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import * as types from '../constants/ActionTypes'
import { CLIENT_ID } from '../constants/Config'
import { AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX } from '../constants/PlaylistConstants'
import { playlistSchema, songSchema, userSchema } from '../constants/Schemas'
import SC from 'soundcloud'
import Cookies from 'js-cookie'
import { arrayOf, normalize } from 'normalizr'
import { navigateTo } from '../actions/navigator'
import { changePlayingSong } from '../actions/player'
import { fetchSongs, receiveSongs } from '../actions/playlists'

const COOKIE_PATH = 'accessToken'
let streamInterval

export function addNewStreamSongsToPlaylist () {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const { authed } = getState()
    dispatch(unshiftNewStreamSongs(authed.newStreamSongs.slice()))
  }
}

function appendLike (songId) {
  return {
    type: types.APPEND_LIKE,
    songId
  }
}

function authUser (accessToken, shouldShowStream = true) {
  return (dispatch) =>
    dispatch(fetchAuthedUser(accessToken, shouldShowStream))
}

function fetchAuthedUser (accessToken, shouldShowStream) {
  return (dispatch) =>
    fetch(`//api.soundcloud.com/me?oauth_token=${accessToken}`)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((json) => dispatch(receiveAuthedUserPre(accessToken, json, shouldShowStream)))
      .catch((err) => { throw err })
}

function fetchFollowings (accessToken) {
  return (dispatch) =>
    fetch(`//api.soundcloud.com/me/followings?oauth_token=${accessToken}`)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((json) => normalize(json.collection, arrayOf(userSchema)))
      .then((normalized) => {
        const users = normalized.result
          .reduce((obj, userId) => Object.assign({}, obj, { [userId]: 1 }), {})
        dispatch(receiveAuthedFollowings(users, normalized.entities))
      })
      .catch((err) => { throw err })
}

function fetchLikes (accessToken) {
  return (dispatch) =>
    fetch(`//api.soundcloud.com/me/favorites?oauth_token=${accessToken}`)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((json) => {
        const songs = json.filter((song) => song.streamable)
        const normalized = normalize(songs, arrayOf(songSchema))
        const likes = normalized.result
          .reduce((obj, songId) => Object.assign({}, obj, { [songId]: 1 }), {})
        dispatch(receiveLikes(likes))
        dispatch(receiveSongs(
          normalized.entities,
          normalized.result,
          `likes${AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX}`,
          null
        ))
      })
      .catch((err) => { throw err })
}

function fetchPlaylists (accessToken) {
  return (dispatch) =>
    fetch(`//api.soundcloud.com/me/playlists?oauth_token=${accessToken}`)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((json) => {
        const normalized = normalize(json, arrayOf(playlistSchema))
        dispatch(receiveAuthedPlaylists(normalized.result, normalized.entities))
        normalized.result.forEach((playlistId) => {
          const playlist = normalized.entities.playlists[playlistId]
          dispatch(receiveSongs(
            {},
            playlist.tracks,
            playlist.title + AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX,
            null
          ))
        })
      })
      .catch((err) => { throw err })
}

function fetchNewStreamSongs (url, accessToken) {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const { authed, playlists } = getState()
    const streamSongsMap = playlists[`stream${AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX}`].items
      .reduce((obj, songId) => Object.assign({}, obj, { [songId]: 1 }), {})
    const newStreamSongsMap = authed.newStreamSongs
      .reduce((obj, songId) => Object.assign({}, obj, { [songId]: 1 }), {})

    return fetch(url)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((json) => {
        const collection = json.collection
          .map((song) => song.origin)
          .filter((song) => song.kind === 'track'
            && song.streamable                    // eslint-disable-line
            && !(song.id in streamSongsMap)       // eslint-disable-line
            && !(song.id in newStreamSongsMap))   // eslint-disable-line
        return { futureUrl: `${json.future_href}&oauth_token=${accessToken}`, collection }
      })
      .then((data) => {
        const normalized = normalize(data.collection, arrayOf(songSchema))
        dispatch(receiveNewStreamSongs(data.futureUrl, normalized.entities, normalized.result))
      })
      .catch((err) => { throw err })
  }
}

function fetchStream (accessToken) {
  return (dispatch) => {
    dispatch(initInterval(accessToken))
    dispatch(fetchSongs(
      `//api.soundcloud.com/me/activities/tracks/affiliated?limit=50&oauth_token=${accessToken}`,
      `stream${AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX}`
    ))
  }
}

export function initAuth () {
  return (dispatch) => {
    const accessToken = Cookies.get(COOKIE_PATH)
    if (accessToken) {
      return dispatch(authUser(accessToken, false))
    }
    return null
  }
}

function initInterval (accessToken) {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    streamInterval = setInterval(() => {
      const playlistKey = `stream${AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX}`
      const { playlists } = getState()
      const streamPlaylist = playlists[playlistKey]

      if (streamPlaylist.futureUrl) {
        dispatch(fetchNewStreamSongs(streamPlaylist.futureUrl, accessToken))
      } else {
        clearInterval(streamInterval)
      }
    }, 60000)
  }
}

export function loginUser (shouldShowStream = true) {
  const redirectURI = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/api/callback.html`

  return (dispatch) => {
    SC.initialize({
      client_id: CLIENT_ID,
      redirect_uri: redirectURI
    })

    SC.connect().then((authObj) => {
      Cookies.set(COOKIE_PATH, authObj.oauth_token)
      dispatch(authUser(authObj.oauth_token, shouldShowStream))
    })
    .catch((err) => { throw err })
  }
}

export function logoutUser () {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    Cookies.remove(COOKIE_PATH)
    const { authed, entities, navigator } = getState()
    const { path } = navigator.route
    const playlists = authed.playlists.map((playlistId) =>
      entities.playlists[playlistId].title + AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX
    )

    clearInterval(streamInterval)

    if (path[0] === 'me') {
      dispatch(navigateTo({ path: ['songs'] }))
    }

    return dispatch(resetAuthed(playlists))
  }
}

function receiveAccessToken (accessToken) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
    accessToken
  }
}

function receiveAuthedUserPre (accessToken, user, shouldShowStream) {
  return (dispatch) => {
    dispatch(receiveAccessToken(accessToken))
    dispatch(receiveAuthedUser(user))
    dispatch(fetchLikes(accessToken))
    dispatch(fetchPlaylists(accessToken))
    dispatch(fetchStream(accessToken))
    dispatch(fetchFollowings(accessToken))
    if (shouldShowStream) {
      dispatch(navigateTo({ path: ['me', 'stream'] }))
    }
  }
}

function receiveAuthedFollowings (users, entities) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_AUTHED_FOLLOWINGS,
    entities,
    users
  }
}

function receiveAuthedPlaylists (playlists, entities) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_AUTHED_PLAYLISTS,
    entities,
    playlists
  }
}

function receiveAuthedUser (user) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_AUTHED_USER,
    user
  }
}

function receiveLikes (likes) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_LIKES,
    likes
  }
}

function receiveNewStreamSongs (futureUrl, entities, songs) {
  return {
    type: types.RECEIVE_NEW_STREAM_SONGS,
    entities,
    futureUrl,
    songs
  }
}

function resetAuthed (playlists) {
  return {
    type: types.RESET_AUTHED,
    playlists
  }
}

function setFollowing (userId, following) {
  return {
    type: types.SET_FOLLOWING,
    following,
    userId
  }
}

function setLike (songId, liked) {
  return {
    type: types.SET_LIKE,
    liked,
    songId
  }
}

function syncFollowing (accessToken, userId, following) {
  fetch(
    `//api.soundcloud.com/me/followings/${userId}?oauth_token=${accessToken}`,
    { method: following ? 'put' : 'delete' }
  )
}

function syncLike (accessToken, songId, liked) {
  fetch(
    `//api.soundcloud.com/me/favorites/${songId}?oauth_token=${accessToken}`,
    { method: liked ? 'put' : 'delete' }
  )
}

export function toggleFollow (userId) {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const { authed } = getState()
    const { followings } = authed
    const following = userId in followings && followings[userId] === 1 ? 0 : 1
    dispatch(setFollowing(userId, following))
    syncFollowing(authed.accessToken, userId, following)
  }
}

export function toggleLike (songId) {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const { authed, player } = getState()
    const { likes } = authed
    const { selectedPlaylists, currentSongIndex } = player
    const liked = songId in likes && likes[songId] === 1 ? 0 : 1
    if (!(songId in likes)) {
      dispatch(appendLike(songId))
      if (currentSongIndex !== null
      && selectedPlaylists[selectedPlaylists.length - 1] === `likes${AUTHED_PLAYLIST_SUFFIX}`) { // eslint-disable-line
        dispatch(changePlayingSong(currentSongIndex + 1))
      }
    }

    dispatch(setLike(songId, liked))
    syncLike(authed.accessToken, songId, liked)
  }
}

function unshiftNewStreamSongs (songs) {
  return {
    type: types.UNSHIFT_NEW_STREAM_SONGS,
    songs
  }
}

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The Place Saint-Michel is a public square in the Latin Quarter, on the borderline between the fifth and sixth arrondissements of Paris, France.  It lies on the left bank of the river Seine facing the Île de la Cité, to which it is linked by the Pont Saint-Michel.

Description
The northern end of the Place Saint-Michel, the end closer to the river, is on the left-bank side of the Pont Saint-Michel, which crosses sixty-two metres of water to reach the island, Île de la Cité.  At this point, the Place Saint-Michel is formed by the convergence of four streets: two quais along the Seine, the Quai Saint-Michel and the Quai des Grands-Augustins, and the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue Danton, which arrive at angles.

As one proceeds southward along the Rue Danton, addresses on either side of the street are 'Place Saint-Michel' addresses.  This continues until one approaches the Rue Saint-André des Arts, which enters from the right, when the addresses become 'Place Saint-André des Arts' addresses.  Only south of this place, is the name, Rue Danton, applied.  So, one may suppose that the southern end of the Place Saint-Michel is on the street that becomes Rue Danton, about sixty metres north of the intersection with the Rue Saint-André des Arts.

The Place Saint-Michel was enlarged, as part of Baron Haussmann's restructuring of Paris, to form a suitable bridgehead for the new, wider Pont Saint-Michel.

The square's location permits a view of some of the monuments of the Île de la Cité, including Sainte-Chapelle and the Palais de Justice.

Monumental fountain

The Fontaine Saint-Michel (Saint Michael Fountain) was erected in 1860 on a design by Gabriel Davioud. Nine major sculptors participated. At one point during the design process, the fountain's central statue was supposed to depict Napoleon Bonaparte, but that came under criticism from opponents of Napoleon III; it was finally decided that the statue would be an image of Saint Michael the Archangel, with two dragons that spout water into the fountain and figures of the four classical cardinal virtues.

Metro station
The Place Saint-Michel is:

It is served by line 4.

The Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame station of the RER is also nearby.

External links

1855 establishments in France
Buildings and structures in the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Latin Quarter, Paris
Saint-Michel
Odonyms referring to religion

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Today, as you are out and about, just take a moment to take notice of how people treat one another. Look for kindness, and you will see it. Look for anger, and you will find it. It is the goal of the 30 Day Kindness Challenge to be able to see kindness every time you turn around. It's my hope that it can replace a lot of the anger. I know that it can't replace all of it, because we all have angry days, but if we made a conscious effort to make a difference, what kind of world could it be?
So what do you see when you take a moment to get outside of yourself and see others? Notice how kindness can change an interaction. See how kindness can alter attitudes. Notice how kindness can bring a smile to a face no matter how young or old. When kindness becomes a part of our daily routine, we won't need to stop and think about it.
So do me a favor, while you are on your way to work, or the store, or out in a public place, take a look at those around you. Try and guess which ones are participating in the 30 Day Challenge! Look for ways you can show kindness and tell us all about it.
As a society we have fallen into the pattern of "if he is nice to me, I'll be nice to him". We need to change that attitude. What if the other person is thinking the exact same thing? You could have passed up a new friend, a possible sale, a potential relationship or just that warm fuzzy feeling of sharing smiles.
What would happen if you decided to be nice first? What if you smiled at everyone you came across? How do you think you would be perceived? And do you think this would help or hinder your first impressions?
Loving behaviors and just being kind should be an automatic thing regardless of how you are treated, or who says "hello" first. The meaning of kindness is seeing the value of every person we meet. Sure, sometimes we have to look a little deeper, but it's there. We just have to take the time to see it. And I promise you, more times than not, you'll see it the moment you show kindness. And even with those tough ones that you can't seem to get to crack a smile, I'd be willing to bet that they'll think about your kindness again at some point in the day. Sure, they might think you're crazy, but... you may have been the only person to love on them in who knows how long.
Sometimes we don't get to see the impact of the kindness we bestow on others, but it is never wasted.
I had a man come up to me one afternoon in a grocery store. I unfortunately had no recollection of who he was but he told me that I had taught his daughter in my Broadway camp one summer. He said that she had the best time and felt so welcomed that she still talks about it to this day. (It was well over five years ago!) She was considered a "social outcast" and had no friends so even signing up for the camp was a huge step for her. After jogging my memory, I knew who is daughter was. She started out very shy and and tried to stay off to the side, but she was welcomed in and she was part of the family in no time! At the time, I had no idea of the impact she took with her, I was just "doin my thing", but how happy it made my heart to hear about it several years later.
But think of what your acts of kindness could mean to strangers. We have no idea what other people are going through in their lives, but we are all going through something. What if your simple smile meant the world to someone else? What if you purchased the coffee for the person that was just having the WORST morning? What if you gave a compliment to someone who was absolutely filled with self-doubt that day?
If you haven't signed up to participate for the 30 Day Kindness Challenge as yet, click here and write your commitment statement in the comments below the blog!!
I got so much response from my Put A Little Love In Your Heart & Share It blog, that I've decided to put some things into action! Thank you for your feed back (and compliments on the picture, lol, that was very kind of you!) but for a minute there, I thought I was the only one who felt this way or saw the lack of human connection!
I've decided to create a 30 Day Kindness Challenge and I'm inviting you to participate with me!
- We all need to feel loved and valued but sometimes it takes giving love to receive it. So this is a great opportunity to give love to others and feel the benefit of just... giving.
- In our high-tech world, it has become apparent that we are slipping further and further away from our relationships with other humans. The challenge takes us away from the computer and cell phones, and puts us in play with others.
- If the response is anything like what I'm thinking, this could become a worldwide event! How awesome would it be to say you were a part of a Love Challenge that went WORLDWIDE!! I've already gotten commitments from FOUR other countries!!
But why now? Sure, it makes sense to start on the first day of the new month, but I got so excited from the response that one thing just led to another... and you know, bam, a challenge was created! I just felt the need to get started right away while the iron was hot.
June 15th through July 14th.
They say that a new habit can take hold by repeating the action for at least two weeks. BUT, it is 80% MORE likely to stick if it is practiced for thirty days! It is also proven that kindness isn't necessarily a trait that we are born with, but it IS an action that can be learned if taught and practiced. It's true, apparently, there are those out there in the world that don't know how to give or receive kindness. SO- I'm hoping to change the world for the next thirty days, and I'd like for you to come along!
I know that there are tons of excuses running through your head right now as to why you can't (or won't) participate... "I'm really busy right now." "I don't like to talk to people." "I don't have any money." I'd really like to impress on you that it's ONLY 30 days and that it won't take up too much of your time. You control how much time you devote to it!!
- It's be FUN!!! And I promise you, it WILL be rewarding.
All you have to do is commit to 30 days of simple acts of kindness and agree to share your results with the rest of us! Tell us what you did and what the reaction was (if you were able to see one!) If you are uncomfortable telling us the specifics (Matthew 6:1) then just share "I did an act of kindness today and the reaction was ______________" That way we can still share in your joy!
Invite others to participate! (Hebrews 10:24) Let it be contagious! I am anxious to see how many we can get to join with us and how far across the globe we can reach!
I'll be right there with you and I'll be encouraging you on this blog as well.
AND~ to keep you inspired and motivated, I've got some prizes to give away at the end of our 30 days!
So without further adieu, let's begin the 30 Day Kindness Challenge!!
If you want to join- leave a comment below this blog or follow me on Facebook and leave your commitment statement there! Let the world know (and me!) that you are stepping up to meet the 30 Day Kindness Challenge!!
Spread the word!! It's always more fun doing stuff with friends! And think of all the new things you could think of when you have someone else plotting with you!
Get Out There and Do Your Thing! Show some love! Spread a little kindness! Need some ideas to get you started? Check this blog (the one that got this whole thing started!) for a few ideas! Need more ideas? Follow me on Facebook and read the comments that others are leaving! This is one time I give you permission to steal ideas and put them to your use!! Lol!
Remember, it doesn't begin until June 15th so that gives you a few days to think of some ideas and maybe set back a few dollars if you're planning to do some monetary kindness. There are SO many opportunities to show kindness! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Share your progress with the rest of us! Follow me on Facebook and add your results along with others! Read what everyone else is doing and pass it along! Be sure to tell everyone that you're participating in the 30 Day Kindness Challenge and maybe they want to do it too!!
I can't wait to see where this leads!! It's going to be SO awesome!! Please share the posts you see on Facebook so we can determine how far and wide we can really get this thing to go!! Can't wait to read your name below!!
And let me be the first to offer these words of kindness. You are valued and loved and by participating in the 30 Day Kindness Challenge, you will be helping others feel loved too. Thank you so much for joining with me!!
Let's go make a difference!!
The subject for today: Kindness. Does anyone even know what that means anymore? Is it such a difficult thing to do?
I was people watching the other day, (something I LOVE to do... usually) and I have to say that it was a sad turn of events. It seemed like every single person was having a bad day. I was outside sitting on a bench watching people of all age groups, shapes, sizes and colors, meander about. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold and the sun was shining. That's enough right there for me to be grinning like an idiot at everyone that passes... hmm, maybe I was. That's why I wasn't getting responses!
I digress. As I am watching the folks I couldn't help but notice the extreme LACK of kindness. Just in general. The workers at the food truck did not smile at their customers. The parents were short with their children. Passersby lacked common manners when accidentally bumping into one another. Family units separated by technology and passing up this amazing time to interact. No one held open the door for ANYONE! How have we come so far from common decency toward our fellow man? Are we all so busy that we can't stop for a moment and recognize the person standing next to us, sitting across from us, or smile back at me!!!
What is kindness? Maybe we have skipped a generation where that was taught? Is kindness a characteristic or is it something that can be learned? Are we born to naturally be kind and then lose it along the way as we shift our thinking to the "me first" mentality? Or is it something that we don't even notice until it is brought to our attention?
Well... here I am. Bringing it to your attention.
Kindness means seeing the value in every person we meet. Every person. Some might take a little bit of searching, but there is value there. And not just seeing the value, but acting on it.
We as humans were made for relationships. We were born to be integrated into tribes. We need each other to survive. Yes, yes, I know, there's an exception to every rule, but for the most part, we need to be loved and appreciated by others. Kindness is just a form of that love. A smile, a nod, a kind gesture... all ways of expressing that a person is valued. It's that simple people.
- slipping a note into your husband's lunch.
What kind things have you done today? How are you making those around you feel loved and valued? What kinds of things can you add to your weekly routine to increase the acts of kindness? And most importantly, how does it make you feel when you see the results of you tiny acts of love?
Let's make a difference in the world. Let's take care of our tribe. Let's learn (again) how to love and value one another with every kind of kindness!
Go ahead, think about it... You know you have one. The super powers I'm referring to today have nothing to do with melting walls with laser vision or soaring through the skies or even lifting automobiles and using them as batting practice... although, if you can do any of those things, that's pretty cool!
Dig a little deeper. What is your go-to move? Do you have the power to put others at ease in a tense situation? Are you the "glue" of the family or a circle of friends? Can you make people laugh and forget their troubles for even just a little while? Do you have the power of medicine? The power of negotiation? Does your super power require a paint brush, hammer or chisel? Does your super power come to life when you lift the hood of a vehicle, smile at a child, or sit around the board room table?
I know what you're thinking. "That's not a super power, it's just what I do."
And not every talent can be classified as a super power. I CAN draw. I CAN sing. I CAN play instruments... but none of these are my super power.
I woke up thinking about it this morning. There are people in my life that I just have to stand back in awe when their super power is in action. It's amazing seeing people shine and the amount of self-confidence that comes off them is a beautiful sight to behold. At that moment, I am so proud to be a part of their circle. And watching someone figure out their super power? That's another "wow" moment. I love watching people, (usually kids) realize that one "thing" that sets them a part from everyone else.
Now do you know what yours is? If you can't think of what it might be, ask someone close to you. I'm sure they can tell you! So I want you to take this one quick moment and acknowledge your super power- put on the cape or the tights, whatever you have to do- but take a moment to see yourself as a super hero; doing your part to keep the world running smoothly.
Share your super hero work-up with the rest of us below! Have fun with it!! Don't be shy... You are amazing and you should share your gifts with the world!


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Ḱafa (makedonsky: Ќафа, albánsky: Qafë) je vesnice v Severní Makedonii. Nachází se v opštině Gostivar v Položském regionu. Název vesnice pochází z albánského slova qafë, což znamená v překladu krk.

Podle sčítání lidu z roku 2021 žije ve vesnici již nikdo nežije.

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Související články
 Opština Gostivar
 Položský region
 Albánci v Severní Makedonii

Externí odkazy

Opština Gostivar
Albánské komunity v Severní Makedonii
Zaniklé obce v Položském regionu


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Nitro Athletics was a track and field series featuring multi-day meetings between teams of twelve athletes. The teams contained both men and women and also para-athletics competitors. There are both national and international teams. The events contested were a mix of Olympic-standard events and variations on common athletics events.

The series was created by Athletics Australia (AA). The president of the AA, Mark Arbib, stated his interest in creating a novel competition was the result of his seeing dwindling interest in traditional one-day track and field meetings, citing in particular low crowds he saw at the 2015 Sydney Track Classic. The sport's leading star, Usain Bolt, was recruited as a co-investor and performer of the series. Despite breaking from the standard setup of athletics competitions, the series was supported by Sebastian Coe, head of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The series was hosted at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne over three separate days (4, 9, 11 February). The six teams to feature were New Zealand, Australia, England, China, Japan and the Bolt All-Stars (a mix of athletes from the Americas and Africa). The events attracted near-capacity crowds of the 8,000 seat arena and was broadcast on live television across many of the competing nations.

Generalist media gave a positive response to the event, with the Herald Sun describing it as a "raging success". The reaction from specialist media was more mixed, however, with Athletics Weekly saying the ideas "have been tried before. Nitro Athletics has merely thrown them all into one meeting".

Athletics Australia announced that the planned 2018 series would not be held due to calendar constraints related to the Commonwealth Games being held on the Gold Coast in April.

Events
60 metres
100 metres
150 metres
3-minute distance challenge relay (mixed gender)
Elimination mile run
4×100 metres relay (mixed gender)
2×300 m relay (mixed gender)
Distance medley relay (mixed gender)
110 m hurdles/100 m hurdles
Combined-height pole vault
Long jump (including bonus points)
Javelin throw (including targets)
Para-athletics 100 metres
Para-athletics 200 metres

See also
IAAF Diamond League

References

External links
Official website

Annual athletics series
Athletics team events
Recurring sporting events established in 2017
2017 establishments in Australia


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Q: Choosing the Right Resource Bundle : JAVA SE 8 I have below 3 properties files
RB_en.properties
ride.in=Take a ride in the

RB_en_US.properties
elevator=elevator

RB_hi_IN.properties
elevator=lift

My system Default Locale is :=
en_US

My code is
// BundleTest.java
import java.util.*;

class BundleTest {
    public static void main(String ... args){
        Locale l = new Locale("hi","IN");
        ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("RB",l);

        System.out.println(rb.getObject("ride.in") + " " + rb.getObject("elevator"));
    }
}

Expected Output :=
Take a ride in the lift

But I am getting below error:=
Exception in thread "main" java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key ride.in
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
        at BundleTest.main(BundleTest.java:9)

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Astros vs. Braves odds, predictions, record & more to know for 2021 World Series
Written By Ryan Fagan
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Once upon a time, the Astros and Braves were regular October opponents. From 1997 to 2005, they faced off five times, with Atlanta taking the first three and Houston taking the last two meetings in the National League playoffs.
Neither team went on to win the World Series in those years, though. This time, the winner of the Houston-Atlanta matchup is guaranteed a title because, well, it's the World Series. This one should be a doozy.
How will the World Series play out? Let's take a look.
MORE: World Series schedule, start times, TV channel
Braves vs. Astros odds for the World Series
(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)
Spread: Astros -1.5
Moneyline: Dodgers -150, Braves +125
Braves vs. Astros all-time series
The Astros and Braves did not play this season. Atlanta holds a 381-325-1 lead over Houston in regular-season play. The Braves franchise originated in Boston, moved to Milwaukee in 1953 and to Atlanta in 1966. Houston started as a NL expansion franchise in 1962 and moved to the AL beginning with the 2013 season.
The Astros and Braves have met five times in the postseason, all while Houston was in the NL. The Braves eliminated the Astros in the 1997 NLDS (3-0), the 1999 NLDS (3-1) and 2001 NLDS (3-0). The Astros beat the Braves in both the 2004 NLDS (3-2) and 2005 NLDS (3-1).
The Braves have made 10 previous trips to the World Series, winning in 1892, 1914, 1957 and 1995 (their only one in Atlanta). This will be the Astros' fourth trip to the World Series; they have one title (2017).
Three things to watch
Can Eddie Rosario continue his hitting heroics?
Rosario, the least-heralded of the four outfielders the Braves traded for this year, was incredible against the Dodgers in the NLCS, batting .560 with three homers, nine RBIs and a 1.647 OPS in the six games to earn series MVP honors. There's no way he can continue to punish pitchers in the World Series, right? Well, that's what everyone said about Randy Arozarena last year, when the Rays rookie looked unstoppable through the first couple of rounds of the postseason, and then he batted .364 with three more homers against the Dodgers in the World Series. Rosario is locked in at the plate, with a quick bat and good strike-zone recognition. Batting him in the leadoff spot is huge, because not only is he setting the tone, but batting him right in front of Freddie Freeman means the Astros can't just pitch around him. So he'll see plenty of strikes.
Can Yordan Alvarez continue his hitting heroics?
Alvarez raked in the ALCS, didn't he? The 2019 AL Rookie of the Year bounced back in 2021 after a lost 2020 season, popping 33 homers in the middle of a strong Houston lineup, so he almost flew under the radar. There was no overlooking Alvarez in the ALCS, though. He drove home a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning of Game 1 and recorded a single hit in each of the first three games. A nice warmup, they call it in Houston. The Astros won Games 4-5-6 by a combined score of 23-3 and Alvarez was 9-for-13 with five extra-base hits — three doubles, a triple and a home run. He sprayed the baseball all over the ballpark. Figuring him out is objective No. 1 for Atlanta's pitchers.
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Will Luke Jackson be effective in high-leverage situations?
Atlanta's primary bullpen pieces looked downright dominant in the NLCS against a very patient but potent Dodgers lineup. That's good for Braves fans, because the Astros have a lineup full of patient, potent hitters. A.J. Minter, Will Smith and Jesse Chavez combined to throw 12 2/3 scoreless innings against L.A., allowing only four hits to go with 12 strikeouts. And we all saw Tyler Matzek's mastery in Game 6. Wow. But what about Luke Jackson? He gave up the momentum-shifting three-run homer to Cody Bellinger in Game 4 and looked like a pitching machine lobbing meatballs to the plate when he was out there again in Game 6. He made four appearances in the NLCS; of the 15 batters he faced, 10 reached base and five scored. Yikes. Thing is, though, if the Braves are going to survive a seven-game series against the Astros, they need Jackson to pitch like he did in the regular season, when he fashioned a 1.98 ERA and 9.9 strikeouts per nine pitching important innings late in games.
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3.16, 185, 3.5. Those are the ERA, strikeout total and bWAR for Lance McCullers Jr., the Astros' best starting pitcher. He missed the ALCS with an injury, and he's out for the World Series, too. That's a tall task, replacing a staff ace on short notice in October. The Astros did a good job closing out the ALCS — Framber Valdez and Luis Garcia, in particular, were dominant in their second starts — but surviving a second consecutive best-of-seven series without McCullers will be tough. Houston does have some pitching depth, but we'll see how the Astros fare against a strong Atlanta lineup.
Braves vs. Astros prediction
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Prediction: Atlanta in 7
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Thierry Issiémou est un footballeur gabonais né le  à Libreville. Il évolue au poste défenseur avec JS Saint-Pierroise

Palmarès
 Coupe du Gabon de football : 2006
 Championnat de Hongrie de football : 2007

Naissance en mars 1983
Naissance à Libreville
Footballeur international gabonais
Joueur du Debreceni VSC
Joueur du Vasas SC
Joueur de l'Union sportive monastirienne
Joueur de la JS saint-pierroise


Mitral valve disease is the most common cause of a heart murmur in dogs. Many cases are detected by a vet after a routine examination (such as before vaccination) before dogs show any signs of illness. If your dog has been diagnosed with mitral valve disease your vet will offer advice on when (and whether) treatment is necessary. Many dogs with this condition live long and happy lives.
The dog's heart, like that of humans, is a muscular pump with four separate chambers. The right side of the heart sends blood to the lungs where it picks up oxygen. The left side of the heart pumps the blood around the body. The four areas of the heart are separated by valves that ensure the blood always flows in the correct direction through the heart. The mitral valve lies between the 2 chambers on the left side of the heart. It prevents blood from flowing backwards (towards the lungs) rather than around the body when the heart contracts.
Damage to the mitral valves can occur in a number of ways. The most common disease is degeneration of the valve as a result of ageing (this is called endocardiosis). In other cases the valves may fail to develop properly, eg mitral dysplasia, or can be affected by infections carried in the blood (endocarditis).
Damaged valves do not work properly - abnormal valves allow leakage of blood between the heart chambers. When valves are 'leaking' the abnormal blood flow can be detected when listening to the heart (a murmur).
If the valve is leaking not all the blood leaves the heart with each contraction and so the heart has to beat faster and harder to pump the same amount of blood out into the circulation. The increased work eventually leads to heart failure.
What are the signs of mitral valve disease?
Many dogs with mitral valve disease have no outward signs of illness. The murmur is often detected by a vet after a routine examination (often at a health check at the time of vaccination). Degeneration of the valve is more common in certain breeds of dog, particularly small breeds. In some breeds - notably the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) - dogs often inherit the condition from their parents. If your dog is from a breed with a high risk of developing mitral valve disease you might ask your vet to check them for a presence of a murmur. Most animals with mitral valve disease are middle-aged or older but young animals can be affected.
The initial sign of mitral valve disease may be reluctance to exercise, or coughing due to heart failure or direct pressure on the large airways by an enlarged heart.
How do vets diagnose valve disease?
If your vet hears a murmur when listening to your dog's heart they may want to do some other tests. Murmurs are very common findings and if your pet is well there may be nothing to worry about. However, even if your pet has a problem such as coughing your vet may find that the cough is caused by something else and the disease of the mitral valve is not causing any problems.
X-rays are very important in the diagnosis and monitoring of heart disease. On the x-ray of your dog's chest your vet will be able to see the size of the heart and also any effects on the lungs and blood vessels. Enlargement of the blood vessels in the lungs or evidence of fluid in the chest may be the first indication of heart failure and, if these changes are present, treatment should be started immediately. One of the important benefits of chest x-rays is that they will help your vet to rule out respiratory disease as a cause of coughing.
Although examination and other tests may make your vet suspect that your dog has heart disease, ultrasound is the method of choice for finding the actual cause. With ultrasound you vet will be able to see the heart valves and it may be clear that they are not meeting correctly. With some special ultrasound machines, patterns of abnormal blood flow around the valve can be seen. Ultrasound examination of the heart requires considerable knowledge and experience and should always be performed by experts.
Your vet may also want to do some blood tests (particularly to check that their kidneys are working properly) before starting your pet on treatment.
If your dog has damaged heart valves these will not repair. The only permanent solution is to replace the valves. In man, replacement of damaged heart valves is possible and whilst this procedure has been carried out successfully in dogs (usually those born with a malformed valve) it is certainly not considered standard practice in pets. However, since the disease often causes few problems your pet may be able to live quite happily with the disease. If heart failure develops medication can help your pet to lead a happy life.
Can mitral valve disease be treated?
Many animals with mitral valve disease show no signs of heart disease and these patients require no specific treatment. If your pet is not showing any signs of ill health your vet will just monitor them regularly to detect any progression of disease. If heart failure develops then appropriate treatment can be started.
Digoxin - to slow the heart rate and may help it to function more effectively.
Not all these drugs are appropriate in every animal and your vet will decide on the best treatment programme for your pet and will discuss these choices with you. Often a combination of drugs is needed and the doses of drugs may change with time. Usually once treatment has started it will need to be continued for the rest of your pet's life.
There is no evidence that it is beneficial to start treatment before signs of heart failure develop in dogs with mitral valve disease.
Many animals with degenerative mitral valve disease live out a normal life span with no signs of heart disease. Some CKCS may develop heart murmurs at only a few years of age but not even all of these will develop clinical signs associated with the condition. Animals with significant heart failure require therapy and the outcome will depend upon how well they respond to this therapy.


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"I'm sooner born & bred by three true #1 OU fans who taught me to always support our team. Since I was an infant I would watch the OU games with both my grandfathers & my dad until the days they passed away. Now I have the honor of raising my baby girl Miranda to be a bigger OU fan than all of us! She never got to meet my dad, but she tells everyone she's an OU fan like her grandpa because she wants to be like him and her grandfather's.
Miranda's favorite person in life was our Papa (her great-grandfather) who was extremely excited when he found out she was showing signs of being able to be a pitcher at 2 years old, and she has continued to enjoy playing in little league teams ever since she was old enough to join. Every day they talked to him he told them how excited he was for her to play softball one day and hopefully get to play on the OU team. �Luckily my grandmothers are huge OU fans too so my daughter gets to hear all the silly storied of all of us watching football games when I was a kid and how rowdy we would get!
OU games are a time that means our family is together & we are cheering on our team no matter how far away I might be stationed! Watching all of our OU teams from anywhere in the world brings all of us fans home, even if only for a few hours. Getting to watch the games with my daughter and build our memories together as I did with my dad and grandfathers are the best days next to when we get to come home and go to campus for a few hours! I am truly lucky to be sooner born & bred. I now I get to raise my daughter by those words that mean love, family, quality time, passion, heritage, and community support forever to us. BOOMER SOONER!!
Gail has been serving in the Air Force for 10 years. She's gotten to cheer on OU from places like Korea, Virginia, and Nevada with her military family who has shown her that no matter where they are in the world, they always find another OU fan to enjoy supporting her team with!
I don't know if there truly is a #1 OU fan? There are so many fans like myself who can tell the same story. I grew up in Oklahoma, I lived in Oklahoma for 40 years, and I am an Alumni of The University of Oklahoma. I listened to OU football as a boy on the radio, before games were routinely televised. I remember my first OU home game and the electricity back in the 60's.
I have attended over 40 OU-Texas games even though I have lived outside of Oklahoma for over 25 years. Upon retirement I have traveled from North Carolina to Norman (1260 miles) for all home game. I fly my OU flag on all game days. I currently tailgate with a college buddy at the Duck Pond. I wear OU gear when I travel and have heard "Boomer Sooner" from others in London and Rome not to mention all across the U.S.
Someone asked me "Do all your clothes had the OU logo on them?" I replied, "No, but I wish they did!" My license plate reads: "OKSOONER." My son and daughter-in-law scheduled their wedding day around an OU-Texas game just for me. I have collected all but one or two Sports Illustrated with OU players on the cover. My wish when I die is to have part of my ashes spread on Owen Field. As the saying goes, "I bleed crimson and cream."
Robby Whiteley has sat in the "boss's chair" (referring to Lincoln Riley's office). Some of his favorite memories were getting to step foot on Owen Field with Joe Washington. He has been a part of adopting a highway with the OU Alumni Club of Raleigh. He loves traveling so naturally he attended the Final Four when OU was competing for the championship. Robby graduated from OU with a Pharmacy degree in 1976. He even has a paver in the courtyard or the Student Union to commemorate.
Nominated by their son, Josh Trope.
The crisp smell of corndogs at the State Fair of Texas, proudly flying the Crimson and Cream on the front porch at the crack of dawn, and wearing your favorite Sooner hat to celebrate touchdowns or help your neighbor clean up after a tornado are but a few reasons why Oklahoma has the best program and fans in college football, both filled with Oklahoma pride. But, what does it take to be called the Sooners #1 Fan? Is it season tickets, memorabilia, or the degree? No, it's none of that. What makes someone the #1 fan is the lasting memories we share with our family, friends, and fans in Sooner Nation along the way. For me, it's clear and simple: I'm not the #1 fan. I know, ironic for a contest that asks you why you are. Instead, I want to talk about the persons who are the #1 fans: my mom and dad.
Mom and Dad have been humbly married 35 years. They proudly wear their crimson and cream as they help create memories at the Cotton Bowl and the fair, bundling up at the stadium for Bedlam, unwrapping OU themed gifts on Christmas morning, or calling every two minutes during the games to say how proud they are of the boys. A random text message saying "I love you! Boomer!" People always talk about why football, a sport above all else, is so important. They go as far as scheduling important life milestones around that football schedule. It's wonderful people, like my mom and dad, who help shape memories that I can look back at fondly with an interest in our favorite team that we all enjoy."
While Teresa and Ed were dating, he took her to her first OU game, which happened to be OU-Texas. OU won and Ed took her for a victory dinner at the Old San Francisco Steakhouse in Dallas. Since that first game, whenever OU won, the family would go and eat steak.�Teresa Trope's earliest OU memory was listening to her grandma watch the games from the kitchen. Teresa says she has a tradition with Ed every Christmas where he brings her a new OU ornament to place on the Trope Christmas tree.
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AFG: Reinstate UNISON rep Peter Moorhead and stop victimising trade unionists
I'm Peter Moorhead, I have worked for social care provider AFG for over 20 years. In 2019, AFG care workers took strike action against our employer because we were not being paid the minimum wage for so-called "sleep in" shifts. As UNISON's convenor (lead representative) for AFG, I was involved in supporting our members in their fight for fair pay. AFG did not react positively to the strike action. Recently, I have been informed by AFG that they are going to make me redundant and scrap any provision for a UNISON convenor at the care provider. We feel that AFG have unfairly selected the UNISON Convenor position for redundancy and that in reality this is about AFG responding to last year's industrial dispute by trying to shut down any worker representation at the organisation. AFG did not enter into meaningful consultation and their decision potentially amounts to trade union victimisation. This is bigger than my job though. With over 750 UNISON members working for AFG across the North West, the removal of the position will severely impact on the industrial relation with AFG and also hamper the day to day needs of UNISON members. Please sign this petition calling on AFG to do the decent thing and reverse their decision to make me redundant. Thank you for your support, Peter Moorhead (UNISON Convenor- AFG)
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#ONENHS: Fair pay for Compass hospital workers
We are hospital support staff working for Compass in St Helens & Knowsley and Blackpool NHS Trusts. We keep hospitals clean, cook for patients and keep them safe. We are paid over £1000 less per year and have worse terms & conditions than some of our colleagues who do the same jobs. That's why we are standing together for fair pay and fair treatment. #ONENHS, nobody left out.
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Bedford Hospital - Don't Outsource Our Domestics or Cut Their Existing Hours!
We, NHS workers and users recognise the hard work domestics do every day to keep the hospital and public safe. We support their fight to keep their jobs in the NHS. When hospital cleaning services are privatised infection rates go up and workers' pay is cut. We also stand against the hospital's attempt to make the domestics paid their own nationally agreed NHS pay deal by cutting their bank/overtime hours. Bedford Hospital is targeting its lowest-paid workers, many of whom are migrant women — we believe this is an attack on equality.
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No compulsory catering redundancies at City University
City University outsourced catering services to the multi-billion, multi-national company Sodexo. Because of the impact of the pandemic, City has told Sodexo catering services at the University need to be cut massively. And so Sodexo plan to make up to half of the contracted catering staff at City redundant. Catering staff at City are majority women and overwhelmingly people of colour or migrant workers. They are the most diverse group of staff working at our University. Other staff at City are not being threatened with redundancy. It is unfair and unjust that catering staff, because City does not employ them directly, are being targeted for "cost savings". Sodexo is not offering any kind of enhanced redundancy payments. They are only offering the statutory minimum. This means some staff will be excluded from receiving any redundancy pay; others will have the redundancy payment capped at a very low level - three times less than the amount City would use when calculating redundancy. For any staff who stay working at City, they will have to accept pay cuts, worse holidays, worse sick pay and worse other terms and conditions. At the beginning of possibly the worst financial crisis in living memory and the greatest public health threat in a century, catering staff and their families face being left unemployed or underpaid. City took the decision to outsource catering staff to a private contractor like Sodexo. The University is responsible for making sure that Sodexo treats City catering staff with the respect they deserve.
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Keep IVF and Reproductive Medicine Public: Save St. Mary's DRM Service
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust announced to staff in March 2020 that they believe the current model of provision for reproductive medicine at St. Mary's Hospital is not sustainable. Commissioners are now carrying out a scoping exercise on the service's future, and this could result in a recommendation the service is tendered and could be at risk of privatisation. Staff members working for the St Mary's Reproductive Medicine service provide a vital lifeline to women and families seeking fertility treatment in Greater Manchester. The service also provides specialist care to women with complex medical conditions, cancer, and who are undergoing gender reassignment, which are not accessible elsewhere in the city region or offered by other providers. If privatised, we are concerned that these specialist services could be at risk. Unions are concerned that many other private sector providers have higher treatment charges and inferior services. Furthermore, staff are in many cases paid less than NHS workers in the private healthcare sector, with less annual leave, sick pay and other essential benefits. We cannot allow this vital service to fall into private hands and be run for profit, when its purpose is to serve the public of our city.
We Are With You: don't break your pay promises!
Belinda Phipps is CEO of We Are With You- she earns around £140,000 per year. Meanwhile, ex-NHS staff working for We Are With You in Wigan and Leigh stand to lose £150,000 during the course of the NHS Agenda for Change three year pay deal (April 2018- April 2021). We will lose an average of £7,870 each during the course of Wigan Council's contract with We Are With You, with some of us losing out on as much as £10,974. This is simply wrong and across five years, will suck £230,000 out of the local economy whilst We Are With You directs funding towards costly rebrands and its London headquarters. We work hard for We Are With You in Wigan and Leigh to ensure that local people recover from addiction, regaining health, self esteem and becoming fully functioning members of our society. We work in this field because we care and because it's rewarding to support recovery, but we deserve to make a decent living. When we transferred over to We Are With You (formerly known as Addaction) from the NHS, we were promised the NHS rate for the job, but We Are With You have gone back on their word. "Supporting people to overcome drug and alcohol addiction is an incredibly tough job and makes a difference for every single one of us in Wigan. "We Are With You's employees deserve the pay settlement they were promised when they moved from the NHS to We Are With You". Lisa Nandy, Wigan MP We deserve a decent wage for doing what is an important job for our communities. Please sign the petition to support us. #WeAreNotWithYou #KeepYourPayPromise #BelindaFibs #WeWontPayYou
Protect care workers pay when we are absent from work due to COVID-19
As care workers, we have gone above and beyond during the coronavirus crisis to care for your loved ones. A survey by UNISON North West found that 8 out of 10 of us would not receive our full normal pay if we were ill or had to self-isolate or shield due to COVID-19. As a result, many care workers said they may have to attend work while ill which would drastically increase the risk of spreading infection to vulnerable residents and service-users. As part of UNISON's Care Workers vs COVID-19 Campaign, we have been calling on local commissioners and care providers to protect our pay when we are absent due to COVID-19. As a result, Salford Council and local NHS partners have introduced the 'Salford Offer' which provides additional funding to local social care providers to protect frontline care workers, service-users and the local community by maintaining the full normal wages for care staff that are absent due to COVID-19. The 'Salford Offer' is the very least that we deserve, yet despite the fact it will cost them nothing, there are a number of care providers in Salford that is refusing the support the 'Salford Offer'. Some of these providers have reported millions of pounds worth of profits over previous years.
Created by UNISON Salford Branch
Luton & Dunstable Hospital – Bring us back
Cleaners, caterers and housekeepers are proud to keep Luton & Dunstable Hospital clean and safe, ensuring that patients, staff and visitors are well fed. The hospital couldn't function without us. But rather than being rewarded for our vital work, we are denied the decent pay, terms and conditions enjoyed by directly employed staff. To save money, the Trust outsourced our services to private contractor Engie. Any savings have come directly out of our wages and the quality of the service we can provide – Engie's shareholders are getting paid instead. The contract is due to end in Autumn 2020. The Trust can choose to extend Engie's contract, put our services out to tender for another private contractor or bring the services back in house. Please call on the Trust to bring the services back in house so we can provide good services, without having to do so on worse conditions than our NHS colleagues. The Trust is deciding our fate in the next few weeks. Please help us put pressure on them to make the right decision, to bring us back in-house, by signing our petition.
Created by Julie Trundell
Bring Liverpool NHS services back in-house!
Currently, hundreds of hospital cleaners, caterers and security guards working at Aintree University Hospital, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital and Broadgreen Hospital are employed by private companies. We are employed by private contractors Compass Medirest, ISS and OCS and as a result, we are at a disadvantage compared with NHS employees. Like all of our health service colleagues, we've put ourselves at increased risk over the last few months keeping patients safe. We don't want a medal, we just want to be treated equally with our colleagues who are employed by NHS. We deserve proper pay and working conditions so that we can deliver a high quality service for Liverpool patients. UNISON Liverpool Hospitals Health branch secretary Su Edwards said: "Our members do some of the most vital jobs within our health service. They cook patients' food, keep the hospital clean and protect patients and staff. "Yet currently, these health service heroes are being treated like second class citizens. There is only one way that companies such as Compass, ISS and OCS can make a profit within the NHS and that's by cost-cutting. This means that hospital staff employed by private contractors receive lower pay and worse working conditions than colleagues employed directly by the NHS. It is morally wrong. "But it's not just hospital staff who are getting a raw deal. Compass, ISS and OCS prioritise profit over people- they bid for NHS contracts, then they cut costs and patients pay the price. If we brought these services in-house, we could deliver a higher quality service, with more staff on shift, better hospital food and safer hospitals."
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Elder abuse case takes undue influence to the extreme
On behalf of Mason & Helmers posted in Probate Litigation on Friday, July 20, 2012.
A bizarre case of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult may truly stun Twin Cities readers. The allegations of the 88-year-old male victim, if true, give new meaning to the term undue influence. The exploitation may have gone undiscovered if the elderly man had not been taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation. His apparent disappearance prompted his family to contact police when they found themselves unable to reach him.
According to reports of the local sheriff department, the man was taken into protective custody after he was found wandering the streets in a state of apparent confusion. When hospital staff concluded that the man needed no further treatment, he stated that he didn't want to go home because his wife was mistreating him and stealing his money. The man reported that he had previously attempted to escape from his wife, only to be beaten and locked in his room.
The man's 46-year-old wife reportedly coerced him into signing a power of attorney that granted her control of his finances while he was lying in a hospital bed. The man suffers from several potentially incapacitating conditions, including memory deficiencies. The wife moved the man into her own house and married him soon after he executed the power of attorney.
According to reports, the wife drained roughly $150,000 out of the elderly man's bank account in only four months. The wife wrote a number of checks out in her own name and spent a substantial part of the man's money to purchase a new home and a new car. The wife and two other unidentified women have been arrested and may face criminal charges, but the man's family may need to pursue probate litigation to recover what they can of his stolen assets.
Source: Sun Sentinel, "Deputies: Elderly man, 88, exploited by new wife, 46," Barbara Hijek, July 2, 2012
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The Georgetown Student Tenant Association is a non-profit student organization that provides confidential counsel to peers seeking off-campus housing and to those encountering the problems all too common for tenants. Not only is GSTA a source for advice about handling these affairs, we are also advocates of tenants' rights. We strive to represent the voice of tenants, especially because many tenants do not even know they have the rights that landlords exploit. Essentially, GSTA acts as a liaison between student tenants and the information, and even the authority that can defend the interests of tenants.
GSTA works extensively with both the University and the DC government to give student tenants a voice in affairs about which they may stay silent or have no knowledge. The Tenant Association works with the Office of Neighborhood Life, a university office that works solely to help and improve the conditions of students with issues relating to housing. We also work in collaboration the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and the Office of the Tenant Advocate, two local DC government agencies that seek to protect the interests of residents and tenants through methods of advocacy, legal and financial services, and enforcing DC law through business regulations and licensing. These resources have provided the GSTA with a valuable network of information and legitimacy that allows our organization to ascend beyond the level of simple peer advisors and into the realm of student advocates. While we possess no legally binding authority, our connections to these organizations with overlapping interests extend our range of operations and ability to impact the conditions of Georgetown tenants.
With the assistance of the network we have created, the GSTA is able to provide a number of services for Georgetown students, and while mostly limited to affairs of off-campus housing, the scope of these issues resonate beyond our local Georgetown community into the surrounding DC area. Primarily, the GSTA provides lease-reviews, which is simply an opportunity for students to receive advice on their leases to determine their legality and to clarify important content matter. Our advocates utilize knowledge of DC housing law to identify confusing clauses that establish crucial responsibilities of both tenants and landlords, and even clauses that blatantly violate the law at the expense of the tenant. We believe creating a sense of transparency in leases will help enforce accountability; if tenants know their rights, and even their restrictions, the relationship between tenants and their landlords will hopefully become more functional and civil and less exploitative and belligerent. The hunt for off-campus housing is such a competitive endeavor at Georgetown, and landlords take advantage of their leverage; the demand is greater than the supply, resulting in leases that scam the tenants who do not know their rights and are panicking to resolve their housing hunt without reviewing the conditions of the lease. Essentially, our lease-reviews provide a way to educate students and identify their rights.
The GSTA also provides advice and networks to help resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Some classic issues revolve around landlords withholding safety deposits, charging illegal amounts for safety deposits, or negligent landlords who won't make necessary repairs despite legal obligations. If these issues require legal action or authoritative enforcement, we recommend and connect students to resources such as the Office of the Tenant Advocate to assist in their problems. Other issues pertain to pressure from landlords seeking to intimidate their tenants into compliance. These issues provide a venue for GSTA advocacy; sometimes a tenant knows their rights, but landlords may threaten them or pressure them not to take action against their interests.
This January, the GSTA participated in what we called the "BBL Blitz", an event in which our advocates and members of the Office of Neighborhood Life went on a door-knocking campaign to properties that did not have a basic business license, a license certified by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs that confirms the property meets the safety conditions required to lease it. About fifty properties leased to Georgetown students did not have these licenses, whether landlords forgot to renew their licenses or were avoiding the issue based on costly violations. The DCRA became concerned about this fact and handled the matter seriously in requiring landlords to obtain their BBLs or face litigation from the Office of the Attorney General. The GSTA and ONL explained to students that their properties would need to have an inspection by the DCRA in the near future because their landlords were operating illegally. We clarified that the tenants did nothing wrong and that our services were available to them. The DCRA, whose intentions were laudable in promoting safety of tenants, had the potential to reveal tenant violations of their lease or safety issues related to the number of tenants occupying a residence. Since the DCRA, the ONL, and the GSTA did not want tenants being punished because of their landlords' incompliance, the GSTA and ONL were able to work with tenants to protect them from future consequences.
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