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HomeUncategorizedGun control debate stalled, once again.
The deadly series of sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C. area has rekindled the debate over gun control.
The battle is between NRA-ers and gun control advocates.
The issue is whether "ballistic fingerprinting," already used in New York and Maryland, is an effective crime-fighting tool.
Each new weapon leaves identifiable markings on bullets and shell casings.
Gun group controls want a law would require that a firearm be test-fired before it was sold so that gun manufacturers could register the unique "fingerprint" into a computer database accessible to law enforcement agencies.
It is believed that the technology could tell where the gun was first sold and who first bought it, which could link specific guns with gun crimes.
Federal law enforcement agents at the FBI and ATF have been using ballistic fingerprinting systems to match bullets to crime guns for more than a decade, according to the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence.
But critics have dismissed the technology as unreliable.
"New laws don't stop people like this," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer in an Oct. 15 press briefing.
The Bush administration argues that ballistic markings can be easily altered, making the "fingerprints" useless.
The administration also worries that a mandatory system of ballistics monitoring may violate the privacy of lawful gun owners – which would violate Bush's relationship with the NRA.
Both Bush and the NRA strongly oppose ballistic fingerprinting, saying that it would amount to a national gun registry of firearms owners, which is prohibited by federal law.
But in the aftermath of the sniper shootings, the last thing Bush needs is to have his sympathies aligned with the NRA.
The penalty could be the congressional elections, which are days away.
So, Bush's course of action is no action.
Bush has asked experts at the ATF to study the technology further, despite the first ATF report with 26 pages of extensive findings.
And with the pending war in Iraq, the gun control issue may not surface again until the next shooting rampage.
The serial sniper shot 14 people over a period of 3 weeks.
But instead of taking an aggressive approach toward ending gun violence, Bush is stalling legislation that may have stopped the killings sooner.
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Q: Time formatting in watchOS Complication I want to display a timer as part of a complication. The timer should only display minutes and hours. For this purpose I have created a CLKRelativeDateTextProvider and passed the corresponding units as an array to the initializer. So my current attempt looks like the following:
func currentTimelineEntry(for complication: CLKComplication) async -> CLKComplicationTimelineEntry? {
    let relativeProvider = CLKRelativeDateTextProvider(date: Date(), style: .timer, units: [.hour, .minute])
    let template = CLKComplicationTemplateGraphicCornerStackText(
        innerTextProvider: relativeProvider,
        outerTextProvider: CLKSimpleTextProvider(text: "Test")
    )

    return CLKComplicationTimelineEntry(date: Date(), complicationTemplate: template)
}

Unfortunately this doesn't work right, because seconds are displayed alongside minutes and hours.
So for example the following screenshot was taken at the moment where the timer displayed 29 seconds.

Do you have any idea how I could achieve a format like H:mm to display only the hour and minute at every point in time (29 seconds should be displayed as 0:00). I don't understand why the passed units are being ignored.
Thanks for your help :-)...
PS: I'm also open to other approaches like working with SwiftUI to get the time properly displayed but all my attempts in this direction haven't been successful so far.

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On the other hand, this defense would not be legally cognizable under § 817.545, Fla. Stat. (2009) and two other federal statutes aforementioned.115 § 817.545, Fla. Stat. (2009) concerning violations committed during the mortgage lending process do not require a person or entity to rely or to be injured by a defendant's fraudulent activity it is enough that "..any material misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission…" is made "…with the intention that the misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission will be relied on…"116 This statute is more aligned with two other federal statutes punishing statements or omissions on applications or forms submitted to federally approved agencies that are in the business of extending credit, 18 U.S.C. § 1010 (2009) and 18 § U.S.C. 1014 (2009). The actual submittal of these forms or applications for loan or credit advances coupled with either the "…intent that such loan or advance of credit shall be offered to or accepted…"117 or "…for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of…" any federally approved agency in the business of extending credit118 would be sufficient for a conviction under either statute.
Thank you for reading this article written by Attorney Behr. It was his pleasure to distribute it online over the course of several weeks in order to better inform the public on legal definitions and precedence in cases involving mortgage fraud, as well as to better demonstrate the current environment surrounding prosecutions of those who commit white collar crimes and mortgage fraud.


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Q: fancybox: higher than viewport? I am using a fancybox to show some inline content on a listview. My problem is, that when the inline content is higher than the viewport, fancybox creates scrollbars inside the lightbox - but this is not the desiered effect. Instead i would like the lightbox/fancybox to addapt to the inline content, so that the scrollbar will be in the browser itself and not the lightbox.
Any ideas?

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I envision a world where women and children are protected from violence. It has to be developed based on education more than on punishment. Education will start in every family. The message that children and women are not objects but human beings that deserve respect and safety.


Over a week has passed since ESPN let loose its detailed report stemming from Larry Nassar's sexual assault incidences. The entire situation regarding the adequacy and possible active sexual assault cover ups at Michigan State University is unfortunate because there is so much that happened in the past that cannot be sufficiently remedied beyond justice being served. Some people are beginning to speak out against sexual assault cases they personally experienced, and some people are choosing to dig deeper into the dirt, almost as if trying to take ESPN's Outside the Lines report to the next level (and that report already took things to an uncomfortable but necessary level). In doing so, this creates a problem that implicates certain Michigan State figures - at this point, are we able to separate subjective opinion and irresponsible journalism from objective facts to learn what has really been going down in East Lansing?
Turns out the madness stretches well beyond March's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Early into the workday last Tuesday, September 27, a Press Conference Advisory from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York went out for immediate release calling for a noon meeting time and complete with attachments, stating, "There will be a press conference today at noon to announce charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball. Federal criminal charges have been brought against ten people, including four college basketball coaches, as well as managers, financial advisors, and representatives of a major international sportswear company." Here is a breakdown of who is involved, the two distinct schemes, the laws implicated, and what we can anticipate to follow in the short term and the long term.
It's just about the most wonderful time of the year! I cannot speak for y'all, but I am hyped for this college football season. The media has focused a great deal on nearly finalized rosters, one of which is ranked #17 in the AP preseason poll. For example, it has drawn much attention to the University of Florida's seven football players who are suspended in their season's first game on September 2 against the University of Michigan, including top wide receiver Antonio Callaway, due to their "misuse of school funds" and a handful of players suspended for pot. While those several young men definitively will not be playing, one player will be returning to the lineup on the opposite sideline. On August 11, Michigan announced that it was granting wide receiver Grant Perry full reinstatement to the football team just in time for the Wolverines' game against Florida in Arlington, Texas. The 2017-18 season has yet to really kick off aside from a few games this past weekend, but off-field conduct could already be influencing potential outcomes of individual games and teams' end-game.
Remember hearing about the Michigan Football player who allegedly pulled a Donald Trump-style move in East Lansing on the team's Bye Week? Well, that was Grant Perry. Before diving into the story, I believe it is important to highlight that Perry is the leading receiver for the young Wolverines, having two touchdowns and 27 catches in his first two seasons.


Matt Kenseth #17 Dewalt 2001 Ford Taurus. This is a gorgeous car done in Gold. Gold inside and out in a low 1008 production run in 2001, this very collectible nascar diecast has not been out of the box and is something that would be a terrific addition to any collection.
This is a replica of the #17 Ford Taurus driven by Matt Kenseth in the 2001 Cup Series and was rare upon release and now as the value climbs it is such a great collectible that you have to see it to believe how sharp it really is.


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Decorated Roman bronze belt found in Leicester excavations
Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester's West End. Amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very exciting.
The simple grave in question had been dug into mudstone on the west bank of the River Soar, to the south-west of the Roman town close to the important road known as the Fosse Way. Buried in the grave were the remains of a middle-aged man wearing an elaborately decorated belt in a style that would have been worn by a Late Roman soldier or civil servant during the second half of the 4th century or the early 5th century AD.
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Rome Shows Off Cleaned-Up Colosseum
Rome's Colosseum was visibly cleaner on Friday as Italy showed off the latest phase of restoration of one of its most famous landmarks.
A view of the Colosseum after the latest stage of restoration by luxury goods firm Tod's in Rome
[Credit: Reuters]
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, speaking on a stage in the amphitheatre built to host gladiatorial contests nearly 2,000 years ago, hailed the mammoth clean-up project as an example for protecting the country's vast cultural heritage.
Italy's monuments were neglected for decades amid shrinking government funding and alleged mismanagement, which put some of its 51 UNESCO World Heritage sites at risk of crumbling.
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The Discovery of a Roman Gladiator School Brings the Famed Fighters Back to Life
Located in Austria, the archaeological site is providing rich new details about the lives and deaths of the arena combatants
Woolfgang Neubauer stands in the grassy clearing and watches a drone soar low over distant stands of birch and white poplar, the leaves still speckled with overnight rain. Vast fields of wheat roll away north and south under a huge dome of sky. "I'm interested in what lies hidden beneath this landscape," says the Austrian archaeologist. "I hunt for structures now invisible to the human eye."
On the edge of the meadow, two boys stand a long way apart, arms clenched by their sides, punting a soccer ball very slowly and carefully from one to the other. Neubauer studies them keenly. A professor at the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, he's an authority on the first games played on this ersatz pitch, a blood sport popular a couple of millennia ago. "You see a field," he tells a visitor from the United States. "I see a gladiator school."
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND PRESERVED WOODEN STRUCTURE FROM MOAT BRIDGE AT WESTERN GATE OF ANCIENT SERDICA IN BULGARIA'S SOFIA
The archaeologists who have carried out the recent preparatory excavations of the Western Gate of the AncientRoman city of Serdica, the predecessor of today's Bulgarian capital Sofia, have discovered a wooden structure which was probably part of an ancient moat bridge.
The excavations of Serdica's Western Gate started in May 2016, and were wrapped up in a month to prepare the site for a restoration project funded by the Norway Grants and EEA Grants with nearly BGN 947,000 (app. EUR 500,000), which is supposed to be executed over the summer.
One of the most interesting finds dating back to the 2nd-4th century AD that have been unearthed by the archeological team are the wooden remains from a bridge of Roman Serdica. The discovered wooden structure was probably used to prop up the bridge. It was found right in the section right in front of the Western Gate.
Rare Roman building revealed in southern England's Meon Valley
A recent archaeological dig near Meonstoke, Hampshire, has revealed the foundations of a Roman building with a very rare hexagonal shape.
The remains of the hexagonal building in Meonstoke
[Credit: University of Winchester]
The discovery was made by the amateur Meon Valley Archaeology and Heritage Group, led by University of Winchester archaeologist Dr Nick Stoodley, using geophysical equipment on loan from Historic England.
"Only one other like this has been discovered in Britain," said Tony King, Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Winchester and director of the excavation. "It is a wonderful chance for the University's undergraduate students to excavate such a site. We are speculating whether we are seeing a pagan temple or some other type of building, and we have uncovered a Roman bathhouse very close by."
Meonstoke villagers Alison Smalley and John Snow have been organising support from the other Meon Valley villages. Armed with trowels and kneels, around eighty people of all ages took part in groups of 12 a day.
LA VILLA GALLO-ROMAINE DE MAUBEC À MONTÉLIMAR
En amont de la construction du lotissement « Les Terrasses de Maubec » par PRODEVAR, filiale de GGL Groupe, les archéologues de l'Inrap fouillent, jusqu'au 22 juillet, une emprise de 5 000 m2. Réalisée sur prescription de l'État (Drac Auvergne Rhône-Alpes), cette opération porte sur l'étude d'une villaconstruite à flanc de coteaux aux IIe-IIIe siècles de notre ère.
Ce domaine agricole gallo-romain s'inscrit dans un ensemble d'établissements similaires qui émaillent le paysage et qui, probablement, ravitaillent le bourg, déjà existant, de Montélimar.
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One of the largest and well-preserved theatres of Greek antiquity opened to the public for the first time after 2,000 years last week in the city of Larissa in Thessaly, Greece.
Dating back to the early third century BC, the ancient theatre of Larissa lies on the south slope of the Medieval fortress at the city's heart, archaeologist Stavroula Sdrolia, head of the seventh Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities said.
In antiquity, apart from theatrical performances, it also hosted the assemblies of the senior regional authority, while at the end of the first century BC, it was turned into a Roman arena, she explained.
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Cardiovascular & Respiratory Studies, University of Hull
Figure 1. Professor John Cleland (Head of the Center)
The department, chaired by Professor John Cleland, is the European leading centre in heart failure research. Except for Professor Cleland, it employs four senior academics (two non-clinical) and over 25 research fellows, nurses and technicians. The department gained an international reputation with scientists applying to train and do research with us from many European (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Spain, France, Italy and Russia) and non-European (USA, Egypt, China, Pakistan, India, Malaysia) countries. The major thrust of research is into the prevention and management of heart failure. This research effort is under-pinned by a very large longitudinal follow-up of over 5,000 patients in the region with heart failure. These cohorts of patients are currently being recruited into specific grant-funded projects including, currently, assessment of safety of air-travel, device programming, home oxygen therapy, management of diabetes mellitus and management of renal dysfunction. In addition, Professor Cleland established one of the first TeleHealth services for heart failure in the UK. He is the clinical lead for a €14.5 million European Union funded TeleHealth programme. Professor Cleland was the leader in numerous pivotal trails in heart failure and cardiomyopathies, including CARE-HF, LIDO, COMET, WATCH, and many others. The Hull centre has developed also programme on genetic and novel biomarkers studies in the cardiomyopathies. His studies were published in top scientific journals such as NEJM, Lancet, Circulation, JACC, European Heart Journal, and many others. Dr Rubis spent one year (2009-2010) in University of Hull, where he worked as a Senior Research Fellow under Professor Cleland. The topics of the undertaken research were plasma viscosity in dilated cardiomyopathy and therapy with digoxin. After return to JPH dr Rubis cultivated close cooperation with UK centre. During last Congress in Paris of the European Society of Cardiology Professor Cleland chaired the scientific session, which was organized by our Centre of Rare Cardiovascular Disease.
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Let's All Dance present The Owl & The Pussycat at Mycenae House on Sat 12th Nov 11am. This gorgeous new ballet takes a fresh and humorous look at the famous Lear poem. Tickets £8.50/£7.00 - book now via www.ticketsource.co.uk/mycenaehouse to avoid disappointment!
Once again, Let's All Dance combines fantastic dancing, beautiful costumes and crystal clear story telling to engage and delight young audiences.
Perfect for 2-9 year olds, families, and children with special needs.


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Unter autokephalen Diözesen (autokephal für eigenständig; aus griechisch αὐτό~ für selbst~ und κεφαλή für Haupt) versteht man Diözesen, die keinem Metropolitansitz unterstehen.

Entstehung
Bereits ab dem 5./6. Jahrhundert wurden bestimmte, durch ihre Bedeutung ausgezeichnete Bischofssitze mit dem Titel eines Erzbistums bezeichnet, ohne dass ihnen deshalb Suffraganbistümer unterstellt worden wären. Sie waren daher unmittelbar dem jeweiligen Patriarchat unterstellt, also im Verhältnis zu den benachbarten Metropolitansitz "autokephal". Im Rang kamen sie nach den Metropolitansitzen, jedoch vor  Suffraganbistümern.

Ostkirchen
Diese Verhältnisse änderten sich in der östlichen Christenheit, soweit sie unter islamische Herrschaft geriet, im Verlauf des Mittelalters durch den weitgehenden Verfall der früheren Metropolitanverbände, welche durch den allmählichen Wegfall der Suffragansitze infolge des Abnehmens des christlichen Bevölkerungsanteils zusammenbrachen. Im Effekt blieben daher in Kleinasien und dem Nahen Osten nur mehr Metropolien und ganz wenige – schon früher autokephale – Erzbistümer übrig, wogegen Suffraganbistümer fast vollständig verschwanden. Konsequenterweise wurde z. B. in der Orthodoxen Kirche Griechenlands der frühere Unterschied zwischen Metropoliten, Erzbischöfen und (Suffragan-)Bischöfen völlig aufgegeben und alle Bischöfe Griechenlands mit dem Titel "Metropolit" bezeichnet, unter denen nur der Erzbischof von Athen als Kirchenoberhaupt einen Ehrenvorrang genoss.

Ähnliche Verhältnisse herrschen auch in verschiedenen altorientalischen Kirchen des Nahen Ostens, deren Diözesanbischöfe fast durchgehend als "Metropolit" oder "Erzbischof" tituliert werden und in denen einfache Bischöfe nur mehr in Sonderfällen, beispielsweise bei Missionsdiözesen, vorkommen.

Lateinische Kirche
In der lateinischen Kirche hielt sich die Organisation in Kirchenprovinzen bis zum heutigen Tage unverändert. Hier kam es jedoch ähnlich wie im Osten durch die Zusammenlegung von meist kleinen Suffragandiözesen mit ihrem Metropolitansitz des Öfteren zu autokephalen Erzbistümern. Als Beispiel ist das italienische Erzbistum Chieti zu nennen, welches mit seinem einzigen Suffragan Vasto zusammengelegt wurde. Manchmal wurden auch zuvor exemte Bistümer wegen der zunehmenden Bedeutung der Bischofsstadt später in den Rang von Erzbistümern erhoben wie in Barcelona oder Marseille. Manchmal geschah dies auch wegen ihrer historischen Bedeutung. Beispielsweise wurde das Bistum Udine, eine der beiden Nachfolgediözesen des aufgelösten Patriarchats von Aquileja zum Erzbistum erhoben, obwohl es, anders als die andere Nachfolgediözese Görz, keine Suffragane hatte.

Solche autokephalen Erzbistümer wurden früher, wie auch "einfache" exemte Bistümer, theoretisch als zur Kirchenprovinz von Rom gehörig angesehen und nahmen als solche auch an Römischen Provinzialsynoden teil. Sie waren jedoch verpflichtet, sich zu Visitationszwecken einer benachbarten Kirchenprovinz anzuschließen. Seit den 1980er Jahren werden solche Erzdiözesen allerdings zunehmend auch förmlich einer Kirchenprovinz angeschlossen, sodass nunmehr bereits eine Reihe von Erzbistümern, welche früher autokephal bzw. sogar selbst Metropolitansitz waren, einem anderen Erzbistum als Suffragan – wenn auch unter Beibehaltung ihres Erzbischofstitels – unterstellt sind.

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Much ado about Paris? | Jon Katz, P.C.
Jun 12, 2007 Much ado about Paris?
Hotel (not a Hilton) image from Library of Congress.
The news media too often ill-advisedly overfocus on sensational stories that do not merit more than passing attention. For that reason, alone, I was inclined not to blog about Paris Hilton's recent probation violation sentence and its aftermath.
However, considering all the sensationalism over the Paris Hilton probation violation story, I thought I would provide a realistic brief perspective after someone suggested to me — apparently quite seriously, after Ms. Hilton's transfer last week to home detention by the sheriff and before the judge sent her back to jail — that Hilton hotels be boycotted.
As I understand it, Paris Hilton originally was sentenced to probation for reckless driving allegedly related to alcohol consumption. Recently, she was sentenced to jail for forty-five days for violating probation, after being picked up for driving on a suspended license. As with many high-profile celebrities in Ms. Hilton's jail, the jail arranged for her to serve her sentence in a section of the facility that is separate from the general inmate population. Soon after Ms. Hilton entered the jail, the sheriff transferred her to home detention for largely unspecified psychological issues. Last Friday, the sentencing judge said he had not authorized the transfer to home detention, and ordered her back to jail. Last Saturday, Ms. Hilton said she decided not to appeal her return to jail.
Many criminal defendants feel relief at receiving sentences that involve no immediate jail time, which describes Ms. Hilton's original reckless driving sentence. However, once that relief is out of the way, defendants often must satisfy a wide range of probation conditions to avoid being incarcerated. Such conditions might include keeping appointments with probation agents, providing negative drug tests, maintaining full-time employment or education, entering and successfully completing alcohol and drug education and treatment programs, and not violating further laws.
I have defended a tremendous number of clients accused of probation violations. Where I practice law, judges are permitted wide latitude in sentencing for probation violations, just as they are given wide latitude in issuing original sentences for criminal cases. Courts handle such a huge number of criminal cases that defendants and their lawyers must work hard to be treated as human beings rather than as numbers and statistics by those in the criminal justice system.
For better or worse, Paris Hilton's situation puts a human face on the hundreds of thousands of criminal defendants annually appearing in misdemeanor courts in the United States. Unlike countless criminal defendants, Ms. Hilton did not need to struggle to obtain the funds to pay a criminal defense lawyer, nor fear the loss of her job (nor of her housing and car for not meeting loan payments as a result of any loss of work from incarceration) from this court case. However, she did deal with — and publicly acknowledge early on — her fear of being locked up. Like so many defendants ordered locked up, she focused heavily on avoiding and minimizing such a fate.
Did Ms. Hilton feel she was above most other people when she allegedly drove suspended? Many people do the same; in this instance, it was curious that she did so when she had plenty of money available to hire a driver at a moment's notice. Was Ms. Hilton trying to get special treatment for her celebrity status? Perhaps. Whether or not she did, a common denominator among many criminal defendants is to use the resources at their disposal to try to minimize the harm against them in criminal court and in the incarceration system. Did she feel her privileged status had been overlooked, when she called out to her mother in open court when ordered returned to jail? Perhaps. She probably also called out to her mother as one of the only people other than her lawyers who demonstrated they truly cared about her (and not about her celebrity status), particularly in the midst of the media feeding frenzy on her case.
Each human and celebrity is different and reacts to incarceration differently. Whether or not Martha Stewart was masking fear or just anticipated that her designated prison term would be manageable, she apparently handled her recent incarceration with external acceptance, external poise, and (externally) full and cheerful accessibility to other inmates. However, I doubt many people enter or continue incarceration with no fear at all. Jon Katz.


Social Science Research Council workshop, NUI Galway.
The SSRC is comprised of a group of academic researchers working in the field of environment. Disciplines encompass sociology, geography, law and the natural sciences. The third annual workshop was held last weekend in NUI, Galway. In my paper I argued that environmental conflicts are not always easily identifiable in terms of specific issues. In fact they often involve cultural assumptions which are not necessarily articulated in the course of disputes.
In the Corrib gas conflict, locals were forced to define the dispute in terms relevant to their various interlocutors.
An obligatory pre-planning phase whereby developers and community engage meaningfully and agree a development model.
One, over-arching independent body which oversees complex projects which involve multiple consents.
That development be recognized as requiring community consent with the community as genuine partners in the pre-planning and consents phase.


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Duke Law > Duke Law Scholarship Repository > Journals > DJCIL > Vol. 17 > No. 2 (2007)
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
Deference, Human Rights and the Federal Courts: The Role of the Executive in Alien Tort Statute Litigation
Margarita S. Clarens
Margarita S. Clarens, Deference, Human Rights and the Federal Courts: The Role of the Executive in Alien Tort Statute Litigation, 17 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 415-440 (2007)
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Only two offensive drives into the game, the Red (3-5, 1-4 Ivy League) already recorded 93 yards. Unfortunately, the scoreboard did not reflect these efforts. With turnovers on both first-and-goal and first-and-10, the Red was unable to convert for touchdowns on either drive, and eventually fell to Dartmouth (3-5, 2-3), 33-24.
"We came out and had a lot of turnovers right away when it looked like we would score," said senior kicker Brad Greenway.
The Red's second turnover of the game was an unlucky one, coming off a deflected ball that fell into the waiting arms of Dartmouth's Joey Casey, for his second interception of the game.
"It was a tough hole to dig out of," Greenway added.
Despite the offensive troubles in the first half, the Cornell defense was able to hold Dartmouth to only 10 points, even with the early turnovers.
The first shift in momentum occurred when strong pressure from the Red defense caused Dartmouth quarterback Conner Kempe to make an off-balance throw, which was picked off by senior defensive end Zack Imhoff and brought back 10 yards for a touchdown.
"The defense did a great job of keeping us in the game. Imhoff's interception really got us going," Greenway said.
Looking to stage a comeback trailing by a field goal, 10-7, with only two minutes left in the first half, the Red was unable to hold the momentum. Kempe hit tight end John Gallagher for another touchdown, and the Red went into the locker room down, 16-7.
The Cornell offense came out hot to start the second half with an 11-yard touchdown run by senior tight end Ryan Houska to put his team within two. Only four minutes later, the Red took the lead with a 42-yard field goal by Greenway.
Sophomore quarterback Jeff Matthews, who completed 25-of-38 passes on the day, helped keep the Red in the game. Despite a solid outing, the young quarterback expected more of himself, according to Campbell.
Despite a three-interception performance, the team still has extreme confidence in its quarterback, according to Greenway.
Despite the efforts of Matthews and the Red defense, Cornell was unable to hold the lead for long after a 21-yard run by Dominick Pierre put the Green back on top, 23-17. Dartmouth running back Nick Schwieger added to the home team's lead with a 65-yard touchdown run, making it a two-score game. Schwieger enjoyed a career day, breaking Dartmouth's single game rushing record with 257 yards on the ground.
On defense, Cornell was caught slightly off guard by the Green's combination of a mobile quarterback and a strong running back, according to Campbell.
"They did a little bit of a Wildcat offense where they used their running quarterback in the backfield, and we could've prepared for that better than we did," Campbell said.
The Red hosts Columbia next week for its final home game of the season, when the seniors will be honored at Schoellkopf Field.
Columbia is still looking for its first win of the season, and the Red looks to take advantage of the Lions' disappointing season thus far, according to Greenway.


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Bacteriology of peritoneal fluid in paediatric surgical emergencies.
G. R. Kumari, P. L. Rao, B. Antony, P. G. Shivananda
This study deals with the incidence of aerobic and anaerobic organisms of the peritoneal fluid of 60 consecutive children subjected to emergency celiotomy. Two-thirds of the cases were below the age of year. Peritoneal fluid was collected immediately after entering the peritoneal cavity and inoculated both for aerobic an anaerobic cultures. Bacterial growth occurred in 34 (57%) of the specimens. Anaerobic bacteria alone grew in 3 (5%) of the specimens, aerobes alone in 22 (37%) of specimens. A mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria grew in 9 (15%) of the specimens. There were 44 aerobic and 19 anaerobic isolates. All anaerobes were sensitive to metronidazole while most of the aerobes were sensitive to gentamycin. Culture was positive in 20 out of 42 (47.6%) specimens, where the peritoneal fluid was clear and there was no evidence of peritoneal contamination at the time of surgery.
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Ascitic Fluid
Anaerobic Bacteria
Aerobic Bacteria
Peritoneal Cavity
Gentamicins
Kumari, G. R., Rao, P. L., Antony, B., & Shivananda, P. G. (1993). Bacteriology of peritoneal fluid in paediatric surgical emergencies. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 36(2), 124-128.
Kumari, G. R. ; Rao, P. L. ; Antony, B. ; Shivananda, P. G. / Bacteriology of peritoneal fluid in paediatric surgical emergencies. In: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 1993 ; Vol. 36, No. 2. pp. 124-128.
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You know those tours that can be found on the side of the road? The ones hawked by tan locals quick to push their laminated poster of various day trips and destinations your way, just because you accidentally glanced at the brochures on the walk by? I finally caved from this charade and joined one….
Bali Vlog #1: Where Am I?
So much love for my Kula family – 25 days together doing yoga, meditating, transforming, opening our hearts, sharing, shedding layers, crying, laughing, and lovin hard.


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How to transfer photos from Android to Windows or Mac computer selectively? Stop searching for ways and we'll show you a free and useful tool to help you out.
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Experimental music, dance, and performance opened up new dimensions of expression to the young Rauschenberg in the 1950s and 1960s, following his work—with composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham—on stage sets and happenings. Just as everyday sound and movement were introduced into avant-garde music and dance at the time, the kaleidoscope of newspaper and television imagery and no doubt the cacophony of life in New York City— where Rauschenberg lived—captivated his attention.
The sense of improvisation is palpable when looking at works such as Octave. Part painting, part sculpture, the artist strapped a piece of furniture to the canvas, added textiles, paint and other materials. A different kind of transfer of the "real world" came from silkscreened images which run the gamut from politics and world events to sports, space exploration, art and architecture. In the 1960s, images from the Vietnam War and other conflicts make frequent appearances in his work, and politics remained important to the artist throughout his career.
Rauschenberg later took an active role in building bridges with artists in other parts of the world, fostering an exchange of ideas through exhibitions and collaborations.
Manuscript, 1963, Robert Rauschenberg, American; 1925-2008, oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in. (213.36 x 152.4 cm), Gift of Bagley and Virginia Wright, 91.99. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


I am wanting to use Akismet for spam protection.
For this, I am trying to find some sample C# code in yaf.
So far, I have come up with the following just by looking at classes under the folder YAF.Core/Services/CheckforSpam, but not sure if my code below is correct .
Question: Can someone please provide correct sample code for using Akismet in yaf?
//how do I now process response to check if comment was  spam?
You only need to enable it in the host settings, and enter the api key!
A related question: Will this api key host setting work on localhost, or it only works in a real live hosted scenario?
If I remember correctly the api key is only for one domain, but it will work also on localhost.
I think it will not work on a localhost since webserver on your local machine is not exposed to the world wide web. The Akismet server needs to be able to see your localhost webserver for it to send back a Http response and its not an easy task nowadays with most ISPs blocking a lot of things to localhost with complex router rules.
You are right. One can connect to Akismet from localhost since its a simple post request to Akismet that can be made from C# code.
I tried this and I was able to post to Akismet from code-behind.


This is a compelling argument, not only for atheism but also for the necessity of mutual respect and open debate. Recent research suggests that atheists are one of the least trusted social groups. Perhaps compounding this negative impression is the attack-dog persona taken on in the past decade by the ´New Atheists´. Not only have they been quite public about their disbelief, but they´ve also stridently lambasted religious belief in a number of bestselling books. Disturbed by this negative public perception and the deterioration in the tone of open debate, the authors of this eminently reasonable work attempt to introduce a note of civility and rational clarity.


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Hans-Günter Bruns (born 15 November 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Overview
Bruns was a typical German footballer. Powerfully built, technically good, strong in the tackle, and tactically excellent.

Bruns was at Gladbach twice, his second stint reaching 10 years and encompassing 301 Bundesliga appearances with 55 goals scored.
As a player, Bruns was the type to make bursting runs from deep in midfield. He supported attacks, instigated moves and helped defend his back-line. German football in the '70s and '80s had plenty of great players in that position.

Having started out as a midfielder for Schalke, the North Rhine-Westphalia-born star eventually evolved into one of the finest sweepers of his generation. Part of the Gladbach side that went all the way to 1979 UEFA Cup glory, Bruns is part of Bundesliga folklore for a moment during an encounter with Bayern where he ran past almost every opposition player before seeing his shot strike both posts and fail to go in.

Years after his retirement,  he achieved mild publicity as a result of a video shared on various video streaming and social media sites. The video, showing a clip from a 1983 match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich, and titled The Greatest Goal Never Scored, showed Bruns collecting the ball under pressure near his own corner flag, beating three Bayern Munich players as he ran almost the entire length of the pitch, exchanging a pass with a Borussia Mönchengladbach striker that allowed him on goal, only for his shot to hit the inside of one post, roll across goal and hit the other post, before rebounding into the arms of the Munich keeper.

Career
Bruns did not register with a football club in his hometown until he was 11 years old, having spent many years playing soccer on the street. At 17, he moved to Schalke 04.

In the Bundesliga he was from 1973 to 1990 for FC Schalke 04, SG Wattenscheid 09, Fortuna Dusseldorf and Borussia Mönchengladbach active. In his first years as a professional, he played in midfield, later especially on the Libero position. In 1979, he was in the squad of the team Borussia Mönchengladbach, the UEFA Cup winner, and scored on the way to the final matches against Red Star Belgrade, in which he did not participate, one goal against Benfica and Manchester City. In 1980 he was DFB Cup winner with Fortuna Dusseldorf, 1984 he lost with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final of the same competition to FC Bayern Munich on penalties.

Bruns is responsible for one of the most famous posts goal of Bundesliga history. In the 1983/84 season he sprinted in Munich in the game against Bayern with a solo run past the opposing team behind the entire field. His shot hit the left inner post, the ball rolled on the goal line to the right post and jumped from there back into the field, where the Munich defense could then clear.

International career
He earned four caps for the West Germany national football team in 1984, and was included in the West German team for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, but did not play.

Coaching career
After retiring from professional football, Bruns initially worked as an insurance agent. In addition, he trained Adler Osterfeld in the Oberliga Nordrhein, later the VfB Speldorf in his hometown Mülheim and the SSVg Velbert. From 2006 he was coach of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and led the club in 2007 as the champion of the Oberliga Nordrhein back to the Regionalliga and in the successor season 2008 in the 2nd Bundesliga. In the season 2008/09 he moved to Rot-Weiss Oberhausen on the position of Sporting Director and thus exchanged with Jürgen Lugingerthe tasks. After Luginger had due to a persistent negative series on 1 February 2010 made his post available, Bruns jumped in as interim coach. On April 22, 2010, however, it was announced that he will retain both offices permanently in the 2010-11 season. On February 22, 2011 was decided after the 1: 3 against VfL Osnabrück and due to disagreements within the club, to separate. Hans Günter Bruns was replaced one day later by Theo Schneider. [3]

On September 22, 2011 Bruns was introduced as the new coach of the regional league Wuppertal SV. He took over the succession of Karsten Hutwelker, from which the club had split three days earlier. [4] In November 2012 Bruns was released again from his duties in Wuppertal. After a half year break, he took over again in April 2013, the coaching post at the SSVg Velbert, but had to give it back in November 2013 due to the athletic descent of the club again.

In April 2014, the Oberhausen country league DJK Arminia Klosterhardt announced that he had committed Bruns as head coach for the new 2014–15 season. There he followed Michael Lorenz.

On 10 February 2020, he was appointed head coach of SC 1920 Oberhausen.

Honours
SG Wattenscheid 09
 Bundesliga runner-up: 1976–77

Fortuna Düsseldorf
 DFB-Pokal: 1979–80
 Cup Winner's Cup finalist: 1979–80

Borussia Mönchengladbach
 UEFA Cup: 1978–79
 DFB-Pokal finalist: 1983–84

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1954 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mülheim
Association football midfielders
German footballers
German football managers
Germany international footballers
UEFA Euro 1984 players
FC Schalke 04 players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
SG Wattenscheid 09 players
UEFA Cup winning players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
SSVg Velbert managers
Wuppertaler SV managers
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Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia


Learn from others and make your collaboration work.
'Collaboration', broadly defined as two or more organisations working together in partnership, continues to be a hot topic in our sector.
The SVA Quarterly article in issue 6, Getting our act together explored some of the reasons for collaborating and the overall challenges faced by organisations embarking on the journey. Be it to increase impact, improve funding or reduce costs, many organisations are looking for opportunities to collaborate.
… some have been extremely successful, while others have struggled to overcome significant hurdles.
Much of SVA Consulting's recent work has focused on helping organisations explore how collaboration could contribute to their strategy; some have been extremely successful, while others have struggled to overcome significant hurdles. This experience has revealed some of the common mistakes made by organisations when trying to collaborate. Here we share some of these lessons, to help others avoid making the same mistakes.
One of the first questions we ask our clients is 'why do you want to collaborate?' While most organisations are able to provide generic answers, few are able to provide clear, specific and measurable objectives that link with their individual strategy. For example, instead of 'we'll be able to leverage off each other' to 'we will increase the number of individuals we serve by 25% through creating a joint program targeted at unemployed youth in Port Augusta'. Certainly, an objective may not be this detailed when starting to explore a collaboration, but organisations must work towards this level of clarity.
Sometimes organisations collaborate based on assumptions or because they have a long-standing relationship, without clarity of the 'why'. There is a real danger in this. Assuming that a partnership with another organisation will be of benefit simply because, for example, they are in a similar field or in a particular geographic region, without identifying just how it will benefit your organisation, can result in ineffective or inefficient collaborations.
How does this collaboration help my organisation to achieve its objectives?
Reducing capital requirements or operating costs.
Of course, it is only with a crystal clear understanding of your own objectives and strategy that you will be able to see how a partnership might fill a gap, enhance your capabilities or improve your efficiency.
One of our recent engagements involved two large mental health organisations that wanted to collaborate or potentially merge. The idea was floated by two senior leaders, but the purpose of the collaboration was not defined beyond a vague idea that it may help them 'get bigger'. It was assumed that because the two organisations provided different services in the same region, 'collaboration' would be of benefit, but it was not clear if or how this could increase impact, improve funding or reduce capital requirements or operating costs.
… make sure you understand what you hope to achieve, and how collaboration will help you reach your goals.
Before engaging with SVA Consulting, the organisations put substantial effort into designing a collaboration. However, they had no defined and common understanding of the value they were wanting to create. During our work with them, it quickly became apparent that the primary reason was that neither of the organisations had clarity about their own strategy.
Without a defined strategy, it was impossible to understand whether there would be value in collaborating at all, let alone what that value might be. Now, armed with an understanding of their own strategies, the organisations have a sharper vision of how the collaboration might be of value and can define specific objectives beyond 'getting bigger'.
Before turning to collaboration, make sure you understand what you hope to achieve, and how collaboration will help you reach your goals. Invest in exploring the 'why' and avoid the temptation to rely on broad assumptions or motherhood statements.
Conversely, some organisations become very excited about and focused on the 'why' but fail to sufficiently consider the 'nuts and bolts' of the collaboration, i.e. how they will actually work together to achieve the desired purpose.
There are many ways in which organisations can collaborate and partner. Is it a partnership at the program or organisational level? Will you be connecting existing programs or creating a new joint program? Or will this be some form of back-office integration, a learning/mentoring relationship or even a full merger?
Different structures will require different processes, and some structures will be better suited to achieving certain outcomes. While certainly not prescriptive, one way to represent this is the spectrum in Figure 1, ranging from informal partnerships that retain organisational independence to greater levels of consolidation, culminating in a merger.
One of our non-profit clients had spent considerable time discussing 'collaboration' with a potential corporate partner. They had defined the overall purpose as creating long-term employment opportunities for individuals with a mental illness. However, both organisations had spent a lot of time discussing the overall objectives without defining how these would be achieved – the detailed design and structure of the collaboration.
If you do not understand what you are trying to achieve, then designing the 'how' is futile.
We worked with the non-profit to articulate its vision of the employment model, including how it would be structured, how it would integrate with other programs, and what role the corporate would take. When this was shared with the corporate, it was evident that they had a different idea of how the potential collaboration might actually function. With this realisation, fortunately at a relatively early stage, the organisations were able to reassess their options and design a new model that met both their needs. Failure to focus on the 'nuts and bolts' of the collaboration almost derailed this collaboration, which would have hindered the non-profit's ability to provide greatly needed employment opportunities to its clients.
The 'how' has to be explored early in the design process, as this has a significant impact on the collaboration and what benefits it will produce. Certainly, gaining clarity about the 'how' is inherently linked with the 'why' (Mistake #1). If you do not understand what you are trying to achieve, then designing the 'how' is futile. Similarly, defining the 'how' can inform the 'why', revealing new benefits or refining your understanding of the purpose. This can, and should, be an iterative process. Together, the 'why' and the 'how' will allow your organisation to make an informed decision about how (or whether) to proceed and increase your chances of achieving the desired outcomes.
No matter how clearly defined your purpose, if you do not invest sufficient time in designing and implementing your collaboration, you risk complete failure or at least falling short of your potential.
Time is vital, be it for building relationships, fully exploring your options or adequately designing the collaboration model.
This can happen when organisations underestimate the time required, or when external factors, such as government reforms, impose tight timelines. Time is vital, be it for building relationships, fully exploring your options or adequately designing the collaboration model.
We recently supported a group of homelessness service providers to respond to the NSW Government's Going Home, Staying Home reforms. The providers felt pressured to 'collaborate' as a result of this reform. With tight deadlines, the providers had to design the structure, governance and operation of the collaboration very quickly. This restricted the organisations' ability to invest time in clearly articulating the purpose of the collaboration, how it would be implemented and what it would look like, as well as preventing the gradual process of building relationships. They agreed that the 'ideal' collaboration would be a tightly integrated model, with common assessment and transition processes, standardised policies and a shared measurement and evaluation framework.
However, the organisations decided that it was not possible to design and implement this collaboration in the given timeframes. As a result, the group designed a looser collaboration model, focused on sharing information and introducing some common processes. While this will be of benefit to the organisations, reducing their costs and potentially improving outcomes for clients, the collaboration fell short of the 'ideal' model that could have created far greater value had there been more time.
Put simply, don't rush it. Give yourself enough time to create your collaborative effort and achieve your objectives. If you find yourself rushed by external factors, be realistic about what you can achieve in the given timeframes and look for ways to build on this down the track.
Establishing a collaboration can require significant resources, which means that you need to understand what it will require and prioritise accordingly. This is particularly true for large-scale partnerships. You might design an extremely impressive and impactful collaboration, but it will never get off the ground without the required resources.
The collaboration ground to a halt without the required resources.
We recently saw this with an alliance of community service organisations. The leaders were all deeply passionate about the potential for collaboration to increase their organisations' impact. The early discussions were very promising with all leaders enthusiastic about the collaboration's potential. However, when it came to bringing this to life it quickly became clear that only one of the organisations was willing to dedicate staff to designing and implementing the collaboration. This may have been a symptom of some of the organisations failing to fully understand the objectives and purpose of the collaboration (see Mistake #1), with the result that they had not prioritised investing the necessary resources above other activities.
This disparity created tension amongst the organisations with one feeling like it was doing all the work but only gaining some of the benefit. The collaboration ground to a halt without the required resources. Through open discussions between the leaders, resources were eventually committed, but we all had to work together to regain lost momentum and rebuild trust between the organisations. The failure to sufficiently invest upfront undermined the collaborative effort.
Being aware of this challenge is particularly important in the funding-constrained environment of the social sector.
Being aware of this challenge is particularly important in the funding-constrained environment of the social sector. For a collaboration to succeed, as with any large project, there must be a realistic understanding of what investment is required and agreement about who will provide it. The project must also be prioritised by each of the organisations. This will ensure that the required resources are dedicated to achieving the mutually beneficial objectives. In some situations, the organisations will discover that they do not have the necessary resources and may choose not to proceed or will need to seek other avenues of support.
Most people don't like conflict, and many don't know how to navigate it. However, avoiding the difficult conversations will undermine the likelihood of a successful collaboration. This is certainly the case when a collaboration involves some form of loss. For example, if the collaboration involves establishing a new joint venture, parties need to address who will lead this new organisation and how it will be funded. Ignoring these issues will not make them disappear.
… difficult issues to explore, involving personal identity, loyalty and potential loss of employment.
One potential collaboration most likely fell short of its potential as a result of avoiding the hard conversations. A group of community organisations were hoping to collaborate to reduce costs, share knowledge and deliver more effective services to their clients. The organisations had explored a number of models, ranging from simple knowledge sharing forums to some form of joint venture.
However, the group had not discussed whether some or all of the organisations should merge, or whether one or more of the smaller organisations should be absorbed by the larger organisation. When one organisation (bravely) raised it as a possibility, the idea was quickly dismissed as 'too hard' and 'unnecessary'.
These are obviously difficult issues to explore, involving personal identity, loyalty and potential loss of employment. However, by avoiding the issue the group did not explore all of the options and thus did not make a fully informed decision. This was despite the merger having great potential to meet the objectives of all the organisations and the needs of their clients. Had this conversation been held earlier, the barriers might have been overcome and greater outcomes achieved.
When contemplating collaboration, organisations must identify the big, tricky issues early on and address them, or at least understand how they may impact the process and agree a strategy for resolution. This will either allow the issues to be overcome or demonstrate that the relationship cannot move forward and save everyone time and resources.
A new collaboration will almost certainly require some level of organisational change. Whenever change is involved, with the fear of loss, it is imperative to bring employees and other key stakeholders along on the journey. Without their support, if not their enthusiasm, the collaboration will not succeed.
The fear amongst employees was palpable.
We encountered this issue with one of our clients, a large organisation in the mental health sector, which was contemplating an organisation-level collaboration with a smaller service provider in another state. Our role was to facilitate discussions between the two organisations to identify what specific collaboration opportunities existed and how they could be implemented.
Upon commencement of our work, it was evident that the senior leadership teams had not effectively engaged their people. The case for the collaboration had not been made, even within senior ranks, and there was concern that the project was simply a cost-cutting exercise. The fear amongst employees was palpable. As they had not been given the opportunity to understand and explore the change, our project quickly became a platform where general dissatisfaction within the organisation was aired in an emotionally charged environment.
Navigating this barrier absorbed a lot of time and resources and created fatigue around the process and the project. The organisation had to take a few steps back and clearly articulate the driving forces and objectives of the project, carefully managing the change process with their people. While the employees are now more supportive and excited about the collaboration's potential, if this issue had been addressed earlier by the organisations, significant time and energy would have been saved.
Openness by management and staff is of great importance. Organisations need to have the frank conversations about collaboration at the start of the project particularly if it is on a large scale, and ensure effective communication with stakeholders. In some cases, this is simply about granting people sufficient time to understand the reason for change and inviting them to be a part of it.
Collaborations can be hard, requiring time, money and effort. But they are also an opportunity to leverage the different strengths of organisations, achieving goals that would otherwise be out of reach. This is why it is so important to avoid making these mistakes. If you do, you will be far better positioned to create a successful collaboration and achieve your organisation's objectives.
Make sure you understand what you hope to achieve, and how collaboration will help you reach your goals.
Consider the 'nuts and bolts' of the collaboration – how you will actually work together to achieve those goals.
Don't rush the process; give it the necessary resources and time; confront the difficult conversations early and bring your people on the journey.
Nonprofit Collaboration Database Foundation Center. Examples of how non-profits are working together includes different ways to collaborate and details of submitted examples, including management details, challenges faced, impact created.


Students say the best teachers get them excited about learning, stretch their thinking, and keep them actively involved in class. But with increasingly diverse classrooms and constantly changing technology, each semester throws up new challenges for engaging students.
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STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is the John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more than 45 years, he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. A six-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author or coauthor of numerous books on teaching, including Engaging Imagination, Teaching for Critical Thinking, Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults, and Discussion as a Way of Teaching, all from Jossey-Bass.


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Your cooling system is essential to the overall health and well-being of your engine, especially during warmer temperatures, and vehicles produce a significant amount of heat during operation. They need to be regularly cooled in order to avoid overheating and other forms of engine damage. Your vehicle's cooling system may be either water cooled or air cooled. According to howacarworks.com, "A water-cooled engine block and cylinder head have interconnected coolant channels running through them. A pump, driven by a pulley and belt from the crankshaft, drives hot coolant out of the engine to the radiator, which is a form of heat exchanger. Unwanted heat is passed from the radiator into the air stream, and the cooled liquid then returns to an inlet at the bottom of the block and flows back into the channels again. The radiator needs a constant flow of air through its core to cool it adequately. When the car is moving, this happens anyway; but when it is stationary a fan is used to help the airflow." In an air-cooled engine, the block and cylinder heads are made with deep fins on the outside that cooled air flows over.
Coolant – Coolant is an essential part of keeping your engine running at an optimal temperature. Checking your coolant regularly and keeping coolant reservoirs topped off will protect your engine from overheating. Regularly checking fluid levels will also inform you of possible leaks, and often when your vehicle is leaking coolant, you will see and smell coolant on the ground beneath your car. Coolant, which contains ethylene glycol has a sweet odor, and can have a bright, neon-green hue. Coolant may be leaking from a radiator hose, a failed intake manifold gasket, a cylinder head, a radiator cap or from the actual radiator. When diagnosing the location of a leak, check hoses for possible holes or cracks, and if you don't find any, check your radiator for signs of leakage.
Thermostat – Your engine's thermostat is similar to your body's ability to thermoregulate in hot and cool temperatures. It lets you and your engine know when internal temperatures need to be cooled down. When the thermostat malfunctions, you run the risk of overheating your engine as it increases in heat.
Radiator Fan – Your radiator cooling fan is an important part of the overall cooling system. When your radiator fan breaks or malfunctions, the vehicle can overheat quickly and cause costly or irreparable damage to the engine. If the engine is running, the fan should be moving, pulling air through the radiator and dissipating heat with the liquid coolant.
Obstructions – Your vehicle's cooling system is made up of many belts and hoses which can become clogged and obstructed. External obstructions can be power washed clean and removed, but internal obstructions can be a bit harder to locate and diagnose. Coolant can become blocked or slowed and airflow through the system can be reduced as well as your radiator simply becoming dirty. If you have an internal cooling system obstruction, consider having your cooling system bled, or do a flush.
Keep your eye out for signs and symptoms that might suggest that your cooling system is on the verge of failure. Common indicators are puddles of coolant underneath your vehicle, elevated temperatures displayed on your car's dash, the smell of antifreeze or hissing noises coming from your engine. Regular checks and maintenance of your cooling system where you identify any leaks or potential problems will the overall health and longevity of your engine. The bottom line – when you take care of your engine, your engine will take care of you.


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If you need, or are likely to need, long term support, you will have an assessment of need from one of our practitioners. This will help us decide if you are eligible for support from us under nationally agreed eligibility criteria.
If your assessment says you need long term support, you will receive a personal budget from us. This is the amount of money used to arrange your support. We will encourage you to decide how your personal budget should be spent. We will aim to offer you as much choice as possible on how your needs can be met.
You can ask us to arrange services on your behalf or you can ask to receive part, or all, of your personal budget, as a direct payment. A direct payment is money we give you to enable you to arrange the support you need. A direct payment gives you full control of who provides your support and when. If you choose not to have a direct payment, you will still have some control over your support through your practitioner.
We may ask you to contribute towards your personal budget, that is, the cost of your support. We will arrange this through a financial assessment to see how much you can afford. If you choose to pay for all of your support yourself, we can still assess your needs and help you set up the support you need.
your family are worried about you living at home.
When considering where to live, here are some things that you might want to think about.
Equipment or adaptations may make your home easier to use.
When looking for a different property, there are options to rent or buy. Location is very important, for example, to be near to family, friends and/or local amenities. You might be looking for a smaller property which is easier to manage, or perhaps one on a single level, particularly if using stairs is an issue for you. There are retirement housing and park houses to rent or buy which are specifically targeted at older people.
This provides smaller, more manageable housing for older people, often including a call bell or alarm with a manager or warden available to respond in emergencies.
This provides similar accommodation to sheltered housing but includes a team of flexible care staff on site to provide additional support. The care staff can help with personal care, domestic chores and social activities. If needed, they can provide help at night too. Extra care housing can be an option for people of all ages. The emphasis of extra care is on independence and can provide an alternative to residential care for many people who value having 'their own front door'.
Residential homes provide accommodation, meals and care for people needing a significant level of personal care which cannot be provided in their own home. Nursing homes provide residential care plus nursing care 24 hours a day from a qualified nurse.
The decision to move into a residential or nursing care home should only be made when all other options for remaining at home have been considered and tried.
Younger people wanting to move on from the family home may want to consider supported living. This provides people with their own tenancy in a shared house with two to four other people and an on-site support team who can help with personal care, daily living tasks and accessing the community.
There are many types of residential care homes available. The term 'care home' is used to mean any home that is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide a service. It includes local authority homes and independent homes, which may provide nursing care as well as personal care. These are all inspected and monitored by the CQC based on national standards.
Before making any final decision about moving into a care home, it is important to establish whether this is the best way of meeting your needs. The majority of older people do not require permanent care in a care home and it may be that your, or your relative's, needs could be met in another way, or by a combination of other kinds of assistance.
You can 'Find Your Nearest Care Home' in Cumbria on our website or you can search yourself on the Cumbria on the Cumbria Support Directory.
In Cumbria the term 'extra care' housing is used to describe housing developments that comprise self-contained homes with design features and support services to enable people to self-care and continue to live independently. Whilst they are primarily for older people some may support younger people with disabilities.
People who live in Extra Care housing have their own self-contained homes - usually with a lounge, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom and access to care staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are also communal facilities and activities available.
For many people, Extra Care housing is the ideal solution as it means that they live in a home of their own, can stay together as a couple even with different levels of need, live as part of a supportive environment, in a location situated in the heart of the local community, but with the added reassurance that help is at hand. Extra Care housing allows people to move out of houses, where they are finding it difficult to cope, into a home where they can be secure and live independently. In some situations Extra Care Housing also allows people to move out of residential care and return to independent living.
Supported Living accommodation also means living in your own home, whether as a homeowner or more often as a tenant. This model may be delivered on a range of scales from supporting an individual in a single property to a number of individuals as part of a Supported Living scheme. Supported Living enables people to move out of a family home or residential care setting into a safe environment with appropriate space and facilities.


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Q: Django with Postgres and advanced constraints I have the following model:
class AppHistory(models.Model):
    campaign = models.ForeignKey('campaigns.Campaign')
    context_tenant = models.ForeignKey('campaigns.FacebookContextTenant')
    start_date = models.DateField()
    end_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)

The backend is a Postgres database. For the above model I need the following constraints to be checked before a dataset is inserted:

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*A row can only be inserted if it does not overlap in the date (start_date - end_date) with an existing one with the same campaign and context_tenant

*A row can only be inserted if there's none with the same campaign and context_tenant where end_date is NULL

I know there's the option to do this in Django by performing a validation.
But I'd like to make sure that even manual insertion into the database are verified.
So currently I came up with two options, database constraints and triggers. I'm not too familiar with postgres, so I'm uncertain how extensive the constraints are. Is it possible to do the above restrictions with constraints only or should I use triggers (or even something else)?

A: I solved the problem by using constraints, such as
EXCLUDE USING gist (campaign WITH =, daterange(start_date, end_date) WITH &&)

A: you can use trigger in postgresql and RAISE EXCEPTION when data is invalid to roll back transaction
when you create your trigger you can use a custom migration to create trigger on database.
with migration.RunPython

A: You should override  save() method in your model
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):

    <add your conditions here>

    return super(AppHistory, self).save(*args,**kwargs)

For your first condition where you want to check uniqueness you should use,
class Meta:
    unique_together = ("campaign", "context_tenant", "start_date")


This statistic shows the number of applications for school and study allowances in Flemish education in Belgium for the school year 2015-2016. During that school year, there were approximately 173,000 applications for secondary education school allowances.
* Because of different state reforms, education has not been a federal responsibility in Belgium since 1989. Ever since, it has been the responsibility of the three different (language) communities, which are the Flemish community, the French-speaking community, and the German-speaking community. Since there is no federal governmental body that is responsible for education, the figures are published on a (language) community basis.
br>The source explains that school allowances are granted to pupils from nursery to secondary education and study allowances are granted to higher education students.


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A Closer Look At One of the Smaller Cannabis Stocks: INVICTUS MD STRATEGIES CORP.
They Recently Sent Out A Press Release About the Acquisition of 23 New Strains of Cannabis
Invictus MD Strategies Corp. (TSXV: IMH) (OTC: IVITF) is what is referred to as a micro-cap stock with a market capitalization of under $300 million. Currently Invictus has a market capitalization of $134.506 million in the over-the-counter market. These small companies are very tricky to invest in and can be very volatile, but at the same time some of the most undervalued stocks out there are micro-caps. IVTF, the OTC ticker symbol trading in U.S. dollars, is trading around $1.51/share. In the U.S. regulated market Invictus would likely be listed as a pink sheet. Let's take a look a what Invictus has been doing and why they may be an undervalued stock.
Dan Kriznic, CEO of Invictus Seated in the Middle
Invictus is run by Dan Kriznic who is a certified public account, with ten years of experience in the field in the early part of his career, and later became the CFO for a private education investment group out of Vancouver. To me, that is the sort of experience that knows how to focus on cash flows and understands the organization it takes to run a publicly traded company. If we take the next step and explore the business plan of Invictus, we will see even more evidence of strong organization.
Acreage Pharms Phase 2 Expansion
In April of 2017, Invictus purchased an Access to Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) greenhouse company called Acreage Pharms in Alberta, and then began a very ambitious expansion project. In early February Invictus purchased 50% of AB Laboratories, another ACMPR company, in Ontario. Phase 2 of the expansion of Acreage Pharms is nearing completion and phase 3 is expected to begin soon. On top of that, Invictus just sent out a press release concerning the acquisition of 23 new strains of marijuana.
"The acquisition of these strains broadens Acreage Pharms strain variety in preparation for the recreational market," said Dan Kriznic, Chairman and CEO of Invictus. "The timing is ideal, as our Phase 2 expansion includes 11 new flowering rooms, all of which will be needed to accommodate this welcome and dramatic expansion of strains."
This is a significant business plan that puts Invictus in a good place to become a major player in the Canadian cannabis market.
When looking at this chart first you will notice how youthful the company is and how it just left the realm of penny stocks. Like most of the cannabis industry, it took a hit when the market sold off recently. However, when you look at the strong fundamentals behind this company, there seems to be a very strong foundation with good leadership and a solid business plan. I have never much believed in the idea of buying on dips, except for instances when the dip happens in a well run company that has a product in strong demand. Micro-cap stocks are always a risk, but keep reading their most recent press release and decide for yourself if this is a dip that has actually undervalued Invictus.
The collaboration allows Acreage Pharms to import genetics, including seed and starting material. As a result, Acreage Pharms' already innovative and ambitious genetics breeding program is better able to offer a variety of strains that fully reflect the genetic diversity of cannabis, including its many health-enhancing properties. Once the new strains arrive at Acreage Pharms, in approximately 10 days, Acreage Pharms will begin creating and selecting specific genomes for production for medical and recreational use.
Production in the Phase 2 facility will reach 5,000 kg cannabis production per year. Phases 1 and 2 represent 40,000 square feet of growing space, and Phase 3 — which due to excellent progress on Phase 2 construction is on track for 2018 completion — will add another 80,000 square feet to Acreage Pharms canopy. The combined projects are projected to allow Acreage Pharms to produce 19,000 kg in 2018.
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Following the deadline for submissions at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, the Costa Mesa City Manager's office announced the names of the candidates to replace former council woman Katrina Foley on the City Council. Applicants for vacancies on the Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission were also announced.
There are eight (8) candidates for Foley's seat. The names of those individuals are previously announced Planning Commissioners Steve Mensinger and Sam Clark; Parks & Recreation Commissioners Mike Brumbaugh and Jeff Mathews; recent council candidate Chris McEvoy; attorney Timothy W. Sesler; property manager Margaret Shillington and former council member Heather Somers.
There are sixteen (16) applicants for the Planning Commission. Those individuals are: Former Parks and Recreation Commissioner Byron de Arakal; Parks and Recreations commissioners Mike Brumbaugh and Jeff R. Mathews; businessman and former council candidate Christopher Bunyan; incumbents Sam Clark and Jim Fitzpatrick; contractor Tim Clark; community activist and paralegal Robert L. Dickson, Jr.; land planner Jeffrey T. Harlan; resident Frederick (Rick) Hohenstein; recent council candidate Sue Lester; Real Estate Salesman Brian Pharris; business consultant Edward Salcedo; Jim Righeimer's right-hand campaign aide, Ethan Temianka; project manager Dan Vozenilek and retired engineer Gary Parkin.
Applications are available on the City website, HERE, for your viewing pleasure. It looks to me as though there is an excellent selection from which to choose for all open, and/or potentially open, positions. Council members may choose to interview applicants between now and the first meeting in January - or not.
The City Council will choose a replacement for Foley at their first meeting in January, on the 4th. They will also choose a replacement for Jim Righeimer on the Planning Commission and may choose others as well, depending on who is chosen to replace Foley. Same with the Parks and Recreation Commission. By the end of the night on the 4th we should have an idea of just who is going to be guiding our city for the next couple years.
I was surprised to see so many people apply. Mathews and Somers sound like pretty good choices if Gary is right about McEvoy not getting it. Arakal and Harlan sound great for planning commission. It's so nice to see competent people apply that have deep roots in our city.
To those who follow Costa Mesa politics and planning - what is going to be paramount is the budget and planning for our future. The Council needs people with vision AND experience to guide us through some extremely difficult times with new leadership in Police, Fire and Finance. I am happy to hear that Tom Hatch is moving into the leadership for the management as he has the most recent experience of events with our city. Those who wish to take our city into the next decade with success need to have knowledge, skills and accomplishments to address Costa Mesa's needs and continue being the successful and endearing city it has been for decades. Compromise and Balance are going to have to be our main objectives in the days ahead - and working together is of utmost importance. The word compromise means co -promise - let's work together for the good of all.
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