text:
<?php

namespace openacalendar\staticweb\repositories\builders;

use openacalendar\staticweb\models\CountryModel;

class CountryRepositoryBuilder extends BaseRepositoryBuilder
{

    protected $orderBy = " title ";
    protected $orderDirection = " ASC ";

    protected $hasEventsOnly = false;

    /**
     * @param boolean $hasEventsOnly
     */
    public function setHasEventsOnly($hasEventsOnly)
    {
        $this->hasEventsOnly = $hasEventsOnly;
    }

    protected function build()
    {
        $this->select[] = 'country.*';

        if ($this->hasEventsOnly) {
            $this->joins[] =  " JOIN event_information AS event_information ON event_information.country_id = country.id ";
        }

    }

    protected function buildStat()
    {

        $sql = "SELECT " . implode(",", $this->select) . " FROM country " .
            implode(" ", $this->joins) .
            ($this->where ? " WHERE " . implode(" AND ", $this->where) : "") .
            " GROUP BY country.id ORDER BY  " . $this->orderBy . " " . $this->orderDirection . ($this->limit > 0 ? " LIMIT " . $this->limit : "");
        $this->stat = $this->siteContainer['databasehelper']->getPDO()->prepare($sql);
        $this->stat->execute($this->params);

    }

    public function fetchAll()
    {

        $this->buildStart();
        $this->build();
        $this->buildStat();

        $results = array();
        while ($data = $this->stat->fetch()) {
            $event = new CountryModel();
            $event->setFromDataBaseRow($data);
            $results[] = $event;
        }
        return $results;

    }

}


CyberInt's offensive team recently identified a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability within VirusTotal's intelligence search component. VirusTotal allows organizations to use various search queries; however, if a search query is filled with a mismatched value, an error code pops up. For example, when we tried to launch a search for "type: Test" the application said there is no such search query and returned the error code below.
Our team found that the VirusTotal application does not perform input validation on the search query parameter, which could contain malicious code that would trigger a successful reflected XSS attack. This could happen, for example, by injecting the <hr> HTML tag as a search query parameter.
We were able to get around that by developing a unique payload without the disallowed characters. To evade the use of spaces, for example, we figured out that using the '/' character converted to a space on the server side, allowing the beginning of our payload to start with '<script/src='. Next, we evaded the URI restriction by figuring out that "//" characters converted to 'http://' or 'https://' on the server side, creating the payload: '//path_to_external_js_file'. By connecting all the dots, we were able to generate this successful payload.
How Can I Keep My Company's Information Safe?
It's crucial for all organizations to understand the risks and threats associated with XSS. Security experts have identified this vulnerability even in some of the world's most popular and highly-secure websites, including Google, Amazon, Facebook and PayPal. Free prevention tools don't go far enough.
Use whitelist approach to define the values the application should accept.
Validating Rich User Content - It is very difficult to validate rich content submitted by a user. Consider more formal approaches such as AntiSamy.


text:
Creger paces offense in loss at Central
Central (Iowa)
Simpson (11-14, 3-10) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 2
Central (Iowa) (17-10, 7-9) 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 X 8 11 0
Devin Creger
2B: Josh Breitbarth; Nathan Carlin; Brady Held
3B: Devin Creger
2B: Bouwman; Wallace
HR: G. Saunders; Wood
PELLA, Iowa -- The Simpson baseball team could not overcome an early deficit on Tuesday and eventually fell to Central, 8-3, on the road.
The Storm (11-14, 3-10 American Rivers) gave up an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but were able to chip away at the deficit and got a run back in the second.
Devin Creger made it to third and Brady Held was on first, Held took off for second to steal and Creger was able to make it home on the throw for his 12th run of the year.
The Dutch (17-10, 7-9 A-R-C) added two more runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to make it 5-1, before Simpson added one in the sixth to stop the run. Creger ripped a triple to land on third once again and plated Nathan Carlin on the hit.
Central place three runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the frame to extend the lead to 8-2.
In the seventh, the Storm would load the bases with no outs, but would only push one run across and would not score again for the rest of the contest. Josh Breitbarth was able to lift a ball to the outfield for the sacrifice fly.
Creger paced the team with three hits and Breitbarth had two. Kolton Arnold snapped his hit streak today which ended at 12 games.
Brett Kauzlarich tossed 3.1 innings for Simpson and was handed his third loss of the season.
After the last 11 of 12 games on the road, the Storm return to McBride Field for a weekend series against Coe. The Friday evening matchup will begin at 6 p.m.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Sql string to date Conversion I have inserted a field with a format like this 'Jul 08, 2019 (10:57 AM)'.
now i want to compare dates but this is a string datatype not date, i tried to convert it to date before comparing with date, it fails and gives error i tried Convert function and Cast function
CONVERT(date, 'Jul 08, 2019 (10:57 AM)')
Cast('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57 AM)' as date)
is there any way to convert it or to compare it with date like this format 'MM/DD/YYYY'

A: The parens are throwing off the conversion.
SELECT
FORMAT(CONVERT(date, REPLACE(REPLACE('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57) AM', '(', ''), ')', '')), 'MM/dd/yyyy')
,FORMAT(Cast(REPLACE(REPLACE('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57) AM', '(', ''), ')', '') as date), 'MM/dd/yyyy')
,CONVERT(date, REPLACE(REPLACE('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57) AM', '(', ''), ')', ''))
,Cast(REPLACE(REPLACE('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57) AM', '(', ''), ')', '') as date)

If you need the MM/DD/YYYY format the first two options will work. If you just need the date value for a comparison you can replace the parens.

A: Your problem are the parenthesis in time.  Remove them  like:
select convert(DATETIME,  REPLACE(REPLACE('Jul 08, 2019 (10:57 AM)',')',''),'(',''))

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Stephen King reads from 'Under the Dome': An EW exclusive!
Fans of Stephen King who can't wait for his new novel Under The Dome — which goes on sale Nov. 10 (pre-order it here) — are in for a treat. Shelf Life has an exclusive video of King reading a passage from the 1,072-page book (below).
King began the epic thriller — the tale of what happens in Chester's Mill, Maine, when an invisible force-field claps down over the town — over 30 years ago, in 1976. He put it down and picked it up several times over the years, but it was only in 2007 that he was truly able to get a handle on it. "I work seven days a week," he told us, explaining how he delivered such a massive manuscript in such a relatively short period of time.
You can read a 4,000-word excerpt of Under The Dome in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands today. Also, visit the official Under the Dome site.
Stephen King on the delay of his e-book and the $9 price wars — can bookstores survive?


Porcelain is a type of clay mixture used in pottery and other ceramics. It is very hard and very white. Porcelain beads are either colored with a slip and glaze overlay, or a special glaze, or a slip only. Chinese porcelain beads present that Oriental feeling and sensibility.


text:
How much is the bacon gouda sandwich at Starbucks?
According to the Consumerist, Starbucks mochas and lattes (including the venerable PSL) may soon be $0.10 to $0.30 more expensive at select locations, while the bacon Gouda breakfast sandwich will now cost between $3.45 and $4.95, depending on where you go.
In addition, how much does a bacon Gouda sandwich at Starbucks cost?
Starbucks's Ticket Prices
Breakfast Sandwich with Bacon and Gouda $3.45
Breakfast Sandwich with Sausage and Cheddar $3.25
Breakfast Wrap with Spinach and Feta $3.45
Breakfast Sandwich with Reduced-Fat Turkey and Bacon $3.45
$2.95 for an egg and cheese on toast
In addition to the information provided above, how many calories are in a Starbucks bacon gouda sandwich?
There are 370 calories in one serving.
As a result, how much does a bacon sandwich from Starbucks cost to purchase?
Entrées are a kind of dish (22)
Sandwich with bacon, gouda, and egg $4.45
Bacon and Sausage Biscuits (with chicken sausage) $4.95
Sandwich with Spicy Chorizo for $4.95
Wrapped with Spinach, Feta, and Egg Whites for $4.45
Can someone tell me how much the chicken and double smoked bacon at Starbucks costs?
Served on toasted apple brioche, the Starbucks Homestyle Chicken and Double-Smoked Bacon Sandwich has slow-cooked herb chicken, double-smoked bacon, and maple mustard (made with dried apples as well as apple butter). Starbucks Rewards points are worth $6.45, but I'd saved enough to get one for free thanks to my savings.
Is it true that Starbucks uses actual eggs in its sandwiches?
Several ingredients in Starbucks' bacon, gouda, and egg breakfast sandwich, including soybean oil and water, as well as unmodified corn starch, xanthan gum, citric acid, and powdered cellulose, are included in the company's nutritional information.
Are the egg bits served at Starbucks nutritious?
To make Sous Vide Egg Bites, combine egg whites and red peppers in a pressure cooker. Despite the fact that they seem a little strange, these sous vide egg bites are really rather tasty. This version is more nutritious than the bacon-topped version since it has the same amount of protein but less calories and fat.
What is the most nutritious breakfast sandwich available at Starbucks?
Classic Whole Grain Oatmeal is one of our top ten favourite healthy snacks at Starbucks. Breakfast Sandwich with Eggs and Cheddar. Sandwich made with spinach, feta, and egg whites. Sandwich made with reduced-fat turkey bacon and egg whites. Avocado Spread is a spread made from avocados. Salad bowl with vegetables and brown rice that is filling and filling. Salad bowl with chicken and black beans that has a kick to it. Thai-Style Peanut Chicken Wrap (Thai-Style Peanut Chicken Wrap)
What is the cost of a Starbucks sandwich?
Prices on the Starbucks Menu The Cost of Food Breakfast Sandwich with Sausage and Cheddar $3.45 Spaghetti with Spinach and Feta for Breakfast $3.75 Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich $3.75 Slow-Roasted Ham and Swiss on a Croissant Bun $4.75 Spinach and Feta for Breakfast $3.75
What is the cost of a Starbucks grilled cheese sandwich?
It has been reported by the Chicago Tribune that Starbucks will begin selling a "artisanal grilled cheese sandwich" on June 24, 2014. "Old Fashioned" sandwiches, which are made with a blend of white cheddar, yellow cheddar, and mozzarella on multigrain bread, are available for $5.25 per sandwich.
What time does Starbucks Breakfast last?
You're in luck if you're a morning person who still wants to get your Starbucks fix in the morning. Starbucks begins serving breakfast as soon as the store opens (usually at 6 a.m.) and continues to serve breakfast throughout the day.
When I go to Starbucks, how much does an old-fashioned donut cost?
Starbucks' Old-Fashioned Donut is made with sour cream and topped with a thin layer of glaze for a classic taste. At $1.50 a piece, it's one of the most affordable items in the bakery's display.
Is it possible to get Starbucks bacon egg bites on a ketogenic diet?
What exactly are egg bites, though, is a mystery. Even though they're healthy in the sense that they don't contain refined flour or sugar, the bacon and cheese don't scream "health food" unless you're extremely committed to the keto diet. They don't even use eggs as their primary ingredient; instead, they use cottage cheese.
Which foods should I consume for breakfast and how many calories should I consume?
In spite of the fact that every person's daily caloric intake is unique and is determined by their personal goals and requirements, nutrition experts estimate that the average daily caloric intake at each meal should be broken down as follows: Breakfast should contain 300 to 400 calories, with lunch and dinner containing 500 to 700 calories each.
What is the price of French toast at Starbucks?
Love how the bread is moist and sweet, with a crust that is a little crunchy from the caramelised sugar in the crust! Furthermore, it is served with the most delicious maple syrup I have ever tasted in my life. The price, on the other hand, has gone up. It cost 85 pesos last year, if my recollection serves me correctly.
Is it true that the egg bites at Starbucks are Keto-friendly?
Egg Bites with Bacon and Gruyere Cooked sous vide Is there anything low-carb to be found in the Starbucks menu?
Yes! Start with the Sous Vide Egg Bites, which are delicious. All four varieties contain fewer than 15 grammes of carbohydrates, with the Bacon and Gruyere containing only 9 grammes of carbohydrates as the lowest carbohydrate option.
Are the breakfast sandwiches at Starbucks any good?
Starbucks, on the other hand, isn't just good at making coffee; they're also pretty darn good at making breakfast. Breakfast sandwiches are the most basic items on the menu, but believe me when I say that they are extremely tasty. Like, I've never had two in the same day before good.
What is the cost of a cake pop at Starbucks?
Cake pops at Starbucks are priced from $1.95 to $3.50 per cake pop, depending on the size. You can purchase them individually or in bulk for special occasions.


text:
Schroders in the US
Global Heritage
Schroders Globally
Economic views (current) expand/collapse
Economic Views
Global Market Perspective
Should the pollsters be fired?
South Africa: time to deliver on reforms
Three reasons why Asia's set to pass on the growth baton
Is Turkish turbulence a taste of things to come for EM?
Brazil prospects brighten after rate hike
India: brewing second wave overshadows the outlook
Are China's economic prospects shifting?
OPEC wrangling emphasises EM energy exporters' predicament
China: what zero tolerance, supply chain disruption and floods mean for economic growth
Markets expand/collapse
Market Views: Equities
Market Views: Fixed Income
Market Views: Multi-Asset
What has driven stock market returns and what could drive them in the future?
Q&A: Why electric trucks could help EU meet CO2 targets
What the data tells us about the shape of the US economic recovery
Why digital infrastructure could emerge stronger from Covid-19
The "homebody economy" – investing in your digital back yard
Q&A: The demographic challenge facing European cities
Can behavioural finance explain how investors think about sustainability?
Institutions don't share retail investors' optimism on returns
What is the EU Green Deal and how might it impact business?
What would be the environmental and social impact of a Biden presidency?
Gearing up against greenwashers: investors seek clarity on sustainability terminology
What are the UN's Sustainable Development Goals? A quick guide
Our multi-asset investment views - October 2020
Video: How climate change might affect investment returns
Has the euro's time come to shine?
What does average inflation targeting mean for the business cycle?
How has the crisis affected insurance investors?
Our multi-asset investment views - November 2020
Outlook 2021: Global and thematic equities
Outlook 2021: Asian equities
Outlook 2021: Global bonds
Outlook 2021: US fixed income
What is an impact bond? A specialist fund manager explains
Why everyone's talking about hydrogen
What next for Biden's climate and social agenda?
How data science helps sustainable investors
US pension rules could slow - but not halt - the use of sustainable investments
On thin ice: the danger posed by thawing permafrost and how businesses need to prepare
The investor's dilemma: do sustainable funds need a digital detox?
London regains top spot in Schroders' Global Cities Index
Podcast: The four "M"s: why the 21st century belongs to Asia
Chasing "financial independence retire early" (FIRE): is it possible?
Five reasons to believe in a new commodities super-cycle
Climate Progress Dashboard: will 2021 be the year of decisive change?
Why profits are in the driving seat for US equity returns this year
Can China really become carbon net zero by 2060?
What investors can learn from Bill Gates' climate warning
Why the going is about to get tougher for investing in climate change
Climate change tracker hits record low as progress gathers pace
Does an emissions scandal await the real estate sector?
Retirement planning? Sorry, we're too busy watching Netflix
Has the value ship sailed?
Video – Katherine Davidson on the largest company you've never heard of that's helping you use less plastic
Private equity in China: five charts that show what investors could be missing
How tech and medical advances are transforming healthcare investing
Are we now on the road to net-zero?
32 reasons not to invest in the stock market
"DO sweat the small stuff": how ESG missteps impact future performance
Are auto companies preparing their workforce for a more digital future?
Q&A: How global cities could benefit from green dividends
Q&A: What is "natural capital" and why should investors care?
How we're pushing for more transparency on sustainability in the housing associations sector
Workers of the world unite! How the post-pandemic recovery is increasing the bargaining power of labour
Which city tops the Schroders European Sustainable Cities index?
How sustainable are "fast fashion" businesses?
Make do and mend: why fashion needs to look to the past to thrive in the future
Climate progress tracker improves on higher carbon prices and electric vehicle sales
Why capex is key to solving the supply chain issues hampering the economy
What the data tells us about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
Why data centres aren't as bad for the environment as you may think
Impact investing: the importance of sustainable infrastructure in EM
Where is the value in emerging market equities?
How do retail investors feel about returns from sustainable investing?
Five reasons why energy transition stocks can weather the inflation storm
Q&A: How tech is shaking up the banking sector
Is the energy crisis bad for climate change investors?
How does stagflation impact investment returns?
The world is on fire: how can investors move from climate anxiety to action?
Peter Harrison: two reasons for post-COP26 optimism
What is the point of purpose?
How we see sustainability: the CEO and the ESG fund manager
Could global cities be the cause of, and solution to, climate change?
Outlook 2022: Global cities
Infographic: the competitive advantages of frontier markets
Asset class expand/collapse
Watch/Listen expand/collapse
Video: what is natural capital?
Subscriptions expand/collapse
Outlook 2022: Global economy
Schroders chief economist Keith Wade gives his views on the outlook for the global economy in 2022 when growth is expected to cool after a very strong 2021.
Keith Wade
Chief Economist & Strategist
2022 is set to be another good year for growth, albeit the recovery is likely to remain unbalanced.
Anticipated withdrawal of emergency levels of support will play important role in shaping outlook.
Risks include higher-than-expected inflation and weaker growth.
The emergence of the Omicron Covid variant has reminded us of the uncertainties which remain around the global pandemic. Despite these, we expect 2022 to be another good year for growth as the global economy continues its recovery. We do, however, see growth cooling following an exceptionally strong 2021, as the massive support offered by governments and central banks during the pandemic's initial stages begins to fade.
Inflation should moderate, but policymakers and investors face a difficult period in the interim. Our forecast is for 2021 global GDP growth of 5.6% to be followed by 4.0% growth in 2022. We see global inflation at 3.4% for 2021 and rising to 3.8% in 2022.
The economic recovery following the pandemic has differed from economic recoveries of the past. This has thrown up unanticipated problems in supply chains which have been beset by bottlenecks. We've also seen issues with labour markets, where companies have struggled with worker shortages. Bottlenecks and shortages have pushed inflation and wage rates higher than expected.
The unbalanced nature of the recovery can be seen in figures tracking the spending patterns of the highly important US consumer (see chart 1). These show that retail sales volumes, or real retail sales, are now more than 10% above their pre-pandemic levels. In contrast, real service sector spending remains some 2% short where it was before Covid-19.
The recovery has disproportionately been driven by the goods sector and this has created extraordinary pressure on supply chains and commodity markets. It took four and a half years for retail sales volumes to surpass previous levels by this degree after the Global Financial Crisis had ended in 2009. On this occasion it has taken 18 months.
The impact of bottlenecks is apparent in the recent loss of momentum in retail sales volumes. This loss primarily reflects the impact of higher inflation as retailers faced with restricted supply have succeeded in passing on their own cost increases. In nominal terms, sales have continued to forge ahead and are some 20% above pre-pandemic levels.
Higher inflation reflects an imbalance between restricted supply and strong demand. Whilst central banks cannot affect the former (speed the delivery of cargo, say, or, in the case of renewable energy, make the wind blow harder), they can restore balance given they have the tools to address the strength of demand.
You can watch Schroders TV - Outlook 2022 with Keith Wade and Johanna Kyrklund by clicking the play button at the top of your screen.
Policy support fades in 2022
We expect the withdrawal of emergency levels of support by central banks and governments to play an important role in shaping economic activity in 2022. The massive fiscal stimulus policies (government spending and taxation policies designed to support economies over the short term) in response to the pandemic are already winding down in the US and UK.
Although government spending will remain strong, overall fiscal policy will be less supportive in 2022. This should not be a surprise after the "shock and awe" fiscal largesse of 2021. In the US the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will start up next year and the larger Build Back Better package currently winding through Congress should help (if it gets through the Senate). The overall "growth impulse" from fiscal policy however will be less than in 2021.
It's a similar story in the UK where corporate and income taxes are set to rise next year along with higher National Insurance Contributions (payroll taxes).
In contrast, the eurozone stands out as fiscal spending is expected to remain strong due to Europe's recovery plan. Stimulus is slightly less than in 2021, but still significant. Meanwhile, China is expected to keep fiscal stimulus going in 2022 through higher local government borrowing, but some of it will be due to banks being encouraged to lend more.
With regards to monetary support (short-term policies by central banks designed to stimulate economies) we also see a move in a less positive direction in the US and UK. Here central banks are ending pandemic related quantitative easing (QE) programmes which have been used to inject money directly into the financial system. The Bank of England (BoE) and US Federal Reserve (Fed) are also poised to raise interest rates.
We expect the BoE to raise rates in December 2021 (when the bank's Covid-era QE programme is also on course to reach its full size) and February 2022. Meanwhile, a patient Fed is expected to raise rates in December next year after fully tapering asset purchases in June (these asset purchases are the means by which many central banks have injected money into the financial system under QE). We then expect interest rates in both economies to rise further in 2023.
Our judgement is that central bank policy goes from positive to neutral (rather than negative) as interest rates are still low relative to the "equilibrium" rate. When an economy is at full capacity this is the rate required in order to avoid either overstimulation (and possibly undue inflationary pressures) or under-stimulation (possibly resulting in economic contraction and the risk of deflation).
Private demand to step up?
These changes should not be surprising as support had to come to an end once the recovery had taken hold. However, for growth to be maintained we need to see a hand-off from governments and central banks to the private sector.
On this front the consumer is critical and here we are looking for households to spend the savings they accumulated during lockdowns. In practice this would mean a fall in the savings ratio below its pre-pandemic average of 7.5% as excess savings are spent (see chart 2, below).
The US savings rate has already fallen significantly in 2021, but it is critical for consumption that it continues to decline in 2022. This is because of the squeeze on real earnings from higher inflation, albeit we expect US and global inflation to moderate in the second half of next year.
The story in the eurozone and UK is similar although we estimate that households in these economies are at an earlier stage in running down their excess savings. Judging the situation in China is more difficult due to a lack of data, but it's believed there are less excess savings than in the West.
Divergent policy outcomes
For each of the main economic blocs we have scored the different components of monetary and fiscal policy and the potential for pent-up demand. On this basis we see considerable swings between 2021 and 2022 for the US and UK, from maximum stimulus to a more modest or neutral stance. The eurozone remains more full on, while China swings toward more stimulus on both the monetary and fiscal side (see table, below).
We expect the divergence between the US/UK and eurozone/China will create opportunities in bond and foreign exchange markets. We also note many uncertainties around inflation and growth, not least those resulting from supply chain bottlenecks and labour shortages persisting. Higher wage growth feeding through into costs and prices could result in higher-than-expected inflation and weaker growth, at risk of a "stagflationary" outcome.
The emergence of the Omicron variant occurred after we finalised our forecasts, but clearly increases the risk of new restrictions on activity and renewed supply side disruption. At this stage it is too uncertain to judge the macro impact, only that it adds to the stagflationary risks in the world economy.
Outlook 2022: "The world will never be the same again"
'Boom and bust' for the US consumer?
Schroders is a world-class asset manager operating from 37 locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.
For any further questions, please contact us.
Contact Us Old
The views and opinions contained herein are those of Schroders Investment Team and do not necessarily represent Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.'s house views. These views are subject to change.
This article is intended to be for information purposes only and it is not intended as promotional material in any respect. The material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument mentioned in this commentary. The material is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for accounting, legal or tax advice, or investment recommendations. Information herein has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable but Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (SIMNA) does not warrant its completeness or accuracy. No responsibility can be accepted for errors of facts obtained from third parties. Reliance should not be placed on the views and information in the document when taking individual investment and / or strategic decisions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Sectors/regions mentioned are for illustrative purposes only and should not be viewed as a recommendation to buy/sell.
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Schroders plc and is a SEC registered investment adviser and registered in Canada in the capacity of Portfolio Manager with the Securities Commission in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan providing asset management products and services to clients in Canada. This document does not purport to provide investment advice and the information contained in this newsletter is for informational purposes and not to engage in a trading activities. It does not purport to describe the business or affairs of any issuer and is not being provided for delivery to or review by any prospective purchaser so as to assist the prospective purchaser to make an investment decision in respect of securities being sold in a distribution.
Schroders has expressed its own views and opinions in this document and these may change. The opinions stated in this document include some forecasted views. We believe that we are basing our expectations and beliefs on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of what we currently know. However, there is no guarantee that any forecasts or opinions will be realized. Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("SIMNA Inc.") is an investment advisor registered with the U.S. SEC. It provides asset management products and services to clients in the U.S. and Canada including Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware), Schroder Series Trust and Schroder Global Series Trust, investment companies registered with the SEC (the "Schroder Funds".) Shares of the Schroder Funds are distributed by Schroder Fund Advisors LLC, a member of the FINRA. SIMNA Inc. and Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Schroders plc, a UK public company with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Further information about Schroders can be found at www.schroders.com/us.
Further information on FINRA can be found at www.finra.org.
Further information on SIPC can be found at www.sipc.org.
Schroder Fund Advisors LLC, Member FINRA, SIPC, 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022-6225.
Tel: + 1 (212) 641 3800
© Copyright 2021 Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
Restricted to Financial professionals, Institutional investors and consultants only.
By clicking continue you are representing that you 1) agree and meet the definition of a "financial professional" (including, but not limited to, registered representatives and those governed in accordance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) and that you 2) acknowledge your agreement with, and understanding of, the following Terms of Use and any legal information concerning this website. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions below, do not access this website or any pages thereof. Please read these terms and conditions carefully.
The content herein is intended for a more sophisticated investor audience, and may not be suitable for retail investors or general public. Retail investors should visit www.schroderfunds.com or speak with their financial representative. The material on this website is issued by Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("SIMNA Inc.") and contains the views and opinions of the particular individuals and is for general information only and may not necessarily represent views expressed or reflected in other Schroders communications, strategies or funds. Reliance should not be placed on the views and information herein when taking individual investment and/or strategic decisions. Investment strategies discussed in this website may not be available in every jurisdiction or may only be available only in institutional vehicles.
All queries about specific investment products should be directed to the Schroders office in the jurisdiction where you reside.
SIMNA Inc. is an investment advisor registered with the US SEC, and is registered in Canada in the capacity of Portfolio Manager with the Securities Commission in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan providing asset management products and services to clients in Canada. This document does not purport to provide investment advice and the information contained in this newsletter is for informational purposes and not to engage in a trading activities. It does not purport to describe the business or affairs of any issuer and is not being provided for delivery to or review by any prospective purchaser so as to assist the prospective purchaser to make an investment decision in respect of securities being sold in a distribution. SIMNA Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Schroders plc, a UK-based company.


text:
Burke v. State
Walker v. State
In these circumstances, the jury's verdict of "guilty of Count 1 — murder" was not an unambiguous finding of…
Worthy v. State
2. In his second and third enumerations of error, the defendant contends the jury verdict must be construed…
Full title:BURKE v. THE STATE
Court:Supreme Court of Georgia
Date published: Sep 9, 1981
248 Ga. 124 (Ga. 1981)
281 S.E.2d 607
Supreme Court of Georgia
DECIDED SEPTEMBER 9, 1981.
Murder, etc. Gordon Superior Court. Before Judge Pope.
Rex Wallace Garner, for appellant.
Darrell E. Wilson, District Attorney, Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
HILL, Presiding Justice.
James Earl Burke was convicted of burglary, aggravated assault and murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and to twenty years each on the other two charges, all to be served consecutively. On motion for new trial, the trial court vacated the sentence for burglary. Burke appeals.
Ronald Manis saw a car at the summer home of his neighbor, Garah Webber, on April 30, 1980. Since he maintained her yard, Manis approached the house in order to collect the money she owed him. He was told by a man who met him on the porch that she had moved. Because Manis suspected burglary, he returned soon after with his father, Eugene Manis. The older Manis, with a pistol in his hand, approached the car parked in the Webber driveway, which two men, one with a crowbar, had entered as the Manises arrived. Apparently when the driver refused to get out of the car, Manis walked toward the front of it; the driver then opened the door and pointed a gun at Manis' back. Manis wheeled around and emptied his pistol into the car door. The driver killed the older Manis with a shot in the forehead. Meanwhile, the younger Manis had re-entered his vehicle. The same man who had shot his father walked over to the car and fired two shots into it, hitting young Manis in the head and in the chest. He survived and at trial identified the gunman as the defendant.
Later that night, in Whitfield County, two federal undercover agents of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau of the Treasury Department were purchasing stolen goods and guns from the defendant and Robert (Bobby) McKenzie as part of a covert operation. At the time, Agent H. W. O'Steen was wearing a concealed transmitter which was being monitored by agent Richard Hampton. After attempting to sell a car with bullet holes in it, the defendant told Agent O'Steen about killing "two dudes" with a .44 pistol at a burglary site because he thought they had obtained his automobile tag number. He related shooting a man, by one shot in the brain, and killing the younger one, who was sitting in his car, with two shots into the car. The agents purchased the .44 pistol among other things. This conversation was recorded and transcribed, and the tape was played to the jury, who followed the conversation on written copies of the transcription.
1. The first enumeration of error challenges the aggravated assault conviction since the jury returned a general verdict of guilty of murder where both felony murder and malice murder were charged. On motion for new trial, the trial court vacated the sentence for burglary because the defendant is entitled to the benefit of the doubt on the jury's failure to specify felony or malice murder. Dampier v. State, 245 Ga. 427 (13) ( 265 S.E.2d 565) (1980); Reed v. State, 238 Ga. 457 (7) ( 233 S.E.2d 369) (1977). On appeal Burke argues that the aggravated battery may have supported the felony murder conviction and must also be set aside. He overlooks, however, that in its felony murder charge (and recharge) the trial court specifically relied on burglary as the supporting felony. Thus, this enumeration of error is without merit.
2. In his second enumeration, the defendant contends the trial court erred in allowing the jury, over his objection, to read copies of the transcription of the tape while it was played to them. He points out that Agent Hampton had not compared the transcription to the tape recording. Contrary to defendant's assertions on this issue, a proper foundation was laid by the testimony of Agent O'Steen, who was a party to the taped conversations and identified the voices and who assisted in the transcription and verified its accuracy. With the proper foundations, neither the tape as a whole nor the transcript thereof is inadmissible as contended by the defendant.
The chain of possession of the tape was established by the testimony of Agent Hampton, who taped the broadcast conversations between Burke and O'Steen. Hampton also testified that the condition of some tabs he placed on the tapes indicated that the tapes had not been altered or erased. Harris v. State, 237 Ga. 718, 724 ( 230 S.E.2d 1) (1976). Defendant complains that Hampton testified the day before the tape was played at trial and that the state failed to prove that the tape had not been altered overnight. The foundation for admission of the tape was made at trial and the defendant did not challenge its admissibility based on the overnight delay.
Where the proper foundation for admission of a taped conversation is laid and portions of the conversation are inaudible, it is within the discretion of the trial judge to admit the tape. See State v. Knowles, 247 Ga. 218 ( 274 S.E.2d 468) (1981).
The trial court did not err in allowing the jury to read the transcription of the tape as it was played.
3. Defendant complains in enumeration of error three, that the tape impermissibly placed his character in issue and thus should not have been played to the jury. In explaining why he shot the two men, the defendant said he had "built time in the pen before" and "before I'll go back to it again I'll kill somebody...." As was said in Dampier v. State, supra at p. 434, "the statements complained of were an integral part of a criminal confession, and such statements are not rendered inadmissible because the language used therein indicates that the accused had committed another and separate offense."
Head v. State, 246 Ga. 360 (7) ( 271 S.E.2d 452) (1980), relied on by the defendant, is inapposite as it refers to the admissibility of independent evidence of separate crimes rather than statements by the defendant himself which are part of an incriminating statement relevant to the crime on trial. We find no error.
4. The trial court acted well within its discretion in sentencing Burke to consecutive sentences with the life sentence for murder last, and he will not be heard to complain that doing so constitutes an attempt to retain or control parole authority by the court, in light of the regulations of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. VI Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia § 475-3-.06 (3); Hoerner v. State, 246 Ga. 374 (2) ( 271 S.E.2d 458) (1980); Code Ann. § 27-2510. Brown v. State, 246 Ga. 251 (5) ( 271 S.E.2d 163) (1980), relied upon by the defendant, is inapposite because there the court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment plus probation (under the supervision of the court).
The state sought the death penalty for murder. The jury's recommendation, however, was to sentence Burke to a "life sentence with no parole." The trial court entered a life sentence on the jury's verdict.
5. Defendant enumerates error on the refusal of the trial court to make a photostatic copy of the prosecution's file, examined in camera, part of the record on appeal. He offers no suggestion whatsoever as to what material could be in the prosecutor's file which could in any way be exculpatory in this open and shut case. He neither alleges nor shows any prejudice to his case resulting from the trial court's failure to copy the prosecutor's file. Although the trial court, after an in camera inspection, should make the file available for review by an appellate court upon the defendant's request to incorporate it into the case record, Wilson v. State, 246 Ga. 62, 65 ( 268 S.E.2d 895) (1980), this defendant has offered no suggestion as to what this court should look for if the file were transmitted to us. He has made no attempt to show that the outcome of his trial might have been affected by material in the file. Thus, he has failed to show cause for this court to review the material examined by the trial court. Wilson v. State, supra.
6. Although the defendant objected to the omission of charges on voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, no written requests for these charges were made by the defense. Therefore, the trial court did not err in failing to so charge. State v. Stonaker, 236 Ga. 1 ( 222 S.E.2d 354) (1976). Thus we need not consider defendant's assertions on appeal that he shot the deceased in self-defense or as a result of irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation.
Judgment affirmed. Jordan, C.J., Marshall, Clarke and Smith, JJ., concur. Gregory, J., concurs in the judgment only.


text:
Q: How to relate Software with my Server CI in ServiceNow? Best Practice Currently I keep track of all my servers in SNOW. Now I want to go further and keep track of my installed software. Would my Software be a CI? Or what is the best practice to keep track of my installed software?
I don't have a discovery license.
Usecase:
When my Kaspersky Software needs a license upgrade I want to flag all servers in SNOW which are using Kaspersky. How should Kaspersky be related to the server?

A: Good question!
There is in fact, a specific module for this sort of thing, called Software Asset Management. This is a Plugin for ServiceNow, which you can activate by following these steps.
To answer your question simply though, in general you would add the software your organization has or might have licenses for, to the Software Models table (cmdb_software_product_model).
Once that's in your CMDB, you'll want to create software license records in Software Asset > Software Licenses.. (or the alm_license table). Here, the "rights" field is the main important one, as it indicates the number of license rights you have for a given piece of software. Then, by defining entitlements, you can define the people or machines that consume these entitlements.


K-Designers looks to employ individuals who have a passion for remodeling and home design. They offer career opportunities to people desiring a home renovations career. The Company focuses on providing equal opportunity for every applicant and employee.
K-Designers is a renovation firm which has been developed by Larry coupled with Lee Judson around 1978. K-Designers started out for business with 4 employees. At this time K-Designers has greater than 900 employees along with affiliates and its one of the several premier redecorating contractors inside the America.
K-Designers at present functions from 11 establishments inside central together with western Us. Since it had been founded, K-Designers has with success carried out more than 110,000 residence makeovers. K-Designers is completely certified and covered with insurance.
K-Designers supplies a comprehensive range of remodeling assistance such as vinyl house siding, home painting, bathroom remodeling, replacement windows, porch covers, home doors, insulating material installation, home garage entrance doors, residence storm doorways, gutters, under terrace design accessories plus more.
K-Designers is without a doubt focused on top notch design, high quality supplies not to mention responsive customer support. K-Designers believes that in employing the top products offered and taking care of customer's issues straight away. K-Designers are convinced that home rehabilitation is surely an investment decision that can improve the reselling worth of a home.


text:
is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate.

He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.

Biography
Riki Kumeta was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on ch 9 March 1983. He studied at Kokushikan University.

Competition
Riki Kumeta has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major Tournament Success
54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) - 2nd Place Kumite
53rd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2010) - 3rd Place Kumite
52nd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2009) - 2nd Place Kumite
51st JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2008) - 3rd Place Kata

References

1983 births
Japanese male karateka
Karate coaches
Shotokan practitioners
Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture
Living people
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


George III silver toast rack by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, hallmarked London 1816. Seven bar wire-work frame on rectangular base with gadroon border and lion's mask and paw feet. Engraved with a family crest. 6" (15.2cm) long, 8.2 ozt (254g).


On 14 December 1995 North Atlantic Council launched the largest military operation ever undertaken by the Alliance, Operation Joint Endeavour. Based on UN Security Council Resolution 1031, NATO was given the mandate to implement the military aspects of the Peace Agreement. A NATO-led multinational force, called the Implementation Force (IFOR), started its mission on 20 December 1995. IFOR was given a one-year mandate.
After the peaceful conduct of the September 1996 elections, IFOR successfully completed its mission of implementing the military annexes of the General Framework Agreement for Peace. However, it was clear that much remained to be accomplished on the civil side and that the political environment would continue to be potentially unstable and insecure. On 25-26 September, one week after the Bosnian elections NATO Defence Ministers concluded that the Alliance needed to re-assess how it might continue to provide support for the establishment of a secure environment after the end of IFOR's mandate in December. The role of IFOR (Operation Joint Endeavour) was to implement the peace. The role of SFOR (Operation Joint Guard / Operation Joint Forge) is to stabilise the peace. The difference between the tasks of IFOR and SFOR is reflected in their names.
Ninety days continuous or accumulated service commencing 1 July 1992 and ending 31 December 2002, in the territories of Italy, Greece, Hungary and Austria, in direct support of the NATO operations in the Former Yugoslavia (the adjacent area).
On the reverse, the title "North Atlantic Treaty Organization" and the words "In the service of peace and freedom" in English and French.
A large ring is attached to the top of the medal.
The ribbon is dark blue the colour of NATO with, two white strips on either end representing peace.
The tour numerals are Arabic script and made of bronze.
The medal is always issued with a bar, inscribed "FORMER YUGOSLAVIA" or "EX-YOUGOSLAVIE".
on the left breast, suspended from the ribbon described above, after the UN HQ medal and before the NATO Kosovo medal.
The bar is worn centered on the ribbon.
Major Leon Jensen was awarded the NATO medal for his service with the Implementation Force in Bosnia in 1996.


text:
Vintage Leaf Memories - Michael Langlois
Vintage Stories of Maple Leaf Memories and NHL Hockey
About Michael Langlois
Ian Turnbull: Aggravating, enigmatic - and talented
After a very poor 1972-'73 season, the Leafs had one thing to look forward to: they held three draft choices in the first round of the 1973 ...
Do the Maple Leafs understand player development?
Let me first make an obvious statement: I'm simply a long-time hockey observer, not an analyst. I don't pretend to be able to break down t...
What's the next Leaf shoe to drop? I think something is brewing and here are some (likely?) possibilities….
It's funny. Because things appear to be quiet in Leafville, we probably tend to make the assumption that not a whole lot is going on. Oh, ...
The Leaf Legacy in my lifetime: Part IV, the (ouch) 1980s
As the 1970s were drawing to a close, sometimes (almost always?) bombastic and occasionally controversial Leaf owner Harold Ballard decided ...
Michael's New eBook
Canadian Residents
Toronto Marlie Keith Aucoin's great minor-league career evokes memories of former Maple Leafs Willie Marshall, Bruce Boudreau, Dick Gamble and other legendary minor-leaguers
I don't follow the minor leagues as much as I should, I suppose—the AHL, East Coast League and Central Hockey league. Yet this is where so many future NHL'ers are—and on occasion former NHL'ers on the down side on their careers. (In this lockout year, the "minors" are flooded with many NHL-caliber players—young ones and older guys looking for one last shot at the big time…) The youngsters usually come from college or junior hockey, working to earn a shot in the "show". But as we all know, reaching the top is not easy in any profession, and certainly not in professional hockey.
I raise this in part because there have always been 'tweeners'- excellent professional players who are superb at the minor league level, but for whatever reason, often don't quite seem to make it as successfully at the NHL level. A guy I've written about here on occasion, Marc Reaume, a fine young Maple Leaf in the late 1950s, was one of those 'in-between' players. While he showed well early on with the Leafs, he could never fully crack the "top four" defense corps which was all teams needed in those days. (In Toronto, that was Baun and Brewer, Horton and Stanley.) When the same thing happened after he was traded to Detroit, Reaume (who lived just a couple of miles away from me when I was a kid in the late '50s/'early '60s in a small town outside of Windsor, Ontario) essentially spent the next decade as an All-Star in the best minor leagues of the day.
In the current era, Marlie forward Keith Aucoin seems to be one of those guys. While he has played more than a hundred games in the NHL, he has achieved real prominence in the minors. In fact, as Marlie fans well know, he netted his 800th career point in the American Hockey League a few days ago for the baby Leafs. You never say never, but it's unlikely he will play much again in the NHL. But he has been a standout in the AHL and shows no signs of slowing down.
Now, back before the first wave of NHL expansion in 1967, there were, believe it or not, some minor-league teams that were strong enough that they may well have been able to compete with certain NHL teams. In fact, really good senior "A" teams in Canada may well have held their own, too. (I used to follow the old Windsor Bulldogs when I was a kid in the early '60s and went to a number of their games at the old Windsor Arena.) There were only 6 teams, of course, in the NHL, and while there were very few Americans or Europeans competing for jobs here in those days, making it to the NHL was still tough—very tough. There were maybe NHL 120 jobs "up for grabs", if that—and in truth most of them were already taken, year after year. Roster change was minimal. (In fact, I've written a bit about the old Bulldogs here in the past. Click on their name above to read more. They had some former and future NHL'ers on their roster. The future NHL'er was goaltender Wayne Rutledge, who played in the early expansion years with the LA Kings as a teammate of 1967 Leaf playoff hero, Hall-of-Famer Terry Sawchuk. A former NHL'er that I recall playing for the old Bulldogs in Windsor was Real Chevrefils (upper left), who was a big-time scorer in the mid-'50s with the Boston Bruins and played in Windsor when his NHL career was competed.
I read a story a while back about a current professional player who has scored something like 700 goals during a career that has taken him to the Central, East Coast and United Hockey Leagues. To me, that's a significant accomplishment, and it got me thinking about players who had big-time success as minor leaguers when I was a kid, but who, for whatever reason, never quite found their niche in the NHL. (There were also players like Andy Hebenton, for example, the one-time NHL ironman who spent years with the Rangers and Bruins in the 1950s and early '60s. The solid two-way winger scored almost 200 goals in the old six-team NHL, then went on to play, remarkably, until he was 45 years of age in the old Western Hockey League—a top minor league in the good old days. He played over 600 NHL games and more than a thousand in the minors, scoring more than 400 goals in the minors. That's almost 600 goals at the professional level. To me, that's an amazing accomplishment.
But I'm thinking mostly today about guys who were essentially lifelong minor-leaguers. They maybe had a cup of coffee in the NHL (Hebenton, shown above right running over Leaf goaltender Don Simmons in early '60s action at Maple Leaf Gardens) was actually a star in the NHL, or close to it, a player I remember well with the Rangers), or even a bit more than that, but were primarily recognized for their contributions outside of the NHL.
I normally only write about things, games and players I myself saw, but I've always been interested in this subject. The guys I'm posting about today are all names I was very familiar with as a young hockey fans, but outside of Hebenton, I didn't know much about them other than their names. I maybe read about them in hockey magazines, but we didn't get to see minor-leaguers to any great extent way back when, at least not where I lived. I was aware of certain names because of their prodigious offensive scoring numbers, but by and large I focused on the NHL guys.
In the '50s, '60s and even into the '70s, there were players who had remarkable scoring records at the minor league level. Each of the American Hockey League, Central Hockey League, which was a top league back then, and the old Western Hockey League (was there Pacific Coast League, too? I'd have to check that) were populated by good teams and some fine players—many fighting for the day they would get their shot at the big leagues of hockey. Many, however, knew they were likely to finish their careers in the minors.
One name I remember well is that of Willie Marshall. He was briefly a Maple Leaf in the 1950s but had a lengthy—and brilliant—minor league career. There are some other names that come to mind of individuals who fit this mold—super successful in the minors but never really taking off at the NHL level. Names that come to mind include the aforementioned Marshall along with Fred Glover, Dick Gamble, Guyle Fielder and Bruce Boudreau.
Willie Marshall came up in the Leaf organization in the early 1950s. He scored 1 goal in 33 NHL games. (I had to look that up.) Yet he scored about 700 goals in the best minor leagues of his era, but somehow didn't even play in the NHL in the expansion era, though he stayed in pro hockey until the mid-'70s. It's quite likely players like Marshall were simply happy playing where they were known, respected and successful.
Fred Glover was a young professional in the Red Wing system in the late 1940s. He played less than 100 games in the NHL. But he scored about 500 goals in the AHL. That's a remarkable number in any era, but was huge back in those days. He later coached in the NHL with Oakland and the Los Angeles Kings, which is how I remember him most. (The photo at left shows Glover in his AHL days with the old Cleveland Barons, number 9 in the white uniform....)
Guyle Fielder joined the Black Hawks in 1951. He played a grand total of 16 NHL games— including playoffs. But get this: he netted about 400 minor league goals and like 1,500 assists. 1,500 assists. Who has those kinds of numbers, anywhere? That's stunning. He too played until the early-to-mid '70s but didn't spend time with any of the early expansion teams. I can't help but wonder if he, too, simply liked being a top player and was comfortable where he was.
Dick Gamble originally came up with Montreal in 1951. He played almost 200 NHL games. Despite spending that much time in the NHL, he still managed more than 600 minor-league markers. Amazing. He scored one of his 41 career NHL goals with the Maple Leafs in the mid- 60s, though the Maple Leaf "Gamble" that I remember more was goalie Bruce Gamble. In fact, and I don't actually remember this, but history reveals that Dick Gamble played one game during the regular season with Toronto in 1966-'67, their last Cup year. He retired after the 1969-'70 season.
Many Leafs fans will remember the current Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau as a top scorer with the Marlies in Ontario junior hockey in the very early 1970s. I saw him play with the Marlies a fair bit myself. He was a smallish, stocky, skill player. Drafted by the Leafs (to his chagrin, he was selected after Doug Jarvis, who Boudreau felt he should have been drafted higher than), he played less than 150 NHL games, but scored over 500 minor-league goals, most of them in the AHL.
In the more recent era, an example of this phenomenon might be Jody Gage, who was drafted by the Red Wings the same year they drafted Mike Foligno (1979), who as we all know later spent some time with the Maple Leafs in the early 1990s. Gage played only 68 NHL games, but had a highly productive AHL career, accumulating more than 500 goals.
I'm sure there are others that I'm not remembering, so feel free to send along any names and memories that you might have of players who fit this "category".
It's hard to believe the guys who played in the 1950s and '60s could not have played— and played well—in the NHL, certainly by the time expansion came around, if given the chance. Who knows why it didn't happen?
But even today there are players, like Aucoin with the Marlies, who are stars in the minors but, for whatever reason—confidence, size, opportunity, or just being satisfied and recognized where they were—that success doesn't translate to the next level.
Good for them, regardless. Hopefully, without NHL hockey, some will get noticed this year.
Labels: Andy Hebenton, Bruce Boudreau, Keith Aucoin, Marc Reaume, Willie Marshall, Windsor Bulldogs
InTimeFor62 December 20, 2012 at 9:48 PM
I often wonder which players could have been great if there had been more teams earlier in the history of the NHL (I also think about players could have excelled if the opportunity had come at the right time).
I remember Boudreau (think he was #17, but not sure) playing with the Leafs. I had hopes for his career when I saw him play a few games, but then he just seemed to disappear.
One little tidbit about Boudreau is his brief appearance in the iconic movie Slap Shot as an opponent to Paul Newman and the (later Leaf, now departed, Christian's bespectacled family) Hansen brothers.
While Boudreau was selected just after Doug Jarvis, the latter was a player I much appreciated (and tolerated in a Hab uniform) because I really liked his defensive abilities and because my Mom told me early in his career that he was yet another unmet cousin!
Thanks for expanding our awareness of some of the best of the rest!
Michael Langlois December 20, 2012 at 10:02 PM
I was a big fan of how Jarvis played for the Habs (and before that in Peterborough) as well, InTimeFor62. For some reason I seem to recall that the Leafs drafted Jarvis but then flipped him for Greg Hubick. Indirectly it was part of the deal that saw Daoust come here along with Wayne Thomas, I believe.
Others can correct my memory!
InTimeFor62 December 20, 2012 at 11:16 PM
I don't recall ever hearing that Doug Jarvis was actually selected by the Leafs (24th overall per Wikipedia) makes me a little melancholy to realize he could have been 'ours'. Though Daoust and Wayne Thomas were both fine players as well.
With the lack of progress on the CBA, it seems like the 'end of the world' as we know it... perhaps this season is what the Mayans were forecasting, eh?!
See you on the other side!
See you InTimeFor62!
DP December 21, 2012 at 3:13 AM
I got to see Aleander Giroux play in the AHL a few times and he was a big dominating player with a shot and nose for the net: 704 points, 7 straight 30 goal seasons, AHL league MVP, AHL first team all-star, 130 points in 90 games in the 09/10 season when you add his playoff run and 125 points in the season before.
I always felt a bit sorry for him. Just huge numbers in the AHL but averaged only about a point in every 10 games in the NHL. The NHL game was just a split second too quick for him.
Michael Langlois December 21, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Thanks DP. The Giroux example fits in perfectly with what we're talking about today....
Ed December 22, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Quite a trip down memory lane! I remember them all - mainly from reading the Hockey News in the 50's.
I used to go to the Sunday afternoon Windsor Bulldog games in the 50's. I remember Gord Haidy, Lou Bendo and Bobby Brown as being very good players for the Bulldogs that had great careers and lasted a long time in the minors but never made the big time. I think Haidy had a short tryout with the Red Wings.
Another name from that time was Tommy Burlington who played for Owen Sound Mercurys. I think the only reason he never made the NHL was the fact that he only had one eye and was prohibited from playing because of it.
And another ex-Leaf that played for Windsor was Joe Klukay.
Michael Langlois December 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM
I knew there was another name lodged in my memory bank, Ed, of an ex-Leaf/NHL'er with the Bulldogs. You brought the name back for me- Joe Klukay. Thanks.
I remember Lou Bendo as the team captain (later a real estate professional in the Windsor area??).
Good of you to chime in and share your memories on this one, Ed. Thanks.
1962 Leaf Calendar
The Vintage Leaf Memories Podcast
The Maple Leafs of My Youth
New eBook now available on Amazon
Memories from the 1960s (84)
Interesting hockey history (25)
Blogs Vintage Leaf follows (12)
How I became a Leafs fan (12)
2010 World Championships (9)
Memories from the 1990s (6)
Archived Posts September (1) May (1) April (1) March (1) October (1) September (2) June (1) January (1) December (1) September (1) May (1) April (2) March (1) February (1) January (1) December (2) November (2) October (5) July (2) June (4) May (3) April (1) March (1) February (2) January (2) December (3) November (3) October (3) September (1) August (2) July (1) June (1) May (3) April (3) March (5) February (4) January (6) December (7) November (8) October (10) September (6) August (7) July (7) June (9) May (9) April (13) March (16) February (16) January (24) December (20) November (16) October (21) September (14) August (11) July (14) June (11) May (19) April (26) March (30) February (28) January (28) December (15) November (21) October (21) September (25) August (20) July (24) June (25) May (29) April (25) March (32) February (29) January (31) December (30) November (29) October (31) September (29) August (27) July (28) June (31) May (28) April (29) March (31) February (28) January (32) December (34) November (32) October (30) September (26) August (21) July (20) June (21) May (32) April (36) March (38) February (39) January (43) December (48) November (24) October (17) September (2) January (2)
Blue Chip Prospects
Five Minutes for Fighting
Hope in the Big Smoke
Maple Leafs Hot Stove
Midwestern Sensibility Views
Preds on the glass
The Leafs Nation
TML Fans
TMLs Hockey Blog
Youth Sports - Taking you beyond the game
How I became a Leafs fan (12) Interesting hockey history (25) Leaf legacy series (7) Leaf Rivals (22) Memories from the 1950s (23) Memories from the 1960s (84) Memories from the 1970s (41) Memories from the 1980s (11) Memories from the 1990s (6)
Vintage Leaf Memories has evolved since its launch in September of 2009. VLM began as a site almost exclusively about my memories as a Maple Leaf fan growing up in Ontario in the 1950s and into the '60s and '70s. I was born in 1953, and it was a golden era to grow up a Leaf fan, given their tremendous success under Punch Imlach in the 1960s.
I hope that the site will continue to grow! Thanks to everyone for their feedback.
© 2012. All Rights Reserved. Design by Biyan Pasau


text:
Saby Natonga (1970) is a Vanuatuan professional football manager and the current Vice President of the Vanuatu Football Federation. In 1996 and from July 2011 to May 2012 he was coach of the Vanuatu national football team.

References

External links
Profile at Soccerway.com
Profile at Soccerpunter.com
 Part  of book of Eric WITTERSHEIM about Vanuatu independence

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Vanuatuan football managers
Vanuatu national football team managers
Place of birth missing (living people)


text:
Category Archives: Ban the Box
Category "Ban the Box"
Gainesville FL Passes "Fair Chance Hiring" Ordinance to "Ban the Box"
2023, Ban the Box, Criminal RecordsBy ESR WPadmin January 25, 2023
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In December 2022, the City of Gainesville in Florida passed a "Ban the Box" law that took effect upon signature called the "Fair Chance Hiring" Ordinance to prohibit questions by employers with 15 or more employees about the criminal history of applicants during the application process until after…
Amazon Changes Driver App to Comply with Washington "Fair Chance Act"
2022, Ban the BoxBy ESR WPadmin November 21, 2022
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn A court filing by the Washington state Attorney General (AG) shows technology giant Amazon has made voluntary changes to its app for Flex delivery drivers to comply with Washington state's "Fair Chance Act," a law that is designed to provide a more level playing field for job applicants with…
Delaware Senate Passes "Ban the Box" Bill for Public and Private Colleges
2022, Ban the BoxBy ESR WPadmin June 28, 2022
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 9, 2022, the Delaware Senate passed Senate Bill 13 (SB 13) that would amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code relating to Education to create a "Ban the Box" policy for postsecondary institutions in the state and remove questions about criminal conviction history on college or…
Des Moines IA "Ban the Box" Law Bans Criminal History on Job Applications
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In November 2021, the City Council of Des Moines, Iowa, unanimously passed a "Ban the Box" ordinance to make it "illegal and discriminatory" for employers to include criminal history questions on job applications and to inquire into criminal history or conduct criminal background checks before a conditional offer…
OPM Proposes Rule to Expand "Ban the Box" Policy for Federal Agencies
2022, Ban the BoxBy ESR WPadmin May 24, 2022
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 27, 2022, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – the lead agency in Federal human resources – published proposed regulations in the Federal Register that would implement "Ban the Box" legislation called the Fair Chance Act (FCA) that prohibits federal agencies from asking candidates…
Harris County TX Adopts "Ban the Box" Policy
2022, Ban the BoxBy Thomas Ahearn January 10, 2022
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 4, 2022, Harris County in Texas adopted a "Ban the Box" policy that will prohibit most county departments from asking about the criminal history of job applicants and remove the box on county employment applications that applicants must check if they have a criminal record,…
Federal "Ban the Box" Law "Fair Chance Act" Takes Effect December 20, 2021
2021, Ban the Box, GovernmentBy Thomas Ahearn December 17, 2021
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 20, 2019, former United States President Donald J. Trump signed into law the "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020" (S. 1790) that included a "Ban the Box" bill called the ''Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019'' or ''Fair Chance…
California DFEH Finds Violations of "Ban the Box" Law Called Fair Chance Act
2021, Ban the BoxBy Thomas Ahearn October 26, 2021
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 20, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) announced a new effort to identify and correct violations of the Fair Chance Act, a pioneering state "Ban the Box" law that seeks to reduce barriers to employment for ex-offenders with criminal histories, according…
Orange County FL Adopts "Ban the Box" Policy to Help Ex-Offenders Find Work
2021, Ban the BoxBy Thomas Ahearn October 6, 2021
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Job seekers applying for work with the Orange County, Florida, government "will no longer have to disclose prior criminal convictions at the beginning of the application process" thanks to a "Ban the Box" hiring policy adopted by officials to improve access to employment for ex-offenders, according to…
New Jersey "Ban the Box" Enforcement Sweep Causes Changes in Hiring Policies
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 30, 2021, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that fifteen companies had agreed to stop including language about the criminal history of applicants in their job advertisements and to make changes to…


text:
Found 10 projects
Add to my favorites Examining Sense of Belonging among Undergraduate Students Participating in a STEM Support Program
MacKenzie Gray, Junior, Health Service Administration, Portland State University McNair Scholar
Erin Shortlidge, Biology, Portland State University
Emma Goodwin, Biology, Portland State University
National calls have been made to strengthen our nation's STEM workforce by improving preparation and increasing graduation rates. At Portland State University (PSU), Oregon's largest urban university, over 60% of students transfer from community colleges and the large majority do not live on campus. Transfer students may perceive a loss of support and a drop in GPA during their first term post-transfer, elements of what is known as "transfer shock." As part of a newly-awarded NSF S-STEM grant, we aim to measure if high-impact STEM support programs can mitigate factors related to transfer-shock and support student sense of belonging. Direct impacts of the S-STEM program are being assessed qualitatively (e.g. focus groups, reflections), and preliminary results for our first cohort of S-STEM Scholars indicate strong bonds among the cohort and feelings of success. To examine how students supported by the S-STEM and other high-impact STEM programs compare to other PSU STEM students, a survey measuring self-efficacy, scientific identity, scientific values, STEM involvement, and sense of belonging was broadly disseminated to students in Fall 2018 and will be repeated in Spring 2019. Initial survey results (n=933) allow us to compare student responses for students supported (n=93) or unsupported (n=840) by programs such as the S-STEM. We will also compare traditional four-year students (n=291), community college transfer students (n=398), and four-year college transfer, returning, and post-baccalaureate students (n=240). Preliminary results indicate that students supported by high-impact STEM programs such as the S-STEM report significantly higher sense of belonging, both at PSU and in STEM groups. Efforts implemented by the S-STEM program to improve STEM student experiences academically, financially, and socially, particularly to the most vulnerable populations, will ultimately improve and diversify the STEM workforce.
Add to my favorites It's My Party, and I'll Vote if I Want To: Partisan Polarization and the Electoral Incentives That Shape Home Style
Aidan Killackey, Senior, Political Science (Internatl Security)
Emma Rodman, Political Science, Center for American Politics and Public Policy
Session 1H: Politics, Party, & Power
Scholars recognize that politicians' perceptions of their electability influence their home style, or the way in which they present themselves to their constituents. Marginality, or the proportion of a politician's co-partisans in the electorate, is common indicator of electability. However, marginality fails to capture how polarization of the electorate augments politicians' vulnerability. This study introduces a new indicator of electability that captures statewide polarization in the electorate. Building off the finding that more marginal Senators emphasize support for appropriations to build non-partisan support, I expect that Senators in more polarized states will emphasize their support for appropriations after controlling for marginality. Appropriations credit-claiming builds non-partisan support without alienating more partisan voters. I employ multilevel linear regression analysis to examine the relationship between state-level partisan polarization and topic expression in Senate press releases systematically. A positive relationship between partisan polarization and appropriations credit-claiming may reveal a mechanism by which polarization paradoxically minimizes the partisan content of Senators' home styles.
Other students mentored by Emma Rodman (8)
Add to my favorites Prosecutorial Discretion over Exculpatory Evidence and Plea Bargaining
Alexandra Nicole (Alex) Fletcher, Senior, Political Science
Since the 1920s, plea bargaining in the United States criminal justice system has become status quo. Today, over 95% of federal cases have resulted in plea bargains and never been tried in court. The power of the prosecutor within the legal system has also increased substantially over the last century leading many scholars to believe that the proliferation of plea bargaining is a direct result of heightened prosecutorial power. Prior literature has addressed the increased power of the prosecutor and the need for reform if plea bargaining rates are to change, but has not yet provided an empirical observation as to whether prosecutorial reform makes a significant impact in plea bargaining. In this paper I theorize that the prosecutor's discretion over exculpatory evidence plays an integral part in states' reliance on plea bargaining and that states that attempt to reign in prosecutorial power experience reduced rates of pleas. To test this theory systematically, I have run a multivariate analysis at the county-level to compare rates of plea bargaining across states that have reformed prosecutorial discretion and states that have not. If states with a model rule suppressing prosecutorial power show a statistically significant difference in plea rates, criminal justice reform advocates should turn their attention to prosecutorial reform.
Add to my favorites Montesquieu to Scalia: Cross-National Separation of Powers in Constitutions and Free Expression
Rohnin William Randles, Senior, Political Science
One of the most common questions that scholars of democratic theory address is how to best allocate and balance power across the different structures within a government. Historically, many theorists and philosophers have postulated that structures with separation of power are more effective at resisting tyrannical rule. Though researchers have established the effects of an imbalance of power between two branches of government, no study has attempted to systematically account for the relative balance of power among all three branches working in tandem or develop empirical metrics to this end. In this study, I theorize that designing separate branches of government that are equally strong strengthens conflicts across institutions, which ultimately leads to more robust protections against tyranny. I evaluate this model quantitatively by developing and introducing a new measure, the Separate Powers Index (SPI). My SPI assesses the balance of power between the three branches of government as postulated in a sample of 130 of the world's constitutions. Using multivariate regression methods, I compare the SPI with a cross-national index of free expression in a cross-sectional analysis during the year 2008, I can systematically examine whether there is a relationship between structural provisions of institutions that distribute power and their outcomes to protect their citizens. In addition to providing a novel measure of tripartite power balance in national constitutions, the result of this study has a large impact on all scholars of constitutionalism and civil liberties.
Add to my favorites Why White Women Voted for Trump
Ramona Ann Bulan Alhambra, Senior, Political Science
For this project, I examine why the majority of white women voted for Trump in the 2016 election, a fact that came as a shock to many observers. However, with few exceptions, white women have been shown to support conservative candidates in presidential elections since the 1950s. Yet, Donald Trump's election can be considered unique as he was still able to gain most white women's support despite his displays of various behaviors that could be regarded as overtly sexist. In this research design, I analyze white female voters using data from a 2016 Pilot Study by the American National Election Survey and hypothesize that racial resentment and internalized sexism are the primary factors that drove white women to support Donald Trump, controlling for partisanship, economic anxiety and other factors that might influence vote choice. I employ linear regression models using R programming software to examine a relationship between 2016 vote choice, racial resentment and internalized sexism systematically. In doing so, my analysis takes an intersectional approach, where both race and gender dynamics are useful in providing an explanation for white women's support for Trump.
Add to my favorites The New Battleground for Party Politics: Comparing State Legislators' Online Partisanship with Roll Call Votes
Kerry Lin Pemberton, Senior, Political Science
Although legislative partisanship has traditionally been studied through measures like floor votes or debates, scholars have found that social media also provides a conducive environment for negative and positive displays of party politics. This project codes Tweets from both Washington and Texas State legislators in 2017 as either "partisan" or "neutral" in order to create a proportion for each category and correspondingly identify the extent to which these legislators participate in partisan behavior online. Then, these proportions are compared with an individual legislator's roll call votes, markers of their general level of polarization, in order to view whether or not they are behaving in a more partisan manner online than their votes would indicate. My paper posits that the unique conditions of social media cause legislators to behave differently, resulting in a comprehensive increase in legislator partisanship. This research holds importance in future studies by shedding light on how social media is used by those in our state governments, especially as it pertains to their party posturing online.
Add to my favorites The Effect of State-Level Immigration Policy on Populations of Undocumented Immigrants and Immigration Flows
Wren Cavanaugh, Senior, Political Science, History UW Honors Program
Session 2Q: Public Policy, Inequality & Political Exclusion: Causes, Consequences & Remedies
Since the 1990s, legislation in many US states has increasingly criminalized and restricted undocumented immigration. However, despite these restrictive policies, the population of undocumented immigrants has increased and overall immigration flows from Mexico to the US only began to decline following the 2009 recession. This research responds to decades of increasingly punitive policy and intends to test the efficacy of these policies. Many studies have focused on the efficacy and implications of federal policies, but far less attention has been given to state-level policies in the US. This paper analyzes the efficacy of punitive, state-level immigration laws from 2010 to 2016 in the United States. I hypothesize that there is no significant relationship between the passage of punitive state-level immigration policies and the year-to-year change in state populations of undocumented immigrants. However, I also hypothesize that the introduction of punitive state-level immigration policies affects yearly immigration flows—or the number of people immigrating from Mexico to a specific US State. To conduct this study, I created an index that aggregates a broad spectrum of laws, including policing, licensing, education, public benefits and labor. I then selected a few high-profile state laws intended to deter or curb undocumented immigration. I used multivariate regression analyses to test whether the introduction of punitive policy immigration policy systematically influences migration flows and changes in migrant populations while controlling for relevant economic and demographic factors.
Add to my favorites Public Transit and Private Car Ownership: How to Best Help Low-Income, Urban Workers
Cj (CJ) Robinson, Senior, Political Science
This study seeks to understand how to best support low-income, urban employment mobility through transportation. While scholars have studied the effects of urban planning, access to a private vehicle and public transportation for low-income residents, there is no consensus in the academic community for which method of transportation is most effective. Utilizing responses from the 2004 General Social Survey, the study measures perceived access to public transit, car ownership and employment mobility—the ability to switch to an equally desirable job— among low-income residents. Additionally, I employ census data measuring willing job-to-job transfers, car ownership and low-income public transit commuting time as a proxy for transportation access. I expect to find a positive relationship between car ownership and employment mobility, while I predict no relationship between public transportation and mobility. I utilize a multivariate regression analysis for the census data. This study has important implications for transit policy, as it can help inform how to better fund public transit to help low-income individuals and may lead to experimental policy like low-income car subsidies.
Add to my favorites Welfare, Punishment, and Political Participation: Assessing Welfare Punitiveness and Voting Behavior
Allyson Rose Mc Kinney, Senior, Political Science, Law, Societies, & Justice
This study evaluates whether more punitive state welfare policies depress rates of voter turnout in communities with high concentrations of welfare recipients. While scholars have studied the influence of demographic group belonging and the effects of state institutional contact (prison, welfare, etc.) on political participation and voting, researchers have not studied how voting behavior shifts in response to policy-level variations in welfare states. To address this gap in the literature, I use data from the Urban Institute's Welfare Rule's database to generate a novel index of state welfare punitiveness that will be broadly useful for scholars interested in state welfare policies and political socialization. I use multivariate regression analysis to test whether high concentrations of welfare recipients in more punitive states systematically affects voting behavior. Results of this study will be relevant for scholars concerned with voting behavior, political learning, institutional contact, and democratic participation.
Add to my favorites In the Jailhouse, Not the Statehouse: Racialized Felon Disenfranchisement and Black Descriptive Representation
Jeani Rene Atlas, Senior, Law, Societies, & Justice, Political Science
The purpose of this study is to analyze how felon disenfranchisement laws affect Black descriptive representation in state legislatures. In recent decades, scholars have shown that laws restricting or eliminating the voting rights of convicted felons disproportionately prevent Black people from voting. Scholars have also found that Black voters are more likely to vote for Black political candidates than voters of other races. However, researchers have yet to link felon disenfranchisement with political representation or access to political power. To address this issue, I theorize that states with more severe felon disenfranchisement laws will have lower levels of Black descriptive representation than other states. I employ multiple regression analysis to systematically examine whether the harshness of felon disenfranchisement laws reduces the percentage of Black state legislators in each state as a function of the overall Black population. The project raises serious questions about the racialized political consequences of felon disenfranchisement policies and whether these laws distort statewide democratic outcomes.


Do you want to fit 30+ languages in one UX? Does your App perform smooth in sub-optimal conditions? Come and learn how we at Truecaller answer these questions, from the experience of satisfying 100+ million users in emerging markets. An open source solution will be demoed that could boost productivity by saving time and help catch tricky UI bugs.


text:
Värdlandsavtalet eller värdlandstödsavtalet är den informella benämningen på det samförståndsavtal (engelska: Memorandum of Understanding) om värdlandsstöd som undertecknades mellan Sverige och Nato den 4 september 2014. En majoritet i riksdagen godkände avtalet i maj 2016.

Avtalet innebär i korthet att Sverige lättare ska kunna stödja och ta emot stöd från Nato vid en kris eller ett krig i Sverige eller i närområdet. Det innebär också att det blir enklare för Sverige att stå som värdland för ömsesidigt överenskomna militära aktiviteter, exempelvis internationella övningar.  Nato har för närvarande ingått drygt 25 liknande samförståndsavtal om värdlandsstöd med andra medlems- och partnerländer.

Bakgrund
Sverige är inte en av Natos medlemsstater, men har länge haft ett omfattande officiellt samarbete med försvarsalliansen. Sverige beskrivs på Natos hemsida som en av de viktigaste och mest aktiva av dess samarbetspartners. Sverige deltar sedan 1994 i samarbetet Partnerskap för fred (PFF) och har inom ramen för detta deltagit i både utbildningar och övningar. Sverige har även stått som värd för vissa av dessa. Svensk militär har bidragit vid flera Nato-ledda insatser såsom i Kosovo, Afghanistan och Libyen.

Inom ramen för PFF finns en Planning and Review Process (PARP) som syftar till att öka möjligheterna till att samverkan mellan Nato och partnerländerna. Detta sker genom att respektive partnerland antar mål. Sverige har som PFF-land deltagit in PARP sedan 1995, och beslutade 2010 och 2012 att anta ett PARP-mål om värdlandsstöd.

Nato hade 2015 drygt 25 samförståndsavtal om värdlandsstöd med olika Nato-medlemsländer och partnerländer, bland dessa övriga nordiska länder.

Avtalets innehåll
Avtalet tydliggör Sveriges roll som värdland i samband med övningar eller annan militär aktivitet på svenskt territorium, vilket innebär att det blir enklare för Sverige att stå som värdland för ömsesidigt överenskomna militära aktiviteter, såsom internationella övningar. Nato kan vid en inbjudan ges tillgång till svenska militära baser, som kan användas för operativt eller logistiskt stöd till alliansens styrkor i deras militära operationer.

Avtalet bygger på frivillighet mellan parterna och blir endast tillämpligt i de fall Sverige som värdland bjuder in Nato att genomföra verksamhet i Sverige. Avtalet ger inte på någon punkt Nato eller något Nato-land rätten att utan tillstånd utnyttja svenskt territorium: detta måste alltid ske på den svenska  regeringens inbjudan.

Politisk process
Den 4 september 2014 undertecknades ett samförståndsavtal mellan Sverige och Nato om värdlandsstöd. Avtalet skrevs under för Sveriges räkning av dåvarande överbefälhavaren Sverker Göranson och för Nato av Philip M. Breedlove, general i USA:s flygvapen och Natos högste befälhavare i Europa. Innan avtalet trädde i kraft skulle det föreläggas i riksdagen för beslut om lagändringar. I Regeringskansliet upprättades promemorian Samförståndsavtal med Nato om värdlandsstöd (Ds 2015:39). Den remitterades den 10 juli 2015 till 47 instanser. I en proposition till riksdagen den 17 mars 2016 föreslog regeringen att riksdagen skulle godkänna värdlandsavtalet.

Riksdagen beslutade den 25 maj 2016, med röstsiffrorna 254–40 (21 avstående, 34 frånvarande), att godkänna regeringens förslag. Förslaget stöddes av Socialdemokraterna, Moderaterna, Miljöpartiet, Centerpartiet, Liberalerna och Kristdemokraterna, medan Sverigedemokraterna röstade emot förslaget och Vänsterpartiet lade ner sina röster. Lagändringarna trädde i kraft den 1 juli 2016.

Inför riksdagens omröstning formulerades kritik mot avtalet bland annat från en rad miljöpartister. Både miljöpartister och vänsterpartister hade utan framgång försökt att fördröja och omförhandla avtalet för att införa en garanti mot att kärnvapen placeras i Sverige. Miljöpartiet har emellertid gett sitt stöd till avtalet, både i regeringen och riksdagen, med undantag för fyra riksdagsledamöter som lade ned sina röster, trots att partiprogrammet föreskriver alliansfrihet, demilitariserade zoner och förhindrande av Natoövningar på svensk mark. Samtliga vänsterpartister lade ned sina röster. Endast Sverigedemokraterna röstade nej.

Motstånd och kritik
Värdlandsavtalet har debatterats och kritiserats av flera aktörer inom både politiken och civilsamhället, framför allt sådana som är negativt inställda till ett svenskt Nato-medlemskap och ser värdlandsavtalet som ett steg på vägen till detta. Bland motståndarna till avtalet finns bland annat tidigare utrikesminister Hans Blix och diplomaten Pierre Schori.

Avtalet har fått kritik för att vara utformat på ett sådant sätt att tolkningsutrymmet är mycket stort, och att möjligheterna att förutse vilka effekter avtalet faktiskt kommer att få i praktiken är väldigt små. I de fall Sverige bjuder in Nato, åtar sig Sverige förpliktelser vad gäller militära baseringsområden och militära förflyttningar, men den precisa innebörden av sådana regleras inte i avtalet utan i efterkommande tilläggsdokument, som i normalfallet kommer att vara hemligstämplade. Kritik har även lyfts mot att frågan om kärnvapen utelämnas från avtalet, då det ingenstans i avtalet eller i departementets promemoria nämns några undantag mot att placera ut eller transportera kärnvapen i Sverige. I propositionen bemötte regeringen denna kritik genom att konstatera att "Värdlandsstödsavtalet ger inte Nato rätt att vistas eller verka på svenskt territorium, utan föregående svenskt beslut om detta. Avtalet ger inte heller Natoländer rätt att placera kärnvapen på svenskt territorium. Något utrymme för Nato att mot svensk vilja upprätta baseringsområden eller basera förband här finns inte. Det är Sverige som även fortsättningsvis beslutar om vilken typ av verksamhet som får bedrivas här och vilka vapen som får föras in hit."

Också processen kring avtalets undertecknande har kritiserats. Kritikerna menar att värdlandsavtalet skyndades igenom utan att föregås av offentlig debatt, och att en diskussion kring Sveriges alliansfrihet har saknats i arbetet kring avtalet.

Svenska freds- och skiljedomsföreningen har kritiserat avtalet och menar att det försämrar Sveriges säkerhetspolitiska läge genom att öka spänningarna i Östersjöregionen.

Referenser

Politikåret 2016
Fördrag
Nato
Politik i Sverige 2014
2016 i Sverige


This is a newly styled automatic aviator watch with large, easy to read luminous hour markers and hands. A date window is provided at the 3:00 position and it can be set with the onion style crown protected with a retention feather spring. Inside is an automatic, self-winding movement that is viewable via an exhibition case back. The 42mm diameter (16mm thick) stainless steel case has a slight patina to further the retro look of the watch. The small red hand and 24-hour sub-dial tracks military time and acts as a day to night indicator. The watch comes with a black leather strap with white contrast stitching.
Case: Aged patina finish, stainless steel, 42mm x 16mm thick.
Band: Black leather strap, white stitching, buckle closure.


These are hand cut Tiffany style glass squares that are 11x11mm (about 3/8 of an inch). Please be aware that they are hand cut so measurements are not exact. This package contains 50 tiles and the tiles are Clear dark Turquoise (which is a medium to dark blue) glass.
These sweet little tiles come in a variety of transparencies and finishes. They make great lights and lanterns or mini stained glass window hangings. For best results use transparent glue such as Mac Glue. They are 1/9 inch thick (some may be slightly thicker). They are also great for a unique background. They are UVA and frost resistant.