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Michael Andretti takes swipe at F1: 'Owners look out for themselves, not the series'
Henry Valantine
Michael Andretti in conversation. Austin October 2022. Credit: Alamy
Michael Andretti said he is unsurprised at teams' resistance to his proposed entry to Formula 1 alongside Cadillac, as he thinks existing team owners are out solely for their own interests.
The Andretti Autosports owner announced a partnership with General Motors for a joint bid to reach Formula 1 with Cadillac, shortly after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem announced the opening of an 'expressions of interest' process for prospective new teams to join the grid.
News of Andretti's hopeful bid to get into Formula 1 was welcomed by the sport's governing body, but FOM [Formula One Management] responded in a somewhat cooler fashion, reiterating that Formula 1 as well as the FIA must agree to new teams coming onto the grid.
Barriers facing new teams are already significant, with the existing constructors already having a $200million entry fee written into the Concorde Agreement between themselves, Formula 1 and the FIA, to be divided among the current teams in order to compensate for as and when the sport's revenue is split 11 ways instead of 10.
Andretti, whose organisation has recently opened a brand new factory for all its motorsport operations in Indiana, reiterated his own belief that he has everything Formula 1 requires for a new team to enter.
"We've been working on this for quite a while, but when the president of the FIA Mohammad Ben Sulayem issued his tweet supporting our effort, that is when we decided to make the announcement," Andretti told Forbes.
"Once they make an expression of interest, then we are in competition with other teams, and we are on our way because that means we will do an extra team. We were very, very excited when we saw that. It all came together very nicely.
"We check all the boxes. The only box we didn't have checked when we were working on our entry was, we didn't have an OEM [original equipment manufacturer] behind us, but now we have GM and Cadillac behind us.
"They are going to bring a lot to the party to help us get a race car on track. We are very bullish at this moment.
"There is still a long way to go, and we are willing to follow every procedure that needs to be done. We are in a good position for it."
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It was then put to Andretti that the sport is seemingly moving the goalposts as he looks for a way onto the grid, despite the FIA being supportive of expanding the number of cars in Formula 1.
While he said he has two "allies" in McLaren and Alpine, others have been less keen to help his cause – despite him bringing on board a significant brand in Cadillac to help his cause.
"I'm not surprised," Andretti said. "In Formula 1, the owners look out for themselves; not what is best for the series. That is the difference between President Mohammed's position and the team owner's position. President Mohammed is looking out for the future of the sport.
"Mohammed gets it. He's a racer and he understand the series needs to have one or two more teams. It is an FIA championship, and it holds most of the cards to get the expression of interest going.
"Stefano [Domenicali, Formula 1 CEO] was very happy when we brought up the name, Cadillac. It's going to be huge for Formula 1 as well. Formula 1 is growing so much in the United States, to bring General Motors and Cadillac into Formula 1 was very big for all sides considered.
"It's a powerful thing to bring Formula 1 into the United States."
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Prom Night / **1/2 (1980)
I am often amazed at the foolish tricks of absurdity that filmmakers play on their audiences, some of them so obvious that even lesser minds can see through their clichéd reasoning. Think for a moment about this predicament and then dial your mind back to "Prom Night," one of the early slashers of the 1980s. Here is a movie about a group of kids who wander into an abandoned building, play a rather vindictive game of hide-and-go-seek and then spook the youngest girl into a situation that causes her accidental death. Surprised and dismayed about their situation, the remaining four swear an oath to never speak of their involvement in her fall from an upstairs window, and venture back into their ordinary lives in total silence. The camera briefly spies a shadow standing over the girl's body to suggest a living eyewitness, and then abruptly advances six years to revisit the participants as they are preparing for their high school prom. Each of them receives an ominous phone call: a voice on the other end offers low growls of doom, and a hand is seen crossing their names off on a checklist. And somehow the audience is expected to believe that all four kids – some of them likable – could actually walk through life for this long without ever confessing their sins, or that their one witness has the patience to wait to a single moment so many years later to exact revenge on them.
A premise this flawed might be inconsequential in the moment of a cheap thrill, and yet the underlying current of "Prom Night" is not exactly a forgotten gimmick. Essentially carving a path for a handful of more modern horror vehicles – including "I Know What You Did Last Summer," the film's most direct cousin – there is a prominence in the suggestion that spectators to tragedy (especially if it exists close to them) is the conduit for a destructive mental snap. In some, you would expect that to amount to something substantial. But this isn't a movie that wants to contemplate those details deeply enough for them to matter; what we get instead is one of those all-too-familiar exercises in death and dismemberment that casts a murky shadow on the psychology of the idea, inspiring us to pick it apart until nothing is left but a shell of prevalent inconsistencies. How the endeavor has survived so long in horror film awareness suggests a remarkable loyalty on part of the fanbase, most of whom no doubt lent the same courtesy to other mid-tier slasher films like "Friday the 13th" over the years when it wasn't exactly needed.
The aforementioned situation is aggravated by details in the side pockets. After poor young Robin is found deceased on the grass by her grieving father (Leslie Nielsen), the family holds vigil over her grave in what seems like a routine procession: the mother (Antoinette Bower) sobs quietly at the head of her gravestone, while Robin's siblings Kim (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Alex (Michael Tough) watch on in earnest, silently sharing in the grief. While that notion has crippled poor Alex to the point of social awkwardness and violent tendencies (at least towards bullies), Kim has blossomed into a fairly active teenager, and prospects of being the prom queen have only fueled her drive. But here's the kicker: her boyfriend Nick (Casey Stevens) was one of the four present during the death of her younger sister, and she also keeps friendly company with Jude (Joy Thompson), who resists the urge to feel guilt by always allowing herself to be pursued by a smooth-talking chubby nerd (a cute scenario if not forced as a diversion). Meanwhile Wendy (Eddie Benton), the ringleader who swore all of her friends to secrecy six years earlier, ogles Kim like a mean girl with an axe to grind (oh yeah, she's also Nick's jealous ex-girlfriend), and poor shy Kelly (Marybeth Rubens), the only girl who consciously seems to be contemplating her lie, spends a fair amount of time thinking about giving her virginity away to an aggressive boyfriend after the dance.
These four are destined to be stalked, tormented and murdered brutally by all the obligatory rules of slasher films, and director Paul Lynch is only all-too-eager to set them off on a course of total convenience. That he borrows suggestive elements from "Halloween" and "Carrie" certainly propels this momentum – including an arc in which a smooth-talker modeled after the John Travolta character in De Palma's film is replicated for the sake of creating a subpar side villain – and the performances of the young stars are pitched at a level of cheerful ambivalence. Others amplify the underlying hysteria of the stalker's game, including a mute janitor that always looks suspicious (at least towards the judgmental teenagers), and a police officer (George Touliatos) who suspects a new string of murders occurring around town are the result of an escaped sex predator, who was accused of young Robin's murder years before and was disfigured during a police chase. Does that explain why the killer shows up in the last act wearing a mask, we wonder? Or is the mask a ploy to throw us off the scent of something else – something much more shocking?
At one point maybe these questions actually amounted to something for the audience. The entirety of "Prom Night" is clichéd and absurd, but it's at least well-made; the camera has a reliable synchronicity with all of the familiar slasher elements, and the pace is much more leisurely then it is frenetic, allowing for more careful scene setups and tension-building. But do I hold it to a standard of the times or to the one that informs my present awareness, when all of these narrative details have gone past the point of silliness and become exhausting? However you choose to deal with it may come down to the amount of cynicism you possess in dealing with old horror movies. A great deal of them are bad, yes, but some with mediocre intentions have the capability of rising to a level of charm if their aim is to only consider the four walls of their closed world. As I came to the movie for the first time in a very recent marathon of classic horror pictures, I was baffled, aghast and left overcome with insurmountable eye-rolls. But I was never bored.
A significant part of me misses the more simplistic aims of those times. Horror movies were abundant and elastic, and a great many freely stole their ideas from more credible sources, but they weren't always weighed down by the cynicism of their concepts. Think about a premise like this, where the goal is to simply be deadpan (if ridiculous) in the midst of tension, and then contrast it to "I Spit on Your Grave," also from 1980, where the horror was undercut by a tone of cruelty that robbed us of the ability to have a good time. Had the makers of that picture known their pitch would evolve into the norm of the bloodiest of more recent genre vehicles – none of them with any piercing psychological subtext – maybe they would have felt a responsibility in taking lighter roads. Paul Lynch sought no deep reasoning when he opted to make one of the many familiar entries in the emerging dead teenager subgenre that rose to prominence after "Halloween," but it is clear, at least, that he wanted to make something in the tradition of old Hollywood Saturday matinees: a film that was simple and entertaining, albeit implausible in composition. And hey, when you go that route without having the obligation to tack on shameless gratuity or morose exercise, who are we to do anything but nod in admiration?
Horror/Thriller (US); 1980; Rated R; Running Time: 92 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis: Kim Hammond
Leslie Nielsen: Mr. Hammond
Casey Stevens: Nick McBride
Eddie Benton: Wendy Richards
Antoinette Bower: Mrs. Hammond
Michael Tough: Alex Hammond
Marybeth Rubens: Kelly Lynch
Joy Thompson: Jude Cunningham
George Touliatos: Lieutenant McBride
Produced by Peter Simpson and Richard Simpson; Directed by Paul Lynch; Written by William Gray and Robert Guza, Jr.
Labels: **1/2, 1980, HORROR, REVIEWS, SLASHER, TEENAGE, THRILLER
There is nothing remotely absurd about the premise of Prom Night. As for the perpetrators going through life without ever confessing to anyone...I thought modern thought was all about the moral ambiguity of our species...that people are neither good or bad, but just indifferent blobs hoping to feel as good as possible while they wait to die. This conduct fits right in with that notion. As for the killer waiting to exact retribution....he was a little boy when it happened. Now, 6 years later, he's a strongly built young man. Much easier to swing an axe under these circumstances. Prom Night is one of the top 3 slasher movies of all time(along with Halloween and Friday the 13th). One of the greatest films of its' kind ever made. It was made during a wonderful time when filmmakers just did what they wanted...they weren't terrified of people like yourself. Today, inexplicably, they seem to be precisely THAT...scared to death to make a decisive move in any direction, for fear that someone, somewhere, might mock them. That's why nothing good gets MADE anymore...and why people like yourself look back on the 80's in disbelief because back then nobody cared what you thought...I can see why you would find it so unsettling...
Trick 'R Treat / *1/2 (2007)
A Serbian Film / no star rating (2011)
Evil Dead II / ***1/2 (1987)
Unfriended / **1/2 (2014)
Funny Games / ***1/2 (1997)
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" Revisited
Opera / ***1/2 (1987)
Clown / 1/2* (2016)
Exorcist II: The Heretic / * (1977)
Madman / *1/2 (1981)
Red Eye / *** (2005)
Cabin Fever / *** (2002)
Candyman / ** (1992)
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II / * (1987)
The Entity / *** (1982)
Don't Breathe / *** (2016)
Halloween / *** (2007)


The Bernina Express trains cross the Swiss Alps twice in Graubünden on the UNESCO-listed Albula and Bernina railways with 55 tunnels and 196 bridges. The luxury Bernina Express trains with panoramic window wagons connect Chur and Davos with St Moritz via the Albula valley and tunnel before making the highest regular railway crossing of the Swiss Alps without using tunnels on the way to Tirano in Italy. The Bernina Express Bus provides a useful connection to Lugano in Ticino. Budget travelers can save by using the regular Rhaetian Railways trains on the same tracks.
The railways used by the Bernina Express and other Rhätische Bahn trains are from the golden age of railway engineering. These civil engineering masterpieces were completed during the early 20th century in a way no railway would ever be built today.
The Albula line was completed in 1904 and uses 42 tunnels and 144 viaducts and bridges on the 67 km route from north of the Alps to the Engadin Valley (Inn River). In the process, the trains make six almost circular turns – mostly inside tunnels carved into the rock face of the steep valley – and endless switchbacks to climb 400 m in altitude over a distance of around 12 km from Bergün to Preda. A final near 6 km tunnel sees the trains emerge into the Upper Engadin.
The Bernina Line was completed in 1910. In 61 km, 13 covered galleries and 52 viaducts and bridges allow regular trains to pass through the 2253 m high Bernina pass before descending 1140 m in less than 20 km to Poschiavo. The line terminates in the Italian town of Tirano after the spectacular circular viaduct at Bruscio, where the train makes a full circle to climb the maximum in the smallest space possible.
En route, the Bernina Express trains literally pass glaciers and snow on its way to the palm trees of Italy (and Lugano if continuing the journey on the Bernina Express bus to Ticino in southern Switzerland).
The Bernina Express trains with luxury wagons featuring panoramic windows operate year round, although the operating and reservation systems differ between summer and winter.
In summer, early May to late October, trains to and from St Moritz run three times per day in each direction and once per day to Davos and Chur respectively. Reservations prior to boarding is obligatory – CHF14 per seat.
In winter, one daily Bernina Express train connects Chur and Tirano in each direction. Travelers from St Moritz may join the Bernina Express at Pontresina and from Davos at Filisur.
However, more interesting for travelers in winter is that Bernina Express panoramic cars are attached to the regular regional trains operating between St Moritz and Tirano and St Moritz and Chur. In such case, using the luxury seats requires no reservation but a surcharge of only CHF5 is payable.
The "express" in Bernina Express refers to the limited number of stops that the trains make – regular regional trains use the same tracks but stop more frequently. The exact stations at which the Bernina Express stops depend on the specific train. All trains stop at Poschiavo at the lower reaches of the valley and most stop at Alp Grüm, Ospizio Bernina, Pontresina, and St. Moritz.
From Tirano, the special Bernina Express Bus provides a majestic three-hour journey via the Veltlin (Valtellina) Valley and the shores of Lake Como to Lugano in Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland's only Italian-speaking canton. The bus runs once per day from early April to late October.
The Bernina Express Bus can be taken independently from using the Bernina Express trains and requires a separate reservation.
The price of tickets for the Bernina Express trains is the same as for regular regional trains operating on the same tracks. However, seat reservations are essential for using the panoramic cars of the Bernina Express. Seat reservations currently are CHF14 per seat – no discounts for children or any rail pass bearers. As a result, the Bernina Express is best used on longer journeys and regular Rhätische Bahn trains for shorter rides.
Travel to Poschiavo is around CHF8 cheaper.
Return fares are simply double single tickets. Children 6 to 16 pay half the regular fare but if traveling with parents or grand parents, a Junior Card may be far better value.
All regular Swiss Railways passes and discount cards may be applied but the reservation fee is always payable in full. The Bernina Express, like all trains in canton Graubünden, is operated by the Rhaetian Railways (Rhätische Bahn), which is legally separate from Swiss Railways (SBB), but for travelers it makes no real difference. All Swiss Railways tickets and passes are valid and tickets can be bought at any outlet selling Swiss transportation tickets, e.g. SBB.
Several British travel agents specialize in train travel and have package deals cheaper than booking various trains and hotels separately. Some of these group journeys use train travel from Britain to Europe while some fly travelers to Switzerland.
Swiss railway passes and train tickets can also be bought in the USA from RailEurope – exchange rates and foreign credit card charges can sometimes make a difference in prices.
Savings Tips when Traveling on the Bernina Express – very few of your Swiss traveling companions are paying full fare!


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S.182 - Paycheck Fairness Act111th Congress (2009-2010)
Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] (Introduced 01/08/2009)
Senate - 03/11/2010 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1135. (All Actions)
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1st Session
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
This Act may be cited as the "Paycheck Fairness Act".
SEC. 2. Findings.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Women have entered the workforce in record numbers over the past 50 years.
(2) Despite the enactment of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, many women continue to earn significantly lower pay than men for equal work. These pay disparities exist in both the private and governmental sectors. In many instances, the pay disparities can only be due to continued intentional discrimination or the lingering effects of past discrimination.
(3) The existence of such pay disparities—
(A) depresses the wages of working families who rely on the wages of all members of the family to make ends meet;
(B) undermines women's retirement security, which is often based on earnings while in the workforce;
(C) prevents the optimum utilization of available labor resources;
(D) has been spread and perpetuated, through commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce, among the workers of the several States;
(E) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce;
(F) constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce;
(G) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce;
(H) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce; and
(I) in many instances, may deprive workers of equal protection on the basis of sex in violation of the 5th and 14th amendments.
(4)(A) Artificial barriers to the elimination of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex continue to exist decades after the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.).
(B) These barriers have resulted, in significant part, because the Equal Pay Act of 1963 has not worked as Congress originally intended. Improvements and modifications to the provisions added by the Act are necessary to ensure that the provisions provide effective protection to those subject to pay discrimination on the basis of their sex.
(C) Elimination of such barriers would have positive effects, including—
(i) providing a solution to problems in the economy created by unfair pay disparities;
(ii) substantially reducing the number of working women earning unfairly low wages, thereby reducing the dependence on public assistance;
(iii) promoting stable families by enabling all family members to earn a fair rate of pay;
(iv) remedying the effects of past discrimination on the basis of sex and ensuring that in the future workers are afforded equal protection on the basis of sex; and
(v) ensuring equal protection pursuant to Congress's power to enforce the 5th and 14th amendments.
(5) The Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have important and unique responsibilities to help ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work.
(6) The Department of Labor is responsible for—
(A) collecting and making publicly available information about women's pay;
(B) ensuring that companies receiving Federal contracts comply with anti-discrimination affirmative action requirements of Executive Order 11246 (relating to equal employment opportunity);
(C) disseminating information about women's rights in the workplace;
(D) helping women who have been victims of pay discrimination obtain a remedy; and
(E) being proactive in investigating and prosecuting equal pay violations, especially systemic violations, and in enforcing all of its mandates.
(7) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the primary enforcement agency for claims made under the provisions added by the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and issues regulations and guidance on appropriate interpretations of the law.
(8) With a stronger commitment by the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to their responsibilities, increased information about the provisions added by the Equal Pay Act of 1963, wage data, and more effective remedies, women will be better able to recognize and enforce their rights.
(9) Certain employers have already made great strides in eradicating unfair pay disparities in the workplace and their achievements should be recognized.
SEC. 3. Enhanced enforcement of equal pay requirements.
(a) Bona fide factor defense and modification of same establishment requirement.—Section 6(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking "No employer having" and inserting "(A) No employer having";
(2) by striking "any other factor other than sex" and inserting "a bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience"; and
(3) by inserting at the end the following:
"(B) The bona fide factor defense described in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor (i) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation; (ii) is job-related with respect to the position in question; and (iii) is consistent with business necessity. Such defense shall not apply where the employee demonstrates that an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential and that the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice.
"(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), employees shall be deemed to work in the same establishment if the employees work for the same employer at workplaces located in the same county or similar political subdivision of a State. The preceding sentence shall not be construed as limiting broader applications of the term 'establishment' consistent with rules prescribed or guidance issued by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.".
(b) Nonretaliation provision.—Section 15 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking "employee has filed" and all that follows through "committee;" and inserting "employee—
"(A) has made a charge or filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under or related to this Act, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or has testified or is planning to testify or has assisted or participated in any manner in any such investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or has served or is planning to serve on an industry committee; or
"(B) has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the wages of the employee or another employee;"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
"(c) Subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the wages of such other employees to an individual who does not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under section 6(d), including an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the rights of an employee provided under any other provision of law.".
(c) Enhanced penalties.—Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: "Any employer who violates section 6(d) shall additionally be liable for such compensatory damages, or, where the employee demonstrates that the employer acted with malice or reckless indifference, punitive damages as may be appropriate, except that the United States shall not be liable for punitive damages.";
(2) in the sentence beginning "An action to", by striking "either of the preceding sentences" and inserting "any of the preceding sentences of this subsection";
(3) in the sentence beginning "No employees shall", by striking "No employees" and inserting "Except with respect to class actions brought to enforce section 6(d), no employee";
(4) by inserting after the sentence referred to in paragraph (3), the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, any action brought to enforce section 6(d) may be maintained as a class action as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."; and
(5) in the sentence beginning "The court in"—
(A) by striking "in such action" and inserting "in any action brought to recover the liability prescribed in any of the preceding sentences of this subsection"; and
(B) by inserting before the period the following: ", including expert fees".
(d) Action by Secretary.—Section 16(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(c)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by inserting "or, in the case of a violation of section 6(d), additional compensatory or punitive damages, as described in subsection (b)," before "and the agreement"; and
(B) by inserting before the period the following: ", or such compensatory or punitive damages, as appropriate";
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting before the period the following: "and, in the case of a violation of section 6(d), additional compensatory or punitive damages, as described in subsection (b)";
(3) in the third sentence, by striking "the first sentence" and inserting "the first or second sentence"; and
(4) in the last sentence—
(A) by striking "commenced in the case" and inserting "commenced—
"(1) in the case";
(B) by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) in the case of a class action brought to enforce section 6(d), on the date on which the individual becomes a party plaintiff to the class action.".
SEC. 4. Training.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, subject to the availability of funds appropriated under section 10, shall provide training to Commission employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving discrimination in the payment of wages.
SEC. 5. Negotiation skills training for girls and women.
(a) Program authorized.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the Secretary of Education, is authorized to establish and carry out a grant program.
(2) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the Secretary of Labor may make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities, to carry out negotiation skills training programs for girls and women.
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be a public agency, such as a State, a local government in a metropolitan statistical area (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget), a State educational agency, or a local educational agency, a private nonprofit organization, or a community-based organization.
(4) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of Labor may require.
(5) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant to carry out an effective negotiation skills training program that empowers girls and women. The training provided through the program shall help girls and women strengthen their negotiation skills to allow the girls and women to obtain higher salaries and rates of compensation that are equal to those paid to similarly-situated male employees.
(b) Incorporating training into existing programs.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall issue regulations or policy guidance that provides for integrating the negotiation skills training, to the extent practicable, into programs authorized under—
(1) in the case of the Secretary of Education, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and other programs carried out by the Department of Education that the Secretary of Education determines to be appropriate; and
(2) in the case of the Secretary of Labor, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), and other programs carried out by the Department of Labor that the Secretary of Labor determines to be appropriate.
(c) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall prepare and submit to Congress a report describing the activities conducted under this section and evaluating the effectiveness of such activities in achieving the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 6. Research, education, and outreach.
The Secretary of Labor shall conduct studies and provide information to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning the means available to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, including—
(1) conducting and promoting research to develop the means to correct expeditiously the conditions leading to the pay disparities;
(2) publishing and otherwise making available to employers, labor organizations, professional associations, educational institutions, the media, and the general public the findings resulting from studies and other materials, relating to eliminating the pay disparities;
(3) sponsoring and assisting State and community informational and educational programs;
(4) providing information to employers, labor organizations, professional associations, and other interested persons on the means of eliminating the pay disparities;
(5) recognizing and promoting the achievements of employers, labor organizations, and professional associations that have worked to eliminate the pay disparities; and
(6) convening a national summit to discuss, and consider approaches for rectifying, the pay disparities.
SEC. 7. Establishment of the National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace.
(a) In general.—There is established the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace, which shall be awarded, as appropriate, to encourage proactive efforts to comply with section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)).
(b) Criteria for qualification.—The Secretary of Labor shall set criteria for receipt of the award, including a requirement that an employer has made substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and deserves special recognition as a consequence of such effort. The Secretary shall establish procedures for the application for and presentation of the award.
(c) Employer.—In this section, the term "employer" includes—
(1)(A) a corporation, including a nonprofit corporation;
(B) a partnership;
(C) a professional association;
(D) a labor organization; and
(E) a business entity similar to an entity described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D);
(2) an entity carrying out an education referral program, a training program, such as an apprenticeship or management training program, or a similar program; and
(3) an entity carrying out a joint program, formed by a combination of any entities described in paragraph (1) or (2).
SEC. 8. Collection of pay information by the equal employment opportunity Commission.
Section 709 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–8) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(f)(1) Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall—
"(A) complete a survey of the data that is currently available to the Federal Government relating to employee pay information for use in the enforcement of Federal laws prohibiting pay discrimination and, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, identify additional data collections that will enhance the enforcement of such laws; and
"(B) based on the results of the survey and consultations under subparagraph (A), issue regulations to provide for the collection of pay information data from employers as described by the sex, race, and national origin of employees.
"(2) In implementing paragraph (1), the Commission shall have as its primary consideration the most effective and efficient means for enhancing the enforcement of Federal laws prohibiting pay discrimination. For this purpose, the Commission shall consider factors including the imposition of burdens on employers, the frequency of required data collection reports (including which employers should be required to prepare reports), appropriate protections for maintaining data confidentiality, and the most effective format for the data collection reports.".
SEC. 9. Reinstatement of pay equity programs and pay equity data collection.
(a) Bureau of Labor Statistics data collection.—The Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall continue to collect data on women workers in the Current Employment Statistics survey.
(b) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs initiatives.—The Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall ensure that employees of the Office—
(1)(A) shall use the full range of investigatory tools at the Office's disposal, including pay grade methodology;
(B) in considering evidence of possible compensation discrimination—
(i) shall not limit its consideration to a small number of types of evidence; and
(ii) shall not limit its evaluation of the evidence to a small number of methods of evaluating the evidence; and
(C) shall not require a multiple regression analysis or anecdotal evidence for a compensation discrimination case;
(2) for purposes of its investigative, compliance, and enforcement activities, shall define "similarly situated employees" in a way that is consistent with and not more stringent than the definition provided in item 1 of subsection A of section 10–III of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Compliance Manual (2000), and shall consider only factors that the Office's investigation reveals were used in making compensation decisions; and
(3) shall reinstate the Equal Opportunity Survey, as required by section 60–2.18 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on September 7, 2006), designating not less than half of all nonconstruction contractor establishments each year to prepare and file such survey, and shall review and utilize the responses to such survey to identify contractor establishments for further evaluation and for other enforcement purposes as appropriate.
(c) Department of Labor distribution of wage discrimination information.—The Secretary of Labor shall make readily available (in print, on the Department of Labor website, and through any other forum that the Department may use to distribute compensation discrimination information), accurate information on compensation discrimination, including statistics, explanations of employee rights, historical analyses of such discrimination, instructions for employers on compliance, and any other information that will assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination.
SEC. 10. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry out this Act.
(b) Prohibition on Earmarks.—None of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for purposes of the grant program in section 5 of this Act may be used for a congressional earmark as defined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 11. Small business assistance.
(a) Effective date.—This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Technical assistance materials.—The Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall jointly develop technical assistance material to assist small businesses in complying with the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(c) Small Businesses.—A small business shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act to the same extent that such business is exempt from the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of section 3(s)(1)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 203(s)(1)(A)).
SEC. 12. Rule of construction.
Nothing in this Act, or in any amendment made by this Act, shall affect the obligation of employers and employees to fully comply with all applicable immigration laws, including any penalties, fines, or other sanctions.


Jenn is a very crazy college students who happens to have lived in Winnipeg all her life. Officials still aren't sure if that is the main cause of her insanity, or if it's a side effect of the red hair. Sure enough only time will tell.
Any time where she is not at work or school (which pretty much encompasses her WHOLE life, she can be found lurking the Nexus or doing something with some Pup.


America must take the climate crisis seriously. Congressman Garamendi is a passionate advocate for investments in clean energy, building weatherization, public transit, and biking amenities, because these are the key ways we can lower our carbon footprint.
Stop the tunnels, save the Delta. Garamendi is especially concerned about the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Farmers, fishermen, and communities depend on a healthy Delta, and the $15 billion twin tunnels boondoggle would be capable of draining the Delta dry six months a year. Garamendi helped lead the fight against the peripheral canal in 1982, and he's leading the fight against the twin tunnels today.
Garamendi is also pushing the Administration to release strong standards for the transportation of Bakken crude oil. There is currently no meaningful national volatility standard, and it jeopardizes the health and safety of millions of Americans, including residents of the 3rd District.
Ultimately, a healthy environment is a national security priority. Unhealthy air and water harms public health and public safety.


What is the biology behind invasiveness? A species can become invasive when introduced to new ecosystems and/or freed from its natural constraints. Certain qualities can give plants, animals, and insects a competitive edge over other species. Biologists recognize that "weedy" traits might indicate that a plant has the potential to become a pest. Devices and strategies for long-distance travel, such as seeds with propellers or Velcro-like casings, allow plants to invade new areas. Biological characteristics, such as the ability to harness airborne nitrogen or produce millions of seeds, allow plants to dramatically affect the environments they invade. They become "ecosystem engineers," changing their surroundings in ways that can negatively affect other species.
In addition to invasive species' own methods of dispersal, globalization has opened the door to rapid transit around the world. A small cluster of insect eggs clinging to the branches of an imported Christmas tree, or a seed packet ordered online can make the trip from Oregon or Central Africa to your front door in record time. What happens when these new organisms arrive in Hawai'i? Sometimes they escape into the wild. To effectively respond to these foreign invaders, scientists must investigate where they came from, how they got here, and how to keep them from spreading.
Students learn about the weed risk assessment process and rate species' potential "weediness" by playing a game of Bingo.
Students survey their backyards or schoolyard, recording data either with field notebooks or global positioning system (GPS) units. Students learn which identifying features to look for in the field, the proper protocol for collecting specimen vouchers, and how to make plant presses.
Students conduct a lab exploring the effect of strawberry guava bioactive compounds on lettuce seed germination and growth.
Activities 3-5 are labs exploring the same concept of ecosystem engineering by invasive species. Each lab involves different plants and strategies, but there is considerable overlap. You may want to combine them or choose the one that best fits your needs.
Students conduct a lab exploring the effect of ironweed needle cover on 'a'ali'i seed germination and growth.
Students design lab exercises to demonstrate how certain plants use bacteria to capture nitrogen from the air.
Students trace the path of the 2005 wiliwili gall wasp invasion on Maui using real-life data and Google Earth technology. They explore the concept of vectors and learn about the significance of the wiliwili tree to the dryland forest ecosystem and the native Hawaiian culture. They devise strategies for stopping the gall wasp's spread.
10-12 class periods with extended labs.
1) How are unknown plants identified?
2) What is the protocol for creating a plant voucher?
3) How do scientists determine which species are invasive?
4) What is the Weed Risk Assessment and how is it used?
5) What are ecosystem engineers and how do they work?
6) How do invasive organisms travel?
7) What environmental factors influence biological invasions?
• Discuss the "weediness" factor of non-native plants that rely on specialist pollinators. Examples include ficus trees (Ficus macrophyllaor is one species) that require fig wasps and night blooming cereus (Hylocereus undatus), or dragon fruit, that require bats or moths. As long as their pollinators do not arrive in the Islands, these plants are less likely to be invasive. But what happens when the pollinators show up? How should these plants be treated?
Leianuenue Bornhorst, Heidi. Growing Native Hawaiian Plants: A How-To Guide for the Gardener, Bess Press, 2005.


In contesting the rejection, Appellant argues that although the claims "do not specify which passage communicates with the third outlet, . . . this is a matter of claim breadth rather than indefiniteness [and that the] breadth of a claim should not be equated with indefiniteness." Appeal Br. 7 (citing In re Miller, 441 F.2d 689, 693 (CCPA 1971)).


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Academy of Model Aeronautics Names Chad Budreau Executive Director
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) yesterday named Chad Budreau as its new Executive Director. Budreau has held this position on an interim basis since April 2018, and previously served as AMA's Public Relations and Government Affairs Director.
"With Chad's extensive experience in model aviation and deep understanding of AMA's mission, he is undoubtedly the best person to lead our beloved hobby. I look forward to continue working with Chad to preserve and protect this important hobby for future generations to come," said Rich Hanson, President of AMA.
Budreau was first introduced to the hobby as a child flying model planes and rockets with his brothers and father. His passion in modeling, coupled with his academic and professional experiences, led him to a nine-year career at AMA to help promote, protect, and preserve the hobby and sport of aeromodelling.
"I am honored to be named Executive Director and continue the important work of protecting our hobby as we embark on a new chapter in AMA's history, in which we have the opportunity to play an even larger role in educating the broader recreational community to promote and enhance model aviation," said Budreau. "The passion AMA members demonstrate for their hobby and the impact they have on their communities is a legacy I hope to preserve as Executive Director."
Prior to serving as the Interim Executive Director, Budreau was AMA's Public Relations and Government Affairs Director. His duties included collaboration with the FAA Office of UAS Integration, Congress, UAS manufacturers, and industry leaders. At the federal level, Budreau participated in the UAS Tracking and Remote Identification aviation rulemaking committee, the Steering Committee for the Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team, and worked on the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee. At the state and local level, Budreau has advised numerous local elected officials, helped shape numerous bills, and participated in dozens of hearings championing for the hobby.
Previously, Budreau led Miami University's marketing and communications efforts and served eight years at a broadcast operation servicing multiple states in management, promotions, politics, and news. Budreau's academic background includes a B.A. and M.A. focusing on corporate communication, political science, management, and marketing.
Today's announcement follows a December 13, 2018 special meeting of the AMA Executive Council, under the AMA bylaw procedures for "emergency meetings," in which the Council voted to elect Budreau to permanently fill the position of Executive Director. This special meeting concluded a six-month process which included reviewing over 100 resumes, multiple interviews and a systematic methodology to review each candidate.
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), founded in 1936, serves as the nation's collective voice for approximately 200,000 modelers in 2,400 clubs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Headquartered in Muncie, Indiana, AMA is a membership organization representing those who fly model aircraft for recreational and educational purposes. For more information, visit www.modelaircraft.org.
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Mr. Van Gelder read economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and got his MBA at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He worked for Drexel Burnham Lambert in New York (1986-1988). After getting his MBA he worked for McKinsey & Company (1990-1996) and held various positions at Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (1996-2004), one of which was CEO at Peapod in the US, after which he became a Member of the Board at Mediq N.V. (2005-2014).
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What is a Pulley?
A pulley is a simple machine that is the basis of much modern machinery. This machine changes the direction of an applied force, allowing a heavy load to be moved. A person can pull on the cable part of the device, and it will pull a weight. There are six simple machines: an inclined plane, a lever, a screw, a wedge, a wheel and axle, and a pulley.
At its most simple, a pulley is a wheel with a groove. A rope, belt, or cable runs inside the groove. That mechanism can be used alone or connected with others in a pulley system. The greater the number of pulleys in the system, the less force it will take to lift an object.
A block and tackle system, which is a basic system, can illustrate how this machine provides this kind of lifting advantage. A 10-pound weight has a rope attached to it. To lift the weight, a person will need to exert 10 pounds of force straight up. If the weight is attached to one pulley, the person still needs to exert 10 pounds of force but the direction it needs to be exerted in is down, instead of up, making use of the individual's body weight more efficiently. If the weight is attached to two pulleys, the person will need to exert only 5 pounds of force. Four pulleys will require 2.5 pounds of force, and so on.
There are three basic types of pulley systems: (1) fixed, with a fixed axle, (2) movable, with a free axle, and (3) compound, with a combination of fixed and movable axles. Movable and compound axles, by multiplying the force, are more efficient than fixed systems.
Another type of system is the belt and pulley system, which can often be seen under the hood of a car. These systems are closed systems in which several pulleys are connected by one belt. They allow for the transmission and amplification of energy from one pulley to another.
The History of Pulleys?
Objects similar to pulleys, which contained vines or ropes, are believed to have been used by the Mesopotamians as early as 1500 B.C. to lift water buckets. Archimedes of Syracuse invented the first compound pulleys 287 BC - 212 BC. Plutarch reported that Archimedes moved an entire warship, laden with men, using compound pulleys and his own strength. During the 12th century, people used pulleys to build cathedrals, according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
What are the most common educational plastic pulleys available?
Product Product Code
Single Pulley with a 50 mm (diameter) sheave. Pulley5
Double Parallel Pulley with a 50 mm (diameter) sheave. PP55
Triple Parallel Pulley with a 50 mm (diameter) sheave. Pulley555
Quadruple Parallel Pulley with a 50 mm (diameter) sheave Pulley5555
Double Tandem Pulleys have sheaves with 50 and 40 mm diameters. Pulley54
Triple Tandem Pulleys have sheaves with 50, 40 and 30 mm diameters. Pulley543
Replacement sheaves, pack of 5. 5Sheaves
Where can I buy pulleys?
Depending on your experiment or project, you can find the above mentioned pulleys by visiting our online store. ScienceKitStore.com offers single piece pulleys or you can go with the complete pulley demonstration set.
What are some different type of pulleys?
Table Top Pulley with Rod and Clamp
Product: SF40-276
Great for experiments calling for a pulley at different heights, this pulley rotates 360°. Adjusting up to 10 cm, it locks in place with a thumbscrew and can attach to surfaces to 5 cm thick. Two-piece apparatus includes glass filled nylon molded clamp and pulley; sheave 2" (50 mm) diameter; stainless steel rod.
Table Clamp Pulley (Bench Pulley)
Product: P64101
This vertical bench pulley consists of a 4 cm plastic pulley mounted on a table clamp with low friction brass cone bearings. It can be used on lab tables or inclined boards for experiments involving the resolution of forces, friction, motion, etc. It can clamp onto surfaces up to 3 cm thick. a crosspiece on the screw offers more gripping force and the felt padding inside the clamp protects table surfaces.
Pricing/Purchase
Table Clamp for Rod
Product: AS3467X
Designed for clamping to table edges up to 45 mm thick with a thumbscrew and for supporting a rod with 10 mm in diameter. Usually used for holding pulley with rod; however, it may be used with any other rod with 10 mm in diameter.
Small Pulley for DC Motors
Product: MPUL10
Small pulley (Motor Pulley) with 2 mm bore for DC micro motors.
Where to Buy DC Motor Pulleys?
Pulley with Three-Way Attachment
Product: AS3468
For clamping to vertical or horizontal rods and to laboratory tables, boards etc.. Comprised of a specially designed cast bracket which can be clamped on flat surfaces 38 mm thick and hold a supporting rod 13 mm diameter. At the rear of the bracket, a light alloy pulley about 70 mm diameter is mounted on brass bearings. Includes two clamping screws for fitting to bench and vertical rod support. Hammer-tone stove enamel finish.
Pulley Demonstration Set
Product: 3472A
For demonstrating and performing quantitative experiments on fixed and movable pulleys, trains of fixed and movable pulleys, the wheel and axle and the capstan etc.. Helps to understand the concepts of the mechanical advantage, the efficiency of fixed and movable pulleys, etc.. Comprised of a rectangular laminated wooden base about (l x d), 20 x 82 cm, which supports two threaded rods measuring approximately 12.5 mm x 81 cm in metal flanges and is fitted with a capstan and a screw eye. Eight clamps (hook collars) are provided for suspending pulleys and cords on an adjustable cross rod approximately 12.5 mm x 81 cm, held by right-angle clamps. Supplied with: 8 single pulleys 2 triple tandem pulleys 2 quadruple pulleys 1 wheel and axle 7 weight hangers (5 of 50g and 1 each of 10g and 20g) 15 slotted weights (2 each of 10g, 20g, and 50g, 4 each of 100g and 200g and 1 of 500g) 3 right-angle clamps 1 spool of cord 1 tommy bar to tighten the vertical rods and instruction manual Rods, pulley and clamps are made of either plated metal or polished aluminium. Slotted weights and weight hangers are made of brass.
Rope, Line for Pulley
Product: NYLON30M
30 meters (100 feet) Nylon multifilament (8 strand) braid rope string for pulleys. Available in 2mm and 5mm diameter. The 2mm diameter string is used for educational plastic pulleys, while the 5mm ropes are used for metal pulleys.
Typical Strength (2mm): 50 Lbs
Typical Strength (5mm): 500 Lbs
2mm Nylon Pulley Rope
Pulley with Rod
For applications where a pulley is to be supported at various heights and angles. Specially suited for inclined plane experiment. A metal pulley, diameter 50mm is mounted on a metal frame attached to a plated rod about 10mm in diameter and 15cm long.
Pulley with Table Clamp
Useful for experiments in which a pulley needs to be supported at various heights and angles. The pulley can be removed and used separately. Designed for clamping to table edges up to 45mm thick with a thumbscrew and for supporting a 50mm diameter pulley and rod. Pulley adjusts to 10 cm height (minimum) and rotates a full 360º. All parts are metal. This is a set including the pulley and the clamp.
Bench Mount Pulley
Product: LC531
Horizontal bench pulley LC531 is a horizontal pulley with table clamp. It is made of sturdy cast iron frame, and 35 mm diameter metal pulley. Holds pulley in a horizontal position when mounted on the edge of a table.
Fixed Pulley, For Mounting on a Plane Surface
Suitable for experiments involving inclined plane where mounting on plane surfaces is required. Consists of a pulley, diameter 37mm mounted in bracket having two fixing holes for screwing on to a surface. Both parts are made of aluminum.
Sheave/wheel diameter: 25mm
Sheave's grove: 3mm
Mounting Base: 12mm x 46mm
Load limit: Not tested.
Available Late August 2015
Metal Pulley, 25mm, Single
Product: MP1
Metal pulley, single wheel 1 inch (25mm diameter, casted from zinc alloy and plated by nickel. Used for science experiments in physics and mechanics.
Metal Pulley, Double Parallel
Product: MP11
Metal pulley, double parallel wheels with 1 inch (25mm diameter each, casted from zinc alloy and plated with nickel. Used for science experiments in physics and mechanics, as well as industrial applications. Accepts ropes of 2mm up to 6mm in diameter.


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    print n
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A: It's hard to answer a question on why indentation is incorrect when the question keeps being edited and the indentation corrected.
However, I suggest you read PEP8 before writing any more Python code and avoid mixing tabs and spaces. This would explain why you still see an IndentationError on line seven after you have corrected the indentation.
I also recommend that you try to run your script using the '-tt' command-line option to determine when you accidentally mix tabs and spaces. Of course any decent editor will be able to highlight tabs versus spaces (such as Vim's 'list' option).

A: These two lines
  C = [[0] * (n+1) for i in range(m+1)]   # IndentationError: unindent does not match          any outer indentation level
print C

should be indented at the same level. I.e.:
C = [[0] * (n+1) for i in range(m+1)]
print C

Update
Op has corrected the above problem. I checked the code and the error is elsewhere now:
for word in word_list2:
if word_list1[i-1] == word_list2[j-1]:
    C[i][j] = C[i-1][j-1] + 1
else:
    C[i][j] = max(word_list1(C[i][j-1], C[i-1][j]))
j+=1

Should be:
for word in word_list2:
    # These lines have been indented extra.
    if word_list1[i-1] == word_list2[j-1]:
        C[i][j] = C[i-1][j-1] + 1
    else:
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    j+=1

A: I think its due use of mixed indentation - Tabs and Spaces
Recommendation: Use 4 spaces per indentation level,
Never mix tabs and spaces.
Maximum Line Length: 80
Check your Python - Editor's Setting,
GEdit:
From Tools -> Preferences -> Editor -> Tab Width = 4 and use Spaces instead of Tabs
Eclipse:
use Pydev - http://pydev.org
VIM:
use following vim settings - for vim editor
:set tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4


NEW YORK — The St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) men's volleyball team (1-14, 1-2 Skyline) took on Yeshiva University (5-6, 2-1 Skyline) at the Max Stern Center on Tuesday night for a Skyline bout and forced a fifth set after being down 2-1 but couldn't complete the comeback and split the season series with the Maccabees.
Senior outside hitter Tim Driscoll (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's) led the Bears in defeat with a 21-kill, 19-dig double-double as four players had at least seven kills on the night.
An SJC error tied the first set 9-9 and another error four points later knotted the score again at 13 showcasing the back-and-forth nature of this match early. Both sides kept battling until a kill from Driscoll gave the Bears a slight, 20-19, edge and they finished on a 5-1 run for a 25-21 set one triumph.
Set two was 7-7 in the beginning but St. Joseph's rode their momentum to an 8-2 spurt, capped off by a kill from Sean Salomons (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's), gave them a 15-9 advantage. Yeshiva didn't stay down for long and used eight unanswered points to gain a 22-19 lead and they held on for a 25-22 victory to tie the match at one.
The third period was no different seeing the score gridlocked at 13 after a Yeshiva error. Stephen Eddy (Glendale, N.Y./Christ the King) dropped in a kill to tie it back up at 19, but the Macs outscored SJC 6-1 to conclude the stanza winning 25-20 with one more set needed to win the match.
St. Joseph's didn't go down easily, however, taking an immediate 9-4 lead in the fourth after a Juan Herran Ocampo (Armenia, Colombia/Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day) ace.
YU then put up five-straight points to take a one-point edge, but the back-and-forth play continued as Salomons notched a kill to maintain an 18-17 advantage. Kills down the stretch from Eddy, Dejon St. Rose-Cuffy (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin), Driscoll, and Salomons helped the Bears stay alive and take the fourth 25-23.
The fifth was another evenly matched battle as the score was tied at two, three, 11 (after a Driscoll kill), and 13 (after Yeshiva error), until back-to-back mishaps from SJC clinched the win for the Maccabees putting them above .500 in conference play.
Driscoll had three aces along with his game-highs of 21 kills and 19 digs.
Timothy Boyd (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's) notched a double-double as well with 37 assists and 12 digs.
Salomons (nine kills), St. Rose-Cuffy (eight kills), and Eddy (seven kills, 18 digs) rounded out the Bears' top performers.
A return to non-league play at New Jersey City University on Thursday (Mar. 21) with first serve set for 7 p.m.


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Q: json-API issue (Taiga-python) I am using Taiga (taiga.io) to handle my projects. I found that there's a python-based API which I am trying to use. I can create items in my projects but I cannot extract anything. When I try to extract data, I keep getting this error:
File "demo.py", line 54, in <module>
projects = api.projects.list()
File "/home/sc/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/taiga/models/base.py",
line 41, in list
objects = self.parse_list(result.json())
File "/home/sc/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/requests/models.py",
line 892, in json
return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 319, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 339, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

I checked the access permissions, the projects slugs (which are there and I can create projects/users stories using the API without any problem!). Still this error appears every time I try to pull info from Taiga.
Any ideas?
Thanks all in advance.
Best,
Zimo117


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Meghan Markle 'was banned by Queen' from borrowing coveted royal jewelry, including prized pieces worn by Princess Diana
By Alex Lang
u003cstrongu003eQueen Elizabeth II reportedly put the ban in place with the blessing of Prince Williamu003c/strongu003e
Wayward royal Meghan Markle has been officially banned from borrowing any royal jewelry from the House of Windsor, including those prized pieces belonging to the late Princess Diana, My London reported.
Queen Elizabeth II herself reportedly approved the ban on Meghan Markle making off with any royal jewelry, including Diana's. Prince William also signed off on it.
The ban applies to what's known as the Royal Collection, which amounts to a treasure trove of baubles, tiaras, gems and the like and includes pieces worn by Meghan Markle's late mother-in-law, Diana.
One notable piece in the collection is the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara, which doubles as a necklace and was made for Prince Harry's great-grandmother Queen Mary in 1919.
In contrast Kate Middleton has been pictured previously wearing jewellery from the collection, including one of Diana's signature tiaras - the The Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara, designed by Queen Mary.
Meghan Markle 'stopped from borrowing royal jewellery' including Princess Diana pieces
MyLondon
Before he met Meghan Markle, Harry sacrificed a piece of jewelry he inherited from Diana for the sake of his brother.
Harry offered to William their mother's sapphire engagement ring to give to Kate Middleton.
During those bygone days of goodwill between the siblings, one that has been thrown asunder by the arrival of Meghan Markle on the scene, Harry noted how fitting it would be if Diana's famous piece of jewelry wound up on the finger of the Queen of England.
Express reports that the ban on Meghan Markle borrowing royal jewelry, including Diana's pieces, had its origins during her tumultuous early days as a member of the Windsor clan.
The Queen and Prince William were both so concerned with Meghan Markle during her early time with the Royal Family they teamed up to introduce a ban on her borrowing jewellery, it has been claimed.
Queen and William teamed up to take on Meghan Markle with strict rule
The word is that staffers for the Queen confided in Prince William that they were quite put off by Meghan's behavior.
This prompted the Duke of Cambridge, as Princess Diana's elder son is known, to concur with the ultimate decision to ban Meghan Markle from getting her paws on any of the family jewels.
Writing for MailOnline, royal journalist Dan Wooton stated, "I've learned senior staff working for the Queen had shared with William their reservations about some of Meghan's behaviour. William is believed to have backed a decision – approved by the Queen – to ban Meghan from borrowing items in the Royal Collection, including tiaras and jewellery once worn by his mother Princess Diana."
The Herald Sun reports that William is said to have been furious with Meghan even before she and Harry sat down with Oprah last month and trashed the royal family.
It comes as it was also claimed Prince William will never forgive Meghan, 39, for her treatment of Kate Middleton.
Queen 'approved ban on Meghan Markle borrowing royal jewellery including Princess Diana's tiaras'
Royal expert Penny Junor has told The Sun that by pointing the finger at Kate during the Oprah interview and insisting that it was her sister-in-law who made her cry, not the other way around as has long been reported, Meghan has only complicated the relationship between Harry and William.
"It wasn't Harry, but it was his wife," Junor said of who has been widening the rift between the royal brothers, "and he must have known that she was going to do that and he clearly hasn't corrected it in any way."
This commentary comes as speculation has arisen that the Queen could bestow upon Kate the title of princess to mark the occasion of her 10th wedding anniversary to William. This elevation in status for Kate while Meghan Markle is banned from borrowing jewelry could only serve to widen the gulf between the late Diana's two granddaughters-in-law.
Leeds Live reports that the ban is not necessarily permanent, however.
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge has been pictured wearing pieces from the collection on multiple occasions, including the The Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara designed by Queen Mary, which became one of Diana's signature tiaras.
Queen 'approves ban' on Meghan Markle borrowing royal jewellery
Leeds Live
Alex Lang Former editor-in-chief Alex Lang has worked in media for 20 years. His focus has been mainly on crime reporting, but he has covered numerous other topics. Many of his stories have gotten national attention and he has been on the ground for countless news events.
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Rip Rense
Rip Rense is an Los Angeles journalist, who wrote for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
He first interviewed Zappa in 1975. He also introduced Nicolas Slonimsky to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
"My favorite memory of those many special nights, as I write this, was the last such salon I attended, in the summer of 1993. It was, in fact, the night of the great talk with director Shrader. (...) I knew that few people appreciated absurdity as much as a guy who named his entrepenurial business Intercontinental Absurdities. Besides, as he said on the Mothers "Live at the Roxy" album, "I love monster movies." I readied my tape recorder.
"This requires a bit of set-up," I said. "In one of the cheesiest of the old Universal 'Frankenstein' movie sequels, 'The Ghost of Frankenstein,' Ygor, the crazed shepherd played by Béla Lugosi, plots to have his brain implanted in the monster's head. Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill), aids in the plot. The monster eventually revives from surgery---with Ygor's brain---then rampages through the house, which, like all Frankenstein houses, is surrounded by angry villagers. Ygor/Frankenstein opts to lure the villagers into the house, which is outfitted with gas jets, and do away with them en masse. And this is what he yells."
I hit the tape. Out came the gravelly voice of the great Lugosi, screaming, "Bohmer! Turn on the gas!" I played it repeatedly.
Zappa literally doubled over with deep laughter, his face crinkled, tears in his eyes. On the AAAFNRAA scale, it was apparently a ten. I played the tape again and again, and he laughed on and on, as did I, until at last he became collected enough to bid me goodnight. We shook hands, for what turned out to be the last time, and as I rose leave, I heard the final words I ever heard Frank Zappa speak---quintessentially sardonic, ironic, somewhat bitter, painfully blunt, and hilarious:
"Turn on the gas!""[1]
Rense instigated and produced Frankly A Capella.
He is one of the people receiving thanks for their "very special but no less significant contributions" in The Yellow Shark liner notes. [2] Rense wrote the booklets for both The Yellow Shark as well as The Lost Episodes.
A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomime'
Z-Pack - L.A. Times article
↑ Rip Rense - Zappa Drinks And Goes Home (originally published in L.A. Weekly)
↑ http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements
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Today I woke up to find that Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter | linkedin) has added me to his SQL Server Blogger Rankings list. WOW! I'm completely honored to be listed among this world-class list of the best bloggers in the industry. He created a new section on the list for 'Virtualization' blogs, and my friend Allan Hirt (blog | twitter | linkedin) of SQLHA and I were added to this new category. Another Linchpin People associate, Joey D'Antoni (blog | twitter | linkedin), was also added to the list to the msdb category. That makes six Linchpin People on the list!
If you are looking for the best SQL Server blogs in the world to follow, start at his list. I have been constantly updating my blogroll for years now from the recommendations made in this list. I am proud to have made it onto this list, and I will continue to bring you educational content that will help you with your business technology! Basically,starting a blog its quite simple. Read our reviews on that and let us know your thoughts on it!
This past week I attended my third SQL PASS Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. All I can say is – WOW. What a conference!
As I live in Omaha, getting to either of the coasts is a chore, so I'm always traveling for these conferences no matter what coast it is on. I could care less about the travel, but it was fun seeing a part of the country a little closer to where I grew up (Georgia) instead of rainy but pleasant Seattle.
First, I flew into Charleston, South Carolina and spoke at the inaugural SQL Saturday in Charleston. I thoroughly enjoyed this event! The attendees were enthusiastic and full of great questions and comments, the coordinators did a great job, and the volunteers and staff from the university were truly exceptional. Well done! I can't wait to see you all next year!
At the gathering after the event, another surreal moment from that portion of the trip was introducing a newly found friend from Germany (JP) to true SC southern cuisine, complete with baby-back ribs and an actual shot of sweet tea.
The next week in Charlotte was almost a blur. I spent almost all of my time networking with the SQL Server community, and was barely able to attend any sessions. This year I felt was the year of the #sqlfamily. I know it is cliche, but the SQL Server family truly is a family. This year it REALLY came together. The friends that I have made over the years, plus the new friends I make from each conference, are some of the best people that I know, and getting to see some of them only once a year makes me want to catch up as much as I can with them during the conference. Putting in-person faces to Twitter personas is the icing on the #sqlfamily cake! The after-hours planned and unplanned gatherings were amazing, and I never got back to the hotel room before 1am each night, and sometimes it was much later than that!
For those of you who are like I used to be, somewhat introverted and shy, fear not. To truly get the most out of this conference, force yourself to go up and introduce yourself to just five people throughout the entire conference. Just do it once. Every time afterwards, it gets easier. This is the most easily approachable and friendly group of technologists that you will find, and I know that you will not be disappointed!
The Community Zone and the vendor exhibition hall were also a huge success. I spent a lot of time in the "Consultant's Corner", mostly comprised of Linchpin People (with my friends and co-conspirators Mike Walsh, Tim Radney, Andy Leonard, Tim Mitchell, John Sterrett, and the infamous Brian Moran, as well as everyone else who swung by), the great guys from SQLHA, and the awesome Denny Cherry. I also spent a good amount of time in the Community Zone on Friday afternoon. I met a great amount of friendly people and really enjoyed your conversations.
Finally, Friday afternoon I was honored to present my spotlight session on "Squeezing Top Performance from your Virtualized SQL Servers"! I got set up early, as it was right after the lunch break, and had a lot of fun answering questions even before the session began. The wonderful and insightful questions continued throughout and after the session, and I hope I was able to help everyone there take some tips and tweaks back to check out in their environments. Get the most out of your environments! There's no excuse for not re-evaluating your current setup to see how much more you can get out of it! Feel free to contact me with any questions that you might have. I'm very happy to answer anything that comes my way! I even had the hardware guru Glenn Berry attend my session. Glenn, your sessions are always incredible. Thank you for your kind feedback!
As some of you might know, I also have a rather subdued need for speed. Friday night I took a crew go-kart racing at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, NC. Twelve of us total went and did three full sessions on their 55mph, one-mile go-kart circuit. We all had a great time, even though we were all schooled by some of the local racers!
Afterwards, some of us went to a North Carolina BBQ joint where JP from Germany got his first taste of pink lemonade ("Can I get this in blue?" was his best comment) and true BBQ pulled pork. They had NASCAR hoods hanging from the ceiling and a school bus on one side of the bar. It really helped to seal the memories as this perfect week came to a close.
I think I'm going to make this type of non-technical but thrilling event a tradition of some sort. Next year, if you are interested, the same group is thinking of doing some sort of indoor skydiving simulator in Seattle. Stay tuned here for information next year during the Summit, and I'll broadcast when and where this next event will be! I'd love to see the attendee list grow.
Kudos goes to SQL Sentry for their incredible welcome to Charlotte and the SQL Server community with the shuttles, maps, event sponsorships, and general hospitality! You all are top-notch!
You might ask – what about the sessions I attended? Well, I only attended a few. I spent too much time networking! This is because I planned on getting the Summit videos of all of the sessions. I am still referencing session videos from the past two Summits when different topics come up that I need to quickly ramp up on. Plan on getting the session videos and you have years of reference material at your fingertips!
Well done, SQL PASS. Well done. You've made a lifer out of me. I will NOT miss this event ever again!
So, make your plans now to attend the next SQL PASS Summit next year, where it is back in Seattle from November 4-7. Register early to take advantage of the registration savings!
SQL Saturday #233 Washington DC – Preconference session: "Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs" – register for this event here!
I can't wait! If you are in a nearby area, ping me and say hi! Otherwise, I'll see you at a SQL Saturday and definitely at the Summit next year!
Thank you everyone in the SQL Server community. You are the reason why I travel all over the country to speak at SQL Saturdays and other community events. You are why I push to do webinars and user groups. You are the reason why I grew the nerve to take a risk and go out on my own as an independent consultant. Other speakers and I do this for you because you deserve it. This is the best technical community in the world, and I am very proud to contribute to it in my small way.
Keep checking in here periodically! I have some exciting research projects and blog post topics that I'm thinking about for later this year. I'm also starting to branch into more public and hybrid cloud technologies, and cannot wait to share more information here for you!