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Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse at Church
In this episode, Dr. Darrell Bock, Greg Love and Dr. Jay Sedwick discuss sexual abuse in the church, focusing on how churches can better protect children.
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Love explains his involvement with helping organizations create policies with this issue in mind
Dr. Sedwick explains the integration of training related to this issue at Dallas Theological Seminary
Love shares a case study to help churches prepare for and respond to this issue
Why background checks are not enough to protect children at church
What churches should avoid in sexual abuse awareness training
Welcome to The Table, where we discuss issues of God and culture, and today our topic is dealing with issues related to sexual abuse in the church. It's not a pleasant topic. It's a topic that has come on the radar screen more recently, and we intend, in the hour we spend together, to help prepare churches and leaders with the responsibilities and the awareness of what they need to do to make sure that their children are protected and that their church also is protected from a legal standpoint. So today we have Gregory Love, a lawyer who has worked in this area for some time. Thank you for being with us, Gregory.
Greg Love
And Jay Sedwick, who is responsible for teaching in – well, it used to be called Christian Education. It now has a new title that I don't even remember.
Jay Sedwick
Educational Ministries and Leadership.
[Laughs] Much better.
And works in the youth area primarily. And so we've brought these two gentlemen together to help us navigate this topic. Greg, how long have you been practicing law and, more particularly, how long have you been practicing in the area dealing with sexual abuse in the church?
Well, as you might expect, I didn't go to school desiring to be a sexual abuse lawyer. I started practicing law in 1990. Probably in about 1995, '96 we started working on a matter involving the molestation of probably 20 to 25 children at a group home in Fort Worth, and the more we kept working on this matter, the larger this kept being. And it finally resolved for enough money that it got a lot of attention, and so we started getting calls from people all over the country to take a look at their fact patterns involving the molestation of children in an organization. This corresponded with the Catholic Church starting its adventure into child sexual abuse litigation, which actually started here in Dallas with the Rudy Kos case. And so started getting a lot of calls about representing victims of priest abuse.
Now, of course, Kim and I are in church leadership, which meant at that time we made the decision we're not going to be involved in litigating against the Body of Christ. So what we did instead is made ourselves available to those number of entities: ministries, camps, non-profits, schools asking for instruction about how do we learn not to place our children at risk before it happens. In other words, how can we learn from exhibit A so that we don't become exhibit B. So not only were we litigating at that point, then we started moving into trying to help a lot of entities do prevention work.
And so – and I take it that this really was like – it sounds like you almost stumbled upon it because you took a particular case and then you realized this is a much bigger need than people even realize, and it has exploded more recently. Is that not the case?
Yeah. It seems like stumbling at the time. As I look back, I can see a whole lot more of God's hand in it in preparing me to do large-scale litigation, then preparing us on the understanding standards of care and the litigation part. But then Kim and I are also in church leadership, and, as Jay knows, I'm in the my 19th year of student ministry at Christ Chapel Bible Church. And so with each of those pieces of who I am, made us – I guess shaped us into being somebody that could communicate specifically with the church.
So I'm not a social worker. I'm not somebody that I feel like just has good ideas because I love children. I mean we're on that edge that I'm gonna show you not only what you should be doing, but I'm gonna show you what it's gonna look like when this train wrecks. And so from those viewpoints and also just being able to speak the language of the Christian church, just put us in a unique place to speak truth into the places where it's just not being heard.
Well, this is interesting 'cause I went to seminary in the '70s, from '75 to '79. And I can honestly say I don't ever remember a single class dealing with this when I was in seminary, even though I was training to lead the church. The idea of this kind of protection or thinking through this kind of protection as a church leader never came up. These kinds of issues impacting the church really, for me, came through an elder role that I had at the church when we started to get the issue of do we do background checks on people working with our children, that kind of thing, along with other issues, not sexual abuse, in which the church was potentially vulnerable for legal action.
And now all of sudden I have nothing on my seminary training to rely on. We're trying to adjust kind of as we're hearing things. And fortunately, in many cases most churches have someone in the leadership who has some law or legal background who can at least direct and begin to direct you to someone who can give it some attention and has some expertise. Jay, has the situation changed very much for the teaching of this area since when I was in seminary?
That's a great question. There are a couple of places where, rather than just taking credit for it personally, but I have introduced some training in this area. I've invited Greg to come. He's guest lectured for me in our legal and financial issues class. Now, it is an elective on campus, so it's not a required course in any program. So on a yearly basis in the spring semester, we usually have 10 to 15 students that take the class.
But that's a very small number of students that get exposed to Greg and the kind of training that Greg provides. The only other place that I'm aware of that we're doing anything is in our CE 101 class, which is our basic course that every student on campus is required to take. And I guest lecture in all of the sections, and I cover this particular topic, but just for one session. So they get one shot for about 75 minutes, but every student at least gets that little bit of awareness. But in terms of adequate training, we're not doing what we need to be doing.
It's interesting. The reason we're having the podcast is Greg came to do a chapel earlier in the fall, a packed out room, got to speak to all the students about this. And I'm sitting here listening to what he's doing and going, "Oh man, I can think of dozens and dozens and dozens of church communities that really need to hear what it is you have to share." So I really do appreciate you taking the time to come in and talk with us. And let's just dive right in. You sent me, earlier today as we were preparing for this, an outline of a case that I take to be kind of a sample of the mess a church can get into. So why don't you walk us through that case as a sample of the types of things leaders do need to be concerned about.
Okay. Well, I break down most of the ways in which the church gets into the deep end of the pool into two large categories. One is what do you do to get prepared. What systems do you have in place recognizing the risk and addressing it, and then a separate category on how do you respond once one of these things comes above the surface. Okay. You can get into some serious difficulties on both sides of that, and usually if you're in error on the first part of it, generally the errors are gonna just – they're gonna just roll on the second set.
So the point is this can really happen and a church can be put in an extremely vulnerable position if they haven't adequately prepared themselves for the possibility of this taking place.
That's right. And most churches aren't.
Yeah. That's the assumption I'm operating with as well. Let's start off by showing what can happen to a church, and then we'll talk about the ways to remedy it. You have sent me this case involving a church in Colorado. That's all I'll say about it. Let's go through the rough outlines of what happened and how the church got itself into deep water.
Okay. In this particular situation, we have a youth pastor that is alleged to have engaged in inappropriate physical behavior with a 14-, 15-year-old girl, and it went on for a long period of time. And there was also behaviors that, if somebody understands the grooming process of a sexual abuser, you can really read between the lines on some of the things that are being reported that it really seems to me that this person was grooming this girl for inappropriate sexual behavior and did engage in some of that behavior. Ultimately that girl left the congregation, confided with some other people in another church about what her experience has been. Because in our climate today, people are more comfortable sharing than they have been in the past, especially a female. They encouraged her to go back to the leadership of the first church and share with them what had happened because that person was still on staff.
The offending youth pastor. The church received that information, and see, that's – in my opinion, you're standing at a crossroad at that point, and there's a number of different things that should happen at that point: sharing the information with the authorities if it fits within what the authorities want to be reported, notifying your insurance carrier, notifying other potentially impacted individuals. I mean you just have some due diligence of what is necessary at that point. The first thing I mentioned was your reporting responsibilities.
Now, every state in the country is going to have law in place that makes some people mandatory reporters of sexual abuse, physical abuse or neglect; and then some people are, "We'd like for you to report." In Colorado their code section makes clergy mandatory reporters. They carve out a clergy privilege, but it makes it very narrow. So in this situation, they received the information from the girl who was then 23 and she was no longer in harm's way, and they, I think, even sought legal advice. Not necessarily good advice.
Bad advice. Yeah.
And they decided not to report that information to law enforcement. And they actually went through a process of an internal investigation to determine did this person actually do this and is there any other victims, etcetera, etcetera. That young lady ultimately told the authorities four or five months later, and there's also civil litigation that began. But ultimately when the authorities learned that she had notified church leadership six months earlier and nobody from the church contacted the authorities, they went and actually not just came and said, "We're disappointed with you," they arrested two elders and three pastors at that church in connection with the failure to report if you're a mandatory reporter, which is a class B misdemeanor or some level of misdemeanor offense, and that just is gonna unfold poorly. So at that point when they got that information, they determined, "This is not something we're gonna report to the authorities," and they didn't report it, and it had consequences.
In one sense, the leadership, which involves both the pastor and elders, are responsible when a situation comes up, in many states, to report this, and failure to report is a violation of the law.
Which is interesting because you have the act, on the one hand, which precipitates all this; and then you have the response to the act, which itself puts you in a vulnerable position as well. So that you may think all you have to deal with is dealing with the act, but actually there's a whole responsibility that comes as a result of the act and knowing about it that you also have responsibility for.
That's right. So it's important for a church to think through these things in advance, to put your systems in place that are gonna protect the children, but also educate your people as to understanding who needs to get information that does come to your attention. In other words, we want to be communicating before someone's nude with a child.
Right. Right.
We want you to understand what some of those grooming behaviors are, know who to share that information with, and leadership to have already thought through, "When we receive this information, what do we do with it?" Now, you could have that system in place and still have an allegation. I mean it could still have something that can arise, and then you ultimately need to respond to it. And so if you're not doing it well on this first section, chances are you're not going to do it well on the second.
'Cause you're gonna be reacting.
Because you don't have –
And out of ignorance.
You don't have any understanding what the risk looks like and what – this is something you don't wing it and make these decisions. You hopefully have thought through it such that when it hits your radar, it's already got a clear instruction as to what needs to happen with that information.
Okay. Now, my guess is is that the churches that have given this at least a little bit of thought have probably set some policies in place and they probably do a standard background check. And I think one of the things that hit us during the chapel was that that kind of standard operating procedure – which I think you've nicknamed the American way, which is a great name, by the way – isn't good enough. So why don't you go through what most churches do first and then, secondly, why that's not good enough.
Okay. And part of the way I know what churches do is I do a lot of prevention work. I also do a lot of consulting. So when there is an allegation or when there's a train that's hopped the tracks. I'm gonna come alongside leadership and try to help them evaluate what went wrong and how wrong is it, and ultimately I'm gonna be able to ask them for the information I need to potentially defend them, create media talking points to help them work with families that have victimized children. So in a number of different ways had the opportunity to ask people, "What are you doing in your church, your school, your camp to protect children from abuse?" And like you mentioned, the standard answer I'm going to get is, "We do criminal background checks. We have policies," which could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
And they just move forward, but what they don't understand is what the grooming process looks like of a sexual abuser. And so when you get down into understanding the effectiveness of those two pieces: policies and a criminal background check, you start to realize, "I'm really doing very little, if anything, to protect the children in my care." First of all, because less than ten percent of sexual abusers will ever encounter the criminal justice system, which means even if your background check is working at 100 percent efficiency, which I promise you it's not, then more than 90 percent of those people that wish to hurt our children have nothing for you to find.
So there's no real sieve operating in a background check.
Well, I've gotta make sure that I don't err the other way in sharing with people that, "Okay. Just don't bother then." Because if there's low-hanging fruit, we have to pick it. If it's out there, we have to make a reasonable reach for it. But what we need to do is make sure we understand the limitation of the criminal background check and not let that be a standalone system.
So it's not enough is the point that you're making.
You need to do it, but it's not enough.
And one of the reasons you need to do is is that you do need to show that you've made some effort as a community to deal with this should you ever come into the situation. You're more exposed, if you will, if you've done nothing than if you've at least tried to do something. Is that fair?
Right. What our community wants is the same thing our jury wants, is to know that you were reasonable. Okay? Given your circumstances, did you do what was reasonable. And a criminal background check, it's starting to be revealed, by itself is not enough. And we have a situation in Florida where a Baptist – the Baptist Convention helped a church, a supporting church and a supporting association plant a church on the coast, not knowing that this person that they trained and financed to help plant this church had lost two pulpits, one in Maryland and one in Alabama, prior for sexual abuse of boys.
Oh wow.
When he got down to that church, he ultimately sexually abused the church secretary's son. And of course, their defense was, "We ran a criminal background check and there was nothing." But what they didn't do was the next step to check the references at the prior places where he had served where they would have revealed to them that there were children that were abused. Okay. So now my point in sharing that with you is we're looking for what is reasonable. Okay.
Now, reasonable is also associated in the law called "standard of care." And what is reasonable in 1975 is different than what's reasonable today. What is gonna be reasonable ten years from now is gonna change yet again. Sometimes that's driven by legislation, licensure, different other things like litigation. So in this sense when you talk about background checks, we have to do it because it's reasonable to do it and we have to make a reasonable search for that information. Now, some of even our licensures for our churches that have day care centers and things like that, it's required.
Okay? So the youth camps require it. And it will continue to be required, but what we're seeing is there's a limitation to it. What juries are gonna start to ask, like the jury in Florida, is "What else should you have done that would have been reasonable for you to determine whether this person was a high risk?" Okay? And even some of the feedback from the lawyers for the Florida Baptist Convention, where this is brand new law, but actually no, it's not. It's application of existing law, just the culture is changing and is expecting more from us.
So the standards, in one sense, have risen because of all the cases that have come up in the past, and so the old approaches, in some ways, are viewed as inadequate.
It's just not enough. And what our culture and our experts are starting to understand is there are limitations to the criminal background check, which is why in Texas we've seen a lot of changes in the law that's requiring sexual abuse awareness training. And that, in my opinion, is the key. So in other words, we have to teach people what this risk looks like or how are you going to reduce that risk? So if you tell me, "We've got policies and procedures," well, are your policies and procedures based upon the grooming process of a preferential offender?
Because if they're not what are you policying? What are you doing? What are you teaching your people to see? Because if you don't give 'em the eyes to see and ears to hear that which is risky and if you don't understand what those things are so you can say in your policies and procedures what behavior is and is not appropriate amongst the children, then you really haven't accomplished anything and you have your people moving blindly forward thinking everything is fine while sexual abusers are moving in your community because you can't recognize them.
Okay. I'm gonna come back to this, but I want to ask Jay a question, and it's this. Now, how should a church not approach the development of this awareness training? I think you have some experience in this regard to share with us.
[Laughs] Well, I'm familiar with a church that was taking their leadership to a camp for their children, and the children's minister took the leadership through the training process.
And this is required by law. They had to do it.
It's required by law in the state of Texas if you're gonna be an adult leader, even a teenager who's a leader, at that particular camp and any camp in the state of Texas, you are required by law to go through sexual abuse awareness training.
And that's not unusual in the country. There are probably lots of states that have those laws.
There are states that are evaluating what Texas is doing for similar implementation, but right now Texas is first.
Interesting. Okay.
And I felt like it was very inadequate because the children's minister would basically coach the leadership through the test and hint at the answers to the questions as we went through it as a group. And so it was really not effective at all. There was nothing. No material was really read or studied. It was simply something that was perfunctory that had to be done to check off a list so that people could go to the camp.
And so the worst thing that you can do is to have one of these awareness programs and simply to through it to be able to say, "Oh, I checked it off on the list." And particularly if you give that attitude off as you're doing it. I mean it's even worse. And I would take it that if that were discovered in a court case, that that would put in a very vulnerable and terrible position, correct?
Greg Love: Well, it would put you in a vulnerable position, yes, but in a court case – as a plaintiff's lawyer, one of my jobs is to make a jury angry. Okay. I'm gonna represent a victim of abuse, and I'm going to try to demonstrate that here's what the standards of care were, here's where you were operating. And if a jury, in seeing the totality of those circumstances, sees an entity that's either ignoring what's reasonable or making light of it, dealing with it as if it's perfunctory or if it's just a, "We just need to touch this base with frivolity," I know that with what I do, I could make a jury angry and that translates into destroying missions.
Yeah. So this is serious, serious business that we're talking about. Let's turn to the awareness programs. What's out there? If a church were to come to you and just say on a consulting basis, a recommendation basis, "What should we do? What's reasonable for us to do, given that that's the standard that you've talked about," what kinds of things would you say to them they need to be doing?
Well, I'm gonna tell 'em that anybody who's delivering services to children, churches included, need to understand there's risk. You just need to understand there are people out there, and it makes no sense to me, that though they may have an age-appropriate adult willing to have sex with them, they prefer a child as a sexual partner. That just makes no sense to me. But with that understanding, you need to put in place a system that's going to protect children from that risk, and it can't be just a one-piece system like a criminal background check. It needs to be multiple things that work together to create a reasonable environment that's safe for a child, and, in my opinion, that includes five things. Your foundation is your sexual abuse awareness training. It informs and provides support for every other piece in this system, so your sexual abuse awareness training is first.
And the goal of that is to make all the people who work with children, I take it, aware of the circumstances that could be turning in that direction. Is that one of the primary goals of it is to sensitize people as to what might be going on?
Yeah. Sensitizing for a number of different reasons. For example, leadership is going to be the group that's responsible for creating policies and procedures. They need to understand the behavior. See, there's no visual profile for the preferential sexual offender. You must recognize that risk behaviorally, not visually. Not the stranger danger. Not the trench coat with the Beanie Babies.
So it's teaching people what are those behaviors, what does that risk look like so that leadership can reasonably create the policies that would be necessary to have in place to protect the children that fit your particular mission. So a policy and procedure document understanding the behaviors of the preferential offender for a school is going to have some same core commonalities as the policy for a church and a camp, but it's gonna be shaped to actually fit the types of programming that are delivered in each one of those types of entities. So a camp may have overnight elements. A school might have an athletics element. Church may have a domestic and foreign missions component, but it all has as its core the understanding of the behavior of the preferential sexual offender.
And what I'm also hearing you say is that this training isn't just something that involves the people who are actually working with the children. It's got to involve the leadership as well.
Right. It has to start with leadership because even if you train these people that are wearing your nametag as paid staff and even volunteers, they still operate within the framework that leadership creates. So leadership has the added responsibility of having this information such that they can create the grid in which everybody operates in safely and reasonably. And so that's the sensitization of the people that wear your nametag that you want them to have the information so that when you give people policies and procedures, they can read these and understand exactly why each one of these things in here, of the things that I do or don't do, are in place. And that way you don't have those group of people that are resisting change or new rules. You have people, once they understand what this risk looks like – and arguably if you have a kid in the program, I want to know what's gonna keep my kid safe.
Yeah. Virtually every mother will want to be sure that their child is safe. Not to mention –
Hey, don't leave those dads out.
– the fathers. Yeah. Exactly.
So the awareness training equips leadership to put policies in place. Then it equips your people that are actually gonna be the hands and feet of your delivery of services to operate within a child-safe environment. And so it's got multiple purposes, but if you don't have that information, you can't do either one of these.
So one mistake that a church can make is, "Oh, we'll put in a training and awareness program, but the people that we're gonna train and have be aware are just the people who are working with the kids." That's a mistake.
That is a mistake, but that's where I would start. I mean 'cause for most of my people, what I would tell them if they wear your nametag, then we need to provide this training. In fact, we need to require it.
Okay. So there's training that's involved with leadership. There's also training that involves the people who are actually with the children, so there really are two levels that we're talking about here. Is there another grouping or are those the two groups that you're primarily working with: your leadership and the people who are actually with the child? I'm assuming leadership involves your elders and your staff as a whole, that there should be no exclusions in who gets this training at the leadership level.
That's my lawyer answer and then there's my this is a good idea answer. So that's what I would consider reasonable, and then what I'd also share with my people, like many of my organizations – like I'm leaving for Bob Jones University this evening because they've made the decision they want to provide this training live from me and my wife, my law partner, for everyone of their faculty members and students. Okay? Not seminary. I mean all of their undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Why? Because they see themselves as an organization that's going to reach out into their community and, "If you're gonna be associated with us, we don't just want to be sure to protect ourselves from liability. We just think that you're gonna be moving into a broken environment that could place you at risk. We just want you to have some wisdom." So that entity, I don't think it's standard of care that they'd be required to do that, but I think it's a great idea, and they do too.
For some of my churches, they've decided, "Well, why do we want to limit this to just the people that wear our nametag? Can we also provide this to our parents?" Now, in thinking about a delivery, whether it's live or online, it's like, "I agree with you." This is an opportunity for a church or a camp or a school just to say, "People, we don't want there to be any mystery here. We want to really turn on the light, and we want you to invite parents into what we're sharing with our staff. We want you to know what our policies and procedures are. We want you to partner with us. And if you see anything that we need to know about, we want you, as a part of our church body, to participate in that with us." So they'll send training links to all of the parents associated with the program or school.
So that's actually a third group in some ways, right?
Right. Now, it's not required. It's not the lawyer standard of care.
I mean when you understand some of the statistics, 1 in 5 Americans has been sexually victimized before he or she was 18 years old. Okay? One out of five. Which means, in my opinion, that everybody that's a part of your program that's an adult has either been victimized, is married to somebody who's been victimized, or has somebody close to them that's been victimized. So you generally don't have a group that's receiving this that's apathetic or hostile. Because we're not talking about it, I just want my people to assume this is information that somebody that's either been impacted by this personally or very close to them would feel like, "This is valuable, and I respect that entity giving it to me and raising the bar because they recognize this risk."
Okay. So we've now identified three potential groups: leadership; the participants in the program themselves, the people who are with the kids; and the parents. What does this training actually involve? What types of things should it cover?
What it covers as it relates to being compliant with Texas law – and I didn't have a hand in creating the legislation in Texas. And when it came out in 2006, it didn't come with a lot of announcement and fanfare. But when we got this, it's like this is really well done. And for example, to be compliant with the – to be a state-approved training in the state of Texas, it requires like eight particular topics. And some of those topics are, for example: what is the grooming process; what are common grooming behaviors; what are the characteristics of an abuser; what are some of the signs in a child that this child may have been victimized; what are the short-term impacts and what are the long-term impacts; what are the significance of the requirements to report, not just to supervisors, but to law enforcement. But the core of any sexual abuse awareness training has to be what is the grooming process and what are common grooming behaviors.
Now, you mentioned the state of Texas, and you also have suggested that some areas Texas has taken the lead in these kinds of laws. Is a requirement of this kind of training common now across the country? Is it becoming more common? What's the status of where it sits before we actually take a look at what's involved within the material itself?
If you could get up and see like the weather patterns, here's how that change is occurring. Texas was first, which is interesting because Texas is rarely first in doing things like this. But it was, and it was well done and it was well-written. And that was a requirement for mandatory sexual abuse awareness training, as Jay mentioned, for those people who are gonna be adults participating, or even teenagers participating, in leadership at youth camps in Texas. But it also described as a requirement for day camps as well, and day camps is intentionally very broad in its definition. So that any time you gather at least five children for four consecutive days between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for the purposes of education, athletics, recreation, or religion; they would call you a day camp.
Does vacation Bible school fall into that?
Describing a vacation Bible school, now there's nothing in the code section that says vacation Bible schools need to go get licensed as day camps. But what I would share with my churches is what the state of Texas has done is gathered experts in sexual abuse and children's programming, and they have opined that if you are gathering children in this type of way, there's a heightened risk of sexual abuse, and I agree. And to reduce that heightened risk, it's reasonable for you to have an administrator that has a background in childcare, criminal background checks, and mandatory sexual abuse awareness training. All right. So I'm not telling my people the law says to go get licensed as a daycare or a day camp, but what I am telling you is you've had the experts in your state tell you, "When you engage in these types of activities, there's heightened risk. This is how you reduce the risk." So use that information and go move forward.
So a lot of churches also do daycare, so I take it daycare also fits in this or in a similar kind of way. So if a church has a daycare program that they offer, they are under similar kinds of requirements in terms of what they're asked to do to protect children?
I'd say up until 2011, it was me being persuasive to tell you I think this is what it's telling you and this is a good idea. But see, in 2011, we had multiple pieces of legislation make additional changes in the state of Texas. So now there's a requirement of a sexual abuse awareness training by virtue of two piece of legislation for day care centers specifically, child placing agencies, public schools, charter schools, and colleges and universities that deliver minors programs on campus. So they tried to hook gymnastics gyms as a day care center, but that didn't work. And I think it's coming, so the only large unregulated areas in the state of Texas that you can work with youth and not have a required sexual abuse awareness training is youth sports, gymnastics, and youth ministry.
And I think those are coming. Okay. Now, there's the end of Sister Cleo on Texas. But you see, what has happened is – take the Boy Scouts of America. They have scout troops in Texas. There's now a mandatory requirement for this sexual abuse awareness training if you're engaged in this behavior in Texas. What they understand is it's kind of silly to say, "Well, we're gonna protect our Texas children, but our children in Kansas, nah." So what they've decided is, "Okay. Well, that's a change in the watermark. We're gonna change it across the country." Now, they've endured a lot of litigation as well, so they've got zero margin for error and should be taking note for anything that they need to be doing which is reasonable. Catholic Church, same thing. They raise the fences nationally and not just in Texas.
So what's happening is some organizations are ahead of where the laws are in certain states because they recognize the risk that they are operating under.
Because the message doesn't just come from the legislatures. The message is also coming from insurance companies. So like nobody passed a law that outlawed 15-seater vans. But you see, the people that were paying for that risk decided, "We're through paying for that risk." And so insurance companies started excluding coverage for particular types of vehicles or vehicles that didn't have drivers taking a particular training.
So what we're seeing now more is insurance companies requiring the mandatory sexual abuse awareness training and certain policy provisions and levels of criminal background check before they'll renew coverage because they are your professional risk management voice. So whether it's coming through insurance companies, the legislature, licensing bodies, or just organizations that have a national presence, like the council for the Boy Scouts of America or the YMCAs, making a national decision, "This is what we're going to do." So you can see that as that culture changes and the watermark is coming up, the church really doesn't have that voice.
And so you shouldn't go into this with the view that says what's the least we can do. You really are wise to think through what makes sense to do. In some cases, even what's the best you can do to make sure that you've adequately taken care of this.
Darrell L. Bock
Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author of over 40 books, including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts and studies of the historical Jesus, and work in cultural engagement as host of the seminary's Table Podcasts. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) from 2000–2001, served as a consulting editor for Christianity Today, and serves on the boards of Wheaton College and Chosen People Ministries. His articles appear in leading publications. He is often an expert for the media on NT issues. Dr. Bock has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. When traveling overseas, he will tune into the current game involving his favorite teams from Houston—live—even in the wee hours of the morning. Married for over 40 years to Sally, he is a proud father of two daughters and a son and is also a grandfather.
Gregory S. Love is a recognized expert in legal standards of care related to child sexual abuse with a unique passion for equipping ministry leaders with an understanding of sexual abuse issues facing the Church. Litigating sexual abuse cases across the United States, his unique perspective provides valuable counsel to high profile secular clients, while providing crisis response to ministries and churches nationwide. In addition to creating loss control resources for insurance companies, Love regularly trains underwriting and risk management professionals to assess sexual abuse risk. After decades of litigating sexual abuse cases and providing legal counsel to ministries, Love partnered with Dallas Theological Seminary to create the first seminary course addressing the risk of child sexual abuse in ministry contexts.
Jay L. Sedwick
Dr. Sedwick has over thirty-six years of youth ministry experience combined with twenty-three years of faculty service. He serves on the board of the Association of Youth Ministry Educators and has served as president of the board for the Society of Professors in Christian Education. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board for World Link Ministries, an evangelistic, church planting, and pastoral training ministry around the world. An ordained minister who teaches youth at a large Dallas-area church, Dr. Sedwick is also a popular conference and seminar speaker. His research and teaching interests include youth development, youth culture, biblical education for youth, curriculum design, and legal and financial issues in ministry.
Sexuality, Table Specific


Finally got back to life to compile the report after DevFest Istanbul..
- 2773 attendees checked in on the event date. 1000th check in was around 9am!!
- 4 session rooms (800, 500, 120 and 120 seats) and 1 sandbox and 1 workshop ran in parallel all day long.
- Sessions started at 8:45 even before the keynote (and they were full!!) and ran until 7pm.
- There were 49 sessions (excluding sandbox and workshop area) and 59 speakers (including sandbox).
- Workshop area hosted Minecraft workshop for kids (big thanks to epik!). 70 people (both childrens and parents) attented and 30 children signed up for future events!!
- To handle such a big number of atteendees, we had tremendous support from many GDGs specially GDG Kutahya, GDG Sivas (both not listed in directory yet!), GDG Eskisehir and GDG Ankara.
and fun facts :) here is a birthday selfie on stage with 900 attendees in the background..
- As Van's request :) We had selfie on stage with Adriana, all organizers and almost 900 attendees in the background.
- All the international speakers received a sim card with 4gb data and 500min from our sponsor Turkcell. Great idea GDG Lviv!!
- Intel sponsored the event and paid in return of asking a slot for me to give a talk?!? So basically the company I work in, paid for me to talk in the event I am organizing.
- 2500 of 2773 attendees got an awesome tshirt.
- Except for the tshirt design we owe all the graphical assets to GDG Lviv!!
- Oracle's official Java twitter account tweeted the event as a great success with #goTurkey hashtag.


Mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae is a native and naturally occurring insect that attacks our ponderosa and lodgepole pine forests.
The beetle carries the bluestain fungus, a disease that clogs the tree's vascular system, causing it to die. A tree that has the fungus may not show the effects for many months.
Under normal conditions, MPB populations remain small and isolated and only individual trees are affected; however, every 10 to 20 years, MPB populations increase to epidemic levels and entire tree stands can be killed. Recent surveys have shown an increase in MPB populations along the northern Front Range.
Jefferson County experienced a similar epidemic in the mid-1970s through the early 1980s and again in the late 1990's. Hundreds of thousands of ponderosa pine trees were killed and millions of dollars were spent on control measures. When MPB populations increase, measures should be taken to prevent widespread damage.
Most ponderosa pine trees currently infested with MPB are stressed because their stands have not been properly managed. The best way to protect your trees from MPB is to thin them correctly. Closely spaced trees must compete for water, sunlight and nutrients, making them weak an unable to resist insect attack. A healthy tree is able to produce enough sap to drown the invading pine beetle, "pitching it out."


Attention seniors – once your college decision has been made, please update Naviance and see your school counselor!
On Friday, May 3rd, Ms. Cenca will be taking 10 girls to Fontbonne Academy to watch "The Pianist of Willesden Lane". The group will be leaving at 9:00 A.M. and returning to school by 12:00 noon. Please see Ms. Rodriguez for more information or if you are interested.
Monday, April 29th is fast approaching along with our MC Poetry Slam! A number of students have expressed interest in reciting for the Slam. If you have a favorite poet or you like spoken word or performance poetry, or rap then let us see and hear what you can do! Pick a story that you really want to tell or a poem that you really love and want to share - something you're really excited about! If you're excited then your audience will be excited too! Stop by the Learning Commons to sign up!
All MBTA bus pass money for the month of May is due by Tuesday, April 30th.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 8:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. Blood Drive/ Bone Marrow Registry - Two volunteers are needed per period to operate the registration table. If you are 17 years old or over, register to give blood at tinyurl.com/MaldenHS2019. Open to staff, eligible students, and families.
Lancers Drama is proud to present the final production of the year, the comedy Hogwash. Thursday, May 2nd, and Friday, May 3rd, at 7:00 P.M. each night. Admission is $5.00, but MC students are free.
Wednesday, May 1st, 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Jamaica Parent Meeting. If you are considering traveling to Jamaica next year, you and a parent are invited to meet with Mr. McDuffee, Mr. Fitzgerald and our coordinators who will Skyping in from Jamaica.
Saturday May 4, 2019 7:20 A.M. – 10:00 P.M. iPods for Wounded Veterans (15 service hour opportunity) Meet at WCTV 10 Waltham Street, Wilmington, travel to Veterans Administration in West Haven, Ct. RSVP by to Mr. Dujardin by April 26th. We are looking for a parent chaperone.
Please join us for Mother's prayer group. We meet every Wednesday morning at 7:00 A.M. in the 2nd floor hospitality suite at MC.


Don't really know anything about the history of it, but here are the pics.
Nice pics mate if any one goes back in mite be an idea to open the latch for the escape hatch as i,m sure the entrance is going to be propelly burried ??
Long since buired under about 2 tones of soil.
shame its been quite so buried but mex has a very good point, was a little disapointed to have missed out while up in leeds last weekend but them's the breaks.


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Echoes April Cd of the Month: Moby
Moby's Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt Echoes April CD of the Month.
by John Diliberto 4/2/2018
If you thought that Moby got his angst out on his last two albums, These Systems Are Failing and More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse, you'd be right, in terms of energy matched with anger. But on Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, he goes deeper into his pain and remorse about the state of the world. Follow Moby on Twitter and other social media, and you'll know that he's vegan, loves animals, and hates the current political state of the US. It's that last thing that comes out in this album.
Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt seems like an idyllic, hopeful title, maybe an image of the afterlife, but the album couldn't be further from that. The title is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five where the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, delivers that line to his daughter, who is asking about the war. As he says it, he thinks it would be a good epitaph. But with the Dresden firebombing, prisoner of war camp, and alien abduction, things were pretty awful for Pilgrim. Moby believes things are pretty awful for us right now.
Yet, despite its foreboding themes, Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt is a beautiful album, full of haunting, melancholy melodies, deeply textural arrangements and more of those great guest singers Moby discovers, including Julie Mintz, Mindy Jones, Raquel Rodriguez and Apollo Jane.
Moby draws upon two sources for his imagery. The first is the W.B. Yeats poem, "The Second Coming," written in the malaise and uncertainty following the First World War, and the beginning of the Irish War of Independence. Themes from the work populate the album, which begins with "Mere Anarchy," a phrase from the poem. It's a heartbreaking anthem for the end. It begins in muted tones as sounds move in reverse and Moby sing/speaks in a hushed, husky delivery that he employs on much of the album. It's partly vulnerable and slightly sinister, as if he's seen too many horrors and smoked too many cigarettes. (He doesn't smoke.) But the piece quickly accelerates into a pounding, symphonic groove, surging toward annihilation.
He also draws from his own dormant Christian background for much of his metaphorical imagery, and sometimes music, to explore these emotions of a world coming apart. "Like a Motherless Child" takes the black spiritual from the early days of American slavery and turns it into a thumping invective, sung by Raquel Rodriquez, with Moby giving a slightly British-accented rap of doom in the middle.
"A Dark Cloud is Coming," sung by Apollo Jane in a deep, soulful, gospel blues cadence, sounds like it could also be an old hymn. She actually calls out to the Lord in this apocalyptic plea. It's a somber end to the album, but not as somber as "The Middle Is Gone". The title is another Yeats "Second Coming" reference to his famous line "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold." It reads like a suicide note, as Moby intones words of despair, failure and remorse, in a listless – there is no hope – kind of voice. Notably, this phrase was used as the title to Elyn R. Saks' book about her own madness and attempted suicide.
I don't think Moby is giving up. But he has written a beautiful, evocative and provocative song-cycle for those distraught by these times, when many of our social and political beliefs are under assault. Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, is an album for these troubled times, replete with gospel choirs shouting "In this darkness, please light my way."
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Prudential undertakes brand push
The Prudential is to launch a brand campaign to promote itself as a plain speaking and trustworthy provider of pension advice.
By Marketing Week	 21 Oct 2009 9:30 am
The print activity is the financial services firm's biggest brand push for three years and aims to build on the affinity consumers have for the 160-year-old brand.
The campaign will position the brand as a straightforward and authoritative voice at a time when the recession has focused consumers' minds on providing for their future.
The campaign has been created by Leagas Delaney, which has worked with the company on a project basis for some time.
Chris Harris, managing director of the agency, says the campaign promotes a "different approach" to talking with consumers at a time when pensions are at the "top of people's worry list".
Advertisements will run in national and trade titles this year ahead of online activity.
The Prudential launched an integrated campaign for its lifetime mortgage equity release product as well as "Retirement has more potential with Prudential" activity to promote its lifetime mortgage products last year.
The campaign follows the departure of Prudential UK marketing director Ali Crossley to Saga Financial Services earlier this year.
Crossley was not replaced at Prudential and those people who had been reporting to her now report to their related business units.
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Ranbir Kapoor willing to do Pakistani films
Updated: Nov 21, 2015, 16:16 IST | PTI |
Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor would like to work in a Pakistani movie, given it is a "quality" project with a great story
Lahore: Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor would like to work in a Pakistani movie, given it is a "quality" project with a great story.
Ranbir and Deepika Padukone interacted with the Pakistani media via a video conference arranged here on Friday as a part of the promotional drive for their film "Tamasha" that hits both Indian and Pakistani theatres on November 27.
The 33-year-old "Barfi!" star said he was open to the idea of working in a Pakistani film. "I can look at a quality project with a great story."
"My family has always worked for the welfare of cinema. It is true that the Indian film industry is bigger compared to Pakistan s industry. The promotion and well-being of film culture in the region is the responsibility of local artists," he said during the video chat There has been a speculation in the Pakistani entertainment industry about a possible appearance by the duo at their film's Karachi premiere.
The young star noted that his family elders have in the past paid numerous visits to Pakistan for both professional and personal reasons.
"Even I want to visit. There are so many cities and locations that I have to see," Ranbir said. He added there was no competition between Pakistan and India films and both should work for the promotion of film culture in the region.
The actor hopes "Tamasha" would turn the tide as it is does not have a cliched story and music. "The audience will not forget the film's music for years to come." Ranbir said he would love to see Pakistani audiences turn up in large numbers for his film and make it a big success.
Deepika, 29, said the Imtiaz Ali-directed movie is a family film with a very interesting story that has something for all sections of the society. The actress said it is a film, which has a strong portrayal of a woman, who never compromises on truth and added
she was keen to see how women like the film, especially her role.
Are Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone reuniting for Luv Ranjan's film?
This interesting fact about The Forgotten Army will amaze you
What The Love! with Karan Johar: The trailer proves the show will be really promising


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Irish America's largest organization "greatly troubled" over VP Pence Brexit comments
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has penned a letter to the Vice President in which they remind him "Ireland did not create Brexit."
US Vice President Mike Pence and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hold a press conference at Farmleigh House on September 3, 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. The Vice President is on an official two-day visit to Ireland and is staying at President Trump's golf course resort Doonbeg in County Clare. Pool/Getty Images
In a letter written by National Political Education Chair Neil Cosgrove to US Vice President Michael Pence, the Ancient Order of Hibernians has expressed concern regarding recent comments made by the Vice President while visiting Ireland which admonished the Irish government to "to negotiate in good faith with prime minister Johnson, and work to reach an agreement that respects the United Kingdom's sovereignty."
US Vice President Mike Pence expressed his support for both Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement during a press gaggle at the US Ambassador to Ireland Edward Crawford's Dublin residence on Tuesday.
Read more: Did VP Pence betray Ireland in his Brexit comments during Irish trip?
On Tuesday, the US Vice President offered remarks during a press gaggle at Deerfield Residence in which he said: "On the subject of Brexit, we made it very clear the United States of America supports the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union.
"That being said, we recognize that Ireland has unique challenges with their northern border. And we're absolutely determined to play a positive role in ensuring that the historic Good Friday Agreement that the United States helped to broker more than 20 years ago is preserved in the context of any Brexit agreement.
"But I did encourage Taoiseach Varadkar to convey to other leaders across the European Union some of Ireland's unique challenges and encourage the EU to come to the table."
His remarks have caused controversy as they appear to admonish the Irish government on the UK's failure to leave the European Union on time, with Irish America's largest organization the Ancient Order of Hibernians penning a letter to the VP to remind him of Ireland's constant flagging of the border issue in the lead up to the referendum.
The letter states: "We are greatly troubled by the sentiment you expressed Mr. Vice President in your statement 'As the deadline for Brexit approaches we urge Ireland and the European Union, as well, to negotiate in good faith with prime minister Johnson, and work to reach an agreement that respects the United Kingdom's sovereignty.'
"Respectfully Mr. Vice President, the sovereignty of the Republic of Ireland must be accorded equal respect. As Britain's only land border with the E.U., the people of Ireland are being asked to bear the consequence of a Brexit where the citizens of the Republic of Ireland had no voice in the matter and which the community of Northern Ireland rejected by 56% at the polls. Self-determination is as much the birthright of the Irish as it is the British or American people. As such, the U.S. stance toward Ireland regarding Brexit should be one of understanding and engagement rather than chiding.
Read more: WATCH: Irish man berates Boris Johnson, accuses him of "playing games"
"Your admonition Mr. Vice President appears particularly inapt when it is remembered that in the run-up to the Brexit referendum those who warned of the difficulties in reconciling Brexit with the U.K.'s commitments under the Good Friday Agreement were dismissed as "scaremongers" and 'project fear' by people who now hold senior positions in the current British government. There was little 'good faith' or 'respect' shown during the Brexit campaign as to the collateral consequences of Brexit to the people of Ireland and their sovereignty.
"Now that those warnings have been validated, the British government is trying to rewrite history and reverse accountability for this crisis of its own making. We remind you Mr. Vice President of the "Pottery Barn Rule": you break it, you own it. Ireland did not create Brexit, Britain did. It is not the duty of Ireland to sacrifice itself to make Britain's decision to pursue Brexit work. To date, Ireland has shown both considerable good faith and patience with a situation which has been foisted on them while still honoring its sovereign responsibility to protect the peace and prosperity of its citizens.
"We are also concerned with the tepidity in your statement 'we'll continue to affirm our belief the Good Friday Agreement needs to be intact.' As a broker and co-guarantor of one of history's most significant diplomatic triumphs in the cause of peace, the United States must insist, not simply believe, that the Good Friday Agreement be preserved. Ordinary prudence would dictate against entering into any new deal, trade or otherwise, with a partner who did not honor their previous commitments under the internationally recognized treaty.
"As an Irish American, you are likely aware that the United States and the people of Ireland have enjoyed their own 'special relationship' which long predates that with Great Britain; extending back to the American Revolution which should also be honored. Respecting the sovereignty of the British people should not come at the cost of sacrificing Ireland to the exigencies of Brexit."
What did you make of the Vice President's comments in Ireland? Let us know in the comments section, below.
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Letters from the Front
Game Reviews, News, and Opinion pieces.
E3 2018: Sony Predictions
Playstation predictions.
An article by Physics
Alot of eyes will be looking at Microsoft and Nintendo, but especially Microsoft as this year is going to be interesting for them as the Xbox One X just released and it has been a massive success. However, I have my eyes on Sony to see what they end up doing since they recently announced that four games will appear at their conference. In addition to these first party exclusives, alot of attention will go into the third party games but nothing new in terms of hardware will be shown off.
Sony has had a few W's when it comes to E3 but last year was very lackluster but overall the entirety of E3 2017 was a bit underwhelming. On top of their impressive E3 showcases, they have done a good job to secure third party marketing deals and third party exclusive content, a region where Microsoft is failing at securing. Because of this, alot of eyes are on Sony and I'm kind of intrigued to see what they're going to bring out, especially what is the exclusive content when it comes to Red Dead Redemption 2.
Here is the last of my E3 predictions as we head into E3 this week. Let's get started.
TLOU II Will Release in Late 2019
The Last of Us was one of the best games to come out of the PS3 era and many fans of the franchise have been eagerly awaiting more info on this sequel. Naughty Dog released two teaser trailers showcasing that TLOU Part II will be a much darker and more adult oriented game then the original game. We don't know anything about the story but however, Sony has said that it will focus on TLOU Part II alongside the three other games at their E3 conference.
I predict that Sony will release details on when TLOU Part II will be hitting shelves and I predict that the release date will be in October of 2019 to line up with the Holiday season and I think it would make a lot of sense to release it during the holiday seasons to get as much sales during Black Friday. This game is going to be awesome.
A Surprise is in store
Last year's E3 press conference was kind of lackluster, the entire show itself was also very lackluster but I think this year will be a lot better because the amount of games that will be shown and a lot of hype that's behind plenty of the games.
I predict that Sony will throw a curveball at us, a few surprises in store will sure be there no doubt. The announcement of Ghosts of Tsushima, Spiderman, Death Stranding, amongst others started out that way as curveballs. We know that Sony will focus on 4 games but I feel like that's just half of the story and there will be plenty of surprises in store waiting for us.
Red Dead Redemption II Shows Up & Exclusive Content Announced
Two years ago, Playstation and Rockstar announced that some RDRII online content would be available first for the PS4. Since then, we haven't heard what this exclusive online content is or how long will it be exclusive to PS4 players. We'll sure learn more about it this year.
Usually, Rockstar doesn't show up at E3 as they like to keep to themselves and announce things through their newswire but I feel like this year will be different and Rockstar will indeed show up to E3 2018 and give us a first proper glimpse at gameplay through a gameplay trailer and maybe a short 20 minute demo of a mission.
Death Stranding Gets a Gameplay Demo with Kojima explaining "What the fuck this game is?"
Three trailers in and I still don't know what the fuck Death Stranding is. At this point, we've only received small hints about the game's plot and how the game will actually play. The surreal images of the three previous trailers have intrigued me and others but another surreal trailer will most likely do the game any good because curiosity can take something so far before people start losing interest so there has to be something more substantial and meaningful that gives light on what this game is all about.
I believe Kojima will show up on stage again and go into great detail about what Death Stranding is while showing us some pre-alpha footage of the game in action. I would love to see Kojima going in-depth and giving us a lot of details surrounding this with no release date attached. I believe that Death Stranding is a PS5 launch game.
We know that we're going to get a brand new look at Ghosts of Tsushima but we don't know anything else about it. If you don't know what Ghosts of Tsushima is, let me refresh you: Ghost of Tsushima is a historical game set in 1247 during the Mongolian invasion of the island of Tsushima and you play as the last samurai to defend the island and put a stop to their reign of terror.
This game intrigues me the most out of what Sony has in store, outside of TLOU Part II, as I'm a sucker for historical games and this game is surely up my alley. I think this game will be a cross generation game as the PS5 comes into existence and a new generation rolls around.
Days Gone will re-appear
Days Gone was first announced two years ago and it was later delayed from 2018 to 2019 and it looks to be interesting, despite not really being up my alley but I hope to see another gameplay trailer and a firm release date.
Days Gone is a game that doesn't really a lot of attention from what I noticed and I hope that changes or Sony changes that to at least garner a bit of hype surrounding it.
So, what's next? I don't know but I'm pretty excited and speculating is part of the fun as we head into E3.
Tomorrow, I will detail my top 10 most anticipated games of E3 2018. See you then!
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Varilek Angus hosts its annual Angus Bull Sale the third Saturday of February every year. The 2019 sale will be held on February 16 at the ranch seven miles south of Geddes. We encourage anyone to come visit anytime throughout the year to see our cattle and where they are raised.


It was a long weekend, so I decided to take advantage and put in some good time.
The second trainer session was pretty brutal, much tougher than the first with all that accumulated fatigue... but fought through it.
831km done in my fake bike trip. This puts me somewhere between Pancake Bay Provincial Park (greatest bay ever?) and Lake Superior Provincial Park.


As showdown Sunday gets closer, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for October. His numbers over the four games this month are staggering.
Brady threw 14 touchdowns and no interceptions. His quarterback rating was 129.1.
His passing accuracy was phenomenal 100-of-144, good for over 1,200 yards.
It is the seventh time in his career that Brady has won an AFC player of the month award.
NOTE: Brady and the Patriots meet Peyton Manning and the Broncos Sunday at 4:30pm. Live coverage on Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket begins with the pregame show at 1:30pm.


Think about your retirement. Who do you think you'll spend it with? And what will you do with the new found time? Whatever it is, you need to know that the money provided by the Canada Pension Plan is not designed to be your sole source of income during your retirement (in 2018 the CPP maximum benefit was $1,134.17 each month, but in 2016 only six per cent of Canadians actually received the maximum amount). Personal retirement savings (and a workplace pension plan) should be maximized if you want a comfortable retirement with room for splurges.
RRSPs are offered through financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, trust and insurance companies, and are approved by the Government of Canada. Contributions to RRSPs can be used as a tax deduction, which reduces the amount of tax you will pay on your income. There is a contribution limit each year of 18 per cent of your earned income, or up to the maximum limit set by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In 2017 the maximum limit was $26,010. It is a good idea to know what your contribution limit is, and you can do that by checking your tax return from last year. Depositing more than your contribution limit means you will be taxed on the extra money you put in. If you deposit less than your contribution limit, you can carry forward the unused room to next year.
Any investment income you earn in the RRSP is usually exempt from tax as long as the money remains in the RRSP. Generally, you will have to pay tax when you withdraw from your RRSP at retirement. However, for most people their tax rate will be lower in retirement since they won't have a lot of income, so you'll end up paying less tax. There are special circumstances when you can withdraw money from your RRSP before retirement without paying tax, such as using it to buy your first home or for educational purposes. You will be required to repay this money over a 15-year period if you borrow under the Home Buyer's Plan, or 10 years for the Lifelong Learning Plan.
To learn more about RRSPs, visit the Government of Canada's website .
Craig is 26 and lives in Ottawa with some of his friends from college. Craig is a wedding photographer and loves his job. He gets to travel to some cool places for his clients' weddings. Once he was flown to Dubai for engagement photos! While Craig loves his job, he doesn't have any benefits or a pension. He believes he still has time to save for retirement but he also knows that he doesn't want to work until he's 65, so he puts away five per cent of every wedding gig into an RRSP using a robo-advisor. While five per cent doesn't seem like much, he knows that with time, it will grow into a good amount, and plus, it's all he can afford.
TFSAs are another way for you to save for your retirement. If you have a short-term goal, you can save for that using a TFSA as well. You have to be at least 18 years old and have a valid social insurance number to set money aside in a TFSA. Contributions you make to your TFSA cannot be used as a tax deduction, but any withdrawals or earnings are completely tax-free.
Be cautious as there is a limit to how much you can contribute annually towards your TFSA. In 2018, the limit was $5,500. If you over contribute, you'll pay a penalty on the extra amount until you remove it. If you don't contribute to the maximum this year, you can carry forward the unused room to next year. To learn more about TFSAs, visit the Government of Canada's website .
Set up automatic transfers from your bank account on payday that get deposited directly into these plans. This makes it easier for you to save for retirement, as you won't have to think about transferring money. Plus, what you don't get in your wallet you can't spend!
RRSPs are used solely for retirement savings, but TFSAs can be used for anything.
Contributions towards RRSPs are tax deductible, meaning you can deduct your contributions from the income you report on your tax return. You'll get taxed less as you are seen as earning less. Contributions towards TFSAs are not tax deductible.
Withdrawals from RRSPs at retirement are taxed, but TFSA withdrawals are not, at retirement or otherwise.
December 31 of the year you turn 71 years old is the last day that you can contribute to your RRSPs. You will need to decide what to do with them – either withdraw them, transfer them to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) or use them to purchase an annuity. You can contribute towards your TFSAs until you pass away.
You can only open up a TFSA if you're 18 years old, but you can open up an RRSP at any age, so long as you have an income.


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Q: jQuery Doesn't work when product loaded via AJAX jQuery is working fine when Open page. but, jQuery Doesn't work when product loaded(change) via AJAX. I have used jquery-1.7.1.min.js
$(document).ready(function () {
    $screensize = $(window).width();
    if ($screensize > 1199) {
        $('#content .product-grid > div:nth-child(3n)').after('');
    }
    if ($screensize < 1199) {
        $('#content .product-grid > div:nth-child(3n)').after('');
    }
    if ($screensize < 991) {
        $('#content .product-grid > div:nth-child(3n)').after('');
    }
});

How can I fix it?
I have try following code. So, It is working. but, sometime is not work.
$(document).on('ajaxComplete ready', function(){
  // FUNCTION CODE
});

A: Make a method and call it when the DOM is loaded AND AJAX is done.
$(document).ready(function(){

var resizeMe = function () {
  $screensize = $(window).width();
  ... Do what you want here
};

$.ajax({...}).done( function () { resizeMe(); } );

resizeMe();
});

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Even typing "2018" is giving us some heart palpitations. 2018 Trends are looming ever so closer and like every fashionista girl, we're trying to see what is both out for 2017 and what is in for 2018 Trends. For one thing, we're retiring the phrase "Millennial Pilnk." It had a good run, and now it's time for something a little different. It's time to fill your wardrobe up with new and exciting clothing this 2018.
Yeah, you heard us. Remember those chunky sneakers that your dad used to wear so religiously? These are going to be the next big shoe trend of 2018.
With brands such as Balenciaga and Raf Simons bringing out their own versions of the Dad Sneaker, it's time for you to apologise to your dad for making fun of him for all of those years and grab yourself a pair of your own to complete your ensemble.
Gone are the days of the oversized bomber puffer jackets. The new elegant version of that old chestnut is the oversized blazer, and it's all the rage. This piece has been making appearances everywhere at fashion week on the backs of all the regulars. It's one you're going to be seeing a lot more of in 2018.
Denim is coming back in a big way for all you denim heads out there. Be loud and proud with your denim use and definitely don't let it make you be less creative with your outfits. The new denim is raw and interesting in every single way possible.
That trench coat you've put away in the back of your closet is making a resurgence in 2018. With designers making it a centre-piece, it's back back back. And if yours is a little big for you? Even better.
The new print of the season is back for you. Instead of those plaid and striped shirts you've been wearing, try and get your checkered blazers and coats out once again.


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import { geoMercator, geoPath } from 'd3-geo';
import { select } from 'd3-selection';

export const mapWidth = 950;
export const mapHeight = 700;
export const projection = geoMercator().scale(150).translate([mapWidth / 2, mapHeight / 1.5]);
export const path = geoPath().pointRadius(2).projection(projection);
export const svg = select('#map')
    .append('svg')
    .attr('width', mapWidth)
    .attr('height', mapHeight);


This conference has ended. We will maintain this page under "Past Conferences." As we get presentation materials, we will post them below.
We're excited to announce that Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock will be our keynote this year. She is a noted leader in higher education with expertise in online teaching, course design, and faculty development. Michelle's work has helped online instructors across the nation and beyond understand how to craft relevant, humanized online learning experiences that support the diverse needs of college students. She is the author of Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies (2nd edition, Routledge), has received national recognition for her excellence in teaching, and has held various leadership roles with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI).
Here's a map with a list of hotels near Center Campus. #29 (Towneplace Suites) is the closest.


Abhinay Deo is back to the genre that brought him fame. Delhi Belly was the first popular dark comedy for Bollywood, and his latest script lies in the same zone. Delhi Belly has pronounced display of 'tatti', and Blackmail has masturbation scene in equal intervals. Similarly, there is crime and confusion in this too. Well, was it as fruitful? Kind of yes.
Blackmail is primarily story of Dev (Irrfan Khan), who is an average Indian whose life is stagnant with a 9-5 job and a bunch of financial commitments. His wife played by Kriti Kulhari is found sleeping with another man, Ranjit (Arunoday Singh) on one fine night. Dev is shocked but being a "seedha-saadha" guy decides to blackmail, instead of getting violent. He blackmails Ranjit. Ranjit is also a married man and the wife is played by Divya Dutta. Dev's blackmail leads to a chain of blackmails, and what concludes the fate of everyone involved in this mess is the rest of the film.
Blackmail relies entirely on the black comedy and its gray characters. Everyone in the film tries to make hay while the sun shines and that leads to many unexpected twists which work in the favor of the film. The film spends too much time though in establishing the characters and the build-up. There's hardly any movement in the first hour. Only in the second half that the film takes a leap and starts becoming racy. The frequent act of masturbation gets annoying after a point. In the film, Irrfan jerks off on the pictures of his women colleaguesin the office.
Irrfan of course is the show stealer of the film. No one could play the mango man like him. The frustration coupled with powerlessness is enacted greatly by him. He always gives a new meaning to subtlety. Another who stood neck-to-neck is Divya Dutta playing the drunk dominating wife. She was terrific too.Arunoday and Kriti Kulhari play their roles with panache too. Supporting characters like Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots fame), went overboard sometimes. Some dialogues were intended to be funny but do not tickle the funny bone.
The movie's production values are a bit off. The movie needed a better cinematography. Amit Trivedi's music score helps the film.
There are some moments which a common-salaried-man would relate to in the film. There's a scene where Irrfan doesn't ask a ransom. but just enough to clear off his debts and loans and just clear his financial commitments.
The movie, however might cater to only those who have a thing for dark comedies. Some moments are very raw and some disgraceful scenes are projected as casual.
All in all, a watchable dark comedy.
Shadow Talk: Lady Blackmailing That Hero!


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提供一个接口和许多抽象类,Swing 用它们来提供自己的可插入外观功能。

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          描述

接口摘要

UIResource
此接口用于标记由 ComponentUI 委托创建的对象。

类摘要

ActionMapUIResource
实现 UIResource 的 javax.swing.ActionMap 的子类。

BorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.BevelBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.CompoundBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.EmptyBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.EtchedBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.LineBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.MatteBorderUIResource

BorderUIResource.TitledBorderUIResource

ButtonUI
JButton 的可插入外观界面。

ColorChooserUI
JColorChooser 的可插入外观界面。

ColorUIResource

ComboBoxUI
JComboBox 的可插入外观界面。

ComponentInputMapUIResource
实现 UIResource 的 javax.swing.ComponentInputMap 的子类。

ComponentUI
用于 Swing 可插入外观架构中所有 UI 委托对象的基本类。

DesktopIconUI
JDesktopIcon 的可插入外观界面。

DesktopPaneUI
JDesktopPane 的可插入外观界面。

DimensionUIResource

FileChooserUI
JFileChooser 的可插入外观界面。

FontUIResource
实现 UIResource 的 java.awt.Font 的子类。

IconUIResource
实现 UIResource 的 Icon 包装类。

InputMapUIResource
实现 UIResource 的 javax.swing.InputMap 的子类。

InsetsUIResource

InternalFrameUI
JInternalFrame 的可插入外观界面。

LabelUI
JLabel 的可插入外观界面。

ListUI
JList 的可插入外观代理。

MenuBarUI
JMenuBar 的可插入外观界面。

MenuItemUI
JMenuItem 的可插入外观界面。

OptionPaneUI
JOptionPane 的可插入外观界面。

PanelUI
Panel 的可插入外观界面。

PopupMenuUI
JPopupMenu 的可插入外观界面。

ProgressBarUI
JProgressBar 的可插入外观界面。

RootPaneUI
JRootPane 的可插入外观界面。

ScrollBarUI
JScrollBar 的可插入外观界面。

ScrollPaneUI
JScrollPane 的可插入外观界面。

SeparatorUI
JSeparator 的可插入外观界面。

SliderUI
JSlider 的可插入外观界面。

SpinnerUI
JSpinner 的可插入外观界面

SplitPaneUI
JSplitPane 的可插入外观界面。

TabbedPaneUI
JTabbedPane 的可插入外观界面。

TableHeaderUI
JTableHeader 的可插入外观界面。

TableUI
JTable 的可插入外观界面。

TextUI
文本编辑器用户界面

ToolBarUI
JToolBar 的可插入外观界面。

ToolTipUI
JToolTip 的可插入外观界面。

TreeUI
JTree 的可插入外观界面。

ViewportUI
JViewport 的可插入外观界面。

软件包 javax.swing.plaf 的描述

提供一个接口和许多抽象类,Swing 用它们来提供自己的可插入外观功能。它的类由外观 UI(比如 Basic 外观和 Java 外观 (Metal))实现并为其创建子类。此包仅由那些无法通过为现有外观组件(比如 javax.swing.plaf.basic 和 javax.swing.plaf.metal 包提供的那些组件)创建子类来创建新外观的开发人员使用。

注:大多数 Swing API 都不是 线程安全的。有关细节,请参阅 The Java Tutorial 中的 Threads and Swing 一节。

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Pro-C 500 Capsule
Sodium Ascorbate
Pro-C 500 TM
562.5 mg Capsule
Non-acidic Vitamin C
Sodium ascorbate is a non-acidic and a stomach friendly form of Vitamin C. Sodium ascorbate is a form of vitamin C that is buffered or neutralized with sodium, thus it will not cause adverse reactions encountered with taking ascorbic acid such as gastrointestinal irritation and bloating. Pro-C tablet protects against the gastric irritating effects of ascorbic acid while it delivers the same benefits of vitamin C to the human body.
Vitamin C, a widely used water-soluble vitamin, is known for its numerous health benefits. Vitamin C plays a vital role as a co-factor in a variety of bodily functions and is among the most essential nutrients needed for tissue building. It helps in the formation of mature and firm collagen, the intercellular cement substance that binds body cells together to form strong tissues. Vitamin C is therefore important in building body tissues and in the maintenance of healthy skin, gums and teeth, bones, blood vessel walls and other connective tissues
It is also known to increase body resistance to illnesses by enhancing the immune system. Vitamin C also protects the body cells against the damaging effects of harmful substances called free radicals.
Vitamin C is also known for its antioxidant properties. Vitamin C protects the body cells against damaging effects of harmful substances called free radicals. Numerous researchers have also underscored the role of vitamin C in regulating blood cholesterol metabolism. Vitamin C is specifically required in the reaction which converts cholesterol to cholic acid. Vitamin C is known to protect against cardiovascular diseases, asthma, respiratory tract infections, and in preventing certain cancers.
Sodium Ascorbate (as 500 mg Ascorbic Acid)
What is in the medicine?
This product contains Sodium Ascorbate 562.5 mg (equivalent to Ascorbic Acid 500 mg), a water-soluble vitamin, essential for the synthesis of collagen and intercellular materials.
Strength of the medicine:
562.5 mg (equivalent to 500 mg Ascorbic Acid) Capsule
What is this medicine used for?
Pro-C tablet can be used for the prevention and treatment of vitamin C deficiency. It is also used for the maintenance of healthy skin, gums and teeth, bones, blood vessel walls and other connective tissues. Vitamin C strengthens the immune system and increases body resistance against stress and common infections. Vitamin C possesses anti-oxidant property, protecting different body cells against the damaging effects of free radicals generated from infection and damaging effects of harmful substances.
How much and how often should you use this medicine?
Adults: Orally, 1 capsule daily or as prescribed by a physician.
When should you not take this medicine?
If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any component of the product.
What care should be taken when taking this medicine?
Swallow the capsule whole; do not crush or chew.
What are the possible undesirable effects of this medicine?
Large doses may lead to diarrhea, other gastrointestinal disturbances, hyperoxaluria, formation of renal calcium oxalate calculi, and haemolysis in patients with G6PD deficiency.
What other medicine or food should be avoided while taking this medicine?
It should not be given for the first month after starting desferrioxamine treatment.
Just take the next dose if you miss a dose. Do not take a double dose to make up the missed dose.
Signs and symptoms of overdose:
Ascorbic acid is usually well tolerated. There is no information regarding over-dosage.
What to do when you have taken more than the recommended dosage?
If you have taken more than the recommended dose, consult a doctor.
How should you keep this medicine?
Store at temperatures not exceeding 30ºC. Protect from light.
If you experience any undesirable effect, talk to a doctor.
ADR Reporting:
For suspected adverse drug reaction, report to FDA: www.fda.gov.ph
Patient should seek medical attention immediately at the first sign of any adverse drug reaction.


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Woman Vs. Children Domestic Suspect Arrested in Pasco
John McKay
John McKay Published: May 4, 2021
Pasco suspect gives up (PPD)
Pasco Police emphasized that when the female suspect made the threat, she was NOT holding or "brandishing" a weapon (one that was later found in the home).
However, the nature of the situation after an investigation resulted in the woman's arrest.
Pasco Police said Tuesday that they were called to a home late last Thursday night over a domestic threat. Because it involves Domestic Violence, they did not give names or the address.
Police were told the woman threatened "to shoot "those two b*tches", referring to a pair of children in the home. She had been arguing with them. Their ages were not given.
Police said the children recorded the woman making the threat, and apparently called 911. Police said the woman was not armed during the threat, but a handgun was found in the home.
Gun found in home after DV call (PPD)
She was booked then later released from the Franklin County jail after being held for investigation in to Felony Threats. Police said she followed all commands when they arrived. The handgun was found during a search of the home.
Police did not offer further information about whether the weapon ended up.
Life in Tri-Cities as Told by 12 Stock Photos
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Q: VBA compile error if Instr function used with named parameter and return value assigned to variable Background : In VBA, 'InStrRev' function can be called without or with named parameters.
    'Call without named parameters

     Call InStrRev("AB", "B")                   'No compiler error
     i = InStrRev("AB", "B")                    'No compiler error

    'Call with named parameters

     Call InStrRev(StringCheck:="AB", StringMatch:="B") 'No compiler error
     i = InStrRev(StringCheck:="AB", StringMatch:="B")  'No compiler error

Concern : In VBA, the compiler returns "Expected: list separator" error if 'InStr' function :

*

*Is called with named parameters and

*Its return value is assigned to a variable
'Call without named parameters

 Call InStr("AB", "B")                   'No compiler error
 i = InStr("AB", "B")                    'No compiler error

'Call with named parameters

 Call InStr(String1:="AB", String2:="B") 'No compiler error
 i = InStr(String1:="AB", String2:="B")  'Compiler error : "Expected: list separator"

Question : Why does VBA compiler error occur when 'Instr' function is used with named parameters and its return value is assigned to a variable ? Is it a limitation of the language or a compiler bug ?
Reference : VBA editor screenshot for 'InstrRev' and 'Instr' functions tool tips. Differences are highlighted in red.

Remark : 'String1' & 'String2' are optional arguments for 'InStr' function according to above screenshot tooltip square brackets. However, they are required, as mentioned in below answer and in Visual Basic language reference : https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/gg264811.aspx

A: InStr is overloaded by way of Variant parameters
The InStr function has 4 optional parameters at design-time, but at least 2 arguments must be provided at run-time. The first 3 parameters to InStr are all Variant, which allows InStr to support two different syntaxes and effectively mimic an overloaded function. That's one of the reasons that String1 and String2 are defined as Variant types and not as String types. Start could be a Long, but it is a Variant type too.
In the following 4 examples, x is always assigned the value 4
Option 1 - Using the defined parameter order or name-meanings
The Function signature behaves as it is defined:

Function InStr([Start], [String1], [String2], [Compare As VbCompareMethod = vbBinaryCompare])

x = VBA.InStr(1, "food", "D", vbTextCompare)                                   '4
x = VBA.InStr(Start:=1, String1:="food", String2:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare) '4

Option 2 - Using the alternate order or name-meanings
The Function signature behaves as though it was defined like:

Function InStr([String1], [String2], , [Compare As VbCompareMethod = vbBinaryCompare])

Which in effect means that Start should be used as if it is String1 and String1 should be used as if it is String2. The String2 argument must be omitted, or you get a Type Mismatch error.
x = VBA.InStr("food", "D", , vbTextCompare)                        '4
x = VBA.InStr(Start:="food", String1:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare) '4

Using Named Parameters
But as you've discovered, the InStr function suffers from Syntax and/or Compilation errors when using named parameters:
Syntax Error: Expected List Separator
When all of the parameters are named:
x = InStr(Start:=1, String1:="foo", String1:="foo", Compare:=vbBinaryCompare)

You get:

Syntax Error: Expected List Separator

Compile error: Object doesn't support named arguments
When some of the parameters are named:
x = InStr(1, String1:="foo", String2:="foo", Compare:=vbBinaryCompare)

You get:

Compile error: Object doesn't support named arguments

Same errors with StrComp function
The StrComp function doesn't appear to have any overloaded-type functionality, but it has the same problems with Syntax and Compilation errors:
x = StrComp(String1:="foo", String2:="foo", Compare:=vbBinaryCompare) 'Syntax Error: Expected List Separator???
x = StrComp("foo", String2:="foo", Compare:=vbBinaryCompare) 'Compile error: Object doesn't support named arguments

But as the OP has discovered, the error doesn't occur with InStrRev.
So, what do InStr and StrComp have in common that is different to InStrRev and seemingly all other VBA functions?
Well, InStr and StrComp both share these features:

*

*The functions are defined in the first referenced Type Library

*The functions are defined in a TLB/COM module

*All parameters except the last are Variant type.

*The last parameter is an Enum with a default value

*The return value is a Variant

I can't find any other functions in the VBA library that share those characteristics, so I suspect there's a compilation bug related to those characteristics.
Qualifying the function fixes the problem!?!?
Both InStrRev and StrComp can be used with all/some named parameters, if the function is qualified by the library name or module name:
'InStr Vanilla usage:
x = Strings.InStr(Start:=1, String1:="food", String2:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare) '4
x = VBA.InStr(Start:=1, String1:="food", String2:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare)     '4

'InStr Alternate usage:
x = Strings.InStr(Start:="food", String1:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare) '4
x = VBA.InStr(Start:="food", String1:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare)     '4

'StrComp usage
x = Strings.StrComp(String1:="food", String2:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare)         '1
x = VBA.StrComp(String1:="food", String2:="D", Compare:=vbTextCompare)             '1

A: InStr is odd in that its first argument (Start) is optional, but its subsequent String1/String2 arguments are not (despite the [] in the tooltip) - If they were optional InStr(1) would parse but it does not and generates the same error you see.
Specifically its odd because VBA disallows this; the rule there is that non-optional arguments cannot follow optional arguments, which makes sense as there would be cases when the compiler could not match up the arguments to what the function expected. This also forces all of its arguments to be variants.
VB6/A has a lot of baggage carried over from QBASIC, and that language (which iirc did not allow user defined optional arguments) has exactly the same signature for its INSTR() so I assume the behaviour you see is an artifact of the special parsing rules that must exist for calls to InStr.
Curiously its fully qualified name
 i = VBA.Strings.InStr(String1:="AB", String2:="B")`

does parse, but produces an error at runtime unless Start is provided:
i = VBA.Strings.InStr(String1:="AB", String2:="B", Start:=1)`

which works as expected.
One reason the Call form may appear to work is thats its a no-op and may be optimised away.

VBA.X() vs X()
This is perfectly fine:
ptr = VBA.CLng(AddressOf someFunc)

This generates a parse time Expected Expression error:
ptr = CLng(AddressOf someFunc)


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Liberty Bank has been serving the black community for nearly half a century
Posted 1:38 PM, February 22, 2018, by WGNO Web Desk
NEW ORLEANS -- February is Black History Month, a month-long celebration remembering the important contributions that African Americans have made in our nation's history.
In honor of Black History Month, News with a Twist is featuring the people and places of New Orleans and beyond that helped to shape our community.
Today, it's Liberty Bank.
The bank was founded in 1972. Former Xavier University President Dr. Norman Francis was one of the leaders behind the concept of having a bank to serve the African American community.
"We have found different ways of really finding ways of helping those who are less fortunate, as well as the people who are fortunate," said Alden McDonald Jr., Liberty Bank president and CEO.
McDonald noted that the bank started with a $2 million capitalization when it launched 45 years ago. Today, it's between $620 and $630 million.
A host of firsts for Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial and for New Orleans
Southern remains the only historically black college university system in the world
St. Aug has been breaking barriers for young black men for more than half a century
Filed in: News with a Twist
Topics: BHM 2018, black history month, Liberty Bank
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Local bands are featured on News With A Twist each day. Catch up here!
From Flip Flops to Gumbo! Winter roars back by Saturday night!
Watch: Steve Gleason receives Congressional Gold Medal
Clip of Ja'Marr Chase springing to his feet becomes social media sensation
Ian Somerhalder returns to his hometown of Covington to lead Mardi Paws Dog Parade
Astronauts on the moon and Mars may grow their homes there out of mushrooms, says NASA
Hidden History: Susie King Taylor escaped slavery, became a Civil War nurse, teacher and activist
National/World News
The first African-American mayor in the history of Montgomery takes office today
Meraux Foundation donates $20 thousand for Battle Of New Orleans Commemoration
North Shore Food Bank has grand opening today
Princeton University is hanging a series of portraits that honor its blue-collar campus workers
Here are 10 of the decade's most influential books
Entertainment Local News with a Twist
Oscar nominee Naomie Harris makes Hollywood history in New Orleans movie 'Black and Blue'
President Trump declares November National Veterans and Military Families Month
Why Republicans lost another deep-red state in Louisiana governor's election
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Q: I am getting error in factorial program written in python I am getting the wrong answer.
n = input()
factorial = 1
if int(n) > 1:
    for i in range (1,int(n)):
        factorial = factorial * i
print(factorial)

expected output for 2 is 2
But I am getting 1. Please help me.

A: range() goes until n-1 and not n. So, add 1 to int(n).
n = input()
factorial = 1
if int(n) > 1:
    for i in range (1,int(n)+1): #added 1 to the upper limit
        factorial = factorial * i
print(factorial)

A: This code prints also for value 1
n = input()
factorial = 1
if int(n) >= 1: #added = symbol
    for i in range (1,int(n)+1): #added 1 to the upper limit
        factorial = factorial * i
print(factorial)