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Holocaust Hasbara Hits A New Low: How the world's most wanted 'Nazi' evaded justice for more than 60 years
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: You know that World Zionism is seriously grasping at straws when its propagandists churn out weak, pathetic, clownish, borderline hilarious hasbara like this. Not even exaggerating, this bullshit — and yes, bullshit is the only applicable word here — rivals the perfidious "incubator babies" and "Saddam has gas chambers for the Jews" stories which the Zionists were spreading to create an atmosphere of support-based-on-hysteria for their first genocidal war on Iraq. With world opinion shifting against Organized Jewish Interests and their conspiracy against Syria, including within the capitals of their usually reliable marionettes in the West and the Gulf, and world powers starting to see that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's departure from the leadership reins in Damascus would be an irrevocably bad idea, what seems to currently be at play is Jewish desperation at its finest. It would've been bad enough if the hasbaraniks simply said that Alois Brunner was hiding in the Syrian Arab Republic, a transparent attempt to link the government of Dr. Bashar al-Assad to the "Nazi" boogeyman and thus cast a shadow of everlasting, ever-damnable evil upon it, but no, they had to go one step further and actually say that Brunner taught torture techniques to the government of Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father and presidential predecessor, and that Brunner was involved in persecuting Syria's Jews, arguably the least-persecuted Jewish community in the Arab-Islamic world and maybe even all the world. Ridiculous? Yes. Silly even? Undoubtedly. An utter insult to the intelligence of free-thinking humans everywhere? Absolutely. However, there is something far more crucial and hazardous lying beneath this atrociously risible hasbara, as once again, we see the Jews' most effective and devastating weapon, the Holocaust® narrative aka the Jewish exceptionalist persecution bludgeon, being used as psychological warfare to demonize and weaken one of their enemies. What this Brunner story represents is a manifestation of "Holocaust® consciousness", the historically twisted Jewish-Zionist ideology that drives rightist and leftist Jews alike to campaign and incite on behalf of World Zionism. And yet, you will not see "solidarity activists" come near this quasi-religion with a ten-foot pole because they are afraid of offending Jews, despite the fact that the Holocaust® narrative is a real-life, real-time aggression against Iraqis, Palestinians, Afghans, Lebanese, Syrians and all other resistant peoples of the globe, and it needs to be understood, analyzed and counteracted so it ceases being the go-to lever that the monsters pull when they find themselves in a geopolitical jam after their schemes fail. It's time to stop kowtowing to this self-proclaimed "chosenite" oppressor-class and declare that the Holocaust® is as fake as the anti-Zionist Zionists' opposition to the usurping Jewish entity. The fate of the entire world depends on such a stance. ~ Jonathan Azaziah)
by Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post
Alois Brunner was the right-hand man to Adolf Eichmann during the Holocaust. But unlike his boss, Brunner evaded justice — and Nazi hunters — for decades, even as witnesses described encounters with the man in Syria. And now, Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center is certain that Brunner died at least four years ago, "unrepentant" in Damascus.
Brunner, who would be 102, was responsible for deporting more than 125,500 Jews in Europe to Nazi death camps during World War II. "The victims' families are a very large group and it's fair to say the people who suffered at his hands would have wanted him to be punished and would be disappointed," Zuroff told the Sunday Express this weekend. According to Zuroff, the Wiesenthal Center learned of Brunner's death from a "former German secret service agent who had served in the Middle East." The former agent told the center that "Brunner was dead and buried in Damascus" at least four years ago.
Zuroff described Brunner as "unrepentant" at the time of his death, adding, "He said himself his one regret was he did not kill more Jews." That's probably a reference to a 1987 phone interview Brunner gave to the Chicago Sun-Times. In it, he said, "the Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again." Brunner ran the Drancy transit camp outside Paris starting in 1943. During his tenure at the camp, there was a rapid deterioration in conditions for inmates, along with an increase in deportations to death camps, the New York Times writes.
Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi hunter, described Brunner in his memoirs thus: "Among Third Reich criminals still alive, Alois Brunner is undoubtedly the worst. In my eyes, he was the worst ever. While Adolf Eichmann drew up the general staff plan for the extermination of the Jews, Alois Brunner implemented it." Eichmann, widely considered a main organizer of the Nazi plan to exterminate Europe's Jewish population, was captured in 1960 in Argentina, tried in Israel and hanged.
In 2001, Brunner was sentenced in absentia to life in prison by a French court for arresting 345 orphans in Paris and sending them to the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen death camps, weeks before Paris's liberation. Just 61 of those children survived. During the symbolic trial, prosecutor Hervé Stephan said Brunner's "final arrests sprang from a desire to deport and to exterminate the very last Jewish children it was still possible to find on French soil."
So how did a notorious Nazi such as Brunner manage to evade justice for so long? The officer reportedly escaped from Europe to Syria in the 1950s and stayed put. Brunner reportedly used the fake name of Georg Fischer for years — something Brunner confirmed in the brief Sun-Times interview. Brunner has also said that his escape worked thanks to a mix-up with a similarly named ex-Nazi — Anton Brunner, who was hanged for war crimes. The mix-up was eventually untangled, but it gave Brunner time to flee and settle in Syria.
But little else about his story is confirmed.
Notably, that includes reports that Brunner lived in Syria under the protection of the Syrian government. Brunner reportedly helped President Hafez al-Assad develop torture tactics for the regime. However, Syria has never confirmed that Brunner played a role in the government or even that he lived there with the regime's knowledge. Zuroff described Brunner as "involved in the harsh treatment of the Jewish community of Syria" and being "an expert in terror and torture."
In 1991, former New York Times executive editor A.M. Rosenthal described Brunner's Damascus residence as something of an open secret: "For much of that time he has lived under the name of Georg Fisher at 7 Rue Haddad," Rosenthal wrote, "where foreigners have spoken with him and occasionally photographed him. In the past few years he even sat for a couple of interviews, in which he talked of his service to the Third Reich."
Rosenthal added that the Syrian government "quietly" rejected extradition requests from "France, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany." There are rumors that Brunner was very close to extradition to East Germany, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall reportedly halted the intended exchange.
But Brunner's time in Syria was not quiet. Yitzhak Hofi, a former Israeli spy chief who died this year, said the Mossad tried to kill Brunner in Syria in 1980 with a letter bomb. The attack took Brunner's eye and several of his fingers, but he survived. The bombing was one of two reported attempts on the former Nazi's life by Mossad — the spy agency also sent a pipe bomb to his house in 1961.
Brunner was last seen alive in 2001, at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus. According to Zuroff, the upheaval of Syria's civil war has made confirming the Nazi's death — or locating his burial site — impossible, at least for now. "No sane person is going to try to travel there to find out," Zuroff told the Sunday Express.
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Крымчаки́ (, ед. число — ; самоназвания до 1917 года: еудилер — «иудеи», Срэль балалары — «дети Израиля») — немногочисленная еврейская этнолингвистическая тюркоязычная группа, представители которой традиционно исповедовали талмудический иудаизм, проживали в Крыму и говорили на крымчакском диалекте (говоре) крымскотатарского языка. В 1960—1990-х годах получила распространение теория о смешанном тюркско-еврейском происхождении крымчаков. Среди самих крымчаков имеются сторонники обеих точек зрения.

Этническое происхождение
Предположительно существует преемственность крымчаков с древнейшим еврейским населением Крыма. Однако образование крымчаков как особой этнолингвистической группы началось в XIV—XVI веках из представителей еврейских общин Европы, Малой Азии, Кавказа и Ближнего Востока. Анализ крымчакских фамилий выявляет среди них, наряду с тюркскими, ашкеназские и сефардские.

В начале 1920-х годов тюрколог А. Н. Самойлович, изучавший лексику крымчаков, полагал, что они принадлежат к хазарской культуре. С. Заболотный проводил исследования крови, надеясь подтвердить предположение о несемитском происхождении крымчаков. Крымчакский просветитель Евсей Исаакович Пейсах (1903—1977) полагал, что крымчаки — потомки прозелитов, принявших еврейскую веру в начале нашей эры от поселившихся в Крыму немногочисленных евреев.

Антрополог Самуил Вайсенберг отмечал: «Происхождение крымчаков теряется во тьме веков. Одно только можно сказать, что тюркской крови в них меньше, чем в караимах, хотя известное родство обеих народностей с хазарами едва ли можно отрицать. Но крымчаки в течение средних веков и нового времени постоянно смешивались со своими европейскими собратьями. За примесь итальяно-еврейской крови со времён генуэзцев говорят фамилии Ломброзо, Пиастро, Анджело и другие. Случаи смешения с русскими евреями в последнее время участились».

Обобщающие работы по этнографии крымчаков отсутствуют. Имеющаяся сводка фольклорных материалов далеко не полна. Несколько обширнее данные антропонимики, хотя они отражают ситуацию конца XIX — начала XX века, не затрагивая более ранний период, по которому имеются архивные материалы.
Исследование каждой из перечисленных групп источников сможет пролить свет на этногенез малочисленной этнической общности крымчаков.

История
Предки крымчаков, вероятно, прибыли в Крым в древние времена и селились в греческих колониях. Недавние археологические раскопки обнаружили еврейские надписи в Крыму, датируемые первым веком до н. э. По одной из версий, после того, как римский император Адриан подавил восстание Бар-Кохбы, часть евреев, избежавших казни, были изгнаны на Крымский полуостров.

Предполагается, что в XIII веке иудейская община появилась в Кафе. В 1309 там была построена одна из древнейших на территории бывшего СССР синагога, уничтоженная в результате немецкой бомбёжки во время Великой Отечественной войны. Один из представителей иудейской общины Кафы, торговец Хозя Кокоз, участвовал в 1472—1486 в переговорах между Иваном III и крымским ханом Менгли I Гиреем. Известно, что часть их переписки велась на древнееврейском языке. Помимо Кафы и Солхата-Къырыма крупнейшим центром тюркоязы́чных раввинистов (раббанитов) в Крыму стал город Карасубазар (сейчас Белогорск), где в 1516 также была построена синагога. Община крымчаков-раббанитов существовала также в Мангупе.

В конце XV века иудейская община Крыма значительно увеличилась за счёт евреев-изгнанников из Византии, Испании, Италии, Кавказа и Руси. Вскоре крымчаки начали немного ассимилироваться пришлыми евреями и все они начали сливаться в единое целое на основе принадлежности к иудаизму раввинисткого (то есть не-караимского) образца. Важным фактором в процессе этого объединения стало заимствование разговорного языка, одежды и повседневных обычаев у соседей крымских татар. Тем не менее, в начале XVI века раббанитская община Кафы делилась на землячества, хранившие молитвенный ритуал общин, из которых они происходили — ашкеназский, романиотский или вавилонский. Моше а-Голе выработал общий для крымских еврейских общин молитвенник, получивший название «молитвенник ритуала Кафы» (Махзор минхаг Кафа). Но в этот же период главенствующая роль в еврейской общине Крыма переходит от раббанитов к караимам, которые с этого момента начинают занимать ряд ответственных постов в Крымском ханстве. Раббанитская община остаётся проживать преимущественно в восточной части Крыма, в Кафе и Карасубазаре. Караимы превышали раббанитов-крымчаков и по численности. По некоторым статистическим оценкам, к концу XVIII века раббаниты составляли лишь 25 % от общего числа иудейских подданных Крымского ханства, а караимы — 75 %. Взаимоотношения между крымскими раббанитами и караимами, несмотря на религиозные противоречия, были в целом достаточно добрососедскими, и эти общины часто помогали друг другу.

В XVIII веке общину Карасубазара возглавлял Давид бен Элиэзер Лехно (умер в 1735), автор введения к «молитвеннику ритуала Кафы» и сочинения «Мишкан Давид» («Обитель Давида»), посвящённого грамматике иврита. Он также является автором монументальной исторической хроники «Девар сефатаим» («Речение уст») на древнееврейском языке, посвящённой истории Крымского ханства.

Ко времени присоединения (1783) Крыма к России тюркская раввинистическая крымчакская община Крыма составляла около 800 человек. Приблизительно со второй половины XIX века крымские евреи-раввинисты также начали называть самих себя «крымчаками».

По переписи 1897 было зафиксировано 3345 крымчаков. Перед Второй мировой войной в Крыму проживало около 6 тысяч крымчаков. После захвата немцами Крыма осенью 1941 года все оставшиеся на полуострове крымчаки были расстреляны или убиты другими способами служащими Айнзацгруппы D Отто Олендорфа, в том числе Айнзацкоманды 10А, 10b, 11a Пауля Цаппа и 11b. После войны крымчаков в живых в СССР оставалось около 1000 человек — вернувшиеся мужчины-фронтовики, и немногочисленные семьи, успевшие эвакуироваться.

Крымчаки после распада СССР
В течение 1990-х несколько десятков семей крымчаков переселилось в Израиль. Крымчаки исповедуют иудаизм и имеют право на репатриацию в Израиль, так как согласно израильскому Закону о возвращении являются частью еврейского народа. Последняя крымчакская синагога в Тель-Авиве закрылась в 1981 году. В Израиле 2 июля 2021 года в г. Тель-Авив — Яффо состоялось официальное учреждение амуты (общественной организации) «Объединение крымчаков Израиля» — «אגודת יהודים קרימצ'אקים בישראל» — «Агудат йехудим кримчаким бэ Йисраэль». Организация носит светский характер и ставит перед собой задачи сохранения памяти, проведение траурных, праздничных мероприятий (общеизраильских и общинных) и культурного развития крымчаков — жителей Израиля.

Общая численность — около 1,2—1,5 тыс. чел., включая 600—700 в Израиле, 126 чел. на Украине (2001), примерно 370 чел. в России, в это число включено 228 чел. живущих в контролируемых Россией Крыму и Севастополе (по данным переписи населения в Крымском федеральном округе в 2014 г.), 173 чел. в Узбекистане (1989).

8 октября 1989 года в Симферополе было создано Культурно-просветительское общество крымчаков «Кърымчахлар», которое возглавил Вениамин Моисеевич Ачкинази (1927—1992). 21 декабря 1990 года решением правления Крымского фонда культуры была учреждена премия имени Евсея Пейсаха, присуждаемая за лучшее исследование в области истории и культуры крымчакского народа. По инициативе «Кърымчахлар» и еврейских организаций Крыма постановлением Верховной Рады АР Крым от 20.10.2004 г. 11 декабря объявлено Днём памяти крымчаков и евреев — жертв нацизма. С 2006 года председателем общества «Кърымчахлар» является заслуженный работник культуры АР Крым Д. Т. Пиркова. В 2004 году в Симферополе был открыт Историко-этнографический музей крымчаков. С 2005 года Крымским обществом крымчаков издаётся научно-популярный, литературно-художественный альманах «Кърымчахлар».

25 июня 2014 года Государственный Совет Республики Крым направил представление в Правительство Российской Федерации с предложением включить в Единый перечень коренных малочисленных народов Российской Федерации крымских караимов и крымчаков. В 2015 году Культурно-просветительское общество «Кърымчахлар» перерегистрировано в Общественную организацию «Крымское общество крымчаков "Кърымчахлар"», в которую вошли местные национально-культурные автономии крымчаков городских округов Симферополь и Керчь.

Примечания

Литература
 Котлер И. Б. Фамилии крымчаков как источник их этнической истории. — Малые и дисперсные этнические группы в Европейской части СССР (География расселения и культурные традиции), Москва 1985
 Чернин В. Ю. О появлении этнонима «крымчак» и понятия «крымчакский язык». — География и культура этнографических групп татар в СССР, Москва 1983
 Кизилов М. Б. Крымчаки // От киммерийцев до крымчаков. Изд. второе, переработанное и дополненное. Ред. И. Н. Храпунов, А. Г. Герцен. Симферополь, 2004. с. 270—283

Ссылки
 Этнография Крыма: крымчаки

 Михаил Кизилов. Яхудилер Кырымча: крымские раббаниты-крымчаки
 Крымчаки — история народа, новости
 Общество Кърымчахлар. Официальный сайт крымчаков
 И. А. Завадская. Хронология памятников ранесредневековой христианской архитектуры Херсонеса МАИЭТ. Вып. VII. Симферополь, 2000. С. 79.
 Дымшиц В. Борьба за существительное // Народ Книги в мире книг. 2004. № 50
 Мороз Е. От иудаизма к тенгрианству: Ещё раз о духовных поисках современных крымчаков и крымских караимов // Народ Книги в мире книг. 2004. № 52
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 Гурджи М. Я. Крымчаки Израиля: перспективы развития общины

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A North East MP has backed the inclusion of Armed Forces veterans in National Census to give a clearer picture of their needs.
Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid asked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence what steps his department is taking to support service personnel in making the transition to civilian life.
Scottish Conservative Mr Duguid said the addition of a new census question would support a "clearer understanding" of what happens to former military personnel when they leave the services.
Information about the armed forces community has not previously been collected in the census, except in relation to the occupation of those currently serving.
Following feedback from the 2021 Census topic consultation, the Office for National Statistics committed to investigating the feasibility of linking administrative sources on those who have left the armed forces to data from the 2011 Census.
Mr Duguid said: "In the great majority of cases, former services personnel are given as much support as they need to reintegrate into society. But we know there are times when someone may feel invisible, and struggle to be seen.


Chicago's Strong Young Voices come together for We 'Go: A Chicago Showcase and Celebration. Presented by WHPK radio show and podcast AirGo, co-hosts Daniel Kisslinger and Damon Williams bring together a crew of musicians, poets, visual artists, rappers, and organizers in a showcase of the voices reshaping the culture of our city and our world. Cop limited physical copies of We 'Go #1, a compilation mixtape showcasing months of on-AirGo poems and performances.
This event will not only be a showcase for AirGo guests who are propelling and shaping a cultural renaissance and social/political movements in the city, but also a community event that allows the public to engage, support and contribute to the work taking place at the intersection of arts & organizing. The event is free, but we will be taking donations to support the organizations and artists doing important work in Chicago and beyond.
Drinks will be available for grown folks.
Performers: Bella Bahhs Ethos Jean Deaux RJ Eldridge Rachel "Raych" Jackson Ric Wilson Jasmine Barber Malcolm London Kristiana Rae Colón Ravyn Lenae Musicians Lamar J. Smith, Ayinde Cartman, and DJ.
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Individuals with allergies are all too familiar with itches, hives, and other annoying symptoms that come with allergic reactions, but for some of them, a simple allergic reaction could quickly intensify into a fatal situation known as anaphylaxis.
Warning signs that occur quickly impact more than one body part, and advance rapidly all indicate anaphylactic shock or reaction that requires medical attention as soon as possible.
Anaphylaxis is a rapidly occurring and dramatic condition that involves more than one organ systems. For instance, you might feel an allergic reaction affecting your skin, gastrointestinal tract, and respiratory tract.
Signs of anaphylactic shock might at first seem mild, as if a typical rash or runny nose, says a renowned family medicine physician in Lehi. She adds that within several minutes, however, the warning signs could advance to more severe, life-threatening problems.
It might take a couple of minutes to several hours for anaphylaxis symptoms to appear, and some individuals have symptoms that disappear without intervention but then resurface two 48 to 72 hours later. They call this the biphasic reaction.
The danger with this is that in some instances, symptoms could have been missed or misdiagnosed as a common rash and then later turn into a full-blown anaphylactic shock.
Having asthma or allergies could increase your risk of experiencing anaphylaxis, and once you encounter one, your chances of suffering another one also increase.
An anaphylactic reaction is likewise immensely unpredictable; such that just because an episode was mild does not necessarily mean that the succeeding ones won't be life threatening.
The best strategy to avoid an anaphylactic reaction is to avoid exposure to triggers (allergens) and have an emergency plan. If you have an increased risk of experiencing anaphylaxis, you must carry with you an adrenaline or epinephrine autoinjector at all times.
It's also very vital that you, your family, and those you regularly hang out with know about your allergies and what to do should your allergies get triggered.
The moment you feel you have anaphylactic shock, inject your epinephrine autoinjector and get help immediately so that you could get an immediate evaluation and proper treatment.


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Effective July 1, 2017 Florida Legislation has enacted new filing dates for Guardianship Plans. Please Click Here to view the changes.
A guardianship is a legal proceeding in the courts in which a guardian is appointed by the court to exercise the legal rights of an incapacitated person. A guardian of the person makes decisions and takes action regarding the well being of the incapacitated person. The guardian of the property is responsible for managing the property/assets of the incapacitated person.
Download a list of registered professional guardians from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Statewide Public Guardianship Office.
A Petition for Conservatorship may be filed with the court, if a person is missing and presumed dead, in order that the court appoint a conservator to safeguard the property of the absent person.
Guardianship Examining Committee - Florida Statute 744.331 (3)(a)
Within 5 days after a petition for determination of incapacity has been filed, the court shall appoint an examining committee consisting of three members....The clerk of the court shall send notice of the appointment to each person appointed no later than 3 days after the court's appointment. The Fifth Circuit maintains a registry of experts for Guardianship Examining Committee services. The link is http://www.circuit5.org/.
Please refer to Administrative Order A-2008-41-B which addresses the rates of compensation for court-appointed attorneys, experts, expenses and other court related function as established by the General Appropriations Act and approved by the Justice Administrative Commission.
Declaration of Pre-Need Guardianship - Florida Statute 744.3045
This document names the person that the filer wants to become his or her guardian in the event they become incapacitated or, in the event the filer dies, the person the filer wants to become guardian of his or her children. There is no filing fee for the document.
Emergency Temporary Guardianship - Florida Statute 744.3031
The court, prior to appointment of a guardian but after a petition for determination of incapacity has been filed, may appoint an emergency temporary guardian for the person or property or both of an alleged incapacitated person. The authority of an emergency temporary guardian expires 60 days after the appointment, but may be extended for an additional 30 days upon a showing that the emergency conditions still exist.
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The cause of action may be sought in an adversary proceeding by a vulnerable adult in imminent danger of being exploited, the guardian of a vulnerable adult in imminent danger of being exploited,
a person or organization acting on behalf of the vulnerable adult with the consent of the vulnerable adult or his or her guardian, or a person who simultaneously files a petition for determination of incapacity and appointment of an emergency temporary guardian with respect to the vulnerable adult.
Guardianship Incapacity - Florida Statute 744.3201
This is a procedure that provides for a guardian to be appointed for a person who has been determined by the court to be incapacitated.
Incapacity - Fla. St. 744.3201
A Petition to Determine Incapacity may be filed when it is necessary that the Court determine whether an adult person lacks the capacity to manage at least some of his/her property or to meet at least some of the essential health and safety requirements to care for his/her person. A Petition to Determine Incapacity may be executed by an adult person. Once the petition is filed, an examining committee is appointed and an attorney is appointed to represent the alleged Incapacitated Person. The Examining Committee must be composed of a Psychiatrist, a Psychologist or Gerontologist and a Layperson. The Examining Committee files a written report. The hearing is usually set within 14 days of the filing of the petition.
Guardianship of a Minor - Florida Statute 744.3021
Guardianship of minor may be petitioned by a parent, brother, sister, next of kin, or other person interested in the welfare of a minor and a guardian may be appointed by the court without the necessity of adjudication pursuant to 744.331-Procedures to determine incapacity.
Claims of Minors Florida Statute 744.3025
The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the minors interest before approving a settlement of the minor's portion of a claim for personal injury, property damage, wrongful death or other cause of action where the gross settlement of the claim exceeds $15,000. Petition for Guardianship of Minor of Property may also be filed when minor settlements exceed $15,000.
Guardianship of Minor – Florida Statute 744.342
Upon petition the court may appoint a guardian for a minor without appointing an examining committee or conducting an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to 744.331.
Rule 5.030 – Every guardian shall be represented by an attorney admitted to practice in Florida. A guardian advocate is not required to be represented by an attorney unless otherwise required by law or the court.
Veteran Affairs Guardianship
This procedure is limited to veterans and other persons who are entitled to receive benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Voluntary Guardianship - Florida Statute 744.341
When voluntarily petitioned by a person who, though mentally competent, is incapable of managing their assets by reason of age or physical infirmity, the court may appoint a guardian of the property.
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A week after it narrowly escaped an American military strike, Iraq signaled yesterday in a series of defiant statements that it has little intention of cooperating with international arms inspectors and is still on a collision course with the United States.
At a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq's Foreign Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, rebuffed a United Nations demand for more documents on his country's arms program, reiterating a year-old assertion that Baghdad had already produced more than two million pages of files and had no more documents to give United Nations inspectors.
In its second direct challenge in three days to the United States and Britain, which have warned Iraq that only full cooperation would avert attack, the Iraqis have in effect said they will step back only to Oct. 31, when they cut off all cooperation with arms inspectors. All restrictions placed on monitors before that final break -- especially the inability to see crucial documents dealing with the history of prohibited weapons -- remain in place.
Given Iraq's stance, inspectors are unlikely to gain free access to previously off-limits sites when the time comes for a new round of intrusive inspections, United Nations officials say. Baghdad-based inspectors, who resumed routine monitoring of known sites on Wednesday, are not expected to demand short-notice inspections of new sites until teams of outside experts are sent to Iraq to lead the searches.
American officials say Iraq cannot hope to get a comprehensive review of its relations with the United Nations, which Baghdad hopes will lead to the lifting of sanctions, until full cooperation resumes.
Iraq first balked at the demand for documents on Friday, when its Deputy Foreign Minister, Riyadh al-Qaisi, said Baghdad would not hand over documents on chemical and biological weapons and missile systems.
In recent days, both the United States and Britain, which still have forces on alert in the Persian Gulf, indicated that they were prepared to give the Iraqis, and Unscom, a little time. Spot inspection teams are not being rushed to Iraq.
The Iraqis, on the offensive in public remarks almost since the moment they capitulated on Nov. 14 in the face of imminent attack, seem to be counting on supporters in the Security Council to accept their definition of cooperation.
The Foreign Minister also said recent findings by the United States of possible VX gas on warhead fragments were an ''imaginary monster they created in their sick minds.'' But, in a startling admission, he noted that a vast majority of documents were handed over to Unscom only after a high-level Iraqi defector -- President Saddam Hussein's son-in-law, Gen. Hussein Kamal -- had threatened to disclose their contents.
Iraq has laid down conditions for the comprehensive review that is to be Mr. Hussein's reward for cooperation. The Council unanimously rejected those demands on Oct. 30, provoking the Oct. 31 Iraqi refusal to cooperate with Unscom.
Meeting with reporters yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz accused Mr. Butler of trying to block the review, which Iraq thinks can lead to a lifting of the oil embargo imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. ''He's either creating a superficial pretext to justify the American aggressions or he is trying to confuse and undermine the comprehensive review,'' Mr. Aziz said.
He also spoke yesterday to a regional Arab meeting in Baghdad called to shore up support for Iraq, which was badly dented this month when eight Arab nations, including Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, warned President Hussein that Iraq alone would be responsible if it was r attacked. The loss of Arab support, diplomats said, played a part in Mr. Hussein's decision to back down.
Iraq has repeatedly said it has provided all the material Unscom needs to finish its job and declare Iraq free of prohibited biological, chemical and missile programs. The International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded that there are no nuclear weapons or ready-to-assembly arms in Iraq.
Supporters of Iraq, particularly but not only Russia and France, make the case that at some point Unscom and the Security Council will simply have to decide that there are things that may never be known, so files should be closed when inspectors have gone as far as they can. Iraq is gambling that it can hold out until that happens, inspectors and arms control experts say.
Mr. Butler argues that without the full knowledge of what Iraq once had, there is no way to determine that all, or even a majority, of prohibited arms have been accounted for. At issue now is one particular document found in July that lists what substances Iraq had loaded on warheads during the 1980-88 war with Iran.
Among the chemical agents that Unscom suspects may have been loaded on warheads is VX, a lethal nerve gas that is colorless and odorless. Tests in the United States, France and Switzerland of warheads dug up this spring by Unscom had traces of a decontaminant, suggesting they had been ''scrubbed'' to remove prohibited agents. The American and French laboratories also found degraded components of what could have been VX.
Both Mr. Butler and his predecessor, Rolf Ekeus, say the Iraqis are being disingenuous when they say that all documents have been handed over freely. The largest cache by far was suddenly ''discovered'' in a chicken coop in 1995 by Iraqi officials after the defection of General Kamal, a top official in the Iraqi arms program. He was later lured back to Iraq and killed.
In a startling admission yesterday, Mr. Saahaf acknowledged that most of the documents Unscom has -- 680,000 pages of a total 688,020 -- had come from the chicken coop. About 1.5 million more documents were turned over to the International Atomic Energy Agency, he said.
The chicken coop documents were very damaging to Iraq, showing a far larger biological program than the Iraqis had ever acknowledged, and profoundly shaking the confidence of inspectors in all Iraqi assurances not backed by evidence.


When one thinks of today's hottest and most successful companies, one of the first things that come to mind is their logo. A company logo can say a lot about a company. In 3 seconds or less, it can tell you where the company was, where it is, and where it is headed. Communicating these company-specific attributes in such a short period of time is not an easy task. It takes asking the right questions, finding out who is the target audience, and it requires the study of all past branding efforts. If done successfully, a logo can become ingrained in the minds of your market, being easily recognized no matter the size, or upon the background in which it is placed. A successful logo will set the intended tone of your company, and will communicate the most important aspects of your brand quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, many companies who have never considered the benefits of a professional logo, or who have relied on a stock image and refer to it as their "logo," have potentially lost out on years of positive branding opportunities. These lost branding opportunities add up to a significant loss of company value when one understands this philosophy: Your brand is only as strong as your clients say it is. This philosophy is why a unique symbol that relates to your market is important. It is suppose to represent everything about your company, and is your seal of authority. It is the face of your company when no customer representative or sales person is around. It must not only look good, but most also tell a story. For companies who have employed an unprofessional logo for many years, a logo redesign is necessary to capture the attention of new clients, while maintaining the recognition necessary to avoid confusing current clients.
A strong brand can double the value of a business specifically because of the intrinsic value between your brand and your clients. Can you imagine if Nike stopped using their famous logo on all of their products? Stocks would plummet as high school kids and athletes around the world would abandon Nike for the next best competitor. A change in logo would lead to confusion causing many people to think twice before buying a Nike product, and would keep many from buying simply because of the fact that many people buy Nike products for the logo alone. For these people, the Nike logo is more than just a simple stroke, it is a symbol of status, of athletic prowess, and a symbol of fashion. The perception of the company is very strong not only because of their millions spent in marketing, but because their brand is also committed to constant improvement. By improving their products each season, testing, and modifying accordingly; Nike has successfully positioned itself as the premiere sports apparel company in the entire world. Customer loyalty is through the roof because they love the way Nike shoes feel and they like the way they look. Year after year, customers return because they know that the company is committed to excellence in design, in quality, and in athletic fashion. Athletes buy their shoes because they know that Nike has spent many years researching the best ways to design and manufacture athletic shoes. They trust their feet to only the best. In addition, the shoes look fast, making the athlete feel fast. It is only natural that the Nike logo would look fast too. Like a wing in flight, the ultra sleek swish looks almost weightless. Even this logo, as simple as it is, tells a story about the company and about the people wearing it.
A logo cannot do the job alone. It takes a repetitive positive experience with a company and the repeated visual experience with the logo to build value. If you have been working with a logo that does not cater to your market, you have likely had to work really hard elsewhere to pass along your message to your client base. Wouldn't it be nice to let your logo express this message for you? Companies who feel they have a great product or service have the most to gain from a logo redesign. Implementing a new logo within a framework geared around a positive customer experience will only provide positive results. In this situation, a logo that builds on your past efforts and that caters to your existing client base will prevent confusion and will help you to gain a higher level of recognition in the competitive marketplace. A new logo redesign will give you the base on which to build your marketing platform. It will give you the direction you need and will allow you to make sure you are sending the right message. You will also gain the confidence to place your logo on any surface, knowing it will look good, and that it will stand out.
When properly designed, a logo can last a lifetime. It is one of the most important and most necessary steps when creating a company or when updating your company brand. It is unfortunate that many business owners still do not recognize the importance of a professional logo, rather choosing a cheap alternative, not understanding the long term value it will add to their everyday business. In today's economy, presentation still matters. You do not send your sales team to an important meeting wearing mis-matching clothes or outdated attire, so why shouldn't you treat your company the same way? It's time to ditch that old logo, only taking from it what works, and using it to create a new one. Get a great logo redesign from a creative logo design company that understands your needs and the needs of your market. Find a company who asks the right questions in order to provide you with an industry leading logo design. If you own a website, find out whether you can benefit from a logo redesign. Contact Incitrio Branding & Marketing Agency at 858.523.1822 for a free brand analysis. We are a San Diego marketing agency focused on short and long term client success through integrated marketing, website design, advertising, email marketing, search engine optimization, social media, and CSS programming. Visit our testimonials page to take a look at what some of our happy clients are saying about us and visit our portfolio page to check out some of our award winning logo designs.


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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On February16, 2018, General Cable Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("General Cable"), held a special meeting of its common stockholders (the "Special Meeting") to vote on proposals identified in General Cable's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January16, 2018.
As of January12, 2018, the record date for the Special Meeting, 50,623,497 shares of General Cable's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. A quorum of 38,268,103 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting. The final voting results for each proposal are described below.
1. Proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December3, 2017 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among General Cable, Prysmian S.p.A. and Alisea Corp. (the "Merger Agreement Proposal"). The Merger Agreement Proposal received the affirmative vote of approximately 75.34% of the holders of the shares of common stock entitled to vote on this proposal.
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2. Proposal to approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation arrangements for General Cable's named executive officers in connection with the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the "Compensation Proposal"). The Compensation Proposal received the affirmative vote of approximately 80.24% of the holders of the votes cast with respect to this proposal.
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3. Proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, including to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement or in the absence of a quorum (the "Adjournment Proposal"). The Adjournment Proposal received the affirmative vote of approximately 96.27% of the holders of the votes cast with respect to this proposal.
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On February16, 2018, General Cable issued a press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated by reference herein.
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There are so many cities, towns, natural sites, cultural attractions and other things which can make a tourist choose Cuba as his next holiday destination. In some of the previous articles I have already presented you many cities, including Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Baracoa, Trinidad; islands like Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, the Jardines del Rey archipelago, Cayo Levisa; natural wonders like the Viñales Valley, the Cienaga de Zapata, the Sierra Maestra Mountains, the Valle de los Ingenios and so on.
Below I will give you some information about the top 5 beaches of Cuba. These are world renowned beaches and attract innumerable tourists every year. If you are interested in these fantastic beaches, all you have to do is to read this guide below.
The most famous and most spectacular beach resort of Cuba is with no doubt Varadero. It is also considered one of the best beaches of the Caribbean region. The almost 20 km long pristine beach is very popular among tourists. It is the most crowded beach during peak season. Besides the soft sandy beach, Varadero offers excellent accommodation options, gorgeous restaurants, shops and great outdoor activities to its guests.
Also extremely popular, Guardalavaca is a top destination of the country. The beach is famous for its excellent white sands and crystal clear waters. Besides, the vegetation is one of lush tropical. Just like in case of Varadero, there is a wonderful long stretch of coastline, with several little charming beaches. Guardalavaca also offers excellent hotels and restaurants.
Besides, the surrounding area is an important archeological zone of Cuba, making it even more attractive for tourists. There are numerous activities to practice. If you would like to swim with dolphins for instance, you can do it here. It is a fantastic beach. You shouldn't miss it.
Playa Paraíso is an extremely wonderful beach. It is actually connected with Playa Sirena. These two form an outstanding area for the lovers of sun and sea. Located on Cayo Largo del Sur, Playa Paraíso is very popular among tourists. In case you are planning a visit to the renowned Cayo Largo del Sur, I am absolutely sure you will enjoy the relaxation at this astonishing beach.
Another popular beach in Cuba is the breathtaking Playa Ancón. Located near the extremely popular Trinidad, Playa Ancón offers white sand and warm waters. If your destination is Trinidad or the nearby area, you can not miss to lye on this sunny beach. Do you love to dive? You can do it here, as Playa Ancón is popular among scuba divers for its excellent dive site.
One of the most popular islands of Cuba, Cayo Coco offers outstanding beaches. Besides the gorgeous white sandy beaches, Cayo Coco offers great outdoor activities and excellent accommodation, not to mention the good dive sites.


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Genius or madman? Salvador Dali has been referred to as both throughout the course of his seventy-eight-year career. One who has seen any of his artwork will uncertainly question the sanity of Salvador Dali. Dali is best known for his surrealist works and many consider him the most brilliant Surrealist of his time. But to understand the enigma that is Salvador Dali, one must take a look back into his childhood, his family, and his inspirations.
Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain to father Don Salvador Dali y Cusi and mother Felipa Domenech. The year was 1904. The answering machine had just been invented as well as the first flat-disk phonograph. A remarkable new child's toy had been created, and dubbed the "Teddy Bear." In 1907, his sister, Ana Maria, was born. Dali, being the only young male in a female-dominated household, was pampered by his overprotective mother, grandmother, aunt, and nurse. All this attention was not enough for Dali, and he constantly sought ways to seek more. He frequently threw tantrums and would induce coughing fits on himself. He purposely would wet his bed to anger his father. Dali continued this until he reached the age of eight, when he discovered he could anger his father much more intensely by getting himself into trouble at school. By the age of 10, Dali stopped acting out so much, and began to show an interest in art. He produced his first painting. By the time he was 15, he had already set up his own art exhibition. In 1921, a 17-year-old Salvador Dali entered the Madrid Fine Arts School, hoping to fuel his interest in Futurism and Cubism. However, Dali was suspended for a year after urging all students to rebel against the school's authorities. In 1926, the school decided to expel Dali for similar reasons.
In 1929, Salvador Dali developed an interest in Surrealism, and joined the movement. Dali began developing his method, which he eventually would name "Paranoic-critical" and describe as a "spontaneous method of irrational knowledge based on critical and systematic objectivation of delirious associations and interpretations." In the following years, Dali produced three paintings: in 1929 he produced 'The Lugubrious Game'; in 1931 he finished work on the painting he is most well known for, 'The Persistence of Memory'; finally in 1932 he produced 'Surrealist Objects, Gauges of Instantaneous Memory'. Dali had created his trademark "soft watches" for...
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Rosie Herrera is a Cuban-American dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater in Miami. She is a graduate from New World School with a BFA in Dance Performance. She has been commissioned by The Miami Light Project, The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Place, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Ballet Hispanico, Moving Ground Dance Theater, Houston Met Dance and the American Dance Festival (ADF) in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.
Rosie is a classically trained lyric coloratura soprano and performs with the Performers Music Institute Opera Ensemble as well as choreographs and stages operas independently throughout Miami. With over a decade of experience in both dance and cabaret, she has collaborated on productions with The South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, New World School of the Arts, The University of Central Florida, Six Floor Ensemble, Zoetic Stage and the New World Symphony as well as with the interdisciplinary performance ensemble/avant- garde cabaret Circ X. She has also collaborated with filmmakers Adam Reign, Lucas Leyva, George Echevarria and Clyde Scott to create original short films and music videos.
Her company has been presented by the Northrop Dance Series, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Baryshnicov Arts Center, Texas A & M University, Duncan Theater, The Annenburg Center in Philadelphia, Gotham Dance at Skirball and Focus Dance at The Joyce NYC as well as by The American Dance Festival at the Joyce NYC in 2016.
Rosie is a 2016 USArtist Sarah Arison Choreographic Fellow, a 2010 MANCC choreographic fellow, a 2014 Bates Dance Festival Artist in residence and a 2011 and 2016 Miami Dance Fellow. She was awarded a Princess Grace Choreographic Fellowship for her work with Ballet Hispanico. She has also set work on Moving Ground Dance Theater and Houston Met Dance.
Rosie Herrera returned to MANCC to develop her latest evening-length dance theater work, Make Believe, which explores magic, celebrity worship, and romantic love through the lens of ritual and religious spectacle.
Herrera grew up equally familiar with the tenets of Christianity and the Afro-Cuban "voodoo" practice of Santeria. Not only are her parents devoutly Catholic, they were also briefly connected to a religious cult. She was also tightly bonded to her Tio Juanito, a mystic whose unexpected trance-like premonitions were revered by her family. This, combined with her family's obsession with celebrity astrologer Walter Mercado, comes together to define her unique spiritual identity rooted in a dramatic and intimate relationship with the divine. At a time when fear of otherness is at a fever pitch, and our most intimate selves are shielded behind online profiles, Herrera finds her family's rapturous search for deliverance in God and love to be in sharp contrast, even threatening, to a regressive and judgmental piety that looms over the American cultural landscape. For Make Believe, Herrera looks at how the influence of religion during childhood impacts one's notions of romantic love later in life.
Convening her entire cast and design team as well as dramaturg David Brick, Co-Director of Headlong Dance Institute, at MANCC represents a shift in her practice toward a longer term collaboration, where set, costume, and music designers help shape the work in the studio from the very outset.
During the residency Herrera met with a variety of scholars and experts to deepen her research at the intersections of love and religion. Dr. François Dupuigrenet-Desroussilles, Professor of Religion specializing in 16th century Christianity, joined Herrera and her cast in the rehearsal studio. After viewing several vignettes the cast had been working on, Dupuigrenet-Desroussilles discussed the history and evolution of visual representation within the Christian tradition, the differences between reality and its representations, and notions of faith represented through extreme pain and ecstacy.
Trained as a classical opera singer, Herrera is also deeply interested in the physical and emotional healing potential of sound, particularly the voice. To this end, Herrera and her cast attended a local "group sing" of Sacred Harp Singers. The group provided a brief overview of their practice of shape note singing in four-part harmony, its history beginning in New England, and later its revival in the primitive rural churches of the American Southeast. Further, they shared personal stories of mourning, healing, and communitas found in the practice of singing.
Herrera's experience with the Sacred Harp singers led her to another singing group, the local chapter of the California-based Threshold Choir, which gathers to sing songs of comfort and joy to those "at the thresholds of life." Founded in the 1990's by musician Kate Munger, the Threshold Choir was inspired while caring for a loved one dying of HIV/AIDs. Now, with chapters across the United States, volunteer singers come to the bedsides of hospice patients with the goal of bringing comfort and solace through shared energy and song. In preparation for an event honoring survivors of suicide, the Tallahassee Threshold Choir invited Herrera's cast to experience their rehearsal process, taking turns as the "receivers" of song.
Herrera also used her time at MANCC to experiment with several visual design elements of the work. In a section of the work that comments on romantic life mediated through digital platforms, dancers experimented using the glow of their cell phones as theatrical lighting. FSU School of Dance students were invited to participate in this experiment, as Herrera tried the idea with an expanded cast. This sparked another idea for a potential community engagement element of the work, in which local community members are invited to join the performance.
Herrera also conducted movement experiments inside of a rented bounce house as an element of the set for the work. Herrera envisioned a bounce house blown up in real time during the performance, which required a deep understanding of the materiality and mechanics of the bounce house, and what can safely be accomplished in performance.
The residency culminated in an informal work-in-progress showing on Monday, February 5th, 6pm, in the Montgomery Hall Black Box Studio. The showing was open to the public, and attended by members of both the Sacred Harp and the Threshold Choir, Dr. François Dupuigrent-Desroussilles, students and faculty of the School of Dance, Pam Green of PGM Artist Management, Laurie Uprichard, Senior Curator of Performing Arts at the Contemporary Art Center (CAC), New Orleans, and William Bowling, Performing Arts Manager, CAC.
Make Believe will premiere in July 2018 at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina.
Throughout her upbringing as a Cuban-American daughter of a cook and restaurant-owner in Miami, Herrera had a particularly empathetic and undeniable visceral feeling toward watching others dine alone. These feelings triggered a larger search related to attitudes about dining situations, loneliness, isolation and aging. In preparation for Dining Alone, she sought to deconstruct her personal attitude/perspective and gather a broader cultural and generational views on these subject matters. At MANCC, Herrera held dialogue with a culturally diverse group of performers (drag queens, actors, dancers, break dancers and burlesque performers), who were all first or second generation immigrants and with Tallahassee community members and interlaced the conversations and findings into movement improvisations to begin shaping Dining Alone. She also continued exploring the development of Pity Party.
Dining Alone premiered at American Dance Festival July 27-29, 2011.
Collaborators in Residence: Lydia Bittner-Baird, Octavio Campos, Rachel Caroll, Liony Garcia, Rudi Goblen, Ana Mendez. Slideshow photos by Kathryn Noletto Felis and Al Hall.


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Health & Safety Code
Subtitle B
Texas Health and Safety Code
Illegal Dumping; Discarding Lighted Materials; Criminal Penalties
A person commits an offense if the person disposes or allows or permits the disposal of litter or other solid waste at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, including a place on or within 300 feet of a public highway, on a right-of-way, on other public or private property, or into inland or coastal water of the state.
(a-1)
A person commits an offense if:
the person discards lighted litter, including a match, cigarette, or cigar, onto open-space land, a private road or the right-of-way of a private road, a public highway or other public road or the right-of-way of a public highway or other public road, or a railroad right-of-way; and
a fire is ignited as a result of the conduct described by Subdivision (1).
A person commits an offense if the person receives litter or other solid waste for disposal at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, regardless of whether the litter or other solid waste or the land on which the litter or other solid waste is disposed is owned or controlled by the person.
A person commits an offense if the person transports litter or other solid waste to a place that is not an approved solid waste site for disposal at the site.
An offense under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs five pounds or less or has a volume of five gallons or less.
(d-1)
An offense under Subsection (a-1) is a misdemeanor under this subsection if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs less than 500 pounds or has a volume of less than 100 cubic feet and is punishable by:
a fine not to exceed $500;
confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 30 days; or
both such fine and confinement.
An offense under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) is a Class B misdemeanor if the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs more than five pounds but less than 500 pounds or has a volume of more than five gallons but less than 100 cubic feet.
An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor if:
the litter or other solid waste to which the offense applies weighs 500 pounds or more but less than 1,000 pounds or has a volume of 100 cubic feet or more but less than 200 cubic feet; or
the litter or other solid waste is disposed for a commercial purpose and weighs more than five pounds but less than 200 pounds or has a volume of more than five gallons but less than 200 cubic feet.
An offense under this section is a state jail felony if the litter or solid waste to which the offense applies:
weighs 1,000 pounds or more or has a volume of 200 cubic feet or more;
is disposed of for a commercial purpose and weighs 200 pounds or more or has a volume of 200 cubic feet or more; or
is contained in a closed barrel or drum.
If it is shown on the trial of the defendant for an offense under this section that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, the punishment for the offense is increased to the punishment for the next highest category.
On conviction for an offense under this section, the court shall provide to the defendant written notice that a subsequent conviction for an offense under this section may result in the forfeiture under Chapter 59 (Forfeiture of Contraband), Code of Criminal Procedure, of the vehicle used by the defendant in committing the offense.
(j)
The offenses prescribed by this section include the unauthorized disposal of litter or other solid waste in a dumpster or similar receptacle.
This section does not apply to the temporary storage for future disposal of litter or other solid waste by a person on land owned by that person, or by that person's agent. The commission by rule shall regulate temporary storage for future disposal of litter or other solid waste by a person on land owned by the person or the person's agent.
This section does not apply to an individual's disposal of litter or other solid waste if:
the litter or waste is generated on land the individual owns;
the litter or waste is not generated as a result of an activity related to a commercial purpose;
the disposal occurs on land the individual owns; and
the disposal is not for a commercial purpose.
A municipality or county may offer a reward of $50 for reporting a violation of this section that results in a prosecution under this section.
An offense under this section may be prosecuted without alleging or proving any culpable mental state, unless the offense is a state jail felony.
For purposes of a prosecution under Subsection (g), a generator creates a rebuttable presumption of lack of culpable mental state if the generator of the solid waste to be disposed of secures, prior to the hauler's receipt of the solid waste, a signed statement from the hauler that the solid waste will be disposed of legally. The statement shall include the hauler's valid Texas driver's license number.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (a-1) that the person discarded the lighted litter in connection with controlled burning the person was conducting in the area into which the lighted litter was discarded.
The operator of a public conveyance in which smoking tobacco is allowed shall post a sign stating the substance of Subsections (a-1) and (d-1) in a conspicuous place within any portion of the public conveyance in which smoking is allowed.
If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection (a-1) also constitutes an offense under Subsection (a), the actor may be prosecuted only under Subsection (a-1). If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection (a-1) also constitutes an offense under Chapter 28 (Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Other Property Damage or Destruction), Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted under Subsection (a-1) or Chapter 28 (Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Other Property Damage or Destruction), Penal Code, but not both.
On conviction of an offense under this section, the court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article 42A.304 (Community Service)(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 8.161, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 740, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 828, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(28), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 286, Sec. 2, eff. May 26, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 430 (S.B. 1043), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 1884), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Location: https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._health_and_safety_code_section_365.012
Original Source: Section 365.012 — Illegal Dumping; Discarding Lighted Materials; Criminal Penalties, http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/HS/htm/HS.365.htm#365.012 (last accessed Jun. 7, 2021).


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Q: Testdisk is not recognizing a linux directory; How do I fix it? About a week ago, my "Downloads/" directory very suddenly showed as being empty. I ran testdisk, and at first, it was able to read the files as still being on the actual disk. However, when I moved stuff from my "Documents" folder onto another disk to do some moving-around, suddenly, testdisk hasn't been able to read the "Downloads" folder at all. In testdisk's "Analyze" option, it reads as:
-rw-------

instead of
drwxr-xr-x

like it's supposed to, even though, when I'm in the terminal and I run
sudo su
ls -lhd ~/Downloads/

it shows the way it's supposed to. A supporting screenshot:
testdisk screenshot
How can I fix it in testdisk so that it can open the Downloads folder and list the files so that I can recover them?

A: It seems that you moved or deleted your Downloads directory, and subsequently tried to move or copy a file to Downloads.
You can reproduce this easily enough (with a different directory, such as example) like this
mkdir example
cp /etc/hosts example    # Copies "hosts" to "example/hosts"

mv example /tmp          # Ooops
cp /etc/hosts example    # Copies "hosts" to the file "example"

I'd simply remove the Downloads file and recreate the directory
rm Downloads
mkdir Downloads

If the directory is still on your system you can hunt for the missing Downloads directory with a find command like this
find / -type d -name Downloads

but I suspect that "when I moved stuff from my "Documents" folder onto another disk" you inadvertently moved Downloads too.

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"""
cd /Users/brunoflaven/Documents/02_copy/_000_IA_bruno_light/_my_article_python-explorations/git_repo_python_explorations_nlp/article_3_keyword_extraction_nlp_spacy/

python 06_kw_extractor_spacy_linguistic_features.py

"""
import io
import spacy
from collections import Counter
from string import punctuation

# download best-matching version of specific model for your spaCy installation
# python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

# nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_sm")
# doc = nlp("This is a sentence.")
# print(doc)

# download best-matching version of specific model for your spaCy installation
# python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg
nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_lg")

# import en_core_web_lg
# nlp = en_core_web_lg.load()

def get_hotwords(text):
    result = []
    pos_tag = ['PROPN', 'ADJ', 'NOUN'] # 1
    doc = nlp(text.lower()) # 2
    for token in doc:
        # 3
        if(token.text in nlp.Defaults.stop_words or token.text in punctuation):
            continue
        # 4
        if(token.pos_ in pos_tag):
            result.append(token.text)

    return result # 5

"""
input_text = "My last post was a modest attempt in discovering Python potential with the help of Anaconda. Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was bewitched me 🙂 So, I gained confidence using Python in order to explore AI librairies such as NTLK, OpenCV or face_recognition from ageitgey (Adam Geitgey)." \
  "You can find the files in my github account More on https://github.com/bflaven/BlogArticlesExamples/ in python_playing_with_facial_recognition" \
  "This post is about a real issue that can be solved by IA. I believe that for any technical topic, rather than exploring AI documentation which in itself could be quite wastful. I always strive to tackle a real use case and apply as much as possible what I want to discover." \
  "So, applying this principle, I have spotted facial recognition for pictures. Like many, I am iOS mobile Phone user and I saw facial recognition at work. I start to wonder: "How can apply those facial recognition principles in a backoffice?". As I am currently a PO for a Backoffice, I am supposed to have a clear "vision" of my product but more than that I know perfectly its weaknesses, especially dealing with pictures." \

"The benefit of this simple question allows me not to stress about the details right away and instead quickly jot something down as a placeholder for a conversation between me, myself and I, a soliloquy. The intent was to not forget to ask all the right questions either upfront or somewhere down the road but do not prevent from starting a P.O.C." \

"Here is my shortlist that highlights some of the functional and nonfunctional concerns or requirements that I wanted to address. This list has driven all my decisions to obtain a pragmatic result without missing the goal." \

"Goal: How can apply those facial recognition principles in a Backoffice in order to improve image search results at the end?" \

"Short actions todolist:" \
"Browse unknown people images directory with Facial Recognition Script" \
"Detect known people faces among these images set them aside" \
"Insert these known people images in a MySQL database" \
"Requirement: This Spike will be all made in Python but I do not want to end up with an overzealous shopping list of requirements." \

"Let me explain the situation. In the Backoffice, which I am dealing with, is hosting thousand of "unqualified" images that contains faces of: Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Poutine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or less kwnown poeple in an european centric point of view: Macky Sall, Rodrigo Duterte, Ramzan Kadyrov, Hun Sen, Narendra Modi, Hassan Rohani, Stevo Pendarovski, Nicolás Maduro, Edgar Lungu..." \

"Remember that we still need a human intelligence to say who is who? For your information, Stevo Pendarovski, Стево Пендаровски, is president of North Macedonia, holding the office since 12 May 2019 and he looks a bit like me 🙂 or that is just the glasses." \

"The face of Stevo Pendarovski, Стево Пендаровски, president of North Macedonia" \
"Improve a CMS's photos library qualification with AI, facial recognition in python, to provide better images search results to users" \

"The idea is to increase the relevance of research and reduce the sample of images that will be retrieved with a traditionnal textual search based on their name. It will save time, money and resources but also improve user experience. So, user do not get no results at all or improper results in his/her image search." \

"The fact, no one wants to qualify each image by opening them one after the other, adding correct caption to improve indexation and by consequence future's search results. We are talking about more than 1 500 000 pictures. Indeed, the wise choice is to leave it to a computer." \
"""

# 2. run on a given text
sample_file = io.open("data/v9094e.txt", 'r',encoding="iso-8859-1")
input_text = sample_file.read()

output = get_hotwords(input_text)

print ("\n --- output")
print(output)

print ("\n --- result for hashtags")
hashtags = [('#' + x[0]) for x in Counter(output).most_common(5)]
print(' '.join(hashtags))

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NCAA Players Already Get Paid. It's Called Free Tuition
August 8, 2019 By Chrissy Clark
Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang released his newest policy proposal to force the NCAA to pay athletes. He tweeted:
Instead of putting arbitrary requirements on agents, the NCAA should pay Division I athletes who generate millions in revenue for their schools. Coaches and athletics directors make millions while the kids pretend to be amateurs and scrounge for meal money.
Instead of putting arbitrary requirements on agents, the NCAA should pay Division I athletes who generate millions in revenue for their schools. Coaches and athletic directors make millions while the kids pretend to be amateurs and scrounge for meal money. https://t.co/2yuBMikpOa
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) August 7, 2019
Yang has completely missed the fact that these college players are already getting paid. It's not in the form of a paycheck, it's in the form of free tuition and other benefits.
Until this past May, I attended Michigan State University, a school that bleeds college sports. Our programs have pumped out excellent players like Kirk Cousins, who plays for the Minnesota Vikings, and Miles Bridges, who is dominating basketball for the Charlotte Hornets.
MSU is a very expensive school, especially for out-of-state students. For out-of-state students it costs approximately $52,000 in first-year tuition, fees, room and board, etc. Yet these athletes get access to this entire university for free.
Over the course of four years, these students athletes are getting a $200,000, world-class education, a plethora of gear, access to personalized tutoring, and an entire student-athlete facility. These benefits aren't just for NCAA basketball and football players, either. Any student athlete has access to these facilities and benefits.
If I were able to pursue my passion for sports while obtaining a free degree and gaining access to exclusive athlete-only perks, I don't think I would be complaining.
These universities are seldom taking advantage of NCAA athletes. They are typically fostering an environment where student athletes can thrive academically, socially, and athletically. If they aren't, well isn't that the joy of the free market? Whichever NCAA programs lack sufficient programs and benefits for students will lose out in recruited students to those universities and programs that do foster the proper environment for their athletes.
At MSU, just three buildings away from the luxurious student athlete facilities, there are freshman dorms filled with asbestos that offer drinking water that tastes like rust. When I was a freshman, the water in one of the dorms came out yellow. Let that sink in. While NCAA athletes were getting personalized training and tutoring, students three buildings down were drinking yellow water.
Students pay astronomical amounts for mandatory on-campus living, only to be able to drink and shower in yellow water? Forgive me if I think a portion of the revenue generated from college sports should be funneled back into the university to fix these essential problems, instead of paying the salary of an 18-year-old who is attending the university for free to play a sport he is incredibly passionate about and could lead to a massively profitable career.
Even if you fundamentally disagree, why in the world would this be a federally mandated policy? The government should not be able to dictate the financial decisions made by non-profit organizations. While I believe Yang's proposal comes from compassion, as a presidential candidate he should focus on real policy proposals that affect a larger population of Americans instead of suggesting government dictate the financials of the NCAA.
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