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Breaking the Silence: The New Media Revolution in Turkey
87% percent of the world's population lives in a country without a free press. Erdogan's crackdown of the free press has grave implications for the rest of Europe. But Turkish journalists are fighting back — here's how the media is using technology to reinvent itself in order to survive in one of the world's most press-hostile states.
European Alternatives July 2, 2018, 9:43 am July 2, 2018
RHIANNON DAVIES
"I wasn't at home the day the police came for me. My friend told me it had happened, so I didn't go back. Instead, I went underground. But after five months of this hell, I decided to escape." Arzu Yıldırım is speaking via Skype from Canada, where she has sought refuge. If she returns to her native Turkey, she faces imprisonment. Instead, she joins the growing ranks of the Turkish journalists-in-exile who are being persecuted for simply doing their job.
The Turkish media is facing the wrath of a government that is using a coup attempt to root out the opposition. Under the cover of an ongoing state of emergency, journalists are being hounded and locked up, media outlets are being closed and the free press is gradually being bought by government-affiliated businesses. Yet, out of this despair comes a glimmer of hope, a silent revolution of new media, finding ways around the repression to get the message out. And it's not just in Turkey. Eighty-seven percent of the world's population lives in a country without a free press. As media censorship spreads across Europe, resilient journalists are bypassing the mainstream to raise their voices from brand-new platforms.
A Muzzled Media
Turkey has quickly become one of the world's worst countries for press freedom. A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released in March details 300 journalists arrested in 2017, and 100,000 websites blocked. Around 200 media outlets are known to have been shut down, and the International Press Institute's #FreeTurkeyJournalists platform lists 154 journalists currently in prison.
"Between January 20 and February 26 this year, 648 people were detained in Turkey because of their social media posts, "
Turkey has long suffered from state interference in the media, but matters have taken a steep downward spiral since the attempted coup of 2016, when a faction within the Turkish armed forces tried to wrest power from government institutions. This worrying trend continues in 2018, as a crisis in the judiciary weakens the media still; in January, two high-profile journalists remained in prison even after Turkey's constitutional court ordered their release. Between January 20 and February 26, 648 people were detained because of their posts on social media. Under mounting international pressure, German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel was finally released. But he had been held in pre-trial detention for 367 days, without any charges. In another crushing blow, 13 journalists who worked for an opposition newspaper were sentenced to prison on April 26 for "aiding and abetting terror organisations without being a member".
Another worrying trend is the state seizures of media outlets, which are subsequently bought by pro-government businesses, creating what has been termed a 'pool media' – newspapers all churning out exactly the same pro-government stories. In what some see as a death blow to Turkish independent media, in March, the Doğan media group, owners of the last credible opposition newspaper and television channels, was bought by a business conglomerate with government ties. In reaction to this trend, one young Istanbullite told me that she now avoids the news, as she considers it all to be government propaganda; trust in the mainstream media is at an all-time low.
The Media (R)Evolution?
But despite these hostile conditions — or perhaps because of them — there are still many good journalists in Turkey, working hard to get the story out. Unable or unwilling to use traditional media, they have been at the forefront of a wave of innovation. Led by a number of determined journalists, the free Turkish media is evolving, a silent revolution taking place out of the reach of the government's autocratic measures.
"If one internet channel was blocked, we aired through another: the higher the wall, the easier to drill a hole" — Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief Cumhuriyet
"'Media in exile' is one of the most powerful channels that can confront repressive governments, an oasis that offers the freedom you long for, like air or water, new proof that a true journalist never gives up…"
Writing this for the Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) blog, Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet — then the country's leading independent newspaper — is one of the most high-profile victims of the state's media censorship. Shot at outside a courtroom and held for 92 days on charges related to espionage and treason — for publishing a story about Turkish National Intelligence Organisation trucks transporting arms to Syria — he has felt the sharp end of the crackdown. Now residing in Germany, he faces a 20-year prison sentence if he returns to his home country.
Temporal monument for Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist who died in a car bomb murder. Picture by Wikicommens/Continentaleurope
He is a key figure in a growing community of exiled Turkish journalists, and has founded the news website Özgürüz (meaning 'we are free'). Based in Berlin, and working together with German investigative journalism organization CORRECT!V, it publishes stories in Turkish and German. Although blocked in Turkey, they have bypassed this by broadcasting using other internet channels, including YouTube, Periscope, Facebook, and Twitter. Describing this struggle, Dündar wrote: "If one was blocked, we aired through another: the higher the wall, the easier to drill a hole."
Social media also provides a vital means for journalists to bypass website blocks. Medyascope produced television news and broadcasts live via Periscope, as well as using Facebook and YouTube. Founder Ruşen Çakır described it as "a platform where the enthusiasm of young journalists meets with the experience of veteran journalists to inform the public about the latest developments in Turkey, the region and the world". Elsewhere in Germany, another Turkish journalist-in-exile, Celal Başlangıç, has established the television channel Artı TV, broadcasting Turkish language news from the outskirts of Cologne. Talking to Associate Press, Celal Başlangıç said: "Our plan with Arti TV is to give a voice to those who do not have a voice or whose voice cannot be heard — and for those who cannot be seen."
While there is no doubt that the majority of journalists-in-exile would much rather live in their own country, being based abroad allows them to produce quality news without the overbearing weight of government pressure and the necessary self-censorship that entails.
"The free Turkish media may be under heavy fire, but by through innovative use of new technologies, a new media is rising from its ashes"
Meanwhile, 140Journos was founded in 2012 by Engin Onder, who at the time was a student in Istanbul. Feeling frustrated by the mainstream media's inability to cover controversial stories implicating the Turkish state, he decided to do something about it. Relying upon citizen journalists and smartphone technology, 140Journos calls itself a counter-media movement, filling in the gaps that go uncovered by (the) mainstream media.
The free Turkish media may be under heavy fire, but through innovative use of new technologies, a new media is rising from its ashes. Considering the heavy pressure that these journalists face, their persistence when it comes to challenging abuse of power, shining a light on injustice, and getting out the truth is truly admirable.
Cross-Border Creep
The disturbing nature of media censorship in Turkey may seem a long way off, but Nora Wehofsits, Advocacy Officer at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, thinks the rest of Europe should be worried too:
"Journalists are harassed with "lying press" accusations in Germany. Media ownership concentration in France and the Czech Republic are a great cause of concern, as is political influence on the media in Hungary and Poland.
In Bulgaria, the lowest ranking country within the EU when it comes to media freedom, journalists are beaten up on a regular basis. Also, in the Caucasus region and the Ukraine, the ECPMF keeps observing threats against journalists and ongoing media freedom violations.
The contract killing of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in February of this year sent shockwaves around Europe. In their native Slovakia, thousands poured out onto the streets in protest, causing the prime minister to resign. It came just months after the brutal car bomb murder of Maltese investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia. The killing of journalists working to expose high-level corruption may send chills down our spines, but it is just the conspicuous tip of a huge iceberg that has the power to sink European democracy.
Media oppression has swept across European borders, an insidious creep into the new normal. As the prospect of EU enlargement fades and it focuses on achieving stability over internal reforms, its influence is waning in much of eastern Europe, while Russian influence is on the rise. At the same time, fake news websites increase media noise, and as well as the usual political and financial pressures, reporters are having to deal with being labelled as spies and foreign mercenaries.
But here too, the media is evolving.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) currently operates 15 websites, and has a presence in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Moldova, and Montenegro. Its flagship news portal, Balkan Insight, has close to seven million page views each year and is read in over 200 countries worldwide. Based in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Regional Development Officer at BIRN, Petar Subotin believes that by providing objective and timely reporting, the news organisation is seen as a threat in countries where the politically controlled mainstream media serves those in power. He wrote us saying:
"The situation has been worsening over the past few years. Fake news is one of the new challenges which need to be addressed, along with the existing factors which are weakening media freedoms in the region."
Ever since the Trump campaign, fake news has become a buzzword in any discussion about the media. It provides a dual threat to quality journalism. On the one hand it is a real problem, clouding the media with deliberately misleading information. At the same time, the willingness of politicians to label any unfavourable reporting as 'fake news' contributes to a growing mistrust in the media, which spills over to impact the work of reliable journalists too.
Elsewhere in eastern Europe, there are similar problems. Belarus is rated 153rd in the Reporters Without Borders 2017 World Press Freedom Index. According to the organisation, freelance journalists working for independent media are unable to get accreditation, and often face judicial harassment. Meanwhile, both pro- and anti-Russian bloggers have been locked up. Yet, despite having to operate in these difficult circumstances, 34 Multimedia Magazine is a paragon of independent media. Aimed at the Belarusian youth, it publishes articles in Belarusian, Russian and English on subjects such as Why are gay people being detained in Azerbaijan? and White innocence: fighting racism in the Netherlands.
Sometimes, it takes a crisis in confidence to bring about change. In Scotland, a whole raft of alternative media outlets set up in the wake of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Many pro-independence voters felt their views weren't being represented by an overwhelmingly pro-union media. News websites like Bella Caledonia and CommonSpace, as well as the television channel Broadcasting Scotland, were established in a direct attempt to counter the perceived mainstream bias.
But Can Media Ever Be Unbiased?
The idea of unbiased media and objective journalism may be held up as a norm to aspire to, but few believe in it as an achievable goal. However, if we accept there will be bias, we should still be able to expect pluralism – the opportunity to hear different voices. There is nothing wrong with opinion in journalism, so long as it is labelled as such. Instead, in a world plagued by fake news, filter bubbles, misinformation, election rigging and with democracy under threat, there is a need for greater media literacy amongst the general public. We need to be able to recognise ideological leanings, hidden agendas and choose for ourselves what to believe. If not, we risk be manipulated by those who wield power.
"The media crackdown in a country that belongs to Europe and was aspiring to join the EU also challenges European institutions and their credibility" — Nora Wehofsits, ECPMF
Alternative media often has its own agenda (hidden or otherwise), blurring the line between campaigning and reporting. This goes for all sides of the political spectrum. Because of course, the same digital technologies and global connectivity that have allowed free media to flourish in countries where its existence is threatened, has also enabled the spread of much more illiberal views.
Xenophobic, racist, and fascist beliefs have spread across the European continent and the far-right alternative media has played a big part in this. The American flagship alt-right news site, Breitbart, was aligned with the European populist right when under the leadership of Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon. In the UK, Westmonsterwas founded by Arron Banks, the largest foreign investor to the Leave campaign in the EU referendum. The recent exposure of the manipulation carried out on social media by shadowy organisation Cambridge Analytica shows just how far this entangling of political aims with news media can go.
Turkish Journalists Won't Be Silenced
The alarming events in Turkey feel a world away, but Turkey straddles two continents: Asia and Europe. By sitting back and doing nothing we are complicit in undermining the values upon which Europe was built. As ECPMF's Nora Wehofsits wrote in an email, "I believe a crackdown like this concerns all of us. The media crackdown in a country that belongs to Europe and was aspiring to join the European Union also challenges European institutions and their credibility." Free media campaigners and advocacy organisations across Europe believe that the EU should be doing more to assist the free media in Turkey, and that allowing Erdoğan to act with impunity paves the way for others to follow.
Many young Turks have already given up on the media, indulge in digital detoxes, and no longer follow the news. But if we give up on journalism, we give up on democracy. The media is a key part of a functioning democracy, acting as a watchdog to hold those in power to account. If this supporting pillar is taken away, then the whole house of democracy crumbles. And if it crumbles in Turkey, a European country, a NATO member and a key ally of the West, then it could easily bring down its neighbours.
We should be worried.
However, there is still hope. Turkish journalists who won't be silenced are leading a revolution against censorship, oppression and the spread of propaganda. And while, as Gil Scott-Heron wrote, the revolution will not be televised — at least not by the mainstream broadcasters — there is a burgeoning new media on the rise. Unable to use their traditional tools, the revolution that is taking place is happening quietly, beneath the surface.
This article was first published in Are We Europe Magazine. It has been published here with permission. About the author: Rhiannon Davies visited Istanbul for a week in 2012 and got caught up in the whirlwind of the city. She left in 2016. Now a freelance journalist based in Glasgow, she aches for the Bosphorus.
European Alternatives
European Alternatives is a non-profit, non-state organisation working with the conviction that a transnational renovation of our political imaginations, institutions and actions needs to take place to adequately understand and address the crises Europe is facing.
Matteo Salvini's hold over Italy is more fragile than it seems


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	{
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		handler_ = INVALID_HANDLER;
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In 2014, European fintech venture capital funding grew to US$1 billion, of which around 20% went toward ventures located in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).
Fintech startups in the region raised over US$175 million, nearly tripling the amount raised in the three previous years, according to Fintech Forum. The region took the second place behind London which accounted for US$539 million in 2014.
In the past years, several fintech startups in DACH have attracted global recognition. These ventures tackle all fintech sub-segments from crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, to blockchain technology and social trading.
Today, we take a look at the top ten fintech startups in the DACH region.
Founded in 2008, Wikifolio is an Austria-headquartered online social trading platform for investment strategies.
The platform lets traders publish their trading ideas in wikifolios, create a solid track record and build the basis for an exchange traded product, which investors can directly profit from by investing via their existing brokerage account.
There are currently some 16,000 wikifolios on the platform, and more than 5,500 wikifolio certificates being traded on the Stuttgart stock exchange.
Wikifolio has raised over US$8 million in funding so far.
Founded in 2015 and based in Vienna, Baningo is a fintech startup that develops solutions for the banking, insurance and financial services industry.
The company provides enterprises customers with a simple and consistent online access to banks and their advisors. For bank advisors, it offers a completely new sales-pipeline.
Baningo-select is a software-as-a-service product that enables banks, insurances and other financial service providers to provide customers direct access to their advisors. The solution includes advisor profiles, adviser search, chat, videochat and online appointments.
Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013, N26 is mobile-first bank without any physical branch that aims to disrupt the traditional banking industry.
In July 2016, N26 received its banking license, giving it full regulatory approval to operate across the European Union. By December 2016, N26 had been active in 17 countries across Europe, serving some 200,000 customers.
N26 has raised over US$52 million in funding and is backed by the likes of Peter Thiel, as well as venture capital firms Earlybird Venture Capital, Valar Ventures and Horizon Ventures.
Kreditech is a German online lender offering loans to individuals based on their creditworthiness which the company analyzes using online data. The company aims at providing credit access to people with little or no credit history.
Kreditech uses a self-learning algorithm which analyses big data. It uses location-based information, social networking information, hardware data, online shopping behavior and general online behavior to determine one's creditworthiness.
Headquartered in Hamburg, the company operates in several countries including Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Russia and Mexico. Kreditech has raised over US$162 million in funding and is backed by the likes of Rakuten, the International Finance Corporation, Kreos Capital and J.C. Flowers and Co.
Headquartered in Hamburg, Figo provides a banking API that gives access to its "banking-as-a-service" platform. The platform aggregates financial sources from over 3,100 banks and financial institutions, and connects modern services with more than 55 million online banking accounts in Germany and Austria.
The company is targeting the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) in total, and the solution is fully compliant with the Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2).
Figo has raised over US$11 million in funding so far and is backed by Deutsche Borse.
Spotcap, a startup of Rocket Internet, is a European online lender providing business finance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin with a presence in Spain, the Netherlands, the UK, Australia, and most recently, New Zealand.
Backed by Access Industries, Finstar Financial Group and Heartland Bank, among others, Spotcap has raised over US$66 million in funding so far.
Weltsparen, the German brand of Raisin GmbH, is an online marketplace for term deposits worldwide serving over 60,000 clients. More than €2 billion has been deposited into the Raisin platforms which includes raisin.com, raisin.fr and raisin.es.
Raisin, formerly known as SavingGoal, aims to become the leading platform for investments and deposit marketplace in Europe.
The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin. It has raised over US$64 million in funding so far with backing from Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Thrive Capital.
Swiss startup Lykke is building a marketplace that uses blockchain technology to offer immediate settlement and direct ownership.
The company's mission is to create a single global marketplace where any sort of financial instrument can be traded and settled peer-to-peer with second-by-second interest payments.
Lykke was founded by Richard Olsen, co-founder and former CEO of OANDA, a leading foreign exchange company.
Swisspeers is a company based in Winterthur, Switzerland, that operates an Internet platform that brings together investors and SMEs in search of capital.
The platform is designed to provide an alternative to traditional fixed-interest loans for investors while offering SMEs a more efficient financing tool outside of the traditional banking system.
Swisspeers undertakes the credit evaluation and provides a recommendation for a risk-adjusted interest rate.
Zurich-based Amnis Treasury Services specializes in international payments and treasury services, currency exchange, risk management and related advising for SMEs.
The company's mission is to provide SMEs with the ability to settle foreign exchange transactions on the same terms than large companies.


I have worked on an Affinity Designer course targetting absolute beginners who have never done vector drawing before.
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package io.nlopez.smartadapters;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.widget.AbsListView;

import junit.framework.Assert;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import io.nlopez.smartadapters.adapters.MultiAdapter;
import io.nlopez.smartadapters.adapters.RecyclerMultiAdapter;
import io.nlopez.smartadapters.mocks.MockLayout;
import io.nlopez.smartadapters.mocks.MockModel;
import io.nlopez.smartadapters.utils.Mapper;
import io.nlopez.smartadapters.utils.ViewEventListener;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;

/**
 * Tests SmartAdapter builder class
 */
@RunWith(CustomTestRunner.class)
public class SmartAdapterTest {

    public static final int NOTIFY_ACTION_ID = 1;
    public static final int NOTIFY_POSITION = 0;
    @Mock
    RecyclerView mockRecycler;

    @Mock
    AbsListView mockListView;

    @Mock
    Mapper mockMapper;

    @Mock
    ViewEventListener mockListener;

    @Mock
    List<MockModel> mockList;
    public static final MockModel NOTIFY_MODEL = new MockModel();
    public static final MockLayout NOTIFY_VIEW = new MockLayout(RuntimeEnvironment.application);

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_item_operations_adapter() {
        MultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.items(mockList).adapter();
        MockModel model = new MockModel();
        adapter.addItem(model);
        verify(mockList).add(model);

        List<MockModel> modelList = Arrays.asList(new MockModel(), new MockModel());
        adapter.addItems(modelList);
        verify(mockList).addAll(modelList);

        adapter.delItem(model);
        verify(mockList).remove(model);

        adapter.clearItems();
        verify(mockList).clear();
    }

    @Test
    public void test_item_operations_recycler_adapter() {
        RecyclerMultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.items(mockList).recyclerAdapter();

        MockModel model = new MockModel();
        adapter.addItem(model);
        verify(mockList).add(model);

        List<MockModel> modelList = Arrays.asList(new MockModel(), new MockModel());
        adapter.addItems(modelList);
        verify(mockList).addAll(modelList);

        adapter.delItem(model);
        verify(mockList).remove(model);

        adapter.clearItems();
        verify(mockList).clear();
    }

    @Test
    public void test_map_add() {
        SmartAdapter.MultiAdaptersCreator creator = SmartAdapter.empty()
                .mapper(mockMapper);

        creator.map(MockModel.class, MockLayout.class);
        verify(mockMapper).add(MockModel.class, MockLayout.class);

        // Indirectly we are testing that the new mapper setup works too
        creator.mapper(new Mapper());
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(mockMapper);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_listener_adapter() {
        MultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.empty().listener(mockListener).adapter();
        Assert.assertEquals(adapter.getViewEventListener(), mockListener);

        adapter.notifyAction(NOTIFY_ACTION_ID, NOTIFY_MODEL, NOTIFY_POSITION, NOTIFY_VIEW);
        verify(mockListener).onViewEvent(NOTIFY_ACTION_ID, NOTIFY_MODEL, NOTIFY_POSITION, NOTIFY_VIEW);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_listener_recycler_adapter() {
        RecyclerMultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.empty().listener(mockListener).recyclerAdapter();
        Assert.assertEquals(adapter.getViewEventListener(), mockListener);

        adapter.notifyAction(NOTIFY_ACTION_ID, NOTIFY_MODEL, NOTIFY_POSITION, NOTIFY_VIEW);
        verify(mockListener).onViewEvent(NOTIFY_ACTION_ID, NOTIFY_MODEL, NOTIFY_POSITION, NOTIFY_VIEW);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_into_abslistview() {
        MultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.empty().into(mockListView);
        verify(mockListView).setAdapter(adapter);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_into_recycler() {
        RecyclerMultiAdapter adapter = SmartAdapter.empty().into(mockRecycler);
        verify(mockRecycler).setAdapter(adapter);
    }

}


The Inherent Flaws in the Inherent Authority Position: Why Inviting Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Violates the Constitution, Fla. St. U. L. Rev.
In the fanfare that surrounded the announcement of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System,' Attorney General John Ashcroft's comment that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would ask state and local police to enforce both civil and criminal immigration laws seemed like an afterthought. State authorities, DOJ concluded, have "inherent authority" as sovereign entities to enforce these laws, though Ashcroft was careful to limit this invitation to local participation only to "our narrow anti-terrorism mission."
But to attorneys, law enforcement officers, and others working in the immigration field, Ashcroft's announcement was a bombshell. Not only was DOJ's announced position a reversal from previous legal positions taken by the Department (and a departure from existing legal precedent), but the announcement, if put into effect, raises many fundamental questions. If local authorities do indeed have "inherent authority" to enforce federal immigration laws, would they need any legislative authorization (federal or state) to do so? Would their inherent authority be limited only to the immigration law enforcement that advances the "narrow anti-terrorism mission" that Attorney General Ashcroft proposed, or could local authorities expand their enforcement to all immigration laws? And what result if local authorities, declining to exercise their inherent authority, choose not to enforce immigration laws?
Answering these questions requires a fundamental examination of the scope of the immigration power and more specifically, consideration of the constitutional barriers to local enforcement. However, the current debate about local enforcement has largely focused on policy effectiveness and the legal issue of preemption. In the legal debate, courts have focused on preemption analysis--determining what role, if any, Congress intended for local authorities to have in the enforcement of immigration laws. In the policy debate, advocates and opponents of local enforcement have disagreed fiercely about its effectiveness. Advocates argue that local enforcement is necessary to plug up the holes in the nation's immigration system that became so painfully apparent after 9/11. Opponents counter that local enforcement will lead to less, not more, effective law enforcement as immigrant communities become distrustful of local police departments and less willing to report crimes or cooperate in criminal investigations.
Though preemption and policy effectiveness are important issues, a more fundamental consideration, and one that has been overlooked in the current debate, is the constitutional barrier to local enforcement. The immigration power, as derived from specific constitutional powers and from the U.S.'s status as a sovereign entity, must be exercised uniformly. This power, because of its effect on foreign policy, must be exercised exclusively and uniformly at the federal level.
But DOJ's position, because of its voluntary nature and the expansive discretion it gives to local officials, will necessarily violate the constitutional requirement of uniform immigration laws. DOJ's inherent authority position strongly suggests that local authorities may enforce immigration laws without requiring any legislative authorization (either federal or state) and without being restricted to enforcing a subset of the immigration laws, as Attorney General Ashcroft has requested.
And most disturbing for the constitutional mandate for uniform immigration laws, DOJ's position allows local officials to decide, in the first instance, whether to participate at all; those local officials who do decide to participate are subject to different state laws affecting their arrest authority. The result is that federal immigration laws will be enforced differently from state to state and even from town to town. This "thousand borders" problem flies in the face of the constitutional mandate for immigration uniformity.
In Part II, I explain the evolution of DOJ's inherent authority position. I start by examining the norm among local authorities of not enforcing immigration law and then explore the policy reasons why these authorities have chosen nonenforcement. Next I discuss past attempts at local enforcement and the legal and political obstacles that they encountered. I conclude by explaining how the inherent authority position, with its emphasis on voluntary participation, attempts (with mixed results) to avoid these obstacles.
In Part III, I lay out the theoretical framework for my thesis: that the immigration power is an exclusively federal power that must be exercised uniformly. Courts and scholars alike trace the immigration power to two sources: several specific constitutional provisions (including the Naturalization Clause) and the authority that the U.S. government exercises as a sovereign entity. These sources establish a uniform, exclusively federal immigration power. The immigration power must be exercised exclusively by the federal government because of the link between immigration and foreign policy. And the immigration power must be exercised uniformly because of the need for the nation to speak with one voice on foreign policy matters. Courts have struck down state law immigration legislation because of these same uniformity and foreign policy concerns. Because nonuniform enforcement has the same effect as nonuniform policy, nonuniform enforcement is also constitutionally prohibited.
In Part IV, I seek to demonstrate that DOJ's invitation to local authorities to enforce immigration laws violates the constitutional mandate for uniform immigration laws. Looking at the very different reactions among local authorities to DOJ's proposal (some have eagerly embraced local enforcement while others have passed laws strictly limiting this enforcement), I argue that allowing local authorities to choose whether to enforce immigration laws will result in patchwork enforcement, even within the same state. And even if all local authorities within a state agree to enforce immigration laws, their enforcement will likely be different from enforcement in a neighboring state because local authorities are subject to different state laws affecting their authority to make arrests. Taken together, these inconsistencies violate the constitutional requirement for uniform immigration laws and make DOJ's invitation for local enforcement unconstitutional.
Huyen Pham, The Inherent Flaws in the Inherent Authority Position: Why Inviting Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Violates the Constitution, Fla. St. U. L. Rev., 31 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 965 (2004).


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text:
#ifndef __CONFIG_H
#define __CONFIG_H

#include "mx6_common.h"

#define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	3769

/* Size of malloc() pool */
#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * 1024 * 1024)

#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
#define CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R
#define CONFIG_CI_UDC
#define CONFIG_USBD_HS
#define CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DUALSPEED
#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER
#define CONFIG_USB_ETH_CDC
#define CONFIG_NETCONSOLE

#define CONFIG_MXC_UART
#define CONFIG_MXC_UART_BASE	       UART2_BASE

#define CONFIG_CMD_SF
#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_SF
#define CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SST
#define CONFIG_MXC_SPI
#define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS  0
#define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS   0
#define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED 25000000
#define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (SPI_MODE_0)
#endif

/* I2C Configs */
#define CONFIG_CMD_I2C
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1		/* enable I2C bus 1 */
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2		/* enable I2C bus 2 */
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3		/* enable I2C bus 3 */
#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED		100000
#define CONFIG_I2C_EDID

/* MMC Configs */
#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR      0
#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_USDHC_NUM       2

#ifdef CONFIG_MX6Q
#define CONFIG_CMD_SATA
#endif

/*
 * SATA Configs
 */
#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_SATA
#define CONFIG_DWC_AHSATA
#define CONFIG_SYS_SATA_MAX_DEVICE	1
#define CONFIG_DWC_AHSATA_PORT_ID	0
#define CONFIG_DWC_AHSATA_BASE_ADDR	SATA_ARB_BASE_ADDR
#define CONFIG_LBA48
#define CONFIG_LIBATA
#endif

#define CONFIG_CMD_PING
#define CONFIG_CMD_DHCP
#define CONFIG_CMD_MII
#define CONFIG_FEC_MXC
#define CONFIG_MII
#define IMX_FEC_BASE			ENET_BASE_ADDR
#define CONFIG_FEC_XCV_TYPE		RGMII
#define CONFIG_ETHPRIME			"FEC"
#define CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR		6
#define CONFIG_PHYLIB
#define CONFIG_PHY_MICREL
#define CONFIG_PHY_MICREL_KSZ9021

/* USB Configs */
#define CONFIG_CMD_USB
#define CONFIG_USB_EHCI
#define CONFIG_USB_EHCI_MX6
#define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
#define CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER
#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX
#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_MCS7830
#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_SMSC95XX
#define CONFIG_USB_MAX_CONTROLLER_COUNT 2
#define CONFIG_EHCI_HCD_INIT_AFTER_RESET	/* For OTG port */
#define CONFIG_MXC_USB_PORTSC	(PORT_PTS_UTMI | PORT_PTS_PTW)
#define CONFIG_MXC_USB_FLAGS	0
#define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD
#define CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL_VIA_CONTROL_EP

/* Miscellaneous commands */
#define CONFIG_CMD_BMODE

/* Framebuffer and LCD */
#define CONFIG_VIDEO
#define CONFIG_VIDEO_IPUV3
#define CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
#define CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
#define CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
#define CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
#define CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
#define CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
#define CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
#define CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
#define CONFIG_SYS_VIDEO_LOGO_MAX_SIZE (6 * 1024 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_BMP_16BPP
#define CONFIG_IPUV3_CLK 260000000
#define CONFIG_CMD_HDMIDETECT
#define CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX
#define CONFIG_IMX_HDMI
#define CONFIG_IMX_VIDEO_SKIP

#define CONFIG_PREBOOT                 ""

#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_SATA
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_SATA "sata "
#else
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_SATA
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_MMC
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_MMC "mmc "
#else
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_MMC
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_USB "usb "
#else
#define CONFIG_DRIVE_USB
#endif

#define CONFIG_DRIVE_TYPES CONFIG_DRIVE_SATA CONFIG_DRIVE_MMC CONFIG_DRIVE_USB
#define CONFIG_UMSDEVS CONFIG_DRIVE_SATA CONFIG_DRIVE_MMC

#if defined(CONFIG_SABRELITE)
#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
	"script=boot.scr\0" \
	"uimage=uImage\0" \
	"console=ttymxc1\0" \
	"fdt_high=0xffffffff\0" \
	"initrd_high=0xffffffff\0" \
	"fdt_file=imx6q-sabrelite.dtb\0" \
	"fdt_addr=0x18000000\0" \
	"boot_fdt=try\0" \
	"ip_dyn=yes\0" \
	"mmcdevs=0 1\0" \
	"mmcpart=1\0" \
	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rw\0" \
	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} " \
		"root=${mmcroot}\0" \
	"loadbootscript=" \
		"load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} ${script};\0" \
	"bootscript=echo Running bootscript from mmc ...; " \
		"source\0" \
	"loaduimage=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} ${uimage}\0" \
	"loadfdt=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${fdt_addr} ${fdt_file}\0" \
	"mmcboot=echo Booting from mmc ...; " \
		"run mmcargs; " \
		"if test ${boot_fdt} = yes || test ${boot_fdt} = try; then " \
			"if run loadfdt; then " \
				"bootm ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}; " \
			"else " \
				"if test ${boot_fdt} = try; then " \
					"bootm; " \
				"else " \
					"echo WARN: Cannot load the DT; " \
				"fi; " \
			"fi; " \
		"else " \
			"bootm; " \
		"fi;\0" \
	"netargs=setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} " \
		"root=/dev/nfs " \
	"ip=dhcp nfsroot=${serverip}:${nfsroot},v3,tcp\0" \
		"netboot=echo Booting from net ...; " \
		"run netargs; " \
		"if test ${ip_dyn} = yes; then " \
			"setenv get_cmd dhcp; " \
		"else " \
			"setenv get_cmd tftp; " \
		"fi; " \
		"${get_cmd} ${uimage}; " \
		"if test ${boot_fdt} = yes || test ${boot_fdt} = try; then " \
			"if ${get_cmd} ${fdt_addr} ${fdt_file}; then " \
				"bootm ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}; " \
			"else " \
				"if test ${boot_fdt} = try; then " \
					"bootm; " \
				"else " \
					"echo WARN: Cannot load the DT; " \
				"fi; " \
			"fi; " \
		"else " \
			"bootm; " \
		"fi;\0"

#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND \
	"for mmcdev in ${mmcdevs}; do " \
		"mmc dev ${mmcdev}; " \
		"if mmc rescan; then " \
			"if run loadbootscript; then " \
				"run bootscript; " \
			"else " \
				"if run loaduimage; then " \
					"run mmcboot; " \
				"fi; " \
			"fi; " \
		"fi; " \
	"done; " \
	"run netboot; "
#else
#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
	"bootdevs=" CONFIG_DRIVE_TYPES "\0" \
	"umsdevs=" CONFIG_UMSDEVS "\0" \
	"console=ttymxc1\0" \
	"clearenv=if sf probe || sf probe || sf probe 1 ; then " \
		"sf erase 0xc0000 0x2000 && " \
		"echo restored environment to factory default ; fi\0" \
	"bootcmd=for dtype in ${bootdevs}" \
		"; do " \
			"if itest.s \"xusb\" == \"x${dtype}\" ; then " \
				"usb start ;" \
			"fi; " \
			"for disk in 0 1 ; do ${dtype} dev ${disk} ;" \
				"load " \
					"${dtype} ${disk}:1 " \
					"10008000 " \
					"/6x_bootscript" \
					"&& source 10008000 ; " \
			"done ; " \
		"done; " \
		"setenv stdout serial,vga ; " \
		"echo ; echo 6x_bootscript not found ; " \
		"echo ; echo serial console at 115200, 8N1 ; echo ; " \
		"echo details at http://boundarydevices.com/6q_bootscript ; " \
		"setenv stdout serial;" \
		"setenv stdin serial,usbkbd;" \
		"for dtype in ${umsdevs} ; do " \
			"if itest.s sata == ${dtype}; then " \
				"initcmd='sata init' ;" \
			"else " \
				"initcmd='mmc rescan' ;" \
			"fi; " \
			"for disk in 0 1 ; do " \
				"if $initcmd && $dtype dev $disk ; then " \
					"setenv stdout serial,vga; " \
					"echo expose ${dtype} ${disk} " \
						"over USB; " \
					"ums 0 $dtype $disk ;" \
				"fi; " \
		"	done; " \
		"done ;" \
		"setenv stdout serial,vga; " \
		"echo no block devices found;" \
		"\0" \
	"initrd_high=0xffffffff\0" \
	"upgradeu=for dtype in ${bootdevs}" \
		"; do " \
		"for disk in 0 1 ; do ${dtype} dev ${disk} ;" \
			"load ${dtype} ${disk}:1 10008000 " \
				"/6x_upgrade " \
				"&& source 10008000 ; " \
		"done ; " \
	"done\0" \

#endif
/* Miscellaneous configurable options */
#define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START       0x10000000
#define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END	       0x10010000
#define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH     0x10800000

/* Physical Memory Map */
#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS	       1
#define PHYS_SDRAM		       MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR

#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE	       PHYS_SDRAM
#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR       IRAM_BASE_ADDR
#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE       IRAM_SIZE

#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET \
	(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR \
	(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR + CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET)

/* Environment organization */
#define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			(8 * 1024)

#if defined(CONFIG_SABRELITE)
#define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC
#else
#define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH
#endif

#if defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC)
#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		(6 * 64 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV		0
#elif defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH)
#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		(768 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE		(8 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_ENV_SPI_BUS		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS
#define CONFIG_ENV_SPI_CS		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS
#define CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MODE		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE
#define CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED
#endif

#define CONFIG_CMD_BMP

#define CONFIG_CMD_TIME
#define CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST
#define CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST

/*
 * PCI express
 */
#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_PCI
#define CONFIG_PCI
#define CONFIG_PCI_PNP
#define CONFIG_PCI_SCAN_SHOW
#define CONFIG_PCIE_IMX
#endif

#define CONFIG_CMD_ELF

#define CONFIG_USB_GADGET
#define CONFIG_CMD_USB_MASS_STORAGE
#define CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_MASS_STORAGE
#define CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD
#define CONFIG_USB_GADGET_VBUS_DRAW	2

/* Netchip IDs */
#define CONFIG_G_DNL_VENDOR_NUM 0x0525
#define CONFIG_G_DNL_PRODUCT_NUM 0xa4a5
#define CONFIG_G_DNL_MANUFACTURER "Boundary"

#define CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT
#define CONFIG_CMD_FASTBOOT
#define CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE
#define CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR   CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR
#define CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE   0x07000000

#endif	       /* __CONFIG_H */


text:
'Old Henry' Star Tim Blake Nelson Reveals What Attracted Him to the Western
by Allison Hambrick December 17, 2021
written by Allison Hambrick December 17, 2021
Old Henry's Tim Blake Nelson discussed why he took on the role of the reclusive frontiersman, as well as why he typically prefers supporting roles. In an interview with Deadline, he said he found the director's take on fatherhood interesting. The actor is a father of three boys.
"I think (director) Potsy (Ponciroli) really got two really essential aspects of parenthood," said Nelson. "One is the desire for the healthy parent to want their offspring not to make the mistakes they did, and therefore, to be able to live a better and more healthy life; then, in the raising of kids, the tension that exists between wanting to protect them from the dangers and challenges of the world out there, and the desire to expose them to it."
In the film, the titular character lives in seclusion with only his son for company. He is pushed, however, to open up after an encounter with an injured stranger. A central focus of the film is the relationship between the father and son, which Nelson enjoyed contemplating.
"In one case you're extending childhood, which is a good thing, to a degree," the actor continued. "But in the other case, you're teaching them how to deal with life's challenges, and one is always struggling as a parent, with that balance. I felt that Potsy examined that, in a sensitive, tender and knowing way. It was exciting for me, to get to rehearse that every day, playing this role."
Additionally, Nelson addresses his past as largely a character actor–a conscious decision on his part.
Old Henry Star Discusses Previous Supporting Roles
"I think who and what I am, is a self-selective phenomenon," Nelson said. "And usually that's going to put me in supporting roles. Unless the filmmaker has a peculiar take on life. What's lucky for me is, those are the films in which I most want to appear. I'm not going to end up the lead in a cookie-cutter movie. But I'd rather play the interesting supporting roles in larger movies, and be given leads in more interesting movies, even if they're smaller."
In the past, Nelson has played mostly quirky characters. Perhaps his most iconic role was in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, alongside George Clooney, John Turturro, and John Goodman. That film was a loose adaptation of The Odyssey. He played one of three escaped inmates who end up finding musical success as one of them attempts to reclaim his home life. Interestingly, Nelson was the only lead who sang his own parts in the film.
That isn't to say Nelson has never headlined a film before Old Henry. The actor did star in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which shared the same directors as O Brother, Where Art Thou?. However, as far as big-budget studio films go, Nelson is happy to stay in his wheelhouse.
"I'd love to imagine a world in which a mainstream movie would dare to have me as its lead," the actor stated. "But I don't think that's realistic, and so I've got to count on people like Potsy, or the Coens with Buster Scruggs, to want me to headline their movies, with off-center characters."
"You are who you are, and there's only so much you can do to change that," Nelson added. "I'm certainly not going to go get any surgical augmentation, and I don't want to do roles that don't interest me, and so I've got to count on people like Potsy to think I'm the right guy for their lead, and thankfully, usually in that case, it's going to be an interesting project."

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Growing up in Charlottetown, Leo Deveau was intrigued by the Confederation Centre of the Arts, but not for its programming.
Rather, the name of the centre is what piqued his interest.
"What was Confederation from a child's perspective and what was that all about, this country we call Canada?" said Deveau, who now lives in Halifax.
He's been hooked on history ever since.
Today, he shares that passion through his Twitter feed, 400years, which looks at moments in Nova Scotia's history and are posted on the anniversaries of when they happened.
The Twitter page is an offshoot of a book he wrote called 400 Years in 365 Days: A Day by Day Calendar of Nova Scotia History. While the Twitter page was launched to coincide with the book's release, Deveau isn't slowing down as he continues to gather new information.
Deveau said he spends a few hours each week doing research, which comes from reading books, going to museums and the provincial archives, as well as the archives at different universities.
"It becomes almost a daily reflection and connection, and then a note to follow this or get in touch with so and so about getting more information," he said.
One of the things Deveau likes about the Twitter feed is the reach it has and its ability to connect with people from all over the world.
The Nova Scotia Archives tweets regularly about the province's history.
Old Nova Scotia, an account dedicated to sharing information from old Nova Scotia newspapers ran for about 3½ years and ceased in January 2015. That account was run by now-CBC reporter Frances Willick.
And then there's Small History NS, which tweets information about life in small-town Nova Scotia between 1880 and 1910 as reported by newspapers.
That feed is the work of historian Sara Spike.
When she was working on her PhD, much of her research involved looking at rural and community newspapers. Some of the information gathered didn't fit with her studies, but she wanted to share it anyway.
"It's not even news, you know, someone lost their geese or someone was visiting and having tea with someone, or the first mayflowers found in some tiny community in the Annapolis Valley gets put on the front page of the newspapers," said Spike, who grew up on the Eastern Shore in Jeddore Oyster Pond.
Spike started the account 4½ years ago and she is considering expanding the time span her site currently covers.
She said historians often spend considerable time by themselves doing research before they're ready to share the finished product, which can often take years.
Social media platforms such as Twitter are a way for historians to share their findings with a larger audience.
She said her Twitter account helps share a side of Nova Scotia history that doesn't get much attention.
"I think that rural history in particular is not very well known," she said.


Malbec is a historic variety originally native to south-west France, whose centre of gravity moved to the southern hemisphere in the late twentieth century. It is renowned for its age worthy, deeply coloured rich and smooth wines. Here in the Barossa it makes a real Black Beauty of a wine.
Colour: Medium depth crimson with purple hues.
Aroma: Rich and lifted blue fruits mingle with violets and herbal notes, with a little vanilla cream and briary spice.
Palate: Juicy blue fruits, herbals and brambly spice come together in this medium-bodied wine with fine, savoury tannins adding to the mouthfeel. A hint of liquorice rides with the savoury and spicy finish.


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Man Owns Up To Jersey Care Home Sex Abuse
Jersey Care Home Abuse Case
A 46-year-old man has been remanded in custody after admitting sexually abusing boys at a Jersey care home during the 1970s, it has been revealed.
Michael Aubin pleaded guilty to two counts of gross indecency and two counts of indecent assault on children under 10 years old at Haut de la Garenne.
The Channel Islands' Royal Court heard how Aubin, who was born in Jersey and lives in St Denys, Southampton, carried out the attacks while a resident at the home.
He earlier pleaded not guilty to three further counts of indecent assault and they will be dealt with after sentencing at the Royal Court on June 22.
Stephen Baker, prosecuting, said after `detailed discussions with the police and the victims in the case, the pleas were accepted.
At least two other people have been charged after a wide-ranging police investigation into historic child abuse on the island.
Police gathered a list of 40 suspects after scores of people came forward claiming they had been sexually and physically abused at Haut de la Garenne.
Mr Baker told the court that Aubin was a resident at the home and, when interviewed by police, he told them he had also been the victim of abuse.
Copyright © Press Association 2009
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Loved Ones Appeal For Answers Regarding Dorking Labourer's Asbestos Death
Leeds Woman Makes Plea To Former Colleagues Following Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Specialist Lawyers Investigating Reports Of Outbreak Of Gastric Illness At Salou's Hotel Oasis Park
Family Demand Answers Following Gastric Illness At Desert Rose Resort In Egypt
St Gemma's Hospice Welcomes Boost After Family Receive Settlement Regarding Leeds Man's Asbestos Death


In Taoism we focus on energy saving and there is nothing more effective than a good rest. There are many rules how to sleep. However sleeping should be natural and every individual has different natural habits. There is no fixed rule on how to sleep, but there are ways to achieve the "great" sleep.
(This might sound a little abstract but this knowledge is ancient and it was forbidden to cut bodies open) The Taoists believe the right side of your upper body is "air", while the left side is filled with blood/vessels. Before sleeping "look inside your heart". You are not going on a journey so there is no need to let your mind wander.
Do not put your hands on your chest or rest in other awkward positions. Everything that makes the oxygen intake harder should be avoided. The resting position should be easy to breath and should promote the inner blood circulation. Do not tighten your joints or your blood cannot flow. Some tight positions will close the blood vessels on the joints and you will wake up feeling that the "cut off" part is numb.
Lie on the back if you want to promote a straight posture. This position is very good if you have back pain from hard work, but be careful not to lie too soft. The bed should not be so hard that you feel your bones but not too soft so that you feel compression on your spine and rips. Soft beds have a compressing effect which lead to spinal curvature. Your hands should be relaxed and look down to your feet. If you have warm hands (if not rub them first) place them on your "Dantian" (~2 fingers below navel).
Lie on the right side if your stomach is empty. This will balance the "blood" and "air" parts in the body. You reduce stress on the heart and have an overall deeper sleep. People with heart problems should prefer this position. Your right hand should support your neck and ear. The left hand should rest on your hip or upper leg. Do not put your chest and stomach inside too much, let the breathing go easy and naturally.
Lie on the left side to reduce stress on stomach. If you have eaten something or your body has some water inside, this position can help to sleep quietly for a shorter duration. Be careful not to press your heart too much inside and do not warp your body inside. The heart should be able to work easily, take your time to find the right position. This position will reduce pressure on your digestive organs. The left hand should definitely support your neck and ear to bring the upper body in the right position. The right hand should rest on the hip or upper leg.
Is a journey for everyone. We all have different bodies and there is no general formula. Please tell us your experience with sleeping in the comment section!
Next PostThe gift of Taoism, Tai Chi and Qigong.
I was walking, and I heard a student saying that she went to sleep at 8am and woke up for an exam at 8:45am.
This article gave me a better understanding of body response to rest/sleep particularly the air vs blood vessels aspect. Also the full vs empty stomach aspect.


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package com.amazonaws.services.quicksight.model;

import javax.annotation.Generated;

/**
 *
 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
public enum DataSourceErrorInfoType {

    ACCESS_DENIED("ACCESS_DENIED"),
    COPY_SOURCE_NOT_FOUND("COPY_SOURCE_NOT_FOUND"),
    TIMEOUT("TIMEOUT"),
    ENGINE_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED("ENGINE_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED"),
    UNKNOWN_HOST("UNKNOWN_HOST"),
    GENERIC_SQL_FAILURE("GENERIC_SQL_FAILURE"),
    CONFLICT("CONFLICT"),
    UNKNOWN("UNKNOWN");

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reminded those who deal with PHI and PII of the dangers that terminated employees can pose to system security in their monthly cybersecurity newsletter. Their advice is as timely as it is excellent, and includes the following:
"Making sure that user accounts are terminated so that former workforce members don't have access to data is one important way Identity and Access Management can help reduce risks posed by insider threats.
IAM can include many processes, but most commonly would include the processes by which appropriate access to data is granted, and eventually terminated, by creating and managing user accounts."
Kate Borten, President of The Marblehead Group, agrees, citing Verizon's 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, which was released earlier this year and named health care as the industry with the highest number of insider breaches.
OCR has published an extensive list of recommendations, which include:
• The creation and maintenance of user access logs used to determine when a user's access levels are increased, or new equipment is assigned. These logs can also be used to track and trace precisely who is accessing what data, when, and using what locations, creating an audit trail.
• Establishing processes designed to terminate an employee's access as soon as employment ends. These processes should also refer back to the aforementioned access logs to ensure that all equipment has been returned.
• Changing all administrative passwords on termination of an employee with access to those accounts, so that they will be unable to access them post-employment.
• The creation of alerts that call attention to accounts that have not been utilized in some predefined number of days in order to identify accounts that may be ripe for purging from the system.
• And developing a robust auditing procedure designed to ensure that all IAM-related policies are being followed, and that the system is working as intended.
It's an excellent piece, and if your firm is in any way involved with the handling of protected health information, you owe it to yourself to head to OCR's website and read it in its entirety.
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Oregon hospitals to receive experimental COVID-19 drug
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Health Authority announced Sunday that hospitals throughout the state will begin receiving shipments of remdesivir, an experimental drug that has been used to treat patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19.
Remdesivir, which has not formally been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, has been used under a federally issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The drug was developed by Gilead Sciences Inc. and has been tested in patients with various diseases like Ebola and SARS, according to OHA.
Preliminary clinical testing by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease shows that some patients treated with the drug experienced faster recoveries. For instance, people with advanced lung disease who received the drug recovered 31% faster than patients who did not.
Providence St. Vincent and Providence Portland medical centers have been approved for clinical trials of the drug with more than 30 patients already tested. The allotments received by OHA included enough remdesivir for 80 patients to receive a 10-day treatment course.
The drug will be distributed to hospitals immediately upon notification of an eligible patient and under specified terms of the EUA.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Kelly Tilden, whose son is a sophomore at Franklin High School, said her family is grappling with whether to send him to live with his grandmother in Pennsylvania for the rest of the school year so he can attend class and play sports.
She said the past 10 months has been harsh for everyone in the family, including her 6th-grader son who attends Sunnyside Environmental. But she said she was excited when she heard Gov. Kate Brown's announcement that teachers would be prioritized over seniors for the COVID vaccine.
by Lisa Balick / Jan 18, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Gov. Kate Brown and state health leaders are planning to announce on Tuesday new guidelines for re-opening schools -- but as of Monday afternoon the state has not received any new shipments of the coronavirus vaccine.
Last week, Brown announced Oregon teachers and school staff will start getting the COVID vaccine next Monday, January 25. As some schools prepare to re-open -- bringing groups of children in for a couple hours each day -- none of those children will have been vaccinated.
by KOIN 6 News Staff / Jan 18, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The Oregon Health Authority is reporting 666 new COVID cases across the state on Monday, bringing the total to 133,851.
Three additional deaths were also reported, raising the state death toll to 1,803. 342 people remain hospitalized due to the virus, with 94 of them in ICU beds.
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Commercial Property Giant Jones Lang LaSalle Takes On The Rental Market
JLL has forged an agreement with rental property management company Roofstock, which stands to give the startup significant stature in the rental home investment market.
Chicago-based commercial property giant Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (JLL) has made a move into the single-family rental market, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The commercial real estate and investment firm, which is a leader in the office leasing and management space, has created an agreement with rental property management company and investment platform Roofstock, which stands to give the Oakland-based fintech startup significant stature in the rental home investment market.
Through the new agreement, Roofstock is purchasing a real estate asset-management platform targeted toward small investors called "Stessa" from JLL. JLL, meanwhile, is contributing an undisclosed amount of cash for a minority stake in Roofstock. The two companies have also established a commercial agreement through which Roofstock will help JLL clients worldwide that are interested in owning multiple rental homes.
"It gives us credibility with a lot of their customers who are looking to invest in U.S. housing," Roofstock Chief Executive Gary Beasley told the Journal. "They can dial in a strategy and our team will build those portfolios for them and manage the properties."
Rental properties became a popular avenue for investment after the foreclosure crisis of 2008-2010 made millions of U.S. homes become available at exceedingly low prices, and simultaneously created a large population of renters. Meanwhile, technological advancements over the years have facilitated the growth of remote landlording, opening up the opportunity for investors further.
During the current pandemic and economic recession, some landlords and renters have butted heads over eviction moratoria, but overall, rent payments have been quite resilient. The pandemic has also opened up an opportunity for investors with suburban properties, as increased demand for rentals in these areas amid work-from-home policies has led to rising rents.
All that helps explain JLL's interest in the market right now, and its effort to help facilitate investment in it among the company's existing clients.
"The single-family rental asset class is seeing strong demand from our investor clients — both private and increasingly institutional — and this investment will position our teams to offer unique insights and access to opportunities in this space," Richard Bloxam, CEO of Capital Markets of JLL, said in a statement.
"We are excited by Roofstock's scalable, data-driven platform servicing both retail and enterprise [single-family rental] clients as well as the deeply accomplished and experienced team," Co-CEO of JLL Technologies Yishai Lerner said in a statement. "We see a strategic investment coupled with a commercial partnership as the best approach to offer state-of-the-art services to our investors seeking [single-family rental] exposure."
Another inherent advantage of the partnership is the ability of JLL to now offer investors the opportunity to quickly adopt assets at scale that help them distribute risk in different geographical areas across different rental properties. The companies hope the agreement will yield more international buyers investing in U.S. rental properties and that Roofstock will ultimately open up rental homes in JLL's markets abroad.
The asset-management platform Stessa that Roofstock acquired helps small-scale mom-and-pop landlords track and assess their investment's performance through tools like automated income and expense tracking and visual dashboards with detailed reports. It has more than 170,000 properties on the platform representing over $45 billion in assets.
As investors seek to get the economy back on track, JLL has been favored in the markets — the company's shares have surged 95 percent since September.
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Five Mile Point Speedway is a dirt race track in Kirkwood that has been in operation for 68 years. But the fate of the legendary Broome County dirt track was uncertain after last year.
According to WBNG TV, Tyler, Tucker and Tanner Harpell will take over running the track which their great grandparents started 69 years ago.
According to WBNG, the brothers said the future of the speedway was uncertain last fall, because their uncle who was managing the facility, mentioned he did not want to run the business any longer.
The Family was even thinking about leasing the speedway. If it wasn't for Tyler and his two brothers taking over the track, according to WBNG, it potentially could have closed.
Renovations are currently underway for their upcoming racing season which opens on April 6th, which is one week from this Saturday.
Click here to get the 2019 racing schedule for Five Mile Point.


I really did not know much about racing until a Formula One race track was built in my city a few years ago. So many people were excited about it being built, but I didn't pay much attention since I knew so little about what it was like. Then, after it was built, a friend of mine called and said that he had an extra race admission ticket. I figured it sounded fun, and I am always up for something new, so I told him I would be happy to tag along with him. That day changed my life! I had no idea just how much fun it is to see cars racing at top speeds around a track until that day!
I've never been much into sports. I have always watched a few things here and there during the Olympics at times, but that was it. My family has never been into sports.
As the riders are driven through a course, they shoot at people dressed up as the undead. In most games geared for the general public, the zombies are not armed so they do not shoot back. The poor zombies in this game are basically scary pieces of meat you get to blast with paintballs. As a worker in the trenches, the job of being one of the zombies leaves much to be desired. However, if done correctly with lots of effort into props, details, storyline, and the right equipment, the zombie hayride can be a scary and exciting experience you will never forget.
Fortunately, you don't have to wait until Halloween to play zombie paintball. There are several other game variations that are even more fun. These games can be played any time of the year in the field behind your house. If you're a paintball enthusiast and play frequently, try some of these zombie game variations for a different spin on the same old game. You can also play zombie paintball as a Halloween or birthday party theme your guests will never forget. When playing recreationally, you won't need a lot of extra paintball supplies like a professional field or business would have. However the more elaborate the costumes and props are, the more fun and memorable your game will be should your budget allow. When you don't have to cater to the general public, you won't need a giant hay wagon to carry around players. You can also have the option of arming the zombies with paintball guns so they can shoot back for a much more interesting and exciting game.
To play zombie paintball, you will need at least 8-10 people, however the more the better. Games with more people equal more zombies and much more fun. Split up into two teams with numbers specific to the game variation you decide upon. One game has two teams, zombies vs. humans, each armed with paintball guns. Obviously, each team tries to eliminate the other but the spin is this… zombies can only be killed with head shots, they can be hit in the body repeatedly without being eliminated. If a zombie shoots a human, the human is incapacitated for a period of time (5 minutes) and then can continue to play as a zombie trying to eliminate humans. No matter how good the human team is, eventually the zombie team overwhelms the humans nearly every time. This is because head shots are very difficult in paintball if you don't know what you're doing or don't have a precise enough marker. Considering this, split your teams up in the beginning with slightly less players as zombies and more players on the human team.
When you move to the 6-person indoor game the complexity rises, requiring even more communication. Here are some tips on how to improve on-court communication.
There is nothing worse to see than a player calling the ball, making an initial move for it, then stopping to let someone else take it. A good call of the ball is loud and authoritative, leaving no doubt that player is getting the ball. Calling the ball three times – "mine, mine, mine" – is a good idea, as it leaves no doubt. The call should be followed by movement with intention (or happen at the same time) – nothing tentative. The only thing that should cause the player to stop going for the ball is someone beating them to the spot. Calling the ball and moving with conviction will eliminate a great many balls dropping between two players.
There are probably things which don't need to be repeatedly said, like whether the setter is front or back row on the 5th straight serve. Saying it anyway develops the habit of communicating so it doesn't get forgotten during those times when it's more critical. In a way, it can also be part of the pre-serve ritual which helps players focus on the next point. If the blockers are calling the hitters and the passers are declaring their seam responsibilities, then everyone is getting connected with each other and prepared to play the next point.
If you don't talk during practice, you most likely won't talk during games either. That means you need to develop the habit of communication during training so it carries over into your matches. This requires making sure balls are being called every time. To encourage this, make there be consequences for not calling the ball, like not counting a good pass in a serve receive drill. Or perhaps offer rewards for good communication, like giving a team a bonus point if the blockers properly call out the hitters each play for 3 plays in a row. Incorporating a focus on communication in your training – and making sure everyone is aware that it is a priority – will go a long way toward getting the players talking with each other during game time.
Developing good communication on the volleyball court requires a fair bit of work, especially with inexperienced players. If you work at it consistently, though, it will improve quickly and eventually become second nature.
John Forman, author of the Coaching Volleyball blog, is an experienced volleyball coach and program administrator. These days he plies his trade coaching at the university and upper National Volleyball League levels in England while working on his PhD. Previously he coached at the NCAA Division I level and in the Juniors ranks.
One of the most common reason of getting shin bang is wearing oversized boots. Wearing oversized boots mean that your heels are not being held in place perfectly, which causes your feet to slid to the front of the boots. This may end up landing in the backseat. So here are some ideas to prevent hurting your shins.
Wearing a perfectly fitted boots is one of the top recommendations in order to prevent shin bang. It is advised to consult to a professional boot fitter before you hit the slopes on your ski trip.
Although, there are boots that perfectly fit yet there are times that the liners have gotten packed out, putting your heels in a not so perfect place. If it happens, use a foot bed to help your feet stay still in the boots and prevents you from landing on the backseat. Likewise, if your boots are loose at the top (upper cuff/ top buckle) you tend to stand more upright and it make the boots feel a bit softer increasing the tendency to land in the backseat. Therefore, use booster straps to help it get tight enough.
If you are using your old boots or rental boots, try to find a pair that fits tightly, yet comfortable. It is recommended to add the boot padding with commercial gel and poron pad inserts, which absorbs impact and keeping your foot from getting bruises.
Furthermore, wear ski specific socks that have extra padding in the shin and calf area to add cushioning. In addition, calf and toe raises can help build up your shin muscles and protect your bone from the tongue of your boots.
In case you got shin banged, just remember RICE: rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Moreover if you are experiencing pain, taking over-the-counter pain killers would do.
So before you go to your ski vacation, be sure that your boots will not cause you any inconvenience during your trip. Awareness is the key in order to prevent from getting shin banged. Happy skiing!
This type of skiing was invented in the 1950s. The set of equipment used is pretty much the same with what is used in conventional skiing. A monoskier skis using a single double wide ski where he or she plants both their feet on the board facing forward and skis using styled ski poles.
For regular skiers who want to try monoskiing, picking up the whole dynamics of it is easy however, it takes some time before they get used to it especially when it comes to balance. Performing stunts and tricks, reaching high speeds, catching air and engaging in traditional cross-country skiing are still possible with monoskiing.
This skiing is actually easier on the knees than conventional skiing, that is why it appeals mostly to skies with weak knees. In monoskiing, the weight is centered between the knees while they move with the axis of movement. Even those who have history of knee injury could still try monoskiing. This type of skiing mainly requires a lot of upper body effort, balancing the work between upper and lower body more equally than in conventional skiing.
The good news is, this type of skiing also caters to the interests of disabled skiers which enables them to feel the thrill of the slopes.
For this disabled people, monoskiing opened the doors for them to hit the slopes and be active in sports. For paraplegic skiers, they uses different types of ski designed to different kinds of abilities.
A monoski has a chair with a ski mounted onto it which can be controlled with the upper body alone. This type of ski has been developed for skiers with multiple leg amputations, spinal injury resulting to paralysis of the lower body.
Another type of ski is called a bi-ski, which is similar with the monoski but the seat is mounted on two skis. This is designed for those skiers whose legs are intact but have restricted control due to multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, or spinal chord or brain injuries.
A four-track is another type of ski designed for those who lack good lateral control, and use two skis with outriggers. Another type is called the ski bike, originally designed for able-bodied but is successfully used by leg amputees who are able to wear artificial limbs while skiing.
Monoskiing does not only serve the cravings of skiers who would like to try something different during their ski vacation. But it also empowers those who are disabled and help them achieve success in this sport despite their situation.
The Olympic universe first saw beach volleyball during the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Since 1996, there has been no looking back for the sport as it gained worldwide acceptance and popularity. After each match, spectators are left positively content with the all the thrill and action they get to see. Horse Guards Parade, a place close to Trafalgar Square, which is now being filled with sand weighing almost 3000 metric tonnes, will host Beach volleyball competition this time in the London Summer Olympics in 2012.
Beach volleyball and volleyball played indoors is different in two ways. Firstly, the turf is filled with sand and is an outdoor game. Secondly, there are two players in a team whereas the indoor version has six players.
The objective is simple — to ground your ball in your opponent's court. After each serve, a team gets three shots to move the ball across the net towards the opposition. The ball used must weigh between 260 -280 grams. There are two referees to oversee a match. Three sets are needed to complete a match and 21 points are needed for winning a set. A very demanding game, beach volleyball requires strength, stamina, speed and exceptional navigational skills on a sandy turf. The players cannot be positively content if they do not fill any of these criterions.
The London Games will see 48 men and women playing for the medals. There are two medals – one for the men and one for the women. There will be a preliminary round where 24 teams from both the groups (men's and women's) play against each other. The top 16 teams will then move on to the knock-out phase. The top three countries from each group will advance automatically. There is a stage where four third ranked teams play two matches against each other. The winners advance to the qualifying stage. The semi-final winners eventually play for the title.
The teams to watch out for this Olympics will be the team of Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin (Great Britain). They are currently 37th in the world rankings. Their biggest rivals will be probably the greatest volleyball team ever comprising of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (United States of America). They have the distinction of winning back to back Olympic gold.
The other countries to watch out for will be Australia, Netherlands, Russia, Austria and China.
Beach-volleyball is very technical where the margin for committing an offence is very thin. There have been instances where a player has been disqualified for a particular set. In such cases, the suffering team has no choice but to forfeit the set. On some rare occasions has a player been suspended for the entire match, forcing the team to forfeit the match. Therefore, there is no room for a player or a team to remain positively content and they must always be at the top of their game.
The ritual begins by prepping the area for service. Weed-whacking the over grown banks, setting up sleeping tents, and icing down multiple cases of beer. A huge bonfire is built and maintained constantly throughout the long weekend, employing the same basic primal instincts used by their ancestors who themselves had a quest for fire.
I had endured the festival more than once through the years, many other years not at all. On this one particular weekend, I had planned to visit just for the afternoon, a silly thing like employment had shortened any possibility of me going through the entire process of mental cleansing. The annual campsite is a beautiful, wooded area on the South fork of the Shenandoah. When I arrived, about six guys had already completed the initial steps of preparation and had moved on to Phase Two. Drinking beer, shooting the empty cans with the one pellet gun available and stoking the fire from time to time. I made my friendly chit-chat with the gang before beginning on my real quest, which was to go and do some fishin'. This is a great stretch of water for doing battle with descent sized smallmouth. I walked through the field along the bank leading up to where a large steel bridge spans the river. The plan was, fish for an hour or three, then wade back downstream to the camp. I quietly inched into the chilly waters, wearing just my fishing vest, a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and wading boots. I stopped for a moment to 'read' the river and develop my plan of assult. I had fished this section of water many times before, so I knew the in's and out's, it was just a matter of where to begin. Directly below the bridge were some deep pockets that had always held good fish, but it was tough, potentially dangerous wading. Big rocks and fast water. You could venture straight out from the bank to fish a very deep hole that developed downstream of the bridge. Below that hole was a wide stretch of descent water that usually produced a good number of smaller fish. So I'm standing there in belly-high water (back when my belly was higher), inspecting the live-action map of the river. Then, something catches my eye from under the clear waters to my left. I think that I knew what it was, but it didn't make any sense, just didn't register in the ole' noodle-brain. I raised my casting arm up to keep my fly rod out of the water (for some stupid reason, since the rod can safely get wet) and bent over face to face with the river's surface. There staring up at me from the river's bottom is no other than Andrew Jackson. Not the ex-president who's been dead now for 170 years. Don't be ridiculous. It was a twenty dollar bill, resting quietly on the silty river's bottom, momentarily unmoved by the water's current. I stood back up, my face no doubt skewed into an expression of confusion, right eye brow raised as the lips clinch to the left. Sort of like Curly from The Stooges. My immediate thought was… where is Allen Funt and the Candid Camera crew? I looked around, looked down at the guys sitting at our camp site, then looked back down at the sunken treasure. No TV crew to be seen, the guys seemed oblivious, and the cash was still there. Next, I had to figure out how to reach my unjust reward without getting too wet.
The first step is to establish yourself as a solid player. You don't need to be the most experienced or have the most expensive gear, but you should show other players you are easy to work with and is totally dependable. Show this to people during actual games by protecting other player's backs and working hard to help achieve the game's mission. Show other players how committed and ready you are to play and devote time to bettering your skills.
Putting out much effort like this will attract others who have the same desires as you and it shouldn't be hard finding people who are willing to work. While working on becoming a better paintball athlete, keep your radar open for observing other players who have the same mindset and qualities that will benefit your team. In tournament style paintball, players hold certain positions on the field, so you will need to look for people who will fill them all for a complete team. The best teams are made of players who are adept at multiple areas on the field rather than just their own position. This will give you an automatic back up system just in case one of your players it out. Besides just filling spots on the field however, look for certain traits in players that will make them easy to work with and help propel your team to victories. For example, choose players who are aggressive on the field and always moving forward. People that are too hesitant and scared to do anything will be dead weight on your team. On the other hand, try to find people who are also smart with their movement and don't just kamikaze rush out in every situation.
Another big asset to your team will be to have players who don't mind working hard in practice. Getting good as a team requires much practice as a team. If you have members who don't enjoy practicing or can't make it very often, it will be hard to get better and can be distracting to other team mates. This makes a good reason to put a team together with more players than what you actually need. If you're putting together a 5-man team, don't stop recruiting after your fifth player; continue searching until you have eight. This way you have back up players in case something happens and full enough practices to get something done. While there are many drills and exercises that can be done with just a couple guys, practicing with your full team is important for perfecting certain plays and strategies. It's also important you choose team mates who are not afraid to work hard, practicing every drill over and over again until they have it down. Your team will only be as strong as its weakest link, so allowing lazy people in will guarantee holes in your game.
While our primary reason for applying dock protection is to protect our own property, we must think about damage that could occur as other boaters come and go from your dock. You have more experience coming and going in your own environment and you know how the outdoor elements will affect it. Others may not have that experience or knowledge.
Dock bumpers can provide protection against those bumps and dings that are nearly unavoidable when the water gets rough, and can save you those potential costly repair expenses.
Dock bumpers are lightweight, flexible, and can be placed on multiple parts of the dock. The most useful are those that get attached right to a dock's edges and run parallel to the side of a boat when it is docked, but you might also choose to install corner bumpers and post bumpers that fix to posts and roof columns for increased safety. As an added bonus, installation is easy and they tend to be resistant to fungi, so once they are attached you won't have to spend much time worrying about them.
One thing that you should consider if you are installing dock bumpers yourself is the material you will use. Not using galvanized steel bolts and brackets will cause the materials to break in the wind and waves, resulting in damage to your dock. It pays in the long run to spend the extra costs in the beginning rather than replacing it later.
You'll also want to be sure you by durable, sturdy protective bumpers. Your dock protectors will be long-lasting if you ensure the product is reliable to start with. Installing durable protective dock bumpers is the best way to avoid damage and those high repair costs.
Dock bumpers also come in various colors. You'll want to compare products and choose a product that will not only be sturdy and hold up in the outdoor elements, but one that also enhances your dock appearance and your recreational or outdoor area.
1. Take measurements of the dock. Measure the dock with the measuring tape to determine the overall length of the dock. Use these measurements when purchasing your dock bumper.
2. Determine the height. Position the boat alongside the dock and measure the height of where the dock bumper should be placed. Place the bumper at the right height to ensure the boat does not simply slide under the bumper when docking.
3. Install mounting bracket and hardware using the measurements determined in step two and according to the instructions. Use the cordless drill and the level to mount the bumper mounting bracket.
4. Install the bumper. Slide the bumper onto the mounting bracket and ensure that the bumper is secure.
It definitely hurts to get hit and will leave a dark colored bruise if impacting directly against the skin; loose clothing helps diffuse some of the sting as well as add extra protection against your playing environment. Clothing that's too loose however can get caught on branches or low lying brush when playing in the woods. On the other hand, tight clothing is a no-no; you want to wear clothing that you can move around in without much resistance or discomfort.
The type of paintball clothing you choose is up to you and often dependent on the type of game you play. Camouflage apparel that blends into your surroundings is best for woodsball type games, while tournament players often wear paintball jerseys or professional style uniforms. While the type of apparel you choose is up to you, a protective mask is mandatory. You are not allowed to play paintball without goggles to protect your eyes. A direct hit to the eye or even paint splatter can cause serious permanent injury so a paintball mask is mandatory equipment. Paintball goggles come in many shapes and sizes however must be ASTM rated and approved for the sport so should only be bought from an authorized dealer.
To start with, bring the bare minimum equipment you will need to play; a paintball marker, hopper, air tank and mask. If you're playing at a commercial park, you can rent this equipment for a minimal cost or perhaps you can borrow it from a friend. You can also buy start-up good beginner paintball gear in a package deal for a cheap price at many online stores. It's best to play your first game or two with rental equipment however so it doesn't cost much try the game to see if you like it and might play again. Once you've decided paintball is something you will play again, start with basic equipment to learn with and you can always upgrade to more advanced guns and supplies later.
Once you have the equipment you'll be using, it's smart to get comfortable with it before the game starts. Have someone show you how the paintball marker works, including taking it apart, cleaning it and how to change your air tank safely when empty. Shoot the marker a few times before going out on the field so you can get a feel for aiming and shooting it and to make sure there's no technical problems that may interrupt your game. Snorkeling can be a terrific experience, unless you're plagued with equipment problems like a fogging mask or leaking snorkel; then it's terrible! Paintball is the same way. Make sure everything works before the game starts or you will just be a target for all the other players.


1. how many post or comments are count in one day?
2. which is the right time to use posting?
3. is there anyone who already able to cash out from bankroll mob?
4. pay table describe that members get 10 points for each post. they why the authority creates additional rules?
Posting should be about contribution to an ongoing subject or sharing opinions and such, not only about getting points.
you have everything at your account or at forum!you got answers and everything is correct!it mast be over 24 hours to get new points,but you can write at forum as much as you like!and use mob games and everything that BRM have on site and you will collect points faster!


I have heard of a couple caught from the shore at SPSP!
Right before you come across the bay bridge on the western shore of MD.
yeah, can't miss it...HUGE park with I think the biggest boat ramp facility I have ever seen at a state facility. Nice Sandy Beach to fish from as well as a rock jetty you can fish from as well.
Went to SPSP on Friday, fished from about an hour before high tide to an hour after. I was using blood worms for bait. I had a few bites but didn't catch anything as I had on some big circle hooks since I haven't re-stocked for the year yet. I might check it out again next week.
Went out this morning.....Started fishing just as the tide turned and started heading out. Cold wind coming across the bay. Fished for about 3 1/2 hours and at least got some pullage when a 15-16" striper decided to hit one of my double bottom rigs with some Bloodworm on it. More trash than I think I've ever pulled out of the bay. Not too crowded though, about 6 of us on the beach with a total of 14 lines in the water at the time I counted. A few more people were showing up as we decided to leave to grab some lunch and head home.
Talked her out of going there in favor of going to AI. Nothing against SPSp!
Seemed like everyonr else had the same problem. Did not see anyone catching. Many gave up and left.


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Q: SQL Query Using Known SUM Value I cannot get this command to work, the SUM of column2 is known (400) but I can't use it to query:
SELECT * FROM `mytable` WHERE SUM(COLUMN2) LIKE '400'

#1111 - Invalid use of group function

A: You can't use aggregate functions in WHERE, instead use:
SELECT * FROM mytable GROUP BY(COLUMN2) HAVING SUM(COLUMN2) = 400

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