A 7-week-old baby was found to have injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome (abusive head trauma) after she was taken to a Wichita hospital with head trauma, according to The Wichita Eagle online. The young girl was taken to the medical center on September 16, and her mother and father, ages 21 and 26, respectively, were arrested on suspicion of shaking the infant. As her parents face charges of child abuse, the child is in protective custody, according to police.
As an advocate for children who have suffered serious or fatal injuries as a result of abusive head trauma, attorney Chris Keane has been working with the experts on the subject for over fifteen years, and he hopes for the fast, full recovery of this baby. If you have questions regarding shaken baby syndrome or believe that your child may be suffering from the injury, feel free to contact Chris Keane for free resources, helpful information, and answers regarding your specific situation.
A California couple has filed a claim for an alleged shaking of their 4-year-old son, the twin brother of a little girl who died after an alleged incident of shaken baby syndrome by a nanny three years ago, according to ABC's News10 website. According to the article, Scott and Lorena Juceam claim that a teacher shook and abused their son Benjamin during a special education program last May. Benjamin, who has been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome, was verbally abused, shaken, and thrown into a chair on multiple occasions in front of two teacher assistants, claims Scott, who also says that he and his wife found out about the abuse only after Child Protective Services had been called by another educator. Making it especially difficult for the Juceams, the Placer County District Attorney's Office decided against pressing charges.
As a shaken baby syndrome and child injury lawyer, Chris Keane devotes his practice to representing injured and abused children, and he hopes for the full and fast recovery of young Benjamin in this incident. If you have questions for a legal advocate for injured children or have already pursued a claim that failed to go to trial, feel free to contact Chris Keane at the Keane Law Firm. He will provide you with the resources your child needs and consult with you for free regarding your options and unique situation. 1-888-592-KIDS.
A new study has found that many people charged with child abuse for shaking babies and causing serious head injuries to children are "let off the hook" in court, according to MedIndia online. The article reports that Dr. Amanda Stephens examined the cases of 68 children who received treatment for shaken baby syndrome in the child protection unit at Sydney's Children's Hospital at Westmead. Upon examination of these cases, which occurred between 1997 and 2005, Dr. Stephens concluded that perpetrators are often "let off" due to the difficulty of identifying them. In her own words, "if you don't know who did it" and cannot "make that decision," it can be extremely difficult to determine "whether that child should be returned to the family" or removed from the family.
Shaken baby syndrome (abusive head trauma) cases can be extremely complicated, requiring the expertise of an experienced child abuse and shaken baby syndrome lawyer. There are unique focuses of child injury and abuse attorney Chris Keane that affect his success in shaken baby syndrome cases: first of all, he focuses his practice on representing children and only children in cases such as this (enabling him to work with the best medical experts in the field). Second, he represents injured children in civil cases of abuse or shaken baby syndrome, meaning that it is not necessary to prove that someone intentionally injured or shook a baby, but simply that they failed to care properly for the child.
If you have questions regarding a shaken baby syndrome incident, feel free to contact Chris Keane online or by phone at 1-888-592-KIDS, and he will consult with you for free regarding your specific situation and concerns.
An employee from Florida's Charlotte County Corrections Institution faces charges of child abuse as a result of an incident of shaken baby syndrome, according to the NBC-2 news website. The site reports that the 23-year-old, Vincent Silio Orlando, is believed to have shaken his three-month-old boy multiple times in separate incidents. Nurses from Peace River Medical Center's emergency room reportedly notified police Friday, September 4, of the three-month-old's head injuries and their consistency with shaken baby syndrome, and further medical investigation at another hospital revealed that there were two other incidents of head trauma to the child in addition to Friday's incident.
As an advocate for injured and abused kids, shaken baby syndrome lawyer Chris Keane devotes his practice to representing children and only children. If you believe that your child has been injured as a result of shaken baby syndrome (abusive head trauma), feel free to contact Chris Keane with your most pressing questions. The Keane Law Firm will freely provide you with the information and resources you need to ensure that your child receives the best possible medical care and rehabilitation. For free advice regarding your unique situation, contact Chris Keane online or by phone at 1-888-592-KIDS (1-888-592-5437).


That latest post took days to develop. It's instructive and inspiring and educational and entertaining. Easily, one of your best yet. But you come to check your traffic data only to find that you're ranking 70th in the SERPs.


Should Cab Drivers Be Allowed To Carry Guns While Working?
A group called Livery Base Owners has approached the Taxi and Limousine Commission with a special request. The group wants to be allowed to protect themselves on the job from violent passengers or thieves by bringing licensed guns to work. The request comes at a time when the Taxi and Limousine Commission is working on a new plan for the five boroughs of New York concerning taxi rules.
It is expected that cab drivers will not be allowed to pack heat for protection but no final word has come down. The TLC has stated it is important for public safety to not allow weapons in taxicabs. But the trade group, which represents 128 bases that dispatch nearly 10,000 livery cars disagrees.
There is a big concern for safety of the drivers on the job and guns were not the only issue brought to the table by the group. In 2010, more than 400 taxi and livery cabs were robbed. One driver was fatally shot over a $12 cab far. In 2011, another driver was shot in the head during a Bronx robbery.
Senator Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) along with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 wants to give transit workers the ability to carry Tasers to protect themselves from harm. Bus drivers and subway conductors would be trained to carry the devise in order to also protect passengers in the event of an attack.
No word on the state of the request by the cab drivers group.


Apologies, folks. Haven't posted since April due to an unfortunate run of health problems, including a fractured spine. But you can't keep a good girl down! Toujours gai! I was telling you about two artists in residence at U.T.,S. appointed by the Assistant Registrar Stanley Ashmore-Smith. They were sculptors from the Highlands of New Guinea.
Post No 17: Anecdotes and Apochrypha: The New Guinea Artisans: Magenta Moment No. 2 at U.T.,S.
Stanley Ashmore-Smith was the Assistant Registrar at U.T.,S. and was affronted by the rather sleazy affaire another senior member of staff was having with one of his subordinates. Stan seemed to take it personally because of the immorality (the man was married with children) but mainly because of the conflict of interest and consequent unfairness.


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from model.contact import Contact
from model.group import Group
import random

#-рабочий тест, сверяет списки, загружая данные из БД
from random import randrange
def test_get_contact_to_group(app,db,check_ui):
    if  len(db.get_group_list()) == 0:
        app.group.create(Group(name="ИУ_Test2", header="WeTest2", footer="AreTest2"))

    if len(db.get_contact_list()) == 0:
        app.contact.create(Contact(firstname  = "IVAN2",
                                    middlename = "IVANOVICH2",
                                    lastname = "IVANOV2"))

    if len(db.get_contact_list_not_in_group()) == 0:
        app.contact.create(Contact(firstname  = "IOAN-GROUP",
                                    middlename = "IVANOVICH-GROUP",
                                    lastname = "IVANOV-GROUP"))
    old_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    old_free_contacts = db.get_contact_list_not_in_group()
    groups = db.get_group_list()
    #старый список связей групп и контактов
    old_address_in_group_list = db.get_address_in_group_list()
    #контакт, который добавляем
    contact_for_group = random.choice(old_free_contacts)
    #группа, в которую добавляем
    group_for_contact = random.choice(groups)
    #добавляем контакт в группу
    app.contact.append_contact_to_group(contact_for_group.id,group_for_contact.id)
    #новый список связей групп и контактов
    new_address_in_group_list = db.get_address_in_group_list()
    old_address_in_group_list.append([str(contact_for_group.id),str(group_for_contact.id)])
    new_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    # проверяем, что список контактов не изменился
    assert sorted(old_contacts, key=Contact.id_or_max) == sorted(new_contacts, key=Contact.id_or_max)
    # проверяем, что в старый список связей добавилась одна корректная запись
    assert sorted(old_address_in_group_list, key=lambda x:[int(x[0]),int(x[1])] ) == \
           sorted(new_address_in_group_list, key=lambda x:[int(x[0]),int(x[1])] )
    if check_ui:
         # удаляем лишние пробелы в списке из БД, которых не будет в интерфейсе
         new_contacts = map(app.contact.clean_spaces, db.get_contact_list())
         assert sorted(new_contacts, key=Contact.id_or_max) == sorted(app.contact.get_contact_list(), key=Contact.id_or_max)

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Although he is an Automotive Business Manager by profession, Ron Deane has found his passion in renovating his home with Festool products.
His home renovation project has included two bathrooms, four bedrooms, lounge and dining area, kitchen and laundry. In short, he has transformed his house "from one end to the other".
According to Ron, one of the greatest attributes of the Festool System and a benefit on "virtually every task" is dust extraction. According to Ron, it is "absolutely invaluable" and "definitely saves time with clean up".
The "faster results and stronger construction" of joins that can be achieved using the unique DOMINO joining system have helped Ron with the construction of new framing, cabinets and doors.
The TS 55 together with 2 guide rails and 3 different blades including a blade for cement sheet, also serves as a versatile system solution for Ron, helping him to achieve dead straight factory quality cuts in a range of materials – from cabinet, to timber framing to cement sheet lining to bathrooms and tiling underlays and more!
Ron would definitely recommend Festool products to others in the industry especially high end cabinet makers and installers and home builders.
Considering Ron's satisfaction of working with Festool power tools it's not a surprise that he has already convinced his own family. His eldest son (a communications technician) just loves his CXS Mini Cordless Drill and Protool Hammer Drill!


Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-924. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p.
Over the past decade, the use of wood for thermal energy in Alaska has grown significantly. Since 2000, nearly 30 new thermal wood-energy installations in Alaska have been established. Cordwood units, burning primarily firewood and other forms of roundwood, have played an integral part in this success and are well suited to many rural communities in Alaska. In this case study, we evaluate cordwood installations located in three geographic regions of Alaska. Included are systems at Coffman Cove (southeast Alaska), Ionia (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska), and Gulkana (south-central Alaska).
We considered the wood-energy conversion process, system operation, economics, and carbon benefits of the three cordwood systems. We found that the simple payback period ranged from 1.1 to 14.2 years and the internal rate of return from 8 to 91 percent, and that benefits exceeded costs by a factor of from 1.6 to 17. There were also substantial carbon benefits for cordwood systems. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (relative to those from heating oil) differed by installation from 129 to 259 tons avoided per year, with total reductions of 611 tons of CO2 per year. We also considered secondary benefits of community-scale cordwood energy systems in rural Alaska, including greenhouses for local foods, the ability to create part-time jobs for local residents, and the educational experiences for school students.
Nicholls, David L.; Brackley, Allen M.; Parrent, Daniel J. 2015. Economic and environmental benefits of community-scale cordwood hydronic heaters in Alaska—three case studies. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-924. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p.
Wood energy, cordwood, rural energy, net present value, CO2 emissions.


GOLDIE HAWN LA CASA DEMIANI (Beagelee Hope In My Pocket x Verona Sanvita) – JCAC, Best Junior!
Great weekend with great results! Our Tarantella for Demiani Sanvita (Carnera Primo DCV x Diadema Sanvita) has closed the Junior Grand Champion of Ukraine in 13 months!
A wonderful weekend turned out with Asya in Uman this Saturday! Asya only entered the junior class and such a debut !!!
Tarantella for Demiani Sanvita (Carnera Primo DCV x Diadema Sanvita) – jCAC, Best Junior, BOB !!!
Our new member of the pack!
In our kennel completion. And this time, not a beagle, a beautiful girl boxer breed! My old dream, a favorite breed. She came to us from the same kennel as our Verona – Sanvita (Lviv). I am very grateful to my breeders for their confidence and for such a wonderful child!
I beg to love and favor: a new member of our pack – Tarantella for Demiani Sanvita (Carnera Primo DCV x Diadema Sanvita), birthday 09/09/2016.


The indentation load-size effect (ISE) in Vickers hardness of Al2O3 and Al2O3 + SiC nanocomposites has been investigated using Meyer's law, the proportional specimen resistance (PSR) model and the modified proportional specimen resistance (MPSR) model. The strongest ISE was found for alumina. It is suggested that the smaller ISE in the nanocomposites is associated with the large thermal residual stresses and pre-existing dislocations in these materials, both of which would help the initiation of plastic deformation. Both the PSR and MPSR models described the ISE well, but the MPSR model resulted in slightly lower true hardness values for all materials investigated. There was no evidence of an effect of machining stresses on the ISE.


Conversion prediction uses the principles of machine learning to predict conversion chances of every lead. It collects all the historical data and finds correlation between lead attributes that impact conversion outcome. The system is set up to pick impact attributes from historical data, learns from it and creates the prediction model. New leads are fed into the model to predict the conversion chance that is presented to sales and marketing users as – high, medium or low.


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Producer Chris Stokes wins million-dollar defamation lawsuit against 'Straight From the A' blogger
"Straight from the A" blogger Michelle Brown
The You Got Served producer Christopher Stokes actually served "Straight From the A" blogger Michelle Brown with a lawsuit because of what he believed was flagrant defamation of his character and image and ceaseless harassment for the past several years.
Brown, for her turn, found out that freedom of speech is actually not free under certain circumstances, and it cost her a million dollars to learn that lesson, court documents state.
Former R&B group B2K
A suburban Los Angeles court ruled in favor of Stokes in the amount of just more than a million dollars because of Brown's relentless story writings and YouTube postings about Stokes' alleged sexual relations with then under-aged B2K band members, most particularly Raz B. The lawsuit judgment also forces the tenacious "Straight from the A" blogger to take down any and all defamatory and inflammatory material related to Stokes immediately.
It didn't help matters, presumably, that Brown posted such contentious Twitter exchanges between herself and Stokes:
"LMAO @chrisstokes1969 coming for me. I like men, you like boys. Mine is legal, urs gets u locked up."
And this when Stokes poked at Brown's portliness:
"@chrisstokes1969 I like food and you like d—-….so what else you got?"
The Superior Court of California (in Anaheim, Calif.,) actually ruled in Stokes' favor around Christmastime, but the judgment is just now reaching the media.
Sources close to the case also mention that, because Brown has refused to take down all the damaging information related to Stokes — she has taken down most of it — she is possibly facing a similar defamation lawsuit in the state of Georgia, where she is obviously based. Stokes felt that he was forced to take Brown to court because Brown refused to stop writing and posting damaging information about Stokes, claiming that he sexually abused Raz B (photo'd with Raz B above) and other members of B2K throughout the course of his management of the group.
This is not the first time that Brown has been the subject of contentious court battles with celebrities. It is well known in Atlanta that former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Sheree Whitfield filed an unsuccessful restraining order against the Straight from the A blogger and others who were reporting regularly about Whitfield's incomplete and embarrassing "Chateau Sheree" home in metro ATL.
Take a look at the court documents from Southern Cal that detail the judgement in favor of Stokes in his case against Brown:
Tags: chris stokes, defamation, freedom of speech, harassment, michelle brown, straight from the a
Terry Shropshire March 19, 2014

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Spare's review, by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
January 11, 2023 by Shahnawaz Alam
In 2013 Hilary Mantel wrote, "Pandas and royals alike are expensive to preserve and not well suited to any modern environment. But aren't they interesting? Aren't they nice to look at? Some people love them." Some pity them for their precarious position; everyone stares at them, and the enclosure they live in, no matter how airy it is, is still a cage.
Now suppose one of the pandas tries to leave his cage in search of fresh bamboo. So begins the journey of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, who is technically still a prince and duke and still fifth in line to the British throne, but has turned his back on the monarchy for the sake of the woman he loves. An old-school gesture that puts him right up there with his great-great-great uncle Edward VIII, only the way he's gone about it is 21st century: a self-justifying, multi-stage pilgrimage – Non Mea CulpaIt Can Be Called — which has turned from an Oprah sit-down into a Netflix documentary series and which now ends — or, more likely, gathers steam — with a new memoir, "Spare."
Tina Brown's royal revelations spared no one, especially Meghan Markle
The title, in case you're wondering, is a nickname given to Harry in infancy. He was to be a second-born "spare" for his older brother William, the future Prince of Wales, "heir". "I was the shadow," he now writes, "the support, the plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willie." And if you ever suspected that this was a recipe for resentment, here are over 400 pages to correct you.
Prince Harry's memoir attacks a family he wants to change. He has no comments.
Like Harry, the book is good-natured, sarcastic, humorous, self-righteous, self-deprecating, long-winded. And every time, a surprise. There are more answers about the prince's baby than you could ever imagine. (It's circumcised, and it almost froze to death at the North Pole.) And if you're wondering who Harry lost his virginity to, it was an older woman who "loved horses, and Treated me not unlike a young man. Horses. Fast ride, after which she patted my tail and sent me out to graze."
Written and almost certainly advanced by J.R. Moehringer, who helped make Andre Agassi's memoir so memorable, the book is filled with behind-the-scenes vignettes of the royal family (the Queen dressing salads, Charles pouting in his boxers) and their generous Tells about help. Woo-woo: Botswana leopards, an Eton fox and a Tyler Perry painting have Princess Diana's spirit variously turning up and even finding a way to mess up Charles and Camilla's wedding plans. There's no question that his mother's The 1997 death still scars Harry's 38-year-old psyche, and the book's most affecting passages show his 12-year-old self struggling to grieve in public view. He cried only once, at her grave, never again, and spent years clinging to the theory that she had simply gone into hiding.
He developed into an indifferent student and a recreational drug user, being referred to as a "prankster" and a "nerd". (What was he thinking when he wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party? "I wasn't.") The two struggles gave him a measure of confidence — "this endless the Truman Show In which I almost never took money, never got a car, never got a house key, never ordered anything online, never got a single box from Amazon, Almost Never traveled on the underground. Whatever relationships he forged, he could not escape the full-court press of tabloid "paps" who stalked his every move. "Royal fame," he concluded, "was fancy captivity."
Enter, as you know she must, Meghan.
So far, the stages of their affair are available to anyone who cares: the Instagrams viewed, the dinner dates, the week in the Botswana tent. So, the maligning Markle at the hands of the British media is a toxic brew of racism and misogyny that, as Harry often says, went unpunished by Buckingham Palace. No wonder, because Palace staff were either planting stories or actively luring journalists to follow them. "Pa's office, Willie's office," fumes Harry, "enabling these rascals, if not directly aiding them."
"Dear boy," his father advised, "just don't read it." Not an option for Harry, who was, by his own admission, "undeniably addicted" to reading his own media coverage and being furious. But when she decided to step away from royal duties, the wrath turned back on her: William, according to an already well-publicised anecdote, grabbed her by the collar and wrestled her to the ground. Stripped of their royal allowances and eventually their security detail, Harry and Meg fled first to Canada before settling in America, or, as Harry sarcastically put it, "the undiscovered country from which no traveler returns from birth."
Meghan and Harry took a fairy-tale getaway. They still seem stuck.
So meet them in their current iteration: still gorgeous, parents to two beautiful children — and at the same time, the authors tactfully admit, drawing on "corporate partnerships" to tell "stories for causes we cared about." To tell those we found important. And to pay for our safety. In a more sadistic vein: "I love my homeland, and I love my family, and I always will. I wish they both were there for me in the second darkest moment of my life.
Yet, in a perverse way, they were There for him, and he for them. The brand that he and Meghan have so carefully nurtured is in complete disarray on the brand that they publicly rejected. With every morsel of palace scandal they lob in the news cycle, they feed the beast they saddle, and it will never end, and, for the Windsors, can do Never ends because that would mean we have lost interest in them. Almost longing for the days gone by when royals just poisoned each other or waged civil wars. If nothing else, he got it out of his system.
Lewis Baird is the author of "The Pale Blue Eye" and "Jackie and Me".
by Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex
random House. 416 pp. $36
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A standing ovation for 'Whiplash'
By Loren King Globe Correspondent,October 18, 2014, 7:52 p.m.
J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, the fearsome music instructor in "Whiplash." (Daniel McFadden/Sony Pictures Classics)
TORONTO — Audiences accustomed to seeing teachers who are inspiring or benevolent in movies ranging from "Dead Poet's Society" to "Mr. Holland's Opus" will be jolted by the seething warrior J.K. Simmons plays in "Whiplash." His Terence Fletcher, a music instructor who relentlessly drives ambitious young drummer Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) until blood, sweat, and tears splatter the sheet music, is less teacher than drill sergeant. So it's little surprise to learn that writer-director Damien Chazelle's favorite movie is a Stanley Kubrick classic from 1987.
" 'Full Metal Jacket' was the first time I was seeing my own experience on screen," says Chazelle, 29, a jazz drummer in high school who "burned out" by the time he got to Harvard University. "I wasn't in a war, obviously, or experienced in that level of bullying, but I never saw a music movie that captured that emotional terrain," he says.
Andrew attends a fictional prestigious New York conservatory. But after "Whiplash" wowed at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals (it opens in Boston on Friday), some took to calling it "Full Metal Juilliard."
Chazelle, interviewed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, says some who read his script dismissed Fletcher's sadism as over-the-top. "They were like, 'No way would a teacher do that.' But everything in the movie either happened to me or happened to a music student I know. And those people tell me [the movie] is tame.
"Most of the stuff in the rehearsal rooms is stuff I went through in high school. . . . I was trying to capture the physical element because not enough movies emphasize the physical toll that playing takes, and drumming is the most physical instrument. But the real terror of that world is the psychological battlefield, the one-upmanship, the competitiveness and how it metastasizes in this pressure cooker where there are no windows and you're living in this bunker practicing day and night."
Chazelle says the music program at his New Jersey high school was modeled after a college program and boasted the best jazz band in the country at the time. "We opened the JVC Jazz Festival as they do in the movie. I remember our conductor would say, 'You think I'm scary? You have no idea. In college you'd be out like that!' The more research I did on band leaders like Benny Goodman and Harry James and musicians like Buddy Rich and Miles Davis, and heard from friends who went off to music school or who were pursuing it professionally, the more I realized my experience was not anomalous but, in fact, was the norm.
"That's not to say it's ubiquitous — and it's probably less so now because bullying is in the limelight — but it still exists. To deny it exists is to deny a large part of music, and jazz especially."
It's that relentless pursuit of perfection that drives both teacher and student to, if not madness, at least a frenzied, jaw-dropping drum solo. Teller, who does all his own drumming in the film, knew that the role would be punishing, physically and mentally.
"I didn't know I was going to be playing a lot of this stuff. I assumed there would be a double. But when Damien told me I'd be playing [the jazz compositions] 'Caravan' and 'Whiplash,' that was pretty daunting because it's high-level stuff even for someone who's been playing a long time," says Teller, 27, who along with veteran character actor Simmons is basking in awards-season buzz.
"Damien wrote a script that's unapologetic. He goes there and he shows the dirty underbelly of people suffering for their art and what they go through to become great," says Teller, who will re-team with Chazelle and Emma Watson for the movie musical "La La Land."
Even though Teller has been playing drums since he was 15, and also picked up guitar along the way (because, he says, "I figured every guy should know how to play the guitar"), Chazelle trained him for weeks before the shoot. "I felt comfortable around drums, I knew the sounds, but I never held a stick [the way jazz drummers do]," Teller says. "It feels unnatural, the way you hold the stick to flick it around, and I felt so stupid. . . . It's hard to teach timing. You have a sense for it or you don't."
Loren King can be reached at loren.king@comcast.net.


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	ENQUEUE_UNIQUE_RENDER_COMMAND_ONEPARAMETER
	(
		CanvasRenderTargetResolveCommand,
		FTextureRenderTargetResource*,
		RenderTargetResource,
		GameThread_GetRenderTargetResource(),
		{
			RHICmdList.CopyToResolveTarget(RenderTargetResource->GetRenderTargetTexture(), RenderTargetResource->TextureRHI, true, FResolveParams());
		}
	);
}

UCanvasRenderTarget2D* UCanvasRenderTarget2D::CreateCanvasRenderTarget2D(UObject* WorldContextObject, TSubclassOf<UCanvasRenderTarget2D> CanvasRenderTarget2DClass, int32 Width, int32 Height)
{
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	{
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		if (NewCanvasRenderTarget)
		{
			NewCanvasRenderTarget->World = GEngine->GetWorldFromContextObject(WorldContextObject);
			NewCanvasRenderTarget->InitAutoFormat(Width, Height);
			return NewCanvasRenderTarget;
		}
	}

	return nullptr;
}

void UCanvasRenderTarget2D::GetSize(int32& Width, int32& Height)
{
	Width = GetSurfaceWidth();
	Height = GetSurfaceHeight();
}

UWorld* UCanvasRenderTarget2D::GetWorld() const
{
	return World.Get();
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June 20, 2016 Diavian Palmer
Kevin Ferguson, also known as Kimbo Slice, was born in the Bahamas on February 8, 1974 until his death on June 6, 2016, and was a mixed martial artist. He was an undefeated boxer and an actor; he became famous for his mutual-combat-street fights which were spread across the internet.
Kimbo Slice left the underground street fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC in 2007. He competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost his first fight to series winner Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, he fought Houston Alexander and won in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale.
From January 2015 until his death in June, Kimbo Slice was under a contract with Bellator MMA.
R.I.P. You were one of the best fighters around. Kimbo Slice, you will be missed.
Boy Athlete of the Year
June 14, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
Player of the Game September 12, 2014 Player of the Game December 5,2015 Player of the Game December 28, 2015 Player of the Year 2015-2016
Sports are a big thing all around the world for all types of people. It does not matter what age you are, if you're a female, or if you're a male.
At Kearny High School, one of our student athletes, Takoda Browne (aka T.K.) was nominated as Student Athlete of the Year. The San Diego Union Tribune sponsored the contest and voting took place online. Three athletes were chosen as the top picks for student athlete of the year: T.J. Leaf, Foothills Christian High School; Mickey Moniak, La Costa Canyon High School; Takoda Browne, Kearny High School.
Congratulations to Takoda Browne for winning Male Athlete of the Year.
Takoda Browne is a senior who participated in football, basketball, and track. In the fall, he was a wide receiver for football. During the winter, he was a point guard in basketball. And in the spring, he was a runner and high jumper for track.
Portland State offered him a football scholarship. Takoda Brown attends Digital Media and Design (DMD) at Kearny High.
With all these sports activities, he is a busy person and student; however, he does maintain good grades.
June 2, 2016 Aleydis Goytia
Yesterday in school I heard a lot of students talking about the soccer game: Mexico against Chile, and that it would be taking place here in San Diego at the Qualcomm Stadium. Although I did not attend to the game, I watched it at home with my family. Even though it was just a friendly game, it was very intense, and I was hoping Mexico would win.
At the end of the first half, the score was 0-0.
But by the second half, Javier Hernandez, also known as Chicharito, scored a goal.
By the end of the game, Hernandez's single goal gave Mexico the win over Chile.
9th, 10th, 12th SBAC Schedule (SIB)
May 18, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
Bell schedule for SBAC testing.
This is the SIB schedule throughout the SBAC testing period for Freshman, Sophmores and Seniors, and bell schedule for all Kearny students.
Kearny Track
May 12, 2016 Diavian Palmer
This Friday, the 13th, there will be a track meet at Mission Bay High School. Kearny Varsity Track Team will be competing against Mission Bay for the Pre-CIFs to decide who will be the league champions. The event will be held from 3:30 to about 5:00 p.m. Kearny High's varsity track runners will leave at 1:00 p.m to go to Mission Bay to practice and warm up before the track meet begins. If Kearny wins, they will compete in the CIF finals, but if Kearny loses, the track season will be over.
So go to Mission Bay High School at 3:30 to cheer on Kearny High Varsity Track Team.
Kearny VS Lincoln JV Softball
May 5, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
Today the Kearny Komets played against the Lincoln Hornets. The game was a big deal just like all the others. However, since the softball season is coming towards an end, the JV girls are feeling the pressure that comes with maintaining an undefeated record.
From the beginning and to the end, Anya Schultz, the JV Softball pitcher, attempts to strike out the girls from the JV Lincoln Hornets. The girls playing infield, protect their bases. The girls on the outfield have their gloves on and are poised to catch any ball coming towards them.
This game was pretty tense; it was the first time the girls had to play in overtime. Games usually end around 5:30 P.M., but this game didn't finish at 5:30, it lasted until 6:00 P.M.
Throughout the season the Kearny Komets JV Softball team was undefeated. Sadly, today the JV Softball team experienced their first lost.
May 5, 2016 Diavian Palmer
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Today Kearny High is hosting a track meet against Hoover High at 3:00 p.m. to about 5:30. Also, today is special for seniors because it is Senior Night. Senior Night is when all the senior athletes are recognized as their last year of participation in high school sports. The senior names will be announced over the loud speaker, and they will walk on the field and their accomplishments in sports and academics will be acknowledged and celebrated with their fans and families.
For those who don't qualify for CIF, today is their last track meet. Tomorrow the JV league will compete against Serra High school at 4:00 pm. On Monday varsity will have high jump and triple jump competitions against another school at 3:30 p.m. at Kearny.
Morse Tigers vs Kearny Komets
April 28, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
On Tuesday, April 25, 2016 Kearny's JV Softball team played against Morse High School. However, there weren't enough players on the JV Morse Softball Team. Therefore, the Morse Tigers ended up forfeiting the game giving the Kearny Komets the win. Although, the Tigers still played against the Kearny Komets; however, in order to still have a practice game, 4 girls from the Kearny's softball team played for the Morse Tigers. It was a pretty fun game. It was a good way for the girls to bond and play against each other.
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Powder Puff Football
April 27, 2016 Gilda Rogers
Powder Puff Football is a girls football game using the touch, flag, or tackle football rules. All Junior and Senior girls are invited to play. All Juniors or Seniors who want to participate must speak to either Ms.Weber in room 603, or Ms.Nathalie in the Student Center to get the permission slip. Students must turn in permission slips to either Ms.Weber or Ms.Nathalie before the 29th of this month in order to play. So students hurry up and have your parents or guardians sign and turn those permission slips in because time is running out.
The Track Meet
April 26, 2016 Diavian Palmer
Last Thursday, Kearny High Schools Track team ran against Lincoln High school at approximately 3:00 p.m. to about 5:30 p.m. at Kearny High School. Even though not everyone had a chance to run or compete, Kearny's team performance was inspirational, for it was exciting to watch our friends and peers participate. So come out this Thursday and support Kearny Komets as they run and compete against San Diego High.
What's the Big Deal about Sports?
Students should join many of the fall, winter, or spring sports. Joining a sport at your school can serve as a motivation.
Now you may say how? Joining a sport motivates a student to earn a minimum of a 2.0 GPA. Students can play their desired sport while maintaining passing grades. It's a 2 for 1. Sports help students boost their self-esteem and remain active in their community while developing community and social skills. Athletes remain in mental and physical shape by staying active and following a healthy diet. Sports keep students on a healthy path by avoiding drugs and alcohol.
Students should always strive to do their best. Although if sports isn't your thing, then go out and socialize by being a fan and cheering on your school!
Sports? Sports
April 8, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
Have you ever wondered what's the big deal about sports? If you should join any of the Fall, Winter or Spring sports? Well I recommend you to try it out! Joining a sport at your school can be a motivation. Now you may say how? Well, joining a sport motivates you to receive a high GPA. You can continue playing as well as succeeding in school. It's 2 in 1. How great is that? Sports also help you to boost up your self esteem. To become more active in your community, develop community and social skills. To stay active, follow a healthy diet. Which also connect with not going towards the wrong path. As for not doing drugs or drinking alcohol. You should always strive to do the best. To stay healthy and be happy! Try out a sport that may seek your interest, if not. Then go out to support your school and turn on your inner spirit and cheer on for the win!
Komet Football Attention!
March 16, 2016 Katie Primero Alva
Attention Kearny students!
Any Kearny student that may plan on playing football next year or even thinking about it. Here is your chance! There is a football meeting to discuss the upcoming season.
When: March 17,2016
Where: Little Theater
Time: Lunch
Text Coach Gray confirming your attendance!
Boys Volleyball vs Point Loma
Everyone is in position, the server…ready to serve the ball. As the referee blows the whistle notifying the players, it's game time.
Today, both the JV and the Varsity Teams have a home game against Point Loma Pointers.
Date & time: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 – 3:30 PM
Location: Kearny High School (Basketball Gym)
Good luck to both Kearny JV and Varsity Volleyball Team!
The Baseball Game
March 15, 2016 Alara Lewis-Moody
The Kearny Komets JV baseball team won their game against High Tech High. The score was 10 to 5. Wish them luck this season.
Game Time JV and Varsity Baseball
Heads up! Come out and support Kearny JV Baseball Team as they play today against Southwest High School Raiders.
Location: 1685 Hollister St, San Diego, CA 92154 (Southwest High School)
Don't forget about Kearny Varsity Baseball Team! As they play today against Southwest High School Raiders. This is a home game! Come out after school to cheer them on!
Location: Kearny High School on the baseball field
Good luck to JV and Varsity!
Congratulations to our basketball team for a successful season. The Kearny Komets ended their season against the Calabasas Coyotes; the score was 57-59. We were so close.
The Next Game
On March 12 at 6pm the Kearny Komets will paly the Calabasas Coyotes.
Kearny High School Softball
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Everyone is in position. Knees bent, eyes following every movement of the softball. Their gloved hand ready to catch. Then all of the sudden, you hear the bat connect with the softball. The outfielders start backing up, as the girls in the infield ready themselves to catch the softball. You can hear the girls from Kearny High School Softball communicating as a team in order to win the game.
Softball season has started! Get your school spirit on; go out and support the softball girls. You may have friends who may be playing.
Congratulations to the girls who made it on the varsity team:
Eleanor Bowyer, Shawna Carpinelli, Julissa Estrada, Nina Ewert, Esmeralda Gonzalez, Brianna Ignacio, Dominick Lyles, Ravin Martin, Jonessa O Campo, Gianna Orozco, Grace Short, Gisselle Thirakul, Lauryn Thompson.
And a congratulations for the girls who made it on the JV team:
Eliza Baltazar, Alma Cazares, Denessa Cazares, Cree Davis, Stephanie Flores, Jennell Garland, Juaniece Hernandez, Juliet Lara-Garcia, Alexis Lauson, Anissa Marin, Alissa Mayorga, Malia Nicholson, Maliyah Pittman, Kyra Rall, Anya Schultz, Jayleen Tovar, Allison Watson, Tariah Wells, Angelina Yonsavin.
Keep yourself updated with the times and locations where the games will take place. If you see any of the girls, make sure to give them a high five!
Congratulations to the softball girls once again. Have fun and good luck!
Another Win
On March 9th, the CIF Champs, Kearny Komets played and had an exciting win against Edison Chargers, 65 to 58.
With to another win, we're on the way.
On March 12 at 6pm, the Kearny Komets will play the Calabasas Coyotes.
The Journey To State
March 7, 2016 Alara Lewis-Moody
As we chanted "I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN" in the last 2 mins. of the game, the Kearny Komets took the win, 66 to 43, from the El Camino Wildcats.
The Win
As the Friday crowd roared to the win of 74 to 61 vs. the San Marcos Knights, our opponent's championship dreams shattered.