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package edu.cloudy.layout.packing;

import edu.cloudy.geom.SWCPoint;
import edu.cloudy.geom.SWCRectangle;
import edu.cloudy.layout.BaseLayoutAlgo;
import edu.cloudy.layout.LayoutResult;
import edu.cloudy.layout.MDSAlgo;
import edu.cloudy.layout.overlaps.ForceDirectedOverlapRemoval;
import edu.cloudy.layout.overlaps.ForceDirectedUniformity;
import edu.cloudy.utils.Logger;

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

/**
 * June 21, 2014
 * @author spupyrev
 */
public class ForceDirectedPackingAlgo extends BaseLayoutAlgo
{
    private static final int MAX_ITERATIONS = 500;

    private static final double MAX_STEP = 500;
    private static final double MIN_STEP = 1;
    private static final double MIN_RELATIVE_POSITION_CHANGE = 0.00005;
    private static final double MIN_RELATIVE_ENERGY_CHANGE = 0.00001;
    private static final double COOLING_FACTOR = 0.9;

    public ForceDirectedPackingAlgo()
    {
    }

    @Override
    protected void run()
    {
        //initial layout
        LayoutResult initialLayout = new MDSAlgo(false).layout(wordGraph);
        IntStream.range(0, words.length).forEach(i -> wordPositions[i] = initialLayout.getWordPosition(words[i]));

        runFDAdjustments();

        //postprocessing
        new ForceDirectedOverlapRemoval<SWCRectangle>(5000).run(wordPositions);
        new ForceDirectedUniformity<SWCRectangle>().run(wordPositions);
    }

    private PackingCostCalculator costCalculator;

    private void runFDAdjustments()
    {
        double step = MAX_STEP;
        double energy = Double.MAX_VALUE;

        FDPNode[] x = new FDPNode[words.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++)
            x[i] = new FDPNode(wordPositions[i], i);

        costCalculator = new PackingCostCalculator(computeBoundingBox(x), similarity);

        int iter = 0;
        while (iter++ < MAX_ITERATIONS)
        {
            SWCPoint[] oldX = new SWCPoint[x.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++)
                oldX[i] = new SWCPoint(x[i].getCenter());

            boolean progress = tryMoveNodes(x, step);
            if (!progress)
            {
                Logger.println("no progress after iteration " + iter);
                break;
            }

            if (iter % 3 == 0)
            {
                double oldEnergy = energy;
                energy = costCalculator.cost(x);
                step = updateMaxStep(step, oldEnergy, energy);
            }

            /*if (iter % 50 == 0)
            {
                Logger.println("energy after " + iter + " iteration: " + energy);
                Logger.println("max step: " + step);
            }*/

            if (step < MIN_STEP || converged(step, oldX, x))
            {
                Logger.println("FDPacking converged after iteration " + iter);
                break;
            }
        }

        /*Logger.println("FDPacking done " + iter + " iterations");
        Logger.println("final energy " + costCalculator.cost(x));
        Logger.println("final Repulsive " + costCalculator.repulsiveCost(x));
        Logger.println("final Center " + costCalculator.centerCost(x));
        Logger.println("final Boundary " + costCalculator.boundaryCost(x));
        Logger.println("final Semantic " + costCalculator.semanticCost(x));*/
    }

    private SWCRectangle computeBoundingBox(FDPNode[] x)
    {
        double area = 0;
        double sumx = 0, sumy = 0;
        for (FDPNode rect : x)
        {
            area += rect.getArea();
            sumx += rect.getCenterX();
            sumy += rect.getCenterY();
        }

        sumx /= x.length;
        sumy /= x.length;
        area *= 2.25;

        double width = Math.sqrt(aspectRatio * area);
        double height = area / width;

        return new SWCRectangle(sumx - width / 2, sumy - height / 2, width, height);
    }

    private boolean tryMoveNodes(FDPNode[] x, double step)
    {
        boolean progress = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++)
        {
            if (tryMoveNode(x, i, step))
                progress = true;
        }

        return progress;
    }

    private boolean tryMoveNode(FDPNode[] x, int index, double maxStep)
    {
        SWCPoint direction = buildDirection(x, index);
        if (direction.length() < 1e-6)
            return false;

        double stepLength = buildStepLength(x, index, direction, maxStep);
        if (stepLength < MIN_STEP)
        {
            //try random direction
            direction = SWCPoint.random();
            stepLength = buildStepLength(x, index, direction, maxStep);
            if (stepLength < MIN_STEP)
                return false;
        }

        direction.scale(stepLength);
        x[index].move(direction.x(), direction.y());
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the optimal direction to improve the layout energy
     */
    private SWCPoint buildDirection(FDPNode[] x, int index)
    {
        SWCPoint force = new SWCPoint();
        force.add(costCalculator.boundaryForce(x, index));
        force.add(costCalculator.repulsiveForce(x, index));
        force.add(costCalculator.centerForce(x, index));
        force.add(costCalculator.semanticForce(x, index));

        if (force.length() < 0.1)
            return new SWCPoint();
        force.normalize();

        return force;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the optimal length of a movement along the given direction to improve the layout energy
     */
    private double buildStepLength(FDPNode[] x, int index, SWCPoint direction, double maxStep)
    {
        double stepLength = MIN_STEP;

        SWCPoint np = new SWCPoint(x[index].getCenter());
        np.add(new SWCPoint(direction).scale(stepLength));
        double costGain = costGain(x, index, np);
        if (costGain < 0.01)
            return 0;

        while (2 * stepLength <= MAX_STEP)
        {
            SWCPoint np2 = new SWCPoint(x[index].getCenter());
            np2.add(new SWCPoint(direction).scale(stepLength * 2));
            double newCostGain = costGain(x, index, np2);
            if (newCostGain <= costGain)
                break;

            stepLength *= 2;
            costGain = newCostGain;
        }

        return stepLength;
    }

    /**
     * Computes cost delta when moving the node
     * the cost is negative if the new position overlaps obstacles
     */
    private double costGain(FDPNode[] x, int index, SWCPoint newPosition)
    {
        double MInf = -12345678.0;
        double boundGain = costCalculator.boundaryCostGain(x, index, newPosition);
        if (boundGain < MInf)
            return MInf;
        double centerGain = costCalculator.centerCostGain(x, index, newPosition);
        if (centerGain < MInf)
            return MInf;
        double repGain = costCalculator.repulsiveCostGain(x, index, newPosition);
        if (repGain < MInf)
            return MInf;
        double semGain = costCalculator.semanticCostGain(x, index, newPosition);

        return repGain + boundGain + centerGain + semGain;
    }

    int stepsWithProgress = 0;

    private double updateMaxStep(double step, double oldEnergy, double newEnergy)
    {
        if (newEnergy < oldEnergy && (oldEnergy - newEnergy) / oldEnergy > MIN_RELATIVE_ENERGY_CHANGE)
        {
            stepsWithProgress++;
            if (stepsWithProgress >= 5)
            {
                stepsWithProgress = 0;
                step = Math.min(MAX_STEP, step / COOLING_FACTOR);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            stepsWithProgress = 0;
            step *= COOLING_FACTOR;
        }

        return step;
    }

    /// stop SA if relative changes are small
    private boolean converged(double step, SWCPoint[] oldx, FDPNode[] newx)
    {
        double num = 0, den = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < oldx.length; i++)
        {
            SWCPoint p = new SWCPoint(oldx[i]);
            p.subtract(newx[i].getCenter());

            num += p.lengthSquared();
            den += oldx[i].lengthSquared();
        }

        double res = Math.sqrt(num / den);
        return (res < MIN_RELATIVE_POSITION_CHANGE);
    }

}

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"Hugely Exciting" Discovery Finds Possible Root Cause of Asthma, Could Lead to a Cure
HomeHealth "Hugely Exciting" Discovery Finds Possible Root Cause of Asthma, Could Lead to a Cure
NDTV Food
Asthma affects nearly 300 million people worldwide and while it is well controlled in some people, around one-in-twelve patients respond poorly to current treatments. In a major breakthrough that could lead to a cure for asthma within five years, researchers have found that a protein could be at the root of the condition. The study also revealed that a drug originally designed to treat the bone disease osteoporosis could lead to new therapy for asthma.
Published in Science Translational Medicine journal, University researchers, working in collaboration with scientists at King's College London and the Mayo Clinic (USA), describe the previously unproven role of the calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) in causing asthma, a disease which affects 300 million people worldwide.
The researchers found that a protein called calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) plays an important role in causing asthma. They used mouse models of asthma and human airway tissue from asthmatic and non-asthmatic people to reach the findings. Crucially, the paper highlights the effectiveness of a class of drugs known as calcilytics in manipulating CaSR to reverse all symptoms associated with the condition.
"Our findings are incredibly exciting," said the principal investigator, Professor Daniela Riccardi, from the School of Biosciences. "For the first time we have found a link airways inflammation, which can be caused by environmental triggers - such as allergens, cigarette smoke and car fumes - and airways twitchiness in allergic asthma.
Our paper shows how these triggers release chemicals that activate CaSR in airway tissue and drive asthma symptoms like airway twitchiness, inflammation, and narrowing. Using calcilytics, nebulized directly into the lungs, we show that it is possible to deactivate CaSR and prevent all of these symptoms.
If we can prove that calcilytics are safe when administered directly to the lung in people, then in five years we could be in a position to treat patients and also potentially stop asthma from happening in the first place."
Dr Samantha Walker, Director of Research and Policy at Asthma UK, who helped fund the research, said, "This hugely exciting discovery enables us, for the first time, to tackle the underlying causes of asthma symptoms. Five per cent of people with asthma don't respond to current treatments so research breakthroughs could be life changing for hundreds of thousands of people.
"If this research proves successful we may be just a few years away from a new treatment for asthma, and we urgently need further investment to take it further through clinical trials. Asthma research is chronically underfunded; there have only been a handful of new treatments developed in the last 50 years so the importance of investment in research like this is absolutely essential."
According to Cardiff Professor Paul Kemp, who co-authored the study, the identification of CaSR in airway tissue means that the potential for treatment of other inflammatory lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis, for which currently there exists no cure. It is predicted that by 2020 these diseases will be the third biggest killers worldwide.
With inputs from IANS and Cardiff University
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text:
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using Agiil.Tests.Autofixture;
using AutoFixture;
using AutoFixture.NUnit3;

namespace Agiil.Tests.Attributes
{
    public class FromDiAttribute : CustomizeAttribute
    {
        public override ICustomization GetCustomization(ParameterInfo parameter)
            => new FromDiCustomization(parameter.ParameterType, parameter.Name);
    }
}


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Q: @JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd") not working as expected My application is failing to format date input. I am using com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat
Json Input:
"startDate": "2019-08-07"

Member variable defined in my class:
@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd")
private LocalDate startDate;

Dependencies:
    compile('com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.10.0')
    compile('com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.0')
    compile('com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.10.0')

Exception seen:
Field error in object 'searchCriteriaDTO' on field 'startDate': rejected value [2019-08-07]; codes [typeMismatch.searchCriteriaDTO.startDate,typeMismatch.startDate,typeMismatch.java.time.LocalDate,typeMismatch]; arguments [org.springframework.context.support.DefaultMessageSourceResolvable: codes [searchCriteriaDTO.startDate,startDate]; arguments []; default message [startDate]]; default message [Failed to convert property value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'java.time.LocalDate' for property 'startDate'; nested exception is org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException: Failed to convert from type [java.lang.String] to type [@com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat java.time.LocalDate] for value '2019-08-07'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parse attempt failed for value [2019-08-07]]

Has anyone experienced this issue before? Any help is appreciated.

A: Did you perhaps forget to register the JavaTimeModule with the ObjectMapper?
om.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());

I don't recognize the exact error message, but de/seriliazation works OK for me with LocalDate and JavaTimeModule; perhaps spring-boot doesn't automatically register Jackson Databind Modules.
And, btw, I don't think the annotation is needed, since ISO date format is the default.

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Diverse YA books one reader wishes she had discovered as an actual young adult.
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One reader on realising how white her reading lists have been, and vowing to do better with reading and diversity.
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The success of the Check, Please! Year Two Kickstarter is an important moment for the diversity of comics.
Before the internet and #BlackGirlMagic, this picture book helped one Rioter love her blackness.


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Chris Young who was backstage at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas at the time a gunman opened fire early Oct. 2, has been keeping fans abreast of the situation via social media since the tragedy's first moments. However, he hasn't made a formal statement since the event, only managing a shocked "I'm not gonna say anything else other than I'm lucky to be alive," tweet on Oct. 2.
The singer finally decided to speak out on Oct. 4, posting a video briefly discussing the event.
"People lost their lives, people were injured, and I'm so heartbroken over that," he said. "My thoughts are with those families and everyone who had to go through that ordeal. That should never happen at a concert.
"I hugged my family and talked about what I was going to do this week as far as the show I'm going to play tonight, but I'm a musician and music can heal."
Young was scheduled to play the Big Fresno Fair in Fresno, Calif. Oct. 4.
The singer utilized social media at the very beginning moments of the tragedy to describe the chaos. "Spent I don't know how long on the floor of a trailer behind the stage ... know multiple people are dead. Listening to that gunfire ..." he tweeted. "I'm literally shaking still."


It's a time-honoured Canadian summer ritual: a weekend spent at a cottage by the lake. Architectural Technology Grads Nathan Buhler and Jorge Torres have created a modern way to enjoy nature in style with The Bunkie, a fusion of function and design that has generated buzz at home and internationally.
Called a highly functional, transformative space in elegant form" by Canadian Interiors, The Bunkie is complete with fireplace and built-in Murphy beds. The prefabricated structure is shipped flat, and, at just under 10 square metres, The Bunkie doesn't require a building permit. Unveiled at the IIDEX interior design show in Toronto last November, the structure has garnered interest from as far away as Finland and Japan.
Co-founders of Toronto design firm, BLDG Workshop, Nathan and Jorge created The Bunkie in collaboration with designer Evan Bare and business partner Jim Moore. Nathan had been working on a bunkie for a segment of designer Sarah Richardson's show on HGTV when he realized that a small, functional backyard space would allow cottage owners to accommodate more guests without having to take on a costly renovation.
"Jorge and I wanted the place to be small, personal, multi-functional and still feel like real architecture," says Nathan, adding that he and Jorge "have been designing together since our first week at Sheridan." The former classmates graduated in 2007.


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Investors hold HSBC's feet to the fire on coal
6 Mar 2019 | Banks, Below Two Degrees, Climate Change, Press Release
Major HSBC shareholders are today calling on the global bank to restrict its dangerous and excessive financing of the coal industry.
In an action coordinated by responsible investment charity ShareAction, a group of HSBC shareholders with over $1tr in assets either under management or stewardship* have sent a letter to the CEO of the global bank, John Flint. The group – which includes Schroders and Hermes EOS, a leading stewardship provider – are asking the bank to strengthen its coal policy by ending finance to coal-reliant companies and by excluding future financing of coal projects in certain emerging markets.
Investors could face the knock-on effects of investing in banks still tied up in coal, as legislation clamps down on fossil fuels and the energy mix moves towards cleaner energy sources.
Unlike many of its peers, such as Standard Chartered and Barclays, HSBC has failed to institute a global exclusion policy for coal power project finance. Instead, HSBC's policy allows it to continue financing coal power projects in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia. ShareAction has been campaigning on this since HSBC's AGM last year.
Similarly, HSBC has so far failed to take a prudent stance on corporate finance – for example, in the form of general loans to companies – enabling the bank to continue indirectly financing and underwriting companies that are highly reliant on coal.
As such, the group, which also includes EdenTree, has written to HSBC asking that they adopt:
A prohibition of project finance to new coal mines and coal-fired power plants anywhere in the world, including Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam;
A prohibition of general corporate financing, underwriting and advisory services to companies that are highly dependent on coal mining or coal power;
A clear, timebound plan to phase out existing exposure to coal-related assets.
Extensive research has shown that there is a clear path to renewables in Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Yet by financing coal power sector expansion in these three countries, HSBC is facilitating the lock-in of high-carbon infrastructure and avoidable emissions; and failing to support these countries in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
It is widely acknowledged that no new coal plants can be built anywhere to keep temperature rises to well below two degrees of warming.
This action follows several successful investor engagements on climate change, which saw Glencore most recently agreeing to limit its coal production.
Sonia Hierzig, Senior Projects Manager at ShareAction, said: "Coal's time is up. The time for forceful investor action on climate change is now. Whether targeted at high-carbon companies or at the financial institutions keeping them alive, investor engagement is working. It is time HSBC listened to its shareholders and faced the facts: coal poses a climatic and financial risk too great to bear."
Roland Bosch, Associate Director at Hermes EOS, said: "We expect that financing new coal-fired power will prove to be highly risky, given the increasing competitiveness of renewables, and is incompatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Although HSBC has not financed any new coal-fired power plants since the release of its new energy policy, we want to see the bank evolve its policy to rule out all investment in coal and instead to focus on financing low-carbon energy across emerging markets."
Esmé van Herwijnen, Responsible Investment Analyst – Climate Change Lead at Edentree, said: "We support urgent moves that lead to HSBC strengthening its policy on new coal investments. Alongside some of its peers such as Barclays and ING, we believe the time has come for HSBC to institute a global coal exclusion policy that makes a firm commitment to end the financing of coal reliant projects within a clearly defined time frame. The IPCC has made it clear that there can be no future for coal in a 1.5-degree scenario and, as shareholders, we are urging HSBC to show leadership in this vital area"
Jack Bertolus, Research Coordinator at Market Forces, said: "Harvard University researchers project that by 2030, pollution from coal-fired power plants could result in 43,620 excess deaths in Indonesia and Vietnam every year. The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency has warned that 'we have no room to build anything that emits CO2 emissions.' Yet HSBC continues to actively support pollution, from a controversial coal port in Bangladesh to coal-fired power stations in Vietnam. The bank must recognise that developing countries have as much as right as their developed counterparts to clean energy and clean air. HSBC should immediately rule out all funding to new coal, no matter the location."
*Includes Hermes EOS total assets under advice $496bn, as at 31 December 2018
For more information, please contact Beau O'Sullivan at beau.osullivan@shareaction.org or +44 203 475 7859
To see a full copy of the letter, click here.
Public signatories include: Schroders, Hermes EOS, Edentree, and Ethos Foundation. Ethos is not a shareholder in HSBC.
About ShareAction: ShareAction's vision is a world where ordinary savers and institutional investors work together to ensure our communities and environment are safe and sustainable for all. Our mission is to unleash the positive potential of the mainstream investment system. To do this: We're building a movement for change in our investment system by working with people inside and outside the industry to challenge the status quo; We're unlocking the positive potential of the investment system by working with large and small investors to change unsustainable corporate practices; We're reforming the investment system by advocating for change in the policies, governance, and incentives that drive behaviours in the investment industry.


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Q: upload file with multiple input in php Hello friend developers,
I have a question for upload file with multiple input in php.
This is my code for that.
if(isset($_FILES['images'])){

        $dateinsert = Carbon::now();
        $success = false;
        $valid_formats = array("jpg", "png", "jpeg");
        $max_file_size = 10000000;
        $path = 'var/www/html/test/picture/'; // Upload directory
        $count = 0;
        $folder = $path . 'picture/user' . '.' . $_SESSION["user"] . "/picture";
        $time = date("m/d/y");

        if (!file_exists($folder)) {
            mkdir($folder, 0777, true);
        }

        foreach ($_FILES['images']['name'] as $f => $name) {

            if ($_FILES['images']['error'][$f] == 4) {
                $this->flash->addMessage('ErrorFile',  error');
                return;
            }
            if ($_FILES['images']['error'][$f] == 0) {
                if ($_FILES['images']['size'][$f] > $max_file_size) {
                    $this->flash->addMessage('ErrorSize', 'error');
                   // error
                } elseif (!in_array(pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), $valid_formats)) {
                    $this->flash->addMessage('ErrorFormat', 'error');
                    // error
                } else {

                    $fichier = strtr($name,
                        'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðòóôõöùúûüýÿ',
                        'AAAAAACEEEEIIIIOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiioooooouuuuyy');

                    $namea = preg_replace('/([^.a-z0-9]+)/i', '', $fichier);
                    $namePic = explode('.', $namea);
                    $name = strtolower(uniqid(rand()) . '_' . $time . '.' . $namePic[1]);
                    $destination = $folder . "/" . $name;

                    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["images"]["tmp_name"][$f], $destination))
                        $count++;
                        $success = true;

                    if ($success === true) {

                        $stmt = $this->getDB()->prepare("INSERT INTO insert_annonce
                                                               (img_nom,img_taille,img_type,img_desc,date_creat,id_user,id_front)
                                                               VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
                        $stmt->bindParam(1, $name);
                        $stmt->bindParam(2, $_FILES['images']['size'][$f]);
                        $stmt->bindParam(3, $namePic[1]);
                        $stmt->bindParam(4, $destination);
                        $stmt->bindParam(5, $dateinsert);
                        $stmt->bindParam(6, $_SESSION['user']);
                        $stmt->bindParam(7, $last_id);
                        $result = $stmt->execute();

                        return $response->withRedirect($this->router->pathFor('home'));
                    }

                }
            }
        }
    }

and this is html
  <input type="file" name="images[]" class="file"  data-show-upload="false" data-show-caption="false" data-show-remove="false" accept="image/jpeg,image/png" data-browse-class="btn btn-blue" data-browse-label="browse">
  <input type="file" name="images[]" class="file"  data-show-upload="false" data-show-caption="false" data-show-remove="false" accept="image/jpeg,image/png" data-browse-class="btn btn-blue" data-browse-label="browse">
  <input type="file" name="images[]" class="file"  data-show-upload="false" data-show-caption="false" data-show-remove="false" accept="image/jpeg,image/png" data-browse-class="btn btn-blue" data-browse-label="browse">
  <input type="file" name="images[]" class="file"  data-show-upload="false" data-show-caption="false" data-show-remove="false" accept="image/jpeg,image/png" data-browse-class="btn btn-blue" data-browse-label="browse">

The script works but it loads me a single file and not the others in my database.
Thank you in advance for the explanations


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Developmentally Disabled Couple Being Denied Housing By NY Group Homes
Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Hava Samuels, Paul Forziano
PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island couple engaged to be married this weekend are hoping to live together, but they're facing regulations that won't let them.
This Sunday, 35-year-old Hava Samuels and 29-year-old Paul Forziano will be bride and groom.
Samuels said she feels good about it, while Forziano added, "We are going to be together all the time."
Well, maybe not.
Samuels, who has her wedding gown ready, is developmentally disabled, just like her fiancé. They live in separate group homes in Suffolk County, and all four parents, who are guardians, have signed off on the marriage.
"As individuals, they have a loving relationship," said Norman Samuels, the father of the bride.
But Norman Samuels said neither group home will allow them to share a residence, because, he said, they are not independent enough. They need some supervision.
"We're not gonna live forever, and we don't have other family to take care of them after we're gone," said Frank Forziano, the groom's father.
Independent Group Home Living and Maryhaven Center for Hope, homes to Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels, respectively, would not comment for this story.
An attorney for the four parents has filed a federal suit. He said the two homes, which receive state money, are discriminating against the couple based on their disabilities.
"My feeling personally is they're afraid of the unknown. They don't want the hassle," Martin Coleman said, adding when asked if the homes can accommodate the couple, "Easily."
In this case the living arrangements may be decided by a federal judge.
The families' attorney said there are at least two other group homes in that part of Suffolk County that do make provisions for married residents.
as reported by CBS2 New York April 4, 2013
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/developmentally-disabled-couple-to-marry-but-are-being-denied-housing-by-group-homes/


This work intends to contribute to the development of autonomous dexterous robotic hands by presenting an approach to describe the mechanisms underlying the human strategies during the execution of in-hand manipulation tasks. The work proposes a symbolic description of the in-hand manipulation tasks. The in-hand manipulation tasks are demonstrated by a subject wearing an instrumented glove with a tactile sensing array on the palm and fingers region. The description of the manipulation movement consists on a sequence of hand contact states primitives with the object. The set of possible contact state primitives is defined previously to the demonstration.


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Chukwuka Monye joins African Democratic Congress, ADC, reinforces the Urgent need for true change
February 25, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Asaba, 25 February 2022: Chukwuka Monye, the vibrant and purpose-driven Presidential aspirant, formally declares membership of African Democratic Congress ("ADC"), the party embodies inclusivity, accountability, justice, security and the welfare of all including women, and the youth, who are all seeking to return Nigeria back to its glorious path of unity, economic and social progress as well as dignity for all Nigerians, irrespective of age, family background, ethnicity or religion.
At the official declaration of his membership of ADC, where the National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, and the State Chairman, Prince Joe Chukwu, received him along with thousands of his supporters to ADC, Monye noted; "Today marks a significant moment in our journey to a better Nigeria. Today, we witness a convergence of values and vision; a merging of strengths and passion; and the emergence of a dynamic combination that is able is to deliver to us a new Nigeria – the Nigeria of our dreams, where everyone, young and old is able to fulfil their potential just because they are Nigerians.
Speaking further, Chukwuka Monye noted; "In choosing a party, I have considered many things including integrity, people building and excellence, all of which are elements that drive me. I am passionate about a New Nigeria, therefore in choosing a party, I chose a party that is passionate about restoring and defending the dignity of every Nigerian. ADC is committed to innovation and attracting passionate and progressive Nigerians. This party embodies inclusivity, accountability, justice, security and the welfare of women, youth and people living with disabilities.
Mr Monye during his declaration to run for president
Speaking at the event, the National Chairman, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu said "Chukwuka Monye's choice to run on the ADC platform is the best for the country, as Nigeria has over the last 22 years of democracy deteriorated to now emerge as the poverty capital of the world. He also said the ADC had always believed it would produce a President, and he believes the time is now."
ADC as a party is committed to its vison to consolidate Africa's democracy beyond flawed elections, political rhetorics and theatrics, and build a strong economy, functional institutions, systems, and processes for a more egalitarian society, where every Nigerian has a voice and would be free to live with dignity as humans and aspire to their full potentials irrespective of their cultural, religious, ethnic, or other background. ADC hopes to create a society where every Nigerian life matters, irrespective of where they are in the world, and where security of lives and properties would be taken with utmost seriousness and where everyone would be able to earn a decent living.
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Would love to know more about using BA points for AA. We have a Chase Sapphire Reserve card, but when I look at BA for CLT to UVF, it wants to route thru London! I don't see how to specifically book only AA flts??
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You can combine the points across cards and across cardholders within a family/household. So husband/wife consolidate into one place easily.
Thank you for your guidance, Joe!
Caribbean flights – AA charges checked bag fees even if an AA branded card holder. Do they charge these also on award flights (Bermuda and Caribbean)?
Yes, the free checked bag perk only works for domestic flights (within the US).


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In this collection of short comedies that Charlie Chaplin created for the Mutual Film Corporation, Chaplin developed his celebrated Little Tramp character, and perfected what would become the trademark persona of his career. These films are all scanned under the aegis of Association Chaplin at a resolution of 2,000 lines from original 35mm prints gathered from archives all over the world, then digitally assembled and restored, a collaborative effort of Lobster Films in Paris and L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy.
1917, USA, 26 min
A reformed Tramp becomes a police constable and must fight a thug who dominates an inner city slum.
The Tramp, an immigrant coming to the America, is accused of theft on his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
"Both hilarious and deeply poignant." -Douglas Buck, Offscreen
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Chaplin plays an escaped convict on the run from prison guards and falls into favor with a wealthy family after he saves a young lady (Edna Purviance) from drowning.
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The least sucky way to work around that would be to test the objects providing activity (first migration) if they include ActsAsVersioned and not "add" an initial journal as it is already provided by acts_as_versioned, that leaves us with data that's already been migrated with the faulty migration. For core, that concerns only the WikiContents, and as those don't have a created_at attribute, the corresponding initial journals created in the migration didn't get backdated, i.e. the newest initial journal is the wrong one.
The migration in 55f9ecbe23e558e099a92e241db1ffec2348c76e will remove the newest of any more than 1 initial WikiContentJournal.
Just realized that the currently existing migration still needs to be corrected to avoid the creation of said initial journal.
Ok, as there is absolutely no way to find out which acts_as_activity models also were acts_as_versioned, Holger proposed to migrate only objects of the core classes in the core migration and to document how to upgrade to ChiliProject 2.x for plugin authors that have acts_as_acticity and/or acts_as_versioned.
Everything OK on test data, confirmed on MySQL by me and postgreSQL by Eric.


Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling lost his most recent appeal to the 5th Circuit. He was originally sentenced to 24 years and $45 million in restitution. His convictions were affirmed, although he is still to be resentenced because of a sentencing enhancement that had been misapplied by the trial court. U.S. v. Skilling, ___ F.3d ___. 2011 WL 1290805, (5th Cir. 2011). Unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to revisit Mr. Skilling's case again, it appears that he will remain in federal prison for a very long time.
Investors receive surprisingly large arbitration award.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Citigroup has been ordered to pay $54.1 million to two wealthy investors (a venture capital investor and a retired patent attorney) for losses they sustained on risky municipal bond funds that lost 77% of their value in the financial crisis. "The award by an industry arbitration panel is the largest ever levied against a major Wall Street brokerage in favor of individual investors . . . ." (Larger awards have been made to corporate investors.) The award included $17 million in punitive damages and $3 million in legal fees. Citigroup's municipal bond funds are the subject of an SEC probe into whether the bank misled investors by failing to disclose the funds' risks. The investors were neighbors, and the former Smith Barney broker testified on behalf of his former clients. Arbitration is mandatory in most Wall Street customer agreements, and this result appears to substantially exceed any previous award to individuals is such an investment advice dispute. It is good to see a case in which a FIRA arbitration worked out so well for the investors!
Lieck is out of luck!
The written contract for local counsel (Ed Lieck) provided that he would receive 10% of the first $50 million and 5% above $50 million of "recovered judgments awarded" in a lawsuit. As a result of an arbitration and settlement of a related action in Sweden, the lawsuit was dismissed. Local counsel sued for a fee. He wanted his percentages of the fair market value generated from the business deal. The trial court awarded him approximately $13.5 million. The appellate court reversed and he recovered nothing. The contract was unambiguous. Lieck was to get his percentage of "any and all recovered judgment(s) awarded in [the lawsuit]." The judgment in the lawsuit simply dismissed all claims and ordered each party to bear its own costs. Since the parties were awarded nothing, Lieck recovered nothing. U.S. Denro Steels, Inc. v. Lieck, ___S.W.3d___, 2011 WL 1252090 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] 2011). Whether fair or not, this appears to be consistent with the view that attorneys' fee contracts will be construed like any other contracts, and possibly for a further view that they will usually be construed against the attorney.
McCanahan Myers Espey is proud to announce a new firm website today and express thanks to Steve Matthews, Laurel Fulford, and others at Stem Legal who created and implemented the site's changes.
Please drop by and see our new online home.
In "Patent Litigation – Four Steps to Patent Royalties," the author suggests that after collecting evidence of patent infringement, the patent owner should "notify the infringer" before filing suit, because they "may begin to negotiate right away." Not so fast. You may be about to have a suit filed against you in a court chosen by the defendant.
In 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court decided MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118. The Court discussed circumstances in which the sending of a letter by a patent owner might present grounds for the recipient of the letter to file a suit seeking a declaration that, among other things, there is no infringement and the patent is invalid. Since the MedImmune decision, many cases have fine-tuned the circumstances in which a declaratory judgment action may, or may not, be filed. A recent post by Professor Lisa Dolak of Syracuse University (and a former Federal Circuit Law Clerk) provides an excellent summary of many of those cases. For example, a statement that the patent owner "does not intend to sue" is likely not sufficient to end the suit for declaratory judgment. Similarly, a stated "continued willingness to negotiate" might be useless in preventing or stopping the declaratory judgment action.
It is clear that MedImmune has altered the world in which a patent owner may safely initiate communication with a potential infringer or licensee of the patent. Before sending any letters, the patent owner should be working with patent litigation counsel to make sure that the risks of a hostile declaratory judgment action are carefully evaluated and a fully informed decision made about how to go about enforcing the patent.
As attorneys involved in patent litigation, our firm has received several inquiries lately about whether we might take, on contingent fee, a case for infringement of a business method patent. The answer is "maybe!" "A business method is simply one kind of 'method' that is, at least in some circumstances, eligible for patenting." Bilski v. Kappos,130 S.Ct. 3218 (U.S. 2010). Great care must be taken in evaluating such a case, however, because method patents are not broadly patentable.
Bilski made its way to the highest court via an administrative route rather than by private litigation. An applicant tried to patent a method of hedging risk in commodities trading in the energy market. The PTO rejected the patent, which was affirmed by the Board of Patent Appeals and the Federal Circuit (en banc). The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Methods of doing business are not necessarily non-patentable. In Bilski, the claimed invention was a mathematical formula, an "abstract idea," and thus not a patentable "process." Significantly, however, the Court rejected any limitation that a method patent must satisfy a "machine" or "transformation" test. That is, a claimed process is not patent eligible only if: (1) it is tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or (2) it transforms a particular article into a different state or thing. Although a useful tool, the Supreme Court held that the "machine or transformation" test is not the sole test for determining whether a method is patent eligible. While the "machine or transformation" test might have worked well in the Industrial Age, it does not work as well in the Information Age.
This has led some to suggest reexamination as an alternative to patent litigation or a license and that "defendants and potential licensees are using reexaminations more frequently than in the past to challenge the validity of the claims in issued patents. So what's the bottom line? Business method patents, while perhaps alive, will be difficult to successfully litigate by a plaintiff. Perhaps the patent owner can best prepare his case for successful litigation by seeking re-examination himself before it is sought by a defendant, potential licensee or other third-party. We would be much more likely to take a business method case on contingency fee after the patent has survived re-examination in light of the substantial, though perhaps somewhat ambiguous, discussion of the higher and highest courts in Bilski.
Oops! Plaintiffs want a jury to award them money, but end up with arbitrators making them pay!
This should be of interest to plaintiffs and attorneys who hope to conduct business litigation or arbitration with a contingent fee.
Homeowners hired a construction company to build an 8000 square foot house, 2000 square foot guest house, pool and pool house, tennis court, pavilion and multi-car garage on their 12 acre property. The project was to cost $11.3 million. About 2 and ½ years into the project the builder stopped work, alleging the homeowners breached their contract by failing to pay for increased construction costs due to a design change. The homeowners claimed that the builder had delayed work and overrun costs.
The homeowners wanted the case heard in court. The builder wanted to arbitrate. The case was ultimately heard by a three member arbitration panel. The homeowners were ordered to pay the construction company $5.75 million in legal fees and arbitration costs.
The homeowners believed that they would have won with a jury and that the arbitrators were biased because they had formerly represented construction companies.
Obviously, it can matter a great deal to a contingent fee plaintiff whether his case gets tried by a jury or arbitrators. In either case, however, it is very important to pick the right audience, whether they are jurors or arbitrators!
In 2009, the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company sued a trust and its trustee in a Delaware federal court, alleging the life insurance policy issued to them was part of an impermissible "stranger oriented life insurance" or "STOLI" scheme. Penn Mutual sought to rescind the policy because of "material misrepresentations" it relied upon when it placed the coverage.
The trust filed a counterclaim against Penn Mutual, essentially arguing that any misrepresentations in the policy application were made by Penn Mutual's agents and should therefore be imputed to Penn Mutual itself. Penn Mutual asked the Delaware court to dismiss the counterclaim. But the court refused. On July 30, 2010 it held the trust's allegations "implicate legal and factual issues related to agency" and allowed the counterclaim to proceed further. The case is styled civil action number 09-677, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Barbara Glasser 2007 Insurance Trust, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Bechtel moved to dismiss the case, arguing that the Illinois federal court did not have jurisdiction over him because he did not: (1) do business in Illinois, (2) speak with the woman insured by the policy while he was in Illinois, or (3) sign the underwriting report. The Court was not persuaded. It denied Bechtel's motion and noted he carefully crafted his statements to leave the misleading impression that he did not engage in any conduct with regard to the policy, but did not actually deny any of the essential claims against him. The Court concluded it had jurisdiction because Bechtel had an Illinois insurance agent's license and was therefore subject to suit in Illinois. Bechtel also asked the Court to dismiss the case because Penn Mutual had not "stated a claim" against him. The Court refused, stating Bechtel's arguments "merit little discussion." It denied the motion on a procedural matter and also restated the obvious sufficiency of Penn Mutual's allegations.
Notably, Bechtel's co-defendant Brasner has been accused in other civil actions alleging the same type of STOLI scheme, including suits filed by Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and West Coast Life Insurance Company. He was also indicted in Florida on charges of grand theft, insurance fraud, creating an organized scheme to defraud, and aggravated white-collar crime for allegedly inflating the income and net worth of several senior citizens on life insurance applications to foster STOLI transactions.
On May 4, 2010, the Florida Supreme Court heard argument in the case Wayne Atkinson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Click here to watch the argument). The case concerned Wal-Mart's policies of "corporate-owned" life insurance, sometimes called "dead peasant" insurance, on the lives of its Florida employees. Michael Myers of McClanahan Myers Espey argued on behalf of the families of the Wal-Mart employees. Wal-Mart was represented by Eileen Tilghman Moss of the firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Miami, Florida.
In the case, Mr. Atkinson and others sued Wal-Mart, seeking to recover life insurance benefits Wal-Mart was paid after the deaths of their relatives, who had worked for Wal-Mart as rank-and-file employees. The company received $66,048 after the death of Rita Atkinson and $72,820 after the death of Karen Armatrout. A federal judge ruled the women's families did not have the right to sue under Florida law. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit then asked the Florida Supreme Court whether Florida law allows such a lawsuit.
Why not use a Board Certified lawyer?
How do people find a competent trial lawyer? I suspect it is the same way they find doctors, dentists and other professionals – they ask a friend if she knows one! There are, of course, better ways, but most ordinary folks don't know about them. That's where the Board of Specialization comes in.
Would you want a general practitioner physician to perform your heart surgery? Of course not. You would want a Board Certified heart surgeon. Then why would you want a non-board certified trial lawyer to handle your important patent or business litigation? High hourly rates are not an excuse. If your case is right, you can probably get a highly qualified attorney to handle it on a contingent fee basis.
Board Certification is a mark of excellence and a distinguishing accomplishment.Within the Texas legal community, Board Certification means an attorney has substantial, relevant experience in a select field of law as well as demonstrated, and tested, special competence in that area of law. There are more than 70,000 attorneys licensed to practice in Texas. Only 7,000 are Board Certified.
About 1100 Texas lawyers are Board Certified in Civil Trial Law. That is the specialized area that deals with litigation involving contracts, businesses and business owners, negligence, creditors and debtors, fair debt collection, landlord and tenant, and deceptive trade practices act.
You can easily find a Board Certified Trial Lawyer by going to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization's on-line directory. It has a "search" page. That allows you to search the database using a variety of criteria, including name, city, county, or zip code. Alternately, call the TBLS at 800-204-2222, ext. 1454 or at 512-453-7266, or e-mail TBLS.
It behooves you to insist on the best. Make sure your contingent fee lawyer is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law. Why do anything else?
A company files for bankruptcy. Millions of dollars are lost by unsecured creditors. There is no cash to pay lawyers to go after third parties. What do you do?
It's simple. Find a competent firm willing to take the case on a contingent or hybrid fee basis.
Take theHeller Ehrman bankruptcy as an example. The 750-member international law firm filed for bankruptcy, in part it says, because its main two lenders -- Bank of America and Citibank -- refused to renegotiate the terms of a $5.7 million debt the banks say the firm owes as part of a long-term loan.
According to a recent court filing, the unsecured creditors' committee has asked the bankruptcy judge to approve the hire of a litigation firm for a pending case against Bank of America and Citibank. Under the proposed contract, the 11-lawyer firm would be paid $1 million up front, plus a contingency fee based on the net benefit to the estate if they win. "It's BIG, You're in Charge! Firm Picked for Pending Case Against BofA, Citi," The Recorder, April 9, 2010.
When such a bankruptcy gets underway, counsel for the debtor should investigate potential claims against third-parties. They should then work with the unsecured creditors' committee to search for special counsel – typically contingent fee business litigators who frequently represent plaintiffs against powerful companies. Once they negotiate a contract with the law firm that will undertake the case, the contract can be presented to the bankruptcy judge for approval.
Of course, the firm chosen for the task must possess entrepreneurial spirit and courage, as big third-party defendants such as B of A and Citi will have excellent counsel who are highly motivated by their substantial hourly fees. But such is the case in major, contingent fee business litigation.
In the end, it should be a win-win for everyone. Enough money may be generated to pay back all or part of what is due the unsecured creditors. Counsel for the debtor and the creditors will be heroes. The Court will be happy. The contingency fee lawyers, who get paid if they win, will be happy. The only unhappy people will be the third-party defendants who pay.
If the right lawyer agrees to take the case, it's a no-brainer for the debtor and creditors!
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          @lines_with_trailing_whitespace << index + 1 if line.chomp =~ /\s+$/
        end
        self
      end

      def violations
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      def name
        "Trailing whitespace"
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QPR Junior Hoilett is man of the match at Rotherham - but hails team-mate instead
The man back to form as a great game at the New York Stadium but thinks Hoops defence was the major reason behind the heartening win
Paul Warburton
Goal man: Junior Hoilett (R)
Junior Hoilett was voted man of the match for his performance in the 3-0 win over Rotherham on Saturday - but reckons QPR were far from missing number one keeper Rob Green.
Alex Smithies stepped in having recovered from a shoulder injury, and produced his best display since a summer move from Huddersfield.
Smithies has been starved of chances, but with Rangers weighing up whether to trigger a new deal for Green once he reaches 30 performances - it's currently 25 - the second choice has stepped into the limelight.
Hoilett amplified the feeling in the Rs camp.
Chance: Alex Smithies
"The back four and Alex deserve huge credit," he said. "Keeping clean sheets is so important and I thought we defended realty well as a unit throughout the match.
"Alex came back into team and did very well. I'm pleased for him. He made a good save in the first half and dealt with everything really well.
"Hopefully we can push on now."
Hoilett scored while falling. Matt Phillips adjusted well to fire a second and a burning run from Sebastian Polter tapped in to wrap a first win in nine.
It might have been different but for a great sliding tackle by Nedum Onuoha on Matt Derbyshire in the first half when the score was 0-0, and Hoilett admitted Rs had been up against it before they took control.
"We came under the cosh a little, but having come in on level terms, that gave us great confidence and we showed our quality in the second half," he said.
"The two goals at the start of the second half really put us in control.
"We haven't had that two goal advantage very often this season, and you could see once we got the second that we started to believe a bit more.
"We played with great confidence after that and saw it out in some style," he told the club's website.
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Q: How to set timezone with react-native TimeAgo I am building a, let's say, chat app. The timezone on my server (API) is UTC. If I save a new message the created_at date in the MySQL-database is set correctly by Laravel.
In my app I am using TimeAgo to display, when the message has been posted. At the moment I am in Egypt and here is UTC+2. The iOS-Simulator on my MacBook has the correct timezone (UTC+2). But TimeAgo is ignoring this timezone.
Recently message are always posted 2 hours ago.
The app is used from different timezones, so I can't change the timezone of the server. I have to handle the difference directly in the app depending on the device's settings.

A: When determining a "time ago" - time zones are irrelevant.  It doesn't even matter what time zone your system is set to, or what time zone the application is running in.  It is always, by definition, a UTC-Now to UTC-Then comparison.  It only matters that the clock on the system that took the timestamp, and the clock on the system that is evaluating it, are both set correctly.
The only way time zones would come into the picture is if your original timestamp was not in terms of UTC.  In that case, you'd need to know what the offset from UTC was in the context of where that timestamp was captured, at the time it was captured.  You'd use that information to convert the timestamp to UTC, then compare against UTC-Now as usual.

A: I've added the following to my Laravel-model:
public function getCreatedAtAttribute($val) {
   return $val ? Carbon::parse($val) : null;
}

And this to TimeAgo-Component:
 <TimeAgo
     style={styles.timeago}
     time={msg.created_at.date + ' ' + msg.created_at.timezone}
 />

A: You have to send the GMT time to your server then for each applications, you have to change it to the local time zone. Then you will have no problem with summer time saving and etc.
To get the local time zone in Java script, you can use below code to get differences between GMT and the local time in minutes:
new Date ().getTimezoneOffset ();//Returns -120 means that you are in the -2 zone


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