Theodore had were the dangerously swift turns the courier made which threw him around a bit.
He felt the hover-bike slow and there was silence for a while. There was a whine as some machinery clattered and Theodore's crate was lifted into the air and placed on a flat surface. Theodore could hear the buzz of human voices conversing for a minute or two and then more silence. He checked the time, it was three am, he would wait until four before making his move. Plenty of time to peruse the blueprints for the building again and decide which route to take.
It was time, Theodore hadn't heard any movement. If the guards stuck to their schedule they would be patrolling the grounds looking for intruders. He had done it!
He was giddy with joy for moment but this time viciously clamped down on the urge to giggle, or dance, he wasn't done yet. He carefully climbed out of the crate, making sure not to damage it. He pulled off the used smart label and put on a new one. The room he was in was dark and full of unopened crates like his own. The mail room, perfect. It was on the lowest level of the museum and coincidentally directly connected by air vents to the exhibit he was going to steal.
It was all working out brilliantly, just like in the holo's. He moved quietly to the nearest vent and unscrewed the cover. It took a while- his hands weren't really designed for using a screwdriver but with patience and perseverance he managed. The vent was filthy, he had thought buildings like this were supposed to have robot cleaners for the ventilation shafts, they must be on the blink. There was a thick layer of dust that stuck to his body and made him feel disgusted, but he pushed on undeterred.
The room with the exhibit had a guard in it. He was one of the large men Theodore had seen two nights previously. He felt guilt for a moment in that he had destroyed the man's car, but then shrugged it off. For Molly, it was worth it. The man did a slow circuit of the room and then wandered off. Theodore heard the click of the lock when the guard shut the door behind him.
So they had changed their scheduled routes but it didn't matter he was practically in the room now. Unscrewing the cover from behind the vent was surprisingly easier for him than from the front. He just had to grasp the threads in his hands and twist. He pulled himself out of the vent and stood.
The room was large and there were paintings on every wall. There were no windows but there was a skylight above him. The moonlight gave everything a silvery glow. In the centre of the room stood the glass case with the treasure.
He walked past a Gauguin, a Monet and two lost but found masterpieces, Vermeer's The concert and Galitee's The crown of stones. Until finally he stood before it, the real prize.
The moon glow surrounding the glass case made it seem almost magical. Inside she stood, an original vintage Barbie, circa 1959. Over a hundred years old and still stunning in her black and white zebra striped one piece swimming suit. Theodore was grinning, she was his! Molly was going to love her.
He knocked on the glass, "Hello? Er…miss Barbie, hello?"
She ignored him and continued to stare to the side. He felt nonplussed for a moment then realised with a slap to his head that dolls back then didn't have minds. She wasn't a smart toy. He shook his head in irritation and cracked the case open with his screwdriver. He pulled the doll from the stand and threw the screwdriver straight up and through the skylight. The smashing noise drowned out by the hair raising alarms that were going off.
Theodore could hear heavy fire doors slamming down outside the room cutting it off, the thumping footsteps of large men approaching. He needed to move. He dragged the Barbie after him like so much baggage.
Theodore was excited, his plan had worked perfectly. The package had been picked up by courier from the Museum at six am sharp. He had endured another hair raising journey before being placed at the front door of Molly's house, as per his instructions on the smart label.
Theodore was feeling very happy with himself and he at last allowed himself a small giggle. It made him feel even better somehow.
The courier rang the doorbell. Theodore heard the door being pulled open.
"I have it Jeeves, you go check on the cake."
"Yes, milady."
"Yes?" It sounded like Molly's mother.
"Delivery for Molly Dingausser."
"For Molly?" Her voice rose in surprise.
"Thats what it says." The courier sounded bored.
"She's six years old. Where did it come from?"
The courier sounded impatient as he replied. "The museum, look do you want it or not? I've got other deliveries, I can take it back?" Theodore tensed. No!
"Oh, no that's okay." Theodore quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thumbprint here."
"Yes sorry. There"
The courier didn't reply but Theodore felt the package being picked up and handed over.
He felt the slight sway as Molly's mother carried the crate inside.
"I'm not impressed with that courier service," Molly's mother muttered to herself, "a bit rude I thought." She raised her voice, "Darling? Did you send a package from the museum?"
"What?" A deeper voice from inside the house responded. Molly's father, he sounded harried.
"A package."
"No, what are you talking about? Actually don't bother, I don't have time, I've got to go."
"But darling it's Molly's Birthday you can't-"
"I have to!" Molly's father sounded angry and frustrated.
Theodore's excitement was beginning to fade. What was going on?
"Daddy?" Molly's sleepy voice interjected. "You promised. It's my party! My gang is coming over to play. You said we would…"
His voice quietened as he brought himself under control, "I'm sorry honey, I can't. The police need me to answer some questions. There was a robbery last night."
"A robbery?"
"Yes at the museum, I need to let them have access to the security footage."
"But daddy…" Molly's voice thickened and Theodore could imagine the tears pooling in her eyes. Oh no, she was going to cry. He had to do something so he did the only thing that always made her happy.
Theodore burst out of the package and danced a jig for Molly, singing Happy Birthday.
The whole room went silent. Molly's face was streaked with tears and her mouth was half open as she stared at Theodore.
"Teddy? You're filthy! What's happened to you?" Then she caught sight of the Barbie and her eyes went wide. A big smile broke out on her face at that point and Theodore knew he had done the right thing.
Molly's father was also looking at him with his mouth half open. He laughed and shook his head. "Thanks Teddy, great timing, I think Molly needs a friend right now."
Molly ran to Theodore and picked him up in a bear hug, not caring that her new dress was now smudged with grime.
"Oh thank you Teddy! She's beautiful! She looks just like the one we saw on the Holovids!" She put him down, pulled the Barbie from the packaging, and threw the box on the floor.
Theodore felt wonderful, he was so happy, they would let him do things now for certain.
Molly's father had a long suffering look on his face as he picked up the box,
"Okay honey, I'll see you later then." Molly was too absorbed in her doll to answer.
He smiled again, kissed Molly's mother and was taking the box to the disposer on his way out when he stopped stock still, his back went rigid.
"Er, Teddy," his voice was strange, he was examining the box very carefully. "That's a very nice doll you've got there…where exactly did you get it from?"
Molly wasn't happy after all, and Theodore still didn't get to do much in the gang.
THEODORE (part two)
March 5, 2015 February 26, 2015 / ARDeasley	/ Leave a comment
Theodore usually made it to the target by twelve am. Molly was always in bed before that and normally he would wait until she was asleep before sneaking out. She had noticed the burnt hair today and gave him a hard time over it. Theodore had done his best to distract her with intricate and plausible lies but he wasn't sure she had bought it. She was not happy.
Nevertheless he was here now, a little later than usual but ready for business. He made it to his usual hiding spot and was about to crawl into position when he stopped in dismay, there were four cars in the car park!
What the heck? Looking around sharply he made sure no one else was nearby. Safe, for now.
What had happened? He had managed to make things worse!
For a moment he felt overwhelmed by the disaster before he forced himself to think calmly. They would have called the police yesterday but they wouldn't still be around. It must be extra security. Maybe they had doubled the guards. They did that a lot on the Holovids whenever an intruder was about.
Blast it!
What would Moriarty do? He had read the entire Sherlock Holmes series last night in an attempt to find inspiration. Well, the Napoleon of crime would probably get someone else to do it for him. No, That wouldn't work. He needed to show Molly that he could do it himself. Then it hit him. The roof.
In every show he had seen no matter how much security they had you could always enter by the roof. They might even leave a skylight open or something. He looked up at the building, trying to work out how high it might be. Getting up there might be tricky.
He knew his next door neighbours' son had a Chinese kite, a beautiful thing that Theodore had seen dancing in the skies on many occasions. If he could get a hold of that it might help him get onto the roof. He checked the time, it was one AM, the neighbours would be asleep.
He waddled back to the main road and caught a ride on the first air-tram to come by. He was back at his house fifteen minutes later.
The neighbour's house was faux Tudor, the roof was carbon thatched, looked like the real thing but never needed replacing and vermin couldn't get in. Theodore had visited the neighbours' son on many occasions. He was in Molly's gang and was one of the main detractors to Theodore's inclusion, so stealing his kite was going to be satisfying on many levels.
The garden was dark, but Theodore knew the layout and scaled the outer wall to drop into the underbrush. It was pitch dark but Theodore could see into the infrared and so had no trouble navigating towards the summer-house at the end of the garden about two hundred metres away.
There was a noise and Theodore froze in place. The garden was still but he swore he could hear a faint rustling coming from ahead. He slowly parted the leaves of a palm plant to see a new addition to the neighbours family. A large Doberman, inky black and almost invisible, its eyes reflected the moonlight and glowed eerily. A dog! When the heck did they get that! Theodore didn't move, he knew the dog couldn't see him but it would hear him move.
The dog padded past him to cock his leg against a forlorn shrub, brown and withered from earlier urinations. The dog stopped mid-stream as a breeze wafted something in its direction; the Doberman went rigid, and then started to dart it's head from side to side. Trying to catch the scent again.
Theodore knew he was in trouble, the dog had caught something off him, maybe Molly's smell, maybe his singed hair. It was only a matter of seconds before the dog found him. He turned and ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The Doberman immediately heard the rustling and leapt to the chase. Theodore had never been so terrified, he could hear the dog barking behind him and crashing through the brush.
He ducked under a rose-bush, snagging on a few thorns on the way, he ripped himself free. The Doberman was just behind him, snarling but stymied by the thorns. The larger dog couldn't follow Theodore but now he was trapped. He turned to see snapping jaws inches away from his face. A jolt of fear went through him and he pushed himself harder to emerge on the opposite side of the bush. The Doberman was trying to go around the other side, Theodore noticed the tendrils of a hanging vine, he leapt and grabbed a hold.
Pulling himself upwards as fast as he could he managed to find safety in the lower branches of a tree. Just in time, the huge dog had made it past the rose-bush and was jumping and barking frenziedly at the foot of the tree. It was the eucalyptus at the bottom of the garden, Theodore was relieved and frustrated at the same time. He had missed his chance again, there was no way to get to the summer-house now. The Chinese kite plan was ruined.
The eucalyptus overlooked the bordering wall so Theodore climbed a little higher and crept out on a branch overhanging Molly's garden.
He could see lights coming on in the neighbour's house, the dog was still going crazy. Theodore dropped silently into his own back yard, his thoughts were glum. It was never this difficult on the Holovids.
He trudged up the garden path to the house, pulling thorns out of himself all the way and let himself in. He just knew Molly wasn't going to be pleased.
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Q: Nees help to show appropriate content when div clicked JQuery I'm trying to show appropriate content using this method: determine id of the clicked div, than open div content with determined id + '-box'. But it doesn't work.
JQuery that doesn't work:
$(".portfolio-apps section").click(function() {
    var currentID = '#' + $(this).attr('id');
    console&&console.log(currentID);
    var currentIDBox = currentID + "-box";
    console&&console.log(currentIDBox);
    $(currentID).click(function() {
        $('.portfolio-entry-text').hide('fast');
        var bcn = $(currentIDBox);
        if ($('.box-content').is(':visible')) {
            $('.box-content').hide();
            bcn.show();
        }
        else {
            $('.box-content').hide();
            bcn.slideToggle(200);
        }
    });
});

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$("#gterminal").click(function() {
    $('.portfolio-entry-text').hide('fast');
    var bcn = $('#gterminal-box');
    if ($('.box-content').is(':visible')) {
        $('.box-content').hide();
        bcn.show();
    }
    else {
        $('.box-content').hide();
        bcn.slideToggle(200);

    }
});

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A: You're binding a .click event internally, which means that the -box showing/hiding won't be triggered until a second click.  This doesn't make sense to me.  If you just remove the internal .click binding, it seems to work quite nicely:
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The Last of Us (Series)
The Last of Us - Summary
The Last of Us series of survival action/adventure titles consists of the following releases:
The Last of Us - 8.15 million
The Last of Us: Left Behind
The Last of Us Remastered - 11.78 million
The Last of Us Part II - 4 million+ (launch only)
As of: June 21st, 2020
Machina posted 28/11/2020, 02:13
Sales total consists of:
- 20 million for the first game & its Remastered version ( https://www.vgchartz.com/article/440912/the-last-of-us-has-sold-over-20-million-units/ ).
- 4 million for Part II at launch ( https://www.vgchartz.com/game/147592/the-last-of-us-part-ii/?region=All ).


I came across an article recently on how Thomas Edison arrived at inventing the light bulb. It was actually some eighty years earlier where less well known scientists experimented with electricity that made carbon filaments glow. But it was Edison that tested thousands of filaments to find the right mixture that could last longer. Then it was another thirty years later that other scientists perfected the tungsten filament and revolutionized the world. And today, some hundred plus years later, we continue to reinvent and revolutionize. The same holds true in our current culinary universe, where countless professional chefs, and equally impressive home cooks, continue to experiment and reinvent dishes by leveraging the past, but with new and unique results. Like shaking an Echa-skech and redrawing the same shape, there are countless variations to play on one's creativity. This is a simple fried-rice "like" stir fry, but without the rice. Cauliflower has a sweet, slightly nutty flavor, and packed with rich nutrients. In this recipe, all the flavors of a classic vegetable stir fry come together, but you would never know there wasn't any rice as the texture of the crumbled cauliflower mimics it perfectly.
In a food processor, pulse cauliflower a few times to create a course meal texture.
In a large non-stick skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil and cook scrambled egg. Remove from pan, roll and slice into bite size ribbons.
In same pan on medium-high heat, add remaining olive oil and the sesame oil. Add onion, garlic, ginger, and carrots and cook for 4 minutes.
Add cashews and cauliflower, tossing to combine, and cook for 15 minutes until just crisp.
Add edamame and cooked egg, tossing to combine, and cook for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and season with soy sauce, lime juice, parsley, cilantro, and cabbage.
This entry was posted in Cooking, Main Dishes, Sides, Spring and tagged Vegetables, Vegetarian by cfaust. Bookmark the permalink.
Did you know one of the original Edison bulbs is still working?


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DVD Allah Made Me Funny - Live in Concert
Category->Ethnic Studies->Movies DVDs
A live concert with Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman, and Andrea Kalin..."The routines are so clean they could have played on the Ed Sullivan show in the 50 s---which is refreshing and so old it seems new."--William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This landmark concert film follows three acclaimed comedians on stage and off stage as they lift the veil to reveal the humorous truth of what it s really like to be Muslim in America. Mo Amer, Azhar Usman and Preacher Moss poke fun at themselves, their communities, government, human nature and the tricky predicament of living in post-9/11 America. Featuring music of rising indie scene artists, Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is rollicking good fun and gives people of all cultural backgrounds an opportunity to laugh hard, drop their guard and open their minds. "Allah Made Me Funny achieves its goal of breaking down stereotypes with a tongue-in-cheek grace."--Brandon Judell, Culture Catch. Unity Productions Foundation (2009), English, DVD Number of discs: 1, Rated: NR (Not Rated), Run Time: 82 minutes.
Bonus Features: Live Performances by Preacher Moss and Azhar Usman, plus UPF Trailers.


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Q: сбор значений из разных строк/столбцов в одну строку по уникальному идентификатору Есть лог программы (пишется просто строкой, без сепараторов Оо) - данный лог собрал в датафрейм 17 столбцов >25000 строк. (самый маленький лог)
В логе записаны состояние процессов в различное время, уникальный идентификатор - id процесса. На разных этапах жизни процесса он генерирует различные статусы.
    ID  status1 status2 status3 status4
0   1   ok
1   2
2   3                       ok
3   1              ok
4   3   ok
5   1              ok
6   2              ok               ok
7   3
8   1                               ok
9   3                               ok
10  3
11  2

Код датафрейма для примера.
data = {'ID':[1,2,3,1,3,1,2,3,1,3,3,2],
  'status1':['ok','','','','ok','','','','','','',''],
  'status2':['','','','ok','','ok','ok','','','','',''],
  'status3':['','','ok','','','','','','','','',''],
  'status4':['','','','','','','ok','','ok','ok','','']}
ttf = pd.DataFrame(data)

Хочу получить датафрейм вида:
    ID  status1 status2 status3 status4
0   1   ok        ok             ok
1   2             ok      ok
2   3   ok                ok     ok

Одна строка ID и все заполненные статусы которые есть. По каждому id.
Сижу, туплю - укажите нужный путь =)

A: Просто группируете по ID и берёте максимум по каждой колонке в группе. Строка'ok' считается больше, чем пустая строка '' (любая не пустая строка больше, чем пустая), поэтому это сработает.
ttf.groupby('ID').max()

ID
status1
status2
status3
status4

1
ok
ok

ok

2

ok

ok

3
ok

ok
ok

А если вдруг статус будет не один, а разные, и хочется видеть все эти статусы списком без повторов, то могу предложить вот такую хитрую аггрегацию вместо .max:
.agg(lambda x: ','.join(set(filter(None, x))) or '')


This body lotion has an enticing name, but make no mistake: It's not a slam-dunk product for sensitive skin, nor is it all that wonderful for dry skin. Like most of Curel's body lotions, this contains the irritating ingredient eucalyptus. Eucalyptus has no established benefit for dry, sensitive skin and Curel's perpetual use of it has us perplexed.
The goal of this body lotion is to strengthen skin's moisture barrier, which is an essential part of relieving dry skin and keeping it from being a recurring problem. Although the formula contains some good barrier-repair ingredients, the mix could be better and the amount of eucalyptus just gets in the way of these being as effective as they could be. Also, adding fragrant eucalyptus negates the claim that this body lotion is fragrance-free. See More Info to learn why the hypoallergenic claim is bogus.
Contains a decent mix of emollients.
Contains a potentially irritating amount of eucalyptus.
The mix of repairing ingredients is likely inadequate for strengthening skin's barrier.
Not suitable for sensitive skin, and the hypoallergenic claim is bogus.
"Hypoallergenic" is little more than a nonsense word meant to make products sound safer or somehow better for sensitive skin. There are no accepted testing methods, ingredient restrictions, regulations, guidelines, rules, or procedures of any kind, anywhere in the world, for determining whether or not a product qualifies as being hypoallergenic. Any company can label any product "hypoallergenic" because there is no regulation that says they can't, no matter what proof they may point to—and what proof can they provide given there is no standard against which to measure? Given that there are no regulations governing this supposed category, which was made up by the cosmetics industry, there are plenty of products labeled "hypoallergenic" that actually contain problematic ingredients and that can indeed trigger allergic reactions, even for those with no previous history of skin sensitivity. The word "hypoallergenic" gives you no reliable understanding of what you are or aren't putting on your skin (Sources: www.fda.gov; Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, May 2004, pages 325–327; and Ostomy and Wound Management, March 2003, pages 20–21).
This fragrance-free, dye-free, hypo-allergenic, non-greasy moisturizer is clinically proven to not only provide instant relief from dry, irritated skin its proprietary moisture-rich formula actually strengthens skin's moisture barrier over time to help keep sensitivity from returning.
Water, Glycerin, Isopropyl Palmitate, Cetyl-PG Hydroxyethyl Palmitamide, Polysorbate 60, Dimethicone, Stearyl Alcohol, Allantoin, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract, Cholesterol, Cetyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Stearate, Polyglyceryl-2 Diisostearate, Citric Acid, Sodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate, Butylene Glycol, Bis-Methoxypropylamido Isodocosane, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben.
Strengths: Inexpensive and generously-sized; contains a consistent range of tried-and-true emollient ingredients.
Weaknesses: None of the products are state-of-the-art formulas; several products listed as being good for sensitive skin or not containing fragrance are fragranced and/or contain ingredients those with sensitive skin should avoid; Many products contain a high amount of irritating eucalyptus extract the foot cream contains irritating citrus juices; the hand cream is overly fragranced.
Long a staple of the body-care aisle at drugstores around the world, Curel and its sister company Jergens (and Biore) are owned by the Japan-based Kao Corporation. Like Jergens, Curel offers an assortment of body lotions for dry, itchy skin. Whereas Jergens has expanded into an array of self-tanning products alongside their body lotions, Curel remains firmly based around body lotions for dry skin. Considering Curels specialty, its disappointing that so many of their body lotions disappoint, either due to average formulas or the inclusion of fragrant plant extracts (most often eucalyptus).
Theres truly nothing worth considering from Curel, and that sad. The price point is excellent, the sizes are generous, but none of this matters if whats inside the bottles isnt great for your skin. Dont get us wrong; Curels body lotions contain some workhorse ingredients such as petrolatum and glycerin. Those can be great for dry skin, but theyre just the beginningdry skin needs a range of ingredients, including repairing and cell-communicating substances plus antioxidantsand those are lacking in pretty much every product Curel offers. In essence, Curel isnt the cure for dry skin.
If youve been intrigued by this line, your curiosity can stop here. Curel isnt the answer for dry, itchy, or sensitive skin (indeed, several of its products are a problem for sensitive skin). Other drugstore body lotions offer more for your money, and without problematic ingredients like eucalyptus. Some of those may cost a bit more, but when youre getting a truly superior formula, its money well spent!


Feb 12 (Reuters) - Molson Coors Brewing Co said on Tuesday it would restate its financial statements for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 after auditors found accounting errors for income taxes related to deferred tax liabilities.
The errors originated from its acquisition of remaining 58 percent stake in MillerCoors LLC in 2016, the company said in a filing with regulators, adding that its impact will not be material.
After restating, the financial results for fiscal 2016 will reflect an increase in Molson Coors' deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax expenses by $399.1 million, which inturn will pull down its net income and earnings per share.
For fiscal 2017, the restatements will reflect a reduction to deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax expense of $151.4 million, and a corresponding increase in net income and earnings per share.
Separately, the beer company also reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales for the fourth quarter, sending its shares down about 6.5 percent to $61.16 in early trading.


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NFL Free Agency: Best Available Receivers
Posted by Dallas Williams on April 2, 2018 April 2, 2018
The free agency period in the NFL is winding down, but there are some talented guys still on the market. Here are five of the best wide receivers available in free agency with possible destinations for them and what they would bring to their new teams.
Eric Decker has played in the league for eight years between the Denver Broncos, New York Jets, and Tennessee Titans. Last season, Decker had 54 receptions for 563 yards and a touchdown with the Titans. For his career, he has had 439 receptions, 5,816 receiving yards, and 53 touchdowns. Decker is a great route runner and has the ability to make big plays. He would be a great fit for the Green Bay Packers as they lost play maker Jordy Nelson to the Raiders.
Jordan Matthews is a speedy receiver with the ability to spread the field against opposing defenses. Last season, for Buffalo, Matthews had 25 receptions for 282 yards and a touchdown. For his career, Matthews has had 250 receptions, 2,955 receiving yards, and 20 touchdowns. One big play he made last season was a 47-yard reception against the Jets to keep the drive moving on September 10, 2017. The Indianapolis Colts would be a great landing spot for the speedy receiver.
Jeremy Maclin is an eight-year veteran who has played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, and, most recently, the Baltimore Ravens. In 2017, Maclin hauled in 40 receptions for 440 yards and found the end zone three times during a injury prone season. Maclin has the ability to come up with big plays as last year he had a 46-yard touchdown in week one against the Bengals. A landing spot for Maclin, in 2018, would be the Atlanta Falcons. Maclin will bring speed to the Falcons that they lost with Taylor Gabriel's move to sign with Chicago.
Brice Butler has been with the Dallas Cowboys for the last two years accumulating 31 receptions and six touchdowns. However, he didn't get much playing time. For his career, he has 73 receptions, 1,177 receiving yards, and eight touchdowns in limited work. Butler is a receiver with the ability to stretch the field against defenses and also use his 6'3 220-pound body to make plays in the red zone. A great place for him to go for a career rebuild would be the Arizona Cardinals. He would finally get a chance to make an impact on a team. The Cardinals have lost Jaron Brown to the Seahawks and John Brown to the Ravens this offseason.
Dontrelle Inman is the last receiver to take a look at. Inman, last season, had 25 receptions, 343 receiving yards,and a touchdown for the Chicago Bears. For his career, Inman has hauled in 130 receptions for 1,797 yards and eight touchdowns. Inman brings the ability to be a good route runner, excelling in curl and comeback routes. He has average speed with the ability to cause trouble for defensive secondaries. The Buffalo Bills would be an ideal landing spot for Inman. Inman would be able to slide right into the starting lineup for Buffalo as they are dealing with off-the-field woes Zay Jones.
All five of these receivers bring something different to the field. Whether it is adequate route running ability, speed, or a veteran presence they can find ways to help a team. The aforementioned teams could use their services as each player can still make plays.
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Spot a pine martin in BUDE!
Pine marten is first in Southern England for 50 years: Animal caught on camera by chance by student in Cornwall
Animal was once Britain's second most common carnivore
Relative of the weasel was hunted for fur and nearly wiped out in the 1800s
Experts confirmed it was species more common to Scottish Highlands
A pine marten has been spotted in southern England for the first time in more than 50 years.
It was caught on film scuttling in the undergrowth by a student using a night vision camera near his home in Bude, Cornwall.
Jack Merritt, 18, sent footage of the creature to experts, who identified it as a young female.
'I filmed it by chance and knew I had captured something different,' Jack said. 'I had no idea of its significance to start with though.
Caught on camera: The first pine marten in England for 50 years
'I spoke to a few friends who had some suggestions but decided to send it to someone who may have a better idea of what it was all about.
'It is quite a shock and I don't really know what to make of it to be honest.
'You don't really expect to have something like this happen but it is fascinating and I am so glad I was out filming at the time.'
The teenager sent the footage to ecologist Derek Gow – a specialist in the reintroduction of indigenous species.
Mr Gow said: 'The footage taken by Jack is simply amazing. To the best of anyone's knowledge pine martens were believed to be extinct in Southern England after centuries of ruthless persecution by furriers and gamekeepers.
'It's really great to see the see the footage he obtained of what would appear to be a young female.
'Hopefully this sighting could result in further reintroductions of this delightful creature into other areas of suitable habitat in the South West.'
The pine marten is a relative of the weasel and used to be Britain's second most common carnivore.
It was hunted for its fur and almost wiped out in the 1800s.
The size of a cat but slender with brown fur, a bushy tail and a creamy yellow throat, it is nocturnal.
In the UK, it is common only in the Scottish Highlands, with most sightings in England and Wales in rugged areas such as the Lake District and Snowdonia.
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A lot of people wonder if RCI Platinum is worth the extra cost. I've written about this before, but it's a moving target. The program has evolved over the years, and will continue to do so.
RCI has announced that they are changing how Combine Deposits will work, effective Sept 17, 2016. If you're an RCI Weeks owner, then this could affect your strategy for managing your deposits. You might want to take action quickly, too!
If you're a member of Interval International, you've surely seen promotions for their Gold and Platinum membership upgrades. They have a list of nice, shiny benefits that you can only get with these higher level memberships, but of course there's also a cost.
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We have smartphone apps for just about everything these days, from maps, to movies, to meditation. You can add timeshares to the list too, because the big exchange companies are also in the app market now.


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27, of Antelope, Calif.; assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 17 at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Marine from Sacramento County has died from injuries suffered when a bomb went off in Afghanistan.
Defense Department officials say Staff Sgt. Adam Perkins died Monday. The 27-year-old explosive ordnance disposal technician was injured in the Helmand province.
Perkins was assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group based at Camp Pendleton.
He was on his third tour of duty, the first two served in Iraq.
Perkins was a 2001 graduate of Center High School in the community of Antelope. English teacher Paul Frazee, a Vietnam veteran who keeps in contact with Center High alumni in the military, says he remembers Perkins as a fine student who was an Eagle Scout and an active member of his church.
Perkins is survived by a wife and baby.
Before he left for Afghanistan, Adam Perkins read books on video to his 9-month-old son so he wouldn't forget him.
Perkins, a bomb technician, knew his job was dangerous, but he wanted a challenge, his mother said.
"He was very big on safety. Don't think for a minute he was not cautious," said his mother, Laureen Myers.
Perkins, 27, of Antelope, Calif., was killed May 17 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
"He was defusing a roadside bomb, and there was a second detonation," Myers said, her voice shaking as she told The Modesto (Calif.) Bee it wasn't a mistake that caused her son's death.
Myers said Perkins most enjoyed being with his wife and son. He was seen as a serious man, but his son made him smile, Myers said.
Perkins attended Center High School in Antelope. He enlisted in the Marines a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In a nine-year military career, he earned a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, an Iraq Campaign Medal, and other commendations.


It might seem a bit ahead of itself, but it's never too early to start stockpiling some gorgeous jewelry bits for the summer.
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USC ATRI extends far beyond the workers in one building on one campus.
USC ATRI is an academic organization leading a consortium dedicated to the acceleration of therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We are collectively committed to developing new models of AD to test, characterize biomarkers and develop and minimize variability through enhanced quality control of outcome measures by applying novel analytic methods and enact highly innovative regulatory pathways.
Our facility is located in San Diego, California, and forms an integral part of the Los Angeles-based USC Keck School of Medicine's mission to create a leading hub of basic, translational and clinical research in neuroscience and neurological diseases. There is a great deal of focused and celebrated collaboration with sites and investigators around the world.
USC ATRI promotes extensive collaboration and data sharing across academia, industry, regulators, and advocacy groups.
An additional goal includes training future leaders in AD clinical research.
USC ATRI was established at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2015 as a commitment to build upon their strategic neuroscience presence. However, USC ATRI team has been engaged in the field of AD therapeutics since its inception in the late 1980s. ATRI director, Paul Aisen, and many other members of the team worked closely with Dr. Leon Thal who is widely recognized as the father of Alzheimer therapeutics. USC ATRI members have designed and provided leadership to dozens of therapeutic trials, driving innovation in the field.


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Henry Rollins: Happy Holidays or Else
Henry Rollins December 24, 2014
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Christmas has as many meanings as people you care to ask. For some, it's an opportunity to freak out and declare there's a war on the holiday and therefore the American way of life. That particular howl at the moon is now almost as traditional as the day itself, and my personal favorite whine when it gets rolled out every year.
I have spent Christmas Day in many different countries over the years. No matter where I end up, there is one image I can count on seeing: the face of Santa Claus hovering over the Coca-Cola logo.
Yesterday I was in Khiva, Uzbekistan, to visit the restored-to-the-point-of-overkill structures of the old city, which dates back to the brutal days of the Silk Road. It's quite beautiful in that UNESCO way, where most notions of antiquity are erased in the rebuild. During the three hours I walked in and out of the buildings, it occurred to me that it was like an Islamic Disneyland, or part of the Las Vegas Strip. Still, a lot of original tilework is intact and it is truly awesome.
In front of the main gate of the city walls, men were erecting a large Christmas tree. Not far from that was the image of Santa and Coca-Cola. There is hardly a city block where said beverage isn't for sale in the Central Asian countries I have been to on this trip. The cockles of Thomas Friedman's heart are no doubt warmed. They've got Coke. Peace be with them all.
The hotels I have stayed in at this time of the year, often in predominantly Muslim countries, almost always give a nod to Christmas. Seeing it expressed without the consumerist bloodlust that is now inextricably woven into Christmas in America, it can be taken as a sincere gesture to perhaps make a Western visitor feel welcome.
In Tashkent tonight, I sat in the hotel bar, drawn by the seductive power of its damn fine caffè Americano, and listened to Dean Martin sing Christmas tunes over the speakers. In the lobby was a truly strange papier-mâché Christmas sculpture that succeeded on a what-the-hell level. Hopefully, it was a school project.
Of all the "this sure enough is a bizarre sight in the middle of all this shit" (to quote Laurence Fishburne's character in Apocalypse Now) Christmas-abroad experiences I have ever had, the most bizarre happened days ago during a stay in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat.
Ashgabat is easily the single strangest and ugliest city I have ever visited. No other place I have been to comes close on the big-budget/no-taste scale. Ashgabat is in The Guinness Book of World Records for the density of white marble used in its buildings: "543 new buildings clad with 4,513,584 m² (48,583,619 ft²)" of the stuff, according to the Guinness website.
One after another, massive white marble monstrosities tower crudely over the streets and fairly leer at you as you pass. Mirrored windows with gold frames on almost all of them make the structures look simultaneously overpriced and incredibly cheap.
A lot of these ghastly buildings belong to the government. I was on one road where there were several city blocks of these things. I asked the guide what was what. "Ministry of Finance, Transportation, Agriculture, oh, I don't know what that one is?…?."
I asked her if there was anyone inside. She said they were all fully staffed. I asked where their cars were, and why weren't there any people outside the buildings besides armed soldiers and cops? She didn't know.
The buildings were so huge, it made me wonder if there was anyone in the city who didn't work for the government. It was a perfect Big Brother setting. How big is the government? You'll never know. All you get to see are the omnipresent cops, uniformed and otherwise. The rest of the gang is behind the mirrored glass, doing who knows what. No asking!
The guide didn't have much to show me, because besides the government buildings, there isn't much to see.
When we got to a statue of Lenin, I had to ask the guide how the hell can they have an image of this shitbird still standing when they celebrate their independence from Russia so proudly? I wasn't trying to jam her up, but it begs the question. It would be like having a statue of Genghis Khan almost anywhere in Central Asia, to never forget those thrilling days of the 13th century when ol' Genghis came a-ridin' into town, saddles blazing.
Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, runs the country with an iron grip. It's like the bad-dad syndrome where the whole family trembles in fear, clinging to the moments when bad dad smiles.
The guide said that everyone is happy here and things are just fine. But the way she said it sounded as if she really wanted to change the subject.
In two of the parks we walked through, we were trailed and confronted by plainclothes police. In the different cars I rode in over the few days I was there, we were pulled over eight times.
Most sites I tried to access on the Internet were blocked. Sitting in the lobby alone would draw up to three security people, who just stood around me.
In the midst of all this white-marble clampdown, workers were erecting Christmas trees and other Western holiday affectations. The Coke ads were all over. Have a Coke and a smile! You're smiling, right? You'd better be.
The messages were so well mixed it was stupefying.
Ashgabat is a perfect example of the total tradeoff of freedom for security. Not very merry.
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Welcome to "On the 50 Yard Line" The Blog of Stuart L. Pardau, Attorney, Professor and Observer of Political Economy; It's not just about football.
Federal Trade Commission Grants Approval of Imperium's "ChildGuardOnline" As A COPPA Verifiable Consent Method
7:38 PM Stuart Pardau Bio
Based on an application submitted by Connecticut-based Imperium, the FTC has approved the use of knowledge-based authentication as a method to verify that the person providing consent for a child to use an online service is in fact the child's parent.
Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed at children must obtain permission from a child's parents before collecting personal information from that child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable methods for gaining parental consent, but also includes a provision allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent methods to the Commission for approval.
Knowledge-based identification is a way to verify the identity of a user by asking a series of challenge questions, typically that rely on so-called "out-of-wallet" information; that is, information that cannot be determined by looking at an individual's wallet and are difficult for someone other than the individual to answer. This authentication method has been used by financial institutions and credit bureaus for a number of years, and has been acknowledged by the Commission and other government agencies as effective for that purpose.
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/12/ftc-grants-approval-new-coppa-verifiable-parental-consent-method
Hulu Loses Motion To Dismiss in Lawsuit Against re Alleged Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) Violations
A US, Magistrate Judge has turned down a request by ad-supported video content platform Hulu to dismiss a lawsuit which accused it of illegally sharing users' viewing history with Facebook and comScore.
Hulu has argued that viewers need to demonstrate 'actual injury' in order to receive damages under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). However, the Court ruled that this act requires only injury in the form of a wrongful disclosure before damages might be available.
http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news18412.htm
The End of Law Libraries?
Or at least the end of law libraries as we have historically known them. The basic premise that law schools, now in secular contraction mode, will need to continue to find ways to cut expenses. Moving to pure online research is a logical next step for most law schools. Think in terms of law firms, these days. How many of the attorneys do their legal research in the traditional law firm library? Not many, is my sense.
A Moving Target: Meetings with State Attorney Generals Ongoing; Number of Civil Lawsuits Close to 20
12:40 PM Stuart Pardau Bio
Not much holiday cheer in the GC and CPO offices at Target this year. This is a major legal and public relations disaster for Target. Almost certainly, they will make it through this mess but not without a lot of pain along the way.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-meets-state-attorneys-lawsuits-063050278.html
Shocker: Law School Enrollments For Entering Classes Nationwide at 1977 Levels
Well, maybe not so shocking. The job market for junior lawyers remains horrible and more commoditized, cookie-cutter legal work (setting up LLCs, basic agreements, etc.) are being overtaken by legal information/service providers such as Legal Zoom. Indeed, it has been reported that over 50% of the LLC's set up in California in 2012 were through Legal Zoom. This has a real impact on the bar and on the future of many existing law practices.
http://muckrack.com/link/MT4p/first-year-law-school-enrollment-at-1977-levels
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2325537&download=yes
New Jersey AG Settles WIth Maker of "Dokobots" App RE Alleged COPPA Violations
1:12 AM Stuart Pardau Bio
http://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases13/pr20131122a.html
Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, the Division of Law and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Dokogeo, Inc., a California-based company that makes mobile device applications, has entered into a settlement agreement with the State that resolves allegations it violated the federal Children's Online Privacy Act (COPPA) and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by collecting personal information about children who used its animation-based "Dokobots" mobile app.
Under terms of the settlement, Dokogeo must clearly and conspicuously disclose – in its apps and on the homepage of its Web sites – the types of personal information it collects, the manner in which it uses such information, and whether it discloses information to third parties. The company also is required to refrain from collecting the personal information of children age 13 and under until it makes the required disclosures, and otherwise complies with COPPA. Dokogeo already has removed all photographs and files containing children's images from its Dokobots Web site, and has removed geolocation information of children since July 1, 2013.
Dokogeo also agrees to a suspended payout of $25,000. The payout will be due immediately if the company fails to comply with other restraints and conditions included in the settlement agreement. Dokogeo's $25,000 payout obligation will be vacated after 10 years if it meets all settlement terms, and avoids violating consumer fraud and child online privacy laws.
Almost always , failure to have "clear and conspicuous" disclosure creates problems.
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K&L Gates Posts Detailed Reporting of Financial Performance
In a highly detailed public disclosure, K&L Gates reports 2012 financial performance. Zero debt, but year over year top-line and bottom-...
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Attacking the Victim: Let's Not Forget That Copyright Holders Have Rights Too!
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Q: Calculating f(7,8,9) with linear algebra f : R^3 → R^2 is linear. We know that f(1,0,0) = (6,5), f(0,1,0) = (4,3) and f(0,0,1) = (2,1). Calculate f(7,8,9).

A: It's just $$7(6,5)+8(4,3)+9(2,1)$$

A: We know that
$$(7,8,9) = 7(1,0,0) + 8(0,1,0) + 9(0,0,1)$$
and so
$$f(7,8,9) =  f(7(1,0,0) + 8(0,1,0) + 9(0,0,1))$$
and because $f$ is linear
\begin{align}
&=7 \cdot f(1,0,0)  + 8 \cdot f(0,1,0) + 9 \cdot (0,0,1) \\ \\ &= 7(6,5) +8(4,3)+9(2,1)
\\ \\ &=(42,35) + (32,24)+(18,9)
\\ \\ &=(92,68)
\end{align}


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