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On this page, you will find a list of terms relevant to the subject of recognition of religion or belief, many of Cometanic origin and others of pre-Cometanic or non-Cometanic origin.
State advocation for a certain belief system, especially its support through financial and legal means.
Appropriate regulation
State acts of controlling religious or belief activity that are sufficiently justified, hence they do not violate freedom of religion or belief.
Existential recognition
The state's bestowal of recognised status on an entity for its very existence, not including any legal protections; this type of recognition is grantable to belief systems, denominations and their related communities rather than national or local religious organisation that may hold legal personality; existential recognition is also likely to have legal repercussions; contrasted with registration.
Macro-level restriction
A type of restriction on religious or belief activity that is universal, is applied to all belief systems, organisations and their communities.
Protection tool
A type of law, policy, or theory that protects against restrictions on religious or belief activity.
The legal, social and cultural acknowledgement or identification of any kind of manifestation of religion or belief, either by the state or by the public.
Recognition law
The body of state laws and policies established to regulate recognition of religion or belief in a country though oftentimes this leads to restriction of religious activity; also called registration law or association law.
Regulation of religion or belief
State limitations on the exercise of religion or belief that are regarded by independent experts and human rights standards as reasonable limits.
Apparatus of recognition
A set of policies, laws and mechanisms at the disposal of a government for its recognising or disrecognising of any kind of manifestation of religion or belief.
The religious, spiritual or philosophical beliefs of a person as they relate to or come to form that individual's sense of identity.
The combination of an accommodationist and cooperationist approach to state-religion relations based on the state's proactive enrichment of the religious and philosophical aspects of the lives of citizens.
Levels of recognition
A framework devised to split the bestowal of religious recognition into five types; the systemic; the individual, the communal, the institutional, the parochial.
Mediationism
An approach to state recognition of religion or belief that entails the establishment of an intermediary agency to handle affairs of recognition and registration; the degree of that agency's authority, autonomy and accountability may vary considerable.
Recognition agency
A type of regulatory agency instituted to oversee and monitor the running of a country's recognition system; such an agency is ideally autonomous from government, authoritative in its declarations and implementations, as well as accountable for its actions.
The process by which a religious organisation, whether national or local, receives recognition from the state in law and as a result, acquires legal protection; also called legal recognition; deregistration, misregistration and registration are processes related to this form of recognition.
Official Cover for Recognition of Religion or Belief (set to be released in 2022).
Facilitation of religion or belief
The state process of cultivating a diverse landscape of religious and philosophical belief and practice among the public.
Inappropriate regulation
Unjust state acts of controlling religious or belief activity that lead to violations of freedom of religion or belief.
Legal entity status
A religious organisation's recognition in law as granted through a process of state registration.
Justification tool
A type of narrative tool that presents one or more justifications for government restrictions of religious or belief activity.
Micro-level restriction
A type of restriction that is imposed only on a certain belief system, organisation or community.
Percolative recognition
A form of recognition in a dependent territory that is bestowed automatically as a result of a religion or group's recognition in the territory's mother country; opposite is non-percolative recognition.
Narrative tool
A type of restriction tool that justifies a government's restrictions of religious or belief activity based on an interwoven narrative; such a narrative may also be used by other religious groups to subjugate another group.
Reduction tool
A law, policy, activity or theory that involves the reduction of existent restrictions on religious and belief activity.
Recognition establishment
A state's act of instituting an official system for recognising and registering different kinds of manifestations of religion or belief.
Recognition system
Regarded collectively those state mechanisms for recognising and registering different kings of religious and belief activity.
Restriction tool
A type of state mechanism for restricting religious or belief activity in any form.
A multifaceted theory and approach to freedom of religion or belief that places an emphasis on the value and powers of recognition, that is primarily state recognition of different manifestations of religion or belief and how this comes to effect social recognition of the same to reduce issues proposed as caused by a lack of mutual recognition of differing beliefs.
Religious recognition
The body of activities that either bestows or denies acknowledgement to any type of manifestation of religion or belief; also called recognition of religion or belief.
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Brewers' 2015 Top Draft Pick Trent Clark Reflects on a Busy 12 Months with the Organization
by Kyle Lobner
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For the Milwaukee Brewers, the 2016 season offers an opportunity to look ahead to the future while the organization undergoes a rebuilding process under new general manager David Stearns. This week even more eyes will turn to the future as the MLB Draft gets underway on Thursday.
A year ago at this time, outfielder Trent Clark was still in high school in Texas. The Brewers selected him with the 15th overall pick in the 2015 draft and he's since advanced to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers during a whirlwind 12 months as a professional. This weekend we talked to him about his early pro career, lessons learned and the year ahead.
What's this first year and the adjustment to professional baseball been like for you?
It's been exciting. It's been a fun year. I've met a lot of new people, learned a lot of things about myself, I've learned a lot of things about the game and I believe it's going to help me in my career. A lot.
You've moved around a fair amount this first year, playing in Arizona, with Helena and now with Wisconsin. Have you gotten used to moving around and adjusting to new places
Yeah, for the most part. It's hard to get used to a thing like that but for the most part I've gotten pretty used to being in a different place and knowing that I can go up or down or whatever. I'm really kind of accustomed to it by now.
Is there a challenge that comes with that in terms of developing a support structure or a group of friends in a new place?
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We're all friends. We all know each other. We went to spring training together, we played together last year in instructs (Fall Instructional League) in the AZL (the Arizona Summer League), or in (rookie level) Helena, or wherever. So we know each other when we're going up to these new places, we've played with these guys before. So there's kind of a known basis for all of us.
It's been a year now since you've been drafted. If you could go back a year and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?
I can't really think of anything that I'd give myself. I feel like I've done everything, for the most part, pretty well, and I keep an open mind and try to learn as much as I can. But I feel like I've done those things, and that's the advice I would still give myself.
As a player, are you where you expected to be a year ago?
You can't really expect much, because the only thing you can do is go out and play. You can't control where they send you, they have their own path for you. The organization wants you to do your best every single day, play hard, and then they'll make the decisions from there, where you go.
How much of the organization's plan for you do you know?
Zero. I get out and play every day and then they tell me what to do, when to do it and where I'll be going.
So what are some of your goals for the next year?
Again, play hard and just come out here and have fun every day. It's a game and I love to play this game. It's been fun for me, learning as much as I can and soaking up as I can from all these coaches and medical staff. They've taught me a lot so far and they're going to continue to teach me. So, just stay around them and learn some stuff.
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Social Work Degrees, Schools, and Careers in Hawaii
Let's just start by saying that you shouldn't be looking for social work education in Hawaii if you value a diverse set of schools and programs to choose from. Hawaii, through no fault of its own, does not have a lot of social work degree programs for students to choose from. In fact, there are only three schools in the state that offer social work degrees and between those three schools there are just five programs to choose from. And, only Hawaii Pacific University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa offer Master's in Social Work degrees that are required for licensure in Hawaii and all 49 other states. But none of this should be surprising because as everyone knows, Hawaii is one of the least populated states in the country and enrollment in higher education pales in comparison to enrollment in other states.
The stats on professional social workers in Hawaii tells a similar story. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics there are roughly 3,000 professional social workers spread across the different islands and those social workers make an annual average salary of between $47,840 and $66,990 depending on the specialty of the social worker in question.
The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs recognizes three types of social work licenses.
Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW)
For the licensed bachelor social worker, the applicant must have a bachelor's degree from a college or university in a social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and he/she must have passed the basic level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Boards.
For the licensed social worker, the applicant must have a master's degree from a college or university in a social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or a doctoral degree from a doctoral degree program in social work accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. They also must pass the intermediate or higher level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Boards.
For the licensed clinical social worker, the applicant has to have met the same educational requirements for the LSW. They also need to have passed the clinical level national examination given by the Association of Social Work Boards and have completed at least three thousand hours of post masters clinical social work experience under supervision completed within no fewer than two years, but within no more than five years. Clinical social work experience shall include a "minimum of two thousand hours of assessment, clinical diagnosis, and psychotherapy; no more than a maximum of nine hundred hours of client-centered advocacy, consultation, and evaluation; and at least one hundred hours of direct face to-face supervision."
Hawaii Social Work Degrees, Schools, and Careers
We already mentioned the two schools that offer MSW degree programs in Hawaii above. The third school is Brigham Young University – Hawaii which only offers a bachelor's degree in social work. This program is designed to be a four-year program and includes courses such as social welfare policy, social work with substance abusers, community mental health, statistics and a number of practicums. The MSW programs are more comprehensive and also more challenging. Just getting into these programs usually means that the student has at least a 3.0 GPA as well as references and some sort of social work experience as a volunteer or intern. The GRE is not usually required.
UH-Manoa has three programs – a BSW, a MSW and a PhD in social work. The BSW is similar to the one offered at BYU but the MSW is designed to prepare professional social workers for advanced practice with individuals, families and communities. The program specifically focuses on four areas: children and families, mental health, health and gerontology. It also includes practicum experience that is required for graduation. The PhD program is dedicated to preparing future leaders in the advancement of social welfare education, practice, policy development and research. Hawaii Pacific has a BSW and MSW program and both are very similar in terms of coursework and practicum experience requirements and that is primarily because of required competencies and standards. At both of those universities, students can choose to enroll in the program part-time.
Online Social Work Schools in Hawaii
Don't hold your breath is the short answer. UH-Manoa does offer a distance MSW program where classes are delivered via interactive television, computer-based delivery, face-to-face onsite and hybrid approaches. But the program is only available to neighbor island residents in their communities. Graduates through the Distance Education (DE) option will be awarded the MSW degree after completion of a three year program of classes, including field practicum. Otherwise students should consider for-profit universities and national online MSW programs at schools such as USC, Rutgers, Fordham and others.
Career Opportunities for Social Workers in Hawaii
In Hawaii there are two primary industries that employ social workers. The first is that actual state. Among the state entities currently looking for social workers are the Department of the Army, the Hawaii State Judiciary and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Child and Family Service of Hawaii is currently looking for program directors and domestic violence specialists and the state of Hawaii is looking for a social worker to serve a supervisor to lower-level social workers.
The other industry that employs social workers in Hawaii is the healthcare industry. WellCare, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health and Hawaii Behavioral Health are just some of the healthcare providers and service providers that are seemingly always looking for qualified social workers to join the ranks. There is also the obvious smattering of hospitals and hospices and care facilities that are looking for for social workers as well.
For more information about the process of becoming a social worker in Hawaii, visit our page on social worker license requirements in Hawaii.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in Hawaii
United States $32,300 $38,350 $48,430 $62,080 $80,290
Hawaii $36,760 $45,960 $55,660 $67,730 $78,880
Honolulu, HI $29,800 $36,870 $45,440 $56,420 $66,580
Table data taken from 2020 BLS (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211021.htm)
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Chimezie Ozofor January 08, 2020 football news
The Nigerian forward was announced as the best African female footballer of the year on Tuesday at the 2019 CAF Awards ceremony in Egypt. Oshoala, who plays for Spanish side Barcelona, beat Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana, who was crowned in Senegal last year to claim the title. It is the fourth time the 25-year-old is being crowned the best African female footballer. She won the award in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and was also among the final three in 2018 but lost to her South African rival Kgatlana. Shortly after she was announced as the winner, Oshoala took to Twitter to thank her family and friends, as well as her fans and colleagues locally and internationally for their support. Grateful to be African Women's Player of the year for the 4th time. Thank God, my Family, Friends and Fans for the support. Big shoutout to my club , my management , team mates at both national team and club level and of course thanks to @CAF_Online for the opportunity Meanwhile, Senegalese striker and Liverpool star Sadio Mane won his first Africa's 2019 Player of the Year honour. The 27-year old beat his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah of Egypt who won the award the last two years, as well as Algeria's Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City). Celebrating his success at the event, he said, "I am really happy and at the same time I am really proud to win this award. It's a big day for me." Mane scored 34 goals and produced 12 assists in 61 appearances in 2019, according to CAF statistics. In the youth category, Morocco and Borussia Dortmund defender, Achraf Hakimi, was crowned the African Youth Player Of The Year. The 21-year-old beat Nigerian duo of Victor Osimhen (Lille) and Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) to claim the prize. The Egyptian Football Association won the Federation of the Year award.
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Jose Jovet turned his lifelong experience in upholstery into his own small business, where he now teaches his two young sons the craft.
Jose Jovet has mastered the craft of upholstery over the past four decades, but it took a visit to his local Wells Fargo branch to help turn his passion into a business.
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There was a time not too long ago when Jose Jovet knew a lot about upholstery — 43 years of experience will do that — but not a lot about how to turn his lifelong passion into a functioning, successful business. Fortunately, in 2016, he decided to visit his local Wells Fargo branch in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, where he met with business banker Ted Neely.
It was like love at first sight when I lay my hands on furniture. If I had to find another job, I won't see me doing anything else.
Raised in Puerto Rico, 54-year-old Jose Jovet learned the art of upholstery from his father. At 19, he moved to the United States mainland, and for decades, struggled through a series of short-term jobs and moves before deciding to put down roots for his family.
There you go. Now you've got the technique.
We were staying in places for three months, six months, 10 months, the most.
Joseph, which is ten, say, "Hey dad, when we're going to stay in one place for good?" Because we've been jumping from school to school and every time we make new friends, you know, we have to leave.
He started his own business, and at one point in its humble beginning, was living and working in a hotel room.
We had to work so hard. My wife and I, we used to drop the kids off at school. We'd come back to the room. We'd flip the mattress upside down to use it as a table.
Soon after, Jose sought financial advice from Wells Fargo.
When Jose first walked into the branch, he said I don't know much about business, how to open an account. I do know a lot about upholstery.
It's less than a year.
I helped him get the structure for the business. We went through a business needs assessment, what he needed, what's important to him as a business customer.
He advised me to separate personal account from the business, and he also advised me to get a credit line.
With Ted's help, and word of mouth about Jose's talent as an upholsterer, the business took root.
Now, he has a shop in the heart of town and also works on projects at home.
I build the side panels, I build the back seat for it.
At first I was scared to open a business, but I kept my faith, and we're here serving my customers with all kinds of projects.
It's a beautiful piece of fabric.
My goal is to help Jose grow, help him expand, and I see him pretty much on a weekly basis.
Now settled, he's thinking of the future.
In the next two years, I can see myself more relaxed, having a few employees and teaching upholstery.
And as you can see, this goes for the top.
I'm pretty sure Wells Fargo can help me with that idea.
What do you find easier, the tacks or the staples?
He's also focused on passing along the family tradition to his sons.
That's something that makes me proud, because my kids are only ten and eight, and they want to work with me.
Everything has been going so good.
Just because I never let down my dream. I move forward with it and we're here.
The two worked together to establish the structure of Jovet's business, setting up things like merchant services to facilitate customer payments, building credit and creating a cash flow plan to cover inventory expenses, and simplifying his accounting by separating his personal and business finances.
Jovet credits the guidance he received from Neely and Wells Fargo with helping him successfully launch his Blaine, Minnesota-based upholstery company, Jovet Customs.
After being taught upholstery as a young boy by his father, Jovet spent decades mastering his craft and using those skills to earn a living. But, as he grew older, the desire to take ownership of his career reached a crescendo.
A family affair: Jose Jovet and his wife, Rubilinda, work together to reupholster a chair.
When Jovet ventured out on his own a few years ago, his "shop" was actually a rented hotel room where he and his wife, Rubilinda, would literally flip the mattress over each day to use as a workstation for cutting and sewing. With hard work and long hours, the business began to grow, which allowed Jovet to rent a home and move his workshop into the house's garage.
Jovet's experience as an owner-operator is not unique. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, four out of five small businesses are categorized as "nonemployer firms," meaning they have no paid employees. And, of the approximately 3.3 million Hispanic-owned small businesses in the U.S., that ratio jumps to more than 90 percent.
Neely noted that for these "one-man-band" operations — like Jovet Customs — having the right external support can often be the difference between a company's success and failure.
Now, eighteen months after setting up shop in a hotel room, Jovet Customs operates out of a storefront and offers upholstery services for automobiles, boats, and planes, along with antique furniture restoration. Things are going so well, in fact, that Jovet is considering launching his own upholstery school as a second business.


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How to Do Beam Load Calculations
Building Construction & Design / By Swagatam / Civil Engineering
Just a look around will relate to us the simple, yet interesting fact that each and every object, living or non-living, is constantly applying a certain load over a certain base and also simultaneously is being subjected to an equal and opposite magnitude of force by the supported base.
A car parked over a place exerts a force or offers a load on the ground that may be equal to its weight; however the ground also presents an equal but opposite force to the car so that it stays in place intact. Since the car is held at one constant position, this implies that the two forces must be equal and acting in opposite directions.
Basically the following two forces normally act over any object that fundamentally constitute a load:
Weight of the object, acting toward the ground
Reaction of the ground or the base, acting upwards over the object
Before we move into the details of beam load calculations, it would be important to first know about types of loads that may act over a beam supported at its ends.
A load may be classified into the following important types:
Point load, confined sharply over a single point,
Equally or uniformly distributed load and,
Uniformly varying load.
Let's understand them one by one.
Point Load: A load or weight subjected over a point area is called a point load. However, mathematically a point load doesn't look feasible, simply because any load will need to have a certain area of impact and cannot possibly balance over a point, but if the impact area is too small compared to the length of the beam, may be taken as defined.
Equally Distributed Load: As the name implies a load that's equally aligned across the whole beam is termed an equally distributed load.
Uniformly Varying Load: Loads distributed over a beam which produces a uniformly increasing load gradient across the entire beam end to end is called a uniformly varying load.
A beam possibly may be subjected to one of the above loads or in combinations.
Beam Reactions
The following simple illustration will walk us through formulas relating to beam load calculations or, more accurately, beam reactions:
Referring to the diagram alongside, let's consider a beam being supported at its ends (left and right), denoted by the letters A and B respectively.
Let there be point loads acting on the beam over positions marked as W1, W2, and W3.
Also let,
RA = Reaction at the end A of the beam.
RB = Reaction at the end B of the beam.
Now, there are primarily a couple of forces (turning effect) that's acting over the beam ends A and B viz. clockwise and anti-clockwise moment of force.
Since the moment of force over a supported beam is equal to the product of Force (weight here) and its distance from the support or the pivot, total clockwise moment acting at point A may be given as:
W1.a + W2.b + W3.c,
Also, the anticlockwise moment of force acting over point B must be:
RB.l
Now because the beam is in equilibrium, implies that the above two moments of force must be equal in magnitudes, therefore equating the two expressions gives:
W1.a + W2.b + W3.c = RB.l
RB =W1.a + W2.b + W3.c / l
The equilibrium with the beam also implies that:
RA + RB = W1.a + W2.b + W3.c
RA = ( W1.a + W2.b + W3.c) – RB
Now as per the conditions of equilibrium, the algebraic sum of all horizontal components in the above expression becomes immaterial and can be nullified (ƩH = 0.)
Therefore, the final equation becomes
RA = ( W1 + W2 + W3) – RB
The above formula may be used for finding out the reaction of a loaded beam about its end supports.
Calculating Shear Force and Bending Moment
The two important parameters also involved with beam load calculations are Shear Force (SF) and Bending Moment (BM).
Let's derive them with the help of the following simple illustration:
Referring to the figure alongside, consider a beam loaded with uniformly distributed load of W per unit length. Also, consider a certain section of the beam RS, having a length δx at a distance x from the LHS (Left Hand Side) support of the beam.
The load acting over the section RS of the beam will be equal to W. δx (moment of Force).
Now assuming the Shear Force at point R to be = F,
Then at point S it will be F + δF.
Also, if the Bending Moment at R = M, then at S it becomes M + δM.
Since the beam is at equilibrium, the involved moment must also follow the laws of equilibrium, therefore equating two unbalanced expressions at S we get:
F + W.δx = F + δF
Or δF/δx = W,
The above expressions indicate that the rate of change of Shear Force is equal to the load pressure or the intensity.
Similarly the moments at S may be equated as:
M – F.δx – Wδx2/2 = M + δM
Or δM = – F.δx, (ignoring the trivial quantity δx2)
We get, δM/δx = – F
The above relation shows that the rate of change of the Bending Moment is equal to the Shear Force of the section RS.
The data (Reaction formula, Shear Force and Bending Moment Relation) explained in this article may be used during beam load calculations for further determining the quality and the type of material to be used for loading the beam safely.
Measuring Bending Moment in Cantilever Beams
A beam fixed at one end and freely hanging at the other is called a cantilever beam.
Looking at the figure shown in this section, consider a cantilever beam having a length l and supporting a load W over its free end. Examining the section X which is at a distance x from the free end we find that the shear force equals the total unbalanced force (weight) acting vertically over the beam, i.e.:
Fx = –W (the minus sign is due to right side going downwards)
And the bending moment can be expressed as:
Mx = –Wx (the minus sign indicates opposite arching)
The shear force is constant throughout the section AB and is equal to –W. The bending moment is zero at B because x = 0 there, and increases to –Wl by the straight line law at A where x = l.
Book: Applied Mechanics and Strength of Materials.
Author: Khurmi R.S.
Publisher: S.Chand and Company Ltd. (India)
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Two weeks ago, Guiding Hands School, under fire after the death of 13-year-old Davis resident Max Benson, announced it will shut down permanently. The November 28 death of the young Mr. Benson has drawn attention after it was revealed that he was placed in face-down restraints by school staff – on Tuesday, family friend Jennifer Abbanat, speaking at the school board meeting, detailed that he was placed in those restraints for about an hour and forty minutes before he had breathing difficulty and his heart stopped.
I'm here this evening to remind people of the life of Max Benson – our fellow DJUSD student who had just turned 13 and was killed at the non-public school our own district sent him to because they were not able to meet his individual needs.
We have recently learned through investigation that Max died while being restrained by staff at Guiding Hands. The investigation showed that these adults chose to restrain Max inappropriately and did not follow his behavior intervention plan. They chose to use a very dangerous prone restraint to discipline him for a very predictable autism behavior of kicking a wall.
In fact according to the documents filed by the California Department of Education, Max was physically restrained for one hour and forty-five minutes. Prone face down restraints are known to be dangerous because they can impede a person's ability to breathe.
Some awful details have emerged in filings describing what Max suffered while being restrained by adults during this one hour and forty-five-minute time period. At some point his heart stopped.
Max's mom sent him to school on the morning of Wednesday November 28, 2018 as she did all school days. But that was the last time she would see her son alive.
The staff that held Max down excessively, the staff that were witnessed to this happening, the staff who knew what was going on and chose to not intervene are responsible for his death. They all just let him die right there in the classroom and as of today there is no one in custody facing criminal charges.
One recent positive step in getting justice for Max is the recent closure of Guiding Hands School. Before Max's death there were numerous complaints already filed against this school from both parents and districts for abuse, mistreatment, even inappropriate and excessive use of restraints like what killed Max.
This school in early 2018 was given notice they were on conditional certification while complaints were being investigated including up until the time of Max's death.
Our district decided to send Max to this school. What explains this decision. Did they not do their due diligence to ensure that they were sending Max to a safe school? It's public record. Max's family was not given this information. His family trusted DJUSD to make an informed decision about where the best place to send him to appropriately serve his educational needs.
His family trusted guiding hands to provide his educational needs and keep him safe. Guiding Hands School has been notified about the pending investigations against them. Our Davis school district still chose to send Max there. And whether they don't know about the formal complaints and investigations against Guiding Hands or they simply neglected to inform Max's family, is both shocking and inexcusable in either scenario.
How can our parents trust that our own district has the kids' best interest when sending them out into the community? I doubt any of you would feel confident to send your child to one of these special needs schools – what do we not know about the schools where children are being sent?
The District just needs to do better.


The owners of 69 cars parked around the Hague were in for a shock Wednesday morning to find their vehicles had caught fire during New Year's celebrations. There had already been 30 car fires reported near Den Haag by midnight.
Broadcaster Omroepwest collected the list of all car fires in the region. Car fire locations include The Hague, Delft, Honselersdijk, Maasdijk, Naaldwijk, Rijswijk, Voorburg, and Zoetermeer, the broadcaster said.
Haaglanden police officials had worked hard to reduce the number of vehicle fires in the area during New Year's Eve last year. There were 30 during the course of events overnight from 2012/2013, down from 80 in 2011/2012.
That year's celebrations were called "disastrous" by police at the time.
Haaglanden police are expected to reveal their full fire statistics on January 1.


Relic Entertainment are known for their amazing strategy titles, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is no different.
Taking place some 2,000 years in the future, battles are larger than anything you've seen before, with otherworldly factions going to war with each other. Create elaborate tactics and make use of your strengths to make sure that the race you're commanding comes out on top!


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Q: How to count the disks available when pre-seeding a Debian installation? My goal is to have the installer ask the user to:

*

*choose which disk to install to if there are multiple disks available, or

*if there is only one disk, install to it without any user interaction.

Tools like lsblk and fdisk, which I'd usually go to to do something like counting disks don't seem to be available when pre-seeding, and I can't find any documentation for the the tool which is available -- the list-devices command.
A pre-seed reference file is available, and contains this snippet which mentions list-devices, and that makes me think that it might be the command I need to use:
# This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
# useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state
# of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).
#d-i partman/early_command \
#       string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"

I've searched high and low for documentation for list-devices because I'm hoping that it has some sub-commands other than disk which can help me do what I'm trying to do, but I can't find any.
Where can I find documentation for how to use list-devices and which sub-commands are available for it?
Or is there another way to count the available disks when pre-seeding (bearing in mind that I want to exclude the USB device which is the installer itself from that count)?

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5:25 - 3 near shore then left before survey start time 5:40 - no PG but cormorant caught at least one gunnel and ate it 5:48 - total of 8 swimming and sitting on mooring bouys, birds were active with singles and twos flying off to east or west, then returning to area 6:00 - 4 PG around bouys 6:10 - three flew off, then two landed near shore, then all back to bouy 6:15 - 3 back near shore 6:20 - 3 continue near shore with one of them farther out, diving multiple times and catching and eating at least one gunnel 6:30 3 continue near shore with some calling and whistleing, they quite regularly ducked their heads under water. not sure what they were doing. have a video of it. Burrows: we spotted a total of 4 possible burrows all round, no keyhole shapes, two half way up and to the left, one in the center up high and one more lower and to the right. The center one is the most visible, others have vegetation screening them. Laura thought one of the left hand ones was new or much bigger/noticeable than before.
disturbance - Eagle perched on shipwreck near site (? - 5:48) () No PGus present at site until 5:48. Two kingfishers in vicinity on our arrival. Eagle moved from tree west to dock pilings of old marina at 5:43.
disturbance - Eagle calling from downed tree on beach to west (6:20 - 6:30) (fly off water) Birds between buoy and beach fly back towards buoys. 6:23 a loon called and slowly swam into area in front of buoys from west. As it hung around, the PGus were grouping and regrouping in vicinity of buoys and beyond.
disturbance - Two eagles in area most of the time (7:55 - 8:47) (fly off water) One eagle perched on wreck when we arrived, another perched on pole by marina. Only one PGu on site when we arrived, it was near shore but flew off when one eagle flew off post by marina and then disappeared. The eagle on the wreck flew up to perch tree at 8:15 and second eagle reappeared and also perched in a tree down by the pilings. While a number of PGus were in general area, one pair finally settled near the buoys at 8:47. another pair flew to join them at 8:50. Eagles remained in the trees with one short flight near beach at 8:53. the two birds on a bouy jumped in the water but did not leave the area.
Except for five PGus near the bouys near the end of the hour, all of the birds sighted were far to the east next to National Fish and Oyster barges, paddling around the pilings to the west or quite far out towards the passage in various locations. It looks like the burrow at the top of the bluff has been worked a bit, but no clear sign of activity there.
disturbance - Cormorant (7:18 - 7:30) (dive underwater) a cormorant landed in the water near the group at floats, and jumped onto a float that had 3 Pigus on it. The cormorant called and flapped wings, Pigus dove and went to a different float. Cormorant stayed on float past end of observations.
Through entire survey time there was one eagle in a perch tree west of the site, a boat moored on one of the bouys with a heron perched on it, cormorants on each of the other mooring bouys and a pair of loons west of the site but slowly moving closer to in front of the site. On arriving there were 5 widely scattered birds but only 3 when the hour started. two to four pgus continued to move far off shore with the current throughout the hour. 8:00 the three pgus were drifting with the current from the site to the east. 8:03 a pair flew in from the west near the bouys, then one of the pair flew east to join the original 3, now much farther to the east. 8:07 remaining pgu was diving multiple times and caught at least one fish 8:10 a second pgu showed up to form another pair, both were diving and one caught another fish 8:34 - 8:50 pair slowly moved closer to beach with occasional billing and calling. at 8:45 they moved further west as the loons moved in from the east. 8:57 one of the birds near shore caught another fish.
There were no birds on arrival. 7:25 - One flew in near floats but left at 7:40 8:00 - One bird near floats with another out beyond 8:15 - a pair of birds flew W to E and came near shore but kept on going 8:30 - a third bird appeared out by floats None of the birds came close to shore or acted as a pair, we did not notice any of the close up birds diving. Throughout the hour using a scope and binoculars we could see up to five birds further out into the channel. Some were drifting W to E with the current. On arrival there were cormorants on all the floats and two loons off shore. the loons caught quite a few fish but over the hour drifted to the east and out of the immediate area. In the surrounding water far off shore there were a lot more seagulls and cormorants than we have noticed in the past. Several different types of gulls, large and small.
Weather conditions: 53 degrees F, low tide/still falling, glassy calm water, no wind, and high fog that left water clearly visible, but not sky. Eagle perched above marina - not hunting, didn't seem to disturb Pigu's. At 6:10, 13 adult pigeon guillemots were visible (10 scattered between the Powder Dock on Jubilee's beach and the shipwreck and another 3 by the mooring floats.) At 6:25, there was a flurry of singing and flying, and a high count of 18 adults were visible until 6:38, when some flew and others drifted away. At this point, there were three distinct groupings: 7 near end of Powder dock, 6 behind the shipwreck, and another 5 near the channel marker. During last half of count, a group of at least 4 could be seen on the other side of the Powder dock in the Butterball count area.
55 degrees, calm, and overcast skies. 6:30 - 6 in distance by channel marker 6:48 - 12 behind shipwreck (Beachcrest Beach) 7:00 - 16 PiGu's - 14 nearer the Powder Dock on Jubilee's beach and 2 behind the shipwreck 7:30 - 9+ in the distance behind the Powder Docks During the observation, there was a group of 9 loons that were feeding in the same area as the guillemots. An eagle that was perched on the shipwreck feeding on a fish at the start of the observation stayed in the area, either on the Powder Dock pilings or on a tree above the marina. We are fairly sure that the majority of the PiGu's we are observing are the same group as the Butterball group - they appear to fly to and from that direction and often drift toward the Powder Dock. None of the birds were close enough to clearly identify any juveniles.


Among the many names swirling in the Obama VP buzz is that of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. A second-term Democratic governor in what's traditionally seen as a bastion of conservatism, Sebelius earned national attention as the chair of the Democratic Governors Association in 2007 and for delivering the Democratic response to this year's State of the Union. But for many environmentalists, she made her mark with something else entirely.
Earlier this year, Sebelius went head to head with a major utility company and the state's Republican-controlled legislature, three times vetoing bills that would have allowed two 700-megawatt, coal-fired power generators to be built in the state.
The battle began in October 2007 when a state environment official rejected Sunflower's permit to build the new plants on the basis of carbon dioxide emissions — the first such rejection in the U.S. The state legislature fought back with bills that would have allowed the plants to proceed and stripped the state's environmental officials of the authority to grant permits, and the coal industry waged a nasty campaign against the governor. But Sebelius held firm, and in May vetoed the legislation for a third time, to the cheers of climate champions across the nation.
Derided by the coal industry and beloved by its critics, Sebelius has advocated for a major increase in the amount of wind power generated in the state, and pushed for massive reforms to the state's energy plan.
Grist caught up with Sebelius by phone this week to talk more about the coal fight in Kansas, the lessons it can deliver for other states, and what she would bring to Obama's ticket should she get the nod.
Grist: Every major coal group came to Kansas to fight you on this coal plant issue, because they thought it was the heartland and they could win there. So what happened?
Sebelius: I think that Kansans began to understand that there were some real choices to be made. A lot of the debate became about whether or not we were incurring too much harm for the good that would come out of additional power. Very little of the power that was scheduled to be produced was for Kansas. It actually was electricity that would be exported to Colorado and Texas, yet we would own the carbon. And Kansas already has a tremendously heavy footprint — I think we're 10th per capita in the country in terms of our current carbon footprint. So we would get all the carbon, and we didn't really need the power.
[An] additional factor was that we have an enormous asset in wind energy, and folks in our state are very supportive of maximizing that renewable energy source before we do anything else, recognizing that it's underutilized right now, it has enormous potential, and it has no negative environmental impact. And so before we build any more coal, we should really ramp up wind. So the debate and the discussion was unlike what I think a lot of the coal companies expected, which was just basically a yes or a no, and this was all about economic development and jobs. It became [about] the consequences to that — what are the choices and the health costs, the environmental costs. And I think for a lot of legislators that became a real tipping point.
Grist: Your message in the coal fight was that building additional plants now is likely to create a significant economic liability for Kansas in the future. So how do we promote this sort of message on a national level?
Sebelius: In the very least it's compelling to make an argument based on the uncertainty of [the future costs of coal]. Virtually everyone acknowledges that there will be some additional financial costs, and until Congress sets a clear set of rules, nobody knows what that is. That leads to an argument about [whether] it is just economically foolish to make a significant investment when you don't know what the final costs will be if there are other alternatives.
For every state in the country there are alternatives in terms of renewable energy sources. There are alternatives in terms of much-enhanced energy efficiency programs, new building standards, things that could be put in place right away which won't have an economic liability, which won't have an environmental liability and at least get us to the point where there is a clear set of rules so that in the future making strategic decisions then becomes easier … [With coal] you are incurring a liability of uncertain amounts. You can't tell your shareholders with a straight face that this is going to make us money into the future, because you don't know that.
Grist: What sort of precedent do you hope this coal fight sets nationally?
Sebelius: [Kansas is] a state where we've had relatively inexpensive and very reliable energy sources, and our citizens were ready to engage in a fairly complex discussion of where we go from here. We were not a state where energy prices were high and that drove consumer behavior, or where were running out of power, which has happened on the East and West coasts. I think it's an indication that the citizenry is ready to engage in some serious discussions about what our comprehensive energy policy should be into the future.
There's no question that this administration and Congress has done a huge disservice by not developing a clear energy strategy and refusing to join the world community in a plan where America agrees to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce our greenhouse gases. I think that's really got to change, and I think that notion is very much alive and well across the country as we demonstrated here in the heartland … I think people are ready for that discussion, and I think it should give some momentum to a new administration and a new Congress. If this kind of battle can occur in Kansas and be successful, I think it's an indication that it can occur in Congress in the future.
Grist: What role should coal play in the national energy portfolio? Is there a future for coal?
Sebelius: I think there certainly has to be a lot of accelerated research and technology emphasis on whether or not we really can reach a design for clean coal technology … Most recently the feds pulled the plug on FutureGen, which was supposed to be entirely focused on that. Given our enormous supply of coal in this country, I think it's wise for us to spend some real resources on that technology. Is it feasible? How far away from it are we? … Most people I talk to say 10 to 15 years, if it ever exists at all. So as you look out at the next 25 years of energy policy of this country, that's a big "if." I think we need to make that determination. But yeah, I think if there is a process that can capture carbon and sequester it for long periods of time that becomes economically feasible, you bet coal's going to be part of our future.
Grist: Kansas recently received a $50,000 grant from the National Governors Association Center to pursue clean energy research. What are the big plans for the grant?
Sebelius: We honestly just received that. One of the things [we already have underway] is a comprehensive climate change study led by one of our key business leaders, Jack Pelton, who is the president of Cessna Aircraft. It includes folks from the agricultural, transportation, business, and manufacturing sectors, as well as key cabinet officials and legislators to really develop a long-term strategy for Kansas for lowering our greenhouse gas emissions and determining how we keep our economy thriving at the same time we make some real changes in long-term energy policy. A number of states have done that already. I think it's an opportunity for us to have a dialogue across the state to bring various sectors and representatives to the table to really take a look at how we make smart, strategic decisions which don't negatively impact the environment and yet allow the economy to grow. That's exactly the sort of framework I'm hoping Congress will undertake as they take a look at a new administration to develop new energy policy.
Grist: You're working on getting a renewable portfolio standard in place in the state. How's the progress on that?
Sebelius: Actually, we have kind of an interesting situation, where I was aware that we would not be able to pass a renewable portfolio standard through the legislature. They've made it pretty clear in previous discussions that kind of mandate was not appealing. So instead I brought together all of our utility companies almost a year ago and asked for a voluntary RPS to be put in place: 10 percent wind by 2010 and 20 percent wind by 2020, and at least a 10 percent reduction in overall energy uses, and to my somewhat surprise, they all agreed, and we signed a kind of memorandum of understanding. In fact in Kansas we will be ahead of the goal of 10 percent wind by the end of this year. We have already exceeded that goal and we're two years ahead of the timetable we agreed to. And the companies are taking it very seriously. Even the company that I did battle with on the coal plants has kept their commitment on wind because, quite frankly, they see it as an economic incentive that folks are eager for.
Grist: You've been mentioned as a possible running mate for Barack Obama, and you've praised his energy plan. What do you think you would bring to the Democratic ticket on climate and energy policy, should Obama ask you to be his running mate?
Sebelius: I think he's going to have an array of dazzling choices of people who are eager to help him in any way they can. And I do think whatever happens I am going to work as hard as I possibly can to make sure he's the next president because I think he has the leadership, talent, and capabilities and vision to make the changes that we need in this country. This experience I've had in Kansas I think is helpful in helping to provide some lessons to the members of Congress on what some of the issues are and what some of the polarizing battles are likely to be, and who some of the special interest groups are who show up to to do battle. Whatever we've had in Kansas will be on steroids as the Congressional debate unfolds.
Grist: You and Obama are both strong voices for putting aside partisan battles. But on climate change, it seems like the maximum of what's politically possible is well short of the minimum we need to do to solve the problem. It's an issue where consensus won't get us where we need to go. What would you do to fight the political battles needed to move the consensus on this issue, even if that means aggravating partisan rifts?
Sebelius: I think that the experience here gives me a lens into a little bit about what folks are thinking about. I do think that in this country we may be at something of a tipping point, where the momentum is beginning to shift … I think there's a real willingness to engage in strategic, longer-term thinking, understanding that what we're doing right now is not sustainable. It's not sustainable for our planet, it's not sustainable for our health, it's not sustainable financially, and it doesn't make any sense.
It's not going to be easy. I think that we have these two major challenges facing a new Congress on a domestic level — the delivery of health care in a much more universal fashion, and developing a comprehensive and sustainable energy policy are enormously important, and both require very heavy lifting, challenging special interest groups who have made a lot of money off the current system, figuring out ways to tell people things they may not want to hear. There's no silver bullet, there's no easy fix on either of those. But I think in both areas I am optimistic that folks are ready to move ahead.


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UN rights chief warns against Saudi-led attack on Yemen port
GENEVA- The United Nations is continuing to receive signals that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen could attack the key port of Hodeidah, causing humanitarian suffering and loss of life, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said on Monday.
A Saudi-led military coalition backing the internationally-recognized government in its war against the Houthi rebels has been preparing an assault on Hodeidah.
"The UN is concerned about the humanitarian repercussions of such an attack in terms of inflaming the humanitarian crisis even further, let alone our concerns about loss of civilian life were there to be a large-scale attack on port," Zeid told a news conference in Geneva.
Last week Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr repeated allegations that the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels were smuggling weapons into Yemen through Hodeidah and said his government preferred UN supervision of the port rather than an attack.


The circuit court didn't err in allowing the state to elicit testimony from its expert toxicologist that Kerk was impaired by the amount of alcohol and prescription drugs found in her blood.
Kerk's BAC was .063 and there was Prozac and hydrocodone in her blood, too. (¶¶3-4). The expert (who was director of the state hygiene lab's forensic toxicology unit) testified that the results of Kerk's field sobriety tests were "consistent" both with someone under the influence of alcohol and hydrocodone and with being "less able to exercise the clear judgment and steady hand needed to safely operate a motor vehicle." (¶6).
The court of appeals rejects Kerk's claim that this testimony didn't pass the Daubert standard, § 907.02(1), because the the expert wasn't qualified to testify about impairment caused by alcohol and prescription drugs.
¶10 We conclude that the circuit court properly exercised its discretion when it determined that Miles was qualified to testify regarding impairment caused by alcohol and prescription drugs. The circuit court found that Miles: (1) authored published articles relating to driving and prescription drugs; (2) participated in publications relating to alcohol, prescription drugs, and impairment; and (3) participated in training sessions and conferences regarding impaired drivers. These findings are not clearly erroneous, and we are therefore bound by them. See Wis. Stat. § 805.17(2). Based on these factual findings, Miles was qualified to testify regarding impairment in a person caused by alcohol and prescription drugs.
Kerk relies on State v. Bailey, 54 Wis. 2d 679, 684-85, 196 N.W.2d 664 (1972), and State v. Donner, 192 Wis. 2d 305, 315, 531 N.W.2d 369 (Ct. App. 1995), but those cases are different. The expert in Bailey was a chemist, with no qualifications regarding how alcohol would impair a person. (¶11). The expert in Donner was found qualified to testify about the impairment caused by alcohol based on her participation in "dosing" studies (where people drink and scientists study the effects of the alcohol); while the expert in Kerk's case also participated in dosing studies, they only related to alcohol, not alcohol and prescription drugs. That doesn't matter here, says the court, because Donner doesn't make participation in dosing studies determinative of expertise, and the expert here had other relevant qualifications. (¶12).
Finally, Kerk's argument that the expert's testimony wasn't based on sufficient facts and data is rejected because it's not supported by citation to authority or adequately developed. (¶13).


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AliAnalysisTask *AddTaskHFEreducedEvent(Bool_t MCthere=kFALSE, Int_t TRDtrigger=0,Int_t minnbTPC=70,Int_t minnbTPCPID=80,Int_t minnbITS=3,
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    TString appendixx(TString::Format("HFEreducedEventt%dTPCcl%dpidcl%dITScl%d",(Int_t)TRDtrigger,(Int_t) minnbTPC,(Int_t) minnbTPCPID,(Int_t) minnbITS,
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  AliAnalysisManager *mgr = AliAnalysisManager::GetAnalysisManager();
  AliAnalysisDataContainer *cinput  = mgr->GetCommonInputContainer();

  // task
  AliHFEreducedEventCreatorESD *reducedEventCreator = new AliHFEreducedEventCreatorESD("HFEreducedEventCreator");
  reducedEventCreator->SetMinNclustersTPC(minnbTPC);
  reducedEventCreator->SetMinNclustersTPCPID(minnbTPCPID);
  reducedEventCreator->SetMinNclustersITS(minnbITS);
  if(isRemoveFirstEvent) reducedEventCreator->SetRemoveFirstEventFromChunk();

  if(TRDtrigger==0) reducedEventCreator->SelectCollisionCandidates(AliVEvent::kINT7);
  else reducedEventCreator->SelectCollisionCandidates(AliVEvent::kINT7 | AliVEvent::kTRD);

  mgr->AddTask(reducedEventCreator);

  TString containerName = mgr->GetCommonFileName();
  containerName += ":";
  containerName += appendixx.Data();

  AliAnalysisDataContainer *cinput  = mgr->GetCommonInputContainer();
  mgr->ConnectOutput(reducedEventCreator,1, mgr->CreateContainer(Form("list_%s",appendixx.Data()), TTree::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,containerName.Data()));
  mgr->ConnectInput(reducedEventCreator,0, cinput );

  return NULL;

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Fairytale Town is located in the heart of William Land Park at 3901 Land Park Drive, Sacramento. Street parking is available free of charge. Driving Directions and Public Transportation options are listed below. See a map of William Land Park amenities.
From Reno (EAST)
Take 80 West (San Francisco)
Take Interstate 5 South (Los Angeles)
Take I-5 South to Sutterville Road. (The exit is eastbound, and will take you to the first traffic light at Land Park Drive.)
Turn left onto Land Park Drive. Fairytale Town is a quarter-mile down the road on your right.
Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Drive directly across from the Sacramento Zoo.
From Placerville (EAST)
Take 50 West to 80 West (San Francisco)
Exit at Interstate 5 South (Los Angeles)
From Stockton via I-5 (SOUTH)
Take Interstate 5 North (Redding)
Exit at Sutterville Road.
Turn right onto Sutterville Road and merge into the left lane.
From Stockton via CA-99 (SOUTH)
Take CA-99 North (Sacramento)
Exit at Fruitridge Road and turn left.
Turn right onto Freeport Boulevard.
Turn left onto Sutterville Road.
Turn right onto Land Park Drive. Fairytale Town is a quarter-mile down the road on your right.
From San Francisco (WEST)
Take 80 East (Sacramento)
Sacramento Regional Transit bus route 6 stops in front of Fairytale Town on Land Park Drive, and bus route 62 stops within walking distance of the park along Freeport Boulevard.
The nearest Light Rail station is at Sacramento City College for the Blue Line train.
A basic fare for is $2.75; a daily pass is $7. For more information, call (916) 321-2877 or visit sacrt.com.


The notoriously camera-shy, singer-songwriter Sia opens up about her calculated decisions to stay out of the public eye in a Q&A with friend Kristen Wiig in Interview's April "Music Issue" cover story.
While the story contains awesome behind-the-scenes dish about how that Kristen Wiig Grammy performance came to be, its Sia's explanation about covering her face that's fascinating.
For starters, the now-universally known blonde bob wig came about thanks to Amy Winehouse: "I had the idea that, well, if Amy Winehouse had been the bouffant, maybe I was the blond bob. I wasn't saturating the market; I was an indie-pop singer..." reports Interview.
And, quite understandably, Sia just wants to retain some "control over her image" in a time when people feel the need to comment about every. little. thing. on the internet.
"I would like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on ten pounds or take off ten pounds or I have a hair extension out of place or my fake tan is botched... Most people don't have to be under that pressure, and I'd like to be one of them. I don't want to be followed by paparazzi," Sia says in the interview.
Hey, if this means Sia will continue to pump out chart-topping, emotional hits for the unforeseeable future, we'll gladly let her stay hidden.


What happens behind the scenes at a Wavves video shoot? Well, more than a few interesting things. As the band rolls up to the Los Angeles set of their "Post Acid" video for Green Label Sound, frontman Nathan Williams and director Patrick O'Dell reveal their far out inspiration behind this ode to Encino Man clip. Find out how hard it is to skateboard while dressed as an alien from outer space and then how rad it is to party with an extra terrestrial rockstar. Nathan even shows off a few first-rate tricks of his own. Face it: you can't help but dig this trip. Revel in the delightfully oddball world of Wavves.


Sound design interface accent sound with a buzz and flutter.
Engine sweetener - coin wobbling.
Engine sweetener - toy bell ringing.
Engine sweetener - toy cranks.
Engine idling sweetener - steam release valves.
Engine idling sweetener - metal crank, creaking, hum.
Engine idling sweetener - machinery buzz, warning alarm.


BIO: Hi! I'm Amos and I have arrived from Alabama and I'm ready to find my furever home! I'm an adorable 12 week old puppy and I am on the larger size so I will probably be a larger medium sized dog or a smaller large sized dog. I love everyone I meet but I especially other love dogs and I am submissive with them so any dog could be my friend! I am learning to love toys but I am quite the snuggler, too ! I am such a good a boy that I sat very nicely for my bath. I'm a quiet and laid back kinda guy and I don't mind being in my crate.
I sure hope I find my forever family soon..!


Canada, which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics which they boycotted. Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988. Canada did not send a team in handball, volleyball or basketball. Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing.
The COC had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals; at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Canada finished 19th. Despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the Games, Canada would rebound, winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days. This 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals Canada won in Athens four years earlier. The country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in Beijing. Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his ninth Summer Olympics, tying the record set by Hubert Raudaschl. He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott. For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medalists earned $20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. A total of $515,000 from the Athlete Excellence Fund was given to the medal winning athletes.
Canada was the next host country of an Olympics, with Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world championships. The individuals later qualified at the Canadian Olympic archery trials. It was Canada's first three-man team since the 1992 Summer Olympics. Canada also qualified an archer in the women's division after the Netherlands waived its quota for the women's archery competition.
Previous world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien officially announced on July 14 that she would not compete. This followed a foot fracture sustained during a February training session. Dylan Armstrong established a new Canadian record in the shot put.
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Zelinka moved up a position.
Canada was represented by two singles players and a mixed doubles team.
Men's team Canada qualified its men's baseball team for the Olympics by winning the final Olympic Baseball qualification tournament with a 6–1 record. Canada went 2–5 in the tournament, but all five losses came by one run, including one in extra innings.
Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada only sent one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships.
Canada had a three-person slalom team in Beijing.
For the first time ever, Canada had participants in all twelve sprint races.
Canada qualified three athletes for the men's road race and the right to send a cyclist to the time trial event. To be eligible to compete in the men's time trial, an athlete must have also competed in the road race or in a track, mountain bike or BMX event.
Canada qualified its riders via the UCI ranking by nations.
Canada qualified a female entry for the event, which was contested at the Olympics for the first time, via the UCI Nations ranking and a male entry via the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships.
Ten Canadian athletes qualified for the Olympics, and competed in six of the eight diving events. Spots were allocated at the Olympic Trials, held in Victoria, B.C., June 20 to June 22.
Canada qualified all of its current quota places via the world ranking (Pan-Am zone). Philippe Beaudry qualified for the Sabre individual event at the last chance continental qualifier held in Querétaro, Mexico.
Canada's men's team qualified for Beijing by defeating Argentina 2–2 (5–4 on penalties) in the final of the 2007 Pan-American games.
The following is the Canadian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.
The following is the Canada squad in the women's soccer tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Canada has qualified a six-man team and two women for Beijing.
No Canadian man made an apparatus final, with Kyle Shewfelt finishing ninth on vault and eleventh on floor exercise in the qualifying round. The Canadian team similarly failed to advance to the final, finishing ninth and missing out by less than four-tenths of a point. Two Canadian men, Adam Wong and Nathan Gafuik, did advance to the all-around final. Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls were the reserves for the men's team.
Finishing in fourteenth place at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships (Only the top 12 teams qualified), Canada failed to qualify a full women's team to the Olympics.
If Brazil had withdrawn from the group all-around competition, they would have been replaced by Canada.
Three trampolinists competed for Canada in Beijing.
Four men and one woman will represent Canada in Judo.
Josh Riker-Fox and Monica Pinette qualified for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games and Kara Grant qualified via the world rankings.
Canada sent eight boats to Beijing in rowing, of which four (half of the quota) finished with medals.
Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Cascais, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.
Four shooters represented Canada in Beijing.
The places in Canada's Olympic swim team were allocated at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials.
Canada qualified for both events by finishing third in the team event at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament.
Canada sent five table tennis players to Beijing.
Canada's Sébastien Michaud and Ivett Gonda qualified Canada in the men's −80 kg and the women's −49 kg by respectively finishing first and third at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Manchester, United Kingdom. World champion Karine Sergerie secured an additional berth for Canada, this time in the women's −67 kg, by finishing second at the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. In Beijing 2008, Sergerie made Silver after advancing to the finals opposite to Kyungseon of Korea who secured the gold.
Canada was represented by three men in tennis.
Canada is one of five nations sending a full complement of six triathletes to Beijing.
Canada's men's team qualified by reaching the semifinal at the FINA men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament, beating host Romania 9–8. The team finished in 11th place.
The following is the Canadian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).
Canada qualified three female Weightlifters by finishing fourteenth in the combined country ranking of the 2006 and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. Canada then qualified two men's weightlifters by finishing second among non-qualified teams at the 2008 Pan American Championships held in Callao, Peru.
Seven athletes qualified at the 2008 Pan-American Wrestling Championships while Travis Cross and Carol Huynh qualified by finishing in the top 8 at the 2007 Wrestling World Championships and David Zilberman qualified at the first freestyle qualification tournament.
HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.
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DRIVING THE DAY — The White House has issued a strong warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying that any violence against U.S. diplomats or National Assembly President Juan Guaidó would elicit a "significant response" from the U.S.
TRANSITION — On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named Elliott Abrams as special envoy to Venezuela. Abrams was in the George W. Bush administration at the time of the failed coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002. Speaking at the State Department, Pompeo said Abrams would likely to travel to the region soon.
Abrams joined the Secretary for a special session at the United Nations Security Council in New York on Saturday. Abrams, seated at the table after Pompeo departed early, accused Venezuela of being a "satellite" of Cuba and Russia. Abrams and Kimberly Breier, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, later met with representatives of Guaido's government.
— Israel joined the U.S. and other western countries in recognizing Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela, Netanyahu announced in a 9-second video statement on Sunday. The move came at the request of the Trump administration. Guaido thanked the Israeli leader, replying to his statement on Twitter.
The comments to JI were picked up by Israel Hayom, Times of Israel and The Tower.
MAKING THE MINYAN AT ALFALFA (according to attendees + the dinner program): Joe & Hadassah Lieberman, Steven Mnuchin, Jane Harman, David Rubenstein, Josh Bolten, David Solomon, Jerry Speyer, Lawrence Bacow, Steve Schwarzman, Henry Kissinger, Mike Bloomberg, Al Michaels, Maurice Levy, Mark Ein, Henry & Marie Josee Kravis, James & Elaine Wolfensohn, Ken Duberstein, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ken Weinstein, Howard Friedman, Laura Lauder, Walter Isaacson, Eli Jacobs, Diane Feinstein, Stephen Friedman, Alan Greenspan, Gerald Parsky, Kenneth Jacobs, Abby Blunt, Richard Haass, John Hess, Wayne Berman.
ALSO SPOTTED (via Politico Playbook): Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jim Mattis, Dina Powell and Dave McCormick.
ROAD TO THE NEW KNESSET — In comments to his associates over the weekend, Netanyahu reportedly said that it seems AG Avichai Mandelblit "can't stand up to the pressure." from the media and the Left… Netanyahu posted a video on his Facebook page Saturday evening calling it "absurd" that positive media coverage of him, and not of other political leaders, is considered bribery… Yair Lapid shared the video on his own Facebook page, criticizing Netanyahu of "breaking a new record of incitement" and "dragging the whole country into his battle of survival."… In an interview on Saturday, Netanyahu's coalition partner Naftali Bennett called Mandelblit 'an honest man, decent, very professional'… He also aimed his fire at Benny Gantz.