The famous Flappy Chicken (technically Flappy Droid) sport remains to be round in Android 9.0 Pie First launched in 5.0 Lollipop, the game was initially the model number easter egg for the brand new Android replace. Where the first sport's battles began to feel like as much of an endurance check because the ordeals suffered by the individuals below the participant characters' protection, the sequel introduces extra enemy varieties and lessons to keep issues interesting.
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This season in the Primera Categoría Serie A (Ecuador), Mushuc Runa SC stats show they are performing Very Poor overall, currently placing them at 0/16 in the Primera Categoría Serie A Table, winning 0% of matches.
On average Mushuc Runa score 0 goals and concede 0 goals per match. 0% of this Mushuc Runa's matches end with both teams scoring and their average total goals per match is 0.
• Mushuc Runa has scored a total of 0 goals this season.
• Mushuc Runa has conceded a total of 0 goals this season.
Today Emelec host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host Olmedo in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Técnico Universitario host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today LDU Quito host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host Macará in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Guayaquil City host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host Delfin in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Independiente del Valle host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Olmedo host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host Técnico Universitario in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Mushuc Runa host LDU Quito in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Today Fuerza Amarilla host Mushuc Runa in the Primera Categoría Serie A from Ecuador.
Over 7.5 ~ 13.5 Corners are calculated from total corners in a match that Mushuc Runa SC has participated in the 2019 season of Primera Categoría Serie A.
Mushuc Runa SC's stats indicate that ?% of their matches accumulated over 9.5 total corners. While 2019 season of Primera Categoría Serie A has an average of ?% for over 9.5.
?% of Mushuc Runa SC's matches had over 3.5 cards. Compared to this, Primera Categoría Serie A has an average of ?% for over 3.5 cards.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners For are calculated from corners that Mushuc Runa SC has won during a match.
Mushuc Runa SC has won over 4.5 corners in ?% of their matches.
Over 0.5 ~ 6.5 Cards Received are calculated from cards that Mushuc Runa SC has received during a match.
Mushuc Runa SC received over 2.5 cards in ?% of their matches.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners Against are calculated from corners that Mushuc Runa SC's opponent has won during a match.
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Database - Is there a way to implement a wcf service connected to a database without paying for azure?
It seems like everything that I read is saying that for Windows Phone 8 Development, in order to create a database that connects to my WCF Service, I need to pay for it (Azure). Is that the truth?
I want to create a database that my mobile app can access but I do not want to pay the money for it. Is there somebody on here who could fill me in on this?
If I am able to create a database that connects to my WCF service for free, could someone point me in the right direction to accomplish this?
Here are some interesting articles about WCF Services in Windows Phone world.
Now you can host the WCF Service in your own server, hosting provider or anything else.
Why does the date doesn't match with what I have inserted into the database?
Is there a way to create a primary key and have it cascade into other tables without re-entering data into the new tables?
Order by count not sorting the records correctly?
SOLVED: In a Maven Project, all the resources are copied into another directory after the "build" command. I was reading the wrong db.
How do I prevent MySQL Database Injection Attacks using vb.net?
Multiply time with a decimal value in mysql?
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Nidema is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both native to the tropical Western Hemisphere.

Species

See also
 List of Orchidaceae genera

References

 Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
 Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
 Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
 Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links
IOSPE orchid photos, Nidema boothii
Asociación Salvadoreña de Orquideología, Nidema boothii
Orquídeas de Honduras, Nidema boothii

Laeliinae
Laeliinae genera

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Josh McDaniels Reportedly A Falcons OC Target In Case Mike Mularkey Leaves
By Jason Kirk Jan 10, 2011, 8:46pm EST
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In the event of offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey's departure to take a head coaching job, the Atlanta Falcons are eying former Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels as a potential replacement. McDaniels was fired in the middle of a 3-9 2010 season after a decent start in 2009.
Mularkey interviewed with the Cleveland Browns this weekend, but hasn't commented on how it went, other than to say he's focused on the Falcons playoff run.
McDaniels is a New England Patriots product, as is Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff. He was a position coach, assistant coach, and coordinator at various points from 2001 to 2008 before taking the Broncos job. Before McDaniels left the Pats, Belichick gave him a five-page document on producing a winning team, called "his bible," and helped McDaniels prepare for head coaching interviews.
It did not work the first time, but it's still around.
McDaniels is known as a hothead and got in trouble for failing to report a Broncos staffer's videotaping of a 49ers practice.
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By Tom Bailey, Daily Memphian Updated: December 22, 2021 1:49 PM CT | Published: December 22, 2021 4:00 AM CT
In addition to tours, the Museum of Science and History plans to rotate exhibits monthly in the 169-year-old home and host a special event on March 5 with a Roaring 20s theme.
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Q: How to see equivalent codes of a eval() content in javascript I have seen a code which resides in eval() function in a .js file.
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The file has more lines. This kind of sytnax is used for hiding something from the other users. I want to know is it possible to see that code's plain syntax. I mean, what would it be if that code was written using without eval()?
For example:
var num1 = 2;
var num2 = 12;

eval() expression:
var res = eval("x+y") //which results 14

Plain javascript
var res = x + y; // 14

A: Replace eval with console.log, and you'll see the code that's being rn by it printed in the console

A: Take the code inside your eval() and it through something like: http://jsbeautifier.org/

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Published by Brian R. Beaton Esq. and Beaton and Petersen PLLC.
A Modern Take on the Antiquities Act of 1906
September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 / Brian R. Beaton
During the waning days of his administration, President Obama used the Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 USC 431-433) ("Act") to create expansive national monuments on land and at sea. According to the National Park Service, he established 34 national monuments during his administration totaling over 550 million acres. One of these monuments is located in Maine, and another is situated off the coast of Massachusetts. While environmentalists have enthusiastically supported the designations, critics have raised concerns about their potential economic impacts and new limitations on resource area use.
Congress passed the Act in 1906 as a means of halting the destruction of archaeological sites, particularly those of the Southwest. While only Congress can establish national parks, Section 2 of the Act authorizes a president "to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest . . . to be national monuments." After signing the bill into law, President Theodore Roosevelt quickly designated Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument. This designation proved to be one of many for Roosevelt and set a lasting precedent for his successors.
As part of his late-term designations, President Obama created the Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument in Maine on August 24, 2016. According to his presidential proclamation, this monument is approximately 87,500 acres and borders Baxter State Park, home to Mount Katahdin. Elliotsville Plantation Inc., run by Burt's Bees founder Roxanne Quimby, donated the land to the federal government, along with a pledge of $40 million for infrastructure improvements. In his proclamation, President Obama cited to the land's biodiversity, recreational opportunities, geography, and rich history as justifying the designation.
Subsequently, President Obama created the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean on September 15, 2016: the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. As set forth in his presidential proclamation, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is located 130 miles off the southeast coast of Cape Cod and consists of 4,913 square miles. The proclamation indicates the presence of significant underwater canyons, seamounts and abundant biodiversity. Pursuant to the designation, commercial fishing, mining and drilling are banned within the monument area; fishing for lobster and red crab will be phased out over a seven-year period. Recreational fishing, however, is permitted within the monument area.
President Obama's use of the Act to create these national monuments has stirred much debate, and encountered some resistance from industry groups and local residents and officials. In the West, concerns often include loss of mining, grazing, oil, gas and forestry rights. In New England ports, the fishing industry has raised concerns over the impact of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on the local fishing industry. Specifically, fishing associations have argued that sufficient regulatory safeguards already exist, and that the loss of fishing grounds will cause further economic hardship to struggling fleets.
In Maine, some members of the state legislature and the governor have opposed the Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument. Similarly, some local residents have feared that the new monument will curtail historical land uses such as logging, hunting and snowmobiling. Additionally, opponents have claimed the designation will diminish the logging and paper industries. But supporters point to recent media reports of visitor increases to the monument area since the designation and the corresponding benefits to local businesses.
On February 14, 2017, Maine Governor Paul LePage took the unprecedented step of sending a letter to President Trump requesting a reversal of the Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument designation. Some western congressional delegations, including those from Utah, have also sought to unwind certain designations and to restrain presidential authority under the Act.
In the history of the Act, however, no president has reversed the designation of a national monument. In fact, there is no language in the Act that authorizes a president to reverse a designation, and such action would likely be met with a swift legal response. Similarly, any attempts by Congress to curtail presidential use of the Act would likely generate spirited debate. For the time being, however, designations under the Act remain a powerful and unusually swift vehicle of resource conservation.
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Mmmm. It can get better than this. But this is very good.
Overcast outside. Big day ahead - a long to do list.
1. Catch up with my timeslips for October, because the end of the month is here. I really, really hate those things. As if one can value a life by the tenth of an hour. Thank you bean-counters of America and what you did to our profession; may hell consist of mountains of beans for you and a calculator whose batteries run out every 10 seconds.
2. Do the David Alan office sweep. Sometimes this is encouraging and other times it is discouraging, as in, I don't have enough life left to get this stuff done. Who knows what today will bring. I pray for the former, of course.
4. Prepare for the Sunday School class tomorrow. Chapters 3 and 4 of Ortberg's, If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to . . . That's fun. The only problem with this study is that I would sort of like to walk on water, but stay in my nice comfortable boat. Can't we work that, Lord? All things are possible, right?
5. Flag the sprinkler system. The last step of the renovation will begin on Monday, when the old asphalt driveway will come out and pavers go in. I have little flags to put out at the sprinkler heads, so the workers know to avoid them, or at least might devote some effort to doing so. I am not optimistic, but at least I've learned how to fix the system.
6. Do paper work at desk at home. I can't keep up with all of this. It's nearly as bad as the office.
7. Go to the Halo-Ween party at church tonight. This is an outreach effort to get the parents in the community to bring their little kids, so we can meet them. Carol is on the committee getting ready for it, and will spend all afternoon decorating. I am to show up to help at the party itself. We are not suppose to have scary masks, and frighten the little kids. What fun is that?


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Although I enjoyed exploring the Scottish Highlands and seeing tremendous castles, my real reason for going to Scotland was to see the railway bridge that spans the Firth of Forth, the Forth Bridge. I've been looking forward to this for a decade or more and at last, my dream came true. It took some effort on my part, but I did it. Having purchased a ticket before leaving the states, I abandoned the tour group to do my own thing. I was determined to take a tour of the Forth.
On a rainy morning, I caught a bus to Queensferry, the town where I would catch the tour boat. For hundreds of years, this place was the ferry crossing, hence the name. I followed my fellow passengers along the pier to the boat as the railway bridge loomed above us.
What's so special about the Forth Bridge? After several years of construction, it opened in 1890 and is still in operation with about 200 trains crossing it each day. It's a cantilever bridge built of iron, over six million rivets, and good old-fashioned Victorian engineering.
The above image shows one of the three cantilevers.
A cantilever is similar to a diving board. The central tower supports the two arms, each arm balanced like the aforementioned board. The forth is about one and a half miles wide at this point. It was too deep for the usual pier type construction. Instead, the builders sank caissons, the supports, deep into the riverbed. The cantilevers stand on these four supports. The web of struts and trusses ensure that the bridge is stable in just about any storm. That's as technical as I dare attempt.
I never tire of looking at this structure but you may, so I'll tell you a bit more about the Forth. The boat ride was enlightening. I didn't know that the Forth was the site of the first German air battle over the UK in World War II. It took place in October 1939. German U-boats also patrolled the Forth and from time to time an old unexploded mine is discovered.
There are several islands in this area of the Forth. We stopped at Inchcolm, where passengers could disembark. They would catch another boat later. We could see Inchcolm Abbey from the boat.
This is another abbey founded in the 12th century by David I. It's also one of the best preserved; perhaps its island location saved it during the Reformation.
Inchcolm has another attraction, very different from the abbey. Just offshore is a small island. It's the home of the gnomes.
I'm not sure what the story is with these. I think the one in the center is waving at our boat!
There are birds and seals of course; they lounge on the rocks and buoys. I also saw tugboats, impressive boats at that.
The Hopetoun is one of the biggest and most powerful. Like any tourist, I took a picture.
Of course, it's about the bridge!
The weather was getting worse; there were a few sprinkles. I stayed out because I didn't want to miss the bridge when next we sailed under it. Like a few others, I wanted a photo of a train crossing the bridge.
As you can see above, there are two other bridges on the Forth. The suspension bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, was closed during my visit. The bridge in the distance is the new Queensferry Crossing. It opened in 2017.
Our tour bus crossed this bridge when we first entered Edinburgh. It's modern and sleek but for me doesn't have the appeal that the railway bridge has. Therefore I have to end with a photo of the Forth Bridge!
To see more images from my boat ride on the Forth, please click here.


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Steven Rinehart would be described by those around him as a passionate man. He loves what he does, helping those who need advice. Teaching has been a significant part of his life since he was very young. His first profession was in aviation, both as a mechanic and pilot. He was taught to flying by his mother before he was old enough to drive. He held a commercial & instrument pilot license when he joined the Army as an aircraft mechanic and then flight school. Rotary-wing and fixed-wing flight instructor and airline transport pilot licenses quickly followed. He spent evenings and weekends continuing training in advance aircraft and then teaching others. He spent the next 25 years and over 7000 flight hours teaching in everything from vintage airplanes to sophisticated military helicopters. After retirement from the Army in 1999 as a CW4, he was employed as a helicopter pilot in the Gulf of Mexico flying the oil platforms for Air Logistics while studying in the academic field with an emphasis in construction science. He began inspecting full time in late 2000 and never looked back.
His most recent accomplishment was the reappointment to his second six-year term on the Texas Real Estate Commission Inspector Committee. In this capacity, he continues his fulfill his desire to help others. He has served twice as Chairman of the committee and currently chairs the education committee.
Steven also serves as the Chairman of the International Code Council Exam Development Committee for the Energy Efficiency Code and Green Building Code. Here he has an opportunity to contribute to the inspectors worldwide by maintaining the exam to ensure it has realistic field-tested questions that genuinely evaluate the knowledge required to be an energy inspector.
Steven lives with his wife Anna-Dee in Harker Heights. They have two grown sons, Christopher George living in Grand Rapids Michigan and Michael Rinehart and wife Amy who recently delivered their third child, John Michael Rinehart, who joins his older sister Gabriella Grace Rinehart and brother Sovereign Edwin Rinehart. They currently live in Ft Worth, and Michael works for Bell Helicopter in Ft Worth Texas area.
Bruce Ebbert is a native of the Sunshine State, specifically Clearwater, FL. He has been in the Central Texas area for 28 plus years. He has been employed as a city inspector for 23 years and currently the Building Official for the City of Belton. Previously, he worked in the construction industry for 15 years. He presently holds six licenses and 22 certifications.


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Wesley Baynes (born 12 October 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Runcorn Town.

Career
Born in Chester, Baynes came through the ranks at Wrexham, and made his first-team debut in a 2–2 home draw against Chester City in November 2007. After impressing in his first season, he signed an extension to his contract in March 2008, keeping him at the club until 2010. He scored his first goals for the club in the 4–2 away win against Lincoln City in May 2008 which was Wrexham's last match before relegation from the Football League. On 7 January 2009, Baynes handed in a transfer request amid rumours of interest from top clubs

In June 2011 he joined his hometown club Chester. Wes scored his first goal for Chester in the 3–0 victory over Worksop Town scoring the final goal in the 90th minute. He scored his second goal for Chester in the 3–0 victory over Chorley, scoring the 3rd goal from 30 yards. Baynes scored four more goals for Chester in their back-to-back title winning season, scoring the first goal in the 2–1 victory over Marine. He also scored Chester's only goal in the 1–1 draw against Northwich Victoria but his joy was soon to be cut short after being sent off later in the game. His fifth and sixth goal came in Chester's 4–0 win over Buxton.

In May 2013 it was announced that Baynes rejected the chance to stay with Chester for another season but this time in the Conference National. Instead he joined recently relegated AFC Telford United where he would be playing in the Conference North for another season. On 26 April 2014 he won promotion to the Conference Premier with Telford after they clinched the Conference North title on the final game of the season.

In late September 2014 he joined Colwyn Bay on loan and subsequently permanently, before signing for Connah's Quay Nomads in the Welsh Premier League.

In May 2015, Baynes scored the only goal in the Europa League play-off final against Airbus UK Broughton that sent Nomads into Europe for the first time in their history.

After spending two years with the club he signed for Airbus UK in the summer of 2017. In January 2018, he returned to the Welsh Premier with Llandudno.

At the end of the season, he was released by Llandudno and signed for Aberystwyth. Baynes made his Aberystwyth debut on the opening day of the season in a 2–0 win over former club Llandudno.

In June 2020, Baynes signed for Flint Town United.

He then signed in 2021 for Cymru North side Prestatyn Town.

In November 2021 he moved to Runcorn Town.

Career statistics

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
English footballers
Association football defenders
English Football League players
Wrexham A.F.C. players
Altrincham F.C. players
National League (English football) players
Chester F.C. players
Northern Premier League players
AFC Telford United players
Colwyn Bay F.C. players
Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players
Llandudno F.C. players
Cymru Alliance players
Cymru Premier players
Aberystwyth Town F.C. players
Flint Town United F.C. players
Runcorn Town F.C. players
North West Counties Football League players
Prestatyn Town F.C. players
Airbus UK Broughton F.C. players


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Q: Javascript Reduce Function Not working I am trying to work with higher order functions, in an attempt to be a better javascript developer.
The error I'm getting from the code below is TypeError: myArray.reduce is not a function I swear I'm following the correct design pattern.
function myFunction(myArray) {
    return myArray.reduce((prev, curr) => prev * curr);
}
var myArray = [3, 2, 3]
var myObject = myFunction.apply(myObject, myArray); // Will each element in array be multiplied?

A: You want to use .call instead of .apply.
.call will pass in each object and pass them directly to the function, while .apply will take an array of parameters and pass them in as each separate variable.
You can see the effects below, with this simple script:

function myFunction() {
    console.log(arguments);
}
var myArray = [3, 2, 3];

myFunction.call(null, myArray);
/*
 Will echo out {
   "0": [
    3,
    2,
    3
 ]}

 The first variable will contain the entire array
*/

myFunction.apply(null, myArray);
/*
 Will echo out {
  "0": 3,
  "1": 2,
  "2": 3
 }

 The first variable will be 3, the second 2, and the third 3
*/

A: Instead of using
var myObject = myFunction.apply(myObject, myArray);

Use
var myObject = myFunction.call(myObject, myArray);

Since function.prototype.apply method takes each items of array as a parameter. myArray parameter becomes 3, 2, 3 so It behaves like your function took 3 parameters.


The Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 sets a target for 250 houses to be built in Colden Common over the next 20 years. Local Plan Part 2 will deal with development management issues and allocate sites for development.
Winchester City Council approached the Parish Council in January 2013 to work with the Community so that the Parish would have a greater involvement in shaping policies within this document with relate to Colden Common.
Several volunteers came forward "The Community Engagement Group" who commenced engagement with the community through a workshop at Colden Common Primary School on the 9th February 2013.


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The IPSC European Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe.

History
 1979 Brussels, Belgium
 1980 May Oslo, Norway
 1981 Uppsala, Sweden
 1982 Warminster, United Kingdom
 1984 Paris, France
 1985 Vienna, Austria
 1987 October 13–17, Bisley, United Kingdom
 1989 Reims, France
 1992 Barcelona, Spain
 1995 Gotland, Sweden
 1998 September 4–13, Crete, Greece
 2001 Philippsburg, Germany
 2004 Tábor, Opařany, Czech Republic
 2007 Cheval Blanc, France
 2010 September 7–18, Belgrade, Serbia
 2013 September 5–6, Barcelos, Portugal
 2016 October 3–8, Felsőtárkány, Hungary
 2019 September 9–13, Belgrade, Serbia

Champions
The following is a list of current and past IPSC European Handgun Champions.

Overall category

Lady category

Junior category

Senior category

Super Senior category

Teams

Overall teams

See also
 IPSC European Rifle Championship
 IPSC European Shotgun Championship

External links
 Video: 2013 IPSC European Handgun Championship

References

IPSC Continental Championships
Match Results - 2004 IPSC European Handgun Championship
Match Results - 2007 IPSC European Handgun Championship
Match Results - 2010 IPSC European Handgun Championship
Match Results - 2013 IPSC European Handgun Championship
Match Results - 2016 IPSC European Handgun Championship

IPSC shooting competitions
European championships
Shooting sports in Europe by country


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Final Fantasy Adventure, a 1991 Game Boy game released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, a 2009 Nintendo DS game released in Japan as Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden


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Q: Rounding to 2 decimal places in Python This isn't a duplicate because I have checked everything before this post on this site. I think I have managed to do the first two bullet points. The first one I will do through a string but I am willing to change that if you know another way. The 2nd one is using comma seperators for the $'s. So I will use a float but once again am willing to change if better way is found.
But I am stuck.
And the "print("%.2f") % str) is something I found but I need work on rounding to two decimal spaces and the last bullet point.
Code:
import random

def random_number():
    random_dollars = random.uniform(1.00, 10000.00)
    print(round(random_dollars, 2))
    print("%.2f") % str

print(random_number())

Shell:
C:\Users\jacke\PycharmProjects\ASLevelHomeworkWeek18\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/jacke/PycharmProjects/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18.py 6567.62 Traceback (most recent call last): %.2f File

C:/Users/jacke/PycharmProjects/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18.py", line 10, in <module> print(random_number()) File

C:/Users/jacke/PycharmProjects/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18/ASLevelHomeworkWeek18.py", line 7, in random_number print("%.2f") % str TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'NoneType' and 'type' Process finished with exit code 1

A: You can format currency like this:
 def random_number():
    random_dollars = random.uniform(1, 10000)
    result = '$ {:0>9}'.format('{:,.2f}'.format(random_dollars))
    print(result)

{:0>10} means: pad string left to width 9 with 0's.
{:,.2f} rounds to two decimal places (.2f) and adds a comma as thousands-separator.
Just one side note: by using random.uniform(1, 10000) most of your numbers will be large (>1000), if you want to test your script with small amounts you could use random_dollars = 10**random.uniform(0, 4) instead:
 def random_number():
    random_dollars = 10**random.uniform(0, 4)
    result = '$ {:0>9}'.format('{:,.2f}'.format(random_dollars))
    print(result)

A: If I get what you are saying you want to round a number to 2 decimal places. Here is how I would do it.
import random

def random_number():
    random_dollars = random.uniform(1, 10000)
    split = str(random_dollars).split(".")
    if (len(split) == 2 ):
      if (len(split[1]) == 1 ):# checks if 1 digit after decimal place
         answer = split[0] + ".0"
      split[1] = str(int(int(split[1]) / (10 ** (len(split[1]) - 3) )))
      # Gets 3 decimal places

      if int(split[1][-1:]) => 5: #Checks if last digit is above or equal to 5
        split[1] = int(split[1][:-1])
        split[1] += 1

      else:
        split[1] = int(split[1][:-1])
      answer = split[0] + '.' + str(split[1])

    else:
      answer = split[0] + ".00"
    print(answer)

random_number()

This makes it so if the random number is somehow 100 it will add 2 zeros. If the number is like 100.1 it will add one zero. It will also round it.

A: def random_number():
    random_dollars = random.uniform (1.00, 10000.00)
    n = round(random_dollars,2)

    bd, d = str(n).split('.')

    if len(d) == 1:
        n = bd + "." + d + '0'
        return n

    else:
        return n

for i in range(1, 20):

 print(random_number())

7340.55
7482.70
3956.81
3044.50
4108.57
4864.90
235.00
9831.98
960.97
1172.28
5221.31
3663.50
5410.50
3448.52
8288.13
293.48
1390.68
9216.15
6493.65

A: TL;DR: you have to put the % directly after the string and you have to put a real variable there, not the type str
from the last line of your error message you can see that the problem is the % operator. You can also see that it tried to do the operation with two objects of types 'NoneType' and 'type'. Since you put the entire print statement in front of the % and print returns None (which is of type NoneType), the first operand is of type NoneType. then, the second operand is the type str, which is, as just said, a type. You can fix this by moving the % operator after the string and replacing str with your variable random_dollars since that is what you want to insert into the string.
import random

def random_number():
    random_dollars = random.uniform(1.00, 10000.00)
    print(round(random_dollars, 2))
    # this:
    print("%.2f" % random_dollars)

print(random_number())


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Q: Modals are opening when already a Modal is open Javascript How do I stop other modals from appearing when there is already a modal open.
Here is my HTML:

Portfolio

Coffee

Tea

Kava

            <button class="close">X</button>

            <button class="close">X</button>

            <button class="close">X</button>

Here is js code to open modal:
const coffeeGrounds = document.querySelectorAll('.projects > div[data-modal^=modal]');
const closeBtn = document.querySelectorAll('.close');
const allModals = document.querySelectorAll('.project-card');

// Open Modals
for (var i = 0; i < coffeeGrounds.length; i++) {
    coffeeGrounds[i].addEventListener('click', function () {
        var x = this.getAttribute('data-modal');
        var a = document.getElementById(x);
        a.setAttribute('style','display:block');

    });
}

Here is js code, when click outside to close the modal:
// when clicked outside to close the modal:
window.addEventListener('click', function(e) {

    if (!e.path.some(x => x.className && x.className.includes('project-card'))) {
        allModals.forEach(x => x.style.display = 'none');
    }
  }, true)

Please any help would be appreciated. Feel free to optimize my code.
Here is the visual representation: Codepen

A: Well you could take your close modal function, and then just apply it before you show a new modal. So the idea is -- hide all modal --> show modal x.
const coffeeGrounds = document.querySelectorAll('.projects > div[data-modal^=modal]');
const closeBtn = document.querySelectorAll('.close');
const allModals = document.querySelectorAll('.project-card');

const hideModals = (e) => {
    if (!e.path.some(x => x.className && x.className.includes('project-card'))) {
        allModals.forEach(x => x.style.display = 'none');
    }
};

// Open Modals
for (var i = 0; i < coffeeGrounds.length; i++) {
    coffeeGrounds[i].addEventListener('click', function (e) {
        hideModals(e);
        var x = this.getAttribute('data-modal');
        var a = document.getElementById(x);
        a.setAttribute('style','display:block');

    });
}


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Leaders International > News > Leaders International's Indigenous Practice achieves Gold-level Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) certification from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Leaders International's Indigenous Practice achieves Gold-level Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) certification from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Vancouver, BC – October 20, 2020 – Leaders International's Indigenous practice has achieved Gold-level Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Certification from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) for 2020, making it the only executive search firm in the country with the designation.
The Indigenous practice at Leaders International is led by Laurie Sterritt, a member of the Kispiox Band of the Gitxsan Nation, and an executive search leader with over 25 years' experience in the fields of Indigenous, government and community relations.
"Through CCAB's PAR program, these 11 companies have demonstrated their commitment to achieving successful positive relations with the Indigenous community," said Tabatha Bull, CCAB's President and CEO.
PAR is a certification program that confirms corporate performance in Aboriginal relations. CCAB member companies in the PAR certification program build a framework that enables them to achieve certification in Aboriginal relations at the bronze, silver, or gold level. Assurance is provided through an independent, third-party verification process of company reports on measurable outcomes and initiatives in four performance areas: Leadership Actions, Employment, Business development, and Community Relationships. These verified reports are then reviewed by an independent jury of Aboriginal business leaders who assign the final certification level.
"I am extremely proud that our Indigenous practice, and the firm, has achieved this important designation once again", said Sterritt. "We remain committed to progressive improvement in our relationships with Indigenous communities, and in supporting companies and organizations across Canada to meet their reconciliation, diversity and inclusion goals. We look forward to maintaining this designation in the years to come."
About Leaders International
Leaders International executive search combines the experience of Davies Park Executive Search (est. 1989), Higgins Executive Search (est. 1999), and Leaders International (est. 2008). In 2018, these three firms merged to form one of the leading, most innovative, and trusted executive search firms in Canada.
Leaders' reach includes offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, ensuring senior-level expertise and access to top-level executive candidates across the country. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, the firm is unique in its establishment of an Indigenous executive search practice, as well as a dedicated Diversity & Indigenous Board practice.
Please click here for more information about Leaders' commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Laurie Sterritt
Partner, National Indigenous Practice
laurie@leadersinternational.com
Date: October 28, 2020 /Category: News/Posted by: Gaurav Pokharel
Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Mineral Development – Executive Director
Leaders International – Partner/Principal (Toronto Office)


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Q: Does GeoMesa accept only single-band images? According to https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/tree/master/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-raster the GeoMesa accepts only single-band images.
Therefore, in order to import to GeoMesa a colorful image I have to import (e.g.) 3 sing-band images (R, G, B)?

A: That bit of the documentation appears to be wrong.  The tutorial here: http://www.geomesa.org/documentation/tutorials/geomesa-raster.html works through ingesting an example RGB GeoTiff using GDAL and the GeoMesa command line tools.


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[Russia] [U.S. Imperialism] [Europe] [Ukraine] [ULK Issue 37]
Russia Seizes Crimea in Inter-Imperialist Battle
by Wiawimawo of MIM(Prisons) March 2014 permalink
In November 2013, the elected government of Ukraine caused a stir for rejecting a deal with the European Union citing the overly burdensome terms of the aid package offered by the U.$.-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since we last reported on Ukraine (see ULK 36), opposition forces with Western support have implemented a regime change, ousting president Viktor Yanukovich from the country. This put a deal with the IMF back on the table. Ukrainians once again face the prospect of more wealth being sucked from their country via imperialist loans and imposed economic policies.
While opposition to the oligarchy that has ruled Ukraine has united the Western imperialists with Ukrainian fascist parties, austerity measures imposed by the IMF will threaten this alliance shortly. The new offer from the IMF will require hiking energy prices that have been subsidized by the state, one of the deal breakers cited by Yanukovich in November.
The regime change was a loss for Russian economic interests. In response, on 27 February 2014, Russian forces seized control of the Crimean peninsula, a majority Russian region of the current Ukraine state. On 6 March 2014 Crimea's regional assembly voted to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. The next day leaders of the Russian Parliament said they would support this move. The decision calls for a referendum for the people of Crimea to vote on this, scheduled for 16 March.(1)
The New York Times has made much of the battle over the right to self-determination in recent strife between the United $tates and the Russian Federation. Struggles in the Black Sea region in recent decades have been primarily inter-imperialist battles, and there is no principle behind the imperialists' actions except for their economic interests to have access to more markets, natural resources and people to exploit. Meanwhile, the proletariat's interest is defined by putting an end to this exploitation. Therefore we support the side that most threatens the control and penetration of the imperialists over the oppressed nations.
The Amerikans are saying the Russian invasion of Crimea is totally different from their meddling in Libya, Venezuela, Syria, Iran... just to name a few. But this is all posturing and a question of tactics, and the United $tates often is able to use more subtle tactics because of its greater power. In all cases it is the continuation of imperialist war to maintain profits.
While the situation in Crimea is still unresolved and potentially volatile as we write this, Russian officials have been quoted recognizing Kiev has gone pro-West. At the same time, Russia is talking with the IMF to get in on the Ukraine bail out.(2)
The IMF was part of the Bretton Woods project, which was organized by the imperialist countries after World War II in an attempt to prevent the protectionism and trade barriers that led to the economic crisis in the capitalist core, and drove them to war in both WWI and WWII. Many sanctions and trade barriers are being threatened in the current conflict. But, if Russia is allowed to export some finance capital to Ukraine as part of the imperialist plan for the country, and Russia gets to keep Crimea under its sphere of influence, then a hot war between Russia and the West will likely be averted.
The IMF is basically run by the United $tates, which has 16.75% of the votes. Meanwhile the U.$.-led imperialist camp (U.$., Japan, Germany, France, U.K., Italy and Canada) has 43.74% of votes. Russia has only 2.39%.(3) In addition to the IMF loans, the United $tates has talked of unilateral aid, as long as Ukraine "takes the reforms it needs."(4) So Russia will see a significant loss in its economic interests in the Ukraine overall, but will likely see a small piece of the pie as serving its interests better than an all out war with the United $tates.
The framework developed at Bretton Woods has been a relatively effective solution to one of the inherent contradictions of the imperialist economic system. However, it does not eliminate inter-imperialist rivalry, it just manages it. While a war on North Amerikan or Western European soils is being avoided at all costs, it is not out of the question. It will certainly come before socialism can reach those lands. War is inherent to imperialism. And it is our position that World War III has been an ongoing low-intensity war against the Third World by the imperialists since the end of WWII.(5) In recent decades this war has been primarily waged by the United $tates. While inter-imperialist war has been secondary in this period, the struggle between different imperialist interests is an antagonistic contradiction that cannot be resolved without ending imperialism. As such conflicts heat up, those in the imperialist countries will be reminded that imperialism does not serve their interests when it comes to the threat of annhilation in war. These conflicts also create breathing room for the oppressed nations to develop their own political interests independent of imperialism. The key to the survival of the humyn species is to develop such movements before the imperialists kill us all.
1. "For First Time, Kremlin Signals It Is Prepared to Annex Crimea", New York Times, 7 March 2014.
2. "Ukraine hopes for aid soon, PM says will meet IMF reform conditions", Euronews, 28 February 2014.
3. Wikipedia article on IMF
4. "White House offers US 'support' to Ukraine, on top of possible IMF package", Fox News, 24 February 2014.
5. see "What is MIM?"
Lenin Statue Toppled in Power Struggle in Ukraine
[New Afrika] [Elections] [ULK Issue 37]
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Dead - Demand An Autopsy!
by MIM(Prisons) March 2014 permalink
8 March 2014, Jackson, MS — Today hundreds attended the funeral service for Mayor Chokwe Lumumba who died after just eight months in office. His son, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, eulogized his father. He has also announced his plans to run in an April 8 election to replace his father as Mayor of Jackson.
Days before his death Chokwe was sick with a cold. On 25 February, he was pronounced dead of "natural causes," with local officials claiming it was heart failure. But family requests for an autopsy were denied. His family is working with the National Caucus of Black Lawyers to fund an independent autopsy. Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam has offered to put up the money for the autopsy.(1)
Chokwe Lumumba was a leading figure in the struggle for the liberation of New Afrika since the founding of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika in 1968. He went on to launch and work with organizations such as the New Afrikan Peoples' Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. As a lawyer he fought many historic cases for New Afrikan humyn rights in the United $tates. He represented Assata Shakur, Tupac Shakur and the Scott sisters, to name a few.
Many close to Lumumba are questioning his sudden death, following his election in a state with a long history of murdering New Afrikans. In our report on his election, we questioned his ability to build dual power in Mississippi in line with the New Afrikan Liberation Movement from within the city government. We pointed out that true dual power must have an independent base of force from which to defend itself. Only an independent autopsy can tell whether this was a case of political assassination, brutally proving that very point. Whatever the cause of death, it was quite untimely for such a leading national liberation figure who just won a major election. We will continue to watch the developments in Jackson where young New Afrikans must prove themselves as determined as Lumumba and so many others of his generation who fought for socialism and national independence for New Afrika.
1. Jackson, Miss. Mayor Chokwe Lumumba dead at 66, The Final Call, 5 March 2014.
Election Begs Question of the Road to Dual Power in New Afrika
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[Education] [Virginia]
I am in Charge of your Destruction
by a Virginia prisoner March 2014 permalink
My roommate is serving a life sentence. A few years ago he became eligible for parole but each year he is denied with an admonition to "obtain your GED before your next parole hearing."
He has been in prison 20+ years so why hasn't he obtained his GED? Is he ignorant? Lazy? Stubborn? No, each year he submits a request to attend school and each year his request is denied because "classes are reserved for inmates with five years or less remaining on their sentences." Persyns with life sentences will always have more than five years remaining.
The parole board Chairpersyn and the Education Director refuse to compromise. Each states emphatically, "I am in charge and this is my policy."
The imperialist/capitalist mindset views power as a goal in and of itself because imperialism is built upon domination, subjugation, and starvation of "those other people."
Socialism/communism views power as a means to a worthy goal. The view is toward the community or collective, and power is used to help each persyn find his or her place of function or service within the collective. A communist who sees a worker on the roadside with a flat tire will stop and show the worker how to change the tire. The imperialist will stop and flatten the other three tires, then punish the worker for being late to work by docking the pay.
In American life we see many selfish abuses of power. For example, almost 100% of persyns released from prison are at the lower end of the American socio-economic scale. Yet their criminal convictions will make them ineligible for low income housing. And if they have a conviction for a "sex offense," they are pretty much prohibited from living anywhere except landfills and moon craters.
Criminal convictions in American "society" restrict employment to generally the most menial and lowest paying jobs. Yet imperialist judges demand fines, court costs, and restitution payments begin immediately. Usually there are additional monthly fees for parole and for court-ordered treatment programs. Plus, the former prisoner's drivers license is suspended or revoked until these payments are made, effectively hindering the mode of transportation to seek or maintain employment.
Deification of the individual ego and crushing the down-trodden are lauded achievements in imperialist nations. The only treatment for these symptoms is decapitation and removal of the minds that develop and implement politics designed to keep the impoverished in poverty.
MIM(Prisons) adds: This writer provides some excellent examples of how the criminal injustice system (CIJ) works to keep the lumpen class down. And as this article notes, the CIJ is an integral part of the imperialist system, serving an effective role of social control. The author outlines the ultimate solution to this problem: overthrowing imperialism and implementing a socialist dictatorship of the proletariat. But in the short term we can also fight these repressive policies through independent institutions of the oppressed that build the anti-imperialist movement. Two of these that are directly relevant here are our educational study groups and literature for prisoners, and our Re-lease on Life program. Both work within the current legal system, the first to provide educational materials and classes to prisoners motivated to study, and the second to help prisoners stay out and politically active once they are released. Write to us to get involved in building these programs.
MIM(Prisons)'s Re-Lease on Life Program
[Abuse] [Religious Repression] [Bill Clements Unit] [Texas]
Fighting Sanitary Conditions, Grooming Court Victory in Texas
by a Texas prisoner March 2014 permalink
In the William P. Clements Prison unit in Amarillo, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is now selling us 50 sheets of low quality paper on commissary for $1.80. Here in the extended cell block, High Security A.K.A. Segregation, we have showers in our cells. They only come on 15 minutes per day. We are only issued a clean towel 3 times per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. So we go Saturday, Sunday and Monday on the same towel.
Here's the problem. Once you are done with your shower the spray covers at least 1/3 of your cell. If you use this towel to dry all this grey water up you no longer have a towel suitable to dry your body off the next day after a shower. If we get caught with a second towel for use in this purpose we receive a disciplinary case for extra necessities. I personally grieved this issue and it was denied because policy states we're only allowed one towel at a time. This is a sanitary issue.
These are just some of the injustices we see here in the Texas department of Criminal Justice. On another level though Texas inmates just won a small victory when the federal courts ruled TDCJ was violating our religious rights by making prisoners of certain faiths shave or cut their hair, like Rastafarians, Native Americans, Muslims, Amish, and Jews. We are still waiting for the change in grooming policy but we won.
MIM(Prisons) responds: Compared to some of the brutality, long-term isolation, and medical neglect, lack of a clean towel may seem like a minor issue facing Amerikan prisoners. But it is these minor issues that really illustrate the irrationality of the prisons in this country. Why would it be a disciplinary case for a prisoner to have a second towel to keep his cell clean? How could this good hygiene practice be dangerous or otherwise problematic? Prisons withold small "privileges" like this as an arbitrary form of punishment. There is no educational or reform purpose. There is just a long list of such actions adding up to unsanitary, disrespectful, unstimulating, and counter productive living conditions (when prisoners aren't being beaten, tortured, starved, or otherwise physically abused).
Prisoners will come together to fight for these minor issues, as we see with this court victory for religious expression with haircuts in Texas. It is our job as revolutionaries to take these small battles and use them as educational opportunities to show others how these issues fit into the broader system of imperialism where prisons are used as a tool of social control.
[Campaigns] [Texas] [ULK Issue 37]
Texas Restrictions on Indigent Correspondence Campaign Update
by USW18 of United Struggle from Within March 2014 permalink
When a prisoner writes the TDCJ Executive Director it will always be forwarded to the Ombudsman. They (Ombud) will always reply that they do not respond to prisoner complaints and that the grievance procedures should be followed. It's a "closed loop" to prisoners.
The Call to Action that I wrote which included the contacts were primarily for our family and friends to put pressure on authorities so that our grievances are more effective - eg. our families should contact the Executive Director and Ombudsman to file an official complaint about the policy change.
I got my Step 2 back around November and I sent it to the Texas Civil Rights Project to see if they would be interested in representing this issue in a lawsuit. I am yet to get a response from the Texas Civil Rights Project. It could be worth while if someone could contact them (TCRP) about this issue to prompt a response to my correspondence to them as I know they get piles of mail every week.
We not only need to file grievances but also strongly encourage our freeworld friends and family to contact all the contacts on the Call to Action to put a lot of pressure on the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to repeal the policy.
I believe it is futile to send the Texas Grievance Petition to the Executive Director because of the closed loop with the correspondence being forwarded to the Ombudsman. It could be worthwhile for freeworld people to send a version of the petition to the Exec Dir but I think prisoners need to start directing the petition to someone else.
I also want to mention that this mail restriction should not affect legal/privileged correspondence - prisoners should still be able to send 5 per week.
MIM(Prisons) responds: We received information from another prisoner on this same issue:
Comrades in Texas, do not send your petitions to the Executive Director or Central Grievance office because they are not working in our favor. They only forward the petitions to departments that don't address these issues, who contacted me and said "address this grievance related issues on a unit level with the grievance investigators."
We on the Polunsky plantations are sending our petitions to: ARRM Division, Administrator, PO Box 99, Huntsville, TX 77342-0099. I suggest that all Texas prisoners do the same so that we will be in solidarity. Let's flood their office with our complaints. If this doesn't work we will flood the DOJ in Washington DC. Let's work in solidarity!
We agree with these comrades' recommendations that prisoners focus sending their grievances to somewhere other than the Executive Director. We suggest the following addresses:
ARRM Division, Administrator
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
Senator John Whitmire
PO Box 12068, Capitol Station
Oliver Bell
Chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
We also now have a sample Step 2 grievance available to those who had their Step 1 on this issue rejected. Write to us if you need a copy of this.
We know this campaign is not going to change the criminal injustice system in any significant way. But restrictions on mail access is equivalent to cutting many people off from the outside world. And for those who are engaged in educational and organizing work, this is a significant problem. For this reason, focusing a campaign on restrictions on indigent correspondence is important to our broader organizing work.
Campaign info:
Resist Restrictions on Indigent Correspondence
Texas Responds to Campaign to End Restrictions on Indigent Correspondence
More Restrictions on Correspondence in Texas
Texas Indigent Mail Battle Victories and Set Backs
[Control Units] [Abuse] [Mental Health] [California]
Pantries, Poisons, and Gassings: Abuse of Mental Patients in Security Housing Units
by a California prisoner March 2014 permalink
It seems that change in our society is only brought about by those of our populace who are considered to be radicals, so this piece is written for those radicals who are compassionate enough to care and who will take the necessary efforts to make a lasting difference for those of us who are held and tortured in Security Housing Units (SHUs), which are specifically dedicated for those prisoners who are supposed to be under the care of an institution's mental health system. These american gulags are also known as "Psychiatric Services Units" (PSUs).
These specially dedicated SHUs are rarely, if ever, visited by outside prisoner rights organizations, to my knowledge; and the prisoners housed therein are simply forgotten. These prisoners have no representatives and no means to voice their concerns and so the atrocities accumulate unchecked.
Aggressive and sadistic prison guards have been known to pepper spray an individual until they cannot breathe due to the accumulation of micronized capsicum (pepper essence) absorbed into their lungs after the guard empties onto the individual several canisters of the corrosive irritant chemical weapon. This is not third party hearsay, I know of it personally, for it has happened to me. Of course nothing is done about it when you have the foxes guarding the henhouse.
Think a prisoner can obtain justice through the prison's administrative grievance systems? You had better think about it again, no way. And the courts, including the federal courts, will not entertain themselves of the issues of complaint where the completion of the administrative appeals process has been denied by a corrupt prison administration; it has been made law, a statutory prerequisite otherwise known in litigation circles as a "procedural bar." It creates gross injustice and perpetrates unchecked human abuse which is tolerated by our society, it is a blatant indication of how cruel and vicious we have become as a people.
Even more sinister is the presence of food pantries created within each of the blocks of SHU/PSU units, which are independent from the main kitchens where mainstream prisoners receive their meals. These food pantries are not under the control of licensed food service employees and are in fact totally controlled by the guards assigned to that block. Those prisoners who are targeted by the "system" quite often find themselves physically sickened by the meals they are served, meals which stink with rotten foodstuffs. Milk cartons are served bloated with full-blown contamination.
The milk is a favored vehicle to get an inmate victim to ingest a "knock-out" drug and get raped while he is unconscious. This is a fact; it has happened to me twice. Also milk is utilized in these modernized dungeons as a tool to get unsuspecting targeted prisoner victims to consume psychotropic substances which has the effect of a "truth serum" and is used as an aid in covert interrogation of all prisoners suspected by debriefer informants and snitches. And, for the same purpose targeted prisoners are placed in cells with low pressure or dysfunctional ventilation systems which are used to force irritant gasses, pepper spray or other toxic obnoxious chemical weapons through to be inhaled by the occupant of that particular cell. In addition to the above abuses, the usual torture routine includes the air cooling system on full blast in mid-winter, and the heating system turned full up in mid-summer.
MIM(Prisons) adds: We appreciate the risk that our comrades take to get reports of such horrible abuses to Under Lock & Key. Information like this is important to get out because, as this writer points out, very few people are looking at these prisons or monitoring the treatment there. But Under Lock & Key is more than a tool of exposure, it is a rallying point for activists and leaders to bring together others and work out strategies and tactics in our fight against the criminal injustice system. We should read reports like this one and be outraged. And then we should turn that outrage into action, working to educate others and build support for our fight to put an end to this system of injustice.
[Censorship] [Lanesboro Correctional Institution] [North Carolina]
Don't Be Silenced - Censor Victory in North Carolina
by Comrade Killroy of United Struggle from Within March 2014 permalink
On 14 February 2014, I won a very small victory in my struggle against the oppression of political beliefs in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
On 10 February 2014, I received two notices from the mail room, indicating that both the November/December (#35) and the January/February (#36) issues of Under Lock & Key were being rejected. The reasons given were that these publications supported "disobedience and insurrection."
Due to the fact that ULK #35 was already on the banned publication list, I was not permitted to appeal this rejection, however, I was permitted to appeal the ULK #36 because it had not yet made the master list held by NCDAC.
I brought up a constitutional argument about how prisons cannot maintain a list of banned materials, my right to my political beliefs, and the fact that a prison can not ban a publication just because it does not approve of the organization it comes from. This was decided in a court case called Williams v. Brimeyer, 116 F. 3d 351, 354 (8th circuit 1997). I also argued that ULK does not promote insurrection and disorder, yet uses prison issues to promote peaceful change to both prisons and the outside world through education and the study of politics.
Surprisingly, when mail came today, issue 36 of ULK had been returned to me. Sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe in and not give up. For anybody who faces the rejection of the ULK newsletter, I would like to make known, that ULK does not contain a significant security risk to prisons, and therefore is constitutionally protected. If your newsletter has been rejected, I strongly recommend that you fight for it on this basis. Do not allow anyone to silence the struggle.
Stop Censorship by North Carolina Department of Public Safety
[Civil Liberties] [Hunger Strike] [Gang Validation] [Lanesboro Correctional Institution] [North Carolina]
Denial of Constitutional Rights to STGs Spreads to North Carolina
Lanesboro Correctional Institution, in Anson County, North Carolina, has just enacted a gang program, which is nothing shy of draconian. Even for a state that is draconian to begin with.
It started when these pigs separated all of the inmates who were not listed as "STG" from the inmates who were considered part of the "Security Threat Group." Federal law allows violation of prisoners' Constitutional rights during times of emergency, when there is a "threat to the security of the institution." By naming inmates a "security threat," they are basically saying that these inmates have no Constitutional rights. They are being forced to shower in chains, handcuffs and shackles, and are pretty much being denied any and all rights.
The gang program is locked down 23 hours a day, and requires going 6 months infraction free to step down a single step. There are 3 steps in all, and a class of "STG associate" after that. This could force prisoners to go infraction free for 2 full years to get out of the program. Along with this program came a whole new set of rules which makes it nearly impossible to go infraction free without favoritism from the police. Of course, the only way you get that is by snitching, which in such an environment would get a prisoner killed. Being listed as an associate could be justified by something as small as an officer's claim that you said something gang-related, or even my writing this article.
In response to this new policy, prisoners on 3 of the 8 STG blocks have declared a hunger strike. More prisoners on the STG unit are doing the same, in an attempt to break down this program in its infancy. The pigs are responding by cutting off their communication so they cannot be heard. I only learned of this by accident when a "Non-STG" prisoner was moved into my block to make room for more STG blocks.
This policy is being carried out in many states as we speak. Gang members are still human beings, and therefore entitled to the same protections as everyone else. Prisoners need to stand together everywhere and shut this down before it goes into full effect.
Pennsylvania STG: Acronym for Oppression
[Abuse] [Medical Care] [Mental Health] [Campaigns] [State Correctional Institution Albion] [Pennsylvania]
Pennsylvania Prisoners Petition to End Torture and Abuse
by a Pennsylvania prisoner March 2014 permalink
MIM(Prisons) received this petition from one of our readers. We print it here in full because it does a good job exposing the neglect and abuse at SCI Albion. We do sometimes engage in petitioning government officials for reforms in prison, though petitions with such a broad scope of abuses do not have a history of success. Nonetheless, campaigns such as this one are important educational tools and we hope this one inspires activists to get involved in fighting the criminal injustice system in Pennsylvania. Our one point of disagreement is with the introductory quote from the Anarchist organizer Anthony Rayson: as we have repeatedly demonstrated, prisons are not "for-profit" and in fact take a big loss subsidized by the U.$. government.
A Call to End Oppression: United We Stand
"Prisons aren't about crime control, they're about for-profit repression. In fact they are a huge, government-run, criminal enterprise wildly profitable, & completely paid for by ripped-off taxpayers." - Anthony Rayson
The State Correctional Institution Albion in Western Pennsylvania, is a notorious prison for frequent abuse & torture of prisoners, some are held years in solitary confinement without any chance to see daylight, medical negligence has led to the suffering and death of thousands of prisoners. Lack of adequate mental health care has driven many to commit suicide. The taxpayer's money is being used to prop up an untamed beast that only the people of Pennsylvania can stop.
We ask that you support the struggle for humane conditions and rehabilitation by signing the attached petition, copying it, and mail it to the listed officials, or sacrifice a few minutes of your time by calling the officials and stating the demands/issues in the petition.
950 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Secretary of Corrections
John E. Wetzel
1920 Technology Parkway
Senator Ronald Waters
6027 Ludlow St - Unit A
Senator Shirley Kitchen
1701 W. Lehigh Ave, Suite 107
Senator Le Anna Washington
1555-A Wadsworth Ave
Governor Tom Corbett
225 Capitol Bldg
Public Complaint & Petition
To: U.S. Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett
Pennsylvania State Senators
Secretary of Corrections John E. Wetzel
Re: Stop prisoner abuse - inadequate medical/mental health treatment & care - real rehabilitation
This petition comes pursuant to and in full compliance with the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution and Pennsylvania Constitution Article 1 Section 20; the people have the authority to petition government officials and to redress of grievances.
Inadequate Mental Health Treatment
SCI Albion officials are not providing adequate mental health treatment to mentally ill prisoners that are warehoused in the Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) (Solitary Confinement) that exacerbates their mental deterioration (i.e. cutting/self-mutilation, suicides attempts, smearing/throwing of fecal matter & bodily waste, etc.)
Mary Beth Anderson, an unlicensed psychologist assigned to the RHU to provide and assist prisoners with psycho-therapy, fails to comply with the PDOC policy DC-Adm. 6.5.1 that states: "Psychologist is to visit the RHU 5 days a week and evaluate each inmate in the RHU every 30 days," Ms. Anderson clearly acts hostile to, and in an unethical manner towards prisoners under her care who have sought assistance. Two such prisoners under Mary Beth Anderson's personal responsibility committed suicide, Stoney Schaefer on October 25, 2012, and Harry Cooper on December 9, 2012. Prisoners continue to deteriorate detrimentally in the RHU due to the lack of treatment, with no apparent signs of improvement.
Dr. Steven Reilly, (LMP), is the supervisor of all the (so-called) "unlicensed psychologists" at SCI Albion, who allegedly has been known to manipulate a prisoner's diagnoses, and also dictates to the institution's psychiatrist Dr. Gottsman how to prescribe to the prisoner(s), even when it doesn't conform correctly to a mental disorder; a review of a prisoner's dispensed "psychotropic" medication(s) and their joint-diagnoses will bear this out as occurring.
He also allows the (so-called) "unlicensed psychologist" staff to neglect prisoners who seek help. Two cases in point were of James Whitman who committed suicide September 22, 2013, and a prisoner named Myers who set fire to his cell on the Special Needs Unit (housing unit for mentally ill) October 9, 2013, in an apparent attempted suicide as a result of being denied the treatment that's offered by the department.
Officials at SCI Albion house prisoners who attempt suicide in a Psychological Observation Cell (POC) these cells are designed as torture chambers where prisoners arey confined 24 hours a day with no counseling or therapy, the lights stay on round the clock, and they are forced to wear only a smock (cloth dress mode). These torture chambers only intensify their psychoses that only make them worse upon their return to general population, causing them to receive misconducts and then warehousing them in RHU (Solitary Confinement).
According to the Department of Correction's policy "All Correctional Officers shall receive an annual psychological evaluation," yet SCI Albion officers completely ignore this policy, guards at SCI Albion have not had their psychological evaluations done in years, for some decades, the resulting neglect ramps up the intensity leading to abuse and guards assaulted. The psychological evaluation is also necessary for guards who are active in the military that go to war and return to work with prisoners seething with a combat mentality. Data collected by the International Academy of Suicide Research indicate that prison guard's suicide rates are 39% higher than similar averages for other jobs. If proper psychological evaluations are carried out, it may prevent suicides of guards.
Inadequate Medical Treatment
Prisoners at SCI Albion are being denied proper health care. Prisoners held in the RHU (Solitary Confinement) that send in a request for medical treatment (sick call) get a physician's assistant at their door who attempts to diagnose them based on a brief conversation. Because of this, most prisoners are misdiagnosed, thus violating federal law (Privacy Act), by openly allowing prisoners' medical information disclosed within earshot to everyone on the "pod" (including prisoners).
Many prisoners who request medical treatment in general population and go to see the doctor or physician assistant, are often told to come back or are briefly seen and misdiagnosed. Derrick Jones, a former SCI Albion prisoner won a $312,000 lawsuit for medical negligence at the prison due to a misdiagnosis of a broken ankle as a sprain and inadequate treatment.
Many prisoners with serious medical conditions remain in general population in unsanitary conditions (housing) where they spread their diseases to other prisoners. Prisoners who are on the verge of their demise get housed in the infirmary where they are met with hostile nurses who don't have much regard for life. Dennis Austin died at the infirmary with bed-sores that were grossly infected, confirming a clear disregard for life even at the infirmary. Prisoners continue to die/suffer to death due to lack of adequate care.
No Access to Courts
Valarie C. Kusiak (CCPM) and acting Deputy Melinda Adams are both in charge of the law library at SCI Albion where prisoners' access to the courts and law library are denied. The law library sessions mostly are canceled with no make-up dates; also prisoners are allowed only one 30 minute slot per week access which hinders their research abilities to type up documents and make copies. Also, Ms. Kusiak and Ms. Adams took all the law books out of the law library denying prisoners vital information needed for research. In times of court deadlines, prisoners are not granted extra time to prepare documents and are denied the means to make copies, often leading to losing appeals.
Inadequate Food
Prisoners at SCI Albion are given unhealthy food. The food served to prisoners is uncooked, and the meat is old and freezer burnt. Vegetables and fruit are rotten; milk is 3 days past its sell-by date that most prisoners throw away. Prisoners are getting sick due to these unhealthy food diets.
Inhumane Working Conditions
Prisoners at SCI Albion who are assigned jobs work without proper safety gear to protect them against many dangers. Prisoners working as plumbers do not wear any suits to protect their skin from exposure to the dirty pipes and water that carries Hepatitis C, HIV-Aids, and other viruses from others' body waste that they can be infected by due to a lack of appropriate safety gear. Painters that have to stand on ladders to paint do not have hard hats or eyewear that can protect them from a fall, or paint going in the eyes causing damage to sight. Warehouse workers do not have any hard hats, gloves, eyewear, or safety belt that puts them in great danger. Work related injuries happen quite frequently as a direct result of non-safe standards; also there are other various jobs without any safety measures.
Inadequate Programming & Education
Programs being offered to prisoners at SCI Albion have proven to be ineffective to a prisoners' rehabilitation. Prisoners are lectured in groups (i.e. Violence Prevention, A.O.D., Thinking for a Change, etc.) by coordinators who read from books and do not engage prisoners in critical thinking necessary for rehabilitation, also they allow prisoners to just sit around and talk amongst themselves, when they don't feel like reading and dismiss the group early; this happens a lot. Valarie C. Kusiak and Melinda Adams, who are in charge of programming, do not investigate the efficiency of the groups or prisoners' complaints that the groups are not beneficial.
There are no vocational programs/courses offered for prisoners that coincide with or compliment outside job market trends for ex-felon hiring's at sectors with available openings, leaving an unprepared prisoner upon release to continue a former life of crime that's due to the lack of proper occupational/preparatory instruction. SCI Albion has a 3-in-4 prisoner recidivism rate within a years' time.
Malcolm X had a vision we have yet to attain
MIM(Prisons) on U.S. Prison Economy
[Control Units] [Pelican Bay State Prison] [California] [ULK Issue 37]
Pelican Bay SHU Update, Small Progress After Hunger Strike
I want to give you some updates on some new developments around here. In the last couple of months here in the PBSP SHU we are now being given more privileges. We are now allowed 3 hour visits and the items/property that we may buy and possess was expanded so that we can now have 40 pictures, up from the previous allowed 15 pictures, we can have a bowl and cup, slippers/houseshoes, jalapeños, hot sauce, 2 pairs of sweats and thermals and two appliances, and others have already received a CD player/tape player for the radio. So it just goes to show that there was no reason to deny us such things in the first place.
Also, on 11 February 2014 Assembly Member Tom Ammiano introduced Assembly Bill No. 1652, which if passed and signed into law would limit the time validated inmates would spend in the SHU solely based on validation status to 36 months. It would also allow validated prisoners to earn and receive good time credits again. Write to: Legislative Bill Room, State Capitol, Room B22, Sacramento, CA 95814, and request a copy of the bill, or have someone on the outside go to www.leginfo.ca.gov.
Lastly, a new favorable validation case came out last year: In RE Cabrera, 216 CAL. APP. 4th 1522 C CAL. APP. 5th Dist. 2013. There's some good news but let's not get comfortable as we have a long way to go to abolish solitary confinement. Getting Assembly Bill No. 1652 passed would be a big step in the right direction, so get involved in any way you can and spread the word.
MIM(Prisons) adds: We've said before that you can't reform torture. California Assembly Bill No. 1652 would certainly improve individuals' lives by shortening the length of torture they face. But the state will still be terrorizing prisoners with the threat of 3 years in isolation for talking to people the state doesn't like or sporting a tattoo they find offensive or being a member of an organization they are opposed to.
The In RE Cabrera on Habeas Corpus case may make it a little harder for the CDCR to torture people for just a tattoo as it requires that one piece of evidence used to label a prisoner a Security Threat Group member must prove a two-way relationship between the prisoner and the group. Still, the process of "validation" using secret evidence remains in place making it hard for SHU prisoners to even know if this case applies to them.
As this comrade says, we still have a long way to go to abolish solitary confinement. But the progress in terms of organizing and building an opposition to this blatant torture and social control shows that the oppressed will not put up with this forever. Once a symbol of the state's strength over the oppressed, the torture kkkamps across the United $tates are becoming a point of weakness that exposes its oppressive nature while rallying resistance to its repression.
California Strike Against Torture in Prisons - 8 July 2013
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