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Q: SQL Server: specifying a unique optional column SQL Server has a quirk with optional unique columns: you cannot have more than one null in a table.
For example:
create table employees (
    id int identity(1,1) primary key,
    givenname nvarchar(24) not null,
    familyname varchar(24) not null,
    tfn char(9) unique  --  optional, but unique
);

(In Australia, we have a Tax File Number, which is unique to the tax payer).
The following is a workaround:
create table employees (
    id int identity(1,1) primary key,
    givenname nvarchar(24) not null,
    familyname varchar(24) not null,
    tfn char(9)
);
CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX uq_employees_tfn ON employees(tfn)
WHERE tfn IS NOT NULL;

Is it possible to name a unique constraint and give it the above condition is a manner similar to the first example? That is, is it possible to include the more complex constraint inline with the column definition?

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Is it possible to name a unique constraint and give it the above condition is a manner similar to the first example? That is, is it possible to include the more complex constraint inline with the column definition?

Yes, the following works (only in SQL Server 2016 onwards):
create table employees (
    id int identity(1,1) primary key,
    givenname nvarchar(24) not null,
    familyname varchar(24) not null,
    tfn char(9) NULL
        INDEX uq_employees_tfn
        UNIQUE (tfn)
        WHERE tfn IS NOT NULL
);

The inline syntax results in the same unique filtered index as for the separate CREATE UNIQUE INDEX. Subsequent DDL will need to manage it like an index rather than a constraint.
It is not brilliantly clear in the CREATE TABLE documentation, but is illustrated in Example S.

A: Paul White's answer is excellent for SQL Server versions and other RDBMS which support filtered indexes.  For other database systems a good way to get around this would be to have a separate, child table to contain the unique, but optional column.
The tables would be in an optional 1:1 relationship (i.e. 1:0-1).  The child table would look like so:
create table tfns (
    employee_id int not null primary key,
    tfn char(9) not null unique,
    foreign key tfns__employee (employee_id) references employees (id)
);

You could also define a view which outer joins tfns to employees in order to show all of the columns of both tables together.


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Caribbean can boast of one of world's highest immunisation rates
August 20, 2015 by ieyenews Leave a Comment
From CARICOM
The Caribbean can boast of having one of the highest immunisation rates in the world. That's the word from Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater.
He made the announcement on Tuesday morning during the opening ceremony of the Forty-Second Annual General Meeting of the Regional Nursing Body, which is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.
Dr. Slater said that many persons did not realise that the Region had one of the highest immunisation rates and found it unbelievable that the Region's coverage was better than a country as developed as the United States. He attributed this accomplishment to the work of nurses in the Region and noted that they made a valuable contribution to other areas such as maternal health and child health.
The Assistant Secretary-General also said that nurses had a significant impact on issues such as communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which would be addressed during the meeting. He said their involvement in enhancing healthy lifestyle promotion which included mental health was also notable and, according to him, there was a high dependence on nurses to ensure that those issues remained topical.
Minister in the Ministry of Health, Guyana Dr. Karen Cummings, also spoke at the opening ceremony. She acknowledged that much had been done but pointed out that a lot more needed to be achieved with respect to emerging trends and diseases in health, including NCDs. She said that the Ministry of Health fully appreciated the intrinsic value that nurses brought to the public health care system.
We understand the critical importance of investing in human capital necessary to enable our nurses to thrive prosperously in a dynamic health care environment."
Other speakers at the ceremony were Programme Manager, Health Sector Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Rudolph Cummings, Chairperson RNB, Antigua and Barbuda, Ms. Elnora Warner, and Chief Nursing Officer Guyana, Ms. Tarmattie Barker.
The four-day meeting will review the current status of preparations for the October 2015 Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR) and give guidance on any outstanding issues related to the CXC-managed RENR over its first year. Participants will also approve the way forward for a new Strategic Plan for Nursing in CARICOM and will receive updates on current areas of Regional and global health policy of particular relevance to the nursing community.
SOURCE: http://today.caricom.org/2015/08/12/caribbean-can-boast-of-one-of-worlds-highest-immunisation-rates/
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Welcome to Magical DLP. I have decided after a few years of following Disneyland Paris news on social media, and in the press, to create a website to post my thoughts on everything DLP.
I have loved all things Disney from a young age. Like a lot of people born at the same time as me (1986), we were brought up watching Disney Animated films. I watched all the films released when I was a youngster like Aladdin, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. I also watched some of the older classics like the Sword in the Stone and Robin Hood.
When I was a child though I never had the chance to visit Disneyland in America like all my friends. I wasn't really bothered but I would have loved to go.
Fast forward a few years to my time at Sixth Form (2002) and the chance came up to go on a Business and ICT trip to Disneyland Resort Paris. I put my name down but wasn't 100% sure if I wanted to go, as I had just started going out with my girlfriend (now wife!) and I didn't like roller coasters or big thrill rides. I decided I would go as this might be the only chance I might ever get to go to a Disney Park.
Once at Disneyland Paris I loved it! The first thing I remember when looking back at the trip (apart form the very long coach journey) was walking onto Main Street USA and seeing Sleeping Beauty's castle. It was amazing. I loved it (although I didn't tell my friends as that isn't the kind of thing lads spoke about when we were 16 years old).
The rest of the visit involved us attending the conference in a big marquee. We missed the first speaker as we were late and then snook out early to go back into the park (don't tell my students!) I will also remember this trip as the time of my life when I got over my fear of roller coasters. My friends managed to convince me to ride Space Mountain they told me it would be fine as it was in the dark. They were correct it was fine and I had a great time. I then had a ride on Rockin Roller Coaster that was easy. My hardest challenge came when queuing for the Temple of Peril. At the time this ride went backwards, this might of helped me as I couldn't see where I was going. I hated and loved every second of it at the same time.
After Sixth Form I went to Uni to train as a teacher; never did I think that I would be back teaching at my old Sixth Form but I did. I joined as an ICT teacher and in my first year working there I was invited onto the trip to visit Disneyland Paris, this time for free! I was part of the trip most years then took over the running of the trip which I still do to this day. I am lucky that as things stand I have a chance to go to Disneyland Paris every year with some great students and staff able to mix work with pleasure. With out this chance I wouldn't have felt confident enough to launch a website dedicated to All Things Magical and Disneyland Paris!
What does the future bring? Well, I am visiting Disneyland Paris again in March, and as well as leading the Sixth Form trip I will be gathering images, videos and reviews for this website. I cant wait as this will give the trip a different dimension and meaning. The biggest excitement for me this year though will be my first family trip to Disneyland Paris with my beautiful wife and gorgeous son. Disneyland Paris is a place that needs to be shared with family and this trip in May with mine is going to be my best visit to the parks yet. Of course I will also be taking as many images and videos as possible for this site and all the other Disneyland Paris fans out there.


Thanks so much, looking forward to it!
When will we find out what it was @EllenL?
Body lotion with the perfume of the same scent!
Well done everyone I have a feeling it could be a new Tiffany perfume.
@SophieG1 The colours match so well with Tiffany, could it be the new Sheer one? My other guess would be the new Black Opium Intense, which I can't wait to smell, both look gorgeous. Or maybe something else not on our radars yet ^^. Anyway I cannot wait to see what this was .
Walk through the perfume rather than spray it on you. Lasts longer.
I always spray the perfume in my hair and on my clothes, you don't need a lot and the smell stays so much longer!


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That's where Paul comes in: a Confidence BE® user who has newfound freedom since the launch of the black Confidence BE® bag. Paul met with Packing Team Leader, Martin Farrell at our distribution centre, for a chat about how their lives are entwined. They'd never met each other, but Martin is a member of the team at Salts Healthcare who makes sure Paul has the stoma bags and additional products he needs, when he needs them.
Martin and Paul immediately struck up a rapport, chatting about all sorts of things, including their love of sports and their respective hobbies. They also spoke about Confidence BE®, discovering how the work of every individual at Salts connects with every single patient.
Martin then wanted to find out more about Paul and his journey. For Paul, having a stoma was a scary prospect. He felt ashamed of his bag – but that all changed with Confidence BE®. Paul finds them comfortable to wear, is impressed with the filter and doesn't find them to be noisy like previous bags he's tried. But, the offering of three different colours is what Paul really loves. Paul had been crying out for bags in different colours for years. He now sees the black bag as a way for him to match this with his skin tone, giving him the confidence he previously lacked.
Paul and Martin then spoke more about staff and patients understanding just how connected they are. From a patient's perspective, Paul understands how important receiving his deliveries is, from the messages, emails and phone calls, right up to the delivery arriving. For Martin, it's nice to be able to see the different cogs in the Company which all work together to achieve one outcome, and to see how his team contribute to patient's quality of life.
To see more of Martin and Paul's chat, please follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_H8oQvR2qU&t=11s.
To celebrate the launch of Confidence BE®, we're sharing a series of stories like Martin and Paul's, where employees from Salts Healthcare met with patients to talk about their involvement in Confidence BE®. We make products, but we never forget our devices are for real people. Read more stories like this here.


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I've told you this before, but if I have to go more than a couple of hours away from my cave in the mountains, I'm an unhappy bear.
I buck it up when traveling five hours to visit family. Once there, I lose my grumpiness.
Why, then, do I look forward eagerly to a trip in October taking two days and covering 2,867 miles (if lucky)?
Which is even more surprising. Call me a curmudgeon. Call me an introvert, but I'm not fond of hanging out among people. At least not usually.
But these people I'm eager to see are special friends I've made over the past 10-plus years.
These are special friends like Carline Anglade-Cole.
I'd known Carline's reputation as a top copywriter for years before meeting her in person the first time three years ago. I was more than a little nervous to meet her. After all, she's so "A-list," she's even written direct mail for Oprah! And I'm in awe of her great skills and success.
No need to be nervous. Carline is one of those rare individuals who makes you feel like you've been friends for many years when you first meet her. And I've seen this quality many, many times. And with many different types of people.
And I always look forward to meeting up again with Bob Bly.
If anything, Bob is more of an introvert than me. But that's never stopped him from being generous with his time every time I see him. Bob, like Carline, willingly shares every little bit of his expertise with those who ask.
But, truth be told, that's not why I wanted to meet him the first opportunity I got six or seven years ago.
I wanted to meet Bob because he is the one person who's responsible for me being a copywriter today. I got where I am because of Bob's book Secrets of a Freelance Writer.
I'm also eager to catch up with Mike Palmer again this year.
Mike's built Stansberry Research (a part of Agora) into a huge direct-marketing powerhouse. He's the copywriter behind the ultra-successful End of America sales letter that generated hundreds of thousands of new subscribers.
Every time he presents, I've walked away with new ideas for my own writing. And as with all the other presenters at Bootcamp, Mike is always free with his time, answering questions and encouraging attendees whenever possible.
Of course, one group I'm excited about seeing are my many friends from AWAI.
Katie Yeakle. Rebecca Matter. Cam Irish. And every single one of the AWAI crew greets me with open arms (literally), joy, and enthusiasm.
Every one of them makes me feel like they're welcoming me personally. Because they are.
Funny thing, though, this is how they greet every single person at the event I've traveled 2,867 miles to attend.
I didn't leave Denise Ford's name off the list of the AWAI crew. I had to acknowledge her separately, because she's been such an intimate part of my life with AWAI.
Oh, there other names I'd love to include. Space does not allow.
But there is one person I am really looking forward to meeting this October after traveling out of my cave in the mountains.
As much as I love learning from the Master Copywriters and seeing the wonderful AWAI team, they aren't the reasons I truly look forward to going to Bootcamp every year.
Instead, it's people like you.
I've never known a group so eager to learn and so willing to ask questions. As a teacher, those two qualities distinguish Bootcamp participants. Those two qualities make traveling a joy.
I hope to see you there. So, if you're able to make it this year, please come by and introduce yourself.
And if you've got questions? At heart, I'm a teacher, and good teachers love answering questions. I'll do my darnedest to answer yours.
Please comment below to tell us your thoughts about today's essay. Before you do that, why not take a minute to reserve your seat at Bootcamp? I'd love to meet you in person and hear about the progress you are making in your copywriting career.
Hello: I don't have a career in copywriting of any kind, I've just been blessed with writing Christian poetry and enter contest when I can. A gift/blessing from God, I am a poor poet with serious health issues since birth, I don't travel except to see doctors.Sorry about not meeting you & others as well. I love to write,yet unable to start a career. God Bless you.
Hello Will, I noticed your click here link in todays article, requesting feedback for this particular article.
You're an excellent persuasive writer, paired with a fantastic marketing team.
I do hesitate when there is too much literature, convincing me that this opportunity is almost too good to be true.
I really hope that you're not false advertising and pulling strings, to get others to latch on to false hope. It's a really tough world out there and money is so tight. A lot of the people you are marketing to, myself included, might just be needing that one lucky break but have no hope and no money to proceed. I hope you aren't taking innocent money for your own gain.
I want the Opportunity to work with AWAI, to be Financially secure and stable and to live the Writer's Dream! I definitely want the chance to experience more in life right now and be Successful on my own with through AWAI.
I thank you so much for the invitation"Meet you in person".
I would like to meet you too but it is not possible for me to come to USA.I live for about 15000 miles away from you.But even if i had money enough to buy a flight ticket i never get visa for USA,because trump had forbidden it to 7 countries the entry visa for USA.
However thanks a lot for being so kind.I am still learning English.I improved my skill in English.
Thank you for your letter & the information about the bootcamp. I am interested, however I will need a little more time to explore my own thoughts. I will respond at a later date.
I love the real "you" introvert factor that encourages the real me to emerge. Wherever I am, I feel confident to just walk up and be a part of the introvert team that is ready to embrace others and come out of the copywriting sort-of-solitary shell. Let's not kid ourselves, writing is by its own virtue lonely, fulfilling, and yes, connecting. Thanks for sharing your inside story.
I really enjoyed your letter today. I've put off enlisting your support because I was busy. Now I'm not, but I have two current reasons for being hesitant: I have had two strokes. The strokes have been long time past. But I still wonder if I'm ready to do this. Do you think I can?
Dear Will, Great essay I just received from you. I am probably quite similar to you in makeup, I have also enjoyed all the Awai folks that contribute and mentor us newbies. I am so new that I don't fully understand all the copywriting involves. I don't spend enough time with it because of many distractions I have. However, If I could afford it, I would definately attend the bootcamp! I do hope to start earning an income from Copy writing asap. I am 74 yo and just starting in this business.
Thanks for that very pleasant and informative email. I too, would like to meet you in person. Here's the situation. All kinds of ideas are floating around in my head. There are numerous subjects to explore and even more to write about, but I must pick up the pace. Once I've really started, then I would be equipped financially to attend those boot camps you speak of. Attending one of AWAI's Boot Camps is high on my priority list.
Will, What a heartwarming letter !
Hi Will,Bootcamp is the Place to meet, some of the great copywriter's,AWAI has turn out.too meet Some of The writers,tongue hanging out, mouth wide open, can't breeth, know telling,who might scream,at Bootcamp.
I want to take a moment to address the question about AWAI's legitimacy posted at the beginning of these responses.
I've been involved with AWAI for over 15 years now. I don't think I've ever worked with an organization such as this that is more reputable and honest. I wouldn't have stuck with them for so long, if I had any doubts about them. I trust him. But the only way anyone will learn to trust him, is to see them in action. So, try the by getting the Accelerated Program. AWAI has a great refund policy.
Dear Will, Many thanks for an inspiring letter. I'm very glad to tell you I've reserved my place at Bootcamp in October. It will be great to say hello to you there, if possible. My next move is to go to Toronto to meet Joshua Boswell. A one day education. Will also be really exciting. Now I wish you a pleasant May weekend.
I'm new to copy writing as well. I actually bought the accelerated course 5 years ago, and it somehow got put aside.
Well, I picked it up again a month or so ago and DOVE RIGHT IN! I am a COS member (going to boot camp... yeah!) and I am currently enrolled in Carline's intensive.
Can't wait to meet you and all the other folks I've read about.
Dear Will, My message is a tiny reflection from the sounding board of my emotions,thank YOU!
Delightful messages present bright colors to my soul, body, brain,never resting inspirations, as if, the heaven sources put renewed energy into passion.The butterfly's wings turn into the eagle's stormy,mighty arms.Conquer the time, everything feels right, no finances, no distance, no responsibilities, only writing, imaginations as magnificent as the RAINBOWV itself, untouchable,fascinating, extremely interesting, visited on the parlor of the SKY – the marvelous shared hat for each of us.
Those golden minutes look like the burning candle,last as long as my dream candle incinerates,may be until OCTOBER?
What a pleasant surprise to see your comments. Welcome to COS, and be sure to grab me by the lapels and say "hi." And please remind me about your posting in this blog!


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Without a doubt, this was my favourite cut from J Cole's album from last year. Had this one in my playlists for a long time.
The smoothest of hip hop beats, Missy on the vocal and some J Cole quotables. Great.


Authors: Towse, R. and Taylor, M.
New and extended rights for performers have been introduced into UK copyright law as a result of EC Directives. It is widely supposed that they will make performers better off. In this article we attempt to test that assumption by analysing these changes with the focus on the music industry. We discuss the role of collecting societies in implementing these rights, and speculate on the costs of collection, the potential value of the rights and who will pay for them. Evidence is presented for the UK with references to Denmark and Sweden. We conclude that it is not obvious that all performers will be better off as a result.
Authors: Taylor, M. and Towse, R.


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Rare Bugatti Pulled From Lake After 73 Years
This particular 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia Roadster used to belong to Golden Age of Grand Prix driver René Dreyfus, who lost it in a drunken poker game to Swiss playboy Adalbert Bodéor it may have come into the possession of Marco (Max) Schmuklerski, a Zurich-born architect of Polish descent. in Paris in 1934; Bodé soon left for home with his new machine, but with no cash in pocket, he was unable to pay its import duties when he was stopped at the Swiss border. Bodé walked away, leaving Swiss officials to dispose of his prize however they saw fit. In those days, a ten-year-old Bugatti wasn't of significant value, so officials chose to roll it into the lake; its eventual resting spot was 173 feet below the surface of the water.
Built in Brescia, Italy, the touring car was initially registered in Nancy, France. A small brass plate found on the car bears the name 'George Nielly, 48 Rue Nollet, Paris' who was probably the owner in 1930.
The car has four cylinders, a 1.5 litre engine and was able to achieve a speed of close to 100 miles an hour, a remarkable feat at the time.
Schmuklerski, who studied architecture at the very prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, may have acquired the car at that time. From whom is not known. He brought the Roadster back to Switzerland and put the vehicle into storage but neglected to pay the import duties. When officials learned of the unpaid tax they seized the vehicle.
The cost of the import duties was more than the car was worth so the officials decided to destroy it. The locals say that Bodé attempted cross the border into Switzerland with the car but was unable to pay the import duties.
Bodé advised the officials to do as they pleased with the car as it had minimal value at the time and walked away.
No matter how it came about, the Swiss officials simply rolled the vehicle into the lake where it sank to the bottom.
The Bugatti was not seen again until 1967 when diver Ugo Pillon located the wreck. It became a popular dive spot for over forty years until 2009 when a local dive club rescued the car from the bottom of the lake.
A young local man, Damano Tamagni was attacked and killed in a random act of violence. In response to this tragedy, the club helped set up a nonprofit foundation in Tamagni's name in order to fight youth violence. The intent was to sell the vintage Bugatti to raise funds.
The task took nine months to complete with thirty volunteers, and the car was finally recovered. There are still patches of the original blue paint, and the tires were still inflated when it was brought to the surface
The car, still a rusted heap, is kept in a dimly lit room reminiscent of the conditions found at the bottom of the lake and is displayed more as a work of art than just an antique car.
"This is a car that's had many different lives," says museum curator Andrew Reilly. "Here's a twin-plug competition car, re-bodied to carry its current torpedo body. It has been known to have belonged to René Dreyfus, then lost in a card game in Paris.
It was pushed into the lake, it became a part of local lore, it became a tourist attraction. Depending on what part of its lifespan you focus on, you come away with a different appreciation.
If the focus is on the young man who lost his life, it is a somber part of the story.
The faded grandeur of great pre-war cars suffering certain indignities is another. The watery crypt and silence and darkness this car survived in lends itself to another solemn experience."
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A teenage girl has not been able to eat for six months because of a rare condition which means her body cannot handle food.
Amy Knowles, 17, has Complex Neuromyopathic Intestinal Dismotility (CNID) and must spend 12 hours a day fed by tube to her heart which feeds liquid nutrients into her blood stream.
Doctors are baffled as to what has caused her condition and there is no known cure.
Yet every time she is connected to the feeding line she stands a high risk of killer complications like infection, septicaemia and liver failure.
Amy said: 'The hardest part of my illness is not being able to eat food, which I love.
'I still try to cook for my family and go out to restaurants with my friends and not let my illness hold me back.
Amy's parents always knew she had trouble digesting food properly. When she was 11 doctors said they thought she had anorexia, but they were adamant this wasn't the case and sought a second opinion.
Months of investigations and tests resulted in numerous emergency procedures and operations including surgery to remove her large intestine after it stopped working.
Amy was even injected internally with Botox to try and relax her muscles but nothing has worked.
Her condition became so serious that a booked stay of five days at Great Ormond Street Hospital turned into a nine-month stint. During her stay her courage and determination touched the hearts of celebrities like The Voice UK star Jessie J who visited her at her bedside.
She is still undergoing tests on her condition at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and must wear a backpack carrying all her nutrients when she goes out.
Amy's mother, Helen, gave up work four years ago to be Amy's carer and moved to London while she was in Great Ormond Street Hospital to be with her day and night.
Amy's mother Helen, said: 'We know we could lose her at any time, we just don't know what the future holds.
'I'm so proud of her – I wouldn't be able to do what she does, she's such a strong girl.
'The care Amy has had has been exceptional – everybody who has ever looked after Amy has been fantastic.
Amy and her family have had to deal with the possibility they will never know what has caused her condition and what the outcome will be – so now Amy tries to live each day as fully as she can.
The family have set up a website with further information about Amy's condition and fundraising.


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Q: How can I connect a user model to a custom model in Django? I have a student model with a one-to-one relationship to the built-in Django User model. My aim is to combine both forms in a single template for registration such that whenever I create a new student, the student object is automatically assigned a user by using Django post_save signals.
Below are the code snippets:

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*models.py

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
class Student(models.Model):
  CURRENT_CLASS = (
    ('1', 'Form 1'),
    ('2', 'Form 2'),
    ('3', 'Form 3'),
    ('4', 'Form 4'),
  )
  user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
  first_name = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True)
  last_name = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True)
  adm_num = models.IntegerField(null=True)
  form = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=CURRENT_CLASS, null=True)

  def __str__(self):
    return '%s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name)

*forms.py

from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django import forms
from .models import Student

class CreateUserForm(UserCreationForm):
  class Meta:
    model = User
    fields = ['username', 'password1', 'password2']

class StudentForm(ModelForm):
  class Meta:
    model = Student
    fields = '__all__'
    exclude = ['user']

*views.py

def signupPage(request):
  form = CreateUserForm()
  student_form = StudentForm()
  if request.method == 'POST':
    form = CreateUserForm(request.POST)
    student_form =StudentForm(request.POST)
    if form.is_valid() and student_form.is_valid():
      user = form.save()
      username = form.cleaned_data.get('username')
      messages.success(request, 'Account was created for ' + username)
      return redirect('student:login')
    else:
      form = CreateUserForm(request.POST)
  context = {
    'form': form,
    'student_form': student_form,
  }
  return render(request, 'registration/signup.html', context)

*signup.html

<form method="POST">
  {% csrf_token %}
  {% for field in form %}
    {{ field.label }}
    {{ field }}

  {% endfor %}
  {% for field in student_form %}
    {{ field.label }}
    {{ field }}

  {% endfor %}
  <input type="submit" value="Register Student">
</form>
{{  form.errors}}
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A: Update your view to also save the student like:
if form.is_valid() and student_form.is_valid():
    user = form.save()
    username = form.cleaned_data.get('username')
    student_obj = Student.objects.create(
        user=user,
        first_name=student_form.cleaned_data.get('first_name'),
        last_name=student_form.cleaned_data.get('last_name'),
        adm_num=student_form.cleaned_data.get('adm_num'),
        form=student_form.cleaned_data.get('form')
    )
    messages.success(request, 'Account was created for ' + username)
    return redirect('student:login')

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My name is Jeana Morrison-Adams. I am excited and honored to be the principal at Hoffman Middle School where we believe in "Bell to Bell Learning" every day, all day, and the next day. My goal as the instructional leader of Hoffman Middle School is to provide a safe and engaging learning environment for all students. I want to provide a healthy, risk-free, global instructional environment where our students can excel and are empowered to realize their full potential. I have been an educator for 23 years., I received my Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Texas A&M University. I received my Master's degree in Educational Administration from the same university. I was honored to serve as the principal of Reed Academy for Engineering prior to coming to Hoffman. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 22 years; we have a beautiful daughter, Karrington, and a amazing son, Mance Chandler. I love to spend all my free time with my family. I am very ecstatic about the instructional journey at Hoffman Middle School aka "Hornet Nation" where we are "Teaming up for Growth and Greatness". I welcome everyone to come take a look at the magnificent things we are doing at our school. Our success is not possible without the support of our families, community members and our exceptional staff.
Comeneci Noble Taylor received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2000 and her Master's degree in Educational Administration from Prairie View A&M University in 2006. She began her teaching career in Aldine ISD at Drew Academy where she was assigned to teach Language Arts to 7th and 8th grade students. In 2006 she transitioned to Caraway Intermediate School where she led the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence program. In 2010, she moved to Hoffman Middle School where she was the Academic Assessment and Data Specialist. In 2013, Mrs. Noble Taylor became the Curriculum Assistant Principal at the same campus.
is originally from Beaumont, Texas and holds several degrees from both Lamar University as well as Sam Houston State University. Before coming to Aldine ISD, he worked for a number of years in Houston ISD where he served as an adaptive behavioral teacher and as a behavioral interventionist. In Aldine, Dr. Stewart continued his teaching experience in special education, RtI, and was a former assessment and accountability specialist before moving to his current position as an assistant principal at Hoffman Middle School. In addition to his k-12 experience, Dr. Stewart also teaches and lectures at several universities and continues to publish academic work related to teacher pedagogy and cultural competency.


Hermanus Railway Station has no Train! Have you ever wondered why the Hermanus Railway Station has no railway line or train in this lovely village?
Here is the story how this came about. One of the most fondly remembered visitors to Hermanus was Sir William Hoy. He made an impact on this town so great, that the repercussions are still felt today. Born in Scotland to the farmer Robert Hoy, William Hoy left school at the age of 12 and became a clerk at the North British Railway in Edinburgh. While working, Hoy made extra money teaching shorthand at a local night school. When not working or teaching Hoy spent his time reading the works of John Noble, becoming particularly fond of Noble's book 'Handbook on the Cape of Good Hope'. In 1890 a recruiting officer of the Cape Government Railways arrived in Edinburgh and Hoy, in love with the Cape already, applied to be sent to Cape Town. His application was successful and after only two years in the country he was promoted to chief clerk to the Traffic Manager in Kroonstad.
Only a year later Sir Hoy became the Transvaal agent for the Railways, being put in charge of the Military Railways during the Anglo-Boer War. In 1901 Sir Hoy married Gertrude Price with whom he later had one daughter, Maudie. Sir Hoy's father-in-law promoted him to Chief Traffic Manager, a post Sir Hoy had earned through diligence, hard work and enthusiasm. In 1910 Sir Hoy became the youngest General Manager of the South African Railways ever, gaining control of the second largest government-owned railways in the world. It was during this time that he and his wife wished to get away from Cape Town and go on a relaxing holiday. Their search for the perfect holiday destination led to their discovery of Hermanus where Sir Hoy could enjoy his favourite hobby – fishing. Hoy quickly became enchanted by the village's natural charm and grew to be one of Hermanus' most enthusiastic patrons.
Sir Hoy quickly made friends with the local fisherman, growing very fond of them as his visits to the seaside town increased. Sir Hoy formed a particularily strong friendship with one of the young fisherman who used to assist him, Danie Woensdregt. Together they had many trips and fishing expeditions and they often sat on the Klipkoppie (rocky hill) in the middle of town to watch the boats coming in. On one such occasion Sir Hoy expressed a desire to be buried there on the hill overlooking the bay.
Many of the Hermanus patrons hoped Sir Hoy would help along the already developed plans to extend the railway line from Botriver to Hermanus to establish a Hermanus Railway Station. The plans were so advanced already that a station building was already built in anticipation of the coming trains. Sir Hoy, however, had witnessed what the railway lines did to small villages like Kalk Bay. Determined to keep Hermanus a village with fresh air and visitors who loved the town enough to go the extra mile to reach it, Sir Hoy actively opposed the railway line. He overruled all attempts at the extension and even set up a coach service between the two towns to make sure not even a single train ever entered the station building at Hermanus.
While some grumbled at the decision, many were overjoyed at the blessing Sir Hoy granted Hermanus with his decision. For his services to the town and to transport in general Sir Hoy was knighted in 1916. He continued to work tirelessly on the railways and by the time he stepped down in 1927 he was burned out and already suffering from cancer. He retired to his beloved Hermanus but this retirement was short-lived and he died at age 62 in 1930. His wife contacted his old friend Woensdregt, expressing her desire to honour his wish to be buried on the koppie. Danie made the necessary arrangements with the municipality and led Hoy's fishermen friends in carrying his coffin up a newly made pathway for the burial. From that day on the site was known as "Hoy's Koppie". Lady Hoy, who died in England, was buried next to him and their graves are still situated at the top of Hoy's Koppie today, where one can gaze out across the pristine town Hoy so lovingly helped to create.
Eastbury Cottage is only a block away from Hoy's Koppie, where locals and visitors alike, enjoy a gentle climb to the top. Today Hoy's Koppie is a protected nature reserve. On the south east side of the Koppie, one can see a cave that might have been used by strandlopers as a shelter, before Hermanus Pietersfontein (Hermanus) was discovered.
Did you know that there is a ghost called Billy in the Old Station Building? We hope to bring this story to you in a future post.


Send a Box was born out frustration and a gap in the market, as is so often the case with new companies. One of our Co Founders was in need of a special gift to cheer up a friend who was having a tough time. She wanted to send a box full of lovely things but didn't have the time to individually source them then post it. She came across the idea of a Sunshine Box full of yellow items to cheer up the recipient but the idea was mainly over in the US and any boxes she could find online were super expensive. Unfortunately thoughtfulness is often super expensive… Never be thoughtful...just kidding.
After discussing the dilemma further with three close friends an idea was hatched. To build a site that offered a simple, mobile-friendly gift sending platform that had a range of unique gifts from UK companies but with a price tag that didn't make you wince.
Over the past year, the four Boxeteers (is it weird to make a Musketeers joke so early?) have learned so much and we wanted to start to share our experiences.
We've had many ups and downs, starting a company is no piece of cake, especially in the gift giving industry. None of us had an e-commerce background and we had just started having kids, on top of that we were still working full-time. All our family and friends must have thought we were nuts, they probably still do. To start any business I think you must need a certain level of insanity but that is probably for another blog post.
We nearly didn't manage to launch at all but we were incredibly lucky to be supported by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and gained some early investors to get us started. We cobbled together five themed boxes and started our journey. The first year was super tough, it certainly isn't venture capitals, parties, explosions of growth. We didn't get covered by any newspapers and we didn't go viral. In fact, we had a lot of push backs, people loved our products but we just weren't making the sales we needed. That is when it hit us, we had brewed up this amazing plan, created some strong branding and found some amazing products but we just weren't targeting the right people.
So we went back to the drawing board and went to our roots. We made our boxes cheaper, focused more on our target audience then started small. Sending a gift is a tricky industry and it is packed full of companies. Send flowers, send toys, send fruit, send a hamper, send, well you get the picture. We had picked an ocean of noise to start a company in, with no prior experience. But we knew that we had great handmade, often local products in our boxes that at worst were UK brands and at best were local, handcrafted pieces. We knew there was a market for us, we just needed to find our small part of this noise and expand from there. So that is what we have started to do, and so far so good. We know there will be more bumps along the way and we are ready to meet those.
We are a small team that are passionate about sending gifts made by UK brands to loved ones across Great Britain and we are ready when you feel like using us. So if you've given this a read, take a look at our boxes, or build your own. Help us expand our little patch of gift giving ocean.


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Q: What are the different purposes of "id" and "name" for shapes in Konva Konva shapes have both "id" and "name" properties. Presumably these are intended to serve different needs, but how should they be used in Konva? Are either used by Konva itself, or are they just holders for user-defined data?

A: OK, found elsewhere in documentation:
id is meant to be unique (like HTML id)
name is multi-valued like HTML class
Both are user defined.


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Innovators of Progress has up to $30,000 for students looking to test new business ideas and work in tech. It's the latest in a well-connected entrepreneurship journey for its founder.
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Markus Proctor presents Innovators of Progress.
Updated at 5:15 p.m., 1/12/21
While he was a student at UMBC, Markus Proctor made entrepreneurship part of his education by starting the company EduPal. He was able to win funding for the venture and proved he learned lessons about the need to keep learning and pivoting. But back then, it was also apparent, at least to this reporter, that he was a leader on the community level, especially among local students interested in innovation and startups.
We saw him at events like TechBreakfast and met up for interviews and eggs at Federal Hill's Spoons, venturing well off campus to connect with the local tech community. Just at the beginning of a period where it seemed like every university in the region was starting to build an entrepreneurship program, Proctor was out digging in.
Today, Proctor looks back and sees his passion for building entrepreneurship in the region crystallizing in 2014, when he went to Annapolis to testify in favor of bill before the Maryland House of Delegates that would ultimately create the Maryland Technology Internship Program (MTIP).
Sitting before elected officials, he talked about how providing funding for college students to intern at local startups could help not just the students, but the businesses, as well.
"The bill passed unanimously and ever since then I've been really excited to be on the side of impacting my community and being a change agent, as well as creating opportunities for others," Proctor said.
Proctor graduated from UMBC in 2016, and went on to become an IT manager. While he's no longer building EduPal, the company he started, the aim to help students and spread the knowledge of how they can benefit from entrepreneurial resources has stayed with him.
Innovators of Progress is designed to offer students space and resources as they apply entrepreneurial principles to new ideas.
So, in 2019 he decided to create a scholarship of his own for students seeking to grow new business and tech ideas.
Innovators of Progress has an award package of up to $30,000 for students, spread across seed capital, tuition assistance, and paid internships. Offered to students who are beyond the freshman year, it's designed to offer students space and resources as they apply entrepreneurial principles to new ideas. Applications for the next cohort are due by 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 17.
"The idea is that students can come in at any level of their academic journey, minus their freshman year, and can come in at any stage of their business as well," Proctor said. "The experience is customized for every student, depending on where they are and what skills they have."
Ever the entrepreneur, Proctor created the scholarship on his own. And the idea is that the program can be customized depending on skills and stage. But he has drawn on the experience at UMBC and networked with the local tech community to bring it to fruition.
While at UMBC, Proctor was a student in the university's Meyerhoff Scholars Program, which applies a much-studied educational model to help Black undergrad students advance in STEM fields. This includes a cohort approach, strong advising and built-in accountability. And through the university's Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship, he saw how a community that include advisors and links to further resources offering funding could help open doors for students starting companies.
So, he's taking influence from both of these programs. Students are accepted into cohorts of about three to five people per year, so the idea is that they can collaborate and have a built-in network. When it comes to accountability, the funding model is set up so that students earn their way to the $30,000 offered — a student can only receive the full amount if they stay in the program. Students get $1,000 in seed capital for their business, and $1,000 in tuition per semester.
With this cohort, Proctor is looking to the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia region, including Baltimore.
Taking the connection to MTIP one step further, Innovators of Progress has also partnered with the UMBC-administered program to connect students with internships at local companies, which are funded by the state.
With this cohort, Proctor is looking to the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia region, including Baltimore. He's reaching out to students and universities around the region, including HBCUs, trade schools and community colleges.
He is also working with Baltimore innovation leaders. The selection committee includes national tech policy expert and former gubernatorial candidate Alec Ross, Stephanie Chin of Fearless-founded incubator Hutch, Innovation Works CEO A. Jay Nwachu and Early Charm Ventures Principal Chris Moad. Lindsay Ryan, venture development director for the University System of Maryland, has also been a key connector, Proctor said.
Asked about what success might look like, Proctor said he sees it in three tiers. For one, a student might graduate the program in a strong position to get a good job.
"Getting a job is not a loss in entrepreneurship in my opinion," he said, speaking as someone who took that path himself. "I look at it as, you getting someone to hire you is your biggest client now."
In another scenario Proctor could see a student getting into a local accelerator or other entrepreneurship program that offers more support and funding. A third is that students might push ahead to raise their own money in the program.
He thinks it can offer additional resources to the funding that entrepreneurs on campus can receive, as well. Perhaps a student wins a business plan competition. But then they might wonder what to do next, or how to spend it effectively. A network and cohort can help.
"I do think that type of support is going to lead to better outcomes for students," he said.
Companies: UMBC
People: Markus Proctor
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Q: How to concatenate kubernetes jobs? I want to create a chain process. When a parent's job ends, a child (or multiple children) job starts. The main problem is that I want to have only the current job pods deployed.
Something like: job1 starts --> job 1 finish --> job 2 starts --> job 2 finish --> job 3 starts --> job 3 finish.
How can I do this? I thought that I could create in disabled mode job 1, job 2, and job 3 at the same time and enable them when the respective parent job ends (maybe with a service?).
I recently read about a tool called argo-workflow but I am not sure if it will do the chain effect that I am searching for.

A: Yes. CI/CD solution like Argo workflow is the way to go. You can check this example on how to execute different task one by one using steps here.


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Students at Fort Kent Community High School enjoyed a presentation on Friday, Dec. 6 by national public speaker Josh Drean.(Jessica Potila | SJVT).
Fort Kent students learn approach to defeat bullying through positivity
Melissa Lizotte • December 9, 2019
The Fort Kent Community High School gym was alive with positive energy and fun when youth speaker Josh Drean delivered an anti-bullying presentation to students on Friday, Dec. 6.
FORT KENT, Maine — The Fort Kent Community High School gym was alive with positive energy and fun when youth speaker Josh Drean delivered an anti-bullying presentation to students on Friday, Dec. 6.
Drean is a Harvard University student with a degree in psychology from Brigham Young University who has been featured on NBC Morning News, FOX News and has reached out to more than 100,000 students across the United States and Canada. He has a unique approach to combating bullying through his "Defeat Bullying Positively" presentation.
"A lot of anti-bullying programs and speakers focus on the negatives, like abuse and suicide," Drean said. "Research shows that when we focus on the negatives, the results are negative. My program seeks to reinforce positive behaviors in students by inspiring them to choose to be kind and respectful."
At Friday's presentation, Drean used beatboxing – which is a form of vocal percussion that imitates sounds of a drum machine using voice, tongue, lips and mouth — and comedy to entertain the students while delivering his message.
Students cheered as Drean effectively beatboxed songs incorporating the vocal sounds of animals such as a pig, cow, chicken, goat and moose.
Anti-bullying speaker Josh Drean (far left) enlisted Fort Kent Community High School students from left, Larry Nadeau, Kaden Deschaine and Hannah Chasse to participate in a presentation at the school on Friday, Nov. 6. (Jessica Potila | SJVT).
He said that he moved to Boston to become a street performing beatboxer and received little feedback for his efforts at first. His message to students was to find what they love to do. "Find your Because," he said.
Drean encouraged the students to work toward their dreams, no matter how others perceive the goal.
"Find who you want to be and do that," Drean told the students. "There's gonna be a point in your life where people stop laughing at you and start listening to you."
Drean enlisted three students in the crowd to take to the gymnasium floor and dance while wearing silly costumes including a shark head, cat head and banana outfit.
He praised the audience for responding positively to the students who courageously came before them and agreed to take part in what might be considered odd behavior.
Drean said that we currently have a "culture of negativity where people always roast each other and always put people down," especially with regard to social media.
He encouraged the students to consider how others might feel when they are disregarded or mocked.
"Stop and think, 'I wonder what they're going through'," Drean said.
He also said that students have a responsibility to their community to behave in a way that is respectful and kind.
"The minute you become a Warrior it is not about you, it's about what you stand for," he said, pointing out that students' behaviors reflect not only on themselves but also on their friends, families, sports teams and religion.
Fort Kent Community High School and Valley Rivers Middle School dean of students and assistant principal Steve Doucette said the presentation was commissioned by a new Climate and Culture Team SAD 27 formed to promote positive changes for staff and students in the district.
"We want them to enjoy their experience here and try to maximize their positive experience here and squash the negative," Doucette said.
The team aims to promote collaboration and tolerance among students, according to Doucette.
"Academics is one small piece of the puzzle. To have success in life you also need good interpersonal and social skills," Doucette said. "School is just a springboard, a stepping stone to their future and good habits are formed now."
For information about Josh Drean visit his webpage at joshdrean.com.
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The former First Lady said, "What's true among the world leaders is that there are people who handle the protocol, and usually the people they represent do not want the whole record." So you're wondering who you're doing it for because you do not want it, we do not want it. "But that's the way it is.
"So I do not know that I could have done anything else because it was a natural human reaction.
Ms Obama then explained her views on the social conventions that govern the meetings of world leaders.
She said, "Over the course of my time on the international stage, I've learned that I've either held my hands together or been behind my back to make sure I think before I react naturally.
"But at that moment, no.
"That was absolutely right, because it was human."
In her new autobiography, "Becoming," Ms. Obama said, "We were informed in advance of the protocol: we would formally greet the Royals before boarding their vehicle to make the short drive.
"I would sit in the front next to the ninety-four-year-old Prince Philip, who would drive, and Barack would sit in the back seat next to the queen."
The former First Lady went on to explain how the queen subverted the royal record in a rare act of disobedience.
She said, "After settling down in a field on the castle grounds, we said to our hell the queen abruptly put everything in motion and signaled me to sit in the back seat of the Range Rover.
"I froze, trying to remember if anyone had prepared me for this scenario, whether it was more polite to join in, or insist that Barack take his rightful place by his side.
"The queen immediately took up my concerns and had none of it.
"Did they give you a rule about that?" She said, dismissing all the excitement with a wave of her hand.


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Flat Tracking In New Hampshire
The truck series race on Saturday showed us that it was going to be another case of a single groove racetrack that made it tough to pass. New Hampshire Motor Speedway lived up to that reputation on Sunday as the Sprint Cup Series raced on ESPN.
Nicole Briscoe led a pre-race show that consisted of a lot of content seen earlier in the week on ESPN. Features from the past were re-used on various topics to fill the hour. Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty now present a familiar infield TV duo.
Allen Bestwick called the race with Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the TV booth. On pit road were Jamie Little, Dave Burns, Vince Welch and Dr. Jerry Punch. Tim Brewer was in the Tech Garage.
This race was a nose to tail affair that made pitstops and track position key to winning. There was little attrition among the top teams and ultimately gas mileage decided the race.
This was a typical ESPN presentation. The core of the live racing is covered by cameras that feature select pairs of cars. Sometimes, there is a single shot while the coverage talks about a designated driver. ESPN had a wonderful aerial shot, but it was used infrequently.
Positives were the nonstop commercial format, the quad-split for caution flag pistops and the effective use of split-screens during the racing. Negatives were conversation among announcers with no one calling the action. This race sounded very different on the radio.
This post is your opportunity to express your opinion about the ESPN coverage of the Sprint Cup Series race from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. To add your TV-related comments, just click on the comments button below. Thanks for stopping by.
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Live Blogging Sprint Cup Series From New Hampshire (ESPN - 1PM ET)
The Fords are nowhere in sight at New Hampshire. The Roush guys are scratching their heads as the other manufacturers dominate. The weather is good, the track is slick and tempers are hot. What a perfect recipe for a good NASCAR race.
Nicole Briscoe will open the TV day with Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace alongside from the ESPN Infield Pit Studio. Briscoe has been solid while directing traffic on the air, but Wallace is struggling without a viable partner for conversation in this setting. Daugherty is a NASCAR cheerleader this season and nothing more.
Allen Bestwick will call the race with Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree alongside. As fans saw with ESPN's Chicagoland coverage, Bestwick is sometimes limited in his ability to call the race by the pictures selected by ESPN. Perhaps today Bestwick will be able to look out the window instead of only at the TV screen.
On pit road are Jamie Little, Dave Burns, Vince Welch and Dr. Jerry Punch. In this New World Order of NASCAR where few cars experience mechanical troubles and passing is limited, the role of the pit reporter had been diminished significantly. It should be interesting to see if this tough and very flat track changes that for one race.
Tim Brewer is in the Tech Garage and is completely out of things to say. He almost seems resigned to his fate as he repeats the same basic points over and over again. Brewer has a lot more to offer, but the Tech Garage has lost its magic.
ESPN has a signature style of showing races called "hyper-tight." Once the start or a restart is over, the director immediately begins the process of tightening the camera views until they are tight shots of one or two cars. ESPN said this approach works better for HDTV viewers, unfortunately it misses most of the racing.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a pot that boils over about halfway through the race. Contact is going to happen, unless the field simply strings out and uses pit road for track position. In the Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday, only six trucks finished on the lead lap.
This post will serve to host your comments about the NASCAR on ESPN coverage of the Sprint Cup Series race from New Hampshire. To add your TV-related opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thanks for stopping by.
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Q: Skyrim: My Best Friend is a mass Murderer!
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My follower is attacking someone. Can I get him/her to stop?

Ok, so I'm in Windhelm trying to level the pickpocket skill without cheating or using tips from wikis and I find it a good idea to try the local blacksmith. I pickpocket successfully twice and then I try for a magic ring he happens to have. I fail and he and his daughter start attacking me. I yield and they stop attacking me but my follower continues to attack them and now I can't shop in Windhelm. As we all know it is very bad to attack and kill shopkeepers so, any way to get my Follower to stop manually? I can't have him do this often, it would end badly.


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The New Jersey Court And Errors
The New Jersey Court and Errors reversed the initial ruling and Justice Hugo Black delivered the court's opinion on the case. "First. They authorized the State to take by taxation the private property of some and bestow it upon others to be used for their own private purposes. This, it is alleged, violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Second. The statute and the resolution forced inhabitants to pay taxes to help support and maintain schools which are dedicated to, and which regularly teach, the Catholic Faith. This is alleged to be a use of state power to support church schools contrary to the prohibition of the First Amendment which the Fourteenth Amendment made applicable to the states" (Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing, 1947). Based on the ruling of this court case, it has been determined that no matter how innocent the act might be, one needs to be careful not to overstep the boundaries of public versus parochial education. It is a person's choice to attend a private or parochial institution but with that decision comes the harsh reality that, even though some benefits are made available to the public school system and that a person is a tax paying citizen, a parochial education will cost more due to the fact that monetary benefits are not made available to assist in the support of the institution and help pay for the curriculum and the wages of the employees. Thomas Jefferson stated it well when he addressed the Danbury
Zoning Board Of Adjustment Of North Brunswick And Kaplan Company Case
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The Capital Punishment Is Important For Consideration Is Intergovernmental Relations
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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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The First-Ever Online Whisky Cask Auction Is About to Take Place
Let your fingers do the walking and bid on barrels from a throng of masterful distillers.
Score one for serious whisky lovers—and for people who hate to leave home: You can now buy a whole cask of the good stuff online.
On Thursday, rare whisky and cask reseller Cask 88 will launch the first-ever online whisky cask auction, with a score of coveted casks available for purchase. The platform is designed to let your fingers do the walking (or clicking) and bid on barrels from a throng of masterful distillers. The first auction takes the theme of 'Maritime Malts'—among the barrels on offer are the Laphroaig 23 Year Old, the Kilchoman 12 Year Old, as well as a first fill sherry cask from Orkney and a first fill six-year-old bourbon cask from Aultmore.
The online auction marks an important step for the spirits industry. Until now, procuring a cask has been a little cumbersome. Occasionally, distilleries may offer their tipple by the cask, or a barrel might roll onto the auction block—but it's all been rather old fashioned (unfortunately, not the cocktail variety).
"Online cask auctions are a natural next step for Cask 88. We have been in the whisky cask market for many years and have seen demand for cask whisky grow enormously during that time," the director of Cask 88 Patrick Costello said in a press release.
A barrel of Laphroaig on auction. Courtesy of Cask 88
Of course, it's not all tipples and giggles: There are unique risks to investing in an entire cask of Scotch whisky online. For one, there's no chance to sample any of the auction casks. The buyer is taking a stab in the dark, something which whisky expert David Robertson cautions against.
Robertson—who in 2014 co-founded (with Andy Simpson) Rare Whisky 101—is adamant you should be able to sample the cask in question. Speaking to Robb Report last year, he said, "Many casks we have seen for sale have failed to mature appropriately and are young, harsh, and fiery, as the cask may have been used many times and has lost its 'wood extractive' potential. The color of the whisky can be a good indicator of cask type and quality, with a rich, dark amber color suggesting that a good-quality cask has been used."
Then, there are the additional costs: Cask 88 slaps an additional 10 percent commission on the hammer price—plus bottling and storage fees, if required.
For proponents of the online auction model, these are relatively minor drawbacks for a platform that promises to give connoisseurs, collectors, and investors direct access to entire casks. Only time will tell whether that convenience proves to be a template for the future.


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Rob Lucas MLC
Member of the Legislative Council | Treasurer of South Australia
SA Parliament
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Liberals agree to inquiry into Valuer-General policy
Media Releases Monday, 5 March 2018
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that a Marshall Liberal Government would establish a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate valuation policies of the Valuer-General and their impact on some retirement village residents. This decision has been taken in response to lobbying from the SA Retirement Villages Residents Association (SARVRA) which has called on both the…
After 16 years, Labor's got to go
Media Releases Sunday, 4 March 2018
The State Liberals have launched a new website – 16YearsOfLabor.com.au – exposing some of the Weatherill Labor Government's most outrageous failures, lies and broken promises. "For too long Labor have been governing on a platform of over-promising, under-delivering and shameless backflipping, failing South Australians time and time again," said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. "Under Labor's…
Serious questions for Jay Weatherill over Oakden
Media Releases Friday, 2 March 2018
Premier Jay Weatherill must answer serious questions regarding the Oakden scandal which has engulfed his government. Will Mr Weatherill release a copy of the 2008 letter to him as Minister for Ageing which warned of 'serious issues impinging on consumer and staff safety, staffing…' at Oakden? What actions, if any, did Mr Weatherill take in…
Liberals to save almost $20 million by scrapping EDB
Media Releases Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a Marshall Liberal Government would scrap the Economic Development Board and save taxpayers almost $20 million over four years. The Economic Development Board has a budget of $6 million this year and it would be replaced by an Economic Advisory Council which would cost no more than $500,000 per…
Liberals to prioritise real doctors over spin doctors
Media Releases Thursday, 8 February 2018
The State Liberals latest election policy will slash the excessive number of ministerial staff and spin doctors currently employed by the Weatherill Government. "The Weatherill Government's bloated ministerial offices are a disgraceful waste of taxpayers' money," said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. "This move would save $20 million over four years or about $5 million per year. "Whilst…
Ban on government's political ads starts today
Media Releases Wednesday, 17 January 2018
The Weatherill Labor Government will be forced to go cold turkey on taxpayer funded political advertisements from today, as the moratorium on government ads has been brought forward by a month ahead of the state election. The media last month reported: 'The pre-election advertising moratorium period will also be brought forward by a further month, to 17 January…
Weatherill spends $449 million to reduce public servants – What happened?
Media Releases Thursday, 4 January 2018
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Labor Government had spent $448.7 million on separation packages to reduce the number of public servants yet had actually increased the number of public servants by 3501. This is yet another example of the financial mismanagement and incompetence of the Weatherill Labor Government. Clearly whilst the Government is spending millions…
Labor fails the future of South Australia
Media Releases Thursday, 21 December 2017
Mid-Year Budget Review (MYBR) provides further proof that the Weatherill Labor Government has run its race and that South Australia desperately needs a change of government if we are going to pull ourselves out of Labor's economic rut. "The most telling number in the MYBR is Jay Weatherill's pitiful 1 per cent annual employment growth during the next…
Weatherill's new water slug
Media Releases Monday, 4 December 2017
The State Liberals have described evidence presented to a Parliamentary Committee that the Weatherill Government forced SA Water to borrow $71 million to pay a $71 million extra dividends to the Weatherill Government as outrageous. "This meant the Weatherill Government ripped $193 million out of SA Water's coffers even though their net profit for 2016/17 was only $134…
Transparency and accountability on Government ads
Media Releases Sunday, 3 December 2017
The State Liberals have called on the Weatherill Government to publicly disclose all government advertising costs on a monthly basis ahead of the 2018 state election. "The Weatherill Labor Government's political advertising has reached unprecedented levels, with taxpayers footing the bill for almost $10 million spent on political ads in the last 12 months alone," said Shadow…
Labor owe you $757,500
Media Releases Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The State Liberals are demanding that the South Australian Labor Party repay South Australian taxpayers the $757,500 gifted to One Community SA to run a blatant political campaign. The Auditor-General's Report tabled in Parliament yesterday said that the One Community SA grant; "…included messages a reasonable person could interpret as being designed to influence support for a political party." Report of…
Weatherill loses fight to keep secret the names of his staff
Media Releases Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today accused the Weatherill Labor Government of being the most secretive Government in the State's history. Premier Weatherill and his Ministers have fought for almost 12 months against the release of the names of all the staff employed in the Ministers' office. Mr. Weatherill employs almost 300 staff in Ministers' offices and over the years they have…
One Vote One Value
Speeches Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:43): I rise on behalf of Liberal members to address this bill. Essentially, I will treat this as a cognate debate. There are two bills, the Constitution (One Vote One Value) Amendment Bill and an associated bill in relation to the establishment of a referendum. I will address the bulk of my…
Weatherill needs to take bank tax to the people
Media Releases Thursday, 2 November 2017
The Upper House of State Parliament last night voted to remove Labor's State Bank Tax from the Budget Measures Bill and sent the amended Bill back to the House of Assembly minus the tax. "Put simply, the Liberal Party voted for payroll tax cuts and off the plan concessions, but against Labor's State Bank Tax," said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas.…
History of the Budget Measures Bill
Speeches Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (11:14): I rise to continue my contribution on the Budget Measures Bill. At the outset, can I just indicate to the government and its advisers that when we last spoke, as has been my custom and practice, I placed on the record some advice from one of South Australia's leading tax lawyers…
South Australia weathers the COVID storm Monday, 18 January 2021
Better train services right on schedule as drivers sign up Friday, 1 January 2021
New dedicated COVID-19 medi-hotel facility announced Friday, 1 January 2021
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