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Grand Lodge Of New Jersey Destroys Another Great Masonic Career
November 15, 2013 by Fred Milliken 11 Comments
The Grand Lodge of New Jersey is at it again. This time it has suspended well respected PDDGM Dennis R. Winter for correcting and disagreeing with Grand Lodge – essentially nothing. And at the same time it has refused to grant him a Masonic trial.
This has become a common tactic of Napoleonic Grand Masters as they use a loophole of suspending indefinitely, perhaps forever, without expelling thereby not being able to be accused of arbitrarily ruining a Mason's Masonic life.
You might remember that we have been this road before with Mike McCabe who was railroaded out of the Craft in New Jersey for essentially the unMasonic conduct of opening his mouth.
New Jersey has a long history of tight fisted out of control Masonic government.
The bone of contention is once again as it was with McCabe, Landmark #3 which states:
"The Grand Master…may suspend, at his pleasure, the operation of any rule or regulation of Masonry not a 'landmark'…suspend the installed officers of any Lodge, and reinstate them at his pleasure, and is not answerable for his acts as Grand Master."
In other words the Grand Master can do as he dam well pleases. There is no limit to his power for this Landmark can overrule every other Landmark in the New Jersey Constitution. It's a SUPER Landmark. In fact all that is really necessary for New Jersey Mainstream Freemasonry is to just have this one Landmark as it voids all the others anyway.
Furthermore as we exposed 3 years ago in the Mike McCabe story, the New Jersey Landmarks were never voted on by the body of the Craft in Grand Session as required by the New Jersey Constitution. They were never officially approved but merely inserted into the Constitution by taking an end run around the proper procedures of the Grand Lodge as so stipulated in its Constitution. And the powers to be today will never submit the Landmarks to the New Jersey Craft as a whole for approval because they know they would not pass with Landmark #3 in them. So these Landmarks are illegal, the Grand Master's rulings are illegal and the suspension of Winter is illegal.
Yet the question that needs to be asked is a statement of all power to the Grand Master without limitations really a Landmark? This is what we will explore further but first let's hear Winter's story in his own words.
I was summoned to the Grand Lodge Fellowship Center on August 28, 2013 to meet with the Grand Master for allegedly "Having issues with the Grand Lodge on the way the Grand Lodge was being run."
Rather than sitting down as men and as Masons to discuss the issues, the meeting was more of a Police interrogation. (Note: the Grand Master is a retired Police Sergeant from the now disbanded Camden Police Department).
The entire Elected Line was there and I was informed that my conversation was being recorded and I informed the Grand Master that his conversation was being recorded as well. He did not like that.
My issues with the Grand Lodge were 1) I found out that the ads in the Freemason Magazine were Not being paid for; 2) I called the Editor of our privately paid magazine which had an ad in (by Reverend Frank) advertizing Marriages, Civil Unions, and renewal of vows. I took issue with the fact that it looked like we, as Masons were promoting Civil Unions and I do not believe that as Masons, who are taught that the "Holy Bible the Inestimable gift of God to man is given to us as the Rule and Guide for our faith and Practice, and in that Book it states that marriage is between a man and a woman, that we should not have such an ad in our magazine; 3) I found out that a District Deputy Grand Master in one of our Districts tried to qualify a Senior Warden, who had not been elected Master. I called the Grand Instructor and told him what this District Deputy tried to do and he told me that he would talk to the Grand Master about this problem; and 4) I called the Grand Lodge to inform the Grand Secretary that a piece of Legislation that was passed at Grand Lodge was listed incorrectly in the Freemason and since I knew that the Grand Lodge was updating the Constitution, I wanted to make sure that the wording would be correct.
The Grand Master told me that I "berated" the Editor of the Freemason for a half an hour. That never did happen. We talked about the issues that concerned me. The Grand Master told me that I should know, as a Past District Deputy Grand Master that any Volume of Sacred Law can be on the Alter. I do know that. And I also know that No recognized volume of Sacred Law condones civil unions or gay marriage. He told me that I should know the chain of command, that the Freemason Magazine is the Grand Master's magazine and if I had an issue 1 should have called him. (I thought, #1 that the Freemason was "OUR" magazine and if someone has a problem with what is published, that they should talk to the Editor of that paper or magazine.) Note: I did apologize to Grand Master if he thought I did not go through the correct chain of command … He then told me that I should not interfere with another District or District Deputy Grand Master. I told him that my concern was with the entire fraternity and what was being done in this fraternity is being done properly.
After the interrogation was over, the Grand Master told me that "You can go home now".
On September 20, after just getting home from giving the Funeral oration for a departed brother of my Lodge(Note: 1 also did a Funeral Oration for another Lodge on the morning of the day that one was to appear for the summons), 1 received a phone call from a brother Mason asking what was going on .. I asked him what he was talking about and he told me that he was just informed that the Grand Master had suspended me. 1 was not officially informed until I received the letter from the Grand Master on September 23,2013. (Emails went out to the Elected Line, Past Grand Masters, all Lodge Secretaries, District Deputy Grand Masters and appendant and coordinate bodies before I was informed of my suspension).
He did this by suspending any By-Law, rule or regulation relating to Title Four, Article XI, and Trial of Charges by (Printed Landmark #3) In addition the wording in this so-called "Landmark" cannot be justified from Mackey's list of 25 Landmarks or any other adopted Landmarks recognized in this country or by the Grand Lodge of England. To this date I have been suspended even though the preferment and determination of charges has not been made and the Grand Master has not allowed me to have a Trial, even though I have asked for one …
Also take notice that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey has not adopted any Landmarks … Some Grand Masters in New Jersey have used this (Landmark) even though it has not been adopted by our Grand Lodge.
This is evident by the 1903 Grand Lodge proceedings and the Wallis Report of Masonic Jurisprudence and also the Past Grand Secretary's remarks in The Masonic Service Association's pamphlet on "Landmarks" which states "Our records from 1903 show that the report of the Committee was received and adopted, but nothing in the report recommends the adoption of the ten "Landmarks". We have adhered to them even though there was no official acceptance by the Grand Lodge".
The Grand Lodge Constitution of New Jersey clearly states in Title Four, Part 5. Legal Rulings "Opinions of the Grand Master, in the interpretation of Masonic Law or Landmarks, become established decrees and permanent rules of action only when adopted by the Grand Lodge".
This Grand Master has violated the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and denied me my Civil Rights as an American, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the New Jersey Grand Lodge Constitution. Title Four, Section 3, Part 3 Protection of Civil Rights: A Lodge cannot derive a brother of his civil rights, such as a resort to courts of justice for the redress of injuries, nor compel him to first submit his complaint to the lodge for its action.
Also, since all of the issues that I had are now being addressed by the Grand Master, it sure proves that they were legitimate concerns.
Please remember, this action by the Grand Master is a vendetta against me. I do not hold the Fraternity in New Jersey responsible for the unmasonic and improper acts of this Grand Master.
As I have told many concerned brethren, there is nothing wrong at all with the Institution of Freemasonry. The problem is that we sometimes elect a brother who really does not understand the fraternity and will abuse the authority of the Office of Grand Master to satisfy a personal vendetta …
Dennis R. Winter, P.D.D.G.M. 21st Masonic District
There are three main points to consider in analyzing this abuse of power by the Grand Master of New Jersey.
1) The New Jersey Landmarks were never voted on and approved by the Grand Lodge as a whole. They were never legally passed but merely inserted into the constitution thereby bypassing proper procedure.
2) An unlimited power clause is not a Landmark. Landmarks are the basic principles or cornerstones that define the fraternity. Putting into the Landmarks a tactic is an illegal grab for power.
No other Grand Lodge gives the Grand Master absolute power as contained in the Wallis Committee's Report of 1903, which attempted to identify 10 specific Landmarks. Specifically parts of Landmark 3, which state:
"He may create lodges by his warrant and arrest the warrant of any lodge.
He may suspend, at his pleasure, the operation of any rule or regulation of Masonry, not a "Landmark." He may suspend the installed officers of Any lodge and reinstate them at pleasure, and is not answerable for his acts as Grand Master"
The language contained in this part of the new "Landmark", nor the concept of a Grand Master being able to disregard whole sections of a written constitution is not found in Mackey's list of Landmarks. No Masonic Jurisdiction in the United States has ever granted their Grand Masters such broad expansive authority based on their Landmarks as New Jersey's Landmark No.3 suggested.
3) Grand Lodges were never set up to be a tyranny. Grand Lodges were not designed to operate in this manner. This is not the tradition of Freemasonry. Grand Lodges were created to be the administrative arm of a group of constituent, local Lodges.
M.W. Brother Dorworth's 2013 Masonic Leadership Conference in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania for the Officers of Lodges in New Jersey had a book that was required reading for the participants.
The Book titled Laudable Pursuit: A 21 st Century Response to Dwight Smith by the Knights of the North states under Part Three: the section on "To be invested with what we were divested". (Pg.12)
1. "Can we expect Freemasonry to retain its past glory and prestige unless the level of leadership is raised above its present position?"
James I of England once purported, it is … "sedition in subjects, to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power." We give to our Grand Masters the Devine Right of Kings and pray that use such powers wisely. Sadly, our law does NOT take into account the man who believes in his own divinity. Nor does it take into account for the simple man who gets his feelings hurt and retaliates against those who disagree with his actions. Specifically, the power of a Grand Master to suspend a Mason until the next meeting of Grand Lodge must be eliminated. There must be checks and balances in the form of a required seating of a Trial Committee, made up of Past Masters, NOT Past Grand Masters or Grand Lodge officers to rule on the suspension.
[5] Even the Grand Lodge of England in 1723 and until today, who's country was and is ruled by a Monarch, state in their Book of Constitutions: General Laws and Regulations for the Government of The Craft:,"#15., Abuse of Power by Grand Master: If the Grand Master should abuse his power and render himself unworthy of the obedience of the Lodges, he shall be subject to some new regulation, to be dictated by the occasion; because, hitherto, the Antient Fraternity have had no reason to provide for an event which they have presumed would never happen.
Like the Pope who is absolutely the last word in spiritual matters but not infallible in civil matters, the Grand Master was never intended to have life and death powers over individual Masons or even local Lodges but rather possess the power to organize and manage his jurisdiction while at the same time holding the post of ceremonial leader.
The government of Freemasonry was modeled on the monarchial system that was in vogue in the 18th century, but the Grand Master was a King with a Parliament which means he governed with limitations. Those limitations were the by-laws and the Constitution of his jurisdiction along with voting rights where applicable. It was never intended to be a Fraternity where the average Mason had no civil rights at all and was in a position to be at the whim and mercy of its leader. Those Grand Lodges that are now operating in the United States as tyrannical dictatorships trampling the civil rights of the Brethren at large are illegal, immoral, unconstitutional and totally outside the bounds of Masonic tradition.
The Grand Master of New Jersey has taken this abuse one step further by becoming a bully. There is nothing like sticking the blade in and then twisting it around to cause maximum pain. His latest edict is to prohibit any suspended or expelled Mason from attending an open installation, open to the general public. It seems as if the motto of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey is – when we screw you over we do it doubly well.
MW DAVID A. DORWORTH
WHEREAS, The ceremony of Installation of the Officers of a Masonic Lodge is Masonic ritual; and subject to Title Four: By Laws Part 8 paragraph d & Title Seven: Appendix 7.5.8d; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Masonic Regulations,(above) an "Open Installation" of Lodge Officers is permissible if the members of the lodge shall have voted therefore, and the District Deputy Grand Master of the District shall have approved of the same; and,
WHEREAS, the authorization of an Open Installation by the District Deputy Grand Master is conditioned upon him being satisfied that the ceremony shall be conducted in a dignified and commendable manner; and,
WHEREAS, the persons who may attend an open installation are Master Masons in good standing, and their invited family and friends, who are members of the community and who may not necessarily be Masons; and,
WHEREAS, since the ceremony will be open to members of the community, and may be their only exposure to Masonic ceremonies, and hence is even more important that the ceremony be conducted with dignity and peace and harmony; and,
WHEREAS, suspended or expelled Master Masons may be tempted to attend such an open installation, and whose presence could disturb the peace and harmony of the Lodge, and also be interpreted as violating the Obligation of all Master Masons to refrain from holding Masonic conversation with suspended or expelled Masons; and,
WHEREAS, the preservation of peace and harmony within this Grand Lodge is of great importance to this fraternity, for the good of the craft and for the preservation of such peace and harmony, it is this Day of November 12,2013.
EDICTED AND ORDERED, that no suspended or expelled Masons, who remain within the penal jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, may attend any open installation of any Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction. The District Deputy Grand Masters and Worshipful Masters are directed that in the event that a suspended or expelled Mason endeavors to attend any open installation, they shall prevent the ceremony from proceeding until such time as they are satisfied that the suspended or expelled Mason has departed the premises, or that the installation is to proceed as a closed installation. The identity of the suspended or expelled Mason shall be communicated to the Grand Lodge at the earliest practical opportunity following any such incident.
So Ordered,
M.W. David A. Dorworth,
Dated: November 12,2013
William L. Morris,
None of the actions of PDDGM Dennis R. Winter consisted of Masonic misconduct. This is simply a case of a thin skinned Grand Master who cannot countenance anybody having a different opinion than his and who will not allow, correction, suggestions or input from others in his jurisdiction. And to squash all other Masonic thought and intimidate those who might be considering speaking up he resorts to suspension and expulsion without cause and without due process. This is exactly why Mainstream Freemasonry is in trouble. Grand Lodges and Grand Masters have become control freaks.
Until Mainstream Freemasonry in the United States decides to discipline itself, these abuses will be repeated over and over again. While each jurisdiction has its own sovereignty it does not have the right to change Freemasonry or to make up bogus Landmarks. And when it does those compliant Grand Lodges must threaten those who disrespect Freemasonry with non recognition.
HELP PUT "FREE" BACK IN FREEMASONRY
Filed Under: Featured, The Bee Hive Tagged With: edict, Grand Lodge, Grand Master, Landmark, New Jersey, summons, suspension, vendetta
Mike McCabe Bringing Brothers Together
January 6, 2011 by Fred Milliken Leave a Comment
You might remember a previous story from The Beehive on Mike McCabe and how he was unceremoniously bounced out of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. Granted McCabe is an intense fellow but he was and still is passionate about his Freemasonry. And he did much in his tenure within the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and was recognized by his Grand Lodge for superior achievement. Yet his insistence to do things correctly and "by the book" landed him in trouble with a Grand Lodge whose officers liked to violate its Constitution and do whatever they felt like.
McCabe deserves a lot more credit than he is being given which is so often the plight of an expelled Brother. It needs to be pointed out that McCabe was present on the deck of the Battleship USS New Jersey on September 22, 2002 where formal recognition between PHA & Mainstream Masonry in New Jersey was ratified.
And it was he who a scant three weeks later on October 16, 2002 as Master of Mainstream Justice Lodge No. 285, Linwood New Jersey welcomed the visitation of Prince Hall Lodges No. 16, Hiram Abiff and No. 27, Prince Hall along with the Grand Masters of both Grand Lodges and other Past Grand Masters and dignitaries.
McCabe and his officers worked hard to put together one of the first joint meetings of PHA & Mainstream Masonry in the state of New Jersey. As a long time champion of Prince Hall Masonry, McCabe endeavored to make the occasion memorial and remembered by casting a plate with front and back inscriptions which you see here pictured.
But The Beehive cannot help but wonder at perhaps how much trouble championing Prince Hall might get you in. PGM Frank Haas of West Virginia met with Prince Hall Officers in the hopes of starting recognition. Derek Gordon of Arkansas championed Prince Hall recognition and boldly denounced the Grand Lodge ruling that the generic license plate created by Prince Hall Arkansas was clandestine. Counting McCabe all three, of course, have been expelled.
Filed Under: The Bee Hive Tagged With: Freemasonry, New Jersey, PHA Recognition, Prince Hall
Mike McCabe Versus The Grand Lodge Of New Jersey – Part 2
September 14, 2010 by Fred Milliken 31 Comments
One might be inclined to ask why Mike McCabe is being so persistent in trying to get an appeal for his case, an appeal the Grand Lodge of New Jersey is trying to stonewall? Why doesn't he just let it go?
Read Part 1, and Part 3.
McCabe tells us:
"I once sat in a Camden County courtroom and heard the attorney representing the Grand Lodge successfully argue that neither a Masonic Lodge nor the members of a New Jersey Masonic Lodge were entitled to be treated fundamentally fair by the Grand Lodge. I sat there and wondered what type of organization had I devoted 20 plus years of my life to, to find out that is how they view me? No Brother I know ever knocked on the inner door, expecting to be treated as a second class citizen."
Another good reason would be the actions of his Grand Master in regards to his Lodge, Trimble Lodge. That Grand Master forced the three Lodges which met in the same building (worth several million dollars and co-equally owned) to merge. Trimble Lodge was one of the three and was very well endowed thanks to the generosity of several of its deceased members.
Each of the Lodges held meetings and votes were taken. The members of Trimble Lodge and one of the other Lodges voted overwhelmingly against the forced consolidation. After the results of Trimble's vote was announced, 49-2 against the proposal, the District Deputy acting under the instructions of the then Grand Master, walked up to the East, picked up the Lodge's Charter and stated that Trimble Lodge was closed.
He left with the charter while the meeting was still in progress.
McCabe then provides us with an explanation of why he thinks that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey is out of control.
On December 1, 2004, Trimble Lodge went to court to obtain an injunction against the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge to prevent this forced merger. This legal action was only taken as an act of last resort, so as to permit the affected lodges the time needed to attempt an amicable resolution of the underlying issues with some members of Ionic Lodge (and Grand Lodge). It would have also afford those lodges the time needed to present the another side to these issues at the appropriate Grand Lodge forum, where actual facts could be presented and hearsay, distortions and misrepresentations could be refuted.
During the course of the court hearing, the presiding judge asked the attorney representing Grand Lodge a question something along the lines of Is a Masonic lodge entitled to be treated fundamentally fair (by either the Grand Lodge or Grand Master)? The Grand Lodge attorney's reply was NO. The judged then asked If the members of a Masonic lodge were entitled to be treated fundamentally fair? The Grand Lodge's attorney responded that the members of a Masonic Lodge "Are not entitled to be treated fundamentally fair".
As to the motivation of New Jersey Grand Lodge in acting this way it could be pointed out that the Grand Lodge had committed itself to donating a significant amount of money towards the upkeep of the Battleship USS New Jersey of which Grand Master Ryan is a Trustee) Also it appears that the Grand Lodge was taking heavy losses in its various financial investments. It could be speculated that Trimble Lodge's money was Grand Lodge's financial bailout.
One thing was for sure, the fact that the Grand Master over ruled the votes taken by the Lodges and mandated a merger by edict requiring all Lodges to turn in their Charters with one new Charter granted for the creation of a new Lodge also contributed to McCabe's persistence in battling Grand Lodge. Once again he tells us:
"An American's most precious Civil Right is the right to vote and the right to have the results of that vote recognized, regardless of the final outcome."
Keeping all this in mind, McCabe started to do some deep digging which has continued after his expulsion. And what he found explains how the Grand Lodge of New Jersey can get away with acting as it does.
He found that in 1902 the Grand Lodge of New Jersey's committee on Masonic Jurisprudence (the Wallis Committee) was charged with identifying "the ancient landmarks of Masonry" and reporting "what those landmarks are, as applicable to the Masonic law of New Jersey". The Wallis Committee submitted a report that borrowed from MacKey's 25 landmarks, ignoring some and combining others. It submitted 10 Landmarks for consideration by the Grand Lodge, one of which was entirely new and not found elsewhere in Masonic tradition. Landmark No. 3 stated:
In one stroke of the pen the Wallis Report vastly expanded the scope of a Grand Master's authority while at the same time making much of the Grand Constitution worthless, null and void. Nowhere in the entire text of Mackey's seminal work, "The Landmarks, Or The Unwritten Law," or in his complete 25 Landmarks, is any language found that remotely suggests that a Grand Master has that type of unrestricted authority granted by the "Landmarks." Nor can one find this Landmark in any other Grand Lodge in the United States.
The acceptance of a Landmark should not be taken lightly. For something to be a Landmark it must me universal and have existed since time immemorial. Something dreamed up in 1903 to increase the power of Grand Masters does not meet the criterion of being a Landmark.
Sometime after 1903 these 10 Landmarks were inserted into the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and for any number of years Grand Masters have used Landmark No. 3 to do whatever they wanted and to rule and govern in whatever manner they so desired.
Application of Landmark No. 3 over rules provisions in the Grand Constitution that were there long before it was.
"The Grand Lodge shall have power…to make all by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Constitution.' (Section 2-18).
"A Lodge cannot deprive a Brother of his Civil rights." (Section 29-27).
But Landmark No. 3 is inconsistent with the Constitution and does deprive Brethren of their Civil Rights.
How is this Landmark reconciled with the General Regulation?: "You admit that it is not in the power of any Man or Body of any Men to make innovations in the body of Masonry."
It can't and it has increasingly been used to deny due process, suspend or expel members at will, and overturn the results of votes taken by the Brethren.
McCabe remarks, "That one important issue that has been completely ignored is the primary purpose for any Constitution. That is to limit or restrain arbitrary authority. Landmark No. 3 eliminates that restraint."
In 1983 Past Grand Master Rutledge, an attorney, was brought up on charges of theft, tried and found guilty at his local Lodge. However, the Grand Lodge stepped in and said that a local Lodge cannot decide the punishment process in the case of a Past Grand Master, and moved the penalty sentencing phase to the Grand Lodge level. Rutledge objected and took his case to the civil courts, all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court. On May 10, 1983 the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in Rutledge v. Gulian that "Landmark 3 explicitly authorizes the Grand Master to intermit any rule or regulation other than a Landmark."
The court's precedent setting ruling, upheld both the primacy of New Jersey's 10 Landmarks, and the Grand Master's authority in dealing with the organization's internal controversies.
If that was the end of the story it would be bad enough and perhaps prompt us to suggest that the Brethren of New Jersey meeting in Grand Session should change their Constitution. That's not an easy thing to accomplish with a Grand Master who rules with an iron fist and who has the power to overrule and negate any votes taken by the Brethren.
But that is not the end of the story. McCabe dug deeper and he found New Jersey Grand Lodge's dirty little secret.
In July of 1983, only two months after this Supreme Court case had been decided, the Masonic Service Association of North America (MSANA) published its revised Sixth Edition of Ancient Landmarks of Freemasonry – As Adopted, Followed or Undecided by the Fifty-One Grand Lodges of the United States.
New Jersey's then Grand Secretary supplied the information to MSANA and McCabe checked with Richard Fletcher, director of MSANA, to ascertain that no additional information had been added since 1983 nor any revisions made. After listing New Jersey's 10 Landmarks the Grand Secretary of New Jersey added this note:
"Our records from 1903 show that the report of the Committee was received and adopted, but nothing in the report recommends that adoption of the ten Landmarks reported. We have adhered to them even though there was no official acceptance by the Grand Lodge."
So New Jersey's 10 Landmarks including Landmark No. 3 were never voted on and thus were never legally accepted by a majority vote of the members of the Grand Lodge meeting in Grand Session as required by its Constitution. They were just inserted into the Constitution without approval.
Section 2-23 of the Grand Lodge's Constitution stipulates that "no alteration or addition shall be made to this Constitution unless proposed in writing, and supported by representatives of five Lodges: and a fair copy thereof, certified by the Grand Secretary, shall be forwarded to all the Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge for their consideration, until its next annual communication, and such proposed alteration or addition shall not take effect unless there shall be thereof the votes of two-thirds of the members present."
Considering that the MSANA probably took a number of months to compile the data for its publication it is fair to say that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey knew that its 10 Landmarks were not legally adopted while the New Jersey Supreme Court was hearing Rutledge v. Gulian and which was decided favorably for the Grand Lodge of New Jersey based on the validity of Landmark No.3.
McCabe put it this way, "The funny thing is that the Rutledge decision was handed down only a couple of months before the MSANA pamphlet was published (The Grand Secretary along with the elected Grand Line were defendants). I believe that this information would have (could have) changed the entire outcome of the decision had the court known the information divulged in the MSANA Publication 2 or 3 months later.
And now you know the rest of the story.
Filed Under: The Bee Hive Tagged With: Landmarks, Mike McCabe, New Jersey, Rutledge v. Gulian


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Le 2 mars 1945, à Tenafly (USA), retour à Dieu du père Joseph Margreither, à l'âge de 60 ans.
Joseph Margreither naquit à Weiler (Thann) dans le diocèse de Strasbourg en 1884. Il fit ses études à Keer, Richelieu et Lyon où il entra en 1903. Il fit le serment en 1905 et fut ordonné prêtre en 1907. En octobre de la même année, il partait pour le vicariat de la Côte du Bénin. Il y travailla en plusieurs missions. Lui aussi, il aida le père Landais en sa cocoteraie de Tocpo. En 1928, il quittait le Nigeria, c'était l'époque où on répartissait les territoires entre les diverses provinces. L'année suivante, le père partait pour le Togo, d'où il dut rentrer bien malade (paludisme), en 1932. Il partit alors pour l'Amérique, en cette autre mission confiée à la province d'Alsace-Lorraine.
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Joseph Margreither was born in Miller-sur-Thur, Alsace-Lorraine, in the diocese of Strasbourg, on January 27, 1884.
He died in Tenafly, NJ, USA, on March 2, 1945.
Joseph Margreither was thirteen years old when he entered the Colleges of the Society. He received his second-level education in Our Lady of Lourdes Apostolic School, at Keer en Cadier, Holland, and in the Petit Seminaire des Roches at Chamalieres (Puy-de-Dome) (1897-1902). He was then promoted to the Society's major seminary, at Cours Gambetta, Lyon, France, where he made his novitiate and studied philosophy and theology (1902-1907) He was received as a member of the Society on September 26, 1905 and was ordained a priest in the seminary chapel at Lyon on July 21, 1907.
After ordination Joseph was appointed to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Bight of Benin, in West Africa. Originally part of the vast vicariate of Dahomey, erected in 1860, this jurisdiction had been established ten years later and extended over much of south western Nigeria. Its ecclesiastical capital at Lagos. He worked in the cathedral parish in Lagos and in Abeokuta, But he is best remembered for his work in Topo mission, first as assistant to Fr. Landais and then as superior. The island of Topo had been leased to the Vicariate by government in 1874. Subsequently a coconut farm had been planted which became an important source of revenue through the sale of copra (dried fruit of the coconut used for making soap and cosmetics). Topo had a boarding school (the boys helped in the farm), also a convent with orphanage attached and, of course, a church and mission. There were also ten outstations to be cared for, the most important of which was Badagry which had been founded in 1899.
In the early years of the 20th century Ignace Lissner, from Alsace, had pioneered Society works in the Southern States of the USA, founding during the next decade several missions in African-American communities. Staffing these missions were Society members drawn mainly from the Alsace-Lorraine region. As the American works grew in scope staffing requirements increased and the new Alsace Provincial, Fr. Brediger was frequently requested to provide men. It was against this background that Joseph – clearly no longer fit for the tropics – was re-assigned to the American branch. He came to America in 1935 and was assigned to the Society's missions in Georgia. However within a matter of months his health broke down and he was re-assigned to St. Anthony's Mission House, Tenafly NJ, then the headquarters of the American branch. He was to reside here for the remaining years of his life, helping in administration of the house, assisting in promotion work, and taking on temporary pastoral assignments in the Archdiocese of Newark. He also spent many hours at his favorite hobby which was gardening, doing much to beautify the environment.
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The pink roses bursting over the shapely body of what was once called a 'mannequin' was an intriguing study of haute couture art by Giambattista Valli.
The designer took over the graceful Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, the better to show the intricacies of handwork, mostly frou-frou ruffles of feather-light fabrics – including the plumes themselves. It was all in deliberate contrast to the other project for Valli's atelier: working out how to create a mini collection for H&M that will go on sale in November.
"Because there are so many things to do with H&M, I asked myself if I want to take pleasure in sitting and working with my atelier to be the full creator of Giambattista Valli," the designer said, standing in front of the fuzz of fabrics.
"I wanted to do it for a long time – and this really is the time," he continued. "Sometimes things on the runway miss the magic. So I wanted to do something magical with sheer fabrics and very classical techniques. And that is very difficult to do. This for me is like the Sala Bianca (the original location in Florence for showing Italian fashion), or Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech. I said to myself, 'How beautiful it could be to do that.' It looks very effortless here, and I love that, but it was very complex to do."
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2019/20
Valli's words summarised the situation that haute couture finds itself in today. To get attention amid a flood of different fashion lines – Cruise, Resort, Pre-Fall and Collection – couture has to distinguish itself – and do that globally. At the high end, it means fantastical shows in far-off places, hence this season's Fendi at the heart of ancient Rome by the Coliseum and Dolce & Gabbana among the ancient Greek ruins in Sicily. For designer shows in general, the first half of this year has moved models from Japan to Marrakesh and to so many more countries both East and West.
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What is lost in these theatrical and often exceptional performances is the intimacy and the craftsmanship that is supposed to be at the heart of haute couture. Pierpaolo Piccioli from Valentino brings the workers from his atelier in Rome to Paris each couture season and this time closed the show by bringing this white-jacketed team down the runway. But it is rare for the details of couture to be shown to more than a handful of fashion editors. And that, according to Valli, means missing the essence of haute couture.
"The conversation should be about shape and volume and the art of haute couture now. I wanted it to be an ode to my atelier," Valli said. "Look at these roses – you see the love and the passion and also a kind of sharpness. Then you go into another room and it's about draping. On one side you see the sharpness of cutting, almost like paper, so the shape is a silhouette. Then, from the very beginning you see the clothes reflected in mirrors. It is the idea of what haute couture is and also what the DNA of Giambattista Valli is. It is almost like pencil on paper, then scissors on fabric.
"This is like my duality," he continued. "It's like two sides of the same point: something that is very sharp and very clean and slick; and a bouquet, or something that is very Giambattista – always the two opposites and finding a balance between the two. Everything is about the art of draping and the art of cutting."
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Alcatel 3v initial review: Big, sharp and shiny budget phone
Cam Bunton · 24 February 2018
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It was back in 2015, at that year's Mobile World Congress that Alcatel started to catch the eye. In the Idol 3, it created a device that promised close-to flagship performance and specifications at a fraction of the cost. In the following years it failed to excite as much with the follow-up Idol generations, but that could all be about to change.
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Alcatel has refreshed its model names to make them simpler. There are no more Idols or Pops anywhere to be seen, just numbers. Alcatel 1, 3 and 5, with variations on those themes. The standout among the budget models however is clearly the Alcatel 3v. It's a big, glossy phone with a long aspect ratio screen at a high resolution. Will this be the sub-£200 phone to buy this year?
Alcatel 3v preview: Design
Midnight Blue and Midnight Black colours
With so many phones leaning towards 18:9 ratio screens, making a phone that looks unique is becoming more of a challenge than before. The front is almost all screen for many of them, and the same is true of the Alcatel 3v. Side bezels are fairly slim, with slightly thicker framing at the top and the bottom.
Apart from that, there's nothing else to talk about on the front except the usual collection, including the front facing camera, earpiece and ambient light sensor on the top panel. There aren't any capacitive or physical buttons on the front, they've been dumped in favour of virtual onscreen ones.
It's on the back things get a bit more interesting. Alcatel has covered the rear of the phone in a really attractive, glossy finish, reminding us a little of the HTC U11, except - for budget reasons - this isn't created using a high-end glass treatment, it's more a chromed plastic. Even in our brief time with the phone, it seemed almost impossible to keep fingerprints off, but looks good and felt comfortable in the hand, despite the phone's larger size.
Placed centrally on this glossy back you'll find a fingerprint sensor within easy reach of an index finger, along with a dual camera and dual LED flash, as well as the rather large Alcatel logo.
Around the edges you catch a glimpse of a little more cost-cutting, as the entire thing is predominantly plastic. That is to be expected at this end of the scale though, and isn't at all surprising, or off-putting.
The right edge is home to the textured power button and removable SIM tray, while the left has the slender volume rocker. You'll find the 3.5mm headphone jack on the top edge, and the usual suspects on the bottom edge: micro USB and two grilles covering the speaker and microphone.
On the whole, it's a really attractive phone and one that's surprisingly compact given the size of the display. Top marks to Alcatel's design team for this one, it's a budget phone you won't want to hide away.
Alcatel 3v preview: Display, features and camera
1080 x 2160 IPS LCD 6-inch display
Dual 16MP + 2MP camera
The biggest feature in the 3v, and what will likely draw in the consumers, is the display. It has what Alcatel is calling a 2K resolution display, and looks as brilliant on first impressions as it does big. The actual resolution is 1080 x 2160, which is the 18:9 version of full HD, also known as full HD+. Still, on a phone this cheap, that resolution is welcome indeed.
Text and detailing looked crisp and sharp on first impressions, and the entire panel was bright, colourful and without any obvious flaws. Which is pretty surprising at this price point, and is more than likely down to the fact that the 2.5D glass has been fully laminated to the display panel, leaving no air gaps.
One feature Alcatel has stated it's bringing to many of 2018's phones is facial recognition, and that's going to be available in the 3v too. Using the camera on the front, you'll be able to pick up your phone, or press the power button, and it unlocks using your face. According to the company, this feature can't be fooled by a photograph, and in our initial look, seemed to work well. If you feel facial recognition isn't secure enough, there's also the fingerprint scanner.
As for the dual camera on the back, that's made up of one 16-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel camera, that combine to offer the same bokeh-effect in portrait photos as we've seen on dozens of other handsets. It can capture 1080p video at 30 frames-per-second and has a bunch of other fun features like a manual shooting mode, panorama, PDAF, video stabilisation and time lapse among others.
Software, performance and battery
Quad-core MediaTek processor
2GB RAM/16GB storage
Runs Android Oreo
On the software side of things, it's the usual scenario for Alcatel. The 3v runs a fairly clean-looking version of Android Oreo with a few twists on stock Android. Default apps have the typical colourful icons, and no particularly crazy additional apps or functions were mentioned to us during our time with Alcatel at MWC.
To keep it running smoothly at a budget, Alcatel opted for a quad-core MediaTek processor paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage, which perhaps is the one slight low point in an overall decent package. The 16GB/2GB combination is low by most comparisons, but thankfully, there is support for microSD cards up to 128GB.
Given the processor and memory setup, we do worry a little about overall performance. It likely won't be the speediest phone around, but we'll need more time with it to be able to tell whether or not that assumption is safe.
In addition to that, the 3,000mAh battery should be plenty to get most users through a day, particularly in a phone with a 1080p display. Perhaps another downside here is that it's equipped with a micro USB port and has no fast-charging, which means a hefty 4 hours is required to fully recharge it.
On the whole it's a very promising device for the low end of the market. It's got an 18:9 ratio display, attractive, shiny finish on the back and enough features to keep the consumer entertained. The fact it has a 2K resolution screen in a phone that costs less than €200 is clearly the biggest selling point though.
At this price, and with its feature set, the 3V is a very compelling device and one that has potential to shake things up a little in the bottom end of the market. There are some compromises, like the lack of fast-charging, and very minimal amounts of memory. But in this market, compromises are needed to make phones affordable. Whether they're the right compromises or not is yet to be seen.
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The PBS Plan is a full support plan which covers all aspects of a client's life, including staff rota and support. It is a document focused around behaviour. We want to reduce behaviours of concern and give a client as much control as possible. The sole aim is to improve quality of life.
I'm a Positive Behaviour Support Senior. I work with clients in our learning disability services who present with behaviours that others may see as challenging.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is person-centred support. It takes into account a client's environment, physical health, and emotional wellbeing. It promotes choice.
We support clients to be in as much control of their lives as they can be. PBS can really transform a client's life. Their anxieties can reduce and their happiness increase with changes put in place.
At Southdown, if a client's behaviour changes, a PBS Senior may be referred to the service where they live and observe why there might be a change in behaviour.
We get inducted as a member of the service team, sometimes for a couple of months to a year. We're a fresh pair of eyes and we're there to support the team too.
I observe the dynamics of the service and the behaviours that a client presents. I look at the reasons for the behaviour. There's always something being communicated.
I learn the best practice from the client's support workers. Everyone does something great – from saying 'hello' in the morning, to support with personal care, to trips out doing something meaningful.
I accumulate this best practice into one place and that's my starting point to write the PBS Plan.
Part of the plan will include supporting clients to be as independent as possible. Building rapport is also a very important part of our support.
The PBS Plan will include guidelines around how to communicate and how to approach support for the client. When a team consistently follows these guidelines, the client's anxiety will be reduced.
When anxieties are reduced, quality of life increases, the client is happier, and incidents decrease.
For example, a client I worked with called Sam (name changed), who is non-verbal and in his late 30s, was communicating that living in his current environment was unsuitable for him. Sharing communal areas was difficult.
The behaviours of concern he presented were self-injury and total loss of control – like pacing, throwing objects at people, and open hand strikes. It was a challenging situation to keep everybody safe.
For Sam, to reduce anxiety we realised he needed to move. Alternative suitable accommodation for his needs was found. His PBS plan moved with him. It was my job to review the plan to make sure it fitted with the new service where he would be living, induct the team, and share my approaches with them.
On the day of the move, I supported him on a train ride to Gatwick airport because he loves trains. Whilst we were out, the team moved his things into his new flat, making sure his bed was ready and that all his belongings were there. This was key to helping Sam understand that this is where he would now be living. We gave Sam time to explore his new surroundings. We were positive, warm, and reassuring. He settled in so well!
Because Sam was now in a more suitable environment for his needs, he presented less behaviours of concern from day one. And because it was a calmer atmosphere for him, he started to communicate more using Makaton.
He's a lot happier, his anxiety has greatly reduced, and has more control of his life and communicates better. His quality of life has really improved.
It was a really rewarding placement for me. It's really nice seeing Sam form meaningful relationships with his new team. They did an amazing job and worked really hard to build rapport. I'm confident he'll keep receiving the support he needs.
As a PBS Senior, each placement is so different. I get to meet new clients and meet new teams, and share experiences and learn from new people. It's a really rewarding job.
We provide care and support for over 220 people with learning disabilities, 60% of whom have additional complex needs, either behaviour support needs and/or physical disabilities. To enable us to provide the very best care and support for people with learning disabilities, we have a specialist focus on improving people's quality of life and reducing challenging behaviour through Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).
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Other Voices: Greed, ego get a slap on the wrist
In a case that began with a curious Washington Post reporter and an office tour, federal prosecutors have agreed to drop corruption charges against former Illinois congressman Aaron Schock if he pays fines and back taxes.
Indicted in November 2016 on 24 charges alleging that he grossly misspent campaign and taxpayer money, Schock resigned from his seat in Congress but insisted that errors on his paperwork were honest mistakes, not criminal conduct.
Just recently, prosecutors seemed to bend in that direction. They agreed to drop the remaining criminal counts against Schock — a judge previously had dismissed two counts — if he pays back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and $68,000 to his campaign funds.
The downgrading of the criminal case is a head-scratcher. Repaying the IRS and his campaign fund seem to be admissions that Schock misspent money and violated tax laws. Federal law forbids taxpayer money and campaign money from being spent for personal use.
That's also what tripped up former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who attained elk heads and Michael Jackson memorabilia that was bought with campaign money. For that, Jackson and his wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, each spent time in federal prison.
Prosecutors had alleged that Schock misspent campaign and government money by buying so-called campaign vehicles and reimbursing himself improperly for years for mileage reports and fuel costs. The mileage he reported exceeded the mileage on the vehicles by 150,000 miles, prosecutors alleged.
They also accused him of spending about $29,000 on camera equipment for his personal photographer with taxpayer funds, and paying for a charter flight and hotel rooms for an NFL game.
The greed that caught up with him, though, was his office renovation. Schock's elaborate "Downton Abbey"-themed congressional office exceeded the "necessary and ordinary" expenses allowable for taxpayer-funded office expenses. Red walls, gold-framed art, leather pin-cushion sofas, feather bouquets — it was eye-catching to be sure.
A Post reporter got a tour of the office in February 2015 and wrote about it. Then ego intervened: Schock was irritated by the attention the Post's coverage drew.
So reporters dug a little deeper. Who paid for the interior decorating? What else had Schock been charging to taxpayers and his campaign accounts?
That digging perked the attention of federal prosecutors, who indicted him nearly two years after the initial Post story was published. The case has inexplicably dragged since then.
We don't know why the allegations in the indictment didn't hold up, or didn't hold up enough to warrant either continued prosecution or more punishment. Under the deal recently announced, Schock essentially walks away after writing checks.
What is clear is this: Cars used for personal use are not campaign expenses. Tickets to football games are not eligible for reimbursement by the taxpayer. A gaudy office renovation reflects an abominable decision by an elected official whose job is to protect taxpayers, not abuse them.
These rules aren't hard to follow. Why so many politicians continue to break them is an embarrassment.


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Vietnam-Mexico friendship and cooperation: 45 years and still thriving
The friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Mexico have been continually developing since the two countries established diplomatic ties on May 19, 1975.
Photo exhibition "México - Vietnam: At The Crossroads Of Vision" underways in HCMC
Mexico's lower house sets up friendship parliamentary group with Vietnam
Vietnam-Mexico trade exceeds USD1.8 billion
Mexican Ambassador to Vietnam Sara Valdés Bolaño (Photo: VNA)
The two governments recently decided to step up measures to improve the bilateral cooperation framework towards a comprehensive partnership for the interests of the two countries as well as peace and stability in the region.
Mexico is now Vietnam's third-largest trade partner in Latin America, while Vietnam is Mexico's eighth-largest export market in Asia-Pacific.
Two-way trade has grown 10-15 percent annually over the last decade and surpassed 6 billion USD in 2019.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) opens up a new horizon for the business communities of Vietnam and Mexico.
Mexican Ambassador to Vietnam Sara Valdés Bolaño said Vietnam opened its embassy in Mexico in 1975 and the following year the Mexican Embassy was opened in Hanoi.
In its early years, Mexico joined Vietnam's efforts in national reconstruction through cooperation in many areas such as maize variety research and development, training for Vietnam in oil and gas technology, and agriculture, she said.
A bilateral political consultation mechanism was established in 2002, enabling the two sides to identify priorities and directions in bilateral relations, she added./.
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Vietnam, Mexico Parties Strengthen Ties
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Boosting Vietnam - Mexico Relationship through People-to-People Exchange
In the meeting on Nov 18 in Hanoi, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), and Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe, Director General for Asia-Pacific at the Mexican Foreign Ministry agreed to continue working together to boost comprehensive cooperation between the two countries in terms of trade, culture and tourism.
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The mission of the residency is to prepare optometrists to provide full-scope primary care optometry by providing post-graduate clinical experience beyond that provided in the Doctor of Optometry program.
Objective: The resident will develop a high degree of efficiency in the provision of primary eye care services.
Outcome: The resident will provide primary eye care services involving a minimum of 1400 patient encounters, 60% of which will include obtaining a case history, visual acuity, refraction, tonometry, and external and internal ocular health assessment during the encounter.
Measure: The resident will report monthly on the number of patient encounters of this type using the patient encounter logs and summary sheets.
Goal 2: Strengthen the resident's expertise in the diagnosis and management of ocular disease.
Objective 1:The resident will perform the appropriate diagnostic procedures.
Measure: The resident will be evaluated quarterly by the supervisor to determine if the desired level of technical and cognitive ability is being exhibited.
The resident will determine the best management based on the diagnoses.
Goal 3: Expand the resident's knowledge of specialized diagnostic procedures.
Objective 1: The resident will develop expertise in interpreting optical coherence tomography (OCT) results.
Outcome: The resident will analyze 100 or more OCT studies (anterior segment or posterior segment) during the residency.
Measure: The resident will report on the number of patient encounters of these types using the patient encounter logs.
Objective 2: The resident will develop expertise in interpreting visual field testing results.
Objective 3: The resident will develop expertise in ordering and interpreting relevant laboratory or radiological procedures during the residency.
Outcome: The resident will order or utilize the results of at least 40 laboratory or radiological procedures during the residency.
Goal 4: Increase the resident's knowledge of systemic diseases and their treatment.
Outcome: The resident will coordinate care with non-optometric providers in management of patients with systemic disease. The resident will participate in relevant presentations and conferences on systemic disease.
Measure: The resident will report monthly on the number of patient encounters and participation in conferences of this type using the patient encounter logs and summary sheets.
Goal 5: Enhance the resident's knowledge of specialty optometric care.
Objective 1: The resident will gain experience in managing patients with limited sight.
Outcome: The resident will manage 30 or more patient encounters involving patients with limited sight.
Objective 2: The resident will gain experience in utilizing medically necessary specialty contact lenses.
Outcome: The resident will manage 30 or more patient encounters involving the utilization of medically necessary specialty contact lenses.
Objective 3: The resident will gain experience managing patients with binocular vision disorders.
Outcome: The resident will manage at least 30 patient encounters involving the evaluation and management of binocular vision disorders.
Outcome: The resident will present lectures during conferences and other meetings held at Southern College of Optometry and at the Dorn VAMC or area educational facilities and when possible will present posters or lectures in other settings such as the American Academy of Optometry and SECO.
Learning Activity: The resident will provide primary eye care services involving a minimum of 1400 patient encounters, 60% of which will include obtaining a case history, visual acuity, refraction, tonometry, and external and internal ocular health assessment during the encounter.
Outcome: The resident will develop enhanced skills in the management of primary eye care patients.
Objective: The resident's ocular disease-related diagnostic skills will be enhanced.
Learning Activity: The resident will provide services to a significant number of patients with ocular disease and will formulate a diagnosis based on the results of the procedures performed.
Outcome: The resident will become highly proficient in the performance and interpretation of basic and advanced ocular examination techniques on patients with ocular disease, and will attain advanced skills in the management of these patients.
Objective: The resident will utilize specialized diagnostic procedures and instrumentation while caring for patients.
Learning Activity: The resident will interpret ophthalmic fluorescein angiography, B-scan ultrasonography, anterior segment photography and relevant laboratory and radiological procedures.
Learning Activity: The resident will provide eye care to a large number of patients with systemic disease and will consult with non-optometric providers in the total care of these patients.
Outcome: The resident will be able to communicate effectively with physicians in the co management of patients who have systemic disease that impacts their ocular health.
Outcome: The resident will be able to effectively care for patients with limited sight.
Learning Activity: The resident will present lectures during conferences and other meetings held at Southern College of Optometry and at the Dorn VAMC or area educational facilities and when possible will present posters or lectures in other settings such as the American Academy of Optometry and SECO.
Each residency is one calendar year in length, commencing in July.
The resident is eligible for 13 days annual leave and 13 days sick leave which accrue at a rate of 4 hours annual and 4 hours sick leave per pay period with additional days alloted for educational leave.
Health insurance is available through the VA at decreased group rates. Part of the premium is also paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A. The resident is defined as an employee of the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC and the residency stipend is paid by the VAMC. No tuition or fees are applicable.
B. The resident should apply for optometric license in at least one of the fifty states prior to the beginning of the residency.
C. Professional liability protection for residents for work done at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC is provided under the Federal Tort claims act.
D. Residents will have access to the Internet for research purposes, the Dorn VAMC and University of South Carolina Medical School libraries, and remote access to library search capabilities at Southern College of Optometry.
A. The resident is required to deliver clinical services at a level that is satisfactory to the Residency Supervisor, Director of Residency Programs, and the SCO and William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC administrations. Normal clinic hours are from 7:00 A.M. until 5:30 P.M. The resident clinics operate on a compressed schedule with four ten hour days per week which affords the resident a week day off each week. The resident is expected to be present during all working hours, except attending conferences and doing study or research. The residents will share the responsibility of carrying the pager while in the clinic in order to address urgent eye problems. However, optometry residents are not required to answer calls during off-duty hours.
B. The resident is required to keep a record of patient contacts. Cases will be reviewed periodically by the Supervisor of the Residency Program and the Director of Residency Programs.
C. The resident is required to write a publication quality paper based on original research, literature review, or a clinical case. The resident will be encouraged submit this paper to an approved journal.
E. The resident is expected to perform in a professional manner in the delivery of patient care services and to observe those proprieties of conduct and courtesies that are consistent with the rules and regulations governing William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC.
G. Upon successful completion of the Residency Program, the Residency Supervisor and the Director of Residency Programs will recommend the granting of certification to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
H. Any resident accepted for training can be dismissed, without receiving a certificate of completion, for infractions of the rules and regulations of the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC or those set forth by Southern College of Optometry, or for any action which jeopardizes the safety of patients, personnel, or physical facilities.
A residency stipend will be provided for the year of training paid by William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC. The current stipend is $34,888. Compensation is not contingent upon productivity of the resident.
Other employment (moonlighting) during the residency year is allowed by the Dorn VAMC optometry program provided that the resident does not let outside employment interfere with ANY residency activities and that such employment does not take place during normal working hours. Residents who choose to moonlight will not be allowed to leave their post at Dorn VAMC during normal office hours or before patient care duties are finished. Using sick leave or annual leave to work in the private sector is prohibited.
The residency program at Dorn VAMC is fully accredited by the ACOE, 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-991-4100.
The resident reports to the Supervisor of the residency program. The Supervisor reports directly to the SCO Director of Residency Programs who in turn reports directly to the Vice President of Clinical Programs at Southern College of Optometry.


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# Processing XML in .NET
## DOM Parser, Streaming Parser, XPath, LINQ to XML

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# Table of Contents
* Processing XML documents in .NET
  * [Using the DOM Parser](#the-dom-parser)
  * [Using the Streaming Parser](#sax-and-stax-parsers)
* [Using XPath to Search in XML Documents](#using-xpath-in-net)
* [Using LINQ-To-XML](#linq-to-xml)
* [XSL Transformation in .NET](#xsl-transformations)

# The DOM Parser
* The following XML document is given:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<library name=".NET Developer's Library">
  <book>
    <title>Professional C# 4.0 and .NET 4</title>
    <author>Christian Nagel</author>
    <isbn>978-0-470-50225-9</isbn>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title>Silverlight in Action</title>
    <author>Pete Brown</author>
    <isbn>978-1-935182-37-5</isbn>
  </book>
</library>
```

* This document is represented in the in the memory as a `DOM tree` in the following way:

# The DOM Parser – Example
```cs
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("library.xml");
XmlNode rootNode = doc.DocumentElement;
Console.WriteLine("Root node: {0}", rootNode.Name);
foreach (XmlAttribute atr in rootNode.Attributes)
{
  Console.WriteLine("Attribute: {0}={1}",
    atr.Name, atr.Value);
}
foreach (XmlNode node in rootNode.ChildNodes)
{
  Console.WriteLine("\nBook title = {0}",
    node["title"].InnerText);
  Console.WriteLine("Book author = {0}",
    node["author"].InnerText);
  Console.WriteLine("Book isbn = {0}",
    node["isbn"].InnerText);
}
```

## [Demo]()

# Classes to Work with DOM
* The DOM parser provides few important classes:
  * `XmlDocument`
    * Represents the DOM tree
    * Usually contains two elements:
      * Header part (prolog)
      * The root element of the XML document
  * `XmlNode`
    * Abstract base class for all nodes in a DOM tree

* `XmlElement`
  * Represents a XML element
* `XmlAttribute`
  * Represents an attribute of an XML tag (couple name-value)
* `XmlAttributeCollection`
  * List of XML attributes attached to an element
* `XmlNodeList`
  * List of XML DOM nodes

# The XmlNode Class
* The class `System.Xml.XmlNode`:
  * Fundamental for the DOM processing
  * Represents a base node
  * Its inheritor-classes are:
    * `XmlDocument`, `XmlElement`, `XmlAttribute`, `XmlDeclaration`, …
  * Allows navigation in the DOM tree:
    * `ParentNode` – returns the parent node (`null` for the root)

* * `PreviousSibling` / `NextSibling` – returns the left / right node to the current
  * `FirstChild` / `LastChild` – returns the first / last child of the current node
  * `Item` (indexer `[]` in C#) – returns the child of the current node by its name
* Working with the current node:
  * `Name` – returns the name of the node (element, attribute …)
  * `Value` – gets the node value

* * `Attributes – returns the node attributes as XmlAttributeCollection
  * `InnerXml, OuterXml – returns the part of the XML containing the current node
    * Respectively with or without the node itself
  * `InnerText – concatenation of the values of the node and its inheritors
  * `NodeType – returns the node type

* Changing of the current node:
  * `AppendChild(…)` / `PrependChild(…)`
    * Inserts new child after / before all other children of the current node
  * `InsertBefore(…)` / `InsertAfter(…)`
    * Inserts new child before / after given inheritor
  * `RemoveChild(…)` / `ReplaceChild(…)`
    * Removes / replaces given child

* * `RemoveAll()` – deletes all children of the current node (element, attribute …)
  * `Value`, `InnerText`, `InnerXml` – changes the  value / text / XML text of the node

# The XmlDocument Class
* The `System.Xml.XmlDocument`
  * Contains XML document represented as DOM tree
  * Allows loading and saving XML document (from files, streams or strings)
  * `Load(…)`, `LoadXml(…)`, `Save(…)`
* Important properties, methods and events:
  * `DocumentElement` – returns the root element

* Important properties, methods and events:
  * `PreserveWhitespace` – indicates if the white space to be kept during save or load
  * `CreateElement(…)`, `CreateAttribute(…)`, `CreateTextNode(…)` – creates new XML element, attribute or value for the element
  * `NodeChanged`, `NodeInserted`, `NodeRemoved` – events for tracking the changes in the document

## Demo

# SAX and StAX Parsers
* SAX-style parsers are 'push' parsers
  * 'Push' data to the application
    * Event handlers for processing tags, attributes, data, whitespace, etc.
* StAX-like parsers are 'pull' parsers
  * 'Pull' the information from the parser as needed
  * The application moves the document's cursor forward (like reading a stream)
  * `XmlReader` is StAX-style (streaming) parser

# SAX and StAX Parsers and XmlReader
* In .NET stream processing of XML document is done with the `XmlReader` class
* `XmlReader` is abstract class, which:
  * Provides read-only access to the XML data
  * Works like a stream, but reads XML documents
    * Works in forward-only mode
  * Read at each step data (tags, attributes, text) can be extracted and analyzed

# The XmlReader Class
* The `XmlReader` class – most important methods and properties:
  * `Read()` – reads next node from the XML document or returns `false` if no such node
  * `NodeType` – returns the type of the read node
  * `Name` – returns the name of the read node (name of the last read element, attribute, …)
  * `HasValue` – returns true if the node has value
  * `Value` – returns the node value

* * `ReadElementString()` – reads the value (the text) from the last read element
  * `AttributeCount`, `GetAttribute(…)` – extract the attributes of the current element
* `XmlReader` is an abstract class
  * Instantiated with the static method `Create(…)`
  * Implements `IDisposable`

```cs
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("items.xml"))
{
  while (reader.Read()) { … }
}
```

## [Demo]()

# Working with XmlWriter
* The class `XmlWriter` creates XML documents
  * Works as a stream, but writes tags and data into XML documents
* Most important methods:
  * `WriteStartDocument()` – adds the prolog part in the beginning of the document (`<?xml …`)
  * `WriteStartElement(…)` – adds opening tag
  * `WriteEndElement()` – closes the last tag
  * `WriteElementString(…)` – adds an element by defined name and text value

* * `WriteAttributeString(…)` – adds an attribute to the current element
  * `WriteEndDocument()` – closes all tags and flushes the internal buffer (by calling Flush())
* `XmlWriter` is an abstract class
  * Instantiated by that static method Create(…)
  * Implements `IDisposable`

```cs
using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter ("items.xml"))
{
  // Write nodes here
}
```

## [Demo]()

# Using XPath in .NET
* XPath functionality is implemented in the `System.Xml.XPath` namespace
* XPath can be used directly from the class `XmlNode` (and all its inheritors) :
  * `SelectNodes(string xPathExpression)`
    * Returns list of all nodes matched by the specified XPath expression
  * `SelectSingleNode(string xPathExpression)`
    * Returns the first node matched by the specified XPath expression

# XPath and XmlNode – Example
* Suppose we want to find the beer's nodes

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
<items>
  <item type="beer">
    <name>Zagorka</name>
    <price>0.75</price>
  </item>
  <item type="food">
    <name>sausages</name>
    <price>0.48</price>
  </item>
  <item type="beer">
    <name>Kamenitza</name>
    <price>0.65</price>
  </item>
</items>
```

```cs
static void Main()
{
  XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
  xmlDoc.Load("../../items.xml");
  string xPathQuery = "/items/item[@type='beer']";

  XmlNodeList beersList =
    xmlDoc.SelectNodes(xPathQuery);
  foreach (XmlNode beerNode in beersList)
  {
    string beerName =
      beerNode.SelectSingleNode("name");
    Console.WriteLine(beerName.InnerText);
  }
}
```

## [Demo]()

# LINQ to XML
* `LINQ to XML`
  * Use the power of LINQ to process XML data
  * Easily read, write, modify, and search in XML documents
* Elements and attributes are no longer built-in the context of their parents
* LINQ to XML classes:
  * `XDocument` – represents a LINQ-enabled XML document (containing prolog, root element, …)

# LINQ to XML Classes
* LINQ to XML classes:
  * `XElement` – represents an XML element
    * The most fundamental class in LINQ to XML
    * Important methods: `Parse`, `Save`, `RemoveAtributes`, `SetElementValue`, `SetAtributeValue`, `WriteTo`
  * `XAttribute` – name/  value attribute pair
  * `XName` – tag name + optional namespace – `{namespace}localname`
  * `XNamespace` – XML namespace

# LINQ to XML – How Easy It Is!

```xml
<books>
    <book>
       <author>Don Box</author>
       <title>Essential .NET</title>
   </book>
</book>
```

* Need to create this XML fragment?

```cs
XElement books =
  new XElement("books",
    new XElement("book",
      new XElement("author", "Don Box"),
      new XElement("title", "ASP.NET")
    )
 );
```

## [Demo]()

# LINQ to XML and Namespaces
* Elements in LINQ to XML have fully expanded names (namespace + name)
  * Easy to manipulate the elements in different namespaces

```cs
XNamespace ns = "http://linqinaction.net";
XNamespace anotherNS = "http://publishers.org";
XElement book = new XElement(ns + "book",
    new XElement(ns + "title", "LINQ in Action"),
    new XElement(ns + "author", "Manning"),
    new XElement(ns + "author", "Steve Eichert"),
    new XElement(ns + "author", "Jim Wooley"),
    new XElement(anotherNS + "publisher", "Manning")
);
```

## [Demo]()

# LINQ to XML – Searching with LINQ
* Searching in XML with LINQ is as easy as searching within an array

```cs
XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load("../../books.xml");
var books =
  from book in xmlDoc.Descendants("book")
  where book.Element("title").Value.Contains("4.0")
  select new {
    Title = book.Element("title").Value,
    Author = book.Element("author").Value };
foreach (var book in books)
{
    Console.WriteLine(book);
}
```

## [Demo]()

# XSL Transformations
* XSL transformations (XSLT)
  * Convert a XML document to another XML document with different structure
  * Can convert XML to any text format
  * Can be used to transform XML documents to XHTML
* XSLT depends on XPath
  * For matching sections from the input document and replacing them with other text

# Performing XSLT in .NET
* .NET has built-in XSLT engine
  * System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform
* Methods:
  * `Load(…)`
    * Loads XSL shylesheet for transforming XML docs
  * `Transform(…)`
    * Performs transformation of given XML
    * Output is written to a XML file, stream or `XmlWriter`

# XSL Transformation – Example
* Transforming XML document by given XSL stylesheet:

```cs
using System;
using System.Xml.Xsl;

class XSLTransformDemo
{
  static void Main()
  {
    XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
    xslt.Load("catalog.xsl");
    xslt.Transform("catalog.xml", "catalog.html");
  }
}
```

## [Demo]()

# Questions
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Antrim County, Michigan Gender Ratios
There are more women than men in Antrim County, Michigan. Total population of Antrim County, Michigan is estimated at 23,267 people with 11,557 male and 11,710 female. There are 153 more women than men in the county, which is 0.66% of the total population.
The Antrim County, Michigan Gender Ratio is 99 men to 100 women (99:100) or 0.99. Antrim County, Michigan's gender ratio is higher than the Michigan State average of 97 men to 100 women (97:100) or 0.97. The gender ratio is also higher than the national average of 97 men to 100 women (97:100) or 0.97.
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Antrim County, Michigan Gender Ratios By Age
Gender Ratios vary by age group as well as location. The table below shows the gender ratios breakdown in Antrim County, Michigan by age.
Antrim County Ratio
Michigan State Ratio
40 to 44 98 to 100 98 to 100 100 to 100
85 and over 56 to 100 51 to 100 79 to 100
Cities in Antrim County, Michigan
Alba, Alden, Bellaire, Central Lake, Eastport, Elk Rapids, Ellsworth, Elmira, Kewadin, and Mancelona.
Source: https://www.states101.com/gender-ratios/michigan/antrim-county


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