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The lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela. This manakin is a fairly common bird of dry and moist deciduous forests, but not rainforest. It is a small, compact bird about  long and similar to the blue-backed manakin, but both sexes have the two central tail feathers elongated to form a spike. Males have black plumage with a blue back, a red crown and orange legs. Females and juveniles are olive-green with paler underparts. At breeding time, males are involved in a cooperative behaviour during which they jump up and down alternately. This is a fairly common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Description
Like other manakins, the lance-tailed manakin is a compact, brightly coloured forest bird, typically 13.5 cm long and weighing 17.5 g. Both sexes have bring orange legs and two central tail feathers elongated to form a spike.

Females are olive-green, with slightly paler underparts. Most females are solid green, however, a small portion have tawny or red caps.  Adult males are mostly black, with a red cap and sky-blue back.  Young males are olive but show a red cap and the start of a blue back as they mature. Male lance-tailed manakins do not reach their full adult plumage until approximately 26 months after hatching.

This species is similar to blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, which breeds further south and east, but the latter lacks the spiky tail, and the male has a somewhat darker blue back.

Ecology
The male lance-tailed manakin has an interesting breeding display, unusual in that it is cooperative rather than competitive. Two males perch next to each other on a bare stick and jump up and down alternately, sometimes giving short flights. Groups of birds may perform together, with a different stick for each pair of displaying males. The female builds a cup nest in a tree; two brown-mottled cream eggs are laid, and incubated entirely by the female for about 20 days.

The lance-tailed manakin has a number of calls, including a Toe-LEE-do, a curry-ho, and a frog-like buzzing croak given by displaying males.

These manakins eat fruit and some insects.

Status
This bird has a very wide range, is fairly common and is presumed to have a large total population. The population trend is thought to be stable and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird's conservation status as being of "least concern".

References

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'You wouldn't let an officer go to a violent job without a stab-proof vest'
Officers are being sent from incident to incident without the required tools to process the scenes they often witness argues Susanne Knabe-Nicol.
Date - 17th May 2021
By - Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol
The above quote is from Sam Smith, founder of the Green Ribbon Policing campaign. He loved being a cop, but had to leave after only 3 years, as he was just one step away from a breakdown, according to his doctor. The quote carries on to say that, if an officer were to be sent to that violent job without a vest, and then got injured, it would be barbaric for the responsible police organisation to expect the officer to sort out their own medical care, not accepting any accountability for the injuries sustained. Yet, Sam goes on, we are doing exactly that.
Police are not taught how to process traumatic incidents, what to do with the sights, smells, and overwhelming emotions that they experience on a day-to-day basis, yet they are being sent from incident to incident, without any mental protection or training on how to handle the effect extreme situations will have on them. And often, the occupational health services forces do provide, do not seem appropriate to officers.
It's not just the organisation, but also those who work within it, that are ill-equipped to provide a supportive environment. Rob Hosking, another former officer in his 20s, who had to leave the job after 5 years in which he was a negotiator and counter-terrorism liaison officer, describes a toxic macho police culture, in which any sign of emotion or struggle with the experiences officers are exposed to, are discouraged.
He says young, fresh recruits graduating from their training are often paired up with more experienced ones during their probation, and that is where they are met with a police culture of hardened individuals, who make jokes to cope with what they have to deal with, who have lost any empathy for those struggling with mental health issues, and who expect young officers to get in line and just deal with it, like they do. He suffered from night terrors, heart palpitations and flashbacks, and when he took the brave step of telling his inspector that he was struggling, the reply was 'Well, you better go and get help, then".
That seems very depressingly close to Sam's earlier analogy of police forces failing to provide officers with what they need to protect themselves out there, and then, when they do get injured, expecting them to deal with it on their own. You may recall, he said that that would be barbaric.
Both of these young men loved their profession and would have wanted to stay in the job and serve their communities, but the fact they were left without the support they needed, at the time they needed it, made this impossible.
How much did the time off these men had to take cost their employers? How much does it cost to pay a police officer who is unable to turn up for work for a number of months? How much does it cost the force to hire, train and equip a replacement for them?
Would it really not have been worth it, even in purely financial terms, to prevent all this?
Last week (13th May 2021), a global webinar was held by Police Science Dr, the brand name under which I publish free material on police science for the global law enforcement community, on Mental Health in Policing.
Twelve practitioners and experts from the UK, Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia spoke about both the challenges, but also the solutions to this issue. First and foremost, what is making and keeping our officers sick is the existing police culture, as Rob described. Many feel there is no safe space for an officer to admit that they can't shake a particular incident off, that they are finding it difficult to process – after all, there is not time to process, they have to go to the next job, and to the next one after that, and they wouldn't know how to process traumatic incidents anyway, as that has never been taught to them. The pervasive atmosphere is that the older officers have seen it all as well, many times over, and they're just getting on with it, so why wouldn't you cope?
Sam admits that he felt judged when he came back to work after his extended period of sick leave. Staffing levels are already dangerously low, and periods of absence do not help. James Ravenall, a serving inspector, stated that you get more training on how to look after your new job phone or police car than how to look after yourself. Not only in terms of mental health, but also with how to handle shifts. As Dr Yvonne Taylor, a chief inspector, currently seconded to the College's National Wellbeing Service states, we are not supposed to be awake at night. Night shifts go against how our bodies function, and an alarming number of officers and staff die in car accidents, often commuting to, but especially from, work. Again, police employees are not taught how best to manage the challenges of working and performing during the night, they are just expected to get on with it. James Ravenall describes how accidents, complaints and assaults are more frequent on night shifts.
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Dr Jacqueline Drew, a police psychologist from Australia, dropped a real bombshell when she revealed that whilst we traditionally thought our officers' mental health is in such bad shape because of the trauma they go through, the stressors from the organisation, working conditions and poor leadership are actually twice as harmful as traumatic incidents themselves. How are officers treated by their colleagues and supervisors? Are they being looked after, do they feel valued? Do they feel well equipped to carry out their jobs? Are staffing levels appropriate, are they able to function well within the conditions the organisation is creating? Dr Drew states that we cannot prevent officers from experiencing the traumatic experiences of the job. However, organisations can remove or at least reduce the organisational stressors that are more harmful than traumatic incidents. Now, that was a real eye opener.
The webinar consisted of two parts in one event, whereby in the first part, speakers talked about these challenges and presented the facts, whilst the 2nd part presented the real and practical solutions that should, or already exist in some places.
We heard from a peer support program in Illinois, USA, whereby trained volunteers are available to speak to officers, and their family members, to either provide the help they need, on any issue, or signpost them further. A similar practice is available in the UK with the Mind BlueLight programme, and we heard from its national policing coordinator, Inspector Phil Spencer, how he had been fed up with seeing really strong, good cops, fall apart in front of his eyes. Dr Marla Friedman, a police psychologist from the USA talked about what is probably the most promising tool of all: 'Chiefs Lead The Way'. Police chiefs go for a regular mental health check-up with an external, vetted mental health professional, and they go back to their staff and tell them they've done so, and then ask them all to go.
I think the best way we'll find a path out of the existing, unforgiving cold macho culture, is if the heads of the organisation give their staff implicit permission to talk about, and deal with their mental health, by explicitly talking about their own, and, ideally, making it mandatory. If it is voluntary, some with fragile egos will continue to laugh it off. There should be no option not to go.
The webinar also discussed the merits of internal vs. external availability of mental health support. The problem with internal support is that many officers don't trust its proclaimed confidentiality. That accepting it might jeopardise their reputation and careers. And the problem with external support is that most counsellors and therapists don't understand the job of policing. Ginny McKenna, who co-hosted the webinar with me, described how some officers felt they were in a reality TV show, providing the entertainment to a fascinated counsellor, for whom all the experiences the officer had suffered bore a certain degree of fascination. Yes, policing can look exciting, that's why they make so many programmes about it. I'm not aware of many TV shows about accountants (no offence), but people just love to watch true crime, and the counsellors that had been visited by some very unwell cops were no different. However, that is not good enough when the officer needs help.
Ginny, a former cop with over 20 years of experience working the street is now an accredited life coach, and she specialises in helping frontline staff and officers to develop tools to handle stress and take back control when it seems to be slipping. Being external to any organisation, there are no confidentiality issues, and having been a former cop, a suicidal one at that, she understands the pressures, demands, the depression and anxiety that can be created by working for your community better than anyone. Her globally accessible online course, Emergency Stress Pit Stop – Helping Police Officers & Police Staff Beat Stress, Take Back Control & Thrive is released on the Police Science Dr Academy next month, with enrolments closing 18th June.
I suggest anyone who is interested in these topics watch the webinar replay, it's fully and freely accessible to anyone; some really hard-hitting points were made, and some amazing solutions are presented.
You can also download a free poster that details the steps towards a mentally healthy police force, based on the recommendations of the webinar's speakers from the webinar page.
The demand for speaker slots and the response from the global audience at this webinar was so great, that there will be more such events in the future. Anyone who wants to be kept updated on matters relating to police science, in a very practical, down-to-earth and non-academic way, is welcome to join the free Police Science Dr email list on the main website: www.PoliceScienceDr.com
Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol worked in various police forces and roles in the UK for over a decade. She has a PhD in Investigative Psychology and is the creator of Police Science Dr, an online resource to help connect police to research on policing topics.
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Jay OldSchoolCopper - Thu, 20 May 2021
About time there was more focus on supporting officers around the calls we have to go to. Then the constant, relentless call to call to call with no break, downtime or debrief time (official or unofficial) and the constant micromanagement and demands for reports from "REMF" seniors with no empathy - no wonder people are breaking. And it's nothing to do with "wimpishness" - we need to look out for each other properly and not encourage drinking and bottling up stuff as (not-)coping methods. Not everyone drinks, and bottling up stress just leads to a load of broken officers.
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Peter Huxley, Professor of Mental Health Research, in the Centre for Mental Health and Society, has been appointed as a board member for Health and Care Research Cymru.
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Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar, philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in the field of Egyptology. A child prodigy in philology, he gave his first public paper on the decipherment of Demotic in 1806, and already as a young man held many posts of honor in scientific circles, and spoke Coptic and Arabic fluently. During the early 19th-century, French culture experienced a period of 'Egyptomania', brought on by Napoleon's discoveries in Egypt during his campaign there (1798–1801) which also brought to light the trilingual Rosetta Stone. Scholars debated the age of Egyptian civilization and the function and nature of hieroglyphic script, which language if any it recorded, and the degree to which the signs were phonetic or ideographic. Many thought that the script was only used for sacred and ritual functions, and that as such it was unlikely to be decipherable since it was tied to esoteric and philosophical ideas, and did not record historical information. The significance of Champollion's decipherment was that he showed these assumptions to be wrong, and made it possible to begin to retrieve many kinds of information recorded by the ancient Egyptians.
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The decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs was gradually achieved during the early 19th century. The most helpful clue was supplied by the discovery in 1799 of the Rosetta Stone, an inscription in three scripts. Building on work by several other scholars, notably Thomas Young, the breakthrough to decipherment was made by Jean-François Champollion.
The Philae obelisk is one of twin obelisks discovered in 1815 at Philae in Upper Egypt. It was discovered nearly intact, while its twin had broken into pieces in antiquity. Both were soon afterwards obtained by William John Bankes, an acquisition which included an important bilingual inscription.
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom is the last known inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, dated to 394 CE. It is inscribed in the temple Isis at Philae in southern Egypt.
The ancient Egyptian Man-prisoner is one of the oldest hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. An iconographic portrayal from predynastic Egypt eventually led to its incorporation into the Egyptian language. Not only rebels from towns or districts, but foreigners from battle were being portrayed.
Lettre à M. Dacier is a scientific communication in the form of a letter sent in 1822 by egyptologist Jean-François Champollion to Bon-Joseph Dacier, secretary of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. It is the founding text upon which Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first systematically deciphered by Champollion, largely on the basis of the multilingual Rosetta Stone.
The Decree of Memphis is the third Memphis decree, the first being for his grandfather Ptolemy III (Decree of Canopus), and the second being The Raphia Decree . The Decree for Ptolemy V is the text recorded on the Rosetta Stone in the Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic (Egyptian) script, and Greek.


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We are a service net where you may get weather and travel information if it is available. If you can not find the net look for us up or down on the band most likely at +/- 3Khz.
We hope you can stop by and say hello.
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Why Laurel and Hardy on the certificate? Well, here's how it all came about.
When the 7240 Group began a few years ago, there were a handful of us that met usually in the evening to jawbone, laugh, poke fun at, and sometimes discuss serious amateur matters. We weren't organized in those days with a "man in the white coat" to control the group. Instead, each joiner was given a number with the expectation that eventually he would have an opportunity to speak. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Well, it was except for W3TSJ, God Bless him, and K4FGK. Each time they got on the air they'd razz and joke with each other and forget who was next in the group to speak. Invariably you would hear W3TSJ say "I don't know who follows me", then he'd pause and try to remember, then say "I guess Roy (K4FGK) gets it next". Back and forth it would go while the rest of us sat there yelling and screaming ' 'Break''. I think after a while some of us tuned in just to listen to those boys go at it.
Of course, when I designed the 7240 Certificate I knew what the theme would be. So you might say the certificate is to honor W3TSJ and K4FGK for all the fun and laughter they gave us in the beginning.
And that's how it all came about! It was a light-hearted, happy group then and my hope is that it will continue in that vein always.


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The reason is that with the current setup, there are only a couple of MB of free space in the cirros root filesystem, so the dd stops with an error almost immediately, but the script ignores the error and happily returns the short runtime.
Maybe it is not useful to make the script very complicated by adding sophisticated error handling, but instead it would suffice to at least have some warning comment about this.
1. Cirros does not resize its root fs by default, one can tune an option in /etc/default/resizefs to enable it, but that would require users to create and upload a patched cirros image. Also note that setting RESIZE_MODE='foreground' is currently broken (https://bugs.launchpad.net/cirros/+bug/1431320).
2. Even if cirros does the resize, with m1.nano the root fs would still have much less then 1GB of space, and even with the proposed change to use m1.tiny instead, the total size will be 1GB and writing a new file of 1GB size still will fail prematurely.
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On August 29, 2016, our second child, Tessa, came into the world much sooner than we were anticipating. With a due date looming on the horizon three months away, we were still in the "excited and expecting parent" stage when my wife developed preeclampsia (HELLP syndrome). After she began feeling ill, and our home tests showed her blood pressure through the roof at about 180/115, we rushed to an area hospital.
Upon arriving, we were quickly placed into an examination room, and the necessary precautions were taken to mitigate the issues my wife was having. After roughly two hours, our OB/GYN made the decision to transport her via ambulance for further examination to a larger, better equipped hospital in the closest metropolitan area, which was Promedica Toledo Hospital. Our local OB/GYN told us that chances were high that she would need an emergency C-section. We were scared to say the very least!
After arriving at the hospital in Toledo, the doctors and nurses evaluated my wife further and put the plan into action. It all happened so fast! Tessa was delivered by emergency C-section within an hour of arriving at Promedica Toledo Hospital at just 1lb 12oz – and 11 weeks early.
The technology used to determine Tessa's and my wife's needs and save both their lives was incredible, to say the least. Results were available within minutes. Tessa visited us in her newly minted isolette about 20 minutes post-birth, during which time my wife was not coherent due to anesthesia and medications. Tessa was then rushed off to the NICU to stabilize her condition. We would not see her again for a full 24 hours.
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Even the sound of a mother's voice has an impact in the early development of a preemie, much like skin-to-skin contact. And because of the technology in a very adept hospital, we were able to make those vital connections at that very moment. Today, Tessa is a healthy and normal 20-month-old, thanks in no small part to the technology utilized by the Promedica Toledo Hospital NICU and their incredible staff!
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Background: The dose of unfractionated heparin (UFH) during cardiac catheterisation procedures is still an area of debate. The ESC guideline recommends using a weight adjusted dose where as the AHA guideline recommends adjusting UFH dose according to target ACT. These recommendations are based on older and mostly non randomised studies. A recent meta-analysis of the randomised trials looking into optimum ACT level during coronary intervention was inconclusive and recommended more research in this area.
Methods: Two operators used heparin at 70 IU/Kg in the weight adjusted arm and 5000 IU in the fixed dose arm respectively for most of there cases over a period of 13 months from December 2014 to December 2015. ACT was measured at baseline and then at 2, 15 and then at 15 minutes intervals with further dose of heparin given at the operator's discretion. The local database was searched retrospectively and cases were included if baseline and two of the 2, 15 and 30 minute ACT were available. ACT values after further dose of UFH were excluded. ACT values were compared between the two groups. T test or Mann-Whitney u test was used for continues variables and Chi square test was used for categorical variables.
Result: 93 cases in the weight adjusted group and 166 cases in the fixed dose group met the inclusion criteria. The baseline characteristics were similar as shown in table 1. The weight adjusted group received more heparin (Mean difference 842 IU, 95% CI 633-1051, P<0.001). There were no difference in median ACTs at 2 minutes (N= 91/161; 237, IQR 215-267 vs 233, IQR 210-291; P=0.97) and 15 minutes ( N=57/118; 218, IQR 198-247 vs 226, IQR 204-257; P=0.21) but at 30 minutes post heparin, ACT for the fixed dose group was higher (N=14/75, 196, IQR 174-228 vs 225, 205-258; P=0.018). Figure 1 shows the trend of ACT over time with peak ACT reached at 2 minuts in both groups.
Figure 1: Trend of ACT over time.
Conclusion: This study shows that a fixed dose of 5000 IU of UFH archives comparable or slightly higher ACT over a period of time compared to a weight adjusted 70 IU/Kg dose while reducing the total dose of heparin given to patient.


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Philadelphia, PA – The Toronto Rock (8-3) defeated the Philadelphia Wings (5-5) by a score of 13-8 at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon to maintain their perch atop the NLL standings.
Toronto owned the first fifteen minutes of play, largely because their defence limited the quality of scoring chances that the Wings were able to generate and held them to just a goal. Rock defender Kyle Belton, celebrating his 26th birthday, opened the scoring for the Rock. Kasey Beirnes had a pair, while Josh Sanderson scored on the powerplay in the late stages of the first quarter as Toronto led 4-1.
The next fifteen minutes of play didn't feature quite the same stingy defence of the opening frame. Both teams had a lot of success finding the mark as the Rock outscored the Wings 5-4 in the quarter to take a 9-5 lead into the half. Sanderson struck for three more goals in the quarter while Rock captain Colin Doyle kept piling up the assists to give him 6 at the break.
Kevin Crowley scored just over two minutes into the third quarter to close the gap to three goals. Neither team could find the net for the better part of the quarter, but Doyle connected to give the Rock their four-goal lead back at 10-6.
While the Rock built an 11-6 lead, they had to kill off a 5-minute major penalty assessed to defender Damon Edwards. The Rock scored the next two goals coming off the penalty kill including Belton completing the hat-trick. Philadelphia added a pair of late goals to make the final 13-8.
Doyle had a big night for the Rock scoring once and adding 6 assists, Sanderson finished with 4 goals and an assist.
The Rock now await the results of Saturday night's games as a loss by Minnesota or Colorado means Toronto is the first team to clinch a playoff spot.
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New Worshipers Abound!
A Church with Heart + meaningful ministry + warm hospitality (+ lots of publicity) = many new faces among our worshiping community. Over the next few months, while we gather a More Than Membership group in preparation for a Covenant Sunday, we'll be bringing you mini-profiles so we can get to know one another. For this issue of our e-newsletter, Carolyn Bell & Elisa Welch, and Phyllis Grant and Jerry Vonderheid sat down to chat.
Elisa Welch & Carolyn Bell
Lina, Luci & Lainie
The weather outside may have been warm and sticky, but Carolyn Bell and Elisa Welch stood together in pride as their twin daughters Catalina and Elena received the waters of baptism June 29 at McFarland UCC. The experience further reassured Carolyn and Elisa that they had chosen the right place to worship and have their children learn about God's Word.
Carolyn and Elisa met in 2000 while attending Clark College in Iowa. Elisa now teaches eighth grade Spanish in DeForest. Carolyn works at the University of Wisconsin as a buildings and grounds superintendent for student housing. Big sister Luciana (Luci) is now five years old. The family began attending MUCC last December.
What makes McFarland UCC so different
from other houses of worship that you've attended?
"I think Pastor Kerri has a way of providing something new each week. I will never forget Palm Sunday and the way banquet tables were set up for the service. We were thinking "What is happening?" but it was a very engaging service and I enjoyed sitting across from people and talking with them. The people have made us feel welcome from the very first time we walked into this place. They say "hi" to us, ask us questions, and make us feel like we matter here."
Phyllis Grant & Jerry Vonderheid
It was the Internet that connected Phyllis Grant and Jerry Vonderheid in July 2013, and shortly thereafter, they decided finding a house of worship would be an important part of their relationship.
They first visited MUCC in the fall of 2013 and have been regular attendees since February 2014.
A native of Barneveld, Wisconsin, Phyllis retired after 35 years at the U.S. Postal Service. Jerry, who was born in Merrill, Wisconsin and raised in Kankakee, Illinois also retired after a long career at St. Anthony Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. They now live near Lake Kegonsa.
Why did you start coming to McFarland UCC?
"Last fall, we started going to different churches in the area to see what we thought of them. We decided we liked this church."
What did you like about it?
"Just the casualness and the friendliness of the people. Everyone here is super nice."
What makes this church appealing to you?
"Pastor Kerri brings things down to an easy understandable level. Instead of reading from the Bible over and over again like so many do, she puts things into her own words and we can relate to that."
Dale Younce
i knew Jerry Vonderheid in 1972-74 at Ravenswood Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. We discussed trauma wounds he'd seen in Vietnam. I had great respect for his knowledge. Pleased to come across this web page mentioning him. If he is still around, please say "hi". Would love to hear from him and invite him and his wife to visit my wife (retired RN) and I in Land O Lakes, Fl. I am on Facebook and my email address is dyounce@sprynet.com. Thank you.
/Dale Younce


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New video shows Schertz police perspective, teen tased and kicked in arrest
Body cam videos are released in the arrest of 18-year-old Zekee Rayford. He was kicked and tased after he allegedly ran a red light and did not pull over.
Author: Sharon Ko
Published: 11:42 PM CST November 25, 2020
Updated: 11:42 PM CST November 25, 2020
SCHERTZ, Texas — The city of Schertz releases body cam and dash cam videos of 18-year-old Zekee Rayford's arrest. He was kicked and tased after police say he ran a red light and did not pull over.
The city released a total of 20 videos from the officer's point of view in the incident involving 18-year-old Zekee Rayford. City officials say the video footage was not released earlier because they were waiting on authorization from the Guadalupe County District Attorney's Office.
Schertz mayor Ralph Gutierrez said in a statement: "I fully understand the concerns and public outcry brought about from this incident. The City of Schertz is an inclusive community and one that celebrates all of our residents. My hope is that in every interaction with the City, residents feel respected, valued, and understood. Throughout every situation the City is deeply committed to doing what's right and at this time, the right thing to do is be as transparent as we can, which is why we are releasing this footage."
Police say the night of November 2, Rayford ran a red light and did not pull over. The family said he wanted to go to a 'safe place' and pulled up to his family's driveway, which they said is about a mile away from the incident. The home surveillance video shows the teen get out of the car with his hands up and run towards the front door. Another home surveillance camera angle shows officers yelling commands at Rayford to cooperate. They deploy a stun gun and kick him repeatedly while he's on the ground.
KENS 5 went through the new footage released by the city that show the moments leading up to the arrest and the aftermath of the incident. In one of the videos from one officer's point of view, officers are heard yelling commands to Rayford several times to cooperate with them.
"Stop resisting! You're under arrest right now. Do you understand that? Turn the [expletive] around and put your hands behind your back," said one of the officers.
After his father answered the door, one of the officers is hear telling him, "You better relax or you're going to get it next, I promise you, you will."
Another officer who responds to the incident spoke with Rayford's father who asks why police tased his son when he got to the door.
"He's running. He's committing a felony by fleeing a police officer. And by fleeing on foot, he's committing another crime. Evading on foot," he says in response.
In another video, Rayford is handcuffed and sitting in the back of a patrol unit. He says that he doesn't want to talk to officers and asks if an officer is going to shoot him. He's heard in the video saying he felt uncomfortable.
"You should have stopped, right?" asks one officer. "But yeah, it was still unnecessary though," replies Rayford.
Other videos show the tension between Rayford's family members and officers after the arrest. The family members are outside of their home and they continue to argue with police. At one point, you can see Rayford's father approaching another officer.
"He's coming aggressive towards my officer," says the officer in the video. "Get him in the house. We're done. Get him in the house."
An internal affairs investigation is underway. The three Schertz officers involved in the arrest are off patrol and have been assigned to other duties in the department. Schertz Police says appropriate actions will be taken if the officers are found to have violated policy.
Family demands accountability after violent arrest of Schertz teen
Trio of Schertz officers under investigation for controversial arrest now 'off patrol,' city officials say
Protest erupts at Schertz council meeting as activists call teen's arrest police brutality


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Q: Reduce space between 2 buttons in HorizontalFieldManager in BlackBerry In Blackberry I have created a horizontal field manager and added some buttons of small size to it to display toolbar at the bottom of the screen. But my problem is there is too much space between the 2 buttons.
I have to reduce this space between 2 buttons so that I can manage to place at least 6 buttons at the bottom of the screen. I am using the BFmsg.setMargin(305,0,0,40) statement.
Following is my code :
BFcontacts = new ButtonField("Cnt")
    {
      protected void paint(Graphics graphics)
         {
        //Bitmap contactsbitmap = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("contacts.jpg");
             //graphics.drawBitmap(0, 0, contactsbitmap.getWidth(), contactsbitmap.getHeight(), contactsbitmap, 0, 0);
             graphics.setColor(Color.WHITE);
             graphics.drawText("Cnt",0,0);
         }
    };

    BFcontacts.setMargin(305,0,0,10);//vertical pos,0,0,horizontal pos
    HFM.add(BFcontacts);

    BFmsg = new ButtonField("Msgs")
    {
      protected void paint(Graphics graphics)
         {
        //Bitmap msgsbitmap = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("messages.jpg");
             //graphics.drawBitmap(0, 0, msgsbitmap.getWidth(), msgsbitmap.getHeight(), msgsbitmap, 0, 0);
             graphics.setColor(Color.WHITE);
             graphics.drawText("Msgs",0,0);
         }
    };

    BFmsg.setMargin(305,0,0,40);//vertical pos,0,0,horizontal pos : original
    HFM.add(BFmsg);

   add(HFM)

A: setMargin(305,0,0,40) // = TOP, RIGHT, BOTTOM, LEFT
The margin is relative to the nearest object of the value specified.
So simply reducing the left value from 40 to something smaller should allow you to fit more objects in the horizontal field.
Possibly you will want to take the (Display.getWidth() - (button.getWidth()*numButtons))/numButtons+1 to calculate even left margin spacing.

A: have u tried using custom manager u can place the contents as per ur choice like this
Create object of this class and add items to it
class BottomManager extends Manager
     {
         BottomManager()
         {
             super(Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLL);
         }
         protected void sublayout(int width, int height)
         {
             Field field = getField(0);
             layoutChild(field,Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight());
             setPositionChild(field,0,0);

             field = getField(1);
             layoutChild(field,Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight());
             setPositionChild(field,10+getField(0).getWidth(),0);

             field = getField(2);
             layoutChild(field,Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight());
             setPositionChild(field,10+getField(1).getWidth(),0);

             field = getField(3);
             layoutChild(field,Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight());
             setPositionChild(field,getField(2).getWidth()+10,0);

             setExtent(Display.getWidth(), 40);
         }
     }

A: I am not sure if i understand your question fully. but if you place all your buttons in HorizontalFieldManager  they will all try to fit in one row now you can set margin for your HorizontalFieldManager to show at bottom or at certain x y position. and then add this Manager to your HFM

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Garmin Enhances "Black Box" Navigator for Automotive OEMs
November 2, 2009 8:00 AM EST
OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today the GVN 54, a next-generation version of its OEM-configurable "black-box" GPS navigation system, featuring the company's latest advanced features and user interface refinements. The GVN 54 can be customized to include built-in GPRS/EDGE connectivity to utilize Garmin Connected services, offering OEMs a plethora of powerful services such as internet-based local search, white page listings, real-time traffic, weather, fuel prices, flight schedules, and much more. The system was announced in conjunction with the SEMA Show, which opens on November 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"The GVN 54 turns a vehicle's A/V system into a leading-edge street navigator," said Roger Jollis, Garmin's director of OEM and mobile marketing. "We're able to accommodate virtually any OEM's requirements by customizing this self-contained navigation module to meet automotive OEM specifications, including connectivity to Garmin Connected Services including traffic, weather, and fuel prices."
Garmin can work with OEMs to design a custom system that features traditional FM-RDS traffic service or a combination of location based services through Garmin nuLink!. This portfolio of location-based services provides direct links to time- and money-saving services like Google™ local search, traffic, weather, fuel prices, movie listings, flight status, local events, and white page telephone listings. Garmin can also collaborate with OEMs to include custom points of interest databases as well as splash screens, vehicle icons, and special branding.
The base GVN 54 module contains a pre-loaded database for either North America or Europe including points of interest, turn-by-turn directions with spoken street names. It has been enhanced with an updated version of the Garmin's award-winning user interface, including lane assist with junction view. These features let drivers see a realistic presentation of road signs and junctions along the route, as well as arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation. Map data is provided by NAVTEQ™ – a world leader in premium-quality mapping. Maps can be easily updated by replacing an SD card. For regions outside of North America and Europe the GVN 54 will support locally sourced Garmin maps where available.
To help drivers make their gas tanks go the extra mile, the GVN 54 comes equipped with ecoRoute™, Garmin's proprietary software that suggests more fuel-efficient routes. In addition to "faster time" and "shorter distance" for route preference, ecoRoute lets nüvi users choose "less fuel" as the best way to save gas and money.
The GVN 54's hardware features an accelerated graphics processor for fast map rendering, simultaneous RGB with CSYNC and composite NTSC outputs, as well as an analog stereo line level output that can interface with a wide variety of head unit displays.
Visit www.garmin.com for more information and pricing.
Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin's products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin is a registered trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2008 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). Copies of these filings are available at www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Garmin International Inc.Ted Gartner, 913-397-8200media.relations@garmin.com


After a very public family feud that has played out in court, the mother of Modern Family actress Ariel Winter wants those closest to her to start the healing process.
Chrystal Workman hopes to put their family drama behind them with the help of professional therapists, a source close to the family told Celebuzz.
"After trial [Nov. 20], Chrystal said she was very happy and hopeful and ready to start counseling with Ariel," said the source.
Despite the decision by the court to keep Winter in the care of her sister, Chrystal wants her teenage daughter to know this legal battle can be all but forgotten in her eyes.
7 Photos Though Winter's parents are separated, her father Glenn Workman's attorney recommended at Tuesday's hearing that he move back into their family home and his estranged wife could move out, which the judge turned down.
Winter's mom has denied the allegations against her, filing court papers Oct. 6 claiming that "she walked in the guest bedroom of her home and found her daughter, Ariel Winter Workman, in bed with boyfriend, [Name Redacted]." As Celebuzz exclusively reported, Chrystal alleges the real reason her daughter went to court is because she attempted to break-up her daughter and her older boyfriend.
In a statement obtained by Celebuzz Tuesday, Winter's parents expressed their family's hopes for the future: "We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. We feel that today was a small victory for our family. We are one step closer to reuniting with our daughter and we were both in court today to let her know we love her and will always be there for her.
4 Photos "Even the judge today agreed that reunification is so important for a family and while Ariel is still temporarily with her sister for now, we remain hopeful that she will be home soon," they added in the statement.
Permanent guardianship of Winter will be determined at a future trial.


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On the Presider-in-Chief
February 19, 2018 February 20, 2018 / gouverneurmorris
It is a testament to the vision of our Framers that a unitary executive, as opposed to a board of legislator-kings, was the model adopted for these United States. It infused the office with not only an individual's energy but also a personal restraint, resting on the judgment of the one who presides where no one else can. It remains in the care taken by those choosing that officer of our Republic along with the caliber and quality of the man himself whether the burden of responsibility is well suited or poorly matched. Above all, the President must preside. If he fails to do that, he has failed the American people.
Though 45 men have served, we offer a list below of its first 40 to compare the similarities (both major and minor) shared with #30 in the series, President Calvin Coolidge.
President Coolidge at the dedication of Mount Rushmore, August 10, 1927. Courtesy of NPS, Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Coolidge is underrated and largely unknown today not because he somehow merited the infamy or did nothing of significance…He actually did quite a lot in his five and a half years in office. He is discounted today because he challenges each American (for him it made no difference the color, the country of origin, or the economic bracket) to do something uncomfortable and downright difficult: to summon a higher citizenship and loftier principles worthy of the country's blessings. He expects more than we all too often have expected of ourselves. He does this because he knows we are capable of better than what we apathetically settle for personally and politically. He long ago saw through the lie that individuals can do nothing to shatter the way things are. He refused waste in all its forms, including the wasteful mentality that life is merely a "lottery" and everyone else is to blame for your failure to win it. Raised closer to realities than many of us have ever known, Coolidge did not learn these truths from college. He learned them from his own daily experiences on the land, with his family's stock, and watching their unapologetic example. He first learned character by seeing character at work.
Those who have presided over the Executive Branch in our constitutional system possess a host of colorful examples, good and bad. With Coolidge, it proved a wiser choice than anyone could have realized…primarily because he first succeeded to office on the unfortunate death of his predecessor. Selected for his own worth, the following year, however, Coolidge demonstrated powerfully that the complexities of national leadership had not outgrown the competency of the Framers' original design. It still worked and he made it look easy: a unitary executive entrusted to preside in office according to his solemn oath, faithfully executing the laws adopted not by some elected royal family nor by a class of those born to govern from Washington. On the contrary, he held office faithfully executing laws passed and granted legitimacy by the people themselves. If the people of the country are disengaged and ambivalent, it will manifest in those they choose to represent them. If the people lack regard for the moral force behind law, the obedience that makes all good things possible, no government can feel it for them. Without that reverence for where laws obtain and secure their validity, no authority on earth can stand.
Photo by Charles D'Emery. Courtesy of NPS, National Park Service.
And so, our list comparing Coolidge with thirty-nine of our Presidents (Note: Only one in this list is currently living. We pause at Ronald Reagan for a couple reasons: a. His great respect for Coolidge forms a natural bookend to the list; and b. He is the last in presidential sequence to step into eternity, as of this piece):
George Washington: Like Coolidge, Washington announced he did not choose to serve again after his second term neared completion.
Adams: Prepared for the Presidency by first serving as second fiddle in the anonymous office of V.P.
Jefferson: Coolidge was the only President born on the Fourth, sharing a lifelong and unique connection to the Declaration.
Madison: Laid the basis for a constitutional respect for dissent and civil liberties out of war.
Monroe: Presided over one of the most peaceful and prosperous periods in American history.
J. Q. Adams: Both enjoyed the honor of their fathers, officeholders themselves, seeing them rise to the highest office in the land.
Jackson: Both men stood firmly against nullification as an illegitimate means of correcting Federal laws.
Van Buren: Helped forge the modern party system that Coolidge held was an essential mechanism for a government of consent, platforms of principles built with popular expression.
William H. Harrison: Both men delivered some of the longest Inaugural Addresses in history.
Tyler: Succeeding upon the death of a President, made clear that the succession of power rested firmly in his hands and no one else.
Polk: Outlined his administration's agenda early and completed his work by the end of that tenure.
Taylor: Presided through Clayton-Bulwer Treaty which laid the basis for legal arbitration of international disputes (a policy Coolidge decisively encouraged) with respect to the sovereignty of smaller American nations – like dismantling the Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine under Coolidge.
Fillmore: Both men of plain tastes, the belief in service and humble living over aggrandizing one's self by office-holding prevailed even after the lures of Washington. Fillmore, like Coolidge, stands among those Presidents not to retire to a grand estate but to unapologetic, "regular," Middle Class American living.
Pierce: As with Lincoln, all three lost sons near the outset of their administrations – feeling helpless to halt its devastation.
Buchanan: Like Coolidge, had only one selection to the Supreme Court, a man who would play a not insignificant role in years to come (Nathan Clifford – one a Democrat, chosen to preside over the Electoral Commission by a Republican; In Coolidge's case, Harlan Stone – a Republican, chosen later as Chief Justice by a Democrat President)
Lincoln: Both lost precious sons during their terms of office, paying the highest cost for the Presidency. Coolidge shared Lincoln's homely sense of humor and eloquence as a thinker and speechwriter.
Andrew Johnson: Stubbornly defended the right of the Executive appointment power against the Senate's attempts to interfere.
Grant: Did his work without fanfare, focusing on payment of the Nation's debt, sound economy, and restoring a peacetime basis to America — defending both the rights of native tribes and former slaves.
Hayes: Both he and Coolidge were enthusiastic advocates of developing technology – from the telephone to the radio and aviation.
Garfield: While Coolidge was not the intellectual Garfield was, both men shared a rich love for great literature and classical learning.
Arthur: Born amongst the hills and valleys of rugged Vermont, yet raised to the White House.
Cleveland: Both unwaveringly guarded the independence of the Executive through adept use of the veto power.
Benjamin Harrison: Advocated peace but prepared the nation for future war, authorizing construction of Navy vessels that would protect America in its next conflict (Harrison for the Spanish-American War; and Coolidge for WWII)
Cleveland (again): Shared his love for fishing – the simple, unadorned art of rod, worm and fish – and engaged in the work of writing articles for popular publications post-presidency.
McKinley: Stood by a high tariff law that protects American labor and investment against cheap goods and low wages.
Theodore Roosevelt: Like Teddy, Coolidge left a strong mark on American conservation, preserving some of our best-loved monuments, battlefields, forests, and parks (Coolidge believed in developing our resources too not merely shutting them off from use or ownership).
Taft: Both saw and addressed the need for government to operate along business and professional standards in budgeting, civil service, and the legal code.
Wilson: Secured a Pact of Peace (Kellogg-Briand Pact) – recognizing American sovereignty and stronger defense – built on law instead of force as the guiding principle.
Harding: Confirmed and extended Harding's "Normalcy" agenda – developing his own talents for press relations and media use to an art form.
Hoover: Though hardly two men more different in outlook, methods or experiences, both men lost mothers at very young ages (Hoover at 9, Coolidge at 12).
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Few could be as different as these two, yet both men utilized the great potential of the press conference and media to inspire, teach, and accomplish policy. Both men shared a rugged determination and irrepressible perseverance.
Truman: Long before Harry uttered the words, Coolidge held firm to the maxim that the "Buck" stops with him, the Executive.
Eisenhower: Like Ike, Coolidge warned against a permanent military bureaucracy, insisting on adequate defense, leaving America prepared for protection of direct interests not as the world's policeman or rental army.
Kennedy: Shared a rise from Massachusetts politics, both men believing in strong national security and the power of religious faith in America.
Lyndon B. Johnson: Shared an extensive practical experience as leaders in Senate bodies – state and federal.
Nixon: Both men believed firmly in the supremacy of the people's judgment, the Great Silent Majority.
Ford: Succeeded following scandals under his predecessor, facing a recalcitrant Congress eager to capitalize on the polarization.
Carter: As a former State Governor, chosen as one outside Washington's establishment.
Reagan: Foreshadowed a vision that restored America's confidence in its ideals and a return to a focus on government at the service of The People instead of people indentured to their government.
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