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From Puerto Rico to Minnesota, Teachers are Rising Up Again
With inflation continuing to rise, contract struggles, particularly among public sector unions, could become increasingly militant as workers look to regain lost wages. Already, teachers in Puerto Rico and Minnesota are leading the way with strikes, strike votes, and demonstrations.
(Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico)
In the last two weeks, teachers in both Puerto Rico and Minnesota have taken to the streets. Though separated by thousands of miles, and a temperature difference of about 60 degrees, their demands are in many ways very similar: Like the teachers who went on strike in 2018, they are marching for better pay, better benefits, and greater funding for schools. However, these struggles are taking place in a period very different from 2018. The pre-pandemic strike wave was driven by decades of austerity and rising rank-and-file militancy born of frustration with do-nothing labor bureaucrats. The pandemic has since galvanized workers even more, especially since rapidly rising inflation has significantly chipped away at already historically low wages. As contracts expire, it is quite likely we will see more militant labor actions in cities across the country. More workers, particularly public union workers facing state budget crunches, are likely to take up the fight to protect themselves and their communities, and to regain what they have lost to inflation and decades of underfunding of public services.
In Puerto Rico, this is already happening. Tens of thousands of public school teachers and thousands of other public workers have been taking part in ongoing strikes and demonstrations in cities across the island. These workers are fighting against cuts to their retirement plans that would force some to work many years longer before qualifying for full retirement; demanding a significant increase to their abysmally low pay; and calling for an end to the most recent debt repayment deal negotiated with U.S. creditors, which would decimate the territory's public finances.
Puerto Rican teachers currently make only $1,700 a month and have not received a raise in more than a decade. This is far less than what is needed to survive on the island, and many teachers are forced to take second or third jobs to get by. Thanks in part to these demonstrations, the governor has promised to at least temporarily increase that wage to $2,700, still $800 less than the $3,500 minimum per month unions were demanding. These teachers have been joined by other public sector employees as well as restaurant workers, who are also calling for better working conditions and higher wages, a trend that could spread as demonstrations and strikes continue.
Meanwhile, hundreds of teachers from two Minnesota school districts — St. Paul and Minneapolis — defied the bitter cold on Saturday and rallied to demand smaller classrooms, safer workplaces, expanded student services, and higher wages. In Minneapolis, members of The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers began voting on a strike authorization plan on Monday, and St. Paul teachers are expected to begin voting on a similar resolution on Thursday. While a strike authorization would not lead to a strike immediately, it might lay the groundwork for strikes in the two biggest school districts in Minnesota.
In a city wracked by several recent episodes of racist police violence, including the killings of George Floyd and Amir Locke, educators are also calling for more mental health resources for their students. As one Minneapolis teacher explained: "Students in Minneapolis and St. Paul have been in the epicenter of a global social justice movement, and they deal with COVID-19. I don't think that people understand the stresses that they've been under, and they're still attempting to learn."
Such demands for smaller classes and improved student services were a hallmark of many of the teachers' strikes in both 2012 and 2018, showing the degree to which struggles around wages and benefits for public service workers can be expanded to include the needs and demands of entire communities. It also shows the willingness of unions to consider strikes as an offensive measure. For decades, public service workers have tended to put the vast portion of their energies into lobbying their state legislatures, wasting hundreds of millions of dues dollars in outreach and get-out-the-vote campaigns for Democratic politicians, even as unionir budgets continued to shrink each year. Breaking free of that trap will not be easy, but these actions, alongside rising inflation, point toward the possibility of a new wave of public sector workers' struggles.
To win these battles will require the involvement of rank and file teachers and workers across all sectors, as well as the participation of the students and communities that they serve. Only by linking these coming struggles with the broader needs of working people and the poor can they truly succeed. This will also require a continued and relentless confrontation with the misleaders of the labor bureaucracies, who will invariably seek out compromise and labor peace and will attempt to hold back and undermine the most militant actions and tactics of the rank and file. Building a truly fighting labor movement will not be easy, but the coming battles may very well offer an opportunity to do just that.
James Dennis Hoff is a writer, educator, labor activist, and member of the Left Voice editorial board. He teaches at The City University of New York.


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The Good Food Co. | Aesthetics Over Health?
Aesthetics Over Health? Is Looking Good More Important Than Feeling Good?
Think about the most recent goal that you have made for yourself in relation to your fitness. Was it an internal goal or an external goal?
I find, more often than not, most individuals have goals that are directly related to their looks. They pay no mind to their internal health.
Have our aesthetics become such a large area of focus that we completely set our health on the back burner? Is it possible to make both internal and external goals that work with one another, and even help the progression of each other?
I find this scenario to be most prevalent within the bodybuilding community. Although, with social media booming and images of "dream fitness bodies" being every other post you see, the general population is falling into the "aesthetics over health" sector as well.
Pushing our bodies to the absolute limits. Achieving a body fat percentage that challenges our biological functions can cause damage to many systems within our bodies including productive, digestive, circulatory and endocrine system.
If you knew that achieving this goal could potentially cause dysfunction within these systems, would you stay on course with achieving said goal? I say, keep the goal but make sure it's about more than just Aesthetics.
In creating health and fitness goals, having an aesthetic body is great but don't lose sight of other goals that should be a part of your aesthetic goal.
The list could go on. These are just a few to mention, that all will help to achieve your aesthetic goal as well.
Scheduling appointments for a routine physical, comprehensive blood work panel, and even a physical fitness test are all great ways to create your current overall health baseline. There are many programs out there designed to achieve aesthetic goals, but they may hinder progression in the above health areas.
Be sure to check in on your baseline throughout your program. Just as you would your weight loss or body fat percentage, checking your overall health baseline is just as important if not more.
When we actually do put internal health first, the appealing aesthetics we may desire will follow.
To think that if we actually take care of our bodies from the inside out, that we may just be able to achieve those strong limbs and flat tummies. Our bodies are smarter than you think.
When we do not feed it well, it will not perform as well. When we do not rest enough, it will not repair efficiently. When we shock it and do crazy deprivation diets and loads of cardio to it, it will rebel and teach you a lesson.
So don't complicate it. Treat your body right, learn what works for your body type and begin to achieve results that will actually last a lifetime.
Are aesthetic and health goals able to coincide with one another? 100% yes!
A bigger question is: Are you able to truly look at your said fitness goals from all angles and take each part of yourself into consideration when setting, establishing a program and achieving your goals? It will take some work and you'll have to be patient, but your body and mind will thank you for the rest of your life.


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The Argus
Railway line reopened following 10-metre landslip (no train could run for a week)
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Engineers have fixed a landslip at Lingfield near East Grinstead (Image: Network Rail)
A railway line has reopened after a 10-metre long landslip caused it to be closed for a week.
No train services were able to run on the line for a week while Network Rail teams reinforced the bank with steel girders.
The landslip happened on Tuesday last week at Lingfield, between East Grinstead and Hurst Green in Surrey following a period of heavy rain.
Engineers placed 44 girders which stabilise and support the embankment, before filling it with 50,000 tonnes of ballast.
READ MORE: Rail operator provides update on work to repair landslip near track
Network Rail's route director for Sussex, Lucy McAuliffe, said: "I'm really pleased to say that we're able to reopen the railway slightly earlier than expected ahead of our midweek target.
"Our teams and contractors have been working really hard to get the landslip fixed as quickly as possible and I'd like to say a huge thank you for their quick response and collaborative efforts.
"I'd like to thank our neighbours living alongside the railway for their patience whilst we carried out this crucial work and those passengers who were faced with more disruption last week.
The Argus: Putting in the steel girders
Putting in the steel girders (Image: Network Rail)
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The line was closed for around an hour today due to a signalling fault.
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Q: Why do we assume that this quadratic has one solution? I'm asking about a question about two lines which are tangents to a circle. Most of the question is quite elementary algebra, it's just one stage I can't get my head round. Picture here:

The circle $C$ has equation $(x-6)^2+(y-5)^2=17$. The lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ are each a tangent to the circle and intersect at the point $(0,12)$. Find the equations of $l_1$ and $l_2$ giving your answers in the form $y=mx+c$.

Both lines have equation $y = mx + 12$ where $m$ represents two gradients to be found (both negative).
The circle has equation $(x-6)^2 + (y-5)^2 = 17$.
Combining the knowledge $y = mx + 12$ for both lines and $(x-6)^2 + (y-5)^2 = 17$ produces the quadratic:
$$(1+m^2)x^2 + (14m−12)x + 68 = 0$$
At this point I was confused about what step to take to get $m$ or $x$. Looking at the worked solution, it says "There is one solution so using the discriminant $b^2 − 4ac = 0$..."
From here it's straightforward algebra again, producing another quadratic based on the $b^2 - 4ac$ of the previous quadratic:
$$(14m−12)^2 - 4 x (1+m^2) + 68 = 0$$
etc. until we have $m = -4$ or $-8/19$.
My question is I don't understand how we can tell it's right to  assume $b^2 - 4ac = 0$ and how we can see that's the right step to take in this question.
Obviously this feels intuitively wrong since we know there are two solutions for m. Is the logic that m is a gradient which intersects with the circle once? But if so, how do you see that this is the right equation to decide it only has one solution? (I had assumed before looking at the worked example if I needed to do something more complicated based on the equations of the radii or the knowledge that the two tangents would be equal length from the circle to where they meet or something.)
As you can tell, this question is based on fairly elementary algebra; I'm more concerned about knowing why this is the right step to take here.
Many thanks for any answers.

A: An approach using geometry:

Let $P = (0,12)$ and the two tangent points be $A, B$. Then $OP^2 = (0-6)^2 + (12-5)^2 = 85$, and the radius $AO^2 = 17$, so $PA^2 = PB^2 = 68$ as tangents to the circle are the same length.
Draw a line connecting $A$ and $B$, and call its intersection with $OP$, $M$. By similarity ($\Delta PAO \sim \Delta AOM$) and using power of a point, $(2k)^2 = (\sqrt{17} + k)(\sqrt{17} - k) \implies 4k^2 = 17 -k^2 \implies k^2 = 17/5$, where $k = AM = BM$.
The line $OP$ has gradient $\frac{5-12}{6-0} = -\frac{7}{6}$, so the equation of the line is $y = -\frac{7}{6}x + 12$. Making a right triangle with $OM$ as the hypotenuse, $\text{run}^2 + \text{rise}^2 = 17/5$, or $x^2 + \left(\frac{7}{6}x\right)^2 = 17/5 \implies x = -\frac{6}{5}$, so $M$ has $x$-coordinate $6 - \frac{6}{5} = \frac{24}{5}$ and $y$-coordinate $\frac{32}{5}$.
Also, since $OP \perp AB$ using another circle theorem, $AB$ has gradient $\frac{6}{7}$ and $AM$ has length $2k$. Drawing another right triangle with hypotenuse $AM$, $x^2 + \left(\frac{6}{7}x\right)^2 = 68/5 \implies x = -\frac{14}{5}$, so $A$ has coordinates $\left(\frac{24}{5} - \frac{14}{5}, \frac{32}{5} - \frac{14}{5} \cdot \frac{6}{7} \right) = (2,4)$. Now $BM$ has the same length in the opposite direction, so $B = \left(\frac{24}{5} + \frac{14}{5}, \frac{32}{5} + \frac{14}{5} \cdot \frac{6}{7} \right) = \left(\frac{38}{5}, \frac{44}{5} \right)$.
Now use point-slope form to find the equation of the lines $PA,PB$, and you will get $-\frac{8}{19}x + 12, -4x + 12$.
Desmos graph is here.

A: When you insert $y=mx+12$ into the circle equation and obtain $$(1+m^2)\cdot x^2 + (14m−12)\cdot x + 68 = 0\label{1}\tag{1}$$ There are two things you can do: solve for $x$ or for $m$. Which of those makes sense?
Notice that in $(\ref{1})$, if you take $x$ as a given constant and solve for $m$, you are answering the question: Given an $x$ intercept of the line through $(0,12)$ with the circle, determine the slope of this line. It might happen that there are two points, one or none on the circle with that given $x$ coordinate, hence the number of solutions for $m$. This isn't, however, what we are looking for.
Instead, the tangent-condition offers us valuable information: there is only one $x$ solution for some $m$ we are looking for. Thus, it makes more sense to solve for $x$ in $(\ref{1})$ with the quadratic equation formula: $$x = \frac{- 7 m + 6\pm\sqrt{-19 m^2 - 84 m - 32} }{m^2 + 1}$$ This might look frightening at a first glance, but remember that we already know that there is exactly one solution for $x$, and this happens precisely when the discriminant is zero: $$\Delta=-19m^2-84m-32=0$$ Which can be solved via the quadratic equation formula. This yields $$\fbox{$\displaystyle m\in\left\{-4, -\frac{8}{19}\right\}$}$$

A: Other people have explained in depth your question about the determinant, and why it's zero. In summary:
When you substitute the line's equation into the circle's equation, the resulting equation says in effect "given a line with formula y=12-mx, for some arbitrary value "m", what values of x does the line intersect/touch the circle?"
The values of "m that we want are those making the line a tangent. But what defines a tangent?
For any given value of "m", that is a tangent to the circle, the line must touch the circle at exactly one point. Not zero points, not 2 points. Just one.
That means the quadratic needs to have a zero determinant, otherwise it would be saying the line crosses the circle at no points (negative determinant, no real root), or 2 points (positive determinant, 2 real roots). So you want values of "m" that make the determinant zero.
You then get an equation for "m", which gives you "gradients where the line will be a tangent to the circle". Its a quadratic because two values of m can do this.
Geometrically, there is a very intuitive solution however, using symmetry
Draw the diagram like this

(Call the distance from the intercept to the centre of the circle, D, I forgot to mark that)
We can immediately see that

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*the two tangents are symmetrical in the sense shown.

*from the equation, the circle's centre and radius are (6,5) and √17.

*the distance from the intercept (0,12) to the circle centre (6,5) is D = √(62+(12-5)2) = √85
Now let's find the angle ɑ. We have a right angle triangle so ɑ = sin-1(D/r) = sin-1(√17/√85) = sin-1(1/√5) = 26.565 degrees.
Last, let's find the angle (not gradient!) of the line between the intercept and the center of the circle. The gradient is (5-12)/6 = -7/6 so the angle is tan-1(-7/6) = -49.399 degrees.
By construction, the two triangles are identical sides and angles, so the two gradients are lines that pass through (0,12) at angles -49.399 ± 26.565 degrees, or -75.965 and -22.834 degrees.
Converting the angles of the lines back to gradients, we get that the tangents have gradients: tan(-75.965) and tan(-22.834), or -4 and -0.421 (which as you expected, is -8/19).
We know that both tangents have lines with formulae y = 12 - mx, because they are straight lines passing through (0,12). Note that ive used "-m" for clarity here, we expect two negative numbers, although mathematically its cleaner to use "+mx".
So the tangents have equations:
y = 12 - 4 x
and
y = 12 - 0.421 x
Not a quadratic in sight!
In general, converting questions about tricky tangents to circles, into questions about right angle triangles based on a radius and a tangent to a circle, is a trick that should be in any mathematician's toolbox.

A: Just to restate the essential point so that it doesn't get buried:

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*The solutions to the equation correspond to intersection points between the line and the circle.  There can be zero, one or two such points.

*If the line does not touch the circle, there are no (real) solutions.

*If the line passes through the interior of the circle, there are two solutions.

*Only if the line is tangent to the circle, i.e. only touches it at one point, will the equation have only one solution.  Since we want to find lines that are tangent to the circle, this is exactly the case that we're interested in.

Conveniently, we also (should) know that a quadratic equation has only one solution if and only if its discriminant is zero.  So we don't actually need to solve the original equation — it's enough to find the value(s) of $m$ for which the discriminant is zero.  But that's just an algebraic shortcut.  If we didn't know this fact already, we could've obtained the same result slightly more laboriously by first applying the quadratic formula to find the (up to) two solutions, and then finding the value(s) of $m$ for which they are equal (i.e. actually just one solution).

A: The intersection point(s) of two curves is given by the solution(s) of their simultaneous equations.
In particular, when a straight line $$y=mx+c\tag1$$ and a circle $$(x−a)^2+(y−b)^2=r^2\tag2$$ intersect at exactly one point, i.e., are tangent to each other, their combined equation$$(x−a)^2+(mx+c−b)^2=r^2\\(m^2+1)x^2+2(mc-mb-a)x+(a^2+b^2+c^2-r^2-2bc)=0$$ has exactly one solution. But since this equation is a quadratic, its discriminant $$4(mc-mb-a)^2-4(m^2+1)(a^2+b^2+c^2-r^2-2bc)\tag3$$ equals $0.$
For our example, plug $c=12,a=6,b=5, r^2=17$ into expression $(3)$ and set it to $0:$ $$4(7m-6)^2-4(m^2+1)(68)=0\\19m^2+84m+32=0\\m=-4 \;\:\text{ or } -\frac8{19}.$$

A: after combining/making substitutions for the equations of a generic line and the circle in the given, 'there's one solution in x' means that the line and the circle only have 1 point of intersection. and that's actually part of the given: 'tangent lines'
graphically, one can confirm that only 2 such lines exist. and when solving for m, this fact should be reflected as well

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Prioritizing: Five Questions for Atlanta
Kristen Schneider
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What a week it's been in the racing world.
No, the crazy changes and announcements didn't continue into the season. The 2017 season opening weekend threw everyone for a loop. Sheet metal dented and Daytona dreams ruined, it's time for drivers – and the sport – to look ahead and put that all behind them.
I have a few questions lingering from that weekend and what it means in the long run. Let's address the two surprise wins (and the one unsurprising victory), along with some other tiny details, in this week's Five Questions.
Does Grala's win spell success or trouble? Eighteen-year-old Kaz Grala captured his first NASCAR Camping World Trucks victory last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, with only 10 starts under his belt. He weathered the carnage-filled race and scored a win out of it. Sounds good, right? Well, others didn't think it was so sweet. Twitter filled with comments of "That's what happens when you have a lot of money," and others with a similar tone. The reaction to Grala's win was split between joy and disdain. This leads me to wonder if this rift will be glorified this season. Out of the three top series, Trucks rewards money and a steady flow of funding the most. With a majority of Truck teams not affiliated with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series organizations and doing it on their own, it's easy for someone with funding to get ahead. Something tells me this will be an on-going trend this season, with racers getting fed up with the divide.
Will a second Daytona win jumpstart Reed's career? The carnage continued on Saturday, with the NASCAR Xfinity Series boys putting on a heck of a show. Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed won after starting on the front row, capturing his second win in his NXS career and at Daytona. He previously won at the restrictor plate track in 2015. The following season was his best to date, with seven top-10s under his belt. Now, 2017 is off to a pretty good start – can he keep that going? Probably not this weekend, that's for sure. His average finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway is 16.3. That's not bad, but it isn't phenomenal, either. A lot of Daytona winners are one-hit wonders, but Reed's hit the bullseye twice. That could be a sign of growth and increased ability – or it means he's a really, really good restrictor plate guy. The win should give the No. 16 team a little momentum, but he still has a lot of growing to do.
Who didn't wreck at Daytona? The weekend's main attraction took place on Sunday and proceeded to tear up a lot of sheet metal. Kurt Busch led a small pack of cars to the checkered flag, with only 15 cars on the lead lap. Some Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series notables who remained in contention until the end are Busch (obviously), Chase Elliott, Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, and Ryan Blaney. They survived the storm – which could be a good sign for the 2017 season. The names that stick out the most are Kahne and Blaney. The driver of the No. 5 needs a decent year; his time at Hendrick Motorsports has been everything but impressive, something that still makes people scratch their heads. His finish on Sunday is notable because it was his ninth top-10 finish. Out of 27 starts, that's a decent-sized percentage. Atlanta is a good track for him as well, with three wins under his belt. Maybe he can ride that high into this weekend. Blaney's hard charge at the end of the Daytona 500 reaffirmed the thought many people have whenever he's on track – this kid is the real deal. If he can keep the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford upfront, it's safe to say it would surprise no one. Sometimes not wrecking at Daytona is luck, but other times, real racers grasp the opportunity.
Can Busch complete the comeback? No one was surprised when the elder Busch brother broke his restrictor plate drought with the biggest race of them all. Close many times, he failed to close the deal and solidify his status as a NASCAR notable – until now. As he danced in the multicolored, confetti rain, I thought about the rollercoaster Busch's life has been over the past five to 10 years. He's been at the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. From ripping up the Associated Press's transcription to getting in a Sporting News writer's face to being falsely accused of domestic violence, Busch has battled his emotions time and time again. His image and future suffered until he straightened up. Now, as this newly-married man basks in one of the greatest accomplishments a racer can ever achieve, it's easy to see winning the Daytona 500 is the least impressive thing he's done. If he can rise from the ashes as he's already done, there's nothing Kurt Busch can't do. I look forward to watching him chase the championship trophy.
Is NASCAR satisfied with chaos? As we look forward to all Atlanta can offer, part of me fails to accept Daytona. Although it entertained and fulfilled its purpose of crowning a victor, it didn't feel right. Every three or so laps would bring a caution and more carnage. Nothing about that seems right. It wasn't the stage implementations themselves that caused the mess; rather, I think drivers overthought the effects of the stages and ended up driving over their heads. On the fan side, long-time watchers disliked it and said it was awful. However, it drew in the occasional viewer, even impressing two Buzzfeed writers enough to warrant an article. That definitely increased the number of eyeballs on the sport. Atlanta won't present the same type of show, which I'm okay with – but is NASCAR? At this time, it seems like they're prioritizing overall image before the racing product. There's nothing "wrong" with that per se, but I'm curious to see if this continues and what the reaction is among NASCAR diehards.
Prioritizing: Five Questions for Atlanta Reviewed by Kristen Schneider on Friday, March 03, 2017 Rating: 5
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Trixie Mattel gets the ax in Dead by Daylight
Drag queen turned scream queen
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"Every time you play this game, it's different," Trixie Mattel said, "because everybody uses these characters different." When she isn't winning RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, launching her own cosmetic company, or hosting UNHhhh with Katya Zamolodchikova, Trixie is playing her favorite game, Dead by Daylight.
"I'm a little more relaxed playing the survivor, but when you're the killer, you have a lot more on your plate, because you have to kill four people, and if you don't get all four kills, it's like... errg." She clenched her fist loosely in frustration (the inch-long nails make it hard to close her hand).
A long time fan of horror games and movies, Trixie loves to put herself in the shoes of the victim. "I like to watch people get killed on camera and be like — what if that was me?" she says wistfully.
On a more serious note, she explained that it's all about becoming familiar with death. "We watch horror movies because we put ourselves in the shoes of the person getting killed and I think it reminds us that we do want to live."
Decked out in full regalia, including vision-blocking fake lashes that made it tricky to see the screen, we had Trixie play a few rounds of Dead by Daylight, and even create her very own Killer.
"This is a nail tech who doesn't clean their tools," she said. "So when the killer catches you, you do get sort-of a nice mani-pedi out of it, but you're probably going to get some kind of nail infection."
Watch the video above to hang out with Trixie as she plays a Survivor and a Killer, and see her ultimate horror creation.
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Shalom Stone, a partner with BMK, filed a lawsuit against Governor Christopher Christie on behalf of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, arguing that a recently enacted statute, which bars the Archdiocese from selling headstones and mausoleums to parishioners, violates the U.S. Constitution.
The Complaint alleges that the statute was enacted at the behest of secular competitors who want to keep the Archdiocese out of the marketplace, and therefore violates the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, the Privileges or Immunities Clause, and the Contracts Clause.
Stone is co-counsel in the case with Jeff Rowes and Gregory Reed, attorneys from the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm in Arlington, Virginia.
Alan S. Goldberger returns to the National Association of Sports Officials Annual Sports Officiating Summit July 26-28 in St. Louis. He will be a featured speaker at the Summit –the only event of its kind addressing critical topics impacting all aspects of the officiating industry. He will speak to referees and umpires of all sports on "The Law, Lawsuit and Liability Landscape," to be followed by a breakout session on sports officials' legal rights and responsibilities. Al will also conduct a special pre-summit program for Missouri officiating leaders: "Official Business – Your Game Officials and the Law" — presented in cooperation with the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA).
Rebekah Conroy is an experienced trial attorney who appears regularly in state and federal courts, Rebekah's practice is focused on complex business litigation including contract and franchise disputes, products liability actions, shareholder and intra-family financial disputes, and the representation of attorneys in ethics proceedings. Rebekah also defends clients in white-collar criminal matters involving, among other things, charges of bank and wire fraud, commercial bribery and other financial crimes.
Ken Moskowitz, Steve Rowland and Shalom Stone are representing an international storage and logistics company in connection with an insurance coverage dispute that presents a substantial issue of New Jersey law. The matter has already been litigated in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the coverage issue may now be resolved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
BMK won summary judgment for its client in the federal trial court. The District Court held that our client was entitled to coverage under its Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy for the damages caused by the client's subcontractor to property belonging to a customer. Among other things, the District Court held that the property damage at issue constituted an "occurrence" under the CGL policy, and that the client was entitled to indemnity under the policy and to reimbursement of the attorneys' fees that had been expended in litigating the coverage matter.
The Third Circuit heard oral argument on the insurance carrier's appeal in June 2015, and recently took the extraordinary measure of petitioning the New Jersey Supreme Court for certification to resolve what the Third Circuit regards to be a substantial and unsettled question of New Jersey insurance law.
Specifically, the Third Circuit has asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to resolve the issue of whether the damage caused to the property of the insured's customer by the defective work of the insured's subcontractor constitutes an "occurrence" under the standard form of CGL policy that has been in effect since 1986. The case presents an important and recurring issue not only in New Jersey, but nationwide. Courts across the country have repeatedly cited New Jersey law (the Weedo doctrine) in addressing the issue which may now be resolved directly by New Jersey's highest court.
Coincidentally, the day before the Third Circuit petitioned the New Jersey Supreme Court for certification in our client's case, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Cyprus Point Condominium Association, Inc. v. Adria Towers, LLC, A-2767-13T1, held that, in analogous circumstances, a subcontractor's faulty workmanship constitutes an "occurrence" within the meaning of the insured general contractor's CGL policy.
In the event that the New Jersey Supreme Court certifies the issue presented in our client's case, the matter will likely be heard early next year.
The M&A Forum is comprised of M&A professionals from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including accountants, attorneys, bankers, intermediaries, financial advisors and strategic consultants. Although it is still relatively new, the impact of the Forum is already evident. To date, one significant financing has been completed as a result of communications among Forum members and several M&A transactions are in the early stages. The Forum hosts guest speakers to present to the members. For more information, contact Stuart Brown at sbrown@bmk-law.com.
Partner Rick Schkolnick has created and, on September 17, will moderate a half-day seminar sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Association's Land Use Section, titled "The Hotly Contested Land Use Application: Case Studies, Social Media and Ethical Considerations." This seminar will bring together land use practitioners and judges from throughout the state to discuss practice and procedures related to "hotly contested" land use matters.
Partner Alan Goldberger served as a panelist for "Legal Issues Implicating Referees and Officials" at the 41st Annual Sports Lawyers Association Conference in Baltimore. The Sports Lawyers Association is a non-profit, international professional organization whose common goal is the understanding, advancement and ethical practices of sports law.
Alan also spoke at the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials annual meeting, the US Lacrosse National Convention (for the seventh consecutive year) and the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials National Convention.


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Q: Firebase Messaging service worker on chrome I am trying to implement FCM chrome client on Eclipse IDE.
Using Javascript, I am trying to register the default service worker : firebase-messaging-sw.js but the path for this js file cannot be resolved by project.
The SDK is searching for this file at hosting level: /firebase-messaging-sw.js i.e. https://localhost:8080/firebase-messaging-sw.js but not at https://localhost:8080/myapp/firebase-messaging-sw.js
Therefore, I get Error :
Firebase Service worker not found while using GWT (404 Error)
How can I resolve this issue ?

A: Service workers by default should reside on the root of the application. To register a service worker st some other location than the default location, you can use the following code.
if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
  navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw-test/sw.js', {scope: '/sw-test/'})
  .then(function(reg) {
    // registration worked
    console.log('Registration succeeded. Scope is ' + reg.scope);
  }).catch(function(error) {
    // registration failed
    console.log('Registration failed with ' + error);
  });
}

From MDN,

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*The outer block performs a feature detection test to make sure service workers are supported before trying to register one.

*Next, we use the ServiceWorkerContainer.register() function to register the service worker for this site, which is just a JavaScript
  file residing inside our app (note this is the file's URL relative to
  the origin, not the JS file that references it.)

*The scope parameter is optional, and can be used to specify the subset of your content that you want the service worker to control. In
  this case, we have specified '/sw-test/', which means all content
  under the app's origin. If you leave it out, it will default to this
  value anyway, but we specified it here for illustration purposes.

*The .then() promise function is used to chain a success case onto our promise structure.  When the promise resolves successfully, the
  code inside it executes.

*Finally, we chain a .catch() function onto the end that will run if the promise is rejected.

  This registers a service worker, which runs in a worker context, and
  therefore has no DOM access. You then run code in the service worker
  outside of your normal pages to control their loading.


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Q: 'When an item is created or modified' trigger not firing until manually saved I'm running into an odd issue where my Flow will not trigger correctly upon modifying a list item. I have flow set up to copy appended Col1 content to Col2 which can then be listed as an 'updated comment' in my list's default view.
It's the same logic as a SP2013 workflow I've been using, but for whatever reason the flow will not automatically trigger when an item is created/modified in my list - it will only trigger if I go back into the flow and manually save it (the Flow) again. Additionally, if I manually save the Flow a second time, it wipes Col2's existing content.
I am not intimately familiar with any quirks found in the 'When an item is created or modified' SharePoint trigger in Flow, but it's possible I'm missing something obvious.
Below is the logic I'm using.
'Comment Update' MS Flow example
Any help would be much appreciated, I haven't been able to find any posts going over this Flow trigger specifically. It seems like there would either be a very obvious solution to this, or this is a glaring bug with Flow.
Thank you for your time.


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#2932: B'omarr Monk
Posted by Ethan Wilson in Reviews and tagged with 90s, B'omarr Monk, Kenner, Mail Away, Power of the Force II, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars October 24, 2021
B'OMARR MONK
STAR WARS: POWER OF THE FORCE II (KENNER)
So, these days, I fear, like, nothing, but other people do fear things, and one of those things, at least pretty consistently, is spiders. Seriously, when I bring up my lack of fears, it's like a 50/50 chance that the next question that follows is "Even spiders?" Why am I talking about everyone's fear of spiders? Well, I wanna be kind to my readers who aren't so big on them, so I'm gonna give a little bit of a content warning on the pictures that go along with today's review. Enter at your own peril.
Seriously, look at that thing. Did you really want to see that? I mean, probably, because you're here. And so am I. Because I fear nothing. Not even the B'omarr Monk, a robot spider thing that's been freaking out audiences since Return of the Jedi hit in 1983. It's so freaky that they didn't even give it a proper retail release. And it's even in a blank white box, allowing completists with arachnophobia to still be completists, I guess. That seems nice of Kenner. They really did care.
The B'omarr Monk was added to Kenner's Power of the Force line in 1997, a year with a lot of Jabba's Palace focus. They were offered as an internet exclusive. You could download the form for them from Kenner's site, and mail it in with the appropriate fee. Yes, internet exclusives worked really differently in 1997. So archaic. Just one step up from stone tablets and smoke signals, really. Further adding to this archaic feeling is that the Monk shipped disassembled. You had to pop those spindly little not-spider legs on there yourself. Once that's done, the figure is about 5 inches tall and has 8 points of articulation. It's not exceedingly agile or anything, but all of the legs can move around to aid in some slightly more stable standing. Very exciting. The sculpt was new to this figure, though Hasbro did get one more release out of it a few years later. It's a pretty solid one. The details, especially on the core body, are pretty spot-on, and also rather sharp. The brain in the jar is certainly cool looking as well. The paint work was generally pretty simple; they're mostly just basic molded plastic, but there are a few painted details. The blue in the jar is cool, even if it's technically inaccurate. There were no accessories included with this figure, though, given its size, that's not terribly surprising.
The Monk is another one of those rather recent additions to my collection. I got it back in the fall of 2019, from a big Star Wars collection that came into All Time. I never got t experience most of the mail away figures as a kid, so it's been fun getting to do that. The Monk is really more of a background piece than anything else, but it's cool in the Jabba's Palace playset, so that works out pretty well.
barbecue17
October 25, 2021 at 1:02 pm ∞
I still have my B'omarr Monk from that promotion. It was funny just how different obtaining exclusives was back then. The Lays Spirit of Obi-Wan, the Fruit Loops Han in Stormtrooper disguise. Good memories! Toy Fare magazine loved to use this guy in their Big Shots strips, too.
It was really a totally different game, but it was a lot of fun. I had totally forgotten about this guy's usage in Toy Fare!
December 23, 2021 at 8:48 pm ∞
I have one of these with the white box that a friend gave me over twenty years ago. Are they worth much these days?
They're worth some sentimental value, but beyond that, not really. Most of the mailaways were produced in pretty heavy numbers, and a lot of people bought multiples of them hoping for an investment, meaning there are a ton of them still out there and readily available. It's kind of true of Power of the Force II in general, really
Thanks Ethan… I've always wondered. It's one of the cooler looking small figures I have though.
#3274: He-Who-Remains
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#2933: Captain America →


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Q: Faulty Luhn algorithm function? In my PayPal Pro credit card payment system, I use the Luhn algorithm function given in the first answer to this question. However, I have several US clients who apparently tried to pay with their credit cards and their details were rejected by the function (return false), although my script allows them to try any number of times.
At the same time, I know other clients' CC details were indeed accepted by the function and payments were successful.
I conclude there must be something wrong with the function itself. Is that possible?

A: To answer your question I'd have to get a look at your function.  You didn't include that here for review.
That said, I'm curious why you're messing with that at all..??  If the credit card is invalid the PayPal API will return an error that informs the user of this.  Let their system handle it for you.  No need to add extra checks of your own.


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Fast forward a few years, and they've completed two reality renovation television shows, run a successful Design & Construction Business and are regulars on Network 10's The Living Room. Over the past five years alone, Kyal and Kara have project-managed, designed or completed over 35 renovation projects. It's what they're passionate about!
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The PSF Jobs Volunteer Team: Community Service Award Q1 2018 Recipient
The popularity of the Python language has increased exponentially in recent years. Notably, Stack Overflow highlighted Python as the fastest growing major programming language. As Pythonistas, we know why: Python is easy to learn, solves real world problems in a variety of fields, and has an amazingly friendly community.
With its success, companies around the world are using Python to build and improve their products, creating a growing need for people that know – or are willing to learn – the language. Today you can see Python's popularity reflected in the growing supply of Python-related jobs with a quick internet search. Or you can head over to the the Python official site and look at the Python Jobs board! Created in 2010 as a way to connect developers and companies, the Python Jobs board was relaunched in early 2015 and has since been run by an awesome team of volunteers.
It's with great pride that the Python Software Foundation has awarded Jon Clements, Melanie Jutras, Rhys Yorke, Martijn Pieters, and Marc-Andre Lemburg with the Q1 2018 Community Service Award:
RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the Q1 2018 Community Service Award to the following members of the PSF Jobs Volunteer Team for the many hours they have contributed to reviewing and managing the hundreds of job postings submitted on an annual basis: Jon Clements, Melanie Jutras, Rhys Yorke, Martijn Pieters, and Marc-Andre Lemburg.
PSF Jobs Volunteer Team: A Team of Dedicated Volunteers
As a job poster, all you need to do is register on the Python website and create a job posting filling out the required information. Then, the Jobs Volunteer Team will review them one by one against a list of criteria – such as text format, the job description and how it is related to Python. The entry can be automatically published or sent back to its author with a review note. The process may seem simple, but imagine doing that for hundreds of jobs each year - that's a lot of responsibility!
The PSF Jobs Volunteer team has five members, including members Marc Andre and Rhys York.
Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany. He has a degree in mathematics from the University of Düsseldorf.
His work with Python started in 1994.
As a Python Core Developer, Marc-Andre designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python 2.0, and authored the mx Extensions. He is also the EuroPython Society (EPS) Chair, a Python Software Foundation (PSF) founding Fellow and co-founded a local Python meeting in Düsseldorf (PyDDF). He served on the board of the PSF and EPS for many terms and loves to contribute to the growth of Python wherever he can.
Rhys grew up in a small town in Ontario, Canada where he developed a passion for drawing, writing and technology.
He began working in 1999 on Marvel Comics' Deadpool, and since that time has had the opportunity to work on ThunderCats, G.I. Joe, Battle of the Planets, and a number of exciting properties. He works in the film, television and video game industries - notably on Funcom's "The Secret World", Drinkbox's "Tales from Space: About a Blob" and Ubisoft's "FarCry 5".
Rhys recently wrapped on the third season of the science-fiction television series "The Expanse" as well as on the film "Polar". Rhys is also currently working as Art Director at Brown Bags Films on an undisclosed animation project. As if that wasn't enough, Rhys teaches Python to children and adults as well. Rhys is very passionate about promoting programming literacy.
Engagement, Challenges and the Future of the Python Job Board
Explaining his involvement with the PSF Jobs Volunteer Team, Marc-Andre says,
"I took over the Job Boards project after the previous maintainer, Chris Wither, left the project in 2013. I kickstarted the relaunch project in February 2014 to migrate the old job board to the new platform.
The project was on hold for several months between August 2014 and January 2015, but then picked up speed again and we were able to relaunch the Job Board on March 19th 2015.
Since then a team of reviewers has been working hard to keep up with the many job postings we get each day."
The Jobs Team faced several challenges during the platform redesign, such as managing the project, rethinking the review process, and finding people to help and. Following the relaunch the team faced additional challenges in keeping up with processing all the job posts that were remaining in the backlog.
As for the future of the Team, Rhys wants to continue providing a service to the Python community and Marc-Andre has worked with the PSF to turn the group into a PSF Working Group as of July 24, 2018. This change will enable to group to get more recognition from the PSF and the Python community at large.
If you want contribute and be a part of the Team, Marc-Andre says:
Today, the job reviews are pretty easy to manage. We have laid out a set of rules which work well and reviews don't take long to do anymore. The process is documented here.
There are still a few rough edges in the system, so if there are Django programmers willing to help, please get in contact with Berker Peksağ and submit Pull Requests for the open issues we have on the tracker.
Rhys adds, "Do it. Even if you have little time, giving back to the community is a rewarding experience."
Marc-Andre, member of The PSF Jobs Volunteer Team
Posted by Jonatas Baldin at 7/26/2018 09:00:00 AM
The Happy Medium: Distinguished Service Award Winner Tim Peters
When Tim Peters started working on Python, his first advice for Guido van Rossum was that programmers want to add ints and floats. From the beginning, Python had both kinds of numbers, just like today, but adding them together then required a cumbersome type-cast. Peters argued that Python should implicitly convert ints to floats, like most other languages, for programmers' sake: "That is a very common operation for anyone who works with floating point numbers," Van Rossum recalls him saying, "so you've got to do it this way."
Ever since, Peters has pushed the language in this direction. He insists that Python should be a practical language that caters to the needs of programmers, and he has a knack for guiding design debates to achieve this goal. In recognition of his contributions, the PSF presented Tim Peters with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award.
A Realist Algorithm
"Timsort is Tim's grand opus," says Van Rossum. The algorithm is not only the standard sort for Python; when Java developer Joshua Bloch saw its merit for sorting real-world data, he incorporated it into the Java standard library as well. The genius of Timsort is to recognize how data naturally occurs in everyday programs: it's less likely to be randomly ordered than to be partly ordered, or ordered in reverse. Programmers usually throw such data at a sorting function anyway, and a theoretically elegant algorithm like Quicksort won't recognize the shortcuts it could take to save work. Timsort is designed to recognize such opportunities and deploy efficient tricks for them.
Timsort is optimized for the world not as we imagine it, but as it is. This realism is characteristic of the Python language as a whole. It flows from Van Rossum's taste in design, which Peters distilled into a poem in 1999.
The Zen of Python
It's only 19 lines. But this short list of precepts has influenced the language and the programs written in it profoundly. It is a shared literature for Python programmers, in the same way that most English speakers know certain lines of Shakespeare. Python's designers quote the Zen of Python in PEP debates, and programmers reviewing code in their own Python projects use the Zen to support their opinions.
Guido van Rossum says, "You can use it to motivate a design choice, but it's not scripture. It can't be the only reason to choose a particular design. You still have to put your thinking cap on." Just like the Zen Buddhist sayings that inspired it, Peters's text isn't dogma. Indeed, for every commandment the Zen of Python hands down, there is also a joke or a contradiction to remind us to take it lightly.
Core developer Carol Willing summarizes the Zen of Python's message like this: "We're going to meet constraints in a way that makes good common sense first, so you can maintain the code and people can understand the code." It's this commonsense approach that makes Python a joy to use. Willing began coding on a mainframe at Bell Labs when she was in fifth grade in 1976; in all her years as a programmer the most enjoyable have been her years with Python. She says, "Every day I get to use it makes me feel like a kid again." Now, when she teaches Project Jupyter interns each summer, one of her first instructions is to type "import this".
Willing extends Python's Zen to its community, too. She says that "Beautiful is better than ugly" is a good guide for talking with our colleagues. "There's an ugly way of saying things, and a more respectful, nicer way of saying things. Maybe we should err on the side of being respectful and nice."
A Happy Medium
In Guido van Rossum's estimation, Peters's biggest contribution to the community has been his years of answering questions and guiding debates on the Python mailing list, writing each message precisely and cheerfully. PSF director Thomas Wouters agrees: "Tim is just never flustered. He always takes it in good humor and it definitely has an effect on everyone else, as well." Even an experienced developer like Carol Willing says that when she sees a post from Peters on a topic she knows, she'll take the time to read it for new insights or new ways of explaining.
In design debates, Peters invented a notion of "channeling Guido" to free Van Rossum from the overflow of emails. He claimed to act like a spirit medium speaking with Van Rossum's voice, but this understates Peters's influence. "He was a mentor for me," says Van Rossum. "He combines incredible technical skills with insight into what the person he's communicating with is missing or needs to see, with a patient way of explaining. He showed me that style of communicating which I strive for but can't always do."
Recently, in the wake of contentious debate over the ":=" operator, Guido van Rossum resigned as BDFL. Tim Peters, too, is less active on Python mailing lists than before. The Python community can no longer rely on one individual and his channeler for guidance. As Brett Cannon wrote, "a key asset that Guido has provided for us as a BDFL is consistency in design/taste." As a summary of Van Rossum's thinking, the Zen of Python is now more important than ever.
Images: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden.
Posted by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis at 7/18/2018 12:28:00 PM
Ophidia in Urbe - PyLondinium Arrives
Latin scholars will tell you that "Ophidia in Urbe," the tag line for PyLondinium (London, June 8-10), is Latin for "Snakes in the City".
The snakes, of course, are Pythonic and "the city" is the City, the banking district of London, specifically Bloomberg's new European headquarters, just across the way from the Bank of England. It's a beautiful building and it contains the carefully excavated and reconstructed remains of a 3rd century Roman temple to Mithras. Ergo (as those Romans would say) the need for a Latin tagline.
But what's really distinctive about PyLondinium is the whole idea behind it. PyLondinium was intended to be a small conference that 1) offered great talks, 2) had a very affordable ticket price, and 3) raised a reasonable amount of money for the benefit of the PSF and its programs around the world. And all of this in London, one of the more expensive cities in the world.
With the London and UK Python community at hand, getting great talks was the easy part. Keeping prices low and still raising money for the cause was a harder problem.
Founder and chair of the conference, Mario Corchero, had an answer to that problem. One of several Bloomberg employees also involved in the Python community, Mario was also the chair of last year's PyCon España (and co-chair of the PyCon Charlas track), and several other Spanish employees of Bloomberg London had been on the PyConES organizing team. The inspiration of Mario and his team was to combine their own organizing experience with Bloomberg's sponsorship, which provided the venue and the food.
The result was a strong first time conference - selling 270 tickets, with 2 days of talks preceded by a day with a dateutils sprint, a PyLadies tutorial, and a Trans*Code hackday, in the heart of London, all for a standard ticket price of only £35. Even better, to support diversity anyone attending the PyLadies or Trans*Code events (both free) also got a free ticket to the main conference if they wanted. Feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive, and PyLondinium looks poised to build on that success in the future.
And what about raising money for the PSF? Yes, PyLondinium did a great job with that as well, sending $14,000 to the PSF to support Pythonic communities and activities around the world.
Thank you from the PSF, and well done, you!
(PyLondinium photos are available and videos are coming soon)
Posted by Naomi Ceder at 7/05/2018 09:06:00 AM
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What is so good about being an Au pair? Going abroad as an Au pair is a fascinating experience and, if you decide to go ahead, will require certain documentation. It offers you a unique opportunity to discover not only a foreign country, but also its people, its society and its culture. Being an Au pair is not just "a trip abroad" – it is a cultural exchange programme. There is no better way to really come to know a foreign culture than being part of that culture, living with a family. Furthermore, you learn a foreign language as it is spoken by real people, in real-life everyday situations. But as an Au pair you also find out a lot about yourself and your own culture. You will learn to see your own culture and your own society in a new light, through the eyes of a foreigner.
Whether you're looking for beautiful countryside or rich heritage in the cities, you'll find it in Ireland. So now, you've decided you want to go abroad as an Au pair. Where to go is your next decision. Of course, there are other possibilities, apart from Ireland. The U.K. or the U.S., for example. We admit to being a little biased, however, when we recommend Ireland as the best possible environment for an Au pair. It is a country steeped in culture and heritage, it is easily accessible from your country, it is safe, and last but not least, the people are friendly and welcoming. in your free time, a bus or train ride will take you to see spectacularly beautiful Kerry. How about going on a trip via pony and "trap" around the National Park in Killarney? Or visiting the wonderful Gap of Dunloe? Or paying a visit to the Burren in County Clare? On the other hand, maybe you're someone who likes city life. Well why not take a train from Cork to Dublin's Heuston Station and spend Saturday wandering around Grafton Street, drinking coffee, doing a little shopping, and soaking up the music of the buskers… Have we convinced you yet?
Before Au pairs arrive in Ireland, it is ASE's policy to check and assess every host family's suitability to our cultural exchange programme.
We then seek to find the best possible match for every Au pair and every family.
Upon her arrival, every Au pair receives a letter, welcoming her to Ireland and inviting her to an orientation meeting. She is also given a hotline number of her German-speaking contact person in Ireland.
A few days after her arrival, we will ring her, introduce ourselves, ask her how she is settling in and whether she has any questions. We will also provide her with the contact details of other Au pairs who live in her area.
Bi-weekly meetings for Au pairs take place in a typical Irish pub, the AN SPAILPIN FANACH, on South Main Street opposite the former Beamish Brewery in Cork City Centre. There, Au pairs can meet their contact person, meet other Au pairs, share their experiences, address possible issues and difficulties… and have a lot of fun.
And there is more, such as Christmas parties, whale watching boat trips, and so on… keep an eye on our Events.
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You may have just a smattering of English now. In a year, though, things will be very different. In cooperation with the Language Centre of University College Cork, Au pair Service Europe offers English classes which are specifically designed for Au pairs. The courses are available at affordable rates and have been set up with the specific requirements of Au pairs in mind. Our experienced teachers are looking forward to meeting you. The courses are offered on various levels, including a preparation course for the Cambridge Certificate. More information regarding the courses, prices etc. will be provided at the orientation meetings.


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"So What Could It Be?" –Mystery Dimming Star KIC 8462852 –'200 Astronomers Rule Out Alien Megastructures'
Posted on Jan 3, 2018 in Uncategorized
There are more answers to be found. "This latest research rules out alien megastructures, but it raises the plausibility of other phenomena being behind the dimming," says Penn State astrophysicist, Jason Wright. "There are models involving circumstellar material—like exocomets, which were Boyajian's team's original hypothesis—which seem to be consistent with the data we have." Wright also points out that "some astronomers favor the idea that nothing is blocking the star—that it just gets dimmer on its own—and this also is consistent with this summer's data."
A team of more than 200 researchers, including Penn State Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Assistant Professor Jason Wright and led by Louisiana State University's Tabetha Boyajian, is one step closer to solving the mystery behind the "most mysterious star in the universe." KIC 8462852, or "Tabby's Star," nicknamed after Boyajian, is otherwise an ordinary star, about 50 percent bigger and 1,000 degrees hotter than the Sun, and about than 1,000 light years away. However, it has been inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other. Several theories abound to explain the star's unusual light patterns, including that an alien megastructure is orbiting the star.
The mystery of Tabby's Star is so compelling that more than 1,700 people donated over $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign in support of dedicated ground-based telescope time to observe and gather more data on the star through a network of telescopes around the world. As a result, a body of data collected by Boyajian and colleagues in partnership with the Las Cumbres Observatory is now available in a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
"We were hoping that once we finally caught a dip happening in real time we could see if the dips were the same depth at all wavelengths. If they were nearly the same, this would suggest that the cause was something opaque, like an orbiting disk, planet, or star, or even large structures in space" said Wright, who is a co-author of the paper, titled "The First Post-Kepler Brightness Dips of KIC 8462852." Instead, the team found that the star got much dimmer at some wavelengths than at others.
"Dust is most likely the reason why the star's light appears to dim and brighten. The new data shows that different colors of light are being blocked at different intensities. Therefore, whatever is passing between us and the star is not opaque, as would be expected from a planet or alien megastructure," Boyajian said.
The scientists closely observed the star through the Las Cumbres Observatory from March 2016 to December 2017. Beginning in May 2017 there were four distinct episodes when the star's light dipped. Supporters from the crowdfunding campaign nominated and voted to name these episodes. The first two dips were named Elsie and Celeste. The last two were named after ancient lost cities—Scotland's Scara Brae and Cambodia's Angkor. The authors write that in many ways what is happening with the star is like these lost cities.
"They're ancient; we are watching things that happened more than 1,000 years ago," the authors wrote. "They're almost certainly caused by something ordinary, at least on a cosmic scale. And yet that makes them more interesting, not less. But most of all, they're mysterious."
The method in which this star is being studied—by gathering and analyzing a flood of data from a single target—signals a new era of astronomy. Citizen scientists sifting through massive amounts of data from the NASA Kepler mission were the ones to detect the star's unusual behavior in the first place. The main objective of the Kepler mission was to find planets, which it does by detecting the periodic dimming made from a planet moving in front of a star, and hence blocking out a tiny bit of starlight. The online citizen science group Planet Hunters was established so that volunteers could help to classify light curves from the Kepler mission and to search for such planets.
"If it wasn't for people with an unbiased look on our universe, this unusual star would have been overlooked," Boyajian said. "Again, without the public support for this dedicated observing run, we would not have this large amount of data."
Boyajian said, "It's exciting. I am so appreciative of all of the people who have contributed to this in the past year—the citizen scientists and professional astronomers. It's quite humbling to have all of these people contributing in various ways to help figure it out."
The Daily Galaxy via Pennsylvania State University


The Manitoba Museum is bringing the 1919 General Strike back to life.
"This coming May 15 will mark the 100th anniversary of a unique moment in Canadian history, when 35,000 Winnipeg citizens demanded change by staging a massive general strike," museum curator of history, Roland Sawatzky, told staff and labour rights supporters Thursday at the unveiling of an interactive exhibit to mark the centenary.
The walkout stopped work, halted factory production and stalled an entire city, as workers tried to force business to recognize organized labour unions and improve wages and working conditions. For more than a month, the shockwaves reverberated across the country, triggering a rise of unionism and sympathetic labour action from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and inflamed fears of a Bolshevik-style revolution.
The strike ended June 21, 1919, on "Bloody Saturday." The city's mayor, Charles Gray, read the Riot Act, mounted police charged the unarmed crowds, a striker was shot dead, another died later of his wounds, strike leaders were arrested and the military patrolled the city's streets.
"This coming May 15 will mark the 100th anniversary of a unique moment in Canadian history, when 35,000 Winnipeg citizens demanded change by staging a massive general strike," museum curator of history, Roland Sawatzky, told staff and labour rights supporters Thursday at the unveiling of an interactive exhibit to mark the centenary.
Manitoba unions and other organizations are hosting a number of events this year to mark the centenary of the 1919 General Strike. Here's a partial list so far.
May 11 — Manitoba unions are hosting a 1919 social, presented by Myers LLP, at the Ukrainian Labour Temple (sold out).
May 15 — Winnipeg General Strike Centennial Gala Dinner at RBC Convention Centre, presented by the Manitoba Building Trades.
May 15 — One-time performance of the Winnipeg Labour Choir, revived for 100th anniversary, at the Ukrainian Labour Temple. Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6 p.m. Performance at 7:30 p.m.
May 25 — Manitoba unions will celebrate the Solidarity Forever Parade, presented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832. Route runs from the Exchange District to the legislature.
May 28-30 — Unifor plays host to the Prairie Regional Council conference. About 250 delegates from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are expected to attend.
June 18-25 and July 2-5 — Rainbow Stage is performing Strike! The Musical.
The movie Stand! — based on the musical Strike! — is finished, but a release date has yet to be announced.
"The Dominion of Canada had bared its teeth and the strike was called off," Sawatzky said at the entrance to the exhibit.
"The strike was a failure, but many of its leaders entered the political domain. Labour slowly formed political parties, affecting public opinion and pressuring other parties to take labour issues seriously."
Among them: John Queen, a strike leader, who later served as Winnipeg mayor (1935-36, 1938-42). He was also elected to the Manitoba legislature while serving a prison sentence related to strike activity.
And Les Paulley, a 17-year-old labour supporter who witnessed first-hand the police charge on the strikers.
"I can remember him saying something to the effect that he managed to pick up a rock to throw at them. Then he disappeared from sight as quick as he could because of the violence," said Paulley's son, Lance, who took in the opening tour with a half-dozen relatives.
The 1919 strike is sunk deep in the family's roots.
Les Paulley would stay active in the labour movement the rest of his life, putting in his hours on the job at the Canadian Pacific railyards in Winnipeg and organizing unions behind the scenes.
His brother, Russ Paulley, would emerge as a labour and political leader, serving as an MLA for more than 20 years and was the first leader of Manitoba's New Democratic Party.
The exhibit brings the chaos and the tension of the era back to life. Depression, mass unemployment and inflation, the rise of industrial unionism, the Russian Revolution, all of it contributed to the post-First World War labour unrest, the tinder to the spark for the 1919 strike.
Propaganda inflamed tempers. Employers banded together as the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand and ran off a daily newspaper, blaming the strike on Eastern European agitators they dubbed "enemy aliens."
Those elements play out in displays of artifacts, visual projections and original film footage. A short documentary can be viewed at the Allen Theatre, along with oral history excerpts at four locations in the museum's Urban Gallery.
Dramatized dialogues bring to life different perspectives of the strike: a former soldier argues with an immigrant striker, a maid tries to calm the lady of a wealthy household, labour leader Helen Armstrong rallies an angry young striker.
"This exhibition isn't comfortable. As you explore the different buildings and rooms (that make up the Urban Gallery), you'll be reminded of the divisions in our city in 1919, a time when the old foundations of society were trembling underfoot," Sawatzky said.
"It still resonates because people see unions under threat, either through automation or globalization or the gig economy. A lot of people take unions for granted, and it's really important to remember unions are the bedrock for the standard of living of Canadians today."


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Abraham Solomon de Camondo
The Musée de Nissim de Camondo and Malmaison meet in the Middle East, are furnished by far-flung itineraries of modernity, and come to rest in Paris. A section of my "Politics/History of Display" course will feature house museums, specifically those that are shaped by their owners' identities and/or collections outside of Europe, and these sites offer treasure troves of possibilities. "Treasure" is an operative word, in all its problematics. The houses house treasures, the houses are treasures, all bespeaking histories of fascination, exchange, and exploitation (capitalism and culture) . There's no comparing them: they are stopping points along the long trajectory that has linked France and the Middle East since the Crusades in the 12th century. Nissim de Camondo's path to Paris begins in 1492, when Queen Isabella of Spain exiled all Jews from her kingdom. The family emigrated to Venice, and 300 years later when the Austrians came, to Istanbul. At the very same time that Napoleon was leading his wild campaigns in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801), Abraham Solomon Camondo and his family established what would become the Imperial Ottoman bank in 1863 with a thriving subsidiary in Paris as of 1869.
Beatrice and Nissim de Camondo
In 1870, King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy made Abraham a hereditary count, changing the family name to "de Camondo" in honor of the family's contributions to Italy during another set of Austria attacks. A new country bestowing an ancient title on an esteemed family. Abraham would join his son Moïse in Paris and die there three years later. He would be buried in the Jewish cemetery of Istanbul and that wish, and images of him, close out the long chapter we know of this family that began in Spain. The rather stunning shift in costume and demeanor from Abraham to Nissim in these two photos tell a tale of modernity, of France and the Ottoman Empire, of this family negotiating two worlds. Moïse, son of Abraham, built the house you can visit today in the posh 16th arrondissment near the Parc Monceau in 1911, and raised his two children, Nissim and Beatrice, there.
Books bound unbounded at the
Musée Nissim de Camondo
There is a strange intimacy in this house. Everything seems so whole, so complete: no restorations, no substitutions: these are the books of Moïse, these are the hallways that Nissim and Beatrice ran down, this is the dining room where they ate, here is the porcelain collection they used. The house was only lived in for 14 years: Nissim was killed in 1917, serving in the French air force. It was then that Moïse decided to will the house to the French government. When he died in 1935, the house was given to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which is still its steward today. It heralds the house not as the culmination of hundreds of years of displacements and achievements, not as a crossroads of France and the Ottoman Empire, but as one of the finest collections of 18th-century furnishings anywhere in Paris. Which it is. But.
The Grand Salon
So this would be one of the conversations we would have in this class: what is spoken, written up, and celebrated in any museum setting; what is mentioned, elided over, glossed and in what proportion. Because the only thing that acknowledges the end of the Camondo family at Auschwitz, where Beatrice, her husband and her two young children died in 1944, is an inscription in the entrance drive stating the names and relationships of the house's inhabitants. The big bunch of fresh flowers in the red, white, and blue of the French flag tell a story of more care, more attention - what were the decisions made? Would the tragedy frame the house or the house the tragedy? It's not remotely that simple, but that is certainly the tension I felt going into the house - my mind thinking back to that entrance inscription, while the text everywhere drew my attention to this fine 18th century rug, this amazing Louis XVth chair. And it is an astounding collection of French 18th-century furniture and furnishings.(1) And here, in being astounding and complete it becomes very difficult. I need to think of a critical framework that can sustain the question: "How dare this furniture survive and its collectors not?" How dare this fussy, overblown, furniture of scandalous French privilege survive and its philanthropic, complex, Jewish collectors not? Maybe this should get shut down right away: maybe there is no critical framework for moral indignation, or historical shock. Maybe the framework should be to trace the trajectory: to track what would motivate Moïse, a child of Istanbul, a banker of an international world renewed by early 20th-century capitalism, to collect works of art heralded as the epitome of French style and French elegance, which was itself derived from the early flourishing of capitalism and the availability of Indian cotton and Chinese silk that it created. To trace the violent rupture in the trajectory so that in 1943, neither Beatrice's conversion to Catholicism, nor her philanthropic work continuing that of her father, nor her socio-economic standing, nor her friends could stop the Gestapo. I could use help on this. It's a powerful testing ground for the clash of materiality and ethics, for an unforgiving and unconscionable presence in the face of human absence.
Paintings at Malmaison
To say that Napoleon could fill a room is an understatement. And no, I'm not trying to be funny. His presence at Malmaison brings with it the ghosts and shadows of hundreds of thousands more. He peopled it that way, and these presences remain. Past the entrance hall, past the billiards room, is a small antechamber which houses the six portraits of the Sheiks of the Divan of Cairo that Napoleon had commissioned when he was First Consul (between 1799-1804). He had them painted by a Michele Rigo, and they hung in the billiard room until 1810. There's a conversation.
The Egyptian heads on chairs
In a geopolitic harkening back to the Crusades, and certainly Christopher Columbus's forays, Napoleon attempted to thwart Britain's access to its colonies in India by controlling Egypt. A complex series of moves that would ultimately fail militarily but gain tremendous traction culturally (the Rosetta stone, and Champollion's translation and an enormous chapter of Orientalism). How Napoleon brought his campaign in Egypt and Syria "home" will be what I would want to study. These portraits (minor academic painter, a series, billiard room?, friends and colleagues?), the chairs of almost all of the rooms, with their Egyptian heads at the arms...
Tent ceiling of the Council Room
... the tent ceiling of the Council Room. Deep in the research of my dissertation, I found Napoleon exclaiming to Alexandre Lenoir in the 12th-century room the latter had established at the Grands Augustins, "Cette lumière me rapelle ma belle Syrie!" or words to that effect. I went nuts with it because here was Napoleon being reminded of Syria by a room illuminated with 13th-century French stained glass. There's much to read on Napoleon and Egypt and Syria and I can't wait to do so for this class. In the meantime, his Council Room sits, bedraped by/as an enormous military tent, as these had been set up in Europe, as he had set them up in Egypt.
You could say that Napoleon and his ambitions filled just about any space he inhabited, but Malmaison, this house that belonged to Josephine, this retreat, this haven, 30 minutes from Paris, was where he worked. It, along with the Tuileries, was actually the seat of the French government in the early 20th century. Napoleon and his counselors, and eventually visitors like Thomas Jefferson would come here and would do things like sign the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 (I need to keep researching this, I've found "Paris" as the site, thus far, but the Treaty of Ildefonso of 1800, in which Spain returned the Louisiana territory to France was definitely signed here - you see Oliver and Iris processing the shock of Really Big Things having been decided, signed and sealed, in the very room where they stood. That's its own kind of Stendhal Syndrome).
And now to dine
It's all here: Egypt, France, Italy (the dining room is modeled on a Roman villa, breezy between the billiard room and the council room), Louisiana, Haiti (the rebellion that was part of the push for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory), more. The very tricky question of asking "Qui est Français?" (who is French?) and the very nasty term "français de souche" (basically, French without a history of immigration) are both fantasies undermined by the very museums used to herald them. France has never been as French as some strains of French politics and culture would have it be.
Josephine's Bedroom
The fantasy starts to unwind right here, in these museums presented as emblematic of core French culture. In Moïse de Camondo's pleasure in Louis XV furniture, in Josephine's bedroom presented as a sultan's tent, lines blur and objects and desires, identities and trajectories meet to confuse certitudes and ideologies. This makes France (and everything it purports to be) much more complicated, much more complex, and brings a whole host of questions to American museums and American identity as well.
(1) The Cognacq-Jay Museum has such a collection as well, but it's more of a museum than a house. In looking around, it seems that the Cognacq-Jay collection was also given to the French state, this time in 1929. And its collector was the founder of the La Samaritaine department store. There's something to examine in who is collecting 18th-century French furniture in the early 20th century. I envision the furnishings on the market, more than impoverished aristocracy selling it all off - or a combination of the two.
Darlene G September 2, 2014 at 1:28 PM
Wow, this place looks amazing.
Anne September 2, 2014 at 4:46 PM
Yes!! :-)


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