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Investor sues Chipotle over food safety amid E. coli outbreak, criminal probe
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Chipotle, the burrito chain defamed by the recent E. coli outbreak, is facing a legal battle with one of its investors over its food quality. The shareholder accuses Chipotle of concealing its safety concerns, causing significant losses for investors.
Susie Ong, one of the chain's stockholders, brought a class action suit against the company on Friday, filing a civil complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In her complaint, the investor accused the Denver-based company of failing to disclose that its "quality controls were inadequate to safeguard consumer and employee health."
Chipotle's stock price has been plunging steadily since October, as cases of E. coli poisoning made headlines across the country. By December, the outbreak hit nine states. In early December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported about 52 sickened people; however, statistics by Bloomberg estimated that almost 500 people reported falling ill after eating at Chipotle since July.
"Their statements regarding quality control and quality of ingredients were demonstrably false and have posed a tremendous safety hazard to their patrons," Jeremy A. Lieberman, the attorney who filed Ong's complaint, told The Huffington Post. "As a result, investors in the company suffered significant losses when these health concerns were raised by regulators."
Chipotle E. coli outbreak spreads to nine states, sickened 52 – CDC https://t.co/5DIsAZKC18pic.twitter.com/zDYuz0bJRt
Since October, Chipotle's shares have gone down 35 percent, and this week they reached the lowest point in the past two years.
"As a result of defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the precipitous decline in the market value of the Company's securities, Plaintiff and other Class members have suffered significant losses and damages," according to the lawsuit.
Now the plaintiffs are "seeking to recover damages caused by defendants' violations of the federal securities laws."
The company, which has already been sued by some of its customers with E. coli poisoning, has declined to comment.
Just two days ago, Chipotle announced that it was served with a federal grand jury subpoena in December 2015, as part of a criminal investigation linked to the previous summer's norovirus outbreak at the company's restaurant in Simi Valley.
Another outbreak: 2nd wave of E. coli illnesses at Chipotle probed by feds https://t.co/C6MGzBFXBTpic.twitter.com/MCpaiXphmz
According to people familiar with the matter, the company is under scrutiny by the US Justice Department, Reuters reported.
In December, Chipotle unveiled a new food safety plan in partnership with IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group in Seattle, including repeated testing of freshly prepared ingredients, improved employee training, and extra precautions during food preparation, such as blanching fresh greens in boiling water for a few seconds to kill bacteria.


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Occupation soldiers abuse Haitian women, girls
Posted on December 23, 2019 by petrel41
This 22 December 2019 video says about itself:
UN Soldiers' Violence Against Haitian Girls And Women
The info comes from a recent academic study based on interviews with 2500 Haitians which reveals how the power differential between foreign peacekeepers and local populations allows foreigners to exploit local women and girls.
Posted in Crime, Peace and war, Women's issues	| Tagged Haiti	| 2 Replies
Scottish Conservative politician supports Honduras, Haiti dictatorships
By Conrad Landin in Scotland:
Exclusive: Ruth Davidson called to condemn Scottish Tory MP over links to coup-backing lobby group
Andrew Bowie took sponsorship from International Republican Institute accused of links to coups in Honduras and Haiti
SCOTTISH TORY leader Ruth Davidson is facing calls to condemn one of her MPs, after he met with a US lobby group linked to a series of coups d'etat.
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Andrew Bowie was sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on a two-day junket to Paris worth £450, the Morning Star can exclusively reveal.
The Tory politician told parliamentary authorities that the purpose of the January trip was "to discuss from a British perspective the response to populism and the changing political landscape in the West."
The IRI has been linked to the failed 2002 coup against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
It has also been accused of playing a role in the successful removal of Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004, and of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
Labour's Holyrood shadow Brexit minister Neil Findlay said: "The Scottish Conservatives have tried to distance themselves from the more extreme elements in the Conservative Party.
"And yet here we see one of their MPs working hand-in-glove with an organisation that is implicated in the undermining of democracy and sovereign states."
Mr Findlay said Scottish Tory leader Ms Davidson "should condemn and distance herself from the actions of this MP."
The IRI is one of several organisations funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, which was established by the US Congress in 1983 after US president Ronald Reagan's seminal speech at Westminster calling for an international alliance "to foster the infrastructure of democracy."
It received a US government grant of $339,998 (over £230,000 at the time) for "political party building" in Venezuela prior to the short-lived 2002 coup.
On the day Mr Chavez was temporarily ousted, IRI president George A Folsom said Venezuelans "rose up to defend democracy."
Stanley Lucas, institute boss in Haiti, was accused by former US ambassador Brian Dean Curran of behaviour which "risked us being accused of attempting to destabilise the government."
Mr Lucas was an avowed opponent of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and counselled the opposition to refuse to work with the social democrat government in order to cripple it, according to the New York Times.
In 2004 a group of right-wing military chiefs ousted the Aristide government in a coup.
In 2009 Mr Zelaya was ousted as Honduran leader in another military coup.
The IRI said the sham election which followed was "free of violence and overt acts of intimidation" and appeared credible.
SNP MP Chris Stephens told the Star: "This revelation demonstrates that the Scottish Tories, far from being centrist, are hard-line rightwingers, whose views on domestic and international issues continue to alienate the electorate.
"Ruth Davidson should distance herself from Bowie. The extremist views held by the Scottish Tories are the reason they have lost 21 elections in a row in Scotland."
Nine years on from the coup, we still need to stand up for Honduras: here.
Washington presses Central America to militarize and turn away from China: here.
Mass protests against endemic poverty, government corruption convulse Haiti: here.
Posted in Human rights	| Tagged Conservative party, Haiti, Honduras	| 4 Replies
Trump helped dictator of Haiti, now calls country 'shithole'
Posted on January 13, 2018 by petrel41
This video says about itself:
Terror under Jean Claude Duvalier's dictatorship in Haiti
9 Ovtober 2014
In Haiti, victims of Jean Claude Duvalier's dictatorship in which 30,000 people disappeared, express their outrage that the tyrant died without having been sentenced.
By Travis Gettys in the USA:
Haitian government claims ousted dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier laundered stolen money through Trump Tower
12 Jan 2018 at 12:32 ET
President Donald Trump insulted Haiti during an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers, but he once signed off on a shady real estate deal with the nation's ousted dictator.
More than a fifth of Trump's condominiums in the U.S. have been purchased since the 1980s in secretive cash transactions that fit a Treasury Department definition of suspicious transactions, reported Buzzfeed News.
Records show more than 1,300 Trump condos were purchased through shell companies, which allow buyers to shield their finances and identities, and without a mortgage, which protects buyers from lender inquiries.
Those two characteristics raise alarms about possible money laundering, according to statements issued in recent months by the Department of Treasury, which has investigated transactions just like those all over the country.
The agency may even require real estate professionals to adopt new programs to keep illegally obtained funds from being plowed into luxury housing to conceal the money's origins.
Trump companies reportedly sold $35 million in real estate last year alone — mostly to secretive shell companies that open the president up to possible influence peddling.
According to the Buzzfeed News report, the Haitian government complained in the 1980s that former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier laundered money stolen from the Caribbean nation's treasury by purchasing an apartment in Trump Tower.
Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", was overthrown in 1986, but three years earlier used a Panamanian shell company called Lasa Trade and Finance to buy apartment 54-K in Trump's Manhattan tower for $446,875 cash.
Trump, the future U.S. president, signed the deed of sale.
Federal prosecutors charged a Russian native in 1984 with laundering the proceeds from a gasoline bootlegging operation through five Trump Tower condos purchased for $4.9 million.
David Bogatin pleaded guilty in 1987 and served eight years in federal prison.
Trump Taj Mahal casino was charged under anti-money laundering regulations 106 times in 1990 and 1991 by failing to identify gamblers who bought or cashed out more than $10,000 in chips.
Those reports are required to help authorities identify gamblers who may be laundering money, and Trump's casino paid a $477,000 fine to the Treasury Department in 1998 without admitting wrongdoing.
[United States] Neo-Nazis say Donald Trump's 'sh**hole countries' comments show he thinks like them. While most of the world recoils in horror, neo-Nazis celebrate the president's reported remarks as an indication that 'he is more or less on the same page as us with regards to race and immigration': here.
Trump responds to 's***hole' controversy by attacking Democrats
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Norwegians tell Trump: We don't want to come to your s***hole country
ZURICH (Reuters) – Anti-globalisation demonstrators took to the streets of the Swiss capital on Saturday to protest against a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum [in Davos] this month: here.
Trump official resigns after 'Muslim s***hole' rant exposed. President's surrogate calls Islam 'the ideology of a child molester': here.
A general strike paralyzed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince Monday. following three days of violent demonstrations, looting and clashes with security forces triggered by drastic hikes in fuel prices. Taxi and mini-bus drivers shut down operations and businesses and stores closed down, while scattered protests and barricades continued, with demonstrators calling for the ouster of the government of President Jovenel Moïse: here.
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Posted in Economic, social, trade union, etc., Human rights	| Tagged Donald Trump, Haiti	| 9 Replies
Haiti elections, stop imperialist meddling
Posted on November 16, 2016 by petrel41
Haiti Elections 2016 – Danny Glover endorses Maryse Narcisse – she talks about the Lavalas Program for the Diaspora.
From daily The Morning Star in Britain:
Haiti: Campaigners calls for end to foreign meddling in election
SOLIDARITY campaigners have said next week's Haitian presidential elections must be free of imperialist interference.
Haiti Action Committee [in the USA] spokesman David Welsh said: "There can be no recovery unless there is a government in place that truly represents the people."
He warned former colonial power France, along with the US, Canada and the United Nations, to stay out of Haiti's business and stop financing a "terror campaign by a minority elite" against the poor.
Haiti's first democratically elected president Bertrand Aristide — twice deposed in US-backed coups — is running the presidential campaign of his Fanmi Lavalas party's candidate Dr Maryse Narcisse.
Mr Welsh welcomed the prospect of "the first woman elected president of Haiti and the first since president Aristide to be chosen by and speak for the impoverished majority."
On Monday, the Trump Administration announced that some 60,000 Haitian nationals would not have their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) renewed. Under TPS, Haitians that sought refuge after Haiti's earthquake in 2010 have been allowed to live and work in the United States. The nationals now have until July 2019 to leave the country or face detention and deportation: here.
Haiti's fight for democracy continues
Five years after Haiti's devastation
Death of US-Backed Ex-Dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier Won't End Haitian Victims' Quest for Justice
Black Haitian Lives Matter: Haiti on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earthquake
Posted in Human rights	| Tagged Haiti	| 5 Replies
Hurricane Matthew, disaster in Haiti, elsewhere
Aerial Footage: Haiti Town Destroyed By Hurricane Matthew
The pilot who took this video, which was provided by the non-profit organization Haitian Health Foundation, said Jeremie is "wiped out. Barely 1 percent of houses are standing. The people are alive … they survived. But soon, they may starve. They're cut-off."
Haiti death toll from Hurricane Matthew passes 1,000: here.
TAKING SHELTER IN THE CAVES OF HAITI "For much of the world, Haiti is known more as a crisis than a country. Disaster, whether man-made or natural, has come to define the nation, where progress is often just a prelude to another step back. Dictators, corrupt officials and international meddling have competed with earthquakes and hurricanes to destabilize the country." [NYT]
Hundreds of preventable deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti: here.
Haiti's hurricane devastation: A tragedy rooted in capitalist oppression: here.
After killing at least 800 people and displacing some 60,000 in Haiti last week, Hurricane Matthew battered the southeastern US, pelting coastal areas with torrential rains and winds of 120 mph in some areas claiming at least 19 lives: here.
THE FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTH CAROLINA "The poorest of the poor in North Carolina are the ones who are being hurt the most by these floods," Gov. Pat McCrory said. [NYT]
The class issues exposed by Hurricane Matthew: here.
HURRICANE MATTHEW COULD COST $10 BILLION IN DAMAGES Insurance companies will be liable for $4-6 billion of that. And the World Health Organization is sending 1 million doses of cholera vaccine doses to Haiti as cases surge, while the United States has paused deportations to the country. [Reuters]
Tens of thousands in the southeast United States continue to be impacted in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which came ashore late last week. Thirty-eight people have died due to circumstances caused by the storm, including record flooding: here.
What Happens To Birds Caught In Hurricanes Like Matthew? Here.
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Posted in Birds, Disasters	| Tagged Haiti	| 12 Replies
Haiti and South American slavery
Posted on June 2, 2016 by petrel41
How Haiti Helped to Free South America's Slaves
On June 2, 1816 Simon Bolivar decreed the freedom of slaves across independent South America. But Haiti's first president Alexandre Pétion had a lot to do with this commitment.
Cuba to host ACS summit next month
A Puerto Rican Moment …. "It Happens …. At The Core"!!
Why Is The United States Doing So Little To Halt The Spread Of Zika Virus?
Greece: WFTU present in event conmemorating Simon Bolivar
Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?
Regional bloc warns against meddling in Venezuela
Pinochet dictatorship in Chile and the USA
Haiti Urges Global Intervention In Dominican Migration Crisis
Crustaceans from the second largest river basin in South America
Posted in Human rights	| Tagged Haiti, history, slavery	| 2 Replies
Stop occupation of Haiti, London demonstration
This video from London, England says about itself:
Are Haiti polls rigged? Protest in front of the US Embassy in London
Selma James says: "Haitians were the first to revolt against slavery… So, imperialists don't accept the existence of this country".
By Joana Ramiro in Britain:
Protesters call on US to get out of Haiti
Rally marks 25 years since first democratic poll
DOZENS of people assembled outside the US embassy in London yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the first democratic elections in Haiti.
The event both celebrated the resounding victory of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in December 1990 and told the United States to "get out of Haiti" amid the country's 2015 elections.
Feminist author Selma James described her meeting with Mr Aristide and his wife on the day of his election, when she happened to be in Haiti.
"Lavalas, their party, means 'The Flood'," Ms James told the crowd. "We saw the flood.
"Hundreds and hundreds of people, most of them young people, crowding into the house — before the car arrived, with the car and after the car — and it was an hour or so before he actually could walk from the car to the front door and always with a smile on his face.
"The first thing that Ms Aristide said to me was: 'This victory — they can't take it back'."
The Global Women's Strike co-ordinator added that the faces of Haitians "bore the stamp of the revolution as if it happened the day before, in fact, as if it was happening on that day."
She demanded that the US get its hands off Haiti in 2015, where President Michel Martelly now rules after a second coup that deposed Mr Aristide in 2004.
"The debt that we owe to Haiti is an international debt," Ms James said.
"Defending Haiti, in fighting alongside Haiti, we defend ourselves — we do it for ourselves."
On the London protest, Global Women's Strike was accompanied by the All African Women's Group, the Payday Men's Network and Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS).
"Got to tell the Yankees: Get out of Haiti, get out of the Caribbean, let people have their destiny," said CLS president Luke Daniels at the rally.
Haiti's ongoing parliamentary and presidential elections go into the final round on December 27.
But campaigners have labelled the whole process a sham as the US is accused of having funded the elections with a reported budget of $30 million (£20m).
Haiti: What the Clinton e-mails reveal about US election-rigging: here.
Rick Santorum Longs For Days Of Racial Uniters Like Jesse Helms, Jerry Falwell
Ten Years After the Coup in Haiti, Democracy is Still Under Siege
How America and the Rest of the World Ruined Haiti
Putting politics ahead of immigrants' lives
America's Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953
Posted in Human rights, Peace and war	| Tagged Haiti, London	| 8 Replies
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So, You Want to Open Up a Restaurant?
April 22 - Sarah Ashlock
FIRST THOUGHT: Order in the Chaos
I looked out the plane window at the lush, green landscape below. The fields were segmented into wonky-shaped rectangles with brown, narrow roads that connected and separated everything. There was an order to it that I realized I don't notice until something goes amiss, like when I miss a turn or my cell service disappears.
There are moments in our every day, when things seem to be happening at random. That email you sent goes unanswered; that dude never shows up; those pants are never going to button again. When I'm feeling like, Hey, what's the point? I remember this view: that there's order among the chaos. I know enough to know that I actually don't know enough and need to trust the journey.
WOMEN IN NUMBERS: 10 Percent
It's always my favorite thing when someone acts like they could do someone else's job better. Sure, Tim, you could definitely be a server and juggle a 10-top with a chef out sick. OK, you do that. We all know that restaurants in particular can be a real gamble because there are so many elements that have to work together to make for an excellent dining experience. The restaurant industry accounts for 10 percent of America's workforce.
WOMAN TO WATCH: Fiorella Blanco, Co-founder of Fratelli Milano and VISTA
Fiorella Blanco is a restaurateur, which is pretty much the most fun word to say. She's part of that 10 percent, having worked at restaurants throughout her life. Now, Fiorella is a household name in one of Florida's best cities. She was born in San Jose, Costa Rica and grew up in Golfito. By the time college came around, Fiorella pursued a major that fit with what she knew best: tourism and hospitality.
After college, Fiorella worked for a local tour company, where she met her now-husband. Love didn't get in the way of Fiorella's career dreams, though; in fact, it helped. Her husband championed and furthered her career, and the two collaborated, opening their first restaurant together.
Then, Fiorella and her hubby made the leap to move to Miami, Florida. Eventually, they opened Fratelli Milano. The dining hot spot is in the heart of the city. Now, Miami is home to some of the tastiest places, but Fratelli Milano stood out for a couple reasons, a couple of them being the Italian food and hospitality. But also, at the time the restaurant opened, it was one of the few full-service restaurants that served lunch and dinner, making it the ultimate place for downtown workers. That edge helped grow Fratelli Milano from 20 seats to 85.
Fiorella shares some of the struggles she's faced as a business owner. Her restaurant location has been affected by road closures, homelessness and abandoned buildings. While the area inches toward revitalization, Fiorella has another Italian restaurant up her sleeve: VISTA. Three stories, 200 guests and a 150-year-old banyan tree.
Nicknamed "Fiore," AKA "little flower" in Italian, Fiorella also has another instrumental characteristic to her success. She can speak four languages. In a diverse and cultured city, Fiorella's able to connect with vendors and customers in a way that, quite literally, not everyone can.
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Advances in Computing
p-ISSN: 2163-2944 e-ISSN: 2163-2979
2017; 7(3): 63-73
doi:10.5923/j.ac.20170703.01
A Model of a Legal Proceedings Portal for Nigerian High Courts
Moses A. Agana1, Affiku Julius Akolo2
1Department of Maths/Statistics/Computer Science, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria
2Federal Captal Territory High Court, Abuja, Nigeria
Correspondence to: Affiku Julius Akolo, Federal Captal Territory High Court, Abuja, Nigeria.
Copyright © 2017 Scientific & Academic Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).
This Study was designed to model a legal proceedings portal for Nigerian High Courts. The purpose is to complement or seamlessly replace the vortex of law reporting books in the legal industry. The platform lays credence to the contributions of the High Courts in Nigeria to the judiciary and public at large. The study was designed using object-oriented technique. The design was implemented using JQuery (A JavaScript library, bootstrap framework, and XAMPP server (Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl) and was test-run on a local host. The results showed that the portal can provide a platform to access the proceedings of the High Courts in Nigeria and would be a repository for legal research.
Keywords: Legal, Web, Portal, Case, Judgment, Report
Cite this paper: Moses A. Agana, Affiku Julius Akolo, A Model of a Legal Proceedings Portal for Nigerian High Courts, Advances in Computing, Vol. 7 No. 3, 2017, pp. 63-73. doi: 10.5923/j.ac.20170703.01.
2. Challenges of the Nigerian High Courts in Law Reporting
3. Aim and Objectives of the Study
4. Significance of the Study
5. Scope of the Study
7. System Implementation
10. Recommendations
Laws are laid down by statutes or legislations from parliamentary bodies and judicial decisions by the superior courts of record. Such judicial decisions over time form precedents which are captured in law reports. It was W.T.S Daniel QC in 1863 who proposed the council of law reporting. His proposal contained what a good law report should include and what ought to be excluded. It was clear to him and as it should be clear to us that cases which were valueless as precedents and those which were substantially repetitions of what was reported already ought to be excluded (Bolaji, 2010). While there is no official council for law reporting in Nigeria, a plethora of law reports have emerged over the years to serve the ever growing demands of legal practitioners in Nigeria (Bolaji, 2010).
The regular publication of legal opinions is important so that everyone - lawyers, judges, and laymen can all find out what the law is, as declared by judges. The changing system of legal information delivery brought about by the rapid growth of the World Wide Web is overwhelming. The primacy of the old paper sets (printed law reports) is fading, and a vortex of conflicting claims and products is spinning into place. In theory, court decisions posted on the Web expand access to the law beyond the specialized law library collections used primarily by lawyers and judges. The general public can more readily find court opinions online, whether posted on web-accessible databases or through general web search engines (Berring, 1997).
Law reports are series of books that contain judicial opinions from a selection of law cases decided by courts. The need for law reporting is derived from the fundamental doctrine of judicial precedent, which is deeply enshrined in Nigeria's jurisprudence. The need for previous authorities and decisions to be applied by the courts with consistency and certainty to present cases requires that such authorities and decisions be assembled and documented in permanent forms so as to afford easy access and reference by lawyers and judges as well as other users of the law, hence law reports play an undeniably vital role in the administration of justice in Nigeria.
A good law Report according to Bolaji (2010) must necessarily include:
1. All cases which introduce, or appear to introduce, a new principle or a new rule,
2. All cases which materially modify an existing principle or rule,
3. All cases which settle, or materially tend to settle, a question upon which the law is doubtful, and
4. All cases which for any reason are peculiarly instructive.
Furthermore, the reports must be accurate, contain everything material and useful and be concise. In particular, they should show the parties, the nature of the pleadings, the essential facts, the points contended and the grounds on which the Judgment was based as well as the judgment, decree or order actually pronounced. The above remain very essential for good law reporting till this day.
Law reporting in Nigeria is as old as the country itself and law reports are critical tools of trade for any lawyer in this country and the cornerstone of any legal practice or academic library. In the fast paced 21st Century, law reporting remains as critical to legal practice as it has ever been and due to the increasingly dynamic nature of legal practice, it is essential that the practice of law reporting is not left behind and is adequately responsive to the needs of the 21st Century lawyer (Tayo, 2015).
Tayo (2015) further reported that prior to the publication of law reports in Nigeria on a commercial basis, law reports were being published officially. The officially published law reports began with the Nigeria Law Reports (NLR), which was published by the then Judicial Department from the year 1910 up until 1956, when it was discontinued as a result of the regionalization of the Judiciary in 1954. Other reports include the West African Court of Appeal Reports (WACA), in which decisions of the now defunct West African Court of Appeal were reported, the Federal Supreme Court Reports (FSC) which reported decisions of the Federal Supreme Court between 1956 and 1960 and then the All Nigeria Law Reports (ALL NLR) which was published from the year 1961 up until the seventies. The Judgments of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC Reports) was also officially published by the Supreme Court. However the publication of the reports was discontinued at some point in the eighties and later revived. A fact that is unfortunately common to all of these aforementioned officially published law reports is that they are no longer in existence. Apart from the WACA reports, which is no longer required as a result of Nigeria's independence and departure from the West African Court of Appeal, there is no reasonable justification for the extinction of the other officially published law reports (Tayo, 2015).
In terms of the privately and commercially published law reports in Nigeria, the Nigerian Monthly Law Reports (NMLR) is the pioneer law report and was first published in 1964. Between then and now, several law reports have followed, some of which include the Federation of Nigeria Law Reports (FNLR), Supreme Court of Nigeria Judgments (SCNJ), Nigerian Supreme Court Cases (NSCC), Supreme Court Reports (SC), Federation Weekly Law Reports (FWLR), All Federation Weekly Law Reports (All FWLR) and Weekly Reports of Nigeria (WRN). In addition, there are also practice area specific law reports such as the Commercial Law Reports of Nigeria (CLRN), Law Reports of Election Cases in Nigeria (LRECN), Nigerian Criminal Reports (NCR), Banking and Financial Law Reports (BFLR), Nigerian Banking Law Reports (NBLR), Investments and Securities Law Reports, Tax Law Reports of Nigeria (TLRN), Nigerian Constitutional Law Reports (NCLR), Failed Banks Tribunal of Nigeria Law Reports, Sharia Law Reports of Nigeria, Election Petition Reports and Nigerian Labour Law Reports (NLLR) as reported by Tayo (2015).
One most basic feature of the 21st Century practice is the computerization of legal research. These days, virtually all types of legal resources are accessible through computers, whether reported cases, statutes or legal commentaries and articles. In essence, in addition to physical libraries which have always been regarded as one hallmark of a good law office, it is becoming important for lawyers and law firms to, in addition, equip themselves with a virtual legal library, a classical example of which is the Law Pavilion Electronic Law Report (Wikipedia, 2016).
The development of the Internet has created the opportunity for courts to publish their decisions on websites through third parties. This is a relatively low cost publication method compared to paper and makes court decisions more easily available to the public (particularly important in common law countries where court decisions are major sources of law). These third parties are given permission to post decisions made by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal on their web sites within the time frame the judgments are rendered, dispensing the need for quickly printed cases in an unofficial, commercial report.
This study was designed to avail Nigerian judges, lawyers, and career students to stay abreast with the conduct of High Courts in Nigeria and the decisions of the High Courts on matters before them on the web portal. Law reporting in Nigeria hitherto excludes High Court judgments. Only the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nigeria report their proceedings. This development has undoubtedly undermined the efforts of the High Court as the court of first instance. Worthy of note is the fact that not every case makes it to the Court of Appeal.
It appears that in Nigeria as in other Commonwealth jurisdictions, the appellate courts enjoy the attention of the law reports more than courts of first instance. The reason for this is the concept of Judicial Precedent as a doctrine of the English common law. Most cases which are very contentious have a tendency not to end at the court of first instance. Invariably and more often, there is an appeal to the Court of Appeal and ultimately the Supreme Court. It is therefore the decision of the appellate court which becomes judicial precedent. It is the principle of law on which a judicial decision is based. It is also known as the doctrine of stare decisis which literally means "stay by things decided". Precedents abound in the law reports as authorities to follow in determination in courts of justice or a decided case that forms the basis for determining subsequent cases involving similar facts and issues or a decided case that furnishes a basis for determining later cases involving similar facts or issues. For an effective operation of the Doctrine of Judicial Precedent, a settled hierarchy of courts and an efficient system of law reporting are paramount (Bolaji, 2010).
Bolaji, (2010) further maintained that there is a growing school of opinion and indeed demand that judgments of first instance, particularly at the High Courts, be it Federal or State are not sufficiently reported. Most cases do not go beyond the High Courts and several important principles are initiated at this level and remain the law, especially when they are not appealed. Where these judgments are not reported, a whole body of legal principles is lost from the aggregation of legal knowledge. Reporting the decision of the High Court is therefore an imperative. Secondly, law reporting serves to highlight the tremendous industry and ingenuity of High Court Judges.
The aim of this study is to design a legal portal for all the High Courts in Nigeria to serve as a repository for the collection of related judgments where the users can access court proceedings as soon as they are rendered. The objectives of the study are to:
i. Design a legal proceedings portal that will host a compilation of all judgments of the High Courts in Nigeria compatible with mobile devices such as iPad or laptops and Personal Computers (PCs).
ii. Protect the portal from unauthorized access and from contamination with false proceedings.
iii. Implement and document the platform for law cases of the High Courts in Nigeria to be showcased featuring such services as online legal research, court opinions, and regular publication of such opinions.
This study is significant to the legal profession because it will provide the latest technology that will go a long way in enhancing the efficiency of legal practitioners and judicial officers in terms of providing fast and easy access to legal reports. It would serve as a tool of trade for legal practitioners by x-raying practice directions and a roadmap for tackling contentious cases and for legal luminaries to take a clue from.
The design would also provide a medium for students and the general public to access the contents of the website for information and research purposes free of charge.
The study was limited to legal proceedings of High Courts in Nigeria using the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja as a case study. The design covers services such as legal research system, court opinions in searchable online database, and regular publication of such opinions. The study was restricted to developing a single legal proceedings portal that will permit users to access court proceedings as soon as they are rendered but is a simulation of an electronic law reporting portal because it runs on a local host.
The existing system was analyzed using the incremental structured systems analysis methodology. Object oriented methodology was adopted in the system design. The design models an electronic law report and research software for use by Judges, Magistrates, Lawyers and Researchers. Court decisions uploaded into the application are collected through the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal upon the approval of the head of Courts. The heads of Court are the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of Court of Appeal. It is updated either weekly or monthly depending on the availability of the cases decided from the various Courts (Supreme Court and Court of Appeal). The application is categorized into user privileges such as desktop/laptop users, ipad users, online users and mobile phone users.
The application can be loaded by simply clicking on the application icon on the installed device, and all features can then be accessed on the displayed dashboard. But before usage the user has to install, activate the application with the license code and update online. The online legal reporting platform can be used to conduct legal research easier than ever before. It will help legal practitioners to search for authorities on any subject and get results in seconds, rather than the traditional manual search.
It is also modelled to contain the latest collection of judgments of the High Courts in Nigeria where new judgments are added within 48 hours of the judgments released with selected laws of the Federation, subsidiary legislations and rules of courts.
A study of the existing procedures and the information systems used by the High Court to perform tasks such as assigning cases to various courts, display of court case lists, judgment delivery and the schedule of duties of the court secretary was undertaken to provide information for the system design. The study revealed that the secretary ensures that judgments delivered are typed and presented to the Judge for proof reading and once the document is certified, judgments are made available to counsels or lawyers on behalf of their clients upon request. This means that access to such documents by lawyers or counsels can only be achieved in the court registry.
The new system was modeled to offer the following benefits:
1. The platform will be free and access can be achieved using a laptop, mobile devices such as iPad, and smart phones.
2. Information access by lawyers can be achieved by visiting and downloading documents as required without reaching the court rooms where the matters were determined.
3. No subscription fee is charged and access to information is unrestricted to parties concerned.
4. Safe storage of judgment on server against unpredictable circumstances like fire, and computer viral infection.
5. Timely upload of court judgments on the web portal.
The legal web portal has been modeled to allow interested users to visit the website free (without charge, contrary to commercial sites) and gather information such as judgments from the High Courts as soon as they are concluded in the court rooms. These judgments may be civil or criminal matters as they are adjudicated by the presiding Judge. The presiding Judge having proof read and approved as certified, a copy of the judgment and the verdict of the matter is given, the court secretary uploads the judgment on the legal proceedings web site for public consumption. Each court would have an authorized secretary who would be assigned a user login ID and password to access the court room's backend from the administrator. The secretary would have the privilege to view all judgments of the court and edit same if there are errors.
The user can also check up law quotes and study judgments from various court rooms and Judges' profiles. The search bar on the web site is used for quick and fast string queries of cases on the user's subject of interest. All the information are stored in the MySQL database server.
The web portal is designed with privileges. It is sectionalized into public, secretary, administrator domains. The secretary and the administrator require login passwords to prevent unauthorized access. The public domain does not require any password to log in, but any attempt to hack into by a user is redirected into the web portal home page. This redirection is achieved by either the administrator or secretary sessions. The portal provides different interfaces for the secretary and the administrator to perform tasks to create, add, update, and view operations.
The application was designed using a blend of programming languages (PHP, HTML and JavaScript) and can run on personal computers and other mobile devices with Internet connectivity. The system was tested with data and values from court proceedings of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja. The application was tested using a local host with the domain name www.highcourts.gov.ng
The results obtained are illustrated in the figures that follow.
Figure 1. Login Form screenshot
This is where both the site administrator and secretary log in to access the backend of the site. This screenshot contains the login ID, password and privilege respectively. The password is encrypted in order to prevent disclosure to unauthorized persons.
Figure 2. Admin Panel Form screenshot
This is the panel that the administrator accesses after successful login. This interface is used by the administrator to create and view courts, create judge profile, view judges and create court secretaries.
Figure 3. Admin Panel
This interface shows the court(s) created and illustrates whether a Judge has been assigned to a court or not and beneath the table is a form for court creation. As a court is created, the court is shown in the table at the top of the interface.
Figure 4. Admin Panel Form – Judge Creation Screenshot
This panel is used by the administrator to create a Judge's profile as assigned to a court of competent jurisdiction. This form contains court ID, Judge ID, first name, last name, date of birth and other details about the Judge.
Figure 5. Admin Panel Form – Secretary Creation screenshot
This is screenshot depicts the successful creation of a court secretary's profile.
Figure 6. Screenshot for Secretary Panel
This screen is accessed by the secretary after submitting a genuine login credential. The secretary can use this form to add judgment, edit judgment, as well as, to view judgment.
Figure 7. Screenshot for Secretary Panel – Add Judgment Form
This screen is used by the secretary to add the judgments of the court.
Figure 8. Screenshot for all Court Judgments View
This screen presents all the judgments from various courts. The user can pick any judgment at random to peruse the content.
Figure 9. Screenshot for Judgments per Court View
This screen shows the various court rooms and a user can click on any of the courts to view the judgment, read and download it as well. In the event that the court selected does not have judgment(s) yet, a message is displayed to notify the user.
Figure 10. Screenshot for Law Quotes
This screen shows notable law quotes on the web portal.
Figure 11. Screenshot for reading judgments
This screen shows the judgment of the court which can be downloaded. The document can be downloaded as a PDF file which can be saved on the user's personal computer.
Figure 12. Screenshot for PDF downloaded file
This screen presents a judgment downloaded in a PDF file format.
Figure 13. Screenshot for a Judge's Profile
This screen shows the judge's profile.
The legal web portal was designed to provide the public with information on the High Court proceedings in a bid to close the gap between users of legal ideas and those middlemen who are authorized by government to provide such information. The challenge so far has been that access to such information is not possible for the ordinary user, hence this research work has been modeled to provide such access to the proceedings of the High Courts in Nigeria. The legal proceedings web portal if implemented will provide lots of benefits to the legal practitioner, students and legal enthusiasts who are concerned with what goes on in the legal ambience as the site would be accessible to user free of charge via laptops, and mobile devices such as iPad, and smart phones. It would also provide a platform for document download, and a repository for secured storage of legal documents against disasters (fire, flood), malicious attacks such as computer viral infection.
The following are the recommendations made based on this research:
i. The outcome of this research is recommended for implementation by the judiciary as it would replace the vortex of papers in the court rooms and mitigate the challenge of overcrowding in the court registry.
ii. Government should set up efforts in safeguarding legal documents as it forms the basis for reference and authorities of the court.
iii. The site administrator should ensure that the web server is reliable and has less downtime so as to make the web site accessible at all times.
iv. The site administrator, as well as, the site secretaries should ensure that their passwords and other login details are not open to hackers or unauthorized persons.
v. This application has been designed on a local host and used the FCT High Court of Justice, Abuja as a case study hence has left room for further expansion such as deployment on the world wide web (www).
[1] Bolaji A. (2010). Judicial Precedent, Law Reporting and the Need for Regulation. Law Journal, 1: 1-2.
[2] Berring, B. (1997). "Chaos, Cyberspace and Tradition: Legal Information Transmogrified". Berkeley Technology Law Journal 12: 189.
[3] Tayo O. (2015). A paper presented on "the place of law reporting in the 21st century legal research and practice" at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian weekly law reports, Lagos.
[4] Wikipedia (2006). Electronic Law Reports. Available at www.wikipedia.com.
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Dessel, Belgium
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Mayhem need no introduction. The lives of these pioneers of Norwegian black metal are inextricably tied up with murder, suicide, substance abuse and violence. Mayhem's live shows have been called 'the epitome of debauchery'. In those pre-internet times, word of mouth was everything and by the time their studio debut dropped their reputation preceded them. 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' (1994) set the bar for an entire generation of black metal bands and helped Mayhem tap into a wider audience. There have been a number of personnel up changes over the years – some band members died, others were incarcerated .However, since the formation of the Teloch-Ghul guitar partnership the line-up has been stable and that's paid off on their last two albums. On 'Esoteric Warfare' (2014), Mayhem once again succeeded in pushing back the genre's boundaries without compromising their identity and this year's Daemon (2019) is a slab of incendiary metal that plunges into the depths of spiritual horror, just like their debut, although no two Mayhem albums sound the same. Each album explores a theme and Daemon evokes the fathomless despair and endless sufferings of hell. (#GMM20)
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Manuel López Araujo (Vigo, 23 d'octubre de 1759 – Madrid, 19 de maig de 1824) va ser un hisendista i polític espanyol.

Biografia
Va estudiar lleis a la Universitat de Santiago de Compostel·la i a la Universitat de Salamanca. Va començar la seva carrera administrativa com a comptador general de rendes i comissari de guerra. El 1803 era oficial novè d'Hisenda i el 1814 fou nomenat director general de Loteries i conseller d'Hisenda. Entre el 10 de desembre de 1815 i el 27 de gener de 1817 la Secretaria d'Estat i del despatx d'Hisenda. Va rebre la gran creu de l'Orde de Carles III.

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Q: Capture second part of the string using regular expression I have a set of strings
The strings either start with warning_with_ or start with breakdown_with_. I want to extract out door_cycling, the center portion
Or the text after warning_with_ / breakdown_with_
And in case of no match the string is returned as is.
"warning_with_door_cycling_floor_n_door_b" --> regex should return  ---- door_cycling
"breakdown_with_door_cycling_door_:door:"  --> regex should return  ---- door_cycling
"breakdown_with_door_cycling_door_a"       --> regex should return  ----  door_cycling
"breakdown_with_bumps_at_location"         --> regex should return  ----  bumps_at_location
"unknown_string"                           --> regex should return  ----  unknown_string

So far this is what I have done

const regex = /(warning_with_|breakdown_with_)(\w+?)(?:(_floor_|_door_).+)/;

// But it does not work for this case
"breakdown_with_bumps_at_location".replace(regex, '$2');

What am I missing?

A: What you could try is using an OR to separate two different matchers. The first matcher looks for the middle word, while the second one matches words where the "floor" or "door" suffix is missing.
The only other adjustment is to replace with the third grouping in the regular expression instead of the second grouping:
const data = [
  "warning_with_door_cycling_floor_n_door_b",
  "breakdown_with_door_cycling_door_:door:",
  "breakdown_with_door_cycling_door_a",
  "breakdown_with_bumps_at_location",
  "unknown_string"
];

const regex = /((warning_with_|breakdown_with_)(\w+?)(?:(_floor_|_door_).+))|((warning_with_|breakdown_with_))/;

data.forEach((elem) => console.log(elem.replace(regex, '$3')));

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Garfield's Nowell sticks with UW
Christian Caple
The News Tribune
Michael Porter Jr. backed out of his letter and instead signed with Missouri. Blake Harris signed with Missouri, too. Daejon Davis signed with Stanford. Mamoudou Diarra requested a release from his signed letter of intent, too.
That left Garfield High School guard Jaylen Nowell as the lone member of Washington's once-touted 2017 basketball signing class still undecided about his future. Until now. On Tuesday, Nowell announced via a video message on his Twitter account that he will remain signed with UW and play for the Huskies under first-year coach Mike Hopkins.
Nowell, a 6-foot-4 guard, is rated by Scout.com as a four-star recruit and the No. 82 overall prospect in the 2017 class. He signed with UW in November, part of a five-player class considered the best in school history. But the March 15 firing of coach Lorenzo Romar triggered an expected exodus, and Nowell wound up the last man standing. Romar recently accepted an assistant coaching position at Arizona.
By reaffirming his commitment, Nowell becomes the centerpiece of a class that now includes West Seattle guard Nate Pryor and O'Dea guard Michael Carter III. It also appears that Hopkins' decision to retain assistant coach Will Conroy — a Garfield alumnus who is close with Nowell — and hire former Seattle University coach Cameron Dollar helped keep Nowell on board.
"This next step is very critical in defining me as a student and an athlete," Nowell said in the video. "With that in mind, I've decided to put my faith back into my city and remain a Husky. I look forward to growing and developing under the leadership of Coach Hopkins, Coach Conroy and Coach Dollar. Thank you all again for your support. Go Huskies."


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UNBEARING
Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you to fellow independent filmmaker, Samantha Kolesnik for hooking me up with a link to a 9 minute, Horror/Thriller short called "Unbearing", Written by Jennifer Trudrung and Directed by Aidan Weaver. Unbearing is about a young babysitter, Lindsay (played by Mary Katherine O'Donnell) whose given a job watching a middle-aged couple's infant child for the night. They leave her with live bedroom video footage from a monitor via her phone and she oversees the sleeping baby. The film also stars Jennifer Trudrung, Reginald Heinish and Jenna Goforth.
So this eerie babysitter short was recommended to me by Samantha, writer of the recent horror short, "I Baked Him A Cake" which I recently reviewed *see review* https://adamthemoviegod.com/i-baked-him-a-cake-review/. I like the premise of Unbearing, it's very matter of fact, and in its short run time Trudrung is able to create a sense of uneasiness, leaving me with a similar feeling I got from watching the bizarre German film, "Der Bunker". The audio levels are good and the lighting is really warm for a film of this nature. I noticed that Unbearing is Samuel Zeilender's first time behind the camera and I think he deserves some praise for his efforts. The framing is generally quite good, and the use of a steady tracking shot adds to the production value. I particularly liked the aerial shot slowly descending on Lindsay as she lay on the rug with her books and paperwork strewed about. The score has some nice ambience to it and the performances from all four actors are of a high standard.
I give Zeilender credit for shooting his first film but there are downfalls with the cinematography, though he'll surely benefit in the long run from the experience of Unbearing. For the first four or five minutes of the short the frame rate appears to lag a pace or two (maybe it was just the screener copy). It's not out of synch, just delayed and quickly starts to become a distraction. He's also guilty of accidental lapses in focus on a number of occasions, but these things come with growth. MINOR SPOILERS: I somewhat predicted the direction Trudrung's story was headed in, but I still rather enjoyed it. The only aspect that didn't fit was the heavy breathing, which clearly sounds very different to how it would if that was the real situation, you'd be trying to replicate the actual sound.
Unbearing is another solid short film to add to the list of impressive shorts for 2017. I've seen a lot of great content from different people all over the world, each with varying budgets and degrees of experience and it's all been positive (well mostly). I liked the setting of Unbearing, the lighting, the score and the performances. I did see some of the developments coming and the breathing part didn't quite make sense. Unfortunately the camera work is inconsistent, most notably the focus and the frame rate issues and I think that holds the film back a fraction. That said, it's great to see people trying their hand at the craft and I look forward to seeing what Jennifer and Co. do next.
My rating for "Unbearing" is 7/10


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… Is a Real Boy is Say Anything's proper debut album, and bursts forth in an enduring clash of pop-punk fervor with raw emotion. It is a concept album, somewhat meta in that its story revolves around a band named Say Anything fronted by a man named Max Bemis.
The songs on this recorded album were originally written as a part of a "rock opera" with a full narrative, spoken word interludes, and a cast of characters.
The plot revolved around a moderately successful "indie/punk" rock bank called Say Anything, fronted by 21-year old Max Bemis, an idealistic, introverted singer/songwriter crippled by depression and anxiety and alienated by what he sees as a vast hypocrisy inherent in society.
One night, a supernatural power "curses" Max with a mysterious affliction. The "curse" causes his innermost fears, fantasies, and thoughts to burst forth from his mouth at any given time in the form of fully arranged rock anthems. Max simply cannot control it: any time he feels a strong emotion, everything around him becomes a bizarre musical. Though Max's new powers at first seem only to frighten people, they soon cause the opposite effect as Say Anything becomes an accidental phenomenon.
The blatant honesty of the lyrics as well as the freak-show appeal of a man physically unable to censor himself strike a powerful chord amongst the underground culture that once dismissed Max's music as "unsubstantial." Now, worshiped by rock-and-roll America as a Christ-like figure, Bemis sets out to use his powers to vanquish all hypocrisy.
The proposed rock opera planned to chronicle Bemis' rise to power, as well as his undoing by the fundamental flaw in the logic of every self-involved, impassioned rock singer. Whether capitalist America is "the enemy" or not, there is greed, duplicity and hatred in every human being, especially in the greatest hypocrites of all: the "entertainers" among us, whose need for attention fosters a sick dream that they alone hold the key to mankind's salvation.
In the end, Max is left to fight "the man" with the corniest song he's ever written and the knowledge that accepting love and salvation lies within admitting he is nothing more or less than a human being.
The album was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc called "…was a Real Boy", which featured remastered and re-recorded versions of the 2004 "Vs. AIDS Demos".
An off-kilter masterpiece in the league of Brand New's Deja Entendu and Weezer's Pinkerton, the album was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc called …was a Real Boy, which featured remastered and re-recorded versions of the 2004 VS. AIDS Demos.


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Castros Knock at the Door of Their 2020 Olympics Dream
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It's well above 110 degrees inside the small gym a stone's throw from the Clinton overpass in west-central Fresno on a recent Saturday afternoon.
"Boom-boom, boom-boom," grunts 19-year-old Marc Castro when his rapidly firing gloves strike the mitts of his dad and trainer, Tony Castro.
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Like many young boxers across America, the soon-to-be Fresno State junior dreams of representing the USA at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Yes, it's a big dream.
But Castro has broken it down into a series of increasingly bigger goals over the past four years. Sacrifice, dedication and keeping eyes forward are his mantras.
"There are a lot of sacrifices you have to make, my parents and myself. Not going out with friends, not staying out late, or missing birthday parties. Knowing that you have to train," Castro says. "It's a sacrifice you're willing to make for a better future and a goal you're trying to achieve."
"I've seen people work hard and people waste talent. That's why I give my all no matter what the circumstances are." — Marc Castro
For example, when he won flew to Russia in 2015 for the junior world championships, he didn't sight-see — other than what he absorbed between the hotel and the arena. Castro had a job to do and he returned with his arms raised in victory.
"I was on a business trip," he says. "That's how I look at it."
2020 Olympics hopeful Marc Castro of Fresno is a two-time junior world amateur champion. (GV Wire/Jamie Ouverson)
This approach has returned big dividends. The 5-foot-7, 125-pounder is a two-time junior world amateur champion and has won 17 national titles. And he is a member of USA Boxing elite men's team.
"I've seen people work hard and people waste talent. That's why I give my all no matter what the circumstances are," Castro said in a social media post a few months back.
Don't get the wrong impression. Castro likes having fun. An example: sparring with Marcus McMaryion, the 6-foot-2, 203-pound quarterback who guided Fresno State to a school-record 12 victories in 2018.
Gotta switch up the workout sometimes👀 https://t.co/gdWiuy3gsb
— ⚡Marcus McMaryion⚡ (@MM2_Era) April 11, 2019
For Castro, giving his all means running up to 30 miles a week, keeping a close watch on his weight, and sticking to a rigorous training schedule. During the school year, it also means hitting the books with the same ferocity that goes into a left hook.
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This Boxer Is a Bookworm, Too
He graduated from Sunnyside High School in 2017 as a valedictorian despite traveling to international tournaments and holing up in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
"There are not many like him," says Sunnyside principal Tim Liles. "His maturity, humbleness, and high character set him apart. For Marc to become a valedictorian with all of his training and travel is something I'll always remember. He did independent study from Colorado Springs and maintained straight A's."
I asked Castro to name the teachers who inspired him or helped him at Sunnyside. He paused and carefully chose his words.
"I would have to say everybody," he said. "They all were genuinely nice and understanding about my boxing career."
"For Marc to become a valedictorian with all of his training and travel is something I'll always remember. He did independent study from Colorado Springs and maintained straight A's." — Sunnyside High School principal Tim Liles
He paused again: "The AVID program helped keep me on track." AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. A perfect fit for a boxer-student who wakes up every morning determined.
Then he broke into a smile and cited Sunnyside's DLAM Club. As in Don't Laugh at Me. It's an anti-bullying club that puts on skits at schools throughout Fresno Unified.
"That's Marc," says Liles. "He didn't want to name anyone because he didn't want to hurt someone's feelings by leaving their name out."
Book smarts and ring smarts can be entirely different things. Tony Castro, who works in construction, says Marc has both. And that could be his edge against the other American bantamweights with designs on Tokyo.
"He can figure out his opponent after just about 10 seconds in the ring," Tony says, making his point while exaggerating the way proud fathers do about their sons and daughters.
Another advantage Marc has, says his dad, is that he can fight orthodox or flip to southpaw on a moment's notice without sacrificing punching power. This enables Marc to have an additional option against a high-caliber opponent at a critical juncture.
In addition to becoming one of the world's most accomplished amateur boxers, Marc Castro was a 2017 valedictorian at Sunnyside High School. (GV Wire/Jamie Ouverson)
In the Beginning, Castro Was a Reluctant Boxer
Boxing is a sport with a long tradition of fathers training sons. Tony is a former amateur boxer who moved to Fresno from the San Fernando Valley. As a youngster, Marc's favorite sport was soccer. But Tony insisted that Marc at least give boxing a try. As Tony saw it, the sport would teach his son discipline and how to protect himself in a tough neighborhood.
Marc was just 4 years old the first time his dad put gloves on him.
"I didn't like it," he admits.
But he stuck with it, training after school in the gym Tony built in the Castros' garage.
His love for the sweet science grew. Then, in Russia after winning the junior world title, Marc saw with clarity what boxing could deliver for himself and his family. He became serious about making the 2020 U.S. Olympic team.
Two Steps Left to Reach Tokyo
What must happen for father and son to realize their shared goal?
Win the Olympic Trials, scheduled for Dec. 10-15 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
First, Marc needs to qualify for the trials. He can do that by finishing first or second at the Eastern Trials Qualifying tournament Oct. 5-12 in Columbus, Ohio. Or by locking down a first or second at the Last Chance Trials Qualifier Nov. 10-16 in Colorado Springs.
"Marc will get it in Columbus," Tony says. "The Last Chance? We don't want to take that risk."
A Boxer With Options
During 90 minutes of conversation, neither father nor son talked about winning an Olympic medal, much less leaving Tokyo with gold draped around Marc's neck. First things first. A couple more business trips before they ponder Tokyo.
"When my boxing career is over, I just want to help kids achieve their dreams." — Marc Castro
Both are grounded in the realities, ambiguities, and politics of amateur boxing. In this version of the sport, a fighter has just three rounds to impose his will on an opponent. And what the judges "see" can be heavily influenced by factors that have nothing to do with what happens inside the ropes.
Yet Marc, with his intelligence, passion for training, fast hands, and handsome features, could reap rich rewards as a professional fighting for world titles.
If that doesn't happen, he has options.
Marc is majoring in kinesiology and sports administration at Fresno State.
"When my boxing career is over," he says, "I just want to help kids achieve their dreams."
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Find Pubs in Bedford on the Bedford Today directory. Get reviews and contact details for each business including phone number, postcode, opening hours and photos.
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Diya Royal
The Horse & Groom
15 High Street, Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 6EQ
42 High Street, Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 6EG
57 Main Road, Biddenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4BD
The Duke Inn
10 Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7QA
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Ampthill Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3JP
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1 Milton Road, Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 6AP
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108 High Street, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7BN
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17 Station Road, Willington, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 3QH
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Starter Labs encouraging early entrepreneurship education
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – For the second consecutive year, the Starter Labs East Kentucky High School Pitch Competition is inviting students to pitch potential businesses, win cash, and expand their minds.
"This competition is a really good way for high school students to get inspired into entrepreneurship," said Do Good Brands Founder Ryan Jones.
The competition asks students- or groups of students- from schools in the 606 area code to submit an application and a 60 second presentation video, pitching a business that addresses a problem with a unique solution. The presentation will be judged by a panel of professionals, based on the presentation, customer identification, clear pathway to marketing, and other markers. Jones said it is about problem solving and working on the many different aspects of what it means to sell your idea.
"We need to create more creative young people and get more young people interested in entrepreneurship," Jones said. "And we need to get them to think that entrepreneurship is a career. It's not something that you just do as a side hustle. This could be your full-time job."
Jones, who is also a small business owner operating Lincoln Road Roastery and Lincoln Road Coffee Lounge as well as on online presence, says it is important to plant the ideas and encouragement in young minds. He believes starting in high school could help create a more clear path to future business for the folks interested in being their own boss, as well as make better employees for businesses who are looking for out-of-the-box thinkers.
"I think it's really important for the future of our economy to have more small businesses, more entrepreneurs, more jobs," he said. "We can't always hope for the next company to come in and invest from the outside."
The competition is a partnership between Do Good Brands, Invest 606, Governor's School for Entrepreneurs (GSE), and University of the Cumberlands, creating a pipeline for GSE and giving students an early jump on networking, planning, and working towards a goal. It also comes with cash prizes: first place receives $1,000, second place receives $500, and third place receives $250. Outside of the grand prizes, Jones said if more than one group or individual represents a school in the competition, at least one project will receive $50. He said it is about encouraging the students to follow their ideas.
"There's a lot of opportunity to also win money in this," he said. "And to be able to actually reinvest it into your idea or, you know, do something else with it."
Jones encourages students to get their teachers involved in the process. The previous year's winners at Belfry High School said their pitch became a collaborative effort in public speaking, writing, and more as they worked with teachers to prepare.
The deadline for applications is December 7 and the Facebook showcase is scheduled for Dec. 17. You can find more information, or apply, here. Any questions or requests for guidance along the way can be sent to Jones at [email protected]
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"XPO Direct" opens firm's technology, trucks, and workforce for omnichannel and e-commerce operations. Transportation and logistics provider XPO Logistics Inc. said today it has launched a shared-space distribution model that opens its technology, trucks, and workforce to omnichannel retail and e-commerce customers. The company's "XPO Direct" service can position goods within two days' delivery of 95 percent of the U.S. population and in close proximity to retail stores for inventory replenishment, the Greenwich, Conn.-based firm said. Retailers will gain access to XPO warehouses and last-mile hubs at more than 100 locations, the company said. Bradley S. Jacobs, XPO's chairman and CEO, said the program could provide brick-and-mortar retailers with a cost-effective way of handling omnichannel fulfillment by allowing them to manage orders without the expense of doing it in their stores or investing in their own facilities. "In essence, we're renting out our scale and disrupting traditional thinking about the capital-intensive, regional distribution model," Jacobs said in a statement. XPO will use its technology to identify patterns in consumer behavior and seasonality, predict when and where to place products by SKU number, and reflow goods to other sites as needed, XPO Chief Information Officer Mario Harik said in the statement. The service could help large retailers reduce the need to perform omnichannel fulfillment from brick and mortar stores, where messy shelves and untrained employees add cost to the operation, John Haber, the founder & CEO of consultancy Spend Management Experts, said in a phone interview. If a retailer could use forward-stocking locations provided through XPO, they could cut some of those high costs, he said. "XPO is better at arranging fulfillment than the people who are doing that omnichannel work in the brick and mortar store," Haber said. XPO could also help retailers manage shipping complexities such as calculating […]


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Q: Is there any way if we can create Enum in Postgres DB using JPA? I'm following link: https://vladmihalcea.com/the-best-way-to-map-an-enum-type-with-jpa-and-hibernate/. Is there any way if we can create Enum in Postgres DB using JPA?
CREATE TYPE MyStatus AS ENUM (
    'PENDING',
    'APPROVED',
    'SPAM'
)

I really don't want to keep it manual execution. Any way of doing this?
I'm looking out the way to create everything using FlyWay. There are certain reasons for that. Do you know if creation of Enum using JPA possible ? I think this feature should be available as JPA gives almost everything
I used below in my model class, but still it doesn't works well.
@Column(name = "status", length = 1, columnDefinition = "MyStatus")
@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
@MapKeyEnumerated
@Type( type = "pgsql_enum" )
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Bass Pro Shops kicks off 2017 racing season with Martin Truex Jr. running the Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats colors in the 500 Sunday, February 26
America's most popular outdoor store continues primary co-sponsorship on Truex's No. 78 Toyota Camry in 2017
Bass Pro Shops, a leading destination retailer offering outdoor gear and apparel in an immersive setting, continues its partnership with Furniture Row Racing as the primary co-sponsor on Martin Truex Jr.'s Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry during the 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series season.
The partnership calls for 17 primary Bass Pro Shops paint schemes on Truex's No. 78 Toyota, beginning with two races during Daytona Speedweeks – the 150-mile qualifying race on Thursday Feb. 23 and the season-opening Daytona 500 on Sunday Feb. 26.
"NASCAR is an excellent platform for Bass Pro Shops and we are very excited to continue our longstanding relationship with Martin Truex Jr. while further aligning with our friends at Toyota," said Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops.
"I'm thrilled to have Bass Pro Shops return as a primary co-sponsor on the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota for 2017," said Truex. "In addition to my passion for fishing, hunting and the outdoors, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris is a personal friend and a hunting buddy."
After the historic finish in the 2016 Great American Race where Denny Hamlin squeaked by Truex in the closest finish in the 58-year history of the Daytona 500—a mere one-hundredth of a second—Truex went on to have his best statistical season since joining the Cup series full time in 2006. His 2016 record included four Cup wins, five poles, and a series high of laps led at 1809.
Bass Pro Shops' remaining primary races on the No. 78 will be at Atlanta, Ga., (March 5), Las Vegas, Nev., (March 12), Phoenix, Ariz., (March 19), Fontana, Calif., (March 26), Fort Worth, Texas (April 9), Richmond. Va., (April 30), Talladega, Ala., (May 7), Charlotte, N.C., (May 28), Daytona, Fla., (July 1), Bristol, Tenn., (August 19), Darlington, N.C., (Sept. 3), Talladega, Ala., (Oct. 15), Kansas City, Kansas (Oct. 22), Fort Worth, Texas (Nov. 5), Homestead/Miami, Fla., (Nov. 19).
Bass Pro Shops will have an associate sponsorship status when it's not a primary on the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota.


Pumps are the heart of wastewater treatment systems and pump metering chemicals is critically imperative to required wastewater treatment!
Different types of pumps are designed for unique wastewater treatment pump applications. Centrifugal pumps are used for general wastewater pumping. Positive Displacement pumps are used for pumping heavier solids. Chemical Metering Pumps are used for pump metering chemicals into wastewater for treatment.
Metering pumps are designed to add specific chemical amounts to achieve exact wastewater treatment result results.
Pumping chemicals into wastewater is mostly an automated function achieved by also employing controllers by using a continuous feedback signaling system by sending electronic signals to activate pumps on and off and regulate the amount of chemical actually pumped.
A properly applied continuous feedback control system by using properly selected instrument and pump or pumps as well as selecting appropriate chemical injection location, proper wastewater mixing, and using the best location for measuring wastewater conditions affected by the chemical metering system are all critical aspects of cost effective and reliably consistent wastewater treatment.
The pump selected for the chemical feed metering application must be adequately sized to meet the maximum instantaneous pumping requirements including the volume of wastewater and the amount of chemicals required.
The controller selected for the chemical feed metering application must be adequate to regulate the pump metering of chemical to maintain a very tight operational result variance.
Observe the actual LED displayed results on the controller.
Operating with a desired pH set point of 8.2, actual results below 8.1 and above 8.3 are likely cost ineffective and unreliably consistent wastewater treatment.
Existence of these conditions will benefit with specific action.
Specific action including confirming the chemical injection location is appropriate, wastewater is properly mixed, and the best location is used for measuring wastewater conditions; the pump selection and the controller type is also crucial to having a prescribed ongoing treatment result.
Using a PID Controller is very effective regulating the volume of chemical pumped to maintain a requisite value regardless of variations of wastewater and its pH value.
PID theory is made easy by optimizing wastewater treatment performance with modern process controllers.
A PID controller is probably the most widely-used type of feedback controller.
PID stands for Proportional-Integral-Derivative, referring to the three terms operating on the error signal to produce a control signal.
PID controllers are the most well-established class of control system.
Proportional control gives a change in output that is proportional to the deviation of the process variable from the set point.
The range over which the output is adjusted from 0 to 100% is called the proportional band.
The proportional band is expressed as a percentage.
Using appropriate devices will allow for optimum results.
Evaluate all aspects of the treatment process, execute the necessary changes and feel free to contact me if additional assistance is needed at TheWastewaterWizard.com.
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package org.zstack.test.storage.snapshot;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.zstack.core.cloudbus.CloudBus;
import org.zstack.core.componentloader.ComponentLoader;
import org.zstack.core.db.DatabaseFacade;
import org.zstack.core.db.SimpleQuery;
import org.zstack.core.db.SimpleQuery.Op;
import org.zstack.header.identity.SessionInventory;
import org.zstack.header.storage.snapshot.*;
import org.zstack.header.vm.VmInstanceInventory;
import org.zstack.header.volume.VolumeVO;
import org.zstack.simulator.kvm.VolumeSnapshotKvmSimulator;
import org.zstack.storage.snapshot.VolumeSnapshotGlobalConfig;
import org.zstack.test.Api;
import org.zstack.test.ApiSenderException;
import org.zstack.test.DBUtil;
import org.zstack.test.WebBeanConstructor;
import org.zstack.test.deployer.Deployer;
import org.zstack.utils.Utils;
import org.zstack.utils.logging.CLogger;

/*
* 1. set max snapshots to 1
* 2. take 3 snapshot 1 2 3, confirm two trees are created
* 3. revert volume to snapshot 2 which is latest of tree 1
* 4. create snapshot 4
* 5. revert to snapshot 2 again
* 6. delete snapshot 2
* 7. create a new snapshot
*
* confirm tree.current are correctly set in each step of above
*/
public class TestSnapshotOnKvm40 {
    CLogger logger = Utils.getLogger(TestSnapshotOnKvm40.class);
    Deployer deployer;
    Api api;
    ComponentLoader loader;
    CloudBus bus;
    DatabaseFacade dbf;
    SessionInventory session;
    VolumeSnapshotKvmSimulator snapshotKvmSimulator;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        DBUtil.reDeployDB();
        WebBeanConstructor con = new WebBeanConstructor();
        deployer = new Deployer("deployerXml/kvm/TestCreateVmOnKvm.xml", con);
        deployer.addSpringConfig("KVMRelated.xml");
        deployer.build();
        api = deployer.getApi();
        loader = deployer.getComponentLoader();
        bus = loader.getComponent(CloudBus.class);
        dbf = loader.getComponent(DatabaseFacade.class);
        snapshotKvmSimulator = loader.getComponent(VolumeSnapshotKvmSimulator.class);
        session = api.loginAsAdmin();
        VolumeSnapshotGlobalConfig.MAX_INCREMENTAL_SNAPSHOT_NUM.updateValue(1);
    }

    private void fullSnapshot(VolumeSnapshotInventory inv, int distance) {
        Assert.assertEquals(VolumeSnapshotState.Enabled.toString(), inv.getState());
        Assert.assertEquals(VolumeSnapshotStatus.Ready.toString(), inv.getStatus());
        VolumeVO vol = dbf.findByUuid(inv.getVolumeUuid(), VolumeVO.class);
        VolumeSnapshotVO svo = dbf.findByUuid(inv.getUuid(), VolumeSnapshotVO.class);
        Assert.assertNotNull(svo);
        Assert.assertTrue(svo.isFullSnapshot());
        Assert.assertTrue(svo.isLatest());
        Assert.assertNull(svo.getParentUuid());
        Assert.assertEquals(distance, svo.getDistance());
        Assert.assertEquals(vol.getPrimaryStorageUuid(), svo.getPrimaryStorageUuid());
        Assert.assertNotNull(svo.getPrimaryStorageInstallPath());
        VolumeSnapshotTreeVO cvo = dbf.findByUuid(svo.getTreeUuid(), VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        Assert.assertNotNull(cvo);
        Assert.assertTrue(cvo.isCurrent());
    }

    private void deltaSnapshot(VolumeSnapshotInventory inv, int distance) {
        Assert.assertEquals(VolumeSnapshotState.Enabled.toString(), inv.getState());
        Assert.assertEquals(VolumeSnapshotStatus.Ready.toString(), inv.getStatus());
        VolumeVO vol = dbf.findByUuid(inv.getVolumeUuid(), VolumeVO.class);
        VolumeSnapshotVO svo = dbf.findByUuid(inv.getUuid(), VolumeSnapshotVO.class);
        Assert.assertNotNull(svo);
        Assert.assertFalse(svo.isFullSnapshot());
        Assert.assertTrue(svo.isLatest());
        Assert.assertNotNull(svo.getParentUuid());
        Assert.assertEquals(distance, svo.getDistance());
        Assert.assertEquals(vol.getPrimaryStorageUuid(), svo.getPrimaryStorageUuid());
        Assert.assertNotNull(svo.getPrimaryStorageInstallPath());
        VolumeSnapshotTreeVO cvo = dbf.findByUuid(svo.getTreeUuid(), VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        Assert.assertNotNull(cvo);
        Assert.assertTrue(cvo.isCurrent());
        Assert.assertEquals(svo.getTreeUuid(), cvo.getUuid());
    }

    private void isCurrentTree(VolumeSnapshotInventory inv) {
        SimpleQuery<VolumeSnapshotTreeVO> q = dbf.createQuery(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        q.select(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO_.current);
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO_.uuid, Op.EQ, inv.getTreeUuid());
        Boolean current = q.findValue();
        if (!current) {
            Assert.fail(String.format("tree[uuid:%s] is not the current", inv.getTreeUuid()));
        }

        q = dbf.createQuery(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO_.uuid, Op.EQ, inv.getTreeUuid());
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO_.current, Op.EQ, true);
        long count = q.count();
        Assert.assertEquals(1, count);
    }

    private void isLatest(VolumeSnapshotInventory inv) {
        SimpleQuery<VolumeSnapshotVO> q = dbf.createQuery(VolumeSnapshotVO.class);
        q.select(VolumeSnapshotVO_.latest);
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotVO_.uuid, Op.EQ, inv.getUuid());
        Boolean latest = q.findValue();
        if (!latest) {
            Assert.fail(String.format("snapshot[uuid:%s] is not the latest", inv.getUuid()));
        }

        q = dbf.createQuery(VolumeSnapshotVO.class);
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotVO_.treeUuid, Op.EQ, inv.getTreeUuid());
        q.add(VolumeSnapshotVO_.latest, Op.EQ, true);
        long count = q.count();
        Assert.assertEquals(1, count);
    }

	@Test
	public void test() throws ApiSenderException {
        VmInstanceInventory vm = deployer.vms.get("TestVm");
        String volUuid = vm.getRootVolumeUuid();
        VolumeSnapshotInventory inv1 = api.createSnapshot(volUuid);
        fullSnapshot(inv1, 0);
        VolumeSnapshotInventory root = inv1;
        VolumeSnapshotInventory inv2 = api.createSnapshot(volUuid);
        deltaSnapshot(inv2, 1);
        isCurrentTree(inv2);
        isLatest(inv2);

        VolumeSnapshotInventory inv3 = api.createSnapshot(volUuid);
        long count = dbf.count(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        Assert.assertEquals(2, count);
        isCurrentTree(inv3);
        isLatest(inv3);

        api.stopVmInstance(vm.getUuid());
        api.revertVolumeToSnapshot(inv2.getUuid());
        isCurrentTree(inv2);
        isLatest(inv2);

        VolumeSnapshotInventory inv4 = api.createSnapshot(volUuid);
        count = dbf.count(VolumeSnapshotTreeVO.class);
        Assert.assertEquals(3, count);
        isCurrentTree(inv4);
        isLatest(inv4);

        api.revertVolumeToSnapshot(inv2.getUuid());
        isCurrentTree(inv2);
        isLatest(inv2);

        api.deleteSnapshot(inv2.getUuid());

        VolumeSnapshotInventory inv5 = api.createSnapshot(volUuid);
        Assert.assertEquals(inv2.getTreeUuid(), inv5.getTreeUuid());
        isCurrentTree(inv5);
        isLatest(inv5);

        snapshotKvmSimulator.validate(root);
    }

}

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