How do I know if I have a leak? The first and easiest way to check if a leak may be present is to check your meter for "movement". In order to do this you must first find your meter. Your meter is usually near the street in a small concrete or plastic box, many times actually in the sidewalk.
The picture to the left shows a somewhat typical configuration of meter boxes in the Salem area. The meters are inside of these boxes. Once you have determined which box is yours, open the lid and examine the meter. If there is a small dial or arrow, such as the red one in the picture to the right, that is moving either slowly or rapidly, this means you may indeed have a leak.
Why should I pay someone to "locate" my leak? Many reasons exist to find your leak. First, you should be able to excavate your leak and have a plumber do a simple repair rather than replace your entire line. Many times it is very difficult to re-route your line around trees driveways sidewalks and other natural barriers. Ignoring your leak can become costly in water/sewer usage as well as property damage.
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Note they weren't dismayed at seeing work done on the Sabbath because they loved the law. They weren't concerned for Jesus because He transgressed that law. Likewise they weren't amazed at the miracle performed before their very eyes, nor did they rejoice for the man restored to health. They were 'enraged'.
Can't you just picture them huddled together, whispering and murmuring to each other like Grima Wormtongue in the ear of King Theoden, inciting greater animosity, deeper anger, more vicious hatred?
The Pharisees were more concerned with the letter of the law than with the love behind the law. They believed they had found the one true way to perfection, and anyone who trod a different path was not only wrong, but destined for perdition. They were smug with pride in their knowledge of Jewish law and teaching. They were eager to tear down anyone who erred. I picture them like carrion buzzards, dark and menacing, ugly and cruel, circling around a weakened prey, waiting for death so they can pounce. Spiritually speaking, I think that is exactly what is happening when lovers of the law, triumphant in their position of 'right', bypass charity and mercy in order to vindicate their own position.
Our one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church is a mighty big Church. She has room for women who wear chapel veils and for women who wear trousers. She allows for the vernacular as well as Latin. We have saintly examples of a wide variety of spiritualities and charisms and each of them make use of our individual gifts and personalities in order to bring glory to God.
God. He is the heart of everything, isn't He? And He is love. Why do we so often forget love when we deal with each other? Have you read the comment boxes of a Catholic blog or newspaper article lately? For that matter, have you read some of the Catholic blogs or newspapers out there lately? I see circling vultures, not charitable Catholics eager to lovingly correct where there is error. I see school yard behaviour in the name calling and labeling (Mad Trads, Vorisites, AmChurch – just in what I read today, and these were from widely-read Catholic writers.) I see pride in people who believe 'their' brand of Catholic is the only 'right' way to be Catholic and everyone else better prepare their handbasket for their trip to you-know-where.
It is an injunction given to married couples all the time: love is a decision. Choose to love your spouse even when you don't feel loving toward him. He's driving you up the wall? Love him. She's working your last nerve? Love her. The same applies to every person you meet throughout your day. The old timer is driving at a glacial pace? Respond with love. That coworker spent the entire morning on the phone planning a fabulous Hawaiian vacation? Clearly this is an issue that needs to be addressed, but do so with love (for love does not mean to overlook faults).
With such divisiveness within our Church, such animosity between Catholic factions, how can we respond to Pope Francis' call for us to bring Christ to the world? How can we share God's love with anyone, when we do not love each other? How can we face the world and say we are the One True Church founded by Christ?
BEAUTIFUL! I, too, have been shocked at the lack of love both in many catholic circles and in my own love (re:slow driver). Wonderful reminder what should be at the centre of our faith: LOVE!


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Q: Django Cached Class I have a class in my Django project that corresponds to a DB table that I don't expect to change. There are 4 rows in this table and I would like to cache them when the application first opens and then just hit the cache from then on.
Is my best bet using the Low Level Cache API? If so, how can I then call that from every other view in my application? I just access the same cache variable?
Thanks!

A: If they are constant, why not hard code them?
Anyway, you can cache them in global variables (for example, in some module), that way you will have to pay for accessing them (network-wise) only once per app instance.
e.g. something like:
# module global_vals
VAL1 = get_from_db("...")
VAL2 = get_from_db("...")

then access them
import global_vals
def foo():
  v1 = global_vals.VAL1
  v2 = global_vals.VAL2

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Hundred million inventions, ten million patents, a million patent-infringement law-suits and a few thousand proven claims of original inventions defending these law-suits - the numbers might be fictional; yet they depict the state of affairs in the world we live today. I always wondered about what makes an inventor, scientist, engineer, artist or a philosopher special. There seems to be one common element in all of them (or rather all human beings): an idea or thought that motivates them all.
Twelve years ago, me and my friends did some brainstorming for our start-up venture at that point in time. One of our idea was an about creating an application (typically for a mobile phone) that would allow any user to locate shops and services around his geographical location and also help him find his way around his location. Another was a plan to create a library/framework that would allow developers to build applications with good responsive UI within a web browser. We came up with quite of a lot of ideas that I could recollect now were very original and unique at that point in time. But then, my friends and I realized later that we were not alone thinking about them - some even got to implement them in the years to come. Atleast, it gave us a sense of satisfaction and achievement that we were thinking on the right direction.
I also remember a couple of tunes that I used to hum within my mind when I was a kid, thinking that these tunes were indeed unique and original art - only to realize in the later years that a great musician/singer had write a song for the very same tune and have also perfected the music for it. The intriguing fact is, neither the singer/musician nor me have ever met or known each other. I've pondered about this since my childhood and as time passed by, I realized that this phenomenon happens all the time, with many of us. Its just that most of us do not really talk about it to avoid possible embarrassment of being called a lunatic. A lot of us might dispose these phenomena as some sort of deja-vu.
As I grew older, I started to realize that there have been inventions and art throughout our history - where two (or sometimes more) different inventors or artists in the early generations who were from different geographical locations had come up with the same invention or artwork. The classic historical evidence was that of the Newton-Leibniz controversy over original invention of calculus. Recently, historians unearthed evidence that Indian scholars at Kerala also did research on Infinite series and Calculus around the same time-frame (during 15th century). We have known about inventions, discoveries and contributions to modern physics, space technology and rocket science by both Americans and Russians in parallel during the early and mid 20th century. They all seem like coincidence and more than often being debated that one would have copied the other. But when we ask ourselves - what really triggers an idea or thought into human mind, we still cannot not find convincing answers; each one of us could come up with our own derivations. We can debate about original idea or invention as well.
I sometimes get this strange feeling that our thoughts and our ideas do not originate in our own brain. It is likely that some parts of our brain work like transducers that pick-up specific patterns of electro-magnetic waves and also transmit them around us. There is a possibility these specific patterns of waves could trigger thoughts and idea into our brains, and just because it triggered right within our brain, we happen to believe that we own these thoughts or ideas. But in reality, the same thought patterns would have been triggered within the brains of thousands (or perhaps millions) or other people. Now, what really matters is the fact that those who get the idea or thought materialized make history. Now what if Edison did not invent the light bulb ? I guess, somebody else at a later point in time would have invented the same light bulb. Or what if Tesla did not invent the idea of alternating current ? Somebody else would have made history for the same invention at a later point in time.
With this assumption that our thoughts, ideas, inventions and discovery are not our own, all our inventions, developments, engineering and art should have been pre-determined with time. A student of mine once came up with a question - "Why didn't man invent or rather discover electricity thousands of years back ?" I quickly answered back - "Maybe, we didn't evolve enough". But his question set me thinking as to who (or rather what) decides the right time for each invention and discovery. Lets not mix the God factor, who himself is a much bigger mystery today and often blamed for facts, events of phenomena that is scientifically unexplainable. Right from the earliest generation nomads who first discovered and learnt how to use fire and wheel, to modern generation surgeons who are learning how to use nano-machinery to perform surgery - man has mentally evolved to tune to the right wavelength to harness newer ideas and implement them faster. A quick check with our history would instantly prove that the rate at which new inventions and discoveries are being done are much higher today than it was a decade ago, which again was lot more than inventions and discoveries that happened a century ago. Looking at the statistics of inventions we realize that the most significant inventions and discoveries of mankind have occurred within the last 200 years. Right from electricity, dynamo, electric motor, light bulb, aeroplane, telephone, computers, nuclear bombs, missiles to list a few - we have taken most of these modern inventions for granted today. But all of these modern inventions were less than 200 years old and the rate of new inventions and discovery is continuing to grow phenomenally since the last few decades.
Having said that, this whole business of ownership of ideas and "original" invention and discoveries would rather seem ridiculous. Why would someone own an idea and become so obsessed by it to the extent to disallow others from implementing them ? Greed and selfish attitude, coupled with lack of trust within their own social circle. Yes, you cannot patent an idea or thought, but you can patent its implementation, and with the legal support you could essentially threaten anyone else from independently inventing the same thing. Now, the argument would be "Can that somebody legally prove that it is indeed an original invention and not a copy ?" In the broader scheme of things, does that really matter ? If you are inventing something merely for monetary gain, it would. But if you are indeed inventing for the betterment of mankind, not allowing others to derive or implement your invention is clearly a wrong attitude.
In the recent years, I have witnessed a disturbing trend especially within the Information Technology industry domain. In most established IT companies today, if a senior developer seeks promotion, filing a new patent each year has become "mandatory". With this trend being adopted on a wide-spread basis, eventually, freedom of innovation would be jeopardized. Imagine yourself in the position of one such senior developer in a company that mandates compulsory filing of patents for each of their employees in your position every year. You seek promotion and so you start brain-storming with new ideas. Eventually, a brilliant idea ignites your mind and you come up with an implementation to pursue a patent. Then, you are dissappointed by the department responsible for filing your patents because, someone already patented the same invention. Does this ring a bell ? Well, it definitely does for anyone who's been there in such a situation. With the rapid capitalization of inventions by large (and even smaller) corporations in the name of Intellectual Property/Assets, eventually anything and everything that we could think of, would be already patented.This means, in the next couple of years, you cannot start your own company based on implementation of that million-dollar idea or design that you independently thought about; not without first checking whether someone patented them in the list of more than ten million patents being filed (and still growing).
Population explosion is one of the primary reasons for rapid growth of innovations in the recent years; there seem to be more people tuning their brains to similar wavelengths. When many people think in the same direction, chances are that some may discover a solution to a pertinent problem. In the late 19th century, it was not just the Wright brothers who came up with their invention that would allow man to fly; many others did come up with their own, but the Wright brothers perfected their implementation and engineering at that point in time.
The more I ponder about the source of an idea and relate them to the history of man's achievements, the more I begin to feel that the whole progress and development of mankind has been pre-determined and executed in an orderly manner. While most other living organisms used their physical abilities to sustain and survive, we humans evolved out of species that exploited and implemented thoughts and ideas for our sustenance and survival - which makes us unique and very different from other species on this planet. But the only question that remain: do we really own these thoughts, idea, inventions and discovery ? What if our whole thought process is being induced, directed and controlled by a larger system that we are still unaware of ?
First of all, feeling really happy to read a good article after a long time. Thanks for that.
I too feel the same and I agree with most of your thoughts.
"What if our whole thought process is being induced, directed and controlled by a larger system that we are still unaware of ? " is YES, and it is pre-determined by the ultimate creator.
But we show very less importance (or feel Out-dated) to the topic of Spirituality, the sincere search of these unanswerable questions might give the same and logical answer as GOD.
I didn't know that you had this thoughts & experience from any of your trainings I attended.
I do feel & share similar experiences...my thought/idea was, why can't we have radio/FM in cell phone in 90's when it can receive signals. Later saw the same features in few years!
Extremely useful information specially the last part :) I care for such information a lot.


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Brilliant Soap Vet Who Played a Notorious Baddie Dead at 76
Thursday, September 1st, 2022
Credit: Jason Smith/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Robert LuPone passed away on August 27.
There are a bunch of soap roles on Robert LuPone's IMDb page: his first one (Chester Wallace on Ryan's Hope), his last one (Leo Flynn on Guiding Light), Tom Bergman on Search for Tomorrow and Neil Cory on Another World, not one but two parts on Loving…
But the one we'll never forget is Zach Grayson on All My Children. In the mid-'80s, the con artist passed through Pine Valley, rumpling the sheets in one bed after another while trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records as Most Prolific Blackmailer of All Time. For his efforts, the hustler wound up being killed, setting off a fantastic murder mystery that ended with the conviction of Nina Cortlandt's mother, Daisy — and the revelation that the real culprit was local cougar Marian Colby!
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For his memorable turn, LuPone was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in '85 (but lost the Outstanding Supporting Actor trophy to Larry Gates, Guiding Light's H.B. Lewis). Check him out in action in the clip below.
It was the MCC Theater, which LuPone founded, that announced his August 27 passing at age 76 following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. As well-loved as he was in soapdom, he was even more adored in the theater community, where he was a Broadway mainstay in such shows as True West and A Chorus Line (for which he was Tony-nominated).
LuPone, whose sister is the one and only Patti LuPone (above), also had an extensive primetime career that included appearances on three different Law & Order series, Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Smash, The Affair and The Sopranos, where he played Dr. Bruce Cusamano from 1999-2007.
Pay your respects to all of the daytimers that 2022 has taken from us as you scroll through the below in-memoriam photo gallery.
Video: YouTube/AMCRewind
Image: Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Soap actress Joan Copeland passed away on January 4, 2022 at the age of 99. She will be remembered for her roles on Love of Life, The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns and One Life to Live, as well as numerous primetime credits.

Image: NBC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection; NBC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Soap star Donald May passed away on January 28, 2022 at the age of 94. He was best known for playing Adam on The Edge of Night.

Image: ABC screenshot

Sadly, on February 18, 2022, former General Hospital actress Lindsey Pearlman was found dead. She had been reported missing two days prior and was later found near Runyon Canyon Park.

Image: Brian Lowe/JPI

Former soap actress Sally Kellerman passed way on February 24, 2022 due to complications from dementia. She will be recognized by fans of The Young and the Restless for playing Constance Bingham, a wealthy woman Adam (then by Justin Hartley) conned into thinking was his grandmother.

Image: Sherman Weisburd/TV Guide/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Veteran actor Mitchell Ryan passed away on March 4, 2022. With over 100 credit to his resume, he's best known to soap fans for playing Anthony Tonell on Santa Barbara.

Image: Rafe Cook/Landmark/JPI

EastEnders vet June Brown passed away on April 3, 2022. The actress was 95 years old and best known for playing Dot on the British soap. Brown also appeared as Mrs. Parsons on Coronation Street.

Image: John Paschal/JPI

Actress Kathryn Hays passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022, at the age of 87. She will be remembered by soap fans for playing our beloved Kim Hughes on As the World Turns for 38 years.

Actor Robert Morse passed away on April 20, 2022 at the age of 90. He will be remembered in daytime for his roles on The Secret Storm as Jerry Ames and All My Children as Harry the bookie.

Image: Paul Skipper/JPI

Former Passions actress Jossara Jinaro passed away on Wednesday, April 27. She was only 48 and will be remembered by daytime fans as Harmony's Rae.

Image: George De Sota/JPI, CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Soap vet Jerry verDorn passed away at 72 on May 1, 2022 after a months-long battle with cancer. He will always be remember for playing Clint Buchanan on One Life to Live, as well as Ross Marler on Guiding Light.

Image: © 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection

Charles Siebert, best known for playing Dr. Stanley Riverside II on Trapper John, M.D., passed away on May 1, 2022 at the age of 84. He was known to the daytime industry for his roles on Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns and Another World.

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Bruce MacVittie passed away on May 7, 2022 at the age of 65. The actor was known to daytime fans for his role as Marcus Tull on As the World Turns, as well as Mark on One Life to Live.

Image: George DeSota/JPI

Marnie Schulenburg, best known for playing Alison Stewart on As the World Turns, passed away on May 17, 2022 — just shy of her 38th birthday. The much-loved soap vet fought a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer.

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Soap vet Lee Lawson passed away on May 22, 2022 at the age of 81. She will be remembered for playing Bea Reardon on CBS' Guiding Light.

Image: Abel Fermin/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Seasoned actor Ray Liotta passed away on May 26, 2022 at the age of 67. One of his first acting jobs was playing Joey Perrini on Another World.

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Star Trek vet and The Young and the Restless alum Nichelle Nichols passed away on July 30, 2022. The legendary actress who appeared as Neil Winters' mother Lucinda was 89 years old.

Image: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Emmy winner Anne Heche passed away on August 12, 2022, at the age of 53, following a devastating car accident. Aside from her many television credits, she'll always be remembered by daytime fans for playing twins Marley Love and Vicky Hudson on Another World.

Image: NBC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection (2), ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Only a day after Heche's passing, yet another Another World alum was taken from us by cervical cancer. 49-year-old Robyn Griggs had played Maggie Cory on the NBC soap in the early 1990s after making her daytime debut as Carlo Hesser's niece, Stephanie Hobart, on One Life to Live.

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Soap writer Michael Malone passed away on August 19, 2022 at 80. He'll always be remembered as one of soaps' greatest for the characters he created, including One Life to Live's Luna Moody, Todd Manning and Billy Douglas, as well as one of his unforgettable plots, the horrifying gang rape of Susan Haskell's Marty Saybrooke.

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Beloved daytime vet Joe E. Tata, who added the zip to 90210, passed away on August 24, 2022 at 85. His Beverly Hills character, Pit Peach owner, Nat, was a friend to many and the actor did stints on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.

Image: Jason Smith/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

Robert LuPone passed away on August 27, 2022, at the age of 76 following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The actor is known for his daytime roles on All My Children, Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, Another World and Loving.

Image: Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images

Well-known horror writer Peter Straub passed away on September 4, 2022 at the age of 79. He guest-starred on One Life to Live and appeared in scenes with Michael Easton's John McBain a few times over the years.

Image: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images

Soaphopper Robert Gentry passed away on September 17, 2022 at the age of 81. He first hit the daytime scene as Brad Murphy on The Doctors. He is also known for his roles on One Life to Live as Giles Morgan, Days of Our Lives as Dr. Hunt, Guiding Light as Dr. Ed Bauer, Another World as Philip Lyons, Generations as Jordan Hale, Bold & Beautiful as Elliott Parker and All My Children as Ross Chandler.

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Legendary soap leading lady Ann Flood passed away on October 7, 2022, at the age of 89. She will always be remembered for playing Nancy Pollock Karr on The Edge of Night.

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Kevin Conroy, who spent 30 years voicing the role of Batman, passed away on November 10, 2022, after a short-term battle with cancer. As for his daytime roles, the 66-year-old actor played Jerry Grove on Another World, as well as Chase Kendall on Search for Tomorrow, and appeared as Bart Fallmont on Dynasty.

Daytime great and Days of Our Lives legend John Aniston, who played Victor Kiriakis for over 50 years, passed away at 89 on November 11, 2022. His daughter, actress Jennifer Aniston, shared the heartbreaking news of her beloved father's death.

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Soap vet Robert Clary passed away on November 16, 2022 at 96. He had roles on The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless and spent six years playing Louis LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes.

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General Hospital vet Sonya Eddy passed away on December 19, 2022 at the age of 55. She will always be remembered by daytime fans for playing beloved Port Charles nurse Epiphany Johnson.

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Beloved actress Diane McBain passed away on December 21 at 81. She'll be remembered in daytime for her roles on Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless and appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 movie Spinout.

Actress Rita Walter passed away at 71 on December 25, 2022, as reported by her brother David McLaughlin. The actress played the role of Carol Stallings on As the World Turns on and off from 1972 to 1982.

Image: © Sean Smith/jpistudios.com

Soap alum Quinn Redeker passed away on December 20, 2022 at the age of 86. He'll be remembered for his roles on Days of Our Lives as Alex Marshall and Young & Restless as Rex Sterling.

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Norma S. (Bauman) Fuller
Posted Thursday, January 5, 2023 11:43 am
Rehoboth – Norma S. (Bauman) Fuller, 95, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, December 17, 2022. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond D. Fuller. Born in Pawtucket, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Ethel (Card) Bauman.
Norma was an avid reader, having completed a book a night. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting, ceramics, playing Bingo, and was a longtime member of the Red Hat Society. Above all Norma was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who will be lovingly remembered by all whose lives she has touched over the past ninety-five years.
Norma leaves two sons, Kenneth D. Fuller and his wife, Linda, of Chepachet, and Wayne A. Fuller of Rehoboth; a daughter-in-law, Mary Catherine Fuller of Pawtucket; six grandchildren, Jessica, Erica, Nicholas, Melissa, Benjamin, and Joshua; five great-grandchildren, Mason, Ayla, Celeste, Deagan, and Adalina; a sister, Linda Ilgen in Florida and many nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Robert Bauman and the sister-in-law of the late Michael Ilgen.
Services for Norma will be held after the New Year at a date to be announced.
Flowers are respectfully omitted. Memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 would be appreciated. Arrangements are entrusted to William W. Tripp Funeral Home, Pawtucket, RI. For online condolences visit: www.TRIPPFUNERALHOME.com
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Durham Regional Police have named the victim of a brazen shooting outside the Pickering Recreation Centre early Sunday.
The dead man has been identified as Matthew Ruscitti, 24.
A post-mortem has been scheduled to confirm the cause of death but cops say the evidence is consistent with gunshot wounds.
Ruscitti is the third homicide victim in Durham Region in 2019.
According to cops, they were called to Valley Farm Rd., near Kingston-Brock Rds., around 6:30 a.m after receiving calls about shots being fired.
A witness told The Toronto Sun he was walking his dog when the shooting occurred and he thought nine shots were fired.
He said he believed two men fled the scene.
"I started to run dragging my dog to get behind a building," the witness, who requested anonymity, told The Sun.
Police said the deceased was not carrying identification.
The incident occurred outside the Pickering Recreation Centre, near the city's major mall.
At the time of the incident, the complex was busy with a hockey tournament and numerous dog walkers were taking their pets for a stroll.
Officers performed CPR on Ruscitti but he died on the way to hospital.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Homicide detectives at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5223, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.


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Q: how should i write to sd card effectively in Mbed? I have been trying to record data to my NUCLEO F746ZG by using an sd card. This is my code:
#include "mbed.h"
#include "SDFileSystem.h"
//#include "Hx711.h"
#include <string>
//#include "ep29.h"
//#include "wsdef.h"
//#include "image.h"
//#include <vector>

PinName mosi = PE_6;
PinName miso = PE_5;
PinName sclk = PE_2;
PinName cs = PE_4;
PinName cd = PE_3;

SDFileSystem sd(mosi, miso, sclk, cs, "sd"); // the pinout on the mbed Cool Components workshop board
Serial pc(SERIAL_TX, SERIAL_RX);

int main(void) {
        pc.baud(9600);
        pc.printf("starting\r\n");
        FILE *fp = fopen("/sd/sdtest.txt", "w");
        if(fp == NULL) {
            pc.printf("Could not open file for write\n");
        }
        fprintf(fp,"starting to read from strain gauge:128G, 32G \r\n");
        fprintf(fp,"\r\n");
        pc.printf("worked!\r\n");
}

It had worked once or twice before, but would only work when I had the sd card in prior uploading the code, and would not rewrite to the sd card when I pressed the reset button. However, It doesn't seem to work at all anymore.
Is it likely that I just damamged to sd card, or is there something wrong in my code?
Cheers,
Ali

A: Kentaro had the right answer in the comment.  Format your SD card to start over, then always close the file in your code.
Background:  File operations are usually buffered.  So even though you write in code, those bytes just live in RAM until some threshold is reached, or typically, they stay in RAM until you close it.  Then it does the actual file write in one go.  This saves time when the code runs.  Also, close might do some cleanup on the SD card FAT table


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The End Records Sign DANZIG; New Album Due in June 2010
The charismatic and complex singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig is set to unleash his first new DANZIG studio album in six years. Deth Red Sabaoth, produced by Glenn and recorded in Los Angeles over the course of 2009, will be released on June 22, 2010 (Evilive/The End Records).
The 11-track collection, penned by Danzig, is laced with Glenn's lycanthropic growls and blues-infected wailing. Tracks including "Black Candy," "The Revengeful," and the first single, "On A Wicked Night," emit a spectral glow to rival the highest points in Danzig's colossal discography. Part 1 of the exquisite two-part "Pyre of Souls" opens with acoustic guitar, haunting piano, Glenn's plainsong vocal, and an almost dirge-like feel; Part II explodes with electric guitars and a driving, mesmerizing cadence.
"I think that fans will really dig this new album," said Glenn. "I've been told several times that the album has a cool vitality to it, it sounds energized, and I got that feeling when I was recording it. I wanted it to have an organic sound, bigger and thicker, so I went out and bought some 1970's Kustom tuck 'n roll bass amps to play some of the guitar parts through. You'll hear real reverb, real tremolo on this album, which sounds completely different than the stuff that's done with computer chips."
Joining Glenn in the studio for the recording of Deth Red Sabaoth were guitarist Tommy Victor (PRONG, MINISTRY), and drummer Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEVENTH VOID). While Kelly has toured with Glenn intermittently since 2002, this is the first time he has recorded with the band. Glenn handled the bass chores for most of the album, and played drums on "Black Candy."
As is with all of DANZIG's releases, the CD cover artwork for Deth Red Sabaoth is provocative and ominous. The cover is an original piece created specifically for the CD by the award-winning artist Joe Chiodo whose work has graced not only Danzig's Verotik publishing line, but the covers of numerous graphic novels and comic books, including "X-Men Unlimited."
DANZIG plan to tour extensively to support Deth Red Sabaoth; dates will be announced shortly.
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I am sure we all are tired of the ongoing Faux news and short media messages with no substance. It has been the long-standing practice of our Government to keep some information closed off from us, this may be right or wrong according to each individual however in some cases the less we know the better. This practice has no wrong or right but it's use will probably continue whether we like it or not. The current administration has surpassed many of the past in its information flow. This is an administration that has no qualms in using certain media outlets to get their message out by means of alternative facts, lies and half truths. While all of these messages are being put before us, the administration is busily overturning previous administrations laws and actions that will eventually harm us all. All of this in the guise of getting things done (even if they hurt us). It would be nice if the administration would take a part of the Hippocratic Oath that Doctors take: "First Do No Harm". It is the duty of each citizen to seek truth by looking at several sources of information to get truth and upend alternative facts. Do not believe everything you see or read as anything can be distorted or altered in this age of electronic gadgetry. Years ago in College I wrote a speech titled " you can't believe what you read in the paper". At that time there was no internet and all of it current trappings. The gist of the speech was a made up story about a raid on a home, the facts were made up and untrue, the last paragraph gave the true story, this was the only speech I got an "A" on. Now many years later that speech has become reality. Now we have the truth being unabashedly trampled daily and by the people we have elected to represent us. Our ability to get honesty is retarded by news outlets out for ratings and our seemingly endless thirst for sensationalism instead of truth. These "alternative and altered" fact purveyors have encouraged and are encouraged by people who delight in trash. Recently a "doctored" photo of an athlete in the locker room with a burning American flag was posted and taken as truth causing the twitter trolls to go crazy . After the photo was shown to be doctored the trolls continued and unfortunately our electronic media does not easily allow for retractions or corrections. As voters we need to look carefully at what news we receive and maintain a bit of cynicism on all media if it appears to false, then investigate other sources to get the truth. Lest we forget; "Goebbels used lies to affect the death of millions in Europe".
Four years later, the IRS tea party scandal looks very different. It may not even be a scandal.
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© Lauren Victoria Burke/AP The Justice Department declined to bring charges against Lois Lerner , a former IRS official caught up in a controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status.
It all seemed to add up. At least it did then.
The Internal Revenue Service, according to outraged Republicans and many media accounts at the time, targeted tea party organizations and other conservative nonprofit groups that were seeking tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012. Critics said the tax agency had subjected the targeted groups to extra scrutiny, questioning and long delays, largely because their names suggested they would be political opponents of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party.
The allegations formed one of the best-known scandals of former president Barack Obama's administration and led to months of congressional hearings, official investigations and damning news coverage.
A report released Thursday by the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax matters indicates that the IRS also singled out nearly 150 organizations whose names suggested they were affiliated with liberal organizations. Without specifically characterizing the politics of the groups, the report said the IRS initiated reviews when applicants' names included words such as "occupy," "progressive" and "green energy" between 2004 and 2013.
The same Treasury watchdog had said in 2013 that the IRS reviewed about 250 conservative-sounding groups, with names that included words such as "tea party" or "patriot." That report fueled the scandal narrative: "This was a targeting of the president's political enemies, effectively, and lies about it during the election year so that it wasn't discovered until afterwards," Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House oversight committee, said at the height of the controversy in 2013.
The new finding suggests Republicans and the media provided an incomplete or even misleading account of what the IRS was up to when it was reviewing political organizations that sought tax-exempt status. While not of the order of the news media's credulous (and flawed) reporting about supposed weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the report offers a check on the prevailing narrative of the time.
It may also offer a measure of vindication to Obama, at least according to one of his senior advisers.
The story line was perhaps most eagerly embraced by conservative media outlets, which cited it as evidence of corruption by Obama and the IRS. The characterization of one-sided treatment persists; Breitbart News reported last month that the Department of Justice was declining to investigate "IRS suppression of tea party groups" (Breitbart's editor did not return a request for comment).
To be sure, the head of the IRS' tax-exempt organizations division, Lois Lerner, contributed to the furor at the time. As the controversy began in early May, Lerner apologized to tea party and conservative groups for unwarranted scrutiny; she also cited the Fifth Amendment and declined to testify before Issa's committee.
Gray areas did emerge during the controversy. In a front-page story in July 2013, the New York Times reported that a "more complicated picture [was] now emerging," based on investigations by Congress and the IRS that showed that liberal groups had been subjected to long delays in approving their applications, too. The Post reported a similar story a few days later.
By that time, however, the burst of news coverage of the issue may have done its damage. When the story first gained traction in mid-May, Obama's approval rating in a CNN poll was 53 percent. By mid-June, it had slumped to 45 percent in the same poll, a level it stayed at for many months.
Indeed, the original claims by Republicans were widely reported "without much investigation," said DeWayne Wickham, dean of the journalism school at Morgan State University and a former columnist for USA Today.
The lesson journalists can learn is to be much more skeptical of what seems clear-cut, said Lisa Shepard, a media ethics professor at the University of Arkansas. "I've learned from studying the fake-news phenomenon in depth that if something taps into your, 'That's outrageous' button, you need to slow down [and] go deeper into exploring that it might not be true," she said.


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LPR Head: Election to Remove Doubts Surrounding Legitimacy of Luhansk Authorities
Elections deciding the head and deputies of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) will remove doubts concerning the legitimacy of Luhansk authorities, the head of LPR, Igor Plotnitsky said Saturday.
Situation in the South-East of Ukraine
Number of People Running from Conflicts in Syria, Iraq Grows: UNHCR
"Asylum Trends" report issued by the UNHCR, United Nations Refugee Agency, Friday says the number of asylum claims from Syria, Iraq and other conflict-torn countries increased in the first half of 2014.
Australia's Resettlement Deal With Cambodia Fails to Protect Refugees: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch has opposed Australia's asylum-seeker resettlement deal with Cambodia that Immigration Minister Scott Morrison confirmed he will sign Friday, saying it does not meet Australia's commitment to resettle refugees in a safe third country.
Over 300,000 Ukrainians Seek Asylum in Russia: Federal Migration Service
Some 300,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict in the country's southeast have applied for asylum in Russia, head of Russia's federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian Refugees Begin Leaving Russia for Home
Ukrainian refugees have been leaving Russia to return to their homes in recent weeks, according to Russian Presidential Administration chief Sergei Ivanov.
Turkey Tightens Border Security Amid Massive Syrian Refugee Influx
As the number Syrian refugees crossing in to Turkey has reached 130,00 in the last three days, Turkey has begun to close border.
Deputy Prime Minister: 45,000 Syrian Kurds Fleeing IS Cross Border Into Turkey
Some 45,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing an advanced by the Islamic State (IS) have crossed over the border into Turkey a day after Ankara opened up its border, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Saturday.
Japan to Provide $22.7 Mln of Humanitarian Aid to Iraqi, Syrian Refugees
Japan will send $22.7 million for urgent humanitarian aid to displaced persons in Iraq and to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who are suffering from the actions of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, the Japanese Foreign Ministry stated.
Figures Show Three Times More People Displaced by Natural Disasters Than Conflict: Report
A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) launched on Wednesday at the UN in New York reveals that in 2013, 22 million people were displaced by natural disasters, three times more than those displaced by war.
57,000 Ukrainians Living in Russian Refugee Camps
At the moment almost 57,000 Ukrainian refugees are in temporary camps in Russia, an intra-departmental Emergency Operation Center representative told RIA Novosti.
Refugees From Ukraine Seek Shelter in Russia
US Announces $500Mln Aid Package for Syrians Caught in Conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced nearly $500 million in new humanitarian aid for victims of the conflict in Syria, after meeting with Turkish officials to promote the idea of building an international coalition to combat the Islamic State militant group, Voice of America reported Friday.
UN, US Promise Aid for Iraqi Refugees
Assistance for an estimated 1.8 million Iraqi refugees increased with a $48 million pledge from the US and the announcement of a visit from the UN's humanitarian chief.
Oxfam: Global Community Fails to Host Syrian Refugees, Provide Them With Aid
The global community is failing to help Syrians by meeting a $7.7 billion aid appeal or stopping weapons flowing into the turbulent country, Andy Baker, of the British aid group Oxfam, told RIA Novosti.
Somali Refugees in Kenya Face Abuse, Deportation: Rights Group
Half a million refugees from war-ravaged Somalia face abuse at the hands of Kenyan authorities, migration expert Mark Yarnell from the pressure group Refugees International told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Israel Unlawfully Ejecting African refugees: Rights Group
Israeli officials have unlawfully coerced about 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees into returning to their African homelands, where they face abuse, Gerry Simpson from the pressure group Human Rights Watch told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Cosmetologist from Donetsk Becomes One of Grozny's Most Popular Specialists
Thousands of refugees from the southeast of Ukraine, who settled in Russia, had to face a number of pressing issues, among them the employment at their new place of residence. A family from Donetsk that came to Russia's Chechen Republic has dealed with this issue by relying on the intuition of a hostess who sheltered them.
Russian PM Medvedev on EU Sanctions, Asian Partners and Power-Hungry Crimea
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev commented on the possible new round of the EU sanctions against Russia, cooperation with Asian partners and power shortages in Crimea in an interview in the Vedomosti newspaper released on Monday.
Russia Responds to Western Sanctions
Medvedev: Russia's Aid to Ukrainian Refugees Stands at Around $27 Million
Moscow has allocated around $27 million to aid the refugees from Ukraine, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper in an interview.
Moscow Allocates About $2.7Mln for Ukrainian Refugees Sheltered in Russia
Russia's Cabinet of Ministers has distributed almost 100 million rubles [$2.7 million] among the country's regions to provide targeted support for refugees from Ukraine who are hosted by Russian families, according to a statement published on the government's website.
Moscow to Allocate About $15.5 Mln to Help Refugees from Ukraine - Reports
The Russian government will fund the programs for the reception and placement of refugees from Ukraine, with the Federal Migration Service receiving approximately $15.5 million from funds allocated to support small and medium-sized businesses, the newspaper Izvestiya wrote Monday, citing the ordinance of the Cabinet of Minister.


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NEWS: Knight To Captain England
The ECB have officially announced that Heather Knight will succeed Charlotte Edwards as England captain, becoming the 21st woman to skipper the team, with Anya Shrubsole as vice captain.
Anya Shrubsole and Heather Knight walking out for the toss. pic.twitter.com/g9Q0PpQ1mx
— CRICKETher (@crickether) May 30, 2016
Knight was always the obvious choice: she was appointed vice captain in 2014, in a move which was described at the time as "succession planning"; of the available candidates (i.e. excluding Sarah Taylor) she is by some way the leading international run scorer in the past 12 months (357 runs at 26); and her record as a domestic captain at Berkshire and Hobart/ Tasmania speaks for itself – both teams having punched considerably above their weight with her at the helm.
With Sarah Taylor effectively having ruled herself out by taking a break from the game, were there any other realistic candidates?
Anya Shrubsole was a possibility, but the conventional wisdom, from which cricket rarely deviates, is that bowlers are unsuited to international captaincy; and whilst Nat Sciver's name was also mentioned, she has not had any previous serious captaincy experience. The former, of course, has the consolation of the vice captaincy.
The next 12 months are unlikely to be easy for England. Their first task is to finish in the top 4 of the Women's International Championship, and thus qualify directly for the 2017 World Cup – it ought to be straightforward, but they are currently 6th, albeit with games in hand. Then there is the World Cup itself – at home in England, with a media spotlight upon the team, the like of which they will never have experienced before.
As the (apparently apocryphal) Chinese curse says: May you live in interesting times!
These will certainly be interesting times for Heather Knight.
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Hopefully our discussions on his decision are more civilised but there is no doubt that the fans and media see the decision to drop Lottie as defining his tenure, rather than the appointment of Knight that has been long sign-posted.
The longer Lottie's absence is questioned, the more pressure Coach Robinson will have to deflect. Knight deserves her chance…
Interesting experience for Shrubsole coming up – she's played 34 ODIs and 47 T20s and every one of them has been under Edwards as captain.
Not surprisingly there other (current senior squad) players (who have played fewer matches than Shrubsole) in the same situation. In ODIs, Cross, Elwiss, Farrant, Grundy, Jones, Sciver, Wilson and Winfield. In T20, Elwiss and Grundy. So Elwiss and Grundy join Shrubsole in the 'only ever under Edwards' group across both single day formats.


For the first time in my short reviewing career, I'll be looking at a new headset from Roccat (pronounced Rocket), called the Kave. This headset is looking to turn some heads and open some eyes, just like those hot models that you see when walking down the street. Some of the features of this stylish headset include a detachable mic, a thick and sturdy cord, a control unit on the headset cord, status LEDs and real 5.1 surround sound. This headset could be a gem among rocks.
Next we have some photos of the un-boxing and the product in more detail.
The opening of the box was unique and easy and everything inside of the packaging was attached securely so that nothing would move around and get damaged. I am definitely a fan of this.
And here we have a view of all the contents finally un-boxed.
On the next page we'll take a look at the features and specifications before we jump into testing and gaming.


Vermix roared as the zeppelins cannons blasted into him, the great dragon screaming in terrible pain as the cannon ball smashed into his armored hide. Any other dragon might have been blow from the skies with such a volley of lead shot, but Vermix was no weakling, but rather one of the true kings of the skies. The wizards of Tor thought they could take the dragon lords territory without much of a fight from the might red dragon, but these wizards were fools, for Vermix never surrendered and had yet to lose a battle for control of the clouds that he called home.
This is Cloud Wars, yet another great mini-Game from Avalon Games. In Cloud Wars, you and other players take on the role of a might air ships, eagle riders and lords of cloud castles as you battle for control of the skies above a fantasy world. The first expansion for the Dragon Wars game, now players can lead forces of wizard forged zeppelins and marshal squadrons of might eagle riders. Fully compatible with Dragon War, have fun and battle for the skies.
Using a fast turn based system; the combat is swift, the excitement nail biting and the strategy intense. Do you dare enter the world of dragons, wizards and cannons.


If you landed on this page, you are probably wondering if Pips Wizard Pro is a legit product or if it is a scam. Well, it is absolutely not a scam, so that is a good start. However, I am pretty sure that you are also looking for something that is legit and that is profitable. In this article, I want to review Pips Wizard Pro, in order to understand and have a crystal clear answer to whether this product is good or not. First things first, you need to understand that this is an honest review and we do not intend to blacklist this product, nevertheless, we will point out positive and negative features of it whatsoever. Their official website is www.pipswizardpro.net.
He is a very popular Forex mentor and product creator. He is the creator of several Forex products, such as Massive Forex Profit or Pips Cannon. We are not going to go through his life with this article, but it is good to mention that he is not a fake actor at all, and in fact he is a very well known trader. Therefore, we can be sure that we are dealing with an expert trader and not a salesman only.
Pips Wizard Pro works very similar to the BLW Signal Alert. The difference is that the Pips Wizard Pro indicator will give you larger times of trades, and it will guarantee you from 100 to 200 pips on each transaction. The reason why this product works with larger time frames is simply because with Forex you don't need to have an expiry time, and the more pips you are away from your entry point, the more money you will make.
The second feature, and the one I like the most of this indicator, is that it will give you a SL (Stop Loss) and a TP (Take Profit) level. Meaning that you won't need to worry or to hesitate as to what level you should choose. The Pips Wizard Pro indicator will tell you the exact limit you should deal with. This is not only good for new traders, but also experienced traders won't need to put much effort to make it work.
How will the indicator work?
Karl made it really easy this time. The Pips Wizard Pro works with two indicators: The orange indicates a Sell and the Blue indicates a Buy. You will basically see a popup telling you the pair, the level you should enter and the limit you should set up with your order, meaning your SL and TP. Once you are done, you only need to wait for the price to go to the predicted direction and close your order whenever you want, and whenever the trade is profitable.
Once you get your Pips Wizard Pro package, you will need to simply copy and paste a plug in into your MT4 destination file, and it will start working in no time. For anybody who struggles with technology, computers, or even with MT4. you will be guided step by step by the support team of the product to install it properly.
The Pips Wizard Pro indicator can be used indeed for Binary Options, however, I would not recommend you to use it for it though. The reason is because this indicator does not offer short term signals, meaning that the Binary Options trade might expire Out of the Money, while a Forex order might be profitable some time after the expiry of the Binary Options trade.
What is the cost of the Pips Wizard Pro?
The price of the Pips Wizard Pro is $87 one time for lifetime. I consider this a fair price, taking in consideration that you will have the product forever with any fruther charge. In fact, many signal services have a monthly or weekly charge, and the results are not that good. The Pips Wizard Pro indicator has an estimated 78% to 82% accuracy and it has been backed up by many reviewers online.
Does BLW trust Pips Wizard Pro?
The answer is yes. Although I do recommend the BLW Signal Alert better, the Pips Wizard Pro might be more affordable at the moment. Additionally, I trust and respect the background of Karl Dittmann, given the fact that his products have been ranked high most of the times. Additionally, I like the fact that this type of product will not require you to register with any broker.
Bottom line, the Pips Wizard Pro indicator is a very interesting and helpful product for every Forex trader and that is the reason why a lot of people in the Forex industry are talking about it so often. Check also the review on www.binaryoptionsfxroom.com. This is, like I mentioned at the beginning, an honest review on a product that has a lot of fans and that has convinced me that not all the good stuff is expensive. Thanks a lot for reading and leave a comment if you like.


On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled in Dittman v. UPMC d/b/a The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that an employer owes a duty to employees to use reasonable care to safeguard what the court described as the employee's "sensitive" personal data when storing it on an internet-accessible computer system. As the first state Supreme Court decision formally recognizing such a duty, the decision could increase the risk for companies facing potential class action litigation arising out of a data breach. The court also held that a negligence claim based on the breach of this duty is not barred by Pennsylvania's economic loss doctrine, a defense frequently asserted by defendants in such lawsuits.
On June 25, 2014, Dittman and several others filed suit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and UPMC McKeesport ("UPMC") on behalf a class of employees. The employees alleged that a data breach had occurred whereby their personal and financial information was stolen from UPMC's computer systems, and were used to file fraudulent tax returns. Asserting a negligence claim, among others, the employees contended that UPMC breached its duty to exercise reasonable care to implement security measures to safeguard the information against unauthorized access by third parties. The employees further contended that such duty existed because UPMC required that the employees provide the information as a condition of their employment.
UPMC filed preliminary objections, claiming that the employees' claim was barred by the economic loss doctrine, which disallows recovery for purely economic damages. The parties also filed supplemental briefs addressing the issue of duty. The trial court dismissed the employees' negligence claim, finding that factors weighed against recognizing a common law duty in safeguarding data collected, and that the claim was barred by the economic doctrine. On appeal, the Superior Court agreed with the trial court on both issues and sustained the dismissal.
1) whether an employer has a legal duty to use reasonable care to safeguard allegedly "sensitive" information of its employees when it chooses to store such information on an internet-accessible computer system, and 2) whether the economic loss doctrine permits recovery for purely pecuniary damages resulting from the breach of an independent legal duty arising under common law, instead of a contractual duty.
A majority of the court ruled on both issues in favor of the employees. On the first question, the court held that the employer had a duty to use reasonable care to safeguard its employees' "sensitive" information against a potential data breach. The court reasoned that a duty arises when an actor's affirmative conduct creates an unreasonable risk of harm to others, and that UPMC's collection of data as a condition of employment and subsequent storage allegedly without adequate security precautions constituted affirmative conduct on its part. On the second question, the court determined that Pennsylvania's economic loss doctrine did not bar the employees' claim, because the employees established the breach of a common law duty independent of any contractual duties.
This decision could precipitate increased data breach class action litigation against companies that retain personal data. No state Supreme Court had previously recognized the existence of a negligence-based duty to safeguard personal information, other than in the narrow context of health care patient information. See, e.g., Byrne v. Avery Center for Obstetrics & Gyno., 175 A.3d 1, 572-73 (Conn. 2018) (recognizing duty under particular facts in context of disclosure of patient information, given the physician's duty of confidentiality to patient). In general, state and federal courts handling data breach litigation across jurisdictions have been divided on the issue of duty. Compare, e.g., Cooney v. Chi. Pub. Sch., 943 N.E.2d 23, 28-29 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010) (no duty under Illinois law); with Hapka v. Carecentrix, Inc., No. 16-2372-CM, 2016 WL 7336407, at *5 (D. Kan. Dec. 19, 2016) (finding duty under Kansas law to exercise reasonable care to protect employee personal information where harm is foreseeable).
The Dittman court's interpretation of Pennsylvania's economic loss doctrine also manifests an expansive view of the range of recoverable damages for negligence claims. Previous state and federal court decisions in the data breach context have reached varying outcomes on this question depending on the contours of the economic loss doctrine in the states at issue. Compare, e.g., Irwin v. Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC, 175 F. Supp. 3d 1064, 1071 (C.D. Ill. 2016) (dismissing claim under economic loss doctrine under Illinois law), with Savidge v. Pharm-Save, Inc., NO. 3:17-CV-00186-TBR, 2017 WL 5986972, at *6 (W.D. Ky. Dec. 1, 2017) (Kentucky doctrine limited to product liability actions).
Businesses operating in Pennsylvania may wish to review their current data collection and protection policies in light of the Dittman decision. Businesses in other states should also be mindful of the increased risk of data breach litigation, because plaintiffs will seek to persuade courts in other states to follow the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision. Whether those efforts will be successful, however, remains to be seen. Defendants may point out that the Dittman decision couched its holdings in terms of an employer's duty to its employees where the employer collected the employees' personal information as a condition of employment, potentially leaving open the question of whether and to what extent the duty also extends to other factual scenarios.


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Though the company is known more for its backhoes and telehandlers, JCB's latest machine introduction could go a long way in changing that.
In a development process that the company says took "four years…and thousands of hours of extreme endurance testing," JCB's chief innovation and growth officer Tim Burnhope says the new X-Series excavators move the company "to a totally new level of product development and machine assembly".
Ushering in the announcement of the X-Series is the initial model in the new lineup, the 22-ton 220. In the development of this machine, JCB says it focused on operator comfort, machine durability and service/repairability, an increased efficiency.
The primary difference between the cab of the 220X and the previous JCB 22-ton models is size. JCB says the cab's length has been extended by nearly 4 inches, while its width has been increased to just more than 3 feet, making the new cab 15 per cent larger.
Inside, operators will find a new, more comfortable seat with all of the machine's controls and switches mounted to the armrests in what the company calls the "control pod." Situated nearby is a 7-inch adjustable monitor that is controlled through an automotive style rotary controller. In addition to this control setup being ergonomic and easily accessible, JCB says its tests have shown that operators have been able to carry out operations faster.
Spacious JCB CommandPlus cab with a high-quality injection moulded interior. Industry-leading Grammer seat with wide, adjustable armrests that reclines 145 degrees. New track pedal design with T-bars as standard with non-slip coating and optimized ergonomics.
Joystick and switch controls are mounted to pods which are suspended from the seat and move with the operator for optimum control and less fatigue.
Powerful new HVAC, with 11 targeted vents for optimum performance in hot and cold environments. Cool/heat box as standard.
Industry standard isolator lever operation prevents accidental activation when exiting the cab.
Spacious luggage tray behind operators seat with 3 independent 12V power supplies. Another handy storage space can be found at the back of the cab in the roof liner, including a hanger for the operator's helmet.
Bluetooth radio is fully integrated into the control screen. USB and phone jack as standard.
A completely flat floor inside the 220X makes entry/exit and cleaning easier. In addition to a quiet 67-decibel noise level inside, isolation from vibration and other jolts is better thanks to the four new mounts the cabs sits on. JCB has also redesigned the foot pedals and footrests to be more comfortable.
To equip the 220X with JCB's most rugged excavator design to date, the company says it subjected the machine to tens of thousands of hours of durability testing, including 1.1 million test cycles on the machines dig end.
The machine's rigid upper frame, now nearly 8 inches wider than its predecessors, sits on a fully-welded X-frame undercarriage. JCB says it used the additional space afforded by the wider upper structure to mount the main boom in the centre of the machine, rather than at an offset. The company says the new placement has reduced stress on the slew bearing while providing increased accuracy for the operator when trenching. The change also allows for the use of larger buckets without impacting the tracks, JCB says.
The boom and arm of the machine are unchanged. However, JCB is offering the option of a boom float with two modes for easier grading and less stress when operating a hydraulic breaker.
When it comes to serviceability, JCB says only 10 checks are required on the machine for a 500-hour servicing. Plus, the service interval on the main hydraulic filter has been lengthened from every 1,000 hours to every 2,000. Oil and fuel filters will need to be changed after 500 hours.
The new service doors on the 220X are a pressed double-skin steel protected by a pronounced skirt that encircles the upper structure. Tanks on the 220X are mounted inside the body framework to reduce the risk of damage. A large toolbox with integrated refuelling pump with filter is easily accessible. The DEF tank is located under a separate cover to prevent cross-contamination.
JCB has cut down on external noise levels from the 220X by placing an air inlet in one access door on the left-hand side of the machine. A large cooling pack with wide-core radiators is standard and comes with a removable fly-screen.
The 220X also features a storage area above the batteries, a new consolidated IP69 fuse board, and ground level access to the heating and ventilation system filter.
Grease points in the boom and arm have been grouped together to reduce service time, and the bucket ram will be available with an optional hose burst check valve.
The 220X is powered by a 4-litre JCB EcoMAX Tier 4 Final engine producing 173 horsepower. The engine is equipped with auto-stop and auto-idle and can provide fuel savings up to 5 per cent over previous machines.
JCB says it has chosen to continue using Kawasaki hydraulic pumps with Kayaba valves while opting for a switch to larger spools and a new valve block for reduced hydraulic losses.
The main hydraulic hose is larger, with a diameter of 25mm, compared to the 19mm diameter hose on previous models. The larger hose provides greater flow without increasing the speed of the oil. This, JCB says, results in less wear and tear and therefore increases hose life.
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The British Columbia Court of Appeal recent released its decision in Tang v. Zhang, 2013 BCCA 52, and expressly overturned the 2009 case of Agosti v. Winter. In Agosti, there had been a dichotomy of contractual language that either renders something a "true deposit" (which would be forfeitable regardless of any actual damage) vs. a pre-payment only deposit (only forfeitable if actual damages are suffered and proven). The exact language used in the contract would then be scrutinized to determine the intent of the parties. Accordingly, if a vendor wanted the deposit to be automatically forfeited, it was very important to use very precise language and to avoid the suggestion that the deposit was anything other than absolutely forfeit.
5. A contractual term that a deposit will be forfeited "on account of damages" on the buyer's failure to complete does not alter the nature of a deposit, but may be construed to mean that if damages are proven, the deposit will be applied against ("on account of") them. If no damages are shown, the deposit is nevertheless FORFEITABLE, subject always to the expression of a contrary intention.
Many thanks to Andrew Prior for his comments on this Article.
Written by Peter Borszcz a Kelowna Real Estate Lawyer at PIHL LAW CORPORATION.
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When you commit to buying a property and you have removed or waived all of the conditions to the contract of purchase and sale, such as a "subject to financing" clause, you had better make sure that you get your ducks in a row before the completion date.
In the recent BC Court of Appeal case, Amiri v. One West Holdings Ltd., 2013 BCCA 155, the court confirmed that the buyer's deposit was a "true deposit" and was therefore forfeit when the buyer failed to complete the purchase on time.
Afrasiab Amiri decided to buy an upscale home with limestone floors in "The Erikson" in Vancouver for a purchase price of just under 3 million. As part of the contract of purchase and sale, Amiri put down a deposit of 25% of the purchase price; just under $750,000.00. The contract also gave the Seller the exclusive right to set the completion date.
As a result of an unfortunate series of events, Amiri wasn't able to get his financing organized on time for closing. He and his wife went on an extended trip to Iran, though they spoke with a mortgage broker before they left and arranged for a friend to attend to matters for him while he was out of the country. At the time the Seller sent out the notice of a formal completion date, Amiri was in a remote area of Iran and did not get the message for about a week. Amiri was then in a car accident and hospitalized. Amiri finally made it back to Canada, but not in time to get his mortgage funds organized for the closing date. The Seller allowed a couple of extensions, though Amiri kept running into obstacles with the funding, for example his wife had stayed in Iran and she was required to sign some of the paper work. When Amiri was finally in a position to complete the purchase, about one month after the original closing date, the Seller took the position that the contract had been terminated by reason of Amiri's failure to complete on time, and therefore the deposit was forfeit.
In deciding that Amiri's almost $750,000.00 deposit would be surrendered absolutely to the Seller, the court cited the recent case of Tang v. Zhang, 2013 BCCA 52 regarding deposits, and reiterated that a deposit is generally forfeited by a buyer who repudiates the contract, and the Seller's entitlement to the deposit is not dependent on proof of damages by the Seller.
While not all of us are buying multi-million dollar homes, none of us will want to part with our deposits without getting a home in return. Therefore, before you remove all of the "subject to" clauses on your contract of purchase and sale, talk to your advisors and make sure that you understand everything that you have to do in order to be ready to close on time.


I would like to thank Jake, the legal team and other members of staff at Canarian Legal Alliance for all their help in winning our court case against Anfi del Mar when trying to dispose of our timeshare contract. It was such a relief to hear that the court had ruled in our favour.
After the initial contact by phone from CLA, we were lucky to meet Jake and some of the staff when we visited the office in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, in September 2016. Jake Kaiser and Paul Barnes explained the process of what would happen, but did say it was a lengthy process which could take approx. 18 months to complete. We had to pay funds upfront but this was for work that would be carried out by the legal team, eg, translation of documents, etc. We were both a little apprehensive with this, but we eventually decided to go ahead.
Our case was eventually scheduled for court for February this year 2019 and we are now thrilled to be free of our everlasting timeshare at Anfi.
It was a rather daunting experience of having to go to court in a foreign country, but our lawyer was excellent and put our minds at ease. The court process was very different from here in the UK, but the process and staff/lawyers involved were very good and the interpreter who represented Anfi was very helpful in her explanation of the questions put forward by the lawyers.
There are many companies springing up offering to assist with the disposal of timeshares, but we can say with ease, that CLA are excellent in their approach to everything we needed and they come highly recommended from myself and my husband.
Anyone who wishes to contact us with regard to the process is very welcome to do so and if required, will discuss the process by telephone. We cannot speak any higher of CLA. It may have taken longer than anticipated, but it was well worth it.
All we need now is the compensation that the courts ordered Anfi to pay, but not sure how long this process will take.
Thanks again to Jake and the team.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TIME TIME TO THANK FAMILY SKELTON AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THIS AMAZING OUTCOME.


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In this article, I will present easy way, how to catch continuous touch event, properly, without issues.
Its especially useful while creating game controllers, where continuous touch event catching is necessary (ex. left right controller) we can easily achieve this by combining some touch events and using some logic.
Lets say we have some kind of sprite, which supposed to execute certain action continuously (ex. move player on the X axis, by applying force) in my example I will use Rectangle class instead of sprite, its up to you what kind of entity will you use though.
first of all, created new boolean/flag which will be used to store state of the button.
as previously, crated our button using Rectangle button.
overridden onAreaTouched method to catch touch events.
this time, we also overridden another method, this time onManageUpdate checking if our flag is true, and if is, execute your actions.
This way, using update handler, we are checking on every update if there is actually condition such as continuous touch. Receiving fully responsive controller.


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Seven Essential Ingredients for Change Management
xxxxxxxv) Silos
Need to understand the impact of silos on organisations and their thinking.
"...silos are fundamentally a cultural phenomenon which arise because social groups and organisations have particular conventions about how to classify the world......commonly held ideas, beliefs and practices of any society of any kind..."
Gillian Tett, 2015
Silos are like a classification system that is fundamental to human culture
Even in today's world of increasingly interlinked systems, our lives and minds remain fragmented. Many large organisations divide and then subdivide into numerous different departments which often fail to communicate with each other, let alone collaborate.
"...people often live in separate mental and social "ghettos", talking and coexisting only with "people like us". In many countries, politics is polarised. Professions seem increasingly specialised, with a tiny pool of experts. Silos proliferate: or at least they do if you take the word to mean the presence of self-standing, independent entities that seem semi-detached from the wider system. It is not difficult to work out why these patterns exist; we live in such a complex world that we need to create structure to handle this complexity......the simplest way to create a sense of order to put ideas, people, and data into separate spatial, social and mental boxes. Silos help us to tidy up the world, classify and arrange our lives, economies and institutions. They encourage accountability..."
Some of the downsides of silos include
- self-interest of the silo dominates that of the organisation, eg much time and effort is wasted with each silo defending its own position against each other, rather than pushing what is best to the whole organisation
- creates incentives for managers to protect existing product ideas and past successes, rather than trying new things
- lack of communications between silos, eg fragmentation can cause information bottlenecks, stifle innovation, etc
- create tunnel vision/groupthink/mental blindness which can cause people to do stupid things
- not evaluate risks effectively
Most companies start as customer-driven and lose focus when they grow and turn into silo organisations. They have to relearn the basics of how to get close to their customers and understand the new skills of being part of a digital partnership
Some examples of the impact of silos:
1. Sony (initially a disruptor but then lost the plot)
In the latter part of the 20th century, Sony had a reputation for innovation. Some examples are
- 1960s and 70s it produced radios and television sets
- produced the Walkman (late 1970s) that changed the way millions of consumers listened to music
- in the 1980s it produced camcorders, digital cameras and video recorders
- in the 1990s Sony jumped into computers and developed a vast musical/film empire, generating such hits as Star Wars and Stuart Little
Could Sony adapt to the Internet with its high-speed connection networks, etc?
Sony tried to produce a digital version of the Walkman suitable for the Internet age in 1999. Using different proprietary technology, they offered 3 different types of Walkman. Initial reaction was favourable as Sony had creative consumer electronics engineers, designers, computer division expertise with video games and owned a musical label with such artists as Michael Jackson. It was thought that this combination would be unstoppable.
The reason the 3 different devices were developed was due to the lack of collaboration between the different departments, ie they were acting like silos and could not agree on a single product approach. The different digital Walkmans competed with each other and cannibalised each other. Thus Sony, which once had utterly dominated the world of portable music, had failed to move into the digital age.
2. Banking
Before the GFC, the financial system was so fragmented that is almost impossible for anyone to take an interconnected view of the risks were developing in the financial markets and banking world. Large financial organisations were split into many different departments, or silos. The senior management running these departments/groups, etc did not understand what other departments/groups were doing. For example, UBS (Swiss bank) prided itself on being ultraconservative and risk averse, yet ended up taking terrible risks with sub-prime mortgage portfolios because traders in America did not know what the traders in London were doing - and vice versa
3. BP
In 2010 one of BP's rigs suffered an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, spurting oil out into the sea and causing terrible pollution, etc. Investigations revealed that BP was an organisation with numerous bureaucratic silos based on technocratic, specialised fields.
4. CIA
After 9/11 it was found that the CIA and other intelligence agencies failed to foresee the threat posed by Al Qaeda in 2001. One of the reasons for this was the pattern of individual departments hoarding data and not sharing it with others.
5. Britain's National Health Service
This bureaucracy made many disasterous decisions over the procurement of the IT system between 2008 and 2011. Management was ordering IT systems in one department and not consulting anybody else
6. Obamacare (2013)
The outcry over the computer glitches that dogged the launch of healthcare.gov is the same story about a lack of consultation
7. General Motors (2014)
A similar tale emerged when GM admitted that some of its compact cars, such as Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, had been fitted with faulty ignition switches that could slip from the run position to the accessory position while driving. This cut the engine power and disabled the airbags. Apparently some engineers were aware of this fault in 2001 and that it would cost around 1 dollar per car to fix!!! Despite people dying in car crashes from it, the information was held in a tiny bureaucratic silo. Furthermore, the engineers who handled the switches had minimal contact with the legal team that was worried about reputational risk
8. Medical profession. Each specialty is very protective of its area of expertise. For example, in Harvard University, Sleep Medicine Centre is around the corner from the Joslin Diabetes Centre. It is well-known that sleep disordered breathing is linked to diabetes, eg 80% of diabetics have sleep disordered breathing. Yet these 2 centres had never contacted each other until an outsider organised it and now they are doing joint research (Joanne Gray, 2015j)!!!!!!
Some ways to handle the negative impact of silos is to :
- regularly move staff around between different teams, etc to ensure that they have a more complete picture of the organisation and encourage them to collaborate
- create venues/meeting places, etc where staff from different groups can regularly meet informally
- continually reorganise teams, eg a large hospital (Cleveland Clinic) in Ohio changed the classification in medicine from doctor specialisations, (eg surgeon, physician, etc,) to organising medical professionals according to body parts
- have a remuneration system based on the performance collectively rather than individually, eg Blue Mountains Capital (hedge funds in New York)
- classify data in different ways
- get a wider sense of vision for the whole organisation
- step back and look at how we classify things with new eyes, eg compare things with something else
- develop "deep collaboration" and "concurrent engineering", eg Apple did not pass products sequentially from engineering to design to manufacturing to marketing to distribution. Instead these various departments collaborated simultaneously. Also the Apple engineers knew that the music companies had no incentive to help consumers download music over the Internet as they feared that people would listen to music for free, so they developed "iTunes" store (a website where music companies could sell songs to consumers). Furthermore, to boost sales, the engineers designed the platform so it could be accessed by anybody, using any technology
NB need to
"...have the ability to question boundaries, challenge classification systems and try to re-imagine the world..."
Steve Jobs had an unique way of jumping across boundaries and challenging rigidities he saw. For example, at university he dropped out of formal studies. On the other hand, he continued to attend the campus and study courses that interested him like Japanese Calligraphy. At that time it had no immediate benefit. Yet years later when he was creating his designs for Apple's computers, he blended his training in information technology with the seemingly unconnected calligraphy skills to create the multi-typefaces or proportionally spaced font, eg
"...You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards..."
Steve Jobs as quoted by Gillian Tett, 2015
. To fully understand another culture you need to immerse yourself in it, eg live/work in it, marry into it, etc.. In response to the question "where should I start my career", the answer according to Natalie Cope counters with "Do you want a job or a future"? If you want a job, stay in your native country; if you want a future, go overseas to regions like Asia!!!!
"...there is no substitute for in-country experience. The knowledge, learning and skills to be gained are invaluable. In-country experiences will lead to an appreciation of local business, political, ethical and regulatory environments. It helps build cultural sensitivity and understanding, and it will allow you to foster rich and meaningful relationships. Having local knowledge and long-term relationships based on trust and mutual understanding will be paramount to commercial success......many of the perceived challenges of doing business with Asia are real. The countries, cultures and markets of Asia are vastly......different ......trade and legal barriers, along with moral and ethical quandaries. No one will ever be able to prevent all mistakes and misfortune..."
Natale Cope, 2015
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