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Randy Hanson goes on the record
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on October 11, 2009, 6:58 AM EDT
After more than two months of off-the-record leaks and periodic comments from his lawyer, Raiders defensive assistant Randy Hanson has told his story to a member of the media.
Hanson sat down Friday with Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports to discuss the events that resulted in Hanson suffering a broken jaw on August 5.
And here's the key allegation.
"From my blindside, Tom Cable threw me from my chair and into a
piece of furniture that a lamp sat upon," Hanson told Silver. "He was
screaming, 'I'll f–king kill you! I'll f–king kill you!' And I have no
reason to believe he wouldn't have killed me if they hadn't pulled him
"If my head would've hit a different way, I might be dead right now."
Silver also reports, citing an unnamed source close to the investigation, that the three Raiders assistants who were present for the alleged attack (defensive coordinator John Marshall, defensive backs coach Lionel Washington, and assistant defensive backs coach Willie Brown) have corroborated Hanson's version of the attack, a development that could go a long way toward a conviction or guilty plea by Cable, who is in his first full year as head coach of the Raiders.
Silver's lengthy and compelling article deserves a full read — it addresses Hanson's role with the team, his building tension with Cable, the perception that Hanson served as the eyes and ears for owner Al Davis, the specific events leading up to the meeting during which Cable allegedly broke Hanson's face, and the aftermath of the alleged attack.
But here's the thing that bothers us about all of this. The league, which is deferring for now to the criminal investigation being conducted by authorities in Napa, California, should be conducting its own aggressive review of the situation. With all the talk centering on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell will meet with Cable, the bigger question we have is whether Goodell has met with Hanson and the three eyewitnesses not named Tom Cable — and if not, why not?
When a sports league that currently is trying to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that it operates as a single entity for certain antitrust has experienced a potentially serious episode of workplace violence, the sports league must behave like any other corporation would in that circumstance: (1) investigate swiftly; and (2) take all appropriate action based on the results of the investigation.
We realize that the league's goal here is to wait for the authorities to take action, just like the league did in 2007 with Mike Vick. If Cable is indicted or pleads guilty, it will be much easier for 280 Park Avenue to put Cable on suspension. Besides, any effort to get Davis to go along with a suspension imposed in the absence of an indictment or guilty plea could be as tenuous and unpredictable as negotiating with North Korea.
Still, if the eyewitness accounts indeed support Hanson's claims, inaction by the league is unacceptable, especially since players who engage in this type of misconduct face swift and unequivocal justice from the league office.
The saddest part of this entire ordeal is that Hanson has been a rabid Raiders fan since childhood, and years spent working in the business (including his alleged "Hulk smash!" experience with the team's head coach) somehow have not dulled his passion.
"I watch every game," Hanson told Silver. "I want them to win. Once a Raider, always a Raider."
And that leads to the biggest remaining question unrelated to whether Cable will be prosecuted or suspended/fired for his alleged actions: Will Hanson sue the Raiders or Cable?
"[S]ometimes you've got to be a Raider, too," Hanson said. "I mean, if he were in my situation, what would Mr. Davis do?"
Anyone who has been following the NFL for more than a few years knows that answer to that one.
33 responses to "Randy Hanson goes on the record"
Bun McSticky says:
Cable is a brutish oaf and completely unqualified to be a head coach. Hanson sounds like a stand up guy that just wants to coach football, loyal to a Raider organization that will leave him high and dry because of Skeletor.
Joe in Toronto, Canada says:
You missed the biggest question of them all, Florio.
If there are 3 witnesses "who have corroborated Hanson's version of the attack", why haven't the cops charged him?
Now, I know you're no dummy, and I know you're a lawyer, so you obviously omitted this question on purpose.
Another thing, no way no how did Willie Brown corroborate, because like the rat said, "Once a Raider, always a Raider."
Brown is a Raider, the rat is not, he's a pussy.
leatherneck says:
Personal foul. 15 year penalty. Automatic…first down.
# Bun McSticky says: October 11, 2009 7:20 AM
"Hanson sounds like a stand up guy"!?
For you to say that a two faced rat that undermines the coaching staff is a stand up guy, says allot about you, jackass.
Quagmire says:
Joe in Toronto,
If someone sees a crime, they are a rat if they tell the authorities what they saw???
I guess it would be acceptable to talk to the authorities if someone witnessed a crime against you, or your family though…right asshole?
Stay in stinking Toronto…and keep saying "I didn't see nuttin".
marquezjol says:
The coach attacked the man behind his back and he is a rat? The coach is a coward! The organization left Hanson to dry, I would of done the same thing as Hanson.
"a development that could go a long way toward a conviction or guilty plea by Cable, who is in his first AND LAST full year as head coach of the Raiders"
Fixed the quote for you Florio. Cable will be one and done and the downward spiral of Raider coaches will continue. They may have to go to the Pop Warner level to find someone willing to take that disaster of a job on.
Patsfan1776 says:
After reading this is there any doubt that Raiders' fans are clinically insane.
Inside comment for my friends in NE:
John Madden's not walking out of that tunnel and coaching that team.
Goodell tried to clean up the league because that is what the owners thought they wanted.
Over the past couple of seasons they realized that at least half of the employees are cheaters, beaters, drunks, and druggies and it hurts the bottom line to have law enforcement charge them in criminal court (1 media story) and then have the league discipline them (another media story), and then wind up in civil court (another media story).
I think we will see the league twisting the arm of the local police departments to not charge NFL employees with anything unless there is video tape. This is the treatment that the Bengals were looking for in the past and this year we are seeing it around the league.
Coincidence? I think not.
Child_Please! says:
Joe in Toronto:
Hanson is a rat because he told the truth to authorities? He initially did not want to say anything, but look how he has been treated:
He gets assaulted
Cable denies anything happened
Davis sides with Cable
Hell yes he should tell the truth to authorities investigating the CRIME committed against him.
That is not being a rat. The rats are Al Davis and Tom Cable.
If your fat, cellulite covered wife and yourself were mugged, robbed, and beaten, I'm sure you would hope for some "rats" to come forward and tell the police what they saw. Hopefully they wont though, cause your a douche.
Quagmire:
You're twisting the facts.
He's been undermining the coaching staff, reporting everything he hears and sees. He's a rat, get it?
I understand you're thick as a brick but try to buy a clue, please.
Also, there's no need for childish regional attacks.
houstonsimpleton says:
Pretty weak on the league's part.
Wasn't that QB coach in Dallas fined and suspended to the tune of something like $500K, for taking a supplement for medical reasons? Wasn't that the big "coaches held to a higher standard" gig?
So Al Davis, the mighty league litigant, trumps Roger Goodell. the mighty league conscience.
Huh. Lawyers.
Roger the Dodger says:
Whether or not Hanson undermined the coaching staff has zero bearing on this. A professional organization handles such things pretty simply – by firing the person in question, not by assaulting him.
Besides, apparently, the Boss – that would be Mr. Skeletor Davis – apparently wanted Hanson to do what he was doing.
I'm with Joe in Toronto on the big issue – why are the Napa police dragging their feet on this one? It seems to be be a pretty clear-cut assault case. You've got a victim, you've got a known alleged assailant, you've got witnesses, you've got physical evidence. Why isn't Cable charged with a crime? What pressure is being put on the cops to NOT reach a conclusion here?
And why is the league doing the same? If they're waiting on the cops, they're sending the wrong message. There is no excuse for this kind of alleged behavior – it has to be eliminated from any organization that calls itself professional. Although, frankly, the Raiders hardly qualify in a number of different areas on that count. And not just against Cable. Davis aided and abetted the mess.
Lastly, I see a gazillion dollar lawsuit in the works. Hanson is going to get – again assuming that the allegations are true – a settlement/award from the Raiders that will make Jamarcus Russell's contract look paltry.
penguininbondage says:
The term "rat" or "snitch" are typically used by low end types that have them self engaged in illegal activities.
If there were more of them, maybe, just maybe our inner cities wouldn't be cesspools terrorized by drug dealers and gangs.
Pull that crap in middle class white suburbia and you'll have half the neighbors pulling guns and the other half calling the police.
After reading the story, if I was ever in the presence of Tom Cable, I would never, ever turn my back to him.
You know a real coward when he attacks someone from behind, and then denies it happened.
Hugh says:
This is what pisses me off. Goodell "CLAIMS" he is trying to clean up the league, yet allows someone like Vick back in the NFL after only a 3 game suspension.
Do you really think he is going to do something against a coach hand picked by Al Davis?
Child, please!
I don't have the passion for the NFL I had a year ago, and I will loose more and more of it every year as long as Goodell and the owners keep treating it like "entertainment" instead of a "sport".
I use to love the sport of the NFL. Now, not so much.
elduderino13 says:
We'll never know exactly what went down. Each side will tell a different version.
Hansen's version sounds too much like a screenplay about a dashing assistant coach on the rise who charmed the owner, his fellow coaches and all the players. The real head coach, that big oaf, is sooo jealous of our hero that he tries to find ways to sabotage him, until he finally explodes. However, our hero – being the stand-up guy and martyr that he his – refuses to press charges, but is eventually forced to.
I bet the truth is more entertaining, though…
Mook says:
Silver's article also mentions that Raiders players are still contacting Hanson for coaching advice, going so far as trying to hook him up with a laptop containing team notes. I'm sure Cable & Marshall must love that.
Throw in Jamarcus Russell and it's a wonder how this team ever managed to win a game this season.
It's been a long time since Al Davis was at the top of his game. With the exception of a couple of decent Gruden years, & Cable inheriting that team for their Super Bowl blowout by Gruden, you can go back 20 years now and team has been a freakin' disaster. How can any sane person think its going to get better anytime soon?
SmackMyVickUp says:
Vick was not allowed to report to camp until the league reviews the charges. It was a full month until he plead guilty. Goodell merely went off the indictment.
Stallworth was suspended after he pled guilty to the charges.
July 17, 2007: Vick and three other men are indicted by a federal grand jury on dog fighting charges for activity over a six year period.
July 23, 2007: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell orders Vick not to report to the Falcons' training camp until the league reviews the dog fighting charges, citing the league's conduct policy.
Aug. 23, 2007: Vick signs plea agreement and statement of facts admitting to conspiracy in a dogfighting ring and helping kill pit bulls.
June 16, 2009: Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has agreed to plead guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge and would do some jail time for a Miami car crash in which a pedestrian was struck and killed, authorities said Monday.
June 18, 2009: Donte' Stallworth shouldn't have been surprised that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him for the 2009 season on Thursday. Everyone with knowledge of how Goodell administers punishment had predicted Stallworth would get one year since the indefinite suspension was levied June 18.
Workplace violence is a little bit different issue, especially when you claim to hold coaches to a higher standard. The standard business would suspend the parties involved until the company investigated its investigation or the criminal investigation was completed. If Cable goes off and smacks another employee the Raiders can be held responsible, where as in the first incident it could be a toss up depending on Cal OSHA rules.
Different circumstances with Vick and Stallworth, but Vick was told to stay away/suspended until the NFL learned more. Stallworth had results of alcohol and marijuana in his system and the NFL waited until plea deal to do anything. To be fair these also did not take place at a team facility.
Coach breaks someones jaw in front of three witnesses while at a team facility during working hours and the league doesn't investigate. An indictment or plea might help make a suspension easier to push through, but sitting back and waiting for authorities to take action seems seriously flawed. This would not happen at any other corporation.
Quoting above:
Walt Kowalski says:
Florio misses the main point: Why hasn't Crazy Al Davis suspended K.O. Cable? If Hansen was Davis' spy, why leave Hansen out to dry?
doe22us says:
The wrong guy got sucker punched or thrown against the wall.. Maybe Cable should have smaked JaBustess for fleecing the Raiders organization. Useless player
In the event you're under the illusion that players and NFL team personnel are treated equally and fairly you need only read these two comments from this week's news clips:
1. The NFL is investigating whether Braylon Edwards violated the league's conduct policy following an accusations he assulted a man outside a nightclub.
2. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is watching as authorities investigate allegations that Raiders coach Tom Cable assulted one of his assistants.
The NFL is investigating a player, who is accused of assult, though no charges had been filed by the person assaulted. And the NFL is "watching" local authorities who are investigating a NFL Coach who is accused of assaulting an assistant coach who filed police charges, went to a hospital for a broken jaw and has medical evidence he was injured.
It is situations like this one that make Roger Goodell laughable.
If you're going to try to clean up (supposedly) the league's image, isn't assault by a Coach on an employee of a NFL team a more compelling infraction for the NFL to investigate and mete out punishment for (assuming he's guilty) than for end zone celebrations, improper attire and the other silly infractions meted out on players weekly?
Why is Edwards being investigated by the NFL and not Cable? Are the local authorities in Napa more competnet than those in Cleveland? I doubt it.
This is hypocrisy at it's zenith.
If Hanson is a "real" Raiders fan he'll do the right thing….sue Al Davis and the Raiders organization for $1B and force Davis to sell the team to pay the settlement. Then Raiders fans will actually have some hope that their beloved team will be competitive.
But I'd put my money on seeing pigs fly before the aforementioned happens. Davis still owens millions in court judgements he hasn't yet paid.
Hey stupid, do you really think that someone is going behind your back, reporting to Crazy Al (probably at Al's request), warrents an assult?
You are right that there's no need for childish regional attacks.
What do urine samples and Canadian beer have in common?
The taste.
Whats the best thing to come out of Quebec?
An empty bus.
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diehard82 says:
The Raiders are a team with talent at a lot of positions, and yet they seem so dysfuntional. Its worse than the Cowboys. I think the blame must be shared by the owner and coach. What Raider nation needs is a veteran coach to grab the organization by the throat and right the ship. There are a couple guys I can think of that would be great options (Holmgren for one), but the problem with all of them is I doubt they'd ever consider working for Al Davis. Your f&^#@$ed.
mvlonergan says:
The difference between Cable and Vick is that Vick's actions took place outside of the workplace. Cable's alleged actions took place on the clock and in a team facility. It's negligent of the NFL not to investigate this situation.
Dryheave says:
LMFAO!…..oh those wacky Raiders!…..they are great for comic relief
Ha ha ha. Hilarious. You really think he's going to get that much? Funny stuff.
ConorMalone says:
Smells a bit fishy – I'm no lawyer (neither is Florio any more) but if I had a cast iron assault case with witnesses would I be blabbing to the media in advance of the case risking getting it thrown out on a predjucing the jury technicality?
Seems to be timed to coincide with The Raiders going to New York too – hoping that Goodell will pull Cable to one side.
Get a feeling that Hanson thought he was impotant to the organisation than he thought he was. His testimony may well contain similar delusions.
PiKindaGuy says:
"He was screaming, 'I'll f–king kill you! I'll f–king kill you!' And I have no reason to believe he wouldn't have killed me if they hadn't pulled him away.
Okay that part HAS to ruin his credibility considerably. I have no doubts Cable hurt this guy in some form, but there's no way for any logical human being to think another grown man would literally murder you on the spot in this type of situation.
If that's the case it shouldn't be assault charges he's filing, it should be attempted murder..
wallyworld says:
Doesn't anyone want to hear Cable's side of the story. There must be a reason that whatever happened and however it happened came about. Hanson's story might not ring true if the authorities have not acted on it. Also why is it Shawne Merriman got a pass by the press and the Cable story gets the Energizer Bunny treatment.
UncleTuna says:
An opportunity to have a competency hearing on the state of mind of one Al Davis?
It's obvious that the franchise needs an enema…
Hate to see Al go down like this…
ParkerFly says:
Amazingly this fight was caught on video. What the story left out was that Al Davis was actually the one to break it up. You'll see him come in around the 4:00 minute mark.
texasPHINSfan says:
the rat here is cable, not hanson.
i realize that the story is conveyed from hanson's point of view, but it is pretty damaging to cable. the evidence is all in hanson's court as well.
sounds to me this organization has been black-balling the sh*t out of hanson. even al davis sold him down the river AFTER bringing him on. If i was hanson, i'd work on an injury settlement and just get the hell out of dodge – cheer for your team as a fan, not an employee. that organization doesn't deserve you.
i'm amazed that cable hasn't faced charges. and that organization will reap what it sows in years of mediocrity. until davis sells and solid ownership comes in and brings in a reasonable staff, that team won't win games.


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From the first day till now, coming to the end of my time at the hospital I have seen and learnt a lot, too much to really write about so I'll just touch base on some of the best experiences I have had here.
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In our final week at the hospital I was again struck by an inordinately sized piece of luck. We had just jumped into an operating theatre waiting for a testicular dissection (to test the man's fertility level) and we got talking to the surgeon there. He was very amicable and was willing to explain everything that we were seeing and then just before he made the first incision he turned to us and said, 'So who wants to scrub up and join the surgery'. This was followed by a short gob-smacked silence before I piped up saying 'Yes please' before being taken to properly scrub up and get my surgical gown on. Then nervous and shaking I just went for it, following his every instruction nervously, not wanting to get anything wrong. He obviously did anything that required skill and experience but he allowed me to use a cauterizer to fry a few blood vessels and put in a few stitches when we were closing up after taking the sample. It was utterly exhilarating and I think will be the most memorable part of India for me. It has also welled up a desire within me to become a surgeon, but alas we shall see what happens when I go to Uni. I may yet be grabbed by an even more fascinating part of medicine that is unknown to me currently.


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Government supports allow older people to age at home more easily in France and Britain
"Caring for Mom, Mum and Maman"
The Washington Post, January 10, 2010.
A look at how older people's quality of life is shaped by their governments' health care policies. In Britain or France my aging mother would have gotten better health care.
In the final months before her death in May, my mother kept her shoes on all day, even when napping. She had to -- at her assisted-living facility in Mitchellville, Md., three certified nursing assistants looked after 39 residents. My mom couldn't depend on one of them to have the time to put her shoes on when she needed to get out of bed. Only in the mornings and evenings, when one of her private aides was with her for about 30 minutes, did she have personalized care…
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Due to a French government program, Madeleine is able to say in the house in which her family has lived for three generations
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This Guy Threw a Fake Wedding to Propose to His Girlfriend (VIDEO)
We're a little confused, though.
By Carrie Denny Whitcraft·	 9/11/2014, 6:14 p.m.
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Ok, so I am going to explain what's going on here to the best of my ability, but I also have a lot of questions.
This guy, Jack, is a wedding planner. He wanted to propose to his girlfriend in a rather elaborate way, so he put together an actual wedding—albeit not a real one—complete with a couple, a bridal party, a cake, flowers, music, dinner tables, and a first dance. (He "hired" past clients of his and various people from his life to pose in these various roles—including about 80 guests.)
During the wedding, he led his girlfriend Sophia to the dance floor, where he proposed:
So, my questions. I mean, I think this is very sweet and I smiled sappily at my screen just like usual when watching a proposal video—but I just don't get a lot of this, logistically speaking, and it's distracting me from the lovely moment that eventually happens.
Did Sophia wonder why, if her husband-to-be was so close to these grooms that they'd be invited to their wedding, she didn't even know them? Jack mentions that he had made sure that one of the fake grooms was at the birthday party for his and Sophia's baby recently, so as to "plant" him in their lives as a friend—but wouldn't you think it was weird if your significant other announced some rando friend you had never heard of was coming to your baby's first birthday party? Did she literally not know another soul at the wedding and wonder if Jack had a second life? Wonder why they were there?
Also, I can only imagine that her confusion (on top of the aforementioned confusion she must have already been feeling, right?) that she was clearly feeling as to why on earth he was proposing at a wedding must have nearly completely overwhelmed the normal reactions a girl gets when she is proposed to: happiness, surprise, and all that. I kind of feel like he may have robbed her of what she would have otherwise felt when the father of her munchkin proposed to her because all she could think was WHYAREYOUDOINGTHIS? Even when she finally understood … I don't know.
Dude gets a lot of points for effort and they seem absolutely adorable and extremely happy together, so if she loved it, then all is well, and maybe I am just overthinking it. (I see a lot of these, you know.)
Am I alone?
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Evaluation of HIV-associated Cardiac Dysfunction in Women
Kaplan, Robert C. (PI)
Kizer, Jorge (CoPI)
? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led to marked decreases in AIDS- related mortality in people with HIV infection. Although this has been accompanied by reduction of severe dilated cardiomyopathy associated with late-stage HIV, echocardiographic studies of HIV-infected cohorts in the cART era have highlighted pronounced increases in the prevalence of milder forms of LV systolic dysfunction and, particularly, diastolic dysfunction. Given the young age of such cohorts, and the advancing age of people living with HIV, these echo findings herald a potential upsurge of HF in this population. Moreover, novel cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques have shown interstitial fibrosis and intramyocardial triglyceride (TG) content to be increased in the setting f cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and to correlate with impaired LV function. Such risk factors are well-known to be associated with HIV and its treatment, and modest-sized CMR studies of HIV-infected patients have recently demonstrated increased myocardial fibrosis and TG content, along with depressed myocardial mechanics. Like the majority of available echo studies, these CMR studies did not focus on women, and are limited both by inclusion of healthy volunteers as controls, and by lack of detailed longitudinal assessment of HIV-related factors or treatment. Meanwhile, the development of speckle-tracking echo assessment of myocardial deformation now permits more accurate evaluation of subclinical cardiac dysfunction using a widely applicable non-invasive technique. We propose to leverage the largest and longest prospective cohort of HIV-infected and well-matched uninfected women, the Women's Interagency HIV Study, to build on our previous echo study among Bronx and Brooklyn participants, and perform repeat echoes approximately 12 years later. This will allow the first long-term longitudinal assessment of LV dysfunction in HIV-infected and uninfected women, and a well-sized evaluation of myocardial deformation in such individuals. This will be complemented by CMR assessment of interstitial fibrosis and myocardial TG content, as well as infarct. Using repeated measures of HIV-specific exposures and ART, and added biomarkers of cardiac stress, inflammation and lipid dysregulation, this proposal stands to provide important new knowledge concerning the role of HIV infection and related factors in subclinical myocardial dysfunction and disease. In so doing, the proposed project will identify strategies and future research to avert the potential rise in symptomatic HF that threatens the HIV-infected population in the cART era.
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Triglycerides Medicine & Life Sciences 29%
Fibrosis Medicine & Life Sciences 26%
Dilated Cardiomyopathy Medicine & Life Sciences 13%
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// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
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namespace DotNet37Signals.Client.Basecamp.Models
{
    using System;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization;

    /// <summary>
    /// TODO: Update summary.
    /// </summary>
    [DataContract(Name = "calendar-entry", Namespace = "")]
    public class CalendarEntry
    {
        [DataMember(Name = "all-day", Order = 0)]
        public bool AllDay { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "created-on", Order = 1)]
        public DateTime CreatedOn { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "creator-id", Order = 2)]
        public Int64 CreatorId { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "id", Order = 3)]
        public Int64 Id { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "project-id", Order = 4)]
        public Int64 ProjectId { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "start-at", Order = 5)]
        internal string NullableStartAt { get; set; }

        [IgnoreDataMember]
        public DateTime? StartAt
        {
            get { return this.NullableStartAt.ToNullableDateTime(); }
            set { this.NullableStartAt.FromNullableDateTime(value); }
        }

        [DataMember(Name = "title", Order = 6)]
        public string Title { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Name = "type", Order = 7)]
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        [DataMember(Name = "creator-name", Order = 8)]
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Fibertex Nonwovens, which is wholly-owned by the Danish industrial conglomerate Schouw & Co., acquires all activities in the Brazilian owned, nonwovens manufacturer DUCI. Fibertex Nonwovens thereby obtains a strong foothold in the growing South American market and progresses substantially towards a global market leader position as supplier of nonwovens for the automotive industry.
"For many years Fibertex Nonwovens has consolidated itself as one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialized nonwovens. Now we have obtained a unique opportunity for establishing ourselves in one of the most important growth markets in the world, and with the acquisition of Brazilian DUCI we will be able to follow some of our large European customers globally", explains CEO of Fibertex Nonwovens, Jørgen Bech Madsen.
Fibertex Nonwovens generates annual revenue of about DKK 1.4 billion (2017 guidance) and currently has production facilities in Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, Turkey, USA and South Africa. DUCI was founded in 2001 and generates revenue of nearly DKK 115 million (2017) and annual profit (EBITDA) of about DKK 15 million (2017).
"We are suppliers to large parts of the European automotive industry, and with the establishment in Brazil we will obtain great possibilities of following our customers across the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is in fact the most preferred country of production for many automotive manufacturers", he continues.
In addition he notes that knowledge sharing, best practice and cross-selling between Europe and South America will be some of the synergistic effects from the acquisition.
The acquisition of DUCI also opens a door of entering the South American market with products for the composite industry as well as high-performance wipes, where Fibertex Nonwovens has a strong position in Europe. Furthermore, taking into account the size of Fibertex Nonwovens, the business will be much better positioned regarding sourcing the large quantities of raw materials.
DUCI is situated in the industrial area west of São Paulo and currently employs about 100 persons. Fibertex Nonwovens has plans for extending the production capacity at DUCI in the coming years in line with the different nonwovens applications being spread.
Fibertex Nonwovens has a global growth strategy that Schouw & Co., which has owned Fibertex Nonwovens and its sister company Fibertex Personal Care since 2002, supports with a very active ownership.
The acquisition of DUCI shall take effect from the beginning of February 2018, and is hence expected to effect both revenue and earnings in Fibertex Nonwovens in 2018. Schouw & Co. will release its annual report for 2017 on 9 March 2018 in which guidance for 2018 revenue and earnings in Fibertex Nonwovens will be released too.
Fibertex A/S was taken over by Schouw & Co. in 2002 and was with effect as at 1 January 2011 divided into two sister companies: Fibertex Nonwovens A/S and Fibertex Personal Care A/S, respectively.
Fibertex Nonwovens is a leading manufacturer of nonwovens, i.e. nonwovens used in many different products, i.a. in the automotive industry, the furniture industry, construction, geotextiles, filtration, acoustics and in niche businesses.
Fibertex Nonwovens is wholly-owned by Schouw & Co. and is headquartered in Aalborg where the business was founded in 1968. The business generates annual revenue of DKK 1.4 billion (2017 guidance) and has – besides the newly acquired Brazilian leg – production facilities in Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, Turkey, USA and South Africa, and has sales offices in France, Portugal, Spain, India and China.


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Poultry welfare: Kraft Heinz and Nomad Foods to meet European Chicken Commitment
10 Sep 2019 --- Kraft Heinz Europe and frozen goods company Nomad Foods have both pledged to meet the higher chicken welfare criteria of the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) by 2026. The companies will now conform to stricter regulations than those dictated by the EU, including not using fast-growing breeds, reducing overcrowding, and adding environmental enrichment to provide better conditions for chickens. This move comes as consumers are increasingly demanding ethical and transparent practices, especially in relation to livestock.
"We can see that consumers are increasingly concerned about animal welfare and are committed to going above and beyond regulatory standards when sourcing animal products such as poultry. Collaboration is fundamental to achieve real change and the ECC provides an industry-wide framework and path that all parts of the supply chain can unite behind," Annelie Selander, Sustainability Director at Nomad Foods, tells FoodIngredientsFirst.
The extensive changes require a significant investment of time and resources, industry-wide, according to Rafael Oliveira, Kraft Heinz International Zone President. "Kraft Heinz recognizes the complexity of this undertaking and looks forward to collaborating with our suppliers, the food industry and other stakeholders to advance these ambitious goals in a way that is sustainable for our collective businesses," he continues.
The criteria defined in the ECC contains six key measures addressing the major issues encountered in standard chicken production:
Comply with all EU animal welfare laws and regulations, regardless of the country of production.
Implement a maximum stocking density of 30kg/m2 or less. Thinning is discouraged and if practiced, must be limited to one thin per flock.
Adopt breeds that demonstrate higher welfare outcomes.
Meet improved environmental standards, including:
At least 50 lux of light, including natural light.
At least two meters of usable perch space and two pecking substrates per 1,000 birds.
On air quality, the maximum requirements of Annex 2.3 of the EU broiler directive, regardless of stocking density.
No cages or multi-tier systems.
Adopt controlled atmospheric stunning using inert gas or multi-phase systems, or effective electrical stunning without live inversion.
Demonstrate compliance with the above standards via third-party auditing and annual public reporting on progress towards this commitment.
Click to EnlargeConsumers are increasingly aware of where their food is coming from."Our focus is on continually improving the welfare of chickens but being a small player means that we have to work closely with our suppliers. We have spent the last year engaging with them to create a roadmap to improve the living conditions of the chicken we use in our products. This is why now is the right time to support and sign the ECC," notes Selander.
She acknowledges that change will not happen overnight and that a step-by-step approach will be necessary, especially in the initial years. "By the end of 2019 all our chicken will be barn-reared, and our policy is clear that antibiotics should be used carefully and never to promote growth. We have already begun work on an enriched environment, and this will be a focus in the short-term."
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Consumers are increasingly aware of where their food is coming from and are motivated to spend their money on products that they believe in. This is having an influence on the type of meat they consume – if they buy it at all. A 2018 Innova Market Insights trends survey found that eight in ten US consumers are more likely to buy brands that are honest and transparent about how and where products are produced, while one in five US consumers "have eaten less meat across the past year." Meanwhile, 18 percent of consumers (US, UK, France, Germany, China and Brazil) cite animal welfare as the "biggest social and environmental concerns when considering the brands that you buy."
"There is a wealth of evidence that demonstrates that consumers increasingly place animal welfare as a top concern. However, we believe that there is also a general lack of knowledge and understanding of how chickens are reared for meat and also how sensitive and intelligent chickens are. This is perpetuated and taken advantage of by food companies who stand to benefit from using the cheapest chicken with low animal welfare standards," says Pru Elliott, UK Head of Campaigns at The Humane League, which has been campaigning for companies to join the ECC.
She adds that the organization is focusing on the corporate sector as creating new laws is a lengthy process. Other companies who have joined the ECC include KFC, Danone, Nestlé, Unilever, Pret A Manger and Marks & Spencer.
Further appealing to the flexitarian crowd, KFC is piloting plant-based chicken in the US with its Beyond Fried Chicken. Meanwhile, the UK will potentially allow the washing of chicken with chlorine as part of a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US. The practice has been banned in the EU since 1997, due to food safety concerns.
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Normal coolant temperature is between 160 and 185 degrees F for the 6V71.
Coolant capacity is 7.5 gallons.
Normal oil temperature is between 200 and 235 degrees F.
Normal oil pressure (PSI) is between 40-55 at 1200 RPM, and 50-70 at 2100 RPM.
Oil capacity is 22 quarts.
Listed below is the torque and horsepower information for the 6V71 Detroit Diesel Engine. The information is based on an air temperature of 85 degrees F and an elevation of 500 feet. Brake horsepower is used to measure horsepower.
Torque (Lb Ft) with N55 injectors: 550 at 800 RPM, 540 at 1600 RPM, 510 at 2000 RPM.
Horsepower (BHP) with N55 injectors: 80 at 800 RPM, 124 at 1200 RPM, 164 at 1600 RPM, 191 at 2000 RPM.
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Q: Converting functions from type T to type U>:T I have a question about creating a contravariant set represented by a function T=>Boolean that returns true if something is in the set, false otherwise. It looks like this:
class BoolSet[-T](f: T=>Boolean) {

  def contains(x:T): Boolean = f(x)

  def add(x:T): BoolSet[T] = return new BoolSet[T](((y: T)=> f(y) || y==x))

  def remove(x:T): BoolSet[T] = if(f(x)) return new BoolSet[T](((y: T)=> f(y) && y!=x)) else return this

  def union[U>:T](s : BoolSet[U]) : BoolSet[U] = return new BoolSet[U](((y: U) => this.contains(y) || s.contains(y)))

}

I'm having problems with the union function, because this.contains is a function T=>Boolean rather than U=>Boolean. How can I convert this function from taking type T to type U?
I don't understand why this doesn't work as T is a Subtype of U, so surely everything U can do T can also do?

A: You should change the signature of method union to
def union[U<:T](s : BoolSet[U]) : BoolSet[U]

or
def union[U>:T](s : BoolSet[U]) : BoolSet[T]

The reason is that type T is contravariant in class BoolSet, which mean BoolSet[A] is a subtype of BoolSet[B] if B <: A.

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package org.scalatra

import org.scalatest.{ FunSuite, Matchers }
import skinny.micro.routing.RailsRouteMatcher

class RailsLikeUrlGeneratorTest extends FunSuite with Matchers {

  def url(path: String, params: Tuple2[String, String]*): String =
    url(path, params.toMap)

  def url(path: String, splat: String, moreSplats: String*): String =
    url(path, Map[String, String](), splat +: moreSplats)

  def url(path: String, params: Map[String, String] = Map(), splats: Iterable[String] = Seq()): String =
    new RailsRouteMatcher(path).reverse(params, splats.toList)

  test("static string") {
    url("/foo") should equal("/foo")
  }

  test("dynamic segment") {
    url(":foo.example.com", "foo" -> "vanilla") should equal("vanilla.example.com")
  }

  test("dynamic segment with leading underscore") {
    url(":_foo.example.com", "_foo" -> "vanilla") should equal("vanilla.example.com")
  }

  test("skip invalid group names: 123") {
    url(":123.example.com") should equal(":123.example.com")
  }

  test("skip invalid group names: $") {
    url(":$.example.com") should equal(":$.example.com")
  }

  test("escaped dynamic segment") {
    url("""\:foo.example.com""") should equal(":foo.example.com")
    url("""bar.\:foo.com""") should equal("bar.:foo.com")
  }

  test("dynamic segment inside optional segment") {
    url("foo(.:extension)", "extension" -> "json") should equal("foo.json")
    url("foo(.:extension)") should equal("foo")
  }

  test("static string and dynamic segment inside optional segment") {
    url("foo(/bar.:extension)", "extension" -> "json") should equal("foo/bar.json")
    url("foo(/bar.:extension)") should equal("foo")
  }

  test("glob segment") {
    url("src/*files", "files" -> "a/b/c.txt") should equal("src/a/b/c.txt")
  }

  test("glob segment at the beginning") {
    url("*files/foo.txt", "files" -> "/home/thib") should equal("/home/thib/foo.txt")
  }

  test("glob segment in the middle") {
    url("src/*files/foo.txt", "files" -> "a/b/c") should equal("src/a/b/c/foo.txt")
  }

  test("multiple glob segments") {
    url("src/*files/dir/*morefiles/foo.txt", "files" -> "a/b", "morefiles" -> "c/d") should equal("src/a/b/dir/c/d/foo.txt")
  }

  test("escaped glob segment") {
    url("""src/\*files""") should equal("src/*files")
  }

  test("glob segment inside optional segment") {
    url("src(/*files)", "files" -> "a/b/c.txt") should equal("src/a/b/c.txt")
    url("src(/*files)") should equal("src")
  }

  test("optional segment") {
    url("/foo(/bar)") should equal("/foo/bar")
  }

  test("optional segment on first position") {
    url("(/foo)/bar") should equal("/foo/bar")
  }

  test("consecutive optional segments") {
    url("/foo(/bar)(/baz)") should equal("/foo/bar/baz")
  }

  test("separated optional segments") {
    url("/foo(/bar)/buz(/baz)") should equal("/foo/bar/buz/baz")
  }

  test("multiple optional segments") {
    url("(/foo)(/bar)(/baz)") should equal("/foo/bar/baz")
  }

  test("escapes optional segment parentheses") {
    url("""/foo\(/bar\)""") should equal("/foo(/bar)")
  }

  test("escapes one optional segment parenthesis") {
    url("""/foo\((/bar)""") should equal("/foo(/bar")
  }
}


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One man's sacred oath.
One boy's sacred duty.
Their decisions will shape a nation in ways neither could have anticipated.
Defending Lian against soulless assassins is not what Aralt "Wolf" syr Tremayne agreed to.
Nor did he agree to be the guardian of an irrational teenaged Keeper of the Faith.
And he certainly did not plan on sky pirates or cannibals.
Aralt has his hands full. The Grand Meeting of the Northern Alliance is mere days away and Lian Kynsei, last of the soul-touched and missing for three years, turns up on his doorstep. A noble man of his word, Aralt has every intention of protecting his ward, but did he have to show up now? What's worse, the more they get reacquainted, the less Aralt likes him. He's reckless, emotional, and when he's angry even the weather changes. This is the hope of a nation?
Armed with the Tuned crystal sword that is all he has left of his murdered brother, Aralt endeavors to secure a sanctuary for a reluctant heir-apparent who never anticipated his elevated status while also trying to convince everyone around him that he doesn't want the job either. But sanctuary proves elusive, every step bringing them closer to danger–and closer to revealing secrets neither wishes to share. The enemy has made the skies their own and unleashed a scourge intent on killing Lian–or worse. Death, Aralt realizes, might be the greater mercy.
In the world of OATH SWORN, cultures and ideologies clash, jewelers "Tune" crystal swords, skyships sail above tidal extremes, and the soul-touched–like young Lian–inspire both awe and fear. It will take more than determination to survive the adventure upon which Aralt and Lian embark…more than devotion to a sacred oath. It will take courage–and no small amount of faith.
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Meg MacDonald is a time traveler from beyond the Stellian Galaxy, but she pretends to be a life-long Michigander and SFF geek whose first crush (after her daddy) was Mr. Spock. This explains a lot. She began writing the stories that would lead to Oath Sworn and the Wolf's Oath Trilogy when she was in high school. A lot of writing and many distractions followed. She has trained dogs and horses, rescued cats, renovated old houses, gone spelunking, and fostered children. Her husband thinks she's cute, her kids think she's weird, and her cats just want her for her lap. She loves woolly mammoths, Coca-Cola, Irn Bru, men in kilts, and has never been to the moon, but hope springs eternal.
Meg's short fiction and poetry have appeared in a variety of pro, semi-pro and charity print and online anthologies and magazines including Weird Tales, Masques of Darkover, Four Moons of Darkover, Domains of Darkover, The Temporal Logbook, and The One Million Project. She was editor-in-chief of the semi-pro SFF magazine PANDORA back in the day and credits that experience with nurturing her love of short fiction, honing her critical skills, and probably delaying her writing career by at least a decade. But that's okay. She reckons that time has made her a better writer.
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HUNT, TX, January 24, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jack "Triple" Nickel has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
As a child, Mr. Nickel dreamt of becoming a pilot. Growing up, he carried that desire with him until he was able to obtain his private pilot's license at the age of 18. During the Vietnam War, he joined the US Air Force upon graduation from college. He flew as a combat-ready fighter pilot in five different high-performance fighter jets between 1972 and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1997; one of the fighter jets was while performing his duties as an aggressor pilot out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Nickel served as a wing commander and squadron commander during his 25 years of service, and for 20 years, Mr. Nickel also parlayed his expertise in the field to others as a pilot instructor in the Air Force.
Backed by years of expertise in aerospace, avionics, and more, Mr. Nickel worked as a research pilot and instructor pilot for NASA's Johnson Space Center between 1989 and his retirement in 2011. Throughout his career, he has also spoken at various astronomy clubs due to his considerable experience. An expert in his field, Mr. Nickel holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial technology and plant design through the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, which he earned in 1972.
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Vector out with 2nd remix of King Kong, featuring Sarkodie
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Nigeria's acclaimed king of rap, Vector Tha Viper has released a second remix to his popular hit song, King Kong, where he featured award winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie.
It will be recalled that having released the original King Kong song in February 2015, Vector followed it two weeks ago, with a remix in which he featured fellow celebrated rap artists, Phyno and Reminisce.
Barely two weeks after, he is set to further stun his fans with this remix, which is a stunning mixture of strong rhythmic rap flow from two of Africa's best. Featuring project fame season 7 finalist, Ugo, on the bass guitar, the song comes with a distinctive beat that soothes the ear.
"I decided to have two remixes for this song so as to delight my fans with different renderings of the same song", said an excited Vector Tha Viper. "As you know, this is the first time in the Nigerian music industry that two remixes are done for one song and the ability to bring different artistes on board the same song goes to show the quality of the song."
Click below to listen to the song.
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 Todd Pearson (n. 1977), înotător din Australia;
 Stephen Pearson (n. 1982), fotbalist scoțian;
 Sally Pearson (n. 1986), atletă din Australia;
 April Pearson (n. 1989), actriță engleză;
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Sleepwalking still call a sleep-walking. Consider that this phenomenon is directly connected with a dream, on the other hand, it absolutely definitely does not belong to REM-phase . For this fact also speaks that sleepwalkers, having woken up, remember nothing. Sleepwalking among children and young is most widespread, but meets and at adults (so, cases are frequent, when people refer to sleepwalking, if at night make the way to the refrigerator to eat a huge piece of a pie which intended for the future birthday). Some remember even, dreamily they approached to the car, sat down and went after the district. Others make longer walks. Certainly, such cases are extremely rare and quite give in to a reasonable explanation.


This week's Song of the Week: Starling, by The Clydes. (9.5 MB, 320 kbps.) This song was written and sung by the exquisitely gifted Melinda Dock. I played all the instruments. The Clydes album is on my hard drive, awaiting drum tracks and some kind of business model for release. See myspace.com/theclydes for more tunes.


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Grasshoppers Play Key Role in Salt Marsh Ecosystems
September 13, 2018 / Jo Detz
URI student Becky Gumbrewicz swings a net to collect insects at a salt marsh during her summer research. (Courtesy photo)
URI senior says marsh restorations shouldn't ignore role of insects
By ecoRI News staff
KINGSTON, R.I. — As efforts are being undertaken to protect salt marshes — and the threatened salt marsh sparrow — from the rising sea, scientists may be ignoring an unexpectedly important player in this environmental drama: grasshoppers.
According to Becky Gumbrewicz, a University of Rhode Island senior who studied insects at three salt marshes in the Ocean State this summer, grasshoppers and their close relatives constitute the greatest insect biomass per individual on salt marshes in the region, and they are probably an important food source for the sparrows. But as dredged sand and mud are deposited on some marshes to raise their elevation to combat sea-level rise, grasshoppers may get lost in the mix.
"We're curious about how adding that layer of dredged material to the marsh is going to affect the insect populations, like the grasshoppers, that could possibly be buried," said Gumbrewicz, a resident of Oxford, Conn., who is majoring in environmental science and management. "We're trying to get an idea of how to balance combating sea-level rise to preserve the salt marshes and benefit the sparrow but also figure out how the insects are impacted and may need to be supported."
Working in collaboration with URI professor Steven Alm and the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Gumbrewicz collected insects at three salt marshes: one inland undisturbed site on the Narrow River; one undisturbed coastal marsh on Ninigret Pond; and a disturbed site on Ninigret Pond that is undergoing restoration by adding a layer of dredged material to raise its elevation. Among the mass of flies, crickets, spiders, moths, and beetles she collected were large numbers of grasshoppers.
"We found most of the grasshoppers near the upland woody vegetation, which is where we think they might be laying their eggs," Gumbrewicz said. "So if we were to suggest a way to improve salt marsh restoration efforts, it would be to plant more woody vegetation."
In addition to her field studies, she also kept grasshoppers in a cage with marsh grasses and other upland vegetation to see where the insects lay their eggs.
"We're still going over our data and finalizing our numbers, but hopefully with what we've collected so far we can make a strong suggestion for further research to be done and possibly revise some of the strategies used in marsh restoration," she said.
Gumbrewicz's research was funded by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council through a contract with the Natural History Survey. It was also supported by the URI Coastal Fellows program, an initiative designed to involve undergraduate students in addressing current environmental problems. Now in its 22nd year, it's based at URI's College of the Environment and Life Sciences. Students are paired with a mentor and research staff to help them gain skills relevant to their academic major and future occupations.
"There hasn't been a lot of research about how raising salt marshes affects insects; it's usually been about plants or larger organisms," Gumbrewicz said. "So the project has opened my mind to lots of new ideas."
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Jan van den Bergh (1587 in Alkmaar – 1660 in Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography
According to Houbraken Jan was the father of the painter Mathys van den Berg who had been a pupil of Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem until Jan, whose father was a school teacher, moved with his family to Brabant when his father was sent there. Jan went on drawing and came to make the acquaintance of Peter Paul Rubens, who became friends with him and encouraged his artistic endeavors while appointing him manager of his lands in Ypres.

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Goltzius in Haarlem and of Rubens in Antwerp. In Ypres his son (and later pupil) was born in 1615, but in 1622 he was back in Antwerp, where he took on Jan Fijt as his pupil. In 1649-1650 his name is registered in the Alkmaar Guild of St. Luke, where he took on the pupil Adriaen Jansz Decker.

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1587 births
1660 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
People from Alkmaar
Painters from Alkmaar


Johnny Dawkins was named UCF's seventh head men's basketball coach on Mar. 23, 2016 and has had immediate success in his first two seasons with the Knights.
Dawkins took over a 12-18 squad that hadn't finished above .500 since 2012-13 and led the Knights to a 24-12 record in his first season at the helm, the sixth best turnaround in the nation. With just seven scholarship players due to transfers and injuries, the Knights earned the fourth seed – their highest ever – in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, eventually falling to league champion SMU in the semifinals.
A season full of firsts, UCF hosted its first NIT game in 2016-17, defeating Colorado for the program's first ever win in an NIT or NCAA Tournament game. The Knights went on to defeat top seeded Illinois State on the road, before coming home to the first ever sell-out crowd at CFE Arena and winning 68-58 over Illinois to earn a spot in the NIT Final Four.
Under Dawkins' leadership, UCF led all of NCAA Division I in defensive field goal percentage in 2016-17, holding opponents to just 36.5 percent from the floor. The Knights were also sixth in the nation, allowing only 61.2 points per game, and gave up 45 or less points in four games over the course of the year.
Dawkins was named a finalist for both the Jim Phelan and Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year awards his first season at UCF, but he also guided a number of his players to accomplishments along the way.
In year two at the helm, Dawkins had to deal with significant injuries to his three best players. His son, Aubrey Dawkins, missed the entire season with a shoulder injury, B.J. Taylor missed the first half of the season, and Tacko Fall missed the second half of the year. Taylor and Fall only played one game together.
Through the injuries, Dawkins led the Knights to a 19-13 record, second only to his first season record in the last five years of UCF Basketball. The team also had a number of firsts in year two under Dawkins.
And the defense was as good as ever in Dawkins' second year coaching the Black and Gold.
In two years, Johnny Dawkins has led UCF to new heights on the basketball court, but he has done an even better job with his players in the classroom. With Dawkins at the helm, the Knights men's basketball program recorded an average semester team GPA over 3.0 for the first time in recorded history. They then did it again, setting a new program record with an average semester GPA of 3.03 this spring.
Stanford put together four 20-win seasons in Dawkins' tenure as head coach. He is only the second coach in Stanford history with at least four 20-win seasons. Stanford's success on the court came against some of the toughest schedules in the nation. During the 2015-16 season, the Cardinal faced the sixth-most difficult slate in the country. A nation-leading 17 of Stanford's 30 games came against RPI Top 50 squads. Stanford's strength of schedule was rated in the top 50 each of the past four seasons, including two in the top 20, with an average rank of 27.75.
The Cardinal basketball program also excelled in the classroom during Dawkins' tenure, earning at least three Pac-12 All-Academic selections for five consecutive seasons and producing back-to-back Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients (2014, 2015). Stanford also received annual national academic recognition, with three players earning National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court status in 2015. The Cardinal was one of 20 NCAA Division I teams to earn an NABC Team Academic Excellence Award last season.
In 2012, Dawkins mentored Chasson Randle to become the consummate student-athlete. Randle finished that season as Stanford's all-time leading scorer and earned the program's first Academic All-America First Team selection since 2006. Under Dawkins, Stanford recorded back-to-back perfect Academic Progress Rate scores of 1000 in both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 reports, the two most recent to be released by the NCAA.
Player development was also markedly improved at Stanford under Dawkins' tutelage. Four Cardinal players were selected in the NBA Draft following their collegiate careers.
The Washington, D.C. native coached for 10 years under the legendary Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. During Dawkins' decade as a coach at Duke, the Blue Devils won a national championship (2001), tallied six ACC regular season championships, recorded seven ACC Tournament titles and posted a 330-60 record. In four consecutive seasons from 1999-2002, Duke finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in both national polls, a first in college basketball history. Duke reached a No. 1 national ranking in seven of the 10 seasons with Dawkins on the coaching staff.
While at Duke, he also served as the Player Personnel Director for the USA Basketball Senior National Team from 2006-08.
Following a prolific high school career at Mackin Catholic in Washington, D.C., Dawkins made his way to Duke, where he would become one of the most decorated players to step foot in Durham, North Carolina.
He played for the Blue Devils from 1983-86, earning Consensus All-America honors twice (1985, 1986). Dawkins was also voted as the 1986 Naismith National Player of the Year and named a Freshman All-American in 1983. During his collegiate career, he helped lead Duke to three NCAA Tournament berths, including an NCAA National Championship Game appearance in 1986. He was listed as an All-ACC honoree in all four seasons as a Blue Devil.
Dawkins finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer and held that honor until 2006 when J.J. Redick surpassed his mark of 2,556 points. He recorded double-figure point totals in 129-of-133 collegiate games. Dawkins led the Blue Devils in scoring all four years, recording the fourth-highest season point total in school history with 809 in 1986. Dawkins remains Duke's career record-holder in field goals (1,026) and field goals attempted (2,019) while also owning the school's best single-season mark for field goals (331) during the 1986 campaign.
Dawkins was inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame in September 1996. His jersey number 24 was retired by the school.
A 1986 first-round draft pick (10th overall) by San Antonio, Dawkins saw action in nine NBA seasons with the Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 11.1 points and 5.5 assists over 541 career NBA games.
Dawkins has served as a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors since 2012. He also currently serves on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Ethics Coalition, an independent committee of current and former coaches, charged with promoting ethical conduct through leadership, education and mentoring opportunities, while identifying key issues challenging the coaching community.


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Q: Delphi - Indy close all the forms that related to client I'm trying to close all the forms that related to client once he disconnected form the server
This action will be on the server side.
I have ( the known for me at run time ) partial unique caption for each client for example
Form caption 1:
ServiceA - ClientABC

Form caption 2:
ServiceB - ClientABC

What i already know is the - ClientABC part only.
So when the client ClientABC disconnected form my server i want to close all the related opened form in the server side.
procedure TIdServer.ClientRemove(const AContext: TIdContext);
var
   sTitle: string;
  function CloseChildForm(Wnd: HWND; Param: LPARAM): BOOL; stdcall;
  begin
       if Pos(sTitle, _GetWindowTitle(Wnd)) <> 0 then
          PostMessage(Wnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
       Result := True;
  end;
begin
     sTitle := TMyContext(AContext).Uniquename {ClientABC}
     if Assigned(FListView) then begin
        TThread.Queue(nil,
          procedure
          var
            i: Integer;
          begin
               EnumWindows(@CloseChildForm, 0);

               .......

               end;

          end
        );
     end;
end;

My problem is the string sTitle inside the CloseChildForm function always empty.
I call ClientRemove on the IdServerDisconnect procedure
procedure TIdServer.IdServerDisconnect(AContext: TIdContext);
begin
     TMyContext(AContext).Queue.Clear;
     ........
     ClientRemove(AContext);
end;

Can anyone tell me what wrong please ?

A: There are quite a few things wrong here:

*

*You must not use a nested function as your callback. That is not allowed by the language and your code only compiles because the RTL declaration of EnumWindows uses an untyped pointer for the callback parameter.

*Asynchronous execution with TThread.Queue means that the enclosing stack frame can be finished before the call to EnumWindows completes.

*You are in danger of closing windows that do not belong in your process.

Were I faced with this problem I would solve it using Screen.Forms[]. Something like this:
for i := Screen.FormCount-1 downto 0 do
  if CaptionMatches(Screen.Forms[i]) then
    Screen.Forms[i].Close;

This is just an outline. I'm sure you can understand the concept. The key point is not to use EnumWindows and instead use the VCL's own mechanism to enumerate your forms.


If you are an international student, there is no need to worry about being alone. MBA classes routinely require teamwork. That means you will often be meeting with members of your various teams from different cultures.
We are a friendly and helpful community. In our student body, there are students from more than 20 countries. You will quickly get to know your classmates, professors, and administrative staff.
If you would like to contact someone from your country or region, we have provided this list to assist you. Our students and alumni are eager to hear from you.


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Kohn v. McNulta, 147 U.S. 238 (1893), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a person should not receive compensation for injuries sustained when he is experienced in his work and there is no evidence of negligence or extenuating circumstances.

Background
Kohn began working as a switchman for McNulta, the receiver (buyer) of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company on April 29, 1887.  On July 11, Kohn's arm was crushed while trying to couple two freight cars in the Toledo, Ohio railyard.

Kohn filed his petition of intervention in the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the court which had appointed McNulta the receiver. At first, his intervening petition was referred to a master, but afterward, on his motion, the order of reference was set aside and a jury called in. The court left to the jury the single question of the amount of damages that the intervenor should recover if entitled to recover anything. The jury responded $10,000. The court found that no cause of action was made out against the receiver, set aside the verdict of the jury, and dismissed the petition. The intervenor appealed to the Supreme Court.

Opinion of the Court
The Court held that a person should not receive compensation for injuries sustained when he is experienced in his work and there is no evidence of negligence or extenuating circumstances. Kohn had argued that the Company was negligent in exposing Kohn to cars that were different from the ones he was used to handling.  The Court disagreed, reasoning that he was a mature and experienced man who should have been able to cope with the existing conditions.  The train cars were not in defective in any way, they had the double deadwoods or bumpers of unusual length and were constructed differently, but this should have been obvious even at a passing glance. Kohn had already been working there for two months, long enough to know the risks.

See also
 List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 147
 Lavender v. Kurn
 Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois

External links

1893 in United States case law
United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court
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History of Toledo, Ohio
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This whirlwind talk is aimed at providing an overview of the GNU/Linux port for the HP PARISC processor. The talk will focus on the "intricacies" of the processor, and in particular the implementations of the Linux kernel and GNU Libc. After the talk you should be acutely aware of how little code needs to be written to support a new architecture! Carlos has been working on the port for two years, and enjoying the fruits of his labour on a 46-node PARISC cluster.
Carlos is currently in his 5th year of study at the University of Western Ontario. This is his last year in a concurrent Computer Engineering and Computer Science degree. His research interest range from distributed and parallel systems to low level optimized hardware design. He likes playing guitar and just bought a Cort NTL-20, jumbo body, solid spruce top with a mahogany back. Carlos hacks on the PARISC Linux kernel, GNU libc, GNU Debugger, GNU Binutils and various Debian packages.


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The Global Goddess
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A new Season for Sam
THE River Kwai is a jade jewel as late afternoon concedes languidly to dusk. The longtail boat in which I am travelling roars and sputters like an indignant politician up the infamous waterway towards the floating jungle rafts I have come to know and love so much. Travel writers don't particularly like returning to the same place – there's too much world to explore – but there are some destinations which become firmly etched in your psyche. And so entrenched in your soul you are unwittingly lured back. And for me, this is one of them, in part for its brutal war history involving the bravado of Australian soldiers and in part for its sheer natural beauty.
He doesn't know I'm coming back to this place with no electricity and where internet connection is notoriously unreliable on the limited generator in his village. And anyway, I wish it to be a surprise visit to an old friend. Six months ago I found myself on my third trip to Thailand's romantic River Kwai Jungle Rafts and I told him I'd be back for the next chapter of his story. But even I didn't know it would be so soon.
I first met Sam Season several years ago, and over the years I have been speaking with him about the most salacious of all subjects: love. Regular readers of The Global Goddess will remember this 22-year-old tour guide, a Mon man from one of the earliest tribes to live in South East Asia. Considered neither Burmese, nor Thai, the Mon exist in a small slither of land along the River Kwai, not far from the Burmese border. The Mon number some 8.14 million people but I am remain captivated by this one man. This man called Sam.
At night, he paints his face in traditional Mon markings but speaks with an English accent plucked out of a south London pub, with a smattering of Aussie twang – picked up solely from the tourists with which he works every day. He moved to this particular village when he was 9, and has been studying to finish High School since, in between working 6 days a week at the River Kwai Jungle Rafts. And Sam is in love with a girl called Jaytarmon with beautiful long black hair who lives in a neighbouring village down the river. But access to this girl, like internet, electricity and hot water, are elusive in these parts. And to complicate things more, Sam is being pursued by a girl in his own village, who cooks for him and washes his clothes.
Last month I returned to the River Kwai Jungle Rafts on a last-minute work trip. Word travels fast in these parts and I'm sitting at dinner when a young man, his face painted in Mon tribal markings, walks up to me, his arms outstretched and in that unmistakable Aussie/British accent says: "It's so good to see you, why didn't you Facebook me to tell me you were coming?". We laugh, hug and chat politely for a few moments and I tell him I am here to collect the next chapter of his love story. He blushes, coyly. "Well, it's complicated but a few things have changed in that direction. I will explain to you tomorrow." The one thing I have learned about my many visits to this beautiful region, and this young man Sam, is that you must take your time. Pause. Enjoy. Sway in a hammock and daydream. Listen to the river gurgle like a baby. And the story will eventually float down the rapids towards you.
The next night after dinner and by the light of a kerosene lamp, Sam pulls me aside to give me his next chapter. And he's excited. He's learned that a scholarship exists in Australia for which he may be eligible. He's going to apply for it in one year, when he feels his English is adequate. He tells me he has only told his parents and me of his dream. "I really want to go for it," he says, "I think it will change my life. I want to help my parents and we have a house but it is just bamboo. I want to build a house for my parents. I need to keep going with my dreams."
I ask him about the state of his love life. He has finished his relationship with the girl in his village who cooks for him because "she is not nice to tourists. How can I introduce this girl to my family when she acts like this?". So Last January Sam phoned Jaytarmon after an absence of a year. "I said Happy New Year, it is a New Year and I want to start new things with you. The past I just want to forget it. You can punish me however you like but please apologise me but don't push me away," he says in his broken, yet impressive English.
"She said it may be too late and that maybe she has a boyfriend. I said 'I don't want to have anyone else, please give me a second chance'. I told her 'you are the one who can keep going with me for my whole life'. I told her 'I have tried another girl, she doesn't work out for me, but you are one of the best'.
"I asked her 'when can I call you?' She said maybe once a week. She just wants to test that I will keep going with this to test me. So I call her once a week, sometimes twice a week. We talk about our daily work and how many tourists."
We wade into the murky waters of sex. "We are traditional Mon people. If we kiss we need to be married." I ask him whether this mysterious girl with the long black hair is still beautiful. He doesn't hesitate. "Oh, awesome. I want to listen to her voice." He pulls out his iPhone until he finds a photo of her, laying dreamily on a bed with her hands in her chin. "I look at her photo every night before I go to bed."
Photo of Jaytarmon, courtesy of Sam Season
In the meantime, Sam will spend the next year perfecting his English, so he can gain the scholarship and work towards his dream of becoming a car mechanic along the Thai/Burmese border. If he is successful, he will be in Australia for between four and five years, which raises the question of Jaytarmon.
"I have to make her believe in myself and trust in myself. When I finish my education I will be ready. I have to show her 'can you wait for me?' One day, when I have an education we will have a good life and then we will marry."
Our short but magical time comes to an end. The next morning Sam walks me to the long-tail boat to say goodbye. I go to shake his hand and he says "come on" as if to say handshakes are for strangers, and gives me a big hug. I wave farewell to my friend, this impressive young man, and smile all the way back down that beautiful jade river.
The Global Goddess travelled as a guest of the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Thai Airways. Sam's original story, and others, appears in Christine Retschlag's first book (just released) Destination Desire – The Global Goddess, a single woman's journey. This travel and dating book is available as an eBook via Amazon for $4.99 or as a limited-edition print run for $14.99 through The Goddess herself at Christine.retschlag@theglobalgoddess.com. http://www.theglobalgoddess.com
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A Glass Half Full says:
Lovely story, Goddess. I hope she gives him that second chance to make amends and start anew. And the swirling river in your photos looks wonderful.
The Global Goddess says:
Thank you. Surely there's ever-lasting love along the River Kwai?
Who knows? We're relying on you to find out and keep us posted, Goddess. The saga of Sam goes on…
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