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Palestine Electricity Rates
Commercial Electricity in Palestine
^ The average commercial electricity rate in Palestine, OH is 4.83¢/kWh.[1]
Residential Electricity in Palestine
^ The average residential electricity rate in Palestine, OH is 11.79¢/kWh.[1]
Industrial Electricity in Palestine
^ The average industrial electricity rate in Palestine, OH is 1.96¢/kWh.[1]
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Palestine, OH Electricity Statistics
Commercial electricity rates in Palestine
The average commercial electricity rate in Palestine is 4.83¢/kWh.[1]
This average (commercial) electricity rate in Palestine is 49% less than the Ohio average rate of 9.47¢/kWh.[2]
The average (commercial) electricity rate in Palestine is 52.13% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh. Commercial rates in the U.S. range from 6.86¢/kWh to 34.88¢/kWh.[2]
Residential electricity rates in Palestine
The average residential electricity rate in Palestine is 11.79¢/kWh.[1]
This average (residential) electricity rate in Palestine is 0.26% greater than the Ohio average rate of 11.76¢/kWh.[2]
The average (residential) electricity rate in Palestine is 0.76% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh. Residential rates in the U.S. range from 8.37¢/kWh to 37.34¢/kWh.[2]
Industrial electricity rates in Palestine
The average industrial electricity rate in Palestine is 1.96¢/kWh.[1]
This average (industrial) electricity rate in Palestine is 68.59% less than the Ohio average rate of 6.24¢/kWh.[2]
The average (industrial) electricity rate in Palestine is 70.61% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh. Industrial rates in the U.S. range from 4.13¢/kWh to 30.82¢/kWh.[2]
Ohio Electricity Rates & Consumption
Commercial electricity in Ohio
Commercial electricity rates in OH [3]
The average commercial electricity rate in Ohio is 9.47¢/kWh, which ranks 23rd in the nation and is 6.14% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh.[3]
Commercial electricity consumption in OH [3]
Commercial electricity consumption in Ohio averages 6,353 kWh/month, which ranks 18th in the nation and is 1.84% greater than the national average of 6,238 kWh/month.
Commercial electricity bills in OH [3]
The average monthly commercial electricity bill in Ohio is $602, which ranks 18th in the nation and is 4.29% less than the national average of $629.
Learn more about commercial electricity in Ohio
Residential electricity in Ohio
Residential electricity rates in Ohio [3]
The average residential electricity rate in Ohio is 11.76¢/kWh, which ranks 20th in the nation and is 1.01% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh.
Residential electricity consumption in OH [3]
Residential electricity consumption in Ohio averages 895 kWh/month, which ranks 28th in the nation and is
Residential electricity bills in OH [3]
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Ohio is $105, which ranks 25th in the nation and is 1.87% less than the national average of $107 per month.
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Industrial electricity in Ohio
Industrial electricity rates in Ohio [3]
The average industrial electricity rate in Ohio is 6.24¢/kWh, which ranks 32nd in the nation and is 6.45% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh.
Industrial electricity consumption in OH [3]
Industrial electricity consumption in Ohio averages 226,930 kWh/month, which ranks 13th in the nation and is 102.33% greater than the national average of 112,158 kWh/month.
Industrial electricity bills in OH [3]
The average monthly industrial electricity bill in Ohio is $14,150, which ranks 15th in the nation and is 89.1% greater than the national average of $7,483.
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Household Income in Palestine, OH
Palestine, OH Income Breakdown [4]
Income Summary for Palestine, OH
Household income: The city of Palestine has a median household income of $36,250, versus $62,843 for the U.S.[4]
Compared to the U.S.: Median household income in Palestine is approximately 42 percent less than the median income for the entire United States.[4]
Poverty level: Approximately 8.9 percent of Palestine households have incomes below poverty level.[4]
Electric bills: The average residential electricity bill in Ohio is about $105/month, ranking 25th in the U.S. and 1.87% less than the national average of $107.[5]
Income: Palestine vs. Nation [4]
Additional information about Palestine
About Palestine
Palestine is a village located in Darke County in the state of Ohio, and has a population of approximately 200.[6]
More about Palestine utilities
For more information about Palestine electricity, or for additional resources regarding electricity & utilities in your state, visit the Energy Information Administration.
The U.S. produces nearly half of its electricity from coal. In China, the percenttage is nearly three-fourths.
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The purpose of this Encyclopedia is to present the various and evolving interpretations and perspectives on archival concepts, principles and practices.It is designed to aggregate the views of contemporary, well-established and highky regarded archival scholars and professionals and those of new and aspiring scholars and professionals into one, comprehensive work describing past achievements and leading the archival field toward the future.
The Information Systems research group at Mid Sweden University is the result of four separate groups, spread across three disciplines, artificially thrown together because we didn't seem to fit into other developed research groups. What we were seen to have in common was 'information'. The disciplines are: Archives and Information Science, Business Management and Organization, and Informatics.
Shortly after this uncertain start, the University launched a demanding internal process for Assessment of Research and Coproduction (ARC13) over the previous five years. We didn't have that much past together, so we set out to build ourselves a future, exploring our common interests as we gathered data for the evaluation. We pooled our research, hired a facilitator to help with a SWOT analysis, built trust within the group and achieved a remarkably good report from the external assessors. Participation in the multidisciplinary InterPARES Trust in Digital Records in an Increasingly Networked World Project has been an inspiring factor in the Archives and Information Science contribution to our new collaboration. Our Information Systems research group now focuses on five research challenges: Information value, quality, accessibility, sustainability and trustworthiness. Now we are having fun exploring the possibilities, confident that our InfoSys research group has its own sustainable future.
Legislation is important to recordkeeping strategies and requirements, since it determines which records are needed for legally legitimate actions. Yet the concepts of a document, a record, a case, a transaction, etc., are frequently defined differently in various laws even within national boundaries and are urgently in need of harmonization to minimize complications and barriers to e-business transactions.
Every country has its own legislation system which has been adjusted over time in correlation to national context and its surrounding society (Duranti, 1989-1990, p. 5). Duranti and Goh (2012) provided sound arguments as to why it is important to ensure national archival legislation keeps pace with our digitally networked society with its increasingly blurred borders. In addition to their own national law, members of the European Union (EU) are obliged to follow EU-legislation requirements. There are three types of EU legislation: regulations, directives and decisions. A regulation is applicable in all EU countries. Directives are general rules. A decision is a stipulation of issues of concern for specifically mentioned persons or organizations (European Commission, 2013). Recommendations and statements are not binding, but may, for example, be used by the EU as support in interpretation of EU-legislation (Sveriges Riksdag, 2013). Hence, within public organizations, there is a close relation between records, recordkeeping processes, legislation and accountability. Yet research in Sweden has shown that 24/7 e-service web-interfaces serving e-government strategies and ambitions are sometimes developed without consulting recordkeeping professionals, in ignorance of legal requirements for capture of records and that preservation issues are rarely considered when acquiring new digital systems (Kallberg, Svärd and Sundberg, 2010). Several other European studies also identify a lack of recordkeeping awareness within public organizations (Barata, 2004; Valtonen, 2007; Shepherd, Stevenson, & Flinn, 2009; Riksarkivet, 2010). However, there is currently a strong European political ambition to implement eGovernment services, which aims to promote cross-border business development. On the other hand, this challenges archival thinking to meet business, technological and legal requirements stipulated for each country. Varying legal definitions used can cause major problems for transactions both within a country and across national borders, even in something as seemingly simple as exchanging e-invoices. This paper will discuss an approach to identifying a way forward for harmonizing legislation that contains recordkeeping requirements across the EU.
Checking against definitions found in international standards.
Research towards harmonizing these crucial definitions will be very challenging, given linguistic and cultural differences but the ICA multilingual terminology database is a potential vehicle for checking existing usage, adding to the definitions and quotations from legalislation and the literature already found there and adding new terms. The foundation version of the ICA-funded Terminology Database, developed as an ICA Section for Archival Educators' project led and hosted by the University of British Columbia, contains definitions with examples of usage for an initial 300 archival terms across 16 languages. It is planned for public release in the first half of 2013.
Barata, K. (2004). Archives in the Digital Age. Journal of the Society of Archivists, 25(1), 63-70.
Duranti, L. (1989-1990). Diplomatics: New Uses for an Old Science (Part II). Archivaria, 29, 4-17.
Kallberg, M. , Svärd, P. & Sundberg, H. (2010). Improving Local Government - A Survey of Problems. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Society 2010. pp. 76-84.
Riksarkivet (2010). Rapport rörande enkätundersökning - myndigheters hantering av elektroniska handlingar. Stockholm: Riksarkivet.
Shepherd, E., Stevenson, A., & Flinn, A. (2009). The Impact of Freedom of Information on Records Management and Record Use in Local Government: A Literature Review. Journal of the Society of Archivists, 30(2, October ), 227-248.
Valtonen, M. R. (2007). Documentation in pre-trial investigation, A study of using the records continuum model as a records management tool. Records Management Journal, 17(3), 179-185.
Australian archival authorities take a very active role in setting records management standards, providing guidelines for records managers in their work and approving records retention and disposal schedules for state and national government agencies. Thus 'archivists' in Australia have a very strong role in records management processes. There are two principal drivers for this approach: one is the practical matter of capturing and managing digital records, and the other is the acceptance of the Records continuum theoretical model. This paper outlines some specific approaches taken to identifying and managing archival records in Australian government systems and how this affects the structure of the recordkeeping professions and professional education.
The role of the archivist in exploiting and accessing open data as public records in an open government environment is explored. The possible role, responsibilities and mandate of an archivist in this new public sector context are examined. Necessary knowledge, skills and competence are identified.
Expectations of a more proactive release of public records and technical developments that support new ways of publishing and reusing digital information, for example as open data on the internet, create new challenges and change the way public records are managed and made accessible to citizens, which will also involve new professions in the management of records. Fundamentally this raises questions of how, in this new management environment, the trustworthiness of the records could be maintained and how the archives and records management profession could contribute to this, related to other professionals involved in these processes.
In Sweden there is a long tradition of openness and citizens´ right to access public records. But with the implementation of e-government follows a new perception of what openness means and "open government" is a concept that seems to go further and be more proactive. A part of this study will be to analyze and define what is meant by 'open government' and 'open data' as they are used in Sweden, i.e. how 'open data' differs from 'public records' for example. In Sweden there is no formal records manager profession, but the archivist often does the corresponding work. That is why this project also includes the archivists´ role in the open government environment.
This study will reflect upon the archivists´ role in this process and what is needed to ensure a trusted proactive release of public records. To identify what skills, guidelines, knowledge and mandate are needed. The study will focus on StockholmCity's work on open data, which is an important part of the open government agenda, through the perspective of Stockholm City Archives.
Case study methods are used to examine the role of the archivist in the domain of access to public records in an open government and open data environment. The study examines what role an archivist in the public sector currently has, and what knowledge, skills and competence are needed for these new challenges.
Interpretation of existing work and the perception of the situation by practicing archivists in this changing environment provide valuable data. The case study is based on the City of Stockholm because it is quite progressive in its work on open data. It is now running an open data project, in which the Stockholm City Archive plays an active role. The role of the archivist in practice, experiences and possible needs and missing factors will be explored. Data will be collected by interviews and text analysis. Needed strategies and guidelines will be identified.
An anticipatory system is a system containing a predictive model of itself and/or of its environment, which allows the system to predict its future state. Such a system would be of great use for decision makers in water regulation. Our work has resulted in a prototype of an anticipatory simulation tool that functions as a decision support system for water regulation. The simulation tool simulates a simple water regulation system. First a model of a simple water regulation system was constructed. Based on that model the simulation tool was developed and improved by adding weak anticipation. Simulations with and without weak anticipation were run with real data. Evaluations of the simulations show an improved performance of the simulation tool when using weak anticipation compared to simulations without weak anticipation.
Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, University of Patras, Rio, Greece.
Greek Educational Book Publishing Organisation, Athens, Greece.
Reserach Academic Computer Technology Institute, University Campus, Rio, Greece.
Department of Applied Informatics in Administrations and Economy, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece.
The great strides made towards "information society" are a fact beyond contradiction. Many academic, research and governmental institutions have exploited Information and Communications Technologies in order to perform everyday tasks and activities and have therefore developed information management systems. This has led many public and governmental organisations to adopt these new technologies as a means of internal evolvement and restructuring and to provide more qualitative services to their citizens. This work describes how the Greek Educational Books Publishing Organisation (GEBPO) employed its electronic system for book production and distribution.


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Extract from the Summer Timetable - this last period of operation for stopper trains between Castle Cary & Taunton, Summer 1962 It can be seen that it was a pretty sparse service. Thanks to Mike Roach for providing this extract. If you wanted to travel from Taunton to Castle Cary in December 2014 there are 8 trains a day, on weekdays, from 06.17 to 20.25 taking 20 to 22 minutes non-stop.
Taunton as 1022 Western Sentinel waits the right away with 1a19 1100 Penzance to Paddington on Thursday 10th April 1975 Note all the goods vans in the sidings in those days!! Copyright Roger Geach.
Water troughs were installed for the then double track in 1902. Alongside the track was a float house which ensured that the levels in the troughs could be maintained. After passage of an engine taking water the troughs could be refilled in a remarkable three minutes. The tracks here were quadrupled in 1930 - 32 all tracks being fitted with troughs.
A close up of the track diagram showing coming from the left the double track main lines from Bristol in the lower part and from Westbury and London closing in under the 1931 flyover. Prior to 1986 quadruple track continued right though to Taunton, this was reduced to double track in 1986 when the box was closed. At one time water troughs were positioned on the main lines to the west of here - these were fed by water drawn from the canal via a header tank. The drawing of water from the canal caused a dispute. The base of the header tank has been turned into a very nice property with a lineside view. Copyright Chris Osment.
This picture, copyright John Cornelius is taken from a location privileged to railway staff. This up train as well as passing under the Bristol down line is also passing over a bridge over a lane which connects two fields either side of the four tracks at this location. The protective fencing is around an open point in the lanes passage under the railway. Taking a look at the current Google Earth view at this location will reveal a Bristol bound HST.
Cogload 1970 Class 47 on a down train from Paddington leans into the curve and had the train from Bristol been seconds later it would have passed under it. Copyright Andrew Jones. Examintaion of the signals at Cogload shows that had the timing been right that Andrew might have had three trains in his picture with the addition of a service for London!
An enlargement of the picture above showing the up signal clear. Copyright Andrew Jones. N.B. Picture taken from alongside wartime gun emplacements.
Swinging his camera around to the north Andrew catches a Warship and a Hymeck heading west towards the flyover. 1970 Copyright Andrew Jones.
One of the delights of being a railway signalman in 1975 was that having asked permission of the local signalman once could go anywhere. John Cornelius, signalman at the time brings us these exclusive pictures.
Hi Keith, I was interested in the pics of Cogload from 'a different angle'.
So I've looked out a few slides I took there on Easter Saturday 31-3-1975, which gives a another angle of it, when most London trains were hauled by class 52 locos. However, before I went onto the flyover I had a word with the duty signalman, and told him what I intended doing, so he was aware of where I was. After taking several photo's, I returned to the box to let him know when I had finished on the flyover, but continued taking pics by the signalbox for a while.
enjoy, cheers JOHN C. We most certainly will 'enjoy', many thanks John.
Athelney Signal Box - a welcome improvement. As mentioned in the above picture caption British Rail had sought to standardise the nameplates of signal boxes and as such had removed the cast iron plates on Athelney. How befitting therefore that in its dying days an enterprising group replaced the BR sign with a replica sign. and commemorated the 150 years anniversary of the GWR. Photographed in 1986 by Chris Osment Copyright PLEASE SEE THE STORY BELOW.
Hello Keith, the replica nameplates that were fitted to Athelney box in 1985 were made by me using plywood.
By the way, tomorrow 5th April 2016, is the 30th anniversary of the closure of Athelney signal box.
I closed the box for the last time,then watched as the s&t stripped out all the equipment.
Here's the 'gang' and a close up of the nameplates expertly made by John Cornelius. It's great to have the names and keep them for posterity.
Here are a few pics of Athelney that I took of the snow after the blizzards in February 1978. No trains ran on the Sunday only the snowplough clearing the line,which later got stuck between Castle Cary and Yeovil Pen Mill!. Sunday night after more blizzards it was just as bad again on Monday morning.
However a loco was sent from Westbury to try to get through to Taunton, which it did eventually.
On its return, Chief Signalling Inspector Mr JOHN FORRESTER from Bristol was on the loco and advised me that providing they got through to Westbury and if I could work my signals,they would start running trains.
Note start of down loop and Lyng Church in the background, Copyright John Cornelius.
'hst' hauled 'Cornish Riviera' to Penzance. Likewise, the 'hst' set that later worked the up 'Cornish Rivera' to London , returned on the down 'Golden Hind'.
I would always give Taunton East signalman the tip.
cheers JOHN C. Many thanks John. See also Clink Road, Frome.
John's job as a signalman at Athelney gave him frequent opportunities for photographs there as well as advance knowledge of what was coming! Copyright John Cornelius 50 042 is preserved on the Bodmin and Wadebridge.
Another incredible picture by John Cornelius as, climbing a nearby signal post. he obtains this panoramic of the scene at Athelney as the class 40 headed railtour rushes over the waterway, the level crossing and past the signalbox. Lyng Church punctuates the horizon. Copyright John Cornelius. John would like it made clear that he wasn't on duty when this picture was taken but took over later in the box.
Another picture from September 1984 as an HST flashes past the site. The rodding for the nearby cross over an be seen to the left. Also, what was presumably the signalman's cottage in the background.
An interlude at Athelney - more pictures from the collection of John Cornelius - many thanks John.
A view from Athelney box, Lyng Church in the backgound. Copyright John Cornelius.
Curry Rivel Junction. The signalbox at Curry Rivel was situated some 130 and three quarter miles from Paddington. Athelney was some four miles further west.
The layout at Curry Rivel Junction. Taunton is to the leff and Westbury on the main line is to the right. The Yeovil branch turns southwards. A single slip point permits trains offf the down main to reverse either onto the up main or onto the up loop.
A short distance from the junction down the branch was an over bridge. It was suggested that this may have been used to provide the signalman with access. However John Cornelius cooments. I doubt if any photographers ever took pictures from the occupation bridge,on the branch,as it was accessed only by a rough farm track off the road from Langport to Wick, a longish walk and a bit out of the way. The signalmen used to ride along the cess from Langport West Station to get to the box.
I used the farm track the first time I went to the junction,leaving my bike at the lower end and walked to it. On my second visit, having shown the pics I took on the first visit too the station master at west station I asked if I could cycle out to the junc to which he readily agreed,but to keep look out in case any trains appeared on the branch. After an enjoyable few hours there,I returned the same way. great days CHEERS JOHN C.
One can see the water can more clearly in this close up. Copyright John Cornelius.
Oath is a small village about two and three Quarter miles west of Langport.
Long Sutton and Pitney a minor railway station situated in the hamlet of Upton, Somerset, about one mile equidistant from the two larger villages the station was named after. Absolutely nothing of it remains, a picture of the site exists on Google Earth. Position 51.02deg 23" North 2.46 deg 36" west.
Somerton tunnel - the first tunnel out of London 126 miles from London.
Somerton station has received the same treatment as at Langport East - the Canopy has been lopped off and the station building made fit for further use - see note from John Cornelius below.. At first sight this picture would appear to have been taken from inside the fence. However, at this location the walled enclosure in the next but one above picture provided access for a view east along the station front and towards the main road bridge. Copyright Roger Winnen.
He writes :- Sadly I don't have any pictures of Somerton station before it was demolished. When I worked there , the main up platform building was still there, the Langport end was used by p/way as a store room. The toilet at Castle Cary end was for the use of signalmen only. To stop unauthorised use, it was locked and the key kept in the signalbox.
A lovely steam action shot by John Cornelius. Copyright.
A beautifully framed view, from Somerton signalbox taken by one time signalman here John Cornelius. He is looking west over the area once occupied by the Goods shed. Copyright John Cornelius. This station, opened on 2 July 1906, was officially known as "Somerton (Somerset)" to avoid confusion with "Somerton (Oxon)". It lay partly in a cutting. The main building was on the eastbound platform with the goods shed at the west end of this platform. Somerton box opened with the 'Berks and Hants' in 1906. This required a new lever frame in the box, which was installed on 20th December 1942. The box was a standard GW type 7 (the signalling record society classification- Truro and St Blazey are of this type.
Copyright John Cornelius N.B. D1033 Western Trooper was built at Crewe -outshopped 17th January 1964. It met its end at Swindon w.e.f. April 1979. Also note the goods shed in some detail standing in front of new housing.
Many thanks John. 50019 came into service in May 68. It was named on the 18th April 1978, withdrawn 19th September 1990. It now 'lives' on the North Norfolk Railway. Copyright John Cornelius.
Was a substantial station with the main building and approach on the up side and a waiting shelter on the down side. The station closed 10th September 1962 but the signal box, to the east of the station remained open until 22nd September 1964. The goods shed, put to other uses remains in situ - the former goods yard is now a scrap yard and is easily recognisable on the up side of the line. Just before the station when heading east the train crosses over the A37 - the Foss Way.
Heritage_W_BR_5029_Keinton_Mandeville_slide876 Preserved Collett 4-6-0 no. 5029 Nunney Castle near Keinton Mandeville in charge of the Torbay Castle tour on 4/8/01.
Alford Halt on the Great Western Railway's Langport and Castle Cary Railway was opened on 21 July 1905, three weeks after the line was opened as far as Charlton Mackrell, to serve the village of Alford. It was a simple structure with two concrete platforms. A siding was opened for military goods traffic on 15 September 1940. The halt closed on 10 September 1962.
Castle Cary Signal Box in September 1984 Copyright Chris Osment, The former box here was a wartime casualty having been bombed in 1942.
800405at A class 50 brings the 16.30 Paddington-Plymouth into Castle Cary station. 5th April 1980 Copyright Roger Winnen. Note in the distance the hedgerow which is about three quarters of the way up the tree to the right of the signal which is pulled off - this is the course of the Somerset and Dorset Railway which crossed the GW main line to the west of Bruton.
Bruton - a similar view looking west on 23rd November 2014. The goods yard and signalbox long gone. However on the up side an attractive 'GWR like' modern structure outside the station. Copyright Keith Jenkin.
Bruton station from the footbridge and looking west towards Godminster Lane bridge. The station approach is on the right. Both shelters on the station are of simple construction and identical.
Passing through Bruton, heading east, there are two points of interest both in quick succession before the station. On the right, the Dovecote and on the left Bruton Church.
A familiar view through the carriage window just before the train passes through Bruton Station in Somerset, is the church of 'Saint Mary the Virgin' which sits on an historic site at centre of the small saxon town of Bruton in Somerset. The present church was started in the twelfth century on the site of one of the earliest churches in England, founded by King Ina in the 7th century. The Church boasts two towers, Copyright Roger Winnen 28th August 1996.
Does anybody know its history,and its main use?, I'd be interested to know.
cheers JOHN C. A reply from Roy Hart - Sheephouse, east of Bruton, was an occupation crossing for the (no doubt heavy and slow moving) timber traffic from Cogley Wood. The hut had no levers, just a block indicator (repeating the bells and block instruments of the boxes either side) and a telephone. There was also a stove! The installation would appear to date from the end period of the first world war (say early 1918) when there was an acute timber shortage. As far as I know it was closed in about 1973. The provision of a stove suggests manning for prolonged periods. Many thanks for that Roy.
I found Colin Burges' article on his Castle Cary-Westbury bike ride very interesting and learned a few things in the process, (See Features Mid May to Dec). for example the purpose of the large underground 'bunker' close to the former Sheephouse Farm near Bruton. I have often wondered what it was for, and had no idea that Bruton used to suffer bad flooding. Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Chippenham and Trowbridge also had the same annual problem until the River Avon was improved and widened/straightened in the late 1960s.
Guy Vincent Many thanks indeed Guy for your article and the photograph.
There was a very nasty incident here in the early 1970's, when a Down Express hit and killed several Friesian cows which were crossing the line.
Strap Lane Halt was mid-way between Witham Friary and Bruton on the Westbury to Taunton line. The halt once served the nearby village of Upton Noble and is near the summit of Brewham Bank, with gradients of 1 in 81 from the west, and 1 in 107 from the east. The small village of Upton Noble is over three quarters of a mile away on a twisting, narrow country lane, this lane passes over the railway by means of a narrow bridge the halt comprising of simple wooden platforms with sheds as shelters lay to the west of the bridge, access was by means of paths off the approaches to the bridge. The halt was an early, pre Beeching closure, the last services called 5th June 1950.
Witham, west of 47379 2nd June 1984 Copyright Mike Roach This and the shot of the same train above was a puzzler for a while until the embankment carrying the branch line from Witham to Cranmore, and one time to Wells, Cheddar and Yatton was spotted climbing up grade to the left.
82037 stands at the branch platform on the 7th Sept 63 Copyright Mike Roach Comment by Chris Osment - It will be noted that signal number 60. the Bay to Down Branch Starting signal is off, and that it is likely that the train will be propelled back up the branch.
Witham Signal Box in 1975 The box had 67 levers but was abolished in 1984 when the junction was taken over by Westbury Control. Copyright Chris Osment.
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HMS C31 was one of 38 C-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She struck a mine in 1915 and sank with the loss of all hands.

Design and description
The C-class boats of the 1907–08 and subsequent Naval Programmes were modified to improve their speed, both above and below the surface. The submarine had a length of  overall, a beam of  and a mean draft of . They displaced  on the surface and  submerged. The C-class submarines had a crew of two officers and fourteen ratings.

For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 12-cylinder  Vickers petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a  electric motor. They could reach  on the surface and  underwater. On the surface, the C class had a range of  at .

The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.

Construction and career
HMS C31 was built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 7 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909. The boat was sunk by a mine off the Belgian coast on 4 January 1915 whilst patrolling off Zeebrugge. There were no survivors.

Notes

External links
HMS C31 Roll of Honour
'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum

References

British C-class submarines
Royal Navy ship names
Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea
Lost submarines of the United Kingdom
Maritime incidents in 1915
Ships sunk by mines
1909 ships

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This week, Quikr acquired realty portal CommonFloor. Grofers shut down its operations in 9 cities. There were many more news throughout the week, so let's look at some of the news which made headlines in the startup space this week.
Mumbai based Online grocery startup Localbanya's last effort for revival seems to have failed as its discussions with the three major investment groups for fresh funding have fallen through.
CommonFloor which has been running from eight-years as an independent company is finally coming to an end. Online classifieds player Quikr today announced it has acquired realty portal CommonFloor in an undisclosed amount. This ends months-long speculations of the deal.
Netflix Inc, the world's largest independent video streaming company, has officially announced its entry into India as part of a wider international expansion and 130 other markets in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
Ride-hailing service Uber's founder Travis Kalanick, SoftBank's founder Masayoshi Son and collaborative workspace provider WeWork's founder Adam Neumann will attend the government's Start-up India event next week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil an action plan to assist early-stage companies.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) said on Monday that it will ban companies selling medicines online if they are found to be violating the rules. At present, there is no ban on the sale of medicines online, although drugs can't be sold without doctor's prescription.
Gurgaon-based hyperlocal delivery start-up Grofers has shut down its operations in 9 cities – Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Kochi, Ludhiana, Mysore, Nashik, Rajkot and Visakhapatnam. The employees in these locations have been offered positions in other cities.
Times Internet, the digital arm of Times of India Group has acquired Gurgaon based Viral Shots for an undisclosed amount. Viral Shots is a micro content mobile app that extensively curates stories from over 300 social and web destinations and is clocking approx. 100 million screen views per month.
Tracxn, a startup intelligence and market research platform has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Ratan Tata. Tracxn was founded in 2013 by ex-investors Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia Capital) and Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners).
An FIR has been registered against the CEO and founder of Snapdeal for allegedly selling popular Maggi noodles online during the ban period, in five Indian states. This was sold in five states of the country, including Rajasthan during the period of ban between June 7 and October 30 last year, said police.


sance of the bike leg in our sport over the last few years. Those of us who have been in the sport for a while can remember when ITU races often featured large packs of athletes cruising around the bike course waiting for the chance to rip out an amazing 10 km run in search of the podium. Our very own Simon Whitfield was a big part of changing that dynamic – he was keen to have Colin Jenkins on the Canadian team for the Beijing Olympic games in 2008, not so he'd have someone to sit behind, but because he wanted Jenkins to help him make the bike ride as hard as possible – he wanted everyone to start the run as tired as possible.
Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee have continued that trend over the last eight or so years, dominating the last two Olympics and numerous ITU races thanks to aggressive splits in the swim and bike, followed by suffer-fest runs. Flora Duffy has been virtually unbeatable on the ITU race scene for the last 18 months thanks to incredibly aggressive riding – she routinely pulls away from the rest of the field on the bike and then remains ahead through the run.
What excites me about this trend is the fact that to excel in our sport its never been more important to be proficient in all three legs of the race. Lionel Sanders might not have won Kona last year, but who would have thought that a man who was dead last out of the water at a 70.3 world championship would, three years later, lead the chase pack at the end of the swim in Kona and come oh-so-close to taking the title? Sanders' recent "schooling" (his word, not mine) by Jan Frodeno at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside once again proved that to win at the highest levels you simply must be an excellent swimmer, cyclist and runner. Frodeno led the entire day in Oceanside, dominating all three disciplines on his way to the win.
Fresh off a solo breakaway win at the ITU World Triathlon Series opener in Abu Dhabi, Henri Schoeman didn't exactly do a ton of work in the breakaway at the Commonwealth Games (probably knowing that Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee weren't in their normal run shape and had to push on the bike), but was part of the lead group of six. Only an insane 14:36 5 km split got Jacob Birtwhistle to the silver medal. The women's race on the Gold Coast also saw the race won on the bike – Duffy and England's Jessica Learmonth turned a 42-second gap out of the water into a 1:20 lead off the bike to take the first two spots.
Can Lionel Sanders beat Jan Frodeno in Kona later this year? He learned how hard that will be if he's a bunch of minutes down after the swim. Can anyone beat Flora Duffy at a WTS race? Unless she crashes, as she did in Abu Dhabi, the only way that seems to happen is if that person comes off the bike with the Bermudan star.
It's an exciting time in our sport, one in which you have to swim, bike and run to earn your dough, exactly the way it's supposed to be.


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06nov7:00 pm9:00 pmBob SagetBob Saget Live in Milford, CTVeterans Memorial Auditorium
See the legendary and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian and TV actor Bob Saget (Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos) perform his live stand-up comedy set in Milford, CT! Doors Open at 6:00pm
See the legendary and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian and TV actor Bob Saget (Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos) perform his live stand-up comedy set in Milford, CT!
Doors Open at 6:00pm and the show starts at 7:00pm.
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Billings är en ort (town) i Noble County i delstaten Oklahoma i USA. Orten hade 578 invånare, på en yta av 1,74 km² (2020).

Politikern Henry Bellmon, senare guvernör och senator, var uppväxt i Billings.

Referenser

Externa länkar

 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Billings

Orter i Oklahoma
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TODO

## Production / "Server Side"

### The tricky part

Ironically, the difficulty of using NuGet packages as a distribution container for your app, is *if your app uses NuGet*. This is because NuGet (with good reason!) packages the *list* of dependencies, not the actual binaries. So, if we were to try to use the NuGet package of the App directly, we'd be missing a bunch of DLLs.

So, we need an application that can *flatten* a NuGet dependency tree and repack the package with all the DLLs. While this is a lot of steps, it's actually pretty straightforward:

1. Extract the App's NuGet package to a temp directory.
1. Walk the list of dependencies. For each dependency, extract it on top of the temp directory (i.e. so that its `lib/*` ends up in the App's dir)
1. Recursively do the same thing (i.e. recurse down the dependency tree)
1. Edit the root NuGet package XML and remove all its explicit dependencies.

This is kind of the moral equivalent of the Rails Gem "vendor freeze" I guess.

### Delta Packages

Now, once we've got a full package, we need to generate a Delta package. To do this, we'll replace all the DLL/EXEs in the NuGet packages with bsdiff files. [bspatch/bsdiff](http://code.logos.com/blog/2010/12/binary_patching_with_bsdiff.html) is a  mostly efficient algorithm for calculating diffs between binary files (especially Native binaries, but it works well for .NET ones too), and a way to apply them.

So, this is pretty easy:

1. Extract the previous NuGet package
1. Extract the current NuGet package
1. Replace every EXE/DLL with the bsdiff. So, `lib\net40\MyCoolApp.exe` becomes `lib\net40\MyCoolApp.exe.diff`. Create a file that contains a SHA1 of the expected resulting file and its filesize called `lib\net40\MyCoolApp.exe.shasum`
1. New DLLs in current get put in verbatim
1. Zip it back up

The .shasum file has the same format as the Releases file described in the "'Latest' Pointer" section, except that it will only have one entry.

So now we've got all of the *metadata* of the original package, just none of its *contents*. To get the final package, we do the following:

1. Take the previous version, expand it out
1. Take the delta version, do the same
1. For each DLL in the previous package, we bspatch it, then check the shasum file to ensure we created the correct resulting file
1. If we find a DLL in the new package, just copy it over
1. If we can't find a bspatch for a file, nuke it (it doesn't exist in the new rev)
1. Zip it back up

### ChangeLogs / Release Notes

To write release notes for each release, we're going to reuse the `<ReleaseNotes>` NuSpec element. However, we're going to standard that you can write Markdown in this element, and as part of generating a flattened package, we will render this Markdown as HTML.

### "Latest" Pointer

One of the last things we do before finishing `Create-Release` is that we write out a simple "Releases" file alongside the flattened and Delta NuGet packages. This is a text file that has the name of all of the release package filenames in the folder in release order (i.e. oldest at top, newest at bottom), along with the SHA1 hashes of their contents and their file sizes. So, something like:

```
  94689fede03fed7ab59c24337673a27837f0c3ec  MyCoolApp-1.0.nupkg  1004502
  3a2eadd15dd984e4559f2b4d790ec8badaeb6a39  MyCoolApp-1.1.nupkg  1040561
  14db31d2647c6d2284882a2e101924a9c409ee67  MyCoolApp-1.1-delta.nupkg  80396
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TODO about URL shit

This format has a number of advantages - it's dead simple, yet enables us to check for package corruption, as well as makes it efficient to determine what to do if a user gets multiple versions behind (i.e. whether it's worth it to download all of the delta packages to catch them up, or to just download the latest full package)

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Oculus just won an Emmy for a short film about a hedgehog called Henry
Oculus just won an Emmy award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program, thanks to a short film about a hedgehog who likes cuddles.
If you're more about controlling things in your headset, our list of the best VR games will see you right.
Henry, which released for the Facebook-owned headset earlier this year, is about the titular hedgehog and his quest for cuddles.
The spiky 3D critter is voiced byElijah Wood, while the short was directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, known previously for animations like Monsters University, Cars 2, and Brave.
"We hope this represents a tipping point for the VR industry," Dau told Variety. "We've wanted to show that VR is an art form – a place that welcomes storytellers and that even at this very, very early stage it can be a powerful tool for storytelling. This Emmy validates that vision."
Oculus have been building up their portfolio of short films, with Henry following another offering, Lost, from earlier in the year.
"Lost and Henry are our contributions to a big and exciting conversation with the VR audience, with many VR movie studios and VR storytellers about what's possible in VR," added Oculus Story Studio Producer Edward Saatchi. "We feel that these are still just steps on the path to whatever a VR movie will become."
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Q: "Cannot find the object" error when modifying schema for existing table I am trying to alter my table schema from MySchema.TableName to dbo.TableName using the following command -
ALTER SCHEMA MySchema TRANSFER dbo.TableName

I get the following error -

Msg 15151, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
  Cannot find the object 'TableName', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

By searching I also added the following commands to no avail.
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::MySchema to dbo;
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON OBJECT::MySchema.TableName TO SCHEMA OWNER;
ALTER SCHEMA MySchema TRANSFER dbo.TableName

I keep getting the same error.
My table name is correct and so is the database where I am running. Any help?

A: You have the schemas backwards.
Change...
ALTER SCHEMA MySchema TRANSFER dbo.TableName

...to:
ALTER SCHEMA dbo TRANSFER MySchema.TableName

See a related SO answer for confirmation where the source and target schemas should be in your ALTER SCHEMA statement.
If the ALTER SCHEMA statement still does not work, then you have another issue (e.g. you don't have necessary permissions).
For any permissions issues you may bump into, refer to TechNet's ALTER SCHEMA reference, specifically its Permissions section, which says:

To transfer a securable from another schema, the current user must have CONTROL permission on the securable (not schema) and ALTER permission on the target schema.
If the securable has an EXECUTE AS OWNER specification on it and the owner is set to SCHEMA OWNER, the user must also have IMPERSONATION permission on the owner of the target schema.
All permissions associated with the securable that is being transferred are dropped when it is moved.

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On April 11th, 2009, there was a demonstration which insists the foreign people as criminals and tries to ostracize foreign people from Japan. As a part of the demonstration, participants called at a house and a school of Miss. Noriko Calderon who was compelled to live alone because her parents had been extradite as illegal immigrant by Japanese Government.
Demo. Start→12:30 Demo. finish→We hand the leaflets on a street.
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We are glad to announce the return of the TLS poetry competition, which ran annually from 1996 to 2003, and again in 2007 and 2008. It is now named after Mick Imlah, Poetry editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1992 until his death in 2009. As he said in 2008, the last competition he oversaw, its purpose is to open the field, in hopes that "a great poem will enter the lists". The judges for the 2017 competition are Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate of the UK from 1999 to 2009, and now on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University; A. E. Stallings, the poet and translator; and Alan Jenkins, poet and Poetry editor of the TLS. The prizes are as follows: 1st Prize – £3,000 2nd Prize – £1,500 3rd Prize – £750 The winner and runners up will be published in the Christmas double issue. Entrants must be 18+ at the time of entry. Each poem should be no longer than 35 lines, and must be the authors own work and previously unpublished. All submissions may be paid by either debit card, credit card or direct debit. After you have entered your payment details, you will be asked to upload your poem(s). Entrants will also receive a complimentary three-month digital subscription to the TLS; existing subscribers may pass the subscription to a recipient of their choice.
Entry Fee: £5 for the first poem, £3 for each additional poem.
Entry Fee: £15 per submission.
Postal entries must be accompanied by cheque to correct amount made payable to 'IDP' or via PayPal. Email via PayPal only.
Prizes: £1,000, £250. Looking for: Best group of five poems by a poet who has not published a single-author collection. Further info: Judges are Ellen Phethean and Rebecca Goss.
First Prize: £500 Second Prize: £250 Third Prize: £125 You are invited to write a poem or poems of just fourteen lines in length. You may choose any one of the traditional sonnet forms, or experiment with alternative 14 line forms perhaps using half rhyme, metarhyme or blank verse. First Prize: £500 Second Prize: £250 Third Prize: £125 Special Offer: Submit at least one poem with the correct fee to become eligible for one year subscription to The Cannon's Mouth [in which winning entries and the judge's report will be published] discounted from the usual £13.00 to £11.00 [UK] or from £20 to £18 [outside UK]. Entries: An entry will consist of one 14 line poem typed on a sheet of A4 paper [please use at least 12 point typeface]. Please ensure that each entry has its own title. There is no limit to the number of entries providing the fees are paid. Judge is Liz Berry.
Entry Fee: £5.00 for the first poem and £2.50 for each additional poem submitted.
The Eric Gregory Awards are given for a collection of poems, published or unpublished, by a poet under the age of 30. CRITERIA FOR ENTRY 1. The author must be under the age of 30 at 31 March 2018. 2. The author must either be a British national or be resident in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for three years prior to the date of submission for the award, and writing in English 3. The work submitted may be a published or unpublished volume of poetry, drama-poems or belles-lettres. 4. No more than 30 poems should be submitted.


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Information on the ages used historically in western age of consent laws is not readily available. This table has been compiled from a combination of historical and contemporary sources. By , the first date chosen, many western nations had established an age of consent for the first time, typically of 12 or 13 years. By , when the influence of reform campaigns that established a new link between the age of consent and prostitution had run its course, most had revised their age upward, to 14 or 15 in European nations, and 16 in the Anglo-American world.
In the last decades of the 20th century, states and nations with ages below those averages amended their laws to move closer to them.
Virginia does not provide a definition for consent, but defines rape and sexual battery W. Va. Code Ann. § B At what age is a person able to consent?
In the United States, age of consent laws regarding sexual activity are made at the state level. There are several federal statutes related to protecting minors from sexual predators, but laws regarding specific age requirements for sexual consent are left to individual states , District of Columbia , and territories. Depending on the jurisdiction, the legal age of consent is between 16 and In some places, civil and criminal laws within the same state conflict with each other.
Different jurisdictions express these definitions differently, like Argentina, may say the age of consent is 18, but an exception is made down to 13 years of age, if the older partner is not in a position of authority over the younger one. The data below reflects what each jurisdiction's legislation actually means, rather than what it states on the surface. While the general ages of consent are now set between 16 and 18 in all U. In , the ages of consent were set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.
The last 2 states to raise its age of general consent from under 16 to 16 or higher were Georgia, which raised the age of consent from 14 to 16 in , [] and Hawaii, which changed it from 14 to 16 in
An individual who is 19 years old or older has sexual contact with someone who is younger than 16 but older than 12 has committed sexual abuse. Thus, if an adult has sex with a minor below the age of consent, the adult may be charged with statutory rape. In Arkansas, a person must be at least 16 years old in order to consent to sex.
The age of consent in Virginia is 18, with a close-in-age exception that allows teenagers aged 15 to 17 to engage in sexual acts but only.
A Virginia city has made headlines once again for its law designed to prohibit teens and adults from trick-or-treating. But big kids in Chesapeake, rejoice: On Halloween , children of all ages can set out with their pumpkin pails, Stranger Things costumes and get their sugar highs. Still, the severity of the crime for hunting candy as a year-old has always seemed particularly strange to West.
Though the law is technically still in place, among other more typical laws like inhaling toxic drugs and receiving stolen goods, West wants any and all teenagers to go out there and have fun on Oct. Write to Rachel E. Greenspan at rachel. By Rachel E. Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Please enter a valid email address. Sign Up Now.
This section gives you information on the child-related legal issues people most commonly contact us about. If you want to know about age thresholds – from what age you can leave a child at home unsupervised, to the age at which a child can be charged with committing a crime – this page has the answers. You can also find out how to stop a child being taken from the country or how to seek their return, and where to get advice about the Family Court.
In Virginia, when an accused – regardless of his or her own age – has sex with a minor who is 12 years old or younger, they are facing some of the most stringent.
This section focuses on laws addressing sexual intercourse. As the first column in Table 1 shows, the age of consent varies by state. In the majority of states 34 , it is 16 years of age. In the remaining states, the age of consent is either 17 or 18 years old 6 and 11 states, respectively. A common misperception about statutory rape is that state codes define a single age at which an individual can legally consent to sex. Only 12 states have a single age of consent , below which an individual cannot consent to sexual intercourse under any circumstances, and above which it is legal to engage in sexual intercourse with another person above the age of consent.
For example, in Massachusetts, the age of consent is In the remaining 39 states, other factors come into play: age differentials, minimum age of the victim, and minimum age of the defendant. Each is described below. Minimum age requirement. In 27 states that do not have a single age of consent, statutes specify the age below which an individual cannot legally engage in sexual intercourse regardless of the age of the defendant see the second column in Table 1.
The minimum age requirements in these states range from 10 to 16 years of age. Age differential.
In the wake of Virginia voting in Democratic majorities in both houses of the state legislature last year, the Virginia legislature has passed, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law, a slew of new measures providing Commonwealth employees broad protections and enhanced mechanisms by which to bring claims against their employers for violations of those protections.
These laws address issues such as employee misclassification, wage payment, and non-competition agreements. As previously reported, Virginia recently amended the VHRA to ban discrimination on the basis of hairstyle. The VHRA had been a fairly modest anti-discrimination law, generally covering only small employers not covered by federal anti-discrimination laws and providing for fairly modest recoveries.
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July 13, Criminal Law. The legal age of consent in Kentucky is Generally speaking, sixteen 16 years old is the age of consent in Kentucky, meaning that anyone under the age of sixteen 16 is deemed, by law, to be incapable of consenting to a sexual act. This does not mean, however, that anyone over the age of sixteen 16 can consent to sex with just anyone else. As of July 14, , it is illegal for sixteen 16 and seventeen 17 year olds — even though they are of the legal age of consent in Kentucky — to engage in sexual acts with those who are more than ten 10 years older than them.
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Code Ann. There are two offenses that a person may be charged with if he or she engages in consensual without the use of force sexual acts with a person not of legal age. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Virginia statutory rape law is violated when a person has consensual sexual intercourse with an individual under age A close in age exemption exists that.
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There are four circumstances under which a court may declare that the minor is emancipated. If it is found that:. Among those effects are the abilities to contract, to provide consent for medical care, and to marry. In Virginia, the legal age for marriage is 18 years of age; however, a minor may marry before the age of majority if he or she is emancipated. First, they must ensure you are enrolled in school. Anyone between the ages of five and 17 is required to attend school.
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The Virginia Age of Consent is 18 years old. In the United States, the age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity. Individuals aged 17 or younger in Virginia are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape. Virginia statutory rape law is violated when a person has consensual sexual intercourse with an individual under age A close in age exemption exists that allows teens aged to engage in sexual congress with each other, and minors to do the same.
Virginia has a close-in-age exemption. A close in age exemption , also known as "Romeo and Juliet law", is designed to prevent the prosecution of underage couples who engage in consensual sex when both participants are significantly close in age to each other, and one or both are below the age of consent. Depending on the situation, the Virginia close-in-age exemption may completely exempt qualifying close-in-age couples from the age of consent law, or merely provide a legal defence that can be used in the event of prosecution.
The Age of Consent ranges state-by-state from 16 to 18 years old across the United States. Click the map to view any state's age of consent laws. Virginia has nine statutory sexual abuse charges on the books which are used to prosecute age of consent and child abuse related crimes within the state. One or more of these charges may be used to prosecute violations of the Virginia Age of Consent, as statutory rape or the Virginia equivalent of that charge.
The severity of the criminal charge felony, misdemeanor, etc depends on the specifics of the acts committed and the relative ages of the perpetrator and victim.
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The age of consent is gender neutral and applies the same to both heterosexual and homosexual conduct. Like most other states, West Virginia has provisions which allow minors below the age of consent to engage in sexual conduct with partners who are close to the same age. A person aged 11 can consent to sex with anyone aged under Minors 12 or older can consent to sex with a person who is no more than 4 years older.
In West Virginia, if a person who is older than 14 has sex with a person aged 11 or under, he or she can be punished by 15 to 35 years in prison. If a person aged 16 or older has sex with someone under 16, and is more than 4 years older than the victim, the offender could face 1 to 5 years in prison. A LegalMatch criminal defense attorney will be able to explain your rights and represent you in the event of prosecution.
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Call Now. Romeo and Juliet laws are statutes that provide certain protection from the harsh penalties of a sex-crime conviction for a consensual relationship when the participants involved are close in age, specifically minors. In most states, sex-crime laws have always been written stating that if a high school student engaged in consensual sexual activity with another of similar age, they could face a criminal conviction.
The provisions are also meant to prevent a sexual act occurring between partners with a few years age gap from being considered a criminal offense, thereby reducing the severity of penalties or punishments for the same. In the United States, the minimum age at which a person is considered old enough legally to consent to involvement in sexual activity is known as the age of consent; which is specifically 18 years for any kind of sexual relationships in the state of Virginia.
According to Virginia law, an individual who is 18 years or older could be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor if engaging in sexual intercourse with a 15, 16 or year old.
The age of consent varies by state, with most states, including Connecticut, First-degree rape for someone age 16 or older to have sexual intercourse under age Up to 20 years in prison. Up to life in prison. Virginia.
However, whether consent was obtained is a murky issue, and age has a lot to do with whether consent can even be given. In Virginia, when an accused — regardless of his or her own age — has sex with a minor who is 12 years old or younger, they are facing some of the most stringent punishments in Virginia. Things get more complicated in terms of the age of consent between the ages of 13 and 17 when no force is used i. If an adult someone who is 18 years old or older has consensual intercourse of any kind with a child who is 13 or 14 years old, they have committed a Class 4 felony.
On the other hand, if the accused is also a minor e. To determine what class of offense will apply in the preceding situation, the court must look to the ages of the accused and the consenting minor. If the consenting minor and the accused are within three years of age, then the offense is a Class 4 misdemeanor. If they are more than three years apart, then it is a class 6 felony.
For example, assume the offense is committed on January 1, ; the accused is born January 1, ; and the consenting minor is born on January 2,
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Pence, Maduro trade barbs over Venezuela's human rights
"Every time the poisonous viper Mike Pence opens his mouth, I feel stronger," Nicolas Maduro said
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the press at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Tuesday. During his visit to Brazil, Pence accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of running a "devastating" dictatorship. Photo by Joédson Alves/EPA-EFE
June 28 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called U.S. Vice President Mike Pence a "poisonous viper" Thursday, one day after Pence accused him of running a "devastating" dictatorship.
Maduro made the comments during a televised speech.
"Every time the poisonous viper Mike Pence opens his mouth, I feel stronger," the president said. "We have defeated you, and we are going to defeat [you] wherever you are."
Pence is traveling throughout Latin America to encourage leaders to respect the United States' border and to put pressure on Venezuela in response to an economic and humanitarian crisis.
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A report by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights earlier this month said 87 percent of Venezuelans are affected by poverty, with extreme poverty at 61 percent. At least 1.5 million people have fled the country since 2014 amid political and economic troubles. The agency said Venezuelan security forces killed more than 500 people between July 2015 and March 2017.
In May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing Venezuela from liquidating public assets to U.S. buyers after Maduro's re-election, which the U.S. administration deemed fraudulent. The United States condemned the regime for banning major opposition leaders from participating and suppressing free press. In some cases, U.S. officials said, regime officials gave food or money to voters who voted for Maduro. In the past, communities who have voted against the regime had food benefits withheld from them.
During a stop in Brazil on Wednesday, Pence slammed the Venezuelan "government's vicious gangs" for suppressing civilians.
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"The Maduro regime has violently suppressed those who question or criticize their reign," he said. "So many of you have experienced and seen firsthand the extraordinary, heartbreaking, devastating impact of dictatorship on your homeland in Venezuela."
Pence was expected to meet with leaders from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
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10% of Ascension employees paid more than parish law allows (and there's more of them)
04/30/2019 by Pelican Post
Kenny Matassa with District 10 Councilman John Cagnolatti (file photo)
On March 27, pursuant to a records request, Ascension Parish produced an Employee Master Roster listing 743 names, which would be an 82% increase during President Kenny Matassa's tenure if the list were accurate. Excluding 228 "Sports Officials" at $5954 per, that leaves 515 total employees; still an outrageous increase in manpower of 28% under Matassa's reign with many more hires coming before he exits the political stage. And 9.7% of those employees are paid more than Ascension's law allows.
On January 4, 2018 a unanimous Parish Council adopted a "Title and Pay Plan" which went into effect on August 30, 2018. The document establishes official titles (though Matassa's administration cannot seem to provide actual "Job Descriptions"), each with Salary Ranges corresponding to Labor Grades. For instance, the title "Parish President" comes with a Labor Grade of "138" with a salary range between (Annual Minimum) $127,456.13 and (Annual Maximum) $179,667.08.
President Matassa falls comfortably in the middle "earning" $148,000 per year; still necessitating the high-end can shake…
We digress.
50 employees, including Matassa's inner circle, are paid in excess of Annual Maximum salaries for applicable job titles. Inheriting a $17.5 million payroll, Matassa hires and raises boosted the number to $21,988,358 as of March 27. Even considering Ascension takes in a little over $100 million of annual revenue it is "a recipe for disaster" according to one Parish Council candidate.
"Factoring in retirement obligations and insurance, committing over 20% of revenue to salary is an unsustainable model," assessed District 10 hopeful Jeff Pettit who spent nearly four decades in retail sales management.
"Has the Parish Council ceded all fiscal oversight to this administration? If we are serious about the future of our children and grandchildren we've got to rein in spending because boom times never last," Pettit reserved particular criticism for the District 10 incumbent who chairs the Council's Personnel Committee.
Noteworthy among the recipients of pay in excess of the Maximum Annual salary are…
Vote-counting is the only qualification needed to advance in Matassa's administration
Thomas "Moose" Pearce and Don Hysell have enjoyed lengthy tenures on the parish payroll. Initially hired by the current administration as "General Managers" before the position was abolished, Pearce and Hysell were converted to "Executive Assistant to the Parish President" after August 30, 2018. The Labor Grade for the position is 124, the salary range between $64,374 and $90,744.
Pearce "earns" $104,977 as of March 27; Hysell comes in at a relatively paltry $93,641.
How Matassa justifies Pearce's salary, $14,233 over the max, is anyone's guess. Pearce was employed by former parish president Tommy Martinez as "Chief Executive Assistant to the Parish President" for $77,022.
Hysell did a stint as Personnel Director after the Taleta Wesley debacle when he made $107,640, but the Council never ratified him. So, Hysell must content himself with pay in excess of the max by "only" $2,897. We still challenge anyone to explain what Hysell does on a daily basis.
Then there's…
Parish President's brother pockets $15,000 raise
David Matassa whose salary as Mosquito Control Director, $92,372, exceeds the maximum allowed ($90,744) by a meager $1,628. The presidential brother shouldn't feel too bad since he got a $15,000 bump in 2017. Since then the first brother has only gotten Cost of Living raises, barely enough to boost him over the Mosquito Control Director maximum. Matassa's pal Michael LeBlanc also makes a few thousand dollars over the limit as Animal Control Director.
Cheryl Kinchen, the former HR Director who was not going to be ratified by the Council in mid-2017, was stashed in the position of "Project Manager, Professional" (PMP for short). Another staunch campaign supporter, Kinchen's $101,192 salary exceeds the maximum ($90,744) by $10,448.
Lester Kenyon used to be Matassa's "Public Information Officer" before egregiously misstating the number of households damaged by the August 2016 Flood. That's when Kenyon became a "Video Production Specialist" which comes with a Labor Grade of 116 and a max salary of $61,419. Kenyon's loyalty outweighed his boner which did not merit termination; and did not prevent his cap-shattering salary of $68,806. That is $7,387 in excess of the codified maximum for the position.
"I'm astounded by these numbers," said Michael Mason, declared candidate for Parish Council District 11. "It's a lot to wrap your head around."
"Should I have the honor of serving as District 11's councilman I promise to assess where every dollar is being spent, and inform every citizen who wants to know," he assured. "Complete and utter transparency…so we stop making the same fiscal missteps over, and over, and over again."
Matassa's largesse is not reserved to political hacks who helped him count votes in 2015. William Daniel, hired after a sham (4-day long) National Search, is the parish Infrastructure Division Director with a Labor Grade of 133. That lofty grade is reserved for a select few positions, Chief Administrative/Financial Officers being two. The corresponding salary range is $99,865 to $140,773.
William Daniel came on board in October 2017 with a starting salary of $134,992. Before that year was out he had received a raise to $139,048 before receiving another boost earlier this year to $141,835, a comparatively miniscule number which shoved him $1,062 over the maximum for his position.
HONORABLE MENTION: Chief Administrative Officer Ken Dawson's salary falls within the applicable range. But he did receive a $17,077 raise this year.
Then there's the case of Mike Enlow, a big fan and supporter of Chris Loar, thought to be heir to the throne after Tommy Martinez decided not to run in 2015, Initially, Matassa relegated Enlow to the purgatory of Stormwater Management in what seemed a move to "counsel out" the Loar acolyte. But Enlow played ball and received $14,935 raise since the end of 2017.
His title, "Assistant Director, Public Works" comes with a 122-Labor Grade and corresponding salary range of $58,389 to $82,307. Enlow's current salary, assuming he hasn't gotten another raise since March 27, is $95,035.
Lifers in the parish's employ, dutiful employees who do the administration's bidding no matter how distasteful, also reap the benefits. Lance Brock used to be titled, "Zoning Officer" until the overhaul. Rising through the ranks, Brock earned steady increases until, as "Assistant Director, Planning and Development" he makes $88,441. By no means an atrocity, but the title comes with a Labor Grade of 121 and a maximum salary of $78,388.
That $10,053 anomaly pales in comparison to the case of one HVAC Technician whose salary exceeds the statutory maximum ($50,529) by 47%. Formerly designated "Supervisor, Jail" that air condition man enjoys a salary of $74,505.
"Maybe he deserves the salary…maybe they all do," District 5 candidate Brandon Golson responded. "But I'd sure like to see some actual analysis performed to justify these salaries when we are paying an outside contractor $2,250,000 to clean and clear our roadside ditches. It's hard to fathom when we allow an unsafe parish road, like Devall Road, to pose a constant danger to the health, safety, and welfare of our citizens every day."
According to the District 5 candidate Devall Road is "a main outlet for Keystone Subdivision that's so narrow two cars can't pass without taking their lives in their hands." Reflector paint and road-striping of Devall Road is high on his list of things to accomplish.
President Kenny Matassa and his council cronies are leaving quite a mess to clean up.
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The Federal Fair Housing Act and the Vermont Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of disability in all types of housing transactions. This means that it is against the law for anyone to treat you differently in housing situations, like renting or home buying, because you have a disability.
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This video series was produced by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
People with disabilities also have a right to reasonable accommodations and modifications to make it possible for them to get around or do daily activities. Sometimes people discriminate against a person who has a disability by refusing to make these accommodations.
Landlords must also allow tenants with disabilities to make reasonable changes (modifications) to their private living space, as well as to common use spaces, to give them the ability to access and use the space. The landlord is not required to pay for the changes. If the building receives federal subsidies, the landlord does have to pay for the modification.
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