In my "Who Am I" post at the start this journey, I explained that one reason I am doing this blog anonymously is that I have been involved (for more than a decade now) in a missions work in a sensitive part of the world. That "sensitive area" is North Korea. I was recently invited to submit an article on North Korea to a prominent Christian publication, and felt a strong burden to share the conclusion of some key lessons learned along my particular journey. The article is below. If and when it comes out, my actual name will not be attached because doing so would put some other people at risk .
I am sharing it on this blog for two reasons. One is t0 partially make up for my absence while I was pressing to get this article done (writing does not come easy for me). The second is that the North Korean culture has certain narcissistic tendencies, so some of the following lessons provide a bit of broader context in that respect.
Underneath the very visible headline news, various groups and individuals are currently engaging in activities for the purpose of ministering to the North Korean people – such as focused attention on human rights abuses, humanitarian relief and medical work, refugee work, and praying for national healing and reunification. These activities also include careful person-to-person, radio, and media outreach, including some sermons as well as "news from the outside". The Christians who are involved in these activities typically put them under a broad umbrella which they call "NK Missions". While there are a wide range of goals and motives on the part of the people involved in these things, we should generally consider them in a positive light, as they often represent the Body of Christ doing what they can given the circumstances.
It is interesting to note that at the same time that the South Korean church has certain limitations on how they can be involved, the rest of the worldwide church is keenly interested and getting involved. Prayer movements and personal involvement in "NK missions" have arisen from virtually every continent of the world. For North Koreans, this is an in-your-face illustration that God is far beyond nations and cultures. God is up to something special.
In the midst of this, it is important to have a clear view of what a genuine Christ-centered Gospel that radically transforms hearts and minds looks like in the uniquely difficult North Korean context. As we seek for opportunities for the Gospel to NK, it is important to get right to the heart of North Koreans' essential heart needs in a way that is truly redemptive, and truly transformational at the core level. We need to be ready with an approach to the gospel that gets right to the heart of God's desires and addresses the North Korean people's deepest need of all – to be reconciled to God through Christ, and to have God as their God and ultimate Provider.
The North Korea national philosophy of "Juche" – roughly translated "self-reliance" – is layered on a historical foundation of a mixture of Korean shamanism (or "Musim") and Confucianism. North Koreans have also been fed a diet of evolution and humanism, along with propaganda which frames the ruling Kim family in God-like terms and which uses analogies applied to the Kims co-opted from Christianity. Not all North Koreans completely buy into the cult of the Kims. But underlying it all, most tellingly, missionaries have expressed more than once the deep seated pride and even arrogance they have seen from even the poorest of the North Koreans. This pride, however, can ultimately be traced to deep-seated fear.
The NK people have been taught to equate Christianity with the perceived injustices perpetrated on them by America, and to equate the Cross with the Statue of Liberty. This has been part of the ruling elite's plan to suppress Christianity while acting as harsh taskmasters, similar to the Stalinist model. The church in NK did experience strong growth in the early part of the late 19th and early 20th century, but the government has stomped this down.
All of this has had a profound impact on North Korean society.
It is the depths of two beliefs that will determine the degree to which they turn to God from idols, and the extent to which true spiritual reformation takes place in North Korea.
Belief #1: Those who come to God must believe that "HE IS"………..
To truly believe that HE IS (Exodus 3:14) requires an understanding and acceptance of not merely the existence of God, but the deepest possible understanding of His nature and attributes – including God's fundamental love and goodness, His perfect knowledge of everything, His sovereignty over every detail of life both large and small, His wisdom in applying His goodness and knowledge, His absolute power over all things, and His perfect holiness and justice.
For people in a graceless society led by rulers which have dedicated the past 70 years to getting rid of God, believing that HE IS starts with the basics. It includes God's revealing of Himself through the goodness, knowledge, wisdom and power He has displayed in His creation (Romans 1:20), through His work in the past recorded in the pages of Scripture, His work in the present through His visible actions, and the testimony of His work on the part of His people. It includes a myriad of examples of God's love as shown through His people.
Especially in North Korean society, helping people to understand who God is also means helping them to understand God's goodness which He already provides through His common grace to everyone. The "goodness of God leads to repentance" (Romans 2:4), underscoring the need to help them see that God is good to everyone, every day, in myriads of ways – if they would just open their eyes and look.
Their ability to trust Him will not just depend on their belief in God's existence and attributes, but also their degree. This means our constantly magnifying the Lord (Psalm 34:3) and pointing to the infinite depth and breadth of His glory in everything. God wants people to know Him, so we can be sure that God will be actively working to reveal Himself, as we seek to make Him known.
The fundamental nature of God's goodness in belief #1 is the reason He actively makes Himself and His unlimited provision – His grace – available as a "reward" to those who truly seek Him. The "reward for those who seek Him" is the "surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus" spoken of in Ephesians 2:7-10.
In I Peter 4:10 the word "manifold" means "many colored", like the infinite spectrum of color embedded in light. For us to be good stewards of this infinitely varied, infinite amount of God's grace, we must help the North Koreans understand that this grace goes far beyond the riches of His grace shown in salvation to include the broadest sense of the meaning of grace as God's full provision at the point of need for the need at hand – in any and all situations. This includes things particularly relevant to the North Koreans – ministering to their need for inclusion through the grace of adoption into God's family, ministering to their need to replace shame with honor through the honor of their high standing in Christ, and myriads of instances of God's specific provision for living in and navigating a poor society which has been wracked with many kinds of evil.
For a society built on fear and wracked with lack of forgiveness, God's grace will go far beyond eternal salvation and enable His (new) creations to be full of His love and and forgiveness to the point of overflowing to others. We love because He first loved us (I John 4:19). This provides the ultimate foundation for healing and reconciliation.
The link that ties faith with grace is truly understanding that God, flowing out of His super-abundant resources and goodness, has made everything available as a gift to those who ask and seek (Matthew 7:7). This riches of His grace is not a prosperity gospel asking for whatever we want, but an understanding that God will give what is good to those who ask Him. (Matthew 7:11). This is ultimately about seeking the Giver, not His gifts, and includes knowing the fellowship of His sufferings and being conformed to His death (Philippians 3:10).
We also need to make sure that God's justice is included as the flip side of understanding that God rewards those who seek Him, and that His Judgement will come to those who do not. This is not only as a warning to evildoers, but as a comfort to those who have had evil done to them.
While good works as the result of faith proves faith to be genuine (James 2), good works instead of faith denies everything about the God it is purporting to serve, and displays a complete lack of understanding of who God is. In effect, borrowing from the Puritan writer Stephen Charnock, it is "practical atheism." Things can look outwardly the same, but have radically different motives and results – and more importantly one brings glory to God and the other results in pride and brings glory to ourselves. Given an NK society based on self-effort (Juche) and pride, this underscores the importance that our approach to God must be faith alone, resulting in grace, with works as the result and not the primary driver.
If we do not make sure that the North Koreans understand this, they may risk putting God on the periphery of their lives while meeting their own needs as they have always done. This will tend toward a Christianity based on pride of achievement, denying God His rightful glory and denying themselves the grace which comes from walking humbly with God.
Bypassing this true and full-understanding of the nature and existence of God, and the reward and all-sufficient provision He provides through Christ to those who seek Him, will result in a church that may start with eye-opening numbers but have a weak and compromised foundation. We do not want a "Christianity" that replaces one set of false idols (Kim family, juche, shamanism, etc.) with a slightly "better" set of idols (human-based wise-sounding answers, materialism, prosperity, self-glorification, etc.). To be truly transformational, the gospel to the North Koreans must not be mixed with spiritual-sounding shamanistic characteristics, nor emphasize conformity to a western style Christianity which results in outward conformance when the spotlight is on, but no real change at the most fundamental level of the heart.
What would be an ideal outcome? For North Koreans to approach the loving, wise, powerful God of all grace with a humble, childlike attitude of "Daddy may I please have more?" – with a clear understanding that "more" is ultimately more of Him. The ultimate goal is genuine internal communion with and worship of the only One who truly meets needs, with a focus on the fullness of Christ who is all and in all – to the greatest display of the glory of God. And as North Koreans embrace the full grace of God, it will be an attractive picture for others to do the same.
This kind of gospel will run totally counter to their history, but is required for there to be a true transformation. It will result in a unique display of God's grace and glory, further displaying God's manifold grace to be marvelled at for all eternity.
We can look to the example which Paul demonstrated in his message to the Greeks (Acts 17:22-31) who had no foundational knowledge of the one true God. This contrasted with Peter's message to the Jews who had a multigenerational foundation of the knowledge of God. Paul's gracious and diplomatic framing of the Athenian's ignorance did not prevent him from also clearly pointing out key tenets regarding the existence of God, the fact that everything comes from Him, His giving nature, the need to seek Him through Jesus, and the fact that judgement is coming resulting in the need to repent. Paul made very clear that in it all, God provided the ultimate proof through the resurrection of Jesus.
Good stewardship of the manifold grace of God not only applies to the message we bring, but also the bringing of that message. God's wants to display an infinite amount of His grace (loving provision of everything needed at the point of need) and glory (His love, wisdom, power, etc.) through the myriad times and ways in which He overcomes the barriers of evil on behalf of His message and His messengers in the unique North Korean context. Each obstacle, from large to micro, is an additional opportunity for the exercise and display of His glory, as an example for all eternity. He desires for us to be His willing vessels toward that end (2 Chronicles 16:9).
In the same way that Paul and his colleagues experienced excessive burdens beyond their strength in Asia (2 Cor 1:8-9), God designs "impossible situations", beyond our human ability to handle, in order to force us to rely on God instead of our own abilities – to walk in His grace through faith.
Overcoming obstacles through human effort is a close cousin to "works-based missions". It is a natural tendency to take an original God-given burden and vision for loving and serving others, and then attempt to fulfill it primarily through human effort. An initiative which may have started with a sincere response to a genuine call from God can get sidetracked by fulfillment through a heavy emphasis on a works-based effort of what we are going to do for God. The result of this is pride in our "accomplishments" and feeding the temptation to do things out of selfishness and empty conceit (Phil 2:3), contrary to the example of the Lord Jesus. We are left with weak human effort, building houses which God is not building (Psalm 127).
A "works-based approach" focuses on "what I am accomplishing for God" versus the glory of what He is doing in building His kingdom. Going down this road tends toward a desire to do better in a quest to accomplish more. The resulting drive for greater personal (or group) performance for God may lead to a temptation to find human shortcuts in order to achieve greater performance. We may try to justify this by an un-Biblical rationalization that the "end justifies the means", possibly even leading to the ultimate shortcut of syncretism and a false "Christianity". This has already happened in a few instances in South Korea, where incorporating practices from shamanism with Christianity added to numerical growth but resulted in some Christianized cults.
Going even further, since insolent pride is a root issue in the NK context, it is extra important that we approach the work from the opposite of pride. Since grace comes through humility, not pride, (I Peter 5:5), and since pride is a natural result of a works-based approach to the things of God (Eph 2:8-9), it further underscores the need to get faith and works in the right order (James 2:14-26). To properly model His message, we must not preach ourselves or our good works (2 Corinthians 4:5), letting our light shine in such a way that they will glorify God as the result, and not us (Matthew 5:16), and walking by grace through faith, not works (Eph 2:8-9). Prideful seeking of glory is at the heart of the issue in NK, and we must therefore be careful to not add to it by our own prideful approach to missions.
Jesus' mustard-seed analogy for the development of God's kingdom (Matthew 13:31-32) is a good test of our hearts. If we are content for the Church in NK to arise from seemingly nowhere, with no credit to us, it is a good thing. But if we are seeking some measure of personal or organizational credit for the creation of a church in NK, we should stop and take a serious look at our goals and motives.
God seeks the "praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6). A greater application of His grace in North Korea will display more of His glory, resulting in more praise for His goodness. "The Lord alone will be exalted in that day" (Isaiah 2:11,17), in the North Koreans and in us.
All of the above seems simple and basic, but as we collectively proceed in North Korean missions it is important to be reminded of, and not wander away from, the ultimate foundations for what is truly transformational and lasting.
God has His mostly indiscernible reasons for making North Korea the Hermit Kingdom with difficult access to the Gospel. And He has indiscernible reasons for making the most likely nation to reach NK with the Gospel – South Korea – to currently have the least direct access to do so. However, we do know that all of this is intended for a more comprehensive and true Gospel. We would do well in the midst of all of current uproar in the affairs of men to deeply consider the best Gospel to His glory.


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Doug has also composed & performed music for the TV Show Dining Down Under.
Doug is the founder of The Sydney Harmonica festival, which is committed to showcasing the best of Australian, & international harmonica players. He is currently playing with The Blues Preachers a Country Blues Duo and is in the process of recording a new album in scheduled for release in March 2007.
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When I was pregnant I remember getting so excited thinking about all our firsts with our baby boy or girl. I couldn't wait for the holiday season in particular, starting with Halloween. Matthew and I have always loved visiting pumpkin patches, but, let me tell you, it's even more special with a baby. Augustine was obviously too young to really understand but I love that we're including him in some of our favorite traditions and creating new ones together! It's also amazing to think about how next year he'll be running around the pumpkin patch and we'll be saying, "Wow, remember last year when he was so teeny tiny?!" Time already seems like it's going by way too fast, so we have to enjoy this time right now!
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One of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's (NMCCL) newest team members works with services members through the Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Center (ISCRC), arming them with paint brushes, pencils and their own hands to combat their newest battle of diagnoses with Traumatic Brain Injury or concussive-event injuries.
ISCRC's Creative Forces Program Manager Danielle Braxton leads group and individual art therapy sessions as a means of working with those enrolled in the clinic's program.
Art therapy, according to Braxton, is a "marriage" of therapeutic treatment as well as art.
Art therapy isn't an art lesson, Braxton explained, but rather a way of introducing different materials to patients in order to encourage the creative process of art making.
Most of the sessions are focused on creating, with time to discuss pieces once the patient has decided they are finished.
It is these moments of explanation of their pieces that introduce the therapy, Braxton said.
The most common project associated with art therapy is the creation of a mask; many of these masks are on display at ISCRC.
The purpose of the project, like all of the projects within the program, is to encourage expression of self.
Art therapy is a crucial element of treating the whole patient, Braxton said, which is the focus of each patient at ISCRC.
Braxton's passion for art and helping heal those working through treatment are highlights to her job as an art therapist at NMCCL.
Helping those in uniform adds an additional level of "honor" and drive for Braxton in being able to provide art therapy.
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It's the aching, throbbing pain that has been bothering you, sometimes keeping you up at night, and it's called a toothache. Toothaches are no fun for anyone. They ache. They throb. Sometimes, they are even sensitive to hot and cold temperatures. But how do they happen and what can be done about them?
A toothache can occur for a number of reasons and not all of them require immediate treatment with your dentist. The key is in knowing when the problem reaches beyond home remedies and when it doesn't.
If your tooth has been fine up until now and the ache and throb have come on suddenly, first do a visual exam yourself, and follow that up by brushing and flossing your teeth. It isn't uncommon for a small piece of food to get caught, or wedged between your teeth and gums leading to pain and irritation. If you discover the culprit, try to remove it.
However, if it is wedged in too tightly or too deep and you are unable to ease it out, give our office a call. Our trained team of professionals can remove the debris for you. Don't allow the debris to remain stuck between your teeth and gums thinking it will work itself out. Doing so will only leave you to suffer needlessly, and it could lead to further problems, such as leaving an open invitation for a potential bacterial invasion to occur, which, in and of itself can cause further harm to your teeth as well as your gums.
Could a dental cavity be the problem? Dental decay is one of the most common causes of toothache concerns and that is because when a cavity begins, it often goes unnoticed until further damage has been done.
In some cases, people don't think they have a problem because the cavity isn't causing pain. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, if you wait too long to take care of an existing cavity, it could be too late to save the tooth by the time you seek treatment. If a tooth can be saved, the treatment needed may wind up being far more costly than it would have had it been treated sooner rather than later.
The problem with cavities is not so much the cavity itself, but rather, what is causing the cavity. Bacteria, or mouth bacteria to be specific, can do a lot of damage before you even realize what is happening.
When you brush and floss your teeth, you not only remove debris left behind from the foods you eat and drink each day, you also flush away the harmful bacteria that thrive within the plaque. If you do not maintain proper tooth brushing or flossing, that bacteria-filled plaque is permitted to sit on your teeth and gums. As a result, mouth bacteria eat away at your tooth enamel, creating a cavity in their wake. At the same time, the bacteria also can irritate your gums causing them to become red and inflamed. In both cases, you have trouble on your hands.
A cavity, if caught early enough, can be filled once the decay is removed. However, allow that same cavity to go for too long and the bacteria-causing decay burrows deeper into the tooth causing greater harm. If it reaches the nerve within, not only will you experience pain, you may also experience temperature sensitivity. If decay reaches and infects the nerve, you may need a root canal to save the tooth.
Accidents can happen to anyone and at any time. Likewise, a tooth can sustain damage in a number of ways, be it from the foods we eat, misusing our teeth for purposes they were not designed for, or sustaining an injury. In some cases, a damaged tooth may not lead to toothache pain. However, even if it doesn't cause immediate or localized pain, it can create other issues. Thus, a damaged tooth should always be examined by your dentist to determine the best course of action.
Teeth that are damaged throughout, such as cracked, broken and particularly fractured teeth may cause the tooth to bleed. Pain and temperature sensitivity can also occur with a tooth that has been severely damaged. This kind of damage should be taken care of as soon as possible.
Sometimes, a toothache arrives at inconvenient times, such as after the dental office has closed for the day, or on the weekend. However, Dr. Morris is highly dedicated to your dental health and understands that dental emergencies can occur.
Whatever the reason for your toothache, give us a call at (914) 476-4040. Dr. Morrow has the experience and knowledge to assist you in determining the appropriate treatment to get rid of your toothache and take care of all your dental needs.


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Q: How to remove space at the end of a cab abbreviation and wait for input in GVim? I have created a Vim abbreviation for the start of a file path, i.e.
cab  \x\     M:\xmlexport\Output\

and I want to have this expand, remove the space and wait for further input. I have tried using =Eatchar('s') but don't know what to put before it to make it trigger correctly. All the examples I have seen use <C-R> which adds in a new line. I have tried <left> just to move back one space but this creates M:\xmlexport\Output \

A: Perhaps I have misunderstood the question, but I've tested the function you pointed out and seems to work:
I've added the Eatchar function to .vimrc:
func Eatchar(pat)
   let c = nr2char(getchar(0))
   return (c =~ a:pat) ? '' : c
endfunc

And inside vim I've created your abbreviation, like:
:cab  \x\     M:\xmlexport\Output\ <left><C-R>=Eatchar('\s')<CR>

Then I write :\x\ in command-line and it expands to :M:\xmlexport\Output\, and the cursor position is just after the last backslash to write your desired input.

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Widow's wrongful death lawsuit in LAX…
Widow's wrongful death lawsuit in LAX shooting of TSA agent moves to Los Angeles federal court
Ana Machuca stands with TSA Administrator John Pistole and friends Joshua Rowley and Amy Sharp. Machuca held a press conference on the front lawn of her home the day after her husband, TSA Behavior Detection Officer Gerardo Hernandez, was killed by a gunman in Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles, CA. 11/2/2013 file photo. (John McCoy / Staff Photographer)
Gerardo Hernandez. (AP Photo/Courtesy Hernandez Family, file)
By City News Service | news@socalnews.com |
PUBLISHED: January 2, 2015 at 11:15 p.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 5:23 a.m.
A $25 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of a Transportation Security Administration officer who died in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport will be tried in federal court, according to papers obtained Friday.
The widow of Gerardo Hernandez filed the lawsuit in October in state civil court on behalf of herself and her children, naming Los Angeles World Airports — the operators of LAX — the Los Angeles Airport Police, city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles County.
The complaint was transferred to federal court last week, but it was not clear why.
Ana Machuca contends her husband's death, allegedly at the hands of Paul Anthony Ciancia, could have been avoided.
Ciancia, 24, is facing the death penalty in the killing of Hernandez, the first TSA agent to die in the line of the duty since the agency was founded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Hernandez was shot to death and three other people — including two other TSA officers — were wounded when the gunman opened fire Nov. 1, 2013, inside Terminal 3 at LAX.
Ciancia, a New Jersey native who had been living in Sun Valley, is due in Los Angeles federal court Monday for a conference to discuss the status of his case.
The lawsuit accuses LAWA, and airport police, who are in charge of security at LAX, of not keeping airport travelers and employees safe.
"Police officers were not present to stop Ciancia or protect Hernandez (because) the officers left their assigned posts without reporting in or calling for backup officers," the suit says. "Ciancia was able to freely walk about, go up an escalator, return to the checkpoint and shoot Hernandez … because inadequate security was present at the terminal."
The suit also alleges that it took too long for aid to be provided to Hernandez.
"Hernandez lay wounded … without medical attention for more than 30 minutes," the suit states. "Hernandez was in immediate need of medical attention."
County medical examiners, however, said Hernandez died within minutes.
The suit also alleges the airport failed to enhance security as recommended by the Santa Monica-based think tank RAND Corp. in 2004 and 2006 and that 9-1-1 "red phones" at the airport were "outdated and in some instances were not working properly."
The complaint further alleges that airport police did not take part in anti-terrorist committees and task forces with other police agencies and that this omission "impacted prevention and alignment of resources."
Last March, an 83-page city-commissioned report on the shooting was released, and it pointed out failures in communication and coordination between police and fire departments that led to delays in the establishment of a unified command center after the shooting. The various agencies also could not effectively communicate due to incompatible radio systems, the report found.
The report made dozens of recommendations aimed at bolstering security and emergency response, and warned that the shooting could have been far deadlier if the perpetrator had been more sophisticated or if there had been multiple suspects.
City News Service is a regional wire service covering Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties. Its reporting and editing staff cover public safety, courts, local government and general assignment stories. Contact the City News Service newsroom at 310-481-0404 or news@socalnews.com.
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The University of Guelph-Humber combines the rich academic tradition of the University of Guelph and the professional, training excellence of Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (Humber) by enabling students to earn a university honours degree and a college diploma after four years of full-time study.
The University of Guelph-Humber community is comprised of a diverse and vibrant population of approximately 2,600 students. Small class sizes and an intimate learning environment provide students with a valuable and unique learning experience. While the University of Guelph-Humber has its own distinct and innovative facility, its location on Humber's North Campus in Toronto means that University of Guelph-Humber students are part also of a larger community of nearly 13,000 full-time students.
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Today's business leaders seek employees who have both the knowledge and experience necessary to make immediate and significant contributions to the workplace. The Business program at the University of Guelph-Humber is designed to meet this demand, combining a comprehensive understanding of the business world with the hands-on skills needed for success in today's marketplace.
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The early years are a critical time in the life of a child. During this time children develop physically, socially, and cognitively at a rapid pace; children and their families need the support and expertise of skilled professionals who understand this stage of early childhood.
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In the Justice Studies program, you will gain practical experience in a variety of segments within Ontario's justice system and develop strategies for working with high-risk individuals in private, public, community, and institutional settings. You will study deviant behaviour, crime scene investigation, criminal and civil law, ethics, and research methods – areas which will prepare you to become a criminal justice systems practitioner.
The academic rigor of our program ensures that you will be well-positioned to enter law school or graduate studies in a variety of interdisciplinary programs from sociology to criminal justice.
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Research indicates that while practical skills and experience are a requirement for entry-level positions in media professions, today's employers also demand the skills typically acquired at a university, such as critical thinking, research, and analysis. The Media Studies program at the University of Guelph-Humber integrates both types of education.
You will receive professional, applied training along with a theoretical foundation that includes an examination of the nature and role of the media in society. In just four years, you will graduate with an honours degree, a diploma, and the skills most desired by employers. You will have an advantage in an intensely competitive industry.
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MCCDC "Dancing with Marin County Stars" in Mill Valley
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The public is invited to celebrate the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) 40th Anniversary with a gala event: "Dancing with Marin County Stars," from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 9, 2019, at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, in Mill Valley.
The program will include a cocktail reception and dinner. The Swung Eights, and Mary Lou's Apartment Ballroom and Big Band Jazz Orchestra will provide the entertainment.
The evening attire will be festive.
The gala event will bring together eight leaders of the Greater Bay Area and eight professional dancers/choreographers who will perform to raise money for restoring the lives of individuals recovering from trauma, severe mental illness and associated stressors.
The eight community leaders who will compete in a Celebrity Dance Competition & Dance will include: Noah Griffin, Dr. Shirley Thornton, Dr. Melissa Cadet, Cesar Lagleva, Jessica Jackson, Herb Taylor, Lisa Bennett, and Andy Naja-Riese.
The proceeds from the gala will help the Empowerment Clubhouse provide a safe and restorative community where individuals recovering from trauma and severe mental illness can become empowered through meaningful work and supportive relationships; and strengthen community development and economic self-sufficiency employment services programs.
For the past 40 years, the MCCDC, located at 441 Drake Ave. in Marin City, has provided employment services to those with limited access to resources to help them get living wage jobs and become more economically self-sufficient. Other MCCDC programs include:
The Construction Trade Program, a pre-apprenticeship program that gives access to higher-paying construction jobs.
The Youth Empowerment Program allows youths to experience the working world and their career interest without judgment or limitation.
The Empowerment Clubhouse cares for those affected by mental trauma or physical disabilities, and encourages them to reach their highest potential at work and in their personal lives.
"The Marin County Stars Gala provides an opportunity for us to celebrate the accomplishments of our participants, our community and our Marin County supporters. Most importantly, it increases our potential to collectively strengthen racial and economic equity for all residents," said Cadet, the executive director of MCCDC.
Individual tickets are $125. A table of eight is $1,000. Sponsorship packages are also available for contributions of $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000. Please contact Blia Xiong for more information.
Make checks payable to MCCDC, or register online at MarinCityCDC.org.
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Hossan Leong, Joshua Simon, Mina Kaye, and more to perform at SINGATHON to bring live music to hospital patients
Words by Vanessa Tan on 19 November 2020
Last updated on 1 September 2021
Sing'theatre has announced a fund-raising campaign to provide live music entertainment to patients in public hospitals.
Titled 'SINGATHON', the programme will take place on 20 December and patients can tune in to the show via Youtube or the Sing'theatre website.
An eclectic lineup of singers will perform to raise funds for 365 Days of Music@Singhealth, a programme that runs for 365 days a year, including Sundays and public holidays, to provide one hour of live music every day for the patients in SingHealth institutions.
From 10am to 10pm, SINGATHON will feature a total of 35 singers/group of singers, along with five hosts for the event. Both budding and established artists are scheduled to perform, such as Hossan Leong, Joshua Simon, TJ Taylor, Nathalie Ribette, Neo Swee Lin & Lim Kay Siu, Mina Kaye, Vanessa Kee, Froufrou, la Grisette (Operetta), International French School Girls (pop-rock), Jenilee Rawlins (Disney songs), The Cans (pop-rock in various languages), and more.
Hossan Leong, Joshua Simon, and Mina Kaye
The artistic team at Sing'theatre are still in the midst of planning the lineup, thus, any applications from aspiring singing talents that wish to contribute to the programme are welcomed.
As the one that came up with the initiative, Sing'theatre's Associate Artistic Director, TJ Taylor, shared, "If people can run a marathon for a cause, why not sing for a cause, for a Singathon? Especially when the cause is to bring live music to the patients in the hospitals."
Since the Circuit Breaker period in May, Sing'theatre has brought the element of live music online for patients in the Singapore General Hospital weekly, while in June, they delivered virtual music performances in Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil for the migrant workers that were quarantined in dormitories at CCF@Singapore Expo, and Bright Vision.
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EU investment bank 'wide open to abuse by fraudsters'
Although on paper the European Investment Bank has procedures in place to reduce the risk of fraud and corruption, the bank's policies are poorly-policed and full of loopholes (Photo: Counter Balance)
By Xavier Sol
Brussels, 19. Nov 2019, 08:46
Last week, dramatic news came from Italy: a state of emergency had to be declared in Venice following dramatic floods – the city was engulfed by 1.87m high-water levels.
One question now very much on the minds of those affected is why a much-vaunted multi-billion dollar flood protection scheme, known as the Mose project, failed so dismally to keep the flood waters at bay.
Many blame corruption associated with the project, which was backed to the tune of €1.5bn by the EU through the European Investment Bank (EIB).
In 2017, eight people were found guilty of corruption in relation to Mose, and 19 more have plea-bargained.
A case in point was the former Italian infrastructure and development minister, Altiero Matteoli, who was judged guilty of corruption for accepting bribes up to millions in euros from the president of Consorzio Venezia Nuova, the main promoter of the Mose project.
The EIB's investment in Mose was the largest for a single infrastructure project ever approved by a public institution.
Three loans were disbursed from 2011 onwards for a total amount of €1.2bn – even though, four years earlier, the Italian Court of Auditors had published a critical report questioning not only the spiralling costs of the project, but also other aspects linked to maladministration.
But what was seen in Italy as a major corruption scandal did not raise many eyebrows at a European level. Despite all the warnings and red flags, the EIB kept on supporting the project, and the EU anti-fraud office (OLAF) concluded that it "did not have a legal basis for launching an investigation" into EIB's financial involvement.
This is not the only case of the EU turning a blind eye to alleged corruption in EIB-backed investments.
At Counter Balance, we have investigated four cases, including the EIB's support for Volkswagen and for projects in Italy and Slovenia.
The sums involved are staggering. In these cases alone, some €2.8bn were funnelled into projects tainted by corruption.
'Zero tolerance'?
However, the EIB remains unfazed, despite its claim to have "zero tolerance" for fraud and corruption.
Back in 2016, for the first time the European Parliament called on the bank to "stop further loan disbursements to projects under ongoing national or European corruption investigations". But no such action was taken by the EIB.
In the new report we are publishing today, we conclude that investments made by the EIB are wide open to abuse by fraudsters, money launderers and corrupt politicians.
Although, on paper, the EIB has procedures in place to reduce the risk of fraud and corruption, the bank's policies are poorly-policed and full of loopholes.
In addition, under current EU law, the EIB is not even required to have anti-money laundering rules.
Furthermore, when these rules are breached, the EIB's internal rules cannot be challenged in courts because they are not enshrined in law.
The EIB is simply not up to the task of tackling fraud and corruption, and this significantly jeopardises the credibility of European investments in and outside of Europe.
Therefore, urgent action is required to set a better framework for the EIB anti-corruption fight and to reinforce its internal anti-corruption mechanisms.
Especially at a time when the EIB is likely to play a pivotal role in the European Green Deal, the European Commission, Parliament and the EIB shareholders (i.e. member states) need to take these issues seriously and strengthen the control over the use of public funds.
Fundamental reforms are needed if the EIB is to become more accountable, democratic and transparent, including a change of institutional culture. Establishing a firm grasp on corruption to ensure that public money no longer feeds corrupt systems both in and outside Europe is a vital first step.
Xavier Sol is director of Counter Balance, a Brussels-based European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations which scrutinises the European Investment Bank and other financial development aid.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author's, not those of EUobserver.
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❶Thank you so much!! But in any event, you are the only one who can decide whether an inductive or deductive approach is appropriate for your research project.
I am doing research on the feasibility of establishing renewable energy systems in a developing country. I am using a simulation software to generate a model to analyse the technical and economic data Quantitative but i have to use interviews to capture social and polical views from industry experts Qualitative.
So which approach is best in such a scenario? In a mixed methods study, the quanitiative dimension of the study usually functions to capture preliminary data, with the qualitative dimension being the primary method that answers the research questions. In any case, in a mixed methods study you must peform both quantitative and qualitative data analysis — separately. In reference to your specifc study you need to refer back to your reearch questions and the aims and objectives of your study.
Is your primary objective to develop a model for a renewable energy system or is it to determine whether industry experts see the viability of the model?
If it is the latter then the approach should be inductive. I would advise you to consult your supervisor or someone in your discipline, as I am not an engineer. Your explanation of concepts is succint and easily conceivable. No problem — you can use the contact form and your message will go directly to my email address. Thank you Deborah, that was a simple, clear explanation helpful for sure. I like the way you simplified everything,was really helpful for my assignment. Inductive and deductive approaches to research.
However it seems short. Dear Almaz, thank you for your feedback. Therefore, I am taking the Western literature outcomes and applying these in UAE context to see the results. Will this research be treated as "Deductive' or "Inductive"?
Should I choose 'Quantitative" or "Qualitative' approach? Wishing you all the best. So what is grounded theory? This has been troubling me for a while. It is often said that the interpretive paradigm typically goes with inductive approaches and methods involving observation, interviews and research into archives.
But then if concepts are to emerge from the data without theoretical preconceptions, how come it is often said that the research design, choice of case studies, and initial coding in thematic analysis can be theory driven?
Or, how does theory coming before the research design fit with an inductive approach? In my experience so far authors seem to evade this point.
Thank You so very much Deborah. I really got to uncover what puzzled me on deductive versus inductive approaches. It was very simple and useful. It is very useful for my dissertation. If I want to conduct a research to find those elements in a bank operation. Hi Deborah, Thank you for a great article! It made it very clear the differenece between deductive and inductive. I'd like to ask you the following: In answer to your question, I think maybe you are confusing research questions with hypotheses.
You will be using existing theory in your approach and embed theoretical perspectives into your methodology. You will also likely use relevant theories when analysing your data. However, before you think about theory you need to develop your methodology — see my other post: Hi Deborah, Thank you for the precise and helpful information..
I need your help as I feel a little bit confused. I used the conceptual framework from other previous conducted study. It was conducted in quantitative manner. If i used the conceptual framework as my guidance for my literature review and interview question construction, is that okay if i do not use inductive for the case study because i do not build a new theory.
If i just compare and argue with the previous finding and the model used, is it consider as deductive approach in case study? What do you think? It may require a little bit of referencing. Furthermore, adding citation line below will be useful for academic use. My study is ethnographic research specifically it studies about culture, tradition and lifestyle of an ethnic groups.
I think my research is inductive, is it right? Thank you, I feel same as most the above commentators. Very well written — written in a way that I who for the first time heard of these two types of researcher methods, felt like I got a gist of what they are and how they are different.
Hi, It is really helpful me to get sorted these concepts in research field in simple manner. Thanks for that and really appreciate it. That was just perfect.
Now it is completely clear. Is that possible to have both in our research? I mean, what if we choose an inductive approach and then when we go forward make some assumptions to answer research questions? You cannot start with inductive and then switch to deductive — it must be one or the other. Great work and explanation and also the researcher herself is very energetic and motivated to help others… world is because of people like you.
You can look this up yourself, through your library and learning resources at your institution…. Dear Deborah, Thank you for the precise explanation of inductive and deductive approaches. When analysing data in a qualitative study, could you use both inductive and deductive methods as a triangulation technique? Hi Irene, a mixed methods study might involve both a quantitative method — e.
But the overall approach would still be inductive as the quantitative element normally shapes the qualitative and the overall aim would still be to gain in-depth understandings rather than generalise findings.
Methods and methodology Deborah Gabriel Pingback: Thanks — Chantal Reply thank you so much for the information. Reply Deborah, thanks for this elaboration. Thanks Reply Deductive research is more aimed towards testing a hypothesis and therefore is an approach more suited to working with quantitative data. Reply Dear Deborah, it has been very long time since you posted this article. Reply Thanks so much Reply Thank u for the information, it really helps me.
Reply Exactly, your work is simple and clear, that there are two research approaches, Inductive and deductive. This is how we share knowledge,and you become more knowledgable Reply Thank you Lambawi, I am glad that these posts are proving useful.
Reply This has been helpful. Reply Thank you ever so much for making it simple and easily understandable. Best wishes Molla Reply The explanation is simple and easy to understand it has helped to a lot thank you Reply very helpful and explained simply. Reply Excellent presentation please! Thank you Reply Thanks; this has been helpful in preparation for my forthcoming exams Reply This is fantastic, I have greatly beneffitted from this straight forward illustration Reply Thanks…i will benifited to read this Reply Thanks for your help.
Keep it like that so that will be our guide towards our destinations. Reply Thank-you for your academic insights. Reply Thank you for your clarification. Reply Hi, I had a question would you call process tracing technique an inductive or deductive approach?
You might find this journal article useful: Reply I am very thankful for this information, madam you are just good. Reply Hi Deborah, I have been struggling with my research methods proposal, in finding the right methodology for my study. Very useful piece of information. Reply Very impressing work, may god bless you with more mighty knowledge. Reply In fact this has been very usefull information for me in my research,. Reply Is it possible to use deductive approach in research concerning what has happened in an industry?
Reply If you are seeking to test a hypothesis then yes. Reply Thank you very much this information has been extremely helpful. Reply Thanks for that good work Deborah. Reply Please refer to the recommended reading: Reply Good work Deborah. Reply Thank you so much!! Reply Thank you , useful explanation Reply It is a very fruitful post. Reply Dear Tamer, Your question is too hypothetical for me to offer a response. Reply This is a question of methodology — research methods must be selected based on the discipline, research questions and approach to the study.
Reply Your comments are really good and easy to understand. Reply Thank u so much. Reply Thanks for the inforation Deborah. Reply Hi Zilla, It is hard to provide a definitive answer without knowing what your research questions are although time does not permit me to provide individual responses. Reply Dear Deborah I just want to ask you to help me with generation of theory. Steps that need to be followed Mongwai Michael Reply Thanks a lot for showing me the best way to understand the basic difference between two approaches of research.
Reply Dear Aliyu, time does not permit me to provide responses on your individual projects. Reply Beautiful stuff you are giving us Deborah. Reply I am gathering quantitative data to develop a model to represent the behavior of a material using an existing model.
Could you please kindly let me know what is my reasearch method Thanks Reply Please see my response to Aliyu on 8 November. Reply Dr, your explanation about inductive research and deductive, is meaningful to postgraduate students. Reply Very brief and well explained.
Reply Thank you Dr. Gabriel, good informationl; will come back. Reply Thanks Deborah for the explanation but, i want to ask if descriptive is inductive or deductive approach? God bless you Reply it is really good explanation thank you Reply Can I ask one question?
Reply Please refer to my post on conceptual frameworks to take you through the key steps in developing a research project — you will find your answer there: Reply I've got the answers,thx. Reply It is very clear and concise. Reply Thank you so much Deborah. Good luck with your dissertation! Reply Thank you D now I am aware of these two! Reply Deborah, your work is precise,well organized and relevant.
Reply Hi Doc, thank you for making things simpler for me. Reply Thank you for the information. Reply Hi Deborah, i just went through the abductive approach which is combination of inductive and deductive Approach. Thank u all again Reply Thx for the information. Reply Hi Deborah Thank you very much for the article.
Thank you Reply Hi Thuba, In a mixed methods study, the quanitiative dimension of the study usually functions to capture preliminary data, with the qualitative dimension being the primary method that answers the research questions. Reply Your explanation of concepts is succint and easily conceivable. Thank you Reply No problem — you can use the contact form and your message will go directly to my email address.
Reply Thanks for the very good explanation and comparison. Reply A very simple and straightforward guidance to students.
Thanks Reply Dear Almaz, thank you for your feedback. Thank you once again! Reply You are definitely on point. Reply Such inspiring work. Reply I am glad to hear that. What are you studying? Reply Thanks a lot for such a good explanation, Deborah! Reply Thank you very much. It was simple to understand. It is so useful.
Reply This has been troubling me for a while. Reply Thank You so very much Deborah. Reply Hi Deborah Thanks for an intersting piece of work presented. It allows researchers to explore multiple ideas before determining which one correlates to a hypothesis.
The crux of inductive reasoning is also data and discerning patterns. The more data that scientists who use an inductive research method collect, the more likely they are to be able to draw valuable conclusions from it. What Is an Inductive Research Approach? Quick Answer An inductive research approach is one that begins with the final stages of scientific research, typically observation, and works backward to form a hypothesis.
What Is Systematic Observation in Psychology? What Is the Victim Precipitation Theory? Full Answer Inductive reasoning is common among the social sciences whereas deductive research is more common in the natural sciences. Learn more about Psychology. What Is the Child-Centered Approach?
3 Research Methods Research Types Deductive Approach Inductive Approach In research, we often refer to the two broad methods of reasoning as the deductive and inductive approaches. Inductive, or "bottom-up," research, by comparison, collects data and observations in order to discern a pattern within them, or to formulate a new theory. The procedure followed by deductive research can be summarized as follows: Theory, starting with existing knowledge or assumptions.
A deductive approach to research is the one that people typically associate with scientific investigation. • The researcher studies what others have done, reads existing theories and then tests hypotheses that emerge from those theories. In logic, we often refer to the two broad methods of reasoning as the deductive and inductive approaches. Deductive reasoning works from the more general to the more specific. Sometimes this is informally called a "top-down" approach.


My whole premise is ''return; to our ancestors way of life they did not know a word for god until the invaders came in ,they were a spiritual people there is little surviving literature that describes the practice of ancient Egyptian law. Maat was the spirit in which justice was applied rather than the detailed legalistic exposition of rules (as found in Mosaic law of the 1st millennium BCE). Maat represented the normal and basic values that formed the backdrop for the application of justice that had to be carried out in the spirit of truth and fairness. From the 5th dynasty (c. 2510-2370 BCE) onwards the Vizier responsible for justice was called the Priest of Maat and in later periods judges wore images of Maat.


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Sadio Tounkara, né le  à Bamako, est un footballeur malien. Il évolue au poste de milieu de terrain.

Biographie

Il remporte la Supercoupe d'Azerbaïdjan avec le FK Khazar Lankaran en 2013.

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Footballeur malien
Joueur de l'Enosis Neon Paralimni
Joueur du FK Khazar Lankaran
Joueur de l'AZAL Bakou
Joueur du FC Narva Trans
Joueur du FK Inter Bakou
Naissance en avril 1992
Naissance à Bamako

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#Act4SDG16Plus
At the 2019 SDG Summit, World leaders called for a Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030. Pathfinders calls on all stakeholders in the SDG16+ community to work together to mobilize more ambitious action to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies, ahead of the Secretary-General's first action platform for the SDGs, which will be held as part of the UN's 75th anniversary summit in September 2020.
Accelerating Action in 2020
As the 2030 Agenda moves into its second four-year cycle, SDG16+ partners should unite behind a short and medium-term objective:
In 2020, build on the platform provided by the SDG Summit by placing accelerated action for SDG16+ at the heart of the Decade of Action for the SDGs.
By 2023, turn commitments to accelerated action into measurable results for the second SDG Summit.
To meet these objectives, we need to make the case for an urgent acceleration in the delivery of SDG16+, build consensus about what it will take to close the SDG16+ implementation gap, seize political opportunities in 2020, mobilize to support accelerated action, and sustain and support implementation throughout the next four years.
Key messages for SDG16+
The Pathfinders' experience is that four messages resonate with decision makers and broader audiences, while bringing together those working on the many issues covered by SDG16+:
Significantly reduce all forms of violence everywhere, with the aim of halving global violence by 2030.
Shift from a world where justice is only available to the privileged few to one that protects human rights and provides justice for all.
Combat corruption and transform institutions so that they can meet people's aspirations.
Tackle inequality and exclusion so that everyone gets to enjoy a fairer and more sustainable future.
Sustained push for results
Success in 2020 will provide the basis for an ongoing mobilization to support measurable change and results.
Partners should:
Use each of the Secretary-General's annual SDG Action Platforms to increase the number and ambition of Acceleration Actions for SDG16+, with the aim of ensuring that at least half of member states have registered one or more ambitious actions and that this is matched by a growing body of commitments from non-governmental partners.
Support national implementation and the localization of the SDG16+ targets, recognizing the need for active participation of communities in building peace, justice, and inclusion.
Monitor the implementation of Acceleration Actions, using Voluntary National Reviews and each High-level Political Forum to show that progress is being achieved.
Begin preparing early for the second SDG Summit, focusing on developing the data needed to demonstrate measurable change by 2023.
Systematically track results and celebrate successes, increasing the visibility of champions effectively implementing the SDG16+ targets.
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VR Trends
VR Performances in Art : Actions in Endless White
Posted on 21. July 2019 21. July 2019 By admin
What remains of performance art when it takes place in virtual reality? With its group exhibition "Whiteout", the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf is putting performance art to the test.
The white space in the virtual world, which museum visitors can enter in the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, expands infinitely. First the emptiness seems absolute, then human figures appear. Slowly they move closer until the viewer can observe the people thrown into nothingness in what they are doing: Four caribbean women lying on the floor around the artist dance their bodies into each other and knot themselves into a living sculpture.
Falsnaes – is spending himself on the commands of a woman in ever wilder movements; and elsewhere a black man dressed as a woman, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, who appears under the pseudonym crazinisT artisT, steps onto a white toilet bowl and begins to dive into it for underwear. Since performance art began to blur the boundaries between the free theatre scene and the museum in the 1960s, it has focused on physical presence – more radically and in a different way than traditional spoken theatre.
This kind of VR art is not new, recently there was a performence of a new yorker artist who showed how a female orgasm feels like in VR.
An actor who plays a stage role disappears behind the figure he embodies. According to theatre theory, his real body is covered by a semiotic one.
In the performance (which of course had an effect on the theatre), things are different: approaching the ritual, its actors physically bring themselves in completely. Marina Abramović, probably the best-known performance artist, keeps practicing this self-disclosure anew.
The viewer is transformed from a passive observer into an involved participant.
The physical presence of the audience, which can at least potentially interact with the actor, creates a temporary work: the performance.
But what happens when the here and now of the event is transferred into virtual space?
Filming or photographing performances was always an unsatisfactory solution that had more documentary value.
It makes a fundamental difference whether one watched Joseph Beuys in a silent conversation with a dead rabbit, then, on November 16, 1965, at the Schmela Gallery in Düsseldorf, or whether one now loads traces of it onto the screen. Being there is everything in action art; videos and photos can only conditionally overcome the spatial and temporal distance.
The actual work remains ephemeral No wonder, then, that virtual reality technology is now being discovered as a new medium for performances. Equipped with VR glasses and headphones, one dives visually and audibly into another world. VR creates the illusion of really being somewhere else, in a situation, not outside the frame: this is the much conjured immersion.
Sony Strives For Same Features For PSVR As HTC Vive Owns


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Q: PHP multiple arrays into MySQL Database I have clinicDays array which contains the checkboxes values from Monday to Sunday and the clinic id values:
clinicDays[]:4|1
clinicDays[]:1|1

where the first number before the pipe is the id of the clinic and the last number which is the right side of the pipe is the number of the day, what I am trying to do is if the clinicDays has value then, put the values into the table and delete the old values if they are not matching with the new ones and if the clinicDays array is empty then delete all rows associated to the $doctorid and clinic_id
INSERTing the values part is working all fine, however I couldn't get the DELETE parts working, can some guide me through?
For this I have 4 tables:
1-dg_clinics (id, clinic_name)
2-dg_doctors (id, doctor_name)
3-dg_days (id, day_name)
4-dg_clinic_days (id, clinic_id, doctor_id, day_id)
$doctorid = $_POST['doctor_doctorid'];

if(isset($_POST['clinicDays']))
{
    $clinics = array();
    foreach($_POST['clinicDays'] as $clinic_day_values){

        $clinic_day_values = explode("|", $clinicday);

        $q5 = "SELECT * FROM dg_doctors_clinic_days WHERE doctor_id = {$doctorid} AND clinic_id = {$clinic_day_values[0]} AND day_id = {$clinic_day_values[1]}";
        $getClinicDay = $db->query($q5);
        $num_days = mysql_num_rows($getClinicDay);

        if( $num_days == 0 ) {
            $q6 = "INSERT INTO dg_doctors_clinic_days (clinic_id,doctor_id,day_id,value,date_added) VALUES ({$clinic_day_values[0]},{$doctorid},$clinic_day_values[1],1,NOW())";
            $r6 = $db->query($q6);
        }
    }
    $items = implode(",", $_POST['checkAllClinics']);
    $q3 = "DELETE FROM dg_clinic_doctors WHERE doctor_id = {$doctorid} AND clinic_id = {} AND day_id NOT IN ({$items})";
    $r3 = $db->query($q3);

} else {
    $q8 = "DELETE FROM dg_doctors_clinic_days WHERE doctor_id = {$doctorid}";
    $r8 = $db->query($q8);
}

A: I believe you could simplify your code AND solve the problem by moving the delete to to beginning, which will ALWAYS execute (and before the inserts), that way you don't have to keep track of the records that need to be deleted, and you don't have to check if the record already exists.
Based on the code you've posted, you're always deleting ALL days unless they are posted anyway, so try this simplified code:
$doctorid = $_POST['doctor_doctorid'];

// Delete the clinic days for the doctor.
$q8 = "DELETE FROM dg_doctors_clinic_days WHERE doctor_id = {$doctorid}";
$r8 = $db->query($q8);
// IF any clinic days are posted, save them....
if (isset($_POST['clinicDays'])) {
    foreach($_POST['clinicDays'] as $clinic_day_values) {
        // NOTE: The variable $clinicday is NOT being set, is this a typo in your original code?
        $clinic_day_values = explode("|", $clinicday);
        $q6 = "INSERT INTO dg_doctors_clinic_days (clinic_id,doctor_id,day_id,value,date_added) VALUES ({$clinic_day_values[0]},{$doctorid},$clinic_day_values[1],1,NOW())";
        $r6 = $db->query($q6);
    }
}


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October 15, 2013 June 17, 2020 Kropf Moseley
Corporate Kickback Charges That Involve Private Jets, A "Gentleman's Club" and Marketing for Pharmaceutical Companies
Michael Mitrow, Jr. and his brother Matthew Mitrow were recently charged in a superseding indictment for a corporate kickback scheme in the Southern District of New York. The Brothers Mitrow were executives of an unnamed marketing agency. According to the indictment, they conspired with a third defendant named Robert Madison, the owner of two printing and direct mailing companies. They conspired to defraud the marketing agency of millions of dollars. Mr. Madison's companies are referred to as "Madison Company A" and "Madison Company B." In return for steering business to Mr. Madison, the two brothers allegedly received over $1 million in kickbacks.
The three defendants have pleaded not guilty and are not being held pending trial.
Like any good kickback case, the government includes in the indictment how the defendants supposedly spent the money. It's never quite clear to me why this is relevant to the charges, but I suppose it makes for a good story. So, read on to find out the details.
History of the Marketing Agency and Who is "Individual A"?
Michael Mitrow founded a marketing agency in 1998 which specialized in providing marketing—including direct mail—for pharmaceutical companies. He founded the agency with someone identified in the indictment only as "Individual A." Until June 2009, Michael was the President and CEO of the agency. His brother Matthew was a partner and executive vice president from 2002 to July 2010.
The agency's founders wanted to sell their ownership interests to a private equity company. They found a buyer but the buyer agreed to buy the interests only after Individual A left the company. Individual A left the company. In 2007, the Mitrow brothers sold a substantial portion of their interests to the private equity firm. Michael received $24.7 million, plus a $400,000 annual salary. Matthew received $5.7 million and also kept his position as EVP. The deal contained one curious provision, according to the indictment:
As a condition of the sale, the private equity firm required that, if any payments were made by prior management of the Marketing Agency, including MICHAEL MITROW and MATTHEW MITROW to Individual-A or his company after the date of the sale, the prior management was required to pay to the private equity firm a penalty of five times any payment to Individual A or his company.
Odd, right? It's not clear why that deal was in place or why the private equity company wanted nothing to do with Individual A. But Individual A doesn't go away—keep reading.
The Fraudulent Invoices
For a five year period, 2004-2009, the agency had a large contract with a New York-based pharmaceutical company. (The indictment does not name the company.) In particular, the pharmaceutical company paid $30 million for a direct mail campaign from the agency to target members of various labor unions. The agency hired Mr. Madison's company to do the actual mailings.
A $30 million direct mail campaign must involve a lot of work, right? Well, according to the government, Mr. Madison's printing company did not do very much. Rather, it
submitted millions of dollars of fraudulent invoices to the Marketing Company for printing and mailing services that Madison Company A had purportedly provided on behalf of the Marketing Agency and the Pharmaceutical Company.
These invoices were fraudulent because, as alleged in the indictment, Mr. Madison's company did not actually send the mail but rather "caused tons of marketing materials to be discarded and recycled." And when the pharmaceutical company conducted an audit of the mail that had been sent, Mr. Madison had an employee "create[] more than 50 fictitious and fraudulent [United States Postal] Forms 3602." These forms are receipts from the post office showing the number of pieces mailed, the total weight, the date they were sent and so forth.
All in all, the indictment alleges that Mr. Madison's company billed the agency $7.7 million and $7.4 million of that amount was completely fraudulent.
The Kickbacks
The other part of the fraudulent scheme were the kickbacks. Mr. Madison supposedly paid Michael and Matthew Mitrow large kickbacks to encourage them to steer direct mail campaigns his way. The two brothers allegedly concealed the payments from the marketing agency, including by causing the kickbacks to be funneled through third parties or companies controlled by Michael.
For example, as alleged in the indictment, Mr. Madison paid a private jet company $750,000 for travel by Michael Mitrow. He also paid for $39,000 in home renovations, a "$19,000 payment to a New York City 'gentleman's club' to settle an outstanding bill," and other amounts to pay off Michael Mitrow's credit card debts.
Mr. Madison also paid about $685,000 to a company controlled by Individual A, "to secretly compensate individual A for relinquishing his share of ownership in the Marketing Agency." Apparently, the private equity company's concerns about Individual A were warranted in some respects.
The indictment also alleges second fraudulent scheme. Michael Mitrow allegedly conspired with an unnamed owner of a private jet company to have the marketing agency pay fraudulent invoices for purported consulting work. There was no consulting work, according to the indictment. Instead, the money went to the jet company. The total amount of this alleged fraud was $618,250.
The government also charged Michael Mitrow with filing false tax returns. He apparently charged "hundreds of thousands of dollars" of personal expenses on his company credit cards and improperly included them as business expenses on his returns.
Michael Mitrow was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of tax evasion and one count of obstructing the IRS. Matthew Mitrow was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. Mr. Madison was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.
Where Will The Case Go?
The defendants are fairly wealthy executives who have retained private counsel. It remains to be seen whether, in fact, the marketing agency knew about the deal that the Mitrows had with Mr. Madison and whether the facts about what Mr. Madison did or did not do can be proven at trial. However, the indictment includes a few possible cooperating witnesses (e.g., Individual A, the unnamed jet company co-conspirator) so those witnesses may be critical here.
This is one of those cases where a joint defense agreement would be important not only to be able to discuss strategy among the lawyers but also so that the lawyers know when one of the three defendants is engaged in serious plea discussions with the government. Most joint defense agreements—even informal, oral ones—require the parties to inform each other if they decide to enter into a plea. So, if Mr. Madison, for example, were to decide to seek a lower sentence in return for cooperating with the government, the other defendants would at least know in advance that this was going to happen.
This early knowledge may not stop the train but at least the warning lights will be blinking madly.
Commercial Bribery
Honest Services
Kickbacks
Pharmaceutical industry; marketing industry
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[…] Corporate Kickback Charges That Involve Private Jets, A "Gentleman's Club" and Marketing for P…. Another old one–this time from October 2013, when NO ONE was reading my brand-new blog (except you, mom, thanks!). Michael Mitrow, Jr. was sentenced in October 2015 to 42 months in prison. […]