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Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1993 published in Prison Legal News October, 1993, page 3
Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Mootness, Telephones, Attorney Calls. Location: California.
A detainee held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) at San Diego, named Gust Janis, was awaiting trial on federal drug manufacturing and possession charges. Janis was also involved in a number of other criminal and civil cases, telling the court he has some sixty-seven civil actions pending. Janis filed a motion, in connection with his criminal case, claiming that his right of access to the courts was effectively denied by various shortcoming in the legal research facilities at the jail (MCC).
The threshold question was whether the right of access to the courts includes general civil litigation, as the issue had not been squarely addressed in the ninth circuit. The district court adopted the reasoning of the fifth and eleventh circuits, holding that the constitutional right of access to the courts includes access for general civil legal matters. This was an issue because the MCC law library did not provide materials for civil research.
The court ordered that Janis be given access to state law on various subjects (because of the detainers on him from several states), that selected civil law books be provided to him, that the federal criminal law in the jail's law library be expanded and ...
The Telephone Game
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates. Location: North Carolina.
Nearly a year and a half after a scandal about purchasing involving the North Carolina Coin Tel Company has passed. The grand jury has finally indicted two people in the illegal activities.
The indictments handed down against D.R. Hursey and Michael A. Weaver focus on a $1.2 million dollar contract for maintenance of prison pay phones used by prisoners.
Hursey is the correction department's former director of departmental services, which controlled all purchasing for state prisons. Weaver was an AT&T account executive and one of the owners of Coin Tel Inc., the company that received the maintenance contract.
Auditors said the purchasing irregularities cost tax payers $7.2 million in wasted or misspent funds.
Former Corrections Secretary Aaron Johnson resigned last year in the wake of the purchasing problems. Six other officials either resigned, retired or were transferred to other state jobs.
According to the indictments handed down by the Wake County grand jury, Hursey and Weaver engaged in a bid rigging conspiracy between January, 1989, and September, 1992, that involved contracts for the purchase of telephones and telephone services. These included the collection of coins from prison pay phones, prison pay phone maintenance and management of phones located in the ...
MI Phone Rip Off
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1993 by B K published in Prison Legal News September, 1993, page 13
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates. Location: Michigan.
I have read the article which appeared in PLN (Vol. 4, number 4) by Paul Wright about the prison telephone system. I was amazed to learn that the Washington DOC telephone contract states that the commission checks are sent to each institution and made payable to the Inmate Welfare Fund. That is not the case in Michigan.
The Michigan DOC keeps" all commissions paid by the telephone companies in spite of our protests. The Inmate Benefit Fund does not receive a single penny. We are currently litigating the matter and we hope to be successful.
B.K. Jackson, MI.
Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction
Filed under: Attorney Client, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls. Location: Iowa.
Iowa state prisoners filed suit seeking preliminary and injunctive relief against an Iowa prison policy prohibiting them from calling their attorneys toll free 1-800 numbers. They claimed this practice violated their right of access to the courts.
The district court agreed and granted a preliminary injunction. Prison officials appealed and the court of appeals for the eighth circuit vacated and remanded.
The appeals court held that the lower court had abused its discretion in granting the injunction because the prisoners had shown neither irreparable harm nor prejudice from the prisons toll free number policy. Court access is viewed as a whole rather than in parts. The appeals court held that because the prisoners ability to file papers in court, meet deadlines and process litigation was not affected, they were not entitled to a preliminary injunction. The case was remanded back to the lower court for further proceedings. See: Aswegan v. Henry, 981 F.2d 313 (8th Cir. 1992).
DOC Phone Rip Off
Filed under: Standing, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring. Location: Washington.
On March 16, 1992, the Washington DOC signed a contract with AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) for the latter to provide telephone services to all the prisons in the Washington prison system. AT&T in turn has subcontracted with three Local Exchange Companies (LEC's) to provide local telephone service.
The contract covers two types of LEC public telephones. One is services for prisoners who can only make collect calls. The others are public phones for use by staff and visitors which can make collect and pay calls.
The subcontractors and the facilities they service are: GTE for the Washington State Reformatory, Twin Rivers, Indian Ridge and the Special Offender Center. PTI does Clallam Bay, Purdy, Olympic CC, Pine Lodge Pre Release and Coyote Ridge. USWC does Shelton, Walla Walla, McNeil Island, Airway Heights, Tacoma Pre Release, Cedar Creek and Larch.
The DOC does not own the telephone monitoring and recording equipment it has installed. Rather, as part of the contract each telephone company is being contracted to provide and maintain: public telephone sets, all associated equipment, lines, dictaphone recording/monitoring equipment, call timing and call blocking software. Title to all the phones, recording equipment, etc., remains with the contractor. The DOC has ...
Federal Judge Says Prisoners Denied Access to Courts
Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Special Masters, Telephones, Attorney Calls. Location: Arizona.
Prisoners in Arizona have been denied adequate means to communicate with lawyers, perform legal research, and otherwise receive legal assistance, according to a recent decision by United States District Judge Carl Muecke in Phoenix, AZ.
Ruling in Casey v. Lewis, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all Arizona prisoners, Muecke wrote that the Department of Corrections' system for allowing prisoners access to the courts "fails to comply with constitutional standards."
"It's an important victory for the Constitution," said Stuart H. Adams, Jr., a lawyer with the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C., which represents the prisoners. "The right to petition the courts is in many ways the most basic and important right prisoners have." In a 36-page opinion, Muecke found that prison officials failed to provide adequate legal assistance to prisoners in segregated housing, and to those who are illiterate or do not speak English; failed to provide confidential photocopying services for prisoners' legal documents; and arbitrarily denied prisoners confidential telephone calls with their attorneys. Muecke added that he will appoint a Special Master to work with lawyers on both sides of the lawsuit in developing an order to remedy these deficiencies. ...
Telephone Announcements Halted
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access. Location: North Carolina.
PLN recently reported that Creations , a prisoner rights group in North Carolina, had filed suit concerning the practice of U.S. Sprint operators of announcing the fact that a call was originating in a prison and the limitations on phone services available to prisoners. We have recently received an update from Richard Davis, the plaintiff in the suit.
Richard sends us a letter from the lawyer handling the case advising that U.S. Sprint had halted the practice of announcing that calls were originating from prisons. This is a major victory! Readers should note that Richard also sued U.S. Sprint (the telephone service provider) under the Federal Communications Act (FCA) of 1934 for their participation in the South Carolina DOC's phone announcements. Apparently corporate lawyers are more willing to stop an unlawful practice than state attorney generals. When corporate lawyers litigate it costs their shareholders money and there is accountability. When the attorney generals office litigates losers into the ground there is no accountability and, as a lieutenant at Walla Walla once told me about litigation costs "it's just taxpayers money anyway."
Any suits challenging telephone service and provisions should include the telephone company as well and include the statutory violations ...
Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1992 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News August, 1992, page 12
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Visiting, Attorney Visits. Location: Indiana.
On May 4, 1992, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union filed a class action suit in the Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court. The action is Taifa Vs. Bayh, and challenges numerous conditions of confinement at the Westville, IN, Maximum Control Center. It is interesting to note the action is being filed in state court. Because the suit claims prison officials have violated several state statutes only a state court can rule on the state law claims. It may also be that the Indiana state constitution provides more protection than the federal constitution. In recent years the US Supreme Court has steadily narrowed the scope of 8th amendment protection available to prisoners from the federal courts.
The suit directly challenges the philosophy behind the "supermax" control unit prison, both at Westville and another "supermax" under construction in Sullivan, IN. The plaintiff class is currently over 80 men housed at the MCC. The suit claims that Indiana prison officials have violated state law by administratively housing prisoners in MCC for long periods of time when Indiana statutes limit the conditions where prisoners can be segregated. The criteria for MCC placement is vague, subjective and discretionary allowing prisoners to be placed in MCC in ...
Suit Filed Over Telephone Services
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates. Location: South Carolina.
South Carolina prisoners have filed a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 47 U.S.C.201(b) and 202(a) of the Federal Communications Act. The defendants are officials in the South Carolina DOC and the U.S. Sprint telephone company.
The prisoners allege that the telephone company practice of announcing to would be recipients of prisoner telephone calls that the caller is in prison is unconstitutional and violates their right to freedom of speech. The Federal Communications Act makes it unlawful for telephone companies to engage in any type of discriminatory practice or subject any person or class of persons to undue prejudice or disadvantage. The Act provides for damages from the carrier for any such violations.
A copy of the complaint, Federal Communications Act, Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, etc., are all available for $2.00 or seven 29¢ stamps from: Creations, P.O. Box 2403, Burlington, NC 27216-2403.
Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring. Location: Illinois.
Billy Tucker was arrested and jailed in Kendall County, Ill. At the time of his arrest he was bloody and had a broken hand and ribs. He was taken to a hospital and washed but not treated for his broken bones. He was denied medical treatment for his broken bones for the entire nine and a half months he was in the Kendall County jail. As a result, he suffered permanent physical deformations. For four days he was also denied access to a phone, after which he was only allowed to use a monitored phone. Tucker filed suit under 1983, claiming violation of his 8th and 14th amendment rights.
The district court dismissed his complaint for not responding to defendant's motion to dismiss portions of his complaint. The court did so without ruling on Tucker's motion to appoint counsel.
On appeal, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case. The court of appeals held that Tucker's complaint should not have been dismissed unless the district court first notified Tucker of the consequences of not following the briefing schedule. The court also held that the district court erred in dismissing ...


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A PRIVATE BUFFOON
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2002
Oh dear, oh dear! How to delicately put this…? Mr. Richard Smithies, co-owner and director of the Greenwoods Theatre at Norfolk, has seen fit to star himself in the current production of A Private Buffoon, a one-man musical focusing on the professional life of Sir W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), the dramatist and lyricist half of Gilbert and Sullivan. This would be an okay idea, if Mr. Smithies could sing or if he knew what size clothes he wore. The fact that he can select neither a pair of trousers or a theatrical role that fit him, seems to bode very ill for the future of the Greenwoods Theatre under his direction. This is a great pity because he and co-owner Maura Cavanaugh have done a great job restoring this jewel of a Victorian opera house, and A Private Buffoon would seem to be the kind of intimate show well suited to the theatre's small stage and historical period.
But almost more troubling to me than the fact that an actor/director/theatre owner would insinuate himself into an inappropriate vehicle (it has happened before and it will happen again), is the fact that this is the third recently written play I have seen which seems to have succeeded in major theatrical centers as well as smaller regional theatres, without being even passably well-written. I have no objection to popular theatre, lord knows I don't want to sit through Hamlet every night myself, but if the populace is being sold inferior goods and told that it is great theatre, then we are doing everyone a great disservice.
These three plays -- Dirty Blonde, A Private Buffoon, and My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra -- all claim the biography of a 20th century celebrity as their basis, but I learned more from half an hour's research on the Internet than I did at any of the performances. Being a biography-reading kinda gal, I found that I already knew as much about Mae West and W.S. Gilbert as the playwrights presented.
A Private Buffoon did offer up some obscure songs for which Gilbert had written the lyrics, but they were so badly sung by Smithies that I could not form any real opinion of them. All they made me wonder was why, since they were not composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan, he was the only composer given credit in the program. I had already questioned the sense of writing a "musical" in which all the music is performed by the lyricist.
Playwright John Wolfson has chosen to focus A Private Buffoon solely on Gilbert's professional life and largely on the time spent in collaboration with Sullivan. I would have liked to have heard more about the writing of the Bab Ballads and some talk of his childhood and home life. It was the custom for actors, playwrights, or producers to direct shows in those days, and Gilbert directed the Savoy operas in a tyrannical manner, having control over everything from casting to costuming. Gilbert loved the "new media" of his day. He was an early investor in the telephone and made reference to the gadget in the lyrics for H.M.S. Pinafore. The Savoy was the first theatre in London to use electrical lighting beginning with the opening of Iolanthe in 1882. Surely these are stories worth telling, stories that enhance the tale of Gilbert's collaboration with Sullivan, rather than detracting from it.
The set, for which credit is given to Wide Open Spaces, is quite charming and serviceable, but ever so slightly unfinished. I wanted to go get a paintbrush and touch up the odd spot during intermission so that it would look really spiffy instead of slightly shabby. And the less said about Smithies' unfortunate costumes, credited to Glad Rags, the better. They didn't fit him and they didn't fit the period.
It is clear that not enough impartial eyes looked over this show before it opened to the public. It is all very well to own your own theatre and to take part in the shows that are mounted there, but you need to at least look in a mirror, if not consult with other folks, before you pull back the curtain. I would like to see Greenwoods Theatre succeed, and I hope that the rest of their 4th season is more professionally presented and appealing than this opening show.
A Private Buffoon runs through July 7 at the the Greenwoods Theatre at Norfolk on Rt. 44 in Norfolk. The show runs two and a half hours with one intermission and is suitable for the whole family. Please call the box office at 860-542-0026 for tickets and information.

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The global food system is facing momentous global changes: rapid urbanisation and rising middle income populations; changing diets; climate change; political uncertainties and anti-globalisation sentiments; and advances in technology in and out of agriculture, among other large-scale trends. At the same time, multiple burdens of malnutrition persist, with 815 million people suffering from hunger, 2 billion living with micronutrient deficiencies, 155 million children under five stunted, and 1.9 billion people overweight or obese. For food systems to help achieve the end of hunger and malnutrition while addressing other social, economic, and environmental goals, innovation will be key.
Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will discuss the role of innovations in policy, institutions, and technology to reshape food systems to achieve multiple development goals in the context of rapid global change.


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Palmyra – Saturday 6 March
10 AM GMT
11 AM CET
9 PM AEDT
An important gateway linking the East and West, Palmyra grew wealthy on trade along the Silk Road. Ethnically diverse, including Aramaic, Arabic and Amorite peoples, Palymra reached its zenith in the late Third Century AD after their defeat of the Persian King Shapur I under Odaenathus and the accession of Zenobia, who famously proclaimed independence and set up the Palmyrene Empire.
At its height Palmyra had a population of 200,000 people who invested their wealth in its urban infrastructure, including its immense agora, its Temple of Bel and Baalshamin and a plethora of buildings which are distinctive not only in size but architecturally. Caught in the ongoing, tragic civil war, Palmyra was famously partially destroyed by ISIL forces who seriously damaged about 20-30% of the site, including the Temple of Baal and the Tetrapylon. While there are plans to restore the city, work can't begin until the cessation of the war. Until then, Palmyra remains a city lost to the world.
Start time: 10:00 a.m. GMT
End time: 11:00 a.m. GMT


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import com.mindoo.domino.jna.utils.LMBCSString;
import com.mindoo.domino.jna.utils.NotesStringUtils;

/**
 * Cache to optimize performance of LMBCS String conversion to Java Strings.
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 * @author Karsten Lehmann
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public class LMBCSStringConversionCache {
	//use simple cache for lmbcs-string conversion of short string
	private static final boolean USE_LMBCS2STRING_CACHE = true;
	//max length of each lmbcs-string cache entry in bytes
	private static final int MAX_LMBCS2STRING_KEY_LENGTH = 1000;

	private static final int MAX_LMBCS2STRING_SIZE_BYTES = 1000000;

	private static SizeLimitedLRUCache<LMBCSString,String> LMBCS2STRINGCACHE = new SizeLimitedLRUCache<LMBCSString,String>(MAX_LMBCS2STRING_SIZE_BYTES) {
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			return key.size() + value.length()*2;
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		return LMBCS2STRINGCACHE.getCurrentCacheSizeInUnits();
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Every Saturday (except Bank Holiday weekends), 08:30 – 11:00 at either Callington Health Centre or Gunnislake Health Centre.
Extended hours appointments are pre-bookable and preferably for patients that find it difficult to come to the surgery during normal working hours and cannot be made on the day.
Extended hours appointments are pre-bookable and intended for patients that find it difficult to come to the surgery during normal working hours.
Unfortunately these appointments cannot be made on the day - you must book in advance.
The out-of-hours service, operated by NHS111 on behalf of the Cornish Primary Care Trusts, provides cover for urgent help outside normal surgery hours (evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays).


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Hands on: Sony Xperia Tablet Z review
By Verity Burns 2013-05-30T17:51:02Z
UPDATE: We're putting the finishing touches to our full review but in the mean time you can read our hands-on first impressions.
Sony has confirmed its new tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z, will be headed for UK shores, with a release date expected some time in May.
See also: Sony Xperia Tablet S review
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Design
The Sony Tablet Z packs a 10.1-inch display, but has dropped the 'folded magazine' design of the Xperia Tablet S, instead opting for a similar straight-edged design to the Xperia Z smartphone. It also borrows the same polyamide 'skeleton structure' running around the edge to make it more durable against knocks and drops.
Also like its smartphone sibling, it has a seriously slim body. At 6.9mm it's the world's thinnest 10-inch tablet, but even out-skinnies the smaller iPad mini.
At 495g, it's the world's lightest 10-inch LTE tablet available too. This is helped by the back being covered in a soft-touch glass fibre, making for a light but durable tablet.
It's perhaps not as premium feeling as something like a heavier iPad, but to those who put portability at the top of their must-haves, this tablet is certainly one to consider.
Waterproof and dustproof smarts are on board too, so it'll survive situations from the beach to the bath, allowing up to 30 minutes underwater.
As for buttons, you'll find a lock button, volume rocker and covered headphone port on the left hand-side, when held in landscape mode. On the bottom is the microUSB charging port and the microSD card slot.
Sony tells us the Xperia Tablet Z will be available in white or black and both LTE and Wi-Fi only versions.
The 10.1-inch HD WUXGA screen looks gorgeous when viewing content, with its 1920 x 1200 resolution powered by the Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 for improved colour reproduction.
In fact, even though the resolution isn't as good and pixels per inch are down compared to the likes of the iPad (224 vs 326), Sony says that the Xperia Tablet Z offers 20% better colour reproduction than Apple's tablet.
While we're yet to do a side-to-side comparison, we can say that the colours were bright, sharp and vivid. Viewing angles are also improved to those on the Xperia Z, though we did find it to be pretty reflective under the bright lights of the Sony stand.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Performance, storage and connectivity
The Sony Xperia Tablet Z is the first tablet to pack Qualcomm's 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 pro processor. We found the tablet to be easy to navigate, with no sense of delay or lag when flicking through menus, zooming in and out or opening apps.
Storage possibilities depend on your choice of device – the Wi-Fi only version is available in 16GB and 32GB versions, with the capability to get up to an extra 64GB of storage via microSD card. On the other hand, the LTE version will be available in 16GB only, accepting a microSD card up to 32GB.
As we've seen in the Xperia Z, and across Sony products, NFC and One-touch sharing is a big emphasis right now. The Tablet Z, therefore, of course comes with NFC built in, meaning you can connect to other Sony products – be that a TV, portable speaker or pair of wireless headphones – with a simple touch.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Sound quality
Being a Sony product, sound has been pushed as a big part of the Xperia Tablet Z. The layout of the 'speaker halls' on left and right corners ensure that whichever way you hold it, you get a clear sound from the two in-built speakers.
As is the case with trade shows, it was very loud when we had our hands-on time, so we'll withhold judgement on the quality of sound until we do our full review – but it did sound good, and if the sound performance of the Xperia Z smartphone is anything to go by, we hold out high hopes.
While we can't say a camera is not the top of our concerns in a tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z does have something to shout about, with an 8MP main camera, as well as a 2MP HD front-facing camera.
If you do use it to take the odd snap, the camera reproduces colours well, and offers features including a 10fps burst mode, sweep panorama and a whole host of artsy effects.
The battery in the Xperia Z is 6000mAh – so 50% smaller than the battery you'll find in the Google Nexus 10, for example. While we obviously can't comment on how it will perform, Sony is pushing its Battery STAMINA mode that will ultimately turn off all the functions it can when it's not being used, and in doing so, preserving juice where possible.
Of course, we've seen it waterproof-tested into a bowl of water and the Tablet Z works perfectly well when wet, without even needing to be dried before using it.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Price and release date
The Xperia Tablet Z is an extension of the excellent Xperia Z smartphone, which is obviously to its credit, and there's a lot about this tablet that we like. We're certainly looking forward to getting our hands on a full review sample to really put it through its paces.
The Xperia Tablet Z price could be a deal-breaker: set to be £399 for the WiFi only model and £499 for the 4G LTE version. The new Sony tablet is set to be released running Android 4.1, upgradeable to Android 4.2 after launch.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z price: from £399
Sony Xperia Tablet Z release date: end of May
MORE: Sony Xperia Tablet S review
Best tablets 2013
By Verity Burns


WELCOME. While a healthy mind can weather the stresses of our environment, mental illness can shatter that capacity. It can disturb our thoughts, unbalance our behaviors, and destabilize our lives. With peace in our minds, we can gain peace in our bodies and typically, our lives follow suit.
As a board-certified psychiatrist, my goal is to provide thorough, empathetic, and evidence-based psychiatric care. While medication can be helpful in some situations, it may be less effective in others. Working with each person individually, and using a variety of modalities where appropriate—psychotherapy, stress-reducing behavioral techniques and herbal supplements among them—we will rebuild and strengthen the foundation for a peaceful mind. I believe that this integrative approach allows for a more durable recovery—as opposed to a quick fix—and sets the stage for a long-term healing process and recovery.
At our first visit, I will provide a thorough and confidential psychiatric evaluation to understand and determine the factors contributing to the main issue(s). We will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders, and then, after identifying any organic issues that might be contributing factors, we will look at lifestyle, nutrition and behavioral patterns. This multifaceted approach allows for a more in-depth discovery, and can uncover additional paths to expansive healing.
If you have any questions along the way, please let me know.
I have a certificate in perinatal mood disorders.
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Iran: We have proof that Western states were involved in protests
Women with anti-regime placards march in the city of Zahedan in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province in this image grab from a UGC video. (UGC via AFP)
Foreign ministry spokesman: Western nations were involved in protests that have swept the country
DUBAI: Iran has proof that Western nations were involved in protests that have swept the country, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
The protests, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest for "inappropriate attire," pose one of the strongest challenges to the country's clerical establishment since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
"We have specific information proving that the US, Western countries and some of the American allies have had a role in the protests," ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani added.
UK PM says Iran must give answers on British-Iranian national Akbari


There is no app drawer on the Huawei Ascend 5W and the LG K30. All of your apps can be found by swiping left or right between your screens.
In recent software updates, there is no app icon available from the Home Screen. To view all apps, simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
This section applies to Moto E (1st and 2nd Gen.), Moto G (1st and 3rd Gen.), and Moto X (1st and 2nd Gen.) phones only.
To open the app drawer, simply tap the apps icon from the bottom of your home screen.
Can I replace the battery in my phone?


We eat out despite (the fact) that it is snowing.
But for (the fact) that the resue team had came to me, I would have died already.
Can I omit "the fact" above because that-clause is noun already after preposition?
It's seek time.thanks no end.
But(If not) for (the fact) that the resue team had came to (reached)me, I would have died already.
It's seek time (it seeks time? it takes time?).thanks no end.
Yes, it can be omitted.
thanks no end - cute but unusual phrase!
We eat out despite that it is snowing.
If not for that the rescue team had reached me, I would have died already.
Are you suggesting that the above sentences are correct? They are not.
But for the rescue team, I would have died.
Had it not been for the rescue team, I would have died.
We eat out despite [something].
We eat out despite [the weather].
We eat out despite [that it is snowing].
It depends on [whether we like it].
Had it not been for the rescue team, I would have died. We eat out despite [that it is snowing].
These are not correct according to bhaisahad. corum?
No, my sentences are correct English.
Bhaisahab's right- these are both wrong- you can't omit 'the fact'. Corum's corrections work fine.
Is it not idiomatic or is it not grammatical? If the latter, why?
It is wrong because 'Despite' as preposition can not join either a nominal or relative clause.
"Despite what you have told me, I couldn't care less"
why not be the same with "that-clause" in which conjunction of "that" is the same as any "wh-words" in wh-clauses.
that, what, where, when, how are all conjunctions in their respective clauses. I still cannot figure the reason out. finger-crossed for somebody's insight. thanks.
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Angels and Fascists
29th May 2010 Tiernan Douieb
Firstly, before I write this blog about what I want to write this blog about, you all need to know how it feels to sleep in a bedroom, with this just outside it:
Terrifying huh? Yes, I'm sure a big part of it is having watched the Weeping Angels episodes of Doctor Who, but regardless having this block of stoney fear right outside where you sleep is nothing less than creepy. The house we are staying in is amazing. Is massive and every room has been recently renovated and designed, and on first appearance everything seems excellent. Then you see the statue. One of the gig promoters who lives in the house admitted that every time they are racing around the house and get near it, it makes them jump. Well then why, oh why, would you have it? I woke up several times expecting it to be looming over me staring. Each of those times I contemplated getting out of bed and kicking it down the stairs while telling it to die. Look at its horrible starey face:
Don't look into its eyes!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH! And then, then I had an epiphany. This statue, while horrifying in most aspects, has also been made to wear a top hat and scarf which I feel demeans it a bit. Then I calmed myself by thinking of all those scary Weeping Angel statues who are made to hold large amounts of hats or constantly get covered in bird shit in Trafalgar Square. Sure they're all scary when they're in space but as soon as some hangs an arrow sign over their heads or gives them a jester's hat they are probably confined to standing there feeling like a twat. Its this sort of thinking that will both allow me to deal with statue of terror and also will get me killed if I blink.
Phew. Now, what I wanted to write about was a very very odd and unexpected incident at the gig in Tenbury Wells that we did last night. I've regularly compered this gig a few times now and it's always been a really fun lovely gig. Last night they started much of the same though they were a tad more rowdy and heckly than normal. Several of them came up to me in the interval and asked me how I liked that they were 'giving some back' and I realised that over all the gigs we've had there, they've started to become confident. The first ever gig, they were quite quiet, then they've increasingly got happier with challenging me onstage. I am both very proud, like a doting gig father, and yet at the same time, slightly afraid that I've created a monster. I shall stamp on this next time I am here, although I think that they've worked out I'm not at all scary. I may have to increasingly let them get worse and then cancel all further gigs, leaving mad heckly people to run riot in Tenbury shouting insults like 'farmer' at each other.
So it was all ok at first. Some odd banter about public toilets that fell into the river and Josh Widdicombe was greeted with, and dealt with perfectly, a strange comment about him having the same beer as me. Stephen Carlin went on second and was great, and then, during the last act, Matt Kirshen, something I've never seen at a gig happened. Matt was doing his excellent political stuff and commented on the BNP. He did a joke about Nick Griffin's DNA needing some other ethnicities in it, as that would help his saggy jowls, and a man shouted back at him 'no he doesn't. You need to sort your face out.' There was a weird pause in the room, and Matt questioned this man, discovering that he was, and fully admitted to being, a BNP member. At which point the racist bigot started unnecessarily insulting Matt, proving, if nothing else, that he was a racist bigot. Matt dealt with it superbly, standing up to him at all times, but was clearly shaken by how uncomfortable everything had got. I was hiding backstage both shocked and partly glad it didn't happen while I was up there as I wouldn't have known how to deal with it at all. Then, something awesome happened. The other people of Tenbury started heckling the man, calling him a variety of names. The twat said 'All the BNP members give me a cheer' and there was silence. Instead Matt quipped that he 'was now in the minority, which was ironic' and two people who were with the man, walked out. Kirshen continued his set, occasionally referring back to it without bringing it back up again, and the crowd were mightily impressed.
Afterwards many of the audience came up and apologised to the acts saying that Tenbury isn't at all like that and not all the local people are racist bigots, and we all very much believed them. In fact, it was very reassuring to know that they were all as shocked by this man's presence at the gig as we were. Here's the thing. I guess I've heard about the BNP on telly, radio and in the papers, but I've never actually seen one in real life. I was starting to hope and believe nobody could really exist if they were that narrow minded and thick. Sadly, they do. Although, much like everytime Griffin speaks, the BNP member at the gig only served to make himself look like an even bigger dick and therefore booted an own goal in terms of popularity gaining. Why oh why would you come to a comedy gig if that's your mind set? Ok, maybe certain types of comedy gig. The old school working men's comedians, but it was fairly clear from the top of our show, that it wasnt like that. It was going to be a gig where mostly left thinking comics would say things that would probably oppose a right wing fascists viewpoints? Maybe we should start putting posters up at gigs saying 'no BNP members or fascists'. See how they like being segregated.
Still hopefully there will be ripples through Tenbury today as people have realised that these sort of people have infiltrated their area and maybe they'll be able to do something about it. Then of course it will be left open to an attack by the Weeping Angels which is nearly as scary. Either way they'll end up stoney faced. Stoney faced? Geddit? Hah? Hah? Sigh.
By the way, I'd like to point out that the gig at the Regal is bloody lovely, with or without the occasional racist (preferably without ta. Though I can't imagine he'll be returning) and if you live in the area then you should pop along to the next one on June 25th which will be ace.
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That thing is horrible! I hate statues anyway – I once had to just stand quietly at the side of the room at the Tate Modern when they had this exhibition geaturing about 100 almost lifesize 'people', which you could just walk round in the room.Also must send you a pic of this marionette that hung over the bed i had on holiday in tunisia – the thing actualy gave me full blown nightmares, and i hardly slept at night the first three nights we were there.as for the actual subject of the blog, good on tenbury, for heckling the bigot heckler. racists are idiots. i can't really say more than that without getting a little over-emotive and hugely rant-like.
here's the sculptures…Juan Muñoz – Many Times (aka 'because one just wasn't bloody enough'):http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3226082927_b4026b6321.jpg
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Unfortunately tenbury isnt a very nice place a lot of the time. There are a lot of racists and bigots. Only last year a gay lad got queer bashed (as they call it locally) at one of the pubs!


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Q: Passing local variables down Partial hierarchy in Rails 4 for Ransack associations I'm trying to implement a search and sort form on all of my model's index pages using Ransack. I would like to do this as DRY'ly as possible so I created three partials in my views/application folder:

*

*views/application/_table_search_and_sort_form.html.erb

*views/application/_condition_fields.html.erb

*views/application/_sort_fields.html.erb

The code for each is as follows:
views/application/_table_search_and_sort_form.html.erb

  <%= search_form_for table_search_and_sort_form do |f| %>
    <%= f.condition_fields do |c| %>
      <%= render partial: "condition_fields", locals: { f: c, associations: associations } %>
    <% end %>

<%= link_to_add_fields "Add Conditions", f, :condition %>

    <%= f.sort_fields do |s| %>
      <%= render "sort_fields", f: s %>
    <% end %>

<%= link_to_add_fields "Add Sort", f, :sort %>

<%= f.submit "Search" %>

  <% end %>

views/application/_condition_fields.html.erb
<div class="field" data-object-name="<%= f.object_name %>">
  <%= f.attribute_fields do |a| %>
    <%= a.attribute_select associations: associations %>
  <% end %>
  <%= f.predicate_select %>
  <%= f.value_fields do |v| %>
    <%= v.text_field :value %>
  <% end %>
  <%= link_to "remove", '#', class: "remove_fields" %>

views/application/_sort_fields.html.erb
<div class="field" data-object-name="<%= f.object_name %>">
    <%= f.sort_select %>
    <%= link_to "remove", '#', class: "remove_fields" %>

In each of my controllers I have something like:
def index
    @search = Document.search(params[:q])
    @documents = @search.result.paginate(:page => params[:page])
    @search.build_condition if @search.conditions.empty?
    @search.build_sort if @search.sorts.empty?
end

and then I add the form to each index.html.erb by adding:
<%= render partial: "table_search_and_sort_form", object: @search, locals: { associations:  [:status, :job, :project, :language, :data_files] } %>

Where the :associations array is different for each model depending on the associations I would like to be accessible from the condition form. When I don't try to pass the :associations array down through two partials and just hard code the array into _condition_fields.html.erb such as:
<%= a.attribute_select associations: [:status, :job, :project, :language, :data_files] %>

Everything works just fine (for that one model, Document in this case). When I try to extend this to multiple models by passing the :associations array down from index to _table_search_and_sort_form and on to _conditional_form I get the following error:
undefined local variable or method `associations'

Extracted source (around line #3):

1  <div class="field" data-object-name="<%= f.object_name %>">
2  <%= f.attribute_fields do |a| %>
3  <%= a.attribute_select associations: associations %>
4  <% end %>
5  <%= f.predicate_select %>
6  <%= f.value_fields do |v| %>

How come the associations array doesn't get passed down beyond the first partial even when it's give to render's locals hash? I thought Rails didn't care how many partials you call from a partial? I tried to rename associations to avoid confusion with *attribute_select*'s associations parameter but this makes no difference.

A: The problem was that I have an application helper defined as
  def link_to_add_fields(name, f, type)
    new_object = f.object.send "build_#{type}"
    id = "new_#{type}"
    fields = f.send("#{type}_fields", new_object, child_index: id) do |builder|
      render(type.to_s + "_fields", f: builder)
    end
    link_to(name, '#', class: "add_fields", data: {id: id, fields: fields.gsub("\n", "")})
  end

This helper is called in _table_search_and_sort_form and as you can see the 'associations' array does not get passed to it and so that's where the error gets thrown, not on line 4 as I initially suspected. I guess I could hack this method to pass in the optional array but I'd rather not do that; it works fine as it is for the _condition_fields and _sort_fields partials and I think I'd be creating a headache for myself if I hack or overload it. Instead, I'm going to look for another way to add some of the associations to the search form, perhaps by overriding self.ransackable_attributes or self.ransackable_associations in the model. I haven't find much solid documentation about this but I'll experiment a bit. Hope this helps someone else too.

A: May not be an answer but seemed far to long to post in the comments
I am not sure you can use locals and object together although I could be wrong. Maybe try
<%= render "table_search_and_sort_form", locals: { search: @search, associations:  [:status, :job, :project, :language, :data_files] } %>

Then modify the partial

<%= search_form_for search do |f| %>
  <%= f.condition_fields do |c| %>
    <%= render partial: "condition_fields", locals: { f: c, associations: associations } %>
  <% end %>

<%= link_to_add_fields "Add Conditions", f, :condition %>

  <%= f.sort_fields do |s| %>
    <%= render "sort_fields", f: s %>
  <% end %>

<%= link_to_add_fields "Add Sort", f, :sort %>

<%= f.submit "Search" %>

<% end %>

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Shabbat shalom! The fall holidays have passed and it's a straight shot to Thanksgiving and Chanukah now. In a timely coincidence, Boulder Hadassah, the Boulder JCC and several other local organizations present a panel on sexual harassment at the BJCC next Tuesday.


Channel 2's Richard Elliot talked to both candidates about the new results.
Last minute accusations. Incendiary ads. Threats of legal action.
The mayoral campaigns of city council members Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood took a vitriolic turn as they entered their final weekend before Tuesday's runoff election.
A new poll released late Friday seems to indicate that Norwood had successfully leveraged the endorsements of former Mayor Shirley Franklin and mayoral candidate rival Cathy Woolard, who placed third in the field of a dozen or so candidates in last month's general election.
But Bottoms has plans to take back the lead. Her supporters called in national Democratic Party figures including U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, who will visit the city on Sunday to rally women to vote for her. Political operatives have hinted more could be on the way.
The Channel 2 Action News/Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll showed that for the first time since the general election, Norwood had opened a lead over Bottoms.
According to the poll of 500 likely runoff voters conducted by Landmark Communications, Norwood was at 51.3 percent and Bottoms at 45.1 percent. The margin of error was 4.3 percent, and only 3.6 percent of respondents polled said they were undecided.
As the contest to become the city's 60th mayor drew to a close, the campaigns called one press conference after another to announce new endorsements, or new revelations about their opposition.
On Friday, Bottoms campaign coordinated a press event with former Atlanta School Board candidate Charlie Stadtlander who provided a 150-page dossier on Norwood. He said that he had advised her campaign earlier this year, but refused to continue working with her because she wouldn't correct financial impropriety.
A spokesperson for Norwood said that Stadtlander was fired from the campaign. Stadtlander said that was news to him and later showed reporters a $1,000 check that Norwood had written to his election campaign in July.
Meanwhile, Norwood's campaign sent to the media a letter it drafted from her to the Democratic Party of Georgia and to Bottoms' camp demanding an end to accusations in ads that she owns property in Cobb County with tax liens and had received campaign donations from President Donald Trump.
A Democratic Party spokesman said late Friday the organization hadn't received the letter, and said Norwood makes claims about the ad that aren't true.
"Mary Norwood is so desperate and afraid of this TV ad that she is trying to bully stations into not broadcasting it," he said.
The man who currently holds the city's top job, Mayor Kasim Reed, was uncharacteristically silent on social media over the past week.
But his shadow was ubiquitous.
Atlanta mayoral candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms, left, and Mary Norwood at Friday's education conversation.
Bottoms, who earned Reed's endorsement, continuously asserted that her administration would not be an extension of his.
Reed has been criticized for bare-knuckle tactics against Bottoms' rivals. City Hall also has faced an ongoing federal bribery investigation involving city contracts. Reed has pledged cooperation with the probe, and Bottoms has called for ethics and contracting overhauls, but Norwood has made cleaning up corruption a staple of her campaign in the runoff.
As Norwood trotted out endorsements this week from her former opponents in the general election, such as City Council President Ceasar Mitchell, ex-Atlanta chief operating officer Peter Aman and Fulton County Chairman John Eaves, she has had to fend off questions about whether their recommendations were more about her, or condemnations of Reed.
Michael Leo Owens, an Emory University political science professor, said he expects a narrow finish Tuesday, which in many ways would be a repeat of 2009, when Mayor Kasim Reed edged Norwood by about 700 votes in a runoff.
The endorsements of Norwood by both Franklin and Mitchell made waves on social media among black voters, Owens said. Many saw the endorsements as more of a protest against Reed.
Harris, a rising star among Democrats and a possible 2020 candidate for president, is scheduled to appear at Park Tavern on Sunday for a rally with Bottoms and Women for Keisha.
Democratic Party officials have suggested other big national names also could appear in Atlanta by Bottoms' side.
The candidates are competing for primarily two groups: African American women and progressives. Black women make up the largest portion of Super Voters, the 12 percent or so sliver of the electorate who've cast ballots in five elections over the past four years.
And in last month's general election a large chunk of votes outside of Norwood and Bottoms went to the candidates widely considered the most progressive: former State Senator Vincent Fort and Woolard, who dominated in east Atlanta precincts.
The Channel 2 Action News/Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, suggests unaligned voters have made their choice in recent days and that decisions were breaking largely along racial lines.
Three-quarters of black respondents (74.9 percent) back Bottoms, who is black, while 80 percent of white respondents said they back Norwood.
Norwood received support from 21.3 percent of black respondents polled, while Bottoms claimed the support of 16.5 of white respondents.
It also shows Norwood, a self-identified independent, doing well among Democrats in a heavily Democratic city.
Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) and Mary Norwood will face off in a Dec. 5 runoff to be the next mayor of Atlanta. Both women pledged to give Atlanta Public Schools long-disputed property deeds that the city holds.
Norwood received the support of 42 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats, a strong showing by a self-proclaimed independent whose rival has proudly touted her Democratic Party credentials and tried to label Norwood a "closeted Republican" in a non-partisan campaign.
On Sunday at 5 p.m., the candidates will share the stage at a Channel 2/AJC debate where they will make their closing arguments to voters.
"I do think this race has become closer than the Bottoms team anticipated," Momon said.
Join Channel 2 Action News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitutiton and WSB Radio for a LIVE debate, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Momon said that she expects polls could flip flop a few more times before the election and that Sunday's debate will be crucial.
"That debate on Sunday is going to determine the election in all sincerity," she said.
Both finalists need to show their authenticity and address missteps in the rough campaign.
Norwood will have to defend attacks that she's a Republican in disguise, as well as remarks she made at a Buckhead Young Republican gathering earlier this year that accused Reed of widespread voter fraud in their 2009 race. Bottoms said the comments, which were secretly recorded in June and obtained by the AJC last week, used coded terms for black voters, something Norwood denied.
Bottoms was damaged by not condemning remarks by Reed in recent weeks, who labeled Norwood and Mitchell as "losers" when Mitchell endorsed Norwood, Momon said.
"I think because this election got so ugly it became personal," Momon said.


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Ethics Opinion 782
Opinion #782 - 12/08/2004
Topic: E-mailing documents that may contain hidden data reflecting client confidences and secrets.
Digest: Lawyers must exercise reasonable care to prevent the disclosure of confidences and secrets contained in "metadata" in documents they transmit electronically to opposing counsel or other third parties.
Code: DR 1-102(A)(5), 4-101(B), (C), (D); EC 4-5.
DR 4-101(B) states that a lawyer shall not "knowingly" reveal a confidence or secret of a client. Does a lawyer who transmits documents that contain "metadata" reflecting client confidences or secrets violate DR 4-101(B)?
Word-processing software commonly used by lawyers, such as Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect, include features that permit recipients of documents transmitted by e-mail to view "metadata," which may be loosely defined as data hidden in documents that is generated during the course of creating and editing such documents. It may include fragments of data from files that were previously deleted, overwritten or worked on simultaneously.[1] Metadata may reveal the persons who worked on a document, the name of the organization in which it was created or worked on, information concerning prior versions of the document, recent revisions of the document, and comments inserted in the document in the drafting or editing process. The hidden text may reflect editorial comments, strategy considerations, legal issues raised by the client or the lawyer, legal advice provided by the lawyer, and other information.[2] Not all of this information is a confidence or secret, but it may, in many circumstances, reveal information that is either privileged or the disclosure of which would be detrimental or embarrassing to the client. SeeDR 4-101. For example, a lawyer may transmit a document by e-mail to someone other than the client without realizing that the recipient is able to view prior edits and comments to the document that would be protected as privileged attorney-client communications. Or, more dramatically, a prosecutor using a cooperation agreement signed by one confidential witness may use the agreement as a template in drafting the agreement for another confidential witness. The second document's metadata could contain the name of the original cooperating witness, and if e-mailed, could expose that witness to extreme risks.
The Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility (the "Code") prohibits lawyers from "knowingly" revealing a client confidence or secret, DR 4-101(B)(1), except when permitted under one of five exceptions enumerated in DR 4-101(C). DR 4-101(D) states that a lawyer "shall exercise reasonable care to prevent his or her employees, associates, and others whose services are utilized by the lawyer from disclosing or using confidences or secrets of a client." See also EC 4-5 ("Care should be exercised by a lawyer to prevent the disclosure of the confidences and secrets of one client to another"). Similarly, a lawyer who uses technology to communicate with clients must use reasonable care with respect to such communication, and therefore must assess the risks attendant to the use of that technology and determine if the mode of transmission is appropriate under the circumstances. SeeN.Y. State 709 (1998) ("an attorney must use reasonable care to protect confidences and secrets"); N.Y. City 94-11 (lawyer must take reasonable steps to secure client confidences or secrets).
When a lawyer sends a document by e-mail, as with any other type of communication, a lawyer must exercise reasonable care to ensure that he or she does not inadvertently disclose his or her client's confidential information. What constitutes reasonable care will vary with the circumstances, including the subject matter of the document, whether the document was based on a "template" used in another matter for another client, whether there have been multiple drafts of the document with comments from multiple sources, whether the client has commented on the document, and the identity of the intended recipients of the document. Reasonable care may, in some circumstances, call for the lawyer to stay abreast of technological advances and the potential risks in transmission in order to make an appropriate decision with respect to the mode of transmission. SeeN.Y. State 709 (1998).[3]
Lawyer-recipients also have an obligation not to exploit an inadvertent or unauthorized transmission of client confidences or secrets. In N.Y. State 749, we concluded that the use of computer technology to access client confidences and secrets revealed in metadata constitutes "an impermissible intrusion on the attorney-client relationship in violation of the Code." N.Y. State 749 (2003). See alsoN.Y. State 700 (1997) (improper for a lawyer to exploit an unauthorized communication of confidential information because doing so would constitute conduct "involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and "prejudicial to the administration of justice" in violation of DR 1-102(A)(4) and DR 1-102(A)(5), respectively).[4]
Lawyers have a duty under DR 4-101 to use reasonable care when transmitting documents by e-mail to prevent the disclosure of metadata containing client confidences or secrets.
[1]David Hricik and Robert R. Jueneman, "The Transmission and Receipt of Invisible Confidential Information," 15 The Professional Lawyer No. 1, p. 18 (Spring 2004); Mark Ward, "The hidden dangers of documents," BBC News World Edition, August 18, 2003, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi /technology/3154479.stm; "Barry MacDonnell's Toolbox for WordPerfect for Windows - Macros, Tips, and Templates;" February 5, 2004 , at http://home.earthlink.net/~wptoolbox?Tips/UndoRedo.html.
[2] "How To: Minimize Metadata in Microsoft Word 2002 Documents," at http://support. microsoft.com/?kbid=237361; "How To: Minimize Metadata in Microsoft Word 2000 Documents," at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=237361. Most Word document files contain a revision log listing the last 10 edits of a document, and identifying the names of the people who worked on the document and the names of the files in which the data was saved. Richard M. Smith, "Microsoft Word bytes Tony Blair in the butt," June 30, 2003, at http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/blair.htm (describing how the British government was embarrassed in February 2003 when 10 Downing Street published a dossier on Iraq's security and intelligence organizations and posted it as a Microsoft Word document on their Web site, which through its metadata revealed the identities of the four civil servants who worked on the document as well as various other documents that contained the same information). Similarly, WordPerfect documents may contain information text that had been cut, copied or deleted, as well as the drafter's username, the drafter's initials, the company or organization name, the name of the computer, embedded objects, comments, and other file properties and summary information. "Barry MacDonnell's Toolbox for WordPerfect for Windows - Macros, Tips, and Templates," February 5, 2004, at http://home.earthlink.net/~wptoolbox?Tips/UndoRedo.html.
[3] Some commentators have suggested that a lawyer has an affirmative duty to remove metadata whenever documents are exchanged with opposing counsel or disclosed to the public. See, e.g.,David Hricik & Robert R. Jueneman, The Transmission and Receipt of Invisible Confidential Information, 15 The Professional Lawyer no. 1, p. 18 (Spring 2004) ("To comply with their duty of confidentiality, lawyers should take steps to remove metadata from documents exchanged with opposing counsel or disclosed to the public"). While exercising reasonable care under DR 4-101 may, in certain circumstances, require the lawyer to remove metadata (for example, where the lawyer knows that the metadata reflects client confidences and secrets, or that the document is being sent to an aggressive and technologically savvy adversary), in general the level of care required varies with the particular circumstances of the transmission.
[4]Unlike lawyers, non-lawyer recipients of documents containing hidden text have no obligation imposed by the Code to avoid uncovering and exploiting information contained in an e-mailed document's metadata.
Opinion 782(PDF File)


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Primobius partners with Stelco in recycling of electric vehicle batteries
Primobius enters North America and commercializes its recycling technology in one of the fastest growing lithium battery production markets
Primobius licenses the technology to a Stelco battery recycling special purpose vehicle (Stelco recycling) and holds an option to acquire equity
Agreement marks another step for SMS group towards the transformation to a sustainable metals industry
Partnership enables Stelco to uniquely create a closed-loop system of auto recycling and provision of green steel and battery metals back to its OEM customers
Initial operations targeted for 2023
Primobius GmbH has executed binding option and licensing agreements with the North American steelmaking company Stelco Holdings Inc. headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario. Both parties have agreed on formal arrangements to commercialize Primobius' proprietary advanced electric vehicle battery recycling and processing technologies in North America.
Primobius is an incorporated joint venture between Australian Stock Exchange listed company Neometals Ltd. and private German engineering and technology company SMS group, to commercialize an environmentally friendly recycling solution for lithium-ion-batteries (LIB). Primobius has developed a CO2-reduced, two-step system combining mechanical and hydrometallurgical processes to bring high-purity chemicals back into the battery supply chain.
Besides its own ten tons per day commercial disposal plant at SMS group location Hilchenbach, Germany, which addresses the needs of the LIB supply chain in Europe, this new partnership represents a significant milestone for Primobius. It supports the strategy to become the leading LIB recycler through the establishment of a second operating base. The option agreement with Stelco grants Primobius the right to acquire between 25 % and 50 % equity in Stelco recycling.
Prof. Dr. Hans Ferkel, CTO at SMS group and Primobius Member of the Advisory Board said: "We recognize the need to secure access to large volumes of future end-of-life LIBs and the present need to recycle a significantly growing volume of end-of-life batteries and production scrap from LIB cell production in the United States. The partnership presents the perfect opportunity for us to enter one of the world's fastest growing cell making markets."
As a leading supplier of steel to the automotive OEMs, Stelco consumes scrap as part of its steel manufacturing process and is planning to secure sufficient volumes of end-of-life vehicles to source scrap steel feedstock. As Primobius has licensed its battery recycling technology to Stelco, the steelmaking company is now in a position to mature its feedstock targeting activities with an additional direct access to a sustainable industrial-scale battery recycling solution.
Stelco Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alan Kestenbaum said: "With this novel approach, Stelco is uniquely positioned to provide the highest quality automotive steels available in North America as well as a greater value proposition to its customers. By providing this service, Stelco will be able to recycle end-of-life electric vehicles, convert them into green steel and recover from their batteries high purity metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese. The synergies obtained by joining the leading engineering company in the world with the leading battery metals technology company and with our state-of-the-art steelmaking capabilities position Stelco as the best-in-class partner to automotive OEMs, particularly those pursuing electric vehicle strategies."
SMS group already looks back on an existing long-standing relationship with Stelco from its steel-related activities. Recycling solutions have also always been an essential part of SMS group's leading technology portfolio. The combination of in-depth metallurgical know-how with engineering skills, digital expertise and plant technology consultancy makes the company a key enabler for circularity in the metals industry.
Prof. Dr. Hans Ferkel: "The fact that with Primobius we are now partnering in the area of LIB recycling underlines our lifecycle partnership approach at SMS group."
"Stelco is thrilled to partner with Primobius. After an extensive search for best-in-class technologies worldwide, including a detailed review of Primobius' newly commissioned and operational demonstration plant in Hilchenbach, Germany, on the premises of leading engineering firm SMS group, Stelco has reached an agreement that will enable Stelco to create a closed-loop system of auto recycling and provision of green steel and battery metals back to its automotive OEM customers." Kestenbaum continued.
About Stelco
Established in 1910, Stelco is a low cost, integrated and independent steelmaker with one of the newest and most technologically advanced integrated steelmaking facilities in North America (with locations in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ontario). Stelco produces flat-rolled value-added steels, including premium-quality coated, cold-rolled and hot-rolled sheet products, as well as pig iron and metallurgical coke. With first-rate gauge, crown, and shape control, as well as uniform through-coil mechanical properties, our steel products are supplied to customers in the construction, automotive, energy, appliance, and pipe and tube industries across Canada and the United States, as well as to a variety of steel service centers, which are distributors of steel products. Stelco Holdings Inc., the 100 % owner of Stelco, is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'STLC'.
About Primobius
Primobius is the result of a joint venture partnership between Australian Stock Exchange listed company Neometals Ltd. and private German engineering and technology company, SMS group. Primobius is to commercialize advanced recycling technology, offering a unique and sustainable method for recovering valuable lithium, nickel, cobalt and other materials from expended and scrap electric vehicles and consumer electronics LIBs. Recovered and refined product materials will be reformed and re-applied back into the battery supply chain.
SMS group is renowned worldwide for its future-oriented technologies and outstanding service for the metals industry. The company applies its 150 years of experience and its digital know-how to provide the industry continuously with innovative products and processes – even beyond its core business – and generates worldwide sales of more than 2.7 billion euros. SMS is the right partner for challenging projects, and supports its customers throughout the lifecycle of their plants, enabling profitable and resource-efficient value creation chains. Paving the way for a carbon-neutral and sustainable metals industry is the company's stated goal. As a global player with German roots, SMS takes responsibility for its about 14,000 employees.
Kilian Rötzer
Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing
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Wright County Sheriff's Department honored with ESGR Pro Patria Award
posted on October 14, 2021 10:44
Buffalo, Minn.: U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Nathan Price was proud to present the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Pro Patria Award to his employer, the Wright County Sheriff's Department in a ceremony held October 13. His supervisor, Captain Patrick O'Malley received the award on behalf of the Department.
ESGR's Pro Patria Award is presented annually by ESGR State Committees to employers who demonstrate the greatest support to Guard and Reserve employees through their leadership and practices, including adopting personnel policies that make it easier for employees to participate in the National Guard and Reserve. This is the highest level award that may be bestowed by an ESGR State Committee.
The Wright County Sheriff's Department provided significant support to its Guard and Reserve Members and their families, including aiding spouses and children of deployed Service members; wellness checks for families of Service Members; care packages to Service members; additional pay and leave beyond what was required by law; and many other benefits to the Service members and their families to help get them through the Service Members' deployments.
In addition to Price and O'Malley, participants and guests included Wright County Sheriff's Department leaders; and Minnesota ESGR representatives Everett Doolittle and Bob Adams.
ESGR is a program of the Department of Defense which seeks to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment and military service of members of the National Guard and Reserve in the United States. For more information about ESGR outreach programs or volunteer opportunities, call (800) 336-4590 or visit www.ESGR.mil.
Photo left to right: Captain Patrick O'Malley and SSG Nathan Price.
Group Photo left to right: Bob Adams, Everett Doolittle, Captain Patrick O'Malley, Sergeant Noelle Flesher, SSG Nathan Price.
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