Projecting pARTicles is up and running, and what an experience it's been. Neither heat nor humidity could stop us! With the Bienal opening today we didn't finish a moment too soon.
We had a moment of scariness when we were told all our equipment had to go through customs, but we made it through.
Focuses have shifted to the student workshop, where Agnes is teaching the Tagtool app. But that's not the most exciting part! The Bienal has graciously and awesomely invited Dr. Luis Roberto Flores Castillo to come to Havana and be a part of the workshop. Luis isn't just any physicist – he was a part of the CERN team that discovered the Higgs Particle! He is also a professor at the University of Hong Kong. The Atlas Experiment at CERN is sponsoring Luis to help make this possible.
Luis will do a presentation to the scientific community on Saturday at 5pm at the Salon de Mayo in the Pabellon building. Needless to say it is an extreme honor to have him here with us. As part of the workshop, he is teaching the kids about the Higgs and other tenets of particle physics. I can't think of a better person to do it!
Tomorrow we'll all be giving a presentation about Projecting pARTicles, and today the final, final, final finishing touches are going into the installation. It's been a crazy ride but it's all coming together in a pretty great way!
The Biennal fabrication team could not have been more helpful, understanding and cool, and we could not have done any of this without them. Cheers to them!


How to make your own 18650 (or any lithium/li-ion) cell/battery capacity checker/tester. In this series, I design a really simple circuit and talk you through it. I walk you through every single step in both the electronics and code. This video shows me working on the summary screen and also implementing some major memory saving techniques.


Fayette County authorities are investigating a fatal shooting incident that occurred over the weekend.
A rural Mulberry Grove man was found dead at about 2:43pm Saturday in his home. The man was identified as 40-year-old Charles Chrisman. Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen pronounced Chrisman dead at the scene just 3:30pm.
An investigation continues by the Fayette County Coroner's Office, including an autopsy scheduled for today.


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NAME ONE…. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was on ABC's "Good Morning America" earlier, talking about the health care debate. Host Robin Roberts noted some of the areas of compromise President Obama brought up in his speech last night, and asked the GOP leader about whether he's prepared to offer "some compromises of your own now."
Cantor responded:
"You know, Robin, I think it's very important that we dismiss this notion of a government option. I think if we listen to the American people right now — the fear surrounds this notion that somehow the government will replace the health care system that we know in this country."
First, if policymakers are going to "listen to the American people right now," the public option should fare quite well — polls show most of the public likes the idea. Second, the answer doesn't match the question — Roberts asked about where congressional Republicans may be willing to compromise. Telling the president to compromise even more is a non sequitur.
Amanda Terkel also reminded us of this piece published by Time magazine in May.
When Barack Obama informed congressional Republicans [in April] that he would support a controversial parliamentary move to protect health-care reform from a filibuster in the Senate, they were furious. That meant the bill could pass with a simple majority of 51 votes, eliminating the need for any GOP support. Where, they demanded, was the bipartisanship the President had promised? So, right there in the Cabinet Room, the President put a proposal on the table, according to two people who were present. Obama said he was willing to curb malpractice awards, a move long sought by Republicans that is certain to bring strong opposition from the trial lawyers who fund the Democratic Party.
What, he wanted to know, did the Republicans have to offer in return?
Nothing, it turned out. Republicans were unprepared to make any concessions, if they had any to make.
This has been the only real constant of the debate all year. President Obama showed his willingness to compromise by dropping single-payer as a possibility at the outset. He proceeded to signal possible concessions on a public option, a co-op plan, triggers, medical malpractice, reimbursement rates, eligibility rates. Last night, the president literally borrowed from the McCain/Palin platform in presenting new ideas.
And then there's the other side — the one whining incessantly for weeks about killing reform and replacing it with a "bipartisan" approach. After six months of debate, can anyone name a single concession Republicans have been willing to make on reform? Literally, one?
Steve Benen

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#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/optimizers/data/vectorization_utils.h"

#include "absl/strings/str_join.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/attr_value.pb.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/device_base.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/function.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/node_def.pb.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_def.pb.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/mutable_graph_view.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/optimizers/data/function_utils.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/optimizers/data/graph_utils.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/utils.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/functions.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/gtl/map_util.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/scanner.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace grappler {
namespace vectorization_utils {

using function_utils::FunctionDefTensorDesc;

namespace {

void AddMapDefunOutput(FunctionDef* map_defun_fn, NodeDef* map_defun_node,
                       const string& output_retval, const DataType t) {
  // Set to unknown shape
  TensorShapeProto tensor_shape_proto;
  PartialTensorShape().AsProto(&tensor_shape_proto);

  function_utils::AddFunctionOutputWithUniqueName(
      "vectorized_out", output_retval, map_defun_fn, t);

  *(*map_defun_node->mutable_attr())["output_shapes"]
       .mutable_list()
       ->add_shape() = tensor_shape_proto;
  (*map_defun_node->mutable_attr())["output_types"].mutable_list()->add_type(t);
}

void RemoveMapDefunOutput(FunctionDef* outer_scope, FunctionDef* map_defun_fn,
                          NodeDef* map_defun_node, int output_position) {
  DCHECK_LT(output_position, map_defun_fn->signature().output_arg_size())
      << "Trying to remove output that doesn't exist. Output number: "
      << output_position;

  int num_later_outputs =
      map_defun_fn->signature().output_arg_size() - output_position - 1;

  // Remove from map_defun_fn's ret dict and output args
  map_defun_fn->mutable_ret()->erase(
      map_defun_fn->signature().output_arg(output_position).name());
  map_defun_fn->mutable_signature()->mutable_output_arg()->DeleteSubrange(
      output_position, 1);

  // Renumber outputs that come after
  for (int i = 0; i < num_later_outputs; ++i) {
    function_utils::ReplaceReferences(
        strings::StrCat(map_defun_node->name(),
                        ":output:", output_position + i + 1),
        strings::StrCat(map_defun_node->name(),
                        ":output:", output_position + i),
        outer_scope);
  }
  map_defun_node->mutable_attr()
      ->at("output_shapes")
      .mutable_list()
      ->mutable_shape()
      ->DeleteSubrange(output_position, 1);
  map_defun_node->mutable_attr()
      ->at("output_types")
      .mutable_list()
      ->mutable_type()
      ->ExtractSubrange(output_position, 1, nullptr);
}

Status ConvertCastOp(FunctionDef* outer_scope, FunctionDef* map_defun_fn,
                     NodeDef* map_defun_node, const NodeDef& cast_node,
                     const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc,
                     std::map<string, string>* conversion_map) {
  if (output_desc.node_output != "y" || output_desc.position != 0) {
    // We expect the Cast node to have only one output, with the name "y".
    return errors::Internal("Cannot convert Cast op output.");
  }

  // Promote Cast inputs to outputs of MapDefun
  DCHECK_EQ(cast_node.input_size(), 1);
  AddMapDefunOutput(map_defun_fn, map_defun_node, cast_node.input(0),
                    cast_node.attr().at("SrcT").type());

  // Add new Cast node
  NodeDef* new_cast_node = outer_scope->add_node_def();
  *new_cast_node = cast_node;
  new_cast_node->clear_name();
  function_utils::SetUniqueFunctionNodeName(
      strings::StrCat("vectorized/", cast_node.name()), outer_scope,
      new_cast_node);
  new_cast_node->set_input(
      0, strings::StrCat(map_defun_node->name(), ":output:",
                         map_defun_fn->signature().output_arg_size() - 1));

  // Add the output mapping to conversion map
  (*conversion_map)[strings::StrCat(output_desc.node_name, ":y:0")] =
      strings::StrCat(new_cast_node->name(), ":y:0");

  return Status::OK();
}

Status ConvertUnpackOp(FunctionDef* outer_scope, FunctionDef* map_defun_fn,
                       NodeDef* map_defun_node, const NodeDef& unpack_node,
                       const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc,
                       std::map<string, string>* conversion_map) {
  if (output_desc.node_output != "output") {
    return errors::Internal("Cannot convert Unpack op output.");
  }

  // Promote Unpack inputs to outputs of MapDefun
  AddMapDefunOutput(map_defun_fn, map_defun_node, unpack_node.input(0),
                    unpack_node.attr().at("T").type());

  // Add new Unpack node
  NodeDef* new_unpack_node = outer_scope->add_node_def();
  *new_unpack_node = unpack_node;
  new_unpack_node->clear_name();
  function_utils::SetUniqueFunctionNodeName(
      strings::StrCat("vectorized/", unpack_node.name()), outer_scope,
      new_unpack_node);

  // Increment "axis" attr by 1:
  (*new_unpack_node->mutable_attr())["axis"].set_i(
      unpack_node.attr().at("axis").i() + 1);
  new_unpack_node->set_input(
      0, strings::StrCat(map_defun_node->name(), ":output:",
                         map_defun_fn->signature().output_arg_size() - 1));

  // Add the output mappings to conversion map
  int num = new_unpack_node->attr().at("num").i();
  for (int i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
    (*conversion_map)[strings::StrCat(output_desc.node_name, ":output:", i)] =
        strings::StrCat(new_unpack_node->name(), ":output:", i);
  }

  return Status::OK();
}

int FindOutputToConvert(const FunctionDef& function,
                        const std::set<string>& unconvertible,
                        FunctionDefTensorDesc* f) {
  for (int i = function.signature().output_arg_size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
    const string& ret_key = function.signature().output_arg(i).name();
    *f = FunctionDefTensorDesc(function.ret().at(ret_key));

    if (unconvertible.find(f->node_name) == unconvertible.end()) {
      return i;
    }
  }
  return -1;
}

// Helper class that vectorizes the body of a MapDefun node, adding new
// operations to the graph that collectively compute the same value as what
// running the MapDefun function on slices of the input would produce.
// Each instance of the class encapsulates all the data necessary to vectorize a
// MapDefun op in place.
class Vectorization {
 public:
  Vectorization(FunctionDef* outer_scope, FunctionDef* map_defun_fn,
                NodeDef* map_defun_node)
      : outer_scope_(outer_scope),
        map_defun_fn_(map_defun_fn),
        map_defun_node_(map_defun_node) {}

  // Repeatedly tries to convert outputs of map_defun_fn_ into new nodes in
  // the outer_scope_, until there are no convertible outputs remaining.
  // This method is idempotent.
  void Vectorize();

 private:
  // Vectorizes the map defun function's output at output_position
  Status ConvertOutput(int output_position, const FunctionDefTensorDesc& desc);
  // Given a descriptor of the original output tensor, gets a string
  // corresponding to the converted output tensor.
  Status ConvertOutputHelper(const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc,
                             string* converted);
  Status AddConversionMappingFromInput(
      const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc);

  // Adds mappings from node's outputs tensors to converted output tensors,
  // creating the necessary new node(s). Generally, the steps to convert an op
  // are:
  // 1) Promote the inputs of the op inputs to outputs of the map_defun_fn_,
  //    and modify map_defun_node_ attrs accordingly
  // 2) Create new node(s) in outer_scope_ that act on batched input tensors.
  //    These operations collectively compute the same value as what running
  //    the original operation on slices of the input tensors would produce.
  //    For example, a Cast op in MapDefun translates to a Cast op in
  //    outer_scope_, since the vectorized version of Cast is itself.
  // 3) Set inputs of new node(s) to the corresponding converted inputs (that
  //    are now outputs of map_defun_node_)
  // 4) For each output of the old node, add the mapping of output strings to
  //    the conversion map (eg "Cast:y:0" -> "Vectorize/Cast:y:0")
  Status AddConversionMappingFromOp(const NodeDef& node,
                                    const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc);

  // Maps a tensor name to the name of the corresponding vectorized tensor. For
  // example, "Cast:y:0" -> "Vectorize/Cast:y:0"
  std::map<string, string> conversion_map_;
  // Unconvertible node names
  std::set<string> unconvertible_;

  FunctionDef* outer_scope_;
  FunctionDef* map_defun_fn_;
  NodeDef* map_defun_node_;
};

Status Vectorization::AddConversionMappingFromOp(
    const NodeDef& node, const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc) {
  for (const string& input_name : node.input()) {
    if (IsControlInput(input_name)) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument(
          "Vectorizing outputs with control inputs is currently not "
          "supported.");
    }
  }

  // TODO(rachelim): Have some mechanism for registering converters and some
  // uniform, simpler way to represent them.

  // TODO(rachelim): Do step (1) outside of the individual op converters, when
  // we know how to find out the type of the input.
  if (node.op() == "Cast") {
    return ConvertCastOp(outer_scope_, map_defun_fn_, map_defun_node_, node,
                         output_desc, &conversion_map_);
  } else if (node.op() == "Unpack") {
    return ConvertUnpackOp(outer_scope_, map_defun_fn_, map_defun_node_, node,
                           output_desc, &conversion_map_);
  }
  return errors::Unimplemented("Op converter for \"", node.op(),
                               "\" not implemented yet");
}

Status Vectorization::AddConversionMappingFromInput(
    const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc) {
  int input_index = function_utils::FindFunctionInputWithName(
      output_desc.node_name, *map_defun_fn_);
  if (input_index == -1) {
    return errors::Internal("Cannot convert non-existent input.");
  }

  conversion_map_[output_desc.full_str] = map_defun_node_->input(input_index);
  return Status::OK();
}

Status Vectorization::ConvertOutputHelper(
    const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc, string* converted) {
  // It's possible the output already has a mapping, if it comes from a node
  // that has already been converted.
  if (auto found = gtl::FindOrNull(conversion_map_, output_desc.full_str)) {
    *converted = *found;
    return Status::OK();
  }

  int index = function_utils::FindFunctionNodeWithName(output_desc.node_name,
                                                       *map_defun_fn_);
  if (index == -1) {  // The output comes from an input
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(AddConversionMappingFromInput(output_desc));
  } else {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(AddConversionMappingFromOp(
        map_defun_fn_->node_def(index), output_desc));
  }
  *converted = conversion_map_.at(output_desc.full_str);
  return Status::OK();
}

Status Vectorization::ConvertOutput(int output_position,
                                    const FunctionDefTensorDesc& output_desc) {
  string converted_output_name;
  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(ConvertOutputHelper(output_desc, &converted_output_name));

  // Remove the old output and make everything that referenced it point
  // to the new string
  function_utils::ReplaceReferences(
      strings::StrCat(map_defun_node_->name(), ":output:", output_position),
      converted_output_name, outer_scope_);
  RemoveMapDefunOutput(outer_scope_, map_defun_fn_, map_defun_node_,
                       output_position);

  return Status::OK();
}

void Vectorization::Vectorize() {
  while (true) {
    FunctionDefTensorDesc desc;
    int output_position =
        FindOutputToConvert(*map_defun_fn_, unconvertible_, &desc);
    if (output_position == -1) break;

    if (!ConvertOutput(output_position, desc).ok()) {
      unconvertible_.insert(desc.node_name);
    }
  }

  // If we've converted all the outputs of the MapDefun function, we no longer
  // need the MapDefun node and can delete it.
  if (map_defun_fn_->signature().output_arg_size() == 0) {
    outer_scope_->mutable_node_def()->DeleteSubrange(
        function_utils::FindFunctionNodeWithName(map_defun_node_->name(),
                                                 *outer_scope_),
        1);
  }

  if (!unconvertible_.empty()) {
    VLOG(2) << "The following nodes could not be converted: ["
            << absl::StrJoin(unconvertible_, ", ") << "].";
  }
}
}  // namespace

void VectorizeMapDefun(FunctionDef* outer_scope, FunctionDef* map_defun_fn,
                       NodeDef* map_defun_node) {
  Vectorization(outer_scope, map_defun_fn, map_defun_node).Vectorize();
}

}  // end namespace vectorization_utils
}  // end namespace grappler
}  // end namespace tensorflow

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Singapore, 8 May 2018 - Singapore Media Exchange (SMX), the digital alliance between Singapore's premium publishers Mediacorp and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), will be officially operational from May 8, 2018, under the leadership of newly appointed CEO Hari Shankar. The joint venture to launch Singapore's first premium advertising marketplace was announced in August 2017.
A digital media marketing veteran, Shankar brings more than 15 years' experience in media management to the new role. Before joining SMX, Hari was the Managing Director at Ecselis, the strategic arm of the Havas Media Group. He previously held leadership roles at Paypal and Performics in Asia-Pacific.
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Q: Sonarqube vs eslint rules (named function vs anonymous function) I've written this code for a mongoose schema:
localeTypesSchema.statics.findAndModify =
    function findAndModify(query, sort, update, options, callback) {
        const promised = q.nbind(this.collection.findAndModify, this.collection);
        return promised(query || {}, sort || [], update || {}, options, callback);
    };

SonarQube is complaining (major, code smell) about Make this function anonymous by removing its name (cross-browser, user-experience).
If I remove the name then eslint extending airbnb complains (warning) about [eslint] Missing function expression name. (func-names).
I can't transform it to an arrow function as it makes use of this, and this should be bind to function caller and not to scope of arrow function.
How should I write the code?

A: Both choices can be valid: read the description of the SonarQube rule and of the eslint rule. In fact, the eslint rule can be configured to enforce one choice or the opposite one. Tools are just here to help if you want to enforce one rule.

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Having worked as a dancer with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, David Zambrano and Pierre Droulers, Thomas Hauert, originally from Switzerland, founded his company ZOO in Brussels in 1998. Cows in Space, his first piece was immediately awarded at the Rencontres de Seine-Saint-Denis/Bagnolet. The company has since created more than 20 works, which have been performed all over the world. In addition to his work for ZOO, Thomas Hauert was also commissioned to create work for other companies including the Zurich Ballet, Toronto Dance Theatre, Candoco Dance Company and Ballet de Lorraine. Complementing his choreographic work, Thomas Hauert has developed an internationally recognized teaching method based on the movement research conducted with his company. He has an ongoing collaboration with P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and regularly teaches workshops worldwide. In 2012 -13, he was a guest professor for dance and performance at the Institute for Theater Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2012, Thomas Hauert was invited to participate in the "Motion Bank" project initiated by the Forsythe Company to stimulate research on choreographic practice and thought. In 2013 Hauert has been appointed artistic director of the new bachelor degree in contemporary dance at the Manufacture, University of Performing Arts in Lausanne in Switzerland. Thomas Hauert is "artiste en compagnonnage" at Théâtre de Liège and in residency at Théâtre Les Tanneurs in Brussels.
Every joint of our body has its range of movement and there are countless combinations possible. The body possesses a great practical knowledge, that goes way beyond what the mind's consciousness is able to process, about its anatomy and its mechanics, their actions and reactions, and their interactions with external forces (gravity, centrifugal- and centripetal force, another body etc.).
In a progressive series of improvisational tasks with one or more partners, exchanging information sensorially, in touch or at a distance, we will take advantage of this phenomenon to create forms, rhythms, movement qualities and trajectories far more sophisticated than the ones our conscious mind could invent. We will be guided away from our habitual tracks, patterns will be distorted or overridden.
While in the first part of the day we will practise to multiply and disconnect actions within our own individual body to create a sense of polyphony within it, we will, in a second chapter of the day, improvise the composition of the movement of a group, in the attempt to create one single organism out of a group of individual bodies.


I'm sitting in seat 2A of Delta Flight 4181 heading for Buffalo. We're cruising along at 20,000ft and as I wave so long to the breathtaking New York City skyline, I'm reflecting on a weekend I'll always remember.
If you read my previous blog (It's Commercial Demo Weekend With Uncle Roy), you're aware of the story of how I came to record my demo with Uncle Roy. Now that the recording is complete, I'm reminded of how wise a decision it was to choose Uncle Roy in the first place, over all the other options out there to get a demo done.
With Uncle Roy, you don't just record a demo. You have an experience… which is likely why he's everyone's favourite Uncle! Sure, when you're done, you'll walk away with one of his KILLER demos. But really, you bid farewell to Bloomfield, New Jersey blessed with so much more!
Beyond a demo, I needed a confidence boost. I've built this incredible voice over business for myself. I've experienced success in ways I never knew in a 20 year career in radio and television. I'm earning more money, having fun more, and living more life than I never did before. Still, somewhere deep inside of me there's always been a small voice that had me questioning. Doubting.
No matter what I seemed to do, I couldn't shake that voice. Even as I booked new work, signed new clients and coached others to new levels of success, in quiet moments alone in my studio, sometimes I'd doubt myself and my ability.
Coaching others to think positively is part of my business, but I'll be the first to tell you, it's not always easy to do.
When I walked into the WhisperRoom at Antland Productions, I was nervous, timid and unsure of myself.
When I walked out at the end of the day, I was inspired, encouraged and, most importantly, confident. Credit to Uncle Roy.
Don't ask me how – I've yet to figure it out and may never – but, somehow, he pulled reads out me I had no idea I had. Reads I'd never delivered since recording my first voice over in 1995!
When I told him I couldn't, he'd push back. Not aggressively, but gently, with humour and, dare I say, a little love. He knew just how to coach and direct to stretch me in a way that challenged me to find a voice I'd not previously discovered. Not a character, to be clear. Rather, my own voice. Used to it's fullest potential.
Even his wife Cheryl, while sitting around the table in the "train room," chimed in to challenge me. "I think you should have him read the Polo spot," she said to Uncle Roy.
"What's the polo spot," I inquired?
"We've already got too much material," Uncle Roy pointed out.
In the booth, I fought it (like in this outtake clip). Those deep down seeds of doubt seeking a little light. Uncle Roy paid me and my protests no mind. Cheryl said we should do the spot. We were doing the spot.
It took a while. It wasn't pretty. God bless Uncle Roy, who may be the most patient man on the planet. Even after a full day of recording all the scripts they'd prepared for me, delivering styles I'd never delivered before, at 9pm, we we're back at it finding something else in me.
When the final demo is delivered, I may not recognize myself; unquestionably though, I'll be proud of myself!
Yes, there was recording. There were plenty of laughs (XLR Condom, anyone?). People following our adventures on Facebook may have questioned if we were actually doing any work at all!
There was Chinese food like I'd never tasted from Wo Hop. Sign me up for more French Toast bagels with fried eggs. Mouth-watering thin crust pizza and Shrimp Parm Heroes will most certainly bring me back to Bloomfield! Authentic New York Cheesecake has probably ruined all other cheesecake for me.
Pez breaks happened frequently. If you've recorded at Uncle Roy's you'll get this. If you haven't, go and you will!
I stood in awe of an Emmy trophy, and posed for a photo with it. When I sent my brother-in-law a picture of an original animation cell from a Cookie Crisp commercial Uncle Roy worked on, Uncle Roy became his hero too.
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I drove over the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. I saw the sites in Manhattan. If there's a more spectacular skyline than NYC at night, I'd like to see it.
Who wouldn't want to ride in a '38 Plymouth? Heads turn on every street corner, from every store window. People gawk in awe. They smile. Wave. Nod their heads in approval. I felt like a king!
Yes, recording a demo with Uncle Roy is indeed an experience.
An experience that transformed me into a voice actor, not just a voice talent.
I've been doing voice work since 1995. When I'm not recording jobs, sending auditions, working on demos or writing new posts, you might find me on a fire truck. I'm proud to serve my community as a Volunteer Firefighter.


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With varying degrees of lustre and shine, the range of hides are perfect as large rugs and wall panelling as well as for furniture, recently being used in such high-profile projects as the APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) fit out, where a Mokka/Spiga Techno Coloured patchwork rug was used, and the new Red Bull offices, where the Van Gogh Red on Black patchwork rug was used.
The range includes natural colours such as Black and White, Brown and White, Tri-Colour, Solid Black, White Bellies, Dark, Medium and Light Exotic. However, the Techno Coloured rugs also offer a punch of colour, being specially dyed using friendly mineral dyes, and are natural, mellow and silky to the touch.
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What changes will be there in Britain's currency, stamps and national anthem after the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
by wronghatofficial September 9, 2022 Leave a Comment on What changes will be there in Britain's currency, stamps and national anthem after the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday aged 96 after being placed under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle, her Scottish estate, earlier in the day.
Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen in 1952 and has reigned for the last 70 years. In 1960 she was the first monarch to have an image on British paper banknotes.
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The Bank of England said banknotes bearing Queen Elizabeth II's likeness would continue to be considered legal money to be exchanged. He said he would make another announcement about the country's existing banknotes "once the mourning period has been observed.
first monarch to appear on Bank of England banknotes, iconic portraits of the Queen are synonymous with some of the most important work we do," it said in a statement.
Photographs of the Queen on paper money are also a method against counterfeiting, as According to the Bank of England, it is easier to spot changes in facial features than inanimate objects.
"Current notes bearing the likeness of Her Majesty the Queen remain legal tender. Further announcements will be made on existing Bank of England notes once the mourning period has ended," reads the press release.
It has been a tradition on coins since the reign of King Charles II for photographs of new monarchs to face in opposite directions to their predecessors. Therefore, King Carlos III would face to the left, in contrast to his mother Isabel's coins, whose images face to the right.
As the world mourns the loss of Britain's longest-serving monarch, what will happen to the national anthem, currency and postage stamps after the death of the Queen?
The Queen marked the beginning of many "firsts" for the British monarchy, notably being the first monarch to have her image featured on Bank of England notes.
In an official statement, the bank announced that the coin featuring the Queen's image will remain in circulation for the time being. Possible changes will be announced after the official dual period.
"God Save The King" was a patriotic song first performed publicly in London in 1745 and became popular as the national anthem in the early 19th century," the website reads.
The Royal Family's official website also states that "queen" in the national anthem will be replaced by "queen" depending on who rules, as evidenced by the change to "God Save the Queen" when Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952.
The lyrics will likely return to 'God Save the King', but the royal family has not given an official statement as to when that will happen.
In addition to currency, the Queen also appeared on British postage stamps during her reign. According to the Royal Mail Group, "All the postage stamps created during her reign showed an image of Queen Elizabeth II." Of course, it also appeared on limited edition stamps commemorating special occasions such as royal events, anniversaries, anniversaries, weddings and birthdays.
The Royal Mail Group announced on its website that unused stamps bearing the Queen's image are still valid. Issue stamps, including a set planned for later this year, will continue to be issued "although release dates are subject to change."
King Charles III. will no doubt have its own stamp at some point, but out of respect for the Queen, the Royal Mail Group will, after consultation with Buckingham Palace, "announce future stamp issues in due course".
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Q: Is the order of two siblings implementation dependent? If I have an XML document like this one:
<people>
    <person>
        <name> Mario </name>
        <age> 25 </age>
    </person>
    <person>
        <name> Lucas </name>
        <age> 32 </age>
    </person>
</people>

Is always guaranteed that in the document order, Mario occurs before Lucas? so Lucas is always a following sibling of Mario, or it's implementation dependent?

A: Unlike with attributes, where order is insignificant according to the XML Recommendation:

Note that the order of attribute specifications in a start-tag or
  empty-element tag is not significant.

Element order is significant in XML.
However, surprisingly, the XML Recommendation makes no clear, explicit declaration regarding the significance of element order in general.  The grammar implies that element ordering is significant, but, unlike for attributes, there is no explicit statement regarding the significance of the order of elements.
There is the following statement in the case of Element Type Declarations:

Definition: In this case, the constraint includes a content model, a
  simple grammar governing the allowed types of the child elements and
  the order in which they are allowed to appear.

But this is in reference to DTD element type declarations.  XSDs can similarly declare that ordering is significant (via xsd:sequence) or insignificant (via xsd:all) for document validity.  Order still may or may not matter to any given application -- that's up to the application.  [Thanks to @C. M. Sperberg-McQueen for his helpful clarification between the difference of relevance to validity versus to any given application's purpose.]
The significance of element ordering is addressed in XML Information Set Recommendation in Section 2.2 Element Information Items:

An element information item has the following properties:
[...]

*[children] An ordered list of child information items, in document
  order. This list contains element, processing instruction, unexpanded
  entity reference, character, and comment information items, one for
  each element, processing instruction, reference to an unprocessed
  external entity, data character, and comment appearing immediately
  within the current element. If the element is empty, this list has no
  members.

A: Although, as @kjhughes says, the XML Recommendation doesn't explicitly say so, all the APIs and tools built on top of XML assume that element order is significant, and is retained by the parser and reported to the application.
After all, you wouldn't want the paragraphs in a Word document randomly shuffled. (And it's probably because the XML designers were focussed on modelling documents that they failed to say anything: it was just so obvious it didn't need saying.)


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Speaking at the SAE World Congress in Detroit last week, SAE President Neil Schilke encouraged the audience to get more involved in the organization by appealing to their pocketbooks. 'When you consider the cost of membership, SAE is the bargain basement of opportunity for you to get involved in the future of the automotive community,' said Schilke, a General Motors engineering executive. 'I look at it as the Costco of technical societies.'
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But, alas, a slowing metabolism and a growing awareness of lipids has sent me seeking butter substitutes in my baking.
So I was curious to try Greek yogurt. Cassie Johnston's book, "Cooking with Greek Yogurt," is full of chatty advice and healthy recipes that run the gamut from soups to desserts.
I chose to try Lemon Poppyseed Cupcakes since I read that baking with Greek yogurt imparts a tangy flavor similar to buttermilk, which I thought would enhance anything lemon-based.
I was right. The cupcakes are moist and flavorful, although not quite as tender as a butter-based recipe. (The batter calls for just 2 tablespoons butter.) And I can't dismiss the impact the lemon buttercream frosting (made with a stick of butter) had on the final product.
But knowing I saved 72 calories and 9 grams of fat per cupcake by using low-fat Greek yogurt rather than butter in the batter made a favorable and healthy impression.
The recipe says it makes 12 servings, but in fact it yielded 20 standard-size cupcakes – good, since these were tasty – but not precise.
I used Cabot's low-fat yogurt and give the instructions for the yield I got. The recipe did not specifically call for low-fat, but Johnston made her nutritional comparisons in the book's preface based on low-fat yogurt, and it worked fine here.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Fill 20 muffin tin cups with cupcake liners or spray with cooking spray.
To make the cupcakes, in a bowl, mix sugar, yogurt, eggs, lemon zest and juice, butter and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, mixing until combined after each addition. Stir in the poppyseeds.
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling the cups two-thirds full. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from oven and let cool completely.
To make the frosting, mix together the butter and sugar until smooth. Add in the lemon juice, vanilla and salt and continue to beat at a high speed until light and fluffy. Pipe or spread onto cooled cupcakes.


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Refugee girls let their cultures shine through in fashion show
Ayan Yusuf, 16, of Somalia, foreground, with Zuhur Ahmed, 15, center, and her sister Sumya Ahmed, 17, both from Kenya, are dressed in native costume waiting to walk the runway at a fashion show Sunday in Leucadia featuring young women who are recent refugees to the U.S.
(Bill Wechter / San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Pam Kragen
Leucadia —
Two years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Sarah Ansari launched Artizara, a San Diego-based modest Muslim fashion line designed to showcase the positivity and diversity of Muslim immigrants like herself who have made America their home.
On Sunday, the Pakistan-born designer passed her message on through a new generation of immigrant girls who arrived in San Diego from refugee camps in Africa, Asia and the Middle East over the past six years.
In a fashion show for about 150 guests at Ansari's oceanfront home in Leucadia, the outdoor catwalk was shared by 11 professional models sporting Artizara's spring 2019 fashion line and 10 local immigrant girls wearing the colorful cultural costumes of their home countries.
Refugee Girls Academy members, from left, sisters Sumya and Zuhur Ahmed of Kenya, Ayan Yusuf of Somalia and Nangolie Lembe of Congo walk the catwalk in their cultural costumes at the Artizara fashion show in Leucadia on Sunday.
Kicking off the show on Sunday with a brief speech was 18-year-old Habon Hassan, whose Somali family spent six years in a Kenyan refugee camp before arriving in San Diego in 2014. Now a senior at Crawford High School, she will start college next fall with the goal of becoming an obstetrician-gynecologist.
Hassan said that in 2018, just 1,200 international refugees arrived in San Diego, a city with a population of more than 1.4 million. As a result, most San Diegans may never encounter a new refugee so Hassan said locals don't have a "reference point" for relating to the newcomers.
"Refugees are coming from all over the world," she said. "They wear different clothes, they come from different backgrounds and they eat different foods … but all of them have the same goal — to contribute to society."
Nesteha Hassen, 17, of Ethiopia, left, and Ywahay Moo, 16, of Thailand, are dressed in a native costume waiting to walk the runway at a fashion show Sunday in Leucadia featuring young women who are recent refugees to the U.S. photo by Bill Wechter
Hassan is one of 90 young women enrolled in the International Rescue Committee's Refugee Girls Academy in San Diego, which was the beneficiary of all ticket sales on Sunday. Founded three years ago in City Heights, it's an after-school program that provides empowerment, social, emotional, financial and career training to recently arrived refugee girls.
Most of the academy members arrived in San Diego within the past two years from Ethiopia, Syria, Uganda, Tanzania, Thailand, Kenya, Somalia and Congo.
The yearlong program is offered at Crawford and Hoover high schools in San Diego and at El Cajon Valley High School. It's also offered for youth who are not in school, ages 16 to 24, at the El Cajon office of the International Rescue Committee.
Refugee Girls Academy Coordinator Allison Ware said the program was developed to provide these young women with the tools they'll need to survive, thrive and compete equitably in their newly adopted home country.
The girls learn skills like goal-setting, perseverance, career and college preparation, boundary-setting and social justice, as well as how to have healthy relationship with peers, family members and romantic partners.
Academy member Halimo Yero, 16, immigrated to San Diego from Ethiopia in 2013. The Crawford High student said the biggest challenge she faced when she arrived was learning English and overcoming her shyness.
"The program has really helped me to become more outgoing and confident," said Yero, who volunteered as a greeter at Sunday's fashion show.
Sarah Ansari, CEO of Artizara modest fashion brand, opens an outdoor fashion show at her home in Leucadia on Sunday. The show featured students from the International Rescue Committee's Refugee Girls Academy.
Ansari invited the academy students to take part in Sunday's fashion show after being invited last fall to speak to the girls about careers in fashion. In a follow-up discussion between the girls and Artizara employees, Ansari said they came to a shared conclusion about what fashion means to them.
"The clothes we wear are so much more than fashion," Ansari said. "They are like a second skin. They are a powerful symbol of who we are. They speak about us before we ever open our mouths. They represent not only our personal sense of style but also our mood, culture, values and identity."
Ansari grew up in Pakistan where math, not fashion, was her passion. After earning her MBA, she and her husband, cardiologist Athar Ansari, moved to the U.S. in 1990. They settled in Los Angeles, where she worked in banking and finance before they moved to San Diego in 1999. They now split their time between homes in Alpine and Leucadia.
In 2003, she launched Artizara with a fellow Muslim woman friend who was an engineer at Qualcomm. Both had been frustrated over the difficulty of finding attractive modest professional attire. Ansari doesn't wear a hijab or headscarf, but she also doesn't wear short skirts or short-sleeved tops.
Thanks to write-ups in the Washington Post and New York Times, Artizara took off. Ansari bought out her partner and gradually developed and positioned the brand to become one of the top emerging modesty fashion and lifestyle brands in the world.
The company's extensive product line includes floor-length kaftan-style dresses, long-sleeved tunics and pants, turbans, head and neck scarves, men's and children's wear, purses, jewelry, throw pillows and wall art.
Artizara's designs are based on classical Islamic art and poetry. The spring 2019 line was inspired by the words of Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi poet.
"His poetry focuses on love and the opening of one's heart to the universe around us," Ansari said. "I think our collaboration with our inspiring volunteers did just that."
A model walks the runway at the Artizara fashion show Sunday in Leucadia featuring young women who are recent refugees to the U.S. photo by Bill Wechter
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While in South America, I was touched by the sacrifices made by many of our Saints to have their families sealed to them for eternity. I shed tears of gratitude as I heard some of the experiences recounted.
One of our stake presidents brought his family to the São Paulo Temple from Lima, Peru. It is normally a nine-day bus ride, but, because of bus strikes and other problems, the journey took them fourteen days of travel.
Upon their arrival at São Paulo, the family went to the first session they could, and the sealing ceremony was performed. Then they immediately prepared to leave. The temple president asked them if they were staying the night. The father replied that the family had to leave immediately since they did not have sufficient money for lodging and food. He said that they would have to travel several days without food as it was. That represents the spirit of sacrifice of many of our Saints worldwide.
No sacrifice is too great to have the blessings of an eternal marriage. I testify to you that this is a day of sacrifice, that it is part of the Lord's plan to bless us, His children. I pray that we will do as the Psalmist exhorted—"offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put [our] trust in the Lord" (Ps. 4:5).


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Whose debt is it anyway?
I've posted on the GERW figures previously, and particularly on the fact that what they show relates only to the position of Wales as a part of the UK, and tells us little about the position in which Wales would find itself as an independent state. The overall figures necessarily include estimates for some items of expenditure where the actual cost to Wales cannot be separately identified.
One of those is the cost of servicing the national debt. As part of the UK, Wales is assumed to bear a part of that cost, and the simplest and easiest assumption to make is that the proportion notionally allocated to Wales should be based on the population of Wales as a proportion of the population of the UK, so an assumption is made that around 5% of the cost is attributable to Wales.
That isn't the only way of doing it, however. We could assume that it should be done on the basis of share of GDP; given that Wales lags behind the UK average in terms of GDP that would reduce the share attributable to Wales. We could do it on the basis of share of directly attributable public expenditure – given that identifiable spend per head in Wales is higher, that would increase the share attributable to Wales.
But all of those methods relate to assessing the position of Wales within the UK. What would be the position of Wales at independence in relation to the national debt of the UK? Most nationalists – eminently reasonable people – have tended to assume that Wales would take a share, probably on the basis of population. But again, that isn't the only option.
If we look at history, we could ask ourselves one simple question – of all of the countries which have over the last 250 years gained independence from the UK or the British Empire, how many of them took on any part of the national debt of the colonial power? The Thirteen Colonies of the US? Australia? India? Ireland? I don't believe that there is a single example of any country gaining its independence which has agreed to take a share of the national debt of the colonial power over and above any debt built up by any pre-existing local administration prior to independence. And I'm pretty sure that the same applies to the former possessions of Spain, Portugal, France etc., as well as those of the UK. Indeed, at the time of the Scottish independence referendum, the UK Treasury itself made it clear that it was ultimately responsible for the whole of the UK's debt.
What actually happens will be the result of negotiation at the time; but perhaps our starting point should be rather lower than many are assuming – only debt actually incurred by the Welsh Government itself. It would make a significant difference to the economics of independence. And before anyone claims that that is tantamount to avoiding our obligations, let's just remind ourselves – who is it that prevents the Welsh Government from borrowing as it sees fit, and therefore constrains the economic development in Wales which would be required to repay debt?
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'..... who is it that prevents the Welsh Government from borrowing as it sees fit, and therefore constrains the economic development in Wales which would be required to repay debt?'
It's precisely the people who will have to pay the debt back in the event of any default. Very much standard practice!
John Dixon said...
It's the taxpayers, all of us, who have to pay back debt ultimately. The question is about which taxpayes under which administration. I think that the Welsh Government (and therefore the Welsh taxpayers) should be responsible for repaying debt incurred by the Welsh Government. What part of that gives you a problem?
No problem with that, absolutely none at all. Just as long as those responsible for such investments can be held to account, through usual democratic and legal means.
Few things would please me more...
Wrong. Bank of England is in the process of monetising huge amounts of uk govt debt. Taxpayers never repay the debt.
Cymru Rydd said...
Good points John. It should form a central plank of the independence argument for Wales, based as you say on historical precedence. When, or when is this argument going to be forwarded for Wales? I really despair of Plaid Cymru's cowardice on this matter. We constantly hear from unionists about this £15 billion gap between taxes raised in Wales and money spent here. What are our nationalist AM's/PM's doing to counter this argument. 3 simple things they could do right now:
1) Conduct an audit to show exactly where many companies in Wales pay their taxes( no prizes for guessing where a great of our money ends up).
2) Estimate the exact worth of Wales being able to make full use of our natural resources and charge an equitable rate for these resources( water, wind, wave power).
3) Flag up the Independence Dividend. I.e, How many new services, organisations and jobs would be created on the back of a new found national confidence. And how many Welsh people would be encouraged to return to Wales to be part of such a new national future. I would like to think that a new agency "Come Home to Cymru" could be part of such a drive.
Any news on the YES Cymru front? I seem to recall you were part of the launch, but it's been very quiet of late........
I'm not sure exactly which part of the post/comments you were responding to, but:
"Taxpayers never repay the debt". Actually, that's not exactly true, although I'll accept that the statement that they do was an over-simplification. Sometimes it gets repaid and the debt reduces; sometimes it gets 'repaid' by reborrowing elsewhere, and sometimes it gets 'repaid' by monetary expansion or inflation. But the point you make is a good reminder of why the national debt is not at all like household debt in the way that the ideologues demanding debt reduction claim; governments have more alternatives open to them than households.
Cymru Rydd 22:15,
Charging 'an equitable rate for these resources' is fanciful. We can only charge what someone else is willing to pay. And invariably it is nowhere near as much as we'd hoped.
Recalculate (just as the Scottish are having to do). You might get a shock.
Anon 10:22
I wouldn't agree that "Charging 'an equitable rate for these resources' is fanciful." I'm entirely convinced that there is scope for leveraging our natural resources in a way which brings more benefit to the people here in Wales than we currently get. Having said that, if you'd simply said that we'd probably get rather less than we might wish or hope, then I'd have to agree. I read a piece by Martin Shipton in the Western Mail a few months ago where he demolished the notion that Wales could pay for independence by charging more for water. He was right - but his starting supposition (that nationalists believe that charging more for water is enough to pay for independence) was an unrealistic straw man. Demolishing arguments which no-one is making is easy. The facile (and correct) argument that charging more for water isn't enough ignores the underlying point that one of (and I stress 'one of') the things that independence can give us is the opportunity to gain more direct benefit from our own natural resources. Water is one; renewable energy is another.
Talk of selling 'water' is equally fanciful. No-one will ever want to buy it because it costs way too much to move around. It's just too damn heavy. Okay, a neighbouring county perhaps, in times of severe drought, but across another country, on a semi permanent basis, no way (Malaysia/Singapore being the exception)!
We need business and businesses and we need entrepreneurs to keep creating businesses. And we need a highly educated, skilled workforce. No, not steel makers, welders, builders or famers. Scientists, engineers, technologists and the like. Properly skilled people.
At the moment our efforts are completely mis-directed!
I think you're unnecessarily dismissive about the idea of selling water. Any commodity which is plentiful in some places and scarce in others can be sold; and as for moving it around, there have been proposals in the past for a 'water grid' across much of the UK to move water to where it's needed. And as the climate changes, those places which have a surfeit of the stuff might well find others envying their riches and being willing to pay rather more for it. What's fanciful is not the principle of selling it, but the idea that the amount raised would, in itself, be sufficient to make a huge difference to Wales' economic situation. That's why I tried to broaden the issue out a bit; Wales has natural resources from which we are not currently getting the maximum benefit. Changing that is one of the things we can do to improve our situation. But it's far from being the only thing we need to do. Leveraging our resources better and creating new businesses aren't mutually exclusive.
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Celebrate a St. Marys Icon with a Series of Imaginative Events
Community, Top StoriesBy Indy February 21, 2019
"20 on the Trestle" to mark anniversary of Grand Trunk Trail Twenty years ago, vision and community spirit turned a relic of the past into a centerpiece of our town. Now, it's time to celebrate that St. Marys icon: the Grand Trunk Trail. In the mid-1990s, the Town of St. Marys purchased the then-abandoned CN…
LFPS 'Me to We' donates to Rotary's Global Literacy Project
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St. Marys not getting a cannabis store
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Jr. boys bow out in quarter-finals
Finish sixth overall in H-P with 5-5 record LISTOWEL – The DCVI Junior boys basketball team lost a very fast-paced game against a well-prepared Lightning team 54-30, here on the afternoon of Feb. 8. The Salukis fell behind 14-3 by the end of the first quarter and could not close the gap from there in…
Comeback puts G&CC Atoms in quarter-finals
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U-12 Regional Snipers claim silver medals in Richmond Hill
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Goalies, coaches needed for Lincs' Alumni roster
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Child & Birth Injury Lawyer > Crib, Toy & Child Product Recall Updates from Lawyer Jeffrey Killino > Product Recalls > Bassettbaby drop-side crib recalled for suffocation hazard
Bassettbaby drop-side crib recalled for suffocation hazard
Over the past year, I've alerted readers of this blog to numerous recalls related to various children's products, whether they are high chairs or toys. Unfortunately, that trend continues today with yet another recall of an all-too familiar baby product—drop side cribs.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Bassettbaby drop-side cribs and says the problem is the same it has had with other drop-side cribs–children can become trapped and possibly suffocate.
Consumers are urged to stop using this product, which was sold by Bassett Furniture Industries of Bassett, Virginia and were manufactured in various countries including China, Croatia, Slovenia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
As many as 90.000 of the drop-side cribs are involved in the recall and reported incidents include a child becoming trapped between the mattress and drop-side of the crib. The company has also received more than 100 reports of the crib's hardware breaking during use or when it was being put together.
Here's The Problem
The CPSC says basically the unit's drop-side rail can malfunction and actually detach. This creates a gap where a child can fall into and become caught and possibly suffocate or get strangled.
This particular brand of drop-side cribs was sold at various stores all over the country from January 2000 through August of this year.
What should Parents Do?
Parents and caregivers should contact Bassettbaby for a free kit that will immobilize the drop side of the crib. Also, as a note of caution, parents should not try to repair the drop-side portion of the crib, since some babies have actually died where someone tried to make a repair on their own.
It should be noted that exactly one year ago today, the government issued the biggest recall of drop-side cribs. That recall involved more than 2 million units. Since then there has been a call to completely ban drop-side cribs because of the potential danger they pose.
Attorney Jeffrey Killino's focus is on keeping kids safe and knows problems associated with your children through no fault of their own is a very serious matter and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If you believe your child was injured or has developed a serious illness as a result of a recalled, faulty or dangerous product, please recalled baby product attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927 today.