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Dear shareholders, business partners, and customers,
As we hold our Annual General Meeting for the fiscal year 2018, we take the opportunity to review the status of our company's progress.
2018 was a great year for Runbox and we made significant strides on several fronts. We have continued implementing our strategy of expanding service-wide security and privacy features, while building our next-generation webmail app Runbox 7.
The company invests the majority of its profits in development. The operating result continues to be positive, and the company is experiencing solid economic growth and strengthened its market position in 2018.
Our main focus is the Runbox 7 development project and its innovative approach to email. The project receives funding from the Norwegian Research Council and constitutes the largest development project our company has undertaken thus far.
We are excited about the prospects of Runbox 7 forming the foundation for our company's future success.
Runbox 7: A next-generation webmail app
Runbox 7 entered a limited beta test phase just as 2018 began, and was off to a great start with a large number of enthusiastic beta testers.
With Runbox 7 we have built a desktop, tablet and mobile-ready webmail app that creates an instantaneous email experience using next generation technology such as WebAssembly, HTML 5 Canvas, and Progressive Web App frameworks. Runbox 7 also forms the foundation on which we aim to resolve several of the challenges with today's email interfaces while looking ahead to the future of email.
The Runbox 7 app is currently in an open beta phase and has been expanded with several features including a Calendar service. Currently we're developing support for end-to-end encryption which will add another layer of security to our services.
The development of Runbox 7 can be tracked on our Runbox 7 Roadmap, which is published in the increasingly popular Runbox Forum where our Runbox 7 community is growing steadily.
Runbox has long utilized and supported open source software, and after open sourcing the Runbox 7 app last year we have truly joined the open source community also as a contributor. Our app is now available on Github, where everyone can review, comment on, and contribute to our code base.
New domain registration service
In 2018 we also launched our new domain registration and renewal service, making it much easier for customers to register new domains and manage their existing ones.
A modern domain registration service became increasingly important as more people prefer to use their own domain name with their email, while the number of top-level domains (TLDs) has grown rapidly in recent years.
This move solidifies and expands our three main hosting services which are email hosting, domain hosting, and web hosting.
GDPR implementation
2018 was a big year for online privacy with the implementation of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At Runbox we had carefully planned our implementation years in advance, and our hard work resulted in improvements on every level of our operations.
We have also started a blog post series outlining our road towards GDPR compliance, which we hope may be of use to other companies working to improve privacy protection in their own organizations.
Team and partnership diversity
This is all made possible by our diverse and growing team that is made up of highly skilled and experienced people from all parts of the world: Aside from our headquarters in Norway we have personnel from the UK, Poland, Brazil, and the US – all governed by GDPR compliant agreements.
The cultural and ethnic background, geographical location, and personal diversity in our organization is a great strength. Our team members' commitment to the ethics and policies of our company forms the core of our organization.
The result of our hard work is a steadily growing customer base, and in order to efficiently scale our operations and hardware architecture we continue to rely on our close partner Copyleft Solutions AS here in Norway.
We also collaborate closely with Norwegian consultant firm Fintech Neo AS and are expanding our relationship with Peregrine Computer Consultants Corporation in order to improve our spam filtering systems.
Ethics and the environment
All our operations are anchored in a strong ethical foundation and deep concern for our environment. Being located in Norway we enjoy renewable, hydropowered electricity and we are dedicated to decreasing our ecological footprint.
As 2018 turned into 2019 and news about the environment became increasingly distressing, we were inspired to seek out a non-profit organization working to reverse this potentially catastrophic trend and donated NOK 10 000 to Lista Bird Observatory.
We are excitedly looking forward to the future, and thank all our customers for their continued support as we continue working to make Runbox the best email service in the world.

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Disclosure fears threaten to slow files' release
By Elana Varon
The Energy Department July 31 awarded DynMeridian Corp. a five-year contract potentially worth $6.8 million to build a state-of-the-art computer system to speed declassification of some 280 million pages of Cold War-era documents.
DOE needs the system to cope with the volume of historically important materials in its vaults. In 1995 President Clinton ordered all federal agencies to declassify possibly a trillion pages of World War II documents.
But concern on Capitol Hill and within DOE that national security secrets might slip through could limit the extent to which computers are used to review these documents. A little-noticed provision in the pending Defense authorization bill would require a human reviewer to ensure that no information about nuclear weapons is disclosed.
The language, an amendment by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), targets a provision of the executive order that requires agencies to automatically declassify all documents more than 25 years old, even if they have not been reviewed. In a July 28 letter to Samuel ''Sandy'' Berger, President Clinton's national security adviser, Kyl, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) complained that officials ''are not taking proper care to ensure'' that nuclear weapons information is not ''co-mingled'' with materials that are scheduled to be disclosed.
According to news reports, Kenneth Baker, deputy director of the DOE Office of Nonproliferation, complained to the Office of Management and Budget last month that sensitive information was included in records held by other agencies that are slated to be declassified.
The Kyl provision does not specifically restrict the use of computer systems in the declassification process. In fact, most of the software that agencies use for this work today is for cataloging, distributing and marking up documents that are read by the public. One common feature of such systems allows electronic ''redaction'' of scanned document images, allowing reviewers to share online their recommendations about passages that should not be made public.
Jeanne Schauble, director of initial processing and declassification with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), said she knows of only one system, a Navy application called Radiant Mercury, that uses artificial intelligence to screen specially formatted messages.
''Certain types of information appear in the same place in every message,'' she said. ''The program can look for those places in the message and remove the sensitive information in that spot.''
Using Commercial Components
Initially, the DOE system would include commercially proven components. Eventually, however, DOE wants to incorporate emerging artificial intelligence technology that would replace humans with software to identify sensitive materials. Brooke Anderson, a DOE spokeswoman, said the research on artificial intelligence for declassification ''is not developed to a point it can be [used] in real-life situations,'' so questions about whether the proposed legislation would restrict its use are ''hypothetical.''
Some advocates for broader document disclosure, both inside and outside the government, disagreed. "We've all talked about artificial intelligence as potentially a way of doing declassification that would enable us to do it within a reasonable cost,'' said Steven Garfinkel, director of the information security oversight office, a part of NARA that monitors agencies' progress complying with the Clinton order. ''Machines don't have eyes,'' he said, so the Kyl amendment appears to undercut such solutions. NARA opposes the amendment, but for reasons other than its perceived effect on deployment of information technology.
Anderson said the bill is not completed, and the administration ''is working to strike the correct balance to protect sensitive information and at the same time let information that should be in the public domain be declassified as quickly as possible.'' Legislation is not necessary, she said, although Kyl's amendment resembles language apparently drafted by someone at DOE.
Calls to Kyl's office Thursday and Friday were not returned.
Details about the system DynMeridian plans to build were unavailable from DOE at press time, and DynMeridian executives could not be reached for comment.


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Together for 100% Renewable Europe
"Together for 100% Renewable Europe: Prosperous. Sustainable. For everyone" is an initiative of Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe jointly with members across Europe.
The campaign brings forces in our Network to work together for a faster but also inclusive, fair, and people participatory rollout of solar and wind energy which at the same time supports protection and restoration of biodiversity.
We aim for a fair and sustainable transition to a 100% renewable energy system, specifically contributing to accelerating the solar and wind deployment at the pace and scale required by the climate crisis. We ask policy makers both at EU and national levels to take bold and forward-looking actions to build a prosperous and sustainable energy future for everyone, fully based on renewable energy. On the pathway to cover the entire energy demand of all economic sectors by renewable energy by 2040 (heat, transport, industry), all our electricity should come from renewable energy sources already by 2035.
"A fully renewable energy system is not only necessary to solve the climate crisis and limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, but also technologically feasible and economically advantageous. What is needed now to achieve this crucial transition that determines the future of all humanity is strong political will to make the right choices and to implement 100% renewable energy in all sectors by 2030".
Hans-Josef FellPresident of the Energy Watch Group, Germany
"As Europe is suffering heavily from energy price increase and extreme climate events, renewable energy must be mainstreamed quickly in all the energy production, economic sectors and European households. Empowering citizens, cities and businesses to finance, install and manage decentralized solar and wind facilities is critical to reach a 100% renewable Europe by 2040 while creating fair jobs, protecting public health and contributing to local prosperity".
Kristian PetrickBoard member of Eco-union in Spain and CAN-Europe
"Is 100% renewables by 2040 wishful thinking? Absolutely not. We've technology that is cheap and that works - and there is huge public support, we just need EU leaders to take the climate emergency seriously, stop subsidising fossil fuels and invest in sustainable wind and solar power"
Imke Luebbeke HeadEU Climate and Energy Policy, WWF European Policy Office
"Wind and solar energy is cheap, abundant and popular. Putting renewable energy in the hands of people helps benefit local communities, boost public acceptance, and helps us tackle climate and social crises, like energy poverty, together".
Dimitris TsekerisCommunity Energy Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe
"Romania has a lot of potential for renewable energy and its citizens want to be part of the transition to a clean future. What is delaying this process is the inertia of national authorities, who are still not doing enough. It is 2021 and the citizens are still struggling with obsolete legislation and regulations, with a bureaucratic support scheme and with the lack of information and dialogue. Things have to change now and quickly, because the burden of fossil fuels on the planet and peoples' lives is growing faster than ever".
Marian MândruCampaign Coordinator at Greenpeace Romania
"Solar has a bright future for power generation in Portugal. We need to engage communities and support and prioritize projects with lower environmental impacts, preferably at the top of buildings or in areas where they will not significantly affect biodiversity or the landscape. Fortunately, Portugal has a large variety of renewable energy sources, and we can assure an increased quota up to 100% under a sustainable framework"
Francisco FerreiraPresident of ZERO
"Spain's sun and wind offer huge renewable potential. They could rapidly increase their share of the electricity mix - vital to reducing electricity prices - with progress on two fronts. First, solar projects for urban prosumers still face too many barriers from large electricity utilities and local authorities. And second, larger rural renewable projects are being promoted without adequate participation, planning and zoning to protect valuable wildlife and involve and support rural communities. Decisive action on both fronts should unleash Spain's full renewable potential in a way which protects nature, creates jobs and prosperity, and reduces energy poverty."
David HowellClimate and Energy Advisor, SEO/BirdLife
"The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, but because we simply moved on as a species. If we want a future as a civilisation, we need to end the carbon era now and fully embrace renewable technologies that are the real way forward. People know that, which is why the latest polling shows massive public support in Poland for wind and solar, and a clear expectation on the government to push ahead with the transition, before it is too late. This next step will be the most important we ever take".
Mikołaj TroczyńskiSenior Renewable Energy Specialist, WWF Poland
"The recent crisis in electricity prices has revealed beyond any doubt that the long-term solution for affordable electricity is the faster deployment of renewables and electricity storage facilities. As Greece moves beyond coal it must abandon plans for building new fossil gas infrastructure and instead commit to a carbon neutral electricity system by 2035".
Nikos MantzarisSenior Policy Analyst & Partner of the Green Tank in Greece
"It is not surprising for us to see the high public support for solar (85%) and wind energy (84%) in the YouGov survey for Bulgaria - people realize that these are good measures for their well-being and the climate. That is why we cannot allow more delays: - in the field of energy efficiency (especially in the housing sector), - with decentralization of heat and electricity production from renewable energy sources (RES), - facilitating the access of individual households (and especially the energy poor) to RES - funding opportunities, but also elimination of administrative and regulatory barriers. Because of these, Bulgaria has not yet established energy independent / RES cooperatives (while 75% of the surveyed Bulgarians say they would join a local one)".
Radostina SlavkovaZa Zemiata, Friends of the Earth Bulgaria
"Massive investment in renewables, storage, and energy efficiency is the proper systemic response to rising electricity and gas prices. The incoming Czech government should make a shift away from coal and gas a priority, not forgetting the most vulnerable groups of society"
Barbora UrbanováDirector, Centre for Transport and Energy
We are calling on governments to secure unparalleled and sustainable growth of solar and wind energy to avoid climate breakdown. The transition of our energy system will need to be based on a) strong action to substantially reduce the amount of energy we consume; (b) a rapid phase-out of all fossil fuels; (c) a massive increase of sustainable renewable energy to fully cover the remaining energy demand. It must and can address at the same time environmental and social goals.
With reduction of the energy consumption first, renewable electricity mainly from solar and wind power is a key driver for this transition and must be scaled up with the aim of a fully renewable electricity supply already by 2035. This will secure our steps on the pathway to an entire energy system based on sustainable renewable energy by 2040.
We can only achieve this swift and profound transition to a fully renewable energy system by 2040 if it is fair and ensures people's participation, and if it supports protection and restoration of biodiversity. Only a just and inclusive energy transition which takes social and biodiversity needs fully into account can build a fully renewable and sustainable energy future.
Joint Letter: An EU-solar mandate for a resilient energy system and efficient buildings
In a joint letter, 18 organisations from across the economy, including NGOs and city representatives, the construction, EV, and renewable heating sectors, and flexibility service providers, as well as solar PV
Recommendations for an ambitious EU-wide solar mandate
Now more than ever, there is a strong public demand within EU countries to embrace a solar revolution. As national governments are now scrambling to secure alternative energy
Communities for RES – Energy Communities in Central Eastern Europe
In response to the current energy crisis and looming climate emergency, many citizens and communities across Europe are looking towards establishing their own energy community or energy cooperative as a
Op-ed: How rooftop solar PV can help turn the gas valves off
Citizens' demand for rooftop solar photovoltaics is rapidly increasing, and governments should intervene through incentives and better permitting procedures, writes Seda Orhan. The new EU Solar Strategy published by the
Open Letter – Call for a massive increase of solar energy with citizens and communities at the heart
An open letter sent to the Heads of State in Central Eastern Europe from civil society organisations in Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, calling for measures
NGOs demand a fully renewable energy system by 2040 in Europe
CAN EUROPE CALL TO ACTION 20 October 2021, Brussels NGOs demand a fully renewable energy system by 2040 in Europe Governments must secure unparalleled and sustainable growth of solar and
NGOs call ahead of COP26: Unprecedented solar and wind energy surge is needed to stabilise climate
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 20th of October – Europe needs an unparalleled rollout of wind and solar energy to avoid worsening climate breakdown, according to a call to action launched today
Calls for more climate ambition and faster transition to renewables from Central Eastern Europe Civil Society
LETTER 20 October 2021 Open letter on the occasion of the European Council on 21-22 October 2021 to the Heads of State of Central Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary,
CAN Europe's energy transition vision. Safe, stable and sustainable.
How should Europe's energy landscape look like in the future? What will be Europe's energy supply in 2040? This infographic illustrates the transition that needs to happen during the
Building a Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) energy scenario
The PAC scenario illustrates a pathway for the transition of the EU's energy system that is in line with EU leaders' commitment to the Paris Agreement. The global pandemic shock
Stories of Hope & Power
Sun is hope, wind is power. There are already great initiatives on the ground driving the transition towards renewables. From community energy projects to investments in transition from coal to renewables, or from wind park tourism to government programs supporting prosumers, here are stories from across Europe, known and maybe lesser known.
Spain's first renewable energy cooperative: Som Energia
Ecounion, Spain Som Energia is the first renewable energy cooperative in Spain founded in 2010 and offers the opportunity for
Towards becoming an independent energy community (Crevillent/Spain)
Fundacion Renovables, Spain Photovoltaic solar energy for collective self-consumption with the innovative local energy communities: In Crevillent (Alicante) is one
Onshore wind energy combating rural depopulation (Muras/Spain)
Onshore wind energy combating rural depopulation: In May 2021, the Spanish Wind Energy Association awarded the Eolo Prize for Rural
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe is Europe's leading NGO coalition fighting dangerous climate change.
With over 185 member organisations active in 38 European countries, representing over 1,500 NGOs and more than 47 million citizens, CAN Europe promotes sustainable climate, energy and development policies throughout Europe.
www.caneurope.org
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It's been a long two years, but the 29th of March is looming as the deadline for the split of the UK from the EU. On the 30th March, I'm heading to Copenhagen as the busy Easter season for air travel begins, incidentally also one day after the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, and alongside many other travellers, the effects of a possible no-deal Brexit are a key concern. So, what does a no-deal Brexit mean for travel?
Regardless of whether a deal is made or not, the European Commission has confirmed that UK airlines will still be able to operate flights between the UK and the EU. This has been assured by the government so there should be little difficulty travelling to and from places. However, The IATA (International Air Transport Association) warns that up to 5 million extra airline seats are at risk of being cancelled if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, as flights on UK airlines to each EU country will be capped at summer 2018 levels. Therefore, many may face disappointment this summer when its impact will be felt the most, so even if travel seems unaffected to begin with, the effects of a no-deal Brexit could be felt in the longer-term.
The UK government has released a 'check a passport' service, which can be accessed through gov.uk; if a no-deal Brexit takes place UK passport holders will need a minimum of six months left on their travel documentation. After Brexit, British passport holders will also need to make sure they get to the airport just that bit earlier, not being able to rely on the 'fast-track' European Union and EEA citizen queues to ensure they make their flights in the nick of time. The European Commission has also recently confirmed that travellers from the UK will need to buy a travel permit, for the small cost of €7, in advance of travel. Although this could be an easy-to-forget detail for those accustomed to travelling in Europe, travel documentation will remain fairly straightforward, similar to the ESTA visa-waiver system in the United States.
So now you've sorted your passport, what about your pets'?
That's right, a no-deal Brexit will also make it harder for pets to fly too! Currently, it is estimated that you would need to contact your vet at least 4 months prior to travelling, to prepare your pet to fly out with you, in order to provide health certificates for each trip. Therefore, even if you have planned your trip in advance, it could now be jeopardised if you are taking a pet.
What changes will affect you whilst on holiday?
Without a deal being reached, motorists may need a 'Green Card' as proof of insurance to drive in the EU, in addition to a possible two International Driving Permits, with different EU countries using different permits, as the government warns: 'Your driving licence may no longer be valid by itself when driving in the EU'. Although a Green Card would be free of charge, insurers could increase administration fees to reflect the cost of providing them, adding an extra fee to holidaymakers' budgets.
The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which allows EU citizens to access healthcare in other EU countries will become invalid, so travellers will have to rely on taking out travel insurance. Those that have pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes, will need to put in the time to get specialist insurance, to ensure they're covered if the worst was to happen.
We are more dependent on the internet whilst travelling than we realise, whether it be for directions or recommendations for local restaurants, it is pretty handy to have internet access abroad. In a no-deal scenario, data roaming charges won't be regulated, therefore you could be left with the decision between spending more on the internet or to search for the nearest McDonalds (a guaranteed free Wi-Fi source).
All in all, the implications of a no-deal Brexit will complicate certain aspects of the travelling process, with an increase in paperwork and hidden extra costs. The main lasting impact of a no-deal Brexit will be the cost of travelling to Europe, therefore, as ever, being travel-savvy will mean that many holidaymakers will have no drastic impact on their holidays, causing Europe to remain a key destination for British holidaymakers!


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A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea. He braves the stormy seas, encounters natives, searches for gold and rescues a lovely lady.
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Securing Value from Carbon in Flaring Reduction Projects :Developing Ideas into Projects' is aimed (i) to present prospects of gas flaring reduction and development of potential CDM projects in the oil and gas sector in Indonesia, (ii) to present and discuss the institutional and regulatory arrangement for the CDM projects in oil & gas sector (Options Paper and Paper on Carbon pricing and projects' cash flow analysis), (iii) to present the gathered PINs and the screening method, (iv) to reach agreement with the GGFR/MEMR on key criteria for the project which should be developed to PDD. This workshop is also an opportunity to gather the government officials (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment, BP Migas, CDM National Commission), Oil & Gas companies, NGOs and the World Bank together to discuss the way forward in the CDM project development for oil & gas sector of Indonesia.
The workshop was officially opened by Mr. Josef Leitmann on behalf of the World Bank Country Director, and was attended by about 70 participants from World Bank, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, DG Migas, BP Migas, consultants, NGOs, and a number of oil and gas companies.


Used as overhead cable to supply 3-phase power, usually from a pole-mounted transformer, to the user's service head where connection to the service entrance cable is made. To be used at voltages of 600 volts phase-to-phase or less and at conductor temperatures not to exceed 75°C for polyethylene insulated conductors or 90°C for cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulated conductors.
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This is an expansion (and slight variation) of Joe's answer in StackOverflow regarding the thread Find the maximum consecutive years for each ID's in a table (Oracle SQL) using SQL Server. I've tested this in SQL Server 2014, but should work from SQL Server 2005 onwards where the ranking functions are supported.
The problem Joe solved is not uncommon – i.e. how to get the consecutive years of something (consecutive year sales, consecutive years in school, consecutive years volunteering etc), and his solution is pretty clever.
Let's assume you are working on a sales database. You have multiple clients who could be purchasing from your store several times a year, or a couple of times every five years. You may want to know what's the maximum consecutive years they've purchased from you. Why? Perhaps in a marketing campaign, you may want to give your loyal customers (purchased in 5 or more consecutive years) a special discount.
Your data may look like the following screenshot. Notice that in this example, Client 00001, 00002 and 00003 purchased only once. Client 00004 purchased several times, and it looks like there were purchases in consecutive years.
Here we can see Client 00004 purchased in 2004 and 2005 (2 consecutive years), but did not purchase in 2006. Starting 2007, Client 0004 started purchasing again every year until 2012 (6 consecutive years).
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Cresciuto in una famiglia di lunga tradizione vetraia, Angelo fu di certo il membro più noto e significativo, poiché seppe unire le conoscenze tramandate da varie generazioni ad una singolare inventiva e creatività da artista e da scienziato.

Le notizie biografiche sono poche e frammentarie, ma confermano la sua abilità nel trattamento del vetro. L'umanista Ludovico Carbone, ad esempio, descrisse Angelum Venetum come optimum artificem crystallinorum vasorum (grande produttore di vasi cristallini). Altra testimonianza dell'elevata stima per il Barovier è il decreto della Repubblica di Venezia che, intorno al 1455, gli concesse l'esclusiva di produzione di un vetro molto pulito, prodotto tramite una tecnica da lui messa a punto, che egli chiamò vetro cristallino o cristallo veneziano. Secondo alcuni, a Barovier andrebbe attribuita anche l'originale realizzazione di una pasta di vetro definita calcedonio.

Su richiesta del Filarete, architetto dei duchi di Milano, Barovier fu convocato nel 1455 presso la corte di Milano per poter suggerire al maestro l'utilizzo delle migliori paste vitree da utilizzare nella costruzione di Sforzinda, la città ideale desiderata da Francesco Sforza e progettata (ma mai realizzata) dallo stesso Filarete, che di Barovier aveva scritto:

Non sono note vere e proprie opere di Barovier, anche se alcuni storici dell'arte gli assegnano una Coppa nuziale conservata nel museo vetrario di Murano, la coppa degli uccelli a Trento ed un calice in vetro azzurro nel Museo civico medievale di Bologna.

La famiglia Barovier
Il nome Barovier deriva dal termine berroviere, che sta ad indicare l'armigero a guardia del capitano del popolo. È probabile che qualche Barovier, originario dal trevigiano, si sia insediato a Murano attorno al 1291, quando una legge della Repubblica impose il concentramento sull'isola di tutte le fornaci del vetro. Il più antico rappresentante della famiglia di cui si abbia notizia è Jacobello (nato attorno al 1295), i cui figli Antonio e Bartolomeo sono indicati in documenti del 1348 come fiolari, ossia vetrai. Un figlio di Bartolomeo, Jacopo, ricordato come maestro vetraio e padrone di fornace, fu il padre di Angelo.

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Barovier & Toso

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Author Radbel, J.; Boutsikaris, D.
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Year 2017 Publication Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America Abbreviated Journal Emerg Med Clin North Am
Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages 11-23
Keywords Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Catheterization, Central Venous; Clinical Protocols/standards; Evidence-Based Medicine; Fluid Therapy; Humans; Sepsis/diagnosis/*therapy; ARISE trial; Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT); ProCESS trial; ProMISe trial; Sepsis; Usual care
Abstract Recent literature continues to refine which components of the early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) algorithm are necessary. Given it utilizes central venous pressure, continuous central venous oxygen saturation, routine blood transfusions, and inotropic medications, this algorithm can be timely, invasive, costly, and potentially harmful. New trials highlight early recognition, early fluid resuscitation, appropriate antibiotic treatment, source control, and the application of a multidisciplinary evidence-based approach as essential components of current sepsis management. This article discusses the landmark sepsis trials that have been published over the past several decades and offers recommendations on what should currently be considered 'usual care'.
Address Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Peters University Hospital, 254 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, One Robert Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA. Electronic address: boutsida@rwjms.rutgers.edu
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Author Cole, D.C.; Giordano, C.R.; Vasilopoulos, T.; Fahy, B.G.
Title Resident Physicians Improve Nontechnical Skills When on Operating Room Management and Leadership Rotation Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Anesthesia and Analgesia Abbreviated Journal Anesth Analg
Abstract BACKGROUND: Anesthesiology residency primarily emphasizes the development of medical knowledge and technical skills. Yet, nontechnical skills (NTS) are also vital to successful clinical practice. Elements of NTS are communication, teamwork, situational awareness, and decision making. METHODS: The first 10 consecutive senior residents who chose to participate in this 2-week elective rotation of operating room (OR) management and leadership training were enrolled in this study, which spanned from March 2013 to March 2015. Each resident served as the anesthesiology officer of the day (AOD) and was tasked with coordinating OR assignments, managing care for 2 to 4 ORs, and being on call for the trauma OR; all residents were supervised by an attending AOD. Leadership and NTS techniques were taught via a standardized curriculum consisting of leadership and team training articles, crisis management text, and daily debriefings. Resident self-ratings and attending AOD and charge nurse raters used the Anaesthetists' Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) scoring system, which involved task management, situational awareness, teamwork, and decision making. For each of the 10 residents in their third year of clinical anesthesiology training (CA-3) who participated in this elective rotation, there were 14 items that required feedback from resident self-assessment and OR raters, including the daily attending AOD and charge nurse. Results for each of the items on the questionnaire were compared between the beginning and the end of the rotation with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for matched samples. Comparisons were run separately for attending AOD and charge nurse assessments and resident self-assessments. Scaled rankings were analyzed for the Kendall coefficient of concordance (omega) for rater agreement with associated chi and P value. RESULTS: Common themes identified by the residents during debriefings were recurrence of challenging situations and the skills residents needed to instruct and manage clinical teams. For attending AOD and charge nurse assessments, resident performance of NTS improved from the beginning to the end of the rotation on 12 of the 14 NTS items (P < .05), whereas resident self-assessment improved on 3 NTS items (P < .05). Interrater reliability (across the charge nurse, resident, and AOD raters) ranged from omega = .36 to .61 at the beginning of the rotation and omega = .27 to .70 at the end of the rotation. CONCLUSIONS: This rotation allowed for teaching and resident assessment to occur in a way that facilitated resident education in several of the skills required to meet specific milestones. Resident physicians are able to foster NTS and build a framework for clinical leadership when completing a 2-week senior elective as an OR manager.
Address From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Fla
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Author Castillo, M.E.; Molina, J.R.; Rodriguez Y Silva, F.; Garcia-Chevesich, P.; Garfias, R.
Title A system to evaluate fire impacts from simulated fire behavior in Mediterranean areas of Central Chile Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication The Science of the Total Environment Abbreviated Journal Sci Total Environ
Volume 579 Issue Pages 1410-1418
Keywords Wildfire behavior; Wildfire intensity; Wildfire simulation
Abstract Wildfires constitute the greatest economic disruption to Mediterranean ecosystems, from a socio-economic and ecological perspective (Molina et al., 2014). This study proposes to classify fire intensity levels based on potential fire behavior in different types of Mediterranean vegetation types, using two geographical scales. The study considered >4 thousand wildfires over a period of 25years, identifying fire behavior on each event, based on simulations using "KITRAL", a model developed in Chile in 1993 and currently used in the entire country. Fire intensity values allowed results to be classified into six fire effects categories (levels), each of them with field indicators linking energy values with damage related to burned vegetation and wildland urban interface zone. These indicators also facilitated a preliminary assessment of wildfire impact on different Mediterranean land uses and, are therefore, a useful tool to prioritize future interventions.
Address International Hydrology Research Group, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Nature Conservancy, University of Chile
Author Tahara, T.; Hirata, I.; Nakano, N.; Nagasaka, M.; Nakagawa, Y.; Shibata, T.; Ohmiya, N.
Title Comprehensive DNA Methylation Profiling of Inflammatory Mucosa in Ulcerative Colitis Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Abbreviated Journal Inflamm Bowel Dis
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Aberrant DNA methylation frequently occurs in the inflammatory mucosa in ulcerative colitis (UC) and is involved in UC-related tumorigenesis. We performed comprehensive DNA methylation profiling of the promoter regions of the inflamed rectal mucosae of patients with UC. DESIGN: The methylation status of the promoter CpG islands (CGIs) of 45 cancer/inflammation or age-related candidate genes and the LINE1 repetitive element were examined in the colonic mucosae of 84 cancer-free patients with UC by bisulfite pyrosequencing. Methylation status of selected genes (DPYS, N33, MIR1247, GSTP1, and SOX11) was also determined in 14 neoplastic lesions (5 with high-grade dysplasia and 9 with carcinoma) and 8 adjacent tissues derived from 12 patients. An Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array was used to characterize the methylation status of >450,000 CpG sites for 10 patients with UC. RESULTS: Clustering analysis based on the methylation status of the candidate genes clearly distinguished the inflammatory samples from the noninflammatory samples. The hypermethylation of the promoter CGIs strongly correlated with increased disease duration, which is a known risk factor for the development of colon cancer. Genome-wide methylation analyses revealed a high rate of hypermethylation in the severe phenotype of UC, particularly at the CGIs. Exclusively hypermethylated promoter CGIs in the severe phenotypes were significantly related to genes involved in biosynthetic processes, the regulation of metabolic processes, and nitrogen compound metabolic processes. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest the potential utility of DNA methylation as a molecular marker and therapeutic target for UC-related tumorigenesis.
Address *Department of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan; and daggerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Tanimukai Hospital Japan, Nishinomiya, Japan
Author Polex-Wolf, J.; Yeo, G.S.H.; O'Rahilly, S.
Title Impaired prohormone processing: a grand unified theory for features of Prader-Willi syndrome? Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication The Journal of Clinical Investigation Abbreviated Journal J Clin Invest
Volume 127 Issue 1 Pages 98-99
Abstract Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex disorder that manifests with an array of phenotypes, such as hypotonia and difficulties in feeding during infancy and reduced energy expenditure, hyperphagia, and developmental delays later in life. While the genetic cause has long been known, it is still not clear how mutations at this locus produce this array of phenotypes. In this issue of the JCI, Burnett and colleagues used a comprehensive approach to gain insight into how PWS-associated mutations drive disease. Using neurons derived from PWS patient induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and mouse models, the authors provide evidence that neuroendocrine PWS-associated phenotypes may be linked to reduced expression of prohormone convertase 1 (PC1). While these compelling results support a critical role for PC1 deficiency in PWS, more work needs to be done to fully understand how and to what extent loss of this prohormone processing enzyme underlies disease manifestations in PWS patients.
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Movies • Featured
'The Automat' Was the Coin-Operated Restaurant of the People
The automat, a type of coin-operated diner, was a tourist attraction on a par with the Statue of Liberty and this warm, witty film tells you how it began, how it grew into an institution and a way of living in New York City.
By Rex Reed • 02/19/22 10:44am
Audrey Hepburn spends a nickel on a treat from the automat.
Lawrence Fried, Film Forum
I didn't grow up in the frenzy and fascination of New York, but it seems written in stone that I didn't really start to live until after I got there. It was the winter of 1960 and from the dirt and the noise to the glamor and the grit, everything held an endless allure as my career grew wings and so did my identity. As anyone who knew and loved the city in those days will tell you with a look of sad resignation in their eyes and the sound of fond, undying memories in their voices, the changes have gone the way of the elevated subway and the nickel phone call, taking a heavy toll on a city that once drew us to its infinite possibilities like bears to honey. One of the things I miss the most among its treasures is the habitual chain of delicious, inexpensive Horn and Hardart restaurants known to all and sundry as, simply, the Automat.
THE AUTOMAT ★★★★
(4/4 stars)
Directed by: Lisa Hurwitz
To celebrate the universal popularity of this long gone but still sorely-missed culinary phenomenon, a charming, informative and nostalgic documentary produced and directed by and colorfully written by Michael Levine called, simply, The Automat, has the same kind of appeal as the fading aroma of a lost lover's perfume in the lining of an old raincoat. The Automat is gone now, like Lindy's, Childs, Rumpelmayer's, the chicken sandwiches on cheese toast at Schraffts, and the Harvey Girls who brightened railroad station cafes from coast to coast, but it is far from forgotten. It was more than a staple of New York history. It was unique. As Mel Brooks says at the beginning of the film, it had "little glass windows framed in brass with knobs, and if you put two nickels into slots next to the windows, they would open up and you could take out a piece of lemon meringue pie for ten cents." The Automat was a tourist attraction on a par with the Statue of Liberty and this warm, witty film tells you how it began, how it grew, and how it became an institution, a way of living, and a big chunk of New York history.
I knew it well, because when I was a critic and columnist three times a week in the New York Daily News for 13 years, the last Automat in existence was on the ground floor of the Daily News building on Third Avenue and 42nd St., and I would eat there every time I went to the office, entering through the same doors where I filmed a cameo with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in Superman. Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart invented the idea and opened the first Automat in Philadelphia in 1902 but it didn't really catch on until it became a social and cultural icon in the workforce. By 1920, there were 300,000 stenographers, secretaries, and sales clerks filling new office buildings throughout Manhattan, and the Automat provided them with an inexpensive place to meet friends, eat fresh, wholesome and well-prepared meals in safe and comfortable surroundings, and where they never had to worry about tipping. Beautifully designed with dolphin heads for coffee spouts, marble floors, high ceilings and pristine menus, in record time one Automat grew to 24, serving 2400 pies a day from a central bakery that famously turned out cheap, quality food in abundance. Quality was a hallmark. Rules were "Do not compromise". During the Depression, when so many restaurants went belly up, the Automat thrived. In World War II, they supplied the food for combat ships. And by 1953, they were serving 2,206,000 beef pies, 10,652,000 desserts, 3,388,000 hamburgers and 4,886,000 pounds of spaghetti to 8,000,000 customers per day. One of their most enthusiastic customers was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who shows us the table where she hid her homework and relished the cream of spinach, praising the Automat for welcoming people of all colors, religions and manner of dress—a perfect example of America as a "melting pot with food for all, and yet we were all in it together." Secretary of State Colin Powell favored the macaroni and cheese.
Regretfully, by the time I arrived on the scene, the Automat was beginning to feel the competition, losing more on every cup of coffee, and was forced to raise its prices to a dime. The result was disastrous. The new coin slots wouldn't accept dimes, and the ladies who lunch returned home to raise families. Frozen foods took over, the clientele was younger, demographics shifted to the suburbs and office workers stopped eating out. Big-city neighborhoods declined, homeless people took up the tables and chairs at the Automat, sometimes spending the entire day turning a cup of hot water with ketchup into bogus tomato soup and filling their pockets with free crackers. Other fast-food joints cashed in on the Automat's ideas, and one by one, the quality diminished, replaced by Starbucks and McDonald's and Burger Kings, and the inexpensive quality ham sandwich went the way of public phone booths. The last Automat closed in 1991, and now it's all just a fond memory of New York in a better time.
This enjoyable movie gets to the core of the Automat's significance, cutting to the core of its social impact on New York and the changing world we live in. Mel Brooks sums it up best: "It had some style and it was different. The marble, the brass, the polished floors, the chatter, the coffee…that was the Automat. It can't work again because the logistics and economics of today won't allow anything that simple, naive, elegant and beautiful to flourish again." From nuns and socialites and Audrey Hepburn dropping her nickel in the slot while rubbing elbows with Black teenagers from the Bronx, the myriad images in The Automat remind me of a series of beautiful Edward Hopper paintings. The Automat was owned by the people, and it's the people who loved it, remember it with passion, and still shed a tear when you mention it now.
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Q: Linq Entity Framework update query I want to convert a SQL query to an ADO.NET Entity Framework LINQ query. I'm working with MySQL.
SQL:
Update Not As n
Inner Join user As a
On a.UserId = n.Not_UserId
Set Not_Checked='0'
Where n.Not_Checked='1'
And n.Not_UserId='" + Not_UserId + "'

LINQ:
var n5 = from u in db.user
         join n in db.not
         on u.UserId equals n.Not_UserId
         where n.Not_Checked==1 && n.Not_UserId==4
         select new
         {
               u,
               n
         };

I want to update the value of n. I've tried n5.n but it didn't work. How to update n using LINQ EF?

A: I think you're looking for something like this:
foreach (var x in n5.ToList())
{
    x.n.Not_Checked = 0;
}
db.SaveChanges();

Note that n5 is an IQueryable, so you have to loop through to get to the element(s), or do FirstOrDefault() to get the first one.

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Q: how to scrapy information from one directory by selenium scraping contact information from the directory site
I am scraping contact information from the directory site.
this is not a link
I need scrape by selenium. it needs 3 steps,
1. get the company url from website.
2. get all company url from next page/ all pages.
3. scrape all contact information such as company name, website, email. etc.
the code as below, but I face two problem.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from time import sleep
from scrapy import Spider
from selenium import webdriver
from scrapy.selector import Selector
from scrapy.http import Request
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
import pandas as pd
results = list()
driver = webdriver.Chrome('D:\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe')
MAX_PAGE_NUM = 2
for i in range(1, MAX_PAGE_NUM):
    page_num = str(i)
url ="http://www.arabianbusinesscommunity.com/category/Industrial-Automation-Process-Control/" + page_num
driver.get(url)
sleep(5)
sel = Selector(text=driver.page_source)
companies = sel.xpath('//*[@id="categorypagehtml"]/div[1]/div[7]/ul/li/b//@href').extract()
for i in range(0, len(companies)):
    print(companies[i])

    results.append(companies[i])
    print('---')
    for result in results:
        url1 = "http://www.arabianbusinesscommunity.com" +result
        print(url1)
        driver.get(url1)
        sleep(5)

        sel = Selector(text=driver.page_source)

        name = sel.css('h2::text').extract_first()

        country = sel.xpath('//*[@id="companypagehtml"]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[1]/span[4]/text()').extract_first()
        if country:
           country = country.strip()
        web = sel.xpath('//*[@id="companypagehtml"]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[4]/a/@href').extract_first()
        email = sel.xpath('//a[contains(@href, "mailto:")]/@href').extract_first()
records = []
records.append((web,email,country,name))
df = pd.DataFrame(records, columns=['web','email', 'country', 'name'])

I write the code as above, but I have two problem.
1. I only can get the last company information.
2.each time it is iteration from the loop, computer always click all urls that clicked before.
can anyone help solve the problem?

A: Here code to get all companies details from all pages:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
baseUrl = "http://www.arabianbusinesscommunity.com/category/Industrial-Automation-Process-Control"
driver.get(baseUrl)

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 5)
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".search-result-list li")))

# Get last page number
lastPageHref = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".PagedList-skipToLast a").get_attribute("href")
hrefArray = lastPageHref.split("/")
lastPageNum = int(hrefArray[len(hrefArray) - 1])

# Get all URLs for the first page and save them in companyUrls list
js = 'return [...document.querySelectorAll(".search-result-list li b a")].map(e=>e.href)'
companyUrls = driver.execute_script(js)

# Iterate through all pages and get all companies URLs
for i in range(2, lastPageNum):
    driver.get(baseUrl + "/" + str(i))
    companyUrls.extend(driver.execute_script(js))

# Open each company page and get all details
companies = []
for url in companyUrls:
    driver.get(url)
    company = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#companypagehtml")))
    name = company.find_element_by_css_selector("h2").text
    email = driver.execute_script('var e = document.querySelector(".email"); if (e!=null) { return e.textContent;} return "";')
    website = driver.execute_script('var e = document.querySelector(".website"); if (e!=null) { return e.textContent;} return "";')
    phone = driver.execute_script('var e = document.querySelector(".phone"); if (e!=null) { return e.textContent;} return "";')
    fax = driver.execute_script('var e = document.querySelector(".fax"); if (e!=null) { return e.textContent;} return "";')
    country = company.find_element_by_xpath(".//li[@class='location']/span[last()]").text.replace(",", "").strip()
    address = ''.join([e.text.strip() for e in company.find_elements_by_xpath(".//li[@class='location']/span[position() != last()]")])


America's painted ladies : the ultimate celebration of our Victorians / Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen ; photographs by Douglas Keister.
Title America's painted ladies : the ultimate celebration of our Victorians / Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen ; photographs by Douglas Keister.
Publisher New York : Viking Studio Books, 1994, c1992.
Physical Description 303 p.: col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Subject Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
Architecture, Victorian -- United States.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300).


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USRA Supports Introduction of NASA Authorization Bill by Congressman Udall
Representative Mark Udall of Colorado introduced in the House this past week the NASA Authorization Act of 2008. Representative Udall, who chairs the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the Committee on Science and Technology, was joined by Representative Bart Gordon of Tennessee, Representative Ralph Hall of Texas, and Representative Tom Feeney of Florida. The bill authorizes funding to NASA of $19.2 billion for fiscal year 2009, above the President's budget request of $17.6 billion. The previous NASA authorization bill was enacted in 2005. USRA supports this important legislation and commends Chairman Udall for introducing the bill this year.
The bill contains several groundbreaking provisions including making NASA a part of America's innovation agenda, along with other agencies that were included in the 'America COMPETES Act' last year, and the bill includes support of small university-led missions that enable hands-on training for undergraduate and graduate students. In March of this year, USRA member universities unanimously adopted a resolution at their annual meeting urging that at least 1% of NASA's total budget be devoted to funding competitive opportunities for university-led hands-on training provided by missions on sounding rockets, high altitude balloons, remotely piloted vehicles, emerging commercial suborbital flights, and university class space flight missions. Today, there are fewer opportunities at our nation's research universities for the next-generation of scientists and engineers to gain the hands-on training they will need to succeed in aerospace fields. In fact, the number of flight opportunities through which university students can build hardware and analyze related space data has declined steadily over the last two decades. Since 1970, suborbital experimental launches have decreased eighty percent – from 270 launches per year to less 50 planned launches this year. This bill will reverse this decades-long decline.
The full text of the NASA Authorization Act of 2008 as introduced in the House is available for download.
The Universities Space Research Association, established in 1969 by the National Academy of Sciences, is a private, nonprofit consortium of 102 universities offering advanced degrees in space- and aeronautics-related disciplines. USRA's mission is to conduct leading-edge research, develop innovative technologies, promote education and policy across the breadth of space science, and operate premier science and technology facilities by involving universities, private industry and government.


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90 Teens Pregnant at 1 Memphis Tennessee High School [VIDEO]
Jan, 18 2011 | Written by ATLien
Teen pregnancy has become a huge crisis in Memphis, Tennessee. Specifically Shelby County, where the population is predominantly black and poor.
These days, the city's Frayser Middle/High School has more teen-aged girls carrying around babies & diapers than books & backpacks.
So far, a reported 90 teens are either pregnant now or have had a baby this school year. A whopping 20% percent of the school's female population are already in the throes of parenthood.
Sixteen-year-old Terrika Sutton (pictured above) is one of the Frayser students who became pregnant. ? Sutton, who is now the mother of a 2-month-old daughter, says she was in her fifth month when she found out she was expecting a child.
The teen mom surprised her parents and classmates alike when she broke the news to them about her situation.
Terrika spoke with a Memphis news station regarding the teen pregnancy crisis. Video below:
VIDEO: 90 Girls Pregnant at Memphis Area High School
"They were like, 'Terrika, I never knew you would get pregnant,' and I was like well it happened."
The young mother goes onto say, though, that teen pregnancy is nothing to be proud of and that something should be done:
"It's a shame that all these girls at Frayser are pregnant, but it ain't nothing new. They probably planned on what they gonna do to get pregnant. Ain't no telling. They need a class where they can teach girls before they get pregnant to use protection and stuff and so they don't try to get pregnant."
Until now, there has been very little data collected on the number of pregnant students.
Last year, more than 2,100 girls ages 10 to 19 gave birth in Shelby County.? Frayser has the highest teen-pregnancy rate in all of Memphis.
An all-out campaign is being launched to deter teen pregnancy at the school…
Educators and researchers have come up with a new campaign that has been designed to help teens prevent pregnancy called "No Baby!"
Memphis City School officials will set the initiative in motion on Jan. 20. The campaign will be run by Girls Inc., an organization that's been helping girls in Memphis improve their self-esteem for the past several decades.
The "No Baby!" all-out massive effort to stomp out teen pregnancy will hopefully get the message across to teens to say no to having sex and having babies. "No Baby!" will only encourage abstinence and not provide contraceptives but will give teens the proper tools on how to protect themselves should they decide to engage in sexual relations.
The war against teenage pregnancy is also being infused with $250,000 in advertising that will saturate all forms of social media forums such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as using other mediums, such as texts, radio, billboards and television.
The advertising campaign's rollout will begin with Frayser, but it will expand to include other schools in Memphis where the teen pregnancy problem is rampant. In 10 Memphis zip codes, at least 20 percent of teens have a baby, which is more than double the national average.
My question is… what the hell took them so long? The so-called "campaign" should have been launched when the number hit 10…? or how about 5! Apparently these youngsters have no clue about birth control… and sometimes that has to start at home.
It's a sad situation. Especially in today's age. It's almost like were going backwards.
I blame MTV's "16 & pregnant" show because apparently these girls have been desensitized to the idea of being 16 & pregnant.
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In the United States, habitual offender laws (commonly referred to as three-strikes laws) have been implemented since at least 1952, and are part of the United States Justice Department's Anti-Violence Strategy. These laws require a person who is convicted of an offense and who has one or two other previous serious convictions to serve a mandatory life sentence in prison, with or without parole depending on the jurisdiction. The purpose of the laws is to drastically increase the punishment of those who continue to commit offenses after being convicted of one or two serious crimes.

Twenty-eight states have some form of a "three-strikes" law. A person accused under such laws is referred to in a few states (notably Connecticut and Kansas) as a "persistent offender", while Missouri uses the unique term "prior and persistent offender". In most jurisdictions, only crimes at the felony level qualify as serious offenses. And it may turn on which felonies are defined as being serious, which may vary depending on the jurisdiction, in particular, whether a subject felony must include violence or not.

The three-strikes law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence.

The expression "Three strikes and you are out" is derived from baseball, where a batter against whom three strikes are recorded strikes out.

History
The practice of imposing longer prison sentences on repeat offenders (versus first-time offenders who commit the same crime) is present throughout most of American history, as judges often take into consideration prior offenses when sentencing. However, there is a more recent history of mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders. For example, New York State had a long-standing Persistent Felony Offender law dating back to the early 20th century (partially ruled unconstitutional in 2010, but reaffirmed en banc shortly after). But such sentences were not compulsory in each case, and judges had much more discretion as to what term of incarceration should be imposed.

During Prohibition the state of Michigan enacted one of the harshest laws against bootlegging in the nation. The law required a life sentence for those violating liquor laws for the fourth time. In late 1928 Etta Mae Miller, a mother of four was found guilty under this law, sparking outrage.

The first true "three-strikes" law was passed in 1993, when Washington voters approved Initiative 593. California passed its own in 1994, when their voters passed Proposition 184 by an overwhelming majority, with 72% in favor and 28% against. The initiative proposed to the voters had the title of Three Strikes and You're Out, referring to de facto life imprisonment after being convicted of three violent or serious felonies which are listed under California Penal Code section 1192.7.

The concept swiftly spread to other states, but none of them chose to adopt a law as sweeping as California's. By 2004, twenty-six states and the federal government had laws that satisfy the general criteria for designation as "three-strikes" statutes—namely, that a third felony conviction brings a sentence of 20 to life where 20 years must be served before becoming parole eligible. A 1997 study found that in California, "the three-strikes law did not decrease serious crime or petty theft rates below the level expected on the basis of preexisting trends."

Three-strikes laws have been cited as an example of the McDonaldization of punishment, in which the focus of criminological and penological interest has shifted away from retribution and treatment tailored to the individual offender and toward the control of high-risk groups based on aggregations and statistical averages. A three-strikes system achieves uniformity in punishment of criminals in a certain class (viz., three-time offenders) in a way that is analogous to how a fast food restaurant achieves uniformity of its product.

Enactment by states

The following states have enacted three-strikes laws:
New York has employed a habitual felon statute since 1797.
North Carolina has had a law dealing with habitual felons since 1967, but the law was amended in 1994 and now means that a third conviction for any violent felony (which includes any Class A, B, C, D or E Felony) will result in a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
Maryland has had a habitual felon statute for violent offenders since 1975. The law was amended in 1994, meaning that a fourth conviction for a crime of violence mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
Alabama has had a habitual felon statute for serious and violent felons since 1977, providing for up to life imprisonment, and includes a mandatory life sentence without parole for three or more felony convictions for any crime and one of those convictions were for any offense classified as a Class A Felony (10–99 years or life).
Delaware has had a three-strikes law providing up to life imprisonment for serious felonies since 1973, when the Delaware Criminal Code, contained under Part I, Title 11 of the Delaware Code, became effective.
Texas has had a three-strikes with mandatory life sentence since at least 1952.
In Rummel v. Estelle (1980), the US Supreme Court upheld Texas's statute, which arose from a case involving a refusal to repay $120.75 paid for air conditioning repair that was, depending on the source cited, either considered unsatisfactory or not performed at all, where the defendant had been convicted of two prior felony convictions, and where the total amount involved from all three felonies was around $230.
In 1993: Washington
In 1994: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Tennessee. Tennessee is one of the few states, together with Georgia and South Carolina, that mandates life without parole for two or more convictions for the most serious violent crimes, including murder, rape, aggravated cases of robbery, sexual abuse or child sexual abuse, etc.
California's original Proposition 184 was later modified by 2012 California Proposition 36. In 2003, a sentence under the law was upheld in Ewing v. California.
In 1995: Arkansas, Florida, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Georgia and Vermont. Georgia has a "two strikes" law, also known as the "seven deadly sins" law, which mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for two or more convictions of murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, or aggravated child molestation or any combination of those offenses.
In 1996: South Carolina. South Carolina also has a "two strikes" law for crimes known as a "most serious offense", which are crimes like murder, rape, attempted murder, armed robbery, etc. whereas, the "three strikes" law applies to "serious offenses" which are many drug offenses, other violent crimes like burglary, robbery, arson, etc. and even serious nonviolent crimes like insurance fraud, forgery, counterfeit, etc. Two convictions or three convictions under these provisions or any combination of these will automatically result in a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The South Carolina "two strikes" law is similar to Georgia's seven-deadly-sins law.
In 2006: Arizona
In 2012: Massachusetts

Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee are the only states in the United States to date that have "two strikes" laws for the most serious violent crimes, such as murder, rape, serious cases of robbery, etc. and they all mandate a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a conviction of any such crimes a second time around.

Application

The exact application of the three-strikes laws varies considerably from state to state, but the laws call for life sentences for at least 25 years on their third strike. In the state of Maryland, any person who receives their fourth strike for any crime of violence will automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Most states require one or more of the three felony convictions to be for violent crimes in order for the mandatory sentence to be pronounced. Crimes that fall under the category of "violent" include: murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse, rape, aggravated robbery, and aggravated assault.

Some states include additional, lesser offenses that one would not normally see as violent. For example, the list of crimes that count as serious or violent in the state of California is much longer than that of other states, and consists of many lesser offenses that include: firearm violations, burglary, simple robbery, arson, and providing hard drugs to a minor, and drug possession. As another example, Texas does not require any of the three felony convictions to be violent, but specifically excludes certain "state jail felonies" from being counted for enhancement purposes.

One application of a three-strikes law was the Leonardo Andrade case in California in 2009. In this case, Leandro Andrade attempted to rob $153 in videotapes from two San Bernardino K-Mart stores. He was charged under California's three-strikes law because of his criminal history concerning drugs and other burglaries. Because of his past criminal records, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison with no parole after this last burglary of K-Mart. Although this sentencing was disputed by Erwin Chemerinsky, who represented Andrade, as cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled in support for the life sentencing.

In 1995, Sioux City, Iowa native Tommy Lee Farmer, a professional criminal who had served 43 years in prison for murder and armed robbery was the first person in the United States to be convicted under the federal three-strikes law when he was sentenced to life in prison for an attempted robbery at an eastern Iowa convenience store. He was prosecuted by Stephen J. Rapp, a US Attorney appointed by Clinton. The sentencing was considered so significant that President Bill Clinton interrupted a vacation to make a press statement about it.

Another example of the three-strikes law involves Timothy L. Tyler who, in 1992 at age 24, was sentenced to life in prison without parole when his third conviction (a federal offense) triggered the federal three-strikes law, even though his two prior convictions were not considered violent, and neither conviction resulted in any prison time served.

Effects

United States

Analyzing the effect of the Three-Strikes legislation as a means of deterrence and incapacitation, a 2004 study found that the Three-Strikes Law did not have a very significant effect on deterrence of crime, but also that this ineffectiveness may be due to the diminishing marginal returns associated with having pre-existing repeat offender laws in place.

Another study found that arrest rates in California were up to 20% lower for the group of offenders convicted of two-strike eligible offenses, compared to those convicted of one-strike eligible offenses. The study concluded that the three-strikes policy was deterring recidivists from committing crimes. California has seen a reduction in criminal activity, and "Stolzenberg and D'Alessio found that serious crime in California's 10 largest cities collectively had dropped 15% during the 3-year post-intervention period".

A study written by Robert Parker, director of the Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies at UC Riverside, states that violent crime began falling almost two years before California's three-strikes law was enacted in 1994. The study argues that the decrease in crime is linked to lower alcohol consumption and lower rates of unemployment.

A 2007 study from the Vera Institute of Justice in New York examined the effectiveness of incapacitation under all forms of sentencing. The study estimated that if US incarceration rates were increased by 10 percent, the crime rate would decrease by at least 2 percent. However, this action would be extremely costly to implement.

Another study found that three-strikes laws discourage criminals from committing misdemeanors for fear of a life prison sentence. Although this deters crime and contributes to lower crime rates, the laws may possibly push previously convicted criminals to commit more serious offenses. The study's author argues that this is so because under such laws, felons realize that they could face a long jail sentence for their next crime regardless of type, and therefore they have little to lose by committing serious crimes rather than minor offenses. Through these findings, the study weighs both the pros and cons for the law.

A 2015 study found that three-strikes laws were associated with a 33% increase in the risk of fatal assaults on law enforcement officers.

New Zealand
In 2010, New Zealand enacted a similar three-strikes law called the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act 2010. The bill was sponsored by Police and Corrections Minister Judith Collins from the ruling National Party. It was passed into law by the National and ACT parties but was opposed by the opposition Labour and Green parties, and National's support partner, the Māori Party. While the Sentencing and Parole Act was supported by conservative groups such as the Sensible Sentencing Trust, critics attacked the law for promoting penal populism and disproportionately targeting the Māori community.

In early June 2018, an attempt by the Labour-led coalition government to overturn the Sentencing and Parole Act was blocked by Labour's support partner New Zealand First and the opposition National and ACT parties. NZ First had indicated its opposition to overturning the three-strikes bill, prompting Justice Minister Andrew Little to abandon the attempt.

On 11 November 2021, the Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi announced that the Government was introducing legislation to repeal the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act. On 9 August 2022, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill, which repealed the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act. The repeal legislation was supported by the Labour, Green, and Māori parties but was opposed by the National and ACT parties, who stated that they would reinstate three-strikes legislation if re-elected in 2023.

Criticism
Some criticisms of three-strikes laws are that they clog the court system with defendants taking cases to trial in an attempt to avoid life sentences, and clog jails with defendants who must be detained while waiting for these trials because the likelihood of a life sentence makes them a flight risk. Life imprisonment is also an expensive correctional option, and potentially inefficient given that many prisoners serving these sentences are elderly and therefore both costly to provide health care services to and statistically at low risk of recidivism. Dependents of prisoners serving long sentences may also become burdensome on welfare services.

Prosecutors have also sometimes evaded the three-strikes laws by processing arrests as parole violations rather than new offenses, or by bringing misdemeanor charges when a felony charge would have been legally justified. Likewise, there is potential for witnesses to refuse to testify, and juries to refuse to convict, if they want to keep a defendant from receiving a life sentence; this can introduce disparities in punishments, defeating the goal of treating third-time offenders uniformly. Three-strikes laws have also been criticized for imposing disproportionate penalties and focusing too much on street crime rather than white-collar crime.

See also

 10-20-Life
 Armed Career Criminal Act
 Baumes law, 1926 four strike law
 Ricardo Cerna, a 47-year-old man who committed suicide in 2003 after being arrested for attempted murder, which would have been his third strike
 Deterrence
 First Step Act
 Habitual offender laws, a comparison of similar laws in several countries
 Habitual Criminals Act
 HADOPI law
 Incapacitation (penology)
 Indefinite prison sentence
 Mandatory sentencing
 One strike, you're out
 Prison-industrial complex
 Recidivism
 Stanford Law School Criminal Defense Clinic
 United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines

References

U.S. state criminal law
Sentencing (law)
California law


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Johnny Manziel Sports Football CFL football Professional football Athlete contracts Sports transactions Sports business NFL football
Alliance in holding pattern on Johnny Manziel
By The Associated Press - Apr. 11, 2019 08:52 AM EDT
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 file photo, Montreal Alouettes quarterback Johnny Manziel throws a pass during warmups before a CFL football game against the BC Lions in Montreal. Johnny Manziel is now "available" to the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football, the team's general manager said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Before acting on Manziel, the Commanders and the new league are looking into why Manziel's contract was terminated by the CFL earlier this week.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not.
The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week by the CFL.
"We don't know," Alliance co-founder Charlie Ebersol said Friday. "We're trying to get to the bottom of what happened in Canada.
"We want to be a league of opportunity to the best available players, assuming they are available contractually, with a clean bill of health and a clean criminal record. We want them if they can play at our level. We have to have guys who play at a level that every single guy has a shot to get back to the NFL.
"We look at everybody. If he is clean and clear, we will certainly talk to him about coming out for a workout."
The AAF enters its fourth weekend. The San Antonio Commanders would have the first shot at Manziel because he went to Texas A&M, and he would go through the league's waiver process should the Commanders pass on him.
Manziel's contract with the Montreal Alouettes was terminated Wednesday. The league also told the eight other CFL clubs it wouldn't register a contract for Manziel if anyone tried to sign the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner.
The league said Manziel, a first-round draft pick by Cleveland in 2013 who soon flamed out of the NFL, breached an agreement that made him eligible for the CFL.
Manziel was 2-6 as a starter last season, completing 106 of 165 passes (64.2 percent) for 1,290 yards with five TDs and seven interceptions. He also ran for 215 yards on 29 carries as Montreal (5-13) missed the CFL playoffs.
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