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Our products are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles.
Tackling the growing plastic-waste crisis and supporting eco-friendly lifestyles.
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Intertwined with each of these threads is a deep love for all people and the environment.
Originally designed for Tzu Chi relief volunteers, this LED Cap can be a life-saver in difficult situations.
Introducing DA.Ai Recycling Technology at the Passport to Taiwan Event
On May 26, 2019, Tzu Chi USA's New York Chapter was invited to participate in the Passport to Taiwan event at Union Square. At the event, Tzu Chi volunteers showcased the manufacturing process of eco-friendly fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles by DA.AI technology Co., Ltd. Tzu Chi volunteers' introduction of eco-friendly products helped raise awareness for a different means of environmental protection among the audiences.
The annual Passport to Taiwan event is co-sponsored by the New York City Council, the New York State Legislature and CultureAid NYC. Beginning in 2002, it quickly became a major event for Taiwanese Americans.
One-Stop Environmental Protection
The theme of Tzu Chi New York's booth was that of environmental protection, which stood out among the various food stands and commercial booths.
It was a hot day at Union Square, surpassing 86 degrees Fahrenheit, but volunteers were motivated! By 9:30 AM, they'd set up their booth, which included a machine to showcase the eco-friendly manufacturing process, as well as different products to display the quality of the fabric.
One of our Tzu Chi volunteers, Tim Lee, was especially drawn to introducing the environmental manufacturing process. With the help of other volunteers, he rehearsed his presentation and gathered valuable advice from his fellows. After four hours into the event, Tzu Chi's booth had already sold $1,017 worth of eco-friendly products.
You see this water bottle? Human beings dispose of 1 million water bottles just like this one every minute, which is a terrible waste. But we have a solution!
Tim Lee, Tzu Chi Volunteer
Eco-Friendly Products And Concepts
As the event started, waves of people gathered in front of Tzu Chi's booth. Volunteers each had their own tasks — from introducing Tzu Chi's mission, to its environmental concepts, products, and actions. It was a unique chance to both encourage more people to try for a more sustainable lifestyle, as well as increase people's knowledge of Tzu Chi.
The host of Passport to Taiwan invited Tzu Chi Foundation to come. Tzu Chi wants to take this chance to advocate for a more environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
John Cheng, Tzu Chi Volunteer
John Chun Liu, a member of the New York State Senate for the 11th District in northeast Queens, visited our founder, Dharma Master Cheng Yen, in Hualien this past March. While in Taiwan, he also paid a visit to the Neihu Recycling Station.
On the day of the event, Senator John Chun Liu took time out of his busy schedule to visit Tzu Chi's booth to learn more about the benefits of Tzu Chi's Eco-friendly products and technology can bring to our daily lives.
It's Ingenious!
The machine at the display showed the audience how our eco-friendly fabric is produced. A Tzu Chi volunteer explained that by using high temperatures, plastic can be melted and turned into incredible products.
Volunteers showed some of their clothing to those gathered as an example. "Wow, it's very soft!" The audience was surprised that it was made with only seven water bottles.
Oh my God - it's ingenious! I'm so glad I found you guys!
Among those in the crowd, Hayley Miller especially liked the environmentally-friendly products. "This is beautiful! This, too, is [made from water bottles]?" she asked, and said that the cloth looked beautiful on volunteers.
During an interview, Hayley mentioned that she was very impressed by Tzu Chi's use of recycled plastic bottles during our disaster relief efforts. She even bought one of our eco-friendly items for herself!
Tzu Chi members follow the '3R' principles — reduce, reuse, recycle — in order to live a more sustainable life. Hayley told Tzu Chi volunteers that her mother works for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and hoped that there would be further cooperation between the two organizations in the future.
Green From The Origin
A Tzu Chi volunteer named Tim Lee mentioned that introducing the technology to more than one hundred people was a bit challenging for him. Among the audience, there were Chinese speakers, English speakers, and those who spoke even more languages. He sought to convey Tzu Chi's environmental mission to all with great care and diligence.
Tim Lee believed that by showing the eco-friendly shirts on volunteers and presenting our eco-blankets, people were able to see that Tzu Chi is truly devoted to taking substantial strides to help the environment. People's responses to Tzu Chi's presentation was overwhelmingly positive! Many were surprised to learn there was an organization who'd been taking care of Mother Earth with such technology.
Many people do not fully grasp the paramount importance of taking care of the environment, nor the consequences that are born from abusing it. Recycling is only a small part of helping the planet and all the beings we share it with. What's perhaps more significant is the lessening of society's dependence on plastic products from their origin. Tzu Chi members wished to spread this concept as well. In addition to recycling, environmental education must also include ways of reducing the many types of plastics that make it into our homes.
Eco-Friendly Policy
At the event, Tzu Chi volunteers also took the opportunity to raise awareness for a new policy which will be implemented next March — using plastic bags will soon be subject to a surcharge of 5 cents per bag. Volunteers hoped to remind those gathered, and offer alternatives to the single-use plastic bags.
Every product at the display had its own story. Wearing their eco-shirts and using bags made from eco-fabric, Tzu Chi volunteers showed people the possibilities of recycled plastic and how these products can be reused. Thus, they also planted the seeds of environmental protection in the minds and hearts of the individuals there to grow and flourish.
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While you're getting ready and planning for back to school, here's one of my favorite freebies for you. Lunch Box Love Notes. For Teacher-Moms, as tired as we are once August and September hits, we don't want to short change our own children. Visit my blog for this freebie, you can even use it for your classroom as reward notes to go home with your students!


Two Wins For UE—The United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers registered two important victories from the National Labor Relations Board over the past month. The first was an award of two weeks' back pay to 270 workers at bankrupt Republic Windows in Chicago. This caps a seven-year struggle that began with a sit-down strike that drew international attention in December 2008.
After Bank of America cut off the line of credit of the owner—who later went to jail for fraud—he gave the workers only three days notice of a permanent plant closing and filed for bankruptcy. This violated the 60-day notification requirements of the WARN Act. Demanding the bank accept responsibility for the shut down the workers occupied their plant to prevent the equipment going elsewhere. The Cook County Sheriff refused to evict the strikers and the UE organized protests at Bank of America branches around the country.
Soon BoA agreed to pay $1.75 million to cover the notification violations but refused to pay already earned vacation, or negotiate a broader severance agreement, as specified in the UE contract. Although workers seldom are able to salvage anything during bankruptcy UE filed charges with the NLRB over this refusal to bargain. They also helped get Federal stimulus money for a new owner to take over the plant. The second owner also failed but the workers then took it over as a worker-owned co-op—New Era Windows—in 2013 and it appears to be viable.
As expected, the wheels of justice moved slowly through the NLRB and bankruptcy court. But in the end the Labor Board succeeded in getting another $290,000. The Republic Windows workers were not made whole—but the combination of a courageous stand by the ranks, and tenacious pursuit by an adversarial union, did win more than two $2 million and a worker-run plant that has kept some of them working.
The second victory came in a NLRB case in which charges had been filed against the union. As previously reported in "Labor Briefing," an unofficial arm of the Israeli government masquerading as a "human rights" organization retained American shysters to claim UE was conducting an illegal boycott of Israel because of a resolution adopted at the most recent UE convention. They not only filed a complaint with the NLRB; they also publicly called on General Electric to disassociate themselves from this "attack on Jews" by abrogating their national contract with UE. A similar attack succeeded in getting the International Executive Board of the UAW to nullify a pro-Palestinian stand by a faculty union in California.
Like the UAW teachers, UE national convention delegates voted to endorse the international campaign in solidarity with persecuted Palestinians that includes calls for boycott, divestment, and sanctions aimed at institutions of the oppressive Zionist regime. It is similar to the long BDS campaign that contributed to the end of apartheid in South Africa. This movement around Palestine has won wide support from organized labor throughout Europe, South Africa, and Canada, but UE was the first national union in the USA to formally endorse.
The UE's answer to the Labor Board charge was that the resolution was not part of a collective-bargaining tactic of secondary boycott but First Amendment-protected expression of opinion and call for action. The board agreed.
Thanks to the Boss—A story entitled "Why More Nurses Are Unionizing in Phila." in the Philadelphia Inquirer corroborates an article of faith for veteran union organizers: it's not the unions that convince workers they need to be organized—the bosses do that. While wages and benefits are, of course, always important, fair treatment and working conditions are usually paramount. That seems particularly true for nurses who are dedicated to care for patients in a commodity health-care industry often run with less compassion than factories.
The Inquirer article was sparked by two big recent organizing victories—and a likely third in early February—by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. My attention was first drawn to the PASNAP during an exemplary 28-day strike victory they won in 2010 at Temple University Hospital. One of many take-back demands by the employer was a "gag rule" that would have prevented members from publicly complaining about patient care conditions. Temple spent millions on bringing in professional strikebreakers, but the union mobilized impressive solidarity from Temple University students, other unions, and community groups. Instead of take-backs, at the end of the day the union won solid gains across the board.
One of the recent union-organizing wins was at Hahnemann, where the union had suffered a bitter election defeat in 2009. A nurse there told the Inquirer she had opposed that earlier union effort, believing that professionals had no need for collective bargaining. But deteriorating conditions on her job, and palpable union achievements at other hospitals, turned her around. She's now a union activist.
This trend is not unique to Philadelphia. Unions of health care professionals are not only growing around the country—they have become among the most militant and effective forces in the labor movement.
Sick Teachers In Detroit—They're not getting sick from the water like their colleagues in Flint may be. They are sick and tired of literally crumbling schools, often rat-infested, that are the venue for overcrowded classrooms. Conditions have got worse under "emergency management" appointed by the same governor who replaced elected officials in Flint. Teacher strikes are illegal in Michigan, so many took the sick-out tactic of protest. On some poor health days, 85 of Detroit's 100 schools had to be closed.
And In the Land of Sky Blue Waters—As usual, a lot has been happening in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Nurses Association negotiated an early wage reopener for 6000 hospital members that preserved current health and pension benefits. Tenured, tenure-track, and adjunct faculty at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota have filed for an election to authorize SEIU Local 284 to represent them. And 4000 SEIU janitors whose contract expired December 31 have authorized a strike.
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Even on its quiet days, London is one of the world's true international cities: a mad metropolis that bustles with energy, people and a frenzy of activity that connects it to the rest of the planet. And these are certainly not quiet days: On the eve of the Olympics, it's busier than ever as citizens of all nations stream in and fill the city to bursting.
But it's not just the games that have the British capital humming right now. Over the past week a string of announcements have underscored London's reputation in technology and shown a glimpse of what the future could hold.
First we heard that Amazon plans to set up a new center for its global streaming media operations in town. (s amzn)Then came the announcement of a Facebook (s FB) engineering office in the city, its first outside the U.S. And now we hear that Microsoft (s MSFT) is expanding its presence in London too, with a powerful new Xbox studio being built.
This triple whammy of announcements has confirmed what was already apparent to those who have been watching closely: London is finally starting to exert its influence and become a serious player in the international technology scene.
This is not news to those on the inside, who know that London has been building up over the past few years. Google (s GOOG) may have opened its new Campus startup hub in East London just a few months ago, but the search giant has had a hive-like office in the west of the city for several years. In fact, it's where many of its important mobile services were developed. Microsoft, meanwhile, has built a strong gaming pedigree in the city by acquiring British studios like Lionhead as well as operating Borg-like corporate offices in the country for years (albeit from the dreary satellite town of Reading, 40 miles west).
The truth is, though, that this week's announcements make an impressive combo.
Officials have contorted themselves in all sorts of ways to interest Silicon Valley's finest. Google, for example, is one of a number of technology companies that can boast cozy relationships with the U.K. government, and Schmidt himself is an advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron.
Viewed from that perspective, perhaps this week's announcements are little more than publicity — baubles intended to capture the attention of those looking at London for, perhaps, the first time in a long time. And there's evidence to back that up. Facebook, for example, has actually had its London office for a long while: It merely chose to announce it officially just a few days before the Olympic opening ceremony.
But while I have long been skeptical of the government's involvement in what it cringingly calls "tech city," there's no doubt that something very real is happening on the city's streets.
London's secret contribution to the global startup economy is being talked about a little more; new jobs are coming in from big international names; and a generation of blockbuster companies are being developed: Ambitious outfits like Wonga, Mind Candy and Huddle are all well on their way to becoming the billion-dollar businesses that Europe's technology scene craves.
The government's involvement in their success is really minimal. What is happening today is the fruit of work put in three, four, five years ago or more. But when combined with Downing Street's unabashed eyelid-fluttering at multinational tech corps, what we're seeing in front of us are the seeds being sown for another generation of really world-beating companies to emerge over the next few years.
For Britain as a whole, the revolution can't come soon enough.
The country, full of shuttered stores and struggling with high unemployment levels, is desperately looking for a new lease on life. The wrecking ball that has smashed its way through the economy over the past few years has destroyed many of the politely ignored hypocrisies of British life: the self-interested politicians, the gangster press and a dominant, corrupt, venal banking sector that has spent years milking and twisting the system to its own benefit. All of these are blown open now, and nobody is happy.
But let's not kid ourselves. London's potential shift from a Dickensian sprawl to a gleaming technopolis doesn't come without costs. Even though the big corporates are moving in to colonize London, the range of tax loopholes left open to them means their multibillion-dollar businesses aren't directly benefitting the city — or Britain at large.
Still, in the end there is something infectious about all of this activity.
There is precious momentum, genuine activity and a sense that what is happening could be a vision of something better to come. London is getting ready for its Olympic close-up, and its tech entrepreneurs are starting to think, perhaps for the first time, about going for gold.
The problem with the government is that they only seem bothered now when they could have gained an interest pre-recession. Because it has finally clicked for them that the internet can provide money making opportunities and they want in on it now.
My only worry is that the "wrecking ball' that is the government could be the demise of it if we leave it all for them to head up. I already feel sick knowing that the government has called this 'Tech City'.


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Christmas in the Fall? Holiday Magic Creeps Earlier Each Year
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday over for another year, the final holiday stretch of 2016 is well underway. With decorations up, presents appearing under the trees, holiday music on the airways and classic TV movies on the screen, it is hard to look around and not see signs of the holiday season.
But many may have seen the signs of the holiday season well before now. Despite 39% of consumers saying the holiday season starts on Thanksgiving, the holidays have been creeping up on shoppers months ahead of Turkey Day in recent years. In fact, according to Nielsen Sample Store Auditing data, holiday in-store promotions started as early as September 14th in 2015.
Consumers are starting their holiday preparations earlier as well. As of early September 2016, 24% of consumers had already started shopping for friends and loved ones, compared with 23% in 2015 and 22% in 2014. Two groups in particular are leading the charge to get started on their naughty and nice shopping lists: young shoppers and shoppers with many on their lists! This year, 30% of Millennials had started their shopping in early September, compared with just 16% of the Greatest Generation. Larger households also got started earlier, with 31% of households with five or more members and 29% of households with three to four members starting on their lists by mid-October, compared with 23% of two-member and only 16% of one-person households.
For early shoppers looking to get in the holiday mood, radio DJs are helping listeners get a head start with festive songs. According to BDSradio, a Cincinnati-based Christian AC station was the first station to make the switch to all holiday music this year when it played Ray Conniff's 1962 release of "Ring Christmas Bells" on Nov. 2, 2016.
With the holidays creeping up earlier every year, consumers are hunting for just the right gift before the leaves have started to change color on the trees. However, many consumers are still searching for that perfect gift: as of Nov. 23, 2016, only 65% of consumers reported having started their shopping. Retailers, manufacturers and marketers should align their strategies to ensure they are reaching shoppers before, as well as during, the holiday season.
The insights in this article were derived from:
Nielsen Omnibus English language survey of 25,403 adults aged 18+ from Sept. 7, 2016-Oct. 2, 2016.
Nielsen bi-weekly survey of U.S. adults aged 18+ surveyed online during various dates between Oct. 14, 2016, and Nov. 23, 2016, by The Harris Poll®.
consumer | cpg and retail | Generation | Millennials | radio | seasonal | shopper
https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2016/christmas-in-the-fall-holiday-magic-creeps-earlier-each-year/
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Illinois House votes to ban assault weapons and broaden abortion protections
By Dave McKinney | WBEZ
Spencer Platt
Guns for sale at a gun show in Naples, Fla.
About six months after the Highland Park mass shooting, Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill to ban assault weapons.
Tackling two hot-button issues, the Illinois House debated early into Friday morning and ultimately voted to ban military-style guns like the one used in the Highland Park mass shooting and to protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state legal repercussions.
The late-night, lame-duck maneuvering comes as lawmakers are set to conclude their two-year legislative cycle next Wednesday and positions the state Senate for final action on the measures.
The House's 64-43 gun vote occurred almost six months to the day after a gunman armed with an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon shot and killed seven people and injured dozens more at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.
Prosecutors in Lake County say the alleged gunman, Robert Crimo III, obtained his gun with help from his father, Robert Crimo Jr., who was charged last month with seven counts of reckless conduct in connection with the mass shooting. Crimo III was charged last July with more than 100 charges related to the attack.
The measure was sponsored by House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside.
"This legislation will, most importantly, ban the new sale of assault weapons in the state of Illinois. This is what the people of this state have been calling for. That's what it will deliver," Welch said. "These are weapons that belong on a battlefield, not at parades celebrating our country's independence or at parks or at schools or at our churches," he said.
Welch's legislation bans the manufacture, sale and purchase of assault weapons and the large capacity ammunition magazines needed to use the guns and requires current owners of such weapons to report the serial numbers of their weapons to the Illinois State Police. It also bans so-called "switches" that convert handguns into illegal machine guns that can fire 20 shots in about a second.
During one point in his opening statement, Welch recounted how gun violence had impacted his own family. Welch said his aunt was gunned down in front of her West Side church in 1985, orphaning her three daughters – cousins his parents took in and whom Welch now calls "sisters."
"Our family made it despite the senseless gun violence that happened in 1985. And it's 2023, and that senseless gun violence continues," he said. "We have a chance today to protect Illinois communities."
Welch's GOP counterpart, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, was the first Republican to speak, and he dramatically broke ranks with gun-rights advocates within his caucus by voicing support for the legislation.
Durkin dwelt upon the horror of Highland Park.
"The Highland Park shooter fired 83 shots in 60 seconds, reloading his rifle three times. Seven deaths, five at the scene. Two later at the hospital. Two of the deaths, a husband and a wife, died shielding their two year old son, a little boy who made it through. He's going to grow up as an orphan without his parents. An 8-year-old boy was paralyzed by the shooting. He'll never walk again. He'll never live the life he dreamed of living nor the life his parents dreamed for him. All of this happened in one minute, 83 shots," Durkin said.
"I'm tired," said Durkin, who announced in November he would relinquish his leadership position and spoke Thursday night in an unencumbered manner. "I'm sickened by the shootings everywhere in this state with these types of weapons."
But his successor, incoming House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, took a more hardline stance against the bill that more familiarly aligned with Republican ideology in support of the Second Amendment.
Like most of her House Republican colleagues, she contended the legislation would not reduce gun violence or address its root causes and punish law-abiding gun owners.
"We're taking the ability of people away to protect themselves. The weapon is not the issue. It's who's wielding that weapon. And this bill does not address that," McCombie said.
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has advocated for banning assault weapons and, in a clear show of support for the legislation, ventured onto the House floor as the bill was called for a vote before 11 p.m. The governor sat alongside Welch during the entirety of the roughly 100-minute debate into the wee hours Friday.
After adjournment, Pritzker praised passage of the gun and abortion legislation.
"The people of Illinois send us to Springfield to tackle tough issues, and these bills are historic steps in the right direction," he said. "I look forward to working with our colleagues in the Illinois Senate to get bills addressing these issues to my desk so I can sign them as soon as possible."
On the abortion front, the House passed further abortion-rights legislation aimed at answering red-state criminalization of the procedure and legal threats made against Illinois abortion providers and their patients.
The House voted 67-41 in support of the multi-layered abortion package pushed by state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, that, like the gun bill, now awaits Senate action.
Her measure would bar state disciplinary action against any abortion provider targeted by other states that ban abortions. It also would prohibit abortion providers from responding to out-of-state subpoenas seeking information about women and girls who come to Illinois to circumvent abortion bans in other states.
"It will protect providers and patients," Cassidy said of her legislation. "It will ensure access for our residents as we see upwards of 30,000 inbound patients from hostile states seeking care that they can't get in their home state and it will expand capacity."
Cassidy's measure also would require health insurers by January 2024 to cover at full cost abortion-inducing medication, drugs for those transitioning between genders, and HIV pre- and post-exposure medicine, commonly known as PrEP or PEP.
Republican opponents railed against her legislation, arguing it would accelerate gender reassignment procedures among youth, enable abortions to be provided by non-physicians and further cut parents out of decision-making if their kids seek abortions.
"This goes far beyond and is way out of step with what a majority of Illinoisans think is appropriate restrictions," said state Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville.
Dave McKinney | WBEZ
Dave McKinney is a reporter at WBEZ in Chicago.
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Entrepreneurs are frequently scared when looked with the assignment of finding a lawyer to speak to their business needs. It is indispensable for an organization proprietor to have a lawyer prepared to speak to their interests when the need emerges. As you talk with potential law offices, here are five hints to enable you to locate the correct lawyer for your private venture.
Lawyers, similar to dessert, come in all flavors. Lawyers are very talented in their specialized topic. They are specialists in the law, not really in business. You need to discover a lawyer that concentrates their training on private ventures since they comprehend business practices and work with a customer base of entrepreneurs. As my Mother used to state, "You don't arrange steak at a fish house". Try not to let the criminal safeguard lawyer who settles your speeding tickets speak to your business advantages.
We live in a quarrelsome society. entrepreneurs are presented with claims each day. Arrange your charges under the watchful eye of the claim arrives. Once sued, you have 20 days in which to react to the claim. This isn't an ideal opportunity to arrange charges with your lawyer. Concur upon a set expense structure in advance, and in composing. So much tension and vulnerability accompany lawful issues that you need to have something concrete and straightforward. It will diminish your anxiety in a period of emergency.
Your lawyer, alongside your CPA, protection specialist, promoting operator, money related organizer, and other administration experts, is a piece of your warning group. When searching for a decent private company lawyer, counsel your warning group. Their motivation is to prompt you. Does your CPA work with or prescribe a lawyer? Could your different counselors suggest a lawyer that sees private company issues?
How simple is it to achieve your lawyer? Will they restore your telephone call that day, or following day? Will it take seven days? Would you be able to content them an inquiry? Do they answer email? Your lawyer should be available. You have each privilege to scrutinize the lawyer as to their level of availability. An entrepreneur may be disappointed on the off chance that they can just converse with an assistant or a voice letter box.
Ask other entrepreneurs which lawyers they use for their lawful needs. A portion of as well as can be expected originated from different entrepreneurs who have firsthand information of working with a specific lawyer. Entrepreneurs can likewise direct you far from a lawyer that won't not be the best possible fit for your sort of business or industry.


Taja Construction LLC was renovating a row house owned by affiliate Taja Investments LLC (together, "Taja") when the east wall of the house collapsed. Taja sought to recover the cost of repairs under its insurance policy, issued by Peerless Insurance Company ("Pearless"). Peerless determined that the collapse was caused by Taja's failure to support the building's foundation properly while excavating the basement, and it denied Taja's claim under a policy exclusion for defects in construction or workmanship. Peerless also denied the claim under a separate exclusion for damages resulting from movement of the earth's surface. Taja filed suit against Peerless for breach of its insurance policy.
The district court granted summary judgment to Peerless, holding that both exclusions applied and that each separately supported the denial of Taja's claim. Beginning with the Workmanship Exclusion, the court found that undisputed witness testimony attributed the collapse of the row house's all to Taja's failure to underpin the property while excavating. This exclusion provision provided that Peerless would not be liable for loss caused by an act, defect, error, or omission relating to construction. Given the testimony and the fact that it had been accepted as true by both parties, the court found it beyond dispute that the Workmanship Exclusion applied in this case. In doing so, the court also rejected Taja's argument that damages associated with the collapse constituted an "ensuing loss." The court held that in the event a defectively-designed structure collapses, it is not appropriate to characterize the effect of gravity as a distinct and separate event.
Finally, Taja argued that the Earth Movement Exclusion did not apply because the "movement" in this case occurred below the earth's surface, at the basement level of the house. The court disagreed with this interpretation, ruling that though the movement that caused the wall's collapse occurred below grade, it still involved movement of the earth surface as the exclusion is referring to the uppermost layer of the soil and clay. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Peerless.


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Q: How to check for Route through route name in template with Meteor and Iron Router What can I use in a template to figure out the route name that is associated with the route that I am currently on?
For example if I configured a route like so in iron-router
this.route('quick', {
    path: '/wow/:_id',
    template: 'create_question'
});

So if I am on the route /wow/123 how can I get the router's name in my template, in this case how can I get quick in my template?
I'm simply looking for a function, I am sure I can use a handlebars helper to get the rest done. I just need a function to call.

A: iron-router > 1.0
var routeName = Router.current().route.getName();

iron-router < 1.0
var routeName = Router.current().route.name;

A: You can define any options you want in your route config :
Router.route('/', {
    name : 'home',
    template : 'home',
    title: 'Home'
});

and then access to title with this :
Router.current().route.options.title

This will output "Home"

A: For the newer iron router, use:
var routeName = Router.current().route.getName()

This will output the name of the actual route you defined with this.route()

A: You can try Router.current().template

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Entrance Examination VOCLET-2011 for Admission of (10+2) Vocational Candidates to Polytechnic courses in West Bengal in the 2nd year of 3-years Diploma Courses in Engineering and Technology under lateral entry scheme for the academic session 2011-2012.
Applications are invited in prescribed form from the candidates who have passed (10+2) vocational examination under West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training In the area of "Engineering & Technology" obtaining a minimum aggregate of 60% marks in the above examination for admission to 2nd year of 3 years Diploma Courses in Engineering & Technology in Polytechnics in West Bengal under Lateral Entry Scheme for the Academic Session 2011-12. Candidates, who will appear in (10+2) vocational examination in 2011, may also apply, but their candidature will be considered if they fulfill the requirement as stated above. Admission will be made through an Entrance Examination (VOCLET 2011) to be conducted by the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education, "Kolkata Karigori Bhavan" 2nd Floor, 110, S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata - 700013.
The examination with multiple-choice objective questions (MCQ Type) consisting of two papers is scheduled to be held on Sunday, the 24th April 2011 (VOCLET 2011 Examination Date Schedule).
Paper-l: Physics (25 marks), Chemistry (25 marks) and Mathematics (50 marks) = Total 100 marks, Time allowed = 2 hours.
Paper-ll: Engineering Mechanics (50 marks) and Computer (50 marks) = Total 100 marks, Time allowed=2 hours.
Standard of examination would be at the level of 10+2 vocational under West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training either in the compulsory or optional subjects under revised syllabus effective from the session 2007. The candidates would be required to secure at least 20% marks in individual paper. 10% of the sanctioned seats In the Polytechnics will be available for such admission.
Eligibility Criteria of VOCLET 2011 Entrance Exam: Applicant must be Indian Citizens and should have passed (10+2) vocational examination in Engineering & Technology from West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training.
Age limit of VOCLET 2011 Exam: Upper age limit is 25 years as on 1st January, 2011, For SC/ST candidates relaxable by 3 years. Relaxation of 1 year for general candidates on merit of individual case may be allowed.
Reservation process of VOCLET 2011: Reservation of seals for SC/ST/PC candidates will be as per existing Government norms; SC/ST candidates of the Slate of West Bengal will only get the benefit of such reservation. The candidates applying for reserved category seats will have to produce the original certificate issued by the competent authority of Govt. of West Bengal at the time of taking admission in Polytechnics, failing which they will not be allowed admission even after allotment of seat.
Submission of VOCLET-2011 Application Form: Candidates willing to appear in the Entrance Examination (VOCLET-2011) should fill-in application in prescribed form which will be available together with the instruction booklet on and from Monday, January 03, 2011 to Monday, January 31, 2011 from the Polytechnics list of which is available in the website of the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education at www.webscte.org on ail working days between 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. and on Saturday between 10.30 am. and 1.00 p.m. (Sundays and holidays excluded) on cash payment of Rs. 300/-. Application form once purchased cannot be taken back or exchange.
VOCLET-2011 Application form duly filled-in to be submitted to the above mentioned Polytechnics on any working day (except Sundays and Gazetted holidays) between 10.30 am. and 4.00 p.m. and on Saturday between 10.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. up to Monday, January 31, 2011. Forms may also be purchased after the due date of January 31,2011 on payment of Rs. 400/- (Rs. 300/- towards cost of form plus Rs. 100/- as late fee) from the office of the Council at "Kolkata Karigori Bhavan", 110, S.N, Banerjee Road, Kolkata-700 013 on all working days from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. between Tuesday, February 01, 2011 and Wednesday, February 09, 2011 and may be submitted at the Council's Office at "Kolkata Karigori Bhavan", 110, S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkaia-700013 on all working days between 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on or before Wednesday, February 09, 2011. Fllled-ln VOCLET-2011 application forms sent by post will not be accepted. Incorrect, incomplete application may be cancelled.
Admission of prospective applicants to Polytechnics is subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria. The result of this competitive examination (VOCLET-2011) based on multiple-choice objective questions (MCQ) will not be intimated individually to the merit listed candidates. The Council shall publish the merit list on the basis of the VOCLET-2011 results of the VOCLET-2011 which will be available in the website www.webscte.org tentatively during the last week of May, 2011. No Rank Card will be issued by the Council to the merit listed candidates. They are required to follow the Council's website www.webscte.org for obtaining information regarding VOCLET-2011 online counseling programme. The printed results of candidates' up to a specified rank shall be placed with the Polytechnics listed herein. No request for post publication scrutiny, inspection and review shall be entertained. Mere submission of application for appearing in the Joint Entrance Examination (VOCLET-2011) and/ or securing a rank in the merit list does not entitle a prospective candidate for admission to any Polytechnic.


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Cycling for change
Kirsty's Story
In honor of March being Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in the UK, we're sharing a slightly different #shapeyourpregnancy story today. We usually start these user stories by talking to women about their prenatal exercise experience – from the myths they've been told, to how their workouts have changed, and how they choose to stay fit and strong during pregnancy.
However, we're acutely aware that not all pregnancies follow a so-called 'typical' path. It's so important to shed light on all of these stories because there are countless ways we can shape our pregnancies and stay fit, strong, and healthy. It's never a one-size fits all formula, and our paths may look different – but at the end of the day, our mission is shared: health and happiness for ourselves as women and mothers, and health and happiness for our children.
We want to bring together as many women as possible to share their stories and create a global movement and increased awareness around celebrating healthy, active pregnancies. We were honored to be able to share Kirsty's incredible story with you all on this platform. We're sure you'll leave feeling inspired, uplifted and in awe of these incredibly strong women.
Meet Kirsty, who was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer at the age of 29, in the midst of trying to have a baby. While it was a devastating diagnosis, she and her husband were able to have a child together that defied all odds – with the help of a very special sister.
Kirsty married her now-husband back in 2010, and like so many newlyweds, they couldn't wait to begin their next chapter of starting a family. However, they soon realized it wasn't going to be that simple. After stopping birth control, Kirsty noticed her periods didn't reappear in the expected timeframe, and after several months this started to ring alarm bells. She visited her doctor but her concerns were largely dismissed, and she was told her periods probably hadn't come back due to stress and it was likely nothing to worry about.
"I was made to feel like a time waster," she says. "My GP told me that my periods probably hadn't come back due to stress, as I was completing my professional accountancy exams at the time. But you know your own body and I didn't feel stressed at all."
Four months passed and nothing changed. Kirsty returned to the doctor for blood tests and was diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and referred to a fertility clinic in Edinburgh. However, their struggle to conceive continued and after a difficult year involving daily hormone injections she was no closer to having a baby.
"When you're trying to conceive there are reminders everywhere," she recalls. "The empty rooms in
the family house you bought, films you see in the cinema, friends' pregnancy announcements... It's the only time I've felt genuine happiness for someone while feeling absolute devastation for myself. Deciding to start a family and facing fertility issues follows you around like a black cloud and never leaves your mind."
When it all changed
A senior doctor carried out a scan and, seeing that Kirsty's ovary looked unusual, he recommended a laparoscopy to look inside. It was now three years since Kirsty's initial doctor's appointment.
"The day before I was due to go into hospital I was in M&S buying pyjamas when my surgeon called and said he wanted to remove my ovary," says Kirsty. "My sister had to drive me home as I was so upset. The thought of losing an ovary was devastating."
Kirsty underwent surgery and her left ovary and fallopian tube were removed. She was asked to come and see the surgeon to hear the results and was given a devastating blow – she had been diagnosed with stage 2C Granulosa Cell Tumour (GCT), a rare type of ovarian cancer that accounts for fewer than 5% of all ovarian cancers in the UK.
Surgical staging took place in December of 2013 to assess the extent of the disease and around Christmas time, Kirsty was delivered another blow – traces of her cancer had been found elsewhere and she would begin chemotherapy in the New Year.
"My immediate thought was: Could I still try for a baby?" recalls Kirsty, "But GCT is estrogen driven and I was advised that I shouldn't carry children due to the likelihood of the cancer returning. I was sobbing when I heard that news. But I refused to give up hope and went to a fertility clinic to have my eggs harvested and five embryos frozen."
How a dream became a reality
In February 2014 Kirsty began six rounds of chemotherapy with the support of friends and family. "We even had a head shaving party where they all wore bald caps!" she laughs. "And in June they threw me a surprise 30th birthday party. I didn't want any presents so they made donations to charity instead."
But it was Kirsty's sister Karen who gave her the best gift of all, offering to be a surrogate and carry her child.
"I made her a big file with all the information, from treatments to legal issues," says Kirsty. "I sent her away for the weekend before making a decision so that she had time to think about it all carefully and agree on everything with her partner."
Her sister's decision didn't change. After three failed attempts and
one embryo that didn't look viable when it was defrosted, Karen fell pregnant with embryo number five. In December 2015 the unlikeliest of baby's was born.
"Matthew means gift from God," says Kirsty, "and he truly was a Christmas miracle. He completed us and it immediately felt that he was the baby we were always meant to have."
But Kirsty's journey wasn't over yet and, whilst on maternity leave, she had further surgery to remove her omentum and a full hysterectomy with cervix removal, to minimize the risk of cancer returning.
Results showed a second tumor in her right ovary and cells on the outside of the ovary. Kirsty agreed with her oncologist that monitoring, rather than further chemotherapy, was the preferred treatment option.
How she shaped her pregnancy and cancer experience
Hoping to turn her negative experience into a positive one for others, Kirsty decided to take part in a cycle ride from Vietnam to Cambodia for Women V Cancer, raising money for Ovarian Cancer Action, Breast Cancer Care, and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.
"I'd just finished my final chemo treatment and I was feeling a bit lost," she says. "I needed something to focus on and to give me the motivation to build up my strength again.
"It was the most amazing thing I've ever done and gave me a real sense of achievement. I arrived with butterflies in my tummy and left with memories and friends I'll never forget. In fact, my sister and I are taking part in another Women V Cancer cycle ride in Costa Rica in 2019."
Kirsty is now healthy and happy – as is Matthew! - but she will have three-month check-ups and be monitored for the rest of her life, as risk of recurrence increases with age. She knows her condition is rare, having been told by her oncologist that he sees a case like hers only once in ten years, but her advice to other women with any health concerns is simple: "Be your own advocate. You know your body best."
Thank you, Kirsty, for sharing your story of your beautiful family, your incredible sister, and your awe-inspiring strength. We couldn't agree with her advice more, and it's a sentiment we talk about so often here at Baby2Body; listen to your body, because you do know it best. Never stop fighting for your own health and happiness – because you so deserve it.
For more information, check out Ovarian Cancer Action and to get involved and help put an end to this deadly disease, join us in the fight against ovarian cancer.
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Embrace the Shift in 2023
Industry Insights, News
Here at Speexx, we're preparing to say goodbye to 2022 and gearing up for 2023. We're ready to 'Embrace the Shift' in business, talent acquisition, tech, and ourselves with our annual thought leadership event, Speexx Exchange. Here are the topics we'll be covering:
To propel themselves into the next year and the future, businesses need to inspire, empower, and create leadership at all levels. Jeremy Blain, author of 'The Inner CEO – Unleashing leaders at all levels,' addresses this need, when he outlines the importance of leaders embarking on their own learning journeys, upskilling themselves, and developing core skills of empathy and relatability to match the growing preferences of employees in organizations.
To 'Embrace the Shift' in business, we need to unlearn the old, relearn the new, and focus more on human-centered leadership and management, connection, wellbeing, and mental health.
Equally, great leaders are cultivated most effectively when they benefit from skills coaching for their own learning, advancement, and development. Expect a sharp focus on business coaching for 2023 to bring out the best in leaders, and their people.
Hybrid work is here to stay in 2023, so we can expect this to be a continued focus. But what can organizations do to keep their teams contented, engaged, and (most crucially) onboard?
In the midst of the quiet quitting and anti-work moments that are gathering momentum, what can companies do to 'Embrace the Shift' in talent acquisition? The answer is switching from a mindset of 'acquisition' and towards 'retention.' The era of the great resignation has become the era of the great retention, and firms must focus on how to gain and retain top talent in 2023 in order to future-proof their business and have a happy workforce. Employee experience will emerge as the game changer in 2023.
AI, web3. and the Metaverse will all feature prominently in 2023 as we 'Embrace the Shift' in tech.
The word on everyone's lips, AI, will become increasingly accessible to companies of all sizes in the upcoming year. Workplace tools will rely more on this technology, while some functions may even be replaced by AI altogether. And remember the buzzword 'hyperreal content,' as this is set to make a big impact in 2023 as AI will create brand new images, sounds, and information as sophisticated programs learn to mimic the human brain — with a little something extra that we've never seen before.
Transformation starts with you. To 'Embrace the Shift' in ourselves, we can place an emphasis on continuous growth and expansion, be that in the form of advancing and enhancing our careers and our skillset with language learning, or by embarking on a career pathing track to set, attain, and exceed professional goals, benchmarks, and aspirations. Get ready to 'Embrace the Shift' in you!
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Written for OEB Global 2022 by the team at Speexx.
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Elizabeth Smart on Kidnapper's Release from Prison: Wanda Barzee Watched as I Was Raped
Matt NahamSep 18th, 2018, 1:25 pm
Elizabeth Smart sat down for an interview with Gayle King of CBS This Morning and spoke out about the news that the woman who was convicting for kidnapping her will be released from prison five years earlier than anticipated.
72-year-old Wanda Barzee will be released on September 19 due to state parole officials' decision to credit Barzee for eight years worth of time spent in federal custody. That time served will be retroactively applied to her conviction and sentencing on Utah state criminal charges.
Initially, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole had declined to take those eight years of federal imprisonment into account when considering the possibility of Barzee being paroled earlier this summer. The board's about-face decision has been described as a "surprise" and comes just months after the initial denial in July of this year.
ln the latest interview, Smart said something she has before of Wanda Barzee, namely that she doesn't believe Barzee has changed.
"I do believe she's still a danger […] Through my sources, I've heard that she's still carrying around this 'book of revelations' that Brian Mitchell wrote […] that said he should kidnap me, and not just kidnap me but six other young girls, and that we'd all be his wives," Smart told King. "[C]learly, she hasn't let it go."
But Smart also detailed the abuse she suffered at the hands of Barzee and Brian Mitchell.The pair kidnapped Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002, when she was 14 years old.
Smart said that she knew from the first time she saw Barzee after being kidnapped that she was "dark" and "evil."
"I don't know, just the feeling that kind of radiated from her. It just was dark. And it was evil. And I just knew that she — she wasn't there to help me, that she wasn't there to protect me," she said.
Smart said that Mitchell raped her repeatedly and Barzee watched, making it all the more disturbing that this same person will soon be released from prison.
"So what do you think she would do?" King asked.
"I don't know. And perhaps that's what worries me, because I know just how bad [Barzee] really can be," Smart replied. "She would encourage him to rape me. She would sit right next to me. Like, the side of her body would be touching me […] While he was raping me. I mean, she was right there."
Smart said Barzee laughed as much as Mitchell did "if not more" when she woke up in her own vomit one morning. Smart had been forced to drink alcohol until the point where she passed out and threw up.
Authorities have attempted to reassure Smart in advance of Barzee's release, Smart said.
"I don't know all the conditions of her release, but I have been reassured multiple times that [Barzee] will be kept a very close eye on," she said. "And as soon as she messes up, which I've been reassured that she will, she will be taken back to federal prison for the duration of the five years."
Smart said she knows who the federal agent working the case will be.
"I have faith in him. I just lack faith in her," she said.
Colin Kalmbacher contributed to this report.
[Image via CBS This Morning screengrab]
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Matt Naham is managing editor of Law&Crime. He formerly worked as news editor and weekend editor at Rare.
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When we have such beautiful days as these past have been, it seems we wonder where the hours have gone as evening approaches. I've had my transom widows open at the office and the fresh cool air flowing through has been delightful. The volunteer gardeners have been at work downtown in the flower beds. After they left my block, I could see a great improvement. Some of the flowers had to be thinned out as well as bushes in need of trimming. The bikers should be impressed with what they'll encounter while enjoying the downtown festivities. Since my office is located in the heart of downtown where there will be no vehicles allowed on Wednesday, one of the government workers asked me today if I'll be taking the day off. I said, "Absolutely not. I will be working while enjoying the crowd." I'm certainly going to be upstairs a few times taking photos of the merriment on Federal Avenue and Central Park. We are indeed fortunate to have the weather on our side for RAGBRAI. I can't imagine wishing for any better weather. It sounds like there will be a number of Mason City residents taking their bikes to Forest City and peddling back with the RAGBRAI group.
Several prospective tenants who filled out applications for one of my client's rentals happened to mention they were living on acreages. I found myself on the subject of farm life during the summer. I guess it triggered old yet fond memories. On the farm, days like today were a treat. The sun was not so burning and the humidity was at a tolerable level. The animals even seemed happier. Part of my job was to take care of the piggies. When they would be out in a 10 acre pasture and seemingly in a constant state of curiosity while foraging, I would quietly fill their feed bins and when I was ready for them to come back and eat, I would yell at the top of my voice, "Heerrrr piggy, piggy, pig, pig, piggy, piggy pig, pig PIG!" Oh how they would make me laugh as they would start running for the barn and making that happy "hoffing" sound. They would be running so fast, they looked like giant rabbits running toward me. In the life of piggies, they really did have it made. I'm sure many thoughts went on in their intelligent barnyard minds while waiting for the next call to supper as they grazed in the field of dreams.


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Graham Defends Trump's Racist Tweets: They're "A Bunch of Communists!"
Eric Lutz
Brad Pitt Reportedly Has the Kids for Summer
Kenzie Bryant
Warren Report
The Worst Take of the Week? David Brooks Slammed for "Sandwich Shop" Elitism
An off-key column on privilege becomes an object lesson in outrage in the Internet age. (A version of this column originally appeared on *Poynter.org.*)
James Warren, Chief Media Writer, Poynter.org
By Mark Peterson/Redux.
David Brooks may deserve what we once called a knuckle sandwich.
It's one thing to be responsibly provocative, especially as an op-ed columnist. It's another to be sanctimonious, moralizing and off-key, as is the case with How We Are Ruining America. A discourse on the societal peril of privilege generated lots of response and included this minor classic of a vignette:
"Recently I took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch. Insensitively, I led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. Suddenly I saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named 'Padrino' and 'Pomodor' and ingredients like soppressata, capocollo and a striata baguette. I quickly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else and she anxiously nodded yes and we ate Mexican."
An essay on "cultural signifiers" not understood by the poor and under-educated prompted McSweeney's to offer Lucy Huber's Course Catalog for David Brooks' Elite Sandwich College. It includes these courses:
Classic Italian Meats 205, Prerequisite: Basic Deli Meats 101: "In this class, we will go beyond the American deli meats like ham, turkey, and chicken breast and learn more in-depth about the classic Italian cured meats: Pancetta, Prosciutto, Capicola, and more. Students will learn about origin, curing techniques, and appropriate stacking method. Two lectures and two studio hours each week."
Fancy Condiments and Toppings 305, Prerequisite: Mayonnaise and Mustard Only 101: "Students will learn the basics of topping a sandwich beyond just meat and vegetables. Techniques include the seasoned olive oil drizzle and distribution of aioli. If time in semester permits, students will dabble in use of cornichons and castelvetranos. Three lectures and one lab weekly."
Finally, Talking to Your Friends About Italian Delis 426: "In this soft-skills class, students will learn how to help friends who have never visited a deli choose items on the menu. Students will learn how to gently correct friends when they pronounce 'mozzarella' with the 'a' sound at the end...."
But, seriously, folks...
Rich Neimand, a brainy Washington consultant, reminded me of his Los Angeles upbringing and why Brooks was so off, even if there was this defense in The Washington Post of the Brooks thesis that rich kids have hidden cultural advantages.
"I was once that person who Brooks took into a deli. I came from a working class family and busted my ass to become intelligent and sophisticated so I could live a better life. I was fortunate to live in a society at the time that wanted that to happen for me if I was willing to want it and work for it."
"I went to public schools in California when taxpayers cared about all children. I had good teachers in good schools with majority minority student bodies. I went to a great community college and was able to transfer to UCLA after two years. Then I had bosses who saw some raw talent in me and stuck with me to refine it touchingly, they made a point of teaching me how to eat in restaurants and have business meetings, lunches and dinners."
"I saw how important it was to read, keep up on food trends and try to evolve as society evolved. Now I am supposed to feel bad because someone is intimidated by the term mortadella and can't take a chance on finding out that it's a fancy ass name for Oscar Meyer bologna? Someone who can't risk an upset stomach to have lunch with a columnist from The New York Times?"
Morning babble
"Given a chance to do over, I don't think Don Jr. would set up a meeting between the Russian lawyer and the publicist again." And that was from co-host Steve Doocy on Trump & Friends, throwing the British publicist under the bus and praising Don Jr.'s performance on Hannity last night, especially his statement to Sean Hannity that he should have done things differently. Ah, yup, Donnie.
CNN's New Day went with "White House Under Siege After Emails Bombshell." As David Gregory put a potential prosecutor's case, the Trump team welcomed support from Russia to beat Hillary Clinton. They were open for business. At the very least they were willing to play with fire and the fire was Russia, an adversary of the United States, to undermine their political opponent. That was just wrong and that is why it is engulfing the Trump presidency and undermining his credibility and those around them. These emails contradict months of denials from the White House."
MSNBC's Morning Joe broached something rather relevant: how Robert Mueller will view the meeting and whether the Trump folks lied about it essentially being about adoptions. AP's Julie Pace says the White House "is struggling now with where this presidency goes. They know this is going to be something they're going to live with for months or years."
Morning tweet
There was morning talk on a couple of cable news networks about the president obviously taking a low profile on the mess involving his son. No characteristic tweets – at least not until 6:19 a.m. Eastern.: "My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!" (@realDonaldTrump)
The Donald Trump Jr. revelations
"Donald Trump, Jr.'s E-Mails Have Fundamentally Changed the Russia Story" is the headline as Ryan Lizza****Ryan Lizza recounts talking to a Trump campaign official yesterday: recounts talking to a Trump campaign official yesterday: headline as
"This morning, I asked him about revelations in the Times about the meeting between Natalia Veselnitskaya and senior Trump-campaign officials—Trump, Jr. as well as Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner—and the source practically yawned. 'It is still nothing,' he responded, echoing the common refrain from most Trump defenders since Saturday when details of the meeting first emerged."
"After the e-mails were posted, he amended his reaction. 'It's moving too fast for me to appear intelligent in analysis,' he wrote back. 'I know DJT2 is a good guy and wouldn't break the law.'"
"In less than ninety minutes, the sentiment from people sympathetic to the President's son had shifted from 'nothingburger' to 'I hope he doesn't go to jail.'"
White House plots against reporters
The Washington Post reports that "operatives close to the White House are mulling this to help Don Jr.: "Their plan, as one member of the team described it, is to research the reporters' previous work, in some cases going back years, and to exploit any mistakes or perceived biases. They intend to demand corrections, trump errors on social media and feed them to conservative outlets, such as Fox News."
Guys and gals, I'm not sure you want to go there. Not sure you'd want an army of fact-checkers to return fire and look into Sean Hannity and the past labors of cadres of Trump media sympathizers. In a duel over past accuracy, I think my money would be on tired old legacy media you deride. They do have copy desks.
Twitter's new CFO
It's Ned Segal, a former Goldman Sachs banker who's been an executive at Intuit in Silicon Valley.
"Key question: Can Segal help Twitter tell a more convincing story to investors? He has lots of Wall Street experience, but does not have a background in advertising or media, which are the industries driving Twitter's entire business." (Recode)
NBC, Axios and Koch
Here's a sign of the new pragmatism. NBC's Chuck Todd and Axios' Jim VandeHei will host chats tomorrow morning with Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hansarling. The event is at AJAX, 1011 4th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 and is sponsored by Koch. Yes, Koch. You can sign-up here.
Trump and the press
"No president since Nixon has found himself so joined to the reporters he loathes (and the few he likes), and none has inspired quite so many heroic-journalist profiles" (The Ringer).
"For Trump, who obviously despises the press, the irony has got to be grating. So far, the history of the Trump administration is being written as a history of reporters taking apart the Trump administration."
Say it ain't so
"Time Inc. Explores Renaming the Company, Seeking a Refresh" (The Wall Street Journal)
They've actually thrown around the name "Life" – as in its long iconic Life Magazine – as a possibility. Yikes. A friend reminds me of the notorious change of the legendary legacy brand McCall's to Rosie. You know, the president's favorite comedienne.
Confirming a scoop
Amy Fiscus, The New York Times's national security editor, moderates a panel Wednesday at the Spy Museum in Washington on "what it takes to confirm a scoop, the story behind The Times's anonymous tip line, how journalists use their sources in an age when leakers are increasingly under public scrutiny, and what it's like for a C.I.A. spokesperson to handle tough questions and keep information classified."
The panel includes her colleague, reporter Glenn Thrush, who's seen some of his own emails to John Podesta divulged by WikiLeaks.
As publishers search for dollars...
"News publishers may want to emulate the music industry, but the only similarities that matter work in favor of the aggregators, not suppliers. Spotify is the perfect example." (Stratechery)
Suing over Trump's Twitter feed
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued Trump for "blocking Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account, arguing the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution." (Reuters)
It's executive director argued, "The First Amendment applies to this digital forum in the same way it applies to town halls and open school board meetings. The White House acts unlawfully when it excludes people from this forum simply because they've disagreed with the president." (Poynter)
The lawsuit, brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York and joined by seven individual Twitter users, claims Trump blocked a number of accounts whose owners replied to his tweets with comments that criticized, mocked or disagreed with the president.
A joint Boston Globe-STAT investigation concludes, "Drug users, desperate to break addictions to heroin or pain pills, are pawns in a sprawling national network of insurance fraud."
"They are being sent to treatment centers hundreds of miles from home for expensive, but often shoddy, care that is paid for by premium health insurance benefits procured with fake addresses."
Google's payouts to pointyheads
"Google operates a little-known program to harness the brain power of university researchers to help sway opinion and public policy, cultivating financial relationships with professors at campuses from Harvard University to the University of California, Berkeley." (The Wall Street Journal)
As it notes, "Company paid $5,000 to $400,000 for research supporting business practices that face regulatory scrutiny; a 'wish list' of topics."
Ah, imagine if it started showing such largess to newsrooms whose content it's ripped off all these years. To bolster news gathering, democracy, all that stuff.
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{
    const DWORD  ExceptionParameters = 1;
    const int    ExceptionObjectIndex = 0;

    class JavascriptExceptionContext;

    class JavascriptExceptionObject
    {
    public:
        typedef Var (__stdcall *HostWrapperCreateFuncType)(Var var, ScriptContext * sourceScriptContext, ScriptContext * destScriptContext);

        JavascriptExceptionObject(Var object, ScriptContext * scriptContext, JavascriptExceptionContext* exceptionContextIn, bool isPendingExceptionObject = false) :
            thrownObject(object),
            isPendingExceptionObject(isPendingExceptionObject),
            scriptContext(scriptContext), tag(true),
#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPT_DEBUGGING
            isDebuggerSkip(false), byteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip(Constants::InvalidByteCodeOffset), hasDebuggerLogged(false),
            isFirstChance(false), isExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode(false), ignoreAdvanceToNextStatement(false),
#endif
            hostWrapperCreateFunc(nullptr),
            next(nullptr)
        {
            if (exceptionContextIn)
            {
                exceptionContext = *exceptionContextIn;
            }
            else
            {
                memset(&exceptionContext, 0, sizeof(exceptionContext));
            }
#if ENABLE_DEBUG_STACK_BACK_TRACE
            this->stackBackTrace = nullptr;
#endif
        }

        Var GetThrownObject(ScriptContext * requestingScriptContext);

        // ScriptContext can be NULL in case of OOM exception.
        ScriptContext * GetScriptContext() const
        {
            return scriptContext;
        }

        FunctionBody * GetFunctionBody() const;
        JavascriptFunction* GetFunction() const
        {
            return exceptionContext.ThrowingFunction();
        }

        const JavascriptExceptionContext* GetExceptionContext() const
        {
            return &exceptionContext;
        }
#if ENABLE_DEBUG_STACK_BACK_TRACE
        void FillStackBackTrace();
#endif

        void FillError(JavascriptExceptionContext& exceptionContext, ScriptContext *scriptContext, HostWrapperCreateFuncType hostWrapperCreateFunc = NULL);
        void ClearError();

#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPT_DEBUGGING
        void SetDebuggerSkip(bool skip)
        {
            isDebuggerSkip = skip;
        }

        bool IsDebuggerSkip()
        {
            return isDebuggerSkip;
        }

        int GetByteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip()
        {
            return byteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip;
        }

        void SetByteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip(int offset)
        {
            byteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip = offset;
        }

        void SetDebuggerHasLogged(bool has)
        {
            hasDebuggerLogged = has;
        }

        bool HasDebuggerLogged()
        {
            return hasDebuggerLogged;
        }

        void SetIsFirstChance(bool is)
        {
            isFirstChance = is;
        }

        bool IsFirstChanceException()
        {
            return isFirstChance;
        }

        void SetIsExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode(bool is)
        {
            isExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode = is;
        }

        bool IsExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode()
        {
            return isExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode;
        }

        void SetIgnoreAdvanceToNextStatement(bool is)
        {
            ignoreAdvanceToNextStatement = is;
        }

        bool IsIgnoreAdvanceToNextStatement()
        {
            return ignoreAdvanceToNextStatement;
        }
#endif

        void SetHostWrapperCreateFunc(HostWrapperCreateFuncType hostWrapperCreateFunc)
        {
            this->hostWrapperCreateFunc = hostWrapperCreateFunc;
        }

        uint32 GetByteCodeOffset()
        {
            return exceptionContext.ThrowingFunctionByteCodeOffset();
        }

        void ReplaceThrownObject(Var object)
        {
            AssertMsg(VarIs<RecyclableObject>(object), "Why are we replacing a non recyclable thrown object?");
            AssertMsg(this->GetScriptContext() != VarTo<RecyclableObject>(object)->GetScriptContext() || this->thrownObject != object, "If replaced thrownObject is from same context what's the need to replace?");
            this->thrownObject = object;
        }

        void SetThrownObject(Var object)
        {
            // Only pending exception object and generator return exception use this API.
            Assert(this->isPendingExceptionObject);
            this->thrownObject = object;
        }
        JavascriptExceptionObject* CloneIfStaticExceptionObject(ScriptContext* scriptContext);

        void ClearStackTrace()
        {
            exceptionContext.SetStackTrace(NULL);
        }

        bool IsPendingExceptionObject() const { return isPendingExceptionObject; }

    private:
        friend class ::ThreadContext;
        static void Insert(Field(JavascriptExceptionObject*)* head, JavascriptExceptionObject* item);
        static void Remove(Field(JavascriptExceptionObject*)* head, JavascriptExceptionObject* item);

    private:
        Field(Var)      thrownObject;
        Field(ScriptContext *) scriptContext;

#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPT_DEBUGGING
        Field(int)        byteCodeOffsetAfterDebuggerSkip;
#endif

        Field(const bool) tag : 1;               // Tag the low bit to prevent possible GC false references
        Field(bool)       isPendingExceptionObject : 1;

#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPT_DEBUGGING
        Field(bool)       isDebuggerSkip : 1;
        Field(bool)       hasDebuggerLogged : 1;
        Field(bool)       isFirstChance : 1;      // Mentions whether the current exception is a handled exception or not
        Field(bool)       isExceptionCaughtInNonUserCode : 1; // Mentions if in the caller chain the exception will be handled by the non-user code.
        Field(bool)       ignoreAdvanceToNextStatement : 1;  // This will be set when user had setnext while sitting on the exception
                                                // So the exception eating logic shouldn't try and advance to next statement again.
#endif

        FieldNoBarrier(HostWrapperCreateFuncType) hostWrapperCreateFunc;

        Field(JavascriptExceptionContext) exceptionContext;
#if ENABLE_DEBUG_STACK_BACK_TRACE
        Field(StackBackTrace*) stackBackTrace;
        static const int StackToSkip = 2;
        static const int StackTraceDepth = 30;
#endif

        Field(JavascriptExceptionObject*) next;  // to temporarily store list of throwing exceptions

        PREVENT_COPY(JavascriptExceptionObject)
    };
}


Brock & Kiraz English IIIa to give omens.
How to cite this entry? Toma Audo, Treasure of the Syriac Language: A Dictionary of Classical Syriac (Mosul: Imprimerie des pères dominicains, 1897-. Reprints: Chicago, 1978; Stockholm, 1979; Glane/Losser, 1985; Piscataway, NJ, 2008) Vol 2, p. 450 [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, tagged by George A. Kiraz, accessed on Apr. 19, 2019].
ܩܨܰܡ fut. ܢܶܩܨܽܘܡ, Ia to use divination; IIa; IIp; IIIa to give omens.
How to cite this entry? Sebastian P. Brock & George A. Kiraz, Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2015) ܩܨܡ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 19, 2019].
How to cite this entry? Louis Costaz, S. J., Dictionnaire Syriaque-Français / Syriac-English Dictionary / قاموس سرياني عربي (Beirut: Dar al-Machreq; transcribed into tables by the American Foundation for Syriac Studies, NJ) ܩܨܡ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 19, 2019].
How to cite this entry? George A. Kiraz, SEDRA 3 ܩܨܡ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Apr. 19, 2019].


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Wayne Prince Arizona Death Row
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Wayne Prince was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the murder of a child. According to court documents Wayne Prince was involved in an argument with his wife where Wayne promised to shoot the children, his wife and then himself. Wayne Price would shoot and kill thirteen year old Cassandra Prince while her mother attempted to protect her. Wayne would then shoot his wife Christine who thankfully would survive her injuries. Wayne Prince would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.
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On March 25, 1998, Prince and his wife, Christine, were arguing in the apartment where they lived with Christine's two children, Cassandra (age 13) and Andrew (age 10). Prince, pointing a handgun at Christine and Cassandra, repeatedly said he was going to kill the children, Christine, and then himself. Prince threw Cassandra to the floor when she tried to escape. Cassandra retreated to her room as Prince brutally beat Christine. Prince shoved Christine into Casandra's bedroom, then aimed the gun at Cassandra. Christine placed herself between the gun and her daughter and pled for Cassandra's life. Prince punched Christine in the face, then shot Cassandra in the head. As Christine yelled for help, Prince shot her in the neck. The gun jammed after the second shot, prompting Prince to flee. Cassandra died, but Christine survived. A jury found Prince guilty of murdering Cassandra, and attempting to murder Christine.
A Glendale man has received the death penalty a second time for the shooting of his teenage stepdaughter during a family fight 11 years ago.
A jury set the death sentence Thursday for Wayne Benoit Price, 37. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Cassandra Parker, 13, his stepdaughter, and attempted first-degree murder for the shooting of his wife, Christie Prince. The two were shot during a domestic violence argument on March 25, 1998.
Prince initially was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999. But, he was granted a new trial under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that juries, not judges, must decide aggravating circumstances in death penalty cases.
A jury was unable to decide last August whether Prince should be sentenced to life or death. Another jury began hearing aggravating factors in November and came back with a death sentence Thursday.
Court records showed that Prince and his wife got into a violent argument at the Glendale townhouse in March 1998. Prince's stepdaughter tried to flee the apartment, but Prince prevented her from leaving. During the fight, police said Prince covered his gun with a pillow, walked up to the girl, put the gun against her head and shot her. When his wife broke a window to call for help, he shot her on the side of the face.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday's verdict "represents a just punishment for the defendant. It is unfortunate that the victim's family had to wait so long for this case to come to a close."
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