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در حال حاضر هیچ نوشته متن محتوا،
Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 5-12, 2021)
Syria: There was a significant decrease in ISIS activity, which continued to target the Syrian army in the desert region and the SDF forces in the Al-Raqqa region. Iraq: ISIS continued its attacks against the Iraqi army, the Popular Mobilization and the Kurdish Peshmerga, mainly in the Diyala...
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 4-11, 2022)
General Information, Hamas, The Israeli Palestinian Conflict, The Palestinian Authority (PA), Weekly Updates
Spotlight on Iran (December 23, 2021 – January 6, 2022)
Iran, Weekly Updates
Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 30 – January 5, 2022)
Iraq, ISIS, Syria, The Global Jihad, Weekly Updates
An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardi...
An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls indicates that about half of them were ...
Hamas, Studies, The Israeli Palestinian Conflict, The Palestinian Authority (PA), The Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Escalation from the Gaza Strip – Operation Guardian of the ...
Escalation from the Gaza Strip – Operation Guardian of the Walls Updated to Noon, May 12, 2021
Escalation in Israel's South – Rocket Fire from the Gaza St...
Escalation in Israel's South – Rocket Fire from the Gaza Strip Updated to 12:00 noon, May 11, 2021
Trends in Anti-Israeli Palestinian Terrorism, 2020
General Information, Hamas, Studies, The Israeli Palestinian Conflict, The Palestinian Authority (PA)
Weekly Updates	More articles>
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (December 31,2021 – January 4, 2022)
This past week tensions mounted in the Gaza Strip. On January 1, 2022, two rockets were fired at Israel. They landed in the Mediterranean off the...
Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 23-29, 2021)
Afghanistan: ISIS continued its attacks against the Taliban forces and government institutions. The climax of its activity this week was the...
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (December 22-28, 2021)
Terrorist attacks: This past week a vehicular ramming attack in northern Samaria and two shooting attacks, one near al-Bireh and the other near...
Spotlight on Iran (December 9, 2021 – December 23, 2021)
Syrian pro-opposition sources reported that Iran deployed new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the T-4 Air Base of the Syrian Army in eastern...
Studies	More articles>
The military exercise held by the joint operations room of the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip: messages and threats for Israel
On December 26, 2021, the joint operations room of the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, headed by Hamas, announced they would hold three...
Mounting tension between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority because of Hamas' efforts to strengthen its status among the Palestinians
The growing increase of Hamas' popularity in Palestinian society, at the expense of Fatah, was boosted when Mahmoud Abbas' delayed, and in effect...
The explosion of a weapons storehouse in the Burj al-Shemali refugee camp east of Tyre revealed the extent of Hamas' military presence in Lebanon.
On the evening of December 10, 2021 there was an explosion in the Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camp east of Tyre in south Lebanon. The...
Palestinian condemnations of the British decision to outlaw Hamas' political bureau
On November 26, 2021, the British Parliament approved the Home Secretary's Order and designated Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist organization....
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The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) issues information bulletins and studies about terrorist organizations. Its research fields include Palestinian terrorist organizations, Lebanese terrorist organizations, and organizations affiliated with global jihad. The ITIC researchers monitor the various aspects of the activities of the terrorist organizations in the Middle East and elsewhere, countries sponsoring terrorism, terrorist attacks, terrorist infrastructure, weapons, funding terrorist organizations, terrorist organizations' media outlets and more.
The ITIC issues basic studies and periodic bulletins dealing with the structure of the terrorist organizations, their weapons, the activities of terrorist organizations, countries sponsoring terrorist organizations, the worldwide expansion of global jihad organizations, the Palestinian Authority and its policies toward terrorism, the funding of terrorist organizations, foiling terrorist attacks and more.
The Institute for the Research of Intelligence and Policy operating as part of the ITIC is engaged in research on intelligence issues. Its main topics are the methodology of intelligence, intelligence and decision making, and the heritage of the Israeli intelligence community. The institute publishes periodic articles and in-depth studies. It issues a semi-annual professional bulletin on various methodological issues of interest to intelligence researchers in Israel and abroad. In addition, the institute conducts workshops and seminars on intelligence issues, and holds an annual international conference.
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If someone's snipping is a minor annoyance, just let it go… but if however, you are losing sleep, hate going to work, feeling depressed or unworthy because of the way someone is treating then you need to address it by doing something… do not ignore it, ignoring it only reinforces a sense of powerlessness in the target… So if someone's belittling, humiliating, or insulting you at work or in your friend group, and it's making you upset, it's time to do something about it… You deserve better, so let go of denial, anger, and excuses for the bully's behaviour.
Is this a person you must be around? What do you get out of the relationship? If it is a friend or family member, a colleague, a boss … Evaluate that relationship and how necessary it is to you. One easy way to stop bullying behaviour is to no longer be around the bully. It is also worth thinking about what you want out of this relationship, friendship, so that you can articulate that later.
Once you have acknowledged the abuse and you have assessed your relationship with the bully, you can decide that you want to take action or not. You know what your life will be like if you take no action – you are being bullied and that likely will not change. Deciding to take action gives you a sense of empowerment that has been stripped by the bully.
It is critically important that you document instances of bullying and abuse. What was said or done? When? Who was there? What happened? How did you feel? These are important questions that will not only help you see the severity of your situation, but give you some leverage should you consider legal options to stop the abuse. so that if you need to escalate this problem to Human Resources, you have the information you need to make your case. Keep emails and notes..
If you think you're being bullied, it's time to start talking to others who can help you manage this situation. Try a mentor, advocate, seasoned/experienced friend, even a legal advocate who specializes in bullying and inappropriate or discriminatory behaviour in the workplace. Tread lightly when approaching your human resources department. They work for the company, not you, so you have to be careful about what you share depending on how well liked and supported your bully is within the organization. HR doesn't have the luxury of keeping everything you say confidential so don't treat a meeting with them like a counselling session where you should share everything you think/feel or assume that they can or will fix the problem for you.
Learn everything you can about bullying, your company's policies on inappropriate behaviour and occupational law regarding this kind of experience. The more you know, the better your chances of successfully dealing with this situation.
This is possibly the hardest step. Figuring out what you want is half the battle. The other half is to articulate what you need and what you want, to your bully. Setting boundaries can be an expectation of how you want to be treated, where and when you will be in contact with the bully. It is critical that you stick to your boundaries.
I don't mean taking a stand or getting into the bully's face, sometimes just the simple act of not giving the bully an audience or just taking the side of the victim is enough to get your point across.
In many cases, bullying is sustained by the silence of those who witness it but say nothing.
Cultural change occurs in small ways. When one woman refuses to gossip as a way to connect with another woman, or when another changes the subject when a group begins trashing someone not in the room, norms get redefined. But it's damn hard to do it — especially when you want your colleagues to like you or invite you out for drinks, and when it might be really fun and juicy to talk about someone else. Being more vigilant about conversation patterns can be very helpful. If your social or professional circle spends a chunk of its time talking about other women, it's worth asking what your relationship as a group is built on in the first place.
This isn't always possible, and it shouldn't be your first response, but if bullying persists despite all your attempts to stop it, sometimes removing yourself from the situation is the best option.
The one positive thing about dealing with bullying as an adult as opposed to a kid is that you have the choice to get yourself out of the situation. If that means getting a new job, moving to a new apartment or even a new city, adults have the benefit of removing themselves from the toxic situation.
Whether you are the bully or the bullied, it is important to recognize it and take steps to stop it. If not, it could continue on a destructive path, affecting the emotional health of everyone it touches.
Let's briefly recap on last week's post I discussed in detail "adult bulling", concluding that it does not end in the playground as the kid bullies who never changed their ways became adult bullies, hunting for their prey in work places, marriages, families, business, the internet..
For many, the workplace has become a haven for bullies. They berate people, steal credit, exclude others, make snide remarks, threaten others and dole out unfair criticism, sabotage performance, unrealistic deadlines, responsibilities from some areas are removed and trivial tasks are introduced… As a result you are burning out, constantly worrying, stressing, resenting, frustrating, frequently threading on egg shells not knowing where or when the next curve ball will come… A breeding ground for depression and anxiety.
Verbal bullying can affect your self-image and create emotional and psychological damage, including low self-esteem and lack of confidence… Words can have a significant power and the realities of verbal bullying can have very strong physical and emotional consequences, even if the aggressor never touches the victim… Imagine a nagging wife who constantly puts you down her aim is to hurt you with her words to make you feel less of yourself likewise a partner suffering from complex issues who constantly makes snide remarks eroding your self-esteem.
When one person bullies another, the targeted person's emotional strength becomes strained. As a result of this strain, serious health conditions may arise. . Physical health conditions may also result and include post-traumatic stress disorder, reduced immunity to infection, stress headaches, high blood pressure, and digestive problems, frequent malaria.
The helplessness of the situation, feeling powerless, traumatized, paralyzed, disoriented and confused. This constant feeling of helplessness might make you feel that your only escape is death, and hence be plagued with suicidal thoughts, romanticizing death and in extreme cases acting on those thoughts by killing yourself.
Bullying at work affects companies as a whole in terms of productivity. Bullied employees who show more job stress are less committed to the company and as a result reduce productivity level… it disrupts the work environment, impacts workers morale, creates a hostile work environment and promote absenteeism. What's more, the impact of bullying is not limited to the bully and the target. It also affects co-workers, clients, customers, business associates, family and friends. For instance employees who witness bullying are more likely to leave their jobs than those who are being victimized, hence the additional costs to recruit and train new employees… dipping into their profits.
As a result of being bullied at home, work place or anywhere, you might think you are the only one going through it, it creates a deep sadness, if you are bullied at work you keep to yourself cause everyone is ganging up against you, spreading silly rumours and not refuting it… you feel shy to confide in anyone about what is really going on at home, your work place or anywhere in general because you are afraid of being judged, seen as weak or you just don't trust them to keep it a secret… It could be a lonely journey and can create a deep sense of loneliness and sadness that can be overwhelming.
Being bullied at work can affect your sleep pattern because of the stress that comes with it… The beginning of the week or day you might start feeling a knot at the pit of your stomach because of anxiety. You begin to count down the days until weekend or next vacation or count hours till workday ends… public holidays are a big blessing, big relief from your own hell. You always feel great on Fridays shouting from the rooftops quoting the usual mantra "THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!" Then comes Sunday night! Tossing and turning, resenting and not looking forward to the work week ahead… sleep definitely becomes a thing of the past, cause Sunday nights are not only the nights you lay awake anxiously thinking about those hurtful and painful words that were said by a customer, colleagues, boss, partner… It could be every night….
You lose your appetite and interest in activities… The verbal abuse, psychological pain can be enough for someone to loose interest in eating or having a social life. In extreme cases people turn to substance, alcohol abuse and much more… picture this, all weekend you think about the unrealistic deadline your boss gave you and will take credit for all the hard work, you are helpless about it … it is enough to give you an ulcer… not a good thought.


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#include <asn_internal.h>
#include <constr_CHOICE.h>

asn_TYPE_operation_t asn_OP_CHOICE = {
    CHOICE_free,
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_PRINT_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_print,
#else
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_PRINT_SUPPORT) */
    CHOICE_compare,
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_BER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_decode_ber,
    CHOICE_encode_der,
#else
    0,
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_BER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_XER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_decode_xer,
    CHOICE_encode_xer,
#else
    0,
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_XER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_JER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_encode_jer,
#else
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_JER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_OER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_decode_oer,
    CHOICE_encode_oer,
#else
    0,
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_OER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_UPER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_decode_uper,
    CHOICE_encode_uper,
#else
    0,
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_UPER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_APER_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_decode_aper,
    CHOICE_encode_aper,
#else
    0,
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_APER_SUPPORT) */
#if !defined(ASN_DISABLE_RFILL_SUPPORT)
    CHOICE_random_fill,
#else
    0,
#endif  /* !defined(ASN_DISABLE_RFILL_SUPPORT) */
    CHOICE_outmost_tag
};

ber_tlv_tag_t
CHOICE_outmost_tag(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, const void *ptr, int tag_mode, ber_tlv_tag_t tag) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs = (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    unsigned present;

    assert(tag_mode == 0); (void)tag_mode;
    assert(tag == 0); (void)tag;

    /*
     * Figure out which CHOICE element is encoded.
     */
    present = _fetch_present_idx(ptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size);

    if(present > 0 && present <= td->elements_count) {
        const asn_TYPE_member_t *elm = &td->elements[present-1];
        const void *memb_ptr;

        if(elm->flags & ATF_POINTER) {
            memb_ptr = *(const void * const *)
                    ((const char *)ptr + elm->memb_offset);
        } else {
            memb_ptr = (const void *)
                    ((const char *)ptr + elm->memb_offset);
        }

        return asn_TYPE_outmost_tag(elm->type, memb_ptr,
                                    elm->tag_mode, elm->tag);
    } else {
        return (ber_tlv_tag_t)-1;
    }
}

/*
 * See the definitions.
 */
static const void *_get_member_ptr(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *,
                                   const void *sptr, asn_TYPE_member_t **elm,
                                   unsigned *present);

int
CHOICE_constraint(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, const void *sptr,
                  asn_app_constraint_failed_f *ctfailcb, void *app_key) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs =
        (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    unsigned present;

	if(!sptr) {
		ASN__CTFAIL(app_key, td, sptr,
			"%s: value not given (%s:%d)",
			td->name, __FILE__, __LINE__);
		return -1;
	}

	/*
	 * Figure out which CHOICE element is encoded.
	 */
	present = _fetch_present_idx(sptr, specs->pres_offset,specs->pres_size);
	if(present > 0 && present <= td->elements_count) {
		asn_TYPE_member_t *elm = &td->elements[present-1];
		const void *memb_ptr;

		if(elm->flags & ATF_POINTER) {
			memb_ptr = *(const void * const *)((const char *)sptr + elm->memb_offset);
			if(!memb_ptr) {
				if(elm->optional)
					return 0;
				ASN__CTFAIL(app_key, td, sptr,
					"%s: mandatory CHOICE element %s absent (%s:%d)",
					td->name, elm->name, __FILE__, __LINE__);
				return -1;
			}
		} else {
			memb_ptr = (const void *)((const char *)sptr + elm->memb_offset);
		}

		if(elm->encoding_constraints.general_constraints) {
			return elm->encoding_constraints.general_constraints(elm->type, memb_ptr,
				ctfailcb, app_key);
		} else {
			return elm->type->encoding_constraints.general_constraints(elm->type,
					memb_ptr, ctfailcb, app_key);
		}
	} else {
		ASN__CTFAIL(app_key, td, sptr,
			"%s: no CHOICE element given (%s:%d)",
			td->name, __FILE__, __LINE__);
		return -1;
	}
}

void
CHOICE_free(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, void *ptr,
            enum asn_struct_free_method method) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs =
        (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    unsigned present;

	if(!td || !ptr)
		return;

	ASN_DEBUG("Freeing %s as CHOICE", td->name);

	/*
	 * Figure out which CHOICE element is encoded.
	 */
	present = _fetch_present_idx(ptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size);

	/*
	 * Free that element.
	 */
	if(present > 0 && present <= td->elements_count) {
		asn_TYPE_member_t *elm = &td->elements[present-1];
		void *memb_ptr;

		if(elm->flags & ATF_POINTER) {
			memb_ptr = *(void **)((char *)ptr + elm->memb_offset);
			if(memb_ptr)
				ASN_STRUCT_FREE(*elm->type, memb_ptr);
		} else {
			memb_ptr = (void *)((char *)ptr + elm->memb_offset);
			ASN_STRUCT_FREE_CONTENTS_ONLY(*elm->type, memb_ptr);
		}
	}

    switch(method) {
    case ASFM_FREE_EVERYTHING:
        FREEMEM(ptr);
        break;
    case ASFM_FREE_UNDERLYING:
        break;
    case ASFM_FREE_UNDERLYING_AND_RESET:
        memset(ptr, 0, specs->struct_size);
        break;
    }
}

/*
 * The following functions functions offer protection against -fshort-enums,
 * compatible with little- and big-endian machines.
 * If assertion is triggered, either disable -fshort-enums, or add an entry
 * here with the ->pres_size of your target stracture.
 * Unless the target structure is packed, the ".present" member
 * is guaranteed to be aligned properly. ASN.1 compiler itself does not
 * produce packed code.
 */
unsigned
_fetch_present_idx(const void *struct_ptr, unsigned pres_offset,
                   unsigned pres_size) {
    const void *present_ptr;
	unsigned present;

	present_ptr = ((const char *)struct_ptr) + pres_offset;

	switch(pres_size) {
	case sizeof(int):	present = *(const unsigned int *)present_ptr; break;
	case sizeof(short):	present = *(const unsigned short *)present_ptr; break;
	case sizeof(char):	present = *(const unsigned char *)present_ptr; break;
	default:
		/* ANSI C mandates enum to be equivalent to integer */
		assert(pres_size != sizeof(int));
		return 0;	/* If not aborted, pass back safe value */
	}

	return present;
}

void
_set_present_idx(void *struct_ptr, unsigned pres_offset, unsigned pres_size,
                 unsigned present) {
    void *present_ptr;
	present_ptr = ((char *)struct_ptr) + pres_offset;

	switch(pres_size) {
	case sizeof(int):	*(unsigned int *)present_ptr   = present; break;
	case sizeof(short):	*(unsigned short *)present_ptr = present; break;
	case sizeof(char):	*(unsigned char *)present_ptr  = present; break;
	default:
		/* ANSI C mandates enum to be equivalent to integer */
		assert(pres_size != sizeof(int));
	}
}

static const void *
_get_member_ptr(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, const void *sptr,
                asn_TYPE_member_t **elm_ptr, unsigned *present_out) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs =
        (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    unsigned present;

    if(!sptr) {
        *elm_ptr = NULL;
        *present_out = 0;
        return NULL;
    }

    /*
	 * Figure out which CHOICE element is encoded.
	 */
	present = _fetch_present_idx(sptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size);
    *present_out = present;

    /*
     * The presence index is intentionally 1-based to avoid
     * treating zeroed structure as a valid one.
     */
	if(present > 0 && present <= td->elements_count) {
        asn_TYPE_member_t *const elm = &td->elements[present - 1];
        const void *memb_ptr;

		if(elm->flags & ATF_POINTER) {
            memb_ptr =
                *(const void *const *)((const char *)sptr + elm->memb_offset);
        } else {
            memb_ptr = (const void *)((const char *)sptr + elm->memb_offset);
        }
        *elm_ptr = elm;
        return memb_ptr;
    } else {
        *elm_ptr = NULL;
        return NULL;
    }

}

int
CHOICE_compare(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, const void *aptr, const void *bptr) {
    asn_TYPE_member_t *aelm;
    asn_TYPE_member_t *belm;
    unsigned apresent = 0;
    unsigned bpresent = 0;
    const void *amember = _get_member_ptr(td, aptr, &aelm, &apresent);
    const void *bmember = _get_member_ptr(td, bptr, &belm, &bpresent);

    if(amember && bmember) {
        if(apresent == bpresent) {
            assert(aelm == belm);
            return aelm->type->op->compare_struct(aelm->type, amember, bmember);
        } else if(apresent < bpresent) {
            return -1;
        } else {
            return 1;
        }
    } else if(!amember) {
        return -1;
    } else {
        return 1;
    }
}

/*
 * Return the 1-based choice variant presence index.
 * Returns 0 in case of error.
 */
unsigned
CHOICE_variant_get_presence(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, const void *sptr) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs =
        (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    return _fetch_present_idx(sptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size);
}

/*
 * Sets or resets the 1-based choice variant presence index.
 * In case a previous index is not zero, the currently selected structure
 * member is freed and zeroed-out first.
 * Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
 */
int
CHOICE_variant_set_presence(const asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td, void *sptr,
                            unsigned present) {
    const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *specs =
        (const asn_CHOICE_specifics_t *)td->specifics;
    unsigned old_present;

    if(!sptr) {
        return -1;
    }

    if(present > td->elements_count)
        return -1;

    old_present =
        _fetch_present_idx(sptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size);
    if(present == old_present)
        return 0;

    if(old_present != 0) {
        assert(old_present <= td->elements_count);
        ASN_STRUCT_RESET(*td, sptr);
    }

    _set_present_idx(sptr, specs->pres_offset, specs->pres_size, present);

    return 0;
}

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We all think we're pretty smart until we try to turn on someone else's shower.
I can remember visiting my grandparents house when I was small. The hot and cold pipes joined a fair distance away so there was a long delay after you turned a tap before there was any change in water temperature. I went from scalding to freezing and back again in what seemed a never ending cycle.
Poor Doug........same thing still happens at my place to some extent.....so annoying..
Doug, our hot water is gravity fed and our cold mains pressure so it takes a bit of adjusting.
That cat literarily jumped out at me when I completed the puzzle.
So now I'm a nobody.
Maybe she thought you were one of them.
That does not look like a happy cat.
You don't want to be in the shower when someone flushes the toilet in the other bathroom at my house. The family certainly knows this, but a few guests have gotten a rather uncomfortable surprise upon occasion.
sorry HalT and Keith, my choice of words wasnt the greatest.....maybe I should of said no one instead of nobody...never mind, you and all the other topsiders were missed.....gee I hope I havent dug myself into a bigger hole????
Ryan and Craig were identical twins born in Seattle in 1961. Ryan was born before Craig, but according to their birth certificates, Craig was older than Ryan. How come?
Answers to my ''Twin'' inbox please.
Around here you don't want anyone to run any other water source while you are showering.
Little girls New Years Eve fever is still with us. She was up a bit last night. The good news is I got to watch the first disc of the first season of 'Once Upon A Time'. The bad news is I'm exhausted.
It's a little bit on the cold side here today. -2F/-18C. I wish I had a fireplace right now.
Looks like a kitty wanting a treat, In the old days we bathed in the wash tub with water heated on an old wood burning range. The GOOD? old days???
It's close enough for Keith to make a run for it. Where is he?
Judy helped me so I felt obligated. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
No prob, Serena ... Elijah is an adorable 22!
My uncle had a farm near Fresno (northern half of California, in the Central Valley, top half Sacramento Valley and the bottom half San Joaquin Valley), it was built by him in the 1940's with outdoor plumbing (meaning outhouse and bath shed). When I visited my cousin and I would build a fire on the outside fireplace, right under the old Japanese style bath tub.
Then at a certain point we'd put out most of the fire and bank the rest. Turned on the cold water faucet so it wouldn't scald us. Wash to the side of the tub first, and then AWWWWWW, relaxed in the tub up to our necks! Best soak I ever had!
Now the farm was sold to a huge corporation and uncle is residing in an assisted living complex. But the farm was next to a hill, really it looked like a lone mountain but you could walk up it in an hour. There were ancient pot holes in the huge boulders where the Native Americans used to grind the acorns into mush.
Got lots to do before my longest bestest friend comes for lunch! We've been best friends for 52 years! Our younger sons are the same age. Mine are married and she's been my support for all the weddings. Hers are not but soon will be.
Well I've gabbed enough for now. See you later!
I have become quite committed to fighting global warming and opposed to continued carbon combustion, so my playtime is more limited. I miss you all and wish you a very Happy New Year for 2014, with a healthy and prosperous year for each of you. And let's keep trying to make that happen without quite so much C + O2 -> CO2.
This is a no shocker, but in the old house, my favorite past time, when someone was in the shower, was to flush. You know me and my small thrills.
We had a strange death yesterday. Strange to me, but I seem to recall someone talking about their mother, who, if memory serves, had a similar situation, hopefully not the same outcome.
Anyway, take care of your boo-boos. My SIL's mother, cut her leg and did not take care of it. The boo-boo became infected and put her system into shock. Now, the family is grieving the loss of their mother.
Serena, you are welcomed to my fireplace. I love the glowing warmth, but can live without the smell and mess.
MIL had a great idea and installed an electric fire in her fire place. Push a button, beautiful warm fire, push another button, no clean up or haling in wood.


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333 F. 2d 540 - Blaauw v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Federal Reporter, Second Series
333 F.2d.
333 F2d 540 Blaauw v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
333 F.2d 540
John BLAAUW, a minor, by Gerhard Blaauw, his father and next friend, and Gerhard Blaauw, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 14329.
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing Denied July 22, 1964.
Richard G. Finn, William P. Butcher, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.
Edward J. Wendrow, Gerard E. Grashorn, Edward L. Foote, Chicago, Ill., for Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co., defendant-appellee, Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
Before DUFFY, CASTLE and KILEY, Circuit Judges.
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
The questions presented are whether the district court erred in denying plaintiffs'1 motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict for defendant in plaintiffs' personal injury suit was contrary to the "manifest weight of evidence"; and whether the court erred in deciding as a matter of law that the defendant railroad had no duty under a Chicago ordinance to fence its right-of-way. We think the court did not err in either ruling.
At the place of the injury, in the vicinity of 77th Place and Central Park Avenue in Chicago, defendant's right-of-way consisted of two tracks, and ran in a north-south direction. At the western boundary of the right-of-way was a six-foot cyclone fence belonging to the adjacent property owner. East of this fence, on the right-of-way, was a low place holding a pool of water in which small animals and debris gathered. Opposite this low place, on the unfenced eastern boundary of the right-of-way, was a culvert made of railroad ties which was used by neighborhood children, as steps to the right-of-way, elevated about four or five feet above Central Park Avenue, on their way to the pool of water to which they were attracted.
On June 29, 1956, John Blaauw, then five years old, went up upon the rightof-way with two companions. He, alone, crawled under the couplers of two cars of a standing northbound train on the east track. After he crawled through, the train began to move. He took hold of a grab-bar on one of the cars, ran a while with the train, tripped and fell beneath the wheels. The train did not stop, the trainmen not knowing of the accident at that time.
Under Illinois law a case like this one before us, dealing with a personal injury to a child, is not "labeled" an "attractive nuisance" case, but is tried under "the customary rules of ordinary negligence cases." Kahn v. James Burton Co., 5 Ill.2d 614, 624, 126 N.E.2d 836, 841 (1955).
Count I of this case was based on common law negligence. The jury was instructed on plaintiffs' theory of negligent maintenance of a condition "attractive to children," negligent failure to fence the right-of-way and to keep a proper lookout; and that this negligence was the proximate cause of the injury. It was told to find for plaintiffs if it found the alleged negligence and proximate cause but should find for defendant if "any of these propositions was not proved." It returned a verdict of "not guilty." We are asked by plaintiffs to set this aside because it was against the "manifest weight of the evidence."
In this diversity action this court "administers the state system of law in all except details related to [our] own conduct of business." Cohen v. Beneficial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 555, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 1230, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). We assume, but need not decide, the Illinois manifest weight rule applies.2 Under this rule questions of negligence, proximate cause and damages are preeminently questions of fact for a jury's determination, but we may set aside the verdict and judgment and remand for a new trial if we are clearly satisfied the verdict and judgment are wholly unwarranted from the manifest weight of the evidence. Kahn v. James Burton Co., 5 Ill.2d 614, 623, 126 N.E.2d 836, 841 (1955).
However, we cannot say the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence because we think the jury could reasonably have found that defendant's alleged negligence was not the proximate cause of the injury. The jury might well have disregarded the minor's reason why he took hold of the grab-bar and ran with the train — that "I got a little scared * * * and I wanted to get myself on so that I could get out on the other side" — as of no consequence in the light of his admitted attempt to "flip" the train.
Because of this conclusion, that regardless of what motivated the boy's presence on the right-of-way the jury could reasonably infer that the conduct of the railroad was not the proximate cause of the injury, it is unnecessary for us to pass on the contention made that the district court erred in refusing plaintiffs permission to show that after the occurrence the pool was filled in and to argue this point to the jury. That evidence would be merely corroborative of negligence and would have no bearing on the issue of causal connection. And we see no basis for the claim that the district court abused its discretion in separating for trial the issue of liability from the issue of damages.
The jury was instructed3 that notwithstanding the boy's incapability of contributory negligence, that rule could not supply the necessary proof of defendant's negligence. Plaintiffs attack the instruction, not on the ground that it erroneously states the law, but because, they say, it is "clearly argumentative" and "confusing and misleading." In the context of all the instructions, we do not see reversible error in giving the instruction.
Count II was based on the City of Chicago "Speed Ordinance" of March 26, 1890, which required that every corporation "operating a * * * railroad, within * * * the City of Chicago, shall, within such time as may be prescribed by the mayor and commissioner of public works, construct * * * on each side of its tracks, and in such place with reference thereto as the mayor and commissioner of public works shall approve or direct, * * * substantial walls or fences of such material, design, proportion and height as shall be determined and approved * * *." This ordinance was re-enacted several times to 1922, under power granted by Par. 27, Sec. 1, Art. V, of the Cities and Villages Act of 18724 which conferred on Chicago the power to require fencing for the protection of persons. Heiting v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 252 Ill. 466, 470-471, 96 N.E. 842, 844 (1911).
In 1913, however, the Illinois General Assembly adopted the Public Utilities Commission Act (Laws 1913, p. 459), creating the Public Utilities Commission with broad general supervision over all public utilities in the state. The Act was re-enacted in substantially the same form in 1921 (Laws 1921, p. 702) with the Illinois Commerce Commission formed as successor to the Utilities Commission. Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 111 2/3, § 1 et seq. These acts deprived Chicago of its power to pass new, or enforce existing, municipal police regulations over public utilities. Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, I. & W. R. Co., 316 Ill. 425, 147 N.E. 449 (1925), Northern Trust Co. v. Chicago Rys. Co., 318 Ill. 402, 149 N.E. 422 (1925). The establishment of the Commerce Commission, with a grant of exclusive regulatory power, precludes the existence of even a residuum of concurrent power in municipalities. Hemphill v. Wabash R. Co., 209 F.2d 768, 771 (7th Cir. 1954).
The decision in Miller v. Chicago & N. W. R. Co.,5 254 Ill.App. 615 (1929) (abstract), rev'd on other grounds, 347 Ill. 487, 180 N.E. 454 (1932), does not persuade us that Chicago's fencing ordinance was not abrogated by the Public Utilities Act. The grounds of the Miller decision were the re-enactments of Par. 27, Sec. 1, as restoring the city's power, and Maskaliunas v. Chicago & W. I. R. Co., 318 Ill. 142, 149 N.E. 23 (1925). The first ground is unsupportable, because the several amendments of Par. 27, Sec. 1, subsequent to the passage of the Public Utilities Act, were mere continuations of the original enactment and did not restore the power to Chicago. City of Altamont v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 348 Ill. 339, 180 N.E. 809 (1932), Hemphill v. Wabash R. Co., 209 F.2d 768 (7th Cir. 1954). And in Maskaliunas the question of the abrogation of the ordinance by the Public Utilities Act was not raised or passed upon. That decision, therefore, has no force vis-a-vis the Illinois Supreme Court decisions in Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, I. & W. R. Co., 316 Ill. 425, 147 N.E. 449 (1925), and Northern Trust Co. v. Chicago Rys. Co., 318 Ill. 402, 149 N.E. 422 (1925), and no effect on the subsequent decision in City of Altamont v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 348 Ill. 339, 180 N.E. 809 (1932). Nor has any reported opinion construed Maskaliunas as the appellate court in Miller did.
We therefore see no way by which the Chicago ordinance of 1890 can be said to continue in effect by its own force.
The Illinois Commerce Commission in 1926 entered General Order 121, which, by its terms, continued the "operation and practices" of utilities under municipal police regulations. The Order was enacted in response to the decisions6 in Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, I. & W. R. Co., 316 Ill. 425, 147 N.E. 449 (1925), and Northern Trust Co. v. Chicago Rys. Co., 318 Ill. 402, 149 N.E. 422 (1925), as an emergency order to prevent anarchy in the operation of utilities. In substance, the Order provided that pending and during the Commission's investigation of the "operation and practices" of utilities the public would be without protection of law; that practices and operations of utilities under municipal police regulations "heretofore having the authority of law" should be "established, continued and maintained as the practices and operations" of the utilities until the Commission's further order. The "further order" came in 1937, when the Commission expressly found and ordered that "General Order 121, to the extent that it applies to railroads, is superseded and rescinded by General Order 138."
Plaintiffs' attack on the validity of General Order 138 on grounds of alleged procedural errors is unavailing. Under Illinois law where a Commerce Commission order is within the statutory authority of the Commission and the Commission had jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of the order, procedural errors do not void the order but make it voidable only, and not subject to collateral attack. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Buckles, 24 Ill.2d 520, 528, 182 N.E.2d 169, 174 (1962), cert. denied, 371 U.S. 185, 83 S.Ct. 266, 9 L.Ed.2d 227; Illini Coach Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission, 408 Ill. 104, 110, 96 N.E.2d 518, 522 (1951); Colton v. Commonwealth Edison Co., 349 Ill.App. 490, 498-499, 111 N.E.2d 363, 366-367 (1953).
No claim has been made to us that the Commission exceeded its statutory power when it ordered that General Order 121, so far as it pertained to railroads, was superseded by General Order 138, or that the Commission did not have jurisdiction over the parties or the subject matter of the order. We must therefore conclude that General Order 121, so far as it is pertinent here, was no longer in effect, at the time of John Blaauw's injury.
We conclude the district court below did not err in directing a verdict for defendant on Count II because defendant's obligation under the 1890 ordinance was cancelled by General Order 138.
It follows that the district court did not err in overruling plaintiffs' objection to defendant's counsel's argument that defendant was not required to build a fence so far as it is pertinent to plaintiffs, under statute or ordinance, at the time of this occurrence.
We have considered, but need not discuss, the other points raised.
The judgment is affirmed.
Plaintiff, John Blaauw, a minor, sues for damages for personal injuries for loss of his left leg; his father, as next friend, sues to recover medical expenses
Cf. Zuckerman v. Berg Mfg. & Sales Co., 279 F.2d 904, 905-906 (7th Cir. 1960)
"The Court instructs the jury that * * * even though at the time of the occurrence the plaintiff John Blaauw was of such tender years as to be incapable of contributory negligence, nevertheless, absence of any negligence on his part would not serve to supply proof of negligence on the part of the defendant."
The provisions of the Act of 1872 are identical with § 23-34 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941, Ill.Rev. Stat., ch. 24, § 23-34 (1959) which provides the city shall have power "[t]o require railroad companies to keep flagmen at railroad crossings of streets and to provide protection against injury to persons and property in the use of their railroads."
Illinois Appellate Court cases decided prior to 1935 were, by statute, not binding precedents. However, we have considered the Miller opinion in reaching our result
Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, I. & W. R. Co., 316 Ill. 425, 147 N.E. 449 (1925), held that the Utilities Act repealed by implication the power of municipalities to require maintenance of flagmen at railroad crossings; and Northern Trust Co. v. Chicago Rys. Co., 318 Ill. 402, 149 N.E. 422 (1925), held that the Utilities Act repealed by implication the power of municipalities to require that streetcars be equipped with brightly lighted headlights

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This report analyzes key drivers that will reshape the landscape of work and identifies key work skills needed in the next 10 years. It does not consider what will be the jobs of the future. Many studies have tried to predict specific job categories and labor requirements.
Consistently over the years, however, it has been shown that such predictions are difficult and many of the past predictions have been proven wrong. Rather than focusing on future jobs, this report looks at future work skills—proficiencies and abilities required across different jobs and work settings.
It is estimated that by 2025, the number of Americans over 60 will increase by 70%. Over the next decade we will see the challenge of an aging population come to the fore. New perceptions of what it means to age, as well as the emerging possibilities for realistic, healthy life-extension, will begin take hold.
Individuals will need to rearrange their approach to their careers, family life, and education to accommodate this demographic shift. Increasingly, people will work long past 65 in order to have adequate resources for retirement. Multiple careers will be commonplace and lifelong learning to prepare for occupational change will see major growth. To take advantage of this well-experienced and still vital workforce, organizations will have to rethink the traditional career paths in organizations, creating more diversity and flexibility.
We are on the cusp of a major transformation in our relationships with our tools. Over the next decade, new smart machines will enter offices, factories, and homes in numbers we have never seen before. They will become integral to production, teaching, combat, medicine, security, and virtually every domain of our lives. As these machines replace humans in some tasks, and augment them in others, their largest impact may be less obvious: their very presence among us will force us to confront important questions.
What are humans uniquely good at? What is our comparative advantage? And what is our place alongside these machines? We will have to rethink the content of our work and our work processes in response.
In some areas, a new generation of automated systems will replace humans, freeing us up to do the things we are good at and actually enjoy. In other domains, the machines will become our collaborators, augmenting our own skills and abilities. Smart machines will also establish new expectations and standards of performance. Of course, some routine jobs will be taken over by machines—this has already happened and will continue. But the real power in robotics technologies lies in their ability to augment and extend our own capabilities. We will be entering into a new kind of partnership with machines that will build on our mutual strengths, resulting in a new level of human-machine collaboration and codependence.
The diffusion of sensors, communications, and processing power into everyday objects and environments will unleash an unprecedented torrent of data and the opportunity to see patterns and design systems on a scale never before possible.
Every object, every interaction, everything we come into contact with will be converted into data. Once we decode the world around us and start seeing it through the lens of data, we will increasingly focus on manipulating the data to achieve desired outcomes. Thus we will usher in an era of "everything is programmable"—an era of thinking about the world in computational, programmable, designable terms.
The collection of enormous quantities of data will enable modeling of social systems at extreme scales, both micro and macro, helping uncover new patterns and relationships that were previously invisible. Agencies will increasingly model macro-level phenomena such as global pandemics to stop their spread across the globe. At a micro level, individuals will be able to simulate things such as their route to the office to avoid traffic congestion based on real-time traffic data. Microand macro-scale models will mesh to create models that are unprecedented in their complexity and completeness.
As a result, whether it is running a business or managing individual health, our work and personal lives will increasingly demand abilities to interact with data, see patterns in data, make data-based decisions, and use data to design for desired outcomes.
New multimedia technologies are bringing about a transformation in the way we communicate. As technologies for video production, digital animation, augmented reality, gaming, and media editing, become ever more sophisticated and widespread, a new ecosystem will take shape around these areas. We are literally developing a new vernacular, a new language, for communication.
Already, the text-based Internet is transforming to privilege video, animation, and other more visual communication media. At the same time, virtual networks are being integrated more and more seamlessly into our environment and lives, channeling new media into our daily experience. The millions of users generating and viewing this multimedia content from their laptops and mobile devices are exerting enormous influence on culture.
New media is placing new demands on attention and cognition. It is enabling new platforms for creating online identity while at the same time requiring people to engage in activities such as online personal reputation and identity management. It is enabling new ways for groups to come together and collaborate, bringing in new levels of transparency to our work and personal lives. At the same time, our sensibility toward reality and truth is likely to be radically altered by the new media ecology. We must learn to approach content with more skepticism and the realization that what you see today may be different tomorrow. Not only are we going to have multiple interpretations of recorded events, but with ubiquitous capture and surveillance, events will be seen from multiple angles and perspectives, each possibly telling a different story of individual events.
New technologies and social media platforms are driving an unprecedented reorganization of how we produce and create value. Amplified by a new level of collective intelligence and tapping resources embedded in social connections with multitudes of others, we can now achieve the kind of scale and reach previously attainable only by very large organizations.
In other words, we can do things outside of traditional organizational boundaries. To "superstruct" means to create structures that go beyond the basic forms and processes with which we are familiar. It means to collaborate and play at extreme scales, from the micro to the massive. Learning to use new social tools to work, to invent, and to govern at these scales is what the next few decades are all about.
Our tools and technologies shape the kinds of social, economic, and political organizations we inhabit. Many organizations we are familiar with today, including educational and corporate ones, are products of centuries-old scientific knowledge and technologies. Today we see this organizational landscape being disrupted. In health, organizations such as Curetogether and PatientsLikeMe are allowing people to aggregate their personal health information to allow for clinical trials and emergence of expertise outside of traditional labs and doctors' offices. Science games, from Foldit to GalaxyZoo, are engaging thousands of people to solve problems no single organization had the resources to do before. Open education platforms are increasingly making content available to anyone who wants to learn.
A new generation of organizational concepts and work skills is coming not from traditional management/organizational theories but from fields such as game design, neuroscience, and happiness psychology. These fields will drive the creation of new training paradigms and tools.
At its most basic level, globalization is the long-term trend toward greater exchanges and integration across geographic borders. In our highly globally connected and interdependent world, the United States and Europe no longer hold a mono-poly on job creation, innovation, and political power.
Organizations from resource- and infrastructure-constrained markets in developing countries like India and China are innovating at a faster pace than those from developed countries in some areas, such as mobile technologies. In fact, a lack of legacy infrastructure is combining with rapidly growing markets to fuel higher rates of growth in developing countries.
For decades, most multinational companies have used their overseas subsidiaries as sales and technical support channels for the headquarters. In the last ten years, overseas companies, particularly IT ones, outsourced everything from customer services to software development. The model, however, has stayed the same: innovation and design have been the prerogative of R&D labs in developed countries.
As markets in China, India, and other developing countries grow, it is increasingly difficult for the headquarters to develop products that can suit the needs of a whole different category of consumers.
Presence in areas where new competitors are popping up is critical to survival, but it is not enough. The key is not just to employ people in these locales but also to effectively integrate these local employees and local business processes into the infrastructure of global organizations in order to remain competitive.
What do these six disruptive forces mean for the workers of the next decade? We have identified ten skills that we believe will be critical for success in the workforce.
Sense-making – Definition: ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed.
Social intelligence – Definition: ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions.
Novel & adaptive thinking – Definition: proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based.
Cross-cultural competency – Definition: ability to operate in different cultural settings.
Computational thinking – Definition: ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning.
New-media literacy – Definition: ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication.
Transdisciplinarity – Definition: literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines.
Design mindset – Definition: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes.
Cognitive load management – Definition: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques.
Virtual collaboration – Definition: ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team.


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Bertz wrote: I don't see any that really stand out too much. I'd probably hit the under on the Twins and Rockies. Over on the Braves and Nats?
I definitely agree with that, but didn't say it because some people around here get very sore about the whole dismissing the Brewers thing.
Then they can bet up the over so I can take Brewers under 85.
Ideally Baez was just confused that this stranger who apparently wandered into the baseball clinic kept insisting on reading tweets out loud like a totally normal person who is super confident and not at all insecure and creepy.
Is this the tweet that finally necessitates a dedicated Grant Brisbee appreciation thread? I think it might be.
So if Kyler Murray enters the NFL draft, gets picked and signs with an NFL team, do the A's get a comp pick as if he didn't sign?
I believe he forfeits the money but the A's don't get any picks or anything.
Just saw Juan Nicasio in the pool at my resort in Mexico.
He has a sweet chain.
EXCITING TREVOR BAUER UPDATE: he's still an idiot who doesn't seem to understand people can read/hear what he says.
And, of course, the Duke shirt.
I've encountered several Cubs fans recently who want Bauer to be acquired specifically because of how he "tells it like it is." I judge them for it.
I mean he is certainly a flawed person and would be an annoyance, but the bar for the Cubs right now is being set at "Does he physically abuse women and make them fear for their lives?" so as a cyber bully/troll he's looking pretty saint-like at this point.
The Logan wrote: I mean he is certainly a flawed person and would be an annoyance, but the bar for the Cubs right now is being set at "Does he physically abuse women and make them fear for their lives?" so as a cyber bully/troll he's looking pretty saint-like at this point.
Fortunately, we can chew gum and walk at the same time and realize there's a sliding scale of awfulness and we wouldn't have to tolerate them "only" trading (hypothetically, thankfully) for a rampant Trumper who traffics in conspiracy theories up the whazoo.
This is a weird take. It's like saying, "At least Louis CK isn't Harvey Wienstein."
It was a joke and a jab at how awful Russell is. I want no part of Bauer.
Seems like a pretty big deal MLB is allowing this and setting the precedent for the draft rules now to really not matter (not that these guys shouldn't be paid, more surprised they are allowing it). I'd assume most highly drafted players/agents will try and pull this move now to get more money.
Cubswin11 wrote: Seems like a pretty big deal MLB is allowing this and setting the precedent for the draft rules now to really not matter (not that these guys shouldn't be paid, more surprised they are allowing it). I'd assume most highly drafted players/agents will try and pull this move now to get more money.
here's a name you probably haven't heard in a while... yikes.
David wrote: here's a name you probably haven't heard in a while... yikes.
weren't you the first person to post after I posted that earlier today?
if i was, i am blind...and/or do not remember this at all.
WTF is wrong with ppl??


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UK government confirms 'no guarantee' for EU expat pensions in no-deal Brexit
Britons living in the EU have no guarantee their pensions will continue to be uprated every year in a no-deal Brexit , according to the UK government.
Currently, UK citizens who have retired to EU countries are entitled to receive annual inflation increases to their UK state pension, in line with pensioners receiving payments in the UK.
In guidance published this week the Department for Work & Pensions stated the UK leaving the EU would not affect entitlement to the UK state pension and that it was committed to uprating across the EU in 2019 to 2020.
UK to its expats in EU: 'we'll up-rate state pensions in Europe and seek to keep recip healthcare deal'
Corbyn backs fight against state pension freeze of some expat pensions
Brexit seen bringing new twist to long-running frozen pension battle
Brexit puts pension agreements for retiring expats at risk
But beyond that period uprating will depend on whether the EU reciprocates.
"We would wish to continue uprating pensions beyond that but would take decisions in light of whether, as we would hope and expect, reciprocal arrangements with the EU are in place."
In its guidance the DWP also advised UK citizens living in the EU, and receiving an annuity or personal pension from a UK firm, to check whether their payments would continue under a no deal scenario.
"If you live in the EEA and have an annuity or personal pension with a UK-based firm, your firm should have made plans to make sure you can still get payments from your annuity or personal pension, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal," said the DWP guidance.
"If your firm needs to make any changes to your annuity or personal pension or the way it provides it, your firm should contact you. "If you have any concerns about whether you might be affected you should contact your firm."
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The sums, based on analysis by PwC, showed banks handed over a total of £36.7bn to the Treasury in tax during the last financial year.
London banks face an effective tax rate on profits of 50.6%, above the 43.8% in Frankfurt, and 34.2% in New York.
There is also a more than 20% gap between London and the lowest taxers, Singapore and Dubai, at 23.2% and 22.7% respectively.
"At a time when domestic and international events are forcing many banks to restructure their global operations, it is important to consider the UK's competitiveness relative to other leading financial centres," UK Finance chief executive Stephen Jones said.
UK Finance said the industry's contribution to the public finances was £5.4bn up since 2014, with banks now paying the equivalent of 50.4% of their total profits in taxes.
The British government announced on Tuesday that it would implement its no-deal Brexit contingency plans in full, which will include putting 3,500 troops on standby and reserving ferry space for supplies.
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Device Profile: SyncServer synchronous-to-IP converter
SyncServer 1000 is a small modem-like Linux appliance made by The Software Group Ltd. (TSG) that offers easy integration of "legacy" Wide Area Networks (WANs) with IP networks. The device is intended to allow companies to transparently convert older communications transport protocols (such as X.25, Frame Relay, and SNA) to TCP/IP, giving legacy applications direct access to IP-based LANs, intranets, and… the Internet.
The SyncServer 1000 has two interface ports: one, which connects to a broadband (10/100-BaseT) network; and another, that connects directly to the legacy WAN (X.25, Frame Relay, SNA) interfaced equipment. (One SyncServer 1000 is required to implement each physical legacy-to-IP conversion.) The device includes an API for integration with host application programs, and can be configured and administered remotely using a web browser.
A block diagram illustrating the system connection can be seen here.
"Many legacy networks with X.25, Frame Relay and SNA are still used today [for applications that include] telephone switches, point of sale systems, ATMs, credit/debit terminals, train signalling systems, and field data collection devices to name just a few. These legacy networks are quite reliable and companies have invested a great deal in hardware and applications," explained TSG president Derek Vair. "SyncServer was developed to allow these legacy networks to be economically integrated with IP, allowing legacy data to be converted and carried over IP networks. The result is a much simpler, easier to manage IP-based network that provides immediate cost savings."
A pair of SyncServers can also be combined into a switching configuration that provides framed synchronous connectivity using shared IP networking facilities instead of synchronous leased lines. In the "SyncSwitch" configuration, the SyncServer provides connectivity for devices which use HDLC frames as their base connectivity, such as PPP, Frame Relay, X.25, or SDLC.
Currently SyncServer is designed to operate on a secured Intranet, behind a firewall or via a VPN. However, later this year TSG plans to will release a secured SyncServer with integrated IPSEC VPN that can be deployed anywhere on the InterNet, explained TSG chief technical officer Ragnar Paulson. "We are also working on more switching functionality in the SyncSwitch model, and anticipate releasing a product capable of level 3 (X.25 packet level) switching in the near future," Paulson added.
The SyncServer's embedded computer is based on a Motorola PowerQUICC 850 processor, running at a clock speed of either 50 MHz or 80 MHz, and equipped with 16MB of RAM and 8MB of nonvolatile Flash memory. The device has two external interfaces: a 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet (10BaseT, 100BaseT) port, for connection to TCP/IP-based networks; and a synchronous serial port which can be factory-configured for either V.35, X.21, RS-232, or RS-449, which connects to the synchronous serial ports of legacy devices.
The SyncServer's embedded operating system is based on Linux kernel 2.4.19. Initially, the device's embedded OS was going to be based on a Linux kernel from Timesys. But after a compatibility problem arose in using the Linux Streams (LiS) environment which is used by TSG for protocol processing, the development team decided to use a "standard" kernel downloaded from kernel.org, instead, which they adapted to the SyncServer's requirements.
There is no actual (physical) display for system configuration or administration purposes. Instead, the device implements a built-in webserver (BoA) which, combined with extensive diagnostic and management programs, allows remote system management and troubleshooting via a web browser over TCP/IP networks. "Wanware Linux" encapsulates TSG's own synchronous protocol implementations, and a the open source BusyBox program provides a resource-efficient set of system utilities.
Among the challenges that faced the development team was a lack of adequate tools to support Flash memory management and maintance. "We needed to have this in order to achieve the objective of remotely providing software — actually, firmware — updates," recalled Paulson. "We felt this was a key requirement, since these devices will be widely dispersed geographically; and having to use a serial or JTAG port to change the boot image is a non-starter."
"Memory allocation is always a challenge in an embedded system," Paulson added. "Even today, with a fully developed product that's gone through QA, I feel that we don't fully understand where all the memory goes — the Linux kernel appears to gobble up significant memory 'just in case,' which makes it unavailable to our protocol implementation for buffers, which are a key limitation in our case."
"Selection, then development of a protocol for interacting between the client (customer application) and server (SyncServer device) was tricky, continued Paulson. "We started in the hope that we could use one of the established standards — RPC, for example, which is the basis for NFS. After analysis, we decided that RPC imposed too much synchronization on the application and protocol service mechanism, so we discarded it in favur of a home-grown solution which has evolved significantly during the development process."
"Going forward, we will implement a standards-based object-oriented mechanism, such as the CORBA architecture," Paulson said. "But for now, we've dealt with the problem of taking an existing API designed to handle links and devices connected to the machine and making that same API work in a remote client / server environment, as far as is possible, and with no impact on performance."
Why embed Linux?
"Familiarity," noted Paulson. "We were already writing Linux code at both the driver and application level. We are also familiar with traditional embedded operating systems — such as Wind River's VxWorks and pSOS — and didn't feel that they offered us value concomitant with the costs involved."
"Because we maintain software products for a large number of OS environments, including NT, Unix, and Linux, a platform-specific IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is not of interest to us, since these IDEs do not address multiplatform development opportunities," Paulson added.
Asked what sort of future he sees for Linux in the embedded market, Vair predicted "Growth, fast growth," adding that this would come "in spite of the fact that as the user base and vendor base increase, Linux will find itself increasingly fragmented. An example of this is the plethora of so-called 'real-time Linux' systems, none of which are truly compatible at the kernel data structure and algorithm level."
The SyncServer 1000, which provides a single synchronous serial port, was introduced in January 2003, and is sold for $1495 (USD) in single-unit quantities. Other models are offered which provide 2 through 16 synchronous serial ports.
This article was originally published on LinuxDevices.com and has been donated to the open source community by QuinStreet Inc. Please visit LinuxToday.com for up-to-date news and articles about Linux and open source.
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In the wake of the Hobby Lobby ruling, which permits corporations to deny health benefits to employees if providing those benefits conflicts with the religious beliefs of the owners, "religious exemption" has become the strategie du jour of the radical right to justify bad behaviors for which American society no longer has patience. While the wedge issue is health care, specifically contraception, it's easy to see why LGBTQ activists are nervous about the ruling. Don't want gay people working for you? Claim religious exemption from non-discrimination laws. Don't want to sell your services or rent an apartment to gay people? Religious exemption to the rescue! Want to keep gay people from visiting their partners in the hospital, or having a say in their care? Again, religious exemption. These two words put at risk every gain in civil rights that sexual minorities have eked out of a cluelessly bigoted culture over the last half century.
The US Constitution provides grounds for two levels of exemption: religious institutions maintaining theological standards for employees, and religious employees of secular institutions receiving protection for their beliefs. It is reasonable, for instance, for a church to require that its pastor adhere to a denominational creed, or that teachers in its parochial schools present an accurate representation of church doctrine to students. On the other side of the coin, employees of American businesses have a right to dress in accordance with their beliefs, and to be able to practice the rites of their faith without harassment, as long as such practice does not interfere to a harmful degree with the performance of their work duties.
The passage of the Affordable Care Act has led to conflict over a third level of religious exemption: religiously affiliated institutions that are not, themselves, houses of worship: church-affiliated hospitals and colleges, for instance. The question of whether these organizations must provide contraception in their health insurance benefit has led to a work-around that pleases no one, since the goal of the institutions is to paternalistically keep their employees from using contraception at all. The Hobby Lobby ruling extends this kind of exemption even further, to private corporations whose owners happen to hold religious beliefs that contradict federal statutes. As Mark Joseph Stern explains in a Slate piece on levels of religious exemption, it's not far here to opening up this right to individuals.
I have to admit to feeling some sympathy for religious persons being pressed by federal statute into behaviors they consider sinful. Since childhood, I've considered myself a conscientious objector--a person who, if drafted into the military, would refuse to serve due to religious or philosophical objections. Conscientious objection as a status dates back to the 1500s, though it did not become a part of military law until the late 18th century in Britain and the new United States. In any case, for the entire history of this republic, it has been understood that pacifists should not have to bear arms or use them on others, however just the conflict might seem to its perpetrators. This does not mean that conscientious objectors have always been treated well, but at least their right not to fight has been protected.
So I'm comfortable with individuals having a religious exemption to serving in the military. Refusing to bear arms and take lives seems to me a proper use of this principle.
What, then, of religious exemption to justify discriminatory behavior, whether it is in the matter of providing contraceptive health benefits or of according equal treatment to persons one considers sinful?
This is where I have to do some ethical parsing. In the matter of conscientious objection, a person is refusing to participate in a practice that leads directly to harming other people in tangible ways. When it comes to religious exemption from non-discrimination laws, or from providing contraception, we enter the area of protecting one's right to harm others. Granted, such harm is, in the case of discrimination, more a matter of economics and psychology: to refuse service to a gay customer may cause that person distress, inconvenience, and added expense, but no actual physical harm is being inflicted. If it were, assault statutes would come into play. Similarly, a woman denied the use of an IUD can still settle for a less convenient--and less effective--form of birth control, or pay for the device out of pocket, but except for the increased risk of conception, the harm to her is far less than that of firing a rifle at an enemy soldier.
The severity of harm, then, is, at first glance at least, far less severe than that of serving in the military. But again, this is a reversal of the conscientious objection principle: the individual or corporation claiming religious exemption is seeking to protect the right not of abstaining from harming another, but of inflicting harm on another, however much it may fall short of actual physical assault.
This argument ignores another factor, though, one that Americans have accepted with regard to racial discrimination and most forms of sex discrimination: psychological harm is still harm. Second-class treatment causes wounds that, while not immediately visible, create scars that may never heal, and may be passed on to future generations. Deny me a job or a home not because I am unqualified, but because of who I am, and I will internalize that rejection. Do it repeatedly and however philosophically detached I may be, I will sink deeper and deeper into resentment. This will color my relationships with my partner, my family, my children, and it may take generations for them to heal the wound inflicted on me today. If you doubt this, just consider for a moment how much America is still struggling with the scars of slavery and Jim Crow, generations after these practices were rendered illegal.
One final thing about the religious exemption: there is deep irony in hiding behind a church to justify treating others uncharitably. True religion, as I and, I think, most Americans understand it, is about doing good. Using religion to justify harming others, and using the Constitution to protect such behavior, is a perversion of religion that harks back to the Inquisition, during which concern for the souls of sinners merited their torture and murder by the church. And yet, again and again in the United States, religion has been used as a shield protecting bigots and abusers from acknowledging and accepting consequences for the harmfulness of their actions. That such reasoning is ultimately counter-productive--who wants to belong to a church that defends bigotry?--is lost on those for whom the hatred of others matters more than the future of their church and nation.
It's probably just a matter of time until someone uses the Hobby Lobby decision to justify denying an apartment to a gay couple. Hopefully that action will throw the whole matter back up to the Supreme Court, making plain just how dangerous it is to create a shield of religious exemption for discriminatory behavior, motivating them to reverse themselves and restore sanity to the American ethos.
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Let f(x) be a formal power series with coefficients in the field k and let n ? 1. We define the notion of n-transcendence of f(x) over k and, more generally, the stable transcendence function dk(f(x), n). It is shown that, if k has prime characteristic p, this function determines the minimal Krull dimension dk(G) of the universal modular Galois-algebras of an elementary Abelian p-group G, introduced in [2, 3, 4, 5]. Since the concept of n-transcendence is of independent interest in all characteristics, a number of fundamental theorems are proved where the generalized Artin-Schreier polynomials surprisingly play a central role. We make a plausible conjecture in the case when k = Fp, the truth of which would imply a conjectural result concerning dFp (G) previously investigated by the authors.


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Q: Laravel relation displaying null on eager load A Laravel relation is displaying null on eager load. However, it works when the relation is accessed normally.
class Student extends Model
{
    use SoftDeletes;

    public $incrementing = false;
    protected $primaryKey = 'id'; // or null
    protected $guarded = [];

    public function document()
    {
        return $this->hasOne('App\Model\Document');
    }

    public function contact()
    {
        return $this->hasOne('App\Model\Contact');
    }
}

The contract relation returns null when I use the following.
Student::with('contact')->get()

However it works when I do the following. What could be the cause of this?
$student = Student::findOrFail($id);
$contact = $student->contact;

A: Student::with('contact')->get(); returns a Collection of Student instances, which you can loop and access the contact relationship:
$students = Student::with('contact')->get();
foreach($students AS $student){
  dd($student->contact);
  // Can be `null` or an instance of `Contact`
}

When you call Student::findOrFail($id);, you're getting a single instance of Student, which you can directly access contact:
$student = Student::with('contact')->findOrFail($id);
dd($student->contact);
// Again, can be `null` or an instance of `Contact`

The with() clause is eager loading, and doesn't do anything until you try to access $student->contact, but due to the nature of hasOne(), it can be null.

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SOUNDKING GROUP Founds European Branch
One of China's most known international audiovisual players has founded a European branch. SOUNDKING EUROPE will open in Germany in April 2019. Industry-known audio specialist Markus Falter has been appointed as the new general manager and will be responsible for the European B2B sales network as well as for the groups global marketing strategy.
In October 2018, SOUNDKING GROUP´s president and owner Mr Xianggui Wang has appointed Mr Markus Falter as the new General Manager for the group's European B2B branch. The new subsidiary is located in Deggendorf and includes business management, R&D, product management and a large-scaled technology showroom.
"The expansion to Europe is a first step towards uniting the best of both worlds: SOUNDKING audiovisual first-mover technology systems and innovations from in Germany. With Mr Falter, we found the perfect match for this role. He has gained superb experience in management, marketing, international B2B sales and acoustic engineering all across the globe for more than 23 years in the field of Pro Audio markets. Effective immediately, he covers a highly responsible double role in our group. Mr Falter is responsible for the whole European B2B sales network as well as for the groups global marketing strategy.", president Wang said.
Markus Falter who most recently worked for NOVA is ready to take on the task: "The new European subsidiary will act as a visionary bridge between Europe and SOUNDKING in China. US magazine MUSIC TRADES ranked SOUNDKING to position 28 among 225 enterprises of the global Pro Audio & MI industry. Together we will continue this amazing growth story."
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Written By: Eva Scattergood
Witness the story of a disagreement between next-door neighbors over the property line in "Native Gardens."
From musical comedies to Shakespearean classics, check out the best performances and plays in San Diego this June.
Edited by Eva Scattergood.
Through June 17. Set in the war-torn neighborhoods of Kabul in the 1990s, A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of three generations of Afghan women and their resilience. This production has been adapted for the stage by Irish-Indian playwright Ursula Rani Sarma and features music from renowned composer David Coulter. $30+. The Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, 619.234.5623. theoldglobe.org
Through June 24. A disagreement between next-door neighbors over the property line separating their backyards soon spirals into an all-out war of taste, class and gardening in this West Coast premiere. $30+. The Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, 619.234.5623. theoldglobe.org
Through June 24. Florian Zeller's award-winning play about Andre, an 80-year old man with dementia, and his daughter's efforts to balance her love for her father and the need to care for him with the demands of her own life and relationship. $46+. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987-D Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Solana Beach, 858.481.1055. northcoastrep.org
"Once the Musical"
Through July 22. The Tony Award-winning musical based on the hit Irish movie is a story of love, longing and an artist's fight to matter, and features the Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly." $28-$78. Lamb's Players Theatre, 1142 Orange Ave., Coronado, 619.437.6000. lambsplayers.org
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June 5-July 8. Mistrust is growing between the rich Gray Squirrels and the outcast Fox Squirrels. When a wily outsiders gets in the mix, he ignites an epic animal kingdom soap opera in this twisted new comedy. $46+. La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla, 858.550.1010. lajollaplayhouse.org
Rock out to Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical "The School of Rock."
"The School of Rock"
June 12-17. Based on the hit film, this hilarious new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a mind-blowing rock band. $55.50+. Broadway/San Diego, Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100. broadwaysd.com
June 17-July 22. Thrown out of power by his wicked brother, Prospero, Duke of Milan now lives in exile on an island with his daughter Miranda, and uses magic to plot revenge on his enemies in Shakespeare's classic comedy. $30+. The Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, 619.234.5623. theoldglobe.org
"The King & I"
June 26-July 1. The Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and the British schoolteacher he brought in to teach his many wives and children. $22.50+. Broadway/San Diego, Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100. broadwaysd.com
"Native Gardens" photo by Jim Cox.
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