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Danny Dyer denies cast fallouts amid EastEnders exit
EastEnders star Danny Dyer has addressed the news he's leaving the BBC One soap.
On Saturday (January 8), news broke that Danny would be saying goodbye to the soap after playing Mick Carter for 9 years.
A spokesperson for EastEnders confirmed Danny was leaving, telling Metro.co.uk: 'Danny will be leaving EastEnders when his contract comes to an end later this year.
'Danny has made Mick Carter an iconic character which we shall always be grateful for, however we won't be saying goodbye just yet as there's still quite some time – and plenty of explosive drama for Mick – to come before he departs Walford.'
The actor discussed the recent announcement on his podcast with daughter Dani 'Sorted with the Dyers'.
He said: 'It's strange to think people will debate whether they are happy or sad about the news. And the news being that I am leaving EastEnders. I'm very lucky, I'm very grateful – when you're in a job like a soap your contract comes up for renewal and every time my contract has come up for renewal, they've asked me to stay and I'm very grateful for that because I've seen a lot of people come and go. It's very tough.
'So I always debate whether I want to sign again and I've been contemplating a while now about maybe it's time to roll the dice, take the leap, I've not been coached by anybody, that's not true at all, the news is that I've not decided to renew my contract, that's all, it's not because I've fell out with anybody, that job has been amazing for me, I love everybody, it's an important part of television. I'm grateful for the beautiful years I've had there and I'm going to miss the people massively. I know there will be some people f***ing jumping for joy at the idea of me leaving EastEnders, there will be others who will be quite upset, disappointed.'
He continued: 'I just want to say, and put it on record here, there is no big story around it other than the fact I've decided to go off and try something else. I still don't think I've found…I'm 44, I've played Mick for 9 years and I think it needs to be rested for a bit. I'm still looking for that defining role and I don't know what that is yet. I've always been quite ambitious, I know the landscape has changed slightly but I want to go out there and have a little go and the only way I can do that is walk away from EastEnders.'
'I just want to put my little version out there. It is true. It gives me a weird little feeling to think I'm going to walk away from a job that's been a huge part of my life. It had to be done, and it was definitely the right time.'
Many fans may be wondering just how Mick Carter will depart Albert Square life.
Fortunately, Danny has already teased what's to come:
'Mick's exit is going to be a very, very powerful thing. I would love for the door to be left open and as far as I know, it is. Who knows?! When I go out there and fail miserably, I can come back with my tail between my legs and go "will you take me back?". I just want to send out some love to EastEnders and everyone that's associated with the show because I love you all very much.
'It'll be a sad year for me, but I'm also very excited about it.'
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Ambassador Susan C. Schwab
United States Trade Representative
600 17th Street, N.W.
Dear Ambassador Schwab:
We ask that the United States government not interfere with the Thai government decision to issue a government-use license on patents covering the AIDS drug efavirenz.
There is a concern that the USTR may have suggested to the Thai government that the WTO TRIPS agreement requires prior negotiations with patent owners before a compulsory license is issued. If so, the assertion was wrong. Article 31 of the TRIPS does not require prior negotiation before authorizing non-voluntary use of a patent, in any of the following cases:
a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency,
cases of public non-commercial use, or
where such use is permitted to remedy a practice determined after judicial or administrative process to be anti-competitive.
In this particular case, the non-voluntary use was for a government owned entity that will provide medicines for a national program to treat AIDS. Under the WTO rules, there is no obligation for prior negotiation with patent owners in such cases.
There is also no requirement for prior negotiation with patent owners under the various US bilateral (and regional) trade agreements the United States has recently negotiated. The reason for this is obvious. In the TRIPS and the bilateral or regional trade agreements, these sections on prior negotiation were written to accommodate US law and practice. Our own government is not required to negotiate with patent owners or copyright owners before authorizing use by or for the government.
The main United States statute regarding use of a patent in such circumstances is 28 USC 1498. There is no obligation for prior negotiation or prior notice with the patent owner under 28 USC 1498, when a non-voluntary authorization is for the government.1 This includes uses by third parties:
For the purposes of this section, the use or manufacture of an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States by a contractor, a subcontractor, or any person, firm, or corporation for the Government and with the authorization or consent of the Government, shall be construed as use or manufacture for the United States.
As trade officials charged with promoting US norms for intellectual property protection, it is useful to review what those norms actually are. The United State has a number of mechanisms to issue compulsory licenses on patents. These include, in addition to 28 USC 1498, the following:
Mandatory patent licenses under Section 308 of the Clean Air Act (see: http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1994/December/Day-30/pr-251.html). This statute is unfortunately not consistent with the provisions of the US FTA agreements negotiated with Jordan (2000), Singapore (2003), and Australia (2004).
Compulsory licenses for patents "affected with the public interest" that are of primary importance in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, for non-military purposes (See 42 USC 2183). This statute is unfortunately not consistent with the provisions of the US FTA agreements negotiated with Jordan (2000), Singapore (2003), and Australia (2004).
The Bayh-Dole Act march-in rights for patents on inventions conceived with federal funding,
Remedies to anticompetitive practices.
Compulsory licenses issued under the procedures set out by the US Supreme Court in the recent eBay decision. This approach is arguably not consistent with the provisions of the US FTA agreements negotiated with Jordan (2000), Singapore (2003), and Australia (2004).
The following are a just few recent examples of the use of compulsory licenses by the United States:
In 2001, DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson used the threat to use 28 USC 1498 to authorize imports of generic ciprofloxacin, for stockpiles against a possible anthrax attack.
In 2001, the Department of Health and Human Services used its authority to exercise March-In rights for patents on stem cell lines held by the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation as leverage to secure an open license on those patents.2
In 2002, the US FTC ordered a compulsory cross-license of the Immunex tumor necrosis factor ("TNF") patent, to Serono, including the "freedom to practice in the research, development, manufacture, use, import, export, distribution and sale of TNFbp-I Products and certain glycosylated and nonglycosylated fragments, derivatives and analogs thereof in the United States."
In 2002, the US Department of Justice required Microsoft to license on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms intellectual property rights in a number of different protocols needed to create products that were interoperable with Microsoft Windows.3
In 2005, the FTC ordered a compulsory license of Guidant's intellectual property surrounding the RX delivery system for Drug-Eluting Stents.
In 2005, the US Department of Justice cited its right to use patents in 28 USC 1498 when it opposed injunctive relief for infringement of the patents relating to the Blackberry email services supplied to both the government and private firms that used the Blackberry device to communicate with the government.4
In a November 2005 Congressional hearing, DHHS Secretary Michael Levitt testified before the House of Representatives that he had threatened to override the patents on treatments for Avian Flu if companies had not expanded US production facilities. 5 More recently, the Centers for Disease Control threatened to use US Bayh-Dole "march-in" rights to issue compulsory licenses on patents on reverse genetics, which are needed to manufacture vaccines for avian flu.
In June 2006, a court granted Microsoft a compulsory license to use two patents owned by z4 Technologies that relate to digital rights management systems used by Microsoft for its Windows and MS Office software programs.6
In July 2006, a court granted DirectTV a compulsory license to use the Finisar patent on integrated receiver decoders (satellite set top boxes), for a royalty of $1.60 per device.7
In August 2006, a court granted Toyota a compulsory license on three Paice patents for hybrid transmissions, for a royalty of $25 per automobile.8
In September 2006, a court granted Johnson and Johnson a compulsory license to use three of Jan Voda's patents on guiding-catheters for performing angioplasty.9
The point of this history lesson is to emphasize a point that some USTR officials seem to overlook. The flexibilities in the TRIPS agreement are there for good reasons. As evidenced by the many cases described above, there are many situations where any country will want to limit or create exceptions to the exclusive rights of a patent.
In the case of efavirenz patents, Thailand is clearly seeking to create a policy that will strengthen competition among generic suppliers, and enhance it's own capacity to manufacture AIDS medicines. The benefits of this policy will be more pronounced over time, as competition, economies of scale and learning by doing lead to more efficient production by generic producers.
Looking more closely at Thailand, one can see why this is so important. The United States has a much higher national income than Thailand, but a much lower rate of HIV infection. When compared to Thailand, the US has thirty-five times the income per HIV patient.10
GNI (2005)
177 billion
GNI per capita (2005)
HIV+ population
Rate of HIV infection (per 100,000)
GNI per HIV+ person
$ .3 million
Because of US trade policies, including the 1993 agreement negotiated by former USTR Mickey Kantor,11 Thailand has been slow to provide treatment to its very large population of AIDS patients. Until November 2006, Thailand had not used the compulsory licensing provisions that are permitted in the TRIPS. Thailand started its treatment program by relying extensively on a handful of older AIDS drugs that were off patent in Thailand. These products are not the best that modern science offers. Many Thai AIDS patients suffer from the predictable side effects associated with the older medicines. In any case, over time, AIDS patients everywhere develop resistance, and cannot be treated without access to new medicines.
Thailand will need sustainable access to second line AIDS drugs at affordable prices. If Thailand does not issue compulsory licenses on the patents for these medicines, it will have to limit access to treatment. This will mean much suffering and death, an outcome that is avoidable.
The United States should not pressure Thailand on the issue of issuing compulsory licenses on patents for AIDS drugs. It should accept the fact that Thailand, like all WTO members, has an obligation to take measures to "promote access to medicines for all."12
The United States and other high-income countries are increasingly realizing that they too have to consider using compulsory licenses on patents for medical inventions. For example, Canada and several European countries have threatened to use compulsory licenses on the Myriad patents for tests used to identify the risks of breast cancer -- tests that are not widely available in the United States, because of the high price.13 It is increasingly difficult for high-income countries to afford the prices for new treatments for cancer or other severe illnesses. With our own aging population, we cannot have a sustainable program of access to the latest medical discoveries, without having the ability to at least threaten to override the exclusive rights of a patent.
The tough USTR positions on patents, pharmaceutical test data and drug prices in trade negotiations are an attempt to deal with the global problem of funding medical R&D. They focus entirely on measures that raise drug prices. In our opinion, this is a mistake. We believe the United States would be better off embracing a new approach, one that focuses on sharing the costs of medical R&D -- not just through high drug prices, but through any mechanism that supports relevant R&D efforts. For example, we would benefit if our trading partners would engage with the NIH to share the costs of medical R&D for global health problems, provide sustainable funding for the many new non-profit product development ventures, or if they would fund new mechanisms to stimulate R&D, such as advanced marketing commitments for new vaccines, or "prize funds" that reward medical innovations that improve health outcomes.14
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) convened the first meeting of it's new Intergovernmental Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health. At this first meeting, thirty-three countries, including Thailand, supported work on a new treaty or agreement to provide sustainable sources of R&D for global health priority projects. It is in the interest of the United States that other countries, rich and poor, do more to pay the costs of such research. But for many of our trading partners, an agreement to support medical R&D would be more appropriate and acceptable than a trade framework that only seeks to raise drug prices.
As the new head of USTR, you have the opportunity to reframe our trade policy so that it provides a rational, effective and ethical solution to the global free rider problem. We need to ensure that everyone contributes fairly to the costs of medical R&D, but in a framework that ensures people can have access to new inventions.
I would like to meet with you and your staff to discuss these matters.
Karan K. Bhatia, Ambassador, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Victoria A. Espinel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property Rights
Barbara Weisel, Assistant U. S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia-Pacific and Pharmaceutical Policy
Senators Edward Kennedy, Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Trent Lott, Chuck Grassley, Byron Dorgan, Richard Durbin, Ron Wyden, Patrick Leahy
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Charles Rangel, Henry Waxman, John Dingell, Tom Allen, Janice Schakowsky, Rahm Emanuel, Dan Burton, Rosa DeLauro, Jo Ann Emerson, Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Lee, Sander Levin, Jim McDermott, Maxine Waters, Peter Stark, Charles Gonzalez, John Lewis, Xavier Becerra, John Larson, Linda Sanchez, Lloyd Dogget, Howard Berman, Lois Capps, Joe Crowley, Mark Udall, Betty McCollum, Raul Grijalva, Hilda Solis
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Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Senior Advisor on Health Economics, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Cecilia Oh, UNDP
1 TRIPS Article 31.b states "In the case of public non-commercial use, where the government or contractor, without making a patent search, knows or has demonstrable grounds to know that a valid patent is or will be used by or for the government, the right holder shall be informed promptly." There is a similar provision in NAFTA. NAFTA Article 1709(10)(b) also requires that patent owners be notified "promptly," but not before a compulsory license is issued. See also: Executive Order 12889, Implementation Of The North American Free Trade Agreement, December 28, 1993:
Sec. 6. Government Use of Patented Technology. (a) Each agency shall, within 30 days from the date this order is issued, modify or adopt procedures to ensure compliance with Article 1709(10) of the NAFTA regarding notice when patented technology is used by or for the Federal Government without a license from the owner, except that the requirement of Article 1709(10)(b) regarding reasonable efforts to obtain advance authorization from the patent owner:
(1) is hereby waived for an invention used or manufactured by or for the Federal Government, except that the patent owner must be notified whenever the agency or its contractor, without making a patent search, knows or has demonstrable reasonable grounds to know that an invention described in and covered by a valid United States patent is or will be used or manufactured without a license; and
(2) is waived whenever a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency exists, except that the patent owner must be notified as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so.
2 September 5, 2001, "National Institutes of Health and WiCell Research Institute, Inc.,
Sign Stem Cell Research Agreement," http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2001/od-05.htm.
3 United States Of America, Plaintiff V. Microsoft Corporation, Defendant. Civil Action No. 98-1232 (CKK), FINAL JUDGMENT, (November 12, 2002). For a detailed account of work to implement the order, see: INTERIM JOINT STATUS REPORT ON MICROSOFT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE FINAL JUDGMENTS, http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f201300/201386.htm
4 The United States' Statement Of Interest, November 2005., NTP, INC., Plaintiffs, V. RESEARCH IN MOTION, LTD., Defendant., Civil Action No. 3:01CV767.
5 See video excerpts from November 8, 2005 Hearings of the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/tamiflu/hearingexcerpts11082005.html
6 This case was decided under the new US Supreme Court standard for granting injunctions on patents. See eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 126 S. Ct. 1837, 1839-1841 (U.S. 2006)).
7 Ibid.
10 Assuming that the ability to pay is linear in terms of income, a second line AIDS drug that is sold for $1,000 in Thailand would be equivalent to a product selling for $70,000 in the United States. With health care budgets rising faster than incomes, the impact is even worst for the lower income country.
11 http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/c/agreements/thai-1994-ip.html. See also: Susannah Markandya, Timeline of Trade Disputes involving Thailand and access to medicines, July 23, 2001. http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/c/thailand/thailand.html.
12 Paragraph four of the 2001 Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health.
13 The tests are more widely available in countries that have shipped patient tests to offshore testing labs where patents are not in effect.
14 Aidan Hollis. An Optional Reward System for Neglected Disease Drugs, 2005; Joseph Stiglitz, Give Prizes not Patents. New Scientist, September 16, 2006; Thomas Pogge on Online Opinion. "A New Approach to Pharmaceutical Innovations," June 21, 2005; James Love. "Measures to Enhance Access to Medical Technologies, and New Methods of Stimulating Medical R&D." Paper for the WIPO Open Forum on the draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT), March 2006.


Duck Life is a fun game where you need to train your Duck so that can win back his farm. See, his farm got destroyed by a tornado and he was the only thing on the farm to survive. Well really he was just a Duck egg at that point, but whatever. Now he needs your help though to become the best racing duck on the planet. You have to train him in to become a fast runner, a super swimmer, and of course to fly.


How Predictable Has Earth's Climate Been?
In the 1970s, when we had fairly stable climate conditions, there were speculations that the earth could be going into a very cold period. This proved to be incorrect because temperatures warmed up and the global warming mantra kicked off.
We experienced a period of severe weather conditions after this period, and then we started hearing 'climate change' all over the world.
The question now is this: have we really been able to correctly predict what the earth's weather is going to be, or are we simply figuring out words to falsely predict our planet's weather? It just seems as though the earth is simply following a systematic pattern or cycle that we have not been able to correctly understand.
We really have to admit that the global warming exponents have been very flexible and adaptable about the answers given to bugging questions concerning our earth's climate.
Recently, we have had a new phrase in our climate change dictionary: Global Climate Disruption. It has been said that climate change is directly related to the frequency of hurricane occurrence on the earth.
This raises another question, how then do we explain some really weird events in the earth's weather that took place in the early 1930s and those hurricanes that happened before we started naming them?
In fact, so many of the predictions concerning climates have proved false, leading us to wonder what premeditates those climate alarms.
Well, we can only conclude that the earth has been going through series of cycles in its climate, and until we come to understand it, we can only speculate at best.
So many people have experienced severe weather conditions ranging from hurricanes to wildfires, storms and even dust storms, all of which can be very disastrous on people and property. These people have firsthand experience what it means to survive these weather situations already.
Some others have not experienced any sort of extreme weather condition, which explains why they seem not to care when told to evacuate because a serious storm is coming.
So what if some weather simulators were developed that could allow people have the experience of an extreme weather condition like a storm in real life?
The truth is that most people living in some parts of the world really don't know what wildfires are like, neither can they imagine how strong wind storms can be. Such 140 miles an hour winds that can literally blow people away. Maybe by blowing strong air on people that could knock them onto soft surfaces, they'll get an idea what wind storms are like.
These could be set up in amusement parks, or can be built in such a way they are taken round the communities during events. This will also be very vital for the kids to know what storms are like. And more importantly, learn how they can survive during such situations.
When this happens, you won't be surprised to see some these kids choosing to become Coast Guards, or join humanitarian units that help people trapped in such extreme situations in the future. Their minds will begin getting ready to solve future challenges associated with weather circumstances.


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What are the three main ways cells communicate?
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Do fat cells talk to each other?
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Do cells talk to each other?
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What is Juxtacrine communication?
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There are four basic categories of chemical signaling found in multicellular organisms: paracrine signaling, autocrine signaling, endocrine signaling, and signaling by direct contact.
The three stages of cell signaling are reception, transduction, and response.
While most pathways share the same basic steps of cell signaling (reception, transduction, response, resetting), there are different pathways.
This is called neural communication. Over here, just like calling a huddle, one cell can talk to a small group of cells locally as well. For example, just underneath our skin, let's say the skin inside our nose, we have these immune cells called mast cells.
The four types of cell communication are: Paracrine: The signaling cell secretes a chemical that diffuses locally to target cells. Autocrine: Similar to paracrine signaling, but the target cell is the signaling cell. The cell is sending signals from one cell membrane area to another.
The signal that is being transduced is the information that a signaling molecule is bound to the cell-surface receptor. Information is transduced by way of sequential protein-protein interactions that change protein shapes, causing them to function in a way that passes the signal along.
Fat tissue can communicate with other organs from afar, sending out tiny molecules that control gene activity in other parts of the body, according to a new study. This novel route of cell-to-cell communication could indicate fat plays a much bigger role in regulating metabolism than previously thought.
Cellular communication is a stepwise process that involves the generation of an extrinsic signal, detection of the signal by a receptor, transduction of the signal by intracellular signalling molecules and a cellular response. When the extrinsic signal is removed, cellular communication processes cease.
Three Stages of Cell Signaling First, reception, whereby the signal molecule binds the receptor. Then, signal transduction, which is where the chemical signal results in a series of enzyme activations. Finally, the response, which is the resulting cellular responses.
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Courtesy is the hallmark of the Bar. Especially to your opponent. Truthfulness is an indispensable virtue in legal practice. You cannot be economical with it.
The following anecdote – a true event – brings this to the fore.
Some of the greatest life-and-death struggles are not confined to the higher courts. Even a hearing before a humble registrar of the High Court is not without drama.
Senior Assistant Registrars ('SARs') are akin to a judge's assistant. A great many hearings occur before them. They could, under rather limited circumstances, exercise the powers of a judge.
SARs routinely deal with 'summary judgement applications'. Let me explain what this is.
Suppose a man files a case. He is the plaintiff.
He thinks the defence has no answer to his claim.
He doesn't wait around for a trial.
The law allows him to take a shortcut. He is allowed to file a 'Summary Judgement Application'. By it, he asks the court for a direct order in his favour.
Banks do it all the time.
The plaintiff files all his evidence in court through sworn statements called 'affidavits'.
The defendant files his defence evidence. The SAR reads through all the papers.
Then she holds a 'hearing', where she hears counsel from both sides.
If the plaintiff convinces her, the SAR orders a 'Summary Judgement'. It means the plaintiff has won.
If she feels the defendant has a good defence, she'd declare 'there is a Triable Issue'. This means the defendant will be given a chance to prove his defence at a trial. He gets a second chance.
At the trial the plaintiff has to prove his case with witnesses, documents and arguments – he has to go the whole hog.
This story is about such an application. In one such case, I represented a plaintiff. He claimed for the return of the monies he had loaned to the defendant.
When the defence lawyer turned up toting a handbag the size of a small coffin, I attempted to exchange pleasantries with her.
It resulted in injured feelings – mine.
All hope of having a peaceful hearing disappeared.
When the case was called up, she walked into chambers with all the grace of a bovine stampede.
Her countenance might have driven fear into a raging bull.
She heaved her handbag and placed it between her and me, like the Berlin Wall.
The SAR invited me to present my case.
As I began to speak, the SAR's chambers felt increasingly stifling, dark and foreboding. And this ominous cloud loomed, it seemed to me, from the other side of the Berlin Wall.
I adopted a time-tested, formulaic approach.
I established the basic facts.
Pointing out exhibits and documents, I tied the facts to the available evidence.
'The Defendant has no defence whatsoever'.
She cast her handbag upon the floor with a thud.
She turned her furious face in my direction.
Sparks flew from her eyes. 'Is this what's called a 'full broadside?' I wondered.
Her idea of legal argument was to convert chambers into a battlefield.
She heaped scorn on the plaintiff's case.
Her arguments, which were lengthy, spirited, and directionless, were a tour of the African savanna.
The SAR listened in incredulous silence.
Virago argued the Application ought to be dismissed because the plaintiff had '… written an incriminating letter to the Defendant'.
She said this 'created a triable issue'.
'Please throw out this frivolous Application and restore the file to trial, Your Honour' she cried.
'And I want costs, oh yes. Costs', she growled, tapping the tabletop.
When she stopped, keeping a cautious distance from Berlin, I pointed out to the SAR that no such letter had appeared anywhere.
The Defendant had not mentioned it in his pleadings, nor in his affidavits.
'Nothing is there to substantiate this unmeritorious, bare allegation', said I.
In her battleground, she took no prisoners.
From its gloomy depths, like a rabbit out of a hat, she triumphantly pulled out 'The Letter'.
She brandished it at my face and cast it upon the table.
This outburst afforded me a glimpse into her handbag.
Within its cavernous depths, between personal items, quite like the vaults of a bank, there lay exposed an array of neatly-arranged documents: presumably other 'incriminating letters' to be launched against other unsuspecting plaintiffs.
The SAR refused to accept The Letter.
She granted summary judgement for the plaintiff.
Instead of savouring the success, I fled.
That handbag was in danger of being used as an assault weapon.


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/***************************************************************************
 *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
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 *   Alternatively, this file is available under the Mozilla Public        *
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 *   http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/                                           *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef TAGLIB_STRING_H
#define TAGLIB_STRING_H

#include "taglib_export.h"
#include "taglib.h"
#include "tbytevector.h"

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Converts a QString to a TagLib::String without a requirement to link to Qt.
 *
 * \note consider conversion via usual char-by-char for loop to avoid UTF16->UTF8->UTF16
 * conversion happening in the background
 */

#if defined(QT_VERSION) && (QT_VERSION >= 0x040000)
#define QStringToTString(s) TagLib::String(s.toUtf8().data(), TagLib::String::UTF8)
#else
#define QStringToTString(s) TagLib::String(s.utf8().data(), TagLib::String::UTF8)
#endif

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Converts a TagLib::String to a QString without a requirement to link to Qt.
 *
 * \note consider conversion via usual char-by-char for loop to avoid UTF16->UTF8->UTF16
 * conversion happening in the background
 *
 */

#define TStringToQString(s) QString::fromUtf8(s.toCString(true))

namespace TagLib {

  class StringList;

  //! A \e wide string class suitable for unicode.

  /*!
   * This is an implicitly shared \e wide string.  For storage it uses
   * TagLib::wstring, but as this is an implementation detail this of
   * course could change.  Strings are stored internally as UTF-16(without BOM/
   * CPU byte order)
   *
   * The use of implicit sharing means that copying a string is cheap, the only
   * \e cost comes into play when the copy is modified.  Prior to that the string
   * just has a pointer to the data of the \e parent String.  This also makes
   * this class suitable as a function return type.
   *
   * In addition to adding implicit sharing, this class keeps track of four
   * possible encodings, which are the four supported by the ID3v2 standard.
   */

  class TAGLIB_EXPORT String
  {
  public:

#ifndef DO_NOT_DOCUMENT
    typedef TagLib::wstring::iterator Iterator;
    typedef TagLib::wstring::const_iterator ConstIterator;
#endif

    /**
     * The four types of string encodings supported by the ID3v2 specification.
     * ID3v1 is assumed to be Latin1 and Ogg Vorbis comments use UTF8.
     */
    enum Type {
      /*!
       * IS08859-1, or Latin1 encoding.  8 bit characters.
       */
      Latin1 = 0,
      /*!
       * UTF16 with a byte order mark.  16 bit characters.
       */
      UTF16 = 1,
      /*!
       * UTF16 big endian.  16 bit characters.  This is the encoding used
       * internally by TagLib.
       */
      UTF16BE = 2,
      /*!
       * UTF8 encoding.  Characters are usually 8 bits but can be up to 32.
       */
      UTF8 = 3,
      /*!
       * UTF16 little endian.  16 bit characters.
       */
      UTF16LE = 4
    };

    /*!
     * Constructs an empty String.
     */
    String();

    /*!
     * Make a shallow, implicitly shared, copy of \a s.  Because this is
     * implicitly shared, this method is lightweight and suitable for
     * pass-by-value usage.
     */
    String(const String &s);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     *
     * \note This should only be used with the 8-bit codecs Latin1 and UTF8, when
     * used with other codecs it will simply print a warning and exit.
     */
    String(const std::string &s, Type t = Latin1);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     *
     * /note If \a t is UTF16LE, the byte order of \a s will be swapped regardless
     * of the CPU byte order.  If UTF16BE, it will not be swapped.  This behavior
     * will be changed in TagLib2.0.
     */
    String(const wstring &s, Type t = UTF16BE);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     *
     * /note If \a t is UTF16LE, the byte order of \a s will be swapped regardless
     * of the CPU byte order.  If UTF16BE, it will not be swapped.  This behavior
     * will be changed in TagLib2.0.
     */
    String(const wchar_t *s, Type t = UTF16BE);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a c.
     *
     * \note This should only be used with the 8-bit codecs Latin1 and UTF8, when
     * used with other codecs it will simply print a warning and exit.
     */
    String(char c, Type t = Latin1);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a c.
     */
    String(wchar_t c, Type t = Latin1);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     *
     * \note This should only be used with the 8-bit codecs Latin1 and UTF8, when
     * used with other codecs it will simply print a warning and exit.
     */
    String(const char *s, Type t = Latin1);

    /*!
     * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a v.
     */
    String(const ByteVector &v, Type t = Latin1);

    /*!
     * Destroys this String instance.
     */
    virtual ~String();

    /*!
     * Returns a deep copy of this String as an std::string.  The returned string
     * is encoded in UTF8 if \a unicode is true, otherwise Latin1.
     *
     * \see toCString()
     */
    std::string to8Bit(bool unicode = false) const;

    /*!
     * Returns a deep copy of this String as a wstring.  The returned string is
     * encoded in UTF-16 (without BOM/CPU byte order), not UTF-32 even if wchar_t
     * is 32-bit wide.
     *
     * \see toCWString()
     */
    wstring toWString() const;

    /*!
     * Creates and returns a standard C-style (null-terminated) version of this
     * String.  The returned string is encoded in UTF8 if \a unicode is true,
     * otherwise Latin1.
     *
     * The returned string is still owned by this String and should not be deleted
     * by the user.
     *
     * The returned pointer remains valid until this String instance is destroyed
     * or toCString() is called again.
     *
     * \warning This however has the side effect that the returned string will remain
     * in memory in addition to other memory that is consumed by this
     * String instance.  So, this method should not be used on large strings or
     * where memory is critical.  Consider using to8Bit() instead to avoid it.
     *
     * \see to8Bit()
     */
    const char *toCString(bool unicode = false) const;

    /*!
     * Returns a standard C-style (null-terminated) wide character version of
     * this String.  The returned string is encoded in UTF-16 (without BOM/CPU byte
     * order), not UTF-32 even if wchar_t is 32-bit wide.
     *
     * The returned string is still owned by this String and should not be deleted
     * by the user.
     *
     * The returned pointer remains valid until this String instance is destroyed
     * or any other method of this String is called.
     *
     * \note This returns a pointer to the String's internal data without any
     * conversions.
     *
     * \see toWString()
     */
    const wchar_t *toCWString() const;

    /*!
     * Returns an iterator pointing to the beginning of the string.
     */
    Iterator begin();

    /*!
     * Returns a const iterator pointing to the beginning of the string.
     */
    ConstIterator begin() const;

    /*!
     * Returns an iterator pointing to the end of the string (the position
     * after the last character).
     */
    Iterator end();

    /*!
     * Returns a const iterator pointing to the end of the string (the position
     * after the last character).
     */
    ConstIterator end() const;

    /*!
     * Finds the first occurrence of pattern \a s in this string starting from
     * \a offset.  If the pattern is not found, -1 is returned.
     */
    int find(const String &s, int offset = 0) const;

    /*!
     * Finds the last occurrence of pattern \a s in this string, searched backwards,
     * either from the end of the string or starting from \a offset. If the pattern
     * is not found, -1 is returned.
     */
    int rfind(const String &s, int offset = -1) const;

    /*!
     * Splits the string on each occurrence of \a separator.
     */
    StringList split(const String &separator = " ") const;

    /*!
     * Returns true if the strings starts with the substring \a s.
     */
    bool startsWith(const String &s) const;

    /*!
     * Extract a substring from this string starting at \a position and
     * continuing for \a n characters.
     */
    String substr(unsigned int position, unsigned int n = 0xffffffff) const;

    /*!
     * Append \a s to the current string and return a reference to the current
     * string.
     */
    String &append(const String &s);

    /*!
     * Clears the string.
     */
    String &clear();

    /*!
     * Returns an upper case version of the string.
     *
     * \warning This only works for the characters in US-ASCII, i.e. A-Z.
     */
    String upper() const;

    /*!
     * Returns the size of the string.
     */
    unsigned int size() const;

    /*!
     * Returns the length of the string.  Equivalent to size().
     */
    unsigned int length() const;

    /*!
     * Returns true if the string is empty.
     *
     * \see isNull()
     */
    bool isEmpty() const;

    /*!
     * Returns true if this string is null -- i.e. it is a copy of the
     * String::null string.
     *
     * \note A string can be empty and not null.  So do not use this method to
     * check if the string is empty.
     *
     * \see isEmpty()
     *
     * \deprecated
     */
     // BIC: remove
    bool isNull() const;

    /*!
     * Returns a ByteVector containing the string's data.  If \a t is Latin1 or
     * UTF8, this will return a vector of 8 bit characters, otherwise it will use
     * 16 bit characters.
     *
     * \note If \a t is UTF16, the returned data is encoded in little-endian
     * format and has a BOM.
     *
     * \note The returned data is not null terminated.
     */
    ByteVector data(Type t) const;

    /*!
     * Convert the string to an integer.
     *
     * Returns the integer if the conversion was successful or 0 if the
     * string does not represent a number.
     */
    // BIC: merge with the method below
    int toInt() const;

    /*!
     * Convert the string to an integer.
     *
     * If the conversion was successful, it sets the value of \a *ok to
     * true and returns the integer. Otherwise it sets \a *ok to false
     * and the result is undefined.
     */
    int toInt(bool *ok) const;

    /*!
     * Returns a string with the leading and trailing whitespace stripped.
     */
    String stripWhiteSpace() const;

    /*!
     * Returns true if the file only uses characters required by Latin1.
     */
    bool isLatin1() const;

    /*!
     * Returns true if the file only uses characters required by (7-bit) ASCII.
     */
    bool isAscii() const;

    /*!
     * Converts the base-10 integer \a n to a string.
     */
    static String number(int n);

    /*!
     * Returns a reference to the character at position \a i.
     */
    wchar_t &operator[](int i);

    /*!
     * Returns a const reference to the character at position \a i.
     */
    const wchar_t &operator[](int i) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns true if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator==(const String &s) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns false if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator!=(const String &s) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns true if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator==(const char *s) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns false if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator!=(const char *s) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns true if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator==(const wchar_t *s) const;

    /*!
     * Compares each character of the String with each character of \a s and
     * returns false if the strings match.
     */
    bool operator!=(const wchar_t *s) const;

    /*!
     * Appends \a s to the end of the String.
     */
    String &operator+=(const String &s);

    /*!
     * Appends \a s to the end of the String.
     */
    String &operator+=(const wchar_t* s);

    /*!
     * Appends \a s to the end of the String.
     */
    String &operator+=(const char* s);

    /*!
     * Appends \a s to the end of the String.
     */
    String &operator+=(wchar_t c);

    /*!
     * Appends \a c to the end of the String.
     */
    String &operator+=(char c);

    /*!
     * Performs a shallow, implicitly shared, copy of \a s, overwriting the
     * String's current data.
     */
    String &operator=(const String &s);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(const std::string &s);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(const wstring &s);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(const wchar_t *s);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(char c);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(wchar_t c);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a s.
     */
    String &operator=(const char *s);

    /*!
     * Performs a deep copy of the data in \a v.
     */
    String &operator=(const ByteVector &v);

    /*!
     * Exchanges the content of the String by the content of \a s.
     */
    void swap(String &s);

    /*!
     * To be able to use this class in a Map, this operator needed to be
     * implemented.  Returns true if \a s is less than this string in a byte-wise
     * comparison.
     */
    bool operator<(const String &s) const;

    /*!
     * A null string provided for convenience.
     *
     * \warning Do not modify this variable.  It will mess up the internal state
     * of TagLib.
     *
     * \deprecated
     */
     // BIC: remove
    static String null;

  protected:
    /*!
     * If this String is being shared via implicit sharing, do a deep copy of the
     * data and separate from the shared members.  This should be called by all
     * non-const subclass members.
     */
    void detach();

  private:
    class StringPrivate;
    StringPrivate *d;
  };
}

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Concatenates \a s1 and \a s2 and returns the result as a string.
 */
TAGLIB_EXPORT const TagLib::String operator+(const TagLib::String &s1, const TagLib::String &s2);

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Concatenates \a s1 and \a s2 and returns the result as a string.
 */
TAGLIB_EXPORT const TagLib::String operator+(const char *s1, const TagLib::String &s2);

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Concatenates \a s1 and \a s2 and returns the result as a string.
 */
TAGLIB_EXPORT const TagLib::String operator+(const TagLib::String &s1, const char *s2);

/*!
 * \relates TagLib::String
 *
 * Send the string to an output stream.
 */
TAGLIB_EXPORT std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const TagLib::String &str);

#endif

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Der Sport- und Sozial Club Jena e. V., kurz SSC Jena, ist ein Hockeyverein aus Jena in Thüringen, in dem Feld-, Hallen- und Inlinehockey gespielt wird. Er ging im Jahr 2002 aus den Hockeyabteilungen des SV Carl Zeiss Jena e. V. und des SV Jenapharm Jena e. V. hervor.

Spielstätten

Feldhockey
Der Sport- und Sozial Club verfügt über einen eigenen Kunstrasenplatz am Rand des Jenaer Ortsteils Lobeda-West. Der 2014 erneuerte Belag entspricht den aktuellen Standards im Hockeysport.

Hallenhockey
Für die Wintersaison besitzt der SSC Jena keine eigene Halle. Es werden verschiedene Sporthallen in Jena als Trainings- und Spielorte genutzt. Dazu gehören das Sportforum Jena und die Dreifelderhalle des Staatlichen Berufsbildenden Schulzentrums Jena-Göschwitz.

Inlinehockey
Da Inlinehockey eine in Thüringen bisher nur wenig verbreitete Sportart ist, spielt der SSC Jena derzeit in der Sächsischen Inlinehockey-Liga. Für das Training und für Heimspiele wird die Dreifelderhalle des Staatlichen Berufsbildenden Schulzentrums Jena-Göschwitz genutzt.

Geschichte

1911–1945
Im November 1911 wurde der VfB Jena (Verein für Bewegungsspiele mit Leichtathletik, Fußball u. Hockey) von Eugen Popp, Willi Völker, Otto Leonhardt, Hans Rudolph Götting und Walter Männel gegründet. In Jena fand am 10. Dezember 1911 das erste Hockeyspiel in Thüringen zwischen dem VfB Jena und dem SC Erfurt (1:1) statt.

Nach dem VfB Jena wurde 1911 ein weiterer Jenaer Hockey-Verein, ATV Gothania Jena, gegründet, dessen Wirken aber nur bis etwa 1914 nachweisbar ist.

Im März 1918 folgte die Gründung der Hockey-Abteilung des 1. Sportvereins (SV) 1901 Jena, und 1923 wurde die Hockey-Abteilung im Turnverein Wenigenjena gegründet.

1945–1989
Kurz nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges war Hockey nur auf kommunaler Ebene in der sowjetischen Besatzungszone gestattet, ab 1946 über die Kreisgrenzen hinaus. Daraufhin bildeten sich 1947/48 Hockey-Sparten in den Ländern, so auch in Thüringen. In den Jahren 1948/49 entstanden BSG Schott-Ost Jena (ab 1950 BSG Chemie Jena) und BSG Mechanik Jena (ab 1950 BSG Motor Zeiss Jena), jeweils mit einer eigenen Hockey-Sparte.

Ab 1949 begann wieder der Spielbetrieb bei den Damen und Herren. 1951 wurden die ersten Thüringer Landesmeisterschaften in der Halle ausgetragen. Die ersten Meister waren die Damen, Herren und die weibliche Jugend – BSG Motor Zeiss Jena sowie die männliche Jugend – BSG KWU Erfurt.

Im Jahr 1953 kam es zur Gründung von Hockey-Leistungssportzentren in der DDR. In diesem Zusammenhang erfolgte in Jena die Gründung des SC Motor Jena.

Im Jahr 1982 wurde die BSG Chemie Jena in BSG Jenapharm Jena umbenannt.

1989–2002
1989 erfolgte die Umbenennung von BSG Jenapharm Jena in SV Jenapharm Jena e. V.
und 1990 die Umbenennung von BSG Carl Zeiss Jena in SV Carl Zeiss Jena e. V.

1999 verlor der SV Jenapharm die Spielmöglichkeit auf der "Gemeinschaftssportanlage Uni/Schott/Jenapharm" wegen der Rückübertragung der Anlage an die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität. Der Trainings- und Spielbetrieb der Hockeyabteilungen des SV Carl Zeiss Jena und des SV Jenapharm Jena erfolgte ab diesem Zeitpunkt im Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld ohne Vertrag mit der Stadt Jena.

2002–heute
Am 9. Dezember 2002 wurde SSC Jena e. V. ("Sport- und Sozial Club Jena e. V.") als Zusammenschluss der Hockeyabteilungen des SV Carl Zeiss Jena e. V. und eines Teils des SV Jenapharm Jena e. V. gegründet. Hauptziel war die Schaffung einer eigenen Kunstrasensportanlage, um damit den Grundstein für das Fortbestehen des Hockeysports in Jena zu legen. Gründungsmitglieder des SSC Jena e. V. waren R. Drechsler, R. Partschefeld, M. Elle, L. Schmidt, T. Schöttke, M. Krüger und B. Krüger.

Die erste Mitgliederversammlung wurde am 5. Mai 2003 abgehalten. Der erste Vorsitzende des SSC Jena war Ralph Partschefeld.

Im März 2003 wurde der Erbbaurechtsvertrag geschlossen und im April der erste Arbeitseinsatz zur Beräumung des Areals durchgeführt. Der Bau des Kunstrasenplatzes begann im Herbst des gleichen Jahres und dauerte bis zum August 2004. Er war zum damaligen Zeitpunkt die zweite Hockey-Kunstrasensportanlage in Thüringen. Die offizielle Einweihung der Anlage fand am 28. Mai 2005 statt.

Turniere
Seit 2014 wird die Ostdeutsche Meisterschaft der Mädchen und Knaben B, der Saalepokal, in Jena ausgetragen.
Im Bereich Elternhockey findet in unregelmäßigen Abständen das Jenaer-Schnapphans-Hockeyturnier statt.

Weblinks
 http://www.ssc-jena.de

Hockeyverein aus Thüringen
Sportverein (Jena)
Gegründet 2002


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An Expert On Fascism Speaks Out Against 'Send Her Back' Chants At Trump Rally, Calls It 'The Face Of Evil'
States With Stringent Gun Laws Are Safer For Kids, Study Finds
An expert in fascism and a Yale philosophy professor spoke out on Wednesday evening, decrying President Donald Trump and his supporters at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, after they broke out in a chant he described as 'evil.'
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Jason Stanley, who wrote a book called "How Fascism Works," sent a tweet on Wednesday night explaining his dismay with what he saw happening.
"I am not easily shocked. But we are facing an emergency," Stanley wrote. "Journalists must not get away with sugar coating this. This is the face of evil."
I am not easily shocked. But we are facing an emergency. Journalists must not get away with sugar coating this. This is the face of evil. https://t.co/XD0OAHvZao
— Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator) July 18, 2019
Stanley's tweet quoted another from journalist Shaun King, who included video of the incident which he described as "ugly." King had his own words to say about the rally.
"This is one of the single most racist moments in modern American political history," King said. "As Trump began attacking my friend Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the crowd began chanting "SEND HER BACK, SEND HER BACK." It's utterly despicable and dangerous. We are here. We are in THAT time."
Trump didn't seem to do much to discourage the chants at his rally, and at times it seemed as though he was encouraging of it.
The crowd was chanting in response to tweets Trump made earlier in the week, attacking four Democratic congresswomen and telling them to "go back" to their countries of origin. Three of the four women — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib — were born in the United States. Rep. Ilhan Omar emigrated from Somalia when she was 12, and became an American citizens in 2000, when she turned 17.
Former GOP Candidate Pushes Disgusting Conspiracy Theory About Capitol Officers After Suicides
According to reporting from Newsweek, Trump called the four lawmakers "hate-filled extremists."
In an interview last December with Vox, Stanley described what fascism is, noting that it's decidedly right-wing, though that doesn't mean that conservatism itself is part fascist — rather, fascism is an extremist element within the political spectrum, which just happens to fall on the far-right reaches of it.
"[F]ascism as a method of politics," Stanley added in that interview. "It's a rhetoric, a way of running for power. Of course, that's connected to fascist ideology, because fascist ideology centers on power. But I really see fascism as a technique to gain power."
He warned at the time that people should be on the guard for fascist techniques used by the current president.
"Again, I wouldn't claim — not yet, at least — that Trump is presiding over a fascist government," Stanley said at that time, "but he is very clearly using fascist techniques to excite his base and erode liberal democratic institutions, and that's very troubling."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ayanna Pressley Donald Trump fascism Ilhan Omar Jason Stanley rally chants Rashida Tlaib Shaun King Trump rally
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"Laws of Nature" es el título del primer episodio estreno de la tercera temporada de la serie de televisión estadounidense de ciencia ficción y de superhéroes Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. El episodio fue escrito por Jed Whedon y Maurissa Tancharoen, mientras que la dirección estuvo a cargo de Vincent Misiano. Se transmitió originalmente el 29 de septiembre de 2015 en los Estados Unidos por la cadena de televisión estadounidense ABC. En Latinoamérica el episodio se transmitió el 27 de octubre del mismo año por el canal Sony Latinoamérica.

En Laws of Nature la trama principal sigue a S.H.I.E.L.D. y como la organización al paso de seis meses después de que el terrigen se expandiera por la atmósfera tiene que encontrar la manera de proteger a varios Inhumanos que adquieren sus poderes sin tener idea de quienes son o como controlarlos al mismo tiempo que se enfrentan a una nueva organización creada para contener a los Inhumanos.

El episodio en su semana de estreno fue visto por 7.86 millones de espectadores y fue bien recibido en críticas que elogiaron la redacción y actuaciones del elenco por parte de los críticos y fanes por igual.

Argumento
Seis meses después del enfrentamiento de S.H.I.E.L.D. contra la comunidad de "Afterlife" como una consecuencia de que el terrigen se expandiera por el mar, varias personas que consumen cápsulas hechas a base de pescado han comenzado adquirir poderes Inhumanos a lo largo de Estados Unidos dando nacimiento a una organización dedicada a la persecución y contención de los dotados sin control. El más reciente en transformarse en Inhumano es Joey Gutiérrez que consigue eludir a la misteriosa organización con ayuda de la agente Skye ahora conocida como Daisy Johnson, quien con un mejor control de sus poderes y los recursos de S.H.I.E.L.D. es capaz de extraer a Joey pero no consigue convencerlo de quedarse por su voluntad en las instalaciones por lo que decide ir en busca del apoyo de Lincoln junto a Mack.

En Baréin Fitz lleva a cabo una investigación para recuperar un pergamino que le permitirá descubrir que es exactamente el monolito responsable de la desaparición de Simmons. Fitz consigue a duras penas salir vivo con el pergamino al engañar a unos terroristas con un intercambio de armas hechas por Hydra. Coulson por su parte con el apoyo de Hunter investigan a la jefa de la organización intentando emboscarla en un tren público pero ella se les adelanta y les revela que también los ha estado investigando, presentándose con el nombre de Rosalind Price. Mientras ambos hablan, se dan cuenta de que hay un tercer involucrado en la persecución de los Inhumanos desde que la organización de Price ha recuperado a varios Inhumanos muertos por una especie de arma de energía.

Mientras tanto en un hospital de Los Ángeles, Lincoln es buscado por Daisy para intentar convencerlo de unirse a S.H.I.E.L.D. como un asesor de los Inhumanos que encuentran. Pero Lincoln ha cambiado su perspectiva y ahora se cree junto con su gente unos monstruos que deben ser eliminados. De pronto el hospital comienza a ser atacado por un Inhumano muy poderoso que busca asesinar a Lincoln pero gracias a Daisy, el inhumano logra escapar. La confrontación expone los poderes de Lincoln por lo que este huye mientras Mack se lleva a Daisy para evitar que la persigan a ella también.

Coulson y Hunter escapan de los hombres de Price cuando esta recibe una llamada de los eventos ocurridos en el hospital, por lo que la organización ficha a Lincoln como un fugitivo. Esa misma noche el presidente Ellis hace presenta de manera oficial a la ATCU, la misma organización que opera Rosalind Price. Mientras que Daisy consuela a Joey y Coulson confronta a Fitz sobre su incapacidad de aceptar que Simmons pudo haber muerto por culpa del monolito antes de informarle que planea notificar a la familia de la desaparición de esta, Fitz se rehúsa aceptarlo hasta que abre el pergamino el cual describe al monolito como una simple palabra hebrea "Maveth" que significa muerte.

Desconsolado Fitz aprovecha un momento en que se queda solo para armarse con una escopeta y entrar al contenedor del monolito presumiblemente buscando su muerte mientras grita y golpea desesperadamente el monolito. Mientras que en otro planeta en un sistema solar diferente, Simmons huye y se esconde de una extraña criatura que la persigue.

Producción

Desarrollo
La serie fue renovada para una tercera temporada el 7 de mayo de 2015, and in September 2015, Marvel anunció que el episodio estreno se titularía "Laws of Nature". El episodio fue escrito por los co creadores y productores ejecutivos de la serie Jed Whedon y Maurissa Tancharoen, con Vincent Misiano dirigiendo, el episodio también introduce un nuevo logo, reemplazando el que había aparecido en temporadas anteriores.

Conexiones al Universo cinematográfico de Marvel
El episodio se ubica y menciona varios eventos incluidos en muchas películas del UCM, incluyendo The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron y Ant-Man, mientras que la aparición de Sadler como el Presidente Ellis y su anunció de la fuerza anti superhumana son el comienzo de una serie de acontecimientos que ligan a la serie con la película Capitán América: Civil War. Con Whedon diciendo, "cuando llegamos al universo cinematográfico de Marvel en las primeras películas, habían muy pocas, pocas personas con poderes. Ahora están en un nuevo mundo y las reglas están a punto de cambiar....demasiado en esos mismos temas [de la primera película] serán tocados en nuestro show. Como se conectan es una pregunta que marca para todos los involucrados, pero en definitiva estaremos lidiando con los mismos temas." La conferencia presidencial fue transmitida por la cadena de noticias ficticia WHiH, que ha hecho apariciones a lo largo de todo el universo. La revelación en "Laws of Nature" de que el terrigen se expandió por el ecosistema de la tierra fue realizado para situar la película de los Inhumanos.

Recepción

Audiencia
En su emisión en los Estados Unidos la serie recibió un porcentaje de 1.7/5 entre adultos en la edad de 18 a 49, dando a entender que fue visto por 1.7, y un 5 por ciento de todos los que vieron el episodio en el momento de su emisión. Fue visto por un total de 4.90 millones de espectadores. A una semana de su estreno el episodio fue visto por 7.86 en los Estados Unidos, abajo del porcentaje de 5.52 millones.

Respuesta de la crítica

Eric Goldman de IGN le dio al episodio un 8.5 de 10, alabando al equipo de Lincoln y Daisy, la interpretación de Zimmer como Rosalind y su dinámica con Coulson, la búsqueda de Fitz por Simmons, y la rápida resolución a donde terminó Simmons. El también aplaudió al equipo de redacción por no sentir la necesidad de sobresaltar a todos los miembros del equipo en el episodio, notando la ausencia de May y Ward. Brian Lowry de Variety fue generalmente positivo sobre el episodio, citando, "la televisión no puede competir contra los presupuestos y acción en las películas veraniegas... pero tiene una ventaja en ser capaz de explorar personajes. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. obviamente posee una audiencia atraída por esos atributos, y los showrunners Jed Whedon y Maurissa Tancharoen han mantenido la trama admirablemente moviéndose adelante — enganchando en narrativas largamente serializadas — mientras luchan con las logísticas de esas consideraciones, que incluyen planes para "una película de los Inhumanos", aunque concluyó "hay mucho que no se siente particularmente super sobre eso." Kevin Fitzpatrick of Screen Crush dijo, ""Laws of Nature" se siente al mismo tiempo como la entrega más ambiciosa y confiada hasta ahora, es una apertura empacada de acción con un enfoque mucho más específico que la temporada 2."

Escribiendo para Vulture, Scott Meslow le dio a "Laws of Nature" 4 estrellas de 5, diciendo "mientras el universo cinematográfico de Marvel se ha vuelto más grande y raro, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. se ha vuelto más grande y mejor, y "Laws of Nature" es un estreno fuerte que muestra lo mucho que esta serie de tv ha evolucionado." Oliver Sava de The A.V. Club le dio al episodio una B-, con sus resaltaciones a la revelación de que Simmons esta en otro planeta, lo que le permitiría a la serie oportunidades interesantes en la historia. Conversativamente, Sava sintió que los elementos del episodio fueron muy procedurales y "un exceso de información volcada que arrastra el ritmo," y a diferencia de Goldman, sintió que dejar a May y Ward fuera fue "una gran razón por la que este estreno es una abrumadora re-introducción a este mundo." Concluyendo, "Hay mucho potencial para que esta temporada guíe las complicaciones morales de la misión de S.H.I.E.L.D., y con suerte los escritores usaran los temas de Guerra civil de explorar la turba ética de capturar y retener gente superpoderosa en contra de su voluntad ... la transcisión entre la era de la Inhumanidad podría ser un poco desastrosa, pero hay suficiente sustancia en este estreno para sugerir una prometedora temporada en adelante." Tanto Meslow como Sava indicaron su gusto en la introducción de Joey Gutiérrez, a quien Meslow notó que parecía ser el primer personaje abiertamente gay en el ucm.

Premios
De Caestecker fue nombrado como "la interpretación de la semana" en TVLine el 27 de septiembre de 2015, por su interpretación en el episodio, particularmente la escena final del episodio que ve a Fitz gritarle al monolito.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 "Laws of Nature" en Internet Movie Database


Barefoot Angie Bee: Understanding Stretching with The Substitute Blogger.
Understanding Stretching with The Substitute Blogger.
Hello blogosphere, Jaymon here. Its time for use to have a talk. Uh huh, that talk. Lets talk about stretch.
What is stretching you say? Well, when two people love each other very much they sometimes exercise together and as part of their exercise regiment they will stretch to maintain healthy, capable, and enduringly healthy bodies.
What is stretching. Conventional exercise theory says that stretching is an activity done to alleviate and prevent tightness, pain and injury in the body. This theory is completely wrong, wrong, wrong. Now you see why stretching is a dirty word. But I like to stretch you say. That,s good and stretching is a useful activity so keep it up but lets try and understand what we are doing when we stretch.
First let us explore the nature of muscle. Our muscles are composed of long stringy molecules that lay parallel to each other. One is called the myofibril and it has little arms that grab the other called actin and pull it in one direction then the myofibril arms let go and move forward to grab the actin and a further point to give another tug. Like pulling a rope hand over hand. I tried to post an illustration but it seems this blog has exceeded some kind of upload quota. Here is a link to a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ309LfHQ3M The grab and release nature of this action give muscles all the lengthening capacity they would ever need to actuate a joint. Muscle can easily exceed the joints range of motion. In fact muscles cannot be stretched because they are not elastic.
If that is true then why don't we all have unlimited flexibility? Why can't I do the splits and kick like Van Dam? The answer is because you muscle are too weak. Your body will not let you extend a joint past the point that it can recover from that extension. But my muscle are strong you say. There are different kinds of strength. For example I am emotionally strong. Muscles have a range of movement and different strength capacities throughout that range. In order for our muscle to allow us to increase the range, they will allow us to move a joint in, we must increase the strength of the muscle at that range. Stretching is a muscle building contraction like lifting weights.
There is another component of stretching, you must be aware of, the fascia. Fascia are super tough membranes that surround our muscles to keep them in place. Because they must resist all kinds of intense forces and keep those muscle where they should be fascia do not give. When you increase our range of movement you must stress the fascia to compel it to grow longer to accommodate that new range.
So doesn't increased range of motion from stretching benefit the runner. The answer is no. Running does not involve a wide range of motion. In fact using to much of you range of motion in running leads to injury inducing higher impacts and inefficient form. Many experts try and treat bad running technique with prescribed stretches of the abused areas. The only solution is to correct your technique. Use those hamstrings when you run.
The greatest stretchers in the world are the Yogi. They have been at it for thousands of years. Yogi do not stretch in preparation for an athletic endeavor. They understand that the stretch is the athletic endeavor. Stretching is great for bringing strength, flexibility and balance to our bodies as well as peace to our minds. It is not a solution to running injuries.
What do you recommend after a run? Any 'stretching' at all?
Would appreciate advice for this newbie.
No recommendation. If you legs are hurting you might do a cool down by walking to keep the blood flowing.
I have a very annoying hamstring, which is a direct result of a bad piriformis, which is all due to a bad back. So I stretch and it does help. A lot! Wish I were more dedicated...I will try to be. Thanks for a great post!
Stretching is one thing I always find mixed opinions on and I appreciate your perspective/info. Thanks!
Jill I completely believe in the relief the stretching can bring to injured people. I have see the stretches for sciatica fix drastically improve the condition.
Why do you have a bad back? Most bad backs are caused by a weak stomach. My mother had a bad back for 40 years until she started riding an aerodyne stationary bicycle with the rowing action. It was cured in a week. I think the substitute blogger will cover back problems next.
I do stretching after each workout and it makes my recoveries much easier. To provide my body with enough energy for regular trainings I am taking Multipurpose High-Potency Super Nutritional Complex. This dietary supplement is manufactured by MGNutritions. It was specially developed for soldiers, but now it is available for everyone who is looking for a natural nutritional support.


With its energetic and intelligent temperament, the Australian Shepherd is a dog that aims to please. A 'working dog' in the true sense of the term, this breed is highly trainable but will require a full list of daily activities to keep it happy.
Considering the rivalry between South African and Australian sporting teams, locals might not be too keen on anything from Down Under. Luckily, the Australian Shepherd's name is a bit of a misnomer. It was actually developed on the ranches of the Western United States from a breed of dogs from Basque (now part of Spain). Basque immigrants had briefly migrated to Australia before immigrating to America (hence the confusing 'Australian' part of the breed's name).
Aussies as they are also known are actually closely related to Border Collies and share much of their temperament and ability to work with livestock — becoming hugely popular with farmers on the wide open plains of the USA. Their potential to be trained and their agility and speed also make them especially successful in dog sporting categories like agility and flyball. They're also often employed as rescue dogs, guide dogs and detection dogs.
recommended. If this does not happen, an Aussie will get bored, mouthy and destructive. In short, it doesn't HAVE to live on a farm, but know that a city-dwelling Australian Shepherd will be high maintenance.
Australian Shepherds have a lovely, flowing coat that comes in Black (often with copper and white markings), Red (or 'Liver', often with white markings), Blue merle (a mottled patchwork of gray and black) and Red merle (a mottled patchwork of cream and red/liver) — all equally desirable.
A very interesting characteristic is that their separate eyes are often different colours, giving them their nickname of 'ghost-eye dog'. Other Aussies' eyes are split (half-brown and half-blue, for instance) All these variations are perfectly normal as long as the eyes are healthy.
Australian Shepherds are medium-sized dogs, standing about 46 to 58 cm high at the shoulder and weighing between 14 and 29 kg. Generally, they're a healthy breed, although hip and eye problems can occur.
Is the Australian Shepherd for me?
If you're an inexperienced owner looking for a low-maintenance couch potato, then steer well clear of this breed. If you're a sheep farmer or committed owner willing to spend quality time training and stimulating your dog, then the Australian Shepherd will give you all the positive response your heart desires.


One of integrative health and medicine's most significant, pioneering and visionary researchers, University of Calgary's Marja Verhoef, PhD, is retiring.
In 2002, Verhoef co-founded the international Whole Systems Research Group (aka the Island Group). Via this team she published and helped clarify "Methodological Challenges in Whole Systems Research." A believer in the importance of building capacity through networks, Verhoef co-founded and was the first president of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research.
Verhoef was also the co-founder and co-chair of Canada's IN-CAM (Interdisciplinary Network on Complementary and Alternative Medicine) that focused on an outcomes and effectiveness agenda, rather than the inappropriately reductive, efficacy focus south of the Canadian border. Her publications, through 2009, are listed here. One jewel of that IN-CAM legacy is a resource for the international community of researchers who focus on the real world, the OutcomesDatabase.org registry. In 2011, Verhoef won the prestigious Dr. Rogers Prize award for excellence in leadership in complementary and alternative medicine.
Comment: The Dr. Rogers' page on the Verhoef award begins with this: "Dr. Marja Verhoef is far too humble to list the accomplishments that led to her winning the $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine." That is my own experience of her when our paths have had a chance to cross over the years. Nothing I can say will speak more clearly to her value that her own words in that Dr. Rogers' write-up: "I'm passionate about Whole Systems Research, because CAM treatment systems can only be done justice by research that acknowledges their complexity and the interconnectedness of the various treatment elements. It is not acceptable to say that we don't have such methodological approaches. If that is so–we need to develop them." If we don't have such methods, we need to develop them! What researcher has done more to set the tone and build an infrastructure for the paradigm shift in research that necessarily must accompany, and lead, such shift to whole systems in care? It is clear from Verhoef's life-work that the answers are not merely in the corporate, expensive and thus exclusive solutions of big data. The charge is to all of us.


Personality Disorders are difficult in relationships because they have massive power by indulging in manipulation. So if you are in a relationship with someone who has a personality disorder it's crucial that you figure out how you give up your own power in the relationship.
You have to determine how you participate in the dysfunction. It doesn't happen alone, it happens with you.
What bothers me is that it's easy to label a partner as having a personality disorder because you've read about it on the internet, as if that is the only problem. It can be a form of escaping blame. It's tricky to diagnose people when you are in the field much less as a lay person. I'm afraid it's become too ordinary to use the label in order to say "It's her/him NOT ME".
I also believe we all have some personality disorder energy until we really grow up to understand how important character is. As adolescents we can act as if we are personality disordered because it is all about US & we spill over on to everybody around us. Personality disorders are about deeply flawed character & they often lack self awareness.
Most personality disorders thrive on believing "Love Me No Matter What". This means: You should give me unconditional love no matter how often I mistreat you and that is a legitimate expectation. I believe this is a symptom of flawed character in relationships. This expectation applies to parents & children under the age of 18. The P.D. partner often will not recognize this within themselves but it is a disturbed expectation. Character means having respect for your partner & remorse for having done them wrong.
Love is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card.
Love means opening yourself up to being influenced by your partner to be a better person. Wanting to be a better person is what having character means. Unitarians talk about salvation through character. Improving who we are because we are in relationship to others is an important task of growing up.
If you love someone who suffers from a personality disorder you are likely to put up with too much crap. You need to develop more self respect & speak up about your limits. You need to learn more about establishing boundaries. I would suggest the book Boundaries by Ann Katherine as a good place to start. Limits & boundaries are the secret to success.
Another survival skill with anybody who is difficult; is to make more distinctions about what is reasonable & what is unreasonable. Not visiting my parents in a year & seeing yours every week is lopsided & unreasonable. When you want people to change you have to get them to think about things in a fresh, new way. Personality Disorders can be very myopic.
You need to interrupt the Drama Triangle mentioned in episode #12 of this podcast. The 3 positions in the Drama Triangle are Victim, Rescuer & Persecutor. It's the intensity that seduces people to run around this triangle by shifting into all 3 roles with your partner. So the victim often has the most power & believes they are blameless, the rescuer is good because they are the helper & enabling isn't really so bad……while the Persecutor is full of power they self righteously deserve.
You have to learn how NOT to get caught up in playing this game. You have to have enough self awareness to achieve disengagement from the drama. Remember growing up is honestly facing painful situations. This can be tough to break away from.
#1. The most important change you can make would be to develop more self respect which also might lead to the end of the relationship. Respect is the most important ingredient to all relationship survival.
#2. You need to stop enabling your partner to always win.
#3. You need to find out if your P.D. partner is willing to develop more character and learn to negotiate instead of manipulate. You need to learn to negotiate more successfully and learn to be less manipulated. Negotiating is absent in relationships with a personality disorder.
#4. You need to give up much of your own people pleasing behavior and learn to be more disagreeable, less easily manipulated.
#5. You might have to accept the reality you may need to lose the relationship because your partner refuses to change.
There are two personality disorders that get talked about the most: narcissists & borderlines. Keep in mind there is most often a wide range to how deep this problem might run in someone. They are not flexible & often behave in very rigid ways. So lets probe these two in particular.
Borderlines don't have a sense of self. They are very empty inside & grab onto someone in a relationship in order to stay afloat. Often they find power in outbursts of anger & many short lived relationships. If you love someone who is Borderline your relationship feels like "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" which is the title of a book that could be very helpful. The authors are Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus.
Narcissistic P.D. has an extreme sense of self importance & entitlement. They lack empathy and lie very easily in order to serve their own interests. A book that might help you in how to handle this in a relationship would be: Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed by Wendy Terrie Behary and Jeffrey Young.
All personality disorders share a very rigid point of view. They are Black/White or 1/10 or Either/Or which leaves no room for negotiating or compromise. You have to find out if your partner is interested in learning about the Grey in between the Black/White, the 4567 in between the 1/10 or the "and" in between the Either/Or. If they must always be right or need to win constantly then you have your hands full.
If they refuse to learn or don't want to change you need to get the book Who's Pulling Your Strings by Harriet Braiker. If you insist on staying then you have to figure out how to define yourself in the world so that you are not stuck or feeling trapped. You have to define your boundaries by staying crystal clear about what you can tolerate & what you won't tolerate.
I believe the opposite energy of being overly care taking is being more SELF PROTECTIVE. Your personality disorder partner most often lacks empathy & will win at any cost. You have to learn the skills of protecting yourself.
Relationships with personality disorders can be extremely difficult. They often avoid therapy. You also might get lucky & they might be willing to grow & change. Some professionals believe they are too stuck. I believe if they want to change they can be successful, they have to be willing to do a lot of hard work.
My challenge for you today; Stop & consider are you too easily manipulated or Are you good at manipulating or do you have some expertise in both?? Consider is your relationship way too lopsided?? Ask yourself how often do you consider being fair or ask your partner to value being fair? Most importantly are you using the label of personality disorder to let yourself off the hook?
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Basketball scores involving Strasburg High School in the IHSA State Tourney were located on a website titled "Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores." These scores are recorded below as well.
1922-23 through 1936-37 Postseason scores, records, and coach's names needed.
District Tourney at Dieterich, on Friday, February 24, 1945. Team members included Coach John T. Middlesworth. Delbert Doehring, Kermit Radloff, Junior Radloff, Tobias Kircher, Ralph Renshaw, Robert Ragan, Robert Small, Harrison Ulmer, Don Keller, Robert Nippe and manager Kermit Ruwe.
District Tourney at Dieterich, on Friday, February 28, 1948.
District Tourney at Strasburg, on Friday, February 25, 1949.
Strasburg defeated Effingham St. Anthony, 52-42 in championship game. Defeated Beecher City 52-38 at the St. Elmo Regional, defeated by Brownstown 56-49.
District Tourney at Effingham St. Anthony, on Friday, February 24, 1950.
three color combinations. These three were voted on by the eighth graders and the first three years of high school at the Stewardson and Strasburg schools. The selection at each school was the same.
On Thursday, May 25, 1950 the final Strasburg Community High School Commencement was held, at which Arthur C. Bell of the WLS dinner bell program spoke. The following seniors graduated: Marilyn Bauer, President, Richard Ulmer, Vice-President, Howard Schlechte, Secretary & Hourglass Editor, Ruth Storm, Treasurer, Walter Keller Jr., Melvina Mueller, Eugene Rosine, Ann Sapienza, Margaret Staehli, Cardinal Editor, Vivian Stremming, Jo Ann Weber and Mary Ann Weber.
Following commencement exercises, the last seniors of SCHS left for Chicago. They made their headquarters at the Palmer House, right in the heart of the loop. Friday morning they attended Don McNeill's Breakfast Club, and then went to the Museum of Science and Industry. Most of the group went to Comiskey Park Friday night, and saw Bobby Feller pitch the Cleveland Indians to a 2 to 1 victory over the White Sox. On Saturday they visited some of the city's large buildings, stores, radio stations, Riverview amusement park and shows.