The National STEM Consortium academic certificate in Composites Technology is built on a 30-semester-credit model and includes two tracks: (1) Composites Fabrication, Assembly, and Repair, and (2) CNC Machining and Composite Manufacturing. Graduates are prepared for entry-level positions in industries including aviation, marine, recreation, green energy, and manufacturing.
Applied Math consists of sixteen lessons along with corresponding supplemental labs and/or class activities. Topics covered include: whole number operations, fraction and decimal notation, ratio, proportion, percentages, exponents, scientific notation, basic algebra, measurement, introductory physics, geometry, triangle and trigonometry topics, area, volume, and the Cartesian coordinate system. Students will also enhance their professionalism skills which are assessed using a professionalism rubric.
Semi Precision and Precision Measurement is the study and practice of measurement tools common to Composites and Machining. It is a fundamental skill required in fields where part tolerances rely on precision. This course consists of five lesson plans along with corresponding labs and/or class activities, and supplemental materials. The course also includes two online modules that are designed to help students through common sticking points and better prepare them for face-to-face instruction. Topics covered include: the care and handling of semi-precision and precision instruments, the difference between semi and precision measurement, and the introduction and practice of several measurement instruments.
Drawings and Prints is the study of foundational blueprint and drawing skills. These skills are necessary in machining and in composites technology as the technician may be required to identify the sizing, the shape, and the material make-up of an object. Topics covered include: A working knowledge of the alphabet of lines, including: object lines, hidden lines, center lines, extension lines, dimension lines, and projection lines. The course will cover blueprint views and how they are arranged: one view drawings, two view drawings, and standard three view drawings, as well as auxiliary views. Students will practice dimensioning procedures on basic blueprints, including: size and location dimensions, dimensions in limited space, dimensioning holes, cylinders, arcs, and angles. They will define and use unilateral and bi-lateral tolerances as well as classes of fits.
Professionalism provides the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully navigate a career in the field of composites. Skills covered are necessary behaviors, habits, and documentation necessary to gain employment, navigate an organization, and advance in this career path. The modules of this course are intended to be taught throughout the certification pathway to support the growth of the individual as a professional. Topics include industry relevant resumes, transferable skills, online job-search, online professional presence, interview skills, professional development using fully-online classes, motivational theory, leadership, group dynamics, organizational theory, conflict management and behavior modification in order to improve effective communication, and effectiveness and group dynamics in the workplace and other organizations.
Safety is a general overview course on safety; it covers the fundamentals of environment, health, and safety topics required to become a successful composites technician. Additionally, in-depth and specific environment, health, and safety issues, policies, procedures, and regulations are discussed throughout this program. Industry leaders were part of the curriculum design of the course determining the basic knowledge and skills needed to be a safe and viable candidate for employment. Topics covered include: hazardous communication, ergonomics, regulations, standard operating procedures (SOP), personal protective equipment, lockout/tagout, hand and power tool safety, and industrial housekeeping.
Applied Physics is a study of the underlying physical principles encountered when kitting, repairing, or maintaining composite parts in the aviation industry, or in other industries, such as marine. This course consists of six lessons along with corresponding supplemental labs and/or class activities. Topics covered include: weight, mass, gravity, energy, force, work, power, machines, stress, motion, heat, pressure, gas laws, fluid mechanics, and the forces of flight.
Materials and Processes provides the introductory knowledge and skills necessary to work with metal and nonmetallic materials and various forms of hardware. This course also introduces inspection methods and LEAN concepts. The basic knowledge gained in this course is transferable to other industries and applications. This course is to be taught in conjunction with Composites Technician Lab A.
Introduction to Composites reviews the components of composites, including mechanical advantage, vocabulary, manufacturing and repair techniques and employment opportunities in the composite industry. This course consists of three lessons along with corresponding supplemental labs and/or class activities. This course provides a breadth of instructional materials and activities from which to choose. It is intended as a broad overview of the Fabrication, Assembly, and Repair Track.
Composites Lab Tech A is a portfolio of project-based work required for the successful composites technician. It is offered concurrently with Semi-Precision and Precision Measurement, Safety, Blueprints and Drawings, Materials and Processes, and Introduction to Composites, and reinforces skills taught in those courses. The student will create increasingly complex projects to gain mastery in the proper use of tools, materials and processes, prints and drawings, fabrication, assembly and repair of various metal, non-metal and composite materials.
Advanced Composites Fabrication and Assembly hones the knowledge and skills necessary for composite fabrication, including print reading, project planning, layout, distortion control, and fixturing. The course also provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the identification and use of appropriate materials and processes to assemble structures made of composite materials. These are the first and second components in the specialty pathway of the Composite Technician Certificate curriculum, and taught in conjunction with Composites Technician Lab B.
Advanced Composites Repair provides the knowledge and skills necessary to inspect, test, and repair composite structures. Emphasis is on structural and nonstructural evaluation, material handling, surface preparation, and repair procedures. This course is the third component in the specialty pathway of the Composite Technician Certificate curriculum, and is to be taught in conjunction with Composites Technician Lab B. This course presumes that the student has had an introductory overview course that broadly describes composite fabrication, assembly, and repair. Students will develop an in depth understanding of composite repair knowledge and related skills such as basic core materials, adhesive bonding and fastening, repair of composite structures, inspection and test methods, molding methods and practices, and tooling.
Composites Lab Tech B is the final component in the specialty pathway of the Composite Technician Certificate curriculum. The student will create ever more complex projects to gain mastery in the proper use of tools, materials and processes, prints and drawings and fabrication, assembly and repair of various composite and advanced composite materials. Running parallel with the Composite Fabrication & Assembly and Composite Repair courses, these labs provide hands-on, experiential learning using projects that involve and build upon what students have learned in the Composite Fabrication & Assembly and Composite Repair courses.
Machine Tool Theory is a foundation for study of manufacturing methods, processes, related equipment, and tools of industry. It requires the student to understand shop safety practices, job planning, machining feeds and speeds, precision measuring instruments, layout tools and procedures, hand tools and bench work, metal cutting saws, drilling machines, metal lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, and abrasives.
Machine Operations Lab introduces hands-on learning for three different types of machine tools: vertical milling machine—Bridgeport-type, metal lathe, and surface grinder. Blueprint reading, math, 3-D spatial, and mechanical aptitude are integrated into the hands-on projects. The course covers how to safely and effectively operate machinery, use proper terminology for all items, precision measurement, layouts, print reading, machine set-ups, hand tools, measuring tools, cutting tools, and all other processes in production work flow. Selected lab equipment is typically found in most conventional machine shops. The required extensive hands-on projects are especially attractive to prospective employers looking for students with machining experience.
CNC Machining will review and cover the fundamental Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining topics required to become a successful composites technician. These include: the Cartesian coordinate system, AutoCAD (which is a commercial software application for 2D and 3D Computer-Aided Design – CAD), G-Codes (CNC programming language), M-Codes (machine code multi-paradigm numerical computing environment programming language), Program Writing, Simulation Software, Safety Procedures, Machine Set-up and Operation, program loading, execution, and error checking.
Injection Molding is an overview of the process and types of polymers and composite materials used by today's manufacturers. The course covers the techniques and procedures used in the set-up, operation, and processing of molded parts including: injection mold machine set-up, injection pressures, press temperatures, clamping pressures and secondary machining operations of completed parts.


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The appointment brings the total members of HOBY's Board to 17. HOBY is celebrating 55 years as the national leader in youth leadership and service programs
"As the parent of a HOBY alumnus, and a successful international finance professional, Mr. Ahmed brings a unique and important perspective to the Board of Governors," HOBY President/CEO Javier La Fianza said. "I really look forward to working with him to grow and strengthen HOBY around the world."
Ahmed brings more than 20 years of investment experience and active involvement within the ultra high-net worth, and global financial institutions around the world. Abaris Capital Advisors is a Chicago- based investment boutique specializing in alternative asset management portfolio strategies focusing on sovereign wealth funds, global financial institutions, international private banking operations and ultra-high net worth family offices. Prior to Abaris, Omer served as Senior Managing Director at Bear Sterns responsible for the Middle East. He was also President of Crescent Capital Management and held senior positions at Credit Agricole Indosuez Bank, Merrill Lynch International and ABN AMRO Private Banking. Omer has been Executive member of the Four Star Committee for ALSAC St. Jude Children's Hospital Charity. Mr. Ahmed is currently a board member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation licensing program and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Center for Financial Services at DePaul University. He is also a Senior Member of the Advisory Board at Vision Brazil Investments and a Senior Principal and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Lifeline Holdings (http://www.lifelineassets.com).
Mr. Ahmed is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. He also completed a post-graduate program on investment decision and behavioral finance at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
"I am honored the HOBY Board has placed their trust in me and am eager to facilitate a global reach," Mr. Ahmed said. "To be selected to participate in an organization with as rich a history of success as HOBY is truly inspiring. I look forward to working with the Board, more than 4000 dedicated volunteers and the outstanding HOBY staff. I plan to be an active and supportive Board member, using my skills and expertise to strengthen and enhance HOBY and our programs."
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Winn Westcott has spent hundreds of hours over the last 13 years restoring and caring for one of the most iconic landmarks of Monticello – the Big Four Tractor. It's largely by virtue of his volunteer work that he was selected to serve as the 2019 Pioneer Day Parade Grand Marshal, and you'll likely see him riding atop the Big Four headed down Main Street on Saturday. Rhett Sifford photo
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The Pioneer Day Celebration in Monticello will take place this weekend, with a few new events and a host of old favorites. It is a "Cello"-bration with a full range of events under the sponsorship of the San Juan Chamber of Commerce and the City of Monticello. The theme for the celebration is Honoring the Past. The annual Pioneer Day parade is often the highlight of the celebration. The parade is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 20. The parade will follow the traditional route, beginning at Monticello High School and traveling down Main Street before returning to the school. The parade will feature floats made by local businesses, the San Juan County Fair, the Monticello High School drill team, queens and royalties, and more. There may even be a Civil War reenactment. Winn Westcott is the Grand Marshall of the Pioneer Day parade, with the Big Four tractor expected to be front and center. Westcott is honored for his years of work on the spectacular tractor. Festivities on Saturday, July 22 will begin at 7 a.m. with the Lions Club Breakfast at the pavilion behind the post office and adjacent to the LDS Church Stake Center. In addition, a 5K race will begin at 6:30 a.m. at Loyds Lake. Following the big parade, vendors in Veterans Memorial Park will offer a variety of delicious foods, prizes, gifts, and games. The 23rd Army Marching Band will perform at the Memorial Park stage, and a quilt Show will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A tractor pull will begin at 2 p.m. at the Monticello Visitor Center. The annual Blue Mountain Invitational Fast Pitch Softball Tournament begins on Friday and continues throughout the day on Saturday. The Monticello Pool will host diving for prizes and $1 swim beginning at noon. The day will end with fireworks once it gets dark. Make sure to snag a spot on the ballfields if you want the best view of the firework show. Events on Friday, July 19 include a Home Run Derby starting at 3 p.m. at the ballfields. The evening will feature vendors in the park, a quilting expo at the Monticello branch of the San Juan County library, and kick off the fast pitch softball tournament. Moodlite and Fear and Loathing will perform a concert at Veterans Memorial Park beginning at 7 p.m. A movie will will play at Veterans Park after the concert. On Friday, July 19 from noon to 4 p.m., Gary Mooneyhan will have a Civil War demonstration at the Monticello Visitor Center. He will repeat the demonstration on Saturday. There are a host of family reunions and class reunions over the weekend, including the Monticello High School graduating classes of 1969, '79, '89, '99, 2009, and more. The celebration is made possible by the City of Monticello and the volunteer service of a number of people. Chamber of Commerce Director Bayley Hedglin heads up the volunteer effort. A full schedule of events can be found in this issue of the newspaper and can be downloaded here.
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by Rhett Sifford Winn Westcott has a great appreciation for the history of Monticello and a strong respect for the men and women who spent their days and nights working hard simply to make a living in the little city where he grew up. He has expressed that appreciation for the last 13 years by donating hundreds of hours of his own hard work to restore, and then provide constant maintenance to, one of the city's most recognizable icons – the lumbering behemoth that is the Big Four Tractor. He has also been instrumental in organizing the popular tractor pull event. As Monticello hosts its annual Pioneer Day Celebration this week and remembers the past, it's fitting that Westcott will serve as the 2019 parade grand marshal. His labor of love is truly a bold representation of the legacy of Monticello. Its residents have always depended on the land where they live. For generations, farmers have respected and cared for this land. It's a heritage that is slipping into the past and residents should strive to reclaim it, Westcott said. "We're losing our history just as fast as we can go," he explained. "People come and go all the time, and they're not very interested in what started the town, the people who started it. The fabric of the community is changing. "The young people have moved on and they're so busy," he continued. "They have a million things to do now. I'd like to see us stop losing our history and get interested again in what Monticello is about." For Westcott, and many other local residents, the Big Four Tractor is a bold reminder of that bygone era. For that reason, he continues to put in work on the ten-ton beast in hopes that it can make a return appearance in the parade after a two-year hiatus. The Big Four, a member of the class known as prairie tractors, is a rare tractor. According to FarmCollector.com, just 25 are known to exist. It was built by the Emerson-Brantingham Company in 1912 and got its name because of its four 4x5 cylinders. It was used in various dry farms in the area until 1915 and was abandoned until the City of Monticello bought it in 1962. Westcott said this special tractor is really the grand marshal this year, not himself. Most folks who have lived in Monticello for any length of time are familiar with the Big Four and the massive restoration project that was completed on it in 2008. It began in 2003 when Westcott and Steve Young led a group of local tractor buffs who made it their goal to restore the Big Four to running condition and build a suitable home for it at the Frontier Museum. Until that time, the tractor had been sitting in Veterans Park for over 40 years. Project coordinators began fundraising. A successful grant was written and by 2006 the foundation had raised more than $14,000. Young's Machine Company provided space in their shop with large hoists to work on the huge machine. The tractor was completely taken apart and all the parts cleaned. The crank shaft was re-ground and polished, the pistons were refurbished, new rings were made, old cylinders were re-sleeved, new Babbitt bearings were provided for the rods, and transmission bearings were replaced. The radiator was taken apart, cleaned, and reconditioned. The carburetor and governor were rebuilt and the clutch was relined. Some work was completed locally and some by firms across the nation. No parts were available for the repair job, so new ones had to be fabricated if the old were unusable. The project would have been prohibitively expensive if not for the generosity of several companies that donated thousands of dollars of labor. Other sources of funding came from the City of Monticello, tractor pulls held in Moab and Cortez, and uncounted hours of volunteer labor. Westcott said it was an impressive group, and you can find their names printed on the individual fan blades located inside the radiator of the restored Big Four. The shiny, like-new tractor made its first modern appearance on a trailer in the 2008 Pioneer Day parade and rumbled down Main Street under its own power in 2009. Westcott has been the volunteer caretaker of the giant tractor for 13 years. He is truly married to it, but at this point, he said, he's "trying to get a divorce." "The thing about the Big Four that people don't realize is that it's not like the tractors we have now," Westcott said. "People want to drive it and they can't even start it. It's a process. It's kind of like your wife. You think you know her and the next day something else is different." It's also extremely expensive to keep the Big Four running. Westcott said a piston that was recently replaced came with a price tag of $1,300. "There's constantly something wrong with it, and there's always a lot of little stuff that needs to be done," he said. Since the restoration was completed, there has been no steady funding for the Big Four. That's why the San Juan Chamber of Commerce will seek donations during the parade this year. Any funds raised will go directly toward maintenance and upkeep of the tractor. One reason the Big Four is a little larger-than-life in Monticello is that it is a reminder of city roots. "Tractors were a big part of living in Monticello in the past," Westcott said. "Those guys worked all day long and half the night just to live. "People think it's like these new tractors: you turn the key on and push the button and it starts up. They aren't really interested in having to crawl under the old tractors and get the grease all over them." The Big Four was a pioneer in the "tractor era" that revolutionized the farming industry. "That tractor and other things have provided us time that we can do stuff that we really need to," Westcott explained. "I would like to see it represent that." He described a labor-intensity with the Big Four that the modern farmer with modern equipment is hard-pressed to understand. It produces an appreciation for what farming ancestors endured. Explaining that it had to be completely inspected and maintenance performed after every 12 hours of operation, he said, "So it was a great thing for those guys, but it was intensive and it wasn't a one-man job." Even though he's been so intimately involved with it for so long, Westcott said he doesn't like to drive the Big Four. He detailed that it steers like a soapbox derby car and the brake is "basically nonexistent." "You have to have two guys on the tractor and you need to have another on the street, because even though it only goes 2.5 miles per hour, it's tough to stop that ten-ton tractor." Winn Westcott was born in Monticello in 1942, just in time for the uranium boom. In his teenage years, like many others in the area, he did some work on the farm. He hoed beans and hauled hay, and also did some of that work a few years later while living in Oregon. Interestingly, Westcott left Monticello to attend Brigham Young University when he was around 20, just as the uranium mill was closing. After graduating with an engineering degree, he and his wife Laraine left for California where he began work as a high school shop teacher. Within a year, the young couple decided they didn't want to raise their family in California, so Westcott took two more shop teaching jobs in Idaho and Oregon before returning to Monticello to care for his mother who had fallen ill. Back in Monticello, he went to work for Hal-Ken in the mines before eventually taking a job as Vocational Director in the Grand and San Juan school districts. Westcott said he would like to see Monticello flourish again like it did in the uranium era, and that it needs a little growth to do so. "I really think that we need another thousand people," he reasoned. "You have to have some economy, you have to have schools, and as the price of things goes up, somehow you have to pay for it." It's within reach as long as Monticello has residents like Winn Westcott who freely give their time and resources in an effort to help the city appreciate its past so it can successfully move into the future.
Blanding City Council approves road improvement contracts, authorizes energy entitlement increase
by Alene Laney The Blanding City Council approved two contracts for road improvements at their July 9 meeting last week. There was quite a bit of discussion on the difference between the high-density mineral bond and the chip seal coat used to preserve asphalt streets. The council awarded a $133,200 contract to Holbrook Asphalt Company for a high-density mineral bond coat and a $295,180 contract to Kilgore Companies DBA LeGrand Johnson for a chip seal coat. The two projects are set for completion by the end of August and mid-September. The council approved a resolution authorizing an increase in the participants entitlement share under the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) sales contract for the lay-off power sales agreement associated with joint use module plant (JUMP) operations at the CFPP. In plain English, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) is developing Nu Scale Small Modular Reactors. There is potential to get free, clean energy with infrastructure built by the Department of Energy (DOE) that would be used for research and development purposes for 15 years before being turned over to the city. The resolution opens the door to get as much of this energy as possible. City Engineer Terry Ekker gave the water report. At this time last year, water levels were at 38 percent of normal. This year, the city is at 170 percent of normal. All reservoirs are full and Recapture Dam stopped spilling over this week. Police Chief J.J. Bradford reported on recent activities involving the police department. Officers participated in trainings on search and rescue, suicide awareness, report writing, and advanced alcohol and drug interdiction (which is how to find more drugs and alcohol in cars and on drivers). Mayor Joe B. Lyman and Councilwoman Cheryl Bowers both commented about the number of compliments the department regularly receives for their effective handling of difficult situations. Blanding City recreation numbers continue to grow. The wellness center recorded more than 5,500 visits during June. Recreation Director David Palmer reported on the wrapped baseball season, where a Blanding team played in every championship game in a league that includes Monticello and Moab. The council also heard details behind the pool closure July 1 and 2. The circulation pump went out and while there was a spare pump, the seal was unable to be used again which held up repairs. Palmer gave recognition to Energy Fuels, who dropped what they were doing to rebuild the motors in just a few hours. A team spent most of the night putting it back together to be able to open as soon as they could. The council heard Councilman Robert Turk's report of the Independence Day celebration. "It was a major success," he said. "We live in a good town. People step up and volunteer." The council commented on the generous sponsorship from Dr. Joe Wilson, who makes the impressive fireworks display possible. The council passed a resolution to allow electric motors on the Fourth Reservoir and to disallow any watercraft with gas engines. Councilwoman Bowers expressed the desire to do more with the visitors center in Blanding. She suggested looking for ways to improve the experience and the possibility for it to generate revenue for the city. Councilwoman KD Perkins spoke about the difficulty of maintaining a gift shop and the unfair advantage it would have over other local businesses selling similar items. There is also concern with the lack of curator for the museum to properly preserve items. Mayor Lyman reported the city council elections will be canceled this year after Trent Herring withdrew his name from contention for a council seat. With three seats up for grabs and three vying for those seats, those people will be deemed elected, and a formal process will be followed.
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Orlando, Florida (May 08, 2012) — Honu, a leading provider of volleyball sandals today announced an exclusive agreement to design and distribute the "Dig Pink by honu" sandal making it the Official Flip Flop of The Side-Out Foundation. All-time Pro Beach Winner -Sinjin Smith has been instrumental in facilitating this agreement and is eager to help make a difference for Side-Out. Sinjin has also helped to conceive the new Pro VB sandal for Honu, which has been extremely popular with the players. "The Dig Pink sandal should do just as well" he says.
The Side-Out Foundation is dedicated to providing compassionate support to breast cancer patients and their families. The foundation's events and education, brings hope and energy to the breast cancer cause. Dig Pink® is the Side-Out Foundation's trademark name for its fundraising events. Honu commits to donating $2.00 for every retail sandal sold to help eradicate the disease.
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Deputies learned Matthew Davis, one of the alleged "instigators" of the fight, had been arrested by Rock Hill Police and charged with public disorderly conduct once at Piedmont Medical Center. A police report claims Davis shouted profanities at deputies. Davis told The Herald he became angry when he learned a friend of his would be arrested. He admitted to yelling, but said he made a comment about "freedom of speech" when he was tackled to the ground.
The man who was stabbed, a Ruff Ryders member, told police he was unsure who stabbed him, but he did feel someone hit his ribcage. Once he was stabbed, his friends jumped in and began fighting with the alleged victim, police say. Members of Ruff Ryders did not start the dispute, but instead tried to stop it, said Sean Landham, a Ruff Ryders spokesman.
Another assault victim, 33, explained the fight started when someone threw water, the report states. He told deputies a man wearing a green-collared shirt punched him in his left eye --breaking his eyeglasses-- and then started kicking him once he fell to the ground. Witnesses identified William Efaw, 24, as the man who assaulted the man. Efaw, who matched the description the victim gave deputies, denied assaulting anyone, claiming he tried breaking up the fight. Deputies held Efaw in jail overnight and charged him with third-degree assault and battery and malicious injury to property on Monday. He was released from jail the same day on a more than $3,220 bond.


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2. It's the end of January so why are you just publishing November's post now?
So without further ado, here is the fourth installment of "This is Israel"! A space where I share with you what I have experienced during my past month in Israel. In addition to my normal travel blogs, I want to use this space to give you a glimpse of what my life in Israel is really like.
To be quite honest, I did not do too much during the month of November in terms of exploring or adventuring (…even though last month I had told myself I would try to explore more… woooops). However, I felt it wasn't appropriate to skip a month just because I didn't go on adventures, so I thought that I could change up what I'd do this time around: I thought I'd talk about the things I've learned while being abroad these past few months.
Letting go has always been a hard thing for me to do. Detachment has always been a tough thing for me to wrap myself around (hah, the irony). But these past few months I have truly learned the importance of detachment, that sometimes it is mentally and emotionally better for you to let go of a thought, an emotion, or a person. For example, one of my friendships had become quite one-sided. I was putting in effort and time into it, but the other side was not reciprocating in the slightest. I had ended up becoming a "last resort" option. If they needed something from me, they would call. If they didn't have anyone else that would hang out with them, they would send me a text. It wasn't healthy for me, because the friendship began making me feel like I didn't deserve respect or deserve a proper friend. It was utterly draining. So I came to terms with myself that it was okay to let go of that friendship. Now, I think it's important to also realize that a friendship not working out in no way means that the other person is bad – it just means that your personalities may not have matched up. I do have one thing I truly believe in though: every person that comes into your life, whether they're there for a minute, a month, or still by your side, adds to your life and allows you to gain a new perspective or learn something new. If they did something good, you learn that you would also like to act in that way. If they did something that hurt you, you learn that you never want to act that way to others.
I'm quite shy, I may not appear to be when you meet me, but I'm scared of taking risks or getting out of my comfort zone. So when I came to Israel, I decided that was exactly what I needed to do: push myself past my comfort zone. Granted, making a goal for yourself to get out of your comfort zone is wayyyy harder than actually doing it. So little by little I have been pushing myself to try new things, meet new people, and engage in different activities. And you know what? So far its been going well. But I have to be honest and say that although good things do come about, it leaves room for being hurt – because you are putting yourself in a vulnerable position, you're no longer in an arena where you feel comfortable. BUT no matter what, I am thankful for stepping out of my comfort zone because it has allowed me to slowly, but surely, meet new people and try new things. And you know what? Leaving that comfort zone has allowed some pretty magical things to happen.
It's the little things in life that can bring you so much happiness. Go watch that sunrise, go read that book, go smell those flowers, go to that coffee shop you think is cute because of its twinkling fairy lights. Because it's when you begin enjoying the little things that life has to offer, that you become a much happier person.
I learned that it is beyond important to be true to who you are – because that way, life will be a thousandfold more enjoyable. Who cares if you do something awkward or embarrass yourself: embrace it! If someone judges you or doesn't respect you for who you are, then is it truly worth it to have them in your life?
And always respect yourself enough to know what you deserve. Just like how you should treat others with respect, you should know that you are deserving of it in return. If someone doesn't want to treat you with respect, be kind to them, but don't keep them in your life.
My parents would always tell me to "do my best" when I was in university, but I never listened to them or truly agreed (sorry mom, sorry dad!) – because the competitive environment at university is not conducive to that kind of thinking or attitude. It doesn't matter if you tried your best, because when you don't get that A+, you feel as though your life won't surmount to anything (which is utter BS thinking to be honest, but it was ingrained within me). These past months in Israel have really made me realize that doing my best is actually what matters. Not only that, but everyone has a different level of doing their best, so we should in no way compare ourselves to others. There is more to life than good grades – like friendships, experiences, and happiness.
5 months down, 25 more to go!
Is there anything you learned while being abroad?


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After raising the bar for nostalgia-fueled reboots, Peacock's Bel-Air returns for Season 2 where Will (Jabari Banks) finds himself at a crossroads between a new figure who challenges what he's learned in Bel-Air and his home life with the Banks family who work to rebuild the trust that was broken at the end of last season.
Fans can also expect to see Fresh Prince star Tatyana Ali making a recurring guest star appearance on the hit series. In a brief scene that ups the ante in the Season 2 trailer you can enjoy below:
In a brief scene, Ali (who played Ashley Banks in the classic sitcom) interacts with the reimagined Ashley Banks in an intriguing twist that we can't wait to see unfold.
With Michael Ealy's wife whispering character seemingly out of the way, we'll see Aunt Viv (Cassandra Freeman) and Uncle Phil (Adrian Holmes) balancing marriage and family while forging their own career paths and reconnecting to the things that are important to them.
Hitting their stride as a couple are influencer Hilary (Coco Jones) and Jazz (Jordan L. Jones) who we're sure will bloom into young Black love goals on social media.
And, hopefully, we'll get more of Double-0 Geoffrey and his secret agent shenanigans as the most intriguing reimagined character on the series.
"Man, it feels so good to be back!" said Executive Producer Morgan Cooper. "The response from the fans in season one was electrifying, and we couldn't be more excited to have Carla Waddles taking the reins as showrunner for season two. She has an incredible perspective and voice that jumps off the page and challenges our amazing cast to go even deeper in their character journeys.
The future of our show is bright and I can't wait for fans to see what's in store for the Banks family in season two. EVERYONE is ready to level up in this new chapter, especially Will, who's determined to become his own man after the fallout with Lou and the Banks family in the season one finale. The themes of trust, pride and ambition are at the forefront, and all our characters find themselves at unique crossroads that will be life changing."
Bel-Air Season 2 premieres exclusively on Peacock February 23 with new episodes airing weekly on Thursdays.
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Service Agreements Kill Privacy, But Can They Create It Too?
Article by Hanni Fakhoury
With more people constantly connected to the Internet, technology companies are becoming massive repositories of sensitive and personal information.
Our communications with family and friends now sit stored on servers belonging to Google or Facebook. Cell phone companies keep track of our location by recording every time we connect to a cell phone tower for up to two years.
Unfortunately, the Fourth Amendment has not kept up with this technological reality. And a recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States v. Golden Valley Electric Association (PDF), highlights the increasing way constitutional rights are adjudicated when it comes to data stored by other companies: through the service agreement a user enters into with a company.
First, some background. The Supreme Court long ago ruled that users lose their expectation of privacy when they turn information over to third parties. The "third party doctrine" has been used by the government to justify warrantless acquisition of cell site tracking records, Twitter account information, and email. They've argued these records belong to the companies, so a user can't complain when the data is turned over to the government.
Ultimately, this means that your constitutional rights are in the hands of the companies storing your data. Given the ever increasing demands of law enforcement, companies have little time or resources to fight for user privacy. That means companies have an enormous amount of power in determining your privacy rights. As we've documented in our "Who Has Your Back" campaign, many of the biggest and most popular tech companies have work to do in fighting for user privacy.
A 2010 case from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights how a subscriber agreement that governs the relationship between a company and user can potentially become a black hole where the Fourth Amendment goes to die. In United States v. Warshak, the Sixth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to rule that people had a reasonable expectation of privacy in their emails notwithstanding the fact that email typically passes through a third party, the email service provider.
That meant law enforcement needed a search warrant to obtain the contents of emails. But Warshak noted it was "unwilling to hold that a subscriber agreement will never be broad enough to snuff out a reasonable expectation of privacy."
So although the email provider in the Warshak case didn't say anything about whether it would "audit, inspect, and monitor" emails, messages stored by a service provider that did say it would monitor email in a subscriber agreement wouldn't necessarily be protected by the Fourth Amendment. In short, the court said companies have the ability to strip you of your Fourth Amendment rights.
As troubling as that seems, the flip side is that presumably faced with silence -- like the Warshak service provider -- or even an affirmative statement by a service provider that it will protect your privacy, a reasonable expectation of privacy could still exist. Or stated differently, a service provider can also give you Fourth Amendment protection if it promises to safeguard your privacy.
The Ninth Circuit addresses this precise issue in Golden Valley. The case revolved around a small cooperative utility provider in Alaska, that received an administrative subpoena issued by the DEA seeking customer records it believed were relevant to a criminal investigation. These records included things like the subscriber's name, telephone number, method of payment (including credit card numbers or checking account information), and service initiation and termination dates.
The most important thing the government sought, however, was energy consumption records. By determining whether energy levels were elevated in specific houses, the agents believed they could pinpoint locations where marijuana was being grown.
Addressing a very similar situation in 2001, the Supreme Court in Kyllo v. United States ruled that the police needed a search warrant to use a thermal imaging device to measure heat levels in a residence, since the devices could reveal intimate details about the interior of a home.
To get around Kyllo, the government sought to get the records from Golden Valley directly instead of planting a police officer in front of the houses, ultimately avoiding the need to get a search warrant. That's because the records belonged to Golden Valley, and therefore, the government argued, customers had no expectation of privacy in them.
Golden Valley challenged the administrative subpoena, a rare act for a company to take, and raised the argument suggested by Warshak: that since it had a company policy of protecting user privacy, a search warrant was required to obtain this information. The Ninth Circuit, however, rejected Golden Valley's argument, finding that Golden Valley failed to show any explicit customer agreement promising to keep records confidential.
At first blush it may seem that Golden Valley highlights a lose-lose situation for users created by the third party doctrine: providers can take away your Fourth Amendment rights in their service agreements, but in the rare instance when they make an effort to preserve your rights by promising to protect your privacy, it doesn't matter anyway because the "records" (created with your data and activity) aren't yours.
But the Ninth Circuit really left a far more important privacy opening. It noted that in some circumstances, "a company's guarantee to its customers that it will safeguard the privacy of their records might suffice to justify resisting an administrative subpoena." In the specific case before the court, Golden Valley's policy did not rise to a sufficient level of specificity.
But going forward in the future, other companies storing sensitive, personal information need to take advantage of Golden Valley's suggestion that service agreements can be more than just a black hole. They should explicitly detail in their service agreements that they will keep user data confidential and that they will stand up for users' privacy by challenging government attempts to obtain data without a search warrant.
At the same time, courts need to heed the words of Justice Sotomayor's concurring opinion in United States v. Jones, where she wrote it was time to stop treating "secrecy as a prerequisite for privacy," and stop assuming "that all information voluntarily disclosed to some member of the public for a limited purpose is, for that reason alone, disentitled to Fourth Amendment protection." That way, the fact that our privacy rights are in the hands of companies means more than they're just gone forever.
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Daymond John, Peyton Manning to Keynote AFP 2018 Annual Conference in Chicago
AFP 2018, the most important event in treasury and finance, will showcase two keynote speakers who have reached the pinnacle of business, professional sports and entertainment.
February 6, 2018 -- Bethesda, Md. -- The most important event in treasury and finance is pleased to announce two keynote speakers who have reached the top of their game: Daymond John and Peyton Manning.
John, founder & CEO of FUBU and star of the hit television show "Shark Tank," will serve as the opening speaker at AFP 2018, November 4-7, in Chicago. Two-time Superbowl champion Manning will be the Tuesday morning keynote speaker at the annual event.
For more information about AFP 2018, please visit www.AFP2018.org. For press queries, please contact Melissa Rawak at mrawak@afponline.org.
Daymond John Biography
A highly sought after branding expert, author, consultant and speaker, John created one of the most iconic fashion brands in recent years, FUBU. In recognition of his contributions to fashion and the face of American business, John has won the NAACP Entrepreneurs of the Year Award and the Congressional Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship and more.
John will speak to AFP 2018 attendees about his own experience as an entrepreneur with no formal business training, going from driving cabs and waiting tables to creating a global fashion empire with retail sales exceeding $4 billion to date and a starring role on one of TV's most popular shows.
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Manning, the NFL's only five-time Most Valuable Player and a 14-time Pro Bowl selection, has earned his place among the greatest quarterbacks in league history as a leader in nearly every statistical passing category. He also graduated from the University of Tennessee with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
A gifted leader who understands how to successfully build teams, develop strategy and overcome adversity, Manning will share real-world leadership tips on becoming a winner by adapting to changing circumstances.
"I'm incredibly proud and excited to have such accomplished and inspirational leaders at AFP 2018," said Jim Kaitz, president and CEO of the Association for Financial Professionals. "I invite all treasury and finance professionals to join thousands of your peers this November in Chicago for inspiration, education and connections that will transform your career and your organization."
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society committed to advancing the success of its members and their organizations. AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials, which set standards of excellence in finance. Each year, AFP hosts the largest networking conference worldwide for over 6,500 corporate finance professionals.
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Q: Joining 2 tables into single query result Need some help with a query. I have 2 tables in a database, contacts & tasks.
mysql> describe contacts;
+------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field      | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| contact_id | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| last_name  | varchar(100) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| first_name | varchar(100) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| email      | varchar(50)  | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| phone      | varchar(20)  | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| school_id  | varchar(12)  | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
| access     | char(1)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

mysql> describe tasks;
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field             | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| task_id           | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| task_name         | varchar(125) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| task_date         | date         | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| task_description  | text         | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id1       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id2       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id3       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id4       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id5       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| contact_id6       | int(11)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| completed         | char(1)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

I want to get the info from the tasks table but I want to replace the contact_id1-contact_id6 with some of the fields from the matching contact_id. I have been messing around with nested select statements which will work but is very messy. It just seems there has to be a cleaner way to do this. I thought I had some with this,
SELECT tasks.task_id, tasks.task_name, tasks.reminder_time, tasks.reminder_interval, CONCAT (contact_1.first_name, " ", contact_1.last_name) as contact_1_name, CONCAT(contact_2.first_name, contact_2.last_name) as contact_2_name, CONCAT(contact_3.first_name, contact_3.last_name) as contact_3_name
FROM tasks
JOIN contacts contact_1 ON tasks.contact_id1 = contact_1.contact_id
JOIN contacts contact_2 ON tasks.contact_id2 = contact_2.contact_id
JOIN contacts contact_3 ON tasks.contact_id3 = contact_3.contact_id

But my issue here is that it is not showing tasks where any of the values of contact_id1-contact_id6 have a value of 0 which is the default value if no contact_id is set for it.
Any help you can provide would be great.

A: You can make a view that does normalize the tasks table then the join will be easy. You can make a permanent view or just for the select.
The view would need somehow to be a UNION
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id1 as contact_id, completed from tasks
UNION ALL
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id2              , completed from tasks
UNION ALL
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id3              , completed from tasks
UNION ALL
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id4              , completed from tasks
UNION ALL
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id5              , completed from tasks
UNION ALL
SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id6              , completed from tasks

So then it looks like this
WITH tasks_easy as (
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id1 as contact_id, completed from tasks
    UNION
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id2              , completed from tasks
    UNION
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id3              , completed from tasks
    UNION
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id4              , completed from tasks
    UNION
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id5              , completed from tasks
    UNION
    SELECT task_id, task_name, task_description, contact_id6              , completed from tasks
 )
 select *
 from   tasks_easy t
 join   contacts c   on (t.contact_id = c.contact_id)

Have not tested this, but should work like this.
Edit: Actually was thinking about it. UNION ALL, at least for the temporary view is not necessary. Probably will bring you some time improvement if your tables are real large.

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20mph speed limits on residential streets save lives, reduce the risk of accidents happening and mean the chance of surviving an accident is greater.
They mean less pollution, which is linked to serious physical illnesses and mental health. They make the town more welcoming for pedestrians and cyclists.
They make a tiny difference to time it takes to drive and a big difference to people's quality of life and safety.


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National Baltimore Mayor: No Bomb Found After Search, Evacuations
Baltimore Mayor: No Bomb Found After Search, Evacuations
Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7:32 pm | ט' אלול תשע"ט
BALTIMORE (AP) -
A suspicious vehicle that prompted calls to the bomb squad and shut down much of downtown Baltimore on Monday turned out to contain only stolen diesel fuel, police said.
Baltimore police Col. Richard Worley told reporters that the 15-passenger van had been rigged to steal diesel, which was stored in two large containers.
Police responded to a call about the van parked on the second floor of a garage late Monday morning.
Worley said that after the ensuing evacuations and road closures, "we then went in and examined the vehicle with our robot and found that the devices that we thought could have possibly been hazardous are just used to basically steal diesel fuel."
Worley declined to name the vehicle's owner but said the owner had no intent to put others in danger.
Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young said in a statement on Monday afternoon that police had investigated the vehicle for several hours. People whose vehicles were stuck downtown were encouraged to find another way home.
The police activity affected large office buildings, apartments and a shopping mall near the city's Inner Harbor.
Young's office said the episode began about 10:40 a.m. when the city's fire department received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked at a building. The statement said local and federal law enforcement officials were on the scene and that all buildings in the surrounding area were evacuated.
One of the evacuated buildings is the headquarters of T. Rowe Price and houses the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Stephen Luck, a security specialist at T. Rowe Price, told The Baltimore Sun that the building's fire alarm activated shortly after 11 a.m.
He said the company later told employees that a suspicious vehicle was being investigated in the garage.
People in some of the surrounding buildings were asked to shelter in place. No one was reported hurt.
Carrie Meyers, 28, a downtown Baltimore resident and veterinary technician, said she had never before seen authorities block off the streets next to her apartment building. She said she wasn't ordered to evacuate, but was still concerned about the situation.
"I got an alert on my phone and then I looked out the window and saw a firetruck," she said while walking her dog with a firetruck in the backdrop and sirens blaring. "I wasn't sure if I needed to leave the building."
Christian Law, 33, had planned to walk his Yorkie after work but was interrupted by the evacuation. He worried about how long he would have to wait to get to his condo.
"I came home from work and found the yellow tape," Law said referring to the police tape being used to mark the evacuation area. "(The police officer) told me we couldn't get to the building."
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Veli Lošinj [] (, ) ist eine Ortschaft auf der kroatischen Insel Lošinj. Der Ort liegt am Fuß des Berges Sv. Ivan (Hl. Johannes) in einer engen Bucht auf der südöstlichen Seite der Insel. In einer weiteren südlichen Einbuchtung liegt der Ortsteil Rovenska mit einem Fischerhafen. Der inzwischen deutlich größere Ort Mali Lošinj (wörtlich: Klein-Lošinj) ist etwa 4 km entfernt.
Veli Lošinj hat etwa 900 Einwohner und ist die ursprünglich erste Siedlung auf der Insel. Die Bewohner leben heute überwiegend vom Tourismus. Zahlreiche Villen und mehrere Parkanlagen zeugen von einer reichen Vergangenheit. Sie wurde bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts durch Schiffbau und Segelschifffahrt geprägt. Danach entwickelte sich zunächst ein besonderer Heilklima-Kurtourismus während der Wintermonate, später der heute weit dominierende Sommertourismus. Die Vegetation ist gekennzeichnet durch dichte Pinienwälder mit einer Vielfalt anderer auch subtropischer Pflanzen. In der Meeresumgebung ("Aquatorium") ist eine Kolonie von bis zu 150 Delfinen beheimatet.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Hafen in Veli Lošinj und im Ortsteil Rovenska
 Wellenbrecher am Hafen Rovenska, 1856 erbaut. Er schützt den Ort vor den orkanartigen Windböen der Bora.
 Turm "Kula" aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, seit 2001 als Museum und Galerie eingerichtet. Hier befindet sich eine ständige Ausstellung zur Geschichte der Stadt und ihrer Umgebung, dazu kommen wechselnde Kunstausstellungen. Vom Obergeschoss bietet der Turm eine Panorama-Aussicht über die Stadt. Der Turm ist heute das Symbol auf dem Wappen von Veli Lošinj. Eine Besonderheit des Museums ist die Ausstellung eines Replikats des "kroatischen Apoxyomenos": 1999 wurde vom Meeresgrund zwischen den Inseln Veli Orjule und Lošinj eine große, außergewöhnlich gut erhaltene Bronzestatue aus dem 2. oder 1. Jahrhundert vor unserer Zeitrechnung geborgen. Sie zeigt einen griechischen Athleten, der sich nach einem Wettkampf mit einem Schabeinstrument reinigt. Das Original wurde im Herbst 2012 in einer Sonderausstellung im Pariser Louvre gezeigt. Inzwischen wird es in Mali Lošinj präsentiert.
 Meeres-Schutzzentrum "Blaue Welt" mit Forschungsstation: In den 1980er Jahren begann die Erforschung der Delfinpopulationen in der Adria.  1999 wurde in Veli Lošinj das Institut für Meeresforschung und -Schutz Plavi Svijet ("Blaue Welt") gegründet. Aufgabe ist neben der Erforschung und dem Schutz des Meeres und der Organismen, die in ihm leben, die Erziehung zum Schutz des Ökosystems und der gefährdeten Arten. Dazu wurde 2003 das "Edukative Zentrum des Meeres in Lošinj", das erste dieser Art an der Adria, gegründet. Es enthält eine Ausstellung, zeigt audiovisuelle Präsentationen und macht besondere Angebote für Kinder. In den Sommermonaten begleiten internationale Freiwillige die Forschungsarbeit. Einzelpersonen oder Organisationen können einzelne Delfine "adoptieren". Das Aquatorium in der Nähe der Insel wurde 2006 von der kroatischen Regierung zu einem Delfin-Schutzgebiet erklärt. Seit 1993 wird in Veli Lošinj jeweils Anfang August der "Tag der Delfine" gefeiert; 2012 wurde der Termin auf Anfang Juli verlegt.
 Kirchen: Gemeindekirche Sv. Antun Opat (Barockbau, 1767 bis 1774 erbaut, mit reicher Ausstattung, war zeitweise Kathedrale des letzten Bischofs von Osor, Rakamarić). Kirche Gospe od Anđela (1510 erbaut, um 1730 im Barockstil erneuert). Kirche Sv. Nikola aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, möglicherweise älter. Kirche Sv. Ivana Krstitelja (1755) auf dem Gipfel des Berges Sv. Ivan, sowie weitere Kapellen.
 Naturpark Podjavori an der ehemaligen Winterresidenz des Erzherzogs Karl Stephan von Habsburg (jetzt befindet sich in dem Haus eine Kureinrichtung zur Behandlung von allergischen Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane und der Haut). In dem Park wurden mehr als zweihundert botanische Arten angesiedelt.
 Galerie Nenad Levinger

Geschichte

Besiedlung

Bis ins 16. Jahrhundert wird die Insel Lošinj auf Karten auch als "Insel Osorski" bezeichnet, weil sie im Besitz einer adligen Familie von Osor war. 1384 wird erstmals die Bezeichnung "Isola di Lussin" erwähnt. Die erste Besiedlung wird auf 1280 datiert. Obrad Harnovic soll damals 12 Familien vom Festland aus zur Bucht Javorna gebracht haben. Die Voraussetzungen für die legale Ansiedlung hatte Harnovic zuvor mit den politischen und religiösen Autoritäten in Osor geklärt. Die erste Siedlung "Velo Selo" ("Großes Dorf") entstand um eine kleine einschiffige Kirche Sv. Nikola (St. Nikolaus) herum. Ein Überbleibsel der alten Bebauung, Hramina genannt, existiert noch als Ruine auf dem Berggipfel. Möglicherweise gehen die Ursprünge der Sv. Nikola-Kirche sogar auf das 12. Jahrhundert zurück, wo Mönche des Basilianerordens schon vor der "offiziellen" Besiedlung der Insel gelebt haben sollen. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche im Barockstil erneuert und erweitert. Sie bekam zusätzlich einen der Hl. Anna geweihten Altar und trägt daher auch den Namen Sv. Ana. Der älteste Ortsteil heißt heute Harnovicevo (nach Obrad Harnovic). Ein Teil der Bewohner zog später von dort zum Hügel Trzica und gründete die Siedlung Garina. Zwischen den beiden Siedlungen entstanden weitere: Brdina, Podjavori, Strazica und Grbica. Im 16. Jahrhundert siedelten sich Fischer an der Rovenska-Bucht an.

Veli Lošinj entwickelte sich in zwei Teilen weiter: dem "oberen Dorf" und dem "unteren Dorf". Das obere Dorf war von Kroaten bewohnt, die "Zgorinjci" genannt wurden und vor allem von Ackerbau und Seefahrt lebten. Dieser Ortsteil besteht heute aus den Straßen Grbica, Rialto, Kunsil, Harnovicevo und Podjavi. Das "untere Dorf" war vorwiegend von Italienern bewohnt, "Dolinjci" genannt. Sie betrieben Fischfang und Handel. Dieser Ortsteil besteht heute aus den Straßen Kastel, Slavojna, Garina, Sestavina, Kaciol und Zad Bone.
Im 15. Jahrhundert entstand an der Hafeneinfahrt auch die Vorgängerkirche der jetzigen Gemeindekirche Sv. Antun Opat (St. Antonius Abt).
Ab dem 18. Jahrhundert wuchs die Stadt in der Form eines Amphitheaters um die Veli Lošinjer Bucht herum, mit einem zentralen Platz am Hafen.

Politische Geschichte
Veli Lošinj teilte weitgehend die politische Geschichte der ganzen Insel Lošinj mit einer Reihe von wechselnden Herrschaften: Osor, Venedig, Kroatien-Ungarn, Österreich-Ungarn, Frankreich, Italien, deutsche Besatzung, Sozialistische Föderative Republik Jugoslawien. Unter französischer Herrschaft wurde Veli Lošinj die Unabhängigkeit von Osor gewährt. So entstand am 24. August 1806 zunächst der Gemeinderat Mali und Veli Lošinj, am 11. Februar 1808 der eigenständige Gemeinderat Veli Lošinj. Der erste Bürgermeister war Kapitän Simun Budinic. Das Rathausgebäude am Hafen wurde 1870 gebaut. Die Gemeinde blieb selbständig bis 1945. Inzwischen gehört sie verwaltungsmäßig zu Mali Lošinj.

Veli Lošinj als Schiffsbau- und Seefahrtszentrum

In der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts war Lošinj das zweitgrößte Zentrum der Segelschifffahrt in der östlichen Adria. Schiffe aus Lošinj fuhren bis zu den großen Seehäfen in Nord- und Südamerika. Der Höhepunkt der Entwicklung war 1869 erreicht, wo die Schiffsbesitzer aus Mali und Veli Lošinj 127 Langstrecken-Segelschiffe besaßen. Der Bau von Schiffen erreichte einen ersten Höhepunkt während des Krimkrieges (1855 und 1856) und einen zweiten in den 1870er Jahren.

Eine Reihe berühmter Kapitäne stammt aus Veli Lošinj. Petar Petrina (1606–1693) segelte 1650 von Triest nach London und war damit der erste, der unter venezianischer Herrschaft die Straße von Gibraltar durchquerte. 1784 segelten die Brüder Petar und Anton Budinic im Auftrag eines venezianischen Handelshauses nach Jamaika. Kapitän Petar Jakov Leva wurde berühmt als der erste Seefahrer von der Ostküste der Adria, der 1834 das Kap Hoorn an der Südspitze von Südamerika mit einer Crew von nur 10 Mann umsegelte und bis nach Valparaiso in Chile fuhr. Ihm zu Ehren trägt das Kap Leva an der Hafeneinfahrt von Veli Lošinj seinen Familiennamen. 1843 umsegelte Kapitän Antun Busanic aus Veli Lošinj auf einer Reise nach Indien das Kap der Guten Hoffnung.

Anfang der 1850er Jahre wurde eine Schiffsgesellschaft von Veli Lošinj gegründet. Sie plante den Bau der Mole in der Rovenska-Bucht und errichtete dort eine Werft zum Bau von Segelschiffen.

Ende des 19. / Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts endete die Zeit der Segelschifffahrt mit Schiffen und Kapitänen aus Lošinj. Sie hinterließ jedoch in den beiden Orten Mali und Veli Lošinj eine große Zahl repräsentativer Häuser von Schiffskapitänen und -eignern. Diese Häuser waren komfortabel ausgestattet, hatten große Gartenanlagen mit Pflanzen, die teilweise von den Schiffsreisen mitgebracht waren und dienten den in dieser Zeit ankommenden ersten Touristen als Unterkünfte.

Entwicklung des Kurwesens und Tourismus

Der Hauptgrund dafür, dass Lošinj die erste Touristeninsel an der damals Österreichischen Riviera wurde, war das sehr milde Klima mit einer Durchschnittstemperatur von jährlich 15,7 Grad Celsius. Der Lošinjer Meteorologe und Biologe Ambroz Haračić hatte während der 1880er Jahre seine systematischen meteorologischen Untersuchungen publiziert. Dadurch wurde das Klima Lošinjs in medizinischen Kreisen als potentiell heilwirksam angesehen. Zwei angesehene Wiener Ärzte, Leopold Schrötter und Conrad Clar, wollten das persönlich herausfinden. Clar hatte 1885 seinen Sohn dabei, der gerade an einer heftigen Rachenerkrankung litt. Die beiden Ärzte waren von dessen schneller Genesung so beeindruckt, dass sie ihren österreichischen Kollegen Lošinj begeistert empfahlen. Damit gaben sie auch Professor Haračić und den Offiziellen der Insel einen starken Impuls, die Insel als zukünftige Kurinsel herzurichten. Im April 1886 wurde eine "Gesellschaft zur Aufforstung und Verschönerung" gegründet. Sie pflanzte in vier Jahren 250.000 Piniensetzlinge und legte damit den Grundstock für die heutige üppige Bewachsung. Die Touristenvereinigung Mali Lošinj als Vorläufer des heutigen Tourismusverbands entstand im März 1887 zunächst als Zweigverein des Österreichischen Touristenklubs. 1888 erschien in Wien ein erster Reiseführer für Lošinj. Zu dieser Zeit hatte Veli Lošinj ungefähr 2000 Einwohner.

Eine Schlüsselrolle für die Entwicklung des Tourismus auf Lošinj war die Einrichtung des Dampfschifflinienverkehrs mit Triest, Rijeka und Pula. Dadurch war die Insel mit den neugebauten Eisenbahnlinien nach Wien und Budapest verknüpft. So stand bereits in den 1880er Jahren Lošinj auf den Fahrplänen zwischen den Zentren in Mitteleuropa und Zielen zunächst an der nördlichen und dann an der südlichen Adria.

Ein weiterer starker Impuls für den Tourismus kam von Mitgliedern der österreichischen Herrscherfamilie. Erzherzog Karl Stephan kam 1885 erstmals nach Veli Lošinj und blieb dort mit Unterbrechungen bis 1915. Er kaufte hier zunächst eine ehemalige Kapitänsvilla. 1890 baute er im Ortsteil Podjavori ein eigenes neues Schloss mit einer großen Parkanlage. Kronprinz Rudolf besuchte die Insel 1887, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand erholte sich 1895 dort sechs Wochen lang von einer Tuberkulose-Erkrankung. Mehrfach kam Kaiser Franz Joseph nach Lošinj. Im Gefolge dieser Herrschaften besuchten zahlreiche Hofbedienstete, Adlige und andere Wohlhabende die Insel. Eine adlige österreichische Gesellschaft gründete ein erstes Kinderheim.

1892 wurden Mali und Veli Lošinj durch Gesetz zu Klimakur- und Wintererholungsorten erklärt. Das gesamte Kurwesen wurde einer Kurkommission unterstellt, die aus den Bürgermeistern der beiden Städte, dem Bezirksarzt und Vertretern der Stadträte beider Orte, einschließlich von durch die Kurgäste gewählten Vertretern, bestand. Die Saison dauerte vom 1. Oktober bis 31. Mai. Zwei- bis dreimal monatlich wurde eine deutschsprachige Kurzeitung herausgegeben und verteilt ("Kur- und Fremdenliste").

Seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich auch ein Badetourismus im Sommer. Die Verbindung mit dem winterlichen Kurtourismus führte zu einer damals außergewöhnlichen Ganzjahres-Saison mit einem Höhepunkt im Jahr 1913 mit geschätzt 250.000 Übernachtungen (Mali und Veli Lošinj zusammen).

Der Erste Weltkrieg brachte einen abrupten Abbruch, der zunächst durch die Unterbrechung des Schiffsverkehrs bedingt war. Die italienische Herrschaft (ab 1918) verbot dann die Unterbringung von Kranken auf der Insel. Die ökonomischen Krisen der Zwischenkriegszeit brachten einen weiteren Rückgang. Nach der Kapitulation Italiens im September 1943 quartierte sich die deutsche Wehrmacht in früheren Hotels ein. Dies hatte gegen Kriegsende deren teilweise Zerstörung durch Bombardierungen der Alliierten zur Folge.

Im Zuge der Verstaatlichung wurden 1948 die meisten noch existierenden touristischen Einrichtungen von der Gesellschaft "Jadranka" übernommen, die sie nach und nach wieder aufbaute oder anderen Gesellschaften als Erholungseinrichtungen für deren Beschäftigte übertrug. Auch ehemals private Villen wurden verstaatlicht und als Erholungseinrichtungen für Betriebe genutzt. Eine Besonderheit war die Nutzung des Kinderkrankenhauses im ehemaligen Schloss des Erzherzogs Karl Stephan für Kinder aus der DDR seit Ende der 1960er Jahre bis zur deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Das Haus verlor 1993 den Status als Krankenhaus und wird jetzt noch in kleinem Umfang als Kureinrichtung (Lječilište Veli Lošinj) betrieben.

Anfang der 1990er Jahre waren in einigen der infolge des Kroatienkriegs leerstehenden Ferienunterkünften Kriegsflüchtlinge aus Ostslawonien und anderen Teilen Kroatiens, später auch aus Bosnien, untergebracht. Neben humanitärer Hilfe durch örtliche Organisationen organisierte die Nichtregierungsorganisation "Suncokret" ("Sonnenblume") dort Programme vor allem für Kinder und Jugendliche und brachte auch eine größere Zahl internationaler Freiwilliger in den Ort.

Im Jahr 2018 wurde ein Rennen des UCI Mountain Bike World Cups in Veli Lošinj ausgetragen und rückte damit Veli Lošinj ins internationale Rampenlicht. Alte Pfade zwischen den Steinmauern wurden für die Streckenführung nahezu unverändert verwendet und um einige künstliche Sprungschanzen und Geländestufen ("Drops") ergänzt. Aufgrund des außergewöhnlich rauen Geländes war die Strecke besonders anspruchsvoll für Material und Fahrer. Startpunkt war der Hügel Sv. Ivan mit einem (eigens errichteten) hölzernen Startturm, Zieleinfahrt mitten im Hafen von Veli Lošinj. Die Logistik fand Platz auf der großen Parkplatzanlage von Rovenska. Einige, für Hobbysportler nicht überwindbare "Gaps" (Gräben zwischen Sprungschanze und Landezone) wurden nach dem Rennen verfüllt, und sind nun auch für geübte Hobby-Downhiller fahrbar. Die Strecke ist weiterhin offen und wird vom örtlichen Lošinj Athletic Club sowie MTB Trbovlje aus Slowenien ehrenamtlich gepflegt – den beiden Vereinen, die auch mit ihrem Engagement den Weltcup nach Veli Lošinj führen konnten.

Entwicklung der Infrastruktur
 1910 wurde in Mali Lošinj ein Elektrizitätswerk gebaut. Die Stromleitung wurde bis Veli Lošinj installiert, so dass Hotels, Pensionen, öffentliche Gebäude und auch einige private Gebäude versorgt werden konnten.
 1963 wurde ein Trinkwasser-Versorgungssystem vom Vransko-See auf der Nachbarinsel Cres bis nach Veli Lošinj gebaut.
 Seit 1964 bekommt Lošinj Strom vom Festland.
 1965 wurde das Hotel Punta I mit 314 Betten eröffnet
 1968 wurde die Straße von Porozina bis Veli Lošinj asphaltiert.
 1971 wurde ein Altenheim eingerichtet, das seit 1996 den Namen des Wohltäters Marko A. Stuparić trägt.
 1986 wurde die Hotelanlage Punta II mit 516 Betten eröffnet.
 1987 wurde die Wasserleitung bis Rovenska erweitert und im ganzen Ort eine Kanalisation gebaut.
 1995 wurde ein neuer städtischer Kindergarten eröffnet.
 Im Jahr 2008 erhielt Veli Lošinj den Preis "Die Blaue Blüte" als der am besten gepflegte Ferienort an der Adria. Diese Auszeichnung wurde erneut 2012 in der Kategorie der Orte bis 1000 Einwohner verliehen.

Persönlichkeiten
 Renzo Stefani (1922–2007), italienischer Zoologe und Hochschullehrer

Literatur
 Goran Ivanišević: Velo Selo. – Veli Lošinj. Crtice iz proslosti. Zupni ured, Veli Lošinj 1997, ISBN 953-97216-0-1 (kroatisch). Enthält eine Darstellung der Geschichte Veli Lošinjs sowie eine umfassende Sammlung von historischen Ansichtskarten. Erhältlich im Pfarramt Veli Lošinj.
 Lošinjski Muzej (Hrsg.): Lošinjski Hoteli, Pansioni i Lječilišta 1887.–2012. Hotels, Pensions and Health Resorts on the Island of Lošinj 1887–2012. Katalog zur Ausstellung vom 28.03. bis 18.04.2012 im Palaca Fritzy, Mali Lošinj. ISBN 978-953-55837-8-3 (kroatisch/englisch).
 Museum-Gallery Exhibition Center Kula, Veli Lošinj: Guide to the permanent Exhibition. Adult education center, Museum-Gallery Department, Mali / Veli Lošinj 2005, ISBN 953-99919-1-9 (englisch).
 Tourismusverband der Stadt Mali Lošinj (Hrsg.): Entdecken Sie Lošinj! Broschüre, Mali Lošinj 2012.

Anmerkungen

Weblinks

 http://www.blue-world.org/ Lošinj Marine Education Centre, Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation
 Historische Postkarten ca. 1910 bis 1934

Mali Lošinj

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TRIBUTE project was selected to organize a dedicated workshop during the Sustainable places 2016 conference that will be held in Anglet, France on 29 june – 1 July 2016.
TRIBUTE workshop will take place on 30 June 2016 and will be focused on crucial topics connected with the problematics of energy management, bulding simulations or standardization. Presentation will be made by experts from Schneider Electric, which is the leading industrial company of the TRIBUTE project.
Moreover, TRIBUTE representatives will participate in two workshops together with other European projects in order to continue in clustering activities and knowledge exchange.
The agenda of the workshop can be found here. More information on the conference can be found here.
TRIBUTE project will be presented at the Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2016 conference that will be held in Prague, Czech Republic on 22 – 24 June 2016.
TRIBUTE presentation will be part of the AMIRES stand at the exhibition, which is a side-event of the CESB 2016 conference. Visitors will have the opportunity to check the posters, roll-up and other dissemination materials of the project as well as to speak with the Project Manager from AMIRES company.
The 5th edition of the EeB PPP Project Review 2016 has been recently published and TRIBUTE project is among the presented projects.
In the framework of the EeB PPP, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Energy Efficient Buildings (E2B) Committee of the ECTP, one of the commitments consists in monitoring the impacts and exploitable outcomes generated by the projects. This yearly publication presents the progress of 110 co-funded projects within the EeB PPP under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and 17 new co-funded projects under the Horizon 2020 programme for 2014.
This new edition highlights current results and achieved or potential impact of the EeB PPP projects. The projects demonstrate scientific and technological excellence, across all levels, from early stage conception to demonstration of almost ready-to-market innovations. Distributed into 7 technology-clusters defined according to the construction-related research and innovation value chain from the EeB PPP Roadmap (Design, Technology Building Blocks, Advanced materials and nanotechnology, Construction process, Energy performance monitoring & management, ICT and BIM), they illustrate the diverse innovation approaches and the importance of embracing all aspects of the building and construction sectors. You can download the Project Review 2016 here.
In this issue we would like to inform you about the completion of TRIBUTE project's first period through the organisation and successful completion of a M18 review meeting.
During the M18 review meeting that took place in April 2015 in Brussels (BE), the consortium presented achievements done during the first 18 months to Project Officer – Mrs. Dominique Planchon – and Project Technical Advisor – Mr. Carlos Bello. Significant progress was made in all parts of the project including preparation of the simulation models, development of the algorithms, installation of the sensors at the testing sites, selection of communication protocols, definition of the architecture, development of occupancy detection strategies or creation of the retrofit options database. The consortium received a strong encouragement from both Project Officer and Project Technical Advisor.
In this issue, we are also sharing with you news on the overall results and the latest dissemination activities and would like to inform you about the next TRIBUTE meeting.
Newsletter can be downloaded here.


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Wigan have completed the signing of 18-year-old midfielder James McCarthy from Hamilton.
McCarthy is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in British football and new Latics boss Roberto Martinez is pleased to have snapped him up for an undisclosed fee.
"There were several clubs chasing James," said Martinez. "It is fantastic he has chosen Wigan."
He added: "He had a very difficult decision to make and, fair play to him, he took his time to weigh up all his options, take advice and make his mind up.
"That shows a huge amount of maturity for a boy of his age, but then maturity is probably the one word I would use above all others to describe him.
"He has the ability to become a big player in the future and it is great to have him on board."
Republic of Ireland Under-21 international McCarthy, who has signed a five-year deal at the JJB Stadium, made his debut for Hamilton aged just 15 and has gone on to make almost 100 league appearances.
Martinez added on wiganlatics.co.uk: "He's quick, very bright on the ball, can see a pass and I believe he can have a great career in football.
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RPD officers who fought felon didn't have body cameras on. All charges were dropped
Will Cleveland | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Chief: Officers injured in tussle over gun 'held the line'
Officers, Michael Mortillaro and Jeremy Lindauer suffered minor injuries while wrestling a gun away from an armed suspect. (July 25, 2019)
A Rochester man accused of scuffling with two police officers over a loaded handgun last summer saw the charges dropped against him last month after a judge ruled the weapon police recovered couldn't be used as evidence.
At the time of the incident, Police Chief La'Ron Singletary said his officers were in a "fight for their lives."
State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Moran ruled that wasn't the case. Moran dismissed the charges against Treiquan Hawkins and ruled the gun recovered by police couldn't be used as evidence against him. The judge determined there wasn't probable cause for officers to approach Hawkins, and Moran couldn't consider testimony from one of the officers without body camera footage to corroborate it.
At the time of the original incident the Rochester Police Department and Mayor Lovely Warren boisterously applauded the efforts of officers Jeremy Lindauer and Michael Mortillaro. Both officers suffered minor injuries in the scuffle. Hawkins was also injured.
Paul Guerrieri, Hawkins' attorney, said only one of the officers testified at the evidence suppression hearing in November and said neither officer had his body-worn camera turned on at the time of the incident. RPD policy requires officers to turn on body cameras during arrests.
"These two simply decided, without their body-worn cameras, and we don't know what was said and we don't know what they were doing," Guerrieri said. "They decide to chase after him, tackle him and arrest him and then run the table on charges."
Only one of three police statements obtained by the Democrat and Chronicle indicate someone allegedly saw Hawkins pull a firearm from his satchel. But these reports, Guerrieri said, are unfounded without video footage.
Gun suppressed
The deputy chief of the special investigations bureau, Assistant District Attorney Robin Catalano, who prosecuted the case, and a spokeswoman for District Attorney Sandra Doorley both confirmed the charges were dismissed and the gun was suppressed after a probable cause hearing, but they declined to offer any other comment on the case.
Justin Roj, the city's director of communications, said, "We don't have any comment from City Hall on the outcome of the case."
Deputy Chief Mark Mura of the Rochester Police Department said, "Without reviewing the judge's decision, it would be premature for me to comment on the case at this time."
Hawkins had been indicted by a Monroe County grand jury and charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of second-degree assault — each felonies — and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
Guerrieri said once Moran decided to suppress the gun as evidence, the Monroe County District Attorney's Office asked for a monthlong adjournment to research whether it could appeal the decision. The DA's Office decided not to move forward at a Dec. 19 hearing and that's when Guerrieri and his co-counsel, Melissa Wells-Spicer, asked for the charges to be dismissed. Moran agreed.
According to the state Department of Corrections and Community Services, Hawkins is a convicted felon who spent several years in prison on a weapons conviction.
Cops lauded as heroes
In a statement after the incident, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren had applauded the heroic actions of officers Lindauer and Mortillaro. Both Warren and Singletary said the officers demonstrated "great restraint" while taking Hawkins into custody.
"They were basically involved in a fight for their lives," Singletary said. "The officers did exactly what I've asked them to do, what the community asked them to do. They went out there and held the line. Who are they holding the line for? The people who are law-abiding in this community, the residents of Weyl Street."
Warren was also effusive in her praise.
"This incident demonstrates why the men and women of the Rochester Police Department are so deserving of our respect and admiration," Warren said in a written statement.
Attorneys Guerrieri and Wells-Spicer had a different take.
"Mayor Lovely Warren went out there and talked about how brave and great these guys were," Guerrieri said. "I think the lesson learned is make sure your damn body cameras are on. Follow the rules. That's it. You've got a police accountability board. This is the type of garbage that creates a divide in the city. Right, wrong or indifferent, whether someone has a gun or not, we all have rights."
This is a good time for our city council members to take a few minutes of their valuable time and do some ride alongs. Perhaps THEY could step out in a similar situation and use de-escalating tactics and criminals would just hand over their guns without issue!
— ROC Locust Club (@ROCLocustClub) July 25, 2019
Mura, the RPD deputy chief, said the department hasn't experienced technical issues with its body cameras.
"As far as whether or not we're having issues with BWCs, to the best of our knowledge we have not experienced issues with our BWC cameras/system," Mura said in an email.
The officers weren't made available to the media after the event. Singletary spoke on their behalf at a community picnic the day after. Other than written statements and court testimony, Lindauer and Mortillaro haven't spoken.
Police Accountability Board
This dismissal comes as the city's Police Accountability Board goes live; voters approved it last year in a referendum. The PAB was established as an independent office of city government to investigate allegations of misconduct by police officers.
The city's charter was amended to allow the formation of the board. The board has the power to investigate civilian complaints, subpoena information for its investigation and determine if misconduct has occurred. With input from the police chief and police union, the board will draft disciplinary guidelines.
The unpaid, nine-member Police Accountability Board will be assisted by an executive director and staff and have subpoena power, plus the authority to impose discipline and to assess RPD practices and procedures.
Supporters said the board would help build the public's trust in RPD and give community members a voice in how the community is policed. They point to the transparency it will provide. Critics, including the Rochester Police Locust Club, meanwhile, argued oversight already exists. They said complaints of misconduct are rare and not deserving of this type of action.
The previous city advisory board had much more limited authority and was paired with the department's own internal review process.
Guerrieri and Wells-Spicer said Hawkins won't be filing a complaint with the newly formed board and won't be filing suit against the city and police department.
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Police timeline
In his written investigative action report, Lindauer stated he was on patrol with Mortillaro during his third-platoon shift (3 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.) in the city's Clinton Section. Lindauer noted the Weyl Street area falls within an area monitored by law enforcement under the state-backed Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, a crime-fighting program launched in 2004 for 17 counties outside New York City with a high crime rate.
He said the "area is a well known and well documented open air drug market. Recently, this corridor was been the site of assault shootings and other firearm related offenses."
Lindauer said he has made gun arrests in the area.
Mortillaro and Lindauer got out of their patrol vehicle and approached a group of men sitting on lawn chairs in front of 231 Weyl St. The lawn chairs were blocking the sidewalk, officers said.
Lindauer said he had "prior knowledge of this home and have spoken to the owner on a number of occasions." The owner complained about "recent violence and drug sales" in front of the home.
The officers smelled marijuana in the area and requested Hawkins' identification.
Hawkins got out of his chair and allegedly turned away from the officers in an attempt to stop a pat frisk.
Officers allege Hawkins fled on foot.
"The defendant then produced a handgun from a bag and displayed it, placing me and Officer Mortillaro in fear of serious physical injury," Lindauer wrote in the felony complaint. In another statement, Lindauer never claimed to have seen Hawkins pull a gun out of his satchel.
A fight allegedly ensued over the gun.
The gun "was laying free on the sidewalk as they approached when (Hawkins) grabbed the gun and Officer Lindauer and I continued to fight with (Hawkins)," Mortillaro wrote. Lindauer secured the gun in his pants and Hawkins was taken into custody.
Hawkins was allegedly found to be in possession of a Ruger 9mm semi-automatic handgun loaded with eight rounds of ammunition. Officers said Hawkins also had a plastic bag of marijuana and a marijuana cigarette.
Lindauer said he suffered "substantial pain and contusion to my left hand," while Mortillaro had substantial pain and abrasions to his right arm. Both were taken to Highland Hospital, where they were treated and released.


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One of the biggest news items in the markets came from Papa John's. Unfortunately, PZZA stock made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Shares of the embattled organization took a nearly 9% dive after management failed to reach terms with potential suitors.
That the negotiations failed is unsurprising. First off, the Papa John's brand is damaged goods. In late 2017, company founder and former CEO John Schnatter made politically-charged comments about NFL players protesting police brutality. Later, he made the ultimate blunder when he uttered the "N-word" during a conference call.
Second, private-equity firms hoping to buy out Papa John's have no reason to negotiate generous terms. While PZZA stock recovered (somewhat miraculously) against the racism overhang, shares eventually unraveled last November. Over the trailing two-and-a-half months, PZZA lost nearly 35% of market value.
Papa John's management team wanted more money for an outright acquisition. However, they're not going to get it while the company equity is in freefall. Having not agreed to terms, the leadership now intends to sell a stake in itself. But even here, they'll run into the same problem.
Observes have witnessed the outright collapse that the famous-turned-infamous pizza maker has endured. They'll simply wait out the company for a better deal. But within this terrible situation, we at least can acquire an important business decision.
Great, but what does that mean? Is Schnatter implying that he didn't utter the "N-word?" If so, I can see why he's upset about the smear campaign. However, the only problem here – and it's a big one – is that Schnatter doesn't deny using the racial slur. Instead, his point appears that we're missing the broader context.
And yes, I'm positive that we're not getting the entire context. Unfortunately, no justification exists to utter such vile profanities in business. Within a professional organization, and certainly in a publicly-traded firm, protocol and proper decorum matters. If an executive generates a controversy, that action negatively impacts stakeholders.
I don't believe that Schnatter is a racist. Further, he may also have had good intentions when he said what he said. But the problem is that the Papa John's founder gave his adversaries political and professional ammunition. That's a big no-no, and it represents a lesson we must all learn.
Again, Schnatter is probably right: we're not getting the whole truth. But he made it a point so that the learning the truth won't matter. Schnatter not only armed his opponents, but he pointed the gun to his own head. All anybody has to do is pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, this was just a stupid mistake all around. Why Schnatter chose to say the "N-word" at that moment we may never know. But let this be a lesson to not commit unforced errors, especially ones so damaging and unnecessary.