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September 11, 2014 2014-09-10T20:00:11-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/4f4/20140910202938002_hd.jpgSouth Dakota Senate candidates Rick Weiland (D), former Senator Larry Pressler (I), and Gordon Howie (I) debated various issues. Courtesy KSFY-TV.
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Filter by Speaker All Speakers Brian Allen Gordon Howie Larry Pressler Richard "Rick" P. Weiland
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Gordon Howie U.S. Senate Candidate [I] South Dakota
Larry Pressler U.S. Senate Candidate [I] South Dakota
Richard "Rick" P. Weiland U.S. Senate Candidate [D] South Dakota
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House panel votes to hold AG Barr in contempt
Posted 3:43 PM, May 8, 2019, by Associated Press, Updated at 04:43PM, May 8, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the Democrats' extraordinary legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia report.
The vote capped a day of ever-deepening dispute between congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump, who for the first time invoked the principle of executive privilege, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report on Mueller's probe of Russian interference to help Trump in the 2016 election.
Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York declared the action by Trump's Justice Department a clear new sign of the president's "blanket defiance" of Congress' constitutional rights.
"Every day we learn of new efforts by this administration to stonewall Congress," Nadler said. "This is unprecedented."
But White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said it was rather a response to the "blatant abuse of power" by Nadler, a Democrat.
"Neither the White House nor Attorney General Barr will comply with Chairman Nadler's unlawful and reckless demands," she said.
Though the White House initially hesitated on invoking privilege, Trump told his staff and political advisers in recent weeks to refuse to cooperate with Democrats, believing the party's goal was simply to damage him politically going into his re-election campaign. The coming legal battle could stretch to 2020, and the White House is aiming to tie up congressional probes until Election Day.
Executive privilege is the president's power to keep information from the courts, Congress and the public to protect the confidentiality of the Oval Office decision-making process.
The president's decision was weeks in the making, the next inevitable escalation between the White House and Congress over a number of probes. The White House has rejected all efforts to probe Trump's business dealings or tax returns as well as the West Wing's security clearance procedure.
The committee voted along party lines, 24-16, to hold Barr in contempt but only after some five hours of heated and, at times, emotional testimony.
Democrats, who have the majority in the House, made their case that Congress was at a historic juncture as it confronts what they consider Trump's stonewalling of lawmakers' ability to conduct oversight of the administration. Republicans portrayed the majority as angry and lashing out at Barr after the special counsel did not find that Trump colluded with Russia to swing the 2016 election.
Said Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas: "The president now seeks to take a wrecking ball to the Constitution of the United States."
And Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana said the road ahead may be "messy" but Democrats must fight to "protect our democracy." Other Democrats called the standoff a "serious" and "grave" moment.
However, the panel's top Republican, Doug Collins of Georgia, said Democrats were manufacturing a crisis and rushing the process to "sully Bill Barr's good name."
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a Trump ally, said the Democrats were trying to "delegitimize" the president and biding time before they try to impeach him.
"Get over it," Gaetz said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the next step after the committee vote will be consideration by the full House.
If approved by the House, where the Democrats hold a solid majority, the contempt resolution would almost certainly move to an unusual, and potentially protracted, multi-pronged court battle with the Trump administration.
The House would send a criminal referral to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a Justice Department official who would be likely to defend rather than oppose Barr. Democratic House leaders could also file a lawsuit, though the case could take months or even years to resolve. Some committee members have suggested they also could fine Barr as he withholds information.
Nadler said Wednesday the Trump administration's refusal to provide the special counsel's full Russia report to Congress presents a "constitutional crisis," leaving the panel no choice but to move forward with a contempt vote.
In a letter Wednesday to Trump , Barr explained that the special counsel's files contain millions of pages of classified and unclassified information. He said it was the committee's "abrupt resort to a contempt vote" that "has not allowed sufficient time for you to consider fully whether to make a conclusive assertion of executive privilege."
Barr told Trump he should assert privilege now, "pending a full decision on the matter."
Talks with the Justice Department broke down late Tuesday over the committee's subpoena for an unredacted version of the report.
Barr released a redacted version of Mueller's 400-plus-page report to the public last month, but Democrats subpoenaed the full document , along with underlying evidence.
The department has rejected that demand, while allowing a few top lawmakers from the House and Senate to view a version with fewer redactions. That version blacks out grand jury information, which needs a judge's approval for release, and it doesn't include the report's underlying evidence. Democrats have said they won't view that version until they get broader access.
Almost half the report's pages contain some type of redaction including those around the Russian influence campaign, presidential pardons and other topics.
Barr has refused to testify in public to the committee after a disagreement over the Democrats' demand that he answer questions from a staff attorney in addition to lawmakers. The committee is in talks for Mueller himself to appear May 15, but there is no agreement yet, and Trump has said Mueller should not testify.
Nadler also has threatened to hold former White House Counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress if he doesn't testify before the committee later this month. Nadler rejected a White House claim that documents McGahn refused to provide despite a subpoena are controlled by the White House and thus McGahn has no legal right to them.
Pelosi, who has tamped down calls from her liberal flank to launch impeachment proceedings against Trump, said in a Washington Post interview Wednesday that the president, by obstructing Congress was becoming "self-impeachable."
Mueller, in his report, said he could not establish a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, but he did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice. Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided there were not grounds to charge Trump with obstruction.
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You have a Tablet PC in between your smartphone and your laptop. But, what if you needed something to fill the space between your tablet PC and your Smartphone ? Here comes a new breed of extra large smartphones that are too big to be called just as smartphones, yet small enough not to be called as a Tablet. Here comes the Samsung Galaxy Note, a part of this new breed of Smartphones on steroids.
Before taking a closer look at this device, let us see what this monster has got within it.
Display: 5.3" WXGA (1280 x 800, 285 PPI). It features the new HD Super AMOLED Screen.
OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Might get the ICS update soon.
Video and Audio: Video codecs available are MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ DivX, Xvid, WMV, VC-1. Audio codecs available are MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG.
Battery: Standard battery, Li-on 2,500 mAh. This massive battery can keep this massive phone alive for a considerably longer duration.
Sensors: Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity, Barometer,Light sensors are on board.
This phone comes with the top of the class processor and good amount of RAM, which will let you perform multiple tasks smoothly. This phone comes with several built in Samsung apps and apps from other vendors, that'll make your user experience exponentially better.
This Device Features a Stylus, with an inbuilt socket in this thin device. This stylus will let you take notes on the go with much ease. This will make your interaction with your device, a pleasant experience.
Though the device is pretty big, taking pictures or shooting videos using it is not a chore. The pics and videos taken using this device are lovely and are of top notch quality.
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The Galaxy Note, like its predecessor SII, is very thin in spite of the bigger screen. The big battery can hold up the device for a long time. The S-Planner app which comes preloaded, will help you plan your tasks with ease.
This is the device, if you are already hating your smartphone's small screen size and that of your Tablet's big screen size. This will surely fill in the space between the too.
Samsung has not provided US availability or pricing yet. The Note will go on sale in Germany on October 31st, and the UK on November 3rd. Pricing will be carrier-dependent.


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Q: Google Earth Engine, Image Collection Statistics? I've wrot below code for time series processing via modis LST product, but it shows this error:
ImageCollection (Error)
Error in map(ID=2018_06_02):
Image.constant: Parameter 'value' is required.

Google Earth Engine Code: https://code.earthengine.google.com/69da688a94c65e05e3cac421d5bbd938
Map.centerObject(table);
Map.addLayer(table);

// test for tci
var modis = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/006/MOD11A2')
.filterBounds(table)
.filterDate('2018-01-01','2019-01-01')
.select("LST_Day_1km")
.map(function(img){
  return img.multiply(0.02)
  .copyProperties(img,['system:time_start','system:time_end']);
});

var tci = modis.map(function(img){

  var min = img.reduceRegion(ee.Reducer.min(),table,1000).get('LST_Day_1km');
  var max = img.reduceRegion(ee.Reducer.max(),table,1000).get('LST_Day_1km');

  var index = img.expression(
    '(max-LST)/(max-min)'
    ,{
      'LST': img,
      'min': ee.Number(min),
      'max': ee.Number(max),
      }).rename('TCI')
      .copyProperties(img,['system:time_start','system:time_end']);
  return index;
});

print(tci)

A: That is because in that image there are only masked pixels. Thus, your reduceRegion for the min and max value do not return values. Your image expression therefore doesn't work and throws an error.
You can filter out images that do not contain any data inside your area of interest using:
function(img){
  var mulitplied = img.multiply(0.02)
  var unmasked = img.gt(-999).reduceRegion(ee.Reducer.count(),table,1000);
  return mulitplied.set('count', unmasked.get('LST_Day_1km'))
  .copyProperties(img,['system:time_start','system:time_end']);
});
// filter images not containing data in the study area 'table'
var filtered = modis.filter(ee.Filter.neq('count', 0));

Then you can continue working with the filtered image collection.
You can anlyse the image not working in any study area by:
var notWorking= modis.filter(ee.Filter.eq('count', 0));

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK police have called on the country's football fans to avoid participating in provocative actions during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, local media reported on Monday.
Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) head for football policing, said that the escalated tensions in UK-Russian relations have increased the risk of potential violence during the World Cup.
"[There is a] very strong nationalistic, patriotic sense running throughout [the Russian] society which is firmly, at least ostensibly, behind President [Vladimir Putin]," Roberts said, as quoted by The Times.
He called on UK fans to refrain from waiving flags with St George's Cross — the flag of England — in public areas and singing provocative songs.
"Supporters need to be mindful and we need to show a bit of cultural sensitivity. We wouldn't expect supporters of other countries' teams to come to the UK and act in a disrespectful manner around the Cenotaph [war memorial in London]," Roberts added.
Russia will host its first FIFA World Cup from June 14 to July 15. Matches will take place in Kaliningrad, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, and Yekaterinburg.
The Russian-UK relations significantly deteriorated in March over attempted poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK city of Salisbury. The United Kingdom accused Russia of being involved in the attack with what is believed by London to be the A234 nerve agent. Moscow has refuted the allegations and repeatedly pointed to the lack of evidence provided by London.


Read color of a LED?
I need some advice. I need to be able to read the color of a LED (if its green or red).
All the examples on the web on read color is doing it with another led and reads colors of things that doesn't emitt light.
Is it possible to do this with just a photoresitor/photocell or what do I need for hardware?
@Martin-Tellblom Maybe using a color sensor with ambient light LEDs removed/disabled.
If possible, it will be a lot easier/reliable by connecting the LED anodes directly to the Arduino and interpret them instead of the color of the LED.
@Martin-Tellblom well, then maybe the color sensor is an option?
COuld you perhaps just use an LDR - i would presume the RED light emitted is at a different level to that of the GREEN light emitted and thus just MAP the range you would expect each to be at.
@Yveaux But the once I have seen uses light to measure the color. Will that work on a LED?
I thought that i wouldn't work if you "light a light"
@Martin-Tellblom The sensor used (TCS3200) converts colored light to a frequency.
I assume the breakout boards contain leds is to be able to determine the color of objects, by lighting them using the white leds on the board.
Presonally I don't have any experience with these sensors, but for less than $3 I would just give it a try!
@gregl I like this idea. Have you tried it out? Just put one of these ( http://www.ebay.de/itm/20Stks-GL5528-Photoresistor-LDR-Photo-Resistors-Light-Dependen-t-/272304382916?hash=item3f669b23c4:g:4XkAAOSw7XZXg-Iu ) over your led and see if you get different readings depending on the color. I would guess that red and green emitt different light intensities like gregl suggested. To block out ambient light you could use some black tape and punch just 2 little holes for the wires of the LDR.
Many things to try now I have ordered a couple of different solutions and will get back when they have arrived and I tried them.
This might even be double usefull as different LED-Colors as "light sensor" would react different.
e.g. for your red/green led .. if you pick a red led as "light sensor" you might get a much stronger reading then from the green led and hopefully a distinctive zero reading if none of them is on.


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"""
Test case for observationlistparser.py module
"""
import unittest
from pyowm.webapi25.observationlistparser import ObservationListParser
from pyowm.exceptions.parse_response_error import ParseResponseError
from pyowm.exceptions.api_response_error import APIResponseError
from tests.unit.webapi25.json_test_responses import (
    SEARCH_RESULTS_JSON, SEARCH_WITH_NO_RESULTS_JSON,
    INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_JSON)

class TestObservationListParser(unittest.TestCase):

    __instance = ObservationListParser()
    __bad_json = '{"a": "test", "b": 1.234, "c": [ "hello", "world"] }'
    __bad_json_2 = '{"cod": "200", "b": 1.234 }'
    __no_items_json = '{"cod": "200", "count": "0" }'
    __404_json = '{"cod": "404" }'

    def test_parse_JSON(self):
        result = self.__instance.parse_JSON(SEARCH_RESULTS_JSON)
        self.assertFalse(result is None)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(result, list))
        for item in result:
            self.assertFalse(item is None)
            self.assertFalse(item.get_reception_time() is None)
            loc = item.get_location()
            self.assertFalse(loc is None)
            self.assertTrue(all(v is not None for v in loc.__dict__.values()))
            weat = item.get_weather()
            self.assertFalse(weat is None)

    def test_parse_JSON_with_malformed_JSON_data(self):
        self.assertRaises(ParseResponseError, self.__instance.parse_JSON,
                          self.__bad_json)
        self.assertRaises(ParseResponseError, self.__instance.parse_JSON,
                          self.__bad_json_2)

    def test_parse_JSON_when_no_items_returned(self):
        self.assertFalse(self.__instance.parse_JSON(self.__no_items_json))

    def test_parse_JSON_when_resource_not_found(self):
        self.assertIsNone(self.__instance.parse_JSON(self.__404_json))

    def test_parse_JSON_when_no_results(self):
        result = self.__instance.parse_JSON(SEARCH_WITH_NO_RESULTS_JSON)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(result, list))
        self.assertEqual(0, len(result))

    def test_pparse_JSON_when_server_error(self):
        self.assertRaises(APIResponseError, self.__instance.parse_JSON,
                          INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_JSON)

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Motion for Summary Judgment/Dismiss
Motion to Sever Response
Marty Johnson,
- Plaintiff
Lary J. Stevens
- Defendants
CASE NO.: 05-C-06-6311
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants Stevens & Jackson, LLC and Larry J. Stevens Motion to Sever and Stay Legal Malpractice Claims
This action stems from personal injuries sustained in Virginia by Plaintiff Marty Johnson on August 13, 2012, when a steel truss fell from a truck bed and landed on Plaintiff.
Plaintiff's claim is essentially twofold: (1) Plaintiff's claim against the truck driver and related entities, which is essentially a legal negligence claim against three individual lawyers and two law firms premised on their failure to file a meritorious negligence claim within the statute of limitations period against the truck driver and other related entities and (2) a claim against the steel truss manufacturer and fabricator, Brookfield. With respect to the legal malpractice claim, there is not expected to be a dispute that the statute of limitations was missed; instead, the legal malpractice defendants are expected to assume the role of the truck driver.
The Stevens Defendants position is that the case must be severed because there are different legal issues for the jury to resolve. Yet they cite not a single case severing any Maryland case under any circumstance, much less facts analogous to the instant case. Plaintiff complains of injuries suffered by multiple parties. Indeed severing Plaintiff's claim against multiple defendants is disfavored under Maryland law. In Maryland the movant must prove, as stated by Rule 2-503, that severance of Plaintiffs claims would be in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice. In fact, Plaintiff would suffer both inconvenience and prejudice if these cases were severed. Defendant has made no showing of prejudice or inconvenience outside the Aprejudice and inconvenience@ of answering the claims of failing to file a claim within the statute of limitations.
The Standard to Sever These Trials
Maryland Rule 2-503(b) states: Separate Trials. -- In furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, the court, on motion or on its own initiative, may order a separate trial of any claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, or of any separate issue, or of any number of claims, counterclaims, cross-claims, third-party claims, or issues.@ This Maryland Rule affords the Court the means to structure the determination of disputed issues, so as to ensure the more efficient administration of judicial resources and to avoid untoward prejudice to any party or parties. Connor v. Celanese Fibers Co., 40 Md. App. 452, 459, 392 A.2d 116, 120 (1978) (applying predecessor rule, Rule 501(a)). Interestingly, the Stevens Defendant do not cite this rule in their motion.
Defendant's Claim that Defendants Cannot be Found Negligent Until the Plaintiff has Litigated Against the Other Defendants is False
The core of the Stevens Defendants' argument is found in Paragraph 17 of their motion where they contend that "attorney Defendants cannot be found negligent until such time as Plaintiffs have litigated the personal injury action and established that they would have recovered for their personal injuries but for the alleged negligence of the attorney Defendants." There is no evidence to support this argument. Plaintiff alleges that all Defendants are substantial contributing causes to his injuries. Plaintiff is not bringing a claim against the truck driver in the instant litigation; instead, its claim against the legal malpractice defendants is in place of the truck driver.
Accordingly, the outcome of the personal injury case without the legal malpractice defendants does not speak to their culpability of these defendants. If these cases were severed and Plaintiff to lose the claim against the steel truss manufacturer and fabricator, Plaintiff would then be required to try the same damages cases against the legal malpractice cases.
In sum, the argument offered by the Defendants is the same argument that could be made by Brookfield in this case or any other defendant in a claim where plaintiff alleges that two or more defendants are substantial contributing causes of a plaintiff's injuries. The Stevens Defendant's argument is "you go ahead without me - come back if you need me after your trial." Every defendant would prefer this option. But their preference does not give them a right of severance under Maryland law.
Certainly, if the statute of limitations had not been missed, the claim for Plaintiff's injuries would go forward in one case against the truck driver and the steel trusses manufacturer and fabricator. Essentially then, the Defendants claim that trial lawyers should be treated differently from other tort defendants, and that there should be a proliferation of mini-trials when lawyers are accused of tortuous conduct.
The Plaintiff Would Suffer Prejudice and Inconvenience by Severance
While the Defendants failed to establish any legally cognizable prejudice as a result of hearing together Plaintiff's claims against all defendants allegedly responsibly for his injuries, there would be great prejudice to the Plaintiff. First, severance would be a tactical boon to all defendants. The steel truss manufacturer and fabricator would vigorously point to the empty chair of the truck driver if these claims were not tried together, leaving the jury wondering why a claim had not been brought against the truck driver as well.
The permutations of this prejudice are boundless. The jury might give a compromise verdict, in which case Plaintiff would not get the full value of his damages. After a compromise verdict, Defendants have already made clear in its motion it would claim this is the full measure of Plaintiff's damages. Worse still, the jury could assume a huge verdict or settlement against the truck driver and award no damages in the fabricator suit. Again, using severance as both a sword and a shield, the legal malpractice defendants would seek some res judicata effect from such a finding.
Second, Plaintiff has a complicated medical case involving many different injuries, requiring multiple experts. To put the seriousness of the case in some context, the workers' compensation lien is approximately $500,000. Severance of these claims would cause each of them to have to be brought to court twice to testify to a pattern of facts and opinions which are common to both the factual aspects of the legal malpractice claim and the case against Brookfield. Ostensibly, he would also be deposed twice, as would every damage witness. This would double plaintiff's costs. Severance would cause inconvenience and prejudice to the parties, especially to plaintiff and his medical witnesses, and would undermine plaintiff's ability to contest the defense case. In light of the fact that this duplication would burden both witnesses and jurors as well as waste judicial resources, mandatory severance is undesirable. Yet plaintiff relies upon the original plaintiff's experts as well as the prior actions
These are important reasons to try the case as a single, coherent whole, and Plaintiff urges the Court not to undermine that. Severance is an extraordinary procedure and cannot be justified unless it will substantially further the ends of judicial economy, prevention of delay and prejudice, and otherwise serve the ends of justice. This standard has not been met in this case by the Stevens Defendants and, accordingly, this motion should be denied.
(Footnote to this case: We lost this motion but the case later settled shortly after we lost for $1.31 million.)
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by Mvslim December 21, 2017, 8:51 pm in Daily Life
Afghan Women Show Us Girl Power at Its Best With 'Zan TV', An All-Female TV Station
In the west, having a TV channel is not that extraordinary. There are many journalists, reporters and students pursuing a degree within the media sector. But in Afghanistan, being a journalist is limited and possibly dangerous. So, never mind having a TV channel.
However, Zan TV has broken those limitations in many ways. Not only are they a new TV channel focusing on 'taboo' subjects such as drugs, feminism and contraception, it's an ALL WOMEN station too. Yes, you read right: In Afghanistan, women are running their own TV station!
Contrary to the title, these women aren't marrying themselves to the station, nor are they saying Christian oaths. However, they have that Zor (i.e. strength or push) to rally behind their channel, voicing their messages and opinion, despite death threats and the intolerant society they live in.
They are aiming to expand Zan TV in order to make it one of Afghanistan's largest TV stations. And these loyal ladies are more than dedicated to make it happen, as a 22-year-old technician said: "Even if my life or my family is in danger, as long as I'm alive, I will work to give a voice to those voiceless Afghan women". How does that compare to text-book girl power?
Sorry, Not Sorry!
Zan TV has covered subjects that have been totally against the norm, sometimes even a risk to their lives. As such, their work has been fighting against underage marriage, make awareness surrounding women and drug addiction, and the necessity of access to education. With more than 1 million people tuned into the channel, both within and outside of Afghanistan, the Zan TV ladies have certainly proved the dubious people wrong. Though, there remain certain people that aren't able to accept their effort– for now at least. An Afghan street vendor once commented that "these channels bring shame to our religious leaders, political leaders and society".
Clearly, Zan TV's reception has been mixed. Maybe, they are biting off too much to chew? Or will they, one day, get the power and support from their people and others? I hope and pray for the latter.
Khudey pa amaan (i.e. with God's trust – Pashto, main language used in Afghanistan).
This article was written by Zahra Rahman
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Measles outbreak in Philippines could bring disease to Guam
By Leonard Kelley
Calls to get vaccinated in the Interior have gone up since the measles outbreak in Vancouver and Washington. All school-age children and adults born in 1970 or later should have two doses of the MMR vaccine for full protection, according to Island Health. Unless an exemption is claimed, a child is required to be vaccinated against or show proof of acquired immunity for almost a dozen diseases - including polio, whooping cough and mumps - before they can attend school or a child care center. "Others had been hesitant [to be inoculated] because of pressure from peer groups".
"As you know, measles is endemic in other parts of the world, and people travel", said Mema.
"People should get vaccinated". I am most excited about development of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases for which there are now high levels of antibiotic resistance, such as MRSA [Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus] and vaccines preventing disease in young infants by vaccinating pregnant women.
Among the patients Cadesky inoculated is Maddi Bisset, who had no vaccinations as a child because her mother believed young children shouldn't be "pumped full of chemicals".
"Like many countries in the region of the Americas, however, due to increasing numbers of refusals of vaccines and declining national coverage in vaccines, including the MMR vaccine, the risk of transmission of this preventable illness is increasing", the ministry statement continued.
"Everything my mother did was with our best interests in mind".
Last week, Vancouver Coastal Health confirmed eight new cases of the measles affecting students at two of the city's francophone public schools.
Hayden said the vaccination rates at both schools is quite high, hovering around 95 per cent. Measles infection typically causes a rash, fever, conjunctivitis (red eyes), cough or runny nose. People are contagious for about five days before symptoms develop and then it presents like a flu before it develops into a rash.
When an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes, the virus spreads through the air and can survive in small droplets in the air for several hours.
The most recent statistics from AHS are from 2017 and indicate that 87 per cent of children in Alberta had received their first measles vaccine by the age of two and 79 per cent had received their second shot by the age of seven.
On Tuesday, the health authority said at least 36 students and staff members from the three schools affected are now not attending classes because the students are either not vaccinated or don't have proof of vaccination. Others at risk are those who choose not to be immunized, often based on a long-discredited 1998 United Kingdom study that suggested the MMR vaccine was linked to autism in children. For them, we keep saying the messages that we say: that vaccines are safe and effective.
Bisset agreed, saying her friends are all vaccinated and are pro-immunization.
If you think you have contracted measles, be sure to alert your doctor before you go for a checkup, so they can quickly get to you.
Even more concerning is the drastic increase in the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) from 0.93% on 31 December 2018, to 2% on 7 February 2019.
Dr. Amanda Cohn, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pediatrician, has three daughters at The Epstein School and Riverwood High School.
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Q: Bug with Override annotations in Eclipse I have a annoying problem with @Override annotations in Eclipse. Often when i import working projects on a new PC, Eclipse marks some of the @Override annotations as wrong. If i remove the annotations everything is fine and Eclipse also indicates that the methods are overriding the parents methods but adding the Override annotation causes the error again. I am currently working on an Android project so it might be a problem with Android and not with Eclipse..

A: There are a few places where Java Compiler settings are configured.
One way is to Window->Preferences->Java->Compiler->Compiler Compliance Level -> set 1.6 or above.
Another way is right click on the Project->Properties->Java Compiler->JDK Compliance -> Select 1.6 or above.
Also You can unselect "Enable Project Specific Settings" , this will eliminate future JDK compiler compliance errors.
Remove Multiple instances of JDK Versions , unless different projects need them.

A: This is most likely because you are switching between Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.  In 1.5 you couldn't mark interface implementations with @Override, but you can in 1.6.
A quick Google search turned up this good explanation of the difference in this annotation between the two versions: http://www.techienuggets.com/CommentDetail?tx=38155

Semantics of @Override is different in
  JDK 1.5 and JDK 1.6. In JDK 1.5,  the
  @Override annotation is not allowed
  for implementations of methods
  declared in an interface, while they
  are allowed in JDK 1.6. For more
  information, see:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5008260
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6399361
http://blogs.oracle.com/ahe/?entry=override
It is fact that the description of the
  Override annotation was not  updated
  in the JDK API docs. This has been
  reported as a bug:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6501053bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6501053

A: Make sure the used Java SDK is up to date and that eclipse use the right SDK version (if you have more than one installed) and treats your Android project with the right SDK version...

A: just go to
 window -> prefrences -> java -> compiler

and set it to 1.6 as notation starts from 1.6 so if compilence level will less then 1.6 it will gives error


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Despite BP fiasco, the Euro Crisis Should Bring Britain, U.S. Closer
Obama may be spanking BP's brass today. But the other crisis—Europe's economic mess—reminds us why it's important that the U.S. and U.K. stick together.
Gabriel Bouys, AFP / Getty Images
President Obama announced on Wednesday that BP has agreed to create a $20 billion escrow fund, calling the move "an important step toward making the people of the Gulf Coast whole again." BP's board chairman also announced that the company will suspend paying out dividends to its shareholders for the rest of the year.
The controversy over the BP spill threatens to drive U.S.-U.K. relations to a historic low point. When recently in London, several people worried that the president may be engaging in "Brit-bashing" at the expense of our historically close ties. This theme has been widely picked up in the U.K. press.
"It's the gushing geyser of Obama's anti-British rhetoric," screams Melanie Phillips this week in the Daily Mail, "that now urgently needs to be capped." Indeed, however much President Obama wants to beat up the Tony Hayward, who certainly deserves to be both tarred and feathered, he might want to consider how "Brit-bashing" may not be in our long-term interest. This is particularly true at a time that the world's other big crisis—the collapse of the euro—offers a unique opportunity to shore up our now beleaguered "special relationship."
You don't have to be an unreconstructed Thatcherite to resist tying the country to the future feeding of widely irresponsible "Club Med" countries.
The British Empire may be little more than a historical relic, but the current euro crash could make those old ties between mother country and her scattered former colonies, including America, more alluring. After a decade marked by sputtering movement toward greater integration with Europe, the United Kingdom, particularly its beating heart—London—might be ready to drift away from the continent and back toward America and Canada and the rest of the world beyond.
This process will be accentuated by the fact that while Europe's population and economy, particularly on its southern and eastern tiers, seems set to decline even further, the future of North America—largely due to mass immigration and its large resource base—continues to appeal to British investors and companies. In addition, the rise of other parts of the world, notably Russia, India and China, suggests that Britain's future, like that of North America, rests increasingly outside of Europe.
Social forces in Britain today will accentuate these trends. In London today you do hear many European languages, but the big money you see around posh places in Mayfair more often speaks not Italian or French, or even German, but Hindi, Arabic, Russian and, increasingly, Chinese. London today is not so much a British city as a global one, with a percentage of foreign-born residents—roughly one-third—equivalent to that of such prominent American multi-racial capitals as New York or Los Angeles.
Just take a look at the over 200,000 people who became U.K. citizens last year, up from barely 50,000 annually a decade earlier. The EU accounted for barely 3 percent of the total; all of Europe, including the former Soviet bloc, represented 8 percent. In contrast, the biggest source of new subjects was from the Indian subcontinent—roughly 30 percent—and Africa, which provided another 27 percent.
This ethnic transformation—much like the one taking place and widely celebrated by Obamanians in the United States—helps tie Britain, despite its proximity to the continent, more to the rest of the world. The U.K. may not be ready for its own version of Barack Obama, but a post-European future seems increasingly likely through ties of both blood and money. To be sure, in the coming year the level of immigration may decline under the Tories, whose party competes for voters with nativist groups. But economics—and the disastrous state of the euro—may prove an even larger factor in the country's transformation.
Already there is growing concern that the sovereign debt issues of places like Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal—the so-called swilling PIGS—could force Britain, with its already weak economy, to raise interest rates and cut its budgets more than might be advisable. Last month London's FTSE 100 has lost 15 percent of its value as a result of the euro crisis, a steep fall made only marginally tolerable by the even worse results on the continent. Future euro-moves could prove even more threatening. Wide-ranging attacks on financial speculation, so popular in an increasingly hegemonic Germany, are like a gun aimed at Britain's economic core. After all, the U.K.'s exports are built not around cars, steel or fashion but its role as the world's banker, consultant and business media center. "The euro zone," complains one columnist in the right-leading Daily Telegraph, "may be leading us into a double-dip recession."
But declining euro-enthusiasm is not limited to those considered conservative "nutters" by Britain's continentally minded sophisticates. You don't have to be an unreconstructed Thatcherite to resist tying the country to the future feeding of widely irresponsible "Club Med" countries or kowtowing to Berlin. Rather than the Germans and their PIGS, Britain may be better off linking with both the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—as well as a rebounding North America.
As the ultimate capitalist entrepot, Britain's trump lies in being hugely attractive to Americans. In this respect, beating up BP, however justified, may also be squandering an opportunity to solidify a relationship that is needed on so many fronts from battling Islamic extremism—the Brits and the Canadians are our only strong reliable allies—to preventing German-style controls over the global entrepreneurial economy.
Herein lies our opportunity. Although not "anti-European," Britons tend to be "deeply skeptical about the institutions of the European Union," notes Steve Norris, a former MP, onetime chairman of the ruling Conservative party and two times that party's candidate for Mayor of London. As he puts it: "The British do not want a federal Europe in which significant powers pass from sovereign parliaments to Brussels."
Although Labour also resisted rapid integration into Europe, the current government under the new Prime Minister David Cameron, Norris notes, has made it clear that it is even more resistant to this trend. This may prove an embarrassment to Cameron's historically Europhile deputy prime minister, the Liberal Independent's Nick Clegg, but the movement away from Europe seems increasingly inevitable.
For one thing, the future of the euro may depend on expanding Brussels' control of member nation's budgets, something few British MPs of any party are likely to embrace. Attempts by France and Germany to expand the power of Brussels to save the euro are likely to chase away even the most devoted Europhiles in Britain.
All this is good news for a strengthened U.S.-U.K. alliance—something that should not be threatened by excessive "Brit bashing." For all its many shortcomings, Great Britain remains one of the globe's great outposts of both civilization and dynamic market capitalism. Its economic power may be a shadow of what it once was, but its cultural, political and role as a transactional center keep the place globally relevant.
A Britain both more Atlanticist and global also can play a more positive role by adding its weight to ours in slowing a shift to protectionism, battling terrorism and in resisting the now ballyhooed trend toward state-based capitalism. And that would bode well for Britain itself, allowing the country to play to fundamental strengths that derive from its unique historical legacy.
Joel Kotkin is a Distinguished Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange California and adjunct fellow with the Legatum Institute in London. His latest book, from which this selection was adapted, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, was recently published by Penguin Press.


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The PlayStation Move Sharpshooter
Eric Weiss
The Sharpshooter is one of the many gimmicky peripherals rolled out to promote Sony's Move motion controller, and as far as gaming add-ons go, it's a cut above your usual waste of plastic. The setup works, and it does provide a unique experience. Unfortunately, there are some flaws that owe more to concept than design. Most video games are not built around realistic mechanics and you're often at a disadvantage when it comes to gameplay.
I tested the Sharpshooter while playing Time Crisis: Razing Storm, The Shoot, and Killzone 3, and while the hardware is serviceable, the finished product nonetheless resembles something that you would find in the toy aisle at Wal-Mart. The small plastic components are a little flimsy – the narrow stock, in particular, doesn't seem like it would hold up under pressure – but it's durable enough as long as you're only using it for gaming.
The gameplay configuration is otherwise perfectly acceptable. Playing simple rail shooters is as much fun as it ever was in the arcade, and if that's all you're looking for, the Sharpshooter is accurate, fun, and easy to assemble. The games themselves don't have much lasting appeal, but there is a genuine thrill associated with a simulated firearm.
Things get a bit more complicated when you add independent movement in a game like Killzone 3. The layout takes some getting used to, but you'll have easy access to every button other than Start and Select and those are hardly essential during gameplay. The thumb stick on the Navigation controller does a fine impersonation of a left analog stick and all of the Move Wand's key functions are conveniently mapped to the Sharpshooter's trigger.
The problem is that while the Sharpshooter is functional as a controller, it simply isn't built for marathon gaming. Holding your arm out in front of you for any length of time will rapidly drain your shoulder muscles, and you'll end up contorting your body (and sacrificing accuracy) in order to compensate. Doing so becomes painful after about thirty minutes, and there's no natural neutral position or comfortable way to play.
Those physical issues compound a few other gameplay shortcomings. Since there's no right analog stick, you have to point the cursor at the edge of the screen in order to turn, and it occasionally feels like the camera is caught in a twister. You'll find yourself spinning in circles trying to figure out which way is forward and even when things are going well, the Sharpshooter doesn't allow for the split-second reactions that are possible with a more traditional thumb stick configuration.
Fortunately, the Move is responsive enough for solo gameplay, and it's an enjoyable way to experience a story as long as the enemies aren't being generated randomly. You'll die fairly frequently, but survival requires much more economy of movement and you'll actually have to think about your next step in order to move forward.
In a more dynamic (and less predictable) multiplayer environment, however, the camera becomes a serious liability. It's extremely difficult to reorient yourself when you're getting shot in the back, and any competent player will have you dead long before you can even think about returning fire.
The controller's rumble feature is also a bit of an annoyance. The Wand shakes whenever you pull the trigger, and the reticle goes haywire in response to those vibrations. It makes it incredibly difficult to control the spray of bullets beyond the first shot, and attempting to hit long-range targets is often an exercise in futility.
With that said, I don't think I've ever had more fun with a sniper rifle. The motion controls shine when the pace slows down and you're able to line up the perfect shot, and the simulated realism definitely enhances the experience. There's something disturbingly satisfying about holding an actual (plastic) gun and pulling an actual trigger, and it makes it clear that the mechanics at least have potential.
Sadly, Killzone isn't the best showcase for those ideas. The Sharpshooter's attempts at verisimilitude are at odds with the bullet-absorbing intensity of the modern FPS, and it severely limits the practical applications for the peripheral. The toy would be fantastic for a more methodical game that prioritizes accuracy over movement speed, but as it stands, the Sharpshooter is still a novelty that's better suited for rail shooters than for more traditional AAA titles.
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Fae made more than 100 appearances for Nantes Reading have signed Emerse Fae from French side Nantes for a fee reported to be in the region of £2.5m. The Ivory Coast international, 23, midfielder has signed a three-year contract with the option of a fourth and will wear the number 20 shirt.
"Reading have been following me for a long time. I was interested as soon as I heard that they wanted me," said Fae.
Royals director of football Nick Hammond said: "We have tracked Emerse for a considerable period of time."
Fae, whose fee could rise dependent on appearances, becomes Reading's second signing of the summer after Kalifa Cisse joined from Boavista.
And Hammond added: "We feel that the deal we have agreed with Nantes represents very good value, especially in the current market place.
"He loves to break forward and drive with the ball, and will offer something a little different to the other midfielders within our squad."
Chairman John Madejski added: "This is a very important signing. He joins us at a very exciting time as we prepare for our second season in the Premier League, and we are confident that he will prove to be a very good signing.
"We have been focused and selective with our transfer activities this summer and Emerse is a player we have been interested in for a long time, so it is very rewarding that our patience has borne fruit."
Fae, who made more than 100 appearances for Nantes, is excited by his new challenge in the Premier League.
"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time and now that it's done I'm very happy," added Fae.
"Reading have been following me for a long time and I was interested as soon as I heard that they wanted me.
"I want to play here and win games in this magnificent stadium and I'm happy to work with Steve Coppell, he is a good manager."


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Denis Donaldson (1950, Belfast, Irlanda del Norte - , Donegal, República de Irlanda) fue un miembro militante del IRA provisional y del Partido Sinn Féin.

En 2005, su colaboracionismo con los MI5 y la Special Branch,. y la policía de Irlanda del Norte, salió a la luz.  Aislado desde entonces en una casa de campo en Donegal, fue asesinado el 4 de abril de 2006.

Una amistad con el escritor Sorj Chalandon le inspiró dos novelas : My traitor publicada en 2008 seguido de Return to Killybegs de 2011.

Fuentes
 The spy at the heart of the IRA, The Sunday Times, 18 de diciembre de 2005.

 Sinn Fein British agent shot dead, BBC News

 La mort sans gloire d'une taupe britannique de l'IRA, Libération, 6 de abril de 2006

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Políticos de Sinn Féin
Espías del Reino Unido
Miembros del IRA
Espías ejecutados
Nacidos en Belfast

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My name is Kyle, but my username is CrazyKy_7. I've been playing minecraft for awhile now, and use to be really into a server called SINGaming. That server is long gone now though, but it familiarized me with plugins, community interactions, and how to run a server right. I was basicly staff there, and hopefully I'll get the chance to be a staff member here as well. I'm looking forward to the growth of the community, and excited for the server's future.


Citation: DAO VAN THINH (2018-08-06). AVERAGE SIZE OF 2-SELMER GROUPS OF JACOBIANS OF HYPERELLIPTIC CURVES OVER FUNCTION FIELDS. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: Recently, the average size of Selmer groups of Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves over the rational field was studied extensively by M. Bhargava, B. Gross, Arul Shankar, Ananth Shankar, and X. Wang. In this thesis, I try to complete the picture by considering the similar problems in the function fields setting. Significantly, we develop a different method (compare to the one in the rational field setting) that could be seen as a generalization of the method used in [Ho.P. Quoc, Le Hung V. Bao, and Ngo B. Chau, Average size of 2-Selmer groups of elliptic curves over function fields, Math. Res. Lett. 21 (2014), no. 6, 1305–1339]. More precisely, we construct two moduli spaces M and A whose points represent elements in 2-Selmer groups and hyperelliptic curves respectively. Hence, the main remaining problem is to count points on fibers of the Hitchin map M --> A. This counting problem eventually can be solved by using Vinberg invariant theory and the parabolic canonical reduction theory of principal bundles.


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Merge Pawan Hans with Hindustan Aeronautics: Officers union
Such a merger would strengthen both the domestic civil and defence aviation sectors, the Pawan Hans Officers Welfare Association said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week
Urging the government not to privatise profit-making Pawan Hans Ltd, the state-run chopper operators officers union has proposed the company's merger with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
Such a merger would strengthen both the domestic civil and defence aviation sectors, the Pawan Hans Officers Welfare Association (PHOWA) said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week.
The union urged the government go for a public issue of Pawan Hans Ltd (PHL) as per the guidelines of DIPAM (Department of Investment and Public Asset Management) rather than opting for an outright sale of the aviation entity.
Pawan Hans is a 51:49 joint venture between the central government and state-owned oil explorer ONGC.
After failing to get a good response to its first attempt to handover Pawan Hans to private players, the Centre on April 13 issued a fresh information memorandum for the 51 per cent stake sale in the company and sought EoIs (expressions of interest) from interested bidders by June 18.
Later, fresh bids were invited after the ONGC board in July decided to combine its 49 per cent stake in the offer and extended the date to September 10 and then subsequently to September 19.
"The Pawan Hans Officers Welfare Association proposes strategic merger of PHL with HAL in a way the recent merger of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited with ONGC and Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC) with NBCC to bring more value to the parent organisation," the association said in the letter to Modi.
The merger of the two entities, in fact, would lead to better ecosystem and strengthen the countrys civil and defence aviation industries, it said.
Opposing the 100 per cent strategic sale of the company, the association said, "PHL should be placed in the listing for IPO as per latest guidelines of DIPAM as being a profit-making CPSE with positive net worth to have more autonomy and accountability as a responsible PSU to meet the strategic requirement through the company."
Pawan Hans currently has 42 helicopters in its fleet and before the government decided to privatise the company, it had proposed to induct another 100 aircraft along with some fixed-wing planes as part of a five-year business plan.
Stating that the central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) are "critical" to the countrys development, PHOWA listed the objectives for which Pawan Hans was set up.
"Pawan Hans, a rini ratna CPSE, was set up with the primary objective of providing essential helicopter support services in strategic areas of importance such as oil and gas sector, medical emergency services, disaster management, security surveillance and operations in hilly and inaccessible areas of north-east, among others."
On the other hand, HAL has initiated `Make-in-India' programme of manufacturing small fixed wing aircraft (Dornier) and Dhruv Mak-III to bring it in the civil market, it said.
"The combination of both the entities (PHL and HAL) will take forward the government agenda of `Make-in-India' and making flying more affordable through its `UDAAN' scheme by utilising the holistic competency of the companies," said the association.
UDAAN is a regional connectivity scheme under which the government plans to provide connectivity to remote areas and enhance access in under-served regions.
"The predominant theme of PSU Conclave/Vision 2022 is the merger of similar CPSEs to benefit from economies of scale, increase competitiveness and access to cheaper international funding," the association said.
Pawan Hans
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited


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MILS CASE STUDY: Stolen Vehicles
"I took a car in part exchange, now the police have contacted me and told me the car was stolen and have seized the vehicle what can I do?"
You first need to know more about the allegations, particularly, was the vehicle taken without the permission of the owner or did the owner intend to sell the vehicle but were mistaken or mislead as to who the purchaser was.
Is the vehicle stolen?
Where a vehicle is taken without the permission of the owner then the thief will have no legal title to the vehicle despite having possession of it. With a few exceptions you cannot receive a better title than the person selling you the vehicle. Therefore you have no title to the vehicle and will lose it. If you have already sold the vehicle you will have to reimburse the buyer any funds paid and you will be liable to compensation for any losses.
Did the previous owner intend to sell the vehicle?
Fraud is something different. Where the owner of a car intends to sell a vehicle and pass legal title but the payment details used are fraudulent then title to the vehicle will pass to the 'fraudster' unless and until the true owner takes steps to cancel the contract, e.g. by reporting it to the police etc… If you buy the vehicle during this period for a fair price and without knowledge of any fraud, then you will gain legal title to the vehicle even after the fraud is discovered. You will not have to return the car. You will also pass title to any subsequent owner should you have sold it.
The best option remains to avoid the situation where possible. If the vehicle has recently changed owners you should satisfy yourself why it is now being sold. Sufficient identification details should be kept so that you can satisfy yourself of the identity of the person selling the car, their address and that this corresponds to the banking details and the registered owner's details.
It is always difficult when cars are stolen. Who ends up with the vehicle is heavily dependent on the facts of each case. The legal situation can be complex and any advice will need to be tailored to any one particular situation. In the event you do get caught out, as an RMI member you have access to the RMI Legal advice line, as well as a number of industry experts for your assistance that can help to simplify the problem.
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Marcela Mar retracts 'prostitute' comments on Sara Corrales
by Adriaan Alsema January 18, 2010
Colombian actress Marcela Mar withdrew nasty comments she had made about colleague Sara Corrales, after the latter filed a lawsuit for slander.
In an interview with W Radio, Mar said that she retracted her statements in order to spare Colombia's judicial system, which is generally known to be clogged, more lawsuits than necessary.
The battle between the starlets began when Mar criticized Corrales for having an affair with her then-married co-star in soap opera "Vecinos," Robinson Diaz.
"To me, the type of beauties such as Sara Corrales … are a stereotype and perpetuate [the glamorization] of drug trafficking in our country," Mar had declared. Previously she had said that this type of beauty "is like everything easy and immediate, the image of the prostitute, which to me is disgusting."
Corrales' lawyer, Abelardo de la Espriella, then said that if Mar would not publicly retract her comments and apologize to Corrales, they would not cancel the lawsuit for aggravated injury. So far, Mar had refused.
But on Monday, only hours before the trial, the sued actress stated that "I stand firmly by my criticism of the aesthetics and beauty norms … but I retract having included Miss Sara Corrales in this norm."
Following Mar's statement, Corrales lawyer said the retraction was "acceptable" and a judicial catfight between two of Colombia's most popular actresses was prevented.
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New Zealand Man Gets 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Mosque Shooting Video
06-19-2019 • https://www.zerohedge.com
A New Zealand businessman who pleaded guilty to two charges of distributing footage of the March 15 Christchurch mosque shootings was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Tuesday, according to the Straits Times.
44-year-old Philip Arps admitted that he sent 30 people the unmodified video of Brenton Tarrant's rampage that killed 50 people in consecutive terrorist attacks on two Christchurch mosques. He also pleaded guilty to sending the video to another person to overlay crosshairs and a "kill count" onto the footage which he intended to distribute over the internet.
Tuesday morning in the Christchurch District Court, judge Stephen O'Driscoll said when Arps was asked for his opinion of the video, he said it was "awesome". Because of Arps' extreme ideological outlook, there was no prospect of his rehabilitation and his sentence should rule out home detention, said the judge.
Arps also faces six months of post-release conditions when he must attend psychological assessment, no access the internet and undergo assessment and counselling for alcohol and drug use. -Straits Times
Arps, who owns a neo-Nazi-themed insulation company, wanted to glorify the deaths of members of the local Muslim community, according to Judge O'Driscoll, who said that any sentence short of imprisonment would be inappropriate.
Arps is the owner of a company called Beneficial Insulation that uses a sunwheel, or black sun, as its logo, which is commonly used by neo-Nazis. The company states that it charges 14.88 NZ dollars per metre for insulation, a reference to a white supremacist slogan and to Adolf Hitler.
The company's full name is Beneficial Insulation Installs Guaranteed, shortened to BIIg, which is also the name of a barracks at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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John Suhr decide di celebrare il 20th anniversario del marchio producendo la sua prima single cut Les Paul Type.
Sarà una serie limitata a 100 pezzi al mondo che verranno prodotti a partire dall'estate 2018 nell'arco dei 12 mesi successivi.
John Suhr metterà personalmente le mani su ognuno dei 100 strumenti.
Dei 100 esemplari prodotti si parla di 25 assegnati all'Europa e probabilmente solo 4 in Italia.
Siamo orgogliosi di esserci aggiudicati l'ordine di BEN 2 PEZZI di questa limitatissima serie.
Non esitate a contattarci per qualsiasi dettaglio, informazione o prenotazione della nuova AURA.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the Suhr Aura™ 20th Anniversary Single Cut Guitar. This is a special year for us here at Suhr® as we get ready to celebrate our 20th anniversary. A special year deserves a special guitar. Allow us to introduce you to Aura™.
What is the 20th Anniversary Suhr Aura™?
Limited to 100 instruments worldwide.
We wanted to do something really special to celebrate our 20th anniversary. For a period of one year after release, the Aura™ will be limited to 100 instruments worldwide.
John Suhr will be involved with every guitar.
John is looking forward to directly overseeing the build process for each 20th Anniversary Aura™ guitar. John will also be getting hands-on with every guitar.
John will be personally leveling the fingerboards and doing the fretwork (from installation to crowning) on all 100 20th Anniversary Aura™ guitars.
John will also be directly involved in the guitar's setup and final inspection.
What features will the 20th Anniversary Aura™ have?
While we aren't ready to talk details just yet, there are some things we can share with you. These are things that were especially important to John as he approached the design process.
Frets that lay over the binding.
A headstock that promotes strength and tuning stability.
A lightweight body that isn't chambered or weight relieved.
We anticipate building the 20th Anniversary Aura™ beginning in Summer 2018. Our schedule is to build 100 of these limited edition instruments over a period of 12 months.
This is all we are prepared to talk about as of right now but don't worry! We will have more information coming your way soon. Information on pricing, detailed specifications, and how to place an order will be released over time.
To make sure you stay in the know, subscribe to our social media channels. We will also continue to post articles on this blog when we have more information to share.
The 20th Anniversary Aura™ is John Suhr's vision of the ultimate short scale, single cut, set neck design. We know that you have great ideas too, and our initial concept of the Aura™ is only scratching the surface. Let us know in the comments below what your Aura™ would be!