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Gita Sen is an Indian feminist scholar. She is a Distinguished Professor & Director at the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health, at the Public Health Foundation of India. She is also an adjunct professor at Harvard University, a professor emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and the General Coordinator of DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era).

Education
Sen received her M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. She holds honorary doctorates from the University of East Anglia, the Karolinska Institute, the Open University, and the University of Sussex.

Career
Sen was the first chairperson of the World Bank's External Gender Consultative Group and was a member on the Millennium Project's Task-force on Gender Equality.

Sen has worked with the United Nations in several capacities, including as the lead consultant for the United Nations Population Fund's 2003–2007 India Population Assessment. She also serves on the Scientific and Technical Advisory group for the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research.

Currently, Sen is an adjunct professor of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a professor emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. In 2020 she was honored with the Dan David Prize.

Selected bibliography

Books
 Gender Equity in Health: the Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action (Routledge, 2010).
 Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes – Moving Beyond Cairo (Oxford University Press/IUSSP, 2000).
 Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment and Rights (Harvard University Press, 1994).

Journal articles

See also
 Population study
 Peggy Antrobus
 Lourdes Benería
 Feminism in India

Sources

Living people
American feminists
Indian emigrants to the United States
Stanford University alumni
Delhi School of Economics alumni
Indian feminists
Multicultural feminism
Postmodern feminists
American women writers of Indian descent
1948 births


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D.H. Lawrence Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
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David Hebert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. He was an English poet and writer who wrote on subjects including sexuality, emotional health, and instinct among others. His famous work was the controversial novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' which was annulled in the United States and England until 1959 and 1960 respectively.
Some of his other notable works include 'Sons and Lovers' and 'Women in Love.' However, in as much as his works were met with much criticism and resistance, he remained as one of the most skilled and influential writers of the 20th century. He died on March 2, 1930, in Vence, France.
David Hebert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885, to a coal miner Arthur John Lawrence and Lydia Lawrence. He was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England and from a young age had developed a love for books. He went to Beauvale Board School for his primary education beginning 1891 until 1898. He prospered academically, and at the age of twelve, he received a scholarship to study at Nottingham High School in 1887.
He had a poor social network and often found it difficult to make friends and fit in groups of his peers. He suffered depression and was often taken down in sickness which adversely affected his academics. He graduated from high school in 1901 having made little achievement in his academics.
In 1901, D. H. Lawrence found a job at Haywood's surgical appliances factory as a junior clerk. After three months of work, he was forced to let go of the work after suffering from severe pneumonia. In 1902 after his recovery he served at British School in Eastwood as a student teacher. He later qualified as a teacher by profession having also received his certificate in teaching in 1908 from University College, Nottingham.
At the university, he began working on his first poems, short stories, and novels including 'Laetitia' a draft which later would form a basis for his novel 'The White Peacock.' He started teaching at an elementary school in Croydon where he also met Jessie Chambers who encouraged him in his writing projects. With the help of Jessie, his first poems were published in the English Review in 1909. The English Review team was impressed by his work and recommended his novel 'The White Peacock' for publishing in 1911 by William Heinemann.
In 1911, D. H. Lawrence left his teaching job to become a full-time writer and wrote his second novel 'The Trespasser' which was published in 1912. In 1913, he published his third novel titled 'Sons and Lovers' pictured the events in the life of a young artist named Paul Moore who had a complicated relationship with his mother who was all over him. This later work became one of his most excellent pieces of the 20th Century.
In 1914 he published a collection of short stories 'The Prussian Officer' followed by the novel 'The Rainbow' in 1915. However, 'The Rainbow' was widely criticized for its explicit content and was banned being regarded as obscene.
D. H. Lawrence sank in disappointment and felt betrayed by his own country and opted to move out but was unable to due to World War I. During the war period he was able to write four volumes of poetry including 'Amores' (1916), 'Look! We Have Come Through!' (1919), 'New Poems' (1918) and 'Bay: A Book of Poems' (1919).
After the war in 1919 he moved to Italy and in 1920 published 'Women in Love' and 'England and Other Stories' in 1922. He later travelled to America in February 1922 and settled in Taos, Mexico where he completed his other works including 'Boy in the Bush' (1924), 'St Mawr' (1925) and 'The Plummed Serpent' (1926).
In 1927 D. H. Lawrence travelled back to Italy after having also contracted tuberculosis and began working on his to be a controversial novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover.' The novel was later published in Italy in 1928 but was banned in the United States until 1959 due to its display of explicit content. It was also banned in England until 1960 but was later allowed to undergo publication. His other works included 'Last Poems' and 'Apocalypse' published in 1930.
D. H. Lawrence married Frieda Weekley in 1914 after persuading her to divorce her husband and move in with him. His health continued deteriorating due to complications from tuberculosis and regularly fell ill. He died on March 2, 1930, in Vence, France at the age of forty four.
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Finding the correct registered agent for a corporation in South Carolina
How to find the legal name and registered agent of a corporation in South Carolina
Legal name for a company in South Carolina
The South Carolina Registered Agent for a company
First, search for the name registered in South Carolina of the company
Many corporations use different names for common language and marketing (for example AT&T) vs. their formal legal name (for example AT&T Inc.). Additionally some companies have different subsidiaries named different things for each state they operate in.
Search OpenCorporates for South Carolina (click here for South Carolina specific link).
In this example, I'll search for Coinbase (the finance app) but you can search for AT&T or anything else. This is what your screen should look like:
Second, search for the South Carolina registered agent of the company
Although you can put a manager, director, or executive of the company, or you can put in the registered agent. It to put a formal registered agent instead to avoid difficulties in finding the person.
Look for the field called "Agent Name". This should be the name of the agent you put on your legal paperwork.
Look for the field called "Agent Address". This should be the address of the agent you put on your legal paperwork.
Every state maintains an official database of corporations registered in that state. Find the website for the South Carolina state database here.


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Misc Order No. M/479/CAL/96 arising from in Misc. Application No. 11/97 in Appeal Nos. C/44 & C/126/92. Case: Commr. of Cus. (Prev.), Patna Vs Ayodhya Sha & Rajharan Sha. CEGAT (Customs, Excise & Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal) & CESTAT (Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal)
Case Number Misc Order No. M/479/CAL/96 arising from in Misc. Application No. 11/97 in Appeal Nos. C/44 & C/126/92
Counsel For Appellant: Shri R.K. Roy, JDR and For Respondents: Shri P.K. Ghosh, Consultant.
Judges Shri P.C. Jain, Member (T)
Issue Customs Act
Citation 1997 (96) ELT 174 (Tribunal)
Judgement Date July 07, 1997
Court CEGAT (Customs, Excise & Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal) & CESTAT (Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal)
(Eastern Bench At Calcutta) (Eastern Bench At Calcutta)
The subject Miscellaneous Application prays for rectification of Tribunal''s Order No. A/88-89/CAL/93, dated 28-1-1993 for the reason that by that order Tribunal set aside the confiscation of 8.860 kg. of silver and directed release thereof to the respondents in the present application. In the meantime, however, the silver which had been confiscated by the original authority and the said confiscation having been sustained by the lower appellate authority had been sent to the Government of India Mint on 1-9-1989 as per the procedure laid down by the CBEC vide their letter F. No. 11/21/60/Cus. IV, dated 23-9-1960. The relevant portion of the said instruction reads as follows:-
It has now been decided that henceforth Reserve Bank of India would sell confiscated silver in the open market through their brokers. Accordingly, the confiscated silver received by the Mint Master, Bombay will be melted, assayed and cast into bars of suitable sizes by the Mint and these bars would be handed over to the Reserve Bank of India. The sale proceeds after deduction of the Mint and Reserve Bank brokerage charges would be credited to the Government account under the Minor Head on miscellaneous under the Revenue Head `1-Customs''. Above procedure mutatis mutandis may be adopted at your port.
It is, therefore, the prayer in the Miscellaneous Application that instead of direction of release of the silver to the respondents herein, the direction may be given for refund of seizure value of silver i.e. Rs. 12,400/- only to the claimants.
Learned JDR Shri R.K. Roy reiterates the aforesaid prayer in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case.
Opposing the contention learned Consultant Shri P.K. Ghosh submits that the goods were ordered to be released by the Assistant Collector, Motihari on 24-5-1993. He, therefore, submits that the respondents herein should be refunded the market value of the seized silver as prevalent on 24-5-1993. Return of seizure value i.e. Rs. 12,400/- effected on 27-4-1986 would be very unjust to the respondents, submits the learned Consultant, inasmuch as by the Tribunal''s Order, the respondents are eligible to get back silver. Revenue Officers should not have sent it to the Mint unless the appellate proceedings were finalised. He, therefore, prays as mentioned above.
I have carefully considered the pleas advanced from both sides. I observe that...


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Even as SAP strengthens its hold on the Southeast Asia region, the company is aiming to consolidate their formidable presence with the leadership of Claus Andresen. Today, the company named Andresen as President and Managing Director of SAP Southeast Asia, promoted from Chief Operating Officer of SAP Indian Subcontinent. He will report directly to Scott Russell, President of SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ). Building on the 28-year establishment and growth of SAP in the region, Andresen will be responsible for driving SAP Southeast Asia's sustainable growth strategy and operations. Based in Singapore, he will oversee SAP's business across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Indochina and other emerging markets in Southeast Asia.
Andresen was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of SAP Indian Subcontinent, where he provided leadership to the market unit's multi-functional sales and operations organizations, and was instrumental in making India amongst one of the fastest growing market units in SAP. Prior to that, he was responsible for Business Operations across SAP APJ, where he led a high-performing team to improve Sales and Operational Excellence. Andresen has over a decade of experience in various global and regional senior leadership roles in the Global Services & Support organization (now Digital Business Services), all with focus on helping customers run better leveraging technology.
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An increase of 7,2% was recorded in the industrial Turnover Index in November 2016 compared to the same month in 2015.
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For the period January – November 2016, the index showed an increase of 1,1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.


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Would President Hillary Clinton Be Good or Bad for Gambling? We Check Her Record
Many people believe that if HIllary Clinton is elected President of the United States, her presidency will be a replay of the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton, since they have similar views on so many issues.
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If that turns out to be the case, it will likely be a disaster for the gambling industry, especially the nascent online gambling industry.
When Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, in the 1980s, he opposed the establishment of casinos in the state.
And when he was President of the United States, in the 1990s, he initiated the Federal government crackdown on Americans citizens who were running Internet casinos and sportsbooks.
Bill Clinton was directly responsible for the "Internet 21," the first group of Americans charged by his attorney general, Janet Reno, in 1998 with illegally operating online gambling sites.
A few weeks later, President Clinton had Reno charge more Americans with the same crime.
Bill Clinton had declared war on Internet gambling and the fight has continued since, through two more presidencies.
Would a President Hillary Clinton continue the jihad against online gambling?
What about gambling in general?
For answers to those and other similar questions, Gambling 911, as part of its continuing series on the 2016 Presidential hopefuls and their views on gambling, examined the public record of Hillary Clinton, 68, who has served as First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, U.S. senator from New York and U.S. Secretary of State (for previous articles in the series, click the POLITICS link on the Gambling 911 home page).
Hillary's first public stance on a gambling issue took place back in 1984, when she was First Lady of Arkansas.
She went on a speaking tour of the state, speaking out against an upcoming ballot referendum that would have amended the state constitution to allow casino gambling in Arkansas.
Arkansas at one time had casinos--most notably in Hot Springs, when Bill Clinton was growing up there--but they were quasi-legal and eventually were shut down, leaving the Razorback State without casinos in recent decades.
Hillary's speaking tour was successful--the ballot initiative was defeated.
But was she really that against casinos, or was she just parrotting the view of her husband, the governor?
Perhaps, but some might be inclined to believe that someone as strong-willed as Hillary Clinton wouldn't take such a public stand on an issue unless she herself actually agreed with it.
Her views on casino gambling became clearer years later, in 2000, when she was running for U.S. senator from the State of New York.
During a campaign debate with her Republican opponent, Congressman Rick Lazio, the debate moderator asked her, "Americans spend millions at the local casino in Niagara Falls, Canada. Why not have a casino built on this side of the border to help our economy?"
While Lazio opposed the idea, saying he was "not a big fan of gambling," Hillary spoke up in support of the idea.
"I know how hard the people in Niagara are working to try to turn their economy around, and if they believe that a casino would help attract more tourists back, I would support that," she said. "I leave that to their judgment. But there has to be more of a strategy about the upstate economy--tax credits to help jobs be created and creating the regional skills, alliances and commitment to work force development."
Her pro-casino comments came on the heels of similar comments she had made earlier in the campaign, in regard to building a casino in Monticello, N.Y.
"Hillary believes that the development of a casino at the Monticello Raceway can be the spark for economic growth in the Catskills, and she supports it," campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters at the time.
Both casinos were eventually built.
As a U.S. senator, she had one key vote in connection with Internet gambling.
In 2006, she voted in favor of passing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, known as UIGEA, which made it difficult for Americans to fund online gambling by making it illegal for banks, credit card companies and other American financial institutions to process financial transactions involving Internet betting.
However, UIGEA was an add-on to a larger and more comprehensive Senate bill that dealt with port security, meaning that senators couldn't oppose UIGEA without opposing the whole bill, and in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, few senators wanted to do that, fearing it would make them look soft on terrorism.
The bill passed the Senate overwhelmingly, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, and remains the main reason today that online gamblers in most states cannot use credit cards to fund their pastime.
In 2008, however, during Hillary Clinton's second term as U.S. senator, she voiced her support for a study to determine whether online gambling could be regulated properly to promote U.S. businesses in the industry, while making sure that proper safeguards were in place to protect minors and address other issues.
Also in 2008, she made her first run for the Democratic nomination for President.
The Nevada Caucus was the fourth contest of the primary election process and in the state where gambling issues are more important than anywhere else, she lost the caucus to an unknown senator from Illinois named Barack Obama, who would go on to win the nomination and the presidency.
Now it's 2015 and Hillary Clinton is again running for President.
If she were to win, would President Clinton II be good or bad for gambling?
Like many of the other candidates running, she's a mixed bag on the issue.
She's against gambling.
Except when she's for it.
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We live in a world of universal thoughts, ideas and knowledge.
on one place and all.
We created a new environment easier too understand, more dedicated to be.
We started to travel, to discover unknown dimensions.
We look forward watching ongoing revelation, movement and change.
to some of them we gave space and time.
for what we created life.
what path, aging, birth and death are. We did not know what touch, feelings and love are. These new dimensions we have created became incredibly rich, differentiated, passionate, sometimes cruel and endless beautiful.
We've created life, we are surprised by evolution.
More life advances, the easier we feel it and longer we live it. We accompany it and at some times even merge into one. This allows us the completeness to be. At the same time we discover to feel, to be everywhere, to live and die.
We are the chosen, the only one to travel into space and time.
We are there, we die, come back and discover new.
When we are, we know what is it to be.
We will travel as long as all worlds, times and spaces merge.
This is when time and space will enter our world.
That will be at the moment of ever and never.


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Robin Wiles Park (RWP) is a 4.5 hectare green open space adjacent to the Ropes Creek corridor. The park will be significantly upgraded to meet the increasing demand for quality green open space as a result of rapid development occurring in the area.
Sprout, working with JOC Consulting, the local community and Penrith City Council have developed a series of design options addressing the needs and aspirations of the local community.
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Pennsylvania has been an orchard state from its earliest beginning. In fact, William Penn can be quoted saying, "First plant an orchard, then proceed with building your house." (Dave and Ben Wenk) Our plentiful and varied orchards have been a matter of state pride for centuries, especially in Adams County. Family owned orchards have been passed down for generations, and many of the ones which were open hundreds of years ago are still running today.
While orchards and farms have been operating throughout the history of the state, one of the oldest orchards in Adams County belonged to the man Jacob K Oyler and Noah Sheeley on land purchased in 1832. This 78-acre farm was located north of Fox Hill in Franklin Township and was named Fairview Fruit Farm. It was 1878 when Noah Sheeley established a 23-acre apple orchard on the farm, located about one mile north of Cashtown. By 1893, there was a pressing need for market outlets leading Sheeley to make a deal with Samuel Bream, a grower near Biglerville. They attended the Chicago Exposition where they contracted to sell 1500 barrels of apples at $1.50 per barrel. While Oyler and Sheeley owned one of the first farms in the area, they were not the first commercial farm in Adams County. That honor belonged to one Cyrus Griest in Quaker Valley, 1858.
Being a fruit grower in Adams County was a quickly growing industry. By the 1870s, more and more farms were becoming commercial, and there was a real surge when the Gettysburg-Harrisburg railroad was constructed in 1885. This made it easier for farms to transport to eastern seaports where barrels of fruit would be loaded onto ships and sent to Europe.
This new commercial boom led many farmers to go into the nursery business. (Fruit nurseries are where seeds are spliced and bred to make better seedlings.) Despite the rising interest in the nursery business, in the early 1900s disease and pests became uncontrollable and forced many growers to abandon the nursery business entirely. The result was that the fruit nurseries still in business in Adams County became specialists in growing fruit tree nursery stock for the commercial industry. Many of these nurseries are still open today.
In the last few decades a number of significant changes happened that molded where we are today. In the 1990s Adams County went through a push to switch from processed apples to fresh apples. This led to many growers adding Fresh pack varieties such as Gala, Honeycrisp, and Fuji in their plantings. The nursery business was also pushed to diversify their product lines.
Apple orchards and fruit growing in general is an integral piece of the identity of Pennsylvania. Adams County is one of the largest fruit regions in the state as well as the country as a whole. Many innovations in growing have led to the booming industry we have today. Many of the farms open over a hundred years ago are still growing fruit today.
Names of growers such as Benner, Brent, Donaldson, Kump, McCleaf, Roth, and Woerner carry on the fruit growing tradition in the Fairfield area.
America's Orchard: Heritage, Innovation and Cooperation. Anderson, A., Baugher, T., Piper, T., & Wilson, M. (n.d.). (C. Hemler, Ed.). 3-7 .


Four seasons are apparently not enough when it comes to expressing love.
That is one of the messages Emmanuel Hérique will deliver through the production of his third French cabaret in Victoria on Thursday at the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre in Vic West.
With so many French songs to draw from for the show, the Six Seasons of Love, Hérique and his cast decided to take the audience on an extended journey through spring, summer, fall, winter and another spring and summer.
Having produced two previous cabarets in 2007 and 2009 in Victoria, Hérique says this event has become an important part of the roster of French events that celebrate a culture dating back to Victoria's early days.
The shows have proven popular with francophones, whose first language is French, and francophiles, who are anglophones who enjoy experiencing French culture.
The cabaret, says Hérique, fills a niche in Greater Victoria, where an estimated 7,000 Francophones and 30,000 Francophiles live, according to the Société Francophone de Victoria.
Hérique puts on his shows to share French culture with a wider audience in order to educate and increase understanding between cultures. The cash-bar event will feature dancing, and spectators are invited to sing along to lyrics projected on the wall.
The cabaret lineup includes Saanich singer/actor Cam Culham, Saanich singer and guitarist Réjean Bussières, Vancouver comedian and accordion player François Laberge, Victoria vocalist Val Vanille and Saanich singer/actor Stéphanie Geehan. They will perform songs from Quebec and France.
• When: Thursday (Nov. 24) from 7:30 to 9:20 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
• Where: Leonardo Da Vinci Centre, 195 Bay St.
• Tickets: $18 at the door, or $15 in advance from the Société Francophone de Victoria, #200-535 Yates St. or at ticketrocket.org. To reserve a table for six to 10 people, email eherique@hotmail.com or call 250-595-2544.


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15 Brave Souls Who Worked Undercover Share The Worst Thing They Ever Witnessed On The Job.
TV Shows about undercover cops/workers can't do the real thing justice.
Below are 15 incredible stories of what undercover workers have REALLY seen on the job. Check them out!
1/15) I am a private investigator, contracted by Government to check massage shops to see if they're soliciting. I usually get sent to shops which have had multiple complaints and an investigation is in its final stages and they need evidence to support their case.
So, I go to one place, everything seems normal except for being asked to strip bare for an oil massage. Eventually I am asked to flip over, therapist without asking just starts rubbing some "gel" on my 'parts'. At this point, I am obligated to refuse and finish the session. I ask her to stop but halfway through the sentence I am hit with the most intense pain. Turns out, she was new and was unaware that alcohol gel is not the same as massage oil.
Long story short, manager was convicted of coercing staff on the basis of their visas being revoked if they didn't comply. And I had to stand in court and tell the events of that day.
-RiskyBusinessThrowIt
2/15) Former Loss Prevention here (best job ever by the way) Witnessed so much sex in the stockrooms, couples, singles, trios, you name it. We had cameras everywhere of course, especially in the stockrooms due to rampant employee theft. We had countless hours of employee sex on tape. We couldn't reveal the cameras, which would tip off the thieves, so all we could do was watch.
-Angrymanspokane
3/15) Worked as a "ghost passenger" for an airline; basically I flew around and graded flight attendant's performance.
While still parked at the gate with the door open one flight attendant began berating passengers who were using their smart phones (which was completely permitted at the gate). She threatened to have the person in front of me thrown off the plane if she didn't put hers away. She also threatened me. After we left the gate and were taxiing to the runway I looked back to see her sitting in her jump seat....using her phone. Took a photo of it and included that in my report.
She initially denied using the phone and claimed I was being unruly on the aircraft. After she saw the photo she changed her tune.
-nlderek
4/15) Helped manufacture methicathinone so that I could get arrested with the suspect's and spend time in the cells to discover how the drugs were being brought into the prisons. Was recruited due to my work circumstances, age and environment; had to change "states" when I was finished with the deal.
-acekevorkian
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5/15) I worked as a secret shopper for a while for a small store. The most egregious thing I found were employees would hide inventory if they knew a sale was coming up. I'd also go in and ask questions about what equipment I should use just to test their general knowledge. Most failed but they were young kids getting paid awful so I felt bad squealing on them.
I also forgot to add that I had to put up with being hit on by teenagers and creepy older guys. I had to play along and see if they knew their stuff despite throwing terrible game.
-blondeandtall
6/15) I worked as a HIPAA inspector for a bit. Sh*t is scary. I'd go in and say I was looking for my mom that they called me she was in an accident. (I was early 20's). Pretty much every place I went gave me all kinds of protected info on the patient [the company would have placed fake records in the computer].
One smaller urgent care place was like "hm, no one with that name- here's our sign in log for the week, take a look!" with last names, first names and "reason for visit." Yikes.
-daggerncloak
7/15) I do Social Engineering for financial institutions (Banks, Credit Unions etc). I went to a credit union in Texas where the entire place failed on a miserable basis for security.
I walked in with a fake badge that stated I worked for a made up company and I was there to an inspection of the building. I dressed in a polo and khaki pants with matching colors to my badge and walked in to the front desk. The girl there was probably in college or just out of school. She immediately let me into the back room and I walked into offices and desks that were unoccupied but located in rooms with other employee's.
I walked up to empty computers in use and plugged USB drives in, huge no no, and began typing random things into computers and taking pictures of myself at the computers. Employee's would literally look at my and go back to their jobs without thinking anything of a guy taking selfies at their friends work desk. Once I had been in every office I went to the Vice Presidents office and opened her desk and looked through files to find personal peoples information, found tons. I went into the file room and took personal loan documents off the shelf and took pictures of myself accessing them.
When I was done I walked to the person who had contracted my company and laid out all the information I had found and all the things I had done and the guy just sighed. This scenario has happened a couple of different times, most places fail somehow. Sometimes its fun and interesting, sometimes its boring and there's nothing worth staying.
-MyithV
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8/15) I used to investigate insurance fraud.
The one thing I saw that made me the maddest was when I was working in the run down area near the Philly zoo and saw a strung out mother walking with her toddler and jerking his arm and screaming at him for not keeping up with her quick walking pace. The kid was not even two years old. I really wanted to get out of the car...
The funniest one was where I had to go undercover in a bar to investigate this one person. You ever see the Stallone movie Over the Top? Yeah, that's pretty much what this guy ended up doing right on the bar, right in front of my hidden camera, and looking direct into my camera lens. It was awesome. The armwrestling match went on for minutes and this by a guy "too hurt to work".
At times it was very entertaining to work undercover...
-Atwelve
9/15) I worked for an Armored car service for a while as a under cover guard. When a place had a lot of money or if it was a risky area two plain clothes guards would arrive before the truck. I would scout the place and outside to make sure the uniform guys could get in and out safe. We wore a color of the day and the local cops knew who we were as did the uniformed guards. It was a pretty easy job and I only once waved off a pickup because of a bunch of Latin kings sitting on benches out front.
I hung out a while to see what was going on and hoping they would leave so we could make the pickup. As I sat on a bus bench across the road I watched one of the guys take out his needle point. I never would think that a gang member would tote his needle point to a stick up job.
-c3h8pro
10/15) When I worked QA for a video game publisher, they had me work an E3 as a secret player, basically I got to play new games for that publisher and act like they were amazing in front of press.
While I was taking a break I saw one of the producers hooking up with a booth babe. he didn't recognize me, but I new he was married and had a kid on the way, I didn't say anything, he got laid off when the rest of us did about a year later. but that's just kinda how E3 goes.
-Makabajones
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11/15) I once took my vehicle ton an independent shop for routine maintenance. I said I was dropping it off for as long as it might take as I was "going to take a long trip the following month." I sat across the street in a diner eating soup and drinking coffee. I got a call that my vehicle needed about $4500 worth of work an hour and a half later.
It never left the parking spot.
I told them I didn't want anything done, they said it was half apart already. I am an assistant service manager at a dealership. That Firestone was turned into a parking lot.
-pcoon43456
12/15) I used to training at a call center. I always included being aware of social engineering attempts in my role plays. Management like this so much they started having me do this as a secret caller. I hate to say but I got a lot more people than I should have. Even started doing it ad hoc for other divisions when word got round. Wost was an agent that I'm not sure if she really just didn't care or was just so overly helpful she didn't think twice, but man I could have stolen 3 or 4 people identities if I was actually running a scam.
-tdasnowman
13/15) Was secret shopping at a high end restaurant, around $100 per plate.
The busser came over and re-filled my water glass (that I had already drank out of) and over filled it, so he poured part back in the pitcher from my glass and proceeded to re-fill everyone else at the table from the same pitcher.
I really wanted to throw a fit, but could only include it in my report.
-amberb
14/15) I'm a TV Producer. I was working on a popular documentary a while ago. We were following a woman who was addicted to heroin and had resorted to prostitution in order to make money to support her habits. One day, a friend of hers got thrown into jail. She decided she needed to work really hard to bail them out. So she called her friend who owned a crack-house that he let girls like her turn tricks in at about $10 a pop.
I witnessed this girl share needles with many people and watched as john after john came into the house and disappeared into the bedroom with her for a little bit.
-filteredspam
15/15) Worked as a private investigator for a while, mostly did work comp cases. Seen some shiftyness, drug deals, etc
Worst thing - was conducting surveillance on a person at an apartment complex. Get there before light to set up my rig. Little bit before sunrise, this couple, 50's, in a truck pull up in front of my position. Guy's pulling a trailer, gets out, rummage through dumpster for metal and stuff.
Then the woman with him...
Gets out and between my vehicle and said dumpster proceeds to pop a squat and sh*t on the ground.
Way to start my morning guys - thanks!
-DarthFaderZ


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The Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change (RSAPCC) mentions a significant warming and a change in natural climate variability, especially in rainfall. While, there is a general decrease in rainfall, pockets of increased variability also exist. Coupled with limited and/or over exploited water resources and a dependence on climate sensitive livelihoods, the state is highly vulnerable to climate change. Representing an effort to demonstrate the recommendations of the RSAPCC is a unique collaboration between NABARD and GiZ. Leading this initiative at the grassroots level is our association with a project titled 'A Pilot project on "Climate Proofing in Watershed – Anjeni"; While this Indo German Watershed (IGWDP) is located in Lasaria block, Udaipur district (Anjeni watershed) and has an average size of 972 ha; additional technical partners in the project were IIT Delhi and Departments and Universities associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. The goal of the project is to improve livelihoods of the community through implementation of a watershed development project, with Climate proofing aspects, by enhancing agriculture and livestock production. Here, climate change impacts (current and future challenges/opportunities) are incorporated into the watershed programme, contributing to the building 'climate resilient' livelihoods. The key components of the project climate proofed include soil and water conservation measures, wasteland/pastureland development approaches and agriculture and allied activities. A Mini Agro Met laboratory too has been installed in this watershed.


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HomeWarbird RestorationsDesert War Kittyhawk Unveiled in Egypt
Desert War Kittyhawk Unveiled in Egypt
January 12, 2018 Editor Warbird Restorations, Warbirds News 4
Desert War Kittyhawk Unveiled
by Richard Mallory Allnutt
After several years of speculation concerning its whereabouts, a combat-veteran Curtiss Kittyhawk has again resurfaced in Egypt. The aircraft in question, Kittyhawk Mk.IA ET574, first came to light during early 2012 when an oil survey team stumbled across the well-preserved wreck in Egypt's Al-Wadi al-Jadid desert near the El Farafra Oasis. Jakub Perka, a Polish engineer on the survey team, documented the discovery with a series of fascinating images which seemed almost impossible to believe at the time. How could this amazingly significant aircraft have survived all these years in the desert untouched by anything but sand, sun and wind?
Jakub Perka's famous photograph of Dennis Copping's Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IA soon after her rediscovery in early 2012. Many people who first saw this photograph in 2012 thought it was a fake at the time, but of course, it proved to be true. (photo by Jakub Perka)
A view from the tail showing the almost perfectly preserved elevators and rudder. Note the damage to the horizontal stabilizer caused by the undercarriage bouncing off it after shearing from the wing during the crash landing. (photo by Jakub Perka)
Inside the Kittyhawk's cockpit. (photo by Jakub Perka)
The armament was still in place. Note the tears in the wing surface though. These were likely caused when the undercarriage sheared off. (photo by Jakub Perka)
Another view of the Kittyhawk soon after her discovery. Note that someone has removed one of the ammunition cans from the wing. About half an hour after the discovery, a group of men in military uniform showed up, and removed the ammunition from the fighter's wings. They took some of the ammo boxes as well, but left the rest of the aircraft relatively untouched. (photo by Jakub Perka)
Looking inside the fuselage through the port side hatch. Note the frayed control cable lower down. Most likely this damage occurred during the crash landing, but it is possible it was nicked during a peppering from the light flak Copping encountered. (photo by Jakub Perka)
Part of the aircraft's radio suite. Jakub Perka found this component outside of the aircraft, meaning rather poignantly that Copping likely placed it there. Perhaps he was trying to fix the radio and call for help. We will likely never know for sure. (photo by Jakub Perka)
Once historians dug into the story, we quickly learned that the aircraft had belonged to 260 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, and disappeared during a ferry flight on June 28th, 1942 with Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping at the controls. Copping was part of a two-ship formation flying defective aircraft from the landing ground at Biur el Baheira to 53RSU, a Recovery & Service Unit at Wadi Natruna, while the rest of his squadron made a hasty retreat from the advancing German Afrika Korps. Copping had to fly with the aircraft's undercarriage fixed down. He had damaged the gear during a hard landing a day earlier; dazzled by the setting sun into misjudging his height above the runway. On the flight to the maintenance facility, his wingman noted light, but accurate flak. Unfortunately, Copping got well off course during the melee, but failed to respond by radio, or be persuaded via hand signals to correct his heading according to the pilot flying beside him. Eventually the wingman gave up and made off for his intended destination alone. Sadly, Copping was never seen again.
Dennis Copping in his Kittyhawk during the Desert Campaign of WWII. (photo via Vintage Wings of Canada)
From the images of the wreck in 2012, the propeller's twisted remains made it obvious that the aircraft had forced-landed under power. In fact, the entire propeller unit had separated from the airframe, the engine's reduction gear housing having shattered. The landing gear had sheared off as well, damaging the underside of the wings and horizontal stabilizers. Dennis Copping clearly survived the initial crash though, because his body was not in the airframe nor had he 'hit the silk'; the remains of his parachute lay near the aircraft's nose, perhaps erected as a sun-shelter by Copping himself after the accident. Since no remains were evident near the Kittyhawk, it seems likely that Copping wandered off into the desert in a desperate and ultimately futile attempt to reach salvation. He must have perished alone, under truly awful circumstances. His remains have yet to be conclusively found. A team of Italians did make a serious effort to locate Copping soon after the wreck's discovery, but although they found some bones a few miles away from the crash site, the Egyptian authorities never determined if they were those of the pilot himself, and there is conflicting evidence as to whether they even tried. No further attempt to locate Copping seems to have taken place, which is shameful given how eager so many were to recover his aircraft.
The propeller is bent and twisted in a way consistent with the aircraft being under power when the Kittyhawk made its forced landing. (photo by Jakub Perka)
These are the remains of Copping's parachute, which Jakub Perka found by the Kittyhawk's nose. It could not have arrived there by itself, so it seems likely that Flight Sergeant Copping placed it himself. (photo by Jakub Perka)
This is a view of the remote and formidable surroundings Copping found himself in after crash landing. You can see the Kittyhawk in the distance, shimmering in a heat haze. It must have been a horrifying moment for the young pilot to find himself in, and one can only imagine the anguish he experienced…. (photo by Jakub Perka)
There were some holes in the fuselage skin above the radio compartment. It is clear that something exploded upwards from below… perhaps as a result of the mild flak Copping encountered on his flight. If it damaged the communications gear, that could explain why his wingman couldn't raise him on the radio. The damage could also explain why Copping didn't acknowledge his fellow pilot's hand signals. Perhaps he was too busy evaluating the state of his plane (or himself) and just didn't look out of his cockpit towards his colleague? Again, it is likely that we will never know. (photo by Jakub Perka)
As often happens sadly, vandals followed closely behind the fighter's rediscovery. They did a fair bit of damage, though mostly superficial, to this time-capsule of an airframe. Sensing imminent destruction and desperate to prevent it, the Royal Air Force Museum decided to act, and they had to act fast without any guarantee of success. They made an arrangement with the British firm Kennet Aviation (which specializes in restoring and operating vintage WWII aircraft) to send a team of engineers into the desert who would professionally dismantle and transport the Kittyhawk away from the temptations of idle hands. In exchange for Kennet Aviation safeguarding the Kittyhawk, the RAF Museum gave them a surplus aircraft from their collection, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22 PK664. Kennet Aviation's team was successful in their mission, and placed the Kittyhawk in a storage container for safekeeping in El Alamein, near the ancient port city of Alexandria. Of course, the Kittyhawk was still technically Egyptian property, but the RAF Museum hoped they could reach an agreement with that country's government to return the historic airframe to Britain. They intended to conserve, rather than restore the Kittyhawk, and display her in a diorama resembling the scene she had endured over the previous seventy years in the desert. Sadly, Egypt was undergoing immense civil turmoil in 2012, and the newly established government of the day was hostile to the West. Therefore, it was impossible for the British to strike any deal, and the RAF Museum went home empty-handed. This created considerable backlash for the museum a few years later when the notoriously hyperbolic British tabloid press latched onto the story of Kennet Aviation receiving a Spitfire for what they wrongly considered incomplete work. It should be noted that while PK664 is a rare survivor of its mark, it was a post-war example of the breed and of far less historical or monetary value than talked about at the time. In addition, the airframe was essentially just a shell, having been stripped of many components to supply spares to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and its transfer to Kennet Aviation cost nothing in real cash outlay to the RAF Museum, nor indeed the British public. Of course, the tabloids tried to suggest that the RAF Museum had given up a multi-million dollar jewel for nothing, when that was far from an accurate depiction of the facts. What is undoubtedly true though is that without the RAF Museum's gamble on the Kittyhawk, this historic artifact would have remained in the desert, and been hacked apart for scrap or souvenirs in short order. The RAF Museum should be applauded for their efforts towards that end.
Jakub Perka with his discovery on a subsequent visit. Note the comparison to the first image. There are clear signs of vandalism already having taken place (smashed cockpit glass and pealed back paneling). But for the intervention of the RAF Museum, the Kittyhawk would surely be gone by now. (photo via Jakub Perka)
While we do not know exactly what transpired in the intervening five years since her initial rediscovery, the Kittyhawk is now apparently on charge with the El Alamein Military Museum. October, 2017 saw the 75th anniversary of the Second Battle of El Alamein; the massive, and ultimately decisive clash between Britain's 8th Army and Axis forces under Erwin Rommel which took place in the region during the period from October 23rd to November 11th, 1942. In preparation for the anniversary event, the El Alamein Military Museum underwent a major refit. As part of that endeavor, the museum spruced up many of its artifacts, most of which are tanks, trucks and artillery pieces salvaged from the battlefield. Someone must have looked inside the Kittyhawk's storage container and decided to put the fighter on display as well. None other than General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's present leader, attended the anniversary ceremony at the museum on October 21st, 2017, so the pressure was certainly on, for all involved, to present something significant for attending dignitaries.
The El Alamein Military Museum's entrance shown a couple of days after the 75th anniversary celebration. This structure was apparently erected specifically for President al-Sisi's visit. (photo by Steven Phipps)
One of many murals at the El Alamein Military Museum. This one is a map depicting the military struggle between Axis and Allied powers in North Africa. (photo by Steven Phipps)
A German 88mm cannon on display at the El Alamein Military Museum. Note the fresh coat of generic, sand-colored paint, and the odd splotches of red paint daubed with seemingly arbitrary intent. (photo by Steven Phipps)
A battle-scarred German half track at the El Alamein Military Museum. (photo by Steven Phipps)
The rather impressive remains of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc BR491 are also on display at the El Alamein Military Museum. Egyptian Navy divers recovered it from sea in 1999. Until recently, it was displayed in bare metal as found, but has recently been painted in a mock desert camouflage scheme. There is reportedly the wreck of a German aircraft on the premises too. (photo by Steven Phipps)
Another view of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc BR491 at the El Alamein Military Museum; this time from the rear. It is fairly easy to distinguish original material from the locally added supporting structure. (photo by Steven Phipps)
The El Alamein military graveyard is located nearby the museum. The graves of British and Commonwealth troops here are well tended, and represent a haunting reminder of the high price freedom sometimes demands. (photo by Steven Phipps)
Now comes the awkward part of the story… Rather than display the aircraft as she was found, which would have made for a remarkable and poignant exhibit, the museum decided to "restore" her. Unfortunately, this was rather crudely achieved, and the overall results will appear shockingly amateurish to the more serious student of military aviation history. But considering how many similarly unflattering "restorations" have been on show in the West during the recent past, we should not be overly critical. Even now, a good number of warbirds fly with spectacularly inauthentic paint schemes. We should also remember that the El Alamein Military Museum was working under great pressure, on a very limited budget, and with no practical access to professional aircraft restoration personnel. Even so, a closer inspection of the Kittyhawk reveals that despite the garish and highly innaccurate paint job, the actual airframe seems very much intact. Yes, the chin cowl is way off, and the rebuild crew used truck wheels as a substitute for aircraft tires, but there is nothing immediately apparent which couldn't be undone and improved upon with relative ease at a later date. The crucial fact is that the aircraft is safe now, and hopefully will remain so indefinitely.
Flight Sergeant Copping's Curtiss Kittyhawk as she appears today, on display at the El Alamein Military Museum. The paint scheme is a very rough approximation of the RAF's desert camouflage scheme. (photo by Steven Phipps)
Another view of the Kittyhawk from the rear. (photo by Steven Phipps)
A view of the aircraft from the front. Note the original, shattered engine sits on the ground under the nose. Oddly, the El Alamein Military Museum chose to paint the aircraft with sharks teeth and eyes. While Kittyhawks flying with the RAF's 112 Squadron did indeed have similar adornment, it was not true for those in 260 Squadron. (photo by Steven Phipps)
A closer view of the nose. While the oil cooler cowling under the nose is crudely formed (the original was destroyed in the crash) and the wheels are clearly not from an aircraft, the Kittyhawk structure appears almost completely original. Despite the often vitriolic criticism seen in the tabloid press, the El Alamein Military Museum did a much better job than most people seem to give them credit for, although the garish paint scheme leaves MUCH to be desired. (photo by Steven Phipps)
Here is a wartime view of Kittyhawks from RAF 112 Squadron. Note the sharks mouth paint scheme on the oil cooler cowlings. The El Alamein Military Museum unfortunately tried to replicate these rather glamorous details on ET574, though in error as 260 Squadron Kittyhawks wore no such markings. (photo via Wikipedia)
A crashed Kittyhawk I of 260 Squadron, flown by Flt Lt M.D. Wylie DFC shot down on 30th May, 1942 in North Africa, near El Adem. Note the squadron codes "HS-A", so close to those of ET574, who was undoubtedly a sister ship at the time. Note also the lack of any shark's mouth motif on the oil cooler cowling. Thisimage is one of a series of photographs that belonged to a German officer who was captured on 24th October, 1942 during the Battle of El Alamein. It is now part of the Australian War Memorial. (photo via Wikipedia)
Another view of Copping's Kittyhawk. The aircraft, while painted incorrectly, shows every sign of retaining most of her original structure. (photo by Steven Phipps)
One of the plaques in front of the Kittyhawk. None of them mention her pilot's name, nor the aircraft's identity or history, which is a great oversight. (photo by Steven Phipps)
What ET574's present display has lost though is the heart of her story, the battle scars and weather beaten patina which so effectively represented the sacrifice of her pilot, Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping. It is his story which has been largely forgotten by the press, and by the El Alamein Military Museum too; they make no mention of him on the plaques beside the aircraft. But there is one organization which does pay homage to Copping. Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, Quebec owns and flies a P-40M Kittyhawk marked in 260 Squadron colors, ironically even with the same squadron codes, HS-B, as Copping's ill-fated ET574. Canada's greatest living ace, James Francis 'Stocky' Edwards, also flew in 260 Squadron, and flew two Kittyhawks marked HS-B: Mk.IA ET574 and a later Mk.III FR350 in which he scored most of his successes. Vintage Wings of Canada paints all of their aircraft to represent specific Canadian veterans, and decided on 'Stocky' Edwards' Kittyhawk Mk.III for their P-40. When news about the discovery of Copping's Kittyhawk first broke, it didn't take long for Vintage Wings of Canada to connect the man's memory to their own aircraft's story. They were so moved by this that they placed a special dedication decal on the fighter's chin cowling as a permanent reminder. These efforts were documented beautifully in a story HERE by Dave O'Malley, the wonderful gentleman who galvanized Copping's commemoration (and much credit must also go to Mike Potter, Vintage Wings' founder and primary benefactor, who made it all possible). Now whenever the aircraft goes before the public, Flight Sergeant Copping's name is seen by a new gathering of witnesses. He may be long gone now, but he is not forgotten, nor is his sacrifice.
Dave Hadfield flying Vintage Wings of Canada's Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV marked as "Stocky" Edwards Kittyhawk Mk.III FR350 "HS-B". ET574 would have been marked almost identically to this one (barring the gloss finish, civil registration number and dedication decals). (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
A close up of the dedication decal to Dennis Copping on the oil cooler cowling for Vintage Wings of Canada's Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV. (photo by John Kealey via Vintage Wings of Canada)
Here is a video of the recovery.
WarbirdsNews wishes to express its profound thanks to Steven Phipps and Jakub Perka for their help with the details and permission to use their fascinating images for this article.
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Mark Sheppard says:
ET574 was damaged by flak on a recon flight a few days earlier which also damaged the undercarriage – it would not be retracted and locked down. HS-B was flying with another pilot (Sheppard) in another damaged P40 back to a repair depot in Alexandria, Egypt when Copping went the wrong way and could not be persuaded to go east. Sheppard tried everything. Flight was 30 minutes. Copping was hundreds of miles of course when he force landed.
Many thanks for the additional details Mark!
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From soccer to gymnastics, taking on leadership role
Junior AJ Jackson jumps and strikes a pose during her floor routine, Feb 10. Jackson scored a 9.975 for this event. Paxson Haws/The Daily
Siandhara Bonnet
She settles down in her starting position and then the music starts — junior AJ Jackson's body already knows what to do.
Never did Jackson think she would be performing at the University of Oklahoma as one of the the school's starting gymnasts.
"I remember going to my first meet and I saw this girl doing a giant on bars and I was like, 'wow, that is so cool,'" Jackson said. "About two years later, I was able to do those skills … It's so cool knowing that I've come from what I started at and being able to do what I thought as never possible."
Jackson began her career at six years old after trying her hand at softball and soccer.
"One of my teammates taught me how to do a cartwheel on the sidelines of one of our (soccer) games," Jackson said. "My mom said, 'oh, let's try gymnastics.' The next week I was in the gym and been there ever since."
She quit the other sports the next year and never looked back. Jackson continued her gymnastics career and competed against Chayse Capps, current teammate, roommate and senior at OU.
"I knew as soon as she walked on campus that her and I would be instant friends, " Capps said. "We didn't really know each other at all (during club). … We're inseparable at this point."
With six Sooners graduating this season, Jackson will help lead the team as a senior, but according to head coach KJ Kindler, she is already someone the team looks up to.
"I know next year that role will only grow," Kindler said. "She's always earned the respect of her teammates…. She sweats more than any person in there when we're conditioning, she kills it, and it's noticed."


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Q: Bind a column default value to a function in SQL 2005 I have a column containing items that can be sorted by the user:
DOC_ID  DOC_Order DOC_Name
   1       1        aaa
   2       3        bbb
   3       2        ccc

I'm trying to figure out a way to properly initialize DOC_Order when the entry is created. A good value would either be the corresponding DO-CID (since it is autoassigned), or MAX(DOC-ORDER) + 1
After a bit of googling I saw it was possible to assign a scalar function's return to the default column.
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[NEWDOC_Order]
(
)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN

RETURN (SELECT MAX(DOC_ORDER) + 1 FROM DOC_Documents)

END

But each of my tries using MS SQL Management studio ended in a "Error validating the default for column 'DOC_Order'" message.
Any idea of what the exact SQL syntax to assign a function to DEFAULT is?

A: IF someone wants to do it using the interface, typing
[dbo].[NEWDOC_Order]()

does the trick. You apparently need all brackets or it will reject your input.

A: Here's screen shots to do it through SQL Server Management Studio GUI:

*

*Right click on table and select Design

*Select DOC_Order column (or other column needing default) in the table's design view to see
properties

*Update Default Value or Binding with function name with brackets
like so:

Note: as Luk stated, all brackets are needed including the schema (dbo in this case).

A: The syntax to add a default like that would be
alter table DOC_Order
add constraint
df_DOC_Order
default([dbo].[NEWDOC_Order]())
for DOC_Order

Also, you might want to alter your function to handle when DOC_Order is null
Create FUNCTION [dbo].[NEWDOC_Order]
(
)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN

RETURN (SELECT ISNULL(MAX(DOC_ORDER),0) + 1 FROM DOC_Documents)

END

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Hockeykväll är ett TV-sänt ishockeymagasin, i halvtimmeslånga sändningar en kväll per vecka under SHL-säsong med ishockeypanelen på Sveriges Television (SVT).

I Hockeykväll visas sammandrag från matcher i svenska högstaligan, och diskuteras ishockey i största allmänhet. Som TV-program hade Hockeykväll premiär den 19 september 1985, och visade då Elitseriematcher. Dessa sändningar övertogs helt av TV4:s version Hockeykväll med fyran säsongen 1994/1995. Hösten 2004 flyttades Hockeykväll till SVT igen (då med 600 000 tittare i snitt åtminstone fram till 2007, tre gånger så många tittare som fotbollsmagasinet Avspark i TV3), och kom att få flera nya/förlängda avtal med Svenska Hockeyligan.

Den 15 september 2015 (alldeles inför SHL-premiären) meddelades det att TV-programmet skulle läggas ned, då "redaktionen inte längre ville låsa sina entusiastiska tittare/följare en sen kväll i veckan", och att detta skulle ersättas av en mer kontinuerlig bevakning av ishockeymatcher på webben med panelen – men även det kom att läggas ned i mitten av samma säsong. Den 19 januari 2017 meddelades dock att en ny och digital variant av Hockeykväll skulle införas den 26 januari 2017, efter att publik efterfrågat sådana fördjupande diskussioner om SHL som det historiska programmet erbjöd. I november 2021 stod det klart att programmet skulle återupptas i TV för resten av säsongen.

TV-programmets historik 2004–2015

Medverkande
Från programmets start hösten 2004 fram till och med säsongen 2006/2007 stod Peter Jihde som programledare, och den första expertkommentatorn var Johan Tornberg. När Tornberg sedan lämnade programmet inför 2006/2007 tog den före detta tränarprofilen Niklas Wikegård över huvudrollen som expertkommentator, fram till 2011 då han lämnade SVT för TV4 och C More Entertainment. Från hösten 2007 var Marie Lehmann programledare och hösten 2008 etablerade sig den före detta spelaren Mikael Renberg som expertkommentator. Säsongen 2013/2014 medverkade den före detta spelaren Per-Johan Axelsson som expertkommentator, och under programmets sista säsong (2014/2015) var expertkommentatorerna en trio i form av Patrik Ross och Charles Berglund tillsammans med Renberg.

Ett par kända medverkande reportrar var Chris Härenstam och Staffan Lindeborg.

Sändningstider
De första säsongerna sändes Hockeykväll på måndagskvällar 21:30–22:00. Säsongen 2009/2010 den första månaden sändes Hockeykväll på lördagar 19:00–19:30 (eftersom Fotbollskväll sändes vid tiden som Hockeykväll skulle haft sin ordinarie sändningstid). Under slutspelet 2010 sändes Hockeykväll på torsdagar 21:30–22:00. I övrigt under denna säsong (2009/2010) sändes programmet vid dåvarande normal tid, det vill säga måndagar 21:30–22:00.

Från 2010 sände Hockeykväll samtliga program på torsdagar; säsong 2010/2011 och 2011/2012 21:30–22:00, och säsongen 2012/2013 22:15–22:45. De två sista säsongerna sändes programmet 22:10–22:45.

Säsongerna under åren 2008–2012 sändes en fortsättning på SVT:s webb efter varje ordinarie program, mellan 10 och 20 minuter lång.

Landskamper och turneringar
Hockeykväll-panelen är också verksam vid livesändning av landskamper med Tre Kronor. I Tre Kronor Live stod David Fjäll som programledare där Marie Lehmann istället var reporter. Staffan Lindeborg och Chris Härenstam var då kommentatorer. Utöver originaluppsättningen var den finlandssvenske Yle-kommentatorn Kaj Kunnas en återkommande profil under några säsonger, med sin "röst från öst" och medverkade främst vid landskamper mellan Tre Kronor och Finland, men meddelade i mitten av 2011 att han skulle satsa på enbart finska därefter.

SVT Sports ishockeypanel satsar även på Juniorkronorna (J20-VM), TV-pucken, EM-klubblagsturneringen CHL (startad 2014) samt större landskamper för Damkronorna.

Referenser

Ishockey i Sverige
Sport i Sveriges Television

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Pakistan gives UN counter-terrorism chief dossier on India's terror campaign
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram.
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Munir Akram, on Friday handed over a dossier on Indian terrorism to UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, an oficial of Pakistani Mission said.
The UN counter-terrorism chief promised to "study" the dossier, which has been prepared by Pakistani agencies after full investigation of India's systematic campaign to promote terrorism and subversion in Pakistan, the official said.
During the meeting, which took place on Thursday, Voronkov also urged India and Pakistan to reduce tensions and engage in a dialogue and pursue a solution in accordance with the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions.
On Nov 24, Ambassador Akram handed over the same dossier to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when he met him.
The Pakistani envoy also held a "productive meeting" with the Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, Michele Coninsx, on Friday.
Islamabad on November 15 presented a detailed dossier containing evidence of India's involvement in terrorism being carried out in Pakistan.
"Today, we have irrefutable facts that we will present before the nation and the international community through this dossier," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said as he addressed a press briefing at the Foreign Office alongside Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar.
The ISPR chief said India had suffered "substantial loss" in Pakistan's "befitting reply".
"You can see a pattern of constant ceasefire violations," Qureshi had said, adding that the dossier contains many details and some of them will be used in "the time of need".
"The world knows that when Pakistan was busy partnering in the peace process, India was laying a web of terrorism around us," said the country's top diplomat.


What a nice weekend to Squat!! The weather has been brilliant here in Cardiff today (for a change!), what could be better than being inside being taught how to squat on a day like this?!
I hope they both enjoyed it and felt that they came away with some useful information and got some good practise.
Next workshop is on the Clean and Jerk and will be at Dave's Gym on Saturday the 26th of May from 9am – 12pm, £40 only so bring a friend and get yourself down and get lifting. Hope to see you there!
Don't forget girls: Strong is the new skinny, Ruth is a living proof of this so don't be scared to join in!
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Police guard the Palace of Justice building in Bogota, Colombia, on October 8, 2019. A Colombian judge recently ordered Semana TV to remove an episode of one of its news shows. (AFP/Raul Arboleda)
Judge orders Colombian outlet Semana TV to remove content, orders investigation
November 19, 2020 9:54 AM EST
On September 28, 2020, a Colombian judge ordered online broadcaster Semana TV to take down an episode of one of its news programs, and ordered an investigation into how two of the station's journalists obtained confidential information aired in that episode, according to news reports.
The court order, which was made public on October 6 and which CPJ reviewed, was issued by Judge Octavio Carillo of Bogotá's Second Circuit Criminal Court and involves the August 30 episode of "Vicky en Semana," a daily news program aired on Semana TV, an online broadcaster owned by the independent Bogotá newsmagazine Semana.
That episode aired audio from secretly recorded phone conversations between members of the family of Juan Guillermo Monsalve, a former member of an illegal paramilitary group, according to those news reports.
The court order stated that Semana TV had violated the intimacy of the Monsalve family, and was issued in response to a notice filed by Marta Elena Monsalve, the former militant's sister.
Juan Guillermo Monsalve is serving a 40-year prison sentence for crimes committed while part of a right-wing paramilitary group, and is a key witness in a criminal investigation of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe for alleged bribery and witness tampering; the recordings had been made at the request of Colombia's Supreme Court, according to those news reports.
Carillo wrote in his order that, while journalists have the right to inform the public, they must not publish confidential evidence from criminal cases, and ordered Semana TV to remove the August 30 episode within 48 hours. The order also called on the attorney general's office to open an investigation into how journalists Vicky Dávila, host of "Vicky en Semana," and Jairo Lozano, who works for the program, obtained the recordings.
In an article published on October 10, Semana said it would adhere to the judge's order but said his decision would have "grave consequences" for press freedom. Dávila told CPJ via messaging app that the August 30 episode had been taken offline.
Jaime Arrubla, a lawyer for Semana, told CPJ in a phone interview that the outlet was appealing the decision and did not know whether the attorney general's office had opened an investigation into how the journalists obtained the recordings.
CPJ called the press offices for the attorney general's office and the Ministry of Justice for comment, but no one answered.
In a statement, the Bogotá-based Foundation for Press Freedom called the judge's decision "excessive" and said his order to investigate the leaks to the journalists was "worrisome" and ignored the constitutional right of Colombian journalists to use anonymous sources.
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But when you piss off the Reaper, being the best doesn't matter. So Charming is assigned a Target who is practically impossible to kill. He knows the Reaper hopes he fails—that he's counting on it. So Charming vows to prove him wrong. He vows to make the kill.
And so Charming is left holding more than one person's fate in the palm of his hand. He thought the choice would be easy, that there really wasn't a question at all.


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Home » Social Media » Facebook » 7 Reasons Why Teenagers Are Leaving Facebook
7 Reasons Why Teenagers Are Leaving Facebook
"Teenagers are now leaving Facebook." – This statement may come off as a shocker, but it's proven to be true lately. Teens may be Internet-savvy, especially when it comes to social networking sites. But teenagers are now shying away from Facebook. Why is Facebook losing its appeal to teens? Here are seven solid reasons why teenagers are leaving Facebook:
1. Parents and Other Relatives Are Also on Facebook
Having your mom on Facebook definitely says a lot and reflects the exodus of teenagers to other social networking sites, though they may still check up on their Facebook news feeds from time to time.
For a teenager who wants to spend some time online with their friends, having a parent monitoring their behavior can be awkward and embarrassing. There are some parents who comment on their teen children's status updates and pictures.
Let's face it: teenagers would rather have their parents leave them alone online because they feel the need to have a life apart from the prying eyes of their parents, at least, in the online sense. Having a parent commenting on every picture and status update can make a teenager feel smothered with too much unwanted attention. And that can make them a laughingstock in the eyes of their peers.
It's not just parents who "watch" their children on Facebook. Other relatives ranging from grandparents, uncles, and aunts are also guilty of lurking in their grandchildren's, nieces', and nephews' Facebook accounts and also doing the same thing the kids' parents are doing. This is another reason that reflects Facebook as a social networking site for "oldies".
2. There Are Other Social Networking Sites That Specialize in Specific Applications
It's not just Facebook anymore. There's Instagram for picture sharing, Tumblr for microblogging posts and pictures, YouTube for music and videos, TikTok for short videos, and Snapchat for image chatting. Twitter is also another popular way to keep up with friends and talk to them because most parents are on Facebook.
In another way, Twitter is more open when it comes to sharing status updates through tweets and following the lives of your friends and favorite celebrities, which is a more intimate way to interact with them. Just knowing what a favorite celebrity ate for breakfast makes teenagers feel like they are connected to them somehow.
3. Facebook Remains Static and Boring
Over the years, Facebook went through some changes with the format of news feeds and profile pages, but that's all there is to it. Nothing much had evolved and this could be the reason why Facebook is slowly losing out to sites like Instagram, which has a strong following among teenagers.
These days, they'd rather share pictures with each other, and it's an easier way for them to know their friends better than a Facebook status. Plus, Instagram has a more novelty aspect to it, in the sense that you can edit a picture through filters before uploading and sharing it. And another thing, parents don't hang out much on Instagram as teenagers do.
4. Ads, Spam, and Notifications
Scroll along the Facebook feeds and most likely, the user will notice ads, suggesting particular pages tailored according to the user's preferences as listed in the "About" portion of the Facebook profile. The introduction of sponsored posts made it really annoying as they clutter your feed unnecessarily and make finding useful posts harder.
Not only that, but there are also people asking their friends to like certain pages and pictures, or asking their friends to give them lives in Candy Crush or help them out in other online games. These are just examples of games and page notifications that can get annoying. It gives the impression that Facebook is now a step away from its primary purpose of being a social networking site. These ads and constant notifications can be an eyesore to teenagers.
5. Attention-Seeking Online Behavior From Peers
"Please like this page!"
"Please like my photo!"
A Facebook user probably encountered these types of posts from time to time. Teenagers also do this, by asking their friends to like their selfies or post the latest gossip. Unfortunately, these attention-seeking behaviors tend to be annoying and can lead to drama.
6. Facebook Drama
As connected with item #5, Facebook drama happens a lot, especially for teenagers. How many times has Facebook ruined relationships?
How many times have fights broken out online because of some Facebook comments or status updates? Teenagers do know how to think, and because of this constant online drama, this is the reason why they tend to hang out less on Facebook?
7. Shallow Friendships and Pretentiousness
Admit it, not everyone on your Facebook friends list is your real friend. It's like there are only a handful of people there who can be considered real friends. And even if you're close to some of your Facebook friends, seeing them online isn't enough to give you a picture of their real selves.
Not everything seen on Facebook is real, and take this to mind: every picture upload, every status update, and every comment can be filtered to make it appear that the user is living out a great life.
This is where Facebook envy comes in, and as a user, it's your job to remind yourself that not everything on Facebook is real, even with your so-called Facebook friends. Remember that it's your job to feel good about yourself and not base your happiness because you want to be like your friends on Facebook.
Seeing all these reasons why teens are slowly leaving Facebook, made me analyze my own Facebook behavior as well. I learned that I can do more productive things rather than waste my time away snooping on my friends' lives. I learned to cook better, to really interact with people, and to improve my writing skills producing my best essays. Facebook is important in online social interaction, but it doesn't have to be your life. You can use it productively and still enjoy the experience.
Disclaimer: Views expressed are solely of the author's and in any way, do not represent the opinions of Chillopedia as a publisher!


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New Photos from The Walking Dead's First Three Episodes
Now through Sun., Jan. 26, The Walking Dead fans can watch the first three episodes of The Walking Dead's Season 1 online in black-and-white — a nod to Robert Kirkman's original comic. In conjunction, www.amc.com has posted a new gallery of black-and-white photos from the first three The Walking Dead episodes as well. Check out the pics then watch the episodes. (Cable provider log-in is required.)
The Walking Dead returns Sun., Feb. 9 at 9/8c on AMC.
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Typically we include custom built structures, plumbing, soil, mulch, seeds or starters.
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Milman Parry, född 23 juni 1902 i Oakland, död 3 december 1935 i Los Angeles, var en amerikansk klassisk filolog som forskade om epik.

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Milman Parry studerade vid University of California at Berkeley, där han tog såväl BA- som MA-examen, och därefter vid franska Sorbonne där han slutligen doktorerade. Hans handledare vid Sorbonne var lingvisten Antoine Meillet.

Parry revolutionerade forskningen om Homeros. I sin avhandling, som publicerades på franska under 1920-talet, visade han att den homeriska stilen kännetecknas av en utbredd användning av fasta uttryck, eller "formler", som anpassats för att uttrycka en viss idé under samma metriska betingelser.

I sina amerikanska publikationer från 1930-talet framförde Parry hypotesen att denna egenhet hos Homeros kan förklaras av att den är ett typiskt drag i muntligt berättande. Idén om Homeros som en muntlig poet spreds vidare av Parrys student Albert Lord, främst i The Singer of Tales (1960).

Mellan 1933 och 1935 företog Parry, som då var associate professor vid Harvard University, två resor till Jugoslavien, där han studerade och dokumenterade de sydslaviska folkens traditionella muntliga diktning.

Parrys samlade texter publicerades postumt: The Making of Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers on Milman Parry, utgivna av Adam Parry, hans son (Oxford University Press, 1971). Milman Parry-samlingen av inspelningar och transkriptioner av sydslavisk hjältediktning finns nu på Widener Library vid Harvard University.

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