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Character actor Philip Abbott, whose film credits include The Invisible Boy, Hangar 18 and The First Power, died of cancer on February 22nd, aged 73. He played assistant director Arthur Ward on the ABC-TV series col1_0 (1965–74).
"The King of the One-Liners", comedian Henny Youngman died of pneumonia on February 24th, aged 92. The man who coined the phrase "Take my wife. please!" appeared in Herschell Gordon Lewis' The Gore Gore Girls, History of the World Part 1 and Amazon Women on the Moon.
Hard-working supporting actor J. T. Walsh died of a heart attack while on vacation on February 27th, aged 54. He appeared in adaptations of Stephen King's Misery and Needful Things, The Last Seduction, Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Outbreak, Breakdown and Pleasantville, and starred as Colonel Frank Back in the 1996–97 TV series Dark Skies.
American actor Donald Woods died on March 5th, aged 88. He starred in William Castle's 13 Ghosts and also appeared in The Lost Volcano, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Dimension 5. On TV his credits include Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, Men Into Space, Thriller and The Wild Wild West.
Hollywood leading man Lloyd (Vernet) Bridges, the father of actors Jeff and Beau, died of complications from a heart condition at his home in Los Angeles on May 10th, aged 85. His many credits include The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case, Here Comes Mr Jordan, Strange Confession and High Noon (both with Lon Chaney, Jr.), Rocketship X-M, The Deadly Dream, Haunts of the Very Rich, Airplane and Airplane II, Honey, I Blew up the Kid and numerous TV shows, including the series Sea Hunt (1958–61). In the early 1950s he admitted to being a former member of the Communist Party and was a key witness before the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee.
American leading lady Helen Westcott died of cancer on March 17th, aged 70. She starred in Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (with Boris Karloff), Whirlpool, Invisible Avenger and Monster on the Campus.
American actress Ramsay Ames, who portrayed the reincarnated love of Lon Chaney, Jr's Kharis in The Mummy's Ghost (1944), died of lung cancer on March 21st, aged 78. She also co-starred with Chaney in Calling Dr. Death the previous year.
British actor Daniel Massey, the son of Raymond Massey and brother of Anna, died on March 25th of Hodgkin's Disease after a long illness. He was 64, and his credits include Sabu and the Magic Ring, Fragment of Fear, Vault of Horror, Warlords of Atlantis, The Cat and the Canary (1977) and the TV series Sherlock Holmes and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
American character actor Gene Evans died of complications from heart disease on April 1st, aged 75. He starred in Donovan's Brain, Behemoth the Sea Monster (aka The Giant Behemoth), Shock Corridor, A Knife for the Ladies, Devil Times Five (aka Peopletoys) and was a regular on TV's Matt Helm (1975–76).
Country singer Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) died from a blood clot in the lung on April 6th, aged 55. She had ten consecutive No. 1 hits in America (out of a total of twenty), the best-known being "Stand by Your Man". A year after her death, her body was exhumed and an autopsy performed at the request of her fifth husband, George Richey, after three of the singer's daughters filed a $50 million lawsuit for wrongful death, claiming she died because he did not seek medical attention for her.
Punk singer with The Plasmatics, Wendy O. Williams committed suicide the same day. She was 48, and appeared in the cult 1986 movie Reform School Girls.
Actor Liam Sullivan, who portrayed the villainous Sir Branton in the 1961 fantasy The Magic Sword, died of a heart attack on April 19th, aged 74. He also played a telepathic alien in the 1968 Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren".
Variety performer Peter Lind Hayes died in a Las Vegas hospice on April 21st, aged 82. With his wife Mary Healy he starred in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T in 1953.
American actor Frederic Downs, whose credits include Terror from the Year 5000, died on April 24th, aged 81. For ten years he appeared on the sit-com Days of Our Lives.
Character actress Maidie Norman, who portrayed the maid in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? died of lung cancer on May 2nd, aged 85. Her other credits include Airport '77 and TV's Kung Fu.
Child stage star and leading man of the 1930s Gene Raymond (Raymond Guion) died from pneumonia in a Hollywood hospital on May 3rd, aged 89. His films include Zoo in Budapest, 7 Keys to Baldpate and Five Bloody Graves. He was married to Jeanette MacDonald.
American leading lady and a former singer with Rudy Vallee's band, Alice Faye (Ann Leppert) died on May 9th, aged 83. She appeared in such films as Sing Baby Sing, In Old Chicago, Hello Frisco Hello, Hollywood Cavalcade and Alexander's Ragtime Band, before retiring from the screen in the mid-1940s. She remained active in radio with her husband, band leader Phil Harris, and returned to movies in 1976 with Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood.
"OP Blue Eyes", "The Chairman of the Board" and the leader of the "Rat Pack", singer and actor Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack on May 14th, aged 82. A former band singer and teenage heart-throb, he received twenty-five gold albums and appeared in such films as The Manchurian Candidate, Suddenly, Around the World in Eighty Days, Road to Hong Kong and The First Deadly Sin, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Maggio in From Here to Eternity. His long-time friend Joey Bishop subsequently revealed that Sinatra paid for the funeral of Bela Lugosi, who died broke.
Veteran American character actor Douglas V. Fowley died on May 21st, aged 86. His numerous film appearances include The Thin Man, Charlie Chan on Broadway, Docks of New Orleans, Night Life of the Gods, Charlie Chan at Treasure Island, Scared to Death (with Bela Lugosi), Mighty Joe Young, Tarzan's Peril, Singin' in the Rain, The Naked Jungle, Cat Women of the Moon, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Homebodies and The White Buffalo. In 1960 he produced and directed Macumba Love and regularly guested on such TV shows as Topper, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Kung Fu, Quark and Fantasy Island.


"For if we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line with our own, studies suggest that we become more polarized, more set in our ways. That will only reinforce and even deepen the political divides in this country.
Still, if you're somebody who only reads the editorial page of The New York Times, try glancing at the page of The Wall Street Journal once in a while. If you're a fan of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh, try reading a few columns on the Huffington Post website. It may make your blood boil; your mind may not be changed. But the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy."
- Barack Obama, from the Remarks by the President at University of Michigan Spring Commencement, May 1, 2010.
What a matured way of responding to opposition!


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When the rodding operations are begun, it is continued up until the cable with the cutter head reaches a clear part of the sewage system or approximately the primary city trunk line. This range is noted, and the cutter is once again extracted and sent out through again to see if other difficult spots are present and need cleaning operations. The resulting particles has then to be drawn out and taken a look at to determine its nature. The existence of wood might show tree roots and the property owner will be asked to take action to prevent recurrence of the issue.
Modern plumbing has a range of tricks for keeping sewage system gasses from a house. Among the most popular is the P trap. P traps are crucial since drain gasses can be damaging to your health as well as smell bad.
The P trap effectiveness at trapping sewer gasses is all due to its design. It begins by going strait down from the drain, then it has a p shaped bend on the bottom, and it ends with a horizontal pipeline after it curves up. This p shaped bend is meant to trap a little water in the pipe. This water acts like a barrier, keeping any drain gasses from getting in the space.
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If you smell sewage system gas in a space with a P trap, it is most likely that the trap is empty of water. to examine this you need to do is shine a flashlight at it. If it doesn't show back, it is empty and you must add some water to refill it. If this doesn't work then you might have to call a plumber to fix the P trap or another pipeline.
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By Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest
The M16 rifle is one of the most iconic weapons of the post-World War II era. American fighting men have carried the M16 in one form or another into combat for more than fifty years, from Vietnam to the present day. The story of the original M16, whose descendants the M16A4 and M4 carbine today fight in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State, goes all the way back to the 1950s and the institutional soul-searching that came after another war—Korea.
(Note: This is Part one of a three-part series which appeared several months ago.)
In the aftermath of the Korean War, the U.S. Army took stock of its small arms arsenal. The Army's M1 carbine, M1 Garand rifle, Browning Automatic Rifle squad automatic weapon and machine guns were all some variation on .30 caliber. The Army needed a new rifle and carbine, ideally a single weapon, but the data suggested that the lighter, slower .30 caliber round of the M1 carbine was less useful than the .30 and .30-06 rounds used in other small arms.
At the same time, influential studies by Army ordnance engineers suggested that a soldier using a small caliber, high-velocity rifle of about .21 caliber would expect to kill 2.5 times more targets than with the M1 rifle. The average infantry engagement took place at 300 yards or less, and the average expert rifleman's marksmanship declined sharply beyond 100 yards. Therefore the utility of a heavier round requiring heavier bullets and a heavier recoil—but capable of killing targets at 500 yards—was questionable.
If the studies were true, a smaller, lighter round fired from a lighter rifle was the future. Although smaller, such a bullet would be more practical at realistic engagement ranges. Soldiers would find a small caliber weapon, with its lighter recoil, easier to shoot prompting them to shoot more often. Soldiers could also carry more of the lighter cartridges than the big .30-06 rounds of the M1 Garand.
The reports also suggested that a weapon that fired a slightly dispersed pattern of bullets—or projectiles—could compensate for near-misses on the battlefield. An infantryman might miss an enemy soldier's head by two inches, but if his weapon fired multiple projectiles that fell into a tight pattern around the aiming point, that infantryman might still hit his target. Hence, the armed services plowed considerable effort intoexploring weapons that had multiple barrels, cartridges that held multiple bullets, and steel dart "flechettes" that could solve the dispersion problem, but after seven years the research bore no operational weapon. The simplest, most obvious way to achieve a slightly dispersed pattern was through burst fire from a small-caliber, high-velocity weapon.
Meanwhile, a new rifle design from the ArmaLite corporation was gaining a lot of attention. Developed by small arms designer Eugene Stoner, the AR-10 rifle was a lightweight rifle that fired the 7.62-millimeter NATO cartridge. The 7.62 cartridge (.308) was similar to but less powerful than the .308 Winchester hunting cartridge. The weapon featured a pistol grip, carrying handle, and loaded from a twenty-round magazine. The weapon used a novel gas operated, direct impingement design, in which gunpowder gasses were diverted via a tube to push the bolt carrier group, unlocking the bolt from the breech face and sending it rearward to eject the empty casing and chamber a fresh cartridge.
The AR-10 experienced considerable teething problems but the sleek, space-age design still had its backers. The AR-10 lost the competition for the next U.S. Army rifle to the T-44 rifle—later designated the M-14 battle rifle. Despite this, on May 1, 1957, ten days after the M-14 was chosen the U.S. Army ordered ten AR-15 rifles—virtually the same rifle but ported to the smaller .222 Remington round—for testing and evaluation.
The AR-15 design was purchased from Fairchild/Armalite in 1959 by legendary arms maker Colt. In the early 1960s, the AR-15 design was refined, the cartridge renamed .223 Remington, and the cocking lever relocated from the top of the rifle to behind the carry handle. Tests in Asia proved the lighter, smaller caliber weapon was popular with shorter-statured Asians, but buyers could not qualify for U.S. military aid funding because the U.S. military did not use the AR-15.
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In 1962, the U.S. Air Force purchased 8,500 AR-15s, but the rapidly escalating situation in Vietnam saw many of these rifles diverted to arm South Vietnamese Army, as well as U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Special Forces operating in Vietnam. The encouraging feedback from these units, fighting enemies armed with the AK-47 assault rifle at close range, led the Army to a "one-time" purchase of 104,000 rifles, renamed the M16 and M16E1, in November 1963. The obvious advantages of the M16 over the larger, heavier M14 in Vietnam, as well as the large number of U.S. troops deployed to Southeast Asia, led to further purchases and eventually the M16 overtook the M14 completely.
A comparison between the M14 and M16 is illustrative. The M14 rifle weighed 9.32 pounds unloaded to the AR-15/M-16's 6.35 pounds. An M14 rifle with 120 rounds loaded in magazines weighed 18.93 pounds, while the M16 weighed just 11.04 pounds. The M16 was also nearly six inches shorter. Furthermore, thanks to its smaller cartridge, the M16 in automatic fire mode produced shot groups half the size of the bigger rifle.
As U.S. forces streamed out of bases in the United States bound for Southeast Asia, few would have imagined the M16 rifle, which seemed to have such a rosy future, would encounter such controversy. The weapon which had garnered such glowing reports from American advisers and Vietnamese troops would fall victim to fatal, last-minute decisions and rumor that fueled bad choices at the troop level. The M16 rifle was headed into choppy waters.
Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in theDiplomat, Foreign Policy, War is Boring and the Daily Beast. In 2009 he co-founded the defense and security blog Japan Security Watch. You can follow him on Twitter: @KyleMizokami.
This piece was originally published by The National Interest
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Keepers Movie
A teaser poster for Keepers, the upcoming thriller movie directed by Danish Filmmaker Kristoffer Nyholm based on a script by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone and starring Peter Mullan, Gerard Butler and Connor Swindells:
What's left when the light goes out?
"On an uninhabited island 20 miles from the rugged Scottish coast, three lighthouse keepers arrive for their six-week shift. As Thomas (Peter Mullan), James (Gerard Butler) and Donald (Connor Swindells) settle into their usual, solitary routines, something unexpected and potentially life-changing occurs- they stumble upon something that isn't theirs to keep. Where did it come from? Who does it belong to? A boat appears in the distance that might hold the answer to these questions… What follows is a tense battle for survival as personal greed replaces loyalty – and fed by isolation and paranoia, three honest men are led down a path to destruction."
The film is actually based on real-life events of 1900 which happened on a remote island group just off the Outer Hebrides which became known as the Flannan Isles mystery. Learn more about it in this video:
The missing lighthouse keepers
Anyway who do you root for: Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, or Joe Alwyn?
The film has yet to get an official release date.
Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie Keepers.
Update – A picture from the set:
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Hula is an important Hawaiian tradition. The Olis, or chants, and dance moves are used to tell stories and were first used as ways to communicate with the gods. Check out some of these helpful sources to learn more about the history and importance of hula.
Resources on Hula
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa list of resources for academic readings collated by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Hawaiʻi - Hawaiian Communication: A Bibliography on Hawaiian Folklore, Mythology, Literature, Music, Hula: Hula
Pacific Islanders in Communication film about hulaʻs role in the past, present, and future of Hawaiʻi's people: Hula: Language of the Heart
Sarah Watts, Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Pennsylvania State University writes about Hula as a Way of Knowing: A Personal Journey toward Musical and Kinesthetic Understanding
GoHawaii.com informational page on all things Hula in the Hawaiian Islands
World Arts West basic guide on hula and instruments: Hawaiian Hula Guide
Wikipedia article that provides an overview of hula and describes things such as the oli and songs, instruments, training, and history: Hula - Wikipedia
Traditional Ways of Knowing


RALEIGH – Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced that Anderson Jones, PLLC has offered to financially sponsor two teams of Campbell Law student advocates at the National Trial Regional Competition (NTC) on Feb. 1-3 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Both teams are coached by Maria Hawkins, a 2012 Campbell Law graduate and associate attorney at Miller Law Group. Second-year students Ethan Carpenter and Carlie Spencer form one team, while Adam Webb and Michaela Weber form another team.
The National Trial Competition was established in 1975 to encourage and strengthen students' advocacy skills through quality competition and valuable interaction with members of the bench and bar. The program is co-sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and is designed to expose law students to the nature of trial practice and to serve as a supplement to their education.


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The Duchess of Cornwall reveals painful injury sustained during ballet lesson
The royal discussed her love for ballet
July 07, 2020 - 20:55 BST Aisha Nozari The Duchess of Cornwall has opened up about a sore back injury she sustained during lockdown – and it sure sounds painful!
The Duchess of Cornwall has opened up about her love of ballet when speaking on the Emma Barnett Show on BBC Radio 5 Live, which she recently guest-edited. However, the royal added that she took her passion a little too far, and "did something to my back".
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As a result, Camilla was forced to stop ballet for a short time, explaining: "I managed to obviously do something wrong, did something to my back so I've laid off it for a bit, but I can't wait to get back to it again - you feel so well afterwards."
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The doting mum had been using ballet to stay fit during lockdown, telling listenings during the pre-recorded interview about how she was inspired by seeing the "completely brilliant" Silver Swans class for elderly ballet dancers during a visit to the Royal Academy of Dance in 2018 with the initiative's ambassador Angela Rippon.
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The Duchess continued: "I gathered together a group of likely candidates in the form of friends, same age as me, and I said 'look, you know, we're going to be Silver Swans', they all howled with laughter and said 'you must be joking'.
"So I said 'come on let's give it a go', so we all arrived in our black leggings and T-shirts ready for the dance. We did think we'd be getting complete hysterics but we all had to concentrate, we concentrated so hard you don't dare look to the left or right."
Camilla then hilariously quipped: "I did hear the odd crash to my left and right."
Thankfully, the 72-year-old has since recovered from her sore back, and has been able to return to her ballet workouts, which she does for 20 minutes each morning.
Camilla also discussed her passion for campaigning for the end of domestic violence, and her involvement with the charity SafeLives. The royal also highlighted how she believes coronavirus has exacerbated the issue of domestic violence, saying: "I think we've just seen the tip of the iceberg and I think after lockdown the numbers are going to be so horrific."
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'Great Get Together' weekend to boost community spirit in Widnes
By Craig Manning
LIVE music, family fun and variety entertainment will feature in a special weekend of events to boost community spirit in Widnes.
The third annual 'Great Get Together' - organised by Widnes mum Laura Bevan in partnership with local organisations - will take place next Friday, Saturday and Sunday (June 21 to 23).
It is among similar events held across the UK in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox to keep alive her vision of building united communities across the UK. The MP for Batley and Spen was murdered in 2016.
Laura Bevan said: "Jo was a real advocate of showing that we had more in common than that which divides us and that's what inspired me to launch the local Get Together three years ago. Jo's death really resonated with me."
The weekend of events is as follows:
Friday, June 21: From 7pm a 'Great Get Together Takeover' of the monthly authentic acoustic at the Studio on Lacey Street in Widnes. It is £3 entrance fee with all proceeds going to Widnes and Runcorn Foodbanks.
John the fundraising manager for Runcorn & District Foodbank said: "I decided to run a charity night at The Studio for the Foodbanks. It was suggested that I could do a takeover of the Authentic Acoustic night.
"I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for our communities to come together and show support.
"I'm really proud to be taking part and can't wait for our weekend"
Saturday, June 22: The Great Get Together Family Fun Day at The Mersey Hotel's Snig pub from Midday is Free Entrance all are welcome.
It is the third successive gathering to be organised by Laura with her friends, family and supporters which is a family fun day with crafts, inflatables, stalls, free food and much more.
The event will feature performances from local artists, including Gareth Heesom, Junior Dayvis, Greg Oldfield, Kerry Sheree,
The Prequel and will include displays and performances for a wide cross-section of community groups,
Laura explained: "Jo was a real advocate of showing that we had more in common than that which divides us and that's what inspired me to launch the local Get Together three years ago. "Jo's death really resonated with me.
"We were both the mothers of two young children.
"The tragedy of a woman going to work one morning not suspecting for a minute, she wouldn't be returning to her family was just overwhelming. "
Sunday June 23: The weekend will be brought to a close at the Studio on Lacey Street in Widnes from 2.30pm which is again free entrance.
In Britain's Got Talent style there will be Clap-o-meter, flags and free food and treats.
There are performances from the Knights Choir, Vocalise at The Studio, a ventriloquist, music hall style comedian, spoken word and solo singers, with some silly moments throughout.
Halton's Mayor, Margaret Horabin will be present as we celebrate our differences by coming together to support and showcase local talent.
Louise Nulty, The Studio Manager said: "We are really excited about this new venture and working in partnership on the three events.
"At the Studio we have taken part in the Great Get Together Every year and each time we try something new.
"We opened the show up through auditions and always look forward to hearing what people want to see and what they can offer we want to give people the chance to build their confidence and share their skill with the community in front of appreciative family and friends old and new.'
The organisers have been working together tirelessly in the lead up to the weekend seeing Laura and Louise invited to London to take part in an organisers workshop by the Jo Cox Foundation and also as one of their representatives at the House of Commons speaking to MPs from all over the country at a Parliamentary Reception about the importance of hosting Great Get Together events and improving community cohesion.
For further details of the events contact Laura via e mail widnesgreatgettogether@gmail.com or via Facebook
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or the Studio directly.
To register for tickets for the Sunday event Free tickets for this family entertainment can be found on Eventbrite or email info@thestudiowdnes.org.uk
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Sometimes also called jack-up barges, spud barges are more or less floating construction sites. Because of this operational specific, spud barges happen to be quite dangerous to work on. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specific guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of accidents, injuries, and even death.
Spud Barge Safety Measures and Precautions
The most important safety precautions focus on the prevention of accidental spud deployment. A few of the measures recommended by OSHA include the following:
Raising of the spuds prior to the moving of the barge
The assessment of correct spud pin placement to prevent disengagement during towing
Supervision during the lowering of the spuds
The development of standard operating procedures and manuals ensuring worker safety
Accidents and Injury Examples
Numerous jack-up barge workers have sustained injuries through the years due to the dangers linked to operating emergency construction and repair vessels.
In 1993, a worker was killed after getting caught between a spud leg and a locking pin. The employee was helping another crew member to raise the spud leg through the use of a winch system. The leg was elevated so that the worker could insert the pin needed to secure it in place. At that precise moment, the winch brake failed, making the leg drop anywhere between one and two feet. The worker was pinned between the spud leg and the pin, which led to fatal chest injuries.
A similar fatal accident involving a pinning procedure occurred in 2009. A maritime construction worker was killed during a Pine Creek spud barge accident. The Norwalk Marine Contractors Inc. worker was aboard the uninspected vessel when he attempted to pin a spud leg. Eventually, he was knocked into the water when a piece of equipment struck him in the face. The man, who had 10 years of experience, suffered a severe head trauma before going overboard. The rescue team managed to eventually recover his body.
One of the most serious accidents occurred in 2006 when a failure to secure a spud, prior to departure led to a fire and the death of six crew members. Athena Construction, the operator of the vessel, failed to require spud pinning prior to the departure of the vessel. As a result, the spud dropped into the water from an elevated position and ruptured a pipeline. A fire followed, and it engulfed the vessel. The master and four barge employees were killed on the spot. Another crew member was listed as missing.
Through an investigation, OSHA found out that solely foot brakes were used to hold the elevated spuds in position. The proper use of pins could have prevented the massive accident and the loss of lives.
Injured Workers and Their Rights
Spud barge workers are classified as seamen under the Jones Act. As a result, they are entitled to financial compensation and lost wages in the case of injuries or death stemming from the negligence of an employer or a crew member.
Barges pose numerous dangers – from slips and trips to equipment dangers, chemical exposure and even the risk of drowning. In all of these instances, a negligence claim could be filed if safety procedures haven't been followed to a T.
Workers have the right to seek financial assistance even in the case of a minor injury. For best results, it's a good idea to consult a maritime lawyer immediately after an accident occurs. An attorney will figure out whether a negligence claim could be made, allowing the worker to pursue compensation.


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Cheney's New Memoir Stirs Controversy
"In My Time," a new memoir by the former vice president, is short on context and facts in a book that might otherwise make a meaningful contribution to history
Written by Shane Harris
I'll say this for Dick Cheney's new memoir, In My Time: Unlike his former boss, the ex-vice president devotes considerable attention and a lot of passion in his book to one of the most significant periods in the history of the Bush administration. Cheney recounts in detail the decision to allow the National Security Agency to undertake a classified program of electronic eavesdropping after the 9/11 attacks, monitoring the phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists without warrants and without full briefings to Congress. Cheney's story makes for good reading, and there are even some new details. But his account is notably short on the two elements that would have made it a valuable contribution to history: context and facts.
Cheney starts out by arguing the obvious. "It is hard to imagine a more important kind of communication for us to intercept from the standpoint of our national security than one potentially involving terrorists speaking to someone already in the United States," he writes. True enough. No one has ever argued otherwise.
But in Cheney's view, this isn't broad common ground. It's a tiny island that has to be vigilantly defended from interloping bureaucrats, particularly lawyers at the Justice Department, who are hell-bent on chipping away at the president's wartime powers and tying his hands in the fight against terrorists.
Perhaps this should come as no surprise, considering that absolute preservation of executive authority has been Cheney's raison d'être for his entire career in Washington. (If you want to understand the essence of his views, read this.) But Cheney's account of the internal debate about the NSA program—and even what that program was meant to accomplish—need correction.
First, Cheney writes that "the three most experienced lawyers at the NSA" signed off on the program's legality every 30 to 45 days, and that "the program was so sensitive and closely held that David Addington [Cheney's legal counsel] carried the authorizing document in a locked classified documents pouch by hand to each of the officials involved."
This makes it sound as if the NSA lawyers were fully on board and enjoyed close cooperation with Cheney's right-hand man. And that's laughable.
Several accounts already in the public domain, including those in my book, Barton Gellman's, former Justice Department lawyer Jack Goldsmith's, and the congressional testimony of the former deputy attorney general, James Comey [PDF], show that not only did NSA lawyers lack complete access to information about the program, making a full legal review impossible, but when some of them asked for more, Addington told them to back off. This, he made clear, was a White House operation.
One of the NSA's "most experienced lawyers" whom Cheney is surely talking about, Joel Brenner, writes in his own book due out in September that the surveillance program was "run by the White House through the NSA." Brenner doesn't address his own role monitoring the surveillance program, or his run-ins with Addington. But others do. Gellman writes that in 2003, Brenner and another top attorney at NSA—Vito Potenza—were trying to review the NSA program in full, because they "did not know why exactly the Bush administration believed [it] was legal."
Brenner was the inspector general and Potenza was acting general counsel. But neither was a constitutional lawyer. The legal issues in play here concerned more agencies than the NSA alone and involved the president's wartime powers. To truly know whether the surveillance activities were legal, Brenner and Potenza would have to be able to review the Justice Department's analysis, written by the Office of Legal Counsel. But the lawyers couldn't see that analysis, because the White House wouldn't let them.
In his book The Terror Presidency, Goldsmith, who took over the Office of Legal Counsel in 2003, recounts how Addington and White House officials adhered to a policy of "strict control." In late 2003, Goldsmith writes, Addington "angrily denied" the NSA inspector general's request to see a copy of the Justice Department's legal analysis that formed the basis of the surveillance program. "Not even NSA lawyers were allowed to see the Justice Department's legal analysis of what NSA was doing," Goldsmith writes.
Cheney, through Addington, kept NSA's lawyers in the dark. His account omits these crucial facts.
Cheney adds some new details to the NSA saga that reenforce the direct role he says Bush played in authorizing the program. Once, Cheney writes, the president was leaving for a trip to Asia when the program was up for renewal, and Addington and White House counselor Alberto Gonzales "flew to California to get the president's signature, so the program would not stop while he was away."
This begs the question: Just how closely involved with NSA's secret activities was Bush if he was preparing to leave the country just as they were set to expire? At a minimum, this anecdote strains Cheney's basic argument—that the NSA program was essential to national security—if the president himself was allowed to leave town without reauthorizing it.
Cheney also suggests that Congress was well informed about the NSA's activities. But by his own account, he and the NSA director, General Michael Hayden, gave briefings only to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees—four people. And those briefings were usually held in Cheney's office. The former vice president correctly asserts that it's a long-standing practice to brief only the top committee members on the most sensitive programs. But the NSA surveillance activities went on for years in secret, and they broadened over time. Indeed, by 2004, when a legal debate over one aspect of NSA's program caused top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation, the "program" had grown into many other programs, including the broad, indiscriminate collection of transaction records about U.S. citizens' phone calls and e-mails. This information was mined at NSA to look for patterns of suspicious activity, and it was stored in the agency's databases for future use. As I write in my book, what began in the weeks after 9/11 as a targeted set of actions to track terrorists had morphed into a massive, classified operation that collected so much information NSA analysts couldn't make very good sense of it all.
Notably, Cheney omits any mention of this expansion when he recounts a March 9, 2004, meeting with lawyers at the Justice Department, "who had raised concern about one aspect [of the program]," and "the professionals who were carrying out the program for the NSA . . . " (I'm told by sources knowledgeable of the controversy that the dispute centered on the aforementioned data mining.) Cheney says that Hayden briefed the officials, "emphasizing how careful the NSA was about limits and safeguards," but that the Justice layers "remained locked in place." It was this meeting that preceded the legal showdown that nearly ended in mass resignations.
Gellman, in a piece for Time yesterday, picked apart many of the inconsistencies in Cheney's version of these events, and how the former vice president "tried to rewrite history." Cheney draws a stark line between the attorneys, whom he views as recalcitrant and meddlesome, and the "professionals" of the intelligence community who are, he thinks, capable of judging for themselves whether their own actions are legal.
Finally, Cheney says he has no regrets about launching the NSA program and letting it stay so secret for so long: "If I had it to do all over again, I would, in a heartbeat." He calls the "Terrorist Surveillance Program," which, it should be noted, is merely one facet of NSA activities that isn't still classified, "one of the most important success stories in the history of American intelligence." Cheney asserts, "I know it saved lives and prevented attacks."
This is a dubious claim. The whole point of the NSA program, according to every public account and many private ones, was to be an early warning system for terrorism, to alert the United States to terrorist plots before they occurred. In all my years reporting on this story, I've yet to find one person who can make a credible case that the NSA program did that. (Cheney offers no evidence.) One former senior administration official told me that NSA surveillance was helpful in mapping the network of terrorists who tried to sneak liquid explosives onto airplanes in 2006. But the agency only came into the picture after British authorities detected the cell's key members. What secret surveillance did do was imperil the privacy and liberties of countless innocent people and, in the view of some of those pesky lawyers, break the law.
Cheney asks readers to judge him after giving them only one set of the facts, and a muddled set at that. Blithely dismissing the concerns of the Justice Department's top lawyers—all of whom were deeply committed to the war on terror—the former vice president suggests that anyone who would stand in his way was on the wrong side of that war, and on the wrong side of history. This is too simplistic an argument and, a decade after 9/11, it's a tired one.
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Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Capital city: Addis Ababa
National day: 28th May (defeat of the Mengistu regime) 1991.
Independence: Ethiopia gained independence in early times
Population: 64 million as of 2000
Leader: Negaso Gidada, non-executive president as at the year 1995. Meles Zenawi
Language: Amharic (official), Afar, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, Tigrinya and English
Currency: Birr
Historical Fact: Ethiopian nomadic mountain peoples of the Galla tribe was the first coffee producers in the world. Coffee beans was collected from trees in the region, grounded and mixed them with animal fat, the mixture was carried as rations on trips. Other indigenous tribes of Ethiopia ate the coffee beans as a porridge or drank it as a wine.
Early in the 13th century, coffee's restorative powers were well known to Islam. Coffee was considered a potent medicine, as well as a religious potion that helped keep people awake during prayers. Pilgrims of Islam spread the coffee throughout the Middle East and by the end of the 15th century, coffeehouses had replaced mosques as favored meeting places.
Arab traders introduced the qahwah seeds from two well known coffee regions namely Kaffa and Buno, Ethiopia began the first true cultivation of the plants in the Arabian Peninsula at least 200 years ago.
For many years Ethiopians enjoyed the drink whilst entertaining visiting relatives or neighbors from the region. Traditionally visitors would sip up to three cups of the now world famous brew.
The main center of Gahwah production was in the port city of Mocha, Yemen. Qahve (coffee) imported from Yemen was a popular brew amongst the Turks who in turn served the drink to visiting Italian merchants.
As the drink spread around the world, it was given more names. The Japanese named it koohii, Malay kopi, Mayan kaape, Thai gafae, Tagalog (Philippine) kape, Punjabi (India) kaafii, Hindi kofii, Hopi kaphe, and Navajo gohwééh--all phonetic derivations from the Arabic qahwah.
The world believed that coffee came from Arabia, as the Arabian name appears to have been for the origin however, it originally came from the Kaffa district of Ethiopia.


Aurecon Bridge Building Competition SUCCESS!
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Congratulations to our two Year 9 Teams who placed FIRST and SECOND in the 2016 Competition!
This week's Bulletin features an exciting overview of last Thursday's Aurecon Bridge Building Competition, where two Year 9 teams from St. Dominic's competed against 23 other schools and took home the (two) top prizes. This achievement was a culmination of many weeks spent in the FabLab at lunchtime, learning and practicing new skills as part of the College's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program. Well done!
Also featured in this week's edition, which is available online here.
Ahead of next week's St Dominic's Day Mass, we celebrate the Dominicans of North Adelaide down the decades with a pictorial front page.
Information Session on Growth Mindset.
We publish the results from the SAPSASA Year 6/7 Basketball Carnival, held at Wayville last Wednesday and also last Thursday's SSSSA Year 10 Knockout Netball. Next week, our Year 4-7s will be off to Cross Country and we wish them well (and sunshine!).
Don't miss our News from Year 12, including a summation of recent events in the senior Pastoral Care program as well as information about upcoming dates; including the Year 12 Drama Production of 'Eyes to the Floor'. See inside for more details.
REMEMBER: Families are welcome to submit the monetary component of the 2016 Fete Appeal ($24 per family) 'all-at-once'. If you wish to do so, please submit your contribution (less any monies already paid) in a sealed envelope that is clearly labelled with your (eldest) daughter's name & class, by MONDAY 15 AUGUST.
The Parents & Friends is hosting a Morning Tea in the Primary Art Room from 9am this Friday (5 August) for parents who wish to learn more about how they may assist with the Fete (particularly our Auction), the largest fundraiser on our School Calendar. We welcome all interested and available parents to take advantage of this informal opportunity to meet. Please see inside the Bulletin or speak to your daughter's Class Reps (in Primary) for further details.
The Classic Treasures Stall and (new) Craft Stall has an ongoing appeal for donated goods.
The next Fete Committee Meeting is on Wednesday 10 August. 7:30pm in the College Reception Area.
The first Pot Planting Morning is at 9am on Saturday 20 August. Please see inside the Bulletin for further information.


These neighborhoods are about to take off!
Hey there, Heartland. After years of the hottest neighborhoods in the U.S. showing up along the coasts, the 2019 housing market is heating up in the heart of the country. Looking at the year-over-year change in home values, median days on market, and the change in days on market since the previous year, our research suggests that the neighborhoods to watch in the New Year range from the Midwest to the Southwest. Here's a peek at what's available in the hottest neighborhoods in the U.S. right now.
Strong job growth and a young buying market pushed Colorado Springs to the top of our list of hottest hoods. But with neighborhoods like Southeast Colorado Springs, the job growth and young buyers are only part of the picture. This is a place where neighbors smile, wave, and even stop for a chat and where all the greenspace (dog parks, horse parks, neighborhood parks and, of course, Pike National Forest) makes getting outdoors a pleasure. There's also a view of majestic Pikes Peak within walking distance from any home in the neighborhood.
A tour of this airy, split-level home includes a surprise around every corner: colorful walls, creative tile work, and a distinctly different look in every room.
Located just 30 miles east of Lake Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan is known for its proximity to some of the world's most beautiful shorelines, its thriving arts community, and its affordable homes. Alger Heights, in the heart of the metro area, is a neighborhood the locals love for its walkability to parks and grocery stores. With well-cared-for houses, friendly neighbors, and fun restaurants like The Old Goat and Sweet Melissa's Ice Cream, it's a good place to call home.
This three-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath home has all the warmth of Grandma's house but with updated amenities. Greet the neighbors from the front porch or cook for friends and family in the large, renovated kitchen.
There's a lot to love about Jacksonville, Florida's beachy vibe and young energy (the median age there is 38). But it's also a green city, with nearly half of the town under a tree canopy. If that unbeatable combo of sun, surf, and shade weren't enough to draw you, the conveniently located Normandy Estate neighborhood might seal the deal. Locals love this safe, dog-friendly area where kids can often be seen playing outside.
Speaking of playing outside, this sweet brick ranch's treelined streets and walkable sidewalks are begging you to come soak up that Florida sunshine. As are its French doors the lead to a spacious and green backyard.
Austin draws people to it like a big, Texas-sized magnet. Home to the original Whole Foods, Barton Springs and SXSW, it's also a town of beautiful neighborhoods. Locals love Southeast Austin's easy access to Zilker Park and Town Lake. Packed with restaurants and coffee shops, and across the street from McKinney Falls State Park, this is the neighborhood to browse for an affordable Austin home in the middle of everything.
This newer home is full of colorful tile and modern touches. The light, bright interior is as sunny as the fenced backyard, which comes with a spacious, covered patio, complete with outdoor ceiling fans.
The planned community of Agritopia is located in Gilbert, Arizona, which is in the metro area of one of our hottest cities, Phoenix. From the way locals describe it, Agritopia is as close to an actual utopia as neighborhoods get, with tree-lined streets, friendly neighbors, outdoor lifestyle amenities, and picket fences. Gilbert is also home to Power Ranch, the winner of the 2018 Trulia Neighborly Award for being the kid-friendliest neighborhood in the country.
Find your own little slice of heaven in this four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom home with its modern open floor plan, beautiful wood-plank tile floors, and a truly gourmet kitchen.
Columbia, South Carolina is a thriving southern city with excellent restaurants, a vibrant nightlife, and sporting events ranging from basketball's March Madness to college football. Located in the middle of town is South Kilbourne. This affordable neighborhood gives homeowners easy access to the city center and places like the Williams-Brice Stadium (home of the Gamecocks) and the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.
At 1,350 square feet, this starter home is priced just right. It's perfect for people who prefer the simplicity of a smaller home but want a backyard big enough to throw some Carolina-style barbecues.


KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al Babtain Co., the exclusive agent for Renault in Kuwait, launched the very first Renault Store in the GCC region. During a launch ceremony that was attended by French Ambassador Christian Nakhle, Al Babtain Chairman Khaled Al-Babtain, Vice President – Groupe Renault AMI Region Peyman Kargar, Al Babtain Chief Executive Officer Saleh Al-Babtain, along with Top Management, Renault AMI Executives management and key media representatives. The launch marks the opening of the very first Renault Store in the Gulf Region, Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co. is proud to be the first to open its doors to the public to experience the Renault Store Kuwait journey.
On this occasion, Khaled Al-Babtain, Chairman of Al Babtain Group noted that Al Babtain Group is proud to be the first offering the 'Renault Store' experience in the GCC Region. "This launch aims to strengthen the Group's decision to expand its business especially Renault vehicles, its spare parts, and the service of this prominent French automobile brand, in addition to Renault's plan to strengthen its presence in the Kuwaiti market. This day is the beginning of a new era in Renault's history in Kuwait," he further said.
The new world of modern technology, customers changed the way of buying their goods. "This launching came from our believe in the importance of developing the 'customer's experience', so the showrooms are no longer just a place for selling vehicles, thus it became a place, where the client lives an extraordinary experience of getting familiar with the product," added Khaled Al-Babtain. He concluded by saying: "We believe that this step will expand our presence in the Kuwaiti market with the latest in the world of automobiles. Today starts a new era in history of Renault Al Babtain in Kuwait".
From his side, Vice President – Groupe Renault AMI Region, Peyman Kargar stated: "We are proud that Kuwait opens the doors of the first Renault Store in the whole Arabian Gulf Region.
Thanks to leading partners, like Al-Babtain Group who makes major investments to enhance the facilities, all our showrooms in GCC will bear the colours of Renault Store concepts by 2017 to offer a high-end customer service." He added: "Recently, we are happy to share that the new models like Captur, Dokker, Symbol, launched during 2015 have been well received by Kuwaiti customers and are having good demand. Renault is the fastest growing brand in Kuwait and our mid-term ambition is to be the number one European brand." Renault vehicles are significant for their European style, design and quality. It succeeded to be strongly present due to its ability to meet different tastes and to satisfy those who are looking for various categories of practical cars. Renault family consists of Symbol, Duster, Captur, Fluence, Safrane, Koleos, and Megane of the category of passenger vehicles and Dokker from the commercial vehicles.


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Q: Scalable java web APP openshift - 503 error HAProxy I started create a new java web application scalable, but is not working, since i got error
"503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request".
Im using RESTful service
My code is:
TestClass

@Path("/test")

public class TestClass {

    @GET
    public String getName() {
        return "John";
    }
}

web.xml

<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
    metadata-complete="false">

    <!-- Auto scan REST service -->
    <context-param>
        <param-name>resteasy.scan</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>
            org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ResteasyBootstrap
        </listener-class>
    </listener>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>resteasy-servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher
        </servlet-class>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>resteasy-servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

pom
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>myApp</groupId>
    <artifactId>myApp</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <name>myApp</name>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.spec</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-javaee-6.0</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
            <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.1.GA</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
            <artifactId>resteasy-jackson-provider</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.1.GA</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <!-- When built in OpenShift the 'openshift' profile will be used when
                invoking mvn. -->
            <!-- Use this profile for any OpenShift specific customization your app
                will need. -->
            <!-- By default that is to put the resulting archive into the 'deployments'
                folder. -->
            <!-- http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-building-for-different-environments.html -->
            <id>openshift</id>
            <build>
                <finalName>myApp</finalName>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>2.1.1</version>
                        <configuration>
                            <outputDirectory>deployments</outputDirectory>
                            <warName>myApp</warName>
                        </configuration>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
</project>

In my Haproxy.cfg, i have this line option httpchk GET /myApp
Anyone can help?

A: If you do not have something in your application listening on the root context (/) then the haproxy will see your application as being down.  You either need to have something listen on the root context, or change the monitoring option to point to a url that is returning a 200 (success) when it is polled.
Did you change the httpchk GET / to the httpchk GET /myApp?
Even if you change your application to be deployed at /myApp, you still need something that gives a 200 success on that url.

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