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Where will the Powers of the Royal Commission into Child Abuse Come From?
While there has been much discussion and debate over the scope of the terms of reference and powers of the proposed Royal Commission into Child Abuse, there has been little consideration of the constitutional basis for these powers. Gabrielle Appleby considers this important aspect of the Commission's establishment.
On 12 November 2012 the Prime Minister announced that she will recommend to the Governor-General the establishment of a royal commission into child abuse in a number of institutions, including churches, schools and foster homes.
Much has been written and discussed about the scope of the proposed commission's terms of reference to try to ensure that the claims of victims and the responses of institutions are properly canvassed. There has also been some commentary on the scope of the powers of the commission, and whether it will have the power to compel testimony from priests about matters that have been divulged in the confessional. This post considers the constitutional power of the Commonwealth to establish a commission with these powers.
The Commonwealth's Power to Establish Royal Commissions
In establishing a Royal Commission, the Governor-General will act, by convention, on the advice of the Government – usually in the form of the Executive Council.
What is less clear, however, is the type and scope of the power that is exercised, given that the Commonwealth is a polity of necessarily limited constitutional powers. There is a now a statutory power for the Governor-General to make or authorise an inquiry, or establish a commission to do so, including a royal commission. The Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) empowers the Governor-General, by Letters Patent, to issue commissions as he or she thinks fit to make inquiry and report on any matter, 'which relates to or is connected with the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth, or any public purpose or any power of the Commonwealth.' This is expressed so broadly that the matters that fall within such an inquiry could clearly fall outside the Commonwealth's legislative powers. The Act indicates that it in no way prejudices, limits or derogates from any pre-existing power of the Governor-General 'to authorise any inquiry, or to issue any commission to make any inquiry.'
Historically, the Crown has enjoyed a non-statutory power to 'inquire'. There have been differing views about the exact nature of this power. Dixon J described the power in McGuinness v Attorney-General (Vic) (1940) as sourced in 'the prerogative of the Crown'. In contrast, Griffith CJ in Clough v Leahy (1904) referred to the power to establish commissions as 'not a prerogative right', but a capacity of the Crown, that is, the power of inquiry is a capacity of the Crown shared with every individual citizen. The power to inquire has generally been considered not to be limited by the subject matters over which, or purposes for which, the Commonwealth has legislative power.[1]
Compulsive and Coercive Powers of Royal Commissions
Regardless of which view is correct – that the power to inquire is a prerogative or a capacity of the Crown – these powers are non-statutory in nature. As such, they are subject to certain restrictions on their depth. This means that they cannot be used to transgress fundamental common law rights of citizens – such as the right to property – except with the express authorisation of statute. Under this principle the Executive would not be able to compel testimony, including that which may violate religious beliefs such as the sanctity of the confessional. The Executive also requires statutory authority to create new offences, and dispense with the law. The High Court has therefore held that a commission can only exercise certain powers – the power to compel testimony, to provide privilege from prosecution, or to punish for contempt – with statutory authority. These limits exist to ensure there is a check on the power of the Executive, protecting the rights of individual citizens against arbitrary interference.
The Royal Commissions Act confers a number of powers on commissions established under the Act, or otherwise established. The Act confers, for example, the power to summon witnesses to give evidence and produce documents, and the Act makes it an offence for individuals to fail to appear or produce documents. Evidence given before a commission is not admissible as evidence in other civil or criminal proceedings, thus protecting witnesses from future legal action as a result of evidence they give before a commission. There are also offences for acting in contempt of a royal commission.
In so far as the subject matter or purpose of an inquiry lies within the Commonwealth's legislative powers (in ss 51, 52 and 122 of the Constitution), the conferral of compulsive powers on a Commission is perfectly constitutional. But what happens when the Commonwealth is establishing a commission to inquire into matters that are largely outside the Commonwealth's legislative powers?
The High Court has held that the Commonwealth cannot confer compulsive powers on a commission investigating matters otherwise outside the Commonwealth's legislative competence by relying on s 51(xxxix) of the Constitution, which allows the Commonwealth Parliament to enact legislation that is incidental to the execution of the executive power. In Lockwood v Commonwealth (1954), Fullagar J explained:
Where … the subject matter of the inquiry lies outside the field of Commonwealth power, the Commonwealth cannot constitutionally confer compulsive powers on any body set up to make the inquiry.
Therefore, inquiries established outside of the Commonwealth's heads of powers can only have the power to inquire, but not compel. Such a commission is in the same position as a nosy citizen. As Griffith CJ said in Clough v Leahy:
The power of inquiry, of asking questions, is a power which every individual citizen possesses, and, provided that in asking these questions he does not violate any law, what Court can prohibit him from asking them? He cannot compel an answer; and if he gets an answer which is defamatory of anybody else, and the circumstances are such that the occasion is not privileged, the person who utters the words is liable to the consequences of an unlawful publication of defamatory matter.
Locating the Source of the Powers of the Proposed Royal Commission into Child Abuse
So where is the legislative power to support the conferral of powers on the proposed Royal Commission into child abuse? If there is not the necessary head of power to support legislation conferring compulsive powers on the Commission, it will severely undermine the ability of the Commission to fully explore allegations of abuse and responses to it. There are some strong arguments that there is the necessary legislative power, despite the Commonwealth not being vested with legislative power over 'child protection' or a similar subject.
The Commonwealth may rely on the external affairs power – s 51(xxix) of the Constitution. Since the landmark judgment in Commonwealth v Tasmania (Tasmanian Dam Case), it has been accepted that the Commonwealth possesses a wide power power to make laws that enact treaty obligations. The laws must be reasonably considered to be appropriate and adapted to implementing a specific treaty obligation.
This power has been used by the Commonwealth to vastly expand its powers into areas such as environmental protection, comprehensive regulation of industrial matters and protection of human rights, which have previously been understood to fall outside of Commonwealth legislative competence.
Since 1991 Australia has been a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 19 provides:
1. States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
2. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement.
The specific reference to investigation and reporting of instances of child maltreatment including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child in Article 19(2) envisages states that are party to the Convention establishing official inquiries into child abuse in institutional care, through, for example, a Royal Commission.
The broad nature of the obligation in Article 19(2) would allow the Commonwealth to establish a royal commission into child abuse in institutional care with wide-ranging powers. The Commonwealth has indicated that it will seek the cooperation of the States and Territories to ensure the commission can access information held by state governments (see the Consultation Paper). Indeed, the royal commission is to be discussed in today's COAG meeting.
While it may certainly be desirable for the States and Territories to cooperate with the Commonwealth commission, and it may increase its legitimacy and status publicly, I can see no compelling reason why such cooperation is constitutionally necessary. The Commonwealth is constitutionally limited from passing laws that would curtail the States' capacity to function as governments (this is known as the Melbourne Corporation principle). It would seem highly unlikely that the Commonwealth would be in breach of this principle in establishing the Commission and conferring compulsive powers on it, even if those compulsive powers extended to the States. A very limited exception to this may be if the Commission was given the power to order the production of documents protected by State claims to Cabinet confidentiality, but this seems unlikely given the scope of the powers currently conferred by the Royal Commissions Act.
Concluding Observations
The Commonwealth may only establish commissions of inquiry, including royal commissions, with the power to compel testimony and protect witnesses and commissioners from the threat of legal proceedings through statute and in areas over which the Commonwealth has legislative power.
The Commonwealth's announcement of the establishment of a royal commission to investigate child abuse in institutions and institutional responses to it takes the federal government into a subject area previously considered to be within the domain of the States: child welfare and protection. However, the Commonwealth is in a strong position to argue that it can support the powers of the commission because of its obligations to protect children conferred by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It demonstrates, once again, the degree to which Commonwealth jurisdiction has been broadened through the external affairs power.
Gabrielle Appleby is a Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Law School.
[1] In the recent decision in relation to the National School Chaplaincy Program (Williams v Commonwealth), the High Court held that the Commonwealth's capacity to spend money and enter into contracts without statutory authority was much more limited than previously understood. There is an unanswered question about the extent to which this decision affects the Commonwealth's other capacities – such as the capacity to inquire. I believe that the better view is that the peculiar nature of the spending power (the High Court identified, for example, the ability of the Commonwealth to regulate the conduct of individuals through funding, and the expenditure of public moneys) would limit this decision to that capacity only.
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Art of stitching using modern machines
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Back in olden days, we used to stitch the clothes using a needle and thread. This used to take a lot of physical effort to make the clothes, but as there are no other options, people used to do that. But in the industrial age, with the inventions of many modern machines, the clothing industry has taken tremendous changes, and mass production began. Then there were so many varieties, and designs of clothes are available to the customers. But they were manual machines and still would take some time in the manufacturing. Now in the 20th century, these machines are more automated, and everyday lakhs of pieces of the clothes are getting manufactured and sold in the market. Fashion has become one of the basic needs in daily life, where everyone judges you by the kind of clothing you wear. To keep ourselves engaged with modern trends, we buy clothes that match our needs and taste.
Manufacturing of the machines
The clothes are sewed on machines, and these machines are also manufactured in the industries. The machines that sew the clothes are called the sewing machine. These machines were first invented in 1755 by Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal. Over a while, these machines have undergone a lot of changes, and today they fully and semi-automated depend upon the needs. These changes have reduced the turn around time of producing a shirt, and the demand for clothing rises. It has created employment opportunities for many people and many business ideas for new entrepreneurs. Machines do all the kinds of stitches like a zigzag stitch, cover stitch, overlock stitch, chain stitch, lockstitch, and many more in various patterns. Machines adopt various feed mechanisms for easy functioning of sewing while doing the work like, drop feed, manual feed, puller feed, needle feed, walking feed, differential feed, and many more. Many changes were also made in the machines and the type of manufacturing that leads to the invention of many new products in the line of clothing.
Impacts of these machines on public
Before the invention of the sewing machine, women used to spend a lot of time on the family clothing section. In some houses, they used to hire a professional for stitching the clothes that would last for months and days. Many families use to have a limited pair of clothing and use it to adjust to that. But after the invention, the manufacturing time and labor work got reduced. This has reduced the stress on women as they can concentrate on other segments in the management of the household. Women even got some time that was converted into exploring leisure activities or minting them for money. This invention even created a few employment opportunities in society. Later, when the machines were modified, even the demand for clothing has also increased drastically, and now it is one the leading sectors in the market. People are continuously looking for changes in the clothing line, and many leading manufactures are minting the same need.
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Q: Fabric.js canvas blending mode Is it possible to set "globalCompositeOperation" for the fabric canvas object? Need the canvas objects to behave like in this example:
http://blogs.adobe.com/webplatform/2013/01/28/blending-features-in-canvas/

A: Sure.
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Q: Как разместить элемент и подогнать под него фон в кастомном фрейм лаяуте? Всем привет!
Мне необходимо реализовать кастомный лаяут для свайпа. Я думаю взять за основу FrameLayout и установить в него две вью программно (вью фона и вью контента, которую, собственно будет свайпать).
Условный фон:
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/blue"
    app:cardCornerRadius="12dp">

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingVertical="22dp">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/sb_iv_share"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_share"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/sb_tv_share"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/sb_tv_share"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@id/sb_tv_share"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

        <TextView
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            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
            android:text="Поделиться"
            android:textColor="#fff"
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Вью контента может быть любой. Задача в том, чтобы вью фона растягивалась под размеры передней. В итоге должно получиться так, что я навешу свайп листенер на передний план и, когда он будет смещаться влево или вправо, то будет становиться видным задний фон.
Можно ли получить такое поведение? Подскажите, пожалуйста, в каких коллбэках?
Пока, что у меня есть:
class SwipeItemLayout @JvmOverloads constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    defStyleAttr: Int = 0
) : FrameLayout(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {

    private val backgroundView = ShareBackgroundBinding.inflate(
        LayoutInflater.from(context)
    ).root

    private lateinit var contentView: View

    override fun onLayout(changed: Boolean, left: Int, top: Int, right: Int, bottom: Int) {
        // Должны мы установить размеры здесь?
        super.onLayout(changed, left, top, right, bottom)
    }

    companion object {
        fun configure(contentView: View): SwipeItemLayout {
            return SwipeItemLayout(contentView.context)
                .apply {
                    this.contentView = contentView
                    addView(this.contentView)
                    addView(
                        ShareBackgroundBinding.inflate(
                            LayoutInflater.from(context)
                        ).root
                    ) // Может, здесь установить какие-то размеры?
                }
        }
    }

}

P.S: Прошу не писать про ItemTouchHelper, мне необходим именно лаяут


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This article is about the South African airline. For other uses, see Airlink (disambiguation).
SA Airlink (Pty) Ltd. is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is privately owned and has developed into South Africa's first feeder network aimed at linking the smaller towns, regional centers and hubs throughout South Africa. It has code-sharing and schedule co-ordination agreements with South African Airways and South African Express.
Airlink was formed in 1978 and incorporated a range of other airlines: Midlands Aviation (founded in 1967), Lowveld Aviation Services, Magnum Airways, Border Air, Citi Air and Link Airways. It has a 40% share in Swaziland Airlink. In 1997 Airlink joined South African Airways and South African Express Airways in a strategic alliance which is governed by a franchise agreement.
On 23 December 2009 the SA Civil Aviation Authority grounded their fleet of 13 BAe Jetstream 41 planes. Following audits of the airline's procedures and inspection of the grounded aircraft they were returned to service. A problem with a seal in the aircraft's Honeywell engines was found to be the cause of the safety issues.
Airlink British Aerospace Jetstream 41 in the airline's old livery.
On 24 September 2009, Airlink Flight 8911, a BAe Jetstream 41, crashed in the suburb of Merebank shortly after takeoff from Durban International Airport, injuring its crew of three and one person on the ground. The captain, Allister Freeman, died as a result of complications from his injuries on 7 October 2009.
On 7 December 2009, an Airlink Embraer ERJ 135 (registration:ZS-SJW) on scheduled flight SA 8625, overshot the runway when trying to land in wet weather at George Airport; no fatalities were reported. The flight from Cape Town to George was cleared for an instrument landing (ILS) approach and prevailing weather conditions at the time were overcast, with light rain. The aircraft touched down in the area of the fourth landing marker. The landing appeared normal, however the aircraft did not vacate the runway but instead veered to the right and collided with approach lights before it burst through the airport's perimeter fence, coming to rest in a nose-down attitude on a public road. The aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair. Probable cause: The crew were unable to decelerate the aircraft to a safe stop due to ineffective braking of the aircraft on a wet runway surface, resulting in an overrun. Contributory factors: The aircraft crossed the runway threshold at 50 ft AGL at 143 KIAS, which was 15 kt above the calculated VREF speed. Although the aircraft initially touched down within the touchdown zone the transition back into air mode of 1.5 seconds followed by a 3-second delay in applying the brakes after the aircraft remained in permanent ground mode should be considered as a significant contributory factor to this accident as it was imperative to decelerate the aircraft as soon as possible. The transition from ground mode to air mode and back to air mode was caused by the crew doing a positive landing on a wet runway. Two months before the accident the runway was resurfaced with a fog spray sealant. The George area was experiencing a drought at the time and on the day of the accident it was the first rain they had received since the resurfacing. The fog sprayed surface caused a degradation of the surface friction and promoted the formation of pooling on the surface. After touch down the aircraft started aquaplaning. The crew veered to the right to prevent a collision with the localiser antenna. The runway was found non-compliant with ICAO annex 14 and was subsequently resurfaced. Airlink's insurers took legal action against the state-owned Airports Company of South Africa.
Airlink's head office is in the 3rd office block of the Greenstone Office Park in the Greenstone Hill suburb of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng, South Africa.
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↑ "S. Africa Grounds 14 Airlink Planes on Safety Fears (Update1)". Bloomberg. 24 December 2009.
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↑ "Crash of an Embraer 135 in George | B3A Aircraft Accidents Archives". Baaa-acro.com. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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[Updated 7.17.17] Ocean exploration has sparked humans' imagination for centuries. Current news stories about ocean issues tend to focus on problems like over-fishing, pollution and climate change, but new discoveries are also expanding our knowledge of ocean life forms and processes. Here are some examples that probe below the surface.
Marine biodiversity: The oceans contain an astonishing range of life forms. The Census of Marine Life, a decade-long project that explored the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life, offers many resources, including videos, image galleries and maps. According to the census, there are about 250,000 known species in the oceans, and potentially millions of unknown species. Microbes account for up to 90 percent or marine life by weight. Elementary school teachers can use different ocean life forms to illustrate discussions about how scientists group living things into categories, as shown in Annenberg Learner's Life Science, session 2, "Classifying Living Things." For high school students, consult Rediscovering Biology, session 4, "Microbial Diversity," and Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology as background for examining the importance of microbes in ocean ecosystems.
Mapping the ocean floor: As recently as the 1960s, scientists knew virtually nothing about the ocean floor and had no way to study it at close range. In 2014, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) celebrated the 50th birthday of Alvin, the first manned submersible vehicle built to study the deep oceans. WHOI published a special website commemorating Alvin and recounting how its development inspired decades of deep ocean exploration.
Famously, scientists diving in Alvin discovered hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, where water heated by volcanic activity beneath the seafloor rises up, carrying chemicals leached from rocks. To their surprise, they also found new life forms – clams, worms and mussels living around these vents, without access to sunlight. Use Earth Revealed, unit 4, "The Sea Floor," to learn about geological features and life forms at the bottom of the sea. Complement this overview with a discussion of the challenges of designing submersibles to operate under the extreme temperature and pressure conditions of the deep oceans.
Lessons from Titanic: Scientists from WHOI also discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1985, using a sled-like vehicle called Argo that they towed behind a research vessel to photograph the ocean floor. WHOI's Titanic resources include videos and photographs from the 1985 and 1986 expeditions that found and photographed the wreck. This article describes how WHOI scientists have made repeated trips back to map and analyze the site, and how those expeditions have driven advances in technology for imaging underwater.
In addition to historic questions such as how the Titanic broke apart, scientists have studied the wreck to learn how materials degrade underwater. The wreck is covered with icicle-shaped formations called rusticles, which are produced by tiny microbes that feed on iron. Unit 3, "Metabolism" of Unseen Life on Earth provides an overview of how microbes meet their energy needs in different environments. From there, explore lessons from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to see how chemical and biological processes are breaking Titanic down. Other scientists predict that within 30 years, the Titanic may be reduced to a heap of rusticles on the ocean floor.
Fossilized Leaf. Photo from Earth & Space Science.
You search, we listen. "Rocks" is one of the most frequent search terms on learner.org, so we are highlighting resources for teaching about rocks in this curriculum focus.
Students discover different types of rocks and how rocks change with the Rock Cycle Interactive. Students build geological vocabulary, name the different parts of the rock cycle, and take an assessment at the end. This activity is great for independent study in the classroom and at home.
Students learn how melting rock deep inside the earth forms volcanoes with the Volcanoes Interactive. They practice raising and lowering the temperature of rocks to experience how rocks respond to temperature inside the earth.
The Habitable Planet, unit 1, "Many Planets, One Earth," section 3, Reading Geologic Records, explains how scientists use rocks and fossils to define geologic time phases in Earth's history on a geologic time scale. Rocks and fossils tell the story of Earth's animal and environmental history.
What are igneous rocks and how are they formed? Earth and Space Science, session 3, "Journey to the Earth's Interior," compares extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks, and relates lava to the movement of tectonic plates. This workshop includes an activity for teachers to identify young students' ideas about the structure of the earth, ideas that help inform science lessons.
Destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions often make headlines and prompt humanitarian relief efforts, though the forces that cause these events are, in fact, mundane and constant. Explore the physical processes operating in the lithosphere, the outer part of the earth that is the base of our continents and oceans. Dig into the following resources to learn about the role of plate tectonics in natural events such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and how humans respond to the risks related to these events.
First, understand the workings of the tectonic plates. Students can study the structure of the lithosphere and plate tectonics using the Dynamic Earth interactive. Find maps of tectonic plates and explore how an earthquake in one area of the world can cause a tsunami in another.
In Earth and Space Science, session 4, "The Engine That Drives the Earth," join scientists and students as they explore the forces behind volcanoes and earthquakes.
Next, examine humans' relationship with the land. Witness how the small fishing island of Heimaey, Iceland saved its port from an erupting volcano in 1973. Watch the second half of program 6, "Challenges in the Hinterlands," from The Power of Place. Start at 14:05 in the video.
Geographers study Tungurahua, a volcano in Ecuador, in order to prevent future tragedies after eruptions. Watch this case study in the second half of workshop 2, "Latin America," of Teaching Geography. Start at 28:40 in the video.
Learner Express, 40 short video clips with accompanying text. Ten videos on volcanoes and 13 on plate tectonics.
Floods, fires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters have driven humans from their homes throughout history. The problem is growing as world population rises and millions of people move to mega-cities, many of which are located in vulnerable areas. According to a recent report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, a non-government research organization in Geneva, Switzerland, 27 million people on average have been displaced each year since 2008 by natural disasters.
Climate change is worsening the problem by raising sea levels and increasing the frequency of catastrophic storms. U.S. students may remember images from Superstorm Sandy in the fall of 2012, which flooded large sections of lower Manhattan and caused at least $50 billion in damages. Climate analysts have calculated that if global carbon emissions continue to rise at their current rates, about 2.6 percent of the world's population (177 million people) will live in areas that are at risk from regular flooding by 2100. No country is safe, but the greatest risk is in Asian nations such as Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and Bangladesh, where large fractions of the population live in areas that are vulnerable to coastal flooding.
Human vulnerability to disasters can be studied from several science perspectives. Unit 24 of Annenberg Learner's Earth Revealed geology series focuses on coastlines, where the energy of ocean waves meets rocky landmasses of the mainland. Use this video to discuss issues that people living near shore should consider, such as erosion and how far back from the water to build. For more information on flood risks, the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program develops flood-hazard maps for U.S. communities that can be viewed online, along with videos from flooded communities.
Many people live in areas where they know there is significant risk of floods, wildfires, or other natural disasters. In unit 25 of Earth Revealed, see how scientists are studying the San Andreas Fault and residents of San Francisco have adapted to the risks of earthquakes in the Bay area. Teaching Geography, workshop 2, "Latin America," part 2, discusses the risks that people living near Mount Tungurahua in Ecuador face. In addition, the Volcanoes interactive explores our ability to predict volcanic eruptions and steps that people can take to reduce the danger of living near active volcanoes.
Many cities threatened by rising seas are considering ways to adapt and make themselves more resilient in the face of floods and storms. One widely-cited example is the Netherlands' Room for the River program, which is creating open spaces where the Rhine River can spill over during floods without threatening local communities. In New York City, a program called Rebuild by Design is proposing flood-protection strategies for the New York region, including protective berms around Manhattan and restored marshes and oyster reefs in New York Harbor to absorb the impact of storms.
At the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, an upcoming exhibit called "Sink or Swim" will examine human responses to coastal flooding around the world, from sea walls to floating schools. The exhibit, which runs from December 13, 2014 through May 3, 2015, will show "how communities are rising up to meet the challenges" of climate change in densely populated coastal zones worldwide, says Annenberg Foundation Chairman of the Board, President and CEO Wallis Annenberg.


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Dead by Daylight adds cross-play and cross-friends features
The horror title receives support for cross-platform play starting today.
Donovan Erskine
Dead by Daylight is one of the most well-known titles in the world of horror games. Originally releasing in 2016, Dead by Daylight has fostered a dedicated fan base and garnered partnerships with iconic horror IPs. The world of Dead by Daylight is looking to expand as the survival game is getting cross-play and cross-friends support, starting today.
Announced by developer and publisher Behaviour Interactive via press release, cross-play and cross-friends will arrive today for Dead by Daylight players. The game has already seen releases on just about every gaming platform, and this update will help to unify them. Cross-play is currently live between PC, Xbox One, PlayStatioon 4, and Nintendo Switch. "This follows a year of research, interviews, data analysis and the successful implementation of Cross-Play on Steam and Windows Store." the Behaviour Interactive shared.
The cross-friends feature will allow players to create an all-inclusive friends list that consists of players across different platformers. This will surely be a more convenient way to keep track of all your friends, regardless of their platform. Dead by Daylight currently sports over 25 million players worldwide, making cross-play the next logical step for the survival horror game.
Dead by Daylight rose to popularity thanks to its asymmetrical gameplay, pitting a group of survivors up against one vicious killer. Over the years, we've seen Dead by Daylight collaborate with popular horror IPs such as Scream and Silent Hills.
Four years in and Behavior Interactive's survivor-horror title is showing no sign of slowing down any time soon. We expect to hear more out of Dead by Daylight in the future. For all of the latest details, be sure to bookmark the Shacknews page dedicated to Dead by Daylight.
Donovan is a young journalist from Maryland, who likes to game. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge Star Wars nerd and film fanatic that will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_
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Donovan Erskine posted a new article, Dead by Daylight adds cross-play and cross-friends features


The known range of the New Holland Mouse covers the eastern and north-eastern coast of Tasmania including Flinders Island (see distribution map, above). Past records have been within 50 km of the coast; however the New Holland Mouse has not been the subject of comprehensive surveys in Tasmania. As a result the potential range for the New Holland Mouse could reasonably include any areas within Tasmania (including offshore islands) that have vegetation consistent with the elements described below.
Habitat for the New Holland Mouse corresponds to Dry coastal vegetation in the DPIPWE Bushcare Toolkit.
Habitat for the New Holland Mouse includes the following elements: coastal open heathlands, open woodlands with a heathland understorey, and vegetated sand dunes, particularly where the following indicator species also occur: Common Aotus Aotus ericoides, Tassel Rope Rush Hypolaena fastigiata, Sand Swordsedge Lepidosperma concavum and grasstree Xanthorrhoea species.
The most appropriate time to survey is not known, and is likely to be site specific. However, the species may be most easy to detect in late summer when population densities are highest. Unfortunately, the introduced House Mouse (Mus musculus) which frequently co-occurs with the New Holland Mouse can also reach high abundance in late summer, overwhelming survey devices such as live-traps and hair tubes.
A range of survey techniques can be used by qualified wildlife practitioners, including live-trap and release using approved traps (e.g. Elliott or Longworth traps), and deployment of hair tubes.
Note that the New Holland Mouse can be difficult to detect even when known to be present at a site, therefore negative survey results should be treated with caution. There are also many areas of potentially suitable habitat for this species in Tasmania which have not been surveyed.
As a result, all areas of habitat should be managed for the New Holland Mouse regardless of whether or not the species has been detected by survey.
Survey for the New Holland Mouse using both live-traps and hair tubes requires a permit. Contact the Threatened Species Section for more information on obtaining a permit for surveying this species.
Identify potential habitat on your property. If in doubt, seek expert assistance.
Habitat for the New Holland Mouse corresponds to 'Dry coastal vegetation' in the DPIPWE Bushcare Toolkit. Use the Bushcare Toolkit as a guide on how to manage the vegetation in which this species occurs.
To avoid additional pressures on the New Holland Mouse - help Tasmania eradicate European Foxes (Vulpes vulpes). See Foxes in Tasmania for more information.
See the 'What is Needed' section in the New Holland Mouse Listing Statement for a full list of conservation management actions for this species.
Clearing of habitat for housing development and for agriculture are threats to this species.
To prevent loss of habitat – do not clear habitat for the New Holland Mouse.
Note that the New Holland Mouse can be difficult to detect even when known to be present at a site. As a result, all areas of habitat should be managed for the New Holland Mouse regardless of whether or not the species has been detected by survey.
On mainland Australia, the New Holland Mouse has been found to peak in abundance 2-3 years following a fire. There may be exceptions to this pattern, as the species has been found in vegetation up to 16 years following fire in Tasmania.
In the light of this uncertainty regarding fire management for the species, fire management of habitat should take into account the successional stage of the vegetation and not just the time since last fire.
To avoid loss or degradation of habitat – seek professional advice on fire management of New Holland Mouse habitat.
Clearing of habitat for agriculture and conversion to pasture and plantation are principal threats to this species.
To prevent loss of habitat – do not clear and convert habitat for the New Holland Mouse.
Clearing of habitat for coastal housing development is a principal threat to this species.
To prevent loss of habitat – do not clear New Holland Mouse habitat as part of subdivision developments.


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32 Indicted in Chattanooga For Federal Drug and Gun Violations
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Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says, "This is 32 of Chattanooga's most dangerous criminals."
They're now off the streets, along with guns and at least $125,000 worth of cocaine.
Mike Stanfill with the Drug Enforcement Administration, adds, "The Chattanooga area is going to see a significant increase in the quality of their life."
This investigation started in 2009, and has since involved local, state, and federal agencies.
Mayor Andy Berke says they worked together in a way that has never been seen before.
Mayor Berke adds, "This is really an important day in our fight against violence in the community."
A lot of the people charged have serious prior charges.
Mayor Berke adds, "Aggravated assault, attempted second degree murder on police, possession of cocaine, possession of drugs for resale, assault."
Depending on those prior charges, aome individuals are looking at ten to twenty years in prison or even a life sentence if convicted.
There is absolutely no possibility of parole.
Mayor Berke adds, "We continue to roll out the high point initiative or cease fire in an attempt to tell individuals in our community who are associated with violence, this must end, it will end."
Some of the the defendants charged stood before a federal judge Monday.
Others will go to court later this month.
This is a complete list of people charged: Indictments charge Robert Stephon North, 34, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Juanzell Jenkins, 37, of Adairsville, Ga.; Joe Jenkins, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jumoke Johnson, Jr., 20, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shannon D. Mitchell, 29, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Gerald Toney, 33, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dejuan Cooper, 23, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Guy L. Wilkerson, Jr., 20, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Rodney Harris II, 22, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Frank White, 30, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Valentino Harris, 28, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Torrey Gilmore, 38, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Reginald D. Oakley, 39, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Tommy Ryals, 34, of Atlanta, Ga.; Juane Joseph, 19, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Leonita Blackmon, 32, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; LaJeromeny Brown, 35, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Kenneth Hopkins, 49, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Kentarius Nealy, 20, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Idriss Barr, 29, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Adrian Washington, 36, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Milo E. Geiger, 36, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jerry Wayne Alexander, Jr., 41, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Johnny Caldwell, Jr., 44, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Garry Brown, 24, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Robert Siler, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Thaddius L. Humphrey, 32, of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack"), and/or five kilograms or more of cocaine. Derrick L. Smith, 22, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is charged with possession of cocaine base ("crack") with the intent to distribute it. Donte Taylor, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Rahmon Christian, 21, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Tramale Johnson, 25, of Chattanooga, Tenn., are charged with being convicted felons in possession of firearms. Johnson is also charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Finally, Stephone L. Reed, 23, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is charged with car-jacking, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Today we planted a church where was no church forty people turned up and one man offered us a land where to build, they put up a small house where to sleep and another special place for convenience.
But above all the spirit of God was there to save and heal, pray for the second day we believe for a lot more to come from this bush and get saved. Thank you all for the love, prayers and support.
Guma Na Yesu Foundation shares the good news of Jesus Christ every Sunday on Local Radio Station. It's amazing how the Good news of Christ has reached masses and many lives have been touched and transformed. God has used Evangelist; Naboth Tumuhairwe with a NEW REVELATION every Sunday morning as he shares the message of Christ to Listeners. Many souls have been reached and many received Christ as their personal saviour.
This has raised our faith to buy more time over the radio and continue to share Christ even in the deepest unreached villages.
One hour on radio costs us $150 for a month. We would like to expand this and sustain it all through. Stand with us and contribute towards this great ministry and the Lord will bless you.
prayers and financial support are highly needed for this ministry.
On August 15th to 17, we had our second Term Mission Minded Youth Conference at Guma Na Yesu – Makenke Redeemed Church. Since the beginning of this year of the Lord, we have begun holding youth conferences every after three months. This means we hold these conferences three times every year.
The Lord revealed to us the potential the youth have to take over this world for Jesus Christ and therefore we are here to empower them to do it. Every youth is called to do something in the fulfilment of God's Great Commission and therefore it's our obligation as leaders to make sure we empower them and sharpen their talents to go and bare witnesses for Christ' Gospel.
Youth have also formed a youth organisation which brings them together for the Purpose of the fulfilment of God's Great Commission. The Empowered Mission Minded Youth.
God created us to live with a single passion to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. The wasted life is life without this passion.
Our passion is to fulfil God's Great Commission; to go and make disciples of all Nations!
To reach out to the unreached to Rescue the homeless to restore the broken-hearted in season and out of season.
The organisation will bring together the youth in Mbarara, Uganda, Africa and beyond to fulfil the Great Commission.
Empowered Mission Minded Youth launches a monthly Outreach week; which is the 1st week of every month, 7days of ''changing lives'' aimed at reaching out to the needy and vulnerable communities restoring to the needy children, vulnerable people in schools and communities respectively.
To be part of this life-changing experience every month, you must subscribe to us as a #EMMY_Ambassador.
This weekend as we join the rest of the world to commemorate the International Youth Day on 12th August 2018.
■ Everyday Prayer intercessions for our ambassadors & fellowships/gatherings every Thursday 7 pm at your respective places with your own formed team.
■ Access to our ambassador Facebook page, a website where you can share stories, ideas and experiences.
/tea parties, the annual Fundraising youth Marathon day & Car wash activities. If you are interested in supporting E.M.M.Y and enjoy speaking to small (or large) groups or organising fundraising events, you may like to consider becoming an Ambassador.


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Austrian dentists and dental students from the Medical University of Graz provide voluntary dental care at the medical centre in Uchira. (Photo courtesy of W&H)
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UCHIRA, Tanzania: As part of its social responsibility programme, which has supported projects in various developing regions, international manufacturer of dental instruments and devices W&H has recently supported a dental centre in Tanzania by donating prophylactic instruments for calculus removal.
The equipment was donated to Zähne für Afrika, a dental aid project run by Austrian dentists in collaboration with dental students from the Medical University of Graz aimed at establishing a medical centre for those in need in Uchira, a village inhabited by about 5,000 people and located 28 km from Moshi, the second-largest city in the Kilimanjaro region.
As periodontitis is a major problem in the region, the new prophylactic instruments donated by W&H make a valuable contribution to improving the dental health of the local population, the project's officials stated. Since receiving the donation of two Corsair II 755 sonic scalers, the volunteer dentists have been able to provide targeted and effective treatment.
According to the dentists, the health care system is highly underdeveloped in Tanzania, like in many other parts of Africa. Hospitals, which are usually overcrowded, often lack well-trained medical personnel. When the project was launched in 2008, proper dental care, such as oral surgery, dental fillings and endodontic treatment, was available through the volunteers only. In addition, the centre has a dental laboratory, allowing it to offer prosthetic treatment too. Moreover, the project helped train a young Tanzanian dentist in prosthodontics. He completed the training in Austria in September 2011.
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It was cold, bitingly so, in a stiff Nor'eastely. However the Sun was burning through, so with an optimistic air I sallied forth up the East bank of the Lockwood. I'm not sure where the optimism died but it was long before I got hallway up.
The reservoir was pretty devoid of anything resembling a migrant, the only thing that looked to be worth looking at were (surprise, surprise) Gulls. About 100 LWHG's on the West bank called out to be scrutinised, why they all decided to take flight and disperse remains a mystery as, contrary to last Friday, when the banks were thronged with walkers, truants and dudes today I had the place to myself.
Around the top of the High Maynard a single 'wiisp' call failed to resolve itself into any sightings and despite hoping that it was a Rock Pipit and would turn up at the North end later it was not to be.
Expecting it to be on the water's edge I had dropped down to the concrete edge and wandered North, I got nearly to the North-east corner when I spotted the head and shoulders of a Gull facing away from me on the grassy bank. It felt good, it felt Caspian good. Mindful that Lol 'needed' (how he hates that wordJ) it for the patch I stopped and called him.
I looked back and the bird had gone…nothing was in the air so I guessed it had just dropped off the bank…Lol called back.
I walked up and saw it on the North side of the concrete edge, long story (yes, I know it's already been a long story) short I recalled Lol and he said he was on his way.
It was quite confiding and was sat down most of the time and when it did stand appeared to only have one leg, though after rattling off stacks of shots I realised it actually had two. Something was definitely wrong with its left leg though as it consistently held it out of view and was always the first Gull to sit down and last to get up.
I thought I would check the West Warwick but apart from getting the run-around from a washed out grey and white small Grebe I had Little to show for my efforts (pun not intended but I'll leave it in).
After news that the Essex FB Firecrest had been seen again today I thought I would give it a try. You have to look across the Lea, to the Essex side, from the Middlesex FB, but I'm not proud. I wish I had have been, as once I did get to see the bird I was left with an uneasy feeling that it could be a hybrid Rather like the one Here: I'm not saying there is not a Firecest there but the, admittedly poor, views I had means I won't be counting what I saw of it.
As for migrants, I know what you did there Jamie. Stop making me look at Gulls.


Made some progress on cladding between rain showers.
Should have the cladding finished tomorrow.
Cladding finally finished. Next job cover the roof.
Made the first door for this shed, the hinges are great.
I did notice, no problem.


The Glowing Gryphon Girls are being presented. They went to the microphone and were asked what empowerment meant to them.
"I know that even if I do or I don't win that I'm still unique," fourth grader Success Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson won the Glowing Gryphon Pageant on the night of Feb. 22. Senior Kaitlyn Bowman hosted a pageant for the fourth and fifth grade girls from the St. George's Memphis Campus as her Senior Independent Study.
The girls wore three different outfits and were able to participate in a pageant in front of an audience in the gym of the Memphis Campus. Almost all of the girls said they decided to take part in order to build their self confidence.
"I wanted to become someone that overcomes their fears," fourth grader Kira Mayberry said.
Bowman has participated in many pageants, and she wanted to put on a pageant for students at the school who may also be interested in doing pageants.
At first, she wanted this pageant to be for the senior girls at the Collierville Campus, but after talking to the Memphis Campus gym teacher and her mom, they presented the idea of having the pageant for the fourth and fifth grade girls. She thought this was a better idea.
Bowman wanted to focus on helping the girls build their self-esteem and also to connect with the girls from the Memphis Campus specifically, so they will not feel alone when they get to the Collierville Campus.
During the pageant, the girls were able to dance to their favorite song. They said "what makes them beautiful" and answered the question "what does empowerment mean to you?" Fourth grader Alma Morrison was the first girl to go on stage in all the events, but she felt more comfortable once she became closer to the other girls.
Senior NaCaria Guy, who helped assist Bowman during the pageant, says her favorite part of helping was being able to hang with the girls and watch them grow.
Although the girls only practiced the pageant for a month once a week, Bowman feels as though she saw a huge difference in their self esteem. She felt like the pageant accomplished what she wanted.
By becoming closer with their friends and themselves, the girls were able to see a difference in themselves. Bowman wanted the girls to feel special when they went on stage.


This stunning Mediterranean house is located on the Greek island of Syros. Designed by Block722 (an architecture and interior design studio based in Athens, Greece) this summer house was adapted to the steep, dramatic topography and is positioned to maximize the view of the breathtaking Plagia bay. The house and four separate guesthouses that offer the perfect retreat space for the owners and their friends, with open outdoor areas, open plan rooms, large windows, and glass doors that provide magnificent views of the sea and distant mountains. The large infinity swimming pool also appears to suspend dramatically over the Aegean sea.


On behalf of the staff, research fellows, and students of The John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development at Mississippi State University, I want to welcome you to our Institute's online presence. Based at our State's land grant university, the Institute is often referred to as Mississippi's policy and government think tank, but the Institute provides much more to the people of this great country. We are frequently called upon to provide technical assistance, training, education, and consultation to state officials, local governments and community leaders regarding political, governmental, economic and community development matters.
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Though there was no rainy outdoor concert to commemorate it, no tie-dyes made for the occasion and no ten-bong salute, the combination of Two Old Hippies Guitar and Breedlove Guitars was acoustic harmony with roots in the '60s.
Jazz in the Rose City is blossoming with youthful innovation these days in a Pacific Northwestern cult fueled by creativity. While expressing the independent spirit of Oregon, this emerging jazz culture also remains connected to the past.


Alabang's Las Paellas Café offers perhaps the best Paella Negra in town as well as other mouthwatering dishes such as Callos a la Madrilena and Salpicao.
The place, although as busy as the restaurants nearby, maintains a cozy atmosphere that enhances one's dining experience. The prices are just right, the staff are attentive, and most importantly, the food is good. They also serve bottomless iced tea like no other because it seems like this tea has a hint of Sangria.
Going to Las Paellas Café for dessert is also a good idea. One of their bestsellers is their Canonego – a light meringue cake.
If you are fond of Paella and other distinctly Spanish dishes, Las Paellas Café is a very good place to go to for dining.


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Q: pass clicked element as a variable to another function jquery The code below assumes that the element we are clicking on is a div. What if the element clicked is unknown and we want to get the element type and id then pass it to the select change() function to change it's color. What is the best way to accomplish this.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.7/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" media="all" />

<select id="item_select" name="item">
    <option value="1">red</option>
    <option value="2">blue</option>
    <option value="3">green</option>
</select>

<button>Click to create divs</button>

A: The event is binded to div elements so it will not get fired if you click on any other element. But I may prefer to use the delegate function.
var $ptest = $('#ptest');
$($ptest).delegate("div", 'click', function() {

    $('div', $ptest).removeClass('selected');
    $('div', $ptest).html('');

    $(this).addClass('selected');
    $(this).html('div #' + this.id);
});

This limit the click events to the divs created inside the #ptest element. and the $('div', $ptest).html(''); makes sure that the divs outside #ptest is not affected by the emptying operation.
You can see a working sample in this fiddle.


The year is 1981, the place, a crime-ridden New York City and Stuyvesant Town resident and cop is tasked with finding out who murdered a famous actor — also his best friend — at a Manhattan hotel. On top of that, the mayor is up for reelection and since a high-profile murder can't help his chances at the polls, the cop is warned to keep a lid on media leaks, or be thrown off the case.
The scenario is fortunately fictional. However, it has come to life in 2018 the form of a new novel, Damage Control, written by a former Stuyvesant Town resident, Thomas Cassidy.
Damage Control ($26.95) was released on June 12 by Cedar Forge. However, it has been in the works for last 25 years by Cassidy, who recently retired from a 20-year career as a special investigator for the New York State attorney general and whose father Hugh Cassidy served in the NYPD for over 30 years.
As for the mayor's warning to the aforementioned cop, Lieutenant John Patrick Donnellan, the detective commander of Manhattan South Homicide, the book, early on, offers an explanation.
Donnellan, the lead character was inspired not only by the elder Cassidy but by a good friend of the author's named Frank Keenan. Keenan worked with him on many cases at the attorney general's office after leaving the NYPD's Manhattan South Homicide unit, where he was a detective sergeant.
However, he was motivated to do so after Keenan died from a massive heart attack, shortly after retiring. Whenever Keenan had shared stories with him about his investigations, Cassidy's usual response would be to tell him, "You should write a book." It was only after his passing that Cassidy realized the only way his friend's stories would live on would be if he were to write that book for him.
He wasn't actually a writer, though, so the project didn't happen overnight.
"I realized writing is not as simple as I thought it would be," Cassidy admitted.
After a three-week writing binge in which he'd tacked out a whopping 12 pages, Cassidy decided to invest in a writing course before getting back to it. But with his career in Medicaid fraud investigation for the AG a demanding one, the book remained on the back burner. Still, he was able to write another book during this time, a nonfiction title released by New Horizon Press in 1996 called Elder Care/What to Look For/What to Look Out For. The book was written in order to help seniors looking into longtime care avoid situations like abusive healthcare practitioners and corrupt nursing homes. It was a subject he learned the ins and outs of at the AG's office and through interviews he conducted, a process that ultimately helped him with his crime novel later.
And he didn't — until he retired in 2016. At that point, Cassidy was able to delve into Damage Control full-time, completing it last year.
He does consider his father a co-author to some extent. Prior to Hugh Cassidy's death in 2011 at the age of 85, he would often give his son feedback and offer advice on how to make the precinct settings credible.
Because so much time had passed from the book's start to finish, Cassidy decided to base it in the original timeline of 1981, rather than try to adapt it to the present time. For one thing, that wouldn't be an environment he knew anything about in terms of how the NYPD works, Cassidy explained, and he also found the grittier 1980s, "when New York City was not as pleasant as it is today" to make for better story telling.
He has already finished a sequel to the book with the title of Grave Danger. Always having been a fan of the genre of mystery novels, Cassidy is now a member of the Mystery Writers of America.
Cassidy moved away from Stuyvesant Town and his hometown when he went to college at Stony Brook University. He now lives in the nearby Seatucket.


For me, for this to work, it would HAVE to be able to work from the back to the front. My clients, OK, OK... ONE particular client ALWAYS makes layout busting changes. I work with a single threaded text box as much as possible... working on a 48 page job right now. She ads just one small word, sometimes even just a character, or breaks a paragraph into two, and it screws EVERYTHING after that. Even after 15 years with this client, I try to explain to her that text is like a river... throw a pebble into it upstream and it will ripple downstream. And, of course, she constantly moves things (graphics) to different pages, which of course, 100% of the time messes everything up. So, I learned a long time ago (even before annotations in Acrobat were functional, even before Acrobat... like in "faxed in changes") to work with her files from the back. Do all the text changes first so we are "on the same page" so to speak, and then deal with the layout busters.


I always try to remember to use "cannot" when applicable as in "I cannot take an umbrella" (because I do not have one).
I also thought that the problem with "I can not take an umbrella" was that it was ambiguous: it could also mean that I could decide not to take an umbrella. Trying to write unambiguously most of the time, I would therefore never use it.
Now I see it claimed that it is in fact not ambiguous, and only carries the second meaning. Usually I would accept such advice at face value and start using "can not" when the second meaning is unambiguously meant, but this comes from a style guide I have other reasons not to respect very much.
Does "can not" have a single unambiguous meaning?
That you cannot take an umbrella (because you forgot to buy one, for example).
That you can not take an umbrella (meaning, for example, that you are allowed to go without an umbrella).
Cannot is not the same as "can not".
Means you are unable to go.
Means you are able to not-go, that is, you CAN avoid going.
Probably you should always use cannot and never try to make sentences with the "can not" sense.
Another poster tried to correct him, saying "The bid out of turn can be accepted." What was intended was "opponent is permitted to not accept the bid", but he interpreted the above statement as "opponent is not allowed to accept the bid" (the correct interpretation had he written "cannot").
In speech we generally distinguish the two by inflection, with an extra pause between the words and emphasis on "not" when "permitted to not" is meant. Or we choose less ambiguous wording.
Is "I could sing in an a Capella group, but I can't sing." a "Guess" or an "ability" in the film "The social network"?


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Jillian Hmurovic
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wharton Risk Center
Email: jhmur@wharton.upenn.edu
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Personal website: www.jillianhmurovic.com
Dr. Jillian Hmurovic is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania. With a background in psychology, Jillian examines how time and technology shape consumer behavior. Jillian uses a multi-method empirical approach that combines behavioral experiments, secondary data, and field studies to understand how time architecture—the temporal design of consumer experiences—can be strategically constructed and communicated to improve consumer decision-making. Jillian holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh, a M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University.
Hmurovic, Jillian, Cait Lamberton, and Kelly Goldsmith, "Time's Out: Examining the Effectiveness of Contemporary Online Scarcity Promotions?" invited revision at the Journal of Marketing Research.
Grewal, Lauren*, Jillian Hmurovic*, Cait Lamberton, and Rebecca Walker Reczek (2019), "The Self-Perception Connection: Why Consumers Devalue Ugly Produce," Journal of Marketing, 83 (1), 89-107. Previously appeared as Marketing Science Institute Research Report 18-123-08.
Grand, James, Ann Marie Ryan, Neal Schmitt, and Jillian Hmurovic (2011), "How Far Does Stereotype Threat Reach? The Potential Detriment of Face Validity in Cognitive Ability Testing," Human Performance, 24, 1-28.
Morgeson, Frederick, Erich Dierdorff, and Jillian Hmurovic (2010), "Work Design in Situ: Understanding the Role of Occupational and Organizational Context," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 351-60.
Arriaga, Ximena, Elizabeth Slaughterbeck, Nicole Capezza, and Jillian Hmurovic (2007), "From Bad to Worse: Relationship Commitment and Vulnerability to Partner Imperfections," Journal of Personal Relationships, 14, 389-409.
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Netflix acquires "The Last Summer"
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Netflix has acquired worldwide film rights to Gulfstream Pictures Production's The Last Summer, an ensemble romantic comedy with an all-star cast of young actors.
The movie will be about a group of teens navigating relationships with family and friends in the months before college over a Chicago summer before moving on to adulthood.
The exciting cast includes talent from film, music and television including K.J. Apa (Riverdale), Maia Mitchell (The Fosters), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Jacob Latimore (The CHI, Collateral Beauty), Halston Sage (Paper Towns, Before I Fall), Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why), Gage Golightly (Red Oaks), Wolfgang Novogratz (Grown-ish), Jacob McCarthy (A.P. Bio), Mario Revolori (Sierra Burgess is a Loser), and Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice).
Director and writer of the film, Bill Bindley, said, ""I grew up on movies like "Fast Times" and "Say Anything," and those films became iconic in large part because of their great casts. We're really lucky to have this incredible group of young actors sign on with us."
Principal photography began in May in Cleveland, Ohio. Netflix will release the film in 2019.
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Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Freedom Evolves (Viking) and Darwin's Dangerous Idea, is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He lives with his wife in North Andover, Massachusetts, and has a daughter, a son, and a grandson. He was born in Boston in 1942, the son of a historian by the same name, and received his BA in philosophy from Harvard in 1963. He then went to Oxford to work with Gilbert Ryle, under whose supervision he completed his D.Phil. in philosophy in 1965. He taught at U.C. Irvine from 1965 to 1971, when he moved to Tufts, where he has taught ever since, aside from periods visiting at Harvard, Pittsburgh, Oxford, and the Ecole Normal Superieure in Paris. His first book, Content and Consciousness, published in 1969, followed by Brainstorms (1978), Elbow Room (1984), The Intentional Stance (1987), Consciousness Explained (1991), Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995), and Kinds of Minds (1996). He coedited The Mind's I with Douglas Hofstadter in 1981. He is the author of more than a hundred scholarly articles on various aspects on the mind, published in journals ranging from Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral and Brain Sciences to Poetics Today and the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. His most recent book is Brainchildren: A Collection of Essays 1984–1996 (MIT Press and Penguin, 1998). He gave the John Locke Lectures at Oxford in 1983, the Gavin David Young Lectures at Adelaide, Australia, in 1985, and the Tanner Lecture at Michigan in 1986, among many others. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Science. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987.
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Q: Issue with more than two linters working on sublime 3 I'm running sublime 3084 OSX 10.10.3 and i have three tabs open, one html document, one css and one javascript file. I have linters for all three installed but whenever I open the program only the css linter (csslint) and either the html or the javascript linter, but not both, work. If I open the program with the javascript tab open, that linter works. If I open the program with the html document open, that linter works. csslint works regardless. Does anyone know of this issue or possible bug? If so I would greatly appreciate some help, it's really frustrating.
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Fittingly, the event included some of the world's most celebrated leaders including former American Express Chairman and CEO Kenneth I. Chenault; former Time Warner Chairman and CEO Richard D. Parsons; former US Trade Representative Ron Kirk; and CNN commentator and activist Van Jones, among others.
Under the theme, "Optimizing Growth: Risks, Returns and Riding the Cycle," the daylong gathering presented a platform for acclaimed thought leaders and experts to dissect an array of relevant financial, business, and political topics, providing global executives with valuable information and much-needed context to help them tackle complex management challenges. For example, Kelleher and Morgan Stanley's chief economist and head of investment and portfolio solutions, respectively, offered in separate sessions in-depth analyses of global economic and market trends.
Among the most vital elements: Expansive Q&As with Chenault and Parsons, respectively, that valuable lessons in crises management and courageous leadership for attendees.
This annual event is the brainchild of Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Client Strategy Group, led by the company's Vice Chair of Wealth Management Carla A. Harris, It attracted AARP, Target Corp., and Deloitte as co-hosts and enlisted the partnership of four organizations charged with the mission of helping to create more inclusive corporate cultures: The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), Catalyst, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and LEAP.
Forced to develop an expansive waiting list due to its growing demand among the business leadership set, Harris says the conference has become a venue for ideation, strategy, and networking at the highest levels. "[We wanted] to be able to give people strong content that they could use in their decision-making day jobs. Everybody in the room is a leader and has responsibility. All of the topics that we are discussing will be germane to the corporate strategy that they are developing and will ultimately execute," Harris told BE.
"The second thing I'm hoping to come out of it is the connections that are made here. Hopefully, people will meet people that are in similar decision-making seats but one happens to be in retail, somebody else in financial services, somebody else in manufacturing," Harris says, "so that there are connections made that people can help enhance their success in their day jobs." She further states the networking is also designed to encourage black senior executives, many of whom tend to be isolated, to develop support systems.
Another conference goal was to serve as a tool for senior executives to replace their fear of change by embracing the larger objective of being impactful. "We cannot be so consumed with being the only one in the room, the first one in the room. You have to look at that you're in the room and your job, therefore, is to deliver excellence and keep driving it," Harris says, reinforcing the need to stay attuned to technological transformation as well as geopolitical developments.


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June Book Review Club: SLADE HOUSE
It's spring even in Maine now, and a slim book is just what you need: easy to carry in your beach satchel, quick to read in between bouts of gardening. I'm not entirely enthusiastic about this one, but if you've enjoyed earlier books by David Mitchell you might like it fine.
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Slade House
by David Mitchell
A lesson to us all, that's what SLADE HOUSE is. Up to now, I've occasionally pondered whether the absolute necessity for a character to be the agent of his own fate was just a kidlit/YA thing. If you were writing for adults, could you get away with a deus ex machina, medieval drama's god-figure descending to solve everything?
In SLADE HOUSE, David Mitchell answers that question. No, you can't.
Mitchell is the author of THE CLOUD ATLAS, which I haven't read, and THE BONE CLOCKS, which I liked a lot. Most—if not all—of his novels take place in a universe that contains "atemporals," immortals who jigger about with time and with us. There are bad guys, the vampiric Anchorites who suck our souls to stay alive, and there are good guys, the Horologists who try to save us. The books aren't sequential (they couldn't be, messing with time as they do) but familiar characters reappear. In SLADE HOUSE, there's a reference to "bone clocks" (that would be us) and the deus ex machina is a Horologist called Marinus, known to us from the previous book.
There's a lot to love about SLADE HOUSE, and Mitchell's universe is intriguing as hell. (I may mean that literally.) The central characters in this round are a set of twins who've become Anchorites. They inhabit a very cool London mansion called Slade House, and keep themselves and the house going by imbibing the soul of an "engifted" human every nine years. (I'm not sure what "engifted" means—psychic, maybe. The term may originate from THE CLOUD ATLAS.) Mitchell can be an entrancing writer, and he's having fun here, which is endearing.
This is a slim volume with five sections, one for each soul under attack, set every nine years starting in 1979 and ending in 2015. (The first section apparently debuted on Mitchell's Twitter feed. Huh.) Four sections are told from the point of view of an imbibee, while one of the evil twins narrates the last one.
Therein lies the problem. The evil twins are just evil, not at all compelling as characters, and they're the ones we're visiting the most. The victims are more fun to hang out with, but we get to know them a-a-a-almost enough to care about them and then they're gone and we're off to the next case. Each victim appears once more as a vague, ghostly residue trying to warn a successor, but otherwise none of the humans takes any lasting action. It's up to Marinus the immortal to swoop in at the end, out of nowhere except the previous book. The human reader closes this book feeling flat and cheated. At least I did.
It doesn't help that I read this just after Salman Rushdie's TWO YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS, in which warring jinn bring their battles to earth with humans as either pawns or allies. The contrast was telling. We know the heroine jinnia very well, having followed her through the book. Her human allies are well known to us and instrumental in their own salvation. It's a masterful, soul-filling tale. SLADE HOUSE, taken by itself, is not.
Now, here's the thing. In a multi-course meal, SLADE HOUSE may be intended only as a garnish. THE BONE CLOCKS, although it had its faults, was a far more substantial and satisfying experience, and I have every intention of reading THE CLOUD ATLAS to make sure I'm prepared for the future. A few books from now, we may be sitting back, loosening our belts, and calling for a toothpick.
(Dear FCC: I bought this book for my beloved. It was either for Christmas or his birthday, which is exactly one month before Christmas and a total pain in the prat for the gift-giver. Do something about that, would you?)


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New Quds Force commander makes first visit to Syria since Qassem Soleimani's death
BEIRUT, LEBANON – The new commander of Iran's Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, has reportedly visited Aleppo, marking the first time he has visited Syria since the death of General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3rd.
In an exclusive interview with the Mehr News Agency, a member of the Syrian National Reconciliation Committee, Omar Rahmon, revealed Ghaani's visit to Aleppo, calling it a show of support to the Syrian government and Resistance Axis after the Turkish military's attack.
"The new Quds Force commander's visit to the southwestern suburbs of Aleppo shows Iran's stance in its support for Syria in the fight against terrorism till the whole Syrian territory is freed. This is not a new issue and Iran had adopted the same position from the beginning. Some people assumed that after the martyrdom of Lt. General Soleimani we would witness a decline in Iran's support, but the visit of Commander Ghaani suggests something else," he said.
Referring to the recent meeting of the Turkish and Russian presidents, he said, "The only outcome of the meeting was the ceasefire that Erdogan called for. He demands a ceasefire only to reorganize his defeated troops in Syria and receive US support for the rest of the battle in Idlib. Turkey's strategy after the meeting with Moscow indicates the same plan because arms supplies and servicemen are still being dispatched to Idlib even after talks with the Russian officials."
"Erdogan is targeting the headquarters of the Resistance Forces to provoke a response from Iran and then receive the support of the Islamic and Arab world. However, this strategy is not working and no one believes in it," he added.
Ghaani was considered one of Soleimani's closest confidants and a key figure in the Quds Force, as he has made several trips to both Syria and Iraq over the last decade.
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