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H.R.3964 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act113th Congress (2013-2014)
Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21] (Introduced 01/29/2014)
House - Natural Resources
Senate - 02/10/2014 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306. (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes:
There have been 9 roll call votes
Array ( [actionDate] => 2014-02-05 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 229 - 191 (Roll no. 50). [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Passed House [chamberOfAction] => House )
Water Resources Development
There are 2 summaries for H.R.3964. Passed House amended (02/05/2014)Introduced in House (01/29/2014)
Passed House amended (02/05/2014)
Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act - Title I: Central Valley Project Water Reliability - (Sec. 101) Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to include among the Act's purposes to: (1) ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by December 31, 2018, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable, and (2) facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with that Act.
(Sec. 102) Redefines "anadromous fish" to: (1) include those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and that ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean; and (2) exclude non-native striped bass and American shad.
Defines "reasonable flows" as water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental, and social factors.
(Sec. 103) Eliminates existing limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into any new contracts for water supply from the CVP.
Directs the Secretary to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract, upon request of the contractor, that provides for the delivery of water from the CVP for a period of 40 years (the current contractual term is 25 years). Requires new or renewed contracts to include a provision that requires the Secretary to charge only for water actually delivered.
(Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to take all necessary actions to facilitate and expedite CVP water transfers in accordance with CVPIA or any other provision of federal reclamation law and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires: (1) the contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or the Secretary to determine if a written water transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after the date of submission of such proposal; and (2) the district, agency, or Secretary to state with specificity what must be added or revised if such proposal is determined to be incomplete.
Prohibits the Secretary from imposing mitigation or other requirements on a proposed transfer of water.
Declares that: (1) the authority to make transfers or exchanges of, or banking or recharge arrangements using, CVP water that could have been conducted before October 30, 1992, is valid and such transfers, exchanges, or arrangements shall not be subject to, limited, or conditioned by this title; and (2) this title shall not supersede or revoke the authority to transfer, exchange, bank, or recharge CVP water that existed prior to such date.
Requires: (1) measurement (currently, metering) of water use; and (2) the contracting district or agency, excluding districts serving multiple agencies with separate governing boards, to ensure that all contractor-owned water delivery systems within its boundaries measure surface water at the district or agency's facilities up to the point the surface water is commingled with other water supplies.
Repeals provisions regarding water pricing reform. Requires all revenues received by the Secretary that exceed the cost-of-service to be covered to the CVP Restoration Fund.
(Sec. 105) Grants the Secretary discretion to modify CVP operations to provide reasonable water flows of suitable quality, quantity, and timing to protect all life stages of anadromous fish. Provides that instream flow needs for CVP controlled streams and rivers shall be determined by the Secretary based on recommendations of the National Marine Fisheries Service (as well as recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), after consultation with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (currently, consultation is required with the California Department of Fish and Game).
Provides that all CVP water used for purposes specified in CVPIA shall be credited to the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed under that Act by determining how the dedication and management of such water would affect the delivery capability of the CVP during the 1928 to 1934 drought period after fishery, water quality, and other flow and operational requirements imposed by terms and conditions existing in agreements pertaining to CVP under applicable law existing on October 30, 1992, have been met. Requires CVP water to be reused to fulfill the secretary's remaining contractual obligations to provide CVP water for agricultural or municipal and industrial purposes.
States that: (1) if, by March 15th of any year, the quantity of CVP water forecasted to be made available to water service or repayment contractors in the Delta Division of CVP is below 75% of the total quantity made available under such contracts, the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed for that year shall be reduced by 25%; and (2) by pursuing activities described in this section, the Secretary shall be deemed to have met the mitigation, protection, restoration, and enhancement purposes of this title.
(Sec. 106) Repeals a requirement that not less than 67% of all funds made available to the Restoration Fund under CVPIA be authorized to be appropriated to carry out habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of that Act.
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) a donation or other payment to the Fund or environmental restoration or mitigation fees not otherwise provided by law as a condition to providing for storage or conveyance of non-CVP water or for the delivery of water pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or (2) a donation or other payment to the Fund for any water that is delivered with the sole intent of groundwater recharge. Requires annual payments to the Fund to be allocated so as not to exceed $4 per megawatt-hour for CVP power sold to power contractors (October 2015 price levels) after October 1, 2015.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) reduce certain sums and payment ceilings for the Fund upon the completion of certain fish, wildlife, and habitat mitigation and restoration actions by no later than December 31, 2020; and (2) submit a plan for Fund expenditures, including a cost effectiveness analysis of each expenditure. Establishes a Restoration Fund Advisory Board to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding priorities and spending levels on projects and programs under CVPIA.
(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to: (1) use the authority granted in the CVPIA in connection with requests to exchange, impound, store, carry, or deliver nonproject water using CVP facilities for any beneficial purpose; and (2) develop rates not to exceed the amount required to recover the reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary in connection with a beneficial purpose. Requires such rates to be charged to a party using CVP facilities for such purpose and to exclude any donation or other payment to the Fund.
Requires the filing and adequacy of the Secretary's annual reports to Congress to be personally certified to specified committees by the Regional Director of the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation.
Directs the Secretary, in order to minimize adverse effects on existing CVP water contractors resulting from water dedicated to fish and wildlife and to assist the state of California in meeting its future water needs, to submit to Congress on a priority basis by September 30, 2015, a least-cost plan to increase, as soon as possible but not later than September 30, 2018 (except for the construction of new facilities, which shall not be limited by that deadline), the CVP water by the amount dedicated and managed for fish and wildlife purposes and otherwise required to meet CVP purposes, including satisfying contractual obligations. Requires the plan to include: (1) recommendations on appropriate cost-sharing arrangements and authorizing legislation or other measures needed to implement the intent, purposes, and provisions of this section; and (2) a description of how the Secretary intends to use specified options.
Directs the Secretary to implement the plan commencing on October 1, 2015, and to coordinate with the state of California in implementing measures for the long-term resolution of problems in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Provides that if the plan fails to increase the annual delivery capability of CVP by 800,000 acre-feet by September 30, 2018, implementation of any non-mandatory action dedicating the 800,000 acre-feet for fish, wildlife, and habitat purposes shall be suspended until the plan achieves an increase in the annual delivery capability of CVP by such amount.
Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to partner or enter into an agreement with local joint powers authorities formed pursuant to state law by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region to advance water storage projects identified in the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act.
(Sec. 108) Requires the CVP and the California State Water Project (SWP) to be operated pursuant to the water quality standards and operational constraints described in the Principles for Agreement of the Bay-Delta Standards Between the state of California and the Federal Government, dated December 15, 1994 (Bay-Delta Accord of 1994), without regard to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) or any other law pertaining to the operation of the CVP and the SWP.
Prohibits any federal department or the state of California from imposing on any water right obtained under state law, including a pre-1914 appropriative right, any condition that restricts the exercise of that water right in order to protect any species that is affected by CVP or SWP operations. Requires implementation of the Bay-Delta Accord to be in strict compliance with the water rights priority system and statutory protections for areas of origin.
Prohibits any cost associated with implementation from being imposed on any CVP contractor or other person or entity unless incurred on a voluntary basis. Preempts California law regarding any restriction on the quantity or size of non-native fish that preys upon one or more native fish species that occupy the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries or the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta that may be taken or harvested.
(Sec. 109) Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce from distinguishing between natural-spawned and hatchery-spawned or otherwise artificially propagated strains of a species in making any determination under ESA that relates to any anadromous fish species that are present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers or their tributaries and that ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in the San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean.
(Sec. 110) Adds the Kettleman City Community Services District as an authorized service area of the CVP. Directs the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract for the delivery of up to 900 acre-feet of CVP water for municipal and industrial use. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily reduce deliveries of the quantity of CVP water up to 25% of the total contractual amount whenever reductions due to hydrologic circumstances are imposed upon agricultural deliveries of CVP water. Makes any additional infrastructure or related costs the responsibility of the non-federal entity.
(Sec. 111) Declares that: (1) filing a Notice of Determination or a Notice of Exemption for any project, including the issuance of a permit under state law, related to any project of the CVP or the delivery of water from it in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act shall be deemed to meet the requirements of NEPA for that project or permit; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation shall not be required to cease or modify any major federal action or other activity related to any CVP project or water delivery from it, pending completion of judicial review of any determination under NEPA.
(Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary to offer to the Oakdale Irrigation District, the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the Calaveras County Water District a contract enabling such districts to collectively impound and store a portion of their Stanislaus River water rights in the New Melones Reservoir in accordance with applicable terms of the Warren Act.
(Sec. 114) Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, to jointly develop and conduct a seven-year scientifically-based pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River in California. Makes the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District responsible for the funding of such pilot program. Requires the Commissioner to post on the website of the Bureau of Reclamation a tabular summary of the raw data collected by the pilot program.
(Sec. 115) Directs the Secretary, if the San Luis Reservoir does not fill by the last day of February, to permit any entity with an agricultural water service or repayment contract for the delivery of water from the Delta Division or the San Luis Unit to reschedule into the immediately following contract year (i.e., March 1 through the last day of February) any unused CVP water previously allocated for irrigation purposes.
Title II: San Joaquin River Restoration - (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to cease any action to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California) (the Settlement).
(Sec. 202) Modifies the purpose of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act to be restoration of the San Joaquin River (currently, to authorize implementation of the Settlement).
(Sec. 204) Amends such Act to eliminate references to the Settlement and to direct the Secretary, beginning on March 1, 2015, to modify Friant Dam operations to release restoration flows (defined as additional water released or bypassed from Friant Dam to ensure that the target flow entering Mendota Pool does not fall below 50 cubic feet per second) in every year except a critical water year (defined as when the total unimpaired runoff at Friant Dam is less than 400,000 acre-feet) in a manner that improves the fishery in the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and Gravelly Ford.
Directs the Secretary to develop and implement, in cooperation with the state of California, a reasonable plan to fully recirculate, recapture, reuse, exchange, or transfer all such restoration flows. Requires such plan to address any impact on ground water resources within the service area of the Friant Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit of the CVP. Permits mitigation to include ground water banking and recharge projects.
Directs the Secretary, prior to October 1, 2015, to: (1) identify the impacts associated with the release of such restoration flows; (2) identify measures necessary to mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users, landowners, and agencies as a result of such restoration flows; and (3) implement all such mitigation measures identified before such restoration flows are commenced.
Directs the Secretary to promulgate a rule establishing a claims process to address current and future claims, including ground water seepage, flooding, or levee instability damages caused by such restoration flows.
Provides that all actions taken under this title shall be subordinate to the Secretary's use of CVP facilities to make CVP water available to its contractors, other than water released from the Friant Dam pursuant to this title.
Preempts and supersedes any state law, regulation, or requirement that imposes more restrictive requirements or regulations on the activities authorized under this title.
Directs the Secretary to phase in each project to implement this title in the following order: (1) identify project purpose and need, (2) identify mitigation measures, (3) conduct environmental review, and (4) complete implementation of the project and required mitigation measures.
(Sec. 205) Deletes language that directs implementation of the Settlement and that authorizes the use of eminent domain to implement the Settlement.
(Sec. 207) Declares that implementation of this title satisfies federal obligations under the California Fish and Game Code.
(Sec. 208) Provides that nothing shall confer a private right of action or claim for relief to enforce provisions under section 204 of this Act, except for contractors within the Friant Division, Hidden Unit, or Buchanan Unit.
(Sec. 211) Repeals provisions requiring the reintroduction of California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River.
(Sec. 213) Eliminates certain additional funding for improvements and facilities in the Friant Division, CVP, California.
Title III: Repayment Contracts and Acceleration of Repayment of Construction Costs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the contractor, to convert all existing long-term CVP contracts to contracts that require a contractor to pay the remaining balance of construction at a Treasury rate discount. Provides that: (1) in return, pricing and acreage limitations of federal reclamation law shall no longer apply to the contractors; and (2) any capital costs incurred after the date of conversion will be repaid either within five years, if the amount is less than $5 million, or as provided by applicable reclamation law, if the amount is $5 million or greater.
Provides that this title shall not alter the repayment obligation of any other long-term water service or repayment contractor receiving water from CVP or shift any costs that would otherwise have been properly assignable to any contractors.
Title IV: Bay-Delta Watershed Water Rights Preservation and Protection - (Sec. 401) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, federal reclamation law, or ESA), in the operation of CVP, to: (1) strictly adhere to state water rights law governing water rights priorities by honoring water rights senior to those belonging to CVP, regardless of the source of priority; and (2) strictly adhere to and honor water rights and other priorities that are obtained or that exist under the California Water Code.
Requires any action taken by the Secretary or the Secretary of Commerce to protect any species listed under ESA that affects the diversion of water or that involves the release of water from any CVP water storage facility to be applied in a manner that is consistent with water right priorities established by state law.
(Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce, in implementing ESA in the Bay-Delta and on the Sacramento River, to apply any limitations on the operation of CVP or to formulate any reasonable prudent alternative associated with CVP's operation in a manner that strictly adheres to and applies water rights priorities for project water and base supply provided for in the Sacramento River settlement contracts.
(Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary, subject to the absolute priority of Sacramento River settlement contractors, to allocate water provided for irrigation purposes to existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed in the following order: (1) not less than 100% of their contract quantities in a wet, above normal, or below normal year; (2) not less than 75% in a dry year; and (3) not less than 50% in a critically dry year.
(Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary to ensure that there are no redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts to those within the Sacramento River or San Joaquin River watershed or to the SWP arising from the Secretary's operation of CVP to meet legal obligations imposed by or through any state or federal agency.
Title V: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 501) Declares that: (1) coordinated operations between CVP and SWP, previously requested and consented to by the state of California and the federal government, require assertion of federal supremacy to protect existing water rights throughout the system; (2) these circumstances are unique to California; and (3) nothing in this Act shall serve as precedent in any other state.
(Sec. 502) Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect the Proclamation of State of Emergency and the associated executive order issued on January 17, 2014, by the Governor of California or the authorities granted thereby.
(Sec. 503) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to: (1) decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river; and (2) revise provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure in Mariposa County, California.
Restores the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 (New Exchequer Project) as it existed on February 15, 2013.
(Sec. 504) Deems the Proclamation of State of Emergency and associated executive order issued by the Governor of California on January 17, 2014, as a request under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to determine that a fishery resource disaster exists for fisheries that originate in California.


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Review: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence party like it's 1995 in delightful 'Bad Boys for Life'
Brian Truitt
It's been 25 years since Will Smith and Martin Lawrence first brandished quick-witted banter together and an excellent yin-yang dynamic in the original "Bad Boys." Sure, there are more jokes about Viagra, glasses and knee injuries in the action-packed third installment, though the years have only improved their buddy-comedy mojo.
Smith hasn't lost any of his macho cool as fast-driving, shoot-first-and-read-Miranda-rights-later lawman Mike Lowrey and Lawrence is still hilarious as his slightly more responsible partner Marcus Burnett in "Bad Boys for Life" (★★★ out of four; rated R; in theaters nationwide Friday), a retro affair tailor-made for those who adored the action movies of the 1990s. (Seriously, if you miss the days of slow-motion explosions and hero shots set to a bombastic score, grab your Oakleys and buckle up.)
The threequel not only makes up for 2003's woeful "Bad Boys 2" but also interestingly showcases Smith and Lawrence's longtime Miami cops as vulnerable heroes who haven't lost their knack for wanton destruction or offing bad guys yet have to deal in a real way with the consequences of their careers.
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After becoming a new grandpa, Marcus finally wants to give retirement a shot, though Mike remains enthusiastic about police work. A vicious new figure named Armando Armas (Jacob Scipio), under the influence of his ruthless mother Isabel (Kate del Castillo), is assassinating the people who took down his late drug lord father. Mike is on the kill list, and after surviving being gunned down by this criminal upstart, he wants to get his own revenge, though Marcus balks when Mike begs for his help.
While Marcus rides his recliner, Mike hooks up with a new high-tech squad of young cops to find his assailant. However, when a tragedy strikes both Mike and Marcus on a personal level, they get together back for one last ride, which ventures from a nightclub raid in South Beach to a fiery climax in Mexico City.
Michael Bay isn't in the director's chair for the third film, but without saying too much, let's just say he hasn't left the franchise behind. New filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah take the reins for "Life" and pay tribute to "Bad Boys" past with referential callbacks and all-out action sequences: There's a motorcycle chase that balances gunplay and the two leads' playful vibe, but also real emotional stakes throughout the narrative for both Mike and Marcus. Marcus especially deals with some heady stuff, including a spiritual crisis that has him vowing not to bring more violence into the world – though he'll machine-gun a helicopter to save his partner.
They still have fun, though as actors of a certain age, both Smith and Lawrence bring a needed gravitas. But this is a movie that doesn't forget new fans: You really don't need to have seen a previous "Bad Boys" to enjoy this extravaganza of violence, and the new generation of cops – including Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame and "Riverdale" star Charles Melton – brings in the younger crowd plus gives the old guys fresh characters to play off. Also, Smith does a "Fortnite" dance for those who didn't grow up earwormed by the reggae "Bad Boys" theme from "Cops," still the signature jam of this franchise.
While it focuses more on character moments than absolute Bayhem, "Bad Boys for Life" does feel a bit long and there is a late out-of-nowhere plot twist that feels a little far-fetched even for these movies. Thankfully, neither detracts from the delightful spectacle that comes with Smith and Lawrence fist-bumping and insult-slinging just like it was 1995 again.

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Q: Solving $\int \frac{x \arctan x}{1+x^2}$? I have to compute integral $$\int \frac{x \arctan x}{1+x^2} dx$$
My approach: I tried to solve this by substituting $x = \tan t$ which ended up to the integral of $\int x \tan x$. I am not able to figure out how to compute $\int x \tan x$.
Edit: Answer given is $x - \frac{\arctan x}{\sqrt1+x^2}$. However I am not sure about the correctness of the answer.
Thanks for help

A: Hint:
Express $\arctan$ in its logarithmic form.
$$\int\dfrac{x\arctan(x)}{1 + x^2}\,\mathrm dx = \int\dfrac{\mathrm ix\left(\ln(1 - \mathrm ix) - \ln(1 + \mathrm ix)\right)}{2\left(1 + x^2\right)}\,\mathrm dx$$

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While Labor Day may mark the end of summer, it doesn't need to end BBQ season. Fall is my favorite time to host evening events. The cool night air is perfect for a get together. I actually hosted this BBQ Birthday Party for my son about a year and a half ago BUT… it would be a great theme for any fall birthday.
One of Luke's favorite thing to do is chill with his friends so "Chillin' and Grillin'" was the perfect theme for his 11th birthday. Sports has been the theme to his birthdays the last several year (see here, here, or here) so this theme was a welcome break. Tan, black and white- the color of s'mores was the perfect color scheme for this laid back evening. I had custom plates and cups made and then stamped mini kraft bags with our party theme to add a personalized touch to the food table.
S'mores also took center stage at the party. S'more cupcakes, cake, mini apple pies, brownie trifles and custom sugar cookies filled the dessert table. The boys' favorite dessert though had to be the bacon maple donuts. They then made their own concoctions at our s'mores bar.
My absolute favorite element of the party was Luke's smash cake complete with mini fondant hamburger!
The boys spent the afternoon playing hoops, swimming and just hanging out. Party favors were simple- mini more kits for the boys to eat at home.
This Chillin and Grill BBQ Birthday is the perfect way to celebrate at any age. Now get out there and grill!


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As a lead up to NYC Beer Week (2/24-3/3), Jimmy's No. 43 played host to the annual Good Beer Seal bar owners' luncheon on February 7th. Happily, all five boroughs were represented by 13 GBS bars, the NYC Homebrewers Guild, and Beer Sessions Radio™. Bar representatives discussed the state of being a craft beer bar owner and Good Beer Seal community member. Among the more interesting offerings on the lunch menu was a Samichlaus 1997, provided by Sam Barbieri (Waterfront Ale House). This was the last vintage brewed and bottled by Hürlimann Brewery in Switzerland. Waterfront Ale House has been open since 1989 and has an amazing cellar of vintage beers. For NYC Beer Week, they will be featuring one beer from each of the NY Brewers Guild breweries with food pairings.
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From the Porch Steps: Global warming paints a bleak picture
Global warming is the increase of earth's average surface temperature and its oceans due to greenhouse gasses. Industrialization and increased pollution, the burning of fossil fuel and deforestation are all considered factors responsible.
As I look at the world map I have hanging on my wall next to my computer, I look at all the populated areas and wonder what global warming means to each of us.
It paints a bleak picture for humans and for our fellow creatures.
According to the experts we have already lost many species and others are threatened. As ice caps melt, the tundra ice disappears, our oceans get warmer and our climate changes, it is difficult to dismiss the fact that our earth is warming.
We cannot deny the changes that have already occurred. We cannot deny that carbon emissions from human lifestyles has added to the heating up of our atmosphere. Can we do anything to change the onslaught of natural forces? Probably not. But can we do something about our own contribution to this global disaster?
Some experts say it is too late. We have already passed critical mass, and humanity will be slowly exposed to more and more weather excesses like this winter's snow and ice storms and last year's terrible tornadoes and hurricanes.
I have been reading a book about climate change called "The Uninhabitable Earth" by David-Wallace Wells. Mr. Wells says that the poorest countries will be the most and earliest affected by our warming atmosphere and oceans.
"The problem will be more acute where the poorest live in the marshes, the swamps, the floodplains, the inadequately irrigated places with the most vulnerable infrastructure." He gives the example of an area in Texas where 500,000 poor Latinos live in shantytowns called "colonias" with no drainage systems to deal with increased flooding.
It is already becoming noticeable in our coastal cities in Florida and elsewhere. St Augustine is talking about building dikes to keep out the water from the ocean. I can't imagine that being a permanent solution.
Can we, at this stage of the problem, do anything about it? Winston Churchill said, "The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible."
Most of us, as good citizens, do the only thing we know to do. We adjust our thermostats to use as little energy to cool and heat our homes. We fill our little yellow recycle boxes with the paper and plastics we accumulate in our households. We try to run all our errands at once to save on gas and driving time. We try to vote for politicians who promise us laws to cut emissions.
Unfortunately, that 'positive thinking' will not achieve the impossible.
We have only begun to see the changing climate here in Florida. I have lived here over 40 years and the last winter is the warmest I can remember.
Cities like New Orleans will probably be the first to go.
I visited there many years ago and as we were leaving it began to rain. Very quickly we noticed water in the streets. We had to take off our shoes and wade across to get to our car. Our friends who didn't leave when we did had to wait for the water to recede and this was just an ordinary summer summer rainstorm.
There are global warming deniers who do not believe that civilization is responsible, but that the changes in earth's atmosphere are a normal, natural course of events with natural causes.
When I was young I lived in a small town north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first time I visited the city I was astounded at the smoke and pollution in the air — everything was gray and dirty. We were used to gray and dirty because of the bituminous coal we burned in our homes, but nothing as bad as Pittsburgh before it was cleaned up. The last time I was there it was remarkable to see the clean new buildings next to the horribly gray and dirty old buildings — remnants of the 'good old days,' when coal furnaces heated iron that was processed in the steel mills.
I'm not a scientist, so I can not make a personal decision about global warming, but I will admit that if there is anything that I can do to slow what seems to be our inevitable overheated future, I will certainly try.
I look at my beautiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren and pray for a bright future for them. I tremble at the thought that something their forebearers have done will leave them with a blighted earth.
The end of our world as we know it is a frightening thing to contemplate — whether it happens while we are still here or if it is the legacy we leave our children. Just remember, God is still in charge if we ask for his help and bow to his commands.
Nina Gilfert is a columnist for the Daily Commercial. Email her at ngporch@gmail.com.


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[Hands-on] ASAP Launcher is a familiar launcher with no homescreens, no widgets, no folders, and several cool features
Rita El Khoury
1 First approach
2 Homescreen, dock, and app drawer
3 Less homescreens, more cards
4 Customizable dock
5 Settings and themes
Over the past couple of days, I've been trying a new Android launcher called ASAP. Although I am not sure the name fits the launcher well, or is appropriate enough for my use — after all, I have perfected Nova's folders to my habits — I do appreciate several of ASAP's features and think it could be a great fit for many users.
What you need to know about ASAP though is that while it looks like most Android launchers, it doesn't work like them at all. There are no widgets, no multiple homescreens in the traditional sense, no app folders, and not even icons on the homescreen itself. ASAP does away with all of that and focuses on quick access to the app drawer, an expandable dock, and several cards to complement the main homescreen. It might sound horrid to some of you who are accustomed to many of the missing features, but it does work in its own quirky way.
First approach
The first thing you'll see when you launch ASAP is the onboarding tutorial that explains a little how the launcher works. Once you're done, you'll be taken to the main homescreen where you will have to grant the app notification access to be able to see music controls, and if you swipe left and right, you'll also have to give it access to your contacts, calendar, and location. But more on these later.
Homescreen, dock, and app drawer
The main ASAP homescreen is simple. There's your wallpaper front and center and a big card on top that shows the date and time, weather, and currently playing music or audio with play/FF/RW controls. The card also houses a voice search shortcut that lets you quickly do searches or issue commands. On the bottom is the dock with 5 apps that can be swiped up to reveal two more rows of icons.
If you swipe from the left edge of the home page, you reveal the app drawer, which is a scrolling list à la Action Launcher. You can search through the list or use the letters to quickly jump to any app you're looking for.
If you swipe from the right edge of the screen, you'll get the quick settings pane, which is a bit redundant in my opinion. It has shortcuts to the phone's settings and plenty of toggles for WiFi, flashlight, screen rotation, and so on that you can already get on most phones from the notification dropdown. There's also an overflow button in the main card that lets you access Search (ie Google Now), ASAP's settings, and your phone's settings.
Less homescreens, more cards
There are no multiple homescreens in ASAP, but there are cards decked to the left and right of the home page. By default, on the right, you have a Calendar card that shows all of your upcoming events and lets you add an event right away, and a Todo list card that manages your tasks. The latter doesn't integrate with Google Now's reminders, which made it completely useless to me.
On the left of the main homescreen, you can access your frequent contacts (or recent or starred or all) and launch the dialer or add a new contact, then the weather card for a 5-day forecast. You'll be able to set the location manually or automatically and choose to show the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Customizable dock
Since there is no way to add any icon to the homescreen itself, the only way to access your most used apps is through the dock. If you leave it be, ASAP will figure out your most used apps and stick them below the 5 main app icons. But you can also manually manage the entire dock.
The first row of 5 apps can be set by dragging any icon from the app drawer to the dock and dropping it in lieu of whatever icon is already there (first screenshot below). The next two rows are managed by long tapping on any app in the dock or the app drawer and then pinning or unpinning them, which keeps them constantly in the dock and doesn't take into account how frequently or recently you have launched them (second and third screenshot below).
That's basically all there is to ASAP as a launcher: the music card, the expandable dock, the app drawer, the quick settings, and the cards. Taken together, these constitute most of what you would need from any launcher and even its widgets, which is why I said that even though it lacks several features we're accustomed to, its approach eventually works.
Settings and themes
There are still a few things to talk about, namely in ASAP's settings. You may have noticed that the screenshots above show different color schemes for several of ASAP's elements, colors that correspond to the wallpaper I'm using. That's because I am using the Wallpaper theme in ASAP's settings.
The app has several light, dark, and day/night themes that you can choose from, but the wallpaper theme is the automatic one that uses accent colors from your wallpaper to apply to the ASAP widget, app drawer, dock, cards, and so on. It works quite well and keeps the look of your launcher fresh each time you change your wallpaper.
You can also customize a couple of different things about ASAP, including choosing a custom icon pack, showing app unread counts, forcing the screen orientation, and choosing the cards to show and reordering them. It's also worth pointing out that ASAP is optimized for tablets as well, as the hero image at the top of the post shows.
My last few days with ASAP have made me appreciate some of its features like the quick access to the calendar and weather. Unlike third-party widgets, they fit well with the design of the launcher and are hidden away from view but still easily reachable. I could do without the music widget, mostly because I use the notification or my Huawei Watch to control my music or podcasts, but it doesn't annoy me all that much.
The three things that I wish ASAP Launcher has are folders to organize app icons in the dock, gestures (I am so used to swiping down on my homescreen in Nova to drop the notification shade), and icon normalization (have you seen those huge Samsung app icons?). And I'd like the todo card to integrate with Google Now/Google Calendar's reminders, but I am not sure how feasible that is and if there is a public API or not to access them.
These quibbles aside, I recognize that ASAP Launcher is not for me. I have perfected my Nova setup over many years and I am a creature of habit: I can find all my apps with one tap or swipe. Take that away from me and I start panicking each time I need to launch an app. But ASAP is interesting and promising, and it is easily worth the try for anyone who's not completely wedded to their homescreen setup and wants to try something new and different.
ASAP is free to try with IAP from $1.42 to $2.85 to unlock the different features, so you can start by giving it a go and seeing if it works for you before paying for the full unlock.
ASAP Launcher
Developer: Tim Clark – Clark IT Consultancy
cards launcher
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Amidst high-anticipation from fans, Xiaomi has finally launched the Redmi Note 7 in the Philippines. Offering a great formula of an impressive mid-range specsheet and competitive pricing.
The Redmi Note 7 sports a 6.3-inch drop dot display with FHD+ resolution and protected by Gorilla Glass 5. Under the hood is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE, along with up to 4GB of RAM, and a generous 128GB of storage, expandable with a microSD card.
For optics, the phone houses two shooters at the back. The first is a 48MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor which uses Tetracell technology that merges four pixels to work as one large 1.6µm pixel. The result is a 12MP image that's brighter and has clearer details, even in less than ideal lighting conditions. The second is a 5MP sensor for adding that depth of field effect.
Its cameras are augmented with AI features such as AI Scene Detection, AI Portrait, AI Beautify and even Night Mode which comes from the Mi Mix 3. Other features include Bluetooth 5, a USB Type-C port, and an IR Blaster.
The Redmi Note 7 runs on MIUI 10 on top of Android Pie, and packs a 4,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 4 compatibility.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 will be available in three colors – Neptune Blue, Nebula Red, and Space Black. It will be available from Lazada starting March 27 for PhP7,990.00 (3GB+32GB), PhP9,990.00 (4GB+64GB), and PhP11,490.00 (4GB+128GB).
As a bonus, the first 100 customers who will purchase the device online will get Mi in-ear basic earphones and t-shirts. The device will soon be available at Mi Authorized Stores.


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/**
 * @file   ZipBase64.cpp
 * @brief  ZipBase64 class implementation.
 * @author zer0
 * @date   2017-12-01
 */

#include <libtbag/archive/ex/ZipBase64.hpp>
#include <libtbag/filesystem/File.hpp>
#include <libtbag/filesystem/Path.hpp>
#include <libtbag/crypto/Base64.hpp>

// -------------------
NAMESPACE_LIBTBAG_OPEN
// -------------------

namespace archive {
namespace ex      {

Err encodeZipBase64(char const * input, std::size_t size, std::string & output, int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    libtbag::util::Buffer zip_buffer;
    auto const code = encode(input, size, zip_buffer, level, method);
    if (isFailure(code)) {
        return code;
    }
    std::string base64_string;
    if (libtbag::crypto::encodeBase64(zip_buffer, base64_string)) {
        output.swap(base64_string);
        return E_SUCCESS;
    }
    return E_ENCODE;
}

Err encodeZipBase64(util::Buffer const & input, std::string & output, int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    return encodeZipBase64(input.data(), input.size(), output, level, method);
}

Err decodeZipBase64(std::string const & input, util::Buffer & output)
{
    libtbag::util::Buffer debase64_buffer;
    if (!libtbag::crypto::decodeBase64(input, debase64_buffer)) {
        return E_DECODE;
    }
    libtbag::util::Buffer result;
    auto const code = decode(debase64_buffer.data(), debase64_buffer.size(), result);
    if (isSuccess(code)) {
        output.swap(result);
    }
    return code;
}

Err encodeZipBase64(std::string const & input, std::string & output, int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    return encodeZipBase64(util::Buffer(input.begin(), input.end()), output, level, method);
}

Err decodeZipBase64(std::string const & input, std::string & output)
{
    libtbag::util::Buffer buffer;
    auto const code = decodeZipBase64(input, buffer);
    if (isSuccess(code)) {
        output.assign(buffer.begin(), buffer.end());
    }
    return code;
}

Err encodeZipBase64FromFile(std::string const & input_file_path, std::string & output,
                            int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    libtbag::util::Buffer read_buffer;
    auto const code = libtbag::filesystem::readFile(input_file_path, read_buffer);
    if (isFailure(code)) {
        return code;
    }
    return encodeZipBase64(read_buffer, output, level, method);
}

Err decodeZipBase64FromFile(std::string const & input_file_path, util::Buffer & output)
{
    std::string base64_string;
    auto const code = libtbag::filesystem::readFile(input_file_path, base64_string);
    if (isFailure(code)) {
        return code;
    }
    return decodeZipBase64(base64_string, output);
}

Err encodeZipBase64ToFile(util::Buffer const & input, std::string const & output_file_path,
                          int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    std::string write_buffer;
    auto const code = encodeZipBase64(input, write_buffer, level, method);
    if (isFailure(code)) {
        return code;
    }
    return libtbag::filesystem::writeFile(output_file_path, write_buffer);
}

Err decodeZipBase64ToFile(std::string const & input, std::string const & output_file_path)
{
    libtbag::util::Buffer write_buffer;
    auto const code = decodeZipBase64(input, write_buffer);
    if (isFailure(code)) {
        return code;
    }
    return libtbag::filesystem::writeFile(output_file_path, write_buffer);
}

Err encodeZipBase64FileToFile(std::string const & input_file_path, std::string const & output_file_path,
                              int level, CompressionMethod method)
{
    auto const code1 = libtbag::filesystem::checkPrepareFiles(input_file_path, output_file_path);
    if (isFailure(code1)) {
        return code1;
    }
    std::string encode_string;
    auto const code2 = encodeZipBase64FromFile(input_file_path, encode_string, level, method);
    if (isFailure(code2)) {
        return code2;
    }
    return libtbag::filesystem::writeFile(output_file_path, encode_string);
}

Err decodeZipBase64FileToFile(std::string const & input_file_path, std::string const & output_file_path)
{
    auto const code1 = libtbag::filesystem::checkPrepareFiles(input_file_path, output_file_path);
    if (isFailure(code1)) {
        return code1;
    }
    libtbag::util::Buffer decode_buffer;
    auto const code2 = decodeZipBase64FromFile(input_file_path, decode_buffer);
    if (isFailure(code2)) {
        return code2;
    }
    return filesystem::writeFile(output_file_path, decode_buffer);
}

} // namespace ex
} // namespace archive

// --------------------
NAMESPACE_LIBTBAG_CLOSE
// --------------------

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Q: About Akaike's criterion and VC-dimension of linear regressors Akaike's model selection criterion is usually justified on the base that the empirical risk
of a ML estimator is a biased estimator of the true risk of the best estimator
in the parametric family, say the family of linear regressors on a m-dimensional variable,
$S_m $
On the other hand, this family, $ S_m$, is known to have finite VC dimension ($VC = m+1$).
Having finite VC-dimension should grant that the empirical risk minimizer is
asymtotically consistent (Vapnik, "An overview of statistical learning theory")
What am I missing?

A: Although indeed the empirical risk of a ML estimator is biased, this does not contradict the asymptotic consistency because the bias depends on the sample size. Therefore, the empirical risk is asymptotically unbiased. However, since in practice we deal with finite sample sets, this does not mean we can always ignore the bias.

A: Burham and Anderson's maximized log-likelihood IS Vapnik's empirical risk estimate of the optimal linear regressor; their EyEx[log(g(x| ˆ θ(y)))] is Vapnik's generalization error.
While Burham and Anderson claim to have proven that the maximized log-likelihood (the empirical risk) is a biased estimate of the generalization error, such claim contrdicts
a result by Vapnik that says that for classes with finite VC dimension the empirical risk is a consistent estimator of the generalization error. This is what I'm asking about!


I've been enjoying using the JPEG export option from the slideshow in Lightroom 2. I haven't used it for saving out slideshows but rather as a quick way to format a photo to share via email or upload the web.
After I finish editing the photo, I switch over to the Slideshow module, add a stroke and drop shadow via the Options panel, adjust the guides to maximize the size of the photo on the slide via the Layout panel, set the Background color to white in the Backdrop panel, add a Text overlay element that pulls the data from the Copyright field of the photo's metadata, and adjust its position and opacity to taste.
If I'm only needing one photo (like for this example) I make sure Use Selected Photos is configured in the Toolbar. Once I like the look I click the Export JPEG button to save it out as a JPEG.
If you think you'll use that more than once be sure to save the layout as a Template.


Donations are desperately needed to support a lifeline food bank that hands out more than 100 meal parcels to those in need every week.
St Catherine's Church Centre in Wakefield has launched an appeal to raise £6,000 to help its vital food service.
The centre needs the cash to cover the running costs of its three minibuses, which are out on the road each day collecting donations for its food bank and sharing out emergency food provision across the Wakefield district.
The vehicles are also used to transport isolated members of the community to the centre's elderly day care service, which gives older people the chance to enjoy a meal and take part in social activities.
But since the appeal launched last month, only £10 has been donated.
Centre manager Lisa Grant said: "There are so many more people who need to access our food bank. There's people in real need of support. The service that we provide is a real lifeline to them.
The centre distributes more than 100 food parcels each week, providing over 50 free lunches and 40 evening meals.
It also runs holiday hunger sessions, supporting families whose children would normally be able to access free school meals and struggle to find the extra money for this food during the holiday periods.
Ms Grant said: "We are going out and collecting more and more donated food because the demand for our food bank has gone through the roof.


In centre of village between hills & lakes, halfway between Amiens & the Baie de Somme. Ideal setting for walking/hiking and fishing. 1950s house (145 sq.m.) in dressed stone, on 3 levels, adjoining owners' home. Ground floor: very large living room/lounge (64 sq.m.), fitted kitchen. 1st floor: 2 bedrooms (queen-size bed in each), shower room, separate WC. 2nd floor: 2 attic bedroom.s with Velux windows (single bed in each). Geothermal heating, electric heating on 2nd floor. Fenced garden (250 sq.m.), terrace. Small lake 800m - 25m of shore available (no charge). Mobile phone on request.


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Cultural Saints and Romantic Nationalism in Europe
Presentation of a Slovenian and a European Project with a Round Table
6 September 2017 at 10:00	until	6 September 2017	at	13:00
Atrij ZRC, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies
Cultural Saints and Romantic Nationalism in Europe:
10:00–10:15 Marko Juvan, Head of the Institute of Slovenian literature and Literary Studies, ZRC SAZU: Welcome address
10:15–11:00 Marijan Dović, Principal Investigator of "National Poets and Cultural Saints of Europe": Presentation of project results and a new website (in Slovenian)
11:00–12:00 Joep Leerssen, Editor of the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe: Presentation of ERNiE and its interactive website (in English)
12:00–13:00 Round table and discussion (with Joep Leerssen, project team members, and authors of Slovenian entries to ERNiE; in English)
The research project "National Poets and Cultural Saints of Europe: Commemorative Cults, Canonization, and Cultural Memory," funded by the Slovenian Research Agency, has used a comparative approach to identify and describe the patterns of commemoration and canonization of national poets and other artists as a specific set of practices that spread across Europe like a wave, starting around the 1840s in the context of cultural nationalism. These practices have been studied in terms of canonization, where textual practices such as critical edition, exegesis, appropriation, and indoctrination have ben studies alongside ritual practices, relics, monumental networks, the educational apparatus, etc. All these practices have been treated in the context of the establishment of modern, national imagined communities. In this way, the project's aim has been to reappraise the role of continuous veneration of certain individuals in the process of forming European nations—especially smaller nations, where the emphasis on literature and language was especially strong. As this three-year long project is drawing to a close, the principal investigator will present its main results: the edited collection Kulturni svetniki in kanonizacija (ZRC SAZU, 2016), the thematic section of Arcadia titled "National Poets and Romantic (Be) Longing" (2017), the book National Poets, Cultural Saints (Brill, 2017), the book Prešeren po Prešernu (LUD Literatura, 2017), and the bilingual website "National Poets and Cultural Saints of Europe," which will be launched on this occasion.
An important achievement of the project is also the team's contribution to the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, edited by Joep Leerssen from the University of Amsterdam, who is a leading scholar of cultural nationalism (especially the nationalism of the "long nineteenth century"). This monumental encyclopedia was created in the framework of SPIN (Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalism) and has gathered contributions by hundreds of scholars from more than fifty cultural communities all over Europe (from Armenia to Iceland, from Portugal to Russia). Among them, several Slovenian scholars have contributed entries associated with Slovene literary culture. In his presentation, Professor Leerssen will briefly outline the long genesis of this project and present the complex universe of European romantic nationalism through the interactive website of ERNiE. This website is in itself a major achievement in digital humanities (both in terms of contents and technology) and certainly a powerful tool for comparative research on European literary cultures and national movements.


We organise civil ceremonies in the restaurant gardens, customising the decoration and creating a unique setting, framed beautifully within the unparalleled views of our countryside.
We make a large variety of dishes, created by Carlos Mañeru: signature cuisine that fuses the traditional with the very latest culinary trends, with a firm commitment to quality and innovation.
Because every couple is unique, we take care of every last detail when creating a customised image to suit your tastes. We have a wide range of ideas and solutions for decorating both indoor and outdoor areas.
At Borda Jatetxea we adapt and prepare our hall for all kinds of wedding, from small, intimate gatherings to all-out celebrations.
a good time is sure to be had.
The memories of your very own love-story captured in a photo album and on film.
We have professional photographers who can capture each emotion, special moment and romantic gesture.


Homeschooling on a budget? Buying and selling used is where it's at! Learn how to successfully sell used homeschool curriculum on eBay.
I'm always surprised to learn how many people don't sell used homeschool curriculum on eBay. We're balling on a budget, so buying and selling used has been part of my shopping process every year, and I check eBay first!
If you don't already have one, you'll need an eBay account. It's simple to set up.
I recommend downloading the eBay app. I prefer this option because I use my phone to take pictures, so the whole listing process is quick and painless from start to finish. I can do everything from taking photos to printing my shipping label right from my phone.
You can also quickly scan barcodes using your phone which makes listing items for sale super simple. Scanning the barcode on the back of your books will often pull up descriptions automatically.
Spring is the best time to sell used homeschool curriculum. You'll know it's time to list your items for sale when you start getting all those curriculum catalogs in the mail. Spring and summer are busy selling seasons since most people are planning for next year.
I've never been one to hang onto a ton of curriculum clutter, mainly because we've always homeschooled in small spaces and never had extra storage or a designated school room. My kids also have a considerable age gap, so it never made a lot of sense to keep curriculum for six or seven years.
So, when you start getting those catalogs in the mail, gather your unused curriculum, declutter, and create some space on your bookshelf for next year's purchases.
First, search for the items you plan to sell.
What price points are selling?
How many like items do you see listed?
Are your items popular among buyers?
Monitor similar items for sale from other sellers to see how they do. You can check the starting bid price, current number of bids, and choose to "watch" any item.
Be sure to see what other retailers are charging and price your curriculum accordingly. How bad do you want to get rid of it? Price low to sell! You don't want to go through the work of listing an item only to have it remain in your pile of homeschool clutter.
When listing your items for sale, you can select auction pricing or buy it now pricing. Other than what their names imply, there are a few things to consider about both options.
Auction pricing allows you to start low, hopefully grabbing attention from buyers. The risk with an auction is possibly settling for a lower price than what you would prefer. You can set a reserve price, but buyers see that, and it takes the excitement right out of your listing. I've never sold anything that had a reserve price.
That's one big reason I prefer the buy it now selling feature. It's a no fuss option. Buyers also have the choice to offer a lower price if you select "or best offer" when listing. You have the right to refuse or accept the offer. There's still flexibility, but less risk of losing money.
When shipping used homeschool curriculum be sure to select media mail pricing. It takes longer, but it's way cheaper! You can send books, DVDs, and CDs through Media Mail if they weigh less than 70 pounds. So basically, all the items that are usually part of a curriculum set can be sent through media mail.
Offer lower shipping costs, or better yet, offer free shipping. That's a great selling tool, especially, for items you know won't cost much to ship.
Make sure your products are in focus – no blurry or dark images and no people.
Describe your curriculum in detail. Don't go overboard but be sure disclose damage no matter how small. You'd be surprised what people will buy. I've sold books with writing, missing pages, and lessons.
On the other hand, buyers are quick to leave a negative review if they receive a book with a crease in the front cover they didn't know about first. Just include a quick note about anything your buyer should know, and be honest about the condition of your items up front.
As you're watching other items, be sure to notice when they do sell. This is the best time to list your like or similar items.
For example, let's say you have a set of Saxon Math to sell and you've been watching a particular listing that has had a lot of bidding action. Once that auction is over, guess what? All those other bidders missed out! Now is the best time to list your item for sale, as BUY IT NOW.
List your items at the same price as the closed auction items sold for because the handful of people who were trying to win that set that sold will immediately look for another one at that price range and discover your new listing. Easy peasy!
Skip the post office line!
Now that you're items have sold, it's time to pack it all up, and put it car to drive around with it for three weeks.
Wait, not. That's me. Not you.
Don't be like me. Print your shipping labels from home and leave your packages on your front doorstep or in your mailbox. I forget how easy it is to skip the post office!
Ship your items promptly to gain positive feedback from buyers.
Do you sell used homeschool curriculum at the end of the year or hang onto it for dear life?


Considering that I live in a Sunni (Shafi\'I madhhab) region and they have requested me to lead Tarawih prayer in congregation, as a Shia, am I allowed to do it even in the state of Taqiyya?
According to the Holy Quran, ahadith and Shia and Sunni, Taqiyyah is rational and one of the ways by which we can keep our religion safe. The Holy Quran has approved Ammar Yaser' taqiyya that he used it against unbelievers. The Quran also cited the Taqiyyah of the believers of Ale Pharaoh with majesty. Because, if they showed their faith they would be definitely killed and then they couldn't complete their mission. Imam Sadiq (as) has said: Taqiyya is my tradition and my fathers' tradition. Those who have no taqiyya have no religion. Taqiyya is Allah's strong shield in the land.
Taqiyya is divided into two divisions: Wajib (obligatory) and Haram. Wajib is when you think you would be killed or lose your property in case of leaving taqiyya. Haram: if one is being compelled to kill a person the one doesn't have to do taqiyya, according to traditions.
Also, the benefits which are behind leaving taqiyya is sometimes much stronger than the harm caused by not doing it. For instance, if a scholar who has a dignified place in society drinks wine under taqiyya his action would encourage people to do so and probably create doubt in the principle of religion.
Therefore, if leaving tarawih prayer in congregation threatening a persons, other Shias or hisher relatives' life or property the one is allowed to offer it. Otherwise, if there is a little or negligible harm in leaving taqiyya one is not allowed to do taqiyya in this situation.
It is not permissible, unless there is no possibility to avoid taqiyya.
There is no problem in it under Taqiyya.
If rejecting the request is contrary to Taqiyya you would be allowed to accept it, but you should make intention of doing mustahab prayer not tarawih prayer instead.
 . Adopted from answer 3022 (Website: 4099).
 . Meshkini, Mirza Ali, Mostalihat al-Fiqh, Pg. 160.
 . Kuleini, Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 220.
 . Mostalihat al-Fiqh, Pg. 160.
 . Eshtihardi, Sheikh Ali Panah, Madarek al-Urwat, Vol. 4, Pg. 265.
: Apakah boleh shalat tarawih itu dikerjakan berdasarkan taqiyyah?
Can a Muslim male marry a Christian female without his parents consent?


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Q: Filter function: How to include a row if column B matches condition OR column C matches condition I have a table like this:
15,tag2,tag1

16,tag1,tag3

..

I want to list all numbers with tag1. I tried the following:
=filter(A1:A, OR(B1:B="tag1", C1:C="tag1"))

but that does not work.

A: For this case, you can try using the "+" sign as an OR operator. You can try the following:
=filter(A:C, (B:B = "tag1") + (C:C = "tag1"))

Which results to:

You can also try using the query function as an alternative. You can try using this:
 =query(A:C, "Select A, B, C where B = 'tag1' or C = 'tag1'")

Here is a sample of the code:

A: use:
=FILTER(A1:A, REGEXMATCH(B1:B&C1:C, "tag1"))


300 copies of this book were printed from printers rule at The Fine Arts Press, College of Fine Arts, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha. The text was printed from Berkeley type at Barnhart Press. The text paper is Champion Text Cover in one of three colors, and the cover stock is Classic Crest Cover. The library has two copies: copy 1 is to remain intact; copy 2 may be manipulated by the reader according to the artist's instructions.
Gift of the artist. Rosemary Furtak Collection, Walker Art Center.


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, también conocida como Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness, es una película de anime dirigida por Tatsuo Satou, lanzada en cines japoneses el 8 de agosto de 1998.

La historia transcurre luego del juego para Sega Saturn Nadesico: The Blank of Three Years, historia que tiene lugar inmediatamente después de la serie de televisión Martian Successor Nadesico.

Argumento
Han pasado tres años desde que la nave espacial Nadesico escapó de la batalla final en Marte frente a la Federación Joviana, llevándose consigo la caja negra de salto orgánico (cuya desaparición traería finalmente la paz entre terrícolas y jovianos) y abandonando a Akito Tenkawa y a Yurika Mitsumaru para que ambos comenzaran una nueva vida juntos.

Ahora Ruri Hoshino es la capitana de la nave Nadesico-B y mientras ella y su tripulación investigan una colonia de la que se tienen sospechas de rebelión a la Unión Tierra-Júpiter, un ataque informático al lugar dará inicio a la investigación de un misterio que atormenta a todos los antiguos tripulantes del Nadesico: ¿Quienes fueron los responsables del ataque aéreo que, dos años antes, aparentemente acabó con las vidas de Akito Tenkawa, Yurika Mitsumaru e Inés Freezange?, ¿cuál fue el propósito de ese ataque?, ¿qué pasó con sus cadáveres?, ¿o acaso ellos siguen con vida? y, si lo anterior es cierto, ¿qué ha pasado con ellos en los dos años en los que se les creía muertos?.

Personajes

Tripulación del Nadesico-B
 Teniente Comandante Ruri Hoshino (星野ルリ, ほしの るり, Hoshino Ruri)(Seiyuu: Omi Minami): Es la capitana del Nadesico-B. Tiene 16 años y es idolatrada por gran parte de los militares como el Hada Cibernética. Ha madurado mucho desde la serie y parece que ha dejado de referirse a los demás como "idiotas". Se complace al saber que Akito sigue vivo, pero le duele ver lo mucho que ha cambiado.

 Teniente Saburouta Takasugi (高杉三郎太, たかすぎ さぶろうた, Takasugi Saburōta) (Seiyuu: Shinichiro Miki): Exoficial ejecutivo de la nave joviana Kanazuki. Ahora es parte de las Fuerzas Unidas de la Tierra, y sirve como Oficial Táctico de Ruri. Se ha teñido el cabello a rubio y se ha convertido en un playboy (para molestia de Hari). Sus habilidades y tácticas de combate en el control de robots gigantes no han disminuido.

 Alférez Hari Makibi (マキビ・ハリ, Makibi Hari) (Seiyuu: Noriko Hidaki): Oficial de Puente a bordo del Nadesico-B (y el único nuevo de los personajes principales), Hari es un genio producto de la ingeniería genética con capacidades similares a las de Ruri, pero a diferencia de ella, es muy emocional. Tal vez debido a esto, Hari idolatra a Ruri (y muy posiblemente se siente atraído por ella); está celoso de su relación con la tripulación de la primera Nadesico.

Fuerzas Unidas de la Tierra
 Comandante Jun Aoi (葵ジュン, あおい じゅん, Aoi Jun)(Seiyuu: Kentarou Itou): Ahora capitán de su propia Nave (la nave de combate Amaryllis de la tercera flota de la Flota Espacial de la Tierra Unida), Jun ha madurado pero todavía está completamente abrumado por las personas alrededor de él. En particular, es acosado por Yukina en dejar que ella se una a la misión de la Nadesico-B.

 Ryouko Subaru (昴リョーコ, すばる りょうこ, Subaru Ryōko)(Seiyuu: Chisa Yokoyama): Piloto as de Aestivalis, Ryoko ahora lleva su pelo oscuro en vez de verde. Ella es una de las primeras en enterarse del destino de Yurika y se enfureció de no estar en condiciones de rescatarla de inmediato. Todavía encariñada con Akito, sus compañeras Izumi y Hikaru se burlan de ella sobre sus interacciones con Saburota.

 Comandante Gempachirou Akiyama (秋山源八郎, あきやま げんぱちろう, Akiyama Gempachirō) (Seiyuu: Yasunori Matsumoto): Él encabezó el grupo de jóvenes oficiales liberales que tomaron el control de la federación joviana mediante golpe de Estado. En su gobierno se llegó rápidamente a un alto al fuego con la Tierra Unida.

 Comandante Kouichirou Misumaru (御統コウイチロウ, みすまる こういちろう, Misumaru Kōichirō) (Seiyuu: Akio Ohtsuka): Padre de Yurika.

 Comandante Yoshisada Munetake (ムネタケ・ヨシサダ, Munetaki Yoshisada) (Seiyuu: Mitsuaki Madono): Padre del fallecido Sadaaki Munetake.

 Comandante Araragi (アララギ, Araragi) (Seiyuu: Fumihiko Tachiki): Escolta la nave en la que viaja la tripulación de la Nadesico hacia la Luna. Sus hombres se refieren a Ruri como el Hada Cibernética.

Antiguos Miembros de la Tripulación del Nadesico
 Sr. Prospector (プロスペクター, Purosupekutā) (Seiyuu: Kenichi Omo)

 Hikaru Amano (天野ヒカル, あまの ひかる, Amano Hikaru)(Seiyuu: Shiho Kikuchi): Piloto Aestivalis y fanática de Gekigangar III, Hikaru se ha convertido en una artista de manga. Antes de acceder a incorporarse al Nadesico-C, ella convence a Ruri y compañía para ayudarle a terminar un número antes de su fecha límite. Al igual que sus compañeros, sus habilidades de piloto apenas se han oxidado, ella las pule en videojuegos de combate contra Ryoko.

 Srta. Hou Mei (ホウメイ, Hou Mei) (Seiyuu: Miyuki Ichijou)

 Haruka Minato (遥ミナト,はるか みなと, Haruka Minato)(Seiyuu: Maya Okamoto)

 Megumi Reinard (メグミ・レイナード, Megumi Reinādo) (Seiyuu: Naoko Takano)

 Izumi Maki (真木イズミ, まき いずみ, Maki Izumi)(Seiyuu: Niki Nagasawa): Inexpresiva (algunos dirían extraña) como siempre, Izumi es la anfitriona de un bar cuando llega el Sr. Prospector a reclutarla. Sus habilidades no parecen haber disminuido, ya que ella, Ryoko, Hikaru y Saburota eliminan rápidamente y sin contemplaciones a los asesinos de Hokushin.

 Seiya Uribatake (瓜畑星矢, うりばたけ せいや, Uribatake Seiya)(Seiyuu: Nobou Tobita)

 Gōto Hōrī (ゴート・ホーリー, Gōto Hōrī) (Seiyuu: Juurouta Kosugi)

 Sayuri Terasaki (テラサキ・サユリ, Terasaki Sayuri) (Seiyuu: Akiko Yajima)

 Harumi Tanaka (タナカ・ハルミ, Tanaka Harumi) (Seiyuu: Akira Nakagawa)

 Junko Mizuhara (ミズハラ・ジュンコ, Mizuhara Junko) (Seiyuu: Yumi Matsuzawa)

 Mikako Satou (サトウ・ミカコ, Satou Mikako) (Seiyuu: Emi Motoi)

 Eri Uemura (ウエムラ・エリ, Uemura Eri) (Seiyuu: Tomoko Kawakami)

Personajes de Nergal
 Gen'ichirou Tsukiomi (月臣元一朗, つきおみ げんいちろう, Tsukiomi Gen'ichirō) (Seiyuu: Toshiyuki Morikawa)

 Nagare Akatsuki (アカツキ・ナガレ, Akatsuki Nagare) (Seiyuu: Ryōtarō Okiayu)

 Erina Kinjou Won (エリナ・キンジョウ・ウォン, Erina Kinjō Won) (Seiyuu: Yuko Nagashima)

Los Sucesores de Marte
 Vice-Almirante Haruki Kusakabe (草壁春樹, くさかべ はるき, Kusakabe Haruki) (Seiyuu: Kunihiko Yasui)

 Yoshio Yamasaki (ヤマサキ・ヨシオ, Yamasaki Yoshio) (Seiyuu: Norio Wakamoto)

 Hokushin (北辰, Hokushin) (Seiyuu: Kōichi Yamadera)

Personajes con destinos desconocidos
 Akito Tenkawa (天河明人,テンカワ・アキト|Tenkawa Akito) (Seiyuu: Yuji Ueda): Akito fue víctima de experimentos por los Sucesores de Marte, debido a esto el estado luminoso que pasa cuando se realiza un salto se queda de manera anormal todo el tiempo en él. Su misión en la película es ahora tratar de recuperar a Yurika, a la cual los marcianos usan como elemento vital para poder realizar saltos en elementos orgánicos.

 Inez Fressange (イネス・フレサンジュ|Inesu Furesanju) (Seiyuu: Naoko Matsui): Fue resguardada después del accidente del transbordador por Nergal pensado que la querían obtener los Sucesores de Marte.

 Yurika Misumaru (御統ユリカ,ミスマル・ユリカ|Misumaru Yurika) (Seiyuu: Hōko Kuwashima): Fue atrapada y utilizada como si fuera una ruina de Júpiter.

 Lapis Lazuli (ラピス・ラズリ|Rapisu Lazuri) (Seiyuu: Yukie Nakama): Niña con habilidad tecnológica como Ruri, son los sentidos de Akito, se denota una personalidad tímida y melancólica

Otros personajes
 Yukina Shiratori (白鳥ユキナ, しらとり ゆきな, Shiratori Yukina) (Seiyuu: Ikue Ohtani)

 Azuma (アズマ, Azuma) (Seiyuu: Shouzou Iizuka)

Emisión internacional
La película tuvo su estreno en cines de Japón el 8 de agosto de 1998. En occidente se estrenó por el canal de pago Locomotion el 21 de mayo de 2000 en sus señales para América Latina, España y Portugal. En Estados Unidos fue editada por ADV Films y se transmitió en Anime Network.

La distribución de la película para la región latinoamericana luego quedó en manos de Xystus, así posteriormente se emitió también en el canal I.Sat desde el 12 de octubre de 2003 y por Golden.

Música
La banda sonora de la película fue compuesta por Takayuki Hattori, fue compilada en un CD con 39 pistas y lanzado el 1 de julio de 2003. La canción de cierre es Dearest interpretada por Yumi Matsuzawa.

 Dragon Attack [M-1]
 Title Backing Theme - Black Selena I [M-2B-C]
 Nadeisco Theme I [M-4]
 Boson Jump [M-5]
 Surprise Inspection [M-6A]
 Chaos * Confusion [M-6B]
 Premonition - Dragon Attack II [M-7-8]
 Premonition - Dragon Attack II [M-9]
 Yocho [M-10A]
 Black Selena II [M-10B]
 Corpse of the Nadeisco [M-11]
 Martian Successor (With Melody) [M-12A]
 Sleeping Beauty of the Cyber Forest [M-13]
 The Hokushin Seven I [M-14]
 Nadeisco Crew I [M-15]
 Hanamiko I [M-16]
 The Pages of Memory Turn [M-18]
 Nadeisco Crew II [M-19]
 Nadeisco Crew III [M-20]
 Rose Bud
 Yurika's Dream [M-27]
 Boson Jump III [M-24]
 Moon Warrior's Appear [M-25]
 Dragon Attack II [M-26]
 Yurika's Dream [M-23]
 Nadeisco Theme II [M-28]
 Nadeisco Supreme [M-30]
 Nadeisco Aestivalis II [M-31]
 Black Selena III [M-32]
 Super Aestivalis [M-33]
 Dearest
 Hisago Plan [M-21]
 Fight [M-21]
 Select [M-21]
 Start [M-21]
 Martian Successor (Without Melody) [M-12B]
 Music Hall On Mars [M-22]
 The How And Why of Nadeisco [M-29A]
 Music Show [M-29B]

Películas de anime
Martian Succesor Nadesico
Anime de 1998

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Why are we doing a review?
The Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places (Parliamentary Elections) Regulations 2006 and Section 17 of the Electoral Registration Act 2013 require local authorities to review their polling districts, places, and stations every five years. The review period starts in October, and each authority may choose the exact dates and length of their review; however it must fall within a 16 month period. The next compulsory review period is from October 2018 to January 2020.
We also want to make sure that elections can be delivered successfully for the newly created wards, and that voting facilities are convenient and accessible for electors, following the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's (LGBCE) review of our ward boundaries in 2017/18. This reduced the number of wards from 30 to 24 and the number of Councillors from 52 to 43 (starting from the May 2019 elections).
We carried out a preliminary review of our polling districts and places in September 2018, and met with Conservative and Liberal Party Groups within the council, and with the Disability External Scrutiny Board.
Although, the remainder of the places remain unchanged, there are proposed alterations to the polling districts. This follows changes made to the ward boundaries by the LGBCE review. We would also welcome your views on these.
Before you complete the survey, please read the background information [7Mb], which includes maps of the proposed polling districts and places, and information on the number of electors in each area.
The current polling districts and places can be found on our interactive map. Alternatively they can be viewed by appointment at the Market Street Offices during office hours whilst the review is taking place.
Please note the review does not cover the changing of ward or constituency boundaries or names, which are the responsibility of the LGBCE (for wards) and the Parliamentary Boundary Commission (for constituencies).
Our recommendations will be submitted for consideration to the Full Council Meeting on 5 March 2019. Any changes will be in place for the District Elections on 2 May 2019, and registered electors will be notified of where they can vote on their poll cards or can find their polling station online.
We received 42 completed responses. The majority responded positively to the proposed changes.
We will take your comments into consideration and a report will be prepared for submission to the Full Council meeting on 5 March 2019.


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The ObserverWorld news
FBI hunts last of the lynchers
In an effort to close a chapter in America's history of race hate, Washington is bringing elderly Klansmen to justice for killings carried out up to 60 years ago
Paul Harris in New York
@paulxharris
Sat 10 Mar 2007 19.10 EST
When the mutilated bodies of Henry Dee and Charles Moore were dragged up from the waters of the Mississippi in 1964, they were tied to the engine block of a Jeep. The Ku Klux Klansmen who killed the black teenagers had intended their bodies never to be found.
In the Fifties and Sixties, black men, women and children were often killed with impunity by southern whites who believed they would get away with murder. But they were wrong in the case of Dee and Moore, who were both 19.
Next month, James Seale, 71, will go on trial in Mississippi for their murders. He is unlikely to be the last elderly white man to face such a trial for crimes some might deem old history and others would call horrifically delayed justice. In a dramatic new official move to come to terms with the past, the FBI is re-examining almost 100 unsolved murder cases from the civil rights era. It will look at brutal slayings and lynchings that happened across the American South before 1968, when the region was in turmoil as blacks campaigned for the right to vote.
Up to a dozen of the 100 suspected racial killings have been given top priority and a special team, in partnership with civil rights groups, has been set up to look at hunting and prosecuting suspects. The aim is to ignite a fire under these long dormant 'cold cases'. 'There are murder cases from the civil rights era that cry out for justice, cases that cry out for further investigation,' said Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Centre, which fights civil rights cases and has handed many of its files to the FBI.
The brutality of the crimes is shocking. Men, women and children were murdered in cold blood and broad daylight. They were shot, stabbed, bombed or beaten to death. Bodies were mutilated and hidden. Often murders were never investigated by local police forces which were either complicit in the crimes or wanted to ignore them. Sometimes when suspects were charged, juries of their fellow whites simply acquitted them, no matter what the evidence. In one notorious case, a civil rights activist, the Reverend George Lee, was found dead in his crashed car in the Mississippi town of Belzoni. The sheriff ruled the death a traffic accident and declared that the shotgun pellets picked out of Lee's head were dental fillings.
Now the FBI is determined to look back at such cases, some more than five decades old. It is hoping advances in DNA technology and a renewed willingness of witnesses to come forward will allow it to bring prosecutions. 'In too many instances the truth has been hidden for too long. Many individuals have quite literally got away with murder,' said Robert Mueller, the FBI director who has set up the cold case initiative.
For some, the question remains: why now? Previously, individual cases have been reinvestigated only after the concerted efforts of a victim's relatives and journalists. Only now is the Department of Justice taking a firm lead. The initiative was announced by Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General and close confidant of President George Bush. 'The Justice Department is committed to investigating and prosecuting civil rights era homicides for as long as it takes,' Gonzales said.
Part of the reason for the sudden interest of the Justice Department is that convictions in some of the most notorious civil rights cases have already been secured. They include the 2001 jailings of two men involved in blowing up a church in Birmingham, Alabama, and killing four black schoolgirls. Then, in 2005, Edgar Ray Killen was convicted for killing three civil rights workers, whose deaths in 1964 shocked America and inspired the film Mississippi Burning.
Now comes the trial of Seale. His alleged victims, Dee and Moore, were looking for work in rural Mississippi when Klansmen targeted them, wrongly thinking they were radicals on a political mission. According to the new prosecution, Seale drove them to an isolated forest in his truck with other Klansmen.
While Seale held a shotgun, the pair were tied to a tree and beaten with sticks. Then, while they were still alive, Seale taped up their mouths and hands and drove them 100 miles to Louisiana, where they were tied to the engine block with chains and thrown into the Mississippi. At the time both Seale and another Klansman, Charles Edwards, were arrested and then released. According to records of the time, interrogators told Seale: 'We know you did it. You know you did. The Lord above knows you did it.' Seale allegedly replied: 'Yes. But I'm not going to admit it. You are going to have to prove it.'
The authorities never did then. But it might be easier now. Edwards - who confessed at the time to being involved in beating the victims - has accepted immunity in return for testifying against Seale. That gives hope to others involved in the '10 to 12' cases the FBI is re-investigating and giving priority. One looks set to be the killing of two black couples at Moore's Ford, Georgia, in 1946. The couples were set on by a white mob and gunned down with hundreds of bullets after being dragged from their car.
Another case that could be on the FBI list is the 1965 killing of Oneal Moore, the first black sheriff in Washington parish, Louisiana. He was shot in his patrol car after a truck full of white men drove by and opened fire. A third killing could be the murder of Second World War veteran Maceo Snipes, gunned down in 1946 for daring to register to vote in Georgia.
But despite the horrific nature of many of the killings, there are some clear problems. Many of the witnesses will be dead. Most of the evidence will be old or lost. In many cases, where there were investigations at the time, much of the documentation will have been thrown out or destroyed.
Even the FBI confesses it can't do as much as it would like. 'We know that, no matter how much work we devote to an investigation, we may not always get the result we are hoping for,' Mueller said. Then there is another problem: the killers themselves may be dead. In Florida recently it was announced that the four Klansmen behind a bombing assassination of a local civil rights leader had been identified, but all four men had died.
Despite the problems, many people say the reinvestigations are vital to force Americans to face a bloody chapter of their recent history. 'These are more than just individual murder cases. They are a symbol. They show racial violence was a deep, central trauma in American life,' said Seth Moglen, a professor at Lehigh University and an expert in African-American issues.
It was just 50 years ago that many black Americans could not vote. Many older black Americans alive now were born into an age where their lives were at risk for the colour of their skin and a judicial system in the South often felt free to ignore their murder. 'The killings of civil rights workers were simply the tip of an iceberg that had been going on for generation after generation to maintain white dominance,' said Moglen.
The initiative, coming as Senator Barack Obama is bidding to make history as America's first black President, could become a reminder that modern America has come a long way. Civil rights activists now believe there is no better way to do that than to make sure the past is fully explored, that wrongs committed 50 years ago are still righted. 'Those responsible for these forgotten deaths have gone unpunished too long,' Cohen said.
A legacy of hate
There are many unsolved racial murders from the civil rights era. Among the most notorious are:
Oneal Moore
Moore was a black sheriff's deputy in Louisiana in 1965. He was shot in his patrol car by white men in a passing truck. His partner, another black deputy, was blinded in one eye.
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Jackson was shot dead in Alabama in 1965 by police after state troopers began attacking a crowd of black protesters. The killing was not investigated. But now a former policeman, James Fowler, has confessed he was the shooter. He says it was self-defence.
James Brazier
In 1958 Brazier was beaten to death in front of his family by two police officers in Georgia. The local sheriff later told a newspaper: 'There's nothing like fear to keep niggers in line.'
Isadore Banks
Banks was a farmer in Arkansas and his property was supposedly envied by local white people. His body was found chained to a tree in 1954. He had been burnt to death. His property was then rented to white farmers.
Andrew Anderson
In 1963 Anderson was accused by a white woman in Arkansas of molesting her daughter. He was killed by a group of white people in a bean field. His death was ruled a justifiable homicide by local authorities.


The Russian government does not cut total sum of spending on scientific research despite tight budget constraints, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said at a general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He added that this concerns the research programs for both military and civil sectors.
"Times are hard, budget constraints are tough. Nevertheless, the total volume of funding for science, here I mean the research for civilian and military purposes, is not reduced. On the whole, there are still solid conditions for the development of our science, of course, in collaboration with the international scientific community," Dvorkovich said.
According to the official, Vladimir Putin has set the task of preparing a new list of first priority research programs.
"We are doing this work together [with the Russian Academy of Sciences] and will finish it before the end of the year, we will form a new strategy for science and technology policy," the official added.
At the same time, there is no need to set up any new agencies or commissions, he noted.
"I suggest that we should not engage too much in unnecessary administrative part but get down to a real meaningful work", the deputy prime minister said.


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