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Our Own Women's Oscars
February 25, 2011, by aauwnational
With the Oscars coming up this weekend, we've all got movies on our minds. And since most of the focus on women this Sunday will favor fashion over faculty, the staff at AAUW has decided to highlight our own favorite ladies in film — regardless of whether they made the grade with the typically testosterone-focused Academy Awards.
Read on for some great suggestions for your must-watch list, and be sure to tell us about your favorite empowering movies in the comments.
I love The Women (the original), with Rosalind Russell and Joan Crawford at their finest. The cast is entirely female, and it's shockingly funny. The characters are shown in their "female" domains, but they're never not in control of themselves or their wit. And the clothes are amazing.
—Beth Scott, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Nothing beats a good Jane Austen flick. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. Colin Firth is by far the best Darcy (1995), but I did like Keira Knightley's interpretation of the wonderful Elizabeth Bennett as well (2005). For a contemporary twist, the Jane Austen Book Club (2007) is a fabulous movie with some seriously amazing actresses and intriguing characters. Lest you think your policy director is overly sentimental, I do love a good action movie; I can watch the Jason Bourne series and The Lord of the Rings trilogy for hours on end.
—Lisa M. Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations
My all-time favorite movie is Little Women. It portrays the lives of four strong, creative, willful, educated girls who challenge the norms of the day. Love it!
—Wendy Matheny, Grassroots Leadership Coordinator
My favorite movie is Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, starring Julie Christie (pre Dr. Zhivago). Bathsheba is one of the most powerful women in literary history, and yet she makes the classic mistake of letting her heart rule her head by falling in love with the wrong man, Lt. Troy. Love it and love her! A close second is Juliette Binoche as Catherine in Wuthering Heights. She is as perfect a Catherine as there ever was … just what Emily Bronte had in mind.
—Cordy Galligan, Director of Marketing and Business Development
One of my favorite films of the past few years is 2009's Whip It. This movie captures the camaraderie and passion of team sports through a story about a high school girl who finds a hidden talent in roller derby. She's a badass athlete and a loyal friend who doesn't prioritize having a boyfriend over having self-respect. Even the women antagonists in this film are refreshing — they're well-rounded characters whose intentions and backgrounds the filmmakers take the time to flesh out. Whip It is a joy to watch for feminist cinephiles. Bonus points: It was written and directed by women.
—Hannah Moulton Belec, Editor and Writer
I walked away from Blue Valentine completely moved by and in awe of Michelle Williams, 2011 Best Actress Oscar nominee. Her genuine performance and portrayal of Cindy, a woman in a deteriorating marriage, was raw, realistic, and yes, empowering. There are multiple, complex reasons why Cindy finally reaches her breaking point. To me, the fact that she reaches it and asks for a divorce is empowering. The film was not just a reflection on marriage but on relationships in general and the fragility of love. Everyone I have talked to has expressed the reaction "Gosh, it was depressing" simply because the two main characters split up. In the age of contrived Hollywood feel-good endings, Blue Valentine was different. It was real. Despite America's high divorce rate, it's still obvious that most of us harbor notions of happily-ever-after endings that we have been spoon-fed since birth, and this deviation from the norm shakes us up.
—Maureen Evans Arthurs, Development Fellow
Barbra Streisand's Fanny Brice in Funny Girl bucks traditional beauty standards, takes control of her own image and career, and shows the world that women can be funny and be hugely successful. No one rains on her parade!
—Jessica Kelly, Leadership Programs Fellow
The African Queen — I was a young girl when I first saw this movie. Katharine Hepburn made such an impression (as did Humphrey Bogart, to be honest) that I watched every one of her movies I could find. I loved her independent, no-nonsense but still feminine approach even in pants and swore never to wear a dress again. I was overruled by my mom.
—Christy Jones, Director of Membership
I'm usually not a big fan of sports movies, but this film is by far the best I've ever seen. A League of Their Own is about the women's professional baseball league in the 1940s. While more and more women were entering the workforce during WWII, other women were working as professional baseball players, something they have not been able to do since the 1950s, when the league was finally disbanded. In the movie, these ladies show just how tough we women can be. They play baseball in the requisite skirt uniforms — including sliding into bases, ouch! An interesting look at how these women were perceived came during a radio social commentary about how the baseball-playing femmes were contributing to "sexual confusion." It's too bad these attitudes still exist today. Just think of how many times you've heard the derogatory phrase "throw like a girl." Well, this movie is definitely a cure for that stereotype.
—Katie Broendel, Acting Senior Media Relations and Marketing Associate
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a beautiful film. Kate Winslet portrays Clementine, the female lead, who is more than the typical lovesick woman found in Hollywood dramas. Although the movie focuses on the relationship between Clementine and Joel (Jim Carrey), questions of love and loss are explored through this incredibly dynamic character. She's spontaneous, independent, and expressive, but she's also vulnerable. She's looking for her place in the world and, in one of the most memorable moments of the film, she says to Joel, "Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a f—ed-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours." Sing it, sister.
—Dawn Aldrich, Interdepartmental Assistant
One of my favorite movies about women is Nine to Five with the amazing cast of Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. The film came out in 1980 at the height of women entering the corporate workforce for the first time. It not only deals with issues of sexual harassment, work-life balance, and the challenges of moving up the corporate ladder as a woman but does it with an intense humor that allows the main characters to be more than one-dimensional. The first time I saw this movie I thought it was hilarious but also loved the feminist message and camaraderie among the women taking on their "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" of a boss! You don't have to be a feminist to love this movie, but if you are, it will make you love it even more.
—Ana Kay Yaghoubian, Program Associate
I really like Fargo. I'm not crazy about the violence in it, but Frances McDormand's performance as a very pregnant police officer going about her work and getting the job done is priceless. I love the depiction of her loving, egalitarian marriage as well.
—Christianne Corbett, Senior Researcher
Lackawanna Blues, set in 1950s and 1960s Lackawanna, New York, stars the very talented S. Epatha Merkerson and is based on the true story of Ruben Santiago Jr. and his relationship with his guardian. After the separation of his parents, young Ruben "Junior" Santiago, a part-black, part-Hispanic child, is sent to live in a small-scale boarding house run by the kindhearted Rachel "Nanny" Crosby and her younger husband, Bill. Ruben then grows up witnessing the world of soul and blues music and gets to know the various characters Nanny takes into her household to help out, such as the disturbed Ol'lem Taylor, one-armed handyman Mr. Lucious, hairdresser Bertha, war veteran Lonnie, ex-convict Mr. Paul, butch cleaner Ricky, and many others. For her work in the movie, S. Epatha Merkerson won best-actress Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Emmy awards in 2006. It's a great movie with a stellar cast that brings home the message "It takes a village!" I love to see black and Latina/o actors getting work and their due in Hollywood!
—Sharvell Becton, Program Officer, American and International Fellowships
Well, that's our list! What do you think? Have we hit the mark with these leading ladies, or did we miss something?
Leave your suggestions in the comments.
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work | Tagged Academy Awards, Cinema, film, Oscars | 6 Comments
on February 28, 2011, at 11:48 pm | Reply Kate Farrar
Glad to hear the shout-outs for Iron Jawed Angels. We show that every year at NCCWSL to the college women and it never gets old!
on February 28, 2011, at 5:23 pm | Reply Janet Nortrom
I agree with so many, also Iron Jawed Angels and any Jane Austin movies, Cathy Bates excellent in everything she does,
Meryl Streep so good and FARGO one of the best. Thanks, this was fun and joyous to think about, we have tons of snow in Wisconsin, and more to come and so many unhappy people right now.
A good movie can help with the stress.
on February 27, 2011, at 10:55 am | Reply Pascale
Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie and Julia. A 1950s wife in Paris asking"but what will I do?"
on February 26, 2011, at 5:09 pm | Reply Al
Many of these women have been heavily honored by the "testoserone" crowd already, but someone like Cathy Bates would be a welcome distinction.
on February 26, 2011, at 12:14 pm | Reply Ruth Wahtera
Not a Hollywood film but an HBO film made for TV — Iron Jawed Angels about the suffragettes was so popular when our branch showed it last fall that we're talking about making it an annual event. Nothing better than watching our courageous predecessors to inspire us to keep breaking through barriers.
on February 25, 2011, at 7:58 pm | Reply Kay Koehler
I have not seen the new version of "True Grit" but remember the original, and loved the book by my newspaper colleague Charles Portis whose portrait of a determined teen aged girl having to handle the hard drinking Rooster and the useless LeBoeuf was spot on.
And in a similar film, Cat Ballou, Jane Fonda created a memoriable woman of the west.
And don't forget the strong woman of GWTW…no, not Scarlett…Melanie Wilkes.


A thrilling second half at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata saw ATK clinch a narrow 2-1 win over Delhi Dynamos FC on Sunday. The win in their last match of the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL) 2018-19 season helped Steve Coppell´s men finish sixth in the table and secure a direct qualification for the Hero Super Cup.
For Delhi, the loss ended their six-match unbeaten streak as they end their season in eighth position on the table with 18 points from as many matches.
Edu Garcia scored on the 63rd minute to give ATK the lead.
Substitute Nandhakumar Sekar levelled things up for Delhi on the 72nd minute.
ATK´s own sub Ankit Mukherjee scored the winner on the 88th minute.
Delhi subs: Albino (GK); Dhot, Sarangi, Bikramjit, Nandha, Mihelic, Manchong.
Delhi Dynamos line-up: Francisco Dorronsoro (GK); Rana Gharami, Gianni Zuiverloon, Narayan Das; Romeo Fernandes, Vinit Rai, Marcos Tebar, Lallianzuala Chhangte; Adria Carmona; Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Ulises Davila.
ATK subs: Majumder (GK); Aibor, Sena, Ankit, Mondal, Eugene, Balwant.
ATK line-up: Arindam Bhattacharya (GK); Pritam Kotal, Andre Bikey, John Johnson, Ricky Lallawmawma; Pronay Halder, Gerson Vieira; Komal Thatal, Edu Garcia, Jayesh Rane; Kalu Uche.


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TeleMation Inc. was a company specializing in products for the television industry, post-production and film industry, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. TeleMation started with a line of black-and-white video equipment, and later manufactured color video products. Lyle Keys was the founder and president of TeleMation, Inc., started in the late 1960s. Early equipment was for the B&W broadcast, cable television, and CCTV market.

History
In 1954, Lyle Oscar Keys was an itinerant equipment salesman from Wibaux, Montana. John F. Fitzpatrick was president of The Salt Lake Tribune at the time. Fitzpatrick's assistant John W. Gallivan hired Keys as an engineer for KUTV Channel 2, of which the Tribune was part owner. In a time when the electronics industry was burgeoning, Keys knew how to get essential parts fast in a time when these parts were unavailable or slow to get.  By 1962, the Tribunes owner, Kearns-Tribune Corporation, and their partners in KUTV organized Electronic Sales Corporation (ELCO) to help meet these needs. Keys was installed as president with an office in the Kearns Building in Salt Lake City.

Within eight years, the company, which had been incorporated as Telemation, had 420 employees, producing and marketing 156 products for the television industry with annual sales of $10 million. It became the nation's largest supplier of closed circuit TV systems and developed scores of proprietary items for cable television, industrial, educational and commercial TV.

Keys personally conceptualized many of the firm's products, helped engineer them, produced millions of dollars in sales, and even wrote Telemation's news releases and advertising copy. He also laid out the blueprint for the company's development of  of space in southwest Salt Lake County's technological park.

The Kearns-Tribune Corporation's interest in this publicly owned enterprise as of early 1971 was twenty-four and one-half percent.

In 1977, TeleMation inc. became a division of Bell and Howell.
In October 1979, Bell and Howell entered a joint venture with Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch's Fernseh Division, called Fernseh Inc. Bosch Fernseh Division was located in Darmstadt, Germany and for many years manufactured a full line of video and film equipment, professional video camera, VTR and Telecine, under Robert Bosch Fernsehanlagen GmbH.
In April 1982, Bosch fully acquired Fernseh Inc., renaming the company Robert Bosch Corporation, Fernseh Division.
In 1986, Bosch entered into a new joint venture with Philips Broadcast in Breda, Netherlands. This new company was called Broadcast Television Systems Inc. (BTS). Philips had been in the broadcast market for many years with a line of Norelco professional video cameras and other products.
In 1995, Philips Electronics North America Corp. fully acquired BTS Inc., renaming it Philips Broadcast - Philips Digital Video Systems.
In March 2001, this division was sold to Thomson SA, the current owner; the division was called Thomson Multimedia.
In 2002, the French electronics giant Thomson SA also acquired the Grass Valley Group from Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon, US.
Grass Valley was sold to Belden on February 6, 2014. Belden also owns Miranda.

Products
Various Telemation B&W video products
TSE-200 Special Effects Generator
TPC-100 Porta-Studio
TMV-529 Waveform Sampler
TMV-708 Camera Control Unit
TMC 2100 Camera
TVM-650  Multicaster Switcher - vision mixer
TMM-203  Film Chain-Multiplexer - Film Island
TMU-100  Uniplexers
TVM-550 video distribution amplifier
TPA-550 Pulse distribution amplifier
AP C.A.T.V. Character Generators (using Teletype machine & video camera) (1965)
 A line of Character Generators
 Automation equipment, like the BCS 2000
 Digital Noise Reducer, also called Digital Noise Filter, 1984
TVU-175 Ventilation Unit
 Some color products (made in Salt Lake City under various brands)
TVS-1000 TAS-1000 routers and line of party line control panels
 Phone remote router control interface
MCS 2000 Master Control Switch - vision mixer
MC Machine Control
TSG-550 Sync Generator
Tmt-101 Stairstep Generator
Tmt-102 Multiburst Generator
Tmt-103 Sin Pulse/Window Generator
Compositor character generator
TCF-3000 Color film chain-Multiplexer - Film Island
Digital Encoder Pal and NTSC
Mach One Editor (acquired) - a Non-linear editing system
Alamar Automation (acquired)
TVS-2000 router and line of party line Control panels with and w/o mnemonic displays
CE 2200 party line controller, CE 2500
Status Display
TVS-3000 router
Venus router
BCS 3000 HP UNIX Based controller - VG 3000 VGS card
Jupiter Controller - Windows-based router control system
VM 3000 VGA Status Display, V board
SC 3000 Serial Control Interface S board
CE 3000 Matrix Controller, M board - can support 3 level switching and other brands
ES 3000 ESnet Interface
PL 3000 party line Controller
SI 3000 Control Processor
Jupiter Control panels: CP 3200, CP 3300, CP 3310, CP 3320
Jupiter XPress, CM4000
Trinix router, DM–33100
Saturn Master Control Switch
Weather Channel 97
Mars
SDR–400
GS–400
FGS 4000 3D Character – Graphic Generator - Computer-generated imagery
Vidifont Character generator (acquired from Thomson SA)
The Media Pool - disk recorder

Trivia
Fernseh is German for "television". In German the words fern and seh literally mean "far" and "see", respectively.

Because of all the mergers, customers sometimes fondly called these company(ies): Tele-bella-bosch-a-mation.

Thomson still operates offices in the cities of all these acquisitions:
 Cergy, France (Thomson World Headquarters)
 Salt Lake City, Utah, US - from TeleMation Inc
 Beaverton, Oregon, US - from Tektronix
 Nevada City, California, US - from  Grassvalley Group
 Breda, the Netherlands - from Philips-Norelco
 Weiterstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - from Bosch Fernseh

Awards:
Outstanding Achievement in Technical/Engineering Development Awards from National Academy of Televisio Arts and Sciences
1966-1967: Plumbicon Tube - N.V. Philips
1987-1888: FGS 4000 computer animation system - BTS - SLC, UT
1992-1993: Prism Technology for Color Television Cameras - N.V. Philips
1993-1994: Controlled Edge Enhancement Utilizing Skin Hue KeyingBTS and Ikegami (joint award)
1997-1998: Development of a High Resolution Digital Film Scanner Eastman Kodak and Philips Germany
2000-2001: Pioneering developments in shared video-data storage systems for use in television video servers - Thomson/Philips - SLC, UT
2002-2003: Technology to simultaneously encode multiple video qualities and the corresponding metadata to enable real-time conformance and / or playout of the higher quality video (nominally broadcast) based on the decisions made using the lower quality proxiesMontage. Philips and Thomson.

Telemation Productions
Telemation Productions was a post-production house in Seattle, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado in the 1970s and early 80s. Offices were sold or closed in the late 1980s.

Telemation Productions was started as a marketing tool by Telemation Inc. in the early 1970s.  It started as a single office located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.  In 1978, a second office was opened in Denver.  Also in 1978, the television equipment manufacturing operation was sold to Bell & Howell.  At that time, Telemation Inc. owned only the two production facilities and the manufacturing building in Salt Lake City, which was leased to Bell & Howell.  In 1979 Telemation acquired a production facility in Seattle and renamed it Telemation Productions.  In the early 1980s, Telemation acquired a facility in Phoenix, also renaming it Telemation Productions. In the early 1980s, Telemation Productions added a distribution division located in Chicago which provided duplication and shipping services to advertising agencies and a mobile division equipped with a television remote truck. Telemation Productions ownership changed in 1987 and again in 1990, with the Home Shopping Network buying the company. The Phoenix office and distribution division were sold in 1989 prior to this acquisition. The remote truck was sold in 1990.  The Seattle office was closed in 1991, the Chicago office was closed in 1993, and the Denver office was closed the following year.

External links
Remembering TeleMation, Inc.
Thomson takeover
 Robert Bosch Fernseh
 Philips
 Thomson Grassvalley
  Times, A.P. at Home, Aug. 6, 1965.

References

 TeleMation to B&H
 BTS: Philips and Bosch
 Noise filter
 Robert Bosch Fernseh Division
 BTS
 Bosch BTS PDF, Page 15
 Telecine
 TM camera

Electronics companies of the United States
Film and video technology
Technicolor SA
Manufacturing companies based in Salt Lake City
1962 establishments in Utah

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Last night, Joe and myself headed off to Urban Night Feast, to sample the delights of some of the North East's finest street food vendors. Having heard brilliant things from the event on Thursday and Friday nights, I couldn't wait to dig in to some of the goodies on offer.
UNF was held in the beautiful Stephenson Centre, an amazing industrial space behind Newcastle's Central Station. We arrived just before the night kicked-off, and my god, I'm glad we did as soon there was a hefty queue of hungry punters forming outside.
We kicked off proceedings with a pint from local ale-crafters, Wylam Brewery – Writer's Block for me and Red Kite for Joe.
Next we headed to the stall run by the brilliant team from, Broad Chare, one of my most favourite places to eat in Newcastle. We grabbed ourselves a Scotch Egg, beef and Newcastle Brown Ale pie and a pork pie with homemade piccalilli. I can't say enough good things about these 3 dishes – the scotch egg in particular was perfection. Warm and just runny enough in the middle. Delicious.
Next we sampled delicious salt and pepper squid from local fish supplier/seaside mecca, Latimers. The squid was cooked in front of us and was out of this world – perfectly cooked.
The organisers of UNF really did a great job and the venue was absolutely packed. The vendors were a good mix of established North East chefs/restaurants and passionate new North East producers, all set against a fantastic backdrop with brilliant tunes to match – we heart CoolAid Events.
Same again next year please guys.
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Oh I really wanted to go to that event! It looks wonderful but we had just travelled back from a holiday in Brighton, next time I'll be there for sure!
Friday night was the only time we could go and it was so busy, still enjoyed it though and I agree about the Broad Chare scotch eggs!


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Q: Restyling just part of a wpf control. Is it possible? I want to restyle just part of a WPF control.
(Specifically, I want to make the scroll buttons on a ScrollBar bigger)
Now I can do this no problem. I extracted the default style. Made the required tweaks and included the modified style in my application.
The problem is that I have to include the entire control template in the replacement style, when all I am changing is 2 values.
  <Setter Property="Control.Template">
    <Setter.Value>
      <ControlTemplate TargetType="ScrollBar">
        <Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Panel.Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
          <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.HorizontalScrollBarButtonWidthKey}}" />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1E-05*" />
            <ColumnDefinition MaxWidth="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.HorizontalScrollBarButtonWidthKey}}" />
          </... etc

I just want to change the MaxWidth on the column definitions to 50.
So my question is this: Is there any way I can make this tweak to the template without having to include everything else? I still want all other parts of the control template to just work like the default.

A: In this case you should be able to, since the template reaches out and grabs the value from a resource:
<ScrollBar xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">
    <ScrollBar.Resources>
        <sys:Double x:Key="{x:Static SystemParameters.HorizontalScrollBarButtonWidthKey}">50</sys:Double>
    </ScrollBar.Resources>
</ScrollBar>

If the template had hard-coded the value, you'd be out of luck.

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Area office of Nationalist Democratic progressive party (NDPP) of 58th Shamator-Chessore assembly constituency was inaugurated at Shamator town on December 16.
A press release by NDPP 58th A/C general secretary, Dr. Tsukiumong stated that party workers of 58th A/C were convinced that NDPP would work tirelessly for road connectivity, quality education, basic health care and social security in the region.
The short speech was delivered by Thsangla Lato, president, Women Wing, Tomukam, executive secretary, NDPP, Zuphong, vice president, youth wing, T. Yimto, advisor, Ruktsuba, V/P. Special number was presented by women wing, Shamator town & exhortation by T. Rithrong, V/P (Adm), NDPP whereas vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Tsukiumong(PT), general secretary.


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The 14 House Republicans who voted against a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Jun 17, 2021 Updated Jun 19, 2021
"This name needlessly divides our nation on a matter that should instead bring us together by creating a separate Independence Day based on the color of one's skin," one Republican said.
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
While the legislation met bipartisan support in the House, more than a dozen Republicans in the chamber voted against the measure on Wednesday. The bill, which the Senate unanimously approved on Tuesday, is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Some of the lawmakers who voted against the bill in the House argued the proposed holiday would only serve to divide Americans based on race, including GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who took aim at the name provided for the holiday in the legislation.
"This name needlessly divides our nation on a matter that should instead bring us together by creating a separate Independence Day based on the color of one's skin," Roy said in a statement.
Here are the lawmakers who voted against the Juneteenth bill:
AP FILE
Rep. Andy Biggs
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona
Rep. Mo Brooks
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia
Rep. Scott DesJarlais
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tennessee
Rep. Paul Gosar
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona
Rep. Ronny Jackson
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-California
Rep. Thomas Massie
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky
Rep. Tom McClintock
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-California
Rep. Ralph Norman
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina
Rep. Mike Rogers
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama
Rep. Matt Rosendale
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana
Rep. Chip Roy
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas
Rep. Tom Tiffany
Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin
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What Material Can Be Used To Measure Volume Of Liquid?
November 9, 2022 by Carolyn
Liquid volume is usually measured using either a graduated cylinder
1 What tools can be used to measure volume?
2 What is the best tool to measure liquid volume?
3 What can be used to measure a very small amount of liquid?
4 How do you measure liquid volume accurately?
4.1 What is the best way to measure volume?
4.2 What is the formula of volume?
4.3 What is used to measure approximate amounts of liquids?
4.4 What are all the liquid measurements?
4.5 How do you measure a small amount of liquid for cooking?
4.6 How do you measure 1 mL of liquid?
4.7 What is the volume of a liquid?
4.8 What is the most precise measurement of the volume of this liquid?
4.9 What are 2 ways to measure volume?
4.10 How do you calculate volume in Litres?
What tools can be used to measure volume?
Chemists use beakers, flasks, burets and pipets to measure the volume of liquids.
What is the best tool to measure liquid volume?
Often in quantitative situations, volumetric pipettes and volumetric flasks are preferred, particularly when you are trying to measure a very specific volume. Graduated pipettes are used as well in quantitative situations sometimes.
What can be used to measure a very small amount of liquid?
A pipette is a dropper for measuring small amounts of liquid, consisting of a glass tube attached to a bulb. When the bulb is depressed and then expands, it draws liquid into the tube.
How do you measure liquid volume accurately?
Volumetric labware is for measuring liquids with precision. Volumetric flasks, burettes, and pipettes made for measuring small amounts of liquid are the most accurate, with tolerances of less than ±0.02.
What is the best way to measure volume?
For less defined shapes, volume can be determined by water displacement. Volumes of liquids such as water can be readily measured in a graduated cylinder. To use the water displacement method, an object (in this case, a small metal cylinder) is inserted into a graduated cylinder partially filled with water. You may also read,
What is the formula of volume?
Table 3. Volume Formulas
Cube V=s3 s is the length of the side.
Right Rectangular Prism V=LWH L is the length, W is the width and H is the height.
Prism or Cylinder V=Ah A is the area of the base, h is the height.
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What is used to measure approximate amounts of liquids?
Graduated Cylinders are for measurement of an amount of liquid. The volume of liquid can be estimated to the nearest 0.1 mL with practice. Hot Plates can also be used as sources of heat when an open flame is not desirable.
What are all the liquid measurements?
U.S. System
1 cup Not commonly used 8 (fluid) oz.
1 pint 20 (fluid) oz. 16 (fluid) oz.
1 quart 40 (fluid) oz. 32 (fluid) oz.
1 gallon 160 (fluid) oz. 128 (fluid) oz.
How do you measure a small amount of liquid for cooking?
Measuring Spoons can be used for small amounts of liquid OR dry ingredients. The next option is Measuring Cups. Much like the spoons, these can be plastic or metal. These usually come in a fourth of a cup, a third of a cup, a half of a cup, and one cup.
How do you measure 1 mL of liquid?
0.5 ml = ⅛ teaspoon.
1 ml = ¼ teaspoon.
2 ml = ½ teaspoon.
5 ml = 1 teaspoon.
15 ml = 1 tablespoon.
25 ml = 2 tablespoons.
50 ml = 2 fluid ounces = ¼ cup.
75 ml = 3 fluid ounces = ⅓ cup.
What is the volume of a liquid?
The volume of a container is generally understood to be the capacity of the container; i.e., the amount of fluid (gas or liquid) that the container could hold, rather than the amount of space the container itself displaces.
What is the most precise measurement of the volume of this liquid?
A graduated cylinder is the most precise for measuring the volume of a liquid.
What are 2 ways to measure volume?
Solve for Volume by Space. All physical objects occupy space, and you can find the volume for some of them by measuring their physical dimensions. …
Solve for Volume by Density and Mass. Density is defined as an object's mass per a given unit of volume. …
Solve for Volume by Displacement.
How do you calculate volume in Litres?
The first thing you need to do is multiply the length by the width by the height. That gives the number of cubic millimetres. To calculate the number of litres, you then divide that number by a million. As an example, let's take a box measuring 406 x 356 x 203mm.
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1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshethite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw about Samaria and Jerusalem.
1:2 All peoples, 听. And may the earth and its fullness pay attention. And may the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple.
1:3 看哪, the Lord will go forth from his place. And he will descend, and he will trample over the high places of the earth.
1:14 因为这, she will send emissaries to the inheritance of Gath: the house of Lying in order to deceive the kings of Israel.
1:15 然而, I will lead an heir to you, who dwell in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will reach all the way to Adullam.
2:1 祸哉,你们谁制定没用的东西,谁在你的床的邪恶工作. 在晨光, 他们承担它, 因为他们的手,就是与神.
2:2 而且他们需要的字段,并以暴力采取他们, 他们已经被盗的房子. 并取得了对一个人和他的家诬告, 一个男人和他的继承.
2:3 为此原因, 耶和华如此说: 看哪, 我对设计这个家庭的罪恶, 从中你会不会偷走你的脖子. 而且你不会走在傲慢, 因为这是一个最邪恶的时间.
2:4 在那一天, 一个比喻将采取有关你, 和歌将与甜蜜唱, 话: "我们已经被销毁摧毁。"我的人的命运已经改变. 他怎么能离开我, 当他可能会回头, 他谁可能撕裂我们的国家?
2:8 但, 与此相反的, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.
2:12 I will gather together in a congregation all of you, Jacob. I will lead together as one, 以色列所剩下的. I will set them together like a flock in the fold, like a sheep in the midst of the sheep pen. They will cause a tumult before the multitude of men.
3:6 因为这, night will be yours for vision, and darkness yours for divination, and the sun will meet with death over the prophets, and the day will be darkened over them.
3:8 然而, truly I have been filled with the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, with judgment and virtue, in order to announce to Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.
3:9 听到这个, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.
3:12 为此原因, because of you, Zion will be plowed under like a field, and Jerusalem will become like a pile of stones, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of the forests.
4:1 这要: In the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the top of the mountains and high above the hills. And the people will flow to it.
4:2 And many nations will hurry, and will say: "来吧, let us ascend to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us about his ways, 我们将走在他的路。"对于法必从锡安去, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4:5 For all people will walk, each one in the name of his god. But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God, 长长久久.
4:6 在那一天, 主说, I will gather together the lame. And I will recover her whom I had rejected, and her whom I had afflicted.
4:8 你呢, cloudy tower of the flock of the daughter of Zion, even to you it will come. And the first power will arrive, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.
4:9 现在,, why have you come together in grief? Is there not a king in you, or has your counselor gone away? For sorrow has overtaken you, like the pain of giving birth.
4:10 Be grieved and overwhelmed, 锡安的女儿, like a woman giving birth. For now you must depart from the city and dwell in the countryside, and you will approach even to Babylon. There you will be delivered. There the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your adversaries.
4:13 Rise and thresh, 锡安的女儿. For I will set your horn like iron, and I will set your hoofs like brass. And you will shatter many peoples, and you will immolate their spoils for the Lord, and their strength for the Lord of the whole earth.
5:1 现在,你将被摧毁, 你女儿劫匪. 他们已经放置了封锁对我们, 用一杆,他们将袭击以色列的法官颚.
5:2 你呢, 伯利恒埃夫拉塔, 是犹大当中一个少一个. 从你会去阐述他谁应为以色列统治者, 和他的降落地点已经从一开始就设定, 从永恒的日子.
5:3 因为这, 他会为他们提供, 甚至直到她谁承担他的时候生下. 和他的兄弟的残余将被转换为以色列人.
5:4 他会站稳脚跟并在主的力量养活, 根据耶和华他的神的崇高名. 他们将被转换, 现在,他将被放大, 到地的端部.
5:8 And there will be a remnant of Jacob within the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forests, and like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, 谁, when he will pass through and trample down and seize, there is none who can rescue.
5:10 而且它会在这一天, 主说: I will take away your horses from your midst, and I will utterly ruin your four-horse chariots.
6:1 听耶和华如此说: 上涨, 在争夺对山上的判断, 让小山听到你的声音.
6:2 让山里听上帝的判决, 和地球的坚实基础. 对于主的判断是他的人, 他将与以色列的判断.
6:3 我的人, 我做了什么你, 或如何我有你抨击? 回复我.
6:4 因为我领你们出埃及的土地, 我释放你从奴役的房子, 我和你的脸之前,摩西发, 亚伦, 和仪.
6:5 我的人, remember, 我问你, what Balak the king of Moab planned, and how Balaam the son of Beor responded to him, from Shittim even to Gilgal, so that you may know the justice of the Lord.
6:6 什么值得重视的事我会献给耶和华, 正如我在神面前高屈膝? 我怎么能提供大屠杀给他, 一岁的牛犊?
6:7 将主喜悦千千的公羊, 或者与成千上万的脂肪公山羊? 我怎么能放弃,因为我的恶行我的长子, 我的子宫,因为我的罪恶之果?
6:8 我会透露给你, 哦人类, 什么是好的, 什么爷,你需要, 以及如何与判断行事, ,好怜悯, 并与你的神走路小心.
6:9 The voice of the Lord cries out to the city, "听着, you tribes," and who will confirm it? And salvation will be for those who fear your name.
6:10 然而, there is a fire in the house of the impious, the treasury of iniquity, and a small measure, filled with wrath.
6:12 这样, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.
6:13 And I, 因此, began to strike you with perdition because of your sins.
7:1 Woe to me, for I have become just like one who gleans the clusters of the vintage in autumn. There is no cluster of grapes to consume; my soul desired figs out of season.
7:8 你们, my enemy, should not rejoice over me because I have fallen. I will rise up, when I sit in darkness. The Lord is my light.
7:17 They will lick the dust like serpents, 和, like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses. They will dread the Lord our God, and they will fear you.
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Sinbad the Sailor, a fictional Middle-Eastern pirate, has served as the subject of multiple online slots. Quickspin has added one more to the list in the form of this 5-reel, 40-payline game. Considering that there are already several Sinbad-themed slots games in existence, it's worth pondering if Quickspin's version is any different.
Let's find out by covering this game's background, symbols, betting options, features, and return to player (RTP).
The default background for this game is an Arabian port, which is extremely detailed with its stone buildings and towers. But Sinbad also transports you to different places during free spins, such as the lair of the Roc, a giant fictional bird of prey. As far as slots backgrounds go, Sinbad is one of the best games that we've seen.
Symbols include: Sinbad, his pirate friends, a free spins icon, wild symbol, princess, sultan, and several different jewels. The symbols feature excellent graphics, although we could do without the generic jewels being used for lower-paying symbols.
The 40 paylines are fixed, but you can adjust your coin denomination from €0.01 to €1.00. This makes the minimum bet worth €0.40 and the max wager worth €40.00.
The only bonus feature in Sinbad is free spins, which you trigger by getting 3 or more bonus icons anywhere on the reels. This gives you the option to pick between the following types of free spins.
Ape (7 Spins) – Taking you deep into the jungle, these spins see an ape walk up to the reels and slam his fist into them, creating additional wilds.
Roc (10 Spins) – These spins take you to the Roc's lair, where diamonds appear on the reels. The Roc swoops down to pick up the diamond, which fills a meter on the side of the reels. As this meter fills, it creates additional wild symbols.
Snake (12 Spins) – A giant snake slithers across the reels to create more wilds. Both the entry point and exit point where the snake goes become wild.
RTP for Sinbad slot is 97.08%, which is really high and ensures that you'll have plenty of winning sessions with this game.
There's a lot to like about Sinbad, including excellent background graphics, Arabian-themed music, and how the free spins feature different backgrounds and beasts. The only minor complaints that we have include generic symbols, and free spins being the only bonus. But despite these drawbacks, we strongly recommend that you try this slot.


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Govt examining G-to-G deal to buy Spike missile from Israel
Article Posted on : - Jan 11, 2018
The Spike anti-tank guided missile. Photo: Rafael Advanced Defence Systems
NEW DELHI (PTI): India is considering purchase of Spike anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) from Israel through the government-to-government (G-to-G) route, months after it decided to cancel a deal to procure the weapons from an Israeli firm.
According to the original proposal, India had planned to acquire the ATGMs for the Army at a cost of US$ 500 million.
The government is now examining the possibility of purchasing the missiles from Israel through the G-to-G route like it did in sealing the deal for procuring 36 Rafale jets from France, official sources said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit India next week and ways to further deepen the already close defence ties between the two countries may figure during his talks with Indian leaders here.
In November, the defence ministry had decided to retract the process to acquire a batch of Spike missiles from Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defence Systems.
Subsequently, the ministry had asked premier defence research laboratory DRDO to develop similar missiles with indigenous technology.
Official sources had said the proposal to acquire the missile system from the Israeli firm faced hurdles when it apparently expressed reservations in ensuring full transfer of technology as per the provisions of the 'Make in India' initiative.
They said the decision to retract the RFP was taken after the DRDO expressed confidence of producing the ATGMs.
India's Kalyani group and Israel's state-run Rafael Advanced Defence Systems had commissioned a Rs 70 crore production facility near Hyderabad in August last year, anticipating that the Israeli firm would bag the contract.
Last week, the Israeli firm said it received an official notification from India's Ministry of Defence about cancellation of the deal.
In September 2016, India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.
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Jenna Dewan reacts to clip of her seemingly calling Camila Cabello 'extra' at the AMAs
AOL.com November 25, 2019
Jenna Dewan says that she was not shading Camila Cabello during her performance with Shawn Mendes at the 2019 AMAs on Sunday night.
After a clip went viral of the "Step Up" actress seemingly rolling her eyes and saying to stylist Brad Goreski that Cabello is "always extra" from the audience, the 38-year-old expectant mother took to her Instagram Story to dispel any speculation that she wasn't into the performance.
"I'm getting a lot of text messages from people wondering if I was shading Camila. No! I love her, I love her so much. I'm such a big fan of hers," she says in the video posted from her car. "I don't understand what that's about but no, I love her, love her, love her."
It's true la-la-la, Jenna Dewan does not have beef with Camila Cabello. #AMAshttps://t.co/xOCKplO9Zjpic.twitter.com/bvVDMKvwmt
— E! News (@enews) November 25, 2019
Goreski then chimed in, saying, "Guys, we were bumping and grinding so hard to 'Señorita.' We're obsessed," which prompted Dewan to say, "That's my favorite song!"
While her unexpected viral moment may have dominated the conversation around her appearance at the American Music Awards, the actress also showed off her growing baby bump on the red carpet ahead of the show, looking gorgeous in a skintight pink dress that accentuated her curves. Dewan is expecting her second child, her first with boyfriend Steve Kazee. She is also mother to Everly, 6, who she shares with ex-husband, Channing Tatum.
Neither Camila Cabello nor Shawn Mendes have responded to Jenna Dewan's reaction to their performance.
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SwipedOn, the fast-growing visitor management SaaS is acquired by SmartSpace Software Plc, furthering their position as a leading global Workspace Management Software solution.
Luton, United Kingdom: SmartSpace Software Plc, the leading provider of 'Workspace Management Software' for smart buildings, commercial spaces and hospitality, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Swiped On Limited, the fast-growing SaaS business offering a visitor management solution to customers around the globe on a monthly subscription.
Headquartered in New Zealand with an impressive base of clients in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand, the SwipedOn visitor management proposition complements the market-leading SmartSpace workspace management platform with its existing meeting room, desk management, wayfinding and carparking solutions; and delivers a launchpad for the company's ambition to offer entry level workplace optimisation solutions.
SwipedOn provides a visitor management software solution that provides visitor registration functionality for organisations. Capable of linking multiple locations with one seamless company overview, the software can instantly notify employees of visitor arrivals via email and/or SMS, whilst also custom printing visitor ID badges. SwipedOn is also able to be utilised for employee movements in the office. With several plans available to organisations, the Company has grown rapidly over the last 12 months with customer numbers more than doubling to over 2,279.
Frank Beechinor, CEO of SmartSpace, commented: "We are delighted to announce the acquisition of SwipedOn. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Hadleigh and the SwipedOn team to the SmartSpace group as they join us on our journey to become a leading business in the global space management market. SwipedOn are one of the fastest growing SaaS businesses in New Zealand and one of the leading visitor management solutions globally. I am delighted to have them as part of our business."
Based in New Zealand, SwipedOn provides a visitor management software solution that provides visitor registration functionality for organisations. Capable of linking multiple locations with one seamless company overview, the software can instantly notify employees of visitor arrivals via email and/or SMS, whilst also custom printing visitor ID badges. SwipedOn is also able to be utilised for employee movements in the office.


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final report fhwa/in/jtrp-2005/27 guidelines for data collection techniques and methods for roadside station origin-destination studies by bryan p. guy... Indeed, in addition to improving the efficiency of data collection efforts when compared with traditional, largely paper-based practices, mobile data collection may also offer options for data collection that simply aren't feasible, or even possible, using other tools or methods.
has been limited by the reliance on police enforcement records and occasional data collection using radar/laser speed guns and traffic/vehicle counting devices.These methods potentially understate the extent of speeding behaviour in school zones.
Combining both methods provides flexibility during data collection and improves data integrity. The underlying premise of differential GPS (DGPS) requires that a GPS receiver, known as the base station, be set up on a precisely known location.


The name "Larry" honors Larry Patton who was a long-time technician in the wheat breeding programs at K-State.
This top-performing hard red wheat was developed by K-State Research and Extension, and has done extremely well in K-State trials and breeder nurseries. It has shown a good stability across a wide environmental diversity, but did suffer some injury during the extreme November 2014 freeze.
Larry is a medium-height, medium-maturity variety with moderate resistance to both stem and stripe rust. It is moderately susceptible to leaf rust and would benefit from a fungicide. It has good acid soil tolerance and is resistant to soil borne mosaic virus. Larry has shown tolerance to moderate drought, a high tillering capacity, and good straw strength.
Named for the Kingman county small town in south central Kansas, this variety is well adapted over a wide area as suggested by its pedigree.
K-State Research and Extension developed this hard red variety as an excellent choice for wheat acres planted after corn in central and eastern Kansas, as well as a comparable replacement for Everest. Zenda performed extremely well in the 2016 K-State trials in this area.
Zenda is a medium-height, medium-early variety that has a moderate resistance to stripe and stem rust and intermediate to leaf rust. It also has good acid soil tolerance and is resistant to soil borne mosaic virus. It will have a similar resistance to Fusarium head blight, or scab, as Everest and its barley yellow dwarf will be second only to Everest.
1.Rating codes are:1 – Highly resistant; 3 – Moderately resistant; 5 – Intermediate; 7 – Moderately susceptible; 9 – Highly susceptible. Blanks indicate insufficient information.
2. Hessian fly ratings are based on results of greenhouse tests with Kansas (Great Plains) biotype of Hessian fly. Hessian fly populations are often a mixture of biotypes thus results can vary among years and locations.
c. Indicates resistance has been inconsistent in greenhouse testing.
d. CLEARFIELD® variety, which is resistant to Beyond herbicide.


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Does Hyatt provide a five star digital experience?
Hyatt releases its Q3 results today, so I thought I'd pre-empt the webcast and take a look at the company's digital efforts.
Is its digital marketing as good as the hotels? And how do its efforts compare to some big name competition?
It turns out Hyatt is fairly solid, online. I didn't get mad trying to use the website, and everything was easy to find, with a good mobile presence.
To take it to the next level, Hyatt would have to redesign its website to match the modern design of RoomKey or Top10.com.
It would also be great to see more rich content on the Hyatt website, rather than simply its social channels. This would allow more of the atmosphere of the hotels and the ethos of the brand to suffuse the browsing and booking process.
Let's have a look at the brand's paid, owned and earned digital content.
By Ben Davis October 30th 2013 13:27
From the homepage, clicking the fairly non-descript 'What's on your mind?' box leads to a nice little microsite (experiences.hyatt.com) built around the traveller experience.
There's some good stuff in here.
An enormous Twitter plug-in allowing users to tweet their ideal experiences #InAHyattWorld. This is followed by a selection of social activity.
One can scroll for a while, past large pictures of rooms, meals and additional services, all of which lay out a little of the Hyatt philosophy.
If you reach the bottom of this page, you're invited to email in your comments.
There's a menu at the top of the page, which will allow you to avoid scrolling, and means it's easier to find each section.
There are also links to social networks, the booking engine and the Hyatt blog.
The Hyatt blog is fairly anodyne, but provides visually enjoyable content that is then used across social networks.
Back within the main Hyatt website, there's a slightly dated feel, but crucially it's very easy to use and seems to conform to usability standards.
The screenshot of the 'about' page below shows how information is at hand and navigation doesn't pose any problems.
Overall, I'd like to see more rich content.
For example, some of Hyatt's fairly polished videos, which can be seen on YouTube.
I imagine there's a fair amount of tech work needed to try to get social content and bigger text included in the site, likely a site redesign, so it makes sense to have created microsites if it's proving hard to change something that works well.
In the long run, the site will need a revamp, it's just a question of when. Comparing it to a rival brand such as Hilton or Marriott it doesn't look as good, even if Hilton itself isn't quite bang up to date.
RoomKey
In fact, many of the updates, aesthetically, that could be made to bring Hyatt up to date, are seen here in RoomKey. Of course, Hyatt is one of the brands that founded RoomKey, so it has the experience.
Moving towards this kind of interface, or something like Top10.com is surely the next step.
The mobile site is much like the desktop site in its sophistication. It's not the slickest or most beautiful I've used, it's not full of extra content and engaging UX, but it works.
Bear in mind that this isn't criticism. It's fairly refreshing that it works, but could probably do with an update, perhaps when the brand decides to revamp the entire site further down the line.
The mobile app, however, is much nicer, as you'd expect. It includes solid and easy to use functionality, providing offers and a booking engine. There's also good contact information and rewards sections.
Here are some screen grabs:
Econsultancy covered @HyattConcierge way back in 2009.
At the time there were some reservations about how workable the platform was for one-to-one communication and a concierge service.
Whilst it's undoubtedly more appropriate to call a concierge if you require a quick response, in many situations Twitter is handy, especially before and after a stay. Just check out the replies from the account.
In fact, I came across a tweet from Jeremiah Oywang when I checked it out, as well as lots of examples of good service, pictured below.
First time staying in a HyattPlace. Great rooms, with a lounge in room, free wifi and breakfast. Nicely done @JWHyattCMO @HyattConcierge
— Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) October 29, 2013
@JerseyDebMadey Depending on the way a room was booked, may determine this (i.e. group/convention etc.). Please DM the confirmation number.
— Hyatt Concierge (@HyattConcierge) October 24, 2013
There are also some Hotel specific Twitter accounts such as Hawaii's lovely Grand Hyatt, which do a good job, both pushing their own entertainment, and advertising their services.
#RedSox or #Cardinals? We are pumped and ready for Game 5 of the #WorldSeries at our Captain's Bar! Today's… http://t.co/j5kQ08uOIq
— Grand Hyatt Kauai (@GrandHyattKauai) October 28, 2013
Check out our Grand Hyatt Kauai Tumblr page for more pictures of our new wedding location! http://t.co/5HzNvOfvXo
Note the link to a Tumblr here, showing Hyatt is at home on multiple social networks, and is confident allowing its hotels to take control of marketing.
Quite a visual account; great imagery and a bold mix of competitions, videos, photos and strong use of hashtags. The account doesn't overdo the number of posts, with around five every week.
This plus page has been up since June 2012, and the style of content has been consistent – destinations ideas, brand achievements, green credentials, hotel recipes etc. Here's a great example.
Hyatt is given a real boost in the SERPs with its Google Plus enabled card in the sidebar, as shown below.
Upon checking out the Hyatt Facebook page, I realised the updates to G+ and Facebook are pretty much the same. I doubt this will cause any problems, as G+ is still finding its place, and users won't be engaging with Hyatt on multiple social networks too often.
The account has 295k likes and is solid but unspectacular – I'm not sure why content comes across a lot cleaner on G+, perhaps it's the bigger post sizes.
The Facebook pages are used in minimally, with some healthy recipes on offer, and a competition to win a Hyatt Gold Passport. This competition looks nice with a jazzy 'guerrila' video advert embedded on the page and a nice hashtag.
Unfortunately, the page doesn't effectively explain what you could win, and how. A bit of a shame it's not clearer.
There's some good content here and some decent viewing figures, sometimes in the hundreds of thousands (though not many followers – 3k).
As previously stated, this content needs to be used on website real estate, not simply pushed socially.
Interestingly, though they seem to have a mix of PPC ad copy, healthy eating is one line of attack, as you can see below.
This ties in nicely with their philosophy of sustainable food with plenty of healthy options. The chain has linked up with Jamie Oliver and others.
I haven't seen too much on their ads across the web, although last year they started some mobile advertising in travel hotspots.
The aim was to offer travellers free wifi in exchange for clicking an ad and watching a short video on something about Hyatt.
Hyatt is also using social media to understand how to target its advertising, with the widely covered news earlier this year that it pulled some of a content marketing campaign aimed at business women.
The campaign was to have piggy backed on the release of Sheryl Sandberg's book. Social sentiment analysis and predictive analytics revealed that although women book 87% of travel, Hyatt didn't know if they wanted to be targeted in this way – with the slogan of 'women get it all'.
There's a range of sites, such as Hyatt at Home, that sells all the linen, toiletries, furniture etc from the hotels.
Hyatt Development is a nice site that's build with a more modern aesthetic, albeit not an ecommerce site (obviously). It showcases the architecture business that Hyatt runs, with its knowledge of throwing up hotels.
There's also a fairly dated registry site for those wanting to get hitched, and a site for the residential Hyatt properties.
There's a Hyatt Food microsite – the home page looks good, but it's a fairly small site, with a few pages of information, mainly consisting of text. However, its presence does indicate a commitment to food, which is one of the important parts of a hotel stay, for many.
There's also the unfortunate Hyatt Hurts, not a part of Hyatt, which doesn't rank particularly well but ranked page one when I searched for 'Hyatt campaigns'.
Reservations engine
Back on the main site, let's take a look at the reservations process.
The pop out 'special rates' and 'Rooms and guests' box need to be closed once opened, and the clickable areas, both to pop-out and to close, are small. This means it's a bit more finicky than it could be.
Once you've searched, there's a prominent phone number for assistance, and a rather clunky map that just about does the job of showing you where the hotels are located.
The relevant hotels are listed, and can be filtered as standard: price, distance etc
Once a hotel is selected, the product page is nice. It could definitely look a bit slicker, but all the information is there, and there's a minimum number of pages to click through.
Once I've selected a room, there's a form for my guest and payment details all on the same page, and then I'm done.
So, it turns out Hyatt is fairly staid.
Do I think its digital presence marks Hyatt out from competitors? No. But, most importantly in a sector such as travel, the website suitably enables travellers, is easy to use and provides relevant information.
At no point in interacting with the brand online did I want to punch something out of frustration. Maybe for travel that's the definition of success, for now. As to how Hyatt will further use digital content, other than photographs, to push engagement, that's up to them.
Highlights include a Twitter concierge service, and microsites that look more pleasing than Hyatt.com.
Once Hyatt combines its solid experience of a usable booking site, with the modern feel of RoomKey, and its low-key but well-executed social media presence, it'll be closer to the front.
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Hawksmoor and the future of search for small business
It's a great time to be a big brand. They have nothing to worry about when it comes to search, and have it all: top page ranks, multiple links.
Google is even currently testing overlarge banner ads for big companies in its search results. Big brands will be fine.
It seems that Google is doing more and more to support big brands, filtering out the flotsam and jetsom of the internet and providing users with 'trusted' big name brands they recognised, pushing the more dubious websites further down its SERPS.
But what about the little guy? The little guy who makes a great product or provides a quality service. How can this valuable but tiny start-up company possibly hope to compete against the giants of commerce?
At Searchlove yesterday, Distilled's co-founder and CMO Will Critchlow used the London based restaurant chain Hawksmoor as an example of a successful local business to provide his own insight and guidance on how your small business can market itself in the face of staggering adversity.
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Six examples of prankvertising: they're big but are they clever?
Watch out, brands are about!
The latest trend in advertising has its roots in the hoary old world of Candid Camera style practical jokes, or to use a UK equivalent, Beadle's About.
Although the extended televised prank has long fallen out of fashion in the UK (though Dom Joly is inexplicably back on TV) the USA has seen a huge and seemingly never-ending revival of extreme stunts and japes thanks to Jackass and Punk'd.
Although Punk'd just had Ashton Kutcher's celebrity mates having their Mercedes Benz's fake-bumped into, the current crop of prankvertisements are aiming for real shock value to achieve notoriety and therefore virality.
Here are six of the most recent examples:
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The digital agency starchart 2013 [infographic]
With 'new' disciplines like content marketing emerging all the time, as well as lots mergers and takeovers, the digital agency landscape is complex and ever-changing.
This is shown by the starchart below, put together by Jack Hagley for Neil's Recruitment. It's also a canny piece of content marketing.
You can see the chart below, and it's also worth checking out our Top 100 Digital Agencies report, a guide to the top agencies, with info on income, services and more.
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Q: I want to install something by npm, but it says 'error' and 'checkPermissions Missing' its my first post, so im not sure whether right way to answer im doing or not ..haha
Jongryului-MacBook-Pro:~ jongryulpark$ npm install uglify-js -g
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

as a title, i don't know why it makes error..
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jongryulpark/.npm/_logs/2018-10-18T01_28_56_508Z-debug.log
Jongryului-MacBook-Pro:~ jongryulpark$

to fix this i googled, and heard about nvm.. but that doesnt work neither

A: Try running the command with sudo.

sudo npm install


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Fertility preservation technology increases a woman's potential to have children later in life.
Postponement of pregnancy for personal reasons (career, waiting for Mr. Right, or just not ready) and is crucial for any woman who feels that her future fertility may be in danger due to medical procedures, such as chemotherapy or surgery.
Fertility preservation uses advanced cryopreservation (freezing) techniques to freeze a woman's oocytes (unfertilized eggs) to store for future use. During an egg-freezing cycle, a patient will go through many of the same steps that are involved in a typical IVF cycle: ovulation stimulation, ultrasound monitoring, and egg retrieval. After egg retrieval, the eggs will be cultured for a few hours and then frozen the same day for future use.
Fertility preservation through oocyte (egg) freezing allows women to store eggs at a younger age for use when they are older and is now an important part of modern day culture. Unfortunately, the female biological clock is far less forgiving than a male's clock. A woman's fertility peaks in her 20s and by her late 30s her eggs are deteriorating, making it more difficult to get pregnant and increasing the risk of genetic defects. By age 40, her odds of conceiving naturally are only about 5 percent per month.
For a generation of women who often put off marriage and motherhood to focus on careers, that reality is hard to take. So there is excitement about the new technology of egg freezing, which may someday put the biological clock on hold. In theory, egg freezing lets a women avoid the mad scramble for a mate. It's an option for women who want to delay pregnancy for personal reasons.
Egg freezing, or "oocyte cryopreservation," entails taking drugs to stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs, then having eggs extracted surgically, frozen and stored for in vitro fertilization. Oocyte quality is best when a woman is in her reproductive prime (age 16 to 28). Many eggs are usually still of good quality in the mid-reproductive years (age 29 to 38) and may remain usable (but with diminished chance for producing pregnancy) in the late-reproductive period (age 39 to 44). If necessary or desired, it is best to have eggs that are frozen when they are of the best quality possible.
To date, there are over 1500 births worldwide (greater than 600 reported in the last four years) as a result of egg freezing. Our fertility center has a staff dedicated to the egg freezing program to assure patients are properly cared for, counseled and supported. We know this is a big decision for many women and we want to make the process as comfortable and easy as possible.


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Q: what is the equivalent of += operator in clojure what is the most correct way to translate this c++ code to clojure?
Code sample: if((J%2) == 0) {det += src[0][J]*calcDet( min, ord-1)};}

A: With the C++ code the value of det is being changed. Here a new value for det is being returned:
(fn [calcDet src ord min det J]
  (if (zero? (mod J 2))
    (+ det (* (nth (nth src 0) J)
              (calcDet min (dec ord))))
    det))

It is most correct to be removing mutability from your code.
J and det seem to be the only variables that are changing, so I've put them together as the last two args. You might want to reduce over values of J, where det is the accumulator, in which case use partial to get a function that leaves the last two args yet to be provided.
Alternatively you could iterate over a similar function, generating a lazy list of new states, where each state is [J det].
There is no equivalent to += in Clojure.

A: Well, the expression being computed that you want to add to det looks like this:
(* (get-in src [0 J]) (calcDet min (dec ord)))

Your if, assuming that there is no else, looks like this:
(when (even? J)
   ... do something)

And an if with an else branch looks like:
(if (even? J)
  ... do something
  ... otherwise, do something else)

To add numbers, you do:
(+ 1 2 3)

However, when it comes to += ...
To think clojurically means to think about evaluating expressions. Values are not changeable. Instead of changing det, what do you really want to do? Well, you want to calculate some value to add to whatever value you have currently bound to the name det. Then, you can either bind that result to a name, or feed it into another expression. No state, just evaluating expressions.
That being said, without larger context it's pointless to think of an "equivalent," because the whole approach to the problem would be different.
Looping, indexed arrays, and in-place mutation are all features of your code snippet. While these are consistent with modern hardware architecture (aka, "computer speak"), they are sometimes not consistent with the way our human brains naturally approach problems. So a level of abstraction on top of this often allows us to "zoom out" and look at the problem as a whole, where we often find a neater solution, if given tools to do so.
So, without knowing the context of this code, there is no "equivalent," at least not an idiomatic one. I specifically did not mention atoms, which are one of clojure's mechanisms to keep and mutate state, as they are certainly not applicable for this bit of code.


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What kind of snakes live in the tropical rainforest?
Many species of cobra, including the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), inhabit Asian rainforests, while the Amazon rainforest in South America contains coral snakes and the fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper).
What does a rainforest snake look like?
Snakes of the rain forest are well adapted to an arboreal or tree-dwelling existence. Many have long thin bodies with angled scales on their bellies which help the snakes to grip branches. Other species have developed 'wings', enabling the snake to escape predators by gliding to another tree or the ground.
What is the most venomous snake in the Amazon rainforest?
Bothrops bilineatus
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: B. bilineatus
What do snakes eat in the Amazon rainforest?
The majority of the snakes of the forest floor are small to medium sized, nocturnal, and mildly poisonous. They eat a range of amphibians, mammals, small birds, and insects.
Do black mambas live in the rainforest?
mamba, (genus Dendroaspis), any of four species of large, arboreal, venomous snakes that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in tropical rainforests and savannas. Mambas are slender, agile, and quick and are active during the day.
Are there poisonous snakes in Peru?
What is the most dangerous snake in Peru? Anacondas are the most dangerous snakes in Peru due to their size and strength. These snakes don't often hunt humans.
What poisonous snakes live in the Amazon rainforest?
Here are ten venomous snakes in the Amazon rainforest that you would not want to approach.
South American Rattlesnake. Dangerous South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) on sand.
False fer-de-lance.
Pit Viper.
Mussurana.
Aquatic Coral Snake.
Amazon Coral Snake.
Eyelash Viper.
Bushmaster L.
What's the most poisonous snake on earth?
The inland taipan
The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is considered the most venomous snake in the world with a murine LD 50 value of 0.025 mg/kg SC.
Does Amazon River have snakes?
The widespread boine fauna of the Amazon River Basin and the Guianas includes five species, namely the boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), the emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus), the common tree boa (C. enydris), the rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria) and the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus).
How big do snakes get in the Amazon?
Massive Size
Green anacondas can grow to more than 29 feet, weigh more than 550 pounds, and measure more than 12 inches in diameter. Females are significantly larger than males. Other anaconda species, all from South America and all smaller than the green anaconda, are the yellow, dark-spotted, and Bolivian varieties.
Are there crocodiles in Amazon?
Strictly speaking, there are no rainforest crocodiles in the Amazon Rainforest aside from the odd American or Orinoco crocodile that may from time to time end up in the northern reaches. Generally speaking, the Amazon Rainforest crocodiles are actually caiman in the alligator family.
Can you outrun a black mamba?
Rule Number 1: Don't Try To Outrun A Snake
The very fastest snake, the Black Mamba, can slither at about 12 MPH, and a truly scared human (even one with short legs) could probably exceed that.
Has anyone survived a black mamba bite?
Photographer Mark Laita has a mention in Wikipedia for a wild and unusual reason: he was bitten by a black mamba (one of the world's deadliest snakes), survived, and found that he had accidentally captured the bite on camera.
Does Peru have Anacondas?
Anacondas are found in swamps, lakes, and marshes across Peru – so it's highly advisable not to go swimming in the jungle! Despite being incredibly large, these snakes have mastered the art of camouflage.
Do anacondas live in the Amazon River?
Anacondas live in swamps, marshes, and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
What snake kills the most humans every year?
A: The Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) of the remote deserts of Australia. However, only one human fatality is on record. Q: What snake KILLS THE MOST PEOPLE every year? A: It is either the Asian Cobra group (Naja sp.)
What to do if a snake chases you?
Try not to panic. Staying calm can help you make the right decisions and help you to stay safe.
Don't make any sudden movements in the direction of the snake. Just remain calm, and try not to startle the animal.
Remember that the snake was not out looking for you.
Can you swim in Amazon River?
As a general rule, anyone can swim on the Amazon River but never go alone. Use the advice of residents and avoid isolated and dangerous areas (unless you want to die). Finally, it's also possible to pay for safe and amazing experiences, such as swimming with Botos, the Amazon River Dolphin.
What is the largest snake in South America?
green anaconda
A member of the boa family, South America's green anaconda is, pound for pound, the largest snake in the world. Its cousin, the reticulated python, can reach slightly greater lengths, but the enormous girth of the anaconda makes it almost twice as heavy.
Has anaconda ever eaten a human?
Females will sometimes cannibalize males, especially during breeding season. Due to their size, green anacondas are one of the few snakes capable of consuming a human, however this is extremely rare.
What is the largest predator in the Amazon?
The black caiman
The black caiman is one of the largest extant reptiles. It is the largest predator in the Amazon basin, and also potentially the largest member of the family Alligatoridae.
What is the top predator in the Amazon rainforest?
Black caiman is the largest predator of the Amazon ecosystem and the most dangerous species to humans in Amazon rainforest.
Will a snake bite you if you stand still?
According to most sources, standing still is the appropriate course of action in a snake encounter, but in this case it still end in a snake attack. In his own words: "Tried the old stand-still trick. Always show respect and never get too complacent".
What snake bite kills the fastest?
The king cobra (Species: Ophiophagus hannah) can kill you the fastest of any snake. The reason a king cobra can kill a person so fast is because of the large volume of potent neurotoxic venom which stops nerves in the body from working. There are many types of venom2 that act in different ways on the human body.
What is the most venomous snake in Peru?
A fer-de-lance (Bothrops atrox) from Peru, this is the region's deadliest snake species, accounting for most of the snake bites.
What is a good weight for drawing paper?
What is a Datix form NHS?


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Q: C# -delegate array - how to add tostring methods Is it possible to add ToString methods to an array of delegates??  If so how?? here is the code I have written:
public delegate string Task();

        public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ArrayList studentArray = new ArrayList();
        Course italianCook = new ItalianCookCourse { Teacher = "Ben Hodd" };
        Course seafoodCook = new SeafoodCookCourse { Teacher = "Harry Cotter"};
        Course sewingCourse = new SewingCourse
        {
            Teacher = "Margaret Mair",
            ChargePerStudent = scFee,
            CostPerStudent = 100.00m,
        };
        Course creativeWrite = new CreativeWritCourse { Teacher = "Mary Smith };
        Course businessWrite = new BusinessWritCourse { Teacher = "Mary Smith" };
        Task[] tasks = new Task(italianCook.ToString, seafoodCook.ToString, sewingCourse.ToString);

The error message is "string Class.ToString()" - "Method name expected"
As the tostring method handle as a string, is it possible to add it to delagate??

A: Assuming you fixed up the syntax, the solution would be to remove the ()'s from the end of the ToString's. To create a delegate based on a method, you only need to give its name.
Task[] tasks = new Task[] { Class1.ToString, Class2.ToString }

Note that the above code does not actually compile. ToString() is not a static method, so you need to pass in an object reference along with the function name:
object o = new object();
Task[] tasks = new Task[] { o.ToString };


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New York City's Stop & Frisks (Part 1)
New York State's mid-level appeals court in Manhattan recently invalidated 2 stop and frisks of teenagers in high crime neighborhoods in the Bronx. The court--the Appellate Division, First Department--made clear that it would not tolerate the City's increasingly aggressive crime control efforts at the expense of basic civil liberties.
There is no need to repeat what I or others have commented elsewhere. (NY Times story available at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/nyregion/courts-putting-stop-and-frisk-policy-on-trial.html?partner=rss&emc=rss.) The purpose here is to address what seems to be missing from all the reports and commentary. It's an aspect of those 2 court rulings that is critical to the ultimate disposition of these and similar cases, as well as to the City's stop and frisk program itself.
The 2 rulings were based on New York State case law. Not on U.S. Supreme Court precedents. But on decisional law of New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
The mid-level appeals court invalidated the stop and frisks in the 2 cases based on New York State's own landmark search and seizure ruling. A ruling that is much more protective against arbitrary searches and seizures than Supreme Court rulings.
That ruling? People v. DeBour. An essential element of New York State's search and seizure jurisprudence for 36 years.
Sol Wachtler
Since it was decided in 1976 by the Court of Appeals, in an opinion by then-Judge Sol Wachtler, DeBour has been applied countless times by New York appellate courts, and many more times than that at the trial level. Indeed, in 1992, the Court of Appeals left no doubt about DeBour. It unanimously and emphatically reaffirmed it in People v. Hollman, in another opinion by then-Chief Judge Wachtler.
So what is DeBour?
In short, as New York criminal lawyers know well, DeBour requires some legal justification for the police to confront someone. More specifically, for example, DeBour requires some legitimate suspicion before police may approach someone and ask incriminating questions or ask for consent to search.
By sharp contrast, Supreme Court precedents require no such thing. No justification. No legitimate suspicion. Nothing. No, nothing whatsoever is needed for the police to approach and ask incriminating questions or ask to search. According to the current Supreme Court, the federal Constitution's search and seizure protections are just not implicated by such confrontations.
[Hey, as I've said before, I didn't appoint the Justices who've been voting that way.]
Why does this matter? Why is it critical?
Well, it's not just that the New York State Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court take different views of search and seizure rights. It's more fundamental than that. The point is that state courts are perfectly free to protect rights and liberties more than the Supreme Court does. They are perfectly free to do so under the authority of their own law. In fact, when state courts do that, the Supreme Court's rulings are basically irrelevant.
That's right. Irrelevant.
In fact, the Supreme Court has no authority to review such state court decisions. No. Such decisions can't be appealed to the Supreme Court. If a state court decision based on state law does not actually violate a Supreme Court ruling--i.e., does not violate a federally protected right or disobey some other federal mandate--that state court ruling is the last word. There is simply no federal issue that the Supreme Court can review.
Let's say it again, somewhat differently, because this is not commonly understood.
A state court decision based on state law can be different than a Supreme Court ruling. It can protect rights more than the Supreme Court requires. It doesn't have to conform to Supreme Court decisions.
In this very real sense, state high courts are "supreme." Their decisions are the supreme law of their states--as long as they don't violate federal constitutional rights or violate some other federal constitutional command or prohibition. In constitutional law, we call this the "adequate and independent state ground" doctrine.
Well, the 1976 DeBour decision, as well as its 1992 reaffirmation in Hollman, provides "adequate and independent" state law protection of the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. It provides more protection than the current Supreme Court requires under the federal Constitution. It does not violate any federal constitutional right or disobey any federal constitutional command. It is the supreme law of New York.
[BTW, several other states today have similar rulings.]
Consequently, when New York State courts apply DeBour or Hollman to protect search and seizure rights, the Supreme Court's less-protective case law is irrelevant. And the Supreme Court has no authority to review those state rulings.
Now, the mid-level appeals court that invalidated the stop and frisks in the 2 recent cases applied DeBour. Not Supreme Court case law. So if New York's high court affirms those rulings--i.e., if the Court of Appeals agrees that the DeBour protections were violated--that's it. That's the final word. There's no appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court simply has no authority to intervene.
[Many of us who like actual states rights--not state freedom to violate rights--think this is one of the best features of the federalism established by the Constitution. When speaking specifically of the relationship between state and federal courts, it's typically called "judicial federalism."]
What about a concrete example of how New York's DeBour would apply and how the Supreme Court's search and seizure precedents would apply in the very same context? OK, let's look at "bus sweeps."
You know. The police board a bus (or a train, or stop a car or truck) looking for illegal drugs. They ask everyone or some individuals for identification, ask if they have any drugs on them, and ask to search them or their bags (or the car, trunk or truck, etc.).
Well, the New York Court of Appeals, applying DeBour, treats such situations very differently then does the Supreme Court.
Victoria Graffeo
In People v. McIntosh, New York's high court invalidated just such a "bus sweep." In it's unanimous 2001 decision, speaking through an opinion by Judge Victoria Graffeo, the Court of Appeals rejected the notion that police could confront individuals, ask for identification, ask pointed questions, or ask to search, unless the police had some legitimate suspicion of criminality beforehand.
In McIntosh, the police in an upstate county had a policy of boarding buses from New York City, asking riders for identification, and confronting some with pointed questions and requests to search. They did so on the ground that the City was a source of illegal drugs that were often transported on buses.
Applying DeBour, Judge Graffeo for the Court was unequivocal: the police conduct was impermissible in the absence of some "founded suspicion that criminal activity [was] afoot." Graffeo explained further that what is "critical" under New York's search and seizure protection is "whether the police were aware of or observed conduct which provided a particularized reason to request information." And "[t]he fact that an encounter occurred in a high crime vicinity, without more, [does] not pass[] De Bour and Hollman scrutiny."
In short, in New York (and in the several other states that have adopted similar rulings), there must be some legitimate, specific suspicion ahead of incriminating questions and requests to search.
[N.B. As opposed to the shameless partisanship at the Supreme Court, which has been the subject of the previous series of posts on New York Court Watcher, it should be noted that Judge Graffeo is not a liberal democrat. She is a conservative, Republican judge who was appointed by Republican, law-and-order Governor George Pataki.
Disclosure: Graffeo is also an Albany Law School alum, and we are very fond of her.]
Now, what did the Supreme Court do with a similar situation?
In Florida v. Bostick, a divided Supreme Court approved bus sweeps conducted without any legal justification. No warrant, no probable cause, no reasonable suspicion, no legitimate suspicion or other justification whatsoever.
No, that's not an exaggeration. That's pretty par for the course for the current Supreme Court. Unless the police actually force someone to answer questions or force someone to allow a search or force someone to stay put, this Court requires no justification at all. According to the Court, the federal Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures requires no reason whatsoever for the police to confront individuals and ask incriminating questions and ask to search.
As the Supreme Court emphasized in its 1991 Bostick decision upholding a bus sweep: "even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may generally ask questions of that individual, ask to examine the individual's identification, and request consent to search his or her luggage."
The only exception is when the police affirmatively "convey a message that compliance with their requests is required." It is even irrelevant to the Supreme Court that an individual is somewhere in which he "did not feel free to leave"--as in a bus.
And just in case its position wasn't sufficiently clear, the Supreme Court majority responded to the 3 dissenting Justices who, not surprisingly, took a different view of search and seizure protections. The Court majority made it plain:
The dissent reserves its strongest criticism for the proposition that police officers can approach individuals as to whom they have no reasonable suspicion and ask them potentially incriminating questions. But this proposition is by no means novel; it has been endorsed by the Court any number of times.
In short, the Supreme Court says the federal Constitution allows police to confront, ask incriminating questions and ask to search--even with "no basis for suspecting" the individual has done anything wrong. The Court of Appeals case law, by contrast, takes search and seizure protections a bit more seriously. Under DeBour and its progeny--such as McIntosh--some "particularized reason," some "founded suspicion" is a prerequisite to police confrontations in New York.
And again, because DeBour is an "adequate and independent state ground," any New York Court of Appeals ruling protecting search and seizure rights based on DeBour is final. Not subject to Supreme Court review. Not subject to Supreme Court reversal. The Supreme Court's much less protective precedents are totally irrelevant.
So if the Court of Appeals upholds the 2 mid-level appeals court's decisions on the stop and frisks in the Bronx, that's the end of the line. No federal judicial review.
Now that's states rights!
In the next post, we'll take a look at other implications of the contrast between the Court of Appeals' and the Supreme Court's treatment of search and seizure protections. I.e., the consequences of the Court of Appeals requiring some justification for police intrusions, and the Supreme Court requiring none.
Labels: Bus Sweeps, DeBour, Graffeo_Victoria, Judicial Federalism, NY Court of Appeals, Search and Seizure, State Constitutional Law, State Courts, Stop and Frisk, SupCt: Crim Law, Wachtler_Sol


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Across the world, the 1st of May is a day to celebrate workers as a gesture of appreciation of their contribution to the society. Workers across the globe take the day off, but this is not the case for Gaza's workers, many of them are jobless due to the suffocating siege imposed on Gaza.
According to the latest statistics, 250,000 workers are jobless in Gaza, making it one of the highest rates in the world.
Workers were seen in Gaza on May Day at various construction sites, as taking a day off is a luxury they cannot afford. Taking the day off would make it harder for them to bring food to their families' tables.
After nearly ten years of siege, and with the lack of governmental support of these workers, many of them used to work in Israel; Gaza's workers are still in limbo.
"I worked on May Day in Gaza, because my priority is to bring food to my family's table. I do not feel I should take the day off; Gaza's workers get the least rights. The situation is really bad," Abdallah Altawil, 35, and a father of five, who runs a cell-phone repair shop in Gaza told Palestine Chronicle.
Gaza's workers feel that their situation will not get better anytime soon. For a drastic change to take place, the siege of Gaza has to be lifted.
In a press conference organized on April 27, the Palestinian civil society called on the American Administration to work to lift the siege of Gaza.
The siege of Gaza made the situation even worse for workers and their families.
"For us to survive, the siege has to be lifted," Altawil said while placing a cigarette in his mouth. Even the process of tobacco has skyrocketed "due to taxes and the siege," he said.
Meanwhile, Palestinians keep struggling in the costal enclave, waiting for salvation after three offensives, which claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians and exhausted the people of Gaza.
– Yousef Aljamal is Palestine Chronicle Correspondent in the Gaza Strip.