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Measure 97's Failure Leaves Oregon Facing A Big Budget Deficit
by Kristian Foden-Vencil Follow OPB Nov. 9, 2016 3:15 p.m. | Updated: Nov. 9, 2016 5:44 p.m. | Portland
If you didn't count the press, there were about four people at the "No On Measure 97" celebration Tuesday night.
Still, campaign manager Rebecca Tweed said she owed thanks to tens of thousands of individual Oregonians, including small businesses, farmers and health care providers.
"We're very pleased that Oregon voters came out and defeated measure 97," she said.
Measure 97 was proposed by labor unions after legislators consistently failed to find new revenue sources. But like other statewide tax proposals before it, Measure 97 was killed by voters.
Oregon Voters Approve Most Measures Other Than 97
So instead of having an extra $6 billion over the next two year budget cycle, Oregon leaders face a $1.4 billion deficit. And that's not counting the cost of newly passed measures such as Measure 98, which calls on lawmakers to spend $300 million per biennium on programs to keep high school students on track to graduate.
What do opponents think lawmakers should do about the deficit?
"I can't speak to what options would be available, but I know that Measure 97 wasn't the answer," Tweed said. "Without providing the guarantee of how that money would be spent, it would not have solved those issues. So we trust that those that have the responsibility to do so will do so during the next biennium."
Over at the "Yes On Measure 97" campaign party, more than 100 people cheered as campaign manager Ben Unger told them that while their measure had been defeated, they should not give up.
"We didn't win the election this time, but we did win the debate," he said. "Because of the work we did, no one is going to accept a proposed school cut or more expensive health care before asking: Instead of cuts, why not make large corporations pay their fair share."
Measure 97 supporter at the Oregon Convention Center.
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Republican Rep. Andy Olson, whose district includes Albany, expressed a similar sentiment, but he said businesses should decide how much they contribute, rather than politicians.
"Do we need a little bit of an increase in revenue? Yes, we do," Olson said. "Go to the source that would help contribute to this. Let them come up with the solution, instead of just shoving something down their throat like what just happened with Measure 97."
Olson said any effort to raise more money should probably be lead by a Republican — someone the business community trusts — rather than a Democratic leader such as the senate president.
Peter Courtney is the senate president. And on election night, he was not optimistic about finding new revenue.
"One side won tonight, but the other side is badly bruised and angry," he said. "And the side that won had to spend a lot of money. So I don't sense there will be any willingness to come together at all."
Not coming together likely means cuts to the state budget, rather than new revenue to fill the gap.
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State Rep. Greg Barreto, a La Grande Republican, manufactures hydraulic tillers. He thinks cuts are the way to go.
"The thing about manufacturing is, we always look at efficiency. The government never looks at efficiency," he said. "They don't have any mechanism within the government to say: 'Hey how can we streamline? How can we become more efficient at what we do?' That's what they need."
Democrats remain in charge of the Oregon governor's office, the House and Senate. But they could not win the super majorities in both chambers that would make forcing new revenue measures through possible.
So even though it failed, Measure 97 will be a defining factor in Gov. Kate Brown's next two years.
Brown didn't mention the measure's defeat in her victory speech Tuesday.
She did release a statement Wednesday morning saying her budget will give priority to protecting services for children and helping families escape poverty. But, she said, lawmakers will have to make difficult cuts. She called on both sides to find common ground.
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Senior Patrol Officer 1st Class, Joy Laine Nolen, age 54, of Cedartown, passed away on Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2016.
Officer Nolen was born on June 22, 1962 in Canton. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by a brother, Tim Bennett.
Officer Nolen was a certified Police Officer, serving with the Cedartown Police Department.
A graduate of the Floyd College's Regional Police Academy, she had the great distinction of serving and protecting the residents of the area for 22 years.
Additionally, she went on to secure a number of other law enforcement credentials and certifications during her career, so as to better serve our citizens.
Officer Nolen looked at her service to both the people of Cedartown and Polk County, as a "calling". She loved her community and dedicated her life to making a difference in the area, and leaving her town safer at the end of her shift, and ready for the next group of officers to do the same.
She was loved by so many, and will be sorely missed by her proud family, her Law Enforcement family and her friends.
Senior Patrol Officer 1st Class Nolen is survived by her loving family, her son and daughter in law, Adam and Shae Wagoner; her daughters, Heather Pinkard and Jessica Williams; her father, Matthew Bennett; her brothers, Matt Bennett and Marc Bennett; her sister, Melody Hoffman; her grandchildren, Davis Wagoner, Della Kate Wagoner, Brooklyn Pinkard, Kenleigh Pinkard, Emily Pinkard, Lyndon Pinkard, Brennam Williams, Olivia Barrett and Blake Barrett; a number of nieces, nephews and friends also survive.
Funeral services for Senior Patrol Officer 1st Class Joy Nolen were conducted on Tuesday evening, Oct.18, 2016 at 6 p.m. from the First Baptist Church of Cedartown, with Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome and the Rev. Blake Dodd officiating.
Law Enforcement Honors will be conveyed at the conclusion of the service.


Recently, I involved in a project to deploy latest ESXi 4.1 at client site and all of their ESX hosts are Dell Poweredge based.
We know there are two variation of ESXi images, one is the VMware version you normally download from VMware's web site, the other is the one customized by server vendor such as IBM, HP and Dell. The main difference is those customized ones are modified with vendor specific IPMI/Hardware monitoring stuff, for Dell, they have added some drivers in order for OpenManage SNMP agent to recognize and use. So it's common sense to use vendor specific ISO if you happen to use their servers.
And the answer is VMware-VMvisor-Installer is to be installed on local storage (like harddisk or SAN) and VMware-RecoveryCD is for internal embedded devices like SD Card of USB.
In additional, Dell has created more confusion as there are even different versions within each distribute, like for VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update1-348481.x86_64-Dell_Customized, there is A01, A02, A03 and A04 version.
Lucikly, by carefully reviewing the content of each download, you will soon discover the short cut that is always use the latest number, like A04 in this case because it contains all the previous fixes in A03, A02 and A01.
Hope this helps those who had scratched their hair recently.
I watached an interesting series of Ancient Aliens by Discovery Channel.
One of the episode I watched (forgot the link) is about Nazi and its advanced weapon, most of those top German scientist were captured after WWII and sent to America, the German guy who invented V-Rocket/Missile said their technology was actually from them (them being refer to aliens).
The more I knew, the more I tend to believe many religion gods or upper rulers in the past may be aliens.
The universe is is TOOO huge, combines billions of stars in our Galaxy and there are billions of Galaxies out there!
So it would be crazy to say there is no other life being in the universe besides us.
"I'll tell you one thing about the universe, though. The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us… seems like an awful waste of space. Right?" from the Movie Contact.
One particular thing is Sir Frances Crick discovered the DNA in the 1960s and won the Nobel Prize.
I found an excellent article on ITHome (Taiwan) regarding the latest trend in Tiered Enterprise Storage with SSD, but it's in Chinese, you may need Google Translate to read it.
There is new topic about Distributed SSD Cache in Enterprise SAN and Server, new SSD caching products are coming from EMC, NetApps, but where is Equallogic in this area?
CacheCade is used to improve random read performance of the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) based Virtual Disks. A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. SSDs significantly increase the I/O performance (IOPS) and/or write speed in Mbps from a storage device. With Dell Storage Controllers, you can create a CacheCade using SSDs. The CacheCade is then used for better performance of the storage I/O operations. Use either Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) SSDs to create a CacheCade.
Maximum application performance—Create a CacheCade using SSDs to achieve higher performance without wasted capacity.
Maximum application performance and higher capacity—Create a CacheCade using SSDs to balance the capacity of the CacheCade with high performance SSDs.
Higher capacity—If you do not have empty slots for additional HDDs, use SSDs and create a CacheCade. This reduces the number of HDDs required and increases application performance.
Only SSDs with the proper Dell identifiers can be used to create a CacheCade.
If you create a CacheCade using SSDs, the SSD properties are still retained. At a later point of time, you can use the SSD to create virtual disks.
A CacheCade can contain either SAS drives or SATA drives but not both.
The unused portion of SSD is wasted and can not be used as an additional CacheCade or an SSD-based virtual disk.
The total amount of cache pool with a CacheCade is 512 GB. If you create a CacheCade which is larger than 512 GB, the storage controller still uses only 512 GB.
The CacheCade is supported only on Dell PERC H700 and H800 controllers with 1 GB NVRAM and firmware version 7.2 or later.
In a storage enclosure, the total number of logical devices including virtual disks and CacheCade(s) cannot exceed 64.
NOTE: The CacheCade feature is available from first half of calendar year 2011.
NOTE: In order to use CacheCade for the virtual disk, the Write and Read policy of the HDD based virtual disk must be set to Write Back or Force Write Back and read policy must be set to Read Ahead or Adaptive Read Ahead.
I've found out only H700 H800 raid card with 1GB NVRam supports FastPath and CacheCade, unlike the LSI product which requires a hardware or software key, Dell's LSI OEM H700/H800 provides those free of charge!!!
In additional, if you tired of using OpenManage to manage your storage, you can try LSI's Magaraid Storage Manager (aka MSM) which is a client based GUI tool like the previous Array Manager.
However, this still leave with one big questions even you have a H800 w. 1GB NVCache as it only supports SAS interface on Powervault MD1200/MD1220. Where can we find a cheap compatible SAS SSD for alternative? (OCZ still costs a lot), if you know, please let me know.
For those of you who are interested in enabling H700 with cheap SATA SSD for CacheCade and FastPath, here is the How To Link, but it's in Chinese.
CacheCade software enables SSDs to be configured as a secondary tier of cache to maximize transactional I/O performance. Adding one SSD to substantially improve IOPs performance as opposed to adding more hard drives to an array.
By utilizing SSDs in front of hard disk drives (HDDs) to create a high-performance controller cache of up to 512GB, CacheCade allows for very large data sets to be present in cache and deliver up to a 50X performance improvement in read-intensive applications, such as file, Web, OLTP and database server.
The solution is designed to accelerate the I/O performance of HDD-based arrays while minimizing investments in SSD technology.
- A CacheCade virtual disk cannot be created on a controller where the CacheCade feature is disabled. Only controllers with a 1GB NVDIMM will have the CacheCade feature enabled.
- Only SSDs that are non-foreign and in Unconfigured Good state can be used to create a CacheCade virtual disk.
- Rotational drives cannot be used to create a CacheCade virtual disk.
- Multiple CacheCade virtual disks can be created on a controller. Although there is no benefit in creating multiple CacheCade virtual disks.
- The total size of all the CacheCade virtual disks will be combined to form a single secondary cache pool. However the maximum size of the pool will be limited to 512GB.
- Virtual disks containing secured Self-Encrypting Disks (SEDs) or SSDs will not be cached by CacheCade virtual disks.
- CacheCade is a read cache only. Write operations will not be cached by CacheCade.
- IOs equal to or larger than 64KB are not cached by CacheCade virtual disks.
- A foreign import of a CacheCade virtual disk on a controller with the CacheCade feature disabled will fail.
- A successfully imported CacheCade VD will immediately start caching.
- CacheCade VDs are based on R0. As such the size of the VD will be the number of contributing drives x the size of the smallest contributing drive.
- In order to use CacheCade for the virtual disk, the Write and Read policy of the HDD based virtual disk must be set to Write Back or Force Write Back and read policy must be set to Read Ahead orAdaptive Read Ahead.
- CacheCade has NO interaction with the battery learn cycle or any battery processes. The battery learn behavior operates completely independent of CacheCade. However, during the battery learn cycle, when the controller switches to Write-Through mode due to low battery power, CacheCade will be disable.
A CacheCade virtual disk that is made up of more than one SSD will automatically be reconfigured upon a removal or failure of a member SSD.
The virtual disk will retain an Optimal state and will adjust its size to reflect the remaining number of member disks.
If auto-rebuild is enabled on the controller, when a previously removed SSD is inserted back into the system or replaced with a new compatible SSD, the CacheCade will once again be automatically reconfigured and will adjust its size to reflect the addition of the member SSD.
LSI Corp. today updated its MegaRAID CacheCade software to support write and read solid state drive (SSD) caching via a controller, providing faster access to more frequently used data.
LSI MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 speeds application I/O performance on hard drives by using SSDs to cache frequently accessed data. The software is designed for high-I/O, transaction-based applications such as Web 2.0, email messaging, high-performance computing and financials. The caching software works on LSI MegaRAID 9260, 9261 and 9280 series of 6 GB SATA and SAS controller cards.
LSI delivered the first version of CacheCade software about a year ago with read-only SSD caching. MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 is priced at $270 and is available to distributors, system integrators and value added resellers. LSI's CacheCade partners include Dell, which in May began selling the software with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H700 and H800 cards.
LSI claims the software is the industry's first SSD technology to offer both read and write caching on SSDs via a controller.
LSI lets users upgrade a server or array by plugging in a controller card with CacheCade. Cleland said users can place hot-swappable SSDs into server drive slots and use LSI's MegaRAID Storage Manager to create CacheCade pools. The software will automatically place more frequently accessed data to cache pools.
With read-only cache, data changes are copied in the cache and updated on the hard drive at the same time. "If the processor wants to update the copy, then the copy in cache is invalid. It needs to get the updated version from the hard disk drive," Handy said of read-only cache.
For write cache, the data is updated later on the hard drive to make sure the original is still updated when the copy is deleted from cache.
LSI also has a MirrorCache feature, which prevents the loss of data if it is copied in cache and not yet updated on the hard drive.
Handy said read and write caching is faster than read-only caching.
vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0, Is It Really Necessary After All?
A week ago, one of the latest derived products from vSphere 5 catches my attention, the vSphere Storage Appliance v1.0. Basically, it's a software SAN solution for ESX Shared Storage requirement. VMware vSphere Storage Appliance provides virtual shared storage volumes without the hardware.
Pros: There is only ONE, it doesn't require you to purchase an expensive SAN in order to use vMotion/DRS.
1. The license fee is USD5,995 per-instance but 40% off if with vSphere Essentials Plus, again VMware wants all of you to purchase E+, a $$$ driven price structure thing created by its fleet of "genius" MBAs. If your company have the money to purchase VSA, then I am pretty sure a proper SAN won't cost you an arm.
2. "Run vCenter Separate from VSA Cluster for best protection" Why's that? These days the ultimate goal is to virtualized everything even for vCenter, it's against the most fundamental rule of virtualization just like vRam asking you to purchase more servers with less ram installed on each host!
3. Have additional disk-space to enable RAID protection: VSA protects your data by mirroring data in multiple locations – this means your business data will require additional raw disk capacity. Good rule of thumb is to get 4x the server internal disk space you expect to use (You kidding me! RAID10, then split the rest for other node's mirror, left you ONLY 1/4 of the original storage, this is again not enviornmental friendly); in VSA 1.0, disk capacity and nodes cannot be changed setup – feature is planned for future release.
3. Two VSA Hosts can support up to 25 VMs, Three VSA Hosts can support up to 35 VMs: This particularly renders VSA to Not Worth Spending the $$$, 3 nodes can only support 35 VMs max sounds unjustified for ROI.
4. Since it's NFS based, you can't use RDM or VAAI, this is bad news for those who run Exchange/SQL and looking for performance, but again, if you are after IOPS, then you got the $$$. Not to mention NFS is well known for its low performance over IP network comparing to block based such as FC or iSCSI and placing the same shared storage or SAN on ESX host will inevitably reduce the overall performance.
It seemed to me an immature rush to release product, use 400% more space is not a solution for Enterprise, it's a big waste and a 2nd point against virtualization. It reminds me the software feature from NetApp's Network Raid, it will use 2/3 of your storage for N+1 raid feature, well it worked, but it just doesn't justify the cost after all.
Virtualization should save cost by fully utilizing Cpu/Ram/Space, but with the release of vSphere 5, it seemed to me the VMware is trying its best to discourage everyone by using vRam model as well as this VSA product. There is a hot debate on this topic on VMTN, 99.9% is against this "vmw screwed us" new license change, and vmw's official is hiding in the dark and afraid to response with a valid point.
No body want to purchase more servers with less ram on each host these days, these will use more power and absolutely non environmental friendly, now, we see VMware is becoming an anti-environmental friendly corporation.
Finally, VSA will use host CPU and local storage IOPS, and it's not a model for future aggregate IOPS growth comparing to a real SAN, but after all, it's just a temporary product for SMB, but why does VMware charge so much for it? In my own opinion, vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0 can be made obsolete and it's uncessary as there are already Free Products from Microsoft iSCSI Target, Starwind and many similar products from Linux world for the purpose of Shared Storage for ESX.
PS. Just found out the free vSphere 5.0 ESXi version has the pathetic 8GB limit, now I finally understand why Monopoly is a bad thing, I shall start to look into Xen and Hyper-V seriously for my clients.
Concept from Movie Inception became true with ESX, How Many More Layers Can You Create?
Last time I tried a Nested iSCSI VM thing, EQL>MS iSCSI Target>Starwind but today I found something even more crazy!
This is probably one of the best and most people responded blog page regarding Nested ESX and it's unlimited possibilities.
The author even went so far by migrate a running VM with VMotion from the physical ESX host to the virtual ESX host, as well as running Hyper-V within ESX.
Wow, why don't you install an additional ESX within that Hyper-V again to see what will happen when migrate a running VM back to the original mother ESX, that's 2 layer's back.


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Notes on a heart breaking election
By mycyprus October 25, 2020 Uncategorised 3 Comments
Some of Mustafa Akıncı's parting words after losing Sunday's presidential elections (2nd round) were 'good luck to the people of Cyprus'.
Indeed. And so ends Akıncı's 45 years in politics.
Akıncı was considered by many Cypriots as the last hope for reunification under a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF). The only Turkish Cypriot leader to stand up to Turkey (and one that received plenty of threats because of it).
Since Sunday, we have all had a chance to take stock and decide what this means for the future of Cyprus. What does it mean to have someone at the helm who believes in a two-state solution and Turkish guarantees? Someone who says he represents all Turkish Cypriots, yet also claims to be Turkey's man in Cyprus and encourages further involvement from Turkey. His beliefs seem to run contrary to everything that Turkish Cypriots have been endeavouring to achieve for so long now; for the 'yavru vatan' (baby state) to finally grow up.
Undeniably, we cannot brush aside the way in which these elections were won. Last week, Akıncı mentioned that the elections were not won under 'normal conditions'. During the election period, money and political power were used in order for Ersin Tatar to make the political gains he finally did, something which was well-known across the border. Aside from Tatar's blatant electioneering tactics: opening up the beach front of Varosha/Maraş in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Turkish Cypriots are divided and have taken to social media to express it with posts like "Ersin Tatar does not represent us. He was elected due to AKP's interference in the elections and the violation of democratic procedures #notmypresident". While others felt the need to express that their votes were certainly not bought.
In some of Tatar's first statements following the elections, he called attention to his so-called Turkish heritage saying "I am a child of a Turk, I am a Turk", very much echoing the late Rauf Denktaş' words: "I am a child of Anatolia. I am Turkish in every way and my roots go back to Central Asia." How will Tatar connect with members of the community who identify with being Turkish Cypriot or Cypriot? Indeed, by identifying himself with what he believes to be the motherland, he will alienate those who do not feel Turkish.
However, the same can be said for president of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, who has made many references to so-called Cypriot Hellenism.
As much as we would like to believe that Tatar's win (and Akıncı's loss) sounded the death knell for the peace process, we would be deluding ourselves. The negotiations have not recommenced since the disappointing failure at Crans Montana in 2017.
This is a time for self-reflection. Did we do our part? Let us not forget that in March 2018, Akıncı appealed to Anastasiades to co-sign the Guterres framework as a strategic agreement, but he refused, leaving Akıncı in the lurch to face Turkey and a rightist government. Has anything been done to educate the public on the benefits of BBF? If we conducted a door-to-door survey, I would be very surprised to find anyone who could explain the meaning of BBF let alone its benefits.
Varosha, in the district of Famagusta has been a ghost town since the 1974 war, which divided the island into the Republic of Cyprus in the south and the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the north. It had previously been a bustling resort town, with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Brigitte Bardot holidaying there.
AKP – The Justice and Development Party abbreviated as the AK Parti, is a conservative political party in Turkey.
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3 thoughts on "Notes on a heart breaking election"
pieridesgeorge1 October 25, 2020 at 8:20 pm
Insisting on Peace,
and Freedom,
Best Wishes and Kind Regards!
Yasar Duyal October 25, 2020 at 10:53 pm
Equal rights and equal status – only condition of being a human and should be only condition before starting any talks! First accept everyone as same as you then peace will follow if you are really serious about peace that is!!!
mycyprus Post author October 26, 2020 at 7:39 pm
Yasar, I pray that they are serious about peace. Otherwise I don't see how we can continue….Time will tell. I am certainly curious to see how Tatar and Anastasiades will conduct themselves in upcoming negotiations.


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Boston College Law School Symposium on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Design October 31, 2014
Richard Albert Convenor
Keynote Address: Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto
Panel I: The Period Between Old and New Constitutions
1. Joel Colon-Rios, Victoria University of Wellington 2. Oran Doyle, Trinity College Dublin 3. Kate Glover, McGill University 4. Mark Graber, University of Maryland 5. Rick Kay, University of Connecticut (Moderator) 6. Carissima Mathen, University of Ottawa 7. Ozan Varol, Lewis & Clark Law School
This panel will examine the extraordinary period of time in the life of a country when its citizens decide to abandon one constitutional order and adopt another. How should we understand the time frame before a new constitution-making process actually begins, when the state's existing constitution may have been rejected but a new constitution is not yet in place? What principles and legal institutions should guide the exercise of political power during such periods, so as to maintain the maximum level of stability and promote the legitimacy of the emerging constitutional order? These are some of the questions that scholars interested in the transition between old and new constitutions must address.
They are questions about the nature and limits of constituent power, about the nature and risk of a break in the chain of legality, and about how constitutionalism should deal with a successful revolution. When examined from the perspective of constitutional design, questions like these move our attention away both from the constitutional text and the internal dynamics of the constitution-making process and force us to analyze and develop mechanisms and strategies to facilitate the birth of a new constitutional order. They also require us to consider the role of the institutions established under the old order (such as courts), as well as the role of principles recognized by the international community (such as fundamental human rights), in controlling the political power of would-be constitution-makers.
The papers presented in this panel will reflect on these and other questions through both theoretical and comparative analysis, and in so doing, they will seek to better understand and analyze the time period in which constitutional transitions occur.
Papers to be published in the peer-reviewed National Journal of Constitutional Law.
Panel II: Constitution-Making and -Breaking
1. Andrew Arato, The New School for Social Research 2. David Landau, Florida State University 3. Eugene Mazo, Wake Forest University 4. Mark Tushnet, Harvard University 5. Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia (Moderator)
This panel will probe the process of constitution-making, rather than the period of time in which it takes place. Scholars have yet to develop robust theories to explain the internal dynamics of the constitution-making process itself, including theories concerning who should write a new constitution, how constitutional framers should be selected, the ways in which they should deliberate, and how new constitutions are best ratified. The existing theories of the constitution-making process tend to be parsimonious and incomplete, and they also do not transfer well across different cultural and political settings. To the extent that the "constitutional moment" provides a useful heuristic device for thinking about constitutional-making, this panel will bring together several leading scholars to explain how the process of constitution-making should be carried out. How should we choose constitutional framers? Where do the ideas that framers have come from? And which factors most influence the provisions that these framers write? By examining the internal dynamics of the constitution-making process from both theoretical and comparative perspectives, this panel will seek to address these questions.
In focusing on these issues, the scholars on this panel will examine the internal mechanics of constitutional moments. As a sovereign state seeks to be governed by a new basic law or to abide by the rules of a new founding document, this panel will seek not only to illuminate the outcome of constitutional deliberations, but also to elaborate on how the process of constitution-making is carried out. The scholars on this panel will also discuss the ways in which old constitutions may be legally retired before they are replaced, and they will work to distinguish the process of constitution-making from the period in which it takes place. These two concepts have been conflated, though they are theoretically and conceptually distinct.
Papers to be published in the Wake Forest Law Review.
Panel III: The Role of Constitutional Courts in Constitutional Design
1. Mathilde Cohen, University of Connecticut 2. Kevin Cope, Georgetown University 3. Erin Delaney, Northwestern University 4. Ruti Teitel, New York Law School (Moderator) 5. William Partlett, Columbia University
This panel will consider the role of courts in constitution-making. Conventional wisdom holds that courts should play a highly limited role in a process of constitution-making. From a normative standpoint, constitution-making is viewed as a process of higher lawmaking, where "the people" should not be limited by courts in the expression of their "constituent power." From a more pragmatic standpoint, however, constitution-making is viewed as a process involving highly politicized, non-judicial questions that courts cannot adequately solve. A number of legal doctrines reflect these rationales, including the constituent power doctrine in Latin America, the acts of sovereignty doctrine in the Middle East, and the political question doctrine in the United States. Yet comparative experience reveals that courts often intervene in highly contentious disputes when they engage in the constitution-making process. This panel will consider this involvement. Is it improper for courts to intervene in constitution-making? Do courts help improve the process of constitution-making by forcing compromise and consensus? If courts are indeed to play a productive role in constitution-making, how do we ensure that they do not become captured by a minority faction and undermine the popular will? Finally, how should courts actually confront powerful political forces?
The scholars on this panel will consider these and other questions from both theoretical and comparative perspectives. Drawing on a wide range of sources—including comparative experience and judicial doctrine—they will seek to expand our understanding of the complex relationship between judicial review and constitutional design.
Panel IV: Non-Constitutional Influences on Constitutional Law and Constitutional Design
1. Richard Albert, Boston College 2. Francesca Bignami, George Washington University 3. Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto 4. Vanessa MacDonnell, University of Ottawa 5. Russell Miller, Washington & Lee University 6. Bart Szewczyk, Columbia University 7. Katharine Young, Boston College (Moderator)
This panel will examine the interaction between constitutional and non-constitutional sources of law and the institutions that interpret and apply them. The papers on this panel suggest that constitutional law and constitutional design may invariably be influenced by the conceptual underpinnings and methods of extra-constitutional mechanisms, and vice versa. Constitutional scholarship must therefore account for the sometimes complex relationship between these two bodies of law.
The scholars comprising this panel will focus on how international law, statutes, administrative law, Islamic law and the common law interact with domestic constitutional law. They will also examine the role of institutional actors—including international organizations and tribunals, administrative decision-makers, and legislators—in shaping and pushing the boundaries of domestic constitutional law.
Papers to be published in the peer-reviewed Osgoode Hall Law Journal.
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Inherent Vice - Book Outlet
by Pynchon, Thomas
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Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon- private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era
In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.
It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book.
Published Date: January 1, 2010


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Flea-borne typhus is transmitted to humans when they are bitten by fleas infected with Rickettsia typhi or R. felis. Rats, opossums and cats are typically carriers of the infected fleas.
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Daqing authorities have launched an investigation after a deadly escalator accident at a shopping center last Friday. Photo: baidu.com
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An escalator accident in China's Heilongjiang province last Friday has claimed the lives of a 37-year-old man and his two-year-old son.
The accident happened at a shopping centre in Daqing City as the man and his son were taking an escalator to the third floor of the building from the second, Apple Daily reports.
The duo fell off the escalator and came crashing on to the first level.
The boy was pronounced dead on the spot while his father was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The man succumbed later to head injuries.
CCTV monitors showed a sudden movement on the escalator after which the man and a child fell off from the moving staircase, an eyewitness said.
Pictures taken by passers-by showed the father and son wearing sandals at the time of the accident. The escalators, meanwhile, had no additional railings or protective shields.
Mainland media said it was not clear if the accident arose due to an escalator failure or if the father had stumbled and fallen.
The father was said to be holding his child in his arms at the time of the accident.
Mainland police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Following news of the deadly accident, several local authorities in China have begun inspections on escalators and conducting safety checks at shopping centers, according to chinanews.com.
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Benito Santiago Rivera (born March 9, 1965), is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 2005, most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres, with whom he was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner as well as a three-time Gold Glove Award winner. The five-time All-Star was considered the premier catcher in the National League (NL) during his tenure with the Padres. In 2015, Santiago was inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame.

Baseball career

Early years
Santiago was signed as an amateur free agent by the San Diego Padres on September 1, 1982. After playing four seasons in the minor leagues, he made his Major League debut with the Padres on September 14, 1986 at the age of 21. The next year, Santiago established a Major League record for a rookie by hitting safely in 34 straight games. It was also the longest hitting streak by a catcher in major league history. He ended the season with what would be career-highs in hits (164), doubles (33) and batting average (.300). Santiago was the unanimous selection for the 1987 National League Rookie of the Year Award. Although he struggled defensively, leading the league in errors and passed balls, his hitting performance earned him the 1987 Silver Slugger Award which is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position.

While Santiago initially made an impression with his offensive statistics, he soon became known for his defensive prowess, most notably for his strong throwing arm. Santiago was known for his ability to throw out would be base stealers from a kneeling position. In 1988, he led National League catchers in assists and in baserunners caught stealing with a 45% average when the league average was 30%. Although he still led the league's catchers with 12 errors, it was an improvement over the 22 he had committed the previous season. Santiago was awarded the first of three consecutive Gold Glove Awards in 1988. Santiago also claimed his second successive Silver Slugger Award as the Padres improved to finish in third place in the National League Western Division.

Although he was hitting for only a .236 average at mid-season in 1989, his defensive reputation earned him the starting catcher's role in the 1989 All-Star Game. He was awarded the 1989 National League Gold Glove Award for catchers, as the Padres climbed to second place in the season's final standings.

 Santiago rebounded in 1990 and was hitting for a .317 batting average with 9 home runs in mid-June when he was hit by a pitch and had to miss six weeks of the season. He finished the season with a .270 average along with 11 home runs and 53 runs batted in to earn his third Silver Slugger Award. He was also named as a reserve player for the National League team in the 1990 All-Star Game and won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award.

Before the 1991 season, Santiago asked for a four-year contract worth $11 million, but lost his arbitration case and was awarded a one-year contract worth $1.65 million. A disgruntled Santiago announced that he would leave the Padres when he became eligible for free agency after the 1992 season. He was also disillusioned when the Padres traded away players such as Joe Carter and Jack Clark. In June, Padres manager Greg Riddoch benched Santiago for his lack of hustle on the playing field. Despite the difficulties, Santiago led the league's catchers with 100 assists and posted a career-high 87 runs batted in.

Santiago returned to arbitration before the 1992 season, this time winning a $3.3 million one-year contract that made him the highest paid catcher in professional baseball. In September 1992, the Padres announced that they would not seek to re-sign Santiago, in what was seen as a cost-cutting measure.

Santiago is also unusual for his uniform number; from 1991 to 1994, Santiago wore a jersey with the number 09, making him one of the only major professional sports players to have ever worn a jersey with a leading zero as part of his uniform number.

Decline and trades
On December 16, 1992, Santiago signed with the newly established franchise Florida Marlins and hit the first home run in team history. Despite hitting for a .273 average in 1994, he was granted free agency after the season as the Marlins were ready to promote their young catching prospect, Charles Johnson. On April 17, 1995, the Cincinnati Reds signed him and he briefly recovered his form batting .286. On January 30, 1996, he joined the Phillies, where he became the first player to hit a grand slam off Greg Maddux in the regular season after Maddux had been pitching for nearly ten years. Santiago also hit a home run in four consecutive at bats in the same season. Santiago ended the season with a career-high 30 home runs, along with 85 runs batted in, for the last place Phillies.

Santiago then signed a contract to play for the Blue Jays (–) where he lost almost the entire 1998 season to a serious injury sustained in a car crash in Florida. A free agent again, he played 89 games for the Cubs in 1999 and played for Cincinnati in 2000.

Resurgence with the Giants
Santiago arrived in San Francisco on March 17, 2001. He played in 133 games and helped the Giants finish in second place, two games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West. He shared the 2001 Willie Mac Award with Mark Gardner, which recognized the spirit and leadership of each. Santiago had another good year in 2002, appearing in 126 games and finishing third among National League catchers with a .995 fielding percentage. He earned his fifth All-Star berth and ended the season with a .278 batting average with 74 runs batted in as the Giants once again finished second to the Diamondbacks and claimed the National League wild card berth.

The Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the play-offs then met the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2002 National League Championship Series. Santiago hit two home runs in the series along with 6 runs batted in, and was awarded the League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award as the Giants defeated the Cardinals in five games. In the 2002 World Series against the Anaheim Angels, Santiago delivered 5 runs batted in as the Giants were defeated in a seven-game series.

In 2003, the 38-year-old Santiago continued to perform well, hitting fifth in the batting order behind Barry Bonds, he appeared in 108 games while posting a .279 batting average with 56 runs batted in.

Later years
On December 11, 2003, Santiago, again a free agent, signed with the Kansas City Royals. By June 18, he was hitting .274 with six home runs and 23 RBI when he was hit by a pitch from Geoff Geary that broke his hand. After the 2004 season, the Royals traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Leo Núñez, a minor league pitcher. The Pirates let Santiago go after a mere 23 at-bats in favor of giving playing time to young David Ross. Santiago signed with the New York Mets to a minor-league contract, but he appeared in only a handful of games. He opted out of his Triple-A contract, but did not play in the major leagues in 2006.

He was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame on August 8, 2015.

Career statistics
In a 20-year major league career, Santiago played in 1,978 games, accumulating 1,830 hits in 6,951 at bats for a .261 career batting average along with 217 home runs, 920 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .307. He ended his career with a .987 fielding percentage.

A five-time All-Star, Santiago was known for his strong defensive skills, leading National League catchers three times in assists, once in fielding percentage and once in baserunners caught stealing. As 2010 began, Santiago was tied for eighth on the all-time list of games caught with Brad Ausmus, with 1,917.

Steroid allegations
In 2003, Santiago was named by FBI investigators as one of the athletes alleged to have received anabolic steroids. He was linked to performance enhancers in the book Game of Shadows.

On December 13, 2007, Santiago was named in the Mitchell Report. "At the end of the 2003 season, Mike Murphy, a Giants clubhouse attendant, was cleaning out Santiago's locker when he found a sealed package of syringes," the report read. "Murphy brought the syringes to the training room, handed them to [Stan] Conte, and told Conte that he had found them in Santiago's locker. Conte responded that he "would take care of it." Murphy recalled that the Giants' assistant athletic trainer Dave Groeschner also was present in the training room during this conversation."

Personal life
Santiago has a son named Benito Santiago Jr., who is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who currently plays for the Vaqueros de Bayamón in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the top tier basketball league in Puerto Rico.

See also

 List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a catcher leaders
 List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
 List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
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Game Over VLT's
A Nova Scotia organization ... "Game OverVLT's-dot-com"... says enough is enough and its time Video Lottery Terminals were banned for good. Spokesman Terry Fulmer says its a disgrace that hundreds of millions of dollars are being raked in by the gaming corporation every year yet whats put back for helping problem gamblers in Nova Scotia is but a drop in the bucket. Fulmer says gambling is OK if you know what you're doing but the VLT's are destroying too many people and their families because they're such an attraction. Fulmer accuses the province of failing to take responsibility and helping the estimated 18-thousand Nova Scotians with gambling problems resulting in large part from the prevalence of VLT's.
Fulmer is on a cross-province speaking tour and recently addressed the issue during a presentation to the Bridgewater Rotary Club.
Citizenship Ceremony at Forest Heights Community School
The Department of "Citizenship and Immigration" held a citizenship ceremony Thursday afternoon at Forest Heights Community School. Trish Smith the Communications Director for the "South Shore Regional School Board" says the event allows the students to be involved and it also exposes them to the idea of becoming a new Canadian citizen. The ceremony welcomed a number of new citizens -- including the principal of Forests Heights Community School. Born in Australia -- Shannon Catton took the oath of Canadian citizenship, along with more than 30 other new Canadians.
*** Teacher Shannon Catton with the presider of the ceremony, Order of Canada recipient, Elizabeth Parr-Johnson**
Theft Advisory
Shelburne RCMP are advising the public of an increase in the theft of materials that are able to be sold to scrap metal yards. Most recently the Mounties had a theft of various pieces and types of metal, along with a unique stainless steal propeller shaft. The shaft would have been difficult to move due to its size and weight. People are advised that if they see any suspicious activity to call their local police agency immediately.
New School Announcement Monday
A new school construction project will be announced in Liverpool on Monday November 1st.. Premier Darrell Dexter will be in Queens County to make the official announcement at the South Queens Junior High School at 10 a.m. The school was listed as a priority several years ago and parents and the School Board have been pushing for a new stand alone building saying renovations to the existing facility were not economically sound.
Male Injured Falling from Deer Stand
It was a bit of an unusual call for assistance for the Barrington RCMP. The Mounties received a call around noon time from EHS reporting they were treating a patient in a wooded area about four miles behind the church on Oak Park Road. Due to the rough terrain the paramedics were unable to safely transport the injured male out of the forest. Arrangements were made to have a Sea King helicopter attend and airlift the patient who was transported to Yarmouth Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The 65 year old man had been in the wooded area with friends on a deer hunting trip overnight when he fell from his deer stand. The victim did not believe his injuries were serious and spent the night at the nearby camp with other hunters. However, when he awoke Friday morning, he was in a great deal of pain and his son called 9-1-1.
Deer Hunting Season Opens
Nova Scotian hunters are celebrating another deer hunting season, which begins today. (October 29th). To manage the deer population in Nova Scotia, a zone system is used to set the number of antlerless licences based on the number of deer in various areas. This year the province has reconfigured the deer zones from an eight- to a 12-zone system, so applicants should review new zones carefully. Natural Resources Minister John MacDonell reminds hunters to make safety a priority, and says people in the woods should wear hunter-orange clothing at all times. The five-week season excludes Sundays and runs until Dec. 3.
Again this year, meat may be donated to food banks through Feed Nova Scotia's Hunters Helping the Hungry program. Hunters may bring a deer or moose to a participating meat cutter to donate all or a portion of the meat to help families in need.
Citizenship Ceremony at Forest Heights Community S...


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Neville Roach
Neville Roach has enjoyed a distinguished career in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry. He was appointed Chairman and CEO of Fujitsu Australia in 1997. He retired as CEO in 2000 and as Chairman in 2004. Neville is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of Tata Consultancy Services in Australia and New Zealand. He is a graduate of the University of Bombay, India, where he majored in Economics and Political Science at St Xavier's College. In October 2001,Mr Roach was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the University of New South Wales, for his eminent service to the community.
Mr Roach has served as a member of the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre Committee, the inaugural Chairman of National ICT Australia Limited and Chairman of TAFE Global. Mr Roach has served as Chairman of the National Multicultural Advisory Council and its successor, the Council for Multicultural Australia, which provided advice to the Australian Prime Minister, and the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. He has also been a Director and then Deputy Chairman of SBS, Australia's national multicultural radio and television network.
Mr Roach became National Chairman of the Australia India Business Council (AIBC) in 2000 and is now Chairman Emeritus. He is also a member of the Advisory Councils of both Asia Society's AustralAsia Centre and of Asialink.
Mr Roach was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on Australia Day, 2000 for service to business, particularly in the Information Technology Industry and for his contribution to the development of Australian multiculturalism. In January 2008, Mr Roach received the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (Overseas Indian Honour Award), the highest Overseas Indian award, from the President of India.
In 2009, Mr Roach was appointed by the Indian Government a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians. The Council comprises 20 prominent leaders of Indian origin from around the world. Mr Roach is the only appointee from Australia.


Well, this was….. quite weird.I love Walter, he is the best boyfriend EVER. But Kelly's Disney fetish was even worse than in Love Lessons and it weirded me out a little.
I'm not sure why this short made me cry, but it did.
Review to follow, tomo (later on...)So in the mood for a "Frozen" Heart-short-story... Luuuuvvve this movie!!!


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Ep. 161: Insurance Career Trends
by Spot On Insurance | Apr 21, 2020
Ben Volkmer is an Insurance Recruiter at Questpro, a company that provides staffing services to the Risk Management and Insurance industry. For the last 12 years, he has been in charge of recruiting sales and account management and works primarily with insurance carriers and their distribution partners. Ben specializes in workers' compensation, permanent placement, underwriting, sales, and property & casualty insurance.
Ben joins us to share what it's like to be a recruiter for the insurance industry. He describes what motivated him to chase a career in recruitment and how an injury factored into his decision. He explains what a recruiter does, their responsibilities, and the many mistakes applicants make when writing and submitting resumes. Ben also discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the job market and how this crisis will change the way companies hire people who work from home.
"The way people find talent is innumerably different across all firms." – Ben Volkmer
Ben's urban upbringing and what made him choose a career in insurance.
When he broke his neck and how it changed his career and life forever.
How he got involved in the business of recruiting.
What a 'headhunter' does and the best way to utilize them.
Examples of bad resumes and how to write a good one.
Ben's thoughts on companies who rely on aggressive advertising.
The financial impact of COVID-19 and its effects on recruiting businesses.
How companies can retain their existing employees during the coronavirus crisis.
How the pandemic will change the way companies view work-from-home options.
Why real estate is an obstacle for many businesses.
The top positions they have trouble filling.
Some of the positions that pay the most money.
What people should be doing right now when it comes to networking.
Connect with Ben
Website: Questpro
Recruiters get paid by companies on delivery and by the start of the candidates.
You can make more as a broker than CEOs at large organizations with TV commercials.
There are billions of dollars in premium with organizations that don't advertise themselves and don't want to be the most visible employer out there but are still incredibly great places to build careers.
Ep. 190: Staffing Your Compliance Team: From Zero Knowledge to Expert in the Field
Ep. 125: RIMS Past President On Mentoring & Leading The Industry
Ep.104: The Student Debt Crisis and How Employee Benefits Can Help
← COVID-19 Special: Proposed legislation surrounding COVID-19 COVID-19 Special: Coronavirus & Commercial Insurance - What Past Crises Can Teach Us About Survival →


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I cannot think of enough of the good things to say about this venture.
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It might take all four of us just to take her down, but we're up to the challenge.
The Reverend Leroy Jenkins sparks the most absurd memories of my childhood spent in a charismatic Christian church. Thank you sirs.
This podcast is hilarious! I'm glad I stumbled upon this(not the webservice), though trying to contain my laughter in a quiet office is proving difficult.


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Q: Highly Repeating one way Hashing algorithm Disclaimer This will not be used in any kind of security
I need to design/implement a one-way hash function that given a string and a number it returns me a hash of the string. The method signature should be like string GetHash(string input, int universe) with the following limitations:

*

*universe will be bigger than lets say 3 and will never decrease (eg, if a hash was calculated using 8 as universe, no other hash can be calculated using a universe smaller than 8)

*The hash for a static string should always be the same, regardless of the universe parameter, eg:
GetHash("ABC",3) => H1,
GetHash("ABC",4) => H1,
GetHash("ABC",5) => H1,
GetHash("ABC",6) => H1

*Given N strings and a fixed universe, the maximum number of generated different hashes cannot be bigger than universe, eg:
GetHash("A",2) => H1,
GetHash("B",2) => H2,
GetHash("C",2) => H2,
GetHash("D",2) => H2,
GetHash("E",2) => H1,
GetHash("F",2) => H1,
GetHash("G",2) => H2,
NOTE increased universe
GetHash("A",3) => H1,
GetHash("B",3) => H2,
GetHash("C",3) => H2,
GetHash("D",3) => H2,
GetHash("E",3) => H1,
GetHash("F",3) => H1,
GetHash("G",3) => H2,
NOTE new strings
GetHash("Z",3) => H1,
GetHash("W",3) => H2,
GetHash("Y",3) => H3,
GetHash("T",3) => H2,
GetHash("S",3) => H1,
GetHash("R",3) => H3,
GetHash("Q",3) => H2

A: The only solution is to return the same hash for all strings and universes.
Considering this requirement:

Given N strings and a fixed universe, the maximum number of generated different hashes cannot be bigger than universe.

Given a universe of 1, the hashes for all strings need to be the same.
And, given this requirement:

The hash for a static string should always be the same, regardless of the universe parameter

The hashes for some given string needs to be the same across all values of universe.
This requirement actually makes the universe parameter obsolete (beyond what its lower bound is). Given some strings and a universe, that can't produce difference hashes than those strings and a smaller universe, simply because each individual string needs to have the same hash across all universes.

I'm assuming that any string can be valid for any universe parameter. If this is not the case, the scenario may be different (although the exact rules for where a string can appear will need to be included in the problem statement).
This is assuming universe can be 1. If the lower bound on universe is 2, for example, just separate the strings into 2 parts (using whatever criteria you see fit) and return one hash for the one and another hash for the other (these could also be the same hash) - this can be extended to any lower bound of universe by just increasing the number of parts appropriately.

If we ignore the first requirement, we could perhaps consider using any hash function to hash each string to a number, after which we can mod (take the remainder of, after division by) each such number with universe - this will limit the return values to [0, universe), thus there can be no more than universe different hash values.

A: Your first requirement cannot reasonably be met, since any reduction in the value of the universe parameter may require a string to change its hash value.  If a string has a particular hash value with universe = 1000 then there can be no guarantee that it will have the same hash value with universe = 2.  The only way to meet this requirement would be to have all inputs hash to the same value:
function sillyHash(input, universe)
  return "42"
end function

Your other requirement can be met.
First define a maximum allowed size for your universe.  I would suggest a maximum of 64 or 128 bits, but larger is possible.
Next find a hash function that can deliver a hash of up to the required size.  I usually suggest the FNV hash, but you may want something different.  You say that you don't want a crypto quality hash, so FNV is fine for that.
Now determine the next largest power of two above the specific universe parameter.  Run your hash and truncate the result to that number of bits.  For example, if you pick universe = 60000 then that is a 16 bit number.  You would run, say, a 64-bit hash and truncate it to 16 bits.  If you had universe = 70000 then you would need 17 bits and truncate accordingly.  If you want to complicate things, then you could adjust the size of hash you are using as needed.
If your truncated hash is below your universe size, then you have finished.  If it is not, then re-hash, truncate and test again.  It should not take more then two or three re-hashes to find a number that is within range, given that at least half of the truncated hashes will be within the correct range from the start.
Pseudocode:
bitSize <- minimum number of bits to hold universe parameter

temp <- inputString
repeat
  temp <- calcRawHash(temp)
  temp <- truncate(temp, bitSize)
until (temp < universe)

return temp

Repeated rehashing is deterministic and so will always find the same number within the range 0 <= hash < universe given the same input string and universe size.

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Lucas Cavallini (Toronto, 1992. december 28. –) kanadai válogatott labdarúgó, a mexikói Tijuana csatárja.

Pályafutása

Klubcsapatokban
Cavallini a kanadai fővárosban, Torontoban született. Az ifjúsági pályafutását a helyi Club Uruguay Toronto és Clarkson Sheridan csapatában kezdte, majd az uruguayi Nacional akadémiájánál folytatta.

2011-ben mutatkozott be a Nacional felnőtt keretében. 2012 és 2015 között a Juventud és a Fénix csapatát erősítette kölcsönben. 2015-ben a Fénix, majd 2017-ben a Peñarol szerződtette. A 2017–18-as szezonban a mexikói Pueblánál szerepelt kölcsönben. A lehetőséggel élve, 2018-ban a mexikói klubhoz igazolt. 2020. január 1-jén hároméves szerződést kötött az észak-amerikai első osztályban szereplő Vancouver Whitecaps együttesével. Először a 2020. március 1-jei, Sporting Kansas City ellen 3–1-re elvesztett mérkőzésen lépett pályára. Első gólját 2020. szeptember 6-án, a Toronto ellen hazai pályán 3–2-re megnyert találkozón szerezte meg. 2023 februárjában a mexikói Tijuanához írt alá.

A válogatottban
Cavallini az U20-as és az U23-as korosztályú válogatottakban is képviselte Kanadát.

2012-ben debütált a felnőtt válogatottban. Először a 2012. augusztus 15-ei, Trinidad és Tobago ellen 2–0-ra megnyert mérkőzés 77. percében, Tosaint Rickettset váltva lépett pályára. Első két válogatott gólját 2018. szeptember 9-én, az Amerikai Virgin-szigetek ellen 8–0-ás győzelemmel zárult nemzetek-ligája-selejtezőn szerezte meg.

Statisztikák
2023. március 4. szerint

A válogatottban

Góljai a válogatottban

Sikerei, díjai
Vancouver Whitecaps
 Kanadai Bajnokság
 Győztes (1): 2022

Jegyzetek

További információk
Transfermarkt

1992-ben született személyek
Kanadai labdarúgók
Labdarúgócsatárok
Torontóiak
A Club Nacional de Football labdarúgói
A Juventud de Las Piedras labdarúgói
A Peñarol labdarúgói
A Puebla labdarúgói
A Vancouver Whitecaps FC labdarúgói
A Tijuana labdarúgói
Az MLS labdarúgói
A 2022-es világbajnokság labdarúgói
Élő személyek


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Luciano do Valle (Campinas, 4 de julho de 1947 — Uberlândia, 19 de abril de 2014) foi um locutor esportivo,  radialista, apresentador de televisão e empresário brasileiro.

Narrou várias Copas do Mundo e trabalhou em várias emissoras de televisão, como Rede Globo, Rede Record e Rede Bandeirantes. Além de narrador, teve grande importância na promoção de diferentes modalidades de esporte, como vôlei, basquete, boxe, futebol americano e automobilismo, principalmente durante as décadas de 1980 e 1990.

Biografia
Filho do comerciante Rubens do Valle e da professora Teresa de Jesus Bento, iniciou sua carreira profissional aos 16 anos, como locutor na Rádio Educadora de Campinas e, pouco depois, transferiu-se para a Rádio Brasil, onde já fazia narrações de futebol. Quatro anos depois, convidado pelo locutor esportivo Pedro Luiz Paoliello, Luciano do Valle mudou-se para São Paulo e foi trabalhar na Rádio Gazeta. Em 1968, mudou de emissora novamente, desta vez indo para a equipe de esportes da Rádio Nacional, onde narrava diversas modalidades, como vôlei e basquete. Também participou da cobertura da conquista do terceiro título mundial da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol na Copa do Mundo do México de 1970.

Naquele mesmo ano, passou a fazer parte da equipe de esportes da Rede Globo. Sua primeira participação foi na transmissão do Troféu Governador do Estado de São Paulo de basquete masculino. Também nessa época, chegou a apresentar por um breve período o programa "Dois minutos com João Saldanha", substituindo o jornalista esportivo João Saldanha. Participou da cobertura dos Jogos Pan-americanos de Cali de 1971, dos Jogos Olímpicos de 1972 e da Copa do Mundo da Alemanha de 1974. Logo após o mundial, tornou-se o principal locutor da Globo à época, devido a saída de Geraldo José de Almeida.

Ainda em 1974, narrou várias provas de Fórmula 1 e o segundo título de Emerson Fittipaldi na categoria. Entre outros momentos marcantes, narrou a vitória de José Carlos Pace no GP do Brasil de 1975 e o acidente de Niki Lauda no GP da Alemanha de 1976. Ainda pela Globo, participou da cobertura dos Jogos Olímpicos de 1976, da Copa do Mundo da Argentina de 1978, dos Jogos Olímpicos de 1980 e da Copa do Mundo da Espanha de 1982.

Após o Mundial da Espanha, Luciano do Valle transferiu-se para a TV Record. Nessa época, desenvolveu paralelamente uma carreira de empresário e promotor esportivo, montando as empresas Promoção e Luqui. Usando seu prestígio como narrador mais popular do país, tendo papel fundamental no esporte brasileiro, uma vez que ele impulsionou diversas modalidades que não tinham espaço na TV brasileira. Seu primeiro grande feito foi a organização, em julho de 1983, do Grande Desafio de Vôlei entre as seleções masculinas do Brasil e da União Soviética, no Estádio do Maracanã, com transmissão ao vivo da Record. Com um público de mais de 95 mil pessoas, a partida é considerada como um divisor de águas no esporte brasileiro e detém, até hoje, o recorde de público numa partida de vôlei. Além disso, ajudou a tornar ídolos nacionais jogadores como Bernard, William, Montanaro e Renan, que depois ficaram conhecidos como a "Geração de Prata" do vôlei brasileiro.

Ainda em 1983, Luciano do Valle mudou-se para a Rede Bandeirantes, iniciando o período de cerca de uma década de grande reformulação e ênfase na transmissão esportiva na TV brasileira, ao ampliar o espaço da cobertura e a visibilidade a muitos atletas e modalidades. Com o slogan o "Canal do Esporte", Luciano do Valle criou o programa de longa duração Show do Esporte, que levava para a TV mais de 10 horas de programação esportiva aos domingos, que apresentava diversos tipos de evento esportivo, desde jogos de sinuca, boxe, automobilismo, vôlei, basquete e demais esportes olímpicos. Foi também o precursor nas transmissões da Fórmula Indy, a partir de 1985, da NBA e do futebol americano no Brasil. Durante o verão brasileiro, transmitia várias modalidades de esportes de praia, em programas especiais. Abriu espaço para Hortência e Paula do basquete feminino, e alavancou a carreira do lutador de boxe Maguila, tornando-se um dos seus principais promotores. Nos jogos de sinuca, ajudou a tornar Rui Chapéu famoso nacionalmente. Apostou ainda na transmissão do Campeonato Paulista de Aspirantes e de diversas competições de futebol feminino (até hoje a Band organiza uma competição internacional entre seleções), além de ter sido até mesmo treinador de futebol, comandando a Seleção Brasileira Masters na Copa Pelé, evento criado pelo próprio Luciano. Nas transmissões de futebol masculino, manteve-se como principal narrador da Bandeirantes e participou das coberturas de todas as Copas do Mundo entre 1986 e 2010 (com exceção do Mundial de 2002). Criou no Mundial da Itália de 1990 o programa de debate esportivo Apito Final, que reunia personalidades do futebol após os jogos do torneio.

Em 2003, devido as mudanças na programação da Band, Luciano deixa a emissora e volta para a Rede Record, sendo que naquele ano, ele narrou a semifinal do Campeonato Paulista de 2003 entre  e , pelo SBT, como convidado, por ter ganho o Troféu Imprensa de melhor narrador. Luciano veio para a Record em abril de 2003 e saiu em 2005, voltando a Band em janeiro de 2006.

Nos últimos anos de carreira, reduziu suas atividades empresariais, tendo continuado a narrar o Campeonato Brasileiro e provas da IRL, entre outros eventos pela Band. Na Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2006, transmitiu os jogos do Brasil pelo canal de televisão a cabo BandSports. Transmitiu carnaval e comandou os programas "Valle Tudo" e "Tudo em Dia" , este último ao lado da esposa Flávia do Valle, inicialmente na TV Guararapes, a afiliada da Band em Pernambuco, e mais tarde na Band RS, a emissora própria da Band em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

Em janeiro de 2012, o narrador teve um AVC que o obrigou a passar por sessões de fonoaudiologia para reaprender a falar. Ao tentar voltar rapidamente às transmissões durante uma partida entre  e Palmeiras pelo Campeonato Paulista de Futebol, o narrador cometeu diversas gafes e foi motivo de chacota entre os telespectadores. Ele revelou o caso publicamente somente em 2013. Por conta de uma operação na bexiga, ele ficou fora da cobertura dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012 pelo canal BandSports. Mesmo com a saúde debilitada, não se afastou das transmissões e comandava a partida principal do fim de semana na Band. Seu último trabalho foi a narração da final do Campeonato Paulista de 2014 entre  e .

Morte
Em 19 de abril de 2014, Luciano do Valle morreu aos 66 anos. O narrador chegava a Uberlândia para cobrir o jogo entre  e , no Estádio Parque do Sabiá, pela 1ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro (Brasileirão).

Segundo assessoria da Infraero, Luciano do Valle estava no voo da TAM (3244), de Congonhas-Uberlândia. Ele passou mal ainda no avião, que pousou às 14h30 na cidade. A Infraero disponibilizou um desfibrilador e bombeiros do aeroporto, que o conduziu até o hospital. Um médico cardiologista de Uberlândia, que estava no voo, auxiliou nos primeiros socorros.

Prêmios

Ligações externas
Luciano do Valle em Memória Globo

Comentaristas esportivos do Brasil
Locutores esportivos de São Paulo
Radialistas de São Paulo
Apresentadores de televisão do estado de São Paulo
Empresários do estado de São Paulo
Sobreviventes de acidente vascular cerebral
Mortes por infarto agudo do miocárdio
Naturais de Campinas


Me and Liz were re-watching season 2 of the Sarah Connor Chronicles when I spotted some familiar-looking code on John Henry's bootup screen. WM_ACTIVATETOPLEVEL sure looks like a Win32 constant, and googling led me to MSDN documentation revealing it's a private message associated with MFC. It looks like autosysconf is running some C++ code to boot up the AI. The other evidence in the series is ambiguous about what side John Henry is on, but AI code in MFC is clearly evil. Interestingly the most common use of FEP is from The Symbolics Lisp Machine as a front end processor, which would be a much more sensible language.
Interestingly though John Henry (and presumably his brother Skynet) appears to be Windows/x86-based, Terminators are known to use Apple II/6502 processors. The thought of dealing with porting between those two almost makes me feel sorry for our future robot overlords.


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Seattle, WA — Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, a new racial equity documentary, visits Seattle as part of its multi-city tour with a film & community dialogue event on Wednesday, March 13th in the Campion Ballroom at Seattle University.
Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity. The film includes moving personal accounts that illuminate the system that perpetuates structural inequity. The film features 23 leaders in the equity movement including many from Seattle including Barbie-Danielle DeCarlo, Joy DeGruy, Ericka Huggins, Connie Heller, Humaira Jackson, Yuko Kodama, Ise Lyfe, Suzanne LePeintre, Tilman Smith and Tim Wise. A critical mass of stories is supported by original music by recording artist Amikeayla Gaston and spoken word by Oakland Poetry Slam finalist Y. Jelal Huyler.
"Cracking the Codes is designed to deepen and shift the framing of racial disparities in this country," said Shakti Butler, PhD, director of the film and founder of World Trust Educational Services in Oakland. "The current conversation is not only shallow, but actually harmful. When we talk about solving the issues of violence and poverty, we often focus on individuals, when institutional and structural inequities are the bigger problem." Cracking the Codes is Shakti Butler's fourth documentary film with cinematography by her husband, EMMY award-winner Rick Butler. Her films reach both head and heart with a critical mass of stories intertwined with music, art and poetry.