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Harar is a walled city which stands on the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley and is the provincial capital of Ethiopia's largest administrative region, Hararge. The city's location gives wonderful views of the surrounding country - the vast Danakil desert to the north, the fertile Harar mountains to the west, and the cattle rich Ogaden plains to the south.
Harar was a fiercely religious city and was a forbidden city (closed to visitors), until 1887 when Menelik restored central rule. With its 99 mosques, including the 16th century Grand Mosque with is beautiful twin towers and slender minaret, it is considered to be the fourth most holy city in Islam after Mecca, Medina and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
Medhane Alem church, built at the end of the 19th century, is in the town centre and contains excellent examples of traditional regional art.�The Community Museum, also in the town centre, has displays relating to the way of life in earlier times.�The 16th century Grand Mosque, with is beautiful twin towers and slender minaret lies on the road to the Erer Gate Women are not permitted inside the mosque.�The vibrant market place is regarded as one of the most colourful in all Ethiopia.�Off the road from the Sauga Gate to the main market lies Ras Mekonin's house where Haile Selasssie spent most of his childhood.�The Ahmar Mountains around Harar produce some of the best coffee in Ethiopia.
The Hyena Men of Harar collect offal and bones to feed to the wild hyenas usually about 100 metres outside the Fallana Gate of the old city walls of the town. Hyenas appear just after sunset to take food from their hands. There is a charge for watching The display starts about 1900 finishing at about 2000.
Harar is famed for its silversmiths, and there are beautiful necklaces, bracelets and chains to be found in the market. The basketry is also impressive. There are two colourful markets in Harar, the Christian and the Muslim, which are separated from one another.
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Rock with Michael Jackson tribute show in Aurora, Waukegan
October 13, 2021 /in Tour News!, Upcoming Shows
At least for a night, Michael Jackson lives onstage again.
Las Vegas performer Michael Firestone stars as pop icon Michael Jackson in "I Am King: the Michael Jackson Experience." He will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at The Piazza in Aurora and at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan.
"I love that area — Southern California, Japan and the Chicago area are probably my top three places because the crowds are off the charts," Firestone said.
He'll have the look, the sound, the dancing, the live band and professional dancers with him. Audiences will hear songs like "Billie Jean," "Thriller," "Beat It," "Smooth Criminal," "ABC," "Black or White" and "Human Nature."
This show has been rescheduled a couple of times thanks to COVID-19. A treat for the audience, Firestone will have Michael Jackson's former touring guitarist, Jennifer Batten, on board.
Michael Jackson with Jennifer Batten
"She's amazing," Firestone said. "She jumps on gigs here and there with me and I happened to get her on this one. I don't get all fan crazy — I met Michael and I was surprisingly calm until he walked away and then I passed out. But it's still cool to get onstage with people I watched on TV growing up. I'll be in rare form that night."
Firestone said audiences will be treated to amazing dancers and a phenomenal band.
"I've got a girl that plays guitar for Cirque (Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil), Shani Kimelman; she'll be at that show with Jennifer Batten," he said. "The guitarists are all female in the show and they're so solid. I won't even look at a guitar around them. I've been playing guitar longer than Shani's been alive and I still won't touch a guitar around her."
The multimedia show will span almost the entirety of Jackson's career from The Jackson 5 and on, he said.
"We're taking it in an hour and a half through 30 years," he said. "It will remind people of why it's called 'I Am King.' Because he really was. Nobody's ever going to come close to that guy. Ever. We will give the fans what they're familiar with and make it fresh and also try to suck in (new fans)."
Ron Tuttle
Firestone grew up in the 1980s and was listening to Jackson for as long as he could remember, thanks to his mom, who was a fan.
"Then 'Thriller' hit and I was obsessed," he said. "I knew I was going to do something with music but I never thought I was going to turn into him."
He got attention growing up with his dancing and singing like Jackson. It was on a visit to Las Vegas that made him see he could maybe do this for a living. That was in 1997, when he was just 18 years old.
"It was my backup plan next to my own music. Then I started getting paid pretty well and I thought, well, I guess my own music can wait a minute. It's been waiting for 25 years now," he said, laughing.
"I couldn't imagine life without it. It's been a real fun ride. His fans are completely amazing. They're not there to see me and I am very aware of that but I'm so happy they do come and support me and the band. We work hard to make this as legit as possible."
While the singing and dancing came naturally, the makeup didn't.
"I looked like crap for like the first three years. I looked like Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister but without the yellow hair," he said. "I don't look like (Jackson) at all. Drag queens are big in Vegas and they … were brutally honest about my makeup. I figured out you have to white your face out and start over. I have to paint his face onto my face."
When he's not performing as Michael Jackson, he's a normal suburban dad who has to cut the grass and change diapers. He never got to see Jackson live, even though he had tickets to one of the shows of the This Is It concert residency in London in 2009. Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
"Dead center second row, which I was super excited about. I positioned myself to catch the hat," he said. "That sucked, that I never got to see him. But I did get to meet him and he did call me. He almost looked like a superhero or something. Like if Superman actually touched down in front of you."
People won't be bored at his show, he said.
Not too many people other than my father tell me it's boring. He's so honest, I love him," he said. "We try to get as many lightning strikes as we can in an hour and a half. Especially with the addition of Jennifer Batten, you get a pretty legit look at what he did for 30 years while he was entertaining."
I Am King: the Michael Jackson Experience
When: 7 p.m. Oct. 16
Where: The Piazza, 85 Executive Drive, Aurora
Tickets: $22-$45[Most read] Former Eric Ferguson co-host Melissa McGurren files suit, alleging 'sham investigation' into misconduct complaints at WTMX »
Information: 630-978-2088; piazzaaurora.com
Where: Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan
Tickets: $25-$99
Information: 847-263-6300; geneseetheatre.com
Annie Alleman is a freelance reporter for the News-Sun.
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Heating Assistance is Now Open!!
As of October 23, 2017 Rhode Island's Home Energy Assistance Program (RIHEAP) is open for the season! RIHEAP helps keep families warm through the winter by assisting families with energy costs and reducing the severity of energy-related crises.
Appointments and walk-ins are welcome October – April!
If you were a Heating Assistance (RIHEAP) client last year, don't worry – you will receive an application in the mail.
New clients for Woonsocket and Cumberland, please call 401.765-3258.
Due to the high volume of calls and walk-ins that are expected, please be patient! Remember to include COPIES OF ALL required documents. Please pay close attention to the list of required documents (included in your application package) as the requirements have changed. This is due to new regulations from the government.
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Glad you're getting a positive result on your 520. I didn't. I kept getting error messages on my email accounts. I need email so went back to WP 8.1. Hoping that all will be fixed by the time it hits general release. Also noticed a little more Iag and some apps like Skype had trouble launching reliably.


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Tag: Hennessey
Nov 11, 2015 - 10:41 am
China connection, Geely, New Flyer, Hennessey, Ukraine, Porsche.
Chinese connected cars: Kandi wants to push connected EVs, setting up a strategic partnership with internet firm Alibaba, which will deliver Big Data analytics, as well as Uber, which will contribute its carsharing know-how, Geely and ZTE. According to Bloomberg, BYD will not be part of the initiative.
Geely electrifies: The Chinese manufacturer wants to offer most of its models with all-electric or hybrid drivetrains, in order meet the country's ever stricter emission standards. More details on the plan will be announced on November 18th.
Takeover: U.S.-based manufacturer New Flyer, which also makes electric and hybrid buses, has acquired Motor Coach Industries International, the leading manufacturer if intercity buses in the U.S. and Canada. The deal is worth 455m dollars and has to be approved by the U.S. antitrust and Canadian Competition Act.
morningstar.com, prnewswire.com
Venom EV? Hennessey is talking electrification of the Venom GT supercar once batteries "become lighter and have more capacity," John Hennessey told TopGear. Once that is achieved, the electric hybercar could boast 1,000 bhp.
topgear.com
First e-bus from Ukraine: The newly presented Electron E19101 has room for some 100 passengers and can go up to 200 km on one charge. Top speed is set at 70 kph. Blueprints also show that the bus will be equipped with air-conditioning and a kneeling function.
ukrinform.net
Cheaper Porsche: Porsche dropped the base price of the 2016 model year of the Panamera S E-Hybrid in Canada by 3,400 Canadian dollars (2,560 USD). The plug-in hybrid now starts at 106,000 CAD.
electriccarsreport.com, autoblog.com
Feb 26, 2014 - 09:26 am
For the records – almost.
At Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, the Hennessey Venom has set a new speed record. 270.49mph makes it the fastest production car ever, beating the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. However, the record might not be officially recognised by Guinness as to count as a "production car" because 30 pieces will have to be produced. Unfortunately the Venom will only be build 29 times.
https://www.electrive.com/2015/11/11/china-connection-geely-new-flyer-hennessey-ukraine-porsche/


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HUMMER, IAN
AS Monaco 34 Forward
Height: 2.01 Born: 23 August, 1990 Nationality: United States of America
Totals 10 7 234:33 83 33/59 2/8 11/18 23 32 55 13 8 7 6 4 16 21 120
Averages 10 7 23:27 8.3 55.9% 25% 61.1% 2.3 3.2 5.5 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.1 12
1 * at Germani Brescia Leonessa 30:56 11 5/9 0/1 1/1 3 5 8 2 1 2 2 4 17
2 * vs Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 29:01 11 5/8 1/2 6 6 12 1 2 3 1 2 1 17
3 * at ratiopharm Ulm 32:44 13 5/12 1/3 7 3 10 3 1 1 1 2 18
4 at Galatasaray Istanbul 17:44 2 1/2 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 6
5 * vs MoraBanc Andorra 19:50 4 2/2 0/1 2 4 6 1 2 2 2 10
6 * vs Germani Brescia Leonessa 23:09 6 1/6 4/4 2 4 6 1 1 1 4 12
7 * at Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 21:38 9 3/3 1/1 0/1 1 1 3 3 1 16
8 * vs ratiopharm Ulm 12:33 4 2/2 0/2 3 3 2 3
9 vs Galatasaray Istanbul 22:39 14 5/6 4/8 1 1 4 13
10 at MoraBanc Andorra 24:19 9 4/9 1/2 2 3 5 2 1 1 4 2 8
10 Totals 234:33 83 33/59 2/8 11/18 23 32 55 13 8 7 6 4 16 21 120
Average 23:27 8.3 55.9% 25% 61.1% 2.29 3.2 5.5 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.1 12
#1 in Games Played (10)
#13 in Total Rebounds (55)
Index rating 18 ratiopharm Ulm vs. AS Monaco 10/16/2018
Points 14 AS Monaco vs. Galatasaray Istanbul 12/12/2018
Offensive rebounds 7 ratiopharm Ulm vs. AS Monaco 10/16/2018
Defensive rebounds 6 AS Monaco vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 10/10/2018
Total rebounds 12 AS Monaco vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 10/10/2018
Assists 3 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. AS Monaco 11/14/2018
Steals 3 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. AS Monaco 11/14/2018
Blocks 2 AS Monaco vs. MoraBanc Andorra 10/31/2018
Minutes 32 ratiopharm Ulm vs. AS Monaco 10/16/2018
Played college basketball at Princeton (2009-13).
In January'14 moved to Germany, signed for the remainder of the season by Ratiopharm Ulm.
Moved to Finalnd for the 2014-15 season, signed by Nilan Bisons Loimaa.
In January'16 moved to Germany, signed by BG Goettingen for the 2015-16 season.
In November'16 moved to Turkey, signed by TED Kolejliler Ankara for the 2016-17 season.
Moved to Russia for the 2017-18 season, signed by Avtodor Saratov.
Moved to France for the 2018-19 season, signed by AS Monaco Basket.
Named to the 2011-12 and 2012-13 All-Ivy League First Team.
2013-14 Ratiopharm Ulm 4 16 4 6/10 60 1/1 100 1/2 50 11 2 0 1
2018-19 AS Monaco 10 83 8.3 33/59 55.9 2/8 25 11/18 61.1 55 8 13 6
Totals 14 99 7.1 39/69 56.5 3/9 33.3 12/20 60 66 10 13 7
Averages 14 99 7.1 39/69 56.5 3/9 33.3 12/20 60 4.7 0.7 0.9 0.5
2009/10 Princeton 31 214 6.9 84/163 51.5 0/0 0.0 46/78 59.0 96 22 31 11
2010/11 Princeton 32 441 13.8 180/324 55.6 0/0 0.0 81/126 64.3 216 36 61 36
2011/12 Princeton 32 515 16.1 171/347 49.3 19/60 31.7 116/173 76.1 235 46 101 39
2012/13 Princeton 28 455 16.3 164/307 53.4 7/24 29.2 106/147 72.1 178 36 115 23
2013/14 Ulm 8 11 1.4 4/13 30.8 1/5 20.0 0/0 0.0 7 0 0 1
2014/15 Nilan Bisons Loimaa 36 517 14.4 217/423 51.3 1/10 10.0 80/134 59.7 237 39 64 21
2015/16 Goettingen 16 228 14.3 94/169 55.6 3/9 33.3 31/62 50.0 97 17 35 8
2016/17 TED Kolejliler Ankara 21 318 15.1 123/210 58.6 12/30 40.0 36/64 56.3 148 37 29 10
2017/18 Avtodor Saratov 25 255 10.2 92/157 58.6 2/5 40.0 65/96 67.7 110 18 16 9


Located in one of the country's best skiing destinations, the Marriott StreamSide Birch resort offers plenty of comfort and convenience to complete your Colorado trip. Find timeshare resales and rentals at the resort for prices up to 70% lower than retail costs today.
Part of the larger Marriott StreamSide complex of resorts, the Birch property offers classic mountain lodge-style accommodations at the base of some of the best slopes in the Rockies. Perfectly positioned close to all of Vail's best attractions, this StreamSide Marriott resort also includes a dazzling array of on-site amenities and services, like an indoor-outdoor swimming pool, a ski and snowboard equipment rental service, and a complimentary shuttle to nearby ski lifts. Establishing itself as a great year-round resort, you're guaranteed to feel right at home any time of year at the Birch.
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Buying a timeshare at Marriott's StreamSide – Birch will grant you and your family years of great trips to Colorado, complete with exclusive perks and privileges. However, purchasing a timeshare resale at the resort can give you all those great benefits for thousands less than what others pay. Because timeshare resales are sold by individual owners instead of the resort itself, you can find the same long-term accommodations at much better prices. At the end of the day, you'll be getting high-quality ownership intervals at the StreamSide for discounts of up to 70% off.
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Czech Center for Investigative Journalism, in cooperation with TOL , will present a course that will provide participants with an introduction to investigative reporting, with a special focus on economic crime and the benefits of data journalism. Over the course of the week, participants will hear lectures from some of the region's top investigative journalists, led by the award-winning Paul Radu, the executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting project. Trainees will also undertake a practical project while in Prague, using publicly available data to search for possible economic crime. They will complete article outlines and receive feedback from the instructors on how to pursue their stories to completion.
How to interpret and visualize data (for beginners).
Regional particularities and case studies.
Paul Radu (@IDashboard) is the executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and a co-creator of the Investigative Dashboard concept, of the Visual Investigative Scenarios (VIS) visualization software, and of the RISE Project, a new platform for investigative reporters and hackers in Romania. He has held a number of fellowships, including the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship in 2001, the Milena Jesenska Press Fellowship in 2002, the Rosalyn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2007, the 2008 Knight International Journalism Fellowship with the International Center for Journalists, and a 2009-2010 Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Knight International Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, the Global Shining Light Award, the Tom Renner Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting.
Laura Ranca works with the RISE Project, a community of investigative journalists, programmers, artists, and activists from Romania who investigate cross-border corruption and organized crime and develop advanced research and data visualization tools. Laura coordinates the development of Visual Investigative Scenarios (VIS), an online data visualization platform for representing complex information and networks. Her current work also includes research into the ownership of the mainstream media in Moldova and an investigation into the "shares trade" in three major Moldovan banks. Laura previously worked as a public communication officer with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and as a researcher with the Center for Media and Communications Studies (CMCS) in Budapest, Hungary.
Pavla Holcová is the founder of the Czech Center for Investigative Journalism. Among other activities, she cooperates with investigative journalists in international projects through theOrganized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. She has been involved in cases concerning Serbian organized crime suspects, Russian investments in Montenegro, money laundering, and mapping offshore companies. Before founding the Czech Centre for Investigative Journalism, Pavla worked for six years at the People in Need humanitarian and human rights organization as the head of the Cuban section. In October, she was one of the co-recipients of the Global Shining Light Award for a series of articles on the illegal business activities of the Azerbaijani president and his family members.


It was a bit of a fluke that I ended up at The Brunswickan two years ago.
Sure, I have always enjoyed writing and had previously considered a career in journalism before starting university, but I had long since given up that idea. The possibility of getting involved with The Bruns had not even crossed my mind until the end of my second year, when I stumbled across a job posting on social media for an open reporter position and decided to send in my resume on a whim. I had no relevant experience or training and wasn't even sure the job would be a good fit for me but I hated the job I had at the time and wanted to try something - anything - different.
This spontaneous decision has proven to be a pivotal moment in my life. I quickly fell in love with everything about the job, and a career in journalism once again began to feel like something worth pursuing. I loved having a job that forced me to stay involved on campus and in the community while doubling as a creative outlet. I loved having the freedom to explore interests or report on things that I believe are important. Above all, I simply loved being part of The Brunswickan and having the opportunity to try to add to its long history.
My love of The Bruns has only continued to grow over the past year while I've served as magazine editor. Although 2018-19 has been a very challenging year after our previous editor-in-chief resigned early in the fall, the way everyone on our team responded by picking up the slack and continuing to produce quality content despite the leadership void was incredible. I'm extremely excited to see what our team can accomplish over the upcoming year with more stability and increased financial resources.
With that said, I feel extremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to serve as The Brunswickan's next editor-in-chief in 2019-20 and to continue working and growing alongside our great returning staff as well the new members who will be joining us. I look forward to ensuring that The Bruns continues to deliver accurate, high quality journalism while providing students and community members with a place where they can share their stories and opinions.
None of this was part of my plan when I first applied to be a reporter in 2017 but I am very grateful for all of the opportunities my involvement with The Bruns has afforded me and I can't wait to get started next year.


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The White House yesterday, with little fanfare, issued its annual (and long overdue) 2011 National Drug Control Strategy report.
As usual, the White House's official justification for the ongoing multigenerational drug war was light on facts and heavy on rhetoric, particularly as it pertained to the federal government's fixation with criminalizing cannabis. Here are just a few examples (all of which are excerpted from a section of the report, entitled ironically enough, 'The Facts About Marijuana') of your government on pot.
Only in an environment of absolute criminal prohibition can the administration imply, with a straight face, that allowing a grand total of 14 legally permitted scientists to study a substance consumed by tens of millions of Americans for therapeutic and/or recreational purposes is somehow to be construed as 'progress.' That total doesn't even legally allow for one scientist per medical marijuana state to actively assess how cannabis is impacting that state's patient population.
Moreover, this acknowledgment comes from the very same administration that on Friday flat out rejected the notion of even allowing hearings on the question of marijuana's schedule I classification because, in their opinion, "there are no adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy." Of course, with only a dozen or so scientists in the whole county even permitted to interact with pot and humans can there be any wonder why such studies aren't more prevalent?
Interestingly, according to the DEA's 2010 white paper on cannabis (no longer online), last year there were a total of 18 scientists licensed by the government to work with marijuana in a clinical setting. Perhaps next year there will only be ten. If the DEA and NIDA have there way perhaps by 2013 there will be zero.
As for the other 95 US scientists legally authorized by the federal government to assess the efficacy of 'marijuana extracts and marijuana derivatives' in animals, most of them were here last week — at the annual meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. But even these 'chosen few' acknowledge that their work has next to no influence on the very administration that authorizes it.
About 250 scientists from around the world have gathered this weekend at Pheasant Run Resort sitting through seminars titled "Endocannabinoid Signaling in Periimplantation Biology," and "Cannabinoids and HIV Pathogenicity," to name a few, for the 21st Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society.
ICRS members meet once a year to compare notes on research studying how cannabinoids, compounds from the cannabis plant (more commonly known as marijuana) or from the brain called endocannabinoids, affect the body and how it functions.
While most attendees are scientists, many are graduate students or training scientists as well as physicians interested in learning how these chemicals might be useful in treating human disease.
"We are all around the world working on our own projects," said Cecilia Hillard, ICRS executive director, professor of pharmacology and director of the Neuroscience Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
"That's why it's so wonderful for us to get together once a year so we can really share things that we learn," she said.
For example, she said someone may be studying how bone is formed, and she is studying how the brain works.
While the society is not political, Hillard says the type of research that is done on the controversial topic of medical and personal use of marijuana is nonetheless important.
She said scientific investigation is done in a very neutral way, trying to understand what these molecules do.
The findings of this research are published in scientific journals so that the information is available to anyone. She said sometimes "you have no idea the impact your work is having." Hillard said part of the mission of the ICRS is to educate the public.
"I wish the politicians would (look at the data) but I don't think they do," she said.
The little red police cars show you the zero-tolerance states. If there is a time next to it, like 24h, that's the mandatory jail time you serve immediately.
Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted a press release entitled "Drug Use Among Fatally Injured Drivers Increased Over the Last Five Years". The release summarizes the full report that examines the the drug test results of drivers who had been killed in automobile crashes. While the report itself is objective and offers many caveats about reading it as an indictment of drug-using drivers as serious safety risk, the mainstream media hasn't been as "fair and balanced" and the Drug Czar has jumped on the release to forward his agenda.
About 1 in 5 drivers who were killed last year in car crashes tested positive for drugs, raising concerns about the impact of drugs on auto safety, the government reported Tuesday.
Other outlets like USA Today give it a more chilling headline: "U.S.: Third of tests on motorists killed shows drug use". The discrepancy results from the AP considering all drivers who were killed when not every driver killed was drug tested. The USA Today considers the "tests on motorists killed", thereby discounting the 37% of killed drivers who were never drug tested. Whatever – 20% of all drivers or 33% of all drivers tested – they're dead, they drove, there's drugs, be afraid!
Researchers with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the new data underscored a growing problem of people driving with drugs in their systems. But they cautioned that it was not clear that drugs caused the crashes and more research was needed to determine how certain drugs can hinder a person's ability to drive safely.
One-third of all the drug tests done on drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents came back positive for drugs ranging from hallucinogens to prescription pain killers last year — a 5 percentage point increase since 2005, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported Tuesday.
Nobody recommends driving while impaired by drugs – legal or illegal. NORML has maintained this as a core Principle of Responsible Use for years. But there are many legal prescription drugs that will cause impairment that bear the warning "Until you know how you may be affected by this drug, do not drive or operate heavy machinery," which suggests to me that once you do know how it affects you, it's your judgment call. In fact, one of those drugs is prescription dronabinol, the synthetic cannabinoid THC marketed as "Marinol".
The tests took into account both legal and illegal drugs, including heroin, methadone, morphine, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, LSD, prescription drugs and inhalants. The amount of time the drug could linger in the body varied by drug type, the researchers said, so it was unclear when the drivers had used the drugs prior to the fatal crashes.
Cannabis metabolites can be detectable in urine for weeks and THC itself can be detected blood for at least six hours. Most illegal drugs can be detected for a few days in urine and a few hours in blood. Prescription drugs are just as varied. So we've got 20% or 33% of killed drivers who had a drug in their system that may or may not have contributed to the crash that killed them and they may or may not have taken that drug before driving.
Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, called the numbers of fatalities involving drugs "alarmingly high," and called for more states to pass laws making it a crime to have illegal drugs in the body while driving, no matter how much. Seventeen states already have such laws.
The lack of research also presents a problem for lawmakers to develop laws. They can outlaw the use of all illegal drugs while driving, but what about someone who took a prescription sleeping pill a few hours ago?
Since they can outlaw the illegal drugs and there is no political cost in doing so, they will. These "zero tolerance" laws means if they detect any metabolite of any illegal drug, you are guilty of driving impaired. Since that joint you smoked could be detectable long after its effects had worn off, you'd be an impaired driver in the eyes of the law even if you were completely sober and unimpaired. Since marijuana is detectable for much longer periods than most any other drug, legal or illegal, "zero tolerance" laws amount to witch hunts for cannabis consumers behind the wheel.
As for the prescription drugs, there isn't much political benefit in threatening a majority of your constituents, especially the older ones who do most of the voting, with a DUI charge for the pills the doctor required them to take every day. Also consider the lobbying money and clout of Big Pharma that won't look kindly on strict new driving laws that might cause people to use less pills.
Arizona (except for medical marijuana patients), Utah, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Delaware, and Georgia already have these zero tolerance laws for any THC or metabolites of THC – if you toked within the past week, you could already be an impaired driver.
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island have zero tolerance for THC in the blood – if you toked before bed you might be an impaired driver in the morning.
Nevada and Ohio consider you impaired if they detect 2 nanograms (2 billionths of a gram) of THC per milliliter of blood (2ng/ml) and Pennsylvania raises that limit to 5ng/ml.
Virginia, Minnesota, and North Carolina have zero tolerance laws for drugs that do not include cannabis or its metabolites.
Learn what the DUID laws are in your state.
The Good: I'm confirmed to appear this evening live on CNN to discuss the political aftermath and strategies for future Cannabis Prohibition law reforms around the 7:30 PM hour (eastern).
The Bad: Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske will appear live around 5:30 PM (eastern) to discuss cannabis legalization efforts post the close defeat of Prop 19 this week in California.
Update: Watch NORML on CNN here.
Regrettably, because of longstanding protocol at the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the so-called drug czar will not appear live and/or debate with a representative from NORML. Instead, viewers and taxpayers are deprived of the opportunity for a civil discussion from two opposing viewpoints over a long-simmering public policy debate that's been underway for over 40 years in America.
Instead, the drug czar's media protocol dictates that he/she generally appear first in public discussions on TV or on the radio (live debates in front of an audience are verboten!), and then the advocate addresses their remarks in a later live or taped interview.
That's what will happen on CNN tonight on what will be a painfully short, 5-7 minute live interview with Don Lemon.
See you on the Groove Tube!
Again, next time you hear or read about law enforcement or federal anti-drug agencies employing the claim 'We don't make the laws, we only enforce them', please reference the below totally biased, paranoid, inaccurate and self-serving example from the Drug Enforcement Administration to counter such claims.
Unlike the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), it is not clear that Drug Enforcement Administration is mandated by Congress to oppose any efforts by citizens to peaceably and lawfully change cannabis laws.
While each and every one of the DEA's supposed top ten 'facts' about legalization are easily rebutted, I think my favorite 'fact' presented by our tax dollars at DEA is #6, where the DEA purposely misleads the general public by claiming that Alaska 'legalized' cannabis in the 1970s, and upset voters in 1990 effectively saved the state from the dreaded 'Devil's Weed'.
What really happened in Alaska regarding cannabis policy?
The Alaska Supreme Court, relying on the most citizen-supportive state constitution in the United States, ruled in the Ravin case in 1975 that the state constitution afforded its citizens strong privacy rights, including the ability to possess one ounce of without fear of arrest. In other words, just like numerous other states (thirteen!) Alaska DECRIMINALIZED the possession of cannabis, it never legalized the substance in the standard sense of the word where adults could cultivate and sell it.
Since the tragic and expensive folly of cannabis prohibition began in 1937 by a legislative fiat in the Congress and signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt (who was a keen supporter of ending alcohol prohibition, signed the Volstead Act and celebrated the end of alcohol prohibition at the White House with some of the first legal booze), not a lawful constitutional amendment such as was needed to both prohibit and re-legalize alcohol sales. Unfortunately, no state has EVER legalized cannabis cultivation or sales for non-medicinal purposes. None! The DEA is wrong to insinuate otherwise.
What happened in 1990 to Alaska's cannabis decriminalization laws? Did mobs of angry voters, fed up with excessive cannabis use (or even above national average cannabis consumption rates) driven by an otherwise, for the average person, largely obscure 1975 court decision be compelled to place a voter initiative on the ballot to, according to our not so dutiful civil employees at the DEA, de-legalize cannabis in the state?
About the only item correct in the DEA's #6 'fact' about legalization is that the voters narrowly voted to end the state's decriminalized laws for possessing one ounce. That, by the way, was largely a function of not the grassroots efforts of Alaskans, but of our first official 'drug czar' William Bennett (and his 'Mini-Me' and future Propagandist-in-Chief against cannabis as the longest serving drug czar, John Walters).
Bill Bennett, freshly minted as drug czar chose as one of the office's first missions, consistent with its Joe Biden-written and Congressionally-approved charter to oppose cannabis law reforms as a matter of policy and function (science, morality, and economics be damned!), they chose to target what they perceived the lowest hanging fruit possible to capture: Go to the state with the most tolerant cannabis laws—Alaska was chosen—using numerous federal apparatus and tax dollars, whip up fear and emotional contagion in the population broadcasting rank anti-cannabis propaganda—notably with law enforcement, women, parents, church groups, oil companies and the US military/National Guard—and knock the supposedly 'liberal' cannabis law off the law books in hopes of starting a legislative and/or voter initiative backlash against cannabis in then 11 states that had already decriminalized the possession of (usually) one ounce.
The peak of the Bennett-driven effort to change cannabis laws in Alaska as I recall was a frenetic, mainly one-sided show featuring Bill Bennett at peak bluster debating a counter-culture writer on the then very popular daytime Phil Donahue Show (notably known for its high ratings among women viewers).
What actually has turned out in Alaska since 1990 that the DEA didn't want the public to know in its so-called 'fact' sheet and misleads by omission in trying to portray Alaska as a state whose citizens 'de-legalized' cannabis and don't favor its reform?
1) Post the vote in 1990, NORML supporters in Alaska who favor cannabis law reform, along with ACLU, successfully sued to have the voter initiative overturned as it violated the state's constitution.
The Alaska Supreme court ruled Ravin was still the law of the land because the personal privacy protected under the state's constitution could not be voted away in an initiative. The justices ruled that if the minor possession of cannabis were to be made illegal consistent with the state constitution (and their previous rulings), then Alaskan's elected policymakers and citizens need to amend the state constitution.
In later court challenges in Alaska to enhance penalties, pushed by the Governor, the state courts not only ruled against the government, they increased the amount of cannabis a citizen could possess up to a quarter pound (four ounces)!
Regrettably, the most recent court decision in Alaska has reduced the amount from a 'QP' back to an 'OZ'.
Ooops! Sorry Billy and Johnny (and the DEA), Alaska's liberty-loving state constitution trumped your efforts. You lost, but oddly still cite Alaska to this day as some kind of warped 'victory'. If it was a victory, even in the strictest sense of the word, it is the definition of a Pyrrhic victory.
2) The citizens of Alaska voted for medical access to cannabis in 1998, 58% – 42%. The law has had little to no negative consequences in the state from a public health or safety point of view. Medical cannabis, like in most states that adopt it, is 'no big' deal despite the DEA's efforts to convince lawmakers, media and the public.
3) In 2004, a ballot initiative to actually legalize cannabis in Alaska largely funded by the Marijuana Policy Project lost 55% – 44%.
See Alaska's current laws here.
This fall, with the voters of California having the opportunity in a binding voter initiative to actually become the first state to legalize cannabis (Field Poll surveys in the state indicate 56% support legalization), let's show the anti-cannabis bureaucrats at the DEA and ONDCP (just to name two of over two dozen taxpayer-wasting federal government bureaucracies that largely oppose cannabis law reforms) a thing or two about what their employers—we the taxpayers and voters—want regarding a functional cannabis policy where the herb is legally controlled and taxed for responsible adult enjoyment and relaxation just like caffeine, alcohol and tobacco products.
To send a clear message to the DEA, please support Tax Cannabis 2010 in California!
Fact 1: We have made significant progress in fighting drug use and drug trafficking in America. Now is not the time to abandon our efforts.
The Legalization Lobby claims that the fight against drugs cannot be won. However, overall drug use is down by more than a third in the last twenty years, while cocaine use has dropped by an astounding 70 percent. Ninety-five percent of Americans do not use drugs. This is success by any standards.
Fact 2: A balanced approach of prevention, enforcement, and treatment is the key in the fight against drugs.
A successful drug policy must apply a balanced approach of prevention, enforcement and treatment. All three aspects are crucial. For those who end up hooked on drugs, there are innovative programs, like Drug Treatment Courts, that offer non-violent users the option of seeking treatment. Drug Treatment Courts provide court supervision, unlike voluntary treatment centers.
Fact 3: Illegal drugs are illegal because they are harmful.
There is a growing misconception that some illegal drugs can be taken safely. For example, savvy drug dealers have learned how to market drugs like Ecstasy to youth. Some in the Legalization Lobby even claim such drugs have medical value, despite the lack of conclusive scientific evidence.
Fact 4: Smoked marijuana is not scientifically approved medicine. Marinol, the legal version of medical marijuana, is approved by science.
According to the Institute of Medicine, there is no future in smoked marijuana as medicine. However, the prescription drug Marinol-a legal and safe version of medical marijuana which isolates the active ingredient of THC-has been studied and approved by the Food & Drug Administration as safe medicine. The difference is that you have to get a prescription for Marinol from a licensed physician. You can't buy it on a street corner, and you don't smoke it.
Fact 5: Drug control spending is a minor portion of the U.S. budget. Compared to the social costs of drug abuse and addiction, government spending on drug control is minimal.
The Legalization Lobby claims that the United States has wasted billions of dollars in its anti-drug efforts. But for those kids saved from drug addiction, this is hardly wasted dollars. Moreover, our fight against drug abuse and addiction is an ongoing struggle that should be treated like any other social problem. Would we give up on education or poverty simply because we haven't eliminated all problems? Compared to the social costs of drug abuse and addiction-whether in taxpayer dollars or in pain and suffering-government spending on drug control is minimal.
Fact 6: Legalization of drugs will lead to increased use and increased levels of addiction. Legalization has been tried before, and failed miserably.
Legalization has been tried before-and failed miserably. Alaska's experiment with Legalization in the 1970s led to the state's teens using marijuana at more than twice the rate of other youths nationally. This led Alaska's residents to vote to re-criminalize marijuana in 1990.
Fact 7: Crime, violence, and drug use go hand-in-hand.
Crime, violence and drug use go hand in hand. Six times as many homicides are committed by people under the influence of drugs, as by those who are looking for money to buy drugs. Most drug crimes aren't committed by people trying to pay for drugs; they're committed by people on drugs.
Fact 8: Alcohol has caused significant health, social, and crime problems in this country, and legalized drugs would only make the situation worse.
The Legalization Lobby claims drugs are no more dangerous than alcohol. But drunk driving is one of the primary killers of Americans. Do we want our bus drivers, nurses, and airline pilots to be able to take drugs one evening, and operate freely at work the next day? Do we want to add to the destruction by making drugged driving another primary killer?
Fact 9: Europe's more liberal drug policies are not the right model for America.
The Legalization Lobby claims that the "European Model" of the drug problem is successful. However, since legalization of marijuana in Holland, heroin addiction levels have tripled. And Needle Park seems like a poor model for America.
Fact 10: Most non-violent drug users get treatment, not jail time.
The Legalization Lobby claims that America's prisons are filling up with users. Truth is, only about 5 percent of inmates in federal prison are there because of simple possession. Most drug criminals are in jail-even on possession charges-because they have plea-bargained down from major trafficking offenses or more violent drug crimes.
Apparently Walters looks to Obama to be as dishonest as he was in misleading and lying to the public and Congress about cannabis. Walters' absurd and unscientific claims that cannabis 'makes people sick' and that cannabis 'causes the greatest dependency and addiction by far' in a country that sells and taxes alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceuticals demonstrates how out-of-touch this man really is and how manipulative Walters tries to be with the distracted ignorance of the general public (and elected policy makers).


In the years just prior to the coming of democratic South Africa, there was some token desegregation but, since then, the scene has shifted. All formerly white universities are now majority Black. Some are now headed by black presidents. Several schools have been combined into more comprehensive units designed to be inclusive.
Black students from other African countries are drawn to South African universities both at undergraduate levels, particularly in the academically more prestigious schools, and at the graduate levels everywhere.
Many of these students previously would have tried to go to England or North America and the availability of quality academic resources nearby has meant that many more students on the continent can have access to facilities such as high-powered electron microscopes. Resources have been made available to upgrade what South Africa calls historically disadvantaged institutions or HDIs.
I visited the superb new science facilities at the University of the Western Cape, an HDI, and the changes from the late 1990s were impressive. Energetic newer black faculty members were evident throughout the system. However, when a country is faced with the need to expand the conditions of the small minority living in the first-world environment to the vast majority living in poverty and lack of opportunity, the challenges for higher education are great.
Many of the potential students come from rural or township areas where schooling opportunities are minimal. For many black students, English is not their first language or the language spoken in the home. Yet the higher education system is designed for entrants to be significantly better prepared than the average student in the U.S.
For example, a science major will take science courses with no opportunity to take an English course to improve his or her writing skills, as most freshmen U.S. students do. Pre-college programs are limited.
The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields so critical for a country's economic growth have a dearth of South African black students, in contrast to black students from other countries.
There is a real challenge in getting students through the honors year, which is a prerequisite for graduate school. In graduate school, there is no course work, as the focus is on research efforts with an advisor. For those who do make it through post-graduate studies, the opportunities for rapid upward movement through the science professions are limited and much too slow to bring about the transformation needed to build a successful country and to successfully address critical environmental stresses.
I will be working in some of these areas through the new Project Access and the Ministry of Science is committed to supporting creative efforts. The challenges are immense but South Africa is a country that successfully threw off apartheid, even though the apartheid system in the Cold War was supported by the West, and they did it without a destructive blood bath. There is hope.


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Q: PyGreSQL upsert() Help Needed I am using CentOS-6 with Python 3.8, PostgreSQL 12 and PyGreSQL 5.2.2.
With older versions, I had a function like the following.  Back then an update raised an exception if the row didn't already exist, so upon exception, I would insert the row of data.
import pg
db = pg.DB(myDatabaseName, myport)
try:
   db.update(tableName, None, **rowData)
except:
   db.insert(tableName, None, **rowData)

With the versions I'm using now, an update does NOT raise an exception if the row doesn't exist, so my code no longer functions correctly.  I'm trying to replace that functionality by using upsert, but am running into problems.
My table has 50 columns. 1 column called phy is the primary key.
I thought the following upsert command would update the values of the columns I passed in the rowData variable and leave the other columns alone.  In the case that there wasn't a row of data for this primary key, it would insert a new row of data.
rowData = {'phy': 1234, 'col2': 'test', 'col3': 'test'}
db.upsert(tableName, rowData)

The upsert method is updating EVERY column in the table.  It is doing a command like this:
INSERT INTO tableName AS included ('phy', 'col2', col3') VALUES (1234, 'test', 'test) ON CONFLICT (phy) DO update set "col4" = excluded."col4", "col5"=excluded."col5" etc with all 50 columns listed here

Is there a way to configure the upsert method to only update the values of the columns passed in?  If not, what is the best way to replace my original update or insert functionality?
Any help is appreciated!

A: Regarding your first code snippet, it should work if you do it the other way around:
try:
    db.insert(tableName, None, **rowData)
except pg.IntegrityError:
    db.update(tableName, None, **rowData)

You can also simplify this:
try:
    db.insert(tableName, rowData)
except pg.IntegrityError:
    db.update(tableName, rowData)

Maybe this behaved differently with older PostgreSQL versions where the OID was used to update.
Regarding the upsert feature, I think you're right - it doesn't work as expected in the case where the dictionary doesn't contain all columns. I've already filed an issue with suggestion for improvement.
As a workaround, until this is fixed, you can explicitly declare via the keywords of the upsert() method which columns shall be updated. So you could do this:
rowData = {'phy': 1235, 'col2': 'test2', 'col3': 'test3'}
kw = {n: n in rowData for n in db.get_attnames(tableName)}
db.upsert(tableName, rowData, **kw)

I.e. you pass a dictionary that has False values for the columns that are not part of the specified rowData.

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Q: Why ACS712 is abruptly dropping its voltage output? I have built a board as shown in the images and the schematic below. I know that according to the datasheet when no current is flowing through the ACS712 it should output something around 2.5V always. However, the sensor is presenting a weird behaviour: When I power the whole board and measure the voltage across the ACS712 output and ground I can see the voltage of 2.5V for a few moments, but then its voltage output drops to something around to 0.3V and keeps oscillating until the maximum of 0.8V.
What could it be? I have already tested with other brand new parts of ACS712 and the same behaviour is occurring.
Things I think it's important to know:

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*The logic voltage (Vcc) is always stable. 4.99V ~ 5V

*The whole board is an H-bridge with a current sensor on it.

*When the board is powered (with no load), I can note that the voltage regulator heats, not too much, but the enough to create discomfort after some time.

*The L293DD also heats, but less than the voltage regulator

May it be a hardware fault? Maybe the temperature? Maybe some external interference?
Can anyone help me?

A: Seems that the problem was some cold solder or flux residue. I cleaned the board with isopropyl alcohol and it worked fine.


Iovino, María A. "Volverse aire." In Oscar Muñoz: Volverse aire, - 79. Bogotá, Colombia: Ediciones Eco, 2003.
In the book Volverse aire [Become Air], published in 2003, María Iovino describes and analyzes Óscar Muñoz's work from his early stages as a draftsman to the works produced the year the book was published in Bogotá. Special attention is paid to works created after 1986 which, in Iovino's view, represent the mature phase of Muñoz's production. The introduction to the volume is by Colombian curator, critic, and art historian Carmen María Jaramillo. She asserts that Iovina's text provides a "comprehensive vision" of Muñoz's production, which is based on thinking born of close observation and study of the image. Iovino presents the artist in context: first in Cali, Colombia, an urban setting in which Muñoz began to develop his creative process; later, in terms of certain historical and socio-cultural references important to the materialization of his ideas; and finally in relation to the dialogue between Muñoz and the Grupo de Cali and Colombian artists like Fernell Franco and Ever Astudillo. Significantly, Iovino discusses every single work, and the specific way it had been conceived and produced.
Critic, researcher, and curator María Iovino (born 1961) began working on the project "Volverse aire" in Colombia, after years of permanent dialogue with Óscar Muñoz (born 1951). The text discusses the factors that gave rise to a body of work that reflects on representation and the image on the basis of observation of reality not only in mundane situations, but also in the midst of the violence that beset cities like Cali during the bipartisan conflict and, later (in the 1980s), with the rise of the drug cartels.
Muñoz's projects are often ephemeral and immaterial; they reflect on life and death by means of elements that cannot be grasped, mostly water and air. Iovino's discussion encompasses Cortinas de baño [Shower Curtains] (1985), Narcisos [Narcissi] (1994–2002), Ambulatorio [Ambulatory] (1994–1995), Aliento [Breath] (1995), Simulacros [Simulacra] (1999), Lacrimarios [Lachrymaries] (2000–01), Biografías [Biographies] (2002), as well as other works by Muñoz.
Of all the texts that have been published in Colombia on Óscar Muñoz's work, Volverse Aire is the only one that, partly due to its length, provides a thorough overview of the artist's career. This text offers a succinct interpretation of Muñoz's best-known works thus far (he is still active on the art scene). Since 2003, he has worked on projects that address longstanding concerns such as memory, identity, existence itself, and the eternal return. The pace of Muñoz's production as an artist, though, has tapered off because he now works extensively in the fields of cultural administration both in Colombia and abroad.
Iovino has studied work by Muñoz, who was born in Popayán, along with that of other widely recognized Colombian artists such as Fernell Franco (1942–2005), Miguel Ángel Rojas (born 1946), and José Alejandro Restrepo (born 1959). On the basis of close observation of their creative processes, Iovino has been able to forge a common vision of their works, one grounded on the specific nature of their respective productions. In 2007, Iovino carried out a curatorial research project entitled Contratextos [Countertexts] (2007–08) that consisted of a traveling exhibition featuring those four artists and a rereading of their work. Photography and video figured prominently in that show.


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Documentary About the Rock Hall to Premiere On September 4
By Jeff Niesel
Courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
As its title suggests, Great Museums Television makes documentaries about museums. Its newest documentary, Sound Tracks: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, will have its worldwide premiere at 9 p.m. on Sept. 4 on WVIZ-TV Cleveland. Narrated by Steven Van Zandt, an actor and the lead guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, the film showcases the Rock Hall and tells the story of rock's origins.
The documentary features interviews, histories and anecdotes by artists and rock pioneers including Graham Nash, the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, Heart's Ann Wilson and Run D.M.C.'s Darryl McDaniels. Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records, and Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine and co-founder of the Rock Hall, also contribute.
"Within these walls lie the artifacts and stories of rock and roll, which is the most accessible art form of our time," explains Greg Harris, President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in a press release announcing the film's premiere. "It is wonderful to roll out this documentary nationally on public television, and it makes it even more special that the premiere will air right here on WVIZ in Cleveland."
The film will repeat at 3 p.m. on September 6 and at 10 p.m. on September 21. You can watch a promotional video for the program here.


The beneficial role of a judicial process when "everything" is too much?
Ontario Consent and Capacity Board, Toronto, Ontario.
This narrative is written with the intent to encourage physicians as well as other healthcare professionals to use judicial processes, such as those provided by the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board, to help resolve conflict with treatment decisions between care providers and decision-makers. Through the presentation of a fictional yet common case scenario, it is argued that after all attempts at mediation have been attempted that the timely use of a third party is in the patient's, the family's and the healthcare team's best interests.
Supreme Court requires consent for sterilization.
Canada's Supreme Court rejects ex-lover's effort to halt abortion.
The practice of consenting to electroconvulsive therapy in the European Union.
To survey major aspects of obtaining informed consent to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the countries of the European Union.
Leading professionals in the field of biological psychiatry in all European Union countries and Norway and Switzerland were approached by e-mail asking about the national practice of obtaining consent to ECT including the form of consent, the legality of consent by proxy, and consent to anesthesia and maintenance treatment.
A considerable diversity was found across Europe regarding consent to ECT. In Slovenia and Luxembourg, ECT is not available at all. Informed consent is needed in written form in most European countries except for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Slovakia, where verbal consent is sufficient. Italy, Ireland, and Latvia are stricter in their approach because separate written consent is required before each ECT session.
The practice of obtaining informed consent varies from country to country reflecting the individual European Union countries' jurisdiction and their sociocultural traditions as well as their different development of psychiatric services. In line with the increasing cooperation in health care, developing a unified way of obtaining consent for ECT is recommended.
Obtaining informed consent from continuing care residents: issues and recommendations.
As the number of older adults residing in continuing care facilities increases, mental health professionals will provide more services and conduct more research in this setting. Mental health professionals working with continuing care residents will find themselves regularly challenged by ethical issues, particularly obtaining informed consent. Characteristics of the continuing care setting and residents make obtaining informed consent especially challenging. Mental health professionals must overcome these challenges in order to fulfill the following three requirements of informed consent: (1) the client is competent, (2) the client is provided with sufficient information, and (3) the client has not been coerced and/or the consent is voluntary. This article will examine the issues surrounding the fulfillment of these requirements in a continuing care facility, and will provide suggestions and guidelines that mental health professionals can utilize during the informed consent process.
Legal uncertainties bewilder MDs at conference.
"Do-not-resuscitate" order lifted in Canada.


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Q: Сортировка массива с обьектами по ключе JS Здравствуйте, как отсортировать массив по значению обьекта, если это значение - слово? Вот пример массива

[{
  name: 'Nastya',
  position: 'one'
},
{
  name: 'Tanya',
  position: 'two'
}]

Как отсортировать по свойству position? Есть ли варианты не изменять этот массив для сортировки? Приложение на angular , возможно там есть встроенные методы?
// вопрос решен, оказалось все очень просто:

var a = [{
      name: 'Nastya',
      position: 'two'
    },
    {
      name: 'Tanya',
      position: 'one'
    }]

function comparePosition(objA, objB) {
  if (objA.position === 'one' || objB.position === 'one') {
    return 1;
  } else {
    return 0;
  }
}

a.sort(comparePosition);

console.log(a)


Summary: This article presents a follow up case study to an article featured in the July 2015 Journal for Quality and Participation regarding Mölnlycke Health Care. The follow up questions were asked by a panel of healthcare and quality management professionals, and answered by the author. The questions dig deeper into how Mölnlycke Health Care's Succeed program came to be and how it manages maintaining compliance and customer satisfaction, while also leveraging employee performance.


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Italian GT Championship
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Michele Beretta is 2020 European Le Mans Series champion
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Michele Beretta claims the win in the last round of the European Le Mans and the title of Champion in the GTE class together with Team Proton Competition and its Porsche 911 RSR, a win shared with his teammates Christian Ried and Alessio Picariello.
The weekend that closed the European Le Mans Series took place at the Autodromo do Algarve (Portimao, Portugal) which was an emotional ending to a roller-coaster season. In order to fill the gap from the standing leaders, Beretta-Picariello-Ried could only aim for one thing, the win.
From the free practices thy focused all on race pace: from the second row of the grid, the Proton Competition drivers had a race that in the first two hours wasn't so easy. Fighting for the lead, both Ried and Beretta were forced to a early call for the pit-stop, with the left rear tyre damaged. The race came to a final showdown just in the last 90 minutes, where the #77 Porsche got the leadership, keep untile the chequered flag.
A totally deserved trophy that arrives at the end of a sensational season, with two wins and lot of podiums.
"It turned out in the best way possible. Over the course of the championship we threw away a few points and here we just had to win. We knew we were competitive from practice, but in the race we had problems with unexpected pitstops, which our competitors had as well. In the long runs in practice we didn't have any kind of problem with the tyres. Today, surprisingly, there have been these problems and I had been slowed in my stint. We were good with the strategy and this, in addition to a bit of luck, allowed us to recover and go on to win. In the last hour we had a one-minute lead that allowed us to make a tyre change to be on safer side in the final laps. I am very happy, the team has done a great job at every race, giving us a car that was always competitive. In practice we gave away a little bit of competitiveness compared to the Ferrari, but the race pace has always been very fast and the final result rewards us. I want to thank my teammates, Alessio and Chris, the whole team and my sponsors. Thank you all."


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Pompeo Tries to Shrug off Impeachment Inquiry
November 8, 2019 November 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
impeachment, State Department, Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims he's not following the impeachment inquiry closely, though it has ensnared the State Department and raised questions about his leadership.
Pompeo portrays the inquiry, which centers on President Donald Trump's attempt to link U.S. military aid to Ukraine to a corruption probe of a political rival, as unworthy of his attention.
U.S, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with the press on as he flies to the Middle East on January 7, 2019. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP)
"I clearly follow this a lot less than you do," Pompeo told reporters when asked about it Thursday on a visit to Germany.
He may not be able to maintain that show of indifference much longer. Three senior diplomats are scheduled to testify in public before Congress next week, bringing renewed attention to his leadership as America's top diplomat as the United States juggles several major foreign policy challenges and he weighs a possible run for the Senate from his home state of Kansas in 2020.
Despite damning accounts of unorthodox, improper and possibly illegal behavior under the guise of diplomacy, Pompeo has struggled to remain above the fray. He has repeatedly rejected the process as "noise" and belittled those who ask him about it, calling their questions "insane" or "crazy."
Pompeo, testily answering reporters in Germany, said that the bottom line was that nearly $400 million of aid that Ukraine needs to fight Russian-backed forces was cleared for delivery without the investigations that Trump wanted Ukraine to conduct into his rivals.
"That's what happened in Washington with respect to Ukraine this year," he said.
The impeachment inquiry centers around an effort led by Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to use U.S. diplomats to press the Ukrainian government into investigating the appointment of former Vice President Joe Biden's son to the board of a gas company and a debunked conspiracy theory that people there — not Russia — interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Pompeo has drawn criticism for not doing more to shield diplomats working under him from being used as political tools of the administration and for not speaking out when the president and his supporters denigrate career foreign service officers who have testified in the inquiry.
"Never in my experience and never in the modern period, post-1945, have you ever had a secretary of state more politicized, more constrained by his own political ambitions and his unwillingness to stand up to the president or defend his own department than Mike Pompeo," said Aaron David Miller, a former State Department official now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Pompeo may have been heartened this week when a group of his employees gave him a standing ovation at a public diplomacy workshop. But behind the scenes, officials say morale is plummeting at the State Department.
There are fears that reaction to Pompeo's handling of the matter could result in a major wave of senior-level retirements and resignations that could decimate the Foreign Service with loss of experience and expertise for years to come, according to officials familiar with the matter.
One official, who like others feared retaliation and spoke on condition of anonymity, described top human resources managers as "literally begging" veteran diplomats who are now or soon to be eligible to retire to stay on the job.
Miller, who worked under seven secretaries of state, said Pompeo has been "very badly damaged" by Ukraine and that his actions, or lack of actions, "pose a huge problem for the Department of State, to the whole notion of professionalism and public service."
Steven Pifer, a retired career diplomat and former ambassador to Ukraine who teaches at Stanford University, shared the frustration of his former colleagues.
"At the end of the day, Pompeo's audience is sitting in 1600 Pennsylvania and it's got to be difficult when you see the president the vice president, the White House spokeswoman all attacking you and your leader does not speak up for you," Pifer said.
Pompeo has said the impeachment process is unfair to State Department employees because they are not allowed to have department lawyers with them when they testify. He has said this opens them up to revealing information that is classified or covered by executive privilege.
Yet from the transcripts it is clear that the diplomats are more concerned with unfair treatment from the White House and Pompeo and his staff than from the investigators.
Former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former top Pompeo adviser Michael McKinley testified that they were upset about "bullying" of career officials at the hands of politically appointed State Department staff.
The transcripts have made clear that Pompeo resisted multiple appeals to issue statements in support of Yovanovitch after she was ousted from her post under political pressure.
In testimony released Monday, McKinley said he resigned when Pompeo refused to come to the defense of Yovanovitch after details of Trump's criticism of her to Ukraine's president became public.
In testimony also released Monday, Yovanovitch told investigators that the campaign against her, which included an article retweeted by Donald Trump Jr., undermined her ability to serve as a credible ambassador and she wanted Pompeo to issue a statement defending her. But no statement was issued.
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natural bioactive substances in milk and colostrum.
Schlimme E, Martin D, Meisel H.
Nucleotides, nucleosides and nucleobases belong to the non-protein-nitrogen (NPN) fraction of milk. The largest amounts of ribonucleosides and ribonucleotides--ribose forms only were considered in this review--were measured directly after parturition in bovine milk and other ruminants as well as in the milk of humans.
Generally, concentrations of most of the nucleos(t)ides tend to decrease gradually with advancing lactation period or nursing time. The species-specific pattern of these minor constituents in milk from different mammals is a remarkable property and confirms, at least, the specific physiological impact of these minor compounds in early life. The physiological capacity of these compounds in milk is given by the total potentially available nucleosides. The main dietary sources of nucleos(t)ides are nucleoproteins and nucleic acids which are converted in the course of intestinal digestion into nucleosides and nucleobases the preferred forms for absorption in the intestine.
Thus, nucleosides and nucleobases are suggested to be the acting components of dietary and/or supplemented nucleic acid-related compounds in the gut. They are used by the body as exogenous trophochemical sources and can be important for optimal metabolic functions. Up to 15 % of the total daily need for a breast-fed infant was calculated to come from this dietary source.
Concerning their biological role they not only act as metabolites but are also involved as bioactive substances in the regulation of body functions. Dietary nucleotides affect immune modulation, e.g. they enhance antibody responses of infants as shown by a study with more than 300 full-term healthy infants. Dietary nucleos(t)ides are found to contribute to iron absorption in the gut and to influence desaturation and elongation rates in fatty acid synthesis, in particular long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in early stages of life. The in vitro modulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis has been described by ribonucleosides, in particular by modified components using human cell culture models. Due to the bio- and trophochemical properties of dietary nucleos(t)ides, the European Commission has allowed the use of supplementation with specific ribonucleotides in the manufacture of infant and follow-on formula.
From the technochemical point of view, the ribonucleoside pattern is influenced by thermal treatment of milk. In addition ribonucleosides are useful indicators for quantifying adulterations of milk and milk products.


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The Really Terrible Orchestra (engl.: wirklich schreckliches Orchester, kurz: RTO) ist ein britisches Laienorchester, das von dem aus Edinburgh stammenden Geschäftsmann Peter Stevenson und dem Autor Alexander McCall Smith 1995 gegründet wurde. Die beiden waren auf der Suche nach einem Orchester für Laien, in dem sie aus Spaß an der Musik mitwirken konnten, fanden jedoch kein entsprechendes. Darum gründeten sie das RTO, mit Richard Neville Towle als Dirigent.

Auf der Webseite des Orchesters heißt es:

"The Really Terrible Orchestra exists to encourage those who have been prevented from playing music, either through lack of talent or some other factor, to play music in the company of similarly afflicted players.
The policy of the orchestra is to make no distinction between the various grades of ability and the various forms of music, or time signature. The RTO looks forward to a further lowering of standards, in order to underline its commitment to accessibility and relevance."

"Das Really Terrible Orchestra existiert, um Menschen, die entweder durch zu wenig Begabung oder andere Faktoren vom Musikmachen abgehalten wurde, zu ermutigen, in einer Gemeinschaft Gleichgesinnter zu spielen. Der Grundsatz des Orchesters ist, keinen Unterschied zwischen den verschieden stark ausgeprägten Fähigkeiten und den verschiedenen Musikformen oder  Taktbezeichnungen zu machen.  Das RTO freut sich darauf, das Niveau weiter zu senken, um sein Engagement in Sachen Zugänglichkeit und Bedeutung zu unterstreichen."

Smith bringt die geringe Qualität des Orchesterspiels sehr direkt zum Ausdruck:
"The name was carefully chosen: what it said was what you would get."

"Der Name wurde mit Bedacht gewählt: Drin ist, was dran steht."

Zum Orchester gehört auch eine Deutsche, die in München geborene Felizitas Macfie. Sie schloss sich dem Orchester an, nachdem sie dessen Auftritte besucht hatte.

Alljährlich findet zum Edinburgh Festival Fringe ein Konzert des RTO statt. CDs von Auftritten werden im Foyer der Canongate Kirk, einer Kirche in Edinburgh, verkauft, die gleichzeitig den Proberaum darstellt.
Das Orchester erschien auch in Alexander McCall Smith' Roman The Sunday Philosophy Club.

Ein Dokumentarfilm über das RTO, The Really Terrible Orchestra, unter der Regie von Edward Brooke-Hitching, wurde für das 60. International Edinburgh Film Festival 2006 ausgewählt und gewann dort den Baillie Gifford Award als beste schottische Kurzdokumentation.

Das erste Konzert, das das RTO in London gab, fand am 3. November 2007 in der Cadogan Hall statt.

Am 1. April 2009 gab das RTO auf seiner ersten (eintägigen) Überseereise ein Konzert in der Town Hall von New York City.

Rezeption
Im Zusammenhang mit der Berichterstattung über das Orchester in der Fernseh-Kultursendung ttt – titel, thesen, temperamente am 20. September 2009 hieß es auf der Das-Erste-Website: "Scheitern kann eine wunderbare Sache sein." Die Süddeutsche Zeitung schrieb: "Das Really Terrible Orchestra spielt immer miserabel. Dafür lieben es die Leute." Christoph Winder merkte in der österreichischen Zeitung Der Standard an: "Üblicherweise verhält es sich in kapitalistischen Gesellschaften so, dass jeder, der eine Ware anzubieten hat, dieselbe loben und preisen wird: Die billigste Wurst, das beste Makrelenfilet, die aktuellste Zeitung, das sauberste Waschmittel, das leckerste Leckerli und so fort. [...] So sehr sind wir an dieses Loben und Preisen gewohnt, dass es uns recht sonderbar, aber doch auch irgendwie erfrischend anweht, wenn wir [...] plötzlich von der Existenz eines Orchester in Edinburgh erfahren, welches den viel (oder eher wenig) versprechenden Namen 'Really Terrible Orchestra' (RTO) trägt. [..] Ist das nicht reizend? Wenn dieses Beispiel Schule machte, so bekämen es wir fortan mit weniger prahlerischen, dafür aber umso ehrlicheren Produktbezeichnungen zu tun." Das Hamburger Abendblatt verwies 2007 in einem Online-Bericht auf die Website des Orchesters und warnte: "Hörbeispiele auf eigene Gefahr unter www.thereallyterribleorchestra.com."

Weblinks
 die offizielle RTO Website
 The Really Terrible Orchestra - A short film von Edward Brooke-Hitching
 "And the Band Played Badly" - New York Times op-ed

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Allen Superior Court Adoption Day brings over forty kids to forever homes
Adoption day brought over forty kids to their forever homes today, but the need is still huge.
Posted: Nov 17, 2017 1:06 AM
Posted By: Abby Jackson
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT)- Over forty kids found their forever home Thursday at the Allen County Courthouse.
After 1,889 days, Melanie is out of foster care, and surrounded by a safe, loving family. The 12-year-old was all smiles, and her mom said she's always belonged to them.
"She's been with us for approximately a year; however, she's been in foster care for almost five years. We just knew. As soon as we saw her she was ours," said Stefanie Ratcliff, Melanie's adoptive mom.
Judge Charles Pratt said many kids like Melanie aren't so lucky, but the need is huge.
"That's one of the big myths of adoption, that the only kids worth adopting are the babies, but that goes against everything we know about brain development, about child development, and is that even the older children need a safe, permanent home," Pratt said.
Amirland Djaphar was also adopted Thursday. All eyes were on the three-year-old as Magistrate Morgan declared the Djaphars a family. His mom said after trying to have a baby for several years, adoption was the way to go.
"We had been trying for eight years to have a kid, so we just decided to take the fostering route in hopes to adopt, so we got called one day for a newborn from the hospital, and we went and got him, and we've had him ever since," said Ann Djaphar, Amirland's adoptive mom.
For these families, and more, it was a day full of love and tears of joy. Staff at the Indiana Adoption Program said they hope this day shows other families in the community the difference they can make.
"There's so many people that think, 'Oh, I couldn't take a child,' or, 'I don't know if I could do that.' Well, opening your home just to being a foster parent really does give a good idea of if you could do this, and it really helps so many people when you do that," said Vanessa Dove, of the Indiana Adoption Program.
Allen County Superior Court holds Drug Court graduation
Holcomb announces judicial appointment for Allen County Superior Court Vacancy
3 women named as finalists for Allen County Superior Court judicial position
Gov. Holcomb appoints Lori Morgan for Allen County Superior Court vacancy
Allen Superior Court part of courtroom cameras pilot program starting December 1
Allen County Superior Court partners with Rescue Mission to raise mental illness awareness
Adoption celebration brings families together
Superior Lofts now accepting tenants
Huntington Superior Court Judge awards Kriegbaum Field to HCCSC


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Dishonored® Definitive Edition
Full Game Released Aug 25, 2015
Arkane Studios' Dishonored®, winner of over 100 Game of the Year awards, and all of its additional content come to the next generation in Dishonored® Definitive Edition! With Dishonored's flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. "Void Walker's Arsenal" offers unique character bonuses, additional bone charm slots, and more that will aid you in pursuit of revenge. Enter the world of the Outsider in "Dunwall City Trials" where you will put your combat, stealth and mobility skills to the test. Finally, play as the legendary assassin Daud in 'The Knife of Dunwall' and "The Brigmore Witches".
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