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She gives love a bad name.
Correction, make that the worst name.
Much like Carmen Sandiego, I've snuck around the world, from Kiev to Carolina, and during that traveled time, I've taken down a tally of near billions, and the collected results are as followed:
As a general human population, we all can't stand Courtney Love.
"Do it Rockapella!"
And honestly, why should we? She's astonishingly crass, inordinately offensive, and is the proud owner of an un-angelic singing voice that one can only be likened to that of Jonestown cats committing mass suicide.
Simply put, Courtney Love is 10,000 spoons, and all we need is a knife.
"There's two things I hate: Incorrect silverware… and Dave Coulier."– Alanis Morissette
But by George, you gotta give that hay-haired nutjob credit where credit is due.
Back when current flavor-of-the-month downward-spiralers, Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes, and Justin Bieber were dooking their silk diapers, Love was already America's celebrity Titanic. She's literally the closest thing to the human equivalent of Will Smith's After Earth we've seen with our own two eyes.
But take a second to look at her lengthy track record of awful consistency— we're talking over twenty years of being a flat-out mess of a person… that's a train-wreck spanning some part of three decades folks.
Alright, alright, I know what you're thinking- that's not really impressive per say, it's more flat-out jerky. Of course, I can't blame you for thinking like that.
Feast your eyes on her infamous rap sheet… in Night Court.
(rimshot)
"GUILTY on all counts of bad jokes!"
So, Why All the Courtney Love Hate?
She spent the majority of the 90's with more drugs in her system than Tom Hanks in the last half hour of Philadelphia, her estranged daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, won't give her the time of day, she's started wars with former members of Nirvana, mounted a failed comeback of her band, Hole (without her band, Hole), and for the cherry on top of this crap sundae, she may or may not have sent a shotgun shell through her late husband's blonde noggin…
…or so Pat Smear would have you believe.
Quit looking so coy, Smear.
She's kicked-up juvenile feuds with Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Billy Corgan, Gwen Stefani, and Kelly Osbourne, abruptly cancelled tours with the breakneck consistency in which Michael Moore cancels diets, and rubbed most likely half the earth's population the wrong way with her historically sour attitude. Seriously, Gwen Stefani? The poor girl spends half of her free time walking into spiderwebs, let her be.
But if the miserable green Grinch with his curly elf toes in the fluffy Whoville mountain snow, and his (likely unhealthy) sudden heart growth has taught us anything, it's this: time heals all wounds. Maturation is only natural– Father Time helps us tenderize, and maybe once notoriously-nasty Courtney has sewed up her ripped stockings, 86'ed those rusty heroin syringes in the dumpster, hung up her vomit-covered babydoll dresses, and isn't that same rageful alterna she-beast anymore.
Courtney puts new meaning to the term, "Live Through This".
It's easy to just assume abrasive Courtney kicks cute puppies, steals loose string beans at the supermarket, and voted for Taylor Hicks to win American Idol… She's just like that, right?
You wish. Time to open your heart and bust out your Kleenex, because perhaps a 21st Century Courtney Love doesn't hate, this Love, well, loves.
…and what does Courtney Love, love?
Courtney Love love love…
Courtney Love love Luvs…
Courtney Love love brotherly love…
Courtney Love love Love is…
Courtney Love love Lovie Smith
Courtney Love love "Love Will Keep Us Together"…
Courtney Love love "Love Will Tear Us Apart"…
Courtney Love love Love Boat…
Courtney Love love love bugs…
Courtney Love love crack…
Courtney Love love Love and Basketball…
Courtney Love love Love Guru…
Courtney Love love "Love Shack"…
…so is this really a new and improved Courtney?
We're with you Dave.
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Top o' the morning afternoon to ya!
When your last name could pass for an extra on The Sopranos, this day really tears you up.
Surely, I'll be the first to admit- green bagels can't be beat, my Flogging Molly vinyl is spinning like Rob Ford after a weekend blowout, and I've already tripled my daily salt intake with corned beef, but let's call a spade a spade- with a last name that rhymes with spaghetti, "Irish" I could say I'm authentic, but I'm just an 'o-poster today.
So, instead of hearing jolly tidings of St. Patrick's joy from me, I'm gonna pass the baton to a man who really knows his way around a pint of Guinness. Let's get goofy green with Mr. Ireland himself… Shaquille O' Neal.
If you wear a Shaq "Big Shamrock" t-shirt in a bar on March 17, they actually charge you MORE for your beer.
To be sure Nick Nolte doesn't fall off the wagon into a frosty barrel of green beer, O' Neal will be spending the weekend with him. Hours will be spent smacking Nolte with Shaq's elephant-paw when he gets out of line.
In 1996, Shaq took his movie career even further, playing a magic Irish genie in a bottle. He'll grant ye three wishes, but unfortunately, "wishing I hadn't sat down to watch Kazaam" isn't one of them.
Before his time playing American basketball, Mr. O' Neal spent many a year creating beloved tunes of Beautiful Days and Bloody Sundays with his Irish rock brethren, U2.
Here's Shaq's time spent with his leprechaun girlfriend.
Fun Fact: If you were to fill Shaq's massive size-23 shoe with Lucky Charms, it'd require a whole cow and a half to provide the milk.
Say it with me… Shamrock Shaq.
Q: What happens when Shaq scores a lot of baskets?
A: The score will be DUBLIN!!!
You hear that new Cranberries album? PFFFFTTTTT
With no basketball to dribble around, no dunks to dunk and no free throws to miss, it's time to hit the silver screen again. Pop your corn and get in line now, Leprechaun 7- coming soon.
Pretty soon…
So Danny Boy Shaquille- a most happy and merry St. Patty's to you my Celtic friend. And to all the readers out there in internet land- Irish and non-Irish alike, may your bagpipes be filled with hot air, may all your Murphys be dropkicked, and may your meats be boiled to a fine bland gray.
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"Blumes, don't you start Buzzfeed articling me!"
He died hard.
He Harry Pottered.
He Robin Hooded.
He Sensed and Sensibilityed.
He caused me to create fake words.
Renowned thespian of the Shakespearean theater, Alan Rickman has been tossing a shiny slick coating of refined Union Jacked-charm over the Hollywood sign for the past three decades of Earth time.
A wealth of colorful characters under his belt, often portraying a menacing villain with a touch of ironically unironic Eurotrash sophistication thrown in for good measure. Through and through, Rickman's genuinely an actor's actor– time-tested, well-respected, almost British to a glorious fault, and graced with a sharper, drier sense of humor than he's often credited with.
"Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here."
-Alan Rickman
And for all you "Al-manics", drink some Gatorade and take this moment to stretch out those hamstrings.
Prepare to jump for joy 26 times… it's time for…
ALAN RICKMAN: A to Z:
APRON:
BORING HEALTHY DIET FOOD…
CHEATING ON HIS DIET INSTEAD…
DUCK FACE AIN'T JUST FOR 16-YEAR OLD INSTAGRAMMERS ANYMORE!
ELLEN DEGENERES DIDN'T ASK ME TO BE IN HER OSCAR SELFIE PHOTO!
FORGOT THE SUNSCREEN:
"GOOD STEEL":
"HERE WE'LL JUST PAINT A HAPPY LITTLE TREE…"
IMAGINARY BOWLING:
JAZZ HAND, (JUST ONE):
KING OF KILT STATUE MOUNTAIN:
LOVIN' HIS DEMETRI MARTIN HALLOWEEN COSTUME:
MY TRENT REZNOR-LOOKALIKE AWARD IS IN THE BAG!
NICKELBACK'S STILL AROUND?!?:
OH ELEVEN HERBS AND SPICES, HOW I LOVE THEE…
PHIL ROBERTSON DARED ME TO DO THIS:
QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER:
"REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BACHELOR WAS THINKING LAST NIGHT…"
SIAMESE RICKMAN:
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CELLO…
UNDERPANTS AL!
"WU-TANG CLAN AIN'T NOTHING TO $%@! WITH!"
X-MAS RICKSTER (AKA MIS-AL-TOE)
"YOU EXPECT ME TO MAKE EGGS IN THIS?!?"
"ZOOEY DESCHANEL, WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Bill Cosby
(2018 edit: This was a piece written years ago, at a time predating the terrible accusations against Bill Cosby. At that point, he was still strictly known as the ugly-sweater-wearing TV patriarch we all loved in the 80's, and not a man found guilty of the monstrous claims against him.
I guess the most important question here is… can I tell the future?? I think it's apparent the answer is: Yes.)
By Andrew Blumetti Bill Cosby
This blog has gone off a cliff.
"Well, here, I had the taaaaasty ham sammich, and the mustard was just bippity baaa gooood.
Ya see… the chippppps, they're the ruffled, kinda like Theo's hair, DAAAA, and the shirt with the leiiiii… well it's like Hawaii! with the belly dancers and the volcanoes and it's too warm for ma' sweaters! DAAAAA"
"Ahh, look at sleeeepy Billllll.
Well, what happened here, I had a long night the day before this. Little Rudy, ya remember HER? Well, her little mustache keep collecting the FLOP SWEAT! Baaaaa! The bright lights, ya seeeee, they kept glistening off her little whiskerrrrs, and zippity zop bop, we had to keep filming My Bill Show late into the nighttttt! Daaa…"
"My showwww. Bippity zip, man ya know I was the firrrst black guy on the TV! I did the Picture PAAAAAAges, with the Mortimer Ichabod Marker. He was squeakier than my old shoes! Bip bobbity…
Ya know what time ma' watch says? It says it's the bibbity booop blorp! BAAAAAA."
"That stupid Urkel kid! – that showwww was the stupid!
He just sat there with the snortin' and bortin' and the hip bob bibbity boo zopp, with the pants up to his stupid kid nipples. I can't believe they stayed on the air, and 'ol Bill got thrown in the garbage like a used Kodak Film box. DAAAAA."
"I went to TEMPLEEEEE. The UNIVERSITTTY! And nobody beats the Owls. Except for the Penn, who's sweatshirt I got on. …and these fine young trackleetes from The University of the Tennessee.
Boppidy bop! I wore my best sweatpants to impress 'em and hopefully get them the pregnant! They had the orange shorts and I thought I was at the Hooooooters! I said, 'I'll have some Buffalo wings with the hot sauceee!' DAAAAA…"
(Blumes note: Bill later settled undisclosed lawsuits with both of these unfortunate girls who claimed Mr. Cosby encroached upon them, asking "You want Dr. Huxtable to help you deliver the baby?!?")
"GHOST DADDDD!!! DAAAAA!!! Biggest hit of the summer of 1990!! And the second most successful film from that calendar year with the word 'Ghost' in the title!
I got lots of the dead prezzies to play a dead guy. Ghost Bill was zoobity zip zip! I came back with my TOP HAT and the zipppty and the zorp and the kids wanted to play with 'ma briefcase! Frizzle frazzle!"
"Well, the chubby kid, ya see, he ate all my puddin' POPPPPPS.
The little porker, well he got what was comin' to him. He's eatin' ma' foooood instead listening to the jazz music! I dropped him on the floor, and he fell on Lisa Bonet! DAAAA Zippity zip zorp bop! Ya know what? That little meatball never touched ma' food again! He knew Bill had the boppity bip zaaa!!!"
Editor's Note: Bill Cosby said every single word on here. Truth.
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The Drink Knight: The Saga of Super Grover and Gatorade
"I am whatever Sesame needs me to be."
Judy Winslow…
The guys in Aerosmith who aren't Steven Tyler or Joe Perry…
Sometimes you're just that guy.
There's a street, and while the name screams out a magical land of bagel toppings, it's actually a place where jovial fur-covered monsters teach us our ABC's, our 123's, and the importance of sharing a bathtub with just that special rubber ducky.
♪ Can you tell me how to get… how to get to Sesame Street? ♪
Practice, practice, practice, and stick your hand up a puppet's keister.
Too bad there's only so many colors in the rainbow, because if you reside at 123 in the brownstone-laden land of Sesame Street, and you're the blue monster who's not Cookie Monster, then you're that guy. And your name is Grover.
"What does 'nom-nom' even mean?!?"
I Got the Sesame Street Blues
While loveable and time-tested, being the second most popular blue Muppet means naturally, you're gonna lash out to be noticed. So, when everyone and their grandmother is waxing poetic over that gravel-voiced, pre-diabetic Oreo-muncher, you spill some soup, toss out contractions completely from your vocabulary, pop on a cape, and hurl yourself out the window, cause you're the redheaded blueheaded stepchild, and you're getting some attention, come cookies or high water.
Enter, SUPER GROVER
He's loveable, he means well, and he crashes more often than the Obamacare website. Heck, he even took time out of his busy schedule to protect our Thanksgiving from evil tryptophan and blowout Detroit Lions games.
Soaring like an eagle, Super Grover protects the skies of Gotham… on Turkey Day.
And if by this point something just looks slightly familiar about Super Grover, replenish those lost electrolytes and take a gander at this, gander-takers…
There's a storm a-brewin' and the forecast calls for a 100% chance of lightning bolts. They're flashing all over Sesame Street and they're leaving huge smoking craters all over the football field. This is a chicken-and-egg situation so gigantic, it's like Big Bird squated his feathery-yellow self down and popped out a massive omelette right in front of us.
"Snuffy, breakfast is on me today!"
Simple answer to this origin… history lesson! But unfortunately, this thirst-quenching quest isn't really that cut and dry…
Gatorade, America's most popular sports drink, founded on the campus of The University of Florida in 1965, and currently owned by PepsiCo., has incorporated the lightning bolt into it's advertising since 1970. Despite that, with a number of logo redesigns, it wasn't until 2009 that the current "G-Series" logo was introduced with the bolt included.
Super Grover, the alter-ego of the Sesame Street character was introduced in the 1970's, and used the "G" logo similar to the Gatorade font for decades, but it wasn't until a 2010 re-branding that a lightning bolt was added to his costume.
So, while Gatorade was the first to use the lightning bolt, at the same time, Sesame Street can lay claim to the "G". All of this nonsensical circular research is really enough to make you feel winded and sweaty.
"After all of this flying, I am going to need many sips of Riptide Rush to feel quenched!"
Lemon Lime or Lemon LIES?!?
So, if no one can officially produce concrete proof of placing their flag into the soil, it sunk in… maybe this is some kind of clever tie-in? Maybe coincidences are for squares… Cahoots! Cahoots I say!
After contacting both parties involved, here's what I received back:
OFFICIAL STANCE FROM GATORADE/PEPSI CO.:
Thanks for writing to us. While I can't comment on other consumer feedback, I can tell you that there is no official tie in between Gatorade and Super Grover.
Gatorade Consumer Relations
A Division of PepsiCo
(sent on January 5, 2014)
OFFICIAL STANCE FROM SESAME STREET/THE JIM HENSON COMPANY:
No reply. (as of January 10, 2014)
"All of this reading and things are still fishy!"
So, all that work, and where does that bring us?
Gatorade can weave a clever yarn, but it's impossible to overlook these little coincidences…
As recently as 2011, Sesame Place ran an on-can promotion with Pepsi, Gatorade's parent company…
Well, I guess there has to be some kind of reward for suffering through a can of Diet Pepsi…
Sesame Street characters, Elmo and Abby Cadabby appeared in a segment with Los Angeles Laker, Kobe Bryant, who has appeared in Gatorade commercials as recently as last year…
"Elmo help fix Kobe's broken knee!"
Last year, Diet Pepsi used actress Sofia Vergara in a campaign. Sofia Vergara is essentially evolving into a giant, jiggly, impossible-to-understand, cartoonish Colombian Muppet as each day passes.
"I love PEEEEEPSI, and being on SEEEEEESSSSAME STEEEEEET."
With Sesame's tight-lipped stance, perhaps we'll never know if this sports beverage and this puppet superhero are in bed together. Despite what Gatorade's official statement is, like it or lump it, kids plopped in front of the tellie will know that lightning bolt, and when they cramp up on the soccer field this spring, we all know what beverage they'll be handed first. To quote Ned Flanders, while this remains foggy, I'll remain a bit of a "Suspocious Aloysius".
In a year's time, when we're treated to "Grover Grape" flavor Gatorade, we'll all know where that marriage began.
Looks like Oscar's flavor is still not confirmed yet.
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Rauf Aregbesola, Nigerian Minister of Interior.
Minister laments plight of juvenile inmates in borstal centres
The minister spoke at a national stakeholders' meeting on a review of the borstal institutions and remand centres Act 2004 in Abuja.
byAmeh Ejekwonyilo
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed concerns over the poor conditions of inmates at Nigeria's borstal institutions.
Nigeria has three borstal institutions located in Ogun, Kwara and Kaduna States.
Mr Aregbeaola spoke on Tuesday at a national stakeholders' meeting on a review of the borstal institutions and remand centres Act 2004 in Abuja.
The borstal centres are meant to hold and reform children who are in conflict with the law.
"I have always been perturbed by the deplorable state of the borstal institutions," Mr Aregbesola said.
He noted that "the constitutional rights of the children in custody and their rights as contained in the Child Rights Act" have been of major concern to the government.
Citing provisions of the 'Child Rights Act,' the minister said "no child shall be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, held in slavery or servitude, while in care of a parent, legal guardian or school authority."
But there have been issues bordering on the welfare and reformation of juveniles at the three borstal centres.
Consequently, Tuesday's stakeholders meeting was to dialogue on a bill aimed at addressing the challenges bedevilling underage inmates in the country.
Mr Aregbesola said some "innovative sections have been incorporated in the bill."
He listed them to include – the administration of the correctional institutions, training, skill acquisition and educational programmes, early release and after – care re- integration programmes.
In a goodwill message, the Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, the draft document would enable the borstal institutions to be "better equipped to carry out their daily activities."
Mr Nababa said Nigeria, being a member of the international community, had ratified the convention on the rights and welfare of children by committing to establish "reformatory and rehabilitative systems that will guarantee the protection of children in conflict with the law."
He explained that the new Correctional Service Act provides that "rehabilitation shall be the underlying principle for the custody."
Speaking on the existing law, Ishaq Bello, Chairman, presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion, said emerging trends had rendered the law "less than efficacious."
Mr Bello, a retired Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, noted that the need for a review of the legal framework is in keeping with international best practices in terms of prisons reforms.
Juvenile offenders exposed to 'violence, rape, sexual assault'
In his address at the event, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said the decongestion programme for children in custody was to reintegrate them with their families.
He explained that the Borstal Institutions and Remand Centres Act established remand centres and Borstal Institutions for the purpose of detention of persons between the ages of 16 and 21 years, who come in conflict with the law.
Mr Malami, who was represented by the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jeddy-Agba, acknowledged that "countless numbers of children were reported to be kept in inhuman conditions."
The AGF revealed that some of "these children were reported to be detained at younger age and held for far longer periods than permitted by law."
He added, "As a result, these children were inadvertently exposed to high risk of violence, rape, sexual assault and all manner of violations."
Mr Malami promised that the final draft bill would be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari for onward transmission to the National Assembly "to facilitate the early transmission and passage of this Bill into law."
In her remarks, Leticia Ayoola-Daniels, Director, Administration of Criminal Justice and Reform Department, said a review of the existing legal framework became necessary following observable challenges at the borstal homes.
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Drug-resistant HIV set for rapid upsurge
Life 15 January 2010
By ANDY COGHLAN
HIV is striking back against the antiretroviral drugs that keep it largely in check in rich countries, thanks both to its exposure to the major drugs and to individuals who don't realise they're infected and so spread resistant strains to new partners.
Drug-resistant strains of HIV have already been documented in San Francisco and elsewhere in the US, and Europe. Now a model of their transmission, based on studies of gay San Francisco men, forecasts a rapid upsurge in the next five years.
What's more, as access to antiretroviral therapy is expected to expand in poorer countries, they could experience a rise in resistance too, predicts Sally Blower of the University of California, Los Angeles, lead author on the analysis.
Cocktail of resistance
Currently, people with HIV tend to be given a cocktail of drugs, making it less likely that resistance will emerge. That's because even if a strain evolves resistance to one of the drugs, it will still succumb to the others.
However, the virus can evolve resistance nonetheless. Currently, about 15 per cent of new infections in San Francisco are from resistant strains, some of them resistant to all three major classes of drug used to combat the virus.
To see how this might increase in future, Blower's team created a model of HIV transmission that predicts how and when resistant strains will emerge. When they fed it data from San Francisco, it correctly predicted how drug-resistant HIV has already evolved and spread among gay men there over the past 20 years.
Self-sustaining epidemics
When the team used the model to look into the future, it predicted a rapid upsurge in the spread of resistant strains. The model suggested that 60 per cent of the resistant strains currently circulating in San Francisco could cause "self-sustaining epidemics", says Blower, in which each infected individual spreads the resistant strain to more than one new recipient.
The most serious surge in resistance it predicted was against non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) such as nevirapine, introduced in the mid-1990s. Like the earliest anti-HIV drugs such as zidovudine (AZT), introduced 10 years earlier, these block enzymes vital for viral multiplication.
"We predict a wave of NNRTI-resistant strains will emerge over the next five years in San Francisco, due to transmission from untreated individuals," says Blower.
Rapid diagnosis
By 2013, the proportion of new infections resistant to NNRTIs may have increased by 30 per cent in the city compared with now, says Blower. The more individuals infected with resistant strains, the faster they will spread.
Resistant strains can be kept in check provided infected individuals are diagnosed rapidly, before they pass on the virus, and treated with drugs to which the virus remains vulnerable, says Blower.
But resistance may be more difficult to contain in poorer countries. And according to Blower, a strategy recently unveiled by the World Health Organization to "test and treat" as many people as possible in such countries may hasten the emergence of drug-resistant strains, by exposing more people to the drugs.
"The best approach for resource-constrained countries would be to carefully roll out first-line regimens, making sure second-line regimens are available whenever there's resistance to the first-line regime," says Blower.
However, Carl Dieffenbach, director of the division of AIDS at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland – which this week launched a similar pilot "test and treat" program in Washington DC – says that development of resistance is not an insoluble problem. "The emergence of HIV drug resistance is not a dead end," he says. "We can identify patients who are failing treatment and switch them to other, effective regimens."
"The advantage of having the model developed by Blower is that it can predict where problems may occur, and this allows us not to move forward blindly, but to proceed while taking the model's predictions into account," he adds.
Magazine issue 2744 , published 23 January 2010
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2004-UP-286 - State v. Hutton
Errin Lamont Hutton, Appellant.
Appeal From Cherokee County
J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge
Submitted February 23, 2004 – Filed May 3, 2004
APPEAL DISMISSED
Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Hutton was convicted of two counts of armed robbery, two counts of ABHAN, four counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, and burglary in the first degree. He received ten-year sentences on the two ABHAN charges, and on each of the remaining charges he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Hutton's appellate counsel has petitioned to be relieved as counsel, stating he has reviewed the record and has concluded Hutton's appeal is without merit. The sole issue briefed by counsel argues Hutton's trial should have been severed from that of a codefendant. In a separate pro se brief, Hutton raises twenty issues addressing jurisdictional or due process issues.
After review of the record pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss this appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved. [1]
APPEAL DISMISSED.
GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.


Jesper Jinx is back! But is he going to lose his best friend?
The Silly Old Scribber, aka a professional liar according to Jesper, (the author Marko Kitti) is back with the 6th instalment of the Jesper Jinx series; Jesper Jinx's Best Friend.
Jesper is a prankster and has lots of stories to tell and SOS is very happy to share them with us, the readers, but only in secret (he has an agreement that he will write a book for Jesper's eyes only). So as with the previous 5 novels (Jesper Jinx, Jesper Jinx and the Sneezing Season, Jesper Jinx and the Turkish Pepper, Jesper Jinx Goes Fishing and Jesper Jinx and the Scrumptious Snacks) you need to sign the Secrecy Agreement, keep your mouth shut and zipped and tell no one as Jesper must not know the existence of these books. If he found out it would ruin the friendship between SOS and Jesper and would put a stop to future books, so as readers we would also lose out!
So back to the book. Puffington Hill is sweltering in a heatwave; so much so that even grandpas and grandmas have taken to wearing bikinis on their mobility scooters. Jesper and his best friend Oliver Oliverson are both 11 years old and Oliver has just confessed something to Jesper that upsets Jesper enough to not be his friend anymore; with the soaring heat affecting everything, Oliver has confessed to seeing Jesper's 12 year old sister, Melinda, Jesper's archenemy!
The story then continues with Jesper plotting a new prank to get revenge on Oliver, The Sister Thief, Oliverson! But with Jesper always being unlucky things don't turn out the way he expected.
Overall, this is a fun and entertaining story of best friends, jealousy, love and, of course, pranks! The characters are always fun and engaging. This one is slightly different from the previous books as it focuses on Jesper's life to date and recaps some of Jesper's previous pranks but mostly shows Jesper's love for his best friend and his sister.
This is a great, fun and entertaining read. Primary school children will love it and so will everybody else, right up to bikini wearing pensioners whizzing around on mobility scooters.
So if you are looking for something for the kids to read during the half term holiday that will entertain and amuse them, then you have just found an ideal series.


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Council's Economic Recovery Action Plan Set to Guide Central Hawke's Bay Through Double Crisis
The Central Hawke's Bay District Council has today announced the adoption of an economic recovery plan, to help the district respond to the twin blows of COVID-19 and the ongoing drought.
The comprehensive plan features 18 action points that together, will see the delivery of emergency welfare, a softening of the financial blow, an economic recovery framework and fiscal stimulus packages to ensure the response has a long-term view.
Central Hawke's Bay District Council District Mayor, Alex Walker, says the decision was simply a no brainer, and something the Council is passionate about putting into action.
"Our district, like many others, is currently weathering something of a perfect storm with these overlapping emergency situations.
"The on-going drought conditions coupled with the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions are having a devastating effect on the economic and social well-being of our communities, and this is something we take with the utmost seriousness."
She says the emergency welfare response has already commenced, with the Council leading the Civil Defence response for Central Hawke's Bay.
"We have created an economic recovery and drought function within the Civil Defence structure, and we're liaising directly with regional counterparts to align work programmes.
"We have worked collaboratively with local Taiwhenua, to ensure appropriate engagement and 'tautoko' (support) for hapū and mana whenua as part of this process.
She says the Council is realistic about the likely long-term impact on communities, and has adopted a range of initiatives in response to this.
"Part of this includes a more lenient approach in terms of our rate payment policies, details of which are all outlined in the full recovery action plan."
Some initiatives have been targeted to address those suffering the most significantly. As an example, Council will look to utilise $200,000 from its 'Catastrophic Events Fund' to fund the creation of a new Rates Rebate Fund.
"This will enable us to give a $200 rebate for up to 1000 ratepayers who are most impacted by the financial effects of COVID-19."
Council staff will begin to develop a Policy Framework to implement and manage this process, including eligibility.
Further work is in the pipeline to soften the financial blow, including a revision of the draft annual plan to ensure the annual rates increase will be kept as low as possible for the 2020/21 financial year, without compromising service levels.
Council will work in partnership with Centralines to create a Central Hawke's Bay Recovery Task Force, which will look at developing and supporting community/industry led recovery projects to encourage fiscal stimulus in the face of such challenging times for the district.
Mayor Walker says the Council is also investigating bringing forward or increasing parts of the District's capital programme to stimulate business and create jobs.
"This will see us working closely with government officials on how we ensure our District is part of any Hawke's Bay regional economic stimulus packages to help reduce social and economic impacts.
"The opportunities range across #thebigwaterstory, wastewater, roading, housing and other transformational community infrastructure projects linked to Project Thrive."
As part of this, Council has already progressed additional Provincial Growth Fund applications for roading and other infrastructure projects.
Looking to the longer term, the development of a revised and reprioritised Economic Development Action plan and work programme will continue.
Mayor Walker, says the Council is fiercely dedicated to the cause of ensuring its district, and everyone in it, recovers as quickly as possible.
"We are deeply empathetic to the hardship being felt by so many at present and we want the people of Central Hawke's Bay to know we are all in this together, and we are in it for the long haul."
She says as a Council, they take responsibility of providing a trusted source of guidance, direction and leadership in times like this, and that is a role they consider themselves very privileged to hold.
"We will lead Central Hawke's Bay through this and as a district - we will continue to thrive."
To read the Economic Recovery Plan click here.


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Q: Build fails with Groovy 1.8, Hibernate JPA annotations Build fails with Groovy 1.8, Hibernate JPA annotations
I've been stuck using Groovy 1.7.0 and unable to upgrade to the numerous updates due to a JPA Annotation build error.
My code is pretty standard JPA Annotations and has worked fine with the past groovy versions.  I would like to be able to upgrade to Groovy 1.8.0.  If anyone has seen and solved this issue, I will appreciate your help!
It seems to be failing to compile on the @JoinTable parts of all of my @ManyToMany annotations.
It fails with a "annotation value must be an annotation" message.  I have looked through the JPA javadocs and I don't appear to be missing any required fields. My annotations worked fine in past versions.
Also, I'm using Gant for my build and I wouldn't rule that out as being a possible problem??
Here is an example mapping:
@ManyToMany(mappedBy='topics')
@JoinTable(name="screencast_topic",
 joinColumns=[@JoinColumn(name="topicId")],
 inverseJoinColumns=[@JoinColumn(name="screenCastId")])
@Sort(type=SortType.NATURAL)

Compile output:
[groovyc] Compiling 412 source files to /Users/ben/workspace/nofluff/build/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes
 [groovyc] org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
 [groovyc] Abnormal termination of javac.
 [groovyc] /var/folders/rs/rsmW8feBHJyH6EPl+V3XME+++TI/-Tmp-/groovy-generated-1581380806855929206-java-source/nfjs/model/Topic.java:84: <b>annotation value must be an annotation</b>
 [groovyc] @org.apache.struts2.json.annotations.JSON(serialize=false) @javax.persistence.ManyToMany(mappedBy="topics") @javax.persistence.JoinTable(inverseJoinColumns={"org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotationNode@7997f538"}, name="screencast_topic", joinColumns={"org.codehaus.groovy.ast.AnnotationNode@67646de5"}) @org.hibernate.annotations.Sort(type=org.hibernate.annotations.SortType.NATURAL) public  java.util.SortedSet<nfjs.model.screencast.Screencast> getScreencasts() { return (java.util.SortedSet<nfjs.model.screencast.Screencast>)null;}

A: the groovy devs are aware of this issue (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-4768).
Looks like a fix is in place for the next release. The current workaround is to make your own Groovy build and test it out.

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1. This contest is open to LAMB members only. I would rather not give away my money to some random stats geek who would never visit my site otherwise.
2. Let me know of your intention to participate via twitter (@filmactually) or email (shaneslater88(at)gmail.com) by 6PM US Eastern Time on January 5th, 2013. I'll need some time to make sure my spreadsheets are set up properly.
3. To enter your predictions, just send me (twitter or email) the link to a blog post with your FINAL predictions. Hopefully this will make it easier for you, since most of you already post predictions on your respective sites. I will then save your predictions and enter them into my spreadsheet. I will not accept any changes after they have been submitted.
Submit your predictions via twitter or email by 6PM US Eastern Time on January 9th, 2013.
5. Scoring: Each correct prediction will earn you 1 point. However, in the Best Picture category, every wrong prediction will lose you 1 point. With the current rules for this category (anywhere between 5-10 nominees), if everyone predicts a full 10 it would make it too easy to catch all the nominees in a small field, hence the penalty. Choose wisely!
6. If you guess every single nominee correctly (including the correct number of Best Picture nominees) you will get an extra $5 bonus to the prize.
7. N.B. - The Makeup & Hairstyling category only nominates 3 films. Please don't list more than 3 nominees.
Sounds cool! Can multiple FTSers participate?
Yes! The more the merrier. It would be fun to see you guys compete against each other hehe.
Due to the rules, you would either have to do multiple posts or you can do a single post with all of your individual predictions.
I'm in. Thanks for running this!
Make sure you send me a plug for it that I can put on the LAMB site.
Will send you an email. The response has been great so far!
I know, I know. I knew you would totally want to play too. When do you become eligible for the LAMB? Should be soon right? I'll see if I can work around it.
Neato! Thanks for the invite and yeah, I'll definitely take part in this.


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By Addison Wiggin
Mission Accomplished: Obamacare is Not "A Third World Experience"
We begin today by checking our premises: In order to imagine something working forever, it must begin to work in the first place.
As the shutdown loomed on Monday we wondered what the future holds for the Affordable Care Act.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is on the record saying, "What we've done with Obamacare is a step in the right direction, but we're far from having something that's going to work forever."
The law takes full effect Jan. 1, 2014. So far large employers have been exempted for one year. Small employers have had their enrollment delayed by one month. For everyone else, the online exchanges launched yesterday.
As soon as the ribbon was cut, crashes, very long load times and problems logging in to the exchanges defined the day.
[Cue sad trombone sound effect]
There are two explanations for this. One, that these bugs are to be expected, smoothly ironed out and never sweated over again. Or, the law was passed with too lofty expectations which now have to be played down as logistical problems compound.
"It's only prudent to not assume everything is going to work perfectly on day one," predicted, Obama's health insurance czar, Gary Cohen, back in April. After yesterday, we give props to Cohen for having the foresight to hedge his bets. Even still, something tells us it will turn out to be the understatement of the decade.
"The time for debating about the size of text on the screen, or the color, or is it a world-class user experience — that's what we used to talk about two years ago," said Cohen's colleague, Harry Chao. "Now the philosophy is: 'Let's just make sure it's not a third-world experience.'"
There are a lot of opportunities for good, low-cost health care in the Third World. But we're sure Mr. Chao was imagining something along these lines (in which case, he couldn't set the bar much lower)…
Mission Accomplished: Obamacare Isn't This…
In recent months, implementing Obamacare has been hairier than its proponents seemed to realize. The biggest delay so far was the employer mandate. That's been pushed back one year, adding $10 billion to the program's price tag.
The White House or the Department of Health and Human Services haven't released the number of enrolled since yesterday. But they have been emphasizing that the process is open until March 31, 2014. By then, the kinks will be dealt with we're told.
But the online exchanges themselves are the life force of Obamacare. There will be consequences to winging it. What's so hard about rolling out these exchanges anyways?
Here's the organizational chart. Just follow the arrow… errr…
How Obamacare avoided a "third-world experience": A complex flow chart
OK. We'll be honest… We don't have a clue what's going on in that chart.
What we do know is that green box labeled "Federal Data Services HUB" is the communication hub we discussed in these pages before. That's the central point that trafficks people's enrollment information between the agencies that administer the law like the IRS, Treasury, Social Security Administration.
It was supposed to be ready by Sept. 4… and was pushed back to Sept. 30. They seemed to just squeak it in one day before the online exchanges launched. A functioning hub is crucial so agencies can verify if individuals are eligible for the subsidies they're claiming.
Those subsidies include the refundable tax credits for the poor. Those subsidies are capped at an income equal to 400% of the federal poverty level. If a household's income is just $1 higher than that, they don't get a subsidy. Depending on age and things like whether or not the enrollees smoke — that $1 in extra income could increase the household's premium payments by as much as $9,355. If you also started smoking, your premium could go up even more.
But don't worry. The government has a solution for Obamacare's back-end problems. They're simply waiving the verification process for claimed subsidies until the kinks are ironed out. It's called "the honor system" — because that works so well on college campuses.
We've said it once, and we'll say it again. If we didn't know any better, we'd think the government built the damn thing to fail. Heck, the transcript from Harry Reid's above-mentioned interview bluntly blurts out as much. The interview asked him if Obamacare was a stepping stone to a single-payer system.
Reid's answer? "Yes, yes. Absolutely, yes."
Ed. Note: The government shutdown continues… Surprise! We're still here! Birds still fly, politicians still lie, and the earth still spins on its axis. But the future is still a mystery. What will the markets make of an extended shutdown? Where should investors put their money? Who will benefit most, if at all, from the prolonged antics of childish politicians? We explained all of that, and offered readers a specific place to put their money, in today's Daily Reckoning email edition. If you didn't receive it, you only got half the story. Sign up for The Daily Reckoning right here, for FREE, and never miss another opportunity to profit.
About Addison Wiggin:
Addison Wiggin is the executive publisher of Agora Financial, LLC, a fiercely independent economic forecasting and financial research firm. He's the creator and editorial director of Agora Financial's daily 5 Min. Forecast and editorial director of The Daily Reckoning. Wiggin is the founder of Agora Entertainment, executive producer and co-writer of I.O.U.S.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was also shortlisted for a 2009 Academy Award. He is the author of the companion book of the film I.O.U.S.A. and his second edition of The Demise of the Dollar, and Why it's Even Better for Your Investments was just fully revised and updated. Wiggin is a three-time New York Times best-selling author whose work has been recognized by The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, Worth, The New York Times, The Washington Post as well as major network news programs. He also co-authored international bestsellers Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt with Bill Bonner.


August 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary boxer's death in a plane crash.
BROCKTON — All this talk about Boston being the "City of Champions" after another sports title has us reminiscing about the real city behind that nickname – Brockton.
Brockton earned the title due to the success of two legendary boxers – Rocky Marciano and "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler – as well as the prosperity of the city's high school teams, particularly the late coach Armond Colombo's football team, which won nine state Super Bowl titles.
Today, we're taking you back in the time with the original G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) – Brockton's Rocco "Rocky" Francis Marchegiano.
Marciano, the "Brockton Blockbuster," is known for his career boxing record of 49-0, 43 of which were by knockout. His undefeated streak lasted throughout his professional career, from 1947 to 1955.
Some of the heavyweight boxer's most notable wins came against Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland LaStarza, Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore. He fought at Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium in New York, Boston Garden and Braves Field in Massachusetts and Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia, among others.
At the age of 32, Marciano announced his retirement from boxing on April 27, 1956.
Marciano was a husband to Barbara and father to Mary Anne and Rocco Kevin.
The Brockton legend died on Aug. 31, 1969, the day before his 46th birthday. August 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of Marciano's death.
Do you have an idea for a back in the day feature – a building, notable person or news event? Please let us know by sending an email to newsroom@enterprisenews.com with the title, "Back in the day."


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Sugar Producer Revamps its Operations to Enable Business Growth
Posted by James Dantow, NetSuite VP for Worldwide Support and GM for the Philippines
The tropical climate of the Philippines is ideally suited for the rapid growth of vast sugarcane crop. For decades, Roxas Holdings, Inc. has tilled the fertile soil to become the Philippines' largest sugar producer, accounting for around 25 percent of the sugar production in the island nation, serving such global customers as Néstle Philippines Inc. and Alaska Milk Corp.
Despite their business success, the business software environment at Roxas Holdings was fallow. The company struggled with a lack of visibility into the data in its legacy on-premise ERP system and other disparate applications, which did not provide real-time insights into the business. Roxas Holdings' business was limited by an IT infrastructure that required laborious maintenance and hand-coding, and lacked the flexibility that the Group needed for growth.
After assessing its options, Roxas Holdings elected to replace its legacy ERP with the NetSuite OneWorld global business management solution. Working with NetSuite Solution Provider partner CloudTech, Roxas Holdings transitioned to the NetSuite cloud in early 2012 to manage the operations of its Manila-based headquarters, two sugar mills, one sugar refinery and a bio-ethanol plant.
The impact has been dramatic. The publicly traded company has increased its financial and operational efficiency and gained real-time visibility into critical business data, all while reducing costs by adopting a cloud-based solution that eliminates the need for costly and time-consuming IT maintenance.
"We now have a single system for the entire enterprise," said Francisco S. Rondilla, Vice President for IT at Roxas Holdings and a Transformer Award nominee at the recently-held SuiteWorld 2014. "Our financial consolidation is effortless and that used to be our biggest pain point. Today, we can see revenues, expenses and transactions on a per-customer basis, on demand and in real-time with summary-to-detail reporting."
Today, Roxas Holdings uses NetSuite OneWorld for financial consolidation and intercompany transactions across the parent company and its sugar mills. The new system also supports a number of inventory processes; its sales processes of proposals, orders, deliveries, and customer invoicing and payments; as well as procurement of goods from suppliers.
"Knowing where your company is financially is important when planning for the future. And NetSuite is definitely key here," said Rondilla. With the insights Roxas Holdings receive from NetSuite, and the flexibility of the platform across the organization, the company is able to build a strong foundation for growth.
One area of adaptability for Roxas Holdings is its preparation for the challenges of the impending tariff reduction on sugar to five percent under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement Common Effective Preferential Treatment (AFTA-CEPT) plan that will be implemented in 2015. With NetSuite OneWorld, the company has comprehensive insight into pricing and profitability to help guide its strategic direction.
"We definitely see the future bringing us both challenges and growth opportunities. With a scalable and dependable system in place, we are confident we will be able to face the former head on and welcome the latter with open arms," Rondilla concluded.
Posted on Thu, June 26, 2014 by NetSuite filed under


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import json
import numpy as np

class Transformer(object):
    def __init__(self, data):
        self.data = data

    def setTransformDictionary(self, filepath):
        '''
        transform dictionary is a series
        of key-value pairs used to transform
        the data.
        '''
        with open(filepath) as fp:
            self.tDict = json.load(fp)
        return self

    def flipTransformDictionary(self):
        tDict = self.tDict
        return {v: k for k, v in tDict.items()}

    def transformData(self):
        return self

    def filterData(self, colName, filterVals):
        df = self.data
        self.data = df[df[colName].isin(filterVals)]
        return self

    def addCol(self, idx, colName, rowVals=None):
        try:
            rowVals = rowVals
        except:
            print('row values not speficied')
            rowVals = np.nan

        self.data.insert(idx, colName, rowVals)
        return self

    def renameCol(self, idx, colName):
        self.data.columns.values[idx] = colName
        return self

    def setIndex(self, indexName):
        '''indexName is the column name to set index to'''
        self.data = self.data.set_index(indexName)
        return self

    def toJson(self, params):
        return self.data.to_json(**params)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from load import Loader

    # Load the data
    url = 'http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/list.' \
        'asp?cat=HI&yr=2013&qkey=8671&state=All'
    attrs = {'border': 1, 'cellpadding': 5, 'cellspacing': 0}
    params = {
        'url': url,
        'header': 0,
        'attrs': attrs
    }

    load = Loader()
    load.setParams(params)
    data = load.loadHtml().data

    # Transform the data
    jsonFp = './states.json'
    colName = 'State:'

    # initiate transformer object
    transform = Transformer(data)
    transform.setTransformDictionary(jsonFp)

    # get long values of the states
    statesDict = transform.flipTransformDictionary()
    states = statesDict.keys()

    # filter the data
    transform.filterData(colName, states)
    statesAbbr = [statesDict[state] for state in transform.data[colName]]
    transform.addCol(1, 'StateAbbr', statesAbbr)

    # rename column values
    # transform.renameCol(0, "State")

    # set index
    # transform.setIndex('StateAbbr')

    # save to json
    # fp = '../../app/public/data/brfss1.json'
    # jsonParams = {'path_or_buf': fp, 'orient': 'index'}
    # transform.toJson(jsonParams)

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At last we made it .... we have been planning to meet up since I came back from states but we just couldn't find the time as we both had been busy.Last week we wanted to meet then my sis was here and everynight we practically went out so tonite we finally made it.
I managed to dish up mee kuah .... how do I find the time to cook? well the minutes I got home at 6.45pm I start to defrost the prawns etc .... get the prawns broth boiling while I start to pound the garlics and chop-chop the veges,tomatoes and fish cake....ole 45 minutes later all done and by the time my guests arrived at 7.30pm the mee was all ready to be eaten.
We chatted whilst eating and we chat about the most top of the town topic thats going on now from A-Z ..... and especially on friendships .... fyi we don't gossip.
Ice creammmmmmmmmmmmmm ...... slurpppppppp ...... oh so yummyyyyyyyyy.
tiga buku tu berapa hari nak habis tu ... tentu dah banyak koleksi kan..
Thank you kak for the lovely dinner and gifts.
I am sorry Bella buat hal..muncung jer...if I know I beli dulu McD. Bila dah dapat McD jer...sengeh jer..ceh..budak ni!
ohhh.. ada teman malam tadi, taklah sunyikan. ermmm mee sup tu nampak sedap. yummy yummy..
Hari ni pakai gift tu ke?
Kira exchange gifts lah malam tadi, Alhamdulillah , semoga bertambah erat silaturahim.
Kak Elle .. baca blog nora baru teringat that magnet that kak elle kirim via Cat Cat.. Thanks kak elle.
seronoknya makan berkawan.. mesti tambah selera.. bangun pagi ni.. rasa lapar pulak bila tengok mee kuah tu.. sedapnya laaa.. ice cream tu lepas makan mee memang syiok kan hehee..
neeza macam pernah tengok kat blog someone dia baca buku horizon cinta tu.. dia kata best.
horizon cinta promoter nya wanmommy.


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King John II of England ascended to the throne in 1199 after a tumultuous accession war with his nephew, Arthur of Brittany, and his ally Phillip II of France. His inheritance was the Angevin Empire, consisting of England, most of Wales and Ireland, and a large swathe of France stretching south to Toulouse and Aquitaine. And yet, this empire was crumbling. It is in this context that one of the greatest legal documents in the world was written.
Ten constitutional preambles you may not know
How do nations across the globe declare their intent in the formation of a new government? To celebrate the launch of the innovative, new platform Oxford Constitutions of the World, we have highlighted a broad range of preambles from several jurisdictions below and the full constitutions freely available on the Oxford Constitutions of the World site for a limited time.
Australian Constitutional Law
Suri Ratnapala and Jonathan Crowe
English Legal System in Context 6e
Fiona Cownie, Anthony Bradney, and Mandy Burton
Constitutional Nationalism and Legal Exclusion
Mara Malagodi
COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM IN SOUTH ASIA
Sunil Khilnani and Vikram Raghavan
Mark Elliott and Jason N. E. Varuhas
Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution
Rajeev Bhargava
Constitutional Violence
Antoni Abat i Ninet
The Israeli Constitution
Gideon Sapir
The Dynamic Free Speech Clause
Timothy Zick
Cases & Materials on Constitutional & Administrative Law
Twelfth Edition
Brian Thompson and Michael Gordon
Jay M. Feinman
51 Imperfect Solutions
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Boulevard collaborates — and then collaborates some more, Zipline launch parties and more beer events
Justin Kendall,
Lots of collaboration news from Boulevard this week. When the Chipotle Cultivate Festival returns to Penn Valley Park on July 23, Chipotle Mexican Lager — a collaboration among Boulevard, Arizona Wilderness and Cigar City Brewing — will make its KC debut. You'll be able to get it only at the one-day festival, as was the case with last year's Cultivate Farmhouse Ale.
Boulevard is also joining forces with several local breweries serving at this year's Boulevardia Taps & Tastes beer festival on Saturday, June 18, to make Boulevardia Berliner Weisse. In on the team are 75th Street Brewery, Crane Brewing, Kansas City Bier Co., Martin City Brewing Co. and McCoy's. Credit Boulevard spokeswoman Julie Weeks for the concept, says ambassador brewer Jeremy Danner. Brewers from those six establishments met at Boulevard two weeks ago for a roundtable discussion on what to make. (This follows last year's Show Me Sour collaboration with St. Louis' Side Project.) Several ideas were thrown out during the brainstorming session, but the consensus landed on a citrus Berliner Weisse.
Danner says the idea was to make a beer that would be refreshing and enjoyable during a hot Kansas City summer. He says the brewers will reconvene on March 19 for a brew session.
Here's how Danner describes the beer on Boulevard's blog: "With a malt bill composed of pilsner and wheat malt, our collaboration beer will feature subtle bittering with Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops and additions of orange, lemon and lime peel at the end of the boil, during whirlpooling and at the conclusion of fermentation. We'll employ our house lactobacillus strain for fermentation in our oak foeder resulting in a crisp, tart beer that's incredibly flavorful and fruity while being super refreshing and ideal for a Midwest summer day."
Look for the Berliner Weisse throughout the three-day festival, June 17-19.
Finally, the release date for Collaboration No. 6, a still-to-be-determined blend of Boulevard's barrel-aged beers and Firestone Walker's recipes, has been pushed to December. Danner writes that an October release date was too "aggressive."
"Those extra couple of months in the barrels will allow the Firestone Walker recipes that will be executed in Kansas City to live up to the high standards established by Matt [Brynildson] and his brewing team in Paso Robles," he explains.
Danner tells The Pitch that when Brynildson was in KC for Firestone Walker launch events, he went to Boulevard's caves to taste barrel-aged beers with brewmaster Steven Pauwels. The eventual results might not be easily classified, but Danner says he wouldn't be surprised to see a blend that includes Belgian quad, stout and barleywine.
Next up on Boulevard's schedule: April releases of Tropical Pale Ale and Hibiscus Gose.
Zipline is here
Launch events for Nebraska's Zipline Brewing's entry into the Kansas City market are getting under way. It starts Monday, March 21, with tap takeovers at Waldo Pizza (7433 Broadway) and the Flying Saucer (101 East 13th Street) at 5 p.m. and the Rusty Horse (6325 Lewis Street, Parkville) at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22, Zipline moves to Long-Bell Pizza Co. (3385 Southwest Fascination Drive, Lee's Summit) from 6 to 8 p.m. Zipline does a meet and greet at Grain to Glass (1611 Swift, North Kansas City) from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets cost $10. Screenland Crossroads (1701 McGee) taps IPA, Kolsch and Alt at 6 p.m. Sample some Zipline at Hy-vee (310 Southwest Ward Road, Lee's Summit) from 4 to 6 p.m.
Get to the Foundry on Wednesday, March, 23, to meet Zipline's crew and sample Copper Alt, NZ IPA, and Oatmeal Porter from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Zipline also hits Grains & Taps (224 Southeast Douglas Street, Lee's Summit) at 6 p.m. and returns to Waldo Pizza (1543 Northeast Douglas Street, Lee's Summit) at 5 p.m.
Also this week …
Martin City Brewing Co. throws a tap takeover at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard), bringing eight beers, including Mr. Vacation Brandy Barrel–Aged Barleywine, Big Boy Bourbon Barrel–Aged Imperial Stout, Shunned House Brett IPA, Apposite Belgian-Style Pale Ale with Brett, Monk in Mexico Belgian Quad Aged in Tequila Barrels, Belgian Blond, Hard Way IPA and Black Rye IPA. Get there at 4 p.m. and meet the owners.
New Belgium taps a keg of Whiskey Barrel–Aged Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout at Charlie Hooper's (12 West 63rd Street) for Kansas' first NCAA Tournament game.
Green Room Burgers & Beer (4010 Pennsylvania Avenue) taps its Irish-style Dry Stout and kettle-soured Golden Ale with Blackberries for St. Patrick's Day. Amerisports (3200 North Ameristar Drive) releases Draft Choice Special IPA, a 7.5 percent ABV unfiltered IPA. I'm told it has a passionfruit aroma.
Grain to Glass (1611 Swift, North Kansas City), taps Schlafly Extra Stout, Boulevard Irish Ale and Magner's Irish Cider from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. And you'll get to learn about the history of Irish brewing.
Michael Crane's tasting tour continues with a stop at Village West Discount Liquors (11010 Parallel Parkway) from 4 to 6 p.m.
Stone IPA Madness goes down at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard) from 4 to 7 p.m. Get a taste of Defiance at Rimann Liquors (15117 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Two of my favorite things — beer and cheese — come together for a pairing class at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard) at 3 p.m. For $25, you get a flight of four beers and cheeses. Register at brytos.com.
Start your morning with Saison yoga at Crane Brewing Co. (6515 Railroad Street, Raytown) at 10 a.m. Classes cost $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m.
Got a beard? Clean it up at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard) with Chop Tops Beer & Beards from 1 to 5 p.m. Stop by for a seminar on taking care of your face rug and a complimentary consultation.
The latest Beerology at Grinder's (417 East 18th Street) goes down tonight with Crane Brewing.
Two more of my favorite things: smoke and fire. It's not a beer event, but it's worth mentioning. Char Bar (4050 Pennsylvania) throws a five-course dinner featuring Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve cocktails and the option to buy a bourbon-soaked cigar at 7 p.m.
It's Bell's night at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway) at 6 p.m., and the takeover continues here Wednesday night at 6.
Grinders High Noon (206 Choctaw Street, Leavenworth) partners with Martin City Brewing Co. for a five-course beer dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Get happy-hour prices on drafts of Uinta and meet the brewery's CEO, Steve Mills, at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard) from 4 to 7 p.m. Stick around for YMCA Night with Urban Chestnut as the St. Louis brewery donates a half-barrel of Schnickelfritz Hefeweizen for a fundraiser for the Cleaver YMCA. All of the proceeds from that keg, plus a percentage of all taps, benefit the Cleaver YMCA from 6 to 10 p.m.
Barley's Brewhaus (16649 Midland Drive, Shawnee) does an imperial stout vertical with 2013 and 2014 Boulevard Imperial Stout; 2014 and 2015 Deschutes the Abyss; 2014 and 2015 Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy; 2014 and 2015 Founders Imperial Stout; and 2014 and 2015 Stone Imperial Stout. It starts at 4:30 p.m.
Crane Brewing hosts Girls Pint Out tonight at the brewery (6515 Railroad Street, Raytown).
Happy Gillis hosts a beer dinner with Uinta Brewing. Featured beers include: Pale Ale, Biere de Mars, Port O' Call, Detour Double IPA, Sea Legs Baltic Porter and a mystery after-dinner drink. Tickets cost $65 plus tax and gratuity. Call 816-471-3663 for reservations.
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The station's radio format is 50 percent music and 50 percent Talk. The studios are based at Khaya Centre in Dube, Soweto in South Africa and covers regions all across Soweto, Kagiso, Lenasia, Krugersdorp, Randfontein, Kempton Park, Germiston and Alberton.
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French retailer Leclerc approached by Amazon over logistics partnership
Privately-held French supermarket operator Leclerc has been approached by U.S. technology group Amazon over possible logistics partnerships, as speculation intensifies over Amazon's intentions in the supermarket sector.
A view of the Amazon fulfillment logo in Mexico City, Mexico, September 12, 2017. Picture taken September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
"Yes, we have been approached by Amazon," Michel-Edouard Leclerc, who heads the company, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"Amazon could - why not? - be our logistics partner," he added.
Leclerc's comments come after French newspaper Le Monde reported this week that Amazon had approached various French supermarket operators - including Casino (CASP.PA) - about setting up distribution deals or making an acquisition in the country.
Traders had also cited market speculation last month that Amazon could be interested in bidding for French supermarket operator Carrefour (CARR.PA). Both Casino and Carrefour said they do not comment on market rumors.
Amazon bought Whole Foods Market this year for $13.7 billion in a deal that marked a dramatic change in strategy for a company that had offered food delivery through its Fresh service for a decade but had not previously made any major dents in the $700 billion grocery market.
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The formula for force says force is equal to mass (m) multiplied by acceleration (a).
If you have any two of the three variables, you can solve for the third.
Force is measured in Newtons (N), mass in kilograms (kg), and acceleration in meters per second squared ( m/s2 )..
It is named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, specifically Newton's second law of motion. One newton is the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force.
Force unleashed When it comes to unleashing force quickly, Bir and her colleagues investigated boxers and found they could generate up to 5,000 newtons of force with a punch, more than that exerted down by a half-ton on Earth's surface.
If you want to lift something that weighs 100kg, you have to pull down with a force equivalent to 100kg, which is 1000N (newtons). If you want to raise the weight 1m into the air, you have to pull the loose end of the rope a total distance of 1m at the other end.
Convert 200 Newtons to Pounds force200 Newtons (N)44.962 Pounds force (lb)1 N = 0.224809 lb1 lb = 4.448220 N
A kip is a US customary unit of force. It equals 1000 pounds-force and is used primarily by architects and civil engineers to indicate engineering loads where the pound-force is too small a unit. Although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of mass, equal to 1000 pounds, i.e., one half of a short ton.
9.80665 kilonewtonsThe tonne (metric ton, abbreviation: t) is the unit of mass in the metric system. 1 tonne-force (tf) = 9.80665 kilonewtons (kN) = 1000 kilogram-forces (kg).
101.97160051 kilonewton is equal to 101.9716005 kilograms, which is the conversion factor from kilonewtons to kilograms.
A newton is the force that an average sized apple makes on your hand when you hold it. … It is one newton. On the moon, an object with the mass of a brick would feel as light as an apple on earth due to the moon's lower gravity. The force of the brick in your hand would feel like one newton.
Please share if you found this tool useful:Conversions Table2 Pounds-force to Newtons = 8.896480 Pounds-force to Newtons = 355.85773 Pounds-force to Newtons = 13.344790 Pounds-force to Newtons = 400.33994 Pounds-force to Newtons = 17.7929100 Pounds-force to Newtons = 444.822212 more rows
As it happens, one pound of force is equal to four-and-a-half Newtons. So if you push hard enough to make the scale read 9 pounds, that is about 40 Newtons.
40 Kilonewtons (kN) = 4,079 Kilograms Force (kgf) 1 kN = 101.972 kgf.
1 Newton: 1 Newton in Earth gravity is the equivalent weight of 1/9.80665 kg on Earth. This is derived using Newton's second law f=ma and assuming Earth gravity of 9.80665 m/s2….Please share if you found this tool useful:Conversions Table10 Tonnes to Newtons = 98066.5800 Tonnes to Newtons = 784532014 more rows
It is defined as that force necessary to provide a mass of one kilogram with an acceleration of one metre per second per second. One newton is equal to a force of 100,000 dynes in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system, or a force of about 0.2248 pound in the foot-pound-second (English, or customary) system.
The use of force in our everyday life is very common. We use force to walk on the road, to lift the objects, to throw a cricket ball, or to move a given body by some particular speed or direction. We are very familiar with the various effects of force. We can exert pull and push.
Force (Newton) = Mass of body × Acceleration. Or, F = [M1 L0 T0] × [M0 L1 T-2] = M1 L1 T-2.
A thousand newtons of force is what you feel if a very muscular or rather fat person (weighing in at about 100 kg or 220 lbs) is standing on you. It is also the force needed to lift that person.
9.80665Kilogram is the base unit of mass in the metric system. 1 kilogram or kilogram-force (kg or kgf) = 9.80665 newtons (N) = 35.2739619 ounces (oz) = 1000 grams (g) = 1000000 milligrams (mg) = 2.20462262 pounds (lbs) = 0.157473044 stones (st).
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Tengku Taufik
President & Group CEO, PETRONAS
Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik is the President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Finance & Accounting from the Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
His areas of expertise include developing and steering key business strategies, organisational transformation, and financial and risk management. He has vast experience in strategic planning, finance, and business strategy development with a focus on the oil and gas and energy industry. He is an advocate of a just and responsible energy transition by promoting regional partnerships across multiple stakeholder groups in policy shaping, innovation and technology.
Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik was a PETRONAS scholar and upon returning from his studies, he has held various important roles in the Group. He served as the Executive Assistant to the late PETRONAS Chairman, Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin and later held numerous leadership roles including as the General Manager / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) – KLCC Property Holdings Berhad, Head, Finance & Risk Management (Gas & Power) and Head, Group Strategic Planning.
Between 2012 and 2018, he served as Deputy CFO and CFO of two public listed companies before becoming a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia leading the firm's oil and gas practice. In 2018, Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik returned to PETRONAS as the Executive Vice President and Group CFO and was at the same time appointed as the Executive Director of the PETRONAS Board. He also currently holds Board positions in PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, PETRONAS International Corporation Ltd as well as PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik was appointed President and Group CEO of PETRONAS in July 2020, responsible for the formulation, direction and steering of key strategies of his Fortune 500 global organisation.
In addition to his responsibilities in PETRONAS as well as board stewardship in the above companies, he is the Chairman of East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) Audit Committee, National Trust Fund, Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) Audit Committee and CEO Action Network. He is also a Council Member of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the ECERDC and NCIA, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Merdeka Award Trust as well as a member of The National Emplyoment Council (Majlis Pekerjaan Negara).
Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Oil & Gas Governors Forum, WEF Industry Action Group and APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). He is also the Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP).
In 2021, he was conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Panglima Jasa Negara (P.J.N.) which carries the title "Datuk," in recognition of his services to Malaysia.


Colorado is home to over 2,000 natural lakes, reservoirs, and enough rivers to keep any water loving individual happy. And, no matter how much we write there is no way to name all the peaks, mountain ranges, valleys, cliffs, and glaciers in Colorado. But we invite you to start your exploration here and stop to appreciate the aspen trees, wildflowers and rock formations splattered across the parks.


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Q: noncopyable static const member class in template class I have a non-copyable (inherited from boost::noncopyable) class that I use as a custom namespace. Also, I have another class, that uses previous one, as shown here:
#include <boost/utility.hpp>
#include <cmath>

template< typename F >
struct custom_namespace
    : boost::noncopyable
{

    F sqrt_of_half(F const & x) const
    {
        using std::sqrt;
        return sqrt(x / F(2.0L));
    }

    // ... maybe others are not so dummy const/constexpr methods

};

template< typename F >
class custom_namespace_user
{

    static
    ::custom_namespace< F > const custom_namespace_;

public :

    F poisson() const
    {
        return custom_namespace_.sqrt_of_half(M_PI);
    }

    static
    F square_diagonal(F const & a)
    {
        return a * custom_namespace_.sqrt_of_half(1.0L);
    }

};

template< typename F >
::custom_namespace< F > const custom_namespace_user< F >::custom_namespace_();

this code leads to the next error (even without instantiation):
error: no 'const custom_namespace custom_namespace_user::custom_namespace_()' member function declared in class 'custom_namespace_user'
The next way is not legitimate:
template< typename F >
::custom_namespace< F > const custom_namespace_user< F >::custom_namespace_ = ::custom_namespace< F >();

What should I do to declare this two classes (first as noncopyable static const member class of second)? Is this feaseble?

A: Your code is being parsed as a function declaration, not an object definition.
The solution is to get rid of the parenthesis:
template< typename F > ::custom_namespace< F > const custom_namespace_user< F >::custom_namespace_;


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does the ombudsman service provide any training or hold conferences or roadshows?
Yes. Each year we run training days and seminars nationwide for people working in financial services. We also take part in a wide range of conferences, exhibitions and roadshows across the country.
But covering over 100,000 businesses obviously means we can't visit each one individually.
Instead, we look at ways to target and prioritise our resources so that we can fully maximise the benefit of our work in this area. For example, if you get together with other businesses from your area or take part in local trade body meetings - and would like us to come along - we will see if we can help you.
For more details please look at our page on outreach - what we can do for you in the "contact us" section of this website.


A number of properties of a neuron change in a coordinated fashion to store a given type of memory. Our long-term goal is to determine which properties of neurons change, and how these properties are regulated during formation of memories. Plasticity of glutamatergic synapses is important in the storage of information in the brain. Neuronal and glial plasma membrane glutamate transporters play major roles in removing released glutamate from the synaptic cleft. Although the function of glutamate transporters has received considerable attention, only recently did we demonstrate that glutamate uptake is regulated during expression of long-term synaptic plasticity. Glutamate uptake is increased during long-term sensitization in Aplysia, during long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus of the rat, and during morphine addiction and withdrawal in the rat. These findings suggest that long-term regulation of glutamate uptake during changes in synaptic efficacy may be a phylogenetically conserved mechanism that occurs along with different types of synaptic plasticities. Furthermore, deficiencies in glutamate uptake have been implicated in a number of diseases including ALS, epilepsy, and Alzheimers. The immediate goal of our experiments is to elucidate the general principles and functions of regulation of synaptic glutamate uptake associated with synaptic plasticity. In our research, we focus on well-studied long-term learning in Aplysia (long-term sensitization and learning that food is inedible) and synaptic plasticities in the hippocampus of the rat associated with LTP.
Understanding how learning and memory are modulated is an important aspect of understanding how memories are formed. Emotional state, various environmental factors, and diseases of the nervous system can impact the formation of memory. The long-term goals of this part of our research are to define factors that normally modulate memory formation and to determine how these factors modulate learning and memory. In addressing these goals, we discovered that the circadian clock modulates a simple form of long-term memory, long-term sensitization of the tail-siphon withdrawal reflex in Aplysia. Animals form long-term memory when they are trained during the day but form much less memory when they are trained at night. However, short-term memory of the same behavior is formed equally well during the day and night. Our current experiments extend our previous research by investigating circadian modulation of other forms of memory and the mechanisms responsible for circadian modulation of long-term memory. One set of experiments is to determine the scope and function of circadian modulation of learning and memory. We will investigate circadian modulation of a more complex associative form of learning (learning that food is inedible), and we will investigate circadian modulation of learning in nocturnal species of Aplysia. A second set of experiments is to determine the neuronal circuitry involved in the circadian modulation of learning and memory. A third set of experiments is to determine whether the circadian clock modulates learning and memory through modulation of facilitatory serotonergic neurons in the learning and memory circuitry. A fourth set of experiments is to determine which biochemical and molecular events necessary for the induction of long-term memory in sensory neurons are responsible for the circadian modulation of memory. We will investigate circadian modulation of synthesis of ApC/EBP mRNA and activation of MAPK and PKA during the formation of memory. In addition to elucidating the modulation of learning and memory, this research will provide insights into how the circadian clock regulates its outputs to produce rhythms. Furthermore, knowing the mechanisms by which memory formation is modulated will aid attempts to improve memory as well as to treat diseases that affect memory.
Collado MS, Lyons LC, Levenson JM, Khabour O, Pita-Almenar JD, Schrader L, Eskin A. (2007). In vivo regulation of an Aplysia glutamate transporter, ApGT1, during long-term memory formation. Journal of Neurochemistry, 100(5):1315-28.
Pita-Almenar JD, Collado MS, Colbert CM, Eskin A. (2006). Different mechanisms exist for the plasticity of glutamate reuptake during early long-term potentiation (LTP) and late LTP. The Journal Of Neuroscience: The Official Journal Of The Society For Neuroscience, 26(41):10461-71.
Lyons LC, Collado MS, Khabour O, Green CL, Eskin A. (2006). The circadian clock modulates core steps in long-term memory formation in Aplysia. The Journal Of Neuroscience: The Official Journal Of The Society For Neuroscience, 26(34):8662-71.
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