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"""
    Emblem API

    REST API for any Emblem server  # noqa: E501

    The version of the OpenAPI document: 2021-09-01
    Generated by: https://openapi-generator.tech
"""

import re  # noqa: F401
import sys  # noqa: F401

from generated.model_utils import (  # noqa: F401
    ApiTypeError,
    ModelComposed,
    ModelNormal,
    ModelSimple,
    cached_property,
    change_keys_js_to_python,
    convert_js_args_to_python_args,
    date,
    datetime,
    file_type,
    none_type,
    validate_get_composed_info,
)
from ..model_utils import OpenApiModel
from generated.exceptions import ApiAttributeError

class Cause(ModelNormal):
    """NOTE: This class is auto generated by OpenAPI Generator.
    Ref: https://openapi-generator.tech

    Do not edit the class manually.

    Attributes:
      allowed_values (dict): The key is the tuple path to the attribute
          and the for var_name this is (var_name,). The value is a dict
          with a capitalized key describing the allowed value and an allowed
          value. These dicts store the allowed enum values.
      attribute_map (dict): The key is attribute name
          and the value is json key in definition.
      discriminator_value_class_map (dict): A dict to go from the discriminator
          variable value to the discriminator class name.
      validations (dict): The key is the tuple path to the attribute
          and the for var_name this is (var_name,). The value is a dict
          that stores validations for max_length, min_length, max_items,
          min_items, exclusive_maximum, inclusive_maximum, exclusive_minimum,
          inclusive_minimum, and regex.
      additional_properties_type (tuple): A tuple of classes accepted
          as additional properties values.
    """

    allowed_values = {
    }

    validations = {
    }

    @cached_property
    def additional_properties_type():
        """
        This must be a method because a model may have properties that are
        of type self, this must run after the class is loaded
        """
        return (bool, date, datetime, dict, float, int, list, str, none_type,)  # noqa: E501

    _nullable = False

    @cached_property
    def openapi_types():
        """
        This must be a method because a model may have properties that are
        of type self, this must run after the class is loaded

        Returns
            openapi_types (dict): The key is attribute name
                and the value is attribute type.
        """
        return {
            'name': (str,),  # noqa: E501
            'id': (str,),  # noqa: E501
            'description': (str,),  # noqa: E501
            'image_url': (str, none_type,),  # noqa: E501
            'active': (bool,),  # noqa: E501
            'time_created': (datetime,),  # noqa: E501
            'updated': (datetime,),  # noqa: E501
            'self_link': (str,),  # noqa: E501
        }

    @cached_property
    def discriminator():
        return None

    attribute_map = {
        'name': 'name',  # noqa: E501
        'id': 'id',  # noqa: E501
        'description': 'description',  # noqa: E501
        'image_url': 'imageUrl',  # noqa: E501
        'active': 'active',  # noqa: E501
        'time_created': 'timeCreated',  # noqa: E501
        'updated': 'updated',  # noqa: E501
        'self_link': 'selfLink',  # noqa: E501
    }

    read_only_vars = {
        'id',  # noqa: E501
        'time_created',  # noqa: E501
        'updated',  # noqa: E501
        'self_link',  # noqa: E501
    }

    _composed_schemas = {}

    @classmethod
    @convert_js_args_to_python_args
    def _from_openapi_data(cls, name, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: E501
        """Cause - a model defined in OpenAPI

        Args:
            name (str): the cause's display name

        Keyword Args:
            _check_type (bool): if True, values for parameters in openapi_types
                                will be type checked and a TypeError will be
                                raised if the wrong type is input.
                                Defaults to True
            _path_to_item (tuple/list): This is a list of keys or values to
                                drill down to the model in received_data
                                when deserializing a response
            _spec_property_naming (bool): True if the variable names in the input data
                                are serialized names, as specified in the OpenAPI document.
                                False if the variable names in the input data
                                are pythonic names, e.g. snake case (default)
            _configuration (Configuration): the instance to use when
                                deserializing a file_type parameter.
                                If passed, type conversion is attempted
                                If omitted no type conversion is done.
            _visited_composed_classes (tuple): This stores a tuple of
                                classes that we have traveled through so that
                                if we see that class again we will not use its
                                discriminator again.
                                When traveling through a discriminator, the
                                composed schema that is
                                is traveled through is added to this set.
                                For example if Animal has a discriminator
                                petType and we pass in "Dog", and the class Dog
                                allOf includes Animal, we move through Animal
                                once using the discriminator, and pick Dog.
                                Then in Dog, we will make an instance of the
                                Animal class but this time we won't travel
                                through its discriminator because we passed in
                                _visited_composed_classes = (Animal,)
            id (str): unique, system-assigned identifier. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            description (str): the purpose of the cause. [optional] if omitted the server will use the default value of "no description"  # noqa: E501
            image_url (str, none_type): location of image to display for the cause. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            active (bool): is this cause accepting donations at this time?. [optional] if omitted the server will use the default value of False  # noqa: E501
            time_created (datetime): system-assigned creation timestamp. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            updated (datetime): system-assigned update timestamp. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            self_link (str): full URI of the resource. [optional]  # noqa: E501
        """

        _check_type = kwargs.pop('_check_type', True)
        _spec_property_naming = kwargs.pop('_spec_property_naming', False)
        _path_to_item = kwargs.pop('_path_to_item', ())
        _configuration = kwargs.pop('_configuration', None)
        _visited_composed_classes = kwargs.pop('_visited_composed_classes', ())

        self = super(OpenApiModel, cls).__new__(cls)

        if args:
            raise ApiTypeError(
                "Invalid positional arguments=%s passed to %s. Remove those invalid positional arguments." % (
                    args,
                    self.__class__.__name__,
                ),
                path_to_item=_path_to_item,
                valid_classes=(self.__class__,),
            )

        self._data_store = {}
        self._check_type = _check_type
        self._spec_property_naming = _spec_property_naming
        self._path_to_item = _path_to_item
        self._configuration = _configuration
        self._visited_composed_classes = _visited_composed_classes + (self.__class__,)

        self.name = name
        for var_name, var_value in kwargs.items():
            if var_name not in self.attribute_map and \
                        self._configuration is not None and \
                        self._configuration.discard_unknown_keys and \
                        self.additional_properties_type is None:
                # discard variable.
                continue
            setattr(self, var_name, var_value)
        return self

    required_properties = set([
        '_data_store',
        '_check_type',
        '_spec_property_naming',
        '_path_to_item',
        '_configuration',
        '_visited_composed_classes',
    ])

    @convert_js_args_to_python_args
    def __init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: E501
        """Cause - a model defined in OpenAPI

        Args:
            name (str): the cause's display name

        Keyword Args:
            _check_type (bool): if True, values for parameters in openapi_types
                                will be type checked and a TypeError will be
                                raised if the wrong type is input.
                                Defaults to True
            _path_to_item (tuple/list): This is a list of keys or values to
                                drill down to the model in received_data
                                when deserializing a response
            _spec_property_naming (bool): True if the variable names in the input data
                                are serialized names, as specified in the OpenAPI document.
                                False if the variable names in the input data
                                are pythonic names, e.g. snake case (default)
            _configuration (Configuration): the instance to use when
                                deserializing a file_type parameter.
                                If passed, type conversion is attempted
                                If omitted no type conversion is done.
            _visited_composed_classes (tuple): This stores a tuple of
                                classes that we have traveled through so that
                                if we see that class again we will not use its
                                discriminator again.
                                When traveling through a discriminator, the
                                composed schema that is
                                is traveled through is added to this set.
                                For example if Animal has a discriminator
                                petType and we pass in "Dog", and the class Dog
                                allOf includes Animal, we move through Animal
                                once using the discriminator, and pick Dog.
                                Then in Dog, we will make an instance of the
                                Animal class but this time we won't travel
                                through its discriminator because we passed in
                                _visited_composed_classes = (Animal,)
            id (str): unique, system-assigned identifier. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            description (str): the purpose of the cause. [optional] if omitted the server will use the default value of "no description"  # noqa: E501
            image_url (str, none_type): location of image to display for the cause. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            active (bool): is this cause accepting donations at this time?. [optional] if omitted the server will use the default value of False  # noqa: E501
            time_created (datetime): system-assigned creation timestamp. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            updated (datetime): system-assigned update timestamp. [optional]  # noqa: E501
            self_link (str): full URI of the resource. [optional]  # noqa: E501
        """

        _check_type = kwargs.pop('_check_type', True)
        _spec_property_naming = kwargs.pop('_spec_property_naming', False)
        _path_to_item = kwargs.pop('_path_to_item', ())
        _configuration = kwargs.pop('_configuration', None)
        _visited_composed_classes = kwargs.pop('_visited_composed_classes', ())

        if args:
            raise ApiTypeError(
                "Invalid positional arguments=%s passed to %s. Remove those invalid positional arguments." % (
                    args,
                    self.__class__.__name__,
                ),
                path_to_item=_path_to_item,
                valid_classes=(self.__class__,),
            )

        self._data_store = {}
        self._check_type = _check_type
        self._spec_property_naming = _spec_property_naming
        self._path_to_item = _path_to_item
        self._configuration = _configuration
        self._visited_composed_classes = _visited_composed_classes + (self.__class__,)

        self.name = name
        for var_name, var_value in kwargs.items():
            if var_name not in self.attribute_map and \
                        self._configuration is not None and \
                        self._configuration.discard_unknown_keys and \
                        self.additional_properties_type is None:
                # discard variable.
                continue
            setattr(self, var_name, var_value)
            if var_name in self.read_only_vars:
                raise ApiAttributeError(f"`{var_name}` is a read-only attribute. Use `from_openapi_data` to instantiate "
                                     f"class with read only attributes.")


Sunnyvale, CA, March 9, 2019. After almost 2 years of development and demoing, Mr. Thee is finally ready to put his game into the wilds of the public. We're excited to announce that The Deepest House will be released on Steam Early Access on March 18th, 2019 for PC and Mac. Mr. Thee also plans to put out a feature development roadmap closer to summer based on player feedback following the initial release.
Local, part-time indie developer and ex-NVIDIA engineer Mr. Thee has been hacking away at game development in his spare time since 2010. His latest concoction, The Deepest House, is his 3D minimalist, modern take on the action-roguelite genre. With a variety of game modes ranging from a single-player procedurally generated dungeon gauntlet, to a local co-op horde mode, The Deepest House provides sleek and squishy action not only for those seeking a treacherous, methodical challenge, but also those who could benefit from a team-building exercise or two.


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Name Jordan Morello
Nickname Jordan
Home Town Phoenix
Sun Sign Pisces
Height Details are not available
Weight 6 feet 0 inches or 1.83 m
Hobbies Acting and fitness freak
Education Graduated
Qualification A Pre-clinical degree graduate from university
Boy Friend/ Girl Friend Details are not available
Family One brother named Corey, other details are not available
Spouse Not Applicable
Children Not Applicable
Profession Instagram star, fitness model, and reality television actor
Social Media Profiles Facebook ID: Details are not available Twitter ID: Details are not available Instagram ID: @jordan_morello
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When it comes to the birth details of Jordan Morello, he was born on February 20, 1993, in the United States of America. Jordan Morello has an older brother whose name is Corey. He belongs to Phoenix.
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Miles together: Rising stayer and apprentice jockey tackle G3
Young gun Jacob Opperman can continue his rapid rise in the saddle when he makes his Group 3 debut in Saturday's $127,250 Chairman's Stakes (2040m) at Morphettville.
It will be a tick over a year since Opperman made his riding debut when he continues his association with exciting South East galloper and last-start Port Adelaide Guineas winner Royal Mile.
And trainer Lee Creek admits he thought he might never get another good horse when he lost former top sprinter Casino Wizard, a four-time Listed winner who was placed in the 2017 Group 1 Goodwood behind Vega Magic, back in 2019.
But the desire to find another son of Danerich led him to Royal Mile, who was picked up for just $26,000 at the 2019 Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
"I didn't think I'd find another good one," Creek said.
"I just wanted another Danerich. I'd had a couple that went pretty good and they are hard to find.
"He was a cracking type, so I didn't hesitate buying him."
It's been a somewhat rapid but well-calculated rise for Royal Mile, who had his first five starts in the South East.
He was beaten at Penola and Naracoorte in his first campaign before breaking his maiden status first-up from a short break in February.
Creek said Royal Mile had always shown ability and promised plenty.
And that was the catalyst for tipping the horse out early on and aiming at the 2021 Adelaide Racing Carnival.
"He'd always shown us plenty, even as a two-year-old," Creek said.
"But I wanted to keep the travel down and wait before bringing him to town… for when he could get out to the right distance.
"I always thought he wanted a mile and beyond, so that's why I keep him down here.
"And that's why we spelled him last year. I said to the owners I want him firing this time of year."
Royal Mile was impressive winning at his metropolitan debut but it was his brilliant win over Let's Karaka Deel in the Port Adelaide Guineas last start that made many stand up and take notice.
"It wasn't a surprise," Creek said.
"He'd always shown us plenty and I couldn't wait to get him out to that sort of trip.
"He's got one of the best turns of foot of any horse I've put a saddle on."
Creek has always believed the horse had the ability to get to a Derby distance, but said the Chairman's Stakes would ultimately decide where he goes after Saturday.
"The Derby is what the last few months has been centred around," Creek said.
"I said to the owner he may be a Derby horse. It would be easy for me to say I think he'll run the trip but we'll just have to wait and see what happens on Saturday.
"If we get a result like two weeks ago, that's the way would head."
And Creek holds an equally impressive opinion of 17-year-old Opperman, who sits sixth on the SA jockey premiership in his first full season riding.
"It's uncharted territory for both," Creek said.
"But Jacob knows the horse so well and the horse knows him, so I'm sure they will be there in the finish."
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Q: How do I open a page in ibox with javascript? I'm using ibox.js taken from web http://www.enthropia.com/labs/ibox/download.php.
I'd like to open a page to the ibox with javascript.
$j(".refresh").click(function() {
    $j('#case_01').attr('rel': 'ibox', 'href': 'case_01.html);
});

Thank you for your help.

A: if you use jquery .attr()
,try this
$(".refresh").click(function() {
         //$j('#case_01').attr('rel': 'ibox', 'href': 'case_01.html);
          $('#case_01').attr('rel','ibox').attr('href','case_01.html');
});

A: You can set multiple attrbiutes using object literal syntax. Currently is not set correctly and you have a typo.
This should work:
$j(".refresh").click(function() {
    $j('#case_01').attr({rel: 'ibox', href: 'case_01.html'});
});

Note:

" When setting multiple attributes, the quotes around attribute names
  are optional.
WARNING: When setting the 'class' attribute, you must always use
  quotes!
jQuery prohibits changing the type attribute on an or element and will
  throw an error in all browsers. This is because the type attribute
  cannot be changed in Internet Explorer. "

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Judge orders government to make changes to terror watchlist
U.S. Headlines
by: MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering the government to make changes to its watchlist of more than 1 million people whose inclusion marks them as known or suspected terrorists, but for now he's giving the government latitude to propose the changes as it sees fit.
The order issued last week by U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria falls short of what a Muslim civil rights group had hoped for when it won a ruling earlier this year that the secret list violates the constitutional rights of those placed on it.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations had asked Trenga to order specific, sweeping changes to the way the government places names on the list and providing a meaningful opportunity for those wrongly included to clear their names.
Instead, Trenga simply told the government to craft its own remedies to bring the list into compliance and to submit those proposals to him for review.
Trenga ordered the government to provide him a status report on its proposed revisions by early February.
Gadeir Abbas, a lawyer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he has little hope that the government will on its own propose any meaningful changes.
"I don't think there's any doubt the government is going to take a cynical approach to any type of watchlist revision," he said in a phone interview. "We expect the government will be focused on maintaining its illegal program."
Still, he said, Trenga's ruling holds some bright spots. Trenga indicated he will review the government's proposals to gauge whether they fix the specific due process problems he outlined earlier in the year: that the government refuses to confirm whether individuals are on the watchlist, that those on the list lack an opportunity to rebut the negative information that led to their inclusion, and that if they request a review of their status they are unable to learn its outcome or make any meaningful appeal.
The watchlist, also known as the Terrorist Screening Database, is maintained by the FBI and shared with a variety of federal agencies. Customs officers have access to the list to check people coming into the country at border crossings, and aviation officials use the database to help form the no-fly list, which is a much smaller subset of the broader watchlist.
As of June 2017, approximately 1.16 million people were included on the watchlist, according to government documents filed in the lawsuit. In 2013, the number was only 680,000. The vast majority are foreigners, but according to the government, there are roughly 4,600 U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents on the watchlist as of 2017.
CAIR filed the lawsuit on behalf of more than 20 Muslim plaintiffs who said they were wrongly placed on the list and called the government's process for adding names overbroad and riddled with errors. The lawsuit argues that the watchlist does little to nothing to actually prevent terrorism, all while imposing a burden and suspicion on Muslims wrongly included on the list.
The suit was filed in 2016 and has exposed previously unknown details about the list and how it is disseminated. In particular, government lawyers acknowledged after years of denials that more than 500 private entities are given access to the list. Government lawyers describe those private agencies as "law enforcement adjacent" and include university police forces, and security forces and hospitals, railroads and even animal-welfare organizations.
The Justice Department and the FBI each declined comment Friday on Trenga's ruling.
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by DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press / Jan 15, 2021
Responding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and closing their capitols to the public ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.
Though details remain murky, demonstrations are expected at state capitols beginning Sunday and leading up to Biden's succession of President Donald Trump on Wednesday. State officials hope to avoid the type of violence that occurred Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving a Capitol Police officer and four others dead.


The numbers tell stories of a long-awaited success, recalls that continue to haunt results and just how much the Victory brand brought to the company. Like watching a mid-day soap opera or reading the latest Clancy spy novel, the first quarter financial statements have a lot of moving parts to them, some unique, others apparent trends of the motorcycle industry itself. Understanding we live in era with short attention spans, this article merits a full read for anyone interested in the current state of our motorcycle world.
Without a doubt, the best news found in this financial report are the improved sales of Polaris' Off Road Vehicles which actually saw an increase when compared to the first quarter in 2016. Between falling commercial sales and mild winters, Polaris has weathered a few difficult years selling its off road-vehicles and snowmobiles. This segment, including their respective PG&A related sales, were $724.1 million for the first quarter of 2017, compared with $708.1 million for the first quarter for the prior year representing a two percent increase, year-over-year.
As Clutch and Chrome is a motorcycle magazine, we'll leave that good news there and look at the more complex results for the company's motorcycle and Slingshot sales.
The big number that jumps out from the financial information is a decrease of 35% in Polaris' motorcycle segment sales, including its PG&A related sales in the first quarter of 2017. The number was $120.3 million, which is 35 percent smaller than those enjoyed by Polaris the first quarter of 2016 of $185.3 million.
The figures from last year included $46.3 million of Victory Motorcycles wholegood, accessory and apparel sales, showing just how much the now defunct brand brought to the bottom line. This sting is made more painful when its reported the costs to wind down Victory took a $38.6 million dollar bite out of the first quarter results.
Another hit to this segment came from the three-wheeled roadster, Polaris' Slingshot, which suffered from negatively impacted sales by 'low availability of salable product due to quality holds during the quarter'. Polaris issued three recalls on its Slingshots in November 2016 which not only affected three years' worth of models but continues to takes its toll.
Indian Motorcycle retail sales increased low double-digits percent and continued to gain market share. Polaris feels this is partly driven by sales of the Company's new highly customizable, split-screen Ride Command touchscreen infotainment system available on Indian Chieftain and Roadmaster models. Additionally, during the quarter, the Company added its 10th model to the line-up with the introduction of the Roadmaster Classic with genuine leather saddlebags and trunk, giving it distinctive vintage styling.
Bring this all together and North American consumer retail demand for the Polaris motorcycle segment, including Indian Motorcycle and Slingshot, was down mid-single digits percent during the 2017 first quarter, while the overall motorcycle industry retail sales, 900cc and above, was down mid-single digits percent in the 2017 first quarter.
Gross profit for the first quarter of 2017 was a negative $19.9 million compared to positive $27.3 million in the first quarter of 2016. International sales to customers outside of North America totaled $166.2 million for the first quarter of 2017, including PG&A, up two percent, from the same period in 2016.
Finally, the recent acquisition of Transamerican Auto Parts ("TAP") significantly increased the numbers in the Aftermarket segment sales column by adding $202.0 million of sales in the first quarter of 2017.
It appears Polaris is feeling the same challenges with the heavier motorcycle market Harley-Davidson cited in their financial results which should leave many to wonder if the trend of smaller and more affordable models a new road for the industry or passing trend.
Polaris did tease bikers as much as they did the analysts with comments made by Scott Wine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Industries.
"we are aggressively investing in the development of innovative products that will further solidify Polaris' position as the leader in powersports," Wine stated.
This left some wondering if the company is developing the electric technology used in Victory' Empulse for a model under the Indian brand or as with the Slingshot, its own, unique line of products.


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BILLS STORE
Monday Morning Breakdown
Quote Sheet
Top 3 Things We Learned
Weekend Lookahead
Brady-Moss show buries Bills
Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said in the days leading up to the game that both Randy Moss and Tom Brady were playing lights out. Nothing changed Sunday night as the two were instrumental in turning the lights out early on the Bills' hopes in a 56-10 whitewash on Sunday night football.
It was the largest margin of defeat (46) in a home game in team history surpassing the previous mark of 43 points set back on Oct. 10, 1971 against Baltimore (43-0), and tied for the second most points allowed in Bills annals.
"That was not a pleasant way to spend an evening," said head coach Dick Jauron. "We ran into a buzzsaw and we didn't do much to slow them down… anywhere. My hat is off to them. We knew they were awfully talented. We knew it could get out of hand. We had seen a lot of tape on them and it usually got out of hand and it got out of hand."
Moss and Brady combined for 28 of the Patriots' 35 first half points hooking up on touchdowns of 43, 16, 6 and 17 yards to stake New England to a 28-point lead at the break (35-7).
"When you watch him play he plays a lot of really good games," said Jauron of Brady. "We haven't seen a lot of people slow him down a whole lot. They are so confident in what they do and they are so talented, and he is right in the middle of the whole thing."
Buffalo, without the services of Marshawn Lynch (inactive - ankle) did not get off to the start they were hoping for as J.P. Losman was intercepted on his third pass attempt by Randall Gay, who returned it to the Bills 13-yard line. It was intended for Josh Reed.
"It was just a miscommunication there," said Losman. "I thought he was coming over, but we just have to get that fixed. As a quarterback it's your job to be on the same page so we have to get that thing done."
Two plays later New England was up 7-0 on a Laurence Maroney six-yard touchdown run. That was followed by the Brady-Moss show as they were responsible for the Patriots' next 28 points. Brady hit Moss, who got behind the safety coverage deep for a 43-yard touchdown reception to make it a 14-0 lead for New England just midway through the first quarter.
The Bills responded on their ensuing possession putting together an eight-play 82-yard drive with Roscoe Parrish accounting for more than half of those yards with his 47-yard touchdown reception to make it 14-7. Parrish beat Ellis Hobbs deep down the far sideline and Hobbs could not recover in time.
"They were blitzing when we spread things out," said Losman. "So they gave us a cover zero look, one-on-one there. It was one of the few times they did it and we held them just enough to get the throw off. Roscoe made a good play, stopped and had to come back to the ball and scored."
But that would be the last threat Buffalo's offense would pose in terms of altering the course of the game. New England would score 21 unanswered points with three more touchdown passes from Brady to Moss for 16, six and 17 yards respectively.
"I think they just made plays and there were a lot of times we blew coverage," said Jabari Greer. "When you play a team like New England they capitalize off those mistakes. It was one of those games. They made the plays. That's pretty much all there is to it."
The Patriots' kept their foot on the gas pedal marching 73 yards on 12 plays to start the second half with Brady throwing his fifth touchdown pass of the night to Ben Watson from three yards out to make it 42-7.
Following a Terrence McGee kick return out to the Bills 48-yard line, Buffalo's offense was able to gain enough yardage to put Rian Lindell in position for a 52-yard field goal attempt. The Bills' kicker was true as he tucked it over the crossbar making contact with the NBC camera mounted on the support pole of the uprights. The ball bounded back into the field of play, but the officials correctly called the field goal good.
New England's defense added a touchdown for good measure early in the fourth quarter. Patriots safety James Sanders put a hard hit on Dwayne Wright after a short reception in the flat to force a fumble. Ellis Hobbs caught the fumble in mid-air and promptly returned it 35 yards for a touchdown.
Buffalo fell to 5-5 on the season, while New England maintained their perfect record improving to 10-0. The Bills travel to Jacksonville Sunday for a pivotal AFC conference matchup with the Jaguars.
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5pm tomorrow, Friday 28th of September, is the last time to send in a Submission. Please make a Submission of your own if you can. You can fill in the Form from the NCCA here and submit it. If you wish, you can cut and paste from our Submission to help you make the deadline. You can email your Submission to info@ncca.ie.
What are the problems with the RE Course?
The second level Religious Education course breaches the rights of minorities so it is important to challenge it. Many schools and teachers are forcing students to take this course. An illustration of this is that schools and teachers are refusing to implement the Circular Letter issued by the Department of Education in February 2018 on opting out of the course in ETBs and choosing another subject.
If the State RE course fulfilled its aim to promote respect, pluralism, and inclusion, then this would not be happening. If teachers and principals respected and recognised the rights of minorities, they would not have behaved in such a manner.
Many teachers reflect the views of the Catholic Church and engage with minorities on that basis. A recent article in the Irish Times called "Primary teachers disproportionately white, Irish and Catholic" is not new to us as minorities.
The article is about recent research by Dr Manuela Heinz and Dr Elaine Keane, from the school of education in NUI Galway, who have carried out the first comprehensive and nationwide study in Ireland which explores the socio-demographic backgrounds of entrants to primary teacher education programmes. We have to deal with an education system that reflects a Catholic religious philosophy that continues to interfere with our right to ensure that the teaching of our children is in conformity with our convictions.
From our perspective, this also relates to second level. Second level teacher training particularly in relation to Religious education reflects the teachings of the Catholic Church. That teaching is not based on human rights or respect for parents convictions. Our experience of many Religion Teachers at second level is that they do not respect minorities, a recent illustration of this disrespect is their refusal to implement a Circular Letter from the Department of Education on giving practical application to the Constitutional rights of parents and students.
The Catholic Church through the Mater Dei Institute (a College of DCU) train many second level Religious Education Teachers. That training leaves a lot to be desired and it puts minorities in conflict with the school and teachers over their rights. Minorities are not responsible for the career choices of religion teachers, the second level religious education course was always meant to be optional.
It is not just publicly funded denominational schools that reflect the teaching of the Catholic Church but also ETB schools. There is no escape for minorities, even the alternative to denominational schools pushes the Catholic line.
The issue is that a deep appreciation of the 'Catholic understanding of the full development of the human person' means that schools and teachers in Ireland are evangelising for the Catholic Church because they think it is in the common good, they are trained to do it even when parents object on conscientious grounds.
2.1 We have not changed our opinion of this proposed new specification for Religious Education Course since our previous submission.
2.3 Atheist Ireland, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland object on conscientious grounds to the new specification for Religious Education (to be introduced in 2019).
2.4 This Religious Education course is not in accordance with human rights principles as it is not objective, critical and pluralistic.
2.5 We are seeking our Constitutional and Human Right to opt our children out of this course. We are also seeking to ensure that our children can choose another subject if they opt out of this course in all schools.
2.6 Since our last Submission to the NCCA the situation for minorities in relation to this subject has got worse. We believe that this Religious Education course has contributed to this. Children from minority backgrounds are being forced into this course against the wishes of their parents. This course is undermining our Constitutional and Human Rights, promoting disrespect for minorities, discriminatory and breaching the right to freedom of religion and belief.
3.1 An example of how this Religion course is contributing to the breaching of our rights is the attitude of ETB schools and teachers to a Circular Letter that the Minister for Education issued in February 2018.
3.2 The Circular Letter outlined how ETB were to approach the opt out in schools to ensure that the Constitutional Rights of parents were protected.
3.3 The ETBs, Religion teachers and Principals have refused to implement this Circular Letter. When parents approach schools and teachers they are informed that the course is not religious instruction but religious education and that their children cannot pick another subject on those grounds.
3.4 In addition some children and their parents have been questioned and some even interrogated on their reasons for wishing to opt out their children. This is contrary to the Circular Letter. Parents have informed us that their children are then forced to take this course.
3.5 This behaviour by the ETBs, Teachers and Principals illustrates the very reason that we wish to opt out children out of the course. Their behaviour in this matter supports our conscientious objections that this course does not respect our convictions and that it is undermining the rights to freedom of religion and belief.
3.6 Their behaviour also shows clearly that the course is undermining the rights of parents and their children. If teachers and principals respected and recognised the rights of minorities they would not have behaved in such a manner.
3.7 We do not want our children to be taught that it is in order to disrespect the rights of minorities in this manner. We believe that this behaviour is not in the common good. Children in a class are aware that other children are being forced to take this course against the wishes of their parents. This course is not contributing to the development of the communities in which we live.
4.1 In a Background Paper and Brief for the Review of Junior Cycle Religious Education, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment relegated one of the main Constitutional and Human Rights issues with regard to the State Religious Education course to a footnote on page 9 of a 47-page document. This really says a lot about the disrespect that the NCCA has for the rights of minorities. It supports our conscientious objection to the course.
4.4 The above means that the Guidelines for the Faith Formation and Development of Catholic students are being taught alongside the state syllabus in the vast majority of schools in Ireland. Some ETB Community and Comprehensive schools claim to be Catholic schools while the Minister for Education and the Department of Education claim they are multi-denominational.
5.1 The research carried out shows that many ETB schools operate as 'faith schools' despite their multi-denominational status. These schools are in many cases forcing students into Religious Education against the conscientious objections of their parents, this is because the course has failed to promote and protect the rights of minorities. We are also aware that Catholic Diocesan Advisors visit all ETBs and that Religion Teachers attend in-service days hosted by the Catholic Church alongside the PDST.
5.2 If the State RE course fulfilled its aim to promote respect, pluralism and inclusion then this would not be happening. Teachers and schools would recognise and respect the rights of parents and their children and ensure that their conscientious objections were guaranteed and protected.
5.3 We believe that the State Religious Education course is undermining the right to freedom of religion and belief. It is also ensuring that parents will have no trust in the NCCA to promote and protect their human rights because the RE course is also used as a tool for the Catholic Church to indoctrinate and evangelise minorities.
6.1 Any hope of a future state curriculum course ABOUT Religions and Beliefs at primary and second level, delivered in an objective, critical and pluralistic manner is being undermined by the second level Religious Education course. How are minorities going to trust the NCCA to introduce a course given the background and dismissal of their Constitutional and Human Rights?
6.2 The very reason that parents and students wish to opt out of the course is because it is forced on them and because it is not objective, critical and pluralistic. It is undermining our rights it has put schools in the position that they just ignore our conscientious objections.
6.3 To conclude we object on conscientious grounds to the new Specification for Religious Education. We believe that it promotes disrespect for our convictions, is undermining the right to Freedom of Religion and Belief and the rights of parents to ensure that the teaching of their children is in conformity with their convictions.


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Devon covid goes up
Covid cases have risen in some parts of Devon, following the recent end of national restrictions.
Ollie Heptinstall, local democracy reporter www.radioexe.co.uk
Figures for the week to last Thursday [3 March] show the rate in Torbay rose by almost a third, with smaller increases in Plymouth and the Devon County Council area.
All are lower than the 39 per cent national increase in cases last week, but the county remains steadfastly above the UK covid rate. The national average is 388 cases per 100,000 people, compared to 527 in Torbay, 440 in Plymouth and 435 in the county council area.
At district level, the biggest increases were in Torridge and North Devon – both with over 15 per cent more cases. Elsewhere the picture is largely stable, with small fluctuations up or down.
Despite the increase, Torridge remains the least prevalent area for the virus in Devon at 309 cases per 100,000. East Devon still has the highest rate at 519.
The rise in cases comes after all covid restrictions ended in England at the end of February, including the legal requirement to self-isolate with the virus. Free mass testing will stop on Friday 1 April.
However, health bosses in Devon are still encouraging people who have covid to isolate for five days, and then wait until they have two negative tests. This guidance will be reviewed soon.
The most recent government data from Tuesday 1 March, shows 172 patients with covid are in Devon's hospitals, an increase of 22 from a week ago. The biggest number – 80 – are being treated in Plymouth.
Elsewhere, 60 patients were at the RD&E in Exeter, 19 in Torbay, nine in North Devon and four in Devon Partnership mental health trust sites. Of the total, only one person was in intensive care with covid.
Four more people died in the county within 28 days of testing positive for covid in the latest complete weekly period (up to Wednesday 2 March). Three were in the Devon County Council area and one in Plymouth.
A total of 1,637 people in Devon (including Plymouth and Torbay) have died within 28 days of a positive test since the pandemic began (as of 6 March).
The number of people aged over 12 who have received their booster (third) covid vaccination is 71 per cent in the Devon County Council area, 66 per cent in Torbay and 61 per cent in Plymouth.
Take-up for at least one dose of a vaccine is 89 per cent in the Devon County Council area, 86 per cent in Torbay and 85 per cent in Plymouth.
The proportion of people who have had two jabs is 84 per cent in Devon, 82 per cent in Torbay and 80 per cent in Plymouth.
The national rates are 92, 85 and 67 per cent respectively.
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Do you frequently lament that the day simply "flew" by? Do you feel as if there is never enough time to get everything done? Time management can help you do this. The advice that follows will teach you all about time management.
One great time management idea you should try is to work a day in advance. If you can, plan out the day's tasks the day before. A great way to end each day is to start making the next day's task list. When you have tasks laid out in front of you, you can get to them right away.
If you're constantly behind or late, be more observing of deadlines. When you are faced with a deadline that is coming up, your other priorities will take a back seat and it can cause you delays in everything else. However, by staying on top of deadlines and keeping track of your time, you will not get into the position where you have to abandon on task to attend to another.
When you begin each day, review your schedule and fill in the gaps with other tasks. If you get a clear picture of what has to happen in any given day, you are much more likely to get everything done. As you look at your schedule, make sure that what you are trying to do is realistic.
Interruptions need to be considered as you draft a schedule. If you have appointment or tasks one after another and do not allow for traffic or an unexpected phone call, your entire day could be put off. Plan for any interruptions.
Rank each task in terms of priority. It is all too common to spend the bulk of the day on tasks that matter little. Put strong effort into tasks which really need to get done. Devise a to-do list, and list the tasks in order of their importance.
If time management proves difficult, take a close look at what you are doing. Make good use of your time to optimize results, visit Editable Calendar 2019. Check your messages at designated times only. In this way, you can avoid being distracted by them throughout the day.
Say no when you must. A lot of people experience stress, for the sole reason they don't know how to refuse a request. If you find yourself overworked, examine your schedule. Can you assign others to do some of the things on your list? If you can, enlist the help of loved ones.
Close your office door to make your work time more efficient. An open door leads to many distractions. Signal your need for privacy by closing your door. People will know you want to be left alone, and you will be able to get more done.
Refrain from communicating with friends unless it is urgent. Interruptions like these can make it difficult for you to return to work. After you are finished with your task, then you can return text messages and phone calls.
It is almost impossible to complete every task you have. In fact, is is almost impossible to achieve that. Only a small percentage of what you think really happens. Do what you can, but set realistic expectations.
Use a journal to keep track of how you use your time so that you can manage it more effectively. Keep the diary for three or for days with tasks and time it took to complete them. After this amount of time, check your diary to find ways to improve your time management.
Prepare yourself mentally for the task at hand. Getting in the proper mindset can be hard, but with some practice, you can be prepared and stay focused. Schedule time and stick to it.
Bundle errands to save time and transportation expense. Instead of making multiple trips to the market for one or two items, go once with a list and do your other errands while you are out. If you're picking up children from school, run an errand on the way home.
This information has helped you learn to manage time much better. Time is a precious commodity, so you need to stop wasting it. When you manage time in a way that is carried out efficiently, you'll find yourself less stressed and with more time for fun.


If you're sick and tired of missing deliveries, eSafes has a perfect solution, just for you! The parcel delivery box is a smart choice to make that will eliminate the need to rearrange for your parcels to be delivered. Our parcel delivery box can also remove the stress of dedicating time to go to your local post office to collect a delivery that you missed.
Although our parcel delivery box is perfect for any individual dwellings or commercial properties, we recommend them for home deliveries as a dynamic alternative.
The Rottner parcel keepers are used to hold your deliveries safely until you arrive home. They're designed to be easy to use, allowing delivery drivers to store your items and enabling you to access your products with ease- all you need to do is lift the lid! The parcel post box is ideal for parcels cannot fit through the letterbox. By choosing an outdoor parcel box, you'll be able to maintain the quality of your products without them being forced or damaged.
Our Rottner parcel post box is supplied with keys, allowing you to protect your deliveries from incidents of theft. When it comes to finding a high-security storage solution for your parcels, you cannot go wrong with the Rottner parcel keepers that we supply, here at eSafes!
In terms of installation, our Rottner outdoor postal box is one of the easiest. We supply any fixings that are required to simplify the installation process, allowing you to install it quickly and easily.
How does the Parcel Delivery Box work?
Ordering parcels is easy enough… it's the delivering part that is seemingly difficult. The outdoor parcel box can be used for problem-solving; so, if you're looking to prevent your parcels being sent to the post office or returned to the sender, why not invest in one today?
The outdoor parcel box is used for when you're not home and your parcels are out for delivery. They allow you to store your packages securely, ensuring that they are kept safe and dry.
How can you benefit from the Parcel Post Box?
Here at eSafes, we supply the Rottner parcel keepers to match various budget requirements, making sure that you receive the best value for your money. We supply the outdoor parcel box to provide you with a safe storage solution that is affordable, but most importantly, we provide you with a more convenient storage solution for your parcels.
If you're looking for a hassle-free experience, you cannot go wrong with the parcel keepers that we supply at eSafes. We can reduce the need to reschedule delivery, ensuring that your parcels are stored safely for when you arrive home.
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Highway 1, connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, crosses the Ayalon Valley, which is about halfway between the two cities in the lowland area. Historically and archeologically, this 40 sq km. (15 sq.mi.) valley is a very important area. A tour in the valley is a succession of stories about biblical, historical and modern events and battles over the two traditional roads to Jerusalem.
The battle of Joshua against the five Canaanite kings (presumably in the 13th century BCE), in which Joshua stopped the sun and moon from moving until he completed his victory (Joshua 10).
The Emmaus battle between Judah the Maccabee and the Hellenistic army in 165 BCE (Second Temple time) and Judah Maccabee's victory.
Jesus appearing in the city of Emmaus after his resurrection (Luke 24).
The battle between the Arabs and Byzantines in 638, and the end of the city.
Battles between the Crusaders and the Arabs in the 12th century.
The battle between British General Allenby and the Turkish Ottoman army in 1917.
Battles between the Israeli and Jordanian armies in 1948 over this very strategic area on the highway to Jerusalem.
These hills area east of the valley contained four Arab villages until 1967. During the Six Day War, Israel conquered the area from Jordan, evacuated the villages, and turned the area into a beautiful archaeological and nature park, naming it Canada Park..


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Q: Set minimum input quantity even on ajax add to cart in Woocommerce I have added the below code on my function.php (minimum as 6 qty for every product) it is reflect on my product category page…
add_filter( 'woocommerce_quantity_input_min','woocommerce_quantity_input_min_callback', 10, 2 );
function woocommerce_quantity_input_min_callback( $min, $product ) {
    $min = 6;
    return $min;
}

But while clicking the add to cart button (Ajax) the cart page only have 1 qty not 6 qty… How to fix this?
Need qty 6 on cart page for each product.

A: You need also to set the quantity on add to cart event (+ Ajax) and to set the input value + the minimum input value quantity at the same time. So try the following instead:
// Set product quantity added to cart (handling ajax add to cart)
add_filter( 'woocommerce_add_to_cart_quantity','woocommerce_add_to_cart_quantity_callback', 10, 2 );
function woocommerce_add_to_cart_quantity_callback( $quantity, $product_id ) {
    if( $quantity < 6 ) {
        $quantity = 6;
    }
    return $quantity;
}

// Set the product quantity min value
add_filter( 'woocommerce_quantity_input_args', 'woocommerce_quantity_input_args_callback', 10, 2 );
function woocommerce_quantity_input_args_callback( $args, $product ) {
    $args['input_value'] = 6;
    $args['min_value']   = 6;

    return $args;
}

Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). Tested and works.


The new man in Christ is a lender and not a borrower.
There are riches in glory that every new man in Christ has been brought into and this is your season.
This is the dispensation of the grace of God bestowed on humanity.
By this principle, you are a lender and not a borrower.
Discover more about your position in Christ today.


John William Lynch, born January 21, 1848 in Wayne County Kentucky, moved to Texas in 1853. He enlisted in Hunt County Texas on July 25, 1863 at the age of 15 in Colonel Alexander W. Tessel's 34th Texas Calvary.
Private Lynch was assigned to B. Company, commanded by Captain George W. Cooper. He joined his company at Wow Texas, which was on detached duty from the regiment to run down deserters in that regiment. This duty began on August 9, 1863 and ended in early January 1864. The company was very successful in this operation, catching many deserters.
Company B rejoined the regiment at Camp Dixie near Whorton, Texas on January 10, 1864. At the time General Richard Taylor called on the "Texas Horses" to help counter the invasion of Texas by Union forces, under the command of General Nathaniel P. Banks. The regiment marched into Louisiana and was in position along the Sabine River by April 3, 1864.
The regiment had not received any formal military training because of the many detached duties and lack of equipment. Most of the men assigned to the 34th Regiment had already had a lot of training fighting Comanches. Most, as research indicates, were good marksmen and woodmen.
Private Lynch was a participant in the following battles: Monsfield Ore (Sabine Crossroads) April 8, 1864; Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864; Blair's Londiry, April 11, 1864; Bayou Boew, May 2, 1864; Le Compte, May 7, 1864; Yellow Bayou, May 18, 1864; Mayns Ferry, August 25 and September 17, 1864; and Atchofaloyn, October 17, 1864.
The regiment parted at the Wonte near Alexandria, Louisiana, moving to Brand Ecore in February 1865. During this period, Colonel Terrel was reprimanded by General Taylor for allowing his troops to plunder the country side.
Robert E. Lee surrendered in Virginia on April 9, 1865. The regiment received work on April 19, 1864. A few days later, they signed payrolls and departed for Texas. On May 14, 1865, at Wild Cot Bluff, the 34th disbanded and went home. John Lynch returned to his home a combat veteran at the age of 17 and to a very worried mother.
The Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Confederate forces fought the Union forces to a stand still in the Campaign. General Bond's army was in retreat to New Orleans when the war ended. One thousand men were killed, captured or wounded in the campaign. Although these battles have been greatly neglected by historians, the soldiers were just as dead and the fighting just as furious as in the famous battles east of the Mississippi.
John William Lynch married Sarah Ann, born March 21, 1856. He died December 6, 1925 and she died June 25, 1926. Their son, Ira Veston (born November 4, 1887, Hunt County Texas; died February 16, 1967) married Betty Imogene Adams (born May 6, 1896 at Chalk Hill, Texas to A. A. Adams and Melinda Elizabeth Leach) on May 19, 1913. Betty died September 2, 1974.
Lonnie Lynch, son of Ira and Betty, was born on November 17, 1932 in Hale Center, Texas. He married Barbara Hull, born March 25, 1935 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Barbara was the daughter of Arthur Franklin Hull (born 24, 1910 in Sweetwater, Tennessee to William M. and Betty S. Hull) and Christine Lawson, born February 1918 in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia to William Lawson. Arthur died in Rossville, Walker County, Georgia on February 19, 1953 and Christine died on April 3, 1992 in Rossville.
My mother is Daiona Lynch, born July 25, 1957 to Lonnie and Barbara Hull Lynch. She married my father, William Keith Owens, born in 1950 to Earl Edward Owens and Mable Crocker, on June 6, 1976.
Earl was born December 14, 1917 in Chattanooga and Mable was born July 16, 1911 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Earl's parents were Charles Owens, born 1893 in Chattanooga and Berdie Jones, born 1890 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mable's parents were John Crocker, born 1885 in Chattanooga, and Frances Smith, born 1887 in Kentucky.


A rock slide that ended up damaging a storage container at an oil well in Kentucky spilled 4,200 gallons of crude oil into streams and the Levisa Fork River Thursday.
A rock slide either overturned or damaged a storage container at an oil well on Harmons Branch, said Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett.
A majority of the spill ended up contained to Harmons Branch but some oil did make it to the river and cleanup is ongoing, Tackett said.
Kinzer Drilling notified the agency of the spill on Thursday morning and requested assistance, Tackett said.
The downstream water plants received a warning to keep a lookout for oil and shut their intakes down if they see it.


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The US Joint Chiefs of Staff condemn the deadly riot on Capitol defined as 'sedition and insurrection'
The document, signed by all eight members of Joint Chiefs of Staff including its chairman, Mark Milley, reiterates U.S. military "remains fully committed" to protecting and defending the Constitution.
The senior officers of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff condemned the deadly riot at the Capitol last week, saying it was a "direct assault" on the constitutional process and illegal, according to a memo sent to the entire military.
"We witnessed actions inside the Capitol building that were inconsistent with the rule of law. The rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection," according to the one-page undated memorandum.
The document, signed by all eight members of Joint Chiefs of Staff including its chairman, Army Gen. Mark Milley, reiterates to the force that the U.S. military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership and "remains fully committed" to protecting and defending the Constitution.
"Any act to disrupt the constitutional process is not only against our traditions, values, and oath; it is against the law," the memo reads.
The FBI said on Tuesday that it had opened more than 160 criminal cases as a result of the Capitol riot, and 70 people had been charged so far. The FBI is combing through more than 100,000 videos and other digital media of the attacks and is expecting hundreds of people to be identified and charged.
"Even if you left D.C., agents from our local field offices will be knocking on your door if we find out that you were part of the criminal activity at the Capitol," Steven D'Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI's field office in Washington, said Tuesday afternoon during a news conference.
The march on the Capitol on Jan. 6 by some supporters of President Donald Trump followed his speech that reiterated claims of a stolen election to the crowd at a rally outside the White House. A mob of supporters attacked police and broke into the Capitol building and vandalized it, and sent congressional lawmakers into lockdown. The riot delayed Congress from the official certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, but lawmakers returned hours later and approved the election results.
The Joint Staff's memo stated Biden will be the next president and commander in chief.
"On January 20, 2021, in accordance with the Constitution, confirmed by the states and the courts, and certified by Congress, President-elect Biden will be inaugurated and will become our 46th commander in chief," memo reads.
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Spinvox faces privacy and security concerns
Spinvox, a British company that turns telephone voice mails into text messages, is facing questions over the security of its service after admitting using call centres in South Africa and the Philippines.
By Urmee Khan, Digital and Media Correspondent
9:00AM BST 24 Jul 2009
Spinvox's service aims to convert voice messages using advanced speech recognition software, however, staff have disclosed on forums that they have often transcribed texts, including sensitive commercial information.
The Spinvox website claims its technology "captures spoken words and feeds them into a Voice Message Conversion System, known as 'D2' (the Brain)".
The company said that, when necessary, parts of messages can be sent to a "conversion expert".
A Facebook group created by staff at an Egyptian call centre, includes a picture of one transcribed message containing what appears to be sensitive commercial information and includes an audio recording of one call.
The fact that messages appear to have been read by workers outside of the European Union also raises questions about the firm's data protection policy.
The firm's entry on the UK Data Protection Register says it does not transfer anything outside the European Economic Area.
"Speech algorithms do not learn without human intervention and all speech systems require humans for learning – Spinvox does this in real-time," a spokesman told the BBC.
"The actual proportion of messages automatically converted is highly confidential and sensitive data," it added.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it has contacted Spinvox "to ensure that its entry on the data protection register is both accurate and complete, especially with regards to the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area".
The ICO added that although there is nothing to prevent Spinvox from using people rather than machines to translate messages, the company should be "clearer about the likelihood that people will be used to translate messages... if customers are using the service for transmitting sensitive or secure information," it added.
Spinvox, which has raised more than $200m (£120m) from investors, was founded in 2004. The company claims to have 100 million customers around the world.
Last week company directors appealed to staff to take all or part of their pay for the months of July and August in the form of share options.
Nick Graham, head of the Information and Privacy team at Denton Wilde Sapte LLP, said: "Processing personal data outside the scope of your register entry is a criminal offence.
"UK law (the Regulation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2000) also outlaws interception of communications without the permission of both sender and recipient. The interception of these voicemail messages could, if undertaken without lawful authority, breach this legislation."
Spinvox said that the leaked data was from calls used for training purposes and that clients' messages were broken into parts before being heard by opertators.
The company said it complied fully with the requirements of the data protection act.
"We have always been absolutely clear in our communications that humans form an important component of our learning system," the company said.
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Huntington High School senior Nicole Sevilla captured a first place prize in the Huntington Camera Club's annual contest.
Ms. Sevilla has been taking photography courses for the past three years. She has worked closely with art teacher Pamela Piffard-Williams, who leads the high school photography program.
The Huntington Camera Club's annual contest is considered by many to be Long Island's most prestigious. A panel of judges reviewed every image with an eye on their technical aspects and creativity as well as their ability to fit the category in which they were entered.
Nikon, Inc. once again signed on as a major sponsor of the contest, donating equipment, books and educational materials, which were awarded as prizes.
Ms. Sevilla won first place in the "Simplicity" category for her silhouette of classmate Rudi Fasolino. Her prizes included a $100 stipend along with a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm lens and a Tamarac ZipShot mini tripod.
This year's competition drew 1,063 entries from 463 students spread across 17 high schools and 28 photography teachers.
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Nicole Huntington senior Nicole Sevilla.
Nicole Sevilla won first place in the HCC photography contest for Simplicity.


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25 Residential Units and a Fast Casual Restaurant to 14th Street?
2200 14th Street NW. Courtesy of Google Maps.
At Monday night's ANC 1B Design Review Committee, Valor Development introduced a potential concept for the corner of 14th and W Street NW: 25 residential units and a "fast casual" restaurant.
Valor recently went under contract on the lot at 2200-2202 14th Street NW (map), which is currently occupied by a parking lot and an old, two-story building. The development firm has another project on 14th Street — The Aston at 14th and R — and is reaching out to the community to find out if there is a need for a lower-priced restaurant on the increasingly swanky corridor. "This is a place you could eat at three times a week," Valor principal Will Lansing said of the proposed eatery.
The 14th Street Corridor is under an overlay district that limits the proportion of restaurants on every block; this proposed restaurant would require an exception, and ANC commissioners warned the developers that the hurdle will be difficult to overcome.
R2L: Architects is working with Valor on the design for the 25-unit project. Though the plans are in the very early stages, they outline a six-story building with units that range from 500 to 1,100 square feet that will likely be condos.
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Al said at 5:26 am on Tuesday July 17, 2012:
Sounds great. But please no restaurant that serves food out of troughs (ie chipotle) or a fast food chain restaurant. Also, if they serve food in takeout containers, please enforce a voluntary agreement where they have to clean the rubbish from the 2 nearest bus stops.
AlexG said at 1:47 pm on Tuesday July 17, 2012:
Looking forward to it - I echo Al's comment RE trash.
Tom said at 3:25 pm on Tuesday July 17, 2012:
REALLY? (Re a "voluntary" agreement to empty bus stop trash cans.) Why not also require they trim your hedges while they're at it. Seriously.
W said at 7:45 pm on Tuesday July 17, 2012:
Tom, I think they're talking about the trash that ends up dumped onto the sidewalk next to the bus stops, not what makes it into the trash cans. As a resident, I would love to see an actual good, inexpensive Mexican restaurant here (blegh to Lauriol's) or a sushi spot. We're doing pretty well with burgers and sandwiches in the neighbhorhood right now.
Bettina Stern said at 4:14 pm on Wednesday July 18, 2012:
As a finalist in tonight's StartUp Kitchen project (7:00 @Domku in Petworth), I know that our restaurant concept Chaya would be the PERFECT fit for that location. If you are interested in learning more, please attend this evening or contact me directly through our food website.
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Sanford Levinson's Shame
At the University of Texas School of Law, on March 6, 2018 the student chapter of the Federalist Society sponsored a debate on the impact of race-based affirmative action on Asian-Americans. The speakers were noted UT law professor Sanford Levinson (defending racial and ethnic preferences) and Houston attorney Cory Liu, a volunteer with the organization Students for Fair Admissions, speaking in opposition. The speakers eloquently exchanged their views, before an attentive audience of over 100 persons, for nearly an hour, and then opened the discussion up to questions.
Defenders of racial and ethnic preferences, including UT in the Fisher case, argue that college admissions decisions must take race and ethnicity into account in order to produce the "right" mix of diversity, which they claim is essential to a university's educational mission. Academic achievement (high school GPA and test scores) and other merit-based factors must be overridden, proponents of racial and ethnic preferences assert, in order to create an inclusive learning environment. Without the "correct" mix of diversity (meaning an adequate percentage of African-Americans and Hispanics, without too many Whites and Asian-Americans), UT would be unable to compete with other major schools and would lose ground in the national rankings.
This was the explanation endlessly repeated by UT's lawyers and then-President William Powers during the Fisher case. "Diversity" is the "secret sauce" that supposedly makes otherwise-invalid racial and ethnic preferences defensible under Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003).
Accordingly, I asked Professor Levinson about California's Proposition 209, passed in 1996, which banned the use of sex, race, or ethnicity in admissions at state-funded schools in California. By prohibiting such preferences, the University of California has moved towards a purely merit-based admissions policy. No demographic group is artificially helped or hindered in order to maintain an arbitrary quota in the student body. As a result, the most-selective campuses of UC—such as Berkeley, UCLA, and UC-San Diego–have become disproportionately Asian. Yet those schools have continued to be ranked among the best state universities in America, higher than UT–even with its vaunted "diversity."
So my question to Professor Levinson was, how did he explain this outcome? Why does UC continue to outperform UT notwithstanding UC's lack of "diversity"?
His response flabbergasted me. The entire videotape of the debate is linked here, but these are his words (at about the 0:56 mark): "I think that Texas has more to be ashamed about than California does in terms of its history with regard to both African-Americans and Mexican-Americans. We are the school of Sweatt vs. Painter. We were a slave state that seceded in order to preserve to slavery….California has a different history, and maybe it has less to apologize for." (Emphasis added.)
Levinson inadvertently let the mask slip, and departed from UT's carefully-crafted script in Fisher, returning to the discredited "reparations for past discrimination" rationale that the Fifth Circuit decisively rejected in Hopwood v. Texas, 78 F.3d 932, cert. denied, 578 U.S. 1033 (1996). This falls squarely into Michael Kinsley's definition of a "gaffe": Levinson uttered a truthful statement in public that he wasn't supposed to say. Hopwood overturned UT's regime of racial and ethnic preferences, concluding that race-based affirmative action was not justified as a remedy for past discrimination, yet that is exactly the excuse that Levinson offers.
The Fifth Circuit's decision in Hopwood refutes Levinson's explanation. For example, the court pointed out that "There is no history either of de jure discrimination against Mexican Americans in education at any level in Texas or of de facto discrimination against Mexican Americans by the law school." Moreover,
While the school once did practice de jure discrimination in denying admission to blacks, the Court in Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950), struck down the law school's program. Any other discrimination by the law school ended in the 1960's. Hopwood, 861 F. Supp. at 555. By the late 1960's, the school had implemented its first program designed to recruit minorities, id. at 557, and it now engages in an extensive minority recruiting program that includes a significant amount of scholarship money. The vast majority of the faculty, staff, and students at the law school had absolutely nothing to do with any discrimination that the law school practiced in the past. In such a case, one cannot conclude that a hostile environment is the present effect of past discrimination. Any racial tension at the law school is most certainly the result of present societal discrimination and, if anything, is contributed to, rather than alleviated by, the overt and prevalent consideration of race in admissions. (Emphasis added.)
Levinson's baseless insistence that historical grievances—dating back nearly 70 years, or even longer—justify UT's current use of discriminatory preferences, recalls the Fifth Circuit's admonition that "an inference is raised that the program was the result of racial social engineering rather a desire to implement a remedy."
Professor Levinson, who has famously proposed that the United States scrap its Constitution because it is "imbecilic," may be ashamed to be a Texan, but most residents of the Lone Star State are proud of their unique heritage. History is something to be remembered, and learned from, not atoned for. The notion that "Texas has more to be ashamed about than California," or that "California has less to apologize for" than Texas, is simply insulting. If Professor Levinson is ashamed to live in Texas, he should move, not inflict his misguided sense of historical grievance on qualified applicants to UT, many of whom are unfairly rejected on racial or ethnic grounds to assuage Levinson's peculiar liberal guilt.
If Texas wants to atone for state-sanctioned race discrimination—a "sin" it shares with much of the rest of the country, and which ended a half-century ago—it should stop discriminating against applicants to UT on the basis of race and ethnicity. Discrimination is wrong, period.


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Rafa can still be a force in 2017
Blog – Florian Heer
Rafael Nadal will be one of the interesting storylines in 2017. For the Spaniard the quest is probably no longer about total domination or even consistently inspired play over the course of a new season. For Rafa it will be about weathering valleys and being opportunistic when there are peaks. Timing in tennis is everything.
If Rafa can raise his game at the right times, he will be in the mix at majors. It is fair to assume that Nadal will summon his magical powers long enough and often enough to be a key player in 2017. Given his performance across the three matches at the Exhibition Tournament in Abu Dhabi, in particular the damage his forehands caused in those encounters against top players, it is pretty difficult to disagree. He was dismissive against Tomas Berdych in his opening match, in control against Milos Raonic in the semi-finals and then showed his fighting spirit in the title match against David Goffin.
"I felt I was playing well and these three matches confirm that", Nadal said after lifting the trophy in Abu Dhabi for the fourth time. A statement, which will raise hope among his fans. His decision to team-up with Carlos Moya could help him but his physical health will be the key issue. Let's hope for the best, as Rafa missing during the last months of the 2016 season, pointed out a gap on the tour.
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It is quite tough and get inline at first, with time, dedicated work and interest, you can catch it. Research people, scientists, professors will spend much of their time to learn some thing new. so they will be happy when any of their students spends his time to learn.
@B.K. - It's definitely a tough road, but one I'm glad I embarked on. The people, the network, the experience. Inspiring!


Boring white walls ...NOT this season!
I don't talk about cromatherapy ,but about colour happiness -colourful walls makes everyone smile and this is a proven fact!!!
Hung them in unusual places -not everything must be in perfect order,actually ,disorder makes the art pop even more!!
Paper and fabric wall stickers gathered into a fun flower bouquet.
I think this is the easiest wall transformer ever invented -wallpaper !
And it doesn't even have to be an actual wallpaper too,you can decoupage practically ANYTHING onto your walls -seriously !!!
GO add colour to your life ,cause colour IS the new black!!!


Drew Martin, 25, Edelstein was issued a Citation for Speeding 85 MPH in a 55 MPH Zone. Martin was issued a Notice to Appear and was released.
Sharon Highbaugh, 56, Shorewood was issued a Citation for Speeding 85 MPH in a 55 MPH Zone. Highnaugh was issued a Notice to Appear and was released.
Steven Martin, 22, Sibley was Arrested and Charged with Manufacture/ Delivery Control Substances/ Possess Drug Paraphernalia/ Possess Amount Controlled Substance Except (A)/(D) and Unlawful Use of Intoxicating Compound. Martin unable to post the necessary bond remains lodged in the DeWitt County Jail.
Frank Burdette, 18, Gibson City was Arrested and Charged with Possess Drug Paraphernalia and Poss Amount Controlled Substance Except (A)/ (D). Burdette unable to post the necessary bond remains lodged in the DeWitt County Jail.


WE read, in these verses, how the birth of the Lord Jesus was first announced to the children of men. The birth of a king's son is generally made an occasion of public reveling and rejoicing. The announcement of the birth of the Prince of Peace was made privately, at midnight, and without anything of worldly pomp and ostentation.
The saying of St. James should come into our mind, as we read these words: "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He hath promised to them that love Him" (James 2:5). The want of money debars no one from spiritual privileges. The things of God's kingdom are often hid from the great and noble, and revealed to the poor. The busy labour of the hands need not prevent a man being favoured with special communion with God. Moses was keeping sheep, Gideon was threshing wheat, Elisha was ploughing, when they were severally honoured by direct calls and revelations from God. Let us resist the suggestion of Satan, that religion is not for the working man.
The way to pardon and peace with God was about to be thrown open to all mankind. Liberty was about to be proclaimed to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. The mighty truth was about to be proclaimed that God could be just, and yet, for Christ's sake, justify the ungodly. Salvation was no longer to be seen through types and figures, but openly, and face to face. The knowledge of God was no longer to be confined to the Jews, but to be offered to the whole Gentile world. If this was not "good tidings," there never were tidings that deserved the name.
It shows us what good servants the angels are. All that their heavenly Master does pleased and interests them. It shows us what clear knowledge they have. They know what misery sin has brought into creation. They know the blessedness of heaven, and the privilege of an open door into it. Above all, it shows us the deep love and compassion which the angels feel towards poor lost man. They rejoice in the glorious prospect of many souls being saved, and many brands plucked from the burning.
Les us strive to be more like-minded with the angels. Our spiritual ignorance and deadness appear most painfully in our inability to enter into the joy which we see them here expressing. Surely if we hope to dwell with them for ever in heaven, we ought to share something of their feelings while we are here upon earth. Let us seek a more deep sense of the sinfulness and misery of sin, and then we shall have a more deep sense of thankfulness for redemption.
Now is come the highest degree of glory to God, by the appearing of His Son Jesus Christ in the world. He by His life and death on the cross will glorify God's attributes, justice, holiness, mercy, and wisdom, as they never were glorified before. Creation glorified God, but not so much as redemption. "Peace of earth!" the song goes on. Now is come to earth the peace of God which passeth all understanding, the perfect peace between a holy God and sinful man, which Christ was to purchase with His own blood, the peace which is offered freely to all mankind….
"Good will towards men!" the song concludes. Now is come the time when God's kindness and good will towards guilty man is to be fully made known. His power was seen in creation. His justice was seen in the flood. But His mercy remained to be fully revealed by the appearing and atonement of Jesus Christ.
Let us mark, ere we leaved the passage, the prompt obedience to the heavenly vision displayed by the shepherds. We see in them no doubts, or questionings, or hesitation. Strange and improbably as the tidings might seem, they at once act upon them. They went to Bethlehem in haste. They found every thing exactly as it had been told to them. Their simple faith received a rich reward. They had the mighty privilege of being the first of all mankind, after Mary and Joseph, who saw with believing eyes the new-born Messiah. They soon returned, "glorifying and praising God" for what they had seen.
May our spirit be like theirs! May we ever believe implicitly, act promptly, and wait for nothing, when the path of duty is clear! So doing, we shall have a reward like that of the shepherds. The journey that is begun in faith, will generally end in praise.
Woman's Guild Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fund-Raiser for missions had a wonderful turnout. Thank you to all our cooks, those who helped with the dinner, and those who attended. Much appreciated!
Refreshments following in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, Dec. 21st after church beginning at 12:15 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
so we may begin the play on time.
Sat., Dec. 20 at 10 a.m.
Bishop Gearhard & Grace Myer Youth/Camp/ Pastoral Ministries in Germany.


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I was invited to attend a private viewing of "12 Years a Slave" with a world leader that I greatly respected.
After the film was shown with gasps and sobbing from the audience, he turned to me, surprised at how unaffected I seemed to be and asked me what I thought.
My response was that it was too soft... If you're going to tell the story, TELL the story.
At times, it would probably be more advantageous for me to censor my "honesty", but I haven't completely developed that skill yet.
All I could think of was truths like this, and how enslaved women were mindfucked as well by having to "perform" for their "Massa's" or watch their men and children destroyed for their lack of "enthusiasm".
I have since been criticized for continuing to bear witness to this and other horrific details of the dehumanizing brutality of the African American Holocaust... at times for good reason.
A brilliant filmmaker, who I admire and respect, told me of the greater need to express past that pain into a better reality. I used to feel that way as well. That is where my love for comics and Sci-Fi came from. Another also respected artist pointed out the metaphysical aspect of giving energy to that which you are opposed to, empowering it into a more significant reality.
But maybe stubbornly I believe that the history of this has mostly been erased... that an entire generation lacks the perspective of what a people's position in society is and where ours progressed from.
As a writer it is important for me to understand that my people were forcibly taught to sing church hymns while pieces of their relatives were displayed in store windows as trophies.
It teaches me not to gamble on the conscious of people who cut into and burned my ancestors as entertainment for their children.
More importantly, it educates me to respect the value of history and truth, even when writing ridiculous fiction.
And lastly, without disrespect to anyone else, it is the source of love for my people, who are still here and still glorious.