A name that is used by the corporation as a generic registered owner on a stock or bond certificate. The use of nominee names makes the processing of security transfers easier.
Nominee name is the name that a brokerage firm uses to register ownership of stocks or bonds it holds for investors.
Holding stock in a single generic name, sometimes known as street name, makes it easier to transfer ownership when the securities are traded.
While nominee name transactions have benefits, there are also some serious concerns associated with this method of purchase.
The implication is that investment advisors holding clients' accounts in nominee name or street registration could duplicate such an unscrupulous practice.
As can be seen from the literature mentioned, street registration or nominee name security purchases may have major effects.
7%, indicated that the person responding to the survey did not perceive nominee name or street registration to be an issue of concern.
It is intuitive that private, individually held banks with a small number of shares outstanding would have less reason to view nominee name share ownership as a major problem.
Street registration or nominee name registration represents at least two areas that should concern bank management.
The brokerage firm creates a dilemma for the bank because the bank cannot differentiate between shares held by the true owner or shares that are held in nominee names.
First, the study will illustrate the dilemma that is faced by banks as a result of securities issued in nominee names.
Surveys were sent to two hundred and fifty banks in Texas with total assets over seventy-five million to determine their knowledge and/or awareness of this dilemma of nominee names.
One would expect that public companies would have more concern with securities being issued in nominee names.
Brokerage companies that, in many cases, own a significant number of shares of a company or bank actually can cause the company or bank to break the SEC rules regarding disclosure by holding their customers' shares in nominee names.
It is hoped that this study of nominee names, or street registration, will stimulate further study into this potentially harmful practice.


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Hoop Shoot Awards
During halftime of the Wrangell Wolves' game against the Metlakatla Chiefs on Friday, Jan. 10, several kids were recognized for their free-throw talents. The first, second, and third place winners... Full story
By Caleb Vierkant Sports January 16, 2020
Hard fight for Wolves in first home games of the season
The Wrangell Wolves hosted their first official home games of the season on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 11. They went up against the Metlakatla Chiefs in two hard-fought games. The Wolves made a...
Narrow losses for the Lady Wolves
The Lady Wolves made a good showing in their games against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs this weekend, Jan. 10 and 11. While they did not come home with any wins this week, the games could easily be described as intense and were lost by only a narrow...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports January 9, 2020
Several wins for Lady Wolves at Rally the Regions
The Wrangell Lady Wolves spent the beginning of 2020 in Anchorage, taking part in the Rally the Regions Hardwood Classic. The tournament, held on the first four days of January, brings together...
Hard fight for Wolves at alumni game
The Wrangell Wolves hosted an alumni game at the high school last week, Jan. 3, as a fundraiser for the rest of the basketball team's season. There was a lasagna dinner before the game, as well as a...
Lady Wolves host volleyball alumni game
The Lady Wolves volleyball team hosted an alumni game last Monday, Dec. 23. The volleyball team officially ended their season back in November after competing in regionals. The alumni game is a...
Busy weekend for Wolves at Clarke Cochrane tournament
While most people take days between Christmas and New Year's as an opportunity to rest and gear up for a return to work or school, the Wrangell Wolves stayed busy by competing in the Clarke Cochrane...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports December 26, 2019
Six Wrangell wrestlers place at state
Of the 11 members of the Wrangell Wolves wrestling team who travelled to Anchorage for the state championships last weekend, six walked away with placement. As teams, Bethel High School took first...
Tough start for the Wolves' basketball season
The Wrangell Wolves had a rough beginning to their basketball season after two losses to the Petersburg Vikings this weekend. In two games on Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21, Wrangell put up a...
Lady Wolves victorious in alumni game and season opener against Petersburg
The Lady Wolves, Wrangell's high school girls' basketball team, held their annual alumni dinner and game last Tuesday, Dec. 17. The game is a tradition where past and present basketball players...
Wolves take 2A regional championship, 11 wrestlers going to state
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team claimed first place among 2A schools in regionals this past weekend, at Craig. According to Assistant Coach Jack Carney, on the Wolves' Facebook page, this is the...
New record for Hoop Shoot
The Wrangell Elks Lodge hosted its annual Hoop Shoot free throw contest last Saturday, Dec. 7. The contest is held by Elks lodges across the country, open to children from 8 to 13-years-old. Jeff...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports December 5, 2019
Wolves fight hard at Viking Mix and Match
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team made a short trip north to Petersburg for the Viking Mix and Match this past weekend. They went up against wrestlers from Petersburg, Craig, Thorne Bay and Thunder...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports November 28, 2019
Wolves take third at Sitka tournament
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team travelled to Sitka this past weekend for a tournament at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. With 150 accumulated points, the team walked away with a third place win, behind Ketchikan in first and Mt. Edgecumbe in second....
Basketball season just around the corner
Basketball season opens Dec. 4 for Wrangell's boys and girls basketball teams. While the teams are yet to meet for practice, both head coaches are optimistic about the coming season. A common theme...
Lady Wolves end season at Regionals
The Lady Wolves' volleyball season came to a close last week. Wrangell was host to the regional tournament this year, seeing players from all over Southeast Alaska compete. While the team fell in Regi...
Swim club goes to November Rain meet
The Wrangell Swim Club travelled to Petersburg this past weekend for the annual November Rain swim meet. Coach Jamie Roberts, also coach of the high school swim team, said she and junior coaches Wade...
Wolves wrestlers take top 10 spots at ACS tournament
The Wrangell Wolves went north to Anchorage last week for the annual ACS Denali Auto Glass Invitational Tournament. There were 33 teams competing in this tournament, making it one of the biggest...
Strong finish for Wrangell at Klawock volleyball tournament
Wrangell's volleyball team travelled to Klawock last week, where they faced off against Klawock's home team, Craig, Petersburg, Haines, and Metlakatla. The team had a tough start, according to Coach...
Renee Roberts finishes in top 8 at swimming championships
High School swim team season has come to a close once again. For the second year in a row, Wrangell was represented by sophomore Renee Roberts at State. The Wrangell High School swim team has had a...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports November 7, 2019
Wolves take fourth at Bill Weiss wrestling tournament
After the two-day Bill Weiss tournament in Ketchikan last week, The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team claimed fourth place. They garnered a total of 100 points during the tournament, ahead of eight other...
Strong showing for swim team at regionals
The Wrangell High School Swim Team travelled to Sitka this past weekend for the Region V Championship. Coach Jamie Roberts explained in a summary of the meet that each swimmer could enter into a...
By Caleb Vierkant Sports October 31, 2019
Wolves take third place at Haines Invitational
Wrangell was one of seven teams to participate in the Haines Invitational this past weekend. It was a hard week for them, according to Assistant Coach Jack Carney. He was very proud of the team's performance, he said, but the trip took some of the...
Several wins for Wrangell in Skagway volleyball tournament
The Lady Wolves volleyball team travelled to Skagway for their most recent tournament of the season. The team had games scheduled against Haines, Skagway, Klawock, Craig, Metlakatla, and Petersburg. The team saw several wins this tournament, and...
Wolves take second overall in Tom Sims Invitational
Wrangell was host to the Tom Sims Invitational wrestling tournament this past weekend. Teams from all over Southeast Alaska, 11 in total, came together to officially kick off the high school wrestling...
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Q: micropython Simple pin input does not work (raspberry pi pico) Does anybody know why the button2 work but the button1 does not
Button2 is connectet with GP14 and ground
Button1 is connectet with GP15 and ground
Button1 is always High

from machine import Pin
from time import sleep

motorRight = Pin(18, Pin.OUT)
motorLeft = Pin(16, Pin.OUT)

button1 = Pin(15, Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP)
button2 = Pin(14, Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP)

while True:
    if not button1.value():
        motorLeft.value(0)
        motorRight.value(1)
        print(button1.value(), "BTN: 1")
        sleep(0.1)

    if not button2.value():
        motorRight.value(0)
        motorLeft.value(1)
        print(button2.value(), "BTN: 2")
        sleep(0.1)

A: There were some issues with GP15 on earlier Micropython Pico builds. That should now have been fixed. You could try another pin or try the latest firmware (1.14 is current as of the time of this post) and see.

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It's saddening but not surprising to learn of people's true motivations.
Remember the days when we actually bought people birthday cards?


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Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites for Monday 7/15/19
By Marc Lawrence
In addition to the previews outlined below, these interesting scheduling statistical notes merit consideration, compliments of the 2019 MTI Regular Season NFL Win Report:
Buffalo – Bills will face 3 foes with a Thursday game on deck, 3 foes with a Monday game on deck, and 3 foes in the 2nd of two or more away games ... -5 net turnovers in 2018.
Miami – Dolphins will face 2 foes coming off a bye week ...+5 net turnovers in 2018.
New England – Pats have failed to play 'under' their season win total 10 straight years ... will face 3 foes coming off a bye week ... +10 net turnovers in 2018.
NY Jets – Jets will face 2 foes coming off a Thursday game, and 2 foes coming off a Monday game ... -10 net turnovers in 2018.
TEAM THEME: TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 6.5 (over -160)
Opponents' Collective Season Win Total: 125
Some say the best part of dating a Buffalo Bills fan is that you know she ain't looking for a ring. It may be cruel but the fact of the matter is it's been a long time (1995, 23 seasons ago) that Buffalo last enjoyed a playoff win. It's also been since 2006 the last time the Bills opened a season with their first two games on the road – and both of them in the same stadium, no less. It's been even longer when Buffalo was featured on Thanksgiving (1994). And so former Dallas Cowboy Cole Beasley, signed by Buffalo as a free agent in the offseason, returns to the Big 'D'. It's part of a brutal four-game season-ending trek for the Bills when they meet Baltimore at home and then hit the highway again for consecutive road games at Pittsburgh and New England in December.
Ironically, Buffalo will also take part in what could be a quintet of 2018 first-round quarterback battles when Bills QB Josh Allen faces Baker Mayfield, Lamar Jackson and Sam Darnold (twice). Through it all, GM Brandon Beane is at the forefront of a massive reconstruction, bringing Ken Dorsey in as its quarterback's coach. Dorsey worked for five seasons with NFL MVP Cam Newton in Carolina and figures to polish up Allen's skills. Aside from reforming the roster with plenty of free agent signings the past two seasons, Beane appeared to hit a home run with defensive tackle Ed Oliver with the ninth pick in this year's draft. Oliver figures to make everyone around him better with his freakish athleticism. Bills fans attending games nowadays will finally need a program, and that's a good thing.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: 2019 marks the 8th year in the last 9 seasons in which the Bills will feature a new wide receivers coach.
PLAY ON: vs. Baltimore (12/8)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Bills are 1-21 SU in division games the L9Y when they commit 2 or more turnovers.
TEAM THEME: WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 5 (under -120)
Opponents' Collective Season Win Total: 132.5
Dave Hyde of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel put it best when he said that not having the burden of winning in the first year for a new regime is often the head fake of any rebuild. So it is for new Dolphins GM Chris Grier and new mentor Brian Flores. As a result, Grier didn't fill holes in the offseason, he made them. Gone are Miami mainstays Ryan Tannehill, Cam Wake, and Robert Quinn. In is young, cheap talent with an upside (read: AAF signees). In other words, meet the "Miami Apollos". No, it won't be quite that bad for Flores and Grier, not with the addition of talented QB Josh Rosen, the former 10th pick in the 2017 draft acquired via a trade on Day Two of this year's NFL Draft from Arizona.
While Rosen's 66.7 Passer Rating as a rookie with the Cardinals did not jump off the page, it was higher than the rookie ratings of Tom Brady, John Elway, Kurt Warner, Eli Manning and Troy Aikman – Hall of Famers all. Remember, the Fins allowed 6,257 yards last season, the worst in franchise history, while the offense gained fewer than 200 yards in five games. And for all of this, Adam Gase is the Jets' new sideline boss. WTF? And so the rebuild begins.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Miami is 42-18 SU at home in September since 1980.
PLAY ON: vs. New England (9/15)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Dolphins are 11-27 ITS in December since 2006.
TEAM THEME: JEWELED BY KRAFT
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 11 (over -150)
Following last season's 13-3 win over the Rams in Super Bowl LIII, iconic QB Tom Brady now owns a Super Bowl ring for every round of players that were drafted ahead of him. Meanwhile, Pats owner Robert Kraft owns enough jewelry to keep his name off courtroom dockets. It was also the first time since 1972 (Miami Dolphins) that a team lost a Super Bowl game one season and came back to win the Super Bowl the following season. So what does New England do for an encore this season? It's always difficult for defending Super Bowl champions to play to the same level the following season. Making matters worse, the retirement of megastar TE Rob Gronkowski and top free agent Trey Flowers, along with multiple staff departures, certainly leaves a void.
So what will life be like with the fallout of the aforementioned personnel? As one NFL executive put it, "Belichick is the guy who climbs Everest without oxygen just to see if he can do it. It'll work out for them." Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels, and Dante Scarnecchia are still there, and that's key. With it, New England is chasing Dallas' record of 20 straight winning seasons, and ironically the Pats will host the Cowboys the final Sunday in November. From a schedule standpoint, the Patriots take on the softest itinerary in the league from an opponent season-win projection. This also marks the third straight year the Pats will close the season with consecutive home games. Life is great if you're a Patriot.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Bill Belichick is 17-1 SU in the playoffs against foes that he did not face during the regular season.
PLAY AGAINST: as a favorite at Washington (10/6)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Patriots have 3 or more turnovers in only 6 of their last 101 games.
TEAM THEME: GASE MY WAY
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 7.5
Some way, somehow, Adam Gase managed to convince acting Jets owner Christopher Johnson that he was their man. In typical Gase fashion, his first move was a power struggle with GM Mike Maccagnan, resulting in Maccagnan's firing. Gase then promptly traded away LB Derron Lee. The fact of the matter is Gase's primary objective is to develop Sam Darnold into a Pro Bowl-caliber franchise quarterback. If he does that, no one will care about what happened this offseason. If it doesn't, Mr. Congeniality will be looking for work sooner than later. We have serious reservations, though, given the fact that Gase's offenses in Miami declined each and every season during his three-year tenure with the Dolphins, ranking 24th, 25th and 31st.
Furthermore, Gase's system threatens to choke out Darnold's potential by ordering him to throw too many too-short passes. Perhaps the addition of RB Le'Veon Bell, an excellent receiver out of the backfield, will aid in the transition. Visit FootballOutsiders.com for more on the metrics involved in Gase's shortcomings and you can draw your own conclusions. Also, check out our STAT YOU WILL LIKE below for more on Gase's inadequacies. Through it all, the Jets enjoyed a strong Draft led by the selection of Quinnen Williams, DT, Alabama with the 3rd overall pick. On paper, the Flyboys look improved. On the sidelines, they come up short.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: The Miami Dolphins averaged 7.7 Penalties Per Game under Adam Gase, the 2nd worst in the league the past three seasons.
PLAY ON: at Miami (11/3)
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AFC North Preview
2019 AFC NORTH PREVIEW
Baltimore – Ravens have not played 'under' their regular-season win total in any of the last five years... -3 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Cincinnati – Bengals have played 'under' their regular-season win total 3 straight years ...+1 net turnover in 2018 regular season.
Cleveland – Browns suffered 4 losses by 1-3 points last season ... +7 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Pittsburgh – Steelers went 'under' their regular-season win total last season for the first time since 2013 ... -11 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
TEAM THEME: MAVERICK IS THE NAME
The Ravens become the fourth team since the NFL switched to a 16-game schedule in 1978 to receive a perfectly balanced schedule, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Over the past 41 years, the only other teams to alternate home and away every game of the season were the 1985 Atlanta Falcons (finished 4-12), the 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-13) and the 2012 Falcons (13-3). Digging deeper, four of the Ravens' first six games are against losing teams last year that changed head coaches, including their first two. And for the first time since 2006, neither game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh is slotted for prime time – despite the fact that only 7 of the last 25 games in this series have been decided by more than 7 points.
Furthermore, the Black Birds will tackle 6 foes this season that amassed double-digit losses in 2018. Thus the question begs: will the arsenal of wide receivers Baltimore acquired in the offseason be enough to keep Lamar Jackson in the pocket where he belongs? Or is his instinct to run-first and pass only out of necessity embedded in his DNA? It's apparent the Ravens are all-in with Jackson, making them mavericks in the current pass-crazy NFL. Then again, Bret Maverick constantly found himself in and out of life-threatening trouble during his time as a TV gambler on the run.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: The Ravens are 9-1 SU and 8-2 ATS at home following its bye week since 2002.
PLAY ON: as a dog vs. New England (11/3)
INSIDE THE STATS: After going 3-9 ITS in division games the Ravens went 4-2 in 2018.
TEAM THEME: STRIPE HYPE
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 6 (over -130)
It took three successive losing seasons for the Bengals to show HC Marvin Lewis the door. Now Zac Taylor, the former LA Rams quarterbacks coach, assumes the reins. And because the NFL is a copycat league, Cincinnati is hoping he can do for the Bengals what Sean McVay has done for the Rams. McVay, though, inherited a good defense and a blossoming offense. Unfortunately, Cincinnati does not check either box. Despite finishing last in overall defense last season, only ONE of the Bengals first four picks in this year's draft were defensive players. Go figure.
They're going to need production from TE Tyler Eifert who has played more than half of a 16 game schedule only three times in his 6-year career. If the talented tight end is healthy and plays to his level, he can help lift the offense to new heights. A lot more offensive production will need to come from suddenly aging Andy Dalton. The Red Rifle is listed as the 34th favorite to win the MVP award at +10000, and that likely tells you all you need to know about Taylor's chances for success this season. Nonetheless, Cincinnati wants to believe Dalton's sterling 17-11 SU and 17-8-3 ATS career record in September (3-1 last year) is a building block they can lean on. Good luck with that.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: The Bengals own the NFL's longest winless drought in the playoffs: 28 years.
PLAY ON: at Cleveland (12/8)
INSIDE THE STATS: Since it bye week in 2017, the Bengals are 6-19 ITS in their last 25 games.
TEAM THEME: HUMBLE PIE
No team has appeared in fewer prime-time games over the past 10 seasons than the Browns (11). That's about to change this season when Cleveland breaks through in four main attraction affairs. It's safe to say the Browns have elevated excitement about the team. After inserting quarterback Baker Mayfield into the starting lineup and then winning five of its final seven games in 2018, they won the offseason, too, with trades for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., pass-rusher Olivier Vernon, and defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson. Coupled with another strong draft, and a roster stockpiled with talent, the Browns are suddenly the "it" team in the NFL this season.
But before being anointed as Super Bowl champions, they would serve themselves well to remember they enter 2019 with 11 consecutive losing seasons, as well as missing the playoffs 16 years in a row. The last playoff victory was in 1994 (when they were last coached by Bill Belichick). In fact, according to Jarrett Bell of the USA TODAY, since the NFL realigned divisions in 2002, the AFC North title scorecard reads: Steelers 8, Ravens 5, Bengals 4, Browns 0. The thinking here is they would be better served approaching the season as a hungry underdog rather than the "new Patriots", as OBJ declared. For a team with a whole new persona, let's hope they adhere to Mayfield's "Humble Over Hype" reminder bracelet.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: In going from zero wins to seven wins last season, the Browns defense regressed 65 YPG.
INSIDE THE STATS: The Browns are 1-28 SU and 2-27 ATS the L29 games in which they are minus in net TO's.
TEAM THEME: FADING STARS
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 9
While many Steelers fans mourn the loss of star WR Antonio Brown and RB Le'Veon Bell this offseason, the hardest defection of all may be one that doesn't show up in the stat sheets. After five years coaching the Steelers offensive line, Mike Munchak took the same job with the Denver Broncos, only his third NFL coaching stop in 25 years. His job was to keep Ben Roethlisberger upright and to create holes for the running game. Both Bell and Brown's production benefitted mightily from Munchak's know-how. With all three gainfully employed elsewhere, there will certainly be a new learning curve this season.
Running back Benny Snell (Kentucky) was tapped in the 4th round of the draft and will likely compete with James Conner to fill Bell's shoes. Wide receiver Diontae Johnson (Toledo) heard his name called in the 3rd round and will team with Ju-Ju Schuster and James Washington to somehow spell Brown. On the other side of the ball, LB Devin Bush (Michigan) was the Steelers No. 1 choice to fill a big gap left by the unfortunate blow suffered by Ryan Shazier. The 3 stars on the Steelers helmets represent materials used to produce steel: yellow for coal; orange for iron ore; and blue for steel scrap. Understandably, the fans are more concerned about the 3 stars that are no longer visible.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Teams who upset the Steelers are 2-18 SUATS away when coming off consecutive SUATS wins.
PLAY ON: at New England (9/8)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Steelers are an incredible 123-48 ITS in all games since 2009.
AFC South Preview
Houston – Texans will face zero opponents coming off a Thursday or a Monday night game this season ... +13 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Indianapolis – Colts had 6 double-digit and wire-to-wire wins last season ... +3 net turnover in 2018 regular season.
Jacksonville – Jaguars have played 'under their regular-season win total 7 of the last 8 years, and suffered 7 double-digit losses, and had zero victories by 1-3 points, last season ... -12 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Tennessee – Titans had 4 double-digit victories and 4 double-digit losses last season... -1 net turnover in 2018 regular season.
TEAM THEME: GUARDING THE MINT
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 8.5 (under -140)
The Texans know where their bread is buttered and used the draft to bolster the offensive line with OT Tytus Howard in the first round and OT Max Scharping in the second round. It's music to the ears of QB Deshaun Watson, who at times resembled a human piñata last season. "We have to have guys that can be bodyguards for Watson, man, and you're going to be that guy," head coach Bill O'Brien told Howard. Keeping Watson upright and out of harm's way will give the talented QB time to survey the field. The added return of star WR Will Fuller (ACL) is critical, too, as the speedster is the perfect complement to DeAndre Hopkins. The 25-year-old Fuller has missed 17 regular-season games in his career.
With J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney healthy and anchoring the defense, Houston hopes to get back to 2015 and 2016 standards when they were ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in overall team defense in the league. The confidence factor for this team is there, as they became the first team since the 1970 NY Giants to reel off six consecutive wins after opening the season 0-3 last year. If O'Brien can maintain his ways against losing teams (20-4 SU in his career) and stay even against winning opposition, his troops could be playoff-bound again in 2019.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Houston is 8-0 ATS when favored versus foes coming off a double-digit loss under O'Brien.
PLAY ON: at Indianapolis (10/20)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Texans are 8-15 SU and 7-13-3 ATS in games after committing zero turnovers.
TEAM THEME: LUCK LIVES HERE
With three of the first 59 picks in the draft and six of the first 135, the Colts slayed the NFL draft this season. Coupled with a 2018 draft class that was headlined by two first-team All-Pros going into this season, it's a precursor of what's to come in Naptown these days. A healthy Andrew Luck, for the first time in three off-season's, underscores the strength of what's being built in Indy – a group that should be the strongest surrounding Luck since he came out of Stanford in 2012. The 2018 Colts won nine of their last 10 regular-season games, then a playoff game before falling to the Chiefs and league MVP Patrick Mahomes in the divisional round of the playoffs. Adding elusive Ohio State WR Parris Campbell gives Luck a true home run threat. Paired with T.Y. Hilton and TE Eric Ebron, the passing game suddenly becomes lethal.
Better yet, Frank Reich capitalized on an exceptionally strong defensive draft with 7 of his first eight selections. It's no coincidence that Reich has made six appearances in the Super Bowl, both as a player and a coach. Indy also struck gold in the Free Agent market when they landed former All-Pro LB Justin Houston from Kansas City. Yes, it's safe to say the future in Indianapolis looks bright.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: All four Super Bowls the Colts franchise has played in – 1968, 1970, 2006 and 2009 – have taken place in Miami, Florida, site of Super Bowl LIV this season.
PLAY ON: at Kansas City (10/6)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Colts are 40-12 SU and 38-14 ATS in games in which they outyarded foes behind Andrew Luck.
TEAM THEME: ENDANGERED SPECIES
Get used to not seeing much of the Jaguars this season. Despite the fact that Super Bowl-winning QB Nick Foles will be behind center for Jacksonville in 2019, the only prime-time games for the Jags this season occurs in Week Three at home against Tennessee (unless, of course, they are flexed during the second half of the season). It's what happens when you fall off the radar in the NFL after going from 12 wins in 2017 to 5 wins last year. And speaking of the schedule, for only the seventh time in the franchise's 25-year history, the Jags will get a home game to finish the season. FYI: they are 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS in these games. In a scheduling quirk, the Jaguars will have a 34-day stretch between home games sandwiched between October 27 and December 1.
Plus, in addition to adding Foles to the roster, Jacksonville struck gold in the first two rounds of the draft with DE Josh Allen and OT Jawaan Taylor, both expected to be immediate impact players. If Foles can resurrect an offense that fell 11 points and 58 yards per game last season, the Jags always-reliable defense will have a chance to shine. Remember, Foles is 15-6 SU and 12-8-1 ATS as a favorite of 6 or fewer points, as well as 13-5 SU from Game Thirteen out. His reunion with former Eagles OC John DeFilippo should pay huge dividends. Play accordingly.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Jacksonville is 1-7 SUATS against teams from the NFC South since 2011.
PLAY ON: vs. Kansas City (9/8)
INSIDE THE STATS: After going 16-6 at home ITS the previous 3 years, the Jaguars went 2-5 last year.
TEAM THEME: LET IT RIDE
Mike Vrabel's rookie season with the Titans paralleled that of QB Marcus Mariota. A third-straight 9-7 season last year was enough to keep the wolves off Vrabel, but in Mariota's case, it's time to let it ride with Tennessee picking up the $20 million-dollar fifth-year option of his rookie contract as the No. 2-overall selection in 2015. The Titans hedged that bet when they traded for Ryan Tannehill, a 2012 first-round pick who failed to materialize with Miami. Hence, should Mariota fail to deliver the goods, you can look for Tennessee to do what the Dolphins did with Tannehill and cut the cord. According to NFL analyst Charlie Casserly, Tennessee's wide receiver additions of Adam Humphries and A.J. Brown (2nd round selection), along with former 1st round WR Corey Davis, can take the offense to another level. We like quality quarterbacks in contract years and with it look for Mariota to turn loose this season.
On the other side of the ball, expect veteran TE Cam Wake to make an immediate difference. He was the glue to the Miami defense and with his athleticism and desire (he's a 'young 37' who made an immediate impact in summer OTA's). He's also a mentor who considers it a responsibility to pass on knowledge to younger teammates. Look for these Nashville cats to once again be in the AFC South hunt.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Tennessee is 11-5 SUATS all-time versus NFC South opponents, including 8-0 SU and 7-1 ATS versus .500 or fewer foes.
PLAY ON: vs. Indianapolis Colts (9/15)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Titans have gone only 15-25 ITS at home the L5Y.
AFC West Preview
2019 AFC WEST PREVIEW
Denver – Broncos played 'under' their regular-season win total each of the last three years ... had 5 wire-to-wire losses last year ... +7 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Kansas City – Chiefs had a league-high 9 wire-to-wire regular-season wins last year ... will face a league-high 4 opponents with a bye week on deck this year ... played 'over' their regular-season win total each of the last six years ... +9 net turnovers in 2018 regular season.
Los Angeles – Chargers will face 3 opponents with a bye week on deck this year ... had 6 double-digit regular-season wins last year ... +1 net turnover in 2018 regular season.
Oakland – Raiders ... will face a league-high 4 non-division opponents caught in the middle of a division sandwich this year ... suffered a league-high 9 double-digit losses last year ... -7 net turnovers in 2018 regular-season.
TEAM THEME: OPERATION: OVERHAUL
Like death and taxes, change is inevitable in the NFL. 2019 will go down as the year of 'the rebuild' for the Denver Broncos. It starts with new head coach Vic Fangio, recognized throughout the NFL as a defensive guru. Trading for QB Joe Flacco was a no-brainer, given Denver's shoddy play at the position the last three seasons. Flacco may be long in the tooth and his best days are likely in the rearview mirror, but he's a dark horse candidate to earn Comeback Player of the Year honors should the chips fall right for Denver this season. If not, drafting QB Drew Lock (thought to be the best quarterback prospect to come to Denver since Jay Cutler in 2006) in round two is a good relief valve.
They also plugged a huge hole at right tackle with the signing of Ja'Wuan James. In addition, second-round draft selection Dalton Risner figures to start at left guard. New OL coach Mike Munchak is a perfect fit for the new additions. Meanwhile, new OC Rich Scangrello comes over from the Kyle Shanahan QBs coaching tree and insisted on nabbing TE Noah Fant in the first round. And to satisfy his defensive thirst, Fangio was quick to sign DB Kareem Jackson from Houston while CB Bryce Callahan followed the coach over from Chicago. Now that's an overhaul.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Denver is 20-4 SU in its first four games of the season the last six years.
PLAY ON: as a dog vs. Kansas City (10/17)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Broncos are 33-10 ITS in their last 43 division games.
TEAM THEME: PSALM 57
Westgate SuperBook Season Win Total: 10.5 (under -120)
Safe to say the 2018 season was a coup for Andy Reid's troops. Not only did they manage to win back-to-back division titles for the first time in the 57 years of KC's franchise history, but they also unveiled the league's MVP in QB Patrick Mahomes, who took the NFL by storm last year. The question remains whether or not Mahomes will suffer a case of the "sophomore blues" now that there is game film on him, or if he can lead another charge in 2019 sans the service of his biggest weapon with Pro Bowl RB Kareem Hunt gone.
Nonetheless, the Chiefs were obsessed in 'going young' on the defensive side of the ball this offseason, with 26-year old S Tyrann Mathieu and 25-year old DE Frank Clark in, and a pair of 30-year-olds out in S Eric Berry and DE Justin Winslow. Meanwhile, Kansas City will face 4 opponents with a bye week on deck – the most in the league. After finishing 31st in the league in overall team defense, new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will switch from a 3-4 to a 4-3 defense. Forced to take on the saltiest non-division strength of schedule in the league this season (87 projected total wins), Reid could be hard-pressed to hold off the L.A. Chargers while in quest of a third straight division title in 2019. Stay tuned.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Andy Reid is 9-0 ATS away off an ATS loss of more than 12 points before Game Eight of the season.
PLAY ON: at New England (12/8)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Chiefs are 67-36 SU the L6Y but only 46-57 ITS in those games.
TEAM THEME: NUTS AND BOLTS
After making the NFL Playoffs for the first time in five years in 2018, the Los Angeles Chargers (yes, it still sounds strange) are no longer just a team on the brink. Truth be known, the Lightning Bolts shared a joint-best record in the AFC last season with Kansas City but were forced to play in the Wild Card round as the Chiefs owned a better divisional record. It's part of the collateral damage that occurs when you've lost nine of the last 10 games against Kansas City. And while the schedule is a tad more difficult this year than last (foes projected season win total was 124.5 in 2018), it's not nuts to think they can overtake the Featherheads this season.
Operating behind veteran QB Philip Rivers, the Chargers inked the future Hall of Famer to an extension this summer. They also signed Tyrod Taylor and drafted Easton Stick this offseason as they begin to get ready for life APR – after Rivers. To which we say it doesn't hurt knowing that Rivers resides inside our STAT YOU WILL LIKE below. To their credit, they did a fine job of adding talent during the offseason, including stud LB Thomas Davis. And they capped it off with a sterling draft in which six of the seven players were ranked higher than their actual draft position. The Bolts figure to challenge for division honors this season.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Rivers is 14-3-2 ATS as a division dog away from home in his NFL career.
PLAY ON: as a dog at Denver (12/1)
INSIDE THE STATS: The Chargers are 29-19 ITS away during the regular season the L6Y.
TEAM THEME: WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE?
When Oakland owner Mark Davis hired Mike Mayock as his new GM, he rolled the dice. Mayock's expertise had been featured within the NFL Network's extensive coverage of the 2018 NFL Draft, so Davis gave him free rein in this year's draft – despite having zero previous experience in an NFL front office. Mayock promptly came away with eyebrow-raising choices. Clemson DE Clelin Ferrell was a huge over-reach, while Alabama RB Josh Jacobs is a first-round risk, and Mississippi State S Jonathan Abram has issues in coverage. Ironically, Mayock's first eight draft picks came from Clemson or Alabama, who faced one another in last year's College Football Playoff championship game. Fortunately, the Raiders landed the biggest fish in the NFL free-agent market when WR Antonio Brown signed with Oakland. He'll help QB Derek Carr stretch defenses vertically as he figures to dramatically improve on last year's 7.3 yards per pass attempt.
From a scheduling standpoint, the Raiders catch 4 non-division foes in the middle of division sandwiches this season – the most in the league. That's good news. Regrettably, the Black-and-Silver will play consecutive away games before crossing the pond to play the Bears in London. FYI: Only two teams in NFL history have done the same and each was trounced, 20-0 and 33-8, in England. Forced to fly the most miles in 2019, they were also given one of the most brutal travel stretches in the history of the NFL. After playing in Oakland in Week 2, the Raiders won't return home until Week 8, which means they have to go 49 days without playing at their home stadium. It's an ugly situation, for sure.
STAT YOU WILL LIKE: Jon Gruden is 0-11 SUATS away in his career with a losing record when coming off a SU win.
PLAY ON: as a dog vs. Kansas City (9/15)
INSIDE THE STATS: Oakland is 1-7 SUATS in its L8 games following a zero turnover game.
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The greatest Western ever made.
The Western is an American archetype, carrying values that are uniquely American – the rugged individualist who solves his own problems, the romance of desolation and a code of honesty and integrity. Whether or not these remain American values in practice are certainly subject to debate but few film genres sum up the American psyche as the Western does.
If the Western is quintessentially American, then so to must director John Ford and actor John Wayne and thus their greatest collaboration, the 1956 epic The Searchers must be as well. It begins when Ethan Edwards (Wayne) returns home to Texas after serving in the Confederacy during the Civil War; it's three years since the war ended for the rest of the country but not for Ethan who has been up to no good since then, but he is welcomed home with open arms by his brother Aaron (Coy), Aaron's wife Martha (Jordan) and their daughters Lucy (Scott) and Debbie (Wood).
When the sheriff and town parson Sam Clayton (Bond) drops by to see about putting together a posse to round up some cattle rustlers, Ethan goes with along with Martin (Hunter), a young man who was rescued by Ethan as a baby and given to his brother to raise. However, Ethan doesn't like Martin much – Martin's 1/8 Comanche and that's 1/4 too much for Ethan.
When they discover the cattle slaughtered, they realize it was just a ruse and ride hard back to the homestead. There they find the Edwards place burned to the ground, Aaron and Martha dead and their daughters taken. Ethan vows to find the girls and Martin insists on going with him, even though Ethan doesn't want him around. Brad Jorgensen (Carey) also goes with as he is the boyfriend of Lucy.
That search will go on for five long years and not everybody will come back who sets out on it. Martin will discover that Ethan means to put a bullet in the head of white girl who has been despoiled by a Comanche buck and aims to stop him, even though it may cost him the love of Laurie Jorgensen (Miles) who has been waiting for Martin patiently. When they finally discover that Debbie is in the hands of the vicious Chief Scar (Brandon), it will lead to an epic confrontation.
There is a great deal to love about this movie. Shot mainly in Ford's beloved Monument Valley in Utah (doubling for Texas), the vistas here are breathtaking. Ford was fond of shots that featured vast wide angles with human subjects tiny within the frame and some of his best are found here. Wayne himself believed this to be his finest performance (and named one of his own sons Ethan after the character he played) which considering how amazing he did a Rooster Cogburn in True Grit is quite a compliment and to be honest, it's hard to disagree with the Duke on this.
One thing that must be brought up when discussing this movie is the charges that have been leveled against it as racist against the Native American. Certainly Ethan's viewpoint is racist; he hates all Indians and he's not too fond of other non-whites either. He is very much an anti-hero, a model for characters that would come into popularity about 15 years later. He is also a product of his times – not just the historical post-Civil War context but also when the film was made. It was the heyday of the Western and even though film Westerns were on the decline largely due to their popularity on TV (why go pay to see a great Western when you could watch a good one for free at home) the Native Americans were generic villains, very much like Nazis in war movies. They weren't really seen as people, just whooping savages to be shot off their horses by brave America soldiers and cowboys. Rarely were they given any sort of voice in movies and more rarely still, any dignity. While I can't say I agree with Ethan's hatreds and racism, I can at least dismiss them as the issues of a character, not the actor playing him nor the director filming him. Wayne was a lot of things, not all of them pleasant but he was not a racist. Ford also was a particularly tolerant man considering the era in which he lived and worked.
The plot is complex and Ethan isn't terribly likable – this is a character Wayne didn't usually play. There is something that is grand and epic about The Searchers. You realize you are watching something that is a lot more than the sum of its parts. It shows both the beauty of America – the natural beauty and also the beauty of that American spirit that never gives up. – and the ugliness in the way the Natives were treated.
One of the things that makes America great is its willingness to let show its flaws and warts and discuss them. We may not always do the right thing as a country but we certainly at least try to correct our mistakes. Like anything human however it takes time and will to make these changes happen. These days the movies have a different attitude towards Native culture than films from the 1950s did and in some small way The Searchers helped open up that dialogue, particularly in how the film ends. There are few films as American as this one – and few that sum up all the contradictions of our society as well as this. It's a must-see for anyone who wants to gain insight into the American experience.
WHY RENT THIS: One of the best movies ever made. Tremendous influence on modern movies.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Definitely a film of its era. Shows some racism and misogynistic tendencies.
FAMILY VALUES: There are some scenes of violence.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: There is a featurette worth noting; a series of interviews with legendary filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and John Milius discussing how The Searchers influenced them as directors, as well as some vintage promotional clips and an introduction by Patrick Wayne, son of John who had a small role as a bumbling cavalry officer.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $4.8M (first run receipts only) on a $3.75M production budget; the film made back its budget and became profitable after second and third runs, home video and television sales..
What could be more Christmas-y than a hug by a little girl for Santa Claus?
Here in the United States, it is a sign of growing up when a child sets aside their belief in Santa Claus. Perhaps in several senses it is more of a sign that they are setting aside their imagination as well.
Kris Kringle (Gwenn) is appalled to see the man who is scheduled to play Santa in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is drunk as a skunk. He reports his outrage to Doris Walker (O'Hara), the event director. She persuades him to accept the role himself and he does such a fine job that he is hired to be the Santa in the chain's flagship store on 34th street in Manhattan.
Although he is told to direct shoppers to Macy's merchandise, he tells one (Ritter) that the fire engine her son wants that Macy's doesn't carry can be found at Gimbels, Macy's archrivals. She is so impressed that she tells toy department manager Julian Shellhammer (Tonge) that she will be a Macy's customer for life.
Doris, a divorcee, leaves her daughter with her neighbor Fred Gailey (Payne), a lawyer. He takes Susan (Wood), six years old and having been brought up in a practical manner by her mother to believe that there is no Santa Claus, to see Kris Kringle at the store. When Doris discovers this, she urges Kris to tell Susan that he's not really Santa. Instead, he tells her that he's the genuine article.
Doris is concerned that he is delusional and might harm someone so she decides to fire Kringle but store owner R.H. Macy (Antrim) is delighted by the positive publicity and goodwill that he has generated for Macy's and promises both Shellhammer and Doris generous bonuses if he stays. To alleviate Doris' concerns, he has Kringle undergo an evaluation with company psychologist Granville Sawyer (Hall) which Kringle passes but not without antagonizing Sawyer.
Kris discovers that Sawyer has convinced store employee Alfred that he is mentally ill just because Alfred is kind-hearted and generous, and raps Sawyer on the head with the handle of an umbrella. Sawyer exaggerates his injury and Kringle is confined in the Bellevue Mental Hospital. Tricked into co-operating and believing that Doris is part of the deception, Kringle deliberately fails his mental examination and is recommended for permanent confinement. Fred however urges Kris not to give up and takes on his case as his lawyer, arranging a formal competency hearing in the court of Judge Henry X. Harper (Lockhart) of the New York Supreme Court.
Ordered by Macy to get the matter dropped, Sawyer pleads with Fred to drop the case quietly and not seek publicity. Instead, Fred thanks the horrified Sawyer for the idea and bumps up the hearing into a full-blown trial placing Judge Harper in an awkward position – having to try the existence of Santa Claus.
Along with It's a Wonderful Life this might be the most beloved Christmas film in history. Gwenn would win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, one of two that the movie won (the other was for Best Original Screenplay). That it was released in the summertime is perhaps one of the most boneheaded moves in studio history – the publicity of the film wound up hiding it's Christmas setting for fear that audiences wouldn't see a Christmas film in the heat of summer, a fear that proved to be sadly well-founded.
Still, it remains the standard of Christmas movies, both a sly commentary on the commercialization of the holiday (an issue that has sadly only gotten worse in the 70 years since the movie was made) and also on the faith and imagination of children that we tend to lose as adults.
Wood, in one of her first feature film appearances is self-assured and definitely doesn't have that forced quality that many of the child actors of the time had. You never get a sense she is reading lines so much as inhabiting the role. O'Hara, who initially didn't want to do the film until she read the script (she had moved back to Ireland) gives one of the defining performances of her career.
The movie definitely is a product of its time, although as such it has more charm than you can imagine. The opening scenes of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade were actually filmed at the 1946 Parade (and yes, Gwenn did play Santa in that parade), which gives you an idea of what it was like back then. That kind of realism was unusual for films of the era.
While It's a Wonderful Life had a much more heartland frame of mind, Miracle on 34th Street has the East Coast sophistication of its era to distinguish it. Both movies are heartwarming and both perfectly synthesize the spirit of the season and both have the uplifting quality that was present in Frank Capra's films which It's a Wonderful Life actually was – Miracle on 34th Street was not but very well could have been. Those who love Christmas movies in all likelihood do so largely because of this movie. It's a classic that may be dated at times but never gets old.
WHY RENT THIS: A Christmas classic, a perennial that bears watching again and again. Gwenn's performance is one of the best Santa depictions ever.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Exceedingly dated in places.
FAMILY VALUES: Perfect viewing for the entire family.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The house depicted at the end of the film still exists, and is located at 24 Derby Road, Port Washington, New York. Other than the addition of window near the roofline, it looks nearly exactly the same as it did in 1947. The Macy's Christmas display shown in the film is on display every Christmas at the Marshall and Ilsley Bank headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: There is an AMC television special about the movie, as well as newsreel footage of Gwenn accepting his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1948. In addition, the special DVD edition includes both the colorized and original black and white versions of the film, in addition to a one-hour television version from 1955. Do note that the Blu-Ray version does not include the latter two features although the box packaging claims that it has the colorized version – only the original black and white version is present here. Expect a deluxe Blu-Ray version of the film classic somewhere down the road.


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High Risk Pregnancy Care
High-Risk pregnancies are defined as those pregnancies that have an increased risk of maternal and/or fetal complications during the gestation, delivery, and postpartum course. There are many reasons to label a pregnancy high-risk and each pregnancy requires an individual level of care and testing parameters.
Maternal complications include medical problems of the mother prior to pregnancy and those that are acquired during pregnancy. Fetal complications include those that are genetic, acquired, and related to maternal conditions.
Maternal factors that have been associated with an increased risk of poor pregnancy outcome include basic maternal health issues like Diabetes & Hypertension, Thyroid disease, and connective tissue disorders (i.e. Lupus). This also has come to include many new found problems that can cause recurrent miscarriage and later pregnancy losses and poor outcomes. These include the Hypercoagulability syndromes. All of these can lead to fetal complications, preterm delivery and poor outcomes if uncontrolled and not followed closely.
Fetal Factors that raise pregnancy risk include multiple gestations which have become more common with the advent of fertility interventions. It also includes many fetal anomalies and placental and membrane abnormalities as well. These conditions include fetal malformations like heart defects, abdominal wall anomalies, umbilical cord complications, placenta previa, & fluid abnormalities (low or high). With the advances in ultrasonography many undetectable abnormalities in the past can now be visualized and appropriate measures taken.
High-risk pregnancies are typically followed more closely thru the first 2 trimesters with visits every two weeks instead of four. After 28 weeks, typically visits become weekly or biweekly and fetal testing ensues at this time. At Bossier Healthcare For Women we offer comprehensive in office fetal testing with 2 Non-Stress test machines and the latest GE 4D™ Ultrasound machine. Since this testing is time consuming for the patient, our Non-Stress test station has recliners and a television and stereo for patient comfort and our Ultrasound is hooked up to a widescreen high definition LCD television to allow for the patient and family to easily view the fetus while the U/S tech and physicians can view the built in monitor. The separate site for fetal testing explains the different tests and their purpose in detail.
We also coordinate care with dieticians, diabetic educators, our local Maternal-Fetal medicine specialists, and the NICU's to optimize patient and baby outcomes. Although we strive for full term deliveries in each of our pregnancies, sometimes this is not possible and delivery can then be accomplished at one of the area hospitals that have a NICU present. Willis-Knighton also has an advanced NICU transfer system to transfer babies in a mobile NICU environment when this is needed.
Dr's Blanton and Robertson both trained at tertiary care centers that provided high-risk maternal and fetal care for large surrounding areas. We also keep up to date on the latest techniques, testing and interventions available to provide care for mothers and babies. With the recent expansion of Willis-Knighton Bossier's labor and delivery unit, this has allowed the addition of a new fetal monitoring system that allows us to have remote access to view fetal and maternal status like never before. As always, we strive to maintain the best possible care for our Obstetric patients to optimize everyone's outcome.


In September 2010, revised accessibility standards Title II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 were adopted with the purpose of improving access by special needs persons to recreation facilities. Until the enactment of this new law, ADA access was focused on facility access, not necessarily the water portion. Covered are public and private recreation facilities, and includes both new construction and structural changes to existing facilities.
Requirements for compliance differ depending upon the type and size of your facility. Regulations allow 18 months to bring facilities into compliance.
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Teachers and the Law – Safety Concerns & Notification to Teachers About Students and Criminal History
An employee's refusal to work in unsafe working conditions is protected activity under the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA), where the safety concern is legitimate and reasonable, arises during the course of duties either necessary to the job or requested by the supervisor, and the refusal to work is limited to actual and reasonable safety concerns. Pleasant Valley School District (1988) PERB Decision No. 708.
An employee cannot be laid off or discharged, or otherwise not paid, for refusing to perform work in the performance of which the Labor Code, any occupational safety or health standard or any Labor Department safety order will be violated, where the violation would create a real and apparent hazard to the employee or his or her fellow employees. Labor Code 6311.
Notification to Teachers about Students and Criminal History
Notification to teacher; pupil who has engaged in acts constituting grounds for suspension or expulsion; civil or criminal liability; misdemeanor; fine; confidential information; application of section. Ed. Code 49079.
a) A school district shall inform the teacher of each pupil who has engaged in, or is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, any of the acts described in any of the subdivisions, except subdivision (h), of Section 48900. The district shall provide the information to the teacher based upon any records that the district maintains in its ordinary course of business, or receives from a law enforcement agency, regarding a pupil described in this section
b) No school district, or school district officer or employee, shall be civilly or criminally liable for providing information under this section unless it is proven that the information was false and that the district or district officer or employee knew that the information was false, or was made with a reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the information provided.
c) An officer or employee of a school district who knowingly fails to provide information about a pupil who has engaged in, or who is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, the acts referred to in subdivision (a), is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable by confinement in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
District Responsibility to Inform Teachers of Criminal History
A school district must inform any teacher, counselor or administrator in a supervisory or disciplinary position when, based on records maintained by the district or received from law enforcement, it has information that, during the three previous school years, a pupil has engaged in, or is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, the following criminal or disruptive conduct at school, while going to or from school, or during a school sponsored activity:
a) Causing, attempting, or threatening physical injury to another;
b) Possessing, selling, or otherwise furnishing, a firearm, knife, or other dangerous object;
c) Possessing, using or selling illegal drugs, alcohol, or drug paraphernalia;
d) Committing or attempting to commit robbery or extortion;
e) Damaging or attempting to damage school property;
f) Stealing or attempting to steal school or private property;
g) Committing an obscene act or engaging in habitual profanity or vulgarity;
h) Possessing, offering, arranging or negotiating to sell, any drug paraphernalia;<
i) Disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties;
j) Knowingly receiving stolen school or private property.
A district employee who knowingly fails to provide mandated information about a pupil is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, or up to $1,000 fine or both.
Such information is confidential and shall not be further disseminated. Ed. Code 49079.
If a minor enrolled in a public school (grades K-12) is found by a court to have committed any felony or any misdemeanor involving curfew, gambling, alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, carrying of weapons, assault or battery, larceny, vandalism, or graffiti, the court must send written notice to the school superintendent within seven days. The information shall be expeditiously transmitted to any counselor who directly supervises the student and may be transmitted to any teacher or administrator with direct supervisorial or disciplinary responsibility over the minor who needs the information in order to work with the student, to avoid being needlessly vulnerable, or to protect other persons from needlessly vulnerability. Any information received by a teacher shall be received in confidence for the limited purpose of rehabilitating the minor and protecting students and staff and shall not be further disseminated except insofar as communication with the juvenile, his or her parents, probation officer, and law enforcement is necessary for these purposes. Welf. & Inst. Code 827 (b).
Each notice received from the court shall be kept in a confidential file at the student's school, transferred to any subsequent school, and maintained until the student graduates from high school, is released from juvenile court jurisdiction, or reaches the age of 18. The record shall then be destroyed. Welf & Inst. Code 827(b).
Further, even short of conviction, when a petition is filed in juvenile court or a complaint is filed in any court alleging that a minor is using, selling or possessing drugs, the district attorney may provide written notice to the superintendent of the school district of attendance. Ed. Code 48909.
The superintendent or designee of the district where the minor is enrolled may inspect the minor's juvenile court file and all documents contained therein. Welf. & Inst. Code 827(b).
A law enforcement agency may also release information to a school district relating to the taking into custody or conviction of a minor from crime(s) against the property, students or personnel of that district. Welf. & Inst. Code 828.3.
Additionally, the name of a minor 14 years of age or older, who has been found to be a ward of the court, may be disclosed to the public if the minor has committed a specified "serious" or "violent" felony. Welf. & Inst. Code 204.5.
A student or his/her parent or guardian must notify a school at the time of enrollment if the student was expelled previously from another school and must disclose the reason for the expulsion. Ed. Code 48915.1.
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Acne blows. Craters. Discoloration. Oily skin. Spotting. Every component of it is a complete morale killer, looks unattractive, and can easily place you in left swipe category. Could there be anything worse? Oh, wait, acne scarring. The emotional effects damaged skin causes can last longer than the actual blemishes that reshape your moneymaker. And while scarring can be incredibly difficult to avoid at times, it's not an untreatable condition. So don't shed a tear just yet because there's nothing a good anti-acne scar cream can't fix.
Restoring your skin back to its flawless profile requires some kind of medical care. Google acne scar treatments and you're bound to stumble upon a variety of clinically proven cures, each offering their own skincare benefits. Laser surgery and collagen injections might be out of budget's reach. So this is where topical creams save the day. They remain a popular choice based on over-the-counter availability, soothing application, and much more. And if that's the remedy of choice you feel most comfortable purchasing and using, consider some of these key factors before stepping into the beauty aisle of your pharmacy.
Avoid harmful agents: Certain ones — including acrylics, alcohols, phthalates, and parabens — will destroy your skin, whereas ingredients like hydroquinone can produce permanent grey pigmentation.
Bask in the extra benefits: Scar healing is great, but any products designed to attack bumps, discoloration, and other acne-related infirmities are a huge win.
More vitamin C, less vitamin E: It's been said a high dose of ascorbic acid works to brighten uneven skin tone and produce smoother outcomes, whereas a study from the University of Miami showed that applying vitamin E to scars either had no effect or made matters worse for 90% of test subjects.
Resort to Retinoids (when possible): Doctors recommend the use of retinoid skin products because they brighten and heal skin quickly.
Small checklist, massive gains. The best acne scar creams are the ones promoting essential ingredients and instant results. You're asking, which are those? The market's top offerings await you below.
This luxury skincare staple offers a hybrid serum that works both as an acne and spot removal treatment. It's a multi-purpose solution filled with rich antioxidants and skin-conditioning agents that restore your bark to its natural state. Making it a part of your skincare routine reverses some of the side effects that come with aging and post-acne discoloration, with betterment promised in as little as two weeks. Deeper scarring can take up to 12 weeks, with significant progress occurring throughout time. Modern ingredients such as illumiscin, niacinamide PC, actiwhite, chromabright, lipochroman-6, and caffeine work to boost one's appearance by maintaining skintone clarity and texture, which is exactly what you desire.
More affordable than the rest of the options, plus favored by most dermatologists and pharmacists, Merderma's skin healer is the safest bet one can make. The fact that it's potent enough to manage older and newer scars alone earns it a badge. That's not to undersell some of its other rejuvenating features. It's infused with SPF 30 to not only prevent sunburn, but also conceal scars in light environments. Testimonials rave over the product's effectiveness on their skin, having improved the softness and texture of scars after weeks of use. Certain ingredients like glycerin and panthenol aid in healing skin tissue as well.
Is vegan grooming a big part of your skincare regimen? Much respect to you. Here we have an anti-acne cream composed from botanical ingredients and plant extracts, making it the only 100% organic scar treatment out there that we're aware of. That means it's free of GMOs, gluten and soy. This singular formulation brings antimicrobial and healing herbs together to fight hormonal breakouts and cystic acne from the moment it's slathered onto your grille, halting the formation of blemishes by removing impurities and leveling out skin texture. One small pump (twice a day) is apparently enough to save face (pun intended). Even when producing an oily presence at first, it dries out quickly after application to work its magic.
A protection balm with restorative powers, this moisturizing elixir accelerates the recovery process by employing a special blend of minerals and thermal spring water to control the optimal healing environment of your skin. The use of sucralfate, a medication primarily taken for treating ulcers, works to protect damaged skin and isolates it from environmental toxins. A protective barrier is formed to minimize the appearance of scars. While thick in texture, the cream provides a gentle touch on sensitive skin, activating its cooling properties upon contact to tame irritation and redness. Reviews claim it works best when worn at night due to its thickness. This should spare you from any makeup malfunctions during the day.
Vernal's spot treatment is suited for all skin types and kills two blemish birds with one stone by working its way into cells to reduce signs of aging and scarring. A sense of warmth rushes through your face when applied gently onto skin. The complex is ridiculously loaded with skin renewal ingredients that work cohesively to reduce the formation of cellular debris for smoother skin retransformation. Supplements like hyaluronic acid enhance skin by replenishing the surface with essential nutrients to provide a healthier glow — no parabens, no sulfates. It's recommended that users pair the cream with a quality SPF for a bigger payoff. Clinical trials show 63% of consumers experienced improvements in skin tone and 100% reported healthier skin.
From acne to burn scars, bruises to surgical lesions, the makers of Revitol claim their product is made to cure all wounds. If the name of the product isn't already a clear indication, the signature ingredient here is retinol, which works uniformly with more advanced elements like copper peptides to penetrate through lower skin layers and heal damaged tissue, stimulating skin cell regeneration. Special proteins and vitamins then work to reduce the visibility of any scarring. The formula bears other notable traits including the ability to block skin from growing back faded cells again — not to mention it balances collagen levels to eliminate discolorations.
It's pretty easy to sell a consumer on an acne treatment formulated using "organic components from nature." That's basically the mantra of this repair cream. It doesn't exude the most masculine of scents (floral), and the petite bottle design fits right in with your girlfriend's skincare products. But those drawbacks take a backseat to the incredible potency of the complex that raises bumps to the surface to instantly cure them rather than allow them to rest underneath the skin. The cream's special blend of ingredients adds to its uniqueness with a special mixture that exploits rejuvenation in the most non-traditional ways. For instance, Bee venom is a key element used to increase blood circulation and distribute nutrients to the skin for moisturization and nutriment. Not to brag, but we did warn you of its amazing skincare benefits in our bizarre grooming ingredients breakdown. Just sayin'!
Beauty is a vanity only afforded to those that are willing to pay for it. So if funds allow, it doesn't hurt to spoil oneself with this skin renewing solution. It relies on chemical compounds known as alpha hydroxy acids, which is one of the most popular methods of removing scars by sloughing away dead skin cells and balancing skin tone. Most reviewers praise the cream for its lightweight feel and softening effect, along with its other skincare benefits including redness and wrinkle prevention. Some also claim the miniature bottle offers enough to purge your face of blotches in a matter of days, though that's always dependent on your skin type.


This refreshing and moist raw pineapple refrigerator cake recipe is a perfect summer treat! A food processor is required for the cake, and a blender is required for the icing. Enjoy!
To make the cake, process almonds alone in food processor until almost resembling flour that is a tiny bit chunky.
Add all remaining cake ingredients (except coconut) to the almonds in the food processor. Process until well combined and sticky.
Transfer processed mixture to a large bowl. Add coconut and stir with a spoon or combine with your hands.
Using hands, press cake mixture down firmly into cake dish (or pie plate, springform pan, etc). Set aside.
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Five Takeaways of How Chinese Talent Contributes to Biotech Innovation in the U.S.
by Lei Guang, Ruixue Jia, Jingwen Liu, Young Yang
Visualization by Jingwen Liu and Young Yang
At The Heart Of Innovation: Talent
Talent is at the heart of innovation. The movement of talent across national borders has attracted the attention of policymakers worldwide. In the United States, many have observed that foreign talent plays a central role in driving innovation and making the country competitive in science and technology. Talented individuals from foreign countries are reported to have contributed to new scientific discoveries and created new products and processes in the United States. But the precise degree of contributions to a particular industry by international talent has not been well quantified and documented.
To understand the degree to which foreign talent drives American enterprises, we examine innovation in biotechnology, a rapidly evolving field of discovery and innovation that the United States has long dominated. The National Academy of Sciences has declared the 21st century the "age of biotechnology." Advances in biotechnology are vital for future global progress and prosperity. Indeed, such advances depend on talent, and on global cooperation, including and especially between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC).
Five Takeaways (Click for Details)
The Contribution Of Chinese Inventors To Biotech Innovation In The United States Is Significant And Increasing.
Historically, Most Chinese Inventors Of U.S. Biotech Patents Reside In The United States.
But More And More Reside In China After 2010.
Patents By Chinese Inventors Overwhelmingly Benefit American Companies.
Chinese Scientists Are Among The Most Important Collaborators Of The United States.
The United States And China Produce More "Super-Mobile" Inventors Than Any Other Countries.
In this blog, we document the significant and increasing contribution of Chinese inventors to biotech innovation in the U.S. In aggregate terms from 1976 to 2019, most of the PRC-born or mainland Chinese inventors (explained below) of U.S. biotech patents reside in the United States.
Their inventions overwhelmingly benefit American companies. According to our very restrictive definition, mainland Chinese inventors were responsible for at least 11.1 percent of the biotech patents in 2019 alone[1], with over 70 percent of the patents assigned to U.S. companies.
U.S. – China collaboration, including the number of super-mobile inventors who shuttle between the two countries, is among the highest of any pair of countries that either involve the U.S. or China as one party. In the case of super-mobile inventors too, most of their patents benefit American enterprises.
We can thus conclude that American strength in biotechnology benefits greatly from the participation of international talent, including PRC-born Chinese scientists and technology entrepreneurs. We echo the sentiment expressed in a recent 21st Century China Center report: "America's long-standing fundamental advantage is its ability to attract the world's best talent to its universities and laboratories…the United States should avoid making America the 'second choice' for top talent."
The quantity and ownership of patents are among the best indicators of technological innovation. Using patent data from PatentView, a platform that derives records of inventors from the bulk files of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), we analyze the contribution of Chinese inventors to American success in the biotech field. We use the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) classification to define biotechnology patents as those related to biological materials, medical technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, macromolecular chemistry polymers, food chemistry, and plant biology. Based on this classification, we have identified a total of 884,636 biotech patents by 645,218 inventors filed with USPTO between 1976-2019.
We estimate the ethnicity of the inventors in two ways:
1. Ethnically Chinese Names: We use an algorithm called NamePrism to identify ethnically Chinese names (See methodological notes about NamePrism).
2. PRC-born or Mainland Chinese Names: In the context of this blog, we define "mainland Chinese" to be those inventors of U.S. biotech patents who are born in China, who would later immigrate to the U.S. or stay in China with patent-filing activities in the U.S. We identify names that align with naming conventions in Hanyu pinyin[2] system widely used in the PRC to approximate the proportion of inventors who are PRC-born. Note that this method misses those who come from mainland China but use anglicized names.
We estimate that at least 49 percent of ethnic Chinese inventors in the database have a PRC connection, that is, they are either recent immigrants or foreign visa holders in the U.S., or increasingly residents of China who file patents in the U.S.[3] Based on this information, we estimate the contribution to biotech patents filed in the United States by ethnic Chinese inventors in general, and by the mainland Chinese inventors in particular.
This research has benefited from the research assistance provided by Chaoran LI and Songyue ZHANG, both graduate students at UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.
[1] According to the estimation from American Community Survey, Americans of Chinese descent, including those with partial Chinese ancestry constitute 1.3% of the total U.S. population as of 2019.
[2] Hanyu Pinyin, often abbreviated as Pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in PRC or mainland China. Increasingly it is also being adopted by Singapore and some other countries, but most places with large Chinese population such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and SE Asian countries, still follow a different alphabetic custom. As is explained in our methodological notes, we manually customize our Pinyin dictionary to exclude explicit non-PRC alphabetic customs, which increases our confidence that inventors identified by our Pinyin method are likely to be residents of China, or first-generation immigrants or foreign visa holders from China in the United States, a subset of the ethnic Chinese inventors.
[3] This number is based on the percentage of names predicted to be ethnic Chinese by the algorithm that also appear in the Pinyin dictionary. See methodological notes for more detailed explanation.
Lei GUANG is the director of 21st Century China Center, GPS, UC San Diego. His research focuses on the state-society relations in China. He has studied China's internal migration, informal sector workers, and political discourses, and is interested in understanding how public opinions in China and the U.S. influence their respective policies toward each other.
Ruixue JIA is a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE and an associate professor at GPS, UC San Diego. Dr Jia is interested in the interplay of economics, history and politics. One stream of her research focuses on understanding elite formation and elite influence, in both historical and modern contexts. A second focus of her work is the deep historical roots of economic development. More recently, she started following the ongoing transformation of the manufacturing sector in China and expanded her interest to labour and technology issues.
Jingwen LIU graduated from GPS, UC San Diego with a Master of Chinese Economic and Political Affairs in 2020 and currently works in data analytics in the industry. She is interested in understanding public opinion and how historical memory and discourse influence information consumption and decision making leveraging different data sources and methods.
Young YANG is a postdoctoral fellow at the China Data Lab, UC San Diego, where he works closely with faculty and other researchers on data exploration, integration, and visualization. His research interests fall into how new information technologies combined with government and platform policies influence individuals and organizations' decision-making process.
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