Product prices and availability are accurate as of 2019-04-20 19:19:11 UTC and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on http://www.amazon.com/ at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
An iStockphoto inspector since 2002, author Rob Sylvan has spent nearly a decade as part of the team that decides which photos get sold on one of the largest, most popular microstock sites in existence. He's also made tens of thousands of dollars off of his own microstock photography. As a result, no one knows better than he does what it takes to get your photos accepted to stock sites—and what to do to make those photos sell. In Taking Stock, Rob shares his hard-earned insider knowledge on how to shoot, edit, and tag photos so you can earn while you learn, regardless of which microstock agency you're using.
In this book, you'll learn how to look at the world through the eyes of designers, photo editors, and stock photographers. You'll also learn the importance of focusing your energy on creating stock content that resonates with your passion for photography. But we all know time is money, which is why Rob explains how to set up an effective digital workflow—the real key to making money in the high-volume, low-cost microstock market. By the end of this book, you'll look at your work with new eyes, enabling you to make more money doing exactly what you love: shooting photos that sell.


Our amazon store builder gives you both options. You have the 90 Day Cookie Feature and the 24 Hour Cookie option.
90 Day Cookie = This works when you are using the "Shopping Cart Feature" on your amazon affiliate store. The way this works, when a customer adds items from your store into the cart and checkouts to amazon. They will be asked to confirm the items added to the cart and it will be added to their Amazon Cart. If they don't purchase those items right away, it gets saved for the "Saved Shopping Cart".
24 Hour Cookie = When you enable "Buy At Amazon" buttons. This locks in a 24 hour cookie anytime someone clicks any of your "buy at amazon" buttons on your product pages.
Amazon Cookie Options - In my opinion and testing, I find disabling the cart I get better conversions. I think most people when they save products to shop for later on amazon, they don't usually come back to their saved cart on amazon. They will just go directly to amazon and add the product to the cart again and you will lose your sale.
When a customer checkouts from your store using the cart feature and confirms the items on amazon, if they don;t buy them right away, it stores the items under their "Saved Shopping Cart" on amazon, but if they don't go to that saved shopping cart to check those products out, you will not get the sale.
When you use the "Buy At Amazon" buttons, when a customer clicks any buy button from your product page, it will take them to amazon for that product page and lock in a 24hour cookie. If they decide not to purchase that item they clicked from your website but they purchase something else in those 24hours then you will get the credit for the sale. I find I sell a lot of stuff not even in my store using the "buy at amazon" buttons only.


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1997–2017: Château Malartic-Lagravière, a family story of passion and determination
door Redactie | 2 feb 2017 | importeurs, Internationaal, Nieuws
Driven by a taste for adventure and a passion for winegrowing, the Bonnie family has worked tirelessly for twenty years to produce wines that embody the energy and intensity of their efforts. 2017 will be a remarkable year for Château Malartic-Lagravière, when the results of this personal dedication to an exceptional terroir will be showcased.
20 years of passion
2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the Bonnie family's ownership of the estate. Since the spectacular transformation carried out by Alfred and Michèle Bonnie when they acquired the estate in February 1997, Château Malartic-Lagravière has flourished under the management of their daughter Véronique and son Jean-Jacques, along with their respective spouses, Bruno and Séverine.
The family works alongside their employees, applying the highest level of expertise at every stage of the production process. This intense involvement has become their ethos, their philosophy. This approach was established very early on, with the use of the best possible techniques in both the vineyard and the winery to do justice to the gravel terroir's exceptional quality.
The extensive, meticulous work of the past two decades, vintage after vintage, is now bearing fruit. Recognised by leading experts all over the world, Château Malartic-Lagravière wines have never been more deserving of their position as one of Bordeaux's top wines.
A prestigious event showcasing the achievement of two decades
On the evening of Wednesday 21 June 2017, bringing Vinexpo Bordeaux to a close, Alfred and Michèle Bonnie and their family will host 1,500 international guests at the 65th Fête de la Fleur dinner, organised in association with the Commanderie du Bontemps.
Selected from among the great Medoc, Graves, Sauternes and Barsac estates to host this spectacular gala evening (one of the most prestigious French wine industry events) in 2017, Château Malartic-Lagravière also celebrates the 20th anniversary of its acquisition by the Bonnie family. Renovated in 1997, the estate has exceptional production facilities and a vineyard governed by an extremely rigorous environmental charter. As a result, Château Malartic-Lagravière has gained international renown.
An exceptional vintage resulting from 20 years' work
The extreme weather conditions in 2016 (a particularly wet winter and spring, one of the driest ever summers followed by an Indian summer) meant a long, slow ripening period, refining the tannins and developing more complexity in the flavours and aromas. Dry gravel soil, full ploughing and sustainable methods over a period of twenty years have been crucial in allowing the vines' deep roots to find the water reserves they need to withstand stress. This exceptional vintage has been further enhanced by the Malartic team's finely honed expertise and high-performance production facility. The 2016 Malartic-Lagravière, which will be unveiled at a primeur tasting in early April 2017, is absolutely superb.
About the Malartic Vineyards:
Passionate wine lovers Alfred and Michèle Bonnie purchased Château Malartic-Lagravière in 1997. Drawn to the exceptional terroir and huge potential of its wines, they immediately embarked on a fervent mission to revive this Grand Cru Classé de Graves, whites and reds, and quickly restored it to its former glory. Their children joined them in 2003 and at the end of 2005, they bought the neighbouring Château Gazin Rocquencourt, which the Grand Cru team manages with the same demanding quality standards. In 2005 the Bonnies acquired Clos de los Siete in Argentina where they established the magnificent Bodega DiamAndes. From Bordeaux to Mendoza, the Vignobles Malartic teams, now led by Véronique and Jean-Jacques, work with passion and precision to produce refined, intense and complex wines, vintage after vintage, for the pleasure of wine-lovers the world over!

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I just got back from SXSW 2019 in Austin TX early this morning and the experience provided me with yet another opportunity to reflect on how entrepreneurs view their businesses. It's funny because as an investor I'm always coaching entrepreneurs on how to "view the conversation from the other side of the table", and yet to be honest sometimes I forget to do that myself.
For 4 days straight we had back to back meetings with entrepreneurs in every tech industry imaginable and from all corners of the Globe. After the last conversation an important pattern jumped out at me that doesn't get talked about nearly enough, timing. Not just market timing, the importance of that has been talked about to death. I mean the timing of your business; an entrepreneur's ability to be very self aware and objective about what stage their business is at and what challenges lie ahead.
Unfortunately what triggered this revelation was the last meeting we had with a company I actually really liked and think has great potential. What's important to note is that they're about to close quite a nice size round at quite a high valuation cap and yet the company is essentially pre-revenue, has no clue what the best application is of their technology, and is dramatically underestimating how hard sales will be. The founders have mostly technical backgrounds and the one sales guy they have has primarily worked for much larger tech companies not startups. The combination of these factors means they have a very inflated idea of what stage the company is truly at.
I think the best signal for this was when we asked him about his plans after closing the current round. His answer was focused entirely on the tech development. He knew precisely what features he wanted to ad, bugs to fix, etc. but it was as if sales had not even crossed his mind.
So you'd be totally justified in asking, how then were they able to raise their current round? In the vast majority of cases, software startups can only ever get away with raising one round based purely on "the vision". This means you basically get one attempt at bat when you're pre-revenue and so the only thing investors have to go on is their confidence in the team and belief in potential size of the opportunity. After you raise that round the dynamic changes entirely to a traction based argument. If you don't hit certain KPI benchmarks or grow at the pace that's expected for the next round, you're in double trouble.
Here's why I'm so concerned about this company's view on their future. It's one thing when a company has some great tech and a competent team but still hasn't quite found any evidence of product-market fit yet. That's fine it just means they're early in the process. If however that company takes new investment, especially a large investment like a few million dollars, they're doubly at risk. Firstly all that money is going to mean the company will make new hires, new investments in their technology, etc. and dramatically increase their burn rate. They become more desperate for cash by the day. Second is that they need to hit certain benchmarks for KPIs (in particular revenue) and high growth rates within a short time period (12-18 months usually) in order to be in a strong position to raise their next round of funding at a favorable valuation. This second item is hard enough when you already know what your product is, who you're selling it to, and how to sell it. The pressure becomes much higher when you don't have a clear idea of any of those things. It forces you to run a lot of experiments very quickly, hope you find out those answers, and then spend the remainder of the money essentially playing catch-up on sales to try and meet those benchmarks before time is out and your bank account hits zero. The founders, not having experience in this situation, are therefore dramatically underestimating how hard it is to pull that off and perhaps how much they stand to loose if they don't and need to raise a down round.
So what's the moral of the story here? It shouldn't be embarrassing to simply be early in the process. That's not a jab at your abilities as an entrepreneur. How far along your company is, is just a simple fact. Every company starts from nothing before they become something. Being able to objectively see what stage your company is at is an incredible skill for an entrepreneur to master and one I have the utmost respect for when I come across an entrepreneur that has it. It means you are always looking for the objectively reality. It also means that you are always thinking two steps ahead and won't make the kinds of mistakes that will shoot you in the foot down the road.


David Clyde was born on the 30th of March 1894 to Joseph Clyde, a Clothier in Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
He first matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1911-12, aged 17, to study Medicine. Over the course of his five year medical degree, David would study subjects such as Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Pathology, Practise of Medicine and Midwifery. He also signed up to study Vaccination in his fourth year.
David graduated with an MB ChB on the 9th of October 1916.
Immediately upon graduating, David entered the R.A.M.C. (S.R.) and served in that corps during the WWI. Later, in 1925, he was posted to the United Provinces as assistant director of public health in the civil public health service and then became a civil surgeon in the medical department. He spent many years as a district medical officer, ending up as a civil surgeon at Lucknow, before proceeding to MD at the University of Glasgow which he attained on the 20th of April, 1935 with his, Highly Commended, thesis: 'On the control of malaria during the Sarda Canal construction'.
In 1947 he became surgeon-general with the Government of Bengal: the most difficult medical administrative post in India due to famine and War in the country.
In the independence honours list on 1 January 1948 he was awarded a knighthood.
Colonel Sir David Clyde died on the 23rd November 1966. His son, David Francis, would become a distinguished malariologist in East Africa. The University of Glasgow Library have some of the published works of David Francis Clyde.
Born 30 March 1894, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.


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Small Things Like These
An exquisite winter tale of courage - and its cost, set in Catholic Ireland.
Publisher Faber & Faber Ltd.
Binding Hardback
'A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel (Winner of the Booker Prize 2009 and 2012) 'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020) THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER, ANTARCTICA AND WALK THE BLUE FIELDS 'Marvellous-exact and icy and loving all at once.' Sarah Moss 'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' Sinead Gleeson It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness. 'Astonishing. Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.' Colm Toibin 'A true gift of a book. a sublime Chekhovian shock.' Andrew O'Hagan 'A moral tale that is unsentimental and deeply affecting, because true and right.' David Hayden
Aisling and the City
Sarah Breen & Emer McLysaght
Aisling is back - and she's off to New York! The fourth (and penultimate) book in the No. 1 bestselling series.
Oh William!
Dubray Staff Recommended Read.. 'A deft exploration of the deep emotions that haunt and enrich any familial bond.' – Donal, Dún Laoghaire The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life
Renegades: Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen & Barack Obama
Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.
A Dubray Staff Recommended Read... A brilliantly claustrophobic and twisty thriller from the critically acclaimed author of the No. 1 bestseller The Nothing Man.


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Q: Создание анимации через потоки на Android Здравствуйте, стоит задача, на языке Java под ОС Android нужно написать задачу: создать снеговика и сделать так, чтобы его составляющие объекты меняли цвет с разной скоростью. Смена цветов должна быть реализована в потоке.
У меня получилось написать код, но не понимаю, как именно эта анимация должна в этот поток помещаться. Вот собственно полный код, написан в Eclipse:
package ru.ucheba;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Paint.Style;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.view.View;

public class Zadanie2 extends Activity {
    int a = 255;
    int r = 100;
    int g = 0;
    int b = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(new Panel(this));

    }

    class Panel extends View {
        public Panel(Context context) {
            super(context);
        }

        @Override
        public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            super.onDraw(canvas);
            Paint p1 = new Paint();
            p1.setStyle(Style.FILL);

            p1.setARGB(a, r, g, b);
            canvas.drawCircle(270, 170, 70, p1);
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
                r--;
                SystemClock.sleep(10);
                invalidate();
            }

            for (int j = 0; j < 15; j++) {
                p1.setARGB(a, r, g, b);
                g--;
                canvas.drawCircle(270, 310, 100, p1);
                SystemClock.sleep(20);
                invalidate();
            }

            for (int k = 0; k < 30; k++) {
                p1.setARGB(a, r, g, b);
                b--;
                canvas.drawCircle(270, 510, 150, p1);
                SystemClock.sleep(40);
                invalidate();
            }
        }

        class Task extends Thread {
            @Override
            public void run() {

            }
        }
    }
}

Чем заполнять метод run() понимаю, но ругается либо на canvas, p1, или invalidate(). Прошу помощи

A: Ваш код принципиально неверен. В методе onDraw() нельзя вызывать sleep() и invalidate(). Это все вместе с изменением переменных argb должно происходить в отдельном потоке, а метод onDraw() только отрисовывать экран в соответствии с их состоянием.
    @Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);

        p.setARGB(a, r1, g1, b1);
        canvas.drawCircle(270, 170, 70, p);

        p.setARGB(a, r2, g2, b2);
        canvas.drawCircle(270, 310, 100, p);

        p.setARGB(a, r3, g3, b3);
        canvas.drawCircle(270, 510, 150, p);
    }

Перенести в конструктор и сделать переменной класса:
p = new Paint();
p.setStyle(Style.FILL);

В run() меняйте rX, gX, bX как вам надо и вызывайте синхронно с основным потоком invalidate() когда надо перерисовать.

A: Выполнил вот таким образом, может кому-то поможет. Думаю, этот код можно написать гораздо лучше. Поэтому кто сможет, укажите на ошибки, буду благодарен.
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;

public class Zadanie2 extends Activity {
    int[] Colo = { 10, 20, 30 }; // массив со значениями исп. для цветов                            // снеговика
    public Thread myThread1, myThread2, myThread3; // создание переменных для потоков
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(new Panel(this)); // использование класса Panel в качестве активити

        myThread1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                int znak = 1;
                while (true) {
                    if ((znak > 0) && (Colo[0] > 250)) {
                        znak = -znak;
                    }
                    if ((znak < 0) && (Colo[0] < 5)) {
                        znak = -znak;
                    }
                    Colo[0] += znak;

                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(30);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        myThread2 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                int znak2 = 1;
                while (true) {
                    if ((znak2 > 0) && (Colo[1] > 250)) {
                        znak2 = -znak2;
                    }
                    if ((znak2 < 0) && (Colo[1] < 5)) {
                        znak2 = -znak2;
                    }
                    Colo[1] += znak2;

                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(30);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }
        });
        myThread3 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                int znak3 = 1;
                while (true) {
                    if ((znak3 > 0) && (Colo[2] > 250)) {
                        znak3 = -znak3;
                    }
                    if ((znak3 < 0) && (Colo[2] < 5)) {
                        znak3 = -znak3;
                    }
                    Colo[2] += znak3;

                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(30);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }
        });
        // запуск потоков
        myThread1.start();
        myThread2.start();
        myThread3.start();
    }

    class Panel extends View {
        public Panel(Context context) {
            super(context);
        }

        @Override
        public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            super.onDraw(canvas);
            float w, h, cx, cy, radius;
            // переменные, для адаптивного расположения снеговика
            w = getWidth(); // считывает ширину
            h = getHeight(); // считывает высоту
            cx = w / 2;
            cy = h / 2;
            // для ориентации экрана
            if (w > h) {
                radius = h / 8;
            } else {
                radius = w / 8;
            }

            Paint p1 = new Paint();
            p1.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
            p1.setColor(Color.rgb(Colo[0], 255, 255));
            canvas.drawCircle(cx, cy - h / 3, radius, p1);

            Paint p2 = new Paint();
            p2.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
            p2.setColor(Color.rgb(255, Colo[1] * 2, 255));
            canvas.drawCircle(cx, cy - h / 3 + radius * 2,
                    (float) (radius * 1.5), p2);

            Paint p3 = new Paint();
            p3.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
            p3.setColor(Color.rgb(255, 255, Colo[2] * 3));
            canvas.drawCircle(cx, cy - h / 3 + radius * 5, radius * 2, p3);

            invalidate(); // перерисовка объектов
        }
    }
}

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Jan 05 | 2018
May in Russia's food and drink industry brings some interesting news, including a new product line from a true gourmand, World Cup news, and a welcome return to the market for some old Turkish favourites.
Russia removes restrictions on Turkish tomatoes
Russia will allow imports of Turkish tomatoes as of May 1 2018, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, said on Friday 27 April. The agricultural watchdog considers it possible to allow full, unrestricted imports of Turkish tomatoes into Russia at that time. This comes after nearly two years of negotiations after produce from Turkey was banned in Russia in November 2015.
Earlier, 20 Turkish tomato suppliers regained access to the Russian market. Now it is open to all producers that can supply evidence that their sites are free from tomato moth infestation. The current quota for Turkish tomatoes in Russia is 50,000 tons annually.
French film star brings a taste of France to Russia
Award-winning actor and food enthusiast Gerard Depardieu has launched a new range of food products "inspired by French traditions" in Russia. The range has been created by alongside Goûts de France (Tastes of France), a Russian company that promotes quality French cuisine in Russia by using "the best producers of foodstuffs and beverages in Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States". Products in the range include foie gras mousse, an assortment of jams and desserts, fillet of duck, mille-feuilles puff pastries. and even vodka. Each item comes with Gerard Depardieu's seal of approval.
Supermarket chain Dixie has picked up Mr Depardieu's products and will be selling them in Moscow and the surrounding region. "Food for the body is just as important as food for the soul. That's why what we eat is of fundamental importance," Mr Depardieu said at the range's launch Moscow in April. "My idea was to have the Russian market discover products of local producers who are as passionate as I am about product quality and their beneficial effects."
Gerard Depardieu has held a Russian passport since 2013 after leaving France for tax reasons.
More Philippines agriproducts heading to Russia?
Moscow sees lots of room for growth in agricultural trade between Russia and the Philippines, according to Russian Ambassador Igor A. Khovaev. "The Philippines is a tropical country, and Philippine tropical fruits and vegetables, especially mangoes, bananas, and pineapples, are in great demand in Russia," Mr Khovaev said during the Business Mirror Coffee Club in Makati City, Philippines, in April. "It is the time for your country to supply agricultural products, especially tropical agricultural products, and seafood products, to the Russian market."
Mr Khovaev added his nation is ready to supply wheat and "very, very clean" beef and poultry meat to Philippine partners. The Russian envoy has said measures have been taken at both Russian and Philippine ends to smooth up entry rules for mutual agricultural trade. "The Philippine's side has already provided Russian colleagues with complete information and vice versa. It will pave the way for Filipino farmers to supply their products to Russia. We hope that it is done as soon as possible," Mr Khovaev said.
FIFA World Cup to disrupt meat supplies
Strict security measures introduced by Russian authorities for the FIFA World Cup could disrupt meat supplies during the tournament. Regional governments have been instructed to prohibit transport of all chemical, biological, toxic, radioactive, and explosive substances within a 100km radius of all football stadiums and sports infrastructure between 25 May to 25 July. There are strong concerns that this could leave Russian retailers without meat, as well as leaving meat producers without raw ingredients needed for production.
The Russian Association of Retailing Companies, the National Meat Association (NMA), and several other food organisations, have sent an appeal to authorities in 11 host-regions asking them to specify transport restrictions. "NMA is confident that the regional authorities will make a detailed forecast on the consequences of the introduced restrictions and will avoid serious inconvenience for the citizens and losses for businesses," Sergey Yushin, Chairman of the NMA, said. "One way or another, meat will not disappear from shops." Russia is the host nation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup – the world's largest football competition and one of the biggest sports events globally.


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Ventimila leghe sotto i mari (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) – romanzo di Jules Verne
 Ventimila leghe sotto i mari (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) – film del 1907 ispirato al romanzo omonimo

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BARCLAYS HAS hit back over "unwarranted" retrospective tax action taken against the bank earlier this year that damaged the its reputation.
In a letter to the Treasury Sel ect Committee published yesterday, Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond said the bank had been "singled out" in the way the government treated its tax activities.
In February, David Gauke, the exchequer secretary to the Treasury, announced that HMRC had used retrospective legislation to block two "aggressive" tax avoidance schemes used by Barclays, which it said tried to avoid £500m in tax.
"The way in which this situation was handled seems to us to have been completely unwarranted. Unnecessary damage was placed on Barclays' reputation," the letter stated.
One scheme tried to avoid corporation tax on the profits arising from a buy-back of its own debt, HMRC said. The other scheme, which involved authorised investment funds, sought to exploit provisions of regulations to generate the repayment of tax.
In his letter, Diamond alleged that other banks had already used similar schemes and that HMRC was aware of the practice.
"The judgement fr om out advisors was that other companies had used a similar treatment; that it was reasonable to assume that HMRC was aware of those similar treatments; and that, because HMRC has taken no action to prevent those treatments, there was a clear precedent to satisfy the test of the spirit of the law.
"In the event, of course, Barclays was the first (and only) taxpayer to make a disclosure. We were, therefore, surprised to be singled out in the way that occurred."
The committee has passed the letter on to chancellor George Osborne for his assessment.


If I asked you what do you know about North Korea, what could you answer?
Do you know their governmental system?
How about their economic policy?
Do you know about their nuclear weapons program?
This post is a follow-up to our next-gen preview.
It's so beautiful isn't it?
Xbox On", who knew that those two words would cause so much excitement, if you read last month's console preview you'd know that it would make the ladies weak at the knees, and even this LIVIC Editor felt his knees wobble a little at how smooth it all worked. The Xbox One has indeed finally arrived, showering you in voice commands, stunning graphics and the Xbox Live service we have all come to know and love.
It's that time of year again where girlfriends will be ignored, lectures will be missed and the FIFA drinking game makes a valiant return. That's right, FIFA 14 is back, for those of you hoping for a whole host of radical changes then this is not perhaps the game for you; the changes from FIFA 13 are minor and there are new features but why change a winning formula? The gameplay changes are mostly little tweaks that improve upon the changes made last year and put a greater emphasis on your first touch.
The following is a guest article by James Armstrong.


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The Universities
The SDSU/CGU Joint Ph.D. Program in Education offers the benefits of a large, comprehensive public university and a small private univeristy with a transdisciplinary emphasis.
Established in 1897, San Diego State University and the College of Education have been committed to excellence in the preparation of educators for more than a century. San Diego State University is an academically rich, urban university that provides endless possibilities for students. SDSU offers bachelor's degrees in 81 areas, master's degrees in 72, one educational specialist degree (Ed.S.), research doctorates (Ph.D./Ed.D.) in 14 areas, and one professional doctorate (Au.D.). San Diego State University has an enrollment of nearly 34,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
The College of Education is one of seven colleges within the University. It is the major teacher education institution for San Diego and Imperial Counties, preparing half of the area's teachers. The College offers graduate study leading to the Master of Arts in Education degree with concentrations in counseling, educational leadership, educational research, educational technology, elementary and secondary curriculum and instruction, reading, special education, and policy studies in language and cross-cultural education. Each year more than 1,000 students complete credential or masters degree programs through the College of Education. In a typical year, ten graduates will be awarded the Ph.D. in Education through the SDSU/CGU Joint Doctoral Program.
Directions to San Diego State University
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Claremont Graduate University is like no other graduate-level university in the nation. Founded in 1925, CGU is an independent institution devoted entirely to graduate study.
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Ohio Supreme Court - Justices
Official Website: Justice Michael P. Donnelly
Justice Michael P. Donnelly is the 160th justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He took office January 1, 2019, following his statewide election in November 2018 to a full term on the Court. The last day of his current term is Dec. 31, 2024.
Prior to joining the state Court, Justice Donnelly served as a judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division for 14 years, from 2005 to 2018. He was elected to the seat in November 2004 and re-elected in 2010 and 2016.
Before serving as a member of the local judiciary, Justice Donnelly was an assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor from 1992 until 1997. He then went on to practice civil litigation for seven years, representing plaintiffs and injured workers in asbestos litigation, personal injury lawsuits, and workers' compensation claims.
In recent years, Justice Donnelly served as chair of the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism and currently is a member of both the Ohio State Board of Bar Examiners and the Ohio Jury Instruction Committee. He was appointed by the chief justice to the Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Task Force in 2013.
In addition, from 2010 to 2017, he was one of five judges on Cuyahoga County's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Court, which oversees criminal cases involving defendants who suffer from schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, or a developmental disability. He also has been a faculty member of the Ohio Judicial College, teaching both attorneys and judges at numerous continuing-legal-education seminars on professionalism and issues of civil and criminal justice reform.
He is a proud recipient of the Honorable William K. Thomas Professionalism Award from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and also received the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA) 2017 Public Service Award.
Justice Donnelly serves on the board of the Cleveland Baseball Federation, which helps inner-city boys and girls play baseball and softball in the summer at no charge. He also was involved with the development of the Western Reserve Fire Museum, which educates children about fire safety.
He is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, both in Cleveland, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1992.
He and his wife, Nancy, reside in Cleveland Heights. They have two children.
Admitted in Bar:
St. Ignatius High School
Cleveland Marshall College of Law
Legal Experience:
Former Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor (1992-1997)
Davis & Young (1997-1999)
Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli (1999-2004)
Appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court to the Commission on Professionalism (2007 – 2012); Served as Chairman, 2012
Ohio State Board of Bar Examiners (2014 – Present)
Ohio Jury Instructions Committee (2013 – Present)
Appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Task Force 2013
Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association Board of Trustees; Elected Third Vice President, 2015
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Outstanding Service as a Trustee 2015
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Hon. William K. Thomas Professionalism Award 2015
Justice Michael P. Donnelly
The Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street
Official Website: Justice Melody J. Stewart
Justice Melody J. Stewart was elected in November 2018 to a full term as the 161st Justice to serve on the Court. Justice Stewart was sworn into office on January 2, 2019 and her last day of this current term will be January 2, 2025. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Justice Stewart served on the Eighth District Court of Appeals – elected to an unexpired term in 2006, and twice reelected to full terms. She served as the court's Administrative Judge in 2013.
Justice Stewart has more than 30 years of combined administrative, legal, and academic experience. She was an administrator for a health care management company, a music teacher, a civil defense litigator, and a law school administrator and professor before being elected to the Court of Appeals. While on the appellate court, Justice Stewart was assigned to hear cases in other appellate districts and on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Justice Stewart earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati; her law degree as a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University; and her Ph.D. as a Mandel Leadership Fellow at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. She also was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cleveland State University in 2018.
After practicing law as an assistant law director for the cities of Cleveland and East Cleveland, Justice Stewart worked as a lecturer, an adjunct instructor, and an assistant dean at Cleveland-Marshall before joining the full-time faculty. Her primary teaching areas were ethics and professional responsibility, criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal research, writing, and advocacy. Additionally, she taught at the University of Toledo College of Law and at Ursuline College. She also was director of student services at Case Western Reserve University's School of Law.
Justice Stewart has served on many boards of trustees and been a member of various professional, educational, civic, and community organizations. She also served as a commissioner and chair of the Board of Planning and Zoning for the city of Euclid. Recently, Justice Stewart completed serving as a member of the Ohio Criminal Justice Recodification Committee; on the board of the Supreme Court's Judicial College; and as chair of the Ohio Capital Case Attorney Fee Council.
Justice Stewart is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Ohio, the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court.
Of historical note: Justice Stewart is the first African-American woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Super Rapids Through To First Finals Day In Vitality Blast
Saturday, August 25th, 2018
Super Worcestershire Rapids ended 15 years of T20 heartache when beating Gloucestershire by five wickets in a tense, low-scoring Vitality Blast quarter-final at Blackfinch New Road.
After five defeats at the knockout stage, the Rapids will make their first appearance on finals day at Edgbaston on September 15, leaving Derbyshire as the only county not to have featured in the T20 showpiece.
Callum Ferguson, with the only half-century of the match, steered the Rapids through a nervy start and reached an unbeaten 64 from 73 balls in taking them beyond Gloucestershire's 136 for eight with eight balls to spare.
What was a comfortable margin in the end was not looking likely when three Gloucestershire seamers each took a wicket in their first over.
Moeen Ali was leg-before to Matt Taylor's first ball, Joe Clarke holed out to mid-wicket from AJ Tye's fourth delivery and Brett D'Oliveira found midwicket from Benny Howell's second.
Fortunately for Worcestershire they had Ferguson to ease the tension, reaching his 50 from 33 balls with six fours. The Australian's cool head was as much the difference between the sides as Gloucestershire not scoring enough runs.
Worcestershire had one more wobble when Ben Cox chipped Howell to mid-wicket, but Ross Whiteley (20) eased the pressure in a partnership 52.
In the crucial 16th over bowled by Payne, Whiteley hit two sixes and the total was topped up by two wides and two no-balls until the left hander was caught at deep cover from what was the 10th delivery.
It seemed that Gloucestershire were unable to shake off a loss of momentum, having lost their last two games before taking the final qualifying position in the South Group.
Their batting was distinctly top heavy, the free and easy hitting by Miles Hammond merely a preliminary for a disjointed retreat in which they lost seven wickets for 60 in the second half of the innings.
The disparity was such that the first three in the order, Hammond (45 from 31 balls), Michael Klinger (24 from 23) and Ian Cockbain (35 from 29), were responsible for more than three-quarters of the total.
As soon as Worcestershire took pace off, five wickets were shared by Brett D'Oliveira, the leg-spinner taking a competition-best four for 15, and Daryl Mitchell, with his underrated cutters in a spell of one for 15.
They were backed up by a high standard in the field. Ed Barnard held three catches in the long-on area and it was his direct hit from short cover, running out Cockbain, which took away Gloucestershire's chance of a meaningful recovery.
Yet they had promised so much against the quicker bowlers. Hammond, with one 50 in the competition this season, looked set for another as his clean striking brought the left hander five fours and two sixes.
However, he was tempted into an unnecessary risk when opting for the reverse sweep and falling lbw to Mitchell's fourth ball.
From there it quickly became a procession. Klinger picked out Barnard in D'Oliveira's first over and in no time half the side had gone for 97. After the front three, Gareth Roderick was the only player to reach double figures.


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Business student changes his tune on 'MTSU On the Record'
by Gina Logue
An MTSU business administration major who doubles as a recording artist explained how he's changing his tune on a recent "MTSU On the Record" radio program.
Dylan Russell
Host Gina Logue's interview with Dylan Russell first aired June 27 on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org. You can listen to their conversation above.
Russell, who grew up in Savannah, Missouri, and lives in Nashville, gained attention in the country music field in 2014 with the song "Gravel Roads and Pastures" from the album "Keep Me in Mind."
After a life-altering relationship, he said, he's shifted to a kind of electronic pop in his new EP, "An Exhibit of My Mistakes."
"It's not that anybody or anything pressured me to feel constrained (while) creating the first album," said Russell.
"When you want to make it in the music industry as an artist, sometimes you see other people in the genre that you're in, and a lot of them look the same."
To hear previous "MTSU On the Record" programs, visit the searchable "Audio Clips" archives at www.mtsunews.com.
For more information about "MTSU On the Record," contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
"MTSU On the Record", Department of Management, Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, student news


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A Patch To Tame Migraines?
I suffer terribly from migraines. Can you tell me anything about an electrified arm patch I've heard may help?
Andrew Weil, M.D. | May 22, 2017
A portable medical device being studied in Israel seems to relieve migraines as effectively as triptan drugs, prescription medications that can be very useful but don't help everyone who has these headaches. The device uses low voltage, and electrical stimulation is delivered through an arm patch. The patch is attached to a band to be worn on the upper arm, and the present theory holds that it works by preventing pain signals from reaching the brain. It was tested in a study published online in March 2017 in the journal Neurology. Participants were instructed to put on the armband as soon as migraine pain began and keep it on for 20 minutes. They were able to turn up the intensity of the signals emitted by the patch via a smartphone app. Study leader David Yarnitsky, M.D., chair of neurology at Haifa, Israel's Rambam Medical Center, says the treatment isn't painful – patients feel only a tingle, similar to what you might feel when you wake up after sleeping on an arm.
The study included 71 people, each of whom reported having two to eight migraine attacks per month. None had taken any medication to prevent the headaches for at least two months prior to joining the study. Some were given a working patch while others received a sham device. Since this was a randomized placebo- controlled, double blind study, no one involved knew which patients were using the real patch and which ones were used the sham device. All told, 299 migraines occurred and were treated over the course of the study.
Among the participants using electrical stimulation delivered at the 3 highest levels through the patch, 64 percent reported at least 50 percent less pain 2 hours after the treatment. Only 26 percent of those with the sham device reported that much relief. Of the migraine patients whose pain was described as moderate to severe, 58 percent found that the highest level of stimulation relieved their pain completely or reduced it to "mild." Only 24 percent of those using the sham treatment reported these results. Among patients in these same groups 30 percent said they had no pain after receiving the highest level of stimulation; only six percent of those who received the sham device said their pain was gone.
The study also found that treatment with the patch worked best when the armband was in place within 20 minutes of the start of a migraine. Here, pain was reduced by 47 percent compared to only 25 percent when the patch was applied more than 20 minutes after the headaches began.
As promising as these results appear to be, the study is considered preliminary. More research is needed before the device can be made available. Theranica Ltd., the manufacturer of the device funded the preliminary study. A larger study is set to begin soon.
Bear in mind that the patch did not help everyone who tried it. Apparently, it may work better than triptans for some migraine sufferers and not at all for others. A compelling advantage of the device is the apparent lack of side effects. Adverse effects of triptans can be serious.
David Yarnitsky et al, "Nonpainful remote electrical stimulation alleviates episodic migraine pain." Neurology, March 1, 2017, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003760
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Q: Is there a secure transaction plugin for mobile games? I am trying to make an in game economy where users can buy items in game and sell items they loot and have the money instantly deposited/withdrawn from there bank account with no limitations on micro-transactions. is there a plug in api which i can easily add to my mobile games??

A: take a look at the apple in-app purchasing guidelines. In particular you will want to read the bit about "An online game that allows the player to purchase virtual property"


Auditory Scene Analysis and Speech Recognition in Noise Can sound-source segregation techniques, based on auditory processing, be used as a front-end to provide evidence for recognition?
Missing Data Speech Recognition: Can speech recognition techniques be adapted to handle incomplete evidence, for instance provided by auditory scene analysis? Theoretical analysis of and practical solutions to this problem (with Jon Barker and Ning Ma).
Clinical Applications of Speech Technology Training and Recognition aids for disordered speech – the Stardust, VIVOCA, REDRESS, DISARM and homeService projects (with Robin Hofe and Heidi Christensen).


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State of Tennessee vs. Mary Winkler
Mary Winkler, a preacher's wife, was charged with first degree murder of her husband. The case garnered national attention from every possible media outlet including CNN, LARRY KING, NANCY GRACE, OPRAH WINFREY, & PEOPLE MAGAZINE. The Winkler trial, covered by COURT TV, was considered the most highly publicized murder trial in the South. After a lengthy trial, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, a lesser crime which carried a maximum of six years incarceration vs. the possible life imprisonment sentence under first degree murder. Winkler was later sentenced to three years with 67 days to serve.
State of Tennessee vs. Peter Nicholson - Nicholson, a white police officer, was charged with the "execution style" murder of Roadie Dale Gossett, a 17 year old black male, after a high-speed chase. This case, covered by Court TV, resulted in a criminally negligent homicide conviction. Nicholson received one-year probation and later, his record was expunged.
State of Tennessee vs. Michael Mullins - a Federal Express captain was accused of killing his Federal Express captain wife in Memphis and taking her body to a remote location in Mississippi and burning it inside her van. The trial lasted nine days and some 50 witnesses testified. The jury returned a not guilty verdict in less than an hour. This was a capital case. A year later the State of Mississippi tried Mullins on an arson charge concerning the vehicle which contained his wife's charred body. The Trial Judge granted a directed verdict on the second day of trial. Mullins, who was on unpaid suspension until the cases were determined, was reinstated with back pay. He still flies for Federal Express.
U.S. vs. Danny Dillard - Tony represented Deputy Sheriff Danny Dillard of the Lee County Sheriff's Department in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi where he was charged with two counts of violating the civil rights of Billy Ray Stone. Stone had kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, stripped her and taped her up when he encountered a routine roadblock. He shot at officers and lead them on a high speed chase which resulted in a manhunt. Stone was found hiding in a shed where he shot and killed Lee County Sheriff Harold Ray Presley, a popular Sheriff who was a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. Deputy Dillard, along with another Deputy, was charged with beating Stone to death with a flashlight. This case was prosecuted by lawyers from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice out of Washington, D.C. A seven day trial ensued in Greenville, Ms., with Dillard being found not guilty of all charges.
State vs. Tonya Brown - Dr. Norman Asa Garrison, Jr., of Corinth, Mississippi, was accused of killing his ex-wife, Leigh Ann, in Missouri. The prosecution alleged that evidence at the scene included a surgical glove, a foot print (matching Dr. Garrison's foot print), blood (matching Dr. Garrison's blood type) and a finger print in the victim's blood on a fence in the back yard (matching Dr. Garrison's finger print). John B. Farese and John Booth Farese led the defense team that forged a successful defense of Dr. Garrison which resulted in a "Not Guilty" verdict.
A preliminary battle over Dr. Garrison's extradition from Mississippi to Missouri was the subject of argument before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Taylor v. Garrison, 329 So. 2d 506 (3/26/76), and the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Garrison v. Smith, 413 F. Supp. 747 (4/30/76).
U. S. v. Thruman Clayton - Thurman Clayton, a seventeen year veteran of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, from Potts Camp, Mississippi, was charged in the United States Court for the Northern District of Mississippi with conspiring to "rip-off" a drug dealer (actually FBI undercover agent) another defendant. The evidence presented by the U. S. included taped conversations planning the deal, the marked money given to Clayton, taped radio communications the night of the event, testimony of FBI agents, testimony of an informant, and a signed confession. During a week long trial John B. Farese and John Booth Farese created substantial doubt that Clayton had intended to commit any crime. A tearful jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty", and, after the Court adjourned, the jury in an unprecedented outpouring of emotions greeted Clayton and his family with hand shakes and hugs.
State of Mississippi v. Rick Razzano - Steve Sr. represented this Ole Miss fullback (now with Tampa Bay) for two (2) counts of aggravated assault on some Ole Miss Law students. The jury hung 9-3 for acquittal. The case was not retried.
State of Mississippi v. Timothy Bilbro - After a three (3) day trial and numerous witnesses' testimony Steve Sr. obtained a Not Guilty verdict on murder charges stemming from a shotgun slaying of Bilbro's neighbor.
State of Mississippi v. Buck Burroughs - Burroughs, who had been convicted, had this case reversed on appeal due to a technicality. Steve Sr. represented him in the re-trial and obtained a Not Guilty verdict on two (2) counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (High Powered Rifle) on two (2) Delta State students.
State of Mississippi v. Thomas J. Watkins - Not Guilty was the verdict in this manslaughter charge stemming from Watkins shooting the ex-husband of his girlfriend twice with a 9mm pistol. The decedent was unarmed. Steve Sr. was his attorney.
State of Mississippi v. James Gregory Young - Steve Sr. got a directed verdict of Not Guilty on a Sexual Battery of a Minor case after three (3) days of trial.
State of Mississippi v. Sarah Edmondson - In a fill-in-the-blanks immunity deal, which was reluctantly signed by the District Attorney for the 17th Judicial District in Mississippi, Steve Sr. was able to obtain immunity from prosecution in the "Natural Born Killers" case. The defendant still had to answer to charges which were pending in Louisiana.
State of Mississippi v. Ron Stern - Not guilty on a murder charge in Union County - one (1) shot at an unarmed decedent.
State of Mississippi v. Joe Moore - Assault with weapon (knife) Jury trial found Not Guilty.
State of Tennessee v. Anthony Anderson - While filming "Hustle and Flow" in Memphis, Anderson was charged with forcible rape. Steve Sr. was co-counsel with Leslie Ballin and the case was dismissed at Preliminary Hearing. No indictment was sought by the State.
State of Tennessee v. Ridley Reese - Steve Sr. with co-counsel Leslie Ballin represented Mr. Reese on a First Degree Murder charge after a man was found beat to death with a fire extinguisher some 17 months prior. Mr. Reese was found Not Guilty by a jury after four (4) hours of deliberation.
State of Tennessee v. George Hughlett - Reputed Gang leader who was charged with First Degree Murder after the victim moved onto his turf. However, the jury doubted the dying declaration implicating the Defendant. The Defendant was acquitted.
United States v. Clyde Wade - Wade, a University of Memphis basketball player, was acquitted after a week long trial in Federal Court in an identity theft conspiracy case. Steve Sr. was his attorney.
United States v. Randul Hill - Steve Sr. filed a Motion to Suppress in a Meth case based on the traffic stop and the search of Mr. Hill's RV. The motion was granted after a hearing in Federal Court. The case was dismissed.
United States v. Marcellus Hunt - Mr. Hunt took a conditional plea on a drug charge and received a 15 year sentence when the District Court Judge overruled his suppression. The 5th Circuit reversed and the case was dismissed. Steve Sr. represented Mr. Hunt.
State of Mississippi v. Loretha McCracken - Tony represented this 53 year old female charged with the murder of her married boyfriend while she was a passenger in his automobile traveling 70 m.p.h. down U.S. Highway 78 in Desoto County, Ms. He was shot in the neck with Ms. McCracken's .38 caliber pistol. She gave multiple statements to police which were recorded by audio and video tape. Tony maintained that this was an accidental shooting case. The trial lasted three days with the State presenting fifteen witnesses and the defense presenting no witnesses. The jury deliberated for three hours and found her not guilty.
State of Mississippi v. Thomas Chew- Tony represented this Vietnam veteran who was charged with the crime of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend who was at her house in Desoto County, Ms. Mr. Chew went to his girlfriend's house to pick her up for a Saturday night date when he was attacked and beaten by the ex-boyfriend. Chew finally got away and went to his truck and returned to the house with his pistol to defend his girlfriend. A jury trial resulted with Chew being declared not guilty of the charge.
State of Mississippi v. Sammy McKenzie -Tony represented this client who was charged with the crimes of sexual battery and robbery in Union County, Ms. McKenzie was accused of giving a female a ride from Pontotoc, Ms., to New Albany, Ms., wherein she accused him of making her strip naked, sexually assaulting her, robbing her and leaving her naked on the side of the highway. The case resulted in a three day trial with the client being acquitted of all charges.
State of Mississippi v. Chas Brown - Tony represented the son of a State Senator from Columbus, Ms., indicted in Lowndes County, Ms., for sexual battery of a beautiful seventeen year old girl from Vernon, Alabama. Tony investigated this case and obtained sworn statements from fourteen witnesses that the State had not interviewed proving that the sexual encounter was consensual. The District Attorney's office dismissed all charges on the day of trial.
U.S.A. v. W.H. "Buck" Tatum, Jr. -Tony represented the C.E.O. of the Bank of Falkner in a federal criminal action involving charges of bank fraud and money laundering in the Northern District of Mississippi. Mr. Tatum had allowed nominee loans to be made at the Bank which assisted customers in evading lending limits by allowing them to receive loans in family members names. He also allowed M. Thurston Little to disburse money through his Bank that Little had received from Martin R. Frankel of Connecticut. (Frankel had embezzled millions of dollars from insurance companies in Connecticut and other states in an unrelated Ponzi scheme.) The Bank of Falkner was closed by the F.D.I.C. in September of 2000. Tony was able to negotiate a plea agreement wherein Tatum received a sentence of 24 months in prison and reached a restitution agreement with the Government.
State of Mississippi v. Edward Crawford -Tony represented his client who was charged with selling cocaine during an undercover drug trafficking operation by the Ms. Bureau of Narcotics in Holly Springs, Ms. If convicted, the client could have faced incarceration of up to 30 years in the penitentiary and a fine of up to $1 million. A jury trial ensued and the client was found not guilty of the charge.
State of Mississippi v. Bobby Eppenger - Tony represented his client who was charged with selling cocaine hand to hand to an undercover agent for the Panola County-Tate County Drug Task Force in Tate County, Ms. The undercover agent was wearing a body-wire and the area was surveyed by supporting law enforcement agencies and agents. A jury trial resulted with the client being found not guilty of the charge.
U.S.A. v. John Phillip Berryhill - Tony represented this client in the United States District Court for the Northern District in Aberdeen, Ms., where he went to trial on the charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and the charge of possession of a sawed-off shotgun not registered to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. A jury deliberated for forty minutes before finding the client not guilty of all charges.
State of Mississippi v. Bonnie Little -Tony represented this 30 year old mother charged with the crime of manslaughter for the killing of her estranged husband in Tippah County, Ms. The testimony showed that the estranged husband went to Mrs. Little's apartment and took their infant son from her. When Mrs. Little attempted to retrieve her son, Mr. Little struck her several times and dislocated her shoulder. Mrs. Little pulled a .25 caliber pistol from her coat and demanded that Mr. Little release her son. Mr. Little grabbed the gun and it discharged hitting him in the chest which resulted in his death. A jury deliberated for three hours and 15 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty.
State of Tennessee v. Brenda Hamer - Tony was co-counsel with Steve Farese, Sr. where they represented this 32 year old client charged with the first-degree murder of her boyfriend in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Hamer claimed she shot her boyfriend in self-defense of her thirteen year old daughter. A jury deliberated for 56 minutes before finding the client not guilty.
State of Tennessee v. Brian Ernest -Tony was co-counsel with Steve Farese, Sr. where they represented this client on a second-degree murder charge in McNairy County, Tennessee, which arose out of a bar fight. This matter went to a jury trial with the client being found guilty of the lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide.
State of Mississippi v. Harold Michael Mullins - Tony was co-counsel with Steve Farese, Sr. and Leslie Ballin defending the Federal Express pilot on the charge of third degree arson in Desoto County, Mississippi, for the burning of the family van where his wife's charred body was found. A year after he was acquitted in Memphis, Tennessee, on the charge of first degree murder, he went to trial on the arson charge. At the end of the State's case, the Judge granted a directed verdict of acquittal.
State of Mississippi v. Dustin Dill - Tony was co-counsel with Steve Farese, Sr., defending Dill, an Ole Miss student and Florida resident, on the charge of D.U.I. Death in Lafayette County, Ms. The decedent was a local resident and college student and officials named the highway where the accident happened in her honor. Dill's blood alcohol at the time was 0.12% at the time of the accident. A five day jury trial ensued and a verdict of not guilty was returned.
State of Mississippi v. Raymond Patrick -Tony represented an elderly grocery store owner charged with the murder of a patron in Marshall County, Ms. The patron got mad at Mr. Patrick and left the store vowing to return to kill Mr. Patrick. The patron did in fact return to the store and an altercation occurred with Mr. Patrick shooting the patron in the back of the head outside the store. A jury trial was held and the judge instructed the jury on the charge of murder and on the lesser included offense of manslaughter over Tony's objection. A hung jury resulted and a mistrial was declared. It was discovered that the jury had acquitted Mr. Patrick on murder but had hung up on the lesser included offense of manslaughter. An interlocutory appeal was granted to the Mississippi Supreme Court on the question of law of whether jeopardy had attached to the charge. While the appeal was pending, the District Attorney made the client an offer that he could not refuse. The client pled guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter and was given probation.


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VHS Course Catalog
American Sign Language 1 (ASL)
"Sign languages are some of the most expressive and unique of all the World Languages. In this introductory course, you will embark on an exciting journey that will provide you with not only a basic level of proficiency in the most widely used sign language, American Sign Language (ASL); this course will also open a profound window of understanding into the world of Deaf culture and history. Regardless of whether you are already in some way connected to that culture, or whether you have had little-to-no contact with Deaf people, you will deepen your appreciation for this rich and dynamic community.
Through selected readings, visual recordings, and interactive activities online, students will receive instruction in production, comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar to build skills in ASL. In order to demonstrate ability in signing skills, students will sometimes be asked to record videos of themselves signing to submit to their instructors. Students will also build their knowledge and understanding about Deaf culture and history. This course adheres to the World Readiness Standards for Language Learning to ensure that students develop competence to communicate effectively and interact with cultural understanding of the Deaf community."
The course adheres to the National Standards for Learning American Sign Language and will address the five goal areas targeted in the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages:
•	communication
•	cultures
•	connections
•	comparisons
•	communities
Please note that this course contains an end-of-course proctored exam. Instructions for students to identify an appropriate adult proctor are included in the course lessons.
•	Demonstrate comprehension of simple questions and statements in ASL
•	Produce short one to two sentence statements and responses to questions in ASL
•	Demonstrate ASL-appropriate conversational communication behaviors.
•	Demonstrate comprehension commonly spelled words of three to six letters when fingerspelled at a normal rate
•	Fingerspell words of three to six letters at a moderate to normal rate of speed within a conversational context
•	Understand and express the numbers 1 – 60 in ASL
•	Identify some of the cultural beliefs, values, attitudes and perspectives of Deaf people
*Due to the nature of an online ASL course, for assessment purposes, students must have access to a device that will enable them to record and upload videos of themselves demonstrating their ability to sign.
Discipline: World Language
Level: Standard
Grade: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Program: Gifted and Talented Middle School,High School
When Offered: F18, SP19, F19, SP20
OTM Course: Yes
Media Kit Shipped: No
Media Kit Purchased: No
MA NCES Code: 06801
Accredited: AdvancED, Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility (VHS School Code: 221356), Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools


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For many of us work is winding down and we're getting ready for the fun and festivities of Christmas. Even if we don't celebrate, some time off comes as a welcome break at the end of another busy year. Food, holidays, gifts and sales have become synonymous with the season of joy and goodwill but contrary to the adverts on TV, over-eating, over-spending and over indulging aren't what Christmas is really all about.
This blog began in 2012. At the time my son J was a few months into his first year of a Biomedical Sciences degree. Of all the things I despise about cancer, being diagnosed at that time is in the top five. No-one wants to learn their Mom has cancer when they've just committed to three years higher education and live in an unfamiliar environment far from home. For much of the time J was at University, I was making regular trips to the Oncology centre. It was a surreal and difficult period for us all.
J knew from a young age that he wanted to go into medicine. Last week his wish came true when he took up his post as Physician Associate in Neurology, caring for people who've had strokes or other serious brain injuries.
In 2012, surviving cancer meant I could stay around to provide J with the love, support and encouragement we all need when we set out on our lives. Every day I hoped I'd still be here to see him take up the medical career he worked so hard for. I'm hugely grateful that in December 2018, my wish came true too. It is, quite simply, the best Christmas present I could ever imagine.
Greek goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld. Persephone: Winter comes when she is in the underworld, Spring arrives when she returns to earth.
The Persephone clinical trial set out to establish whether 6 months treatment with Herceptin is as effective as 12 months for women with early HER2+ breast cancer.
I was diagnosed HER2+ in 2012 and should point out I quickly established Googling HER2+ can scare you senseless. Almost everything I read suggested my situation was bleak. Looking back, I wish I hadn't found those articles before talking to my consultant. They created unnecessary stress at a time that was already stressful enough.
My consultant didn't deny the challenges of HER2+ breast cancer but she strongly emphasised a new monoclonal antibody treatment called Herceptin. In her view it improved the outlook for HER2+ patients considerably, but Google articles had yet to catch up with those developments.
If surgery was followed with chemotherapy and Herceptin, early HER2+ breast cancer was probably as treatable as hormone positive breast cancer. I was lucky – in 2012 Herceptin had only just been approved for people like me and without it I might not have been here to write this post!
I cannot deny chemotherapy was something I hoped to avoid. My aunt and mother went through it but neither survived cancer. Once again my consultant offered helpful advice: chemotherapy and Herceptin could help prevent metastases. No one dies of early breast cancer and for early breast cancer patients, the key to survival is preventing metastases. My loved ones didn't get that chance, they both had metastases and these treatments weren't available in the 1980's and 90's.
I was prescribed FEC-TH, the namesake of this blog and one of the most effective chemotherapy regimes for my particularly aggressive form of cancer. It was an adjuvant (post-surgery) therapy involving several rounds of intravenous anthracyclines followed by a concurrent taxane plus Herceptin protocol, then Herceptin on its own. At the point of consent, my oncologist asked if I'd participate in clinical trials. Breast cancer wiped out at least five generations of women in my family, all below the age of 50. It really is our family curse. Volunteering for trials was therefore quite easy and even if trials couldn't help me, the prospect of results that might benefit future generations provided something positive to hold on to during a very turbulent period. Without hesitation, my participation in the Persephone Trial began.
Doctors are obliged to provide lots of information because taking part in a trial means trying something new and unproven. The first thing I had to do was read and digest the information about Persephone and there was quite a lot of it. It told me there could be risks, for example if I was randomised into the 6 month treatment group and this proved inferior to 12 months treatment, the likelihood of cancer returning might be increased. It explained possible benefits too, for example if 6 months treatment was as effective as 12 months in dealing with cancer, it could reduce the risk that I'd suffer heart damage or a serious cardiac event. (Herceptin and anthracyclines can damage the heart, sometimes irreparably). The information also made it clear that if I was randomised into the 6 month group and decided to change my mind, I could withdraw and receive the full 12 months of Herceptin treatment. Throughout the trial I'd be closely monitored and if I had any problems at all, I could contact people who'd be able to help.
There was a lot of detail and a lot to weigh up, so if you're considering taking part in a clinical trial, I recommend reading the information all the way through. Then read it again, making notes on anything you'd like your doctor or trial coordinator to explain. There are no silly questions so ask whatever you need to know or are concerned about. None of us is forced to participate in trials, but for some of us personal history or exhausting the existing range of treatments makes trials the obvious or only option. In a best case scenario, we benefit as trial participants and the research we contribute to also goes on to benefit future generations.
I was carefully monitored throughout the trial as well as receiving the same excellent standard of care as non-trials patients. In addition, every three weeks I completed a questionnaire summarising my experiences, sense of well-being, impact of treatment on my general health, any side-effects I'd had, and the financial impact of my treatment. Financial impacts for patients are all too often overlooked – I was glad Persephone included this alongside the clinical factors. Herceptin caused some problems for me and at one point my treatment was delayed. Fortunately this didn't prevent me continuing in the trial. Your medical team will be able to tell you what the follow-up involves and how the information is used if you consider taking part in a clinical trial.
In May this year, Persephone reported on its initial findings after four years follow-up with the original trial patients. I was sent information about the results over the summer. My oncologist will follow-up with me for 10 years because I've been a trials patient and further reports from the Persephone study might be published along the way or shortly after the 10 year point. Although I'm past the five year 'no evidence of disease' milestone which can be significant in early HER2+ breast cancer, returning to the chemotherapy centre still makes me apprehensive. To avoid becoming a jibbering wreck immediately prior to each visit, I've convinced myself the extended follow-up period is a good thing. Having someone who really understands cancer keeping an eye on me and knowing they'll take action if anything remotely suspicious shows up provides a degree of comfort.
This extended period of follow-up also lends itself to some of the commentary about the Persephone trial. One of the areas of uncertainty is the current four-year follow-up. Four years may not be long enough to fully understand the benefits of a six month treatment regime in preventing reoccurrence or distant metastases because cancer can reoccur many years later. (Most but not all HER2+ reoccurrences happen within 5 years).
I'm encouraged and enthusiastic about this, and although my oncologist is deeply scientific (=immune to any high jinks), initial results for some groups of patients made him enthusiastic too.
The NIHR report goes on to say further analysis of tumour and blood samples from trial participants will help researchers understand which women can stop Herceptin at six months, and which women need extended treatment.
Herceptin has already improved the outlook for people with early-stage HER2+ breast cancer. Further information about its impact is available here if you want to see some statistics, but please bear in mind cancer is unpredictable and none of us is purely a statistic.
If the Persephone trial concludes some people can safely receive a shorter treatment regime offering the same cancer survival benefits and a significantly reduced risk of heart damage or serious cardiac events then I'm really glad I took part. Doctors sometimes struggle to find enough patients who are willing to participate in clinical trials. As a patient it can be a daunting prospect. For me, family history and taking part in something with the potential to improve treatment for countless other people as well as myself was the most significant and influential factor.
1. How many people are affected?
It's difficult to find accurate figures on the number of people with autoimmune conditions. Estimates vary considerably. The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association suggests 50 million Americans – more than twice as many as the National Institutes of Health suggest. That's a significant difference. Most sources seem to agree women are more likely to be affected than men – that holds true within my own family. Overall, the prevalence of autoimmune conditions seems to be rising. As yet no-one really knows why.
2. How many autoimmune conditions are there and how are they diagnosed?
There are many autoimmune conditions – at least 80 to 100 and despite research, they can be difficult to diagnose. For some people diagnosis is made by accident when assessing a seemingly more obvious illness. That happened to me. For others, diagnosis becomes a process of elimination – which means undergoing many different tests to rule out common or more obvious causes until such time as a less likely cause is deemed the culprit. As a patient, this can feel frustrating and traumatic in equal measure, especially when the outcome always seems to involve more tests. This happened to me too. Fortunately my GP is not in the habit of passing things off as a virus or post-viral fatigue.
3. Does it run in the family or are the conditions linked?
With my scientific hat on, it looks likely certain autoimmune conditions are linked. Having one in the family might mean other members of the family can have the same or similar conditions. Having one condition myself might generate a greater likelihood of having another… Or not… because autoimmunity seems to be another a very complex area of medicine and quite poorly understood unless you specialise in this field. My level of science doesn't extend to anywhere near the expertise required to get to grips with all of this. Even if it did, our propensity for focusing on specific diseases or groups of symptoms makes it possible to miss subtle links – hence the turbulent experience of diagnosis via a process of elimination.
None of us wants to be or feel unwell. Having unexplained and debilitating symptoms is worrying. Having test after test without any clear answers becomes far more worrying, even for those of us who've been through countless tests, treatments and operations before. Without solid answers, the hamster wheel of tests can eventually lead to self-doubt, questioning your sanity or convincing yourself you're imagining it all. I only escaped this downward spiral because a very dear friend with CFS had similar experiences. She isn't insane and hadn't imagined her chronic and very debilitating illness, but for years an array of professionals told her there was nothing wrong, even when she could barely stand or stay awake.
5. Has it changed things?
It's said with age comes wisdom and I'd like to live long enough to be wise. Surviving a very aggressive cancer didn't grant me wisdom but I do think quite differently about life. My health dipped suddenly a few weeks ago and a plethora of tests ensued. It's autoimmune, not more cancer. In my world almost anything is better than more cancer, even if it isn't great. Pre-cancer I'd have ignored this latest health thing in favour of work. Now I have a more considered approach. Of all the rogue genes in my gene pool, 'nine-lives-of-a-cat gene' isn't going to be one of them. I've spent enough time in hospitals to absorb the fact life is fragile. So I'm giving up the career I've worked my socks off for over the last 20 years because simply being here for my loved ones for as long as possible is more important to me than anything else. My work has been a buzz and somewhat addictive; stretching, fun, full-on and frustrating, usually in that order. I'll miss that I'm sure. But in 2019 and for the first time ever I get to take a proper break, take proper care of myself, and get on with the business of living instead of simply existing.
If life zooms by like a bullet train, people along the route become a faceless blur. Why have a family album full of blurs when pausing for a while is all it takes to stay in focus, and experience the detail in full HD…?
This time seven years ago I was readying myself for the first of numerous major surgeries following a grade 3 HER2+++ breast cancer diagnosis. Back then I wasn't sure if I'd still be around now. Thankfully I am.
I can't lie, the journey has been tough at times. I assumed, opportunistically, that after treatment I'd bounce back and be able to do all the things I was able to do before. The oncologist hinted as much, the oncoplastic consultant surgeon was more realistic.
I can do many things, not all, and it isn't a simple case of the ageing process as I gently head towards 49. There are lots of frustrations, but in spite of everything I love life more than ever and feel enormously grateful to be here. In 2012 that wasn't a given. As I approach the last few days of my 48th year it seems appropriate to pause for a moment and take stock, now the whole situation is less raw.
Would I take the same course of action again?
This is easy to answer because there wasn't really a choice. Grade 3 and HER2+++ don't make for a great combination. If anything I'd have liked shorter gaps between the initial suspicious findings and formal diagnosis, diagnosis and surgery, and surgery and adjuvant therapy. It was almost 7 months until adjuvant therapy commenced, outside the NICE guidelines. It felt like a long time, long enough for any distant cancer cells to take hold. I didn't want that.
I wish I'd known more about the challenges of surgery and how long it would take to regain my upper body strength (I'm still not as strong as I used to be). I remain glad that I opted for the more radical surgery, because choosing a conservative option may well have seen me going through it all again about now.
What was the most worrying moment?
Although cancer runs in the maternal side of my family – it wiped out the vast majority of my female relatives – I quickly realised just how little I knew about it and how complex it is. As soon as I was diagnosed I wanted it out of my body. I didn't realise how much biopsy-ing, testing, imaging and investigation takes place before decisions about appropriate surgery, neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatments can be made.
The results of the MRI scan were by far the most worrying event for me because it "lit up like a Christmas tree." I thought it might be too late even though I'd seen the Dr straight away. I had countless sleepless nights worrying that I'd die at a crucial stage in my son's life leaving him motherless, homeless and unsupported. I love my family, I really didn't want to leave them alone and destitute.
On reflection, I think it was. It took 18 months+ and knocked the stuffing out of me. At the time I didn't realise quite how big a toll it took. I kept pushing myself forward, trying to be "normal," getting on with life as best I could. But life was far from normal, and normal didn't include me.
I didn't feel seriously ill pre-diagnosis even though I was seriously ill. At some points during treatment I wondered what else or how much more I might need to endure. At times I felt extremely ill. The lowest point came when I had to inject myself with granulocyte colony stimulating factor, to combat low white blood cell levels which increase the risk of serious or life-threatening infections. At night the pain in my bones was unimaginable yet still I carried on. That pain is still unlike anything I'd experienced before or since. So yes, treatment was hard but the alternative doesn't bear thinking about. I'm still here and as far as we know, cancer-free. It was hard but it was worth it.
Having cancer taught me a lot. Psychological lessons included learning my body was no longer my own. I couldn't trust it and felt trapped in a shell that might break into a thousand hopeless pieces at any moment. Coming to terms with my own fragility and unpredictability took time. Physical lessons involved treatments designed to obliterate the disease that also obliterated my joints, my thought processes and my hearing. Although cognition has improved a little, my joints and hearing are permanently damaged. C'est la vie. Emotional lessons centred on relationships. People who promised to stand with me simply vanished into thin air and that was very hard. Thankfully strangers and acquaintances came closer, they became friends and remain loyal friends today.
More difficult and painful than any other part of this journey was the continuing loss of friends who were also fellow cancer patients. Some older, many younger, these were people for whom surgeries and therapies did not prove successful. There are so very many of them, not ones or twos but tens and tens. My heart gets a little more broken every time I remember friends and loved ones who have died of this spiteful disease, and think of those who are dying now as I write this post. Cancer still kills.
I don't plan or daydream. Life is too uncertain and time is too precious for maybes, tomorrow perhaps or one day. I love my family more than ever and make the most of every moment with them. When they're happy, I'm happy and nothing else matters. I enjoy my work, still thrive on pushing boundaries and encourage my colleagues to do likewise – why spend time in a job that feels like drudgery? I've taken control of things I can control (diet, exercise, rest) but I'm relaxed about it, not a zealot. Spending an extra hour in bed when I'm aching or tired isn't going to kill me, and cancer won't return just because I drink a glass of wine or eat a decent steak every now and then. I find beauty all around me and spend as much time as possible creating environments where nature can do its thing. In nature I find solace.
I'd like to stay cancer-free and live for a few more decades because life is good this way. But I never take anything for granted.
Wherever you are, whatever your situation, I wish all readers much happiness, love and wellness for everyday of 2018, these are life's greatest riches and I hope you find them in abundance.
2017 was a difficult year for us. Although there were some high points, there were also terrors. The kind that bring sleepless nights and frantic days. We learn from all experiences, the good and the bad, but last night we pushed the door firmly closed on 2017.
For life, however long it lasts, because every day is a day further from cancer. This year will be my sixth post-diagnosis.
This new year has barely started but it comes complete with some significant milestones for us, big events that will shape the future in ways we can't fully imagine as yet. It also comes with lots of blank canvas, new days ready to receive whatever memories we chose to paint there. We are a family of three, and all three of us have brushed with death at an age that is far from being "old." So as we continue this journey we remain optimistic about the possibilities that lie ahead. There is much to explore and too little time to grumble along the way. We know now that wherever the path takes us, we'll make the most of it and keep walking on. It is, in every sense, a happy new year.


John Paval. Please forgive my inexpert photography with a smart phone.
This was the audience's sing-along line during one of tenor John Paval's offerings last evening at the music salon "Gabriel Hilda" in Stockholm. Our hostess was Kaija Kaarina Kuronen Suovanen. She graciously seated Eva and me near the piano at one of the "20 intimate seats… fit (with) furnishings suitable to an old Östermalm apartment with dark paneling." (Gabriel and Hilda are Ms Suovanen's adult children, both musicians).
John and I have been acquainted for ten years. I have known him as stage actor and producer, but wasn't aware until a year ago that he is also a professional singer and music historian. So, when I learned he was to perform a concert of French arias and songs at the Musiksalong, I promptly reserved a table for Eva and me. We had been to this charming café a few years ago for a poetry reading.
John's piano accompanist is Maciej Kluz, who has studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Poland. Mr. Paval cheerfully introduced himself and Mr. Kluz to his audience as "Jack and Mack".
The evening was advertised as Hyllning till Franske Tonsättare – Bizet till Brel. In translation this is "A Tribute to French Composers – Bizet to Brel." In addition to the two named composers, we heard pieces from Jules Massenet, Eduard Lalo, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck, Louis Ganne, and Franz Léhar (admittedly not French, but he wrote in the spirit of the time that the others were part of). Between Mr Paval's sets Mr. Kluz played piano pieces of Frédéric Chopin: a polonaise, a nocturne, a waltz, and, a favorite of mine, the "Black Key" Etude in G flat major, op. 10, no. 5.
As with my previous experience in hearing Mr. Paval sing, he also gave the history of many of the composers and their pieces before he offered them. He described the times in general (the decades surrounding 1850), and the relationships between these composers. This knowledge of the context provided me even more appreciation for the music.
Mr. Paval chose his program well, offering both the sacred and "profane" (as in a piece of Bizet's Carmen). I was moved by his rendering of the sacred Pie Jesu, by Gabriel Faure (the link is to the piece sung by soprano Barbara Bonney).
C´est l´amour qui nous rendra la liberté!
John was gracious enough after the performance to compliment me on my baritone voice.
It was a delightful musical evening and setting.
Thank you, Stockholm, Kaija Suovanen, and John Paval.
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using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using NGrokDemo.Www.Services;
using ServiceStack;
using ServiceStack.Auth;
using ServiceStack.Configuration;
using ServiceStack.Data;
using ServiceStack.Mvc;
using ServiceStack.OrmLite;

[assembly: WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(NGrokDemo.Www.App_Start.AppHost), "Start")]

//IMPORTANT: Add the line below to RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection) in the Global.asax:
//routes.IgnoreRoute("api/{*pathInfo}");
//More info on how to integrate with MVC: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Mvc-integration

/**
 * Entire ServiceStack Starter Template configured with a 'Hello' Web Service and a 'Todo' Rest Service.
 *
 * Auto-Generated Metadata API page at: /metadata
 * See other complete web service examples at: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Examples
 */

namespace NGrokDemo.Www.App_Start {
    //A customizeable typed UserSession that can be extended with your own properties
    //To access ServiceStack's Session, Cache, etc from MVC Controllers inherit from ControllerBase<CustomUserSession>
    public class CustomUserSession : AuthUserSession {
        public string CustomProperty { get; set; }
    }

    public class AppHost
        : AppHostBase {
        public AppHost() //Tell ServiceStack the name and where to find your web services
            : base("StarterTemplate ASP.NET Host", typeof(HelloService).Assembly) { }

        public override void Configure(Funq.Container container) {
            //Set JSON web services to return idiomatic JSON camelCase properties
            ServiceStack.Text.JsConfig.EmitCamelCaseNames = true;

            //Configure User Defined REST Paths
            Routes
              .Add<Hello>("/hello")
              .Add<Hello>("/hello/{Name*}");

            //Uncomment to change the default ServiceStack configuration
            //SetConfig(new HostConfig
            //{
            //});

            //Enable Authentication
            //ConfigureAuth(container);

            //Register all your dependencies
            // container.Register(new TodoRepository());

            //Set MVC to use the same Funq IOC as ServiceStack
            ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(new FunqControllerFactory(container));
        }

        public static void Start() {
            new AppHost().Init();
        }
    }
}


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This dining chair can be assembled easily and it is suitable for both home and commercial use.
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Power Rangers Samurai's Ricardo Medina Jr. Released From Jail, No Charges Filed After Fatally Stabbing His Roommate: Details
By Rachel McRady
Ricardo Medina Jr. was released from jail and no charges were pressed after he fatally stabbed his roommate. Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Former Power Rangers Samurai actor Ricardo Medina Jr. has been released from jail after being arrested over the weekend in the fatal stabbing of his roommate Joshua Sutter. No charges were filed against the 37-year-old, but according to ABC 7, the district attorney asked the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to further investigate the events leading up to Medina stabbing his roommate with a sword.
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Friends tell the outlet that Medina acted out of self-defense on Saturday, Jan. 31, adding that Sutter beat Medina in the kitchen of their home before forcing himself into Medina's locked bedroom, where Medina's girlfriend was also located.
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"There simply aren't facts here for a crime," said Allen Bell, Medina's attorney. "It is a self-defense case. It's been a self-defense case. You have an individual here that was the victim of a beating in the kitchen area before he went to the bedroom and closed and locked the door in order to secure himself from any continuing violence."
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Sutter's sister, Rachel Kennedy, spoke with ABC 7 about the incident, saying she doesn't buy the self-defense claims.
"I just don't feel he would go and attack someone that he knows could take him down. Who does that? No one. He knew Rick's skills," Kennedy said. "[Medina] should absolutely pay for this one way or another. I won't give up, and I won't let my little brother's voice ever be stopped. I will speak for him and fight for him forever."
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Following his release, Medina said, "I want to say I am very, very, very sorry for what occurred. I'm very happy to be out of jail and my heart goes out to the Sutter family. Thank you."