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Supreme Court Halts Vax-or-Test for Large Employers, Allow Vax Requirement for Healthcare Workers
January 14, 2022 Tracey Truesdale Jason Patterson
Labor & Employment Labor & Employment
In companion decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court split on the issue of mandatory vaccinations for workers, halting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) for private sector employers with 100 or more employees and allowing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) emergency temporary standard for healthcare workers to move forward.
National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA
In a rather predictable opinion splitting along the Court's liberal and conservative lines, the Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA reasoned that while OSHA can regulate occupational dangers, it does not have the power to regular public health more broadly. "Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category." The Court noted that COVID-19 is not an occupational hazard but is instead a "kind of universal risk [that] is no different from the day-to-day dangers that all face …. Permitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life—simply because most Americans have jobs and face those same risks while on the clock—would significantly expand OSHA's regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization." Gorsuch and Alito had advanced this rationale in their questioning during oral argument on January 7, with Justice Alito suggesting that using the Occupational Safety and Health Act to impose a broad vaccine requirement was trying to "squeeze an elephant through a mousehole."
Justices Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas concurred with the Court's per curiam opinion, while Justices Sotomayor and Kagan filed a dissent.
Biden v. Missouri
The Court's ruling on the CMS vaccination standard in Biden v. Missouri was a bit more surprising, though again foreshadowed during the January 7 oral argument. There, the Court relied upon specific statutory provisions in which Congress authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate, as a condition of a health care facility's participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs, such "requirements as [he] finds necessary in the interest of the health and safety of individuals who are furnished services in the institution." The Court further stated that the vaccination mandate "fits neatly within the language of the statute. After all, ensuring that providers take steps to avoid transmitting a dangerous virus to their patients is consistent with the fundamental principle of the medical profession: first, do no harm. It would be the 'very opposite of efficient and effective administration for a facility that is supposed to make people well to make them sick with COVID–19.'" In a nod to its opinion in the OSHA case, the Court acknowledged that while "[t]he challenges posed by a global pandemic do not allow a federal agency to exercise power that Congress has not conferred upon it," "such unprecedented circumstances provide no grounds for limiting the exercise of authorities the agency has long been recognized to have."
Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Barrett dissented from the Court's per curiam opinion.
The OSHA case will now move forward in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for substantive consideration. Given the Supreme Court's ruling and the fact that OSHA has previously lost five of six legal challenges to its safety and health standards, the outlook for the vaccination ETS is not good.
Pertinent to Illinois public sector employers, the Supreme Court's vaccination rulings come less than a week after Illinois OSHA's announcement that it was adopting the OSHA ETS and setting January 24, February 24 and March 25 compliance mileposts. Accordingly, the Illinois OSHA ETS would apply to public sector employers, including school districts. This afternoon, Illinois OSHA announced that it was staying enforcement of its vaccination ETS pending the outcome of the federal OSHA litigation:
The Illinois Department of Labor is aware of the United States Supreme Court decision that was released on January 13, 2022 staying the Federal OSHA COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard. Because IL OSHA's preemptory rule incorporates the federal standard, IL OSHA will similarly stay enforcement of its rule while it monitors federal litigation and determines next steps. Please check back at our website for updates.
Illinois OSHA's stay of its ETS does not impact the federal CMS vaccination standard.
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I arrived in South Africa in 2007, knowing not many people.
With background in Accounting & Finance, knew not much about Networking, Sales or Public Relations, yet, with willingness to learn from others and apply what I have learned in the last 10 years or so, I must say, I have established a great circle of friends and associates and this circle is growing.
I will be including, both, social as well as professional, activities / meetups on this group because I believe - Every Event is a Networking Event - Show up!
I also put certain activities for information purposes only as I am not able to attend such activity due to other commitments.
Grow you own business - the BNI way!
BNI - Business Network International. Look at this way - 30 businessmen and businessmen, have lunch together and each get 60 seconds to let others know about their business and ask for specific potential client or connection they are looking for, someone from other dis-related business may someone who can connect the attendee to the prospect by giving him all the contacts that are available. That is how a BNI meeting runs, and, the philosophy is - Giver's Gain, i.e. if you refer business to others, other will refer business to you. R110 is the fee to attend, delicious lunch is included as a guest. Attend the meeting, see if it is for you, only then you may apply to join that particular chapter. Only one business person from each person can join a chapter e.g. there is only one plumber in our chapter, only one printer, only one electrician etc., so, all the business of that chapter goes to that person only. You will have lunch anyway - have lunch with business people who are there to grow their business by growing others' business. As we already have almost 40 member in this chapter and guests come along with members, I have limited the guest on this group to eight for now. Please do let me know you are attending as we want to make sure that there is enough food for all.
R350 General ticket R500 VIP ticket All proceedings go to the Drug Education & Crime Prevention Training Program . The purpose of this Charity Concert is to empower South African Police Officers, Religious Leaders and volunteers of the program with skills needed to educate the community on humanitarian campaigns.


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Four Corners Eye Clinic is a state-of-the art comprehensive and multi-specialty ophthalmology clinic specializing in medical and surgical eyecare since 1992. Our board-certified ophthalmologists offer clinical excellence and personalized care in a comfortable, safe setting. We provide a wide variety of medical and surgical treatments such as cataract surgery, glaucoma management and surgery, vitreo-retina management and surgery, eyelid surgery, pediatric care, and routine eye exams. Whatever your eyecare needs might be, we are committed to working with you to provide thorough, professional care to help you preserve and enhance your eye health and vision.
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Board certified in ophthalmology since 2001, Dr. Meyer is an experienced specialist and genuinely enjoys educating and caring for patients. A Minnesota native, Dr. Meyer has trained at clinics in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh before finally settling in Durango in 2001. In his spare time, he's an avid outdoorsman and understands the role that healthy vision plays in the Four Corners lifestyle.
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A board-certified glaucoma specialist, Dr. Zastrocky has spent much of his professional life researching and mastering treatments for this common condition. After graduating, he trained with leaders in the field at the University of California, Davis, medical center. He's pleased to bring those skills to patients at Four Corners Eye Clinic. Dr. Zastrocky is a Colorado native, and he and his wife are happy to raise their 7 children in his home state.
Although Dr. Teel offers a variety of eyecare services, she's Four Corners' go-to for diagnosing and treating retinal diseases. She's a member of the American Society of Retina Specialists and is especially adept at treating retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, and other retinal conditions. Dr. Teel also has a passion for serving the medical needs of the larger global community and has worked in Africa and Asia. Outside of the office, she loves spending time in the great outdoors with her husband.
Dr. Brach completed medical school with honors and went on to train at the world-famous Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. While Dr. Brach is a well-rounded ophthalmologist, he's particularly interested in cataract surgery and comprehensive eye care. A native Coloradan, Dr. Brach enjoys the outdoors with his wife, their son and an adopted canine.
A board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. Rose is a fellowship-trained corneal specialist. She was the Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Cornea Service at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center for 12 years before joining Four Corners Eye Clinic. Outside of work, Dr. Rose enjoys a range of activities, including dance, hiking, and skiing. She is a certified yoga instructor and scuba diver.
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Main Office Four Corners Eye Clinic 575 Rivergate Lane #212 Durango, CO 81301 Phone: (970) 259-2202 Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Professor Henry Andrew Pogorzelski passed away on December 30, 2015 at the age of 93. Dr. Pogorzelski was a member of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Maine from 1969 to 2011. His research focused on developing semiological mathematics and applying it to Goldbach's conjecture. He often spoke of his experiences working as assistant to Andre Weil at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in the mid 1960's. He obtained his PhD in 1969 under the direction of Raymond Smullyan at CUNY. After coming to Maine, he founded and directed the Research Institute for Mathematics in Orono and continued to be a passionate advocate for research in pure mathematics. Our sincere condolences go out to Dr. Pogorzelski's family.


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Hercoceras is a genus of trochoidally coiled nautiloid cephalopods placed in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae. These cephalopod lived i in the Eifelian age of the middle Devonian Period, which occurred 398-391 million years ago. Their shells have prominent lateral outgrowths in the form of spines and a high intraspecific variability.

Systematic
The Paleobiology database places Hercoceras in the family Rutoceratidae in the order Nautilida, but according to some authors it should  not be considered an early nautilid. They place this genus in the family Hercoceratidae in the superfamily Rutoceratoidea in the order Oncocerida.

Species
 Hercoceras mirum Barrande
 Hercoceras transiens Barrande

References

The Paleobiology Database
Sepkoski, Jack  Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
Museum of Comparative Zoology – Harvard University
V. Turek – 2007 Systematic position and variability of the Devonian nautiloids Hercoceras and Ptenoceras

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The appearance of the still life genre in Western painting can be traced back to the early wall painting in Roman villas excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum, where almost illusionistic renderings of small household items decorated the walls of particular rooms. Not still life in the modern sense of the term, these renderings of domestic utensils, in isolation or groupings, could be understood as a prototype for the 'modern' still life.
Although a lesser genre in the history of Western painting traditions, the still life painting achieved an extraordinary level of sophistication in the late 17th century. The term "Trompe l'oeil" coined at the time, designated a technique of painting an object or space in such a manner that it would 'fool' the eye of the beholder spatially. This verism, besides titillating the eye and the mind, also had its moral dimension in the "vanitas" paintings of time. In these paintings a vast agglomeration of objects of wealth and the trappings of success are discretely juxtaposed with rotting fruit, dead animals, a drooping lemon peel and the ultimate reminder of one's mortality: the polished skull.
By the dawn of the 20th century, the 'humble' still life painting would become a significant game changer in the aesthetic life and theory of modern Europe. The ubiquitous subject of rendering dead objects in space became the focus of a re-envisioning of painting of a surface in the form of Cubism. Pablo Picasso's and Juan Gris' experiments in reconstructing three dimensional space and time on a two dimensional surface were released onto an unsuspecting Parisian public in 1908. It was the exact opposite of what had characterized the essence of the still life genre to date. Perspective was discarded and different viewpoints presented at once, distorting and reshaping the Cubist still life, which was anything but a simple image of a banal assortment of objects. Cubism wasn't confined to the inanimate, but soon found its application to the human figure. Despite its relatively short life, Cubism had one of the most profound effects on modern art alongside the revolution of aesthetic thought that began in the 1850s with Courbet and the various stylistic movements that followed quickly after. The still life had moved from the relative obscurity of an exercise in painting to a central subject that would change the perception of Western art forever.
In this small selection of paintings, the legacy of the still life genre is imminently visible.
W.H. COETZER (1900 – 1983) tableaux of painting equipment is an object of skilled exhibitionism. The tools that make his vision concrete are presented as subject, showing off his skill in transforming painting into optical reality. A celebrated painter in his day, Coetzer's still lifes represented the apogee of the popular demand for 'naturalist' aesthetic in South Africa at the time.
The other works on this exhibition present the traditional subject matter of the still life genre, each with its own sense of optical wit and consciousness of the Cubist legacy. Forms flattening out and bending round as the eye travels along the canvas pay homage to Cubist devices while still retaining a characteristic take on the particular and peculiar.
CECIL SKOTNES (1926 – 2009) exploits the ambiguity of the flat painted surface by offering two views simultaneously. He implies space by using simple perspectival devices of line, the interplay of colour, light and shadow across the surface, yet denies it by the severe flatness through which the objects are rendered. There is little in common aesthetically speaking with Coetzer's painting, as Skotnes has embraced and exploited the diverse possibilities which evolved out of the Cubist heritage, whereas Coetzer holds fast to the re-presentation of the perceptually real.
MAURICE VAN ESSCHE's (1906 – 1977) still life with jug and cup pays a type of lip service to the stylistic devices fashioned by cubism. The moderate distortions in form of the objects are passive and the spatial dimensions are credible. The colour is deliberately muted, infusing the image with a restrained atmosphere and implying a certain weight of meaning not carried by the object alone.
shapes – similar in style to the intimist paintings by Vuillard whose works she would have become well acquainted with. Laubscher's painting is more robust in its flattening abstraction and thick paint application reminiscent of his erstwhile teacher, Fernand Léger.
GREGOIRE BOONZAIER's (1909 – 2005) still life is a light lyrical abstraction of forms with a nod to Cubism, typical of this artist's rare forays out of his predominantly Post-Impressionist style of painting.
PETER CLARKE's (1929 – 1914) linocut is a superb exercise in simplicity. A straightforward image of a small table populated with everyday objects becomes freighted with new meaning: a lit candle, book, bottle and small bowl next to a stark bouquet of spiky 'flowers'. The implied viewer is presented with an altar-like arrangement of objects, not dissimilar to that of Skotnes' panel.


The spirit crushing truth-mongers over at CNN went in on an investigation!
Presidents pardon turkeys. It's a tradition that's been around since 1963, when Kennedy pardoned a turkey just three days before he was assassinated. Good times! Great memory! Has resonance!
You may think that these turkeys are officially saved from being killed and put upon a dinner table, splayed asunder by a drooling family, all the while hootin' and a-hollerin' like sailors at a peep show for a piece of leg or breast or what have you. You may think that, instead of that cruel fate, the turkey gets to chill on a farm and finally get caught up on writing that Great American Turkey Novel on Mt Vernon or whatever it is old turkeys get their kicks from.
The pardoned turkeys die, too.
Yeah. The spirit crushing truth-mongers over at CNN went in on an investigation that that proves that the turkeys that are pardoned by the President are "bred for the table" and not for long life, meaning that they most likey croak pretty quickly. Dean Norton, a director at Mount Vernon in charge of the livestock there, says, "The bird is bred for the table, not for longevity. Some of [the pardoned turkeys] have been pretty short lived."
The birds are bred, unsurprisingly, for their weight. It's a lot like making a person criminally obese and then sending them to death row before taking them out at the last minute to meet the President. The turkeys, their bodies trained since birth just to get fat and taste good, just end up dying. Last years turkeys – Cobbler and Gobbler – died within a year. Gobbler died in February while Cobbler lasted a until late August. It's a little sad; suredly you were like me in that you thought that those turkeys lived on some sort of turkey retirement home.
Everything dies, people. Even pardoned turkeys. The birds this year will probably die alone in a coop thinking about their turkey youth, their turkey lives flashing beofre their turkey eyes as they flap valietly towards the light.


March 21, 2017 — The judge overseeing dozens of Roundup lawsuits has unsealed evidence of Monsanto ghost-writing studies and EPA officials working to "kill" cancer investigations.
The IARC's conclusions were based on 3 studies showing higher rates of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among farm-workers in the United States, Canada, and Sweden.
Six weeks later, the EPA committee in charge of reviewing Roundup "leaked" its own report (PDF) concluding that it was unlikely to cause cancer. The report was pulled off the EPA website 3 days later, but Monsanto still used it in a public relations assault on the IARC's conclusions.
The timing of an industry-friendly leak from the EPA led to suspicions that the author, Mr. Jess Rowland, was working with Monsanto. Now we have evidence.
Thousands of pages of emails and other documents were unsealed last week by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, a federal judge overseeing Roundup lawsuits in California.
Judge Chhabria also gave lawyers permission to seek testimony from Mr. Rowland in a deposition. The documents show a close relationship between Mr. Rowland and Monsanto as he was reviewing Roundup.
Mr. Rowland tipped off Monsanto to the IARC's conclusions months before it was published, giving Monsanto time to prepare a defense. As soon as the IARC published its report (PDF), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tried to investigate Roundup.
Mr. Rowland never retired. He quit a few days after his committee's report "leaked" on April 29, 2015. Oddly, the report was marked 'FINAL' and dated October 1, 2015, with four months left to go on the review process.
The timing was useful to Monsanto for other reasons. European regulators were refusing to extend a 15-year license for Roundup. The state of California was also trying to label Roundup as a carcinogen.
Monsanto cited the report in a key court hearing in May 2015, in an attempt to slow down lawsuits from people with lymphoma. Despite Monsanto's efforts, the number of lawsuits has grown steadily. They are centralized in MDL No. 2741 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California — In RE: Roundup Products Liability MDL.


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Matthew Good News
New Demos Going Up (Chaotic Neutral)
By Crusader, June 12, 2014 in Matthew Good
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Rock The Shores in Victoria I had to dodge inflatable killer whales with jagged edges, those hurt like a b*tch.
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I didn't know they had that. Ouch.
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Thanks for the comments, glad you like the them.
Yeah those balls were from the local radio station, kind of irritating and annoying I'm sure for the bands!
Before Matt went on stage, the lead singer of Stars, Torquil Campbell, referred to him as "Matthew Good the Legend."
Stars put on a wicked performance. It was my first time seeing them. Just watching Torquil Campbell on stage was entertainment in itself. It was worth the price of admission. He put 110% effort and enthusiasm into his performance. You can tell that he is very passionate and loves music a lot. Just watch him play the tambourine. I bought their CD today. Their songs From the Night, Trap Door, and No One is Lost are awesome live at an outdoor venue. I look forward to their next concert.
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Matt retweeted earlier today a tweet praising the new song!! According to Chris Lynch, an on-air personality in Calgary, @Lyncher99,the new single will be "All You Sons and Daughters", and will be on air in Calgary this week!! Hoping it's going to be available everywhere around then..
I really thought "Moment" would be the new single, I don't even remember "All Your Sons & Daughters".
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I think that's a cool choice for first single. I've always loved that one since I heard the demo during the Lights of Endangered Species cycle. He had seemingly forgotten about it until I mentioned it in this thread and another member linked him.
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I do find it funny that Matt threw out a bunch of songs because they sounded too much like Avalanche and he didn't want to repeat himself, but some of the tracks off the new album are recycled from the Lights demos. Still excited about the new album though I'm not complaining.
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Consider it making something out of nothing. Always a satisfying feeling!
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I wonder if the album version will be much different than the demo version he posted. I think he made a comment at some point about how Warne would be producing the record and that some of the songs might turn out different.
I'd think so, if you listen to any demo that ended up making an album there's usually a difference & a few changes, that's what I'm most excited for.
Also I noticed Matt changed his twitter picture to a 20-sided die, so I'm guessing the new record will be called Chaotic Neutral, which I still think is an awesome name for an album.
Edited July 15, 2015 by IamNick
I'm going through all the demos, and honestly I think All You Sons And Daughters is the weakest track.
Los Alamos is amazing,
Harridan, Tiger By The Tail and Cloudbusting are great,
All You Sons And Daughters sounds like filler to me,
and the rest are good.
I guess I'll have wait until Friday to hear how it turned out..
That's how I feel too Nick, if any track should get you hyped about this new album, AYSAD is the weird black sheep out of the bunch. Which is why I really liked Moment, like Marcella said it is a radio friendly song, but there is nothing wrong with that. The message behind that track is very powerful and a subject matter that hasn't been touched on since Hospital Music.
But like I said I still like the song and very excited to hear the new mastering.
(Adding the photo for the archives)
Possible music video shoot? He's been showing off a wolf on his Instagram.
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I hope he reuploads his music videos from Arrows at some point. If he's doing a new video do you think he'll reupload everything again?
I hope. I wish he just made 1 youtube account and uploaded all his music videos and put them there, studio clips etc. Even full studio albums, you look up Arctic Monkeys full albums or The Black Keys & those can rack up near 1 million views, I'm sure if Underdogs or Avalanche received a full upload they would get passed around alot, somebody uploaded Beautiful Midnight on YT & that's constantly on the front page of Reddit's music section.
But I think that would be too much trouble for Matt to negotiate with old labels & such. I won't pretend I know anything about the subject, just seemed odd his youtube account disappeared right around the time he left Frostbyte.
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It is a music video: https://twitter.com/mattgood/status/621342816447397888
And Matt has just one YouTube account now I believe which is this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxel7fCSGaxE-NAKHiFTZCQ
Vevo doesn't count :P
The record IS going to be called Chaotic Neutral. When you go on mg.org and click on the i in the image of Matt, it reads "MG - Chaotic Neutral - RoofTop - Matt Barnes"
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New single is up on his website!
Yeah the pictures are nice indeed. The song is pretty much the demo without the bells (which I think he should have left on). So no big surprise if you were an M+ member back in 2010. Still a good song though. But I'm adamant, he should have recorded Hornets and released it as the first single. To me, it was better than All You Sons and Daughters.
Edited July 16, 2015 by Tips
Matt seems to finally feel at home with this label too, with the tweets he's been making towards them. After all these years he's finally getting what he deserves as a musician. Awesome to see.
I love seeing stuff like this, history man.
I like the single. I only listened to the demo probably twice so I barely remembered it and I didn't get attached to the bells.
His vocals sound great.
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Btw - I like the fact that The Bored was indirectly responsible for this even making the record.
http://www.nearfantastica.com/bored/topic/14253-okay-anton-you-were-right/page-2
Can we petition to get "The Bored" in the liner notes? Maybe royalties or pet wolves?


Join Me at Penned Con 2018!
This September I'll once again be signing books and giving away free stuff at Penned Con 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. This is a big event that gets more fun every year. Penned Con fans are diehard book people who love to talk books books books. So if that's you, come! Tickets are available now or at the door. Money raised goes to Action for Autism.
Another strong month of progress here. I believe we've passed the midpoint. Right now I'm in the process of piling as much stress on this hero and heroine as I possibly can. I need to see what happens when they break. And then I need to break them more. Hopefully they won't take it out on each other.
I was wrong about this book not having dogs in it.
I was right about it taking forever to get the first draft out.
7,438 words added since the last update is about half what I hoped to do. But it is progress though, so… yay?


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The promenade runs all the way from Mumbles Pier to the Marina in Swansea, a stretch of approximately five miles. Half way along is the Lido a safe haven for children to play and a pitstop for snacks, light meals and refreshments. The Marina offers the best of both worlds: the attractions of a vibrant city right on your doorstep combined with the tranquility of a waterfront location and the fun of a beach resort.
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Recently a friend and I were talking, and we got to sharing stories about slights from our childhood that we still remember today.
She told me about a time when she was ten years old where a friend informed her that her thighs were disproportionately big for her body.
The funny thing is two decades later, she's still self-conscious about her thighs, and I still think about this girl's comment whenever I'm stripping down to my swimsuit in front of people. How ridiculous is this? Honestly!
I hate that I've held onto this memory for so many years. I challenged myself to think back to when I was thirteen, and remember a compliment someone gave me. The only one I can think of wasn't even a compliment, but how, after I got my hair done professionally for the first time in my life (and, what do you know, my major frizz-ball hair was actually naturally curly once I stopped trying to brush through it!) and a boy in my class did a double take when he saw me.
Recently I went through a bunch of my old cards and letters, and I was amazed as I was reading through them, all the complimentary things people wrote to me. Things that I'd completely forgotten, but that were heart-felt and touching and so, so kind. How did I forget all these cards with amazing compliments even existed, but I can remember the time a boy in high school stood me up and called me Raggedy Ann (admittedly, that's kind of hard to forget), or the time when the girl who stood next to me at choir practice plugged her ear so she couldn't hear me (and is the reason I don't join choir today), or the girl who told me that she didn't see why anyone would fall for the main character of my first book, and many other stupid, little things that I've held onto for too long.
Do you ever watch Reba? There's this episode, and I don't even remember what happens, but her son-in-law says to her, "I have one word for you: Letitgo." This has become a catch-phrase in my family: Letitgo.
Someone ate the last piece of pizza that you were saving for later? Letitgo.
One of the kids spilled Sprite all over my freshly mopped floors? Letitgo.
I think this applies at a deeper level, too.
What memories are you carrying around with you that are unneeded added weight? Letitgo.
Are you holding on to experiences that keep you from believing in your own worth? Letitgo.
Make room for the good stuff. The compliments, the encouragement, the people who believe in you. Be stronger than negativity.
Most of all, believe in yourself. No matter what anyone else has said or done or thought or written about you.
Because all that bad stuff? It's designed to hold us back from our true potential. From loving ourselves and from opening our hearts to others and trying again.
Such a simple word but so important to survive this world.


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Darius Kinsey was the most important and prolific photographer of logging activities in the Pacific Northwest. His photographs show the hard working logging industry in its hay day, showcasing camps, equipment, railroads, and the people. You can see in the pictures some of the still available Filson clothing. The landscape in his pictures is beautiful contrasted to the gritty tired subject matter.
Darius Kinsey was a pioneer artist active as a photographer in the Northwest from the late 19th century to 1940. He was born in Missouri in 1869. Arriving in Snoqualmie, Washington at the age of 20, he went into the hotel and mercantile business, but soon after became intrigued with the art of photography. After learning the photography trade, he was hired by the Seattle and Lake Shore Railroad Co. and spent the next five years taking views along its line. At the same time, he started his pictorial documentation of life in the logging camps, photographing every aspect of logging in the Pacific Northwest.
This info is borrowed from, and more pics can be found at the University of Washington's digital collection.


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Vintrosa socken i Närke ingick i Örebro härad, ingår sedan 1971 i Örebro kommun och motsvarar från 2016 Vintrosa distrikt.

Socknens areal är 49,49 kvadratkilometer, varav 48,68 land. År 2000 fanns här 2 134 invånare. Tätorten och kyrkbyn Vintrosa med sockenkyrkan Vintrosa kyrka ligger i socknen.

Administrativ historik
Vintrosa socken har medeltida ursprung.

Den 1 januari 1936 (enligt beslut den 16 januari 1935) överfördes lägenheten Ängsbrotegen med en areal av 0,02 km² till Vintrosa från Ånsta socken.

Vid kommunreformen 1862 övergick socknens ansvar för de kyrkliga frågorna till Vintrosa församling och för de borgerliga frågorna till Vintrosa landskommun. Landskommunen inkorporerades 1952 i Tysslinge landskommun som 1971 uppgick i Örebro kommun. Församlingen uppgick 2002 i Tysslinge församling.

1 januari 2016 inrättades distriktet Vintrosa, med samma omfattning som församlingen hade 1999/2000.

Socknen har tillhört fögderier, tingslag och domsagor enligt vad som beskrivs i artikeln Närke. De indelta soldaterna tillhörde Närkes regemente, Edsbergs kompani och Livregementets husarkår, Örebro skvadron.

Geografi
Vintrosa socken ligger väster om Örebro kring Svartån. Socknen är i öster en slättbygd på Närkeslätten med Kilsbergen i nordväst.

Fornlämningar
Från järnåldern finns spridda domarringar, stensättningar och tre mindre gravfält.

Namnet
Namnet (1314 Vintrusum) kommer från en nu försvunnen gård vid kyrkan. Namnet innehåller möjligen vetrarhus, 'hus man uppehåller sig i på vintern'.

Se även
Vintrosa församling
Lekebergslagen

Referenser

Noter

Vidare läsning
Sveriges bebyggelse : statistisk-topografisk beskrivning över Sveriges städer och landsbygd. Landsbygden. Örebro län, del 2 Hermes 1960 libris

Externa länkar

Socknar i Örebro härad
Indelningar i Örebro kommun


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Q: How do I know if a sufficient statistic is also complete? For example, for an i.i.d. sample of random variables $X_i$ distributed according to a normal distribution, I found a sufficient statistic—the sample mean. How do I know if this is also complete?
Thank you.

A: I am sure you know the formal definition of completeness, so I will try to offer some intuition on the subject.
Informally a statistic $T(X)$ is complete if two different parameters $\theta$ of the distribution of X, cannot give rise to the same distribution for $T(X)$.
The distribution of sample mean $\bar X$ is $N(\mu,\sigma^2/n)$, which is different if you change either $\mu$ or $\sigma^2$. So by the above intuition, it is complete.

*

*Consider $1_{X_1<0}$. The distribution of this is $Bernoulli$ with $p_{\mu,\sigma}=\int_{-\infty}^0 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma}e^{-(x-\mu)^2/2\sigma^2} dx$, which can be made same for different choice of $\mu$ and $\sigma$. Hence it is not complete.

*$\bar X^2$ is not complete either because it has same distribution for $\mu$ and $-\mu$. Note also that it would have been complete, if it was known that $\mu \in [0,\infty)$.

*$X_1-X_2$ is not complete. Because its distribution is $N(0,2\sigma^2)$, and is same for different $\mu$'s.

*$X_1+2X_2$ is however, complete. Because its distribution $N(3\mu,5\sigma^2)$ cannot be same for different combinations of $\mu$ and $\sigma$.
I hope that helps. Examples above are assuming that the variance $\sigma^2$ is also a parameter.

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The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority have made themselves known in a 5-4 vote reinstating Trump's ban on transgender people in the military, NPR reports. It's yet another move by the right exposing their abhorrent disregard for trans people.
....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..
It's worth bearing in mind that there are only about 900 openly trans people serving in the whole of the U.S. military, according to the Washington Post. Which proves the point: this isn't about saving money; it's about denying trans people rights.
The military first opened itself to trans personnel in June 2016 under the Obama administration. Trans people currently serving were given first priority under the policy so that they could legally stay in their positions and would be provided with medical care. Transgender recruits would have been permitted from July 1, 2017 on, except that Trump's former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis delayed the opening by six months, claiming there was a need for further study. Then, Trump shared the above tweets and told Mattis to instate a ban on transgender service members by March 23, 2018.
However, in Oct. 2017, a U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., ruled against the president's discriminatory policy. As per NPR, the judge said transgender troops have "a strong case" for Trump's ban violating their Fifth Amendment rights.
Now, the court's decision puts a stay on the injunctions from two lower court cases (Trump v. Karnoski and Trump v. Stockman) that had halted the ban. The two cases are being appealed through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan all voted to maintain a stay on the ban. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh all showed their true colors, ruling to resurrect the restrictions.
It is critical that DoD be permitted to implement personnel policies that it determines are necessary to ensure the most lethal and combat effective fighting force in the world. DoD's proposed policy is based on professional military judgment and will ensure that the U.S. Armed Forces remain the most lethal and combat effective fighting force in the world.
In short, the U.S. military cares more about its bloated fighting ability than ensuring it's staffed with personnel who are able to simply be themselves and seek medical treatment.
The Supreme Court order mentions that, if the 9th Circuit court rules against the Trump administration, the ban will still stay in effect until the Supreme Court either refuses to hear the case or rules against the restrictions.


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Razorblade Suitcase är det brittiska grungebandet Bushs andra album, utgivet 19 november 1996.

Låtlista
Samtliga låtar skrivna av Gavin Rossdale.

"Personal Holloway" - 3:24
"Greedy Fly" - 4:29
"Swallowed" - 4:50
"Insect Kin" - 4:26
"Cold Contagious" - 5:59
"A Tendency to Start Fires" - 4:04
"Mouth" - 5:44
"Straight No Chaser" - 4:00
"History" - 4:36
"Synapse" - 4:50
"Communicator" - 4:22
"Bonedriven" - 4:32
"Distant Voices" - 6:20

Musikalbum 1996
Album producerade av Steve Albini
Grungealbum


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Xiaomi will introduce it latest smartphone Mi 4i on 23 April. According to the available information, the Xiaomi Mi 4i will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 SoC, a 64-bit octa-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz. The device will also ship with 2GB of RAM and Android 5.0.2 will come pre-installed here. We don't have more information regarding its specifications now, but it seems like this will be a rather solid mid-range device.
Xiaomi still has quite a few devices to release this year. We thought the company will slow down after a ton of initial releases, but it seems like that won't be the case. Other than devices releases, Xiaomi is also planning to expand to other areas, and they'll even open up shop in India by the end of the year.


To avoid wandering, keep talking to people, sleep well, exercise well, play music or audio all of the time.
In order for me to tire myself, I need to do a lot. It normally involves exercise, talking, audio input, and visual input. Eventually, I'll poop out.


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Q: nginx location and Django auth I'm trying to create a NGINX redirect based on an URL param in the querystring. Basically having:
http://localhost/redirect/?url=https://www.google.it/search?dcr=0&source=hp&q=django&oq=django

and
location /redirect/ {
    proxy_cache STATIC;
    # cache status code 200 responses for 10 minutes
    proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
    proxy_cache_revalidate on;
    proxy_cache_min_uses 3;
    # use the cache if there's a error on app server or it's updating from another request
    proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
    # don't let two requests try to populate the cache at the same time
    proxy_cache_lock on;

    # Strip out query param "timestamp"
    if ($args ~ (.*)&timestamp=[^&]*(.*)) {
      set $args $1$2;
    }

    return 302 $arg_url$args;
}

Now, only Django authenticated users (JWT/Cookie) can use the /redirect?url= end point, hence is it possible to implement a session/cookie check without opening a proxy to the entire world?
Anyway I could do it at the Django level (https://github.com/mjumbewu/django-proxy/blob/master/proxy/views.py) but I suppose it's faster and less computationally expensive at the NGINX level.
Thanks,
D

A: redirecting & proxying is different things, for getting django-proxy functionality you need to use nginx reverse proxy option instead of redirect.
# django-proxy code fragment
response = requests.request(request.method, url, **requests_args)
proxy_response = HttpResponse(
        response.content,
        status=response.status_code)

Nginx config for reverse proxying & auth
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name youtdomain.com;

    location / {
        # use django for authenticating request
        auth_request /django-app/;
        # a proxy to otherdomain
        proxy_pass http://otherdomain.com;
        proxy_set_header Host otherdomain.com;
    }

    location /django-app/{
        internal; # protect from public access
        proxy_pass http://django-app;
    }
}

Django app should return 200 status code for authenticated users 401 otherwise, you can read more details about auth_request here

A: Based on the previous answers (thanks!) this is the solution:
http {
    upstream app_api {
    # server 172.69.0.10:8000;
    server api:8000;
    # fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed
    # to return a good HTTP response (in case the Unicorn master nukes a
    # single worker for timing out).
    # server unix:/var/www/gmb/run/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
  }

server {

    location = /auth {
      proxy_pass http://app_api/api-auth/login/;
      proxy_pass_request_body off;
      proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
      proxy_set_header X-Original-URI $request_uri;
    }

    location /redirect/ {
      auth_request /auth;

      proxy_cache STATIC;

      # cache status code 200 responses for 10 minutes
      proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
      proxy_cache_revalidate on;
      proxy_cache_min_uses 3;
      # use the cache if there's a error on app server or it's updating from another request
      proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
      # don't let two requests try to populate the cache at the same time
      proxy_cache_lock on;

      # Strip out query param "timestamp"
      if ($args ~ (.*)&timestamp=[^&]*(.*)) {
        set $args $1$2;
      }
      return 302 $arg_url$args;
    }


One reason for relatively low turnout is the complexity of the American political system. Over half a million Americans hold elected office, and there are also many ballot measures at the local and state level. The sheer size of the ballot discourages participation.


"Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms," Gene Roddenberry said of Star Trek's philosophy.
Honoring those wise words, William Shatner and other Star Trek cast members took time out last week to participate in a T-shirt drive and raise money for a crucial cause: overcoming bullying and social injustice.
Be Kind T-Shirts are currently on sale, with proceeds funding school programs by Pop Culture Hero Coalition to teach Star Trek's Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations through school curriculum to children and teens, with an emphasis on work -- free of charge -- in schools that cannot afford programs to end bullying.
Founded in 2013 by actress Chase Masterson (Deep Space Nine's Leeta) with award-winning anti-bullying author and expert Carrie Goldman, the Coalition's Partners are the United Nations Association, the NOH8 Campaign, Random Acts and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
In addition to Shatner and Masterson, Terry Farrell (Jadzia), Nana Visitor (Kira), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Jeff Combs (Brunt and Weyoun), Casey Biggs (Damar), and Hana Hatae (Molly O'Brien) participated in the campaign.
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Unidirectional Magnon-Driven Domain Wall Motion Due to the Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction
Kyoung-Whan Kim, Seo-Won Lee, Jung-Hwan Moon, Gyungchoon Go, Aurelien Manchon, Hyun-Woo Lee, Karin Everschor-Sitte, Kyung-Jin Lee
We demonstrate a unidirectional motion of a quasiparticle without explicit symmetry breaking along the space-time coordinate of the particle motion. This counterintuitive behavior originates from a combined action of two intrinsic asymmetries in the other two directions. We realize this idea with the magnon-driven motion of a magnetic domain wall in thin films with interfacial asymmetry. Contrary to previous studies, the domain wall moves along the same direction regardless of the magnon-flow direction. Our general symmetry analysis and numerical simulation reveal that the odd order contributions from the interfacial asymmetry is unidirectional, which is dominant over bidirectional contributions in the realistic regime. We develop a simple analytic theory on the unidirectional motion, which provides an insightful description of this counterintuitive phenomenon.
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Kim, K-W., Lee, S-W., Moon, J-H., Go, G., Manchon, A., Lee, H-W., Everschor-Sitte, K., & Lee, K-J. (2019). Unidirectional Magnon-Driven Domain Wall Motion Due to the Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction. Physical Review Letters, 122(14). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.147202
Kim, Kyoung-Whan ; Lee, Seo-Won ; Moon, Jung-Hwan ; Go, Gyungchoon ; Manchon, Aurelien ; Lee, Hyun-Woo ; Everschor-Sitte, Karin ; Lee, Kyung-Jin. / Unidirectional Magnon-Driven Domain Wall Motion Due to the Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction. In: Physical Review Letters. 2019 ; Vol. 122, No. 14.
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Practicum I is an opportunity for university students to have a guided learning experience in a professional agency that provides services to children and families. Experiences and projects at the practicum site provide practicum students with opportunity to use and implement theories and practices learned in other ECEMS classes. Topics of this practicum include professionalism, development of the classroom environment, use of observation and assessment strategies, communication with respect for children, confidentiality for children and families, and guidance strategies for social and emotional development. NOTE: This course can only be taken after the successful completion of pre-Practicum I courses. Students enroll in Practicum I through their home university. This course has 120 contact hours, or approximately 8-10 hours of work per week. OPTION: Practicum I Waiver A Practicum I waiver is available for consideration for paid lead teachers, instructional assistants, and paraprofessionals who have had one or more years of experience in an early childhood setting in the last three years. A student completes the Great Plains IDEA ECEMS Petition to Waive Practicum I and returns it to the GP IDEA Practicum Coordinator at least eight weeks prior to the semester in which Practicum I is to be completed. The decision regarding each request is based on the supporting documentation and is made by a committee of faculty members and must have the approval of the home university academic advisor. If the Practicum I waiver is approved, the student will need to substitute 3 credit hours or transfer in an additional 3 hours of course work.
In this course, university students (1) learn and use assessment and documentation to inform curriculum, (2) plan and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities, and (3) learn about effective ways to share curriculum information with families. This course addresses all areas of developmental domains and content areas. The course includes issues related to diversity in family composition, culture, and individual abilities.
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Q: Deciding Initial state vector as row or column I am new to Markov Chain and Initial State Vectors, I have seen 2 different examples , in 1st example initial state vector was a row, and in another the vector was a column , how to decide the selection of row/column ?
Thanks !

A: People use different conventions that's all. The very same evolution can be written using left-matrix nomenclature
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or right-matrix nomenclature
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here a are column vectors, b are row vectors, and the relationship between the above two forms can be written as
$$ b_n = a_n^T, \;\;\;\; \mathrm{and} \;\;\;\; K = M^T $$


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Sotomayor Fears 'Self-Induced Abortions,' Says Texas 'Heartbeat Act' Reads Like Something From A 'Virulent Defender of the Slaveholding South'
Elura NanosDec 10th, 2021, 12:32 pm
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing dissent against the high court's ruling Friday in Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson. The court ruled that abortion clinics may continue raise some limited legal challenges against Texas's restrictive "Heartbeat Bill" — but while those lawsuits are proceeding, the law will remain in effect.
Technically, Sotomayor's decision was a partial concurrence and partial dissent. The justice agreed with the Court's majority that abortion providers should be permitted to sue executive licensing officials, but she vehemently disagreed with the Court's refusal to strike the entire statute down as an unconstitutional deprivation of well-settled constitutional rights.
Sotomayor began by bluntly recounting what Texas had done. "In open defiance of this Court's precedents, Texas enacted Senate Bill 8," she began, explaining that S.B. 8 — known as the "Heartbeat Act" — allows seemingly endless and limitless civil litigation against abortion providers who terminate pregnancies after approximately six weeks of fetal development. The result, she explains, is that abortion providers seeking to assist women in exercising their constitutional rights face the risk of lawsuits "by private bounty hunters."
The upshots of the law, she argued, far transcend the theoretical.
"The chilling effect has been near total, depriving pregnant women in Texas of virtually all opportunity to seek abortion care within their home State after their sixth week of pregnancy," Sotomayor wrote. For the women who can't leave Texas, the justice painted a harsh picture: "their only alternatives are to carry unwanted pregnancies to term or attempt self-induced abortions outside of the medical system."
The liberal justice refused to reserve her ire solely for Texas legislators. She also served up harsh words for her brethren: "[t]he Court should have put an end to this madness months ago, before S. B. 8 first went into effect. It failed to do so then, and it fails again today." The majority's ruling, she forecasted, "effectively invites other States to refine S. B. 8's model for nullifying federal rights." By doing so, "[t]he Court thus betrays not only the citizens of Texas, but also our constitutional system of government."
Sotomayor systematically knocked down every aspect of Texas's statute, which establishes a $10,000 minimum penalty for anyone who "performs, induces, assists, or even intends to assist an abortion." The justice explained just what that means: everyone from a doctor to a receptionist to an Uber driver who transports a woman to a clinic could be on the hook for at least five figures in damages — maybe more.
She began by detailing a list of the statute's procedural anomalies — which she believed were unacceptable — by discussing how Texas essentially abandoned due process rights for those facing potential litigation. Creating a framework the justice called "uniquely punitive for those sued," the statute subjects defendants to lawsuits in any county without the potential for a venue transfer or the standard defenses of issue or claim preclusion. It also authorizes harsh fee-shifting rules.
What's more, the statute "purports to impose retroactive liability" in a number of ways, making abortion retroactively actionable "while Roe and Casey are in effect if this Court later overrules one of those cases," Sotomayor noted. Such egregious behavior on the part of Texas legislature is untenable at the judicial level, the justice concluded:
To be sure, state courts cannot restrict constitutional rights or defenses that our precedents recognize, nor impose retroactive liability for constitutionally protected conduct. Such actions would violate a state officer's oath to the Constitution. See U. S. Const., Art. VI, cl. 3. Unenforceable though S. B. 8 may be, however, the threat of its punitive measures creates a chilling effect that advances the State's unconstitutional goals.
Whatever vexation the justice had with Texas, however, paled in comparison with her feelings toward her fellow justices for their failure to thwart Texas's goals. Detailing century-old Supreme Court precedent in other cases in which a state attempted to circumvent the Constitution with onerous statutes, the justice remarked bitingly, "[u]ntil today, the Court had proven equal to those challenges."
She elaborated, explaining that the Court's majority erred in hinging its decision on the right to defend an action brought under S. B. 8 in a "neutral" Texas court. Calling the majority's take "especially perverse," the justice snapped, "the Texas court system no longer resembles a neutral forum for the adjudication of rights." Rather, Texas's law "refashions that system into a weapon and points it directly at the petitioners."
In addition to attacking the many alleged shortcomings in the Court's logic, Sotomayor was also critical of the majority's abdication of its responsibility to answer tough questions. Justice Neil Gorsuch argued in his majority opinion that the petitioners should fail in part because no adequate remedy is available. "Instead, only further questions follow," Gorsuch noted.
Sotomayor, however, found Gorsuch's surrender to be unacceptably lacking:
Vexing though the Court may find these fact-intensive questions, they are exactly the sort of tailoring work that District Courts perform every day. The Court should have afforded the District Court an opportunity to craft appropriate relief before throwing up its hands and declaring the task unworkable.
Sotomayor, however, was not willing to confine her dissenting comments to arms-length procedural arguments. "My disagreement with the Court runs far deeper than a quibble over how many defendants these petitioners may sue," she wrote. The true dispute, she wrote, "is over whether States may nullify federal constitutional rights by employing schemes like the one at hand."
The Court's majority has unwisely allowed that kind of maneuvering, likely to its own detriment, she suggested.
"This choice to shrink from Texas' challenge to federal supremacy will have far-reaching repercussions," Sotomayor warned. "I doubt the Court, let alone the country, is prepared for them."
To underscore her point, the justice drew a parallel to the treatment of slavery by the Court. Calling the Texas statute "a brazen challenge to our federal structure," Sotomayor charged that "[i]t echoes the philosophy of John C. Calhoun, a virulent defender of the slaveholding South who insisted that States had the right to 'veto' or 'nullif[y]' any federal law with which they disagreed." In an insult-turned-threat leveled directly at the Court, Sotomayor quoted Calhoun as follows: "The Supreme Court's interpretations of the Constitution are not the Constitution itself — they are, after all, called opinions."
Without the judiciary to limit an intrusive state legislature, the justice wrote, trouble is to come that far transcends abortion rights. What will courts do if a state similarly legislates against a disfavored religious minority, she asked.
"Perhaps nothing at all, says this Court," she answered. "I fear the Court, and the country, will come to regret that choice," she lamented.
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Zimbabwe faces bloodshed if 'illegal regime' stays, Mugabe ally says
By Joe Brock
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was sacked as president illegally and the international community must help remove the "military government" that has taken power or risk the country descending into chaos, an exiled Mugabe loyalist said on Friday.
People watch as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses the nation on television, at a bar in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Mugabe, 93, stood down last November, a week after the army and his former political allies turned against him, ending nearly four decades of rule marred by allegations of corruption, human rights abuses and economic negligence.
His former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, whose sacking prompted the military takeover that forced Mugabe out, was sworn in as president and the general who led the de facto coup, Constantino Chiwenga, was installed as his deputy.
Mugabe's resignation came in the form of a written statement and he has not spoken since.
"The president was alleged to have resigned. There is no evidence," Jonathan Moyo, a cabinet minister under Mugabe, told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location, in one of the first detailed accounts from a Mugabe supporter since the coup.
"It is completely unsustainable for anyone to say Mugabe resigned voluntarily when we know the army took over all institutions of the state and confined him to his residence. You have to be applying a Banana Republic model to say he resigned."
Moyo was the fiercely combative mouthpiece for a faction in the ruling ZANU-PF party that opposed Mnangagwa and backed Mugabe's 52-year old wife, Grace, to succeed him.
Mugabe's departure brought tens of thousands of jubilant Zimbabweans onto the streets and was widely cheered by leaders in Africa and the West.
But Moyo said the international community, including the African Union and the United Nations, was making a huge mistake if it legitimized a government that came to power via a coup.
"This is a military government. You cannot send the arsonists to be the fire brigade," he said.
He said the public was currently living in unprecedented fear of the former soldiers who have taken political office but eventually the masses would not stand for an "illegal regime".
"FLOODGATES TO CONFLICT"
"If you don't intervene when there has been such an outrageous, brazen attack on a constitutional order, you are simply opening the floodgates to conflict," he said.
"If they don't act, just as the sun will rise tomorrow, Zimbabwe will be another Somalia. There will be bloodshed."
Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment. But in response to earlier criticisms leveled by Moyo, government spokesman George Charamba said on Thursday the issue of legitimacy or illegitimacy did not arise.
He pointed to large demonstrations in November calling for Mugabe's departure and "across the political spectrum support" for his replacement by a new administration.
"So really this is a bitter, bitter defeated politician," Charamba said.
Many of Mugabe's political allies were either arrested by the military in a series of spectacular raids in the early hours of Nov. 15 or they fled into neighboring countries.
Moyo said he narrowly escaped with his life.
"This was not Mickey Mouse stuff. There was heavy gunfire for 15 minutes. They shot stun grenades in the house. I was there with my wife and children," Moyo said, adding that he has since fled to another country over fears for his safety.
"They still have aspirations to harm me."
Grace Mugabe's accelerating presidential ambitions contributed to Mnangagwa and the military taking action to prevent her taking over from her ailing husband.
Moyo, a figure reviled in much of Zimbabwe for his often brutal verbal assaults on detractors, says he has no regrets.
"I will never, ever accept the proposition that those who use violence have outsmarted me," he said.
"I would rather be hated for standing for my principles and believing in the rule of law than be feared that if people don't agree with me I will unleash the tanks."
Reporting by Joe Brock, Editing by William Maclean


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A fine powder made from the inner bark of the Red Elm tree, from the USA.
Slippery Elm powder is rich in mucilage and is both cooling and soothing to the digestive system or any mucous membrane. Nutritive and easy to digest, Slippery Elm can be used safely and confidently for the youngest and oldest of animals, both internally or even externally as part of a poultice.
Add to feed, split between two where possible. It is often worth starting at the lower quantity for this effective herb. Horses: 10 to 20 grams per day (2 to 4 x 15ml scoops) Dogs: half to one teaspoon for smaller dogs, one to one and a half teaspoons for medium sized and one to two teaspoons for large breeds.


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It was enjoyable to have done this one.
hm, not too bad to scale, I think, for a toonish look.
for some reason this one reminds me of Zoigberg.
Great work! I think that last one is my favorite out of the bunch so far too.
If you like bobcats and anthro, you might like to take a look at the Khajiit race from Skyrim if you're looking for extra ideas. Khajit seem to have a pretty similar facial structure, and there are some cool ideas for patterns and general face sculpting on some of the character models.
Thank you Holt5. I'll look into that.
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I like that idea. Thank you.
avoid what's difficult and it can lessen the quality of their work.
draw, for the enjoyment of creating art.
Your sketches are looking good.
Thanks. I've been kinda' busy with classes, so been doin' more haiku than sketches, but I'm stickin' with this last one for now. It kinda' reflects me a lot. Feels like I got that nailed for now.


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Public invited to plan Philadelphia's future
Kellie Patrick Gates
By Kellie Patrick Gates
For PlanPhilly
Want a say in how Philadelphia looks and functions in the future?
The Planning Commission wants to hear from you.
Philadelphia has entered the initial phase of creating a new comprehensive plan – a document that guides development. This would be the city's first such plan in more than 40 years.
As part of the planning phase, called Imagine Philadelphia. Laying the Foundation, the planning commission will hold a series of two-hour community discussions at locations around the city. The first will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Fels Community Center Auditorium, 2407 S. Broad Street.
It's a time for big ideas, said Alan Urek, the planning commission's director of strategic planning and policy.
"What would it take over the next 30 years for Philadelphia to have the best regional transportation system in the country?" he asks as an example of a question that will be posed at the community meetings.
Those who attend will be divided into eight smaller groups, each of which will brainstorm answers to a single big question on one of these topics: Transportation, housing, regionalism, economy, neighborhoods, preservation/open space, public facilities and infrastructure.
A team of Planning Commission staffers and consultants will conduct the meetings. The input gathered will be used both to create the white papers that are the precursor to a full comprehensive plan and to help the Zoning Code Commission revamp the city's code.
There is no need to register to attend, and residents are not required to go to the session held in their part of the city. Those who cannot attend but have opinions to share may do so at the website www.imaginephiladelphia.org.
Here is a list of the scheduled meeting places and times. All meetings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. PlanPhilly will cover the meetings. If the weather is so bad that Philadelphia Public Schools are cancelled, that day's meeting will be rescheduled.
Tuesday, Dec. 4: Fels Community Center Auditorium, 2407 S. Broad Street.
Wednesday, Dec. 5: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Gouley Auditorium, Braemer Building, 5501 Old York Road.
Wednesday, Dec. 12: Northeast Regional Free Library, Meeting Room, 2228 Cottman Avenue.
Thursday, Dec. 13: West Philadelphia YMCA Gymnasium, 5120 Chestnut Street.
Additional meetings are planned, but not yet scheduled. These will be held January 2008 in Roxborough/Manayunk, Center City, Bridesburg/Kensington, and Lower North Philadelphia. To be notified when the details are set, sign up at www.imaginephiladelphia.org or call 215.683.4610.
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