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Clinton bias accusations chase top Democrat Wasserman Schultz
Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz © Gretchen Ertl © Reuters
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the current chair of the Democratic National Committee and former co-chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, can't seem to shake accusations of bias in favor of the former Secretary of State.
As the polls tighten between Clinton and her main rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, Wasserman Schultz is facing a first-ever primary challenge for her congressional seat.
Tim Canova is appealing to the progressive wing of the party and district by accusing her of bias against Sanders.
"She has tipped the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and made sure virtually no one would see the primary debates. She has stood in the way of the progressive movement, and she has consistently put her own political interests ahead of the Democratic Party," he said.
Meet Debbie Wasserman Schultz's first-ever primary challenger: Tim Canova https://t.co/0UCTMpIai2 by @ggreenwaldpic.twitter.com/DHOEnpzTzR
— The Intercept (@the_intercept) January 19, 2016
Canova decided to run against Wasserman Shultz because her stance on issues like Wall Street reform, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, and big corporations did not align with the progressive beliefs of some party members.
She also supported the anti-net-neutrality bill SOPA and voted to remove part of the Dodd-Frank law that stopped big banks from using deposits for speculative financial derivatives.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jim Clyburn were also aye votes for rolling back Dodd-Frank. http://t.co/dCtgMbzKjD
— President Miraflores (@AnchurianPrez) October 31, 2013
Wasserman Schultz denies the accusations of bias toward Clinton, saying she would not be DNC chair if she wanted to favor a candidate.
Perhaps the biggest suggestion of bias lies in the charges that the DNC purposely limited Democratic debates and held them on weekends and nights with low audience ratings, such as the weekend before Christmas and at the same time as an NFL football game.
Some feel this was an effort to limit the time voters would be exposed to both Sanders and O'Malley's strengths, and Clinton's shortcomings.
Clinton vs Sanders, terrorism & data breach: What to expect from tonight's #DemocraticDebatehttps://t.co/T0xD8GOMSHpic.twitter.com/OMEKXfi8Xy
— RT (@RT_com) December 19, 2015
Clinton's campaign had lobbied against an earlier proposal for eight debates.
The Democratic candidates had six debates, with only four held before the first of the caucuses in Iowa. The Republicans will have 12, and will have had seven before Iowa.
In 2008, there were 26 Democratic debates.
Unofficial debates have been banned by the DNC, with Wasserman Schultz threatening to ban any candidate that took part in an unsanctioned debate from the remaining debates.
This week, MSNBC and the Manchester Union Leader paper in New Hampshire organized an unscheduled debate for February 4.
Sanders and Clinton made statements that they would participate with the blessing of the DNC.
MSNBC and the #UnionLeader of Manchester, N.H., say they are partnering on a seventh Democratic presidential debate https://t.co/LrtK1OtZJa
— rasi (@twisira) January 26, 2016
Wasserman Schultz released a statement Tuesday: "Our next DNC-sanctioned debate featuring our major candidates will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin hosted by PBS on February 11th, with another already scheduled for March 9th with Univision and the Washington Post. We have no plans to sanction any further debates before the upcoming First in the Nation caucuses and primary, but will reconvene with our campaigns after those two contests to review our schedule."
Other accusations against the DNC chair include the controversial cutting off the Sanders campaign's access to voter data following a data breach, due to an external firewall issue.
READ MORE: Thanks Hillary! Sanders raises $1.4 mn in a day after Clinton attacks backfire
Both Sanders and his supporters blamed Wasserman Schultz for blocking them and making a statement without warning the campaign.
The DNC is also accused of packing the audience with Clinton supporters for the second debate in Iowa. Tom Fiegan told the Washington Times: "People are frustrated at how small the venue was and the lack of transparency from the DNC of how it was handled — the allocation of tickets was a total secret."
Other party members have spoken out against the debate schedules.
DNC finance chair Henry Munoz III reportedly helped organize a fundraiser for Clinton, in violation of rules that state all DNC members must be impartial. Wasserman Schultz did not reprimand Munoz.
Sign the petition: @TheDemocrats Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz should resign https://t.co/cTakLHHYkcpic.twitter.com/Xsb3MdgXsG
— RootsAction (@Roots_Action) January 25, 2016
A petition to remove the DNC chair started by Roots Action called into question the choice of questions during the debates for failing to address important issues: "For example, climate change and the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
"In Congress, [Wasserman Schultz] has served as a pro-militarist and corporatist tool of the high bidders," Roots Action said. "Among recent disgraceful acts was her vote to enable racial discrimination in car buying. Enough is enough."
Wasserman Schultz is seen by some as an establishment politician whose beliefs do not align with more progressive elements of the Democratic party, particularly the new, younger Sanders supporters.
Clintons attack Sanders on healthcare via @RT_comhttps://t.co/rxlASy8RsW#Sanders#clintonpic.twitter.com/hO2U0x4L4f
— Christine Maguire (@_ChrisMaguire) January 14, 2016
In 2016 alone, she has received contributions from Goldman Sachs, Comcast, Google, and Lockheed Martin.
Wasserman Schultz is against legalizing medical marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes, and has received fundraising from alcohol lobbyists ($18,500) and private prisons.
DNC Chair Compares Cannabis to Heroin While Pandering to Alcohol Interests https://t.co/LA5NJ1v2TO -
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz i…
— Craft Mary Jane (@CraftMaryjane) January 20, 2016
I loath Wasserman. She's a puppet for the pharmaceutical and alcohol industries. I'd be a democrat if not for her. https://t.co/BBiLJ3UXDu
— Reno Ute (@austio311) January 29, 2016
She made comments about young women's complacency on abortion rights when asked about young women and excitement surrounding Clinton's campaign.
Some felt this was a dig at female voters supporting Sanders over Clinton.
A USA Today/Rock the Vote poll showed women under 35 support Sanders over Clinton by 20 points.
Yesterday's WMUR/CNN poll in NH by age:
Under 35: Sanders 81, Clinton 18
35 to 49: Sanders 60, Clinton 36
Over 50: Sanders 48, Clinton 42
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 20, 2016
Writing on his blog Saturday, former Green Party and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader warned Sanders of other "corporate" Democrats trying to derail the Vermont senator's campaign.
In a piece titled "Hillary's Corporate Democrats Taking Down Bernie Sanders", Nader wrote: "Before announcing for President in the Democratic Primaries, Bernie Sanders told the people he would not run as an Independent and be like Nader—invoking the politically-bigoted words 'being a spoiler'. Sorry Bernie, because anybody who challenges the positions of the corporatist, militaristic, Wall Street-funded Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton, in the House and Senate—is by their twisted definition, a 'spoiler'."
New column: Hillary's Corporate Democrats Taking Down Bernie Sanders https://t.co/ok2BYsI0pH
— Ralph Nader (@RalphNader) January 29, 2016
He highlighted comments by centrist Democratic California Congressman Adam Schiff about Sanders's electability, who suggested he could have "very significant downstream consequences in House and Senate races".
Nader also referenced the "poisoned darts" thrown by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week at Sanders, distancing her wing of the party from his call to raise taxes to pay for Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care.
"He's talking about a single-payer, and that's not going to happen," she said. "I mean, does anybody in this room think that we're going to be discussing a single-payer?"
Pelosi distances Democrats from Sanders's plan to raise taxes https://t.co/50RSSLfL9t spoken like someone just emerging from giant hc fight
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 27, 2016
Nader concluded in his piece: "Pelosi doesn't expect the Democrats to make gains in the House of Representatives in 2016. But she has managed to hold on to her post long enough to help elect Hillary Clinton - no matter what Clinton's record as a committed corporatist toady and a disastrous militarist (e.g., Iraq and the War on Libya) has been over the years."
For those saying Sanders supporters will cause a nader to happen, https://t.co/WkjolNXhO2 its a myth, he didn't flip the election
— Matthew Kitson (@mwk89) January 28, 2016


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Two of the protesters who stepped into Parliament Palace's courtyard, placed under judicial control
Romanian police have detained two people and fined another 200, organisers and participants in the Tuesday's protest staged by supporters of Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), an ultranationalist political party with seats in Parliament, which has an anti-vaccine agenda.
Protesters on Tuesday forced their way into the Parliament's building courtyard in an attempt to prevent the authorities from introducing the green certificate in workplaces. Investigation is under way in an attempt to find the other violent protesters and a parallel line of investigation is trying to find out why the riot police were unable to contain the protesters.
The unauthorized protest was promoted on AUR social networks and the authorities are presently trying to identify and sanction the protesters. Part of them became violent and attempted to storm the premises. According to the Interior Ministry sources, the police made an appeal to calm and the observation of legal rules without resorting to violence. About 100 protesters later gathered in front of the government. Romania has the second lowest vaccination rate in the EU, almost 40% of the total population, data released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control shows.
The two protesters who broke into the courtyard of the Parliament Palace during Tuesday's protest were put under judicial control by prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the District 5 Court.
Upon leaving the hearings, one of the protesters reasoned that when he entered the courtyard of the Parliament Palace, he exercised "a constitutional right".
The second protester heard by investigators will challenge the measure of judicial review.
"I didn't vandalize anything, I just chanted 'Freedom!', I only respected the Constitution of Romania. (…) I'm going to challenge in 48 hours, my judicial review will be lifted," he said, according to Agerpres.
Asked if he would attend the rallies again, he replied: "Of course I'm going!".
About 1,200 people protested on Tuesday near the Parliament Palace over the introduction of the green certificate.
Senate's Citu: It is condemnable that we have parliamentarians who support acts of vandalism
Senate President Florin Citu said on Wednesday that it was not normal for Romanian parliamentarians to support "acts of vandalism", as happened during the protest organized by Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) on Tuesday, when a group of protesters tried to force their way into the Palace of Parliament. He described the event as "bizarre", given that state institutions should be protected from such demonstrations.
Citu was asked about the incident on Tuesday when, together with the US charge d'affaires in Bucharest, David Muniz, he was evacuated from his office, while some participants in the protest organized by AUR were trying to force their way into Parliament, after they broke into the courtyard of the institution and vandalized several cars.
"We had to leave. But David and I can see each other to drink coffee also elsewhere. The point is that yesterday it was a bizarre event for me, because state institutions should be protected from vandalism. Eventually, it is reprehensible that we have Romanian parliamentarians who help those who come and support these acts of vandalism, and then they denounce them. It is clear that AUR are those who instigated violence, those who supported and brought those people to the courtyard of Parliament and then wanted to dissociate themselves from them. It doesn't work that way. All the country saw that AUR organized that protest, instigated violence, supported them, and then tried to say, "No, it's not us," Citu said.
Asked if there would be a reaction from Parliament to AUR, he said: "I always say that they should pay a fine every time they (…) do not respect the law, when they go inside without a mask they should pay a fine. Every time."
"There are images, I told the Minister of Interior, every time there are images, it is assumed that I made a complaint and they should be fined," Citu said.
Asked what was the reaction of the US charge d'affaires when the protesters were at the door of Parliament, he stated: "Americans are very organized, I know very well that when they have to execute orders, they execute them." "We both respected what we were told. No, no reaction," Florin Citu added.
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Try this bright, lemony dish with Middle Eastern-accented chicken or lamb.
1. In a saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium. Add bulgur and allspice; stir until toasted, 2 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce to low and cook until bulgur is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely in a large bowl.
2. Add vegetables, tomatoes, lemon juice, remaining 3 tablespoons oil and 1 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Stir in parsley and mint. Serve, or refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 day.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 148 calories, 7 grams fat, 20 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams protein, no cholesterol, 20 milligrams sodium, 5 grams dietary fiber, 41 percent of calories from fat.


CINCINNATI (AP) Like his longtime broadcasting cohort used to say, Marty Brennaman is rounding third and heading for home.
The Reds play-by-play announcer said Wednesday that he'll retire after the 2019 season, his 46th in Cincinnati. His career started with a chance to call baseball history. It entered a final season with deep sighs and emotional moments.
"It's something I've thought about a long time," Brennaman said, calling it one of his most difficult days. "It's something I've anguished over more than anything I've anguished over in my life. I wake up at night, at 4 o'clock in the morning, and I stare off into the darkness and think about what I'm doing."
Brennaman, 76, said he wanted to retire while he's healthy and can do things he's always wished.
His announcement came one day after Pirates color commentator Steve Blass announced this will be his final season of broadcasting, his 34th with the team. Blass called it "time for me to stop and smell the roses."
Brennaman joined the Reds' broadcast team in 1974, replacing the popular Al Michaels. In his second spring training game, Brennaman accidentally referred to the Reds' home field in Tampa, Florida, as Al Michaels Field instead of Al Lopez Field.
His first regular-season game at Riverfront Stadium provided a chance to call Hank Aaron's 714th career homer, which tied Babe Ruth's record. Brennaman said color commentator Joe Nuxhall turned to him after the inning and asked his new partner, "What the heck do you do for an encore? I said, `I don't know.'"
Brennaman and Nuxhall became an endearing broadcast duo for 31 years from 1974-2004. They'd talk about the Big Red Machine's exploits and compare notes on garden tomatoes. Fans referred to them simply as Marty and Joe.
"Throughout Reds country, Marty and Joe were a staple of summertime, fans tuning in not just for the love of the Reds but because they loved Marty and Joe," owner Bob Castellini said.
Each of them developed a distinctive sign-off line. Nuxhall, a former Reds pitcher, would say he's "rounding third and heading for home," a saying that's remembered in lights outside Great American Ball Park. Brennaman would end each win by declaring that "this one belongs to the Reds."
One of the highlights of Brennaman's career was receiving the Ford C. Frick Award in 2000 at the Baseball Hall of Fame, the fourth Reds announcer to receive the broadcasting award along with Red Barber, Al Helfer and Russ Hodges.
In addition to his work with Reds radio and television, Brennaman has worked NCAA Tournament games, including 11 Final Fours. His son, Thom, also is a Reds broadcaster.
Brennaman has thought about retirement for several years. He talked about retirement with Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, who explained that he felt it was time to step away after 67 years in the booth.
Brennaman came to the same conclusion about himself in the last few months.
He had maintained that whenever he decided to leave, he would simply retire after a season in order to avoid a farewell tour. Others convinced him that it would be beneficial for those who know him to have a chance to honor him.
"I'm honored by it, but I'm also going to be very uncomfortable about it," Brennaman said.
After wrapping up a question-and-answer session, Brennaman expressed relief.
"Is that it? All right," he said, with a deep sigh. "That's one of the toughest days of my life. I've gotten over it now."


Yesterday, Lincolnshire County Council voted through a policy of not allowing wind turbine development within 2km of any homes or within 10km of a group of more than 10 dwellings (read the news here on the BBC news website and the local Rutland and Stamford Mercury newspaper).
Normally, energy policy isn't something we would comment on at Campaign for Better Transport, but this does seem a very odd decision when compared with the council's enthusiasm for building new roads, in which concerns about landscape, views, noise and wildlife habitats don't seem to be important at all.
Roads have a far greater impact on the countryside than wind turbines. While large turbines can affect the view, and do generate some noise and disturbance to animals, particularly birds and bats, new roads create a much wider range of problems, also disturbing and severing habitats for plants, rodents, foxes, rabbits, frogs and toads, hedgehogs, deer, beetles, snails, butterflies, bees, and many other animals. And of course many millions of animal deaths each year occur on the roads themselves.
And it's not just animals and plants. From a more human perspective we can add to these problems the way new and enlarged roads affect the view, create noise, divert footpaths and bridleways for people enjoying the countryside, cause chemical pollution from water running off the carriageway, air pollution from exhaust emissions, and light pollution to disturb nocturnal creatures and star-gazers alike.
All in all, a policy that restricts turbines while encouraging roads seems a terrible option if preserving the beauty and vitality of the landscape is a priority.
But that's exactly the position that Lincolnshire has now adopted. Council leader Martin Hill sets out in his most recent message to the county how his hopes for economic recovery rest on a range of bypasses, widenings, link roads and out-of-town business parks. New roads are already planned in the next few years for greenfield sites around Lincoln, Grantham and Spalding, and Boston is clamouring to be next.
This is not a plan for truly sustainable development, based on reducing the need to travel and drive, bringing in smarter transport options and spending less each year on fossil fuels of every kind. Instead it's a short-sighted and disappointing plan to help lock the county into expensive car dependency at the same time as turning its back on the chance to be a leader in clean energy.


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Most of the responses we received to Vigg Strubble's heartbreaking & beautiful song of Faye's struggles in life were encouraging. Not only fans have reacted to this tender song about yet another difficult subject of this singer/songwriter.
One said that this song was very supportive to women who feel trapped in their own life. Another responded with: "Vigg Strubble's song gives hope for the future when you are really feeling down (and not because you're feeling a bit under-the-weather)".


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Aug 17,2013 / By John Reilly / 7 Comments
When it comes to displaying someone else's photos and clip art on your website, what's the first name that comes to mind for most people in the know? Try "Getty Images."
Getty Images, Inc. is a stock photo company that very aggressively enforces its licensing rights to million of images that it has acquired. With Getty Images we are talking big business – the company sold for about $3.5 Billion last year. It was co-founded by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein.
If you've ever received a threatening letter from Getty Images demanding payment for the unauthorized use of one of their images, you know how it can disrupt your entire day, especially when they let you know it doesn't matter you were unaware the photo was copyrighted. This type of copyright infringement is a matter of strict liability.
In 2008, Getty Images caused controversy for its pursuit of copyright enforcement on behalf of its photographers. Rather than pursue a policy of sending out "cease and desist" notices, Getty typically mails out a demand letter claiming substantial sums of damages to owners of websites which it believes are using their images in infringement of their photographers' copyright. Getty commonly tries to intimidate website owners by sending collection agents, even though a demand letter cannot create a debt.
Here's a "couldn't happen to a better guy" story: In a lawsuit filed against Getty Images by Car-Freshener Corp., the maker of those tree-shaped air fresheners that hang from rear-view mirrors, Getty ended up paying $100,000 to settle the case. Getty had sold images that displayed those green air fresheners. In his Courtroom Strategy blog, trial lawyer Oscar Michelen stated that: "Considering Getty is one of the biggest copyright trollers out there, sending out hundreds and hundreds of extortionate demand letters on a weekly basis, this payment had to stick in their craw. Nothing tastes as bad as a taste of your own medicine."
Michelen went on to say: "Since 2005, Getty Images has been operating a huge copyright infringement program, sending out thousands upon thousands of letters a month to website owners who have used Getty Image thumbnails to decorate their website without paying Getty a license fee. The letters demand huge sums for use of the images and have panicked countless small businesses."
"The spread of digital images and digital content and the ease with which it can be copied and re-used or even re-titled as one's own, exposes all kinds of people and companies to infringement claims. But as Getty receives a taste of its own medicine, we should all be reminded to be careful of the use we make of other's intellectual property. These claims and the litigation that comes with them can bring a small company to its knees."
According to Win Singleton of Summit Web Design in a posting on RealTalk: "Many a website owner has been threatened with legal action for using their photos without paying for them… even if the photos are only thumbnails. And some site owners have had to pay for these photos after the fact at considerable expense – for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars – in order to settle the legal claims by these huge companies. You have just been lucky. This is really no different than pirating music instead of buying it in iTunes or elsewhere. These photographers deserve to be paid for their work and creativity, just like you in real estate."
Make sure you check out the source of the images you plan to use on your website or blog. Just do not copy and paste an image onto your site. Obtain written permission when in doubt. There are sources for royalty-free photos such as http://www.shutterstock.com/
Finally, in a move that drew applause from art lovers around the world, the Getty Museum recently announced that, for the first time, it is releasing images of works of art in the public domain. "Today the Getty becomes an even more engaged digital citizen, one that shares its collections, research, and knowledge more openly than ever before. We've launched the Open Content Program to share, freely and without restriction, as many of the Getty's digital resources as possible. The initial focus of the Open Content Program is to make available all images of public domain artworks in the Getty's collections. Today we've taken a first step toward this goal by making roughly 4,600 high-resolution images of the Museum's collection free to use, modify, and publish for any purpose."
Now, if only the Getty Museum can convince Getty Images, Inc to ease up a bit on its image trolling, we would all be happy campers.
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Race for Nokia's HERE heats up, Uber said to bid $3bn
Written by Tim Skinner
Multiple sources are reporting that Nokia's mapping unit, HERE, is attracting longing looks from various parties ahead of an anticipated bid in excess of €2 billion. The NY Times has reported that Uber has already bid €3 billion.
Private taxi service Uber, according to the New York Times, is the most interested party at present and has apparently lodged a bid of around $3bn. Last year, HERE reported increases of 25% year on year growth in sales of cars being fitted with built-in HERE-based navigation systems; and the NYT claims Nokia's mapping business currently has its hands on 80% of the global built-in car navigation systems market.
Uber is an ambitious firm which has shown remarkable growth in recent years, and is showing signs moving as much towards logistics as it is taxying. To that end, the private driver firm could look to bring its currently outsourced mapping service in-house if it were to bid for HERE. Any purchase of HERE could be conducted with one eye on future endeavours for Uber, with driverless taxis and autonomous vehicles being proposed as a potential avenue of further exploration. As the internet of things continues to flourish, internet-connected cars and mapping systems will become of increasing significance to the automotive industry.
Interestingly, or perhaps totally coincidentally, Uber's investors happen to include the VC arm of HERE's biggest mapping rival, Google.
HERE already partners with BMW, Honda, Mitsubishi, Continental, Volvo and many other automotive giants, and it may be a consortium from the automotive sector which stifles any acquisition ambitions Uber may have.
The WSJ reported earlier this week that a consortium of Germany's three biggest car manufacturers is looking to lodge a bit in excess of €2bn. BMW, Audi and Daimler's Mercedes-Benz are supposedly weighing up a bit to prevent Nokia's mapping unit getting flogged off to another Silicon Valley giant. Chinese tech vendor Baidu is alleged to be supporting the consortium.
With both Google and Apple already a significant threat to the automotive industry with regards to their self-driving vehicle projects, and the pervasion of each company's operating system; a Google or Apple-led attempt to purchase HERE has the potential to significantly impact the future of the automotive industry.
In each report, talk of Apple as a potential bidder hasn't materialised, which is surprising for more than one reason. Earlier this year, Apple had been rumoured to work on an automotive project called Titan, which saw the tech giant poach a number of engineers from electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors. It is thought that Apple is looking into the development of a driverless vehicle, for which a mature and well developed mapping business would be integral. Apple's previous attempts at mapping have been widely regarded as failures in the market, so procuring an established and successful mapping business makes sense, particularly considering the volume of disposable cash Apple seems to have lying around.
Prior to Nokia's announcement of its Alcatel-Lucent purchase, Telecoms.com reported HERE was due to go on sale in the not-too-distant future. Whatever happens, it seems the eventual buyer of HERE stands to gain a lot, and the business has appeal to varied parties for a variety of purposes.
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Jaws 2: The Three Amigos
It's summer and that means sequels. So – not because it was extraordinarily well-received or critically acclaimed – but simply because…here is the follow-up to some observations about the movie Jaws…
When we left off, Chief Brody and Hooper had performed a shark autopsy and headed out into the night in Hooper's sloop, hoping to find the shark.
Brody was liquored to the gills and Hooper was munching down pretzels like he had an endorsement deal…
49:55 As Brody continues to hit the sauce, he and Hooper get to know each other. Then, they come across Ben Gardner's partially submerged boat.
I don't know if any scene was discussed more the next day at school by my friends and me than Ben's head drifting out of the hole in the boat's hull.
(none of us probably admitting how much the scene had freaked us out)
50:30 The mayor's back! And he's wearing the sports jacket adorned with a pattern of tiny anchors. If I was the head of state for some small, island nation, I would strongly consider making that jacket the national garb for state functions and our Olympic team.
1:01:32 The shark arrives. And this time, it's not some chick skinny-dipping that meets a briny demise but a Kennedy. I mean, the fellow in the rowboat with the tousled hair, ruddy complexion, and Boston accent made me think of pictures, news footage, and movie portrayels I had seen of John and Bobby.
Of course, I was in second grade when I first saw Jaws and had never known anyone from New England. I associated that accent with no one but the Kennedy clan.
1:05:12 The mayor signs off on contracting Quint to kill the shark. He's in a different sports jacket (no less garish) and he's chain-smoking Pall Malls…in a hospital.
The '70s were truly a madcap time.
1:07:40 "I'm talkin' about workin' for a livin' – I'm talkin' about sharkin'"
Quint serves Brody some homemade hooch – I never realized what a boozehound the Chief is – and quizzes Hooper on knot-tying.
Quint is awesome.
I had an Uncle who, as a kid, put me on edge the same way Quint does in this flick.
Uncle Bud had a boat, but he spent his time "catfishin'" and pounding beers like he was Brody, punctuating every sentence with a point of a finger and his repeated mantra, "Know what I mean?"
I rarely did.
10:09:25 As the gear is loaded onto the Orca, I wonder what happened to the stubby, little fellow that was Quint's sidekick earlier in the movie.
(he probably pissed Quint off and Quint had him keel-hauled)
1:11:16 Brody might have a drinking problem, but he's got cajones going out to sea with Quint.
1:13:19 Brody's chumming the water and Quint is pounding back a can of Narragansett. This was of particular interest to me when I first saw the movie as I had the same can in my beer can collection.
(seriously, the '70s were zany)
1:20:53 "Hooper drives the boat," Quint bellows, ending Brody's whining about being ordered to throw out more chum. Hooper, meanwhile is playing solitaire, provoking Quint to bark at him to "stop playing with yourself."
I'm going to have to check if there is a deleted version of this scene in which Quint clinks Brody and Hooper's heads together like it's a Three Stooges short (and, then, he keel-hauls the two).
1:21:22 "You're gonna need a bigger boat."
I wasn't listening to much music at the time, but had I been listening thirty-five years ago – when Jaws had just arrived in theaters – here are four songs that were on Billboard 's chart during this week in 1975…
Alice Cooper – Only Women Bleed
from Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
My all-time greatest arch-enemy has to have been my third-grade teacher. More days than not, the two of us were at odds. She was an Alice Cooper fan. I'm not sure if that was why I never bothered with Alice Cooper's music or rather because during the '80s – my musically formative years – he wasn't on top of his game.
But I've gained a greater appreciation for Cooper's catalog in recent years and the somber Only Women Bleed was not only a big hit for him, but the poignant ballad must have thrown long-time fans when it arrived (though, should anyone been surprised at the time by anything Alice did?)
Paul McCartney & Wings – Listen To What The Man Said
from All The Best (1987)
I know McCartney got a lot of flack in the '70s for putting out fluff. Do people toss Listen To What The Man Said into that bin?
Maybe it is fluff, but so is cotton candy. And who doesn't love cotton candy?
Actually, I don't. But, I do love this song. It's charming, sweet, sunny, and utterly delightful. It's hard to be bummed out if it's playing.
It also makes me think of the summer of '75 when Listen To What The Man Said is one song which I do remember hearing and hearing often at the pool.
Melissa Manchester – Midnight Blue
from The Essence Of Melissa Manchester (1997)
I think I know Midnight Blue and You Should Hear How She Talks About You, if asked to name songs by Melissa Manchester. And, she did a song a friend had written on one of her '90s albums.
Still, I've noted that there seems to be a lot of her albums in used vinyl racks I've trolled. And I did hear Midnight Blue on the radio in '75, usually during breakfast when my mom had tuned into our small town's station.
Mike Post – The Rockford Files
from Have a Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box (1998)
Mike Post has written about a billion television themes.
I don't recall watching The Rockford Files as a kid, at least not more than an occasional episode. Finding some old television schedules from the years on I see that there were shows that aired opposite that got the television time in our house – shows like Hawaii Five-O and The Incredible Hulk.
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Дизопірамід (,  — синтетичний антиаритмічний препарат, що відноситься до підкласу Іа антиаритмічних препаратів Дизопірамід може застосовуватися як перорально, так і парентерально. Уперше дизопірамід був схвалений FDA та допущений до клінічного використання у США в 1977 році.

Фармакологічні властивості
Дизопірамід — синтетичний антиаритмічний препарат Іа класу. Механізм дії препарату полягає у інгібуванні швидких натрієвих каналів. Дизопірамід має також мембраностабілізуючі властивості, та зменшує швидкість деполяризації у фазі 0. Дизопірамід подовжує тривалість та ефективний рефрактерний період потенціалу дії кардіоміоцитів. Препарат також пригнічує збудливість та скоротливість міокарду, уповільнює атріовентрикулярну провідність. Дизопірамід пригнічує автоматизм синусового вузла. Оскільки дизопірамід пригнічує скоротливість міокарду, його застосування протипоказане у хворих із застійною серцевою недостатністю, оскільки при використанні дизопіраміду для лікування таких хворих призводить до розвитку в них гострої гемодинамічної декомпенсації. Дизопірамід має місцевоанестезуючі властивості, а також антихолінергічну активність. Дизопірамід ефективний як для лікування надшлуночкової та шлуночкової екстрасистолії, так і при пароксизмальних порушеннях ритму, в тому числі при порушеннях ритму, пов'язаних із додакковими шляхами проведення імпульсу (у тому числі із синдромом WPW). Дизопірамід також ефективний при явищах кардіонейрогенної непритомності у зв'язку із його негативним інотропним ефектом, що може сповільнювати включення у патофізіологічний механізм формування цього виду непритомності серцевих С-волокон, які входять до складу аферентних шляхів, які можуть стимулювати вазодепресорну область довгастого мозку. Дизопірамід, як і інші засоби з негативним інотропним ефектом, є ефективним при гіпертрофічній кардіоміопатії. При внутрішньовенному застосуванні дизопірамід не змінює часу відновлення синоатріального вузла та час синоатріального проведення імпульсу, що робить можливим застосування препарату при брадикардії. Проте у хворих із синдромом слабості синусового вузла дизопірамід може викликати значне сповільнення провідності, аж до AV-блокади II ступеня, що робить небажаним застосування даного препарату у таких хворих.

Фармакокінетика
Дизопірамід добре та майже повністю всмоктується у шлунково-кишковому тракті, біодоступність при пероральному прийомі становить 70—85 %. При парентеральному застосуванні біодоступність становить 100 %. Препарат у помірній кількості (на 50—65 %) зв'язується з білками плазми крові, але цей показник залежить від концентрації препарату в крові, причому при збільшенні концентрації дизопіраміду зв'язування його з білками знижується, що призводить до збільшення токсичності препарату. Максимальна концентрація препарату в крові досягається протягом 0,5—3 годин після перорального застосування. Препарат добре розподіляється в організмі, але не проникає через гематоенцефалічний бар'єр, проте проникає через плацентарний бар'єр та виділяється в грудне молоко. Дизопірамід частково метаболізується у печінці з утворенням як активних, так і неактивних метаболітів. Виводиться препарат переважно у незміненому вигляді з сечею, частково у вигляді метаболітів із сечею та калом. Період напіввиведення дизопіраміду становить 4—10 годин, цей час може збільшуватися при печінковій та нирковій недостатності.

Показання до застосування

Дизопірамід застосовують для лікування шлуночкових та надшлуночкових екстрасистолій, при пароксизмальних порушеннях ритму (у тому числі при синдромі WPW. а також при миготливої аритмії і фібриляції передсердь), підтриманні синусового ритму після медикаментозної або електричної кардіоверсії, для профілактики аритмій при проведенні катетеризації коронарних артерій.

Побічна дія
При застосуванні дизопіраміду побічні ефекти спостерігаються часто, і переважно зумовлені антихолінергічною дією препарату. Побічні ефекти, зумовлені антихолінергічною дією препарату, можуть спостерігатися у 40 % пацієнтів, і найчастішими з них є сухість слизових оболонок ротової порожнини, горла, носа, очей, затримка сечопуску (частіше у чоловіків), погіршення перебігу закритокутової глаукоми. При застосуванні препарату можуть спостерігатись також інші побічні ефекти:
 Алергічні реакції — шкірні алергічні реакції, екзема, фотодерматоз.
 З боку травної системи — нудота, блювання, запор, холестаз.
 З боку нервової системи — головний біль, головокружіння, безсоння, порушення аккомодації зору.
 З боку серцево-судинної системи — гіпертензія, проаритмогенна дія.
 Інші побічні ефекти — гіперглікемія, імпотенція.

Протипокази
Дизопірамід протипоказаний при підвищеній чутливості до препарату, AV-блокаді ІІ та ІІІ ступеня, важкій серцевій недостатності, кардіогенному шоці, закритокутовій глаукомі, гіперплазії передміхурової залози. З обережністю застосовують препарат при синдромі слабості синусового вузла, порушеннях функції печінки та нирок, при одночасному застосуванні інших препаратів, які можуть спричинити виникнення брадикардії, при вагітності та годуванні грудьми.

Форми випуску
Дизопірамід випускається у вигляді желатинових капсул по 0,1 г та ампул по 5 мл 1 % розчину для парентерального застосування. На 1 червня 2016 року в Україні не зареєстрований.

Примітки

Посилання
 Дизопірамід на сайті cardiolog.org
 Дизопірамід на сайті rlsnet.ru
 Дизопірамід

Антиаритмічні препарати
Лікарські засоби за алфавітом

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2018 ISIR Prize for Best Student Poster
August 4, 2018 Awards, Student Awards
Cassidy Burningham
Biosketch:
Cassidy grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah with a family who has supported her throughout her entire life. Growing up with family and friends who were constantly asking for her advice is what drove Cassidy in to the world of behavioral science. Cassidy received her Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Psychology this past Spring from Utah Valley University. Cassidy will be continuing her education at the University of Utah and will be getting her Master's Degree in Social Work. Cassidy is hoping to work in the hospital setting with trauma victims and/or be involved in crisis intervention. She will be working this upcoming year specifically with HIV patients. She would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors who have helped support her throughout this journey and have helped her get to this point.
Warne, R. T. & Burningham, C. Spearman's g found in 31 non-Western nations: Strong evidence that g is a universal phenomenon (under review) Psychological Bulletin.
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The ceramist Juraj Szántó (1908 Humenné – 1982 Prešov) in the years 1928 - 31 during his law-studies in Bratislava also pursued studying ceramics and sculpture in Štajerský Hradec in Austria, later, in the years 1933 – 1936 at the School's Ceramics Department. His self-portrait is a classic example of a modern portrait centred on a simple firm shape, basic characteristic features resembling a face in a mask in which there are trifling influences of extra-European and ancient sculpture. He belongs to the fewer-in-number students of the School who pursued ceramics further also in the post-war period. He was active in the East Slovakia where he has several monumental ceramic works.


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In My Mind is the debut studio album by American musician Pharrell Williams. The album was released on July 25, 2006 by Star Trak Entertainment, Virgin Records and Interscope Records. It debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, selling 142,000 copies in its first week of release. The album is also certified Silver in the United Kingdom for sales of over 60,000 copies. In My Mind would go on to receive a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background
In June 2003, after having produced and featured on several songs by other artists, Williams released his debut single "Frontin'", featuring Jay-Z. Despite insisting that the single was a one-off, and that he was purely a producer and not an artist in his own right, it was announced that Williams would release his own studio album.

The album includes the three already-released singles "Can I Have It Like That" (featuring Gwen Stefani), "Angel" (only released in the UK) and "Number One" (featuring Kanye West) and performances featuring Jay-Z, Nelly, Slim Thug, Snoop Dogg, Lauren London, Jamie Cullum and Pusha T of Clipse. Originally the album had been slated for release on November 15, 2005, but the date was delayed at Williams' request. Most recently, a music video for "That Girl" (featuring Snoop Dogg) was released and has been receiving airplay on VH1. On this album, Pharrell makes his solo production debut without his partner Chad Hugo. In an interview on the delay, he stated that he felt the album needed more work. Nearly six months later, it was finally released.

Critical reception

The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone called it "still only so-so, offering a series of modestly tuneful, sometimes snoozy soul-pop-hip-hop songs". Entertainment Weekly said the album "seems divided against itself, rest assured that all of the songs have something in common: they're not remotely catchy". For AllMusic, Andy Kellman wrote that "it's not like any part of it is flat-out poor, but it's a shame it didn't turn out better". In his consumer guide for MSN Music, Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honorable mention rating (), indicating a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy". He cited "Raspy Shit" and "Number One" as highlights and quipped, "keepin' it playa like he says, for exactly what that's worth".

Accolades
The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Release Therapy by Ludacris.

Commercial performance
In My Mind debuted at number  three on the US Billboard 200 behind LeToya's self-titled debut album and the compilation's Now 22, selling 142,000 copies in its first week. The album dropped to the number nine in its second week, selling an additional 51,000 units, for a two-week total of 193,000 copies sold. As of March 2014, In My Mind has sold 406,000 copies in the United States. The album has sold 2,889,025 copies worldwide.

Track listing
All songs written and produced by Pharrell Williams; songs with co-writers are noted.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Pharrell Williams albums
2006 debut albums
Albums produced by Pharrell Williams
Interscope Records albums
Star Trak Entertainment albums


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Business Law Prof Blog
The March of the Benefit Corporation: Next Up, West Virginia (PART II)
By Joshua Fershee
(Note: This is a cross-posted multiple part series from WVU Law Prof. Josh Fershee from the Business Law Prof Blog and Prof. Elaine Waterhouse Wilson from the Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, who combined forces to evaluate benefit corporations from both the nonprofit and the for-profit sides. The previous installment can be found here (NLPB) and here (BLPB).)
What It Is: So now that we've told you (in Part I) what the benefit corporation isn't, we should probably tell you what it is. The West Virginia statute is based on Model Benefit Corporation Legislation, which (according to B Lab's website) was drafted originally by Bill Clark from Drinker, Biddle, & Reath LLP. The statute, a copy of which can be found, not surprisingly, at B Lab's website, "has evolved based on comments from corporate attorneys in the states in which the legislation has been passed or introduced." B Lab specifically states that part of its mission is to pass legislation, such as benefit corporation statutes.
As stated by the drafter's "White Paper, The Need and Rationale for the Benefit Corporation: Why It is the Legal Form that Best Addresses the Needs of Social Entrepreneurs, Investors, and, Ultimately, the Public" (PDF here), the benefit corporation was designed to be "a new type of corporate legal entity." Despite this claim, it's likely that the entity should be looked at as a modified version of traditional corporation rather than at a new entity.
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This is because the Benefit Corporation Act appears to leave a lot of room for the traditional business corporations act to serve as a gap-filler. West Virginia Code § 31F-1-103(c), for example, explains, "The specific provisions of this chapter control over the general provisions of other chapters of this code." Thus, the benefit corporation provisions supplant the traditional business corporation act where stated specifically, such as with regard to fiduciary duties, but general provisions of the business corporations act apply where the benefit corporation act is silent, such as with regard to dissolution.
In contrast, the West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act is a broader act that discusses dissolution, mergers, and other items specifically in a way that more clearly indicates the nonprofit is a distinct, rather than modified, entity form. Furthermore, a benefit corporation is actually formed under the Business Corporations Act: "A benefit corporation shall be formed in accordance with article two, chapter thirty-one-d of this code, and its articles as initially filed with the Secretary of State or as amended, shall state that it is a benefit corporation." W. Va. Code § 31F-2-201.
So what makes a benefit corporation unique?
1. Corporate purpose - The traditional West Virginia business corporation is created for the purpose "of engaging in any lawful business unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of incorporation." W. Va. Code § 31D-3-301. Under the Benefit Corporation Act, "A benefit corporation shall have as one of its purposes the purpose of creating a general public benefit." Id. § 31F-3-301. A specific benefit may be stated as an option, but is not required. Note similarly that a part of the corporation's purpose must be for general public benefit, but that benefit need not be a primary, substantial, significant or other part of the corporation's purpose.
For purpose of comparison, the low-profit limited liability company (or L3C) typically has a much more onerous purpose requirement. For example, the Illinois L3C law requires
(a) A low-profit limited liability company shall at all times significantly further the accomplishment of one or more charitable or educational purposes within the meaning of Section 170(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 170(c)(2)(B), or its successor, and would not have been formed but for the relationship to the accomplishment of such charitable or educational purposes.
2. Standard of conduct – The statute requires, in § 31F-4-401, that the directors and others related to the entity:
(1) Shall consider the effects of any corporate action upon:
(A) The shareholders of the benefit corporation;
(B) The employees and workforce of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, and suppliers;
(C) The interests of customers as beneficiaries of the general or specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation;
(D) Community and societal considerations, including those of each community in which offices or facilities of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, or suppliers are located;
(E) The local and global environment;
(F) The short-term and long-term interests of the benefit corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the benefit corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests and the general and specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation may be best served by the continued independence of the benefit corporation; and
(G) The ability of the benefit corporation to accomplish its general and any specific public benefit purpose;
(emphasis added). While these are significant mandatory considerations, they are nothing more than considerations. Directors and others "[n]eed not give priority to the interests of a particular person referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section over the interests of any other person unless the benefit corporation has stated its intention to give priority to interests related to a specific public benefit purpose identified in its articles." § 31F-4-401(a)(3).
As such, while directors must consider the general public benefit of their decisions (and any specific benefits if so chosen), it is not clear the ultimate decision making of a benefit corporation director would necessarily be any different than a traditional corporation. That is, a director of a benefit corporation could, for example, consider the impacts on a town of closing a plant (and determine it would be hard on the town and the workforce), but ultimately decide to close the plant anyway.
Furthermore, many corporations seek to serve communities and benefit the public. McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and many others already have programs to benefit the public, so it appears that many traditional corporations have already volunteered to meet and exceed the standards of the West Virginia benefit corporations act.
3. Formation – An entity becomes a benefit corporation by saying so when filing initial articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State, § 31F-2-201, or by amending the articles of an already created corporation, § 31F-2-202. Presumably, this serves a notice function, informing the benefit corporation's current and potential constituents that there is the possibility that profit maximization will not be (or may not be) the corporation's primary goal. The notice function does not work in reverse, however, as benefit corporation status does guarantee that public benefits have any primacy at all, merely that such benefits will be considered.
4. Termination - Termination of the benefit corporation status is allowed and is achieved by changing the articles of incorporation in the same manner in which traditional corporations modify their articles. § 31D-10-1003. As a result, it doesn't appear that there is anything in the statute from preventing a benefit corporation from reaping the public relations or capital raising upside of being a benefit corporation, and thereafter abandoning the status should it become inconvenient. Query whether to the extent a transfer to a benefit corporation could be deemed a gift for a public purpose, the Attorney General might have oversight over the contribution in the same manner as it has oversight in cy pres and similar proceedings.
5. Enforcement – Third parties have no right of action to enforce the benefit goals unless they are allowed to use derivatively as "specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the benefit corporation." Id. § 31F-4-403. Otherwise, a direct action of the corporation or derivative actions from a director or shareholder are the only ways to commence a "benefit enforcement proceeding." Again, the statute does not give the Attorney General specific statutory authorization to proceed on the basis that a member of the public may have transferred funds to the benefit corporation in reliance upon its benefit corporation status.
So, the statute provides the option for stating and pursuing general and specific benefits, but there are not a lot of structural assurances to anyone—investor, lender, public—that a benefit corporation will actually benefit anyone other than its equity holders. But benefit corporations are required to consider doing so. This is not to say there isn't some value. As Haskell Murray has noted,
Directors would benefit from having a primary master and a clear objective. . . . [But,] [t]he mandate that a benefit corporation pursue a "general public benefit purpose" is too vague because it does not provide a practical way for directors to make decisions.
As such, an entity may create a clear set of priorities and guidelines that could provide useful and lead to benefits, but the benefit corporation act most certainly does not mandate that.
Finally, although most of the above is focused on the West Virginia benefit corporation law, much of it applies to the other versions of such laws in other states. Cass Brewer notes
Effective July 1, 2014, West Virginia's benefit corporation statute generally follows the B-Lab model legislation, but among other things relaxes the "independence" tests for adopting third-party standards and does not require the annual benefit report to disclose director compensation.
As an additional resource, Haskell Murray provides a detailed chart of the state-by-state differences, here.
Next up: Part III - So Why Bother? Isn't the Business Judgment Rule Alive and Well?
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2014/09/part-ii-the-benefit-corporation-what-it-is.html
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On the termination point, some states like California, provide dissenters' rights for shareholders who object to the benefit corp. status termination (or adoption). The Model and most state statutes don't expressly embrace dissenters' rights. Bill Clark argues against dissenters' rights because cash-poor companies won't be able to pay the dissenters and thus won't change status even if they have a super-majority in favor of the change. (I don't buy Bill Clark's reasoning -- if a change is a good idea, you can find new shareholders to buyout the dissenters).
Posted by: Haskell Murray | Sep 3, 2014 2:06:57 PM
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EDITORIAL: Maddox's award was well deserved
When historians look back at Tuscaloosa during the administration of Mayor Walt Maddox, they will not call it an uneventful period, of that we can be sure. At least one organization also believes it will be a time noted for excellent city leadership.
American City and County, a publication for state and local government, recently named Maddox its Municipal Leader of the Year. Maddox was selected from more than 100 nominees vying for the honor from throughout the nation.
"We all knew how fortunate we were to have a dynamic, progressive and time-tested leader at the helm of city government," University of Alabama System Chancellor Robert Witt said in his letter to the publication's selection committee. "But when an EF4 tornado ripped across West Alabama on April 27, 2011, the true measure of his character and talent were instantly apparent.
"Walt Maddox faced an unprecedented crisis in a heroic manner, following the emergency plans he had so carefully developed in advance and leading his hometown out of catastrophe and onto the road to recovery. ... The impact of his success will be felt for generations."
Witt's praise was lavish but not undeserved. Maddox was handed a situation that no leader ever wants. The April 27, 2011, tornado was devastating to the city in terms of both property damage and lives lost. In the days and weeks after the storm, just restoring a sense of normalcy was a difficult feat and Maddox did much to achieve that. His leadership after the storm was strong, decisive and comforting to a city hurting from a deep loss.
But it has not been the tornado alone that defines Maddox's leadership. He has proved to be a skilled administrator with an excellent grasp of the city's finances. He has a vision for where he would like to see the city go and understands how to lead people in that direction.
Maddox's vision and abilities have not gone unnoticed and we congratulate him on this well-deserved award.


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I've spent the past week absolutely ignoring my own cars. Well, to be fair, I was away for three days of that week. The BX is in Cheltenham, the Sirion has a seizing brake caliper and the 2CV is resting in the garage.
That's because I'm still hurtling around in a Jaguar, being ever more glad that I'm not having to personally fund its horrendous 23mpg fuel habit. It's a real shame that it drinks so much, as otherwise, I'm particularly fond of it. There's a real danger that my love of automatics could even trump my preference for manuals. However, I'm exchanging the Jaguar for my BX again tomorrow. I'm already wondering what it's going to be like swapping 245bhp of excitable Big Cat for 71bhp of sluggish diesel. Mind you, the novelty of 50mpg will be nice!
Spending a week, and over 700 miles, with the Jaguar has been a real treat. Usually, to spend that much time with a car, I have to buy it. I've been amazed at how my thoughts regarding the car have changed in that time. It's just long enough for the first flush of excitement to give way to thoughts of practicality. For instance – the seats cause my back to hurt. This is pretty poor. The fuel consumption is terrifying too. It's also a car that shrinks around you out on the open road, but which grows alarmingly when it comes to parking the thing.
It has been nice to really get a feel for the Jaguar, and also to spend time with fellow Jaguar enthusiasts down in the South East. A gathering of Jaguars is really a rather fine thing. I ended up getting all philosophical about the brand.
You see, I have a real problem with the styling of the F-Type sports car and the current XJ. Neither seem to have very much at all in the way of 'Jaguar Heritage' about their styling. That's in stark contrast to earlier XJs, S-Types, XFs and even the X-Type. All of these seem to scream 'Jaguar' in a way to which we've become accustomed.
But, here's the rub. When you see an E-Type next to an XK150, you soon realise what a massive leap this was for Jaguar. Malcolm Sayer's aerodynamic bullet shape has the merest of hip-kinks to hint at the flowing lines of an XK120/140/150. In short, it really looks nothing like a Jaguar. But I don't hear anyone complaining about that car's looks. I still find the XJ hard to stomach – it's all a bit too brutal – but the F-type is winning me over. It sounds absolutely fantastic for a start, even in 'entry level' V6 form.


RED is the first living book–meaning that every one of its 58 writers has a blog here so their story never ends. Connect with the author whose story particularly spoke to you, see what she's been up to since, share writing, photos, videos, songs from Red the Book: the Soundtrack and more.
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Animal photography is a favored pastime for many photographers, both professional and amateur. It can either be family pets, tiny insects, livestock such as horses, wild animals such as deer, and brightly feathered birds. The basic of animal photos are universal across subject animal type. Portraits that feature the same sized landscape as the animal are usually preferred as it is easier to see every piece of detail.
Wildlife photography has to be one of the most dangerous types of photography and consists of good exposure, blur and color settings with an appropriate shutter speed and focusing techniques for a stunning range of photographs. Snakes, peacocks, butterflies and even a wide range of birds and fish can add an exquisite touch to a wide range of settings including homes, public places, children's areas, and more.
The animal photography gallery features wild, tamed, and other animals. This inspirational collection makes a lovely addition and there is no reason to why the wall decoration in your home cannot expand. The fantasy and excitement behind taking photos of animals is a little frightening and at the same time interesting.
Photographers need to be ready for the unknown and may even have to camouflage themselves to give the animals more of a natural look. It may be something both cool and peaceful like 'Eagle' and something with a little color and heaps of inspiration like 'Pride'. The gorgeous collection ensures there is the perfect animal portrait for all animal lovers who wish to incorporate this stunning piece of decoration inside their setting.


In a story published in the Dec. 23 edition recognizing several people involved in a life-saving incident, Albert Hayes is not a Leetonia resident. The incident occurred at a business in Leetonia.
The Beaver Local girls basketball team, in keeping with tradition, donned their ugly Christmas sweaters during warmups to spread some Christmas cheer to the audience prior to their game against Crestview.


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Questions and Answers About the EEOC's Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII
Posted by admin on April 26, 2012
On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. The Guidance consolidates and supersedes the Commission's 1987 and 1990 policy statements on this issue as well as the discussion on this issue in Section VI.B.2 of the Race & Color Discrimination Compliance Manual Chapter. It is designed to be a resource for employers, employment agencies, and unions covered by Title VII; for applicants and employees; and for EEOC enforcement staff.
1. How is Title VII relevant to the use of criminal history information?
There are two ways in which an employer's use of criminal history information may violate Title VII ("disparate treatment discrimination"). First, Title VII prohibits employers from treating job applicants with the same criminal records differently because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Second, even where employers apply criminal record exclusions uniformly, the exclusions may still operate to disproportionately and unjustifiably exclude people of a particular race or national origin ("disparate impact discrimination"). If the employer does not show that such an exclusion is "job related and consistent with business necessity" for the position in question, the exclusion is unlawful under Title VII.
2. Does Title VII prohibit employers from obtaining criminal background reports about job applicants or employees?
No. Title VII does not regulate the acquisition of criminal history information. However, another federal law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (FCRA), does establish several procedures for employers to follow when they obtain criminal history information from third-party consumer reporting agencies. In addition, some state laws provide protections to individuals related to criminal history inquiries by employers.
3. Is it a new idea to apply Title VII to the use of criminal history information?
No. The Commission has investigated and decided Title VII charges from individuals challenging the discriminatory use of criminal history information since at least 1969,1 and several federal courts have analyzed Title VII as applied to criminal record exclusions over the past thirty years. Moreover, the EEOC issued three policy statements on this issue in 1987 and 1990, and also referenced it in its 2006 Race and Color Discrimination Compliance Manual Chapter. Finally, in 2008, the Commission's E-RACE (Eradicating Racism and Colorism from Employment) Initiative identified criminal record exclusions as one of the employment barriers that are linked to race and color discrimination in the workplace. Thus, applying Title VII analysis to the use of criminal history information in employment decisions is well-established.
4. Why did the EEOC decide to update its policy statements on this issue?
In the twenty years since the Commission issued its three policy statements, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 codified Title VII disparate impact analysis, and technology made criminal history information much more accessible to employers.
The Commission also began to re-evaluate its three policy statements after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals noted in its 2007 El v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority2 decision that the Commission should provide in-depth legal analysis and updated research on this issue. Since then, the Commission has examined social science and criminological research, court decisions, and information about various state and federal laws, among other information, to further assess the impact of using criminal records in employment decisions.
5. Did the Commission receive input from its stakeholders on this topic?
Yes. The Commission held public meetings in November 2008 and July 2011 on the use of criminal history information in employment decisions at which witnesses representing employers, individuals with criminal records, and other federal agencies testified. The Commission received and reviewed approximately 300 public comments that responded to topics discussed during the July 2011 meeting. Prominent organizational commenters included the NAACP, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Human Resources Management, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the American Insurance Association, the Retail Industry Leaders Association, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, and the D.C. Prisoners' Project.
6. Is the Commission changing its fundamental positions on Title VII and criminal record exclusions with this Enforcement Guidance?
No. The Commission will continue its longstanding policy approach in this area:
The fact of an arrest does not establish that criminal conduct has occurred. Arrest records are not probative of criminal conduct, as stated in the Commission's 1990 policy statement on Arrest Records. However, an employer may act based on evidence of conduct that disqualifies an individual for a particular position.
Convictions are considered reliable evidence that the underlying criminal conduct occurred, as noted in the Commission's 1987 policy statement on Conviction Records.
National data supports a finding that criminal record exclusions have a disparate impact based on race and national origin. The national data provides a basis for the Commission to investigate Title VII disparate impact charges challenging criminal record exclusions.
A policy or practice that excludes everyone with a criminal record from employment will not be job related and consistent with business necessity and therefore will violate Title VII, unless it is required by federal law.
7. How does the Enforcement Guidance differ from the EEOC's earlier policy statements?
The Enforcement Guidance provides more in-depth analysis compared to the 1987 and 1990 policy documents in several respects.
The Enforcement Guidance discusses disparate treatment analysis in more detail, and gives examples of situations where applicants with the same qualifications and criminal records are treated differently because of their race or national origin in violation of Title VII.
The Enforcement Guidance explains the legal origin of disparate impact analysis, starting with the 1971 Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Company, 401 U.S. 424 (1971), continuing to subsequent Supreme Court decisions, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (codifying disparate impact), and the Eighth and Third Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions applying disparate impact analysis to criminal record exclusions.
The Enforcement Guidance explains how the EEOC analyzes the "job related and consistent with business necessity" standard for criminal record exclusions, and provides hypothetical examples interpreting the standard.
There are two circumstances in which the Commission believes employers may consistently meet the "job related and consistent with business necessity" defense:
The employer validates the criminal conduct exclusion for the position in question in light of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (if there is data or analysis about criminal conduct as related to subsequent work performance or behaviors); or
The employer develops a targeted screen considering at least the nature of the crime, the time elapsed, and the nature of the job (the three factors identified by the court in Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad, 549 F.2d 1158 (8th Cir. 1977)). The employer's policy then provides an opportunity for an individualized assessment for those people identified by the screen, to determine if the policy as applied is job related and consistent with business necessity. (Although Title VII does not require individualized assessment in all circumstances, the use of a screen that does not include individualized assessment is more likely to violate Title VII.).
The Enforcement Guidance states that federal laws and regulations that restrict or prohibit employing individuals with certain criminal records provide a defense to a Title VII claim.
The Enforcement Guidance says that state and local laws or regulations are preempted by Title VII if they "purport[] to require or permit the doing of any act which would be an unlawful employment practice" under Title VII. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-7.
The Enforcement Guidance provides best practices for employers to consider when making employment decisions based on criminal records.
1 See, e.g., EEOC Decision No. 70-43 (1969) (concluding that an employee's discharge due to the falsification of his arrest record in his employment application did not violate Title VII); EEOC Decision No. 72-1497 (1972) (challenging a criminal record exclusion policy based on "serious crimes"); EEOC Decision No. 74-89 (1974) (challenging a policy where a felony conviction was considered an adverse factor that would lead to disqualification); EEOC Decision No. 78-03 (1977) (challenging an exclusion policy based on felony or misdemeanor convictions involving moral turpitude or the use of drugs); EEOC Decision No. 78-35 (1978) (concluding that an employee's discharge was reasonable given his pattern of criminal behavior and the severity and recentness of his criminal conduct).
2 479 F.3d 232 (3d Cir. 2007).
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olefile (formerly OleFileIO\_PL)
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|Build Status| |Coverage Status| |Documentation Status|

`olefile <https://www.decalage.info/olefile>`__ is a Python package to
parse, read and write `Microsoft OLE2
files <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format>`__
(also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound
Document File Format), such as Microsoft Office 97-2003 documents,
vbaProject.bin in MS Office 2007+ files, Image Composer and FlashPix
files, Outlook messages, StickyNotes, several Microscopy file formats,
McAfee antivirus quarantine files, etc.

**Quick links:** `Home page <https://www.decalage.info/olefile>`__ -
`Download/Install <http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Install.html>`__
- `Documentation <http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`__ - `Report
Issues/Suggestions/Questions <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile/issues>`__
- `Contact the author <https://www.decalage.info/contact>`__ -
`Repository <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile>`__ - `Updates on
Twitter <https://twitter.com/decalage2>`__

News
----

Follow all updates and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/decalage2

-  **2017-01-06 v0.44**: several bugfixes, removed support for Python
   2.5 (olefile2), added support for incomplete streams and incorrect
   directory entries (to read malformed documents), added getclsid,
   improved `documentation <http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`__
   with API reference.
-  2017-01-04: moved the documentation to
   `ReadTheDocs <http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`__
-  2016-05-20: moved olefile repository to
   `GitHub <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile>`__
-  2016-02-02 v0.43: fixed issues
   `#26 <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile/issues/26>`__ and
   `#27 <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile/issues/27>`__, better
   handling of malformed files, use python logging.
-  2015-01-25 v0.42: improved handling of special characters in
   stream/storage names on Python 2.x (using UTF-8 instead of Latin-1),
   fixed bug in listdir with empty storages.
-  2014-11-25 v0.41: OleFileIO.open and isOleFile now support OLE files
   stored in byte strings, fixed installer for python 3, added support
   for Jython (Niko Ehrenfeuchter)
-  2014-10-01 v0.40: renamed OleFileIO\_PL to olefile, added initial
   write support for streams >4K, updated doc and license, improved the
   setup script.
-  2014-07-27 v0.31: fixed support for large files with 4K sectors,
   thanks to Niko Ehrenfeuchter, Martijn Berger and Dave Jones. Added
   test scripts from Pillow (by hugovk). Fixed setup for Python 3
   (Martin Panter)
-  2014-02-04 v0.30: now compatible with Python 3.x, thanks to Martin
   Panter who did most of the hard work.
-  2013-07-24 v0.26: added methods to parse stream/storage timestamps,
   improved listdir to include storages, fixed parsing of direntry
   timestamps
-  2013-05-27 v0.25: improved metadata extraction, properties parsing
   and exception handling, fixed `issue
   #12 <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile/issues/12>`__
-  2013-05-07 v0.24: new features to extract metadata (get\_metadata
   method and OleMetadata class), improved getproperties to convert
   timestamps to Python datetime
-  2012-10-09: published
   `python-oletools <https://www.decalage.info/python/oletools>`__, a
   package of analysis tools based on OleFileIO\_PL
-  2012-09-11 v0.23: added support for file-like objects, fixed `issue
   #8 <https://github.com/decalage2/olefile/issues/8>`__
-  2012-02-17 v0.22: fixed issues #7 (bug in getproperties) and #2
   (added close method)
-  2011-10-20: code hosted on bitbucket to ease contributions and bug
   tracking
-  2010-01-24 v0.21: fixed support for big-endian CPUs, such as PowerPC
   Macs.
-  2009-12-11 v0.20: small bugfix in OleFileIO.open when filename is not
   plain str.
-  2009-12-10 v0.19: fixed support for 64 bits platforms (thanks to Ben
   G. and Martijn for reporting the bug)
-  see changelog in source code for more info.

Download/Install
----------------

If you have pip or setuptools installed (pip is included in Python
2.7.9+), you may simply run **pip install olefile** or **easy\_install
olefile** for the first installation.

To update olefile, run **pip install -U olefile**.

Otherwise, see http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Install.html

Features
--------

-  Parse, read and write any OLE file such as Microsoft Office 97-2003
   legacy document formats (Word .doc, Excel .xls, PowerPoint .ppt,
   Visio .vsd, Project .mpp), Image Composer and FlashPix files, Outlook
   messages, StickyNotes, Zeiss AxioVision ZVI files, Olympus FluoView
   OIB files, etc
-  List all the streams and storages contained in an OLE file
-  Open streams as files
-  Parse and read property streams, containing metadata of the file
-  Portable, pure Python module, no dependency

olefile can be used as an independent package or with PIL/Pillow.

olefile is mostly meant for developers. If you are looking for tools to
analyze OLE files or to extract data (especially for security purposes
such as malware analysis and forensics), then please also check my
`python-oletools <https://www.decalage.info/python/oletools>`__, which
are built upon olefile and provide a higher-level interface.

Documentation
-------------

Please see the `online
documentation <http://olefile.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`__ for more
information.

Real-life examples
------------------

A real-life example: `using OleFileIO\_PL for malware analysis and
forensics <http://blog.gregback.net/2011/03/using-remnux-for-forensic-puzzle-6/>`__.

See also `this
paper <https://computer-forensics.sans.org/community/papers/gcfa/grow-forensic-tools-taxonomy-python-libraries-helpful-forensic-analysis_6879>`__
about python tools for forensics, which features olefile.

License
-------

olefile (formerly OleFileIO\_PL) is copyright (c) 2005-2017 Philippe
Lagadec (https://www.decalage.info)

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

-  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

--------------

olefile is based on source code from the OleFileIO module of the Python
Imaging Library (PIL) published by Fredrik Lundh under the following
license:

The Python Imaging Library (PIL) is

-  Copyright (c) 1997-2009 by Secret Labs AB
-  Copyright (c) 1995-2009 by Fredrik Lundh

By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its associated
documentation, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply
with the following terms and conditions:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies,
and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation, and that the name of Secret Labs AB or the
author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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TEHRAN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran has denounced "terror attack" on its embassy staff in Baghdad and held the United States responsible for violating diplomatic immunity in Iraq, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made the remarks, while strongly condemning the terror attack, said IRNA." Such incidents are related to the presence of those who are responsible for the insecurity in Iraq and their presence provides the excuse for them," Mottaki was quoted as saying. The top Iranian diplomat also asked Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi to work with Iraqi officials to transfer the wounded embassy staff to Iran for medical treatment, according to IRNA.
An Iraqi Interior Ministry source said on Friday that five Iranian embassy staff were wounded when their vehicles came under fire on Thursday night in northern Baghdad.
"Unknown gunmen opened small-arms fire on two sport utility vehicles (SUV) of the Iranian embassy at about 9:30 p.m.(1900 GMT)near Buratha Shiite mosque in Ateifiyah neighborhood," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
However, an Iraqi military source told Xinhua a different story when he said that Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on two SUVs carrying the Iranians after the soldiers themselves came under fire by gunmen in the vehicles.
Afterwards, the soldiers went to arrest the gunmen in the vehicles to discover they were Iranian diplomats, he said, adding Iraqi security forces were investigating the incident.


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Deadline for Changes
Register July 30, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone) August 17, 2021
Register September 3, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone) September 21, 2021
Register November 4, 2021 (for registrations made online or by phone) November 23, 2021
Register February 11, 2022 (for registrations made online or by phone) March 1, 2022
Register April 8, 2022 (for registrations made online or by phone) April 26, 2022
2022-23 International SAT Administration Dates (Anticipated)
If you're taking the SAT outside the United States, you may have to fulfill additional requirements to register for or take the test. See policies listed by country.
What You Should Know About International Deadlines
International registration deadlines apply to anyone testing outside of the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Virgin Islands.
There is no late registration for international testing. Online and telephone registrations must be completed by the international deadlines listed above.
Source: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/international
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