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—Arguments & Demonstrations
A New York Civil Procedure Blog by David H. Rosen
CPLR Article 78
Article 78s Against Sitting Judges – Choose Your Forum Carefully
CPLR Article 78, Uncategorized
Matter of Tonawanda Seneca Nation v Noonan,___ NY3d___, 2016 NY Slip Op 04974 [2016]
The ultimate issue here will be a challenge to Surrogate Noonan's jurisdiction to determine disputes over tribal lands arising from the probate of the will of a tribal member. That will have to await another day, however, since the Seneca Nation commenced their Article 78 proceeding in the Appellate Division and not the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals held here that an Article 78 against a Surrogate must be commenced in the Supreme Court, even where the Surrogate in question also wears a County Court robe. Accordingly, the Appellate Division lacked jurisdiction over the proceeding and properly dismissed it.
Supreme Court is, of course, the appropriate forum for most Article 78s. Even where the case involves issues that must ultimately be determined by the Appellate Division, the proceeding should normally begin in Supreme, which will effect the transfer itself after determining the issues within its jurisdiction. (CPLR 7804[g])
Among the limited class of cases which should begin directly in the Appellate Division are those against Supreme and County Court judges. (CPLR 506[b][1]) As to Supreme Court Justices, the reason for this is evident: a Supreme Court Justice should not be placed in the position of passing on the actions of another Justice. As to County Court judges, the reason is murkier, but as explained by the Court of Appeals the legislative history shows a reluctance to have a Supreme Court Justice, with primarily civil jurisdiction, review the actions of a County Court Judge, whose jurisdiction is primarily criminal.
In any event, notably absent from the list of proceedings directly commenced in the Appellate Division are those against Judges of the Surrogate's Court. Surrogate Noonan also sits as a Judge of the County Court, but that doesn't matter. Venue for the Article 78 against a multi-robe judge depends on the robe he or she was wearing when the challenged action was taken, and here that means Judge Noonan was wearing his Surrogate's Court robe. Venue was in the Supreme Court, and the Appellate Division properly dismissed the proceeding.
Parenthetically, may I note that I find this justification incomprehensible. Most of my experience has been with the Supreme Court in Queens County, where Supreme Court Justices exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction, and are in fact transferred from Civil to Criminal Terms and back, at the will of the court administrators. There is no County Court. A Supreme Court Justice is assumed to be capable of applying the totality of the law, whether or not there is also a County Court in the Justice's home county. Why shouldn't a Supreme Court Justice be fully capable of passing on the actions of a County Court Judge? They are not, after all, judges of the same Court. If the difficulty is to be found in the coordinate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the County Court, Supreme Court and the Surrogate's Court likewise have coordinate jurisdiction. I have noted elsewhere my dismay at the pointlessly fractured nature of our supposedly Unified Court System and the unnecessary procedural issues it engenders, and here is another instance of it.
A Case of Interest. Just Don't Read Too Much Into It.
CPLR 5001, CPLR 7806, CPLR Article 78, Uncategorized
CRP/Extell Parcel I, L.P. v Cuomo, ___ NY3d___, 2016 NY Slip Op 04251 [2016]
The Court of Appeals issued a short decision here about a court's lack of authority to entertain a post-judgment motion for statutory interest. Before universalizing it and jumping to the conclusion that the courts' general authority to amend an erroneous or incomplete judgment has somehow been restricted, it is important to realize is that this was an Article 78 proceeding, and its specific and unusual procedural situation renders the decision of limited scope.
Petitioner was the sponsor of a condominium in Manhattan, and filed an offering plan with the respondent Attorney General requiring the purchasers' down payments to be placed in escrow. If the first closing did not take place by September 1, 2008, the purchasers were entitled to their down payments back, with accumulated interest.
The first closing did not take place by September 1, 2008, and the purchasers demanded the return of their down payments, but the Petitioner refused, arguing that the 2008 date was a scrivener's error. The correct date, it argued, was September 1, 2009. The purchasers applied to the Attorney General, who held in their favor and directed the return of the down payments with accumulated interest.
That order was the subject of this Article 78 proceeding. Supreme Court denied the petition, directed the return of the down payments with accumulated interest (that is, with the interest earned by the escrow fund, saying nothing about interest at the statutory rate under CPLR 5001), and dismissed the proceeding. The Appellate Division affirmed.
While that appeal was pending, the purchasers moved for the imposition of interest at the statutory rate, and it is that motion which concerns us now. Supreme Court granted the motion and entered a judgment for $4.9 million in interest. The Appellate Division reversed, holding that once the Attorney General's order had been upheld and the proceeding dismissed, all issues had been resolved and Supreme Court was without jurisdiction to address the question of interest. Additionally, it held that CPLR 5001 did not apply, and the purchasers would not have been entitled to pre-judgment interest anyway, since the offering plan was not a contract.
The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding simply that the order dismissing the proceeding was a final judgment, and Supreme Court was thereafter without jurisdiction to entertain the Post-judgment motion for interest. It did not address the issue of whether interest would have been appropriate had the purchasers moved for it prior the the entry of the order.
The Court's lack of elaboration of its holding might lead some to conclude that it applies to all situations. It should not be inferred from this decision that a court never has jurisdiction to amend a judgment after it has been entered. The key is that the Court cited to CPLR 7806 and not a more general section such as CPLR 5016. This decision should be regarded as applying to its specific fact pattern and context in an Article 78 proceeding where the issues directly presented by the petition had been resolved by the order.
Article 78 – Can the Respondent's Answer be Bypassed?
Matter of Kickertz v New York Univ.,
___ NY3d ___, 2015 NY Slip Op 02800
In an Article 78 proceeding, if the respondent raises objections in point of law by pre-answer motion, and the motion is denied, "the court shall permit the respondent to answer". (CPLR 7804 [f]) Despite the mandatory language there is an exception, recognized in Matter of Nassau BOCES Cent. Council of Teachers v Board of Coop. Educ. Servs. of Nassau County, 63 N.Y.2d 100 [1984], which allows the answer to be bypassed where the facts are so fully developed in the parties' presentations as to be undisputed, and where there will be no prejudice from taking the shortcut. In BOCES, for example, the objection in point of law had been to standing, and while the papers developed the facts they did not clearly rule out triable issues. An answer was therefore required before the merits could be ruled on.
Here, both Supreme Court and the Appellate Division majority found the facts sufficiently developed to allow decisions on the merits without an answer. They then reached opposite conclusions on those merits. The Court of Appeals, however, found the facts sufficiently in doubt as to disallow the procedural shortcut, vacated the judgment and directed the service of an answer by the respondent. Read More
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New England's influence on soccer
Jose — May 9, 2014
local footballer Geoff Cameroon will most likely be starter for team USA at world cup
In my last post I wrote about the state of MLS and mentioned 4 New England Revolution players all under 23 to watch. Today, there are many current soccer players from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and those who attended college here in Massachusetts that are worthy of your attention.
Starting with those who MIGHT make the United States 23 man roster in this summer's World Cup in Brazil. Attleboro's Geoff Cameron, who will turn 29 in July, is about to complete his 2nd season in the English Premier League for Stoke City. Cameron plays defense, and has emerged as one of Stoke's more important players on the starting XI. Before that he was drafted by the Houston Dynamo in 2008 and played there 4 seasons until Stoke City bought him. It seems likely Cameron,with 24 games with the US National Team, will be on the starting XI for team USA fort their WC opener June 16th against Ghana.
Geoff Cameron in action for Stoke City of the English Premier League
Michael Parkhurst (30), from Providence Rhode Island, was drafted in 2005 by the New England Revolution and plays right back (defense). He won MLS rookie of the year in 2005 and in 2007 won defender of the year. After the 2008 season he joined FC Nordsjælland of the Danish Super League. During his 5 years in Denmark he was a starter and won the League championship in the 2011-2012 season. In 2013, he moved to Germany to play for FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga, but failed to make an impact (only played 2 games in over a year). This past winter he moved back to MLS and now plays for Columbus Crew, and will most likely get called up to the final 30 man roster before the final 23 are selected.
Michael Parkhurst in action for the USA national team
Sheanon Williams, 24, is from Boston. He plays defense and currently plays in MLS for the Philadelphia Union, since he was drafted in 2010. He has represented the USA National Team at the u-17 and u-20 level, playing in the u-17 World Cup in 2007 and u-20 World Cup in 2009. He is yet to play for the senior team, but at 24, playing well for the Union, it is only a matter of time before he gets his chance. In 2005 he was offered a place with the prestigious IMG soccer academy in Bradenton, Florida, where he earned youth honors in both 2006 and2007.
Charlie Davies, 27, is from Manchester, New Hampshire. He played for Boston College for threee seasons and is currently a forward with the New England Revolution. Instead of playing in MLS, he signed with Hammarby Fotboll in Sweden for 2 seasons. In 2009, he signed with France's FC Sochaux, but tragedy nearly killed Davies that fall. He was involved in a deadly car accident on the George Washington Parkway in Washington DC, while playing for the National Team in a World Qualifier against Costa Rica. A 22 year old female who was in the car with him was killed, and Davies himself was left with multiple fractures, bleeding in the brain, and a lacerated bladder. Not only did he miss the 2010 World Cup, but this accident ultimately ended his national team career. Despite all that Davies was able to find some kind of scoring form in 2011 while playing for DC united, lets hope he can find his scoring touch again.
Alejandro Bedoya, 27, is from New Jersey and also attended BC for two years. He too may find himself in the final 30 for this summers World Cup. Currently he plays in France for FC Nantes as a winger/attacking midfielder. Instead of going through the draft, he signed in 2008 with Orebro SK in Sweden. In 2011, he signed with famous Scottish club Rangers FC, but only played 1 year before moving back to Sweden this time with Helsingborgs IF. In 2013 he signed with FC Nantes in France.
Other players who play pro soccer include young 20 year old Will Packwood, from Concord, MA, he currently plays for Birmingham City in the Championship League(2nd tier in English soccer). This past winter he played his first game for the nation team against Ukraine, and has represented the national team at the youth level, u-17, u-18, and u-20. He plays defense/defensive midfield. I have high hopes for this kid!!
Packwood was named young player of the month for February
Other players to look out for with local ties are current New England Revolution players Chris Tierney (Wellesley) Scott Caldwell (Weymouth) Diego Fagundez (Leominster since age 5) and Andy Dorman, who is from England originally but attended 3 years at Boston University and played for the Welsh national team. So if you are a casual fan of the Revolution or are trying to get into soccer but don't know who is who, I hope knowing who some of the local kids are will help you follow the game a little better. If you knew the names of a lot of these players already, then you might have an avid interest in soccer or the development of young players in particular. If this is the case, then why not check out some scouting courses. It's a great way of getting into the game and using your passion for soccer in a positive way.
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As noted, Triple H and Ronda Rousey had dinner together in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as the two sides continue to work towards Rousey's WWE in-ring debut.
Triple H spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday and confirmed that they are still having talks.
"We are talking to Ronda, as we've been for a while," Triple H said. "She has a lot of things going on. We have a lot of things going on. But we have a great relationship with her, a very friendly standpoint for a long period of time now. It was great to catch up with her."
There's been speculation on Rousey making her debut in the women's Royal Rumble match later this month but Triple H says they have not agreed on a deal yet.
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Kent Life investigates the economic health of our High Streets
PUBLISHED: 11:47 25 October 2012 | UPDATED: 22:08 20 February 2013
Mary Portas has put the nation's High Streets firmly in the spotlight – so how are we doing in the Garden of England?
High Street Heroes
Mary Portas has put the nations High Streets firmly in the spotlight so how are we doing in the Garden of England? Kent Life visits key towns in the county to find out if theres life in the High Street yet
Back in May, Margate made the national headlines when it was chosen to be one of the 12 towns participating in a Government-backed scheme to regenerate local high streets.
The scheme has arisen from the recommendations of a report into high street regeneration by retail guru Mary Portas. The 12 Portas Pilots, as the towns have been dubbed, now each have a 100,000 grant to spend on breathing life back into their high streets.
This national attention threw the spotlight on a problem that people across Kent have been aware of for sometime; that the high streets in many of our countys towns are in a worrying state.
The problem is particularly acute on the coast, with several local high streets containing a significant number of empty retail units. Its the reason why you have a town like Margate which has an overall retail vacancy rate of 36 per cent, one of the highest in the country, says Mark Dance, Kent County Councils Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development.
Many of these towns have found it difficult to adjust to a changing economic climate, such as the decline in domestic tourism, the attraction of out-of-town shopping centres and the growing appeal of giant supermarkets.
This is why so many of our coastal towns, such as Folkestone, Ramsgate and Broadstairs, applied for funds to redevelop their high streets.
But what does being a Portas Pilot mean and what will a town like Margate do with the money? Being a Portas Pilot finally gives people at grassroots level the chance to do something about the problems of the town, says high-street shopkeeper and one of the people behind the Margate Town Teams bid for the grant, Robin Vaughn-Lyons.
The thinking behind this effort at regeneration is for local people to initiate schemes and events that radically re-imagine the traditional concept of a High Street
There are a whole host of ideas that the Margate Town Team, which is made up of local people, can choose from says Robin.
For example, the high street could be home to a quality market, with a variety of stalls, complimenting shops and increasing footfall. Another mooted idea is to pilot the pedestrianisation of the upper high street to encourage a caf culture.
And I also think that the high street could profit from having a better appearance too, maybe via the introduction of a green space where visitors, residents and shoppers could relax.
Although Margates successful bid was welcomed by many associated with the regeneration of the town, not everyone located on the high street is confident that it will succeed. Thule Howard runs The Joke Shop, a business that has been in the town for more than a quarter of a century.
I think the problems here are unlikely to be solved by this new scheme. Aside from the two recessions, which are bad enough, the biggest problem facing local traders is out-of-town shopping, such as supermarkets but in particular, Westwood Cross, Thanets massive shopping centre that opened in 2005, says Thule.
This has effectively sucked the life out of Margate and other local towns because the shopping experience is so much more convenient there. You can park for free, everything you need is in one place and its not open to the elements.
Efforts at regeneration are welcome, such as the recently announced investment in housing in Margate Central and also the possible re-opening of Dreamland. However, the town is always going to struggle to compete against the appeal of Westwood Cross.
Although as Mark Dance believes, its the high streets in Kents coastal towns that have suffered the greatest difficulties, the problem is not confined to this part of the county.
Other places, including Maidstone, Tonbridge, Ashford and Dartford each possess town centres that contain empty retail units and high streets that are in need of some degree of regeneration. Its for this reason that these towns also applied to become part of the Portas scheme.
Like Margate, Dartford was successful in the inaugural round of bidding, and joined the coastal town among the original 12 Portas Pilots. A second round of bidding during the summer then saw Ashford chosen as a pilot town.
Although Tonbridge and Maidstone failed to gain funding, many of those behind the towns bids still feel the process was beneficial.
Not securing funding was a disappointment but despite this, one major positive of the Portas experience has been the development of a Town Team, says Katie Iggulden, Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council Estates Services Manager and a key member of the new Tonbridge Town Team.
Tonbridge has a great deal to offer and the Town Team hopes to draw on all its assets and build on them to create a thriving High Street - Katie Iggulden, Tonbridge
In the future, the Town Team hopes to organise events for Tonbridge, bringing new visitors into the town and enhancing the experience for regular visitors. The Town Team has already set up Facebook and Twitter accounts, keeping the public informed of events and happenings and providing a medium for ideas to be posted.
Tonbridge has a great deal to offer and the Town Team hopes to draw on all its assets and build on them to create a thriving High Street.
When people talk about a thriving High Street, the image that often comes to mind is one characterised by full occupancy and dominated by independent traders; the High Street in which the butcher, the baker and possibly even the candlestick maker still exist.
This is increasingly a rarity in the UK. Where high streets are not in decline and populated by empty retail units, they have largely fallen prey to the clone-town effect. This is the trend that has seen leading chains, such as Next, Primark and WH Smiths dominate the high streets of many towns.
But despite the twin problems of high street decline and cloning, Kent does possess a town that has managed to create this idealised picture of a thriving High Street; one that the New Economics Foundation judged to be the best performing town in the country in terms of independence and diversity. And that town is Whitstable.
Whitstable a wonderful example of what a High Street can be like. says Belinda Murray, who runs Herbaceous, a medical herbalists in the heart of Whitstable.
Its filled with independent traders, both high end and those supplying everyday items, and traders who know and understand the needs of local customers.
But how has Whitstable succeeded where so many other towns have fallen short? Belinda thinks she knows the answer. Its helped that theres a strong artistic community in this part of the county and its people from this group who have come here and opened interesting shops, often finding gaps in the market.
But also, the traders in the town are very supportive to one another. I think we all recognise the appeal of our independence to visitors and locals and so there is a co-operative spirit. And of course the role played by local people cant be underestimated. They seem to value what we have here and have made the effort to use the shops and not head straight to the supermarkets or other towns for what they need.
Despite the success evident in Whitstable, the town is not without problems. Chain stores are still evident, with the trend picking up in recent years. Whats more, traders such as Belinda are worried by a potential increase in rents to levels that would force many independent traders to relocate. But, at the moment at least, Whitstable still stands as an example that a thriving, independent High Street can exist.
And there is certainly evidence that whats happened in Whitstable can happen elsewhere in Kent. For example, despite the towns manifold problems, Margates old town has thrived in recent years and is filled with successful independent traders.
Importantly for supporters of regeneration, a contributory factor in this has been the building of Turner Contemporary, illustrative proof that investment in a town can yield success.
But whether the Whitstable model, or a more realistic one that encourages a blend of independent traders and chain stores can completely establish itself on the High Street in Kent is, according to Mark Dance, debatable.
Those of us involved in regeneration are hopeful that initiatives like the Portas Pilots can bring shoppers back to town centres. And the County Council is supporting this throughout Kent via investment in housing and infrastructure and also efforts to create jobs.
But there might come a time soon for us all to redefine what we think of as a High Street. There are likely going to be places where both chain stores and independent traders either cant or wont locate because local shoppers prefer to go elsewhere or buy online. In these areas it might make more sense to turn empty units over to residential use.
Surely better this redefinition than to simply struggle on for more years with the same model, a struggle that might ultimately prove fruitless?
We live in uncertain times for the High Street. Even once the current fetish for austerity has passed, the combined threat posed by the rise of internet shopping, out-of-town shopping centres and the growth of the supermarkets will ensure that the High Street as we know it faces a tough time surviving.
But what seems certain is that local people are not going to let it go without a fight. Town Teams and other groups across the county are actively doing what they can to ensure that those commercial streets, that for so long have been at the centre of our communities will survive for future generations to enjoy.
The Kentish Rebels
Sunday, December 13, 2020 Sarah Sturt
Kent has always been noted for its rebellions, its involvement in the Peasants' Revolt 635 years ago its most famous manifestation. But what were those other Kent rebellions?
Interview: A festive morning with Bake Off star Jane Beedle
Thursday, December 10, 2020 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Kent Life spends a festive morning with Christmas Bake Off star Jane Beedle in her Faversham home. Article first published in Dec 2019
Kent in recovery: How we have overcome adversity throughout history
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque
With light at the end of the Covid tunnel at last, we take heart from how Kent recovered from previous calamities, from the 1930s depression to two world wars and the credit crunch. Article first written in July 2020
10 historical figures you may not know in Kent
Thursday, November 26, 2020 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque and other sources
We're all familiar with blue plaques, but could Kent Life come up with 10 notable births in our county – avoiding the most obvious ones? See if you agree
How Romney Tweed were inspired by the sheep farming heritage of Romney Marsh
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86-year-old Tom Baker on why he'll never rule out returning as Doctor Who
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You might think you're a bit of an expert on Kent but when the clock starts counting down, simple facts may start to elude your memory...
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Pets are proving a lifesaver for many, providing companionship and consistency in uncertain times, as these Kent Life readers reveal
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I chose the Altera EPM7128SLC CPLD for my first design for the upcoming synkie delay module because it comes in still a human PLCC84 package. But it's too small, pin wise but also not enough macrocells to get all the functionality I want for the SDRAM controller.
But even TQFP100 packages are so tiny that I could not even print them on my laser printer without the smd pads touching each other.
Then I found out: vector based programs like Apple's Preview or Adobe Illustrator do a whole lot of antialiasing when displaying (and printing) the original eps from the EAGLE cam job. The printer actually prints some gray on the edges of the black pads, filling in the space between – and because the pad distance does not fit precisely in the printer's resolution this creates some sort of moirée pattern. The solution was for me to open the eps file using Photoshop – at 2400dpi without antialiasing (there's a checkbox for that). This pixel based rendering prints much sharper that the vector based one.
Illustrator antialiasing creating gray zones in the gaps.
So the problem was – once again – only in software. With the nice sharp print edging was a breeze (fresh etching solution, all edges of the PCB well filed down to prevent air gaps between transparency and PCB when flashing).


I kept working on my homemade ECG machine (I had to change the values of some of the resisters) and it looks like I'm getting some valid signals! By recording the potential using my sound card (microphone hole = a nice analog to digital converter that every PC has) I was able record my ECG with sound recording software, smooth it, and this is what it looks like. Pretty cool huh?
This was based on a circuit I made using a single op-amp (A LM324 from RadioShack $1.49). Basically the op-amp just amplifies micropotential generated by my heart and outputs it in such a way that I can connect it to a standard headphone jack to plug into my microphone hole. The signal is very noisy though. I'm thinking about making the intricate circuit (with 6 op-amps) to produce a better signal-to-noise ratio, but first I'll try coding my way out of the noise.


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We are "honored to serve and proud to protect" the citizens and land of Apache County. Apache County occupies 11,127 square miles in the northeast corner of Arizona. Larger than some states, it is the third largest of 15 counties in Arizona. Under the leadership of Sheriff Joseph Dedman, Jr., the Apache County Sheriff's Office is responsible for the full-time law enforcement duties in Apache County, which includes unincorporated towns and housing subdivisions.
The Office of the Apache County Sheriff shall preserve the peace and protect life and property in Apache County. While accountable to the public, we are committed to providing professional and impartial public service which promotes safe communities. We will maintain the public's confidence and trust with honor, integrity, and dedication.
To be the leader in providing exemplary public safety services to all.
Exhibit honesty and strong moral principles
Devotion to duty, committed to our mission
Honorable and compassionate treatment of all in order to preserve and nurture the trust and admiration of others
In the achievements of the organization, in being worthy of the public trust, in wearing the uniform, in being part of the community
Performing our duties to the best of our abilities while exhibiting a competent, courteous, conscientious, and vigilant manner
With an office that employs 80 personnel, which include 28 certified deputies, the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff's Office are extensive.
Sheriff Dedman utilizes volunteer assistance with both the Reserve Deputy program and the Northern and Southern Apache County Posses as well as organized citizen groups for search and rescue.
The Apache County Sheriff's Office houses all prisoners from the county courts as well as three incorporated city police departments. The Apache County jail only houses state inmates from the Federal Bureau of Prisons awaiting transfer to the Arizona Department of Corrections. We also contract with other county and tribal jurisdictions to house their inmates on an as needed basis.
Although a portion of Northern Apache County is Navajo Nation, Apache County has jurisdiction for all the non-native American population living on the Navajo Nation.
Along with receiving and dispatching the routine and 911 calls for Apache County, the Apache County Sheriff's Office Communication Center also receives and dispatches calls for three police departments, seven fire departments, and three ambulance companies. It also assists the United States Forest Service and Arizona Game and Fish officers.
Apache County Sheriff's Office
St Johns, AZ 85936
P: (928) 337-4321 or 1 (800) 352-1850
St. Johns, Arizona 85936
Apache County Sheriff
Joseph Dedman, Jr.
County Sheriff
About Joseph Dedman, Jr.
Sheriff Joseph Dedman, Jr. grew up in the Navajo community of Nazlini, Arizona. As a young child and the third oldest of three sisters and a brother, he suddenly had to take on new responsibilities with the death of his mother. Sheriff Dedman fondly remembers riding his pony into Ganado or driving to the trading post in a wagon with his grandfather who was a medicine man. During the summers, they planted corn, took care of horses, attended squaw dances, and lived the usual reservation life. Sheriff Dedman learned the value of hard work and was a caring family member. While in high school, he earned money to buy clothes or goodies for his siblings. Sheriff Dedman was well prepared for his 27-year career in law enforcement. He began his career as a police communications operator. His career blossomed as he worked his way through the police academy, served as an officer given special (and often dangerous) assignments in both New Mexico and Arizona, and became a teacher and leader at the Office of Internal Affairs. His career even put him among dignitaries such as U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.S. Vice President Albert Gore, U.S. Senator John McCain, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson as he supervised their security during their visits to the Navajo Nation. Currently, Sheriff Dedman carries out professional standards and teaches at the training academy in Toyei, Arizona. He teaches a supervisor‰Ûªs course, discipline action, civil liabilities, and leadership training for officers in training. He also continues to handle dignitary protection for special guests to the Navajo Nation. Sheriff Joseph Dedman, Jr. is married and has three children and two grandchildren. He can often be seen riding his 1995 Harley Davidson around Window Rock area.
ACSO Command Staff
Roscoe Herrera, Chief Deputy
John Scruggs, Commander, District I and II
Anthony Notah, Commander, District III and IV
Michael Cirivello, Jail Commander
Albert Clark, Commander, SCET
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Apache County Jail
The mission of the Apache County Jail is to provide safe, secure, constitutional, and humane care for pre-trial and sentenced inmates in the custody of the Apache County Sheriff's Office and to provide a safe, secure, and professional environment for the facility staff. It is not our role to legislate, to render legal judgment, or to punish.
Completed on July 7, 1991, our facility has separate minimum, medium, and maximum security housing areas for both male and female inmates. It is also equipped with handicap-accessible cells. Each of the housing areas have telephones, which inmates may use to make collect and phone-card calls. Our facility also provides a commissary, a recreational yard, a library, an attorney-client room, a non-contact visiting area, a medical care room, a laundry, and a maintenance shop.
Onsite visitation is available Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. You must schedule all visits at least 24 hours in advance, and we allow only one visit per day per visitor.
There are three ways to schedule a visit:
Visit the lobby during business hours and schedule the visit on the visitation terminal.
Visit online using a high speed internet connection and a camera or a smartphone via Securus Technologies.
Call 1 (877) 578-3658.
We make every attempt to notify visitors ahead of time if a scheduled visit has been canceled, but it's best to call the jail before your visit to ensure that the inmate is eligible for a visit that day.
The jail is in full lockdown every day from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; there are no visits during this time.
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Q: Polymer Dart core-style ref not resolved When I pass parameters to a Polymer element the core-style ref does not get resolved.
Here is the child code:
<link rel="import" href="packages/polymer/polymer.html">
<link rel="import" href="packages/core_elements/core_style.html">

<core-style id="s1" unresolved> div { background: yellow; } </core-style>
<core-style id="s2" unresolved> div { background: pink;   } </core-style>

<polymer-element name='test-cell' attributes='s t' noscript>
  <template>
      <core-style ref="{{s}}"></core-style>
      <div>{{t}}</div>
  </template>
</polymer-element>

As you can see, there are two core styles.
Here is the parent code. It takes a List and instantiates 'test-cell' with text and a style reference.
<polymer-element name='test-rows'>
  <template>
    <template repeat='{{ v in x }}'>
      <test-cell s={{v.s}} t={{v.t}}></test-cell>
    </template>
  </template>
</polymer-element>

In this simple example the Dart code is inline. Here it is:
  <script type='application/dart'>
    import  'package:polymer/polymer.dart';

    //======================================
    class Info {
      String  s, t;
      Info(this.s, this.t) {}
      }
    //======================================
    @CustomTag('test-rows')
    class TestRows extends PolymerElement {

      @observable List<Info> x = toObservable([]);

      //-----------------------------------
      TestRows.created() : super.created() {
        x.add(toObservable(new Info('s1', 'first' )));
        x.add(toObservable(new Info('s2', 'second')));
        }
      }
  </script>

In the generated HTML the text comes through OK but the core-style instances both have
ref="{{s}}"

and the styles are not applied. Can I force resolution of the style ref parameter by some alternative annotation? It is essentially a final/const.

A: Update
I think the problem is your noscript in your test-cell element.
Binding doesn't work in Dart with Polymer elements without a backing script (noscript) as far as I know.
I think in your case the <test-cell> element needs a field
@observable
var s;

to make this work.
Original
Your code doesn't show if you ever assign a value to s.
I doubt toObservable works on plain Dart objects. This is for lists and maps as far as I know.
The Info class should look like this and you don't need to use toObservable() with it.
  class Info extends Object with Observable {
    @observable
    String  s;

    @observable
    String t;

    Info(this.s, this.t) {}
  }

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An In-Depth Look at Crisis Management for a Multilingual Audience
Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) introduced itself on the global stage at the tail end of 2019. A mere number of weeks later, it began to spread throughout the world, devastating healthcare institutions and sending most of the world's economic systems into panic. But COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic we've survived, and it certainly won't be the last. Nonetheless, for countless businesses that have had to endure severe setbacks, the focus must now transition to one of economic survival and recovery. We must all take a sober look at how well prepared we were before this crisis hit, how well-built our internal infrastructures are to withstand economic blows, and how versatile we are moving forward. The following report is divided into three sections — past, present, and future, each highlighting the critical need for language services pre-, during-, and post-COVID-19. For many of the hardest-hit sectors (especially healthcare), these sections pinpoint the main challenges in communicating effectively with a diverse multilingual population and provide viable solutions to help in your recovery plan now and in the weeks and months ahead. As we gradually return to some semblance of normalcy, it is our sincere hope that this report and the multi-faceted Akorbi solutions we offer, provide support to you during this most unsettling time in our collective history. — The Akorbi Team
Challenge: How can small towns with minimal resources meet the needs of
their diverse limited-English proficient (LEP) population?
Despite the many negative misperceptions regarding refugees, the United States continues to benefit from their arrival. Refugees not only help offset population decline and fill labor shortages, but they also greatly support the American economy. "In 2015 alone, refugee households earned more than $77 billion in income, paid nearly $21 billion in taxes and held more than $56 billion in spending power, supporting countless local businesses from clothing shops to electronics stores to restaurants."1 Nonetheless, a great many refugees arrive with limited English proficiency (LEP). Although in recent years, the current US administration has greatly curtailed the country's refugee resettlement program, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), "the United States remains the top country for refugee resettlement… [having] resettled more refugees in 2019 than any other country."2
In fact, historically, the United States has resettled more refugees than any other nation. Between 2002 and 2018, over half of the more than 1 million refugees who arrived in the United States, settled in 10 U.S. states.
One wouldn't naturally think of Guymon, Oklahoma as a mini-United Nations. However, this small town in middle America actually represents the demographics of many small American towns throughout the country that revived themselves after the devastating blows of the 2007 Great Recession. By accepting the resettlement of refugees willing to do the work that many Americans weren't (and many still aren't) willing to do, these townships found innovative solutions to improve their economic status. However, with an increase in the arrival of new immigrants, these townships now represent some of the country's most diverse multilingual communities. In Guymon alone, a town of roughly 12,000 residents, 37 languages are spoken — and in a town that is prone to its own share of natural disasters from scorching heat, to severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and blizzards, these added languages pose a significant communication challenge for the local government, educational institutions, and healthcare. To put this into perspective, in 2018 several students came close to frostbite exposure waiting for a bus, unaware that schools had been cancelled due to the extreme temperature. And during the warmer months, the dangers of living in "tornado alley" are just as threatening. In advance of any imminent crisis, the town's emergency preparedness announcements are communicated over the radio and within their school settings and churches. But these efforts cannot possibly begin to address the complex linguistic and cultural needs of the town's limited-English proficient (LEP) population, the vast majority of which represent the town's 33.4 percent of foreign-born persons. As Dennis Andrulis (a Texas Health Institute researcher and professor at the University of Texas Schools of Public Health) points out, "[y]ou can't just cookie cutter a message and say, '…I'll take this message in English and translate to Somali'" since words tend to carry a variety of meanings in different contexts and cultures — and that's putting it mildly. So, how do these small resettlement towns with limited resources meet the needs of their newly-arrived LEP population?
SOLUTION: Localization and In-Language Creation
To strengthen outreach during times of crisis, townships with significant percentages of multilingual residents require more than translation and interpreting services. By investing in localization, governments, healthcare institutions, and businesses ensure their message is not only accurately translated but further adapted for local audiences. Localization captures the subtleties and nuances in a language but it goes one step further — it takes into consideration each culture's belief systems, values, and traditions. Localization, when done right, renders a message that feels as though it was written specifically for the given culture. In-language creation would also greatly benefit multilingual communities such as Guymon. As a cutting-edge service, in-language content involves professionally crafted messages written by native-speaking content writers directly in the target language, thereby avoiding the need to translate altogether. In-language creation ensures timely, culturally-relevant content, and in times of crisis, finding language services providers (LSPs) with the quickest, most accurate, and most culturally-relevant solutions that provide effective multilingual communication are well worth their weight in gold.
Learning From The Present
Challenge: How can an overwhelmed and under-resourced healthcare
system meet the needs of their critically-ill LEP patients?
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of doctors' offices have recently had to close their doors, laying off staff, and opting instead to offer relatively healthy patients "virtual" medical appointments. Many hospitals across the nation have also been facing a similar reality. The unprecedented shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the sharp decline in essential healthcare workers, and the sudden influx in patients infected with the virus have all culminated to create the perfect storm.
This shortage of medical and support staff has also hindered the administrative function of healthcare facilities from patient check-ins and data entry, to payment posting, claims processing, billing, coding, and more. To make matters worse, in a nation home to more than 25 million LEP residents, many hospitals have also lost their healthcare interpreting support. Hospitals throughout the United States have traditionally invested in on-site interpreting services either through partnerships with LSPs or through bilingual staffing programs. Some have even relied heavily on interpreting services provided by community volunteers or bilingual family members (although this is technically not permissible under the current federal law). However, in what felt like a mere heartbeat in time, on-site medical interpreting came to an abrupt halt. The sudden onset of COVID-19 has created chaos across all healthcare sectors and, "as the pandemic has disproportionately affected minority communities that require interpretation"3, a shortage in healthcare interpreting services can literally mean the difference between life and death. Several US-based studies have shown that LEP patients are at a higher risk for adverse events than are their English-speaking counterparts. In fact, in one particular seven-month study, 1,083 adverse-incident reports from six US-based hospitals were analyzed comparing physical harm experienced by both English-speaking and LEP patients, and the results were alarming.
Nearly half of the study's LEP patients experienced physical harm versus 29.5 percent of the study's English-speaking patients. And, "[o]f those adverse events resulting in physical harm, 46.8% of the limited English proficient patient adverse events had a level of harm ranging from moderate temporary harm to death, compared with 24.4% of English speaking patient adverse events."4 However, under the current conditions, how can an overwhelmed and under-resourced healthcare system meet the needs of their critically-ill LEP patients?
SOLUTION: Multilingual staffing, remote healthcare interpreting, and BPO support
Even before the virus began wreaking havoc throughout the medical community, many hospitals throughout the country were already experiencing a shortage in healthcare personnel. Due in large part to an aging population and an increased demand for healthcare services, hospitals have been turning to specialized staffing agencies to help fill the gap. These agencies offer an abundant pool of highly sought-after medical professionals, including medical technologists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, per-diem nurses and more. Now, faced with the distressing reality of even greater staffing shortages, hospitals that haven't invested in staffing agencies may wish to reconsider. It may be surprising to some to learn that specialized LSPs also offer medical staffing solutions with an extensive pool of multilingual medical professionals ready to serve a hospital's LEP population. And, as their actual title suggests, "language services providers" also offer professional linguistic services. Choosing an LSP that can offer temporary relief with over-the-phone and remote interpreting services while also supplying professional staffing solutions seems like a no brainer. Some LSPs even offer another layer of healthcare support in the way of business process outsourcing (BPO). Depending on the LSP, this often includes support with appointment setting, rescheduling, call-back reminders, as well as a number of other essential back-office support BPO services. As a growing number of hospitals continue to face a shortage of specialists within their administrative, IT, and billing departments, outsourcing business processes might just be the cost-effective solution they've been looking for.
Challenge: How can healthcare institutions, life sciences organizations, and private sector companies improve online multilingual communication?
Cultural Differences in Crisis Management
As the World Health Organization (WHO) and other life sciences organizations strive to develop an effective vaccine to stop COVID-19 in its tracks, they must regularly communicate with governments and healthcare institutions around the globe. However, one of the greatest challenges they face involves a delicate balancing act — How do they ensure that their messaging on how to implement basic protective measures reaches citizens of all nations but also remains culturally sensitive? If this critical information is not delivered with cultural sensitivity, the message risks getting lost altogether. Many countries respond differently to crisis management and risk mitigation. To that end, it is dangerously naive to assume every corner of the world will respond in lock step to emergencies. Perhaps Geert Hofsted's widely-respected study of risk management is the best example to put these cultural differences into perspective. Hofsted's "Uncertainty Avoidance Index" (UAI) "indicates to what extent a culture programs its members to feel either uncomfortable or comfortable in unstructured situations."5 The lower the UAI score, the more apt a culture is to taking risks, and the higher the score, the more averse. As you can see from the following table (capturing a mere snapshot of the highest, mid-range, and lowest scores), when it comes to risk management, the world's cultures differ greatly:
However, even within a country's borders, these cultural differences vis à vis risk management exist, and the more multiculturally-diverse a country, the greater these differences. In the United States, for example, there are currently "more than 40 million people [who] were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world's migrants in 2017."6 In fact, the United States welcomes more than one million immigrants each year from dozens of countries. With such a culturally-diverse population, the country's economic, political, and social wellbeing greatly depends on a collective investment in multicultural communication at home and abroad. This investment almost certainly extends to a great many US-based companies that have up until now operated successfully at home and across international borders. Due to cultural differences in risk management, these companies may suddenly face sharp increases in the cost of doing business abroad, especially if countries begin to retreat behind their perceived protective interior borders.
One quick internet search with keywords "crisis management" and you're sure to turn up hundreds (if not thousands) of articles, blog posts, and webpages all devoted to sharing what steps to take to keep you and your loved ones safe in times of crisis. And while government, healthcare, and life sciences websites take great pains to ensure their online content publishes responsible, accurate, and reliable guidelines for people to follow during emergencies, how well are they able to moderate user-generated content (UGC), especially if that content is in languages other than English (LOTE)?
SOLUTION: Multilingual Content Moderation
Since arguably all industries now use their respective websites and social media platforms as their primary mode of communication, by moderating both in-house and user-generated content (UGC) you will help to eliminate any uncertainty and strengthen confidence in your target audience. Without this investment, governments, healthcare institutions, and life sciences organizations risk miscommunication. But mere content moderation isn't enough. By investing in multilingual content moderation, companies will improve international connections, remove the potential cultural and linguistic barriers from their own website, and further mitigate the risk of spreading misinformation via user-generated content regardless of the language — and spreading misinformation is just not a risk you want to take any time let alone in times of crisis.
Applying Intelligence for Future Success
In the months to come, companies will shift from focusing on the immediate crisis of the pandemic itself to navigating the immense upheaval of an economic contraction that threatens to be possibly as severe and as long-lasting as the Great Recession of 2008-10. The new realities that emerged after that crisis were collectively known as "The New Normal." Perhaps the post-COVID-19 world can be anticipated as "The New Normal 2.0." Some characteristics of this "New Normal 2.0" could likely include:
An upturn in early retirement as competition for work in the struggling gig economy becomes too intense for the casual or part-time older worker
A worsening of the crisis in rural healthcare within the United States, as doctors are forced to retire early or close their practices
A second "lost generation" emerging just 12 years after the first, with both educational deficits and thwarted economic opportunities to deal with
Dramatic political shifts resulting from the popular realization that big government is not necessarily bad government
Labor costs in an atmosphere of high unemployment will likely hold wages down, although pressure for more complete universal health coverage is likely to go up as a reaction to the cracks revealed by the epidemic.
And for language services providers, there may be an increased need for support in both the healthcare and government sectors.
In the Healthcare Sector
These possible trends could dramatically increase the need for LSP services, especially for those involved in healthcare. In fact, a depopulation of private doctors from independent rural practices would likely mean an increase in telemedicine and remote medical interpreting for the clinics that must serve their patients. Although hospitals will likely still invest in on-site medical interpreting, there will in all likelihood be an uptick in remote healthcare interpreting technologies investment and possibly even a shift toward healthcare BPO investment to mitigate the risk of future staffing shortages.
In the Government Sector
Local, state, and federal governments at home, as well as governments worldwide, will likely invest more heavily in language services to ensure effective messaging among all citizens. Global citizens may be more apt now to take a collective stand on protecting the environment which could mean renewed action on climate change requiring international (and therefore, multilingual) compliance and regulation.
Flexibility and Creativity in an Uncertain Future
Predicting the future after a pandemic is extremely risky business. Will there be a long-term generalized agoraphobia until there is a definitive vaccine? Even after all is said and done, will the lingering fears mean less travel, fewer big sporting events, and smaller social gatherings? Will the slightest news of a new virus provoke such a fearful reaction that a nascent recovery is threatened? There are so many possible scenarios that could play out that it is quite impossible to know what kind of indirect effects the pandemic could have. After all, just a few months ago, no one was imagining that the leisure cruise industry was on the precipice of possible extinction. Probably only one thing can be said with certainty — those companies that adapt quickly to change are going to find ways to survive and maybe even thrive. Akorbi is one such company, having always been proactive, flexible and creative. It's baked into the company's DNA.
Akorbi's Unwavering Multifaceted Language Solutions
Akorbi's navigation of the COVID-19 crisis is emblematic of a corporate philosophy emphasizing not just effective communication but compassion. It is difficult to single out two better qualities that past, present, and inevitably future crises require. Akorbi continues to make every effort to adapt calmly and efficiently to realities that shift by the minute, including the ramping up of remote medical interpreting services, and partnering closely with hospitals as they make this important shift. We've also increased our specialized staffing and HIPPA-compliant BPO services and have extended our multilingual content moderation service offerings. Never before has the majority of the world's population shared so many urgent questions all at the same time. Citizens in every country wonder how to keep their loved ones safe, hospitals require immediate answers to address their overwhelmed facilities, and businesses worldwide need viable solutions to stay afloat. Not only do all of these challenges require immediate and effective solutions, but those answers need to be communicated into multiple languages — and that speaks directly to Akorbi's core strength. We facilitate clear, effective, accurate multilingual communication. From the onset of the current pandemic, our crisis management policies have allowed us to offer uninterrupted service continuity. We know you're fearful of the future, but the worst thing you could do now is to simply stop. Reach out to Akorbi today and let's get you back in the game. Created in partnership with GIM Writing Services. COMPLETE LIST OF REFERENCES


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Fuzuli District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Aghjabadi, Beylagan, Jabrayil, and the Ardabil Province of Iran.

Its capital is Fuzuli, however since the city is completely ruined following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the current de facto capital is Horadiz until Fuzuli is rebuilt. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 133,800.

History
The western half, including the capital, was controlled by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as a result of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Horadiz became the temporary administrative centre of Fuzuli District due to city of Fuzuli's occupation by Armenian forces on 23 August 1993.

On October 17, 2020, most of the occupied portion of the district including the capital Fuzuli was announced to have been recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

On October 20, 2020, the Government of Azerbaijan announced the recapture of Dordchinar, Kurdlar, Yukhari Abdurrahmanli, Garghabazar, Ashaghi Veysalli, Yukhari Aybasanli villages of the Fuzuli District from Armenian forces. Six more villages (Gejagozlu, Ashaghi Seyidahmadli, Zargar, Mollavali, Yukhari Rafadinli, Ashaghi Rafadinli) of the district were reportedly recaptured between October 21–22, according to Azerbaijani sources.

Displaced People
IDPs from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions were moved to the Fuzuli District from tent settlements around the country to live in new houses built by the government.

See also
 Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh

References

External links
State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic. Population of Azerbaijan

Districts of Azerbaijan


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Practice makes perfect for Sturgis West Navigators golf team
By Mike Richardnews@barnstablepatriot.com
Sep 23, 2016 at 11:19 AM Sep 23, 2016 at 11:19 AM
Last season, the Sturgis West golf team had its greatest season ever, finishing runner up to Martha's Vineyard in the South Division III Cape and Islands championships. In the state tournament, the Navigators placed an all-time best fifth.
Last season, the Sturgis West golf team had its greatest season ever, finishing runner-up to Martha's Vineyard in the South Division III Cape and Islands championships. In the state tournament, the Navigators placed an all-time best fifth.
However, after a 6-0 start to this season and a couple of top notch additions to the squad, Sturgis West may be on the verge of even greater things this fall.
"They're a good bunch of kids who respect the game. They enjoy playing the game and even more, they like practicing," said Sturgis West coach Parish Pina. "It's not a lot on me. I just have to coordinate what's going on, who's playing with who. Other than that, I really don't mess with their games or their swings."
And so far, in the midst of his fifth season coaching the Navigators, Pina hasn't made many bad calls when it comes to setting the rotation.
Already this season, junior Curtis Merritt, sophomore Sam Goldberg and junior transfer Justin Turbeville – who was the top player for Sandwich High last season – have all held down the number one spot in matches.
"We've been practicing real hard," said Merritt, who last season tied for third in the South Sectional finals. "Last season we did well and we have a pretty young team this year, so we could be even stronger."
Goldberg was the top individual finisher for the squad in the state match last year as a freshman, finishing with a 78.
"I'm really excited about this year," said Goldberg. "Last year was very good and it was the first time our team had such a great season. Playing in the states last year as a freshman was a great opportunity for me."
Pina acknowledged the addition of Turbeville to the squad, as well as his freshman brother, Ben, who has been the sixth man in several matches this season.
"Justin has driven some of the other players," said Pina. "They see a transfer coming in; they really don't want to lose their spot. They feel like they've earned that spot, so they have gotten better just trying to get their spot back."
Turbeville has enjoyed making the move to the Sturgis squad and was thrilled that he had done so well early this season.
"I was driving the ball well (the first two matches)," he said, "and they were on courses I didn't know that well, so that was a real key."
Having lost only seniors Samar Ghai and Shane Canty to graduation last year, the Navigators have reloaded. Nick Harold usually mans the number four slot, with Justin Howard, Nolan Greene, Liam Mone and Owen McPherson also filling out the roster.
"We have a lot of solid players who play a lot in the summer and we have some good talent on this team," said junior Harold, who is the team captain.
"We rotate sometimes if someone is not playing so well, but a lot of guys have improved so much from last year," he added. "We've had some good matches so far, but we want to keep it going."
Pina noted that the rotation changes almost weekly, depending what the players score at practice.
"It's strictly by averages," he said. "It's very competitive among them during the week and when they practice, scores count."


One thing I know about 15 Minutes is that the stories were not written in fifteen minutes. They were developed over years and I heard Erinna Mettler read early versions of some of them at Rattle Tales live shows in my home town of Brighton. Erinna Mettler and I were among the founders of Rattle Tales and we have since worked together on the Brighton Prize annual short fiction competition.
Fame is the connection in this volume, and 15 Minutes refers to Andy Warhol's much-quoted remark that everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame at some time in their lives. Many of us will have a brush with a famous person sometime – if not personally achieving celebrity. Perhaps as a bystander to a momentous and newsworthy event we can relate to others, something instantly interesting.
Mettler populates 15 Minutes with ordinary people from all walks of life, from urban tramp to surgeon, and many others in these 22 stories. They are going about their lives, variously surviving and enduring the miseries of existence, on the streets, urban neglect, bullying, bereavement, relationship breakdown, the stresses of a family gathering. Settings from the American Midwest to Yorkshire to the distant future are the backdrops to her characters as we observe through their eyes special events or encounters, some remembered, some directly experienced. Their lives continue unaltered or they are profoundly affected, propelled in new directions, their pain repaired, their lives restored, weaknesses exposed and tensions pulled to breaking-point. In this volume, encounters with real and in some cases dead or fictional celebrities can be the agents of change. But affected or unmoved, the characters in 15 Minutes show true responses by their diversity, and Mettler has resisted imposing a straitjacket of a uniform narrative arc across the stories. The theme of fame is loosely applied. She has captured her characters' unique voices in each of the chapters making them all the more believable. It is a nice inversion that the 'stars' have bit-parts, it is the ordinary people who are the stars of their own stories and their lives.
The scope of the stories is broad. Three examples of famous events are described on the dust cover – the shooting of John Lennon, a Mohammed Ali fight, a Harry Potter film – as a means of escaping from grief. My favourite story is the rural-futuristic 'What Me and Pa saw in the Meadow.' I'm not giving away the discovery in this one. There are many more which I also won't tell as I believe that reviews of books and films can reveal too much.
Mettler's greatest achievement in this volume is to make the characters, their outcomes, the stories themselves, so memorable. They linger in the reader's mind, will intrude into your day-to-day thoughts like an episode from a good TV drama. The essence of a great short story is that it should be memorable. Like your brush with celebrity. Like the stories in 15 Minutes.


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La sete del potere (Executive Suite) è un film del 1954 diretto da Robert Wise. È ispirato al romanzo omonimo di Cameron Hawley.

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Dopo la morte del proprietario di un mobilificio, i 5 vice-presidenti iniziano a darsi battaglia per assicurarsi la successione. Sarà Don Walling, il più onesto di loro, ad avere la meglio puntando sulla qualità del prodotto come mezzo più efficace per continuare ad essere competitivi.

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 Premi Oscar 1955: 4 candidature
 Nel 1954 il National Board of Review of Motion Pictures l'ha inserito nella lista dei migliori dieci film dell'anno e ha premiato Nina Foch come miglior attrice non protagonista.

Collegamenti esterni

Film basati su opere di narrativa
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Wrapping the wool to make a cute little lamb is great for developing fine motor skills and you create an Easter decoration.
Cut a circle with a hole in the centre from firm cardboard like an old cereal packet.
Wrap wool all the way around until you can no longer see the cardboard.
Draw a face and two sets of legs from firm white cardboard.
Glue gots are ideal to stick the face and legs to the woolly lamb's body.
If you want to hang up your lamb then attach a little wool to the top, just behind it's head.


No. This is known as "turnkey financing," and it may not be used to circumvent the competitive bid laws. In a typical "turnkey" project, a private developer proposes to construct or renovate a building according to the needs and specifications of a municipality and the municipality agrees to subsequently purchase the building. Such a project would be subject to the bid laws at the time that an agreement, whether formal or informal, is consummated which obligates the municipality to purchase or lease the completed structure. 56 Op. Att'y Gen. 181 (1967); Contracts # 358 & # 316.


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Québec City is in direct and constant touch with the world's large urban centers. Located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, the city boasts a modern transport infrastructure that forms a seamless intermodal network. The city's key transport assets include a year-round deep-water port, an international airport less than 4 kilometres from our Ste-Foy Hotel, an efficient highway system, and a rail network linked to the rest of Canada and to the United States.
With a population over half a million, Québec City is Québec's second most important economical center. Québec City has seen remarkable development in its economy, particularly in the fields of culture, tourism, high technology, and information technology. A political capital, the city is the cradle of governmental activity in the province and boasts a dynamic environment of cooperation between government and business that contributes to the success of large-scale projects.
Entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List, Québec City is recognized for its historical heritage unique in the Americas, and for its remarkable natural setting. Each year, the charm of its old city walls attracts millions of tourists and convention attendees. Originally a trading post, the capital city of Quebec is rich in architecture, religion and culture. From the annual Quebec Summer Festival, presenting a dazzling array of musical and entertainment genres always in synch with its time, to the largest winter carnival in the world, Carnaval de Québec, with the world-renowned Bonhomme as the celebration's ambassador, Quebec City finds all sorts of ways to celebrate. Visit Canada's Ice Hotel, made from 12,000 tons of snow and 400 tons of ice each winter, only to disappear in the spring. Warm your toes of the fireplaces, or beat the cold in the hot tubs – this ice wonderland is a must-see!


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Patrick Haggerty
Writing with Julian Carter
Post: Ballet's Lavender Country is named after the first gay country band and album of the same title, released in 1973 and re-released in 2014. The ballet premiered in 2017 and returned to San Francisco's ZSpace in April 2019. It's 2.1 miles from ZSpace to the dance hall at 550 Barneveldt, where a thriving 20-year-old LGBT country-western dance community meets twice a week. Your $5 entrance fee includes access to lessons in two-step, country waltz, West Coast Swing and line-dancing; there's a Two Left Feet Club for total beginners, Line Dance Pro for advanced dancers, and hours of open dancing. It's home to a nationally respected line-dance choreographer and a competitive dance team. Each fall Sundance hosts the four-day Stompede, the largest gay country-western dance event in the world.
If you're wondering what that has to do with Post:Ballet's performance, the answer is not nearly enough. The show revolved around Patrick Haggerty, the original lead singer/songwriter on Lavender Country who performed in front of an energetic and skillful band while the Post:Ballet dancers moved in the dance space just below the band stage. Between songs, Haggerty spoke directly to the audience telling stories about coming out, talking with his father, losing friends to AIDS, finding a husband, and more. His performance of live memoir was often compelling—poignant and funny, and occasionally a little embarrassing in its earnest articulation of political visions now decades past their sell-by date. But neither the music nor the historical culture from which it sprang found reflection in the underwhelmingly generic movement.
Lavender Country looked like it was made by someone who lacked connection to the material and had no real interest in the technical challenges of building dance that speaks queer culture, sexuality, and politics—present or past. It showed little awareness of country-western dance and its traditional structures, rhythms, vocabulary or spirit. Haggerty's music wasn't originally made for dancing but it's expressive and emotionally vivid. It's also fun. Vanessa Thiessen's choreography was not. Its affective and aesthetic flatness might explain why we found it difficult to stay connected with the dancing.
We came to Lavender Country interested in how Post:Ballet would embody gay country-western music. We'd been investigating Rodeo (both de Mille and Peck versions) and talking about gender and race fantasies embedded in musical references to the American West. We thought Lavender Country might fuel our larger conversations about heteronormativity and whiteness in dance. That didn't happen. In fact, we were unable to discern any real conceptual structure for the piece. We were especially puzzled by a cringe-worthy sequence to the song "To a Woman." Haggerty explained that this love song was written and first performed by a lesbian member of the original band. Then all the musicians and five of the dancers left the stage, the lights went down, and a single dancer rolled and writhed on the floor to a recording from the original album. Even well-danced, it was difficult to imagine how this exaggerated and angst-ridden isolation could possibly express anything but resistance to desire and romance between women. Instead, it seemed to recycle the tired old assumption that lesbians die alone.
When we sat down to write this response we looked for other reviews of the dance from its 2017 premiere and found nothing. This seemed strange to us given the strong culture of queer dance and performance in the Bay Area. It left us wondering why this dance was overlooked by area dance writers. To us, this piece seemed in desperate need of post-performance reflection and thinking. After the show, we talked with a number of LGBT people who were equally disappointed. A two-step dancer of many years told us that he felt two conflicting urges–one to let his critique rip, one not to badmouth–and reflected that both responses felt like they came from a gay place. A professional modern dancer disliked what he saw as inappropriately heteronormative pairing and asked how this composition could bill itself as radical in any way. And a relationship coach, who doesn't have much experience with dance, asked in all innocence why nobody had pointed this was a bad idea. It's a legitimate question, and the answer is larger than this review can hold.
The After Party: Lavender Country, ZSpace April 2019. Photo Credit: Michelle LaVigne
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Bitcoin is looking increasingly likely to splinter off again.The year 2018 is here and many people are wondering what is in store for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
One of the most notable examples is the Bitcoin forecast from Fundstrat Global.
Bitcoin rallied 20% in the first week of 2017. of a bitcoin but it is in the 50-1oo. Expanding small business IRAs and putting in place Bitcoin rules for the first time are viewed as the top pocketbook priorities for state legislatures in 2018.
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From our previous Bitcoin Cash forecast,. we expect to see sellers continuing with their march but that is subject to what happens next week and the eventual shape.


I love your thinking, that we can teach people to live more inclusive lives. I share a similar passion to yours and I would love to collaborate more, if you are interested!
I started 'Club Unified' at my school which serves the same purpose, but wow, you have gone above and beyond.. so incredible!! You should definitely spread this model to other schools. Great work!!!


The legislature is pushing for more charter schools and denying any significant increases in funding for the schools attended by 84-90% of students.
Traditional public schools, voucher schools, charter public schools, virtual schools. What is the difference? And does it matter? Studies have shown that overall the outcomes for students are roughly the same in public, private, and charter schools. There are exceptionally good and exceptionally bad schools in each. So individual outcome is not the only factor in choosing a school type.
Eighty-four percent of all students attend traditional public schools. These schools are funded with a budgeted amount of money per pupil paid with public taxes. Florida's state constitution requires that they serve all students despite variations in mental or physical ability. The budgeted amount of money per student is like a "backpack full of cash." The aggregate of all the children's "backpacks" is calculated to be enough to cover the more costly students who have special needs.
Voucher schools are private schools, many of which are religion-based. They set their own standards for teacher qualifications, and which students they will accept. There is no oversight or testing of the quality of education they provide. They are funded by student tuition money from a voucher fund to cover some or all of their fees. Every child who attends a voucher school is not enrolled in a public school, so there is no money coming to the public schools to contribute to the aggregate covering all the students.
Six percent of students attend charter public schools. The district approves these schools ostensibly to fill a need that the traditional public schools in that district are not meeting. The per-pupil money goes directly to the charter school with a small amount paid to the district for oversight. In Florida, charter schools are not for profit but are frequently run by for-profit management companies. This unfortunately gives opportunity for corruption. A recent example is the problem with Newpoint Schools leading to the school closure, unpaid teachers and the CEO going on trial. Students can be rejected for admission or expelled based on school-set standards. In some cases charter schools initially accept the students, the money collected for them, then the students are expelled, returning to the public schools with an empty "backpack".
Virtual schools are taught online, with the teacher for a large number of students available by phone or on line at regular intervals. This would fill the need for a child who is too ill or too disabled to attend any other type of school. Virtual schools get paid as much per student as schools that have buildings and school staffs.
So to answer why it matters, does have to do with outcomes. Not outcomes for one particular student but outcomes for the largest number of students. Those are the ones which privatization would short-change. With the legislature pushing for more charter schools and denying any significant increases in funding for the schools attended by 84-90% of students, the traditional public schools are being strangled. In the last year Escambia County schools lost 2,000 students and their "backpacks of cash" to various alternatives. Combine that with the meager legislative budget and you can see why our public school system deserves lots of credit for its improved school scores and graduation rates. It is definitely swimming upstream, with increasingly empty "backpacks." Our children deserve better support from us.
Paula Montgomery is a member of The League of Women Voters.


Mankato students D.C.-bound with "Odyssey"
Clayton Oliver Rutschow (flexing his bicep) and a bevy of other passionate student actors from Minnesota State University-Mankato are D.C. bound.
Rutschow plays wandering warrior Odysseus in the school production of "The Odyssey" that has been tapped for a special performance at the Kennedy Center. It is one of only four college productions chosen from throughout the nation. The MSU - Mankato show, based on an adaptation by Mary Zimmerman, beat out nearly 200 others in a regional festival to nab the honor. The performance takes place on Thursday, April 21, in the nation's capital.
The last MSU - Mankato production to be invited to the festival was "Round Trip Ticket" in 1976.
Minnesota audiences get a chance to see the staging by theater department chair Paul J. Hustoles, in a tune-up performance Monday, April 18, at the Ted Paul Theatre on MSU - Mankato campus. Call 507-389-6661 or go to Cost for tickets is $10 www.msutheatre.com for more info.


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Q: Fade out section on page top, fade in on bottom I got this codepen: https://codepen.io/tobiasglaus/pen/NpVXRR
When I scroll the first section fades out and the second one fades in from the bottom with this code:
$(window).scroll(function(){
    $(".top").css("opacity", 1 - $(window).scrollTop() / 400);
  });
$(window).scroll(function(){
    $(".bottom").css("opacity", 0 + $(window).scrollTop() / 400);
  });

But that's just a scroll event and only working with 2 sections. Is there a way that I can add more sections and they just fade out, when they reach the top and fade in from the bottom?

A: As I understand you want something like this: when an element comes into the viewport area, it's faded in and when it comes out of the viewport area, it should be faded out.
So all the thing should be done in the onscroll event of the window. To know if the element is in and out of the viewport area we need to know about its top and bottom (which can be calculated from its top and its height), we also need to know about the viewport's height. That's all we need to find out if an element is in or out the viewport area. The following is the detailed code. NOTE: I don't include the complexity of getting the viewport's height here for simplicity (I just use document.documentElement.clientHeight - which should work in the latest versions of all modern browsers today).
HTML:

CSS:
.fading {
  border:1px solid red;
  margin-bottom:10px;
  height:500px;
  background:green;
}

JS:
var fadings = $(".fading");
$(window).scroll(function(){
  //the viewport's height
  var vpheight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
  //loop through all interested elements
  fadings.each(function(){
    //get the rect of the current element
    var r = this.getBoundingClientRect();
    //the current element's height
    var thisHeight = $(this).height();
    //check if the element is completely out of the viewport area
    //to just ignore it (save some computation)
    if(thisHeight + r.top < 0 || r.top > vpheight) return true;
    //calculate the opacity for partially visible/hidden element
    var opacity = Math.max(0, Math.min(1,
                  (r.top >= 0 ? vpheight - r.top : thisHeight - Math.abs(r.top)) / vpheight));
    //set the opacity
    $(this).css("opacity", opacity);
  });
});

Demo