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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, along with members of Congress, parents and caregiving advocates hold a press conference supporting Build Back Better investments in home care, childcare, and paid leave in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 21, 2021.
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As Democrats Ditch Paid Leave, Advocates Ask: If Not Now, When?
By Paige Smith and Chris Marr
Oct. 27, 2021, 11:42 PM
Paid leave dropped as Democrats scale back spending plan
Supporters see rare chance for national program slip away
Democratic lawmakers' decision to exclude paid family and medical leave from their expansive federal tax and social spending bill dealt a bitter defeat to policy advocates, who have for decades pushed for creation of such a new entitlement program and are now wondering if their goal will ever be realized.
The jettisoning of paid leave from the framework agreement—a result of intra-party political pressure to reduce the overall package's cost—leaves millions of workers without long-sought paid time off to care for a new child, a sick family member, or their own major health problem.
While no formal decision has been announced by the White House or congressional leadership, sources familiar with negotiations over the spending package said on Wednesday paid leave won't be included in the bill.
"This is or was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a policy that touched every family in America in the scariest and happiest of times," said Vicki Shabo, a senior fellow focused on paid leave policy at the New America think tank. She added she expects advocates are still fighting to get some version of paid leave into the bill "until the ink is dry."
Absent creation of a federal entitlement, workers remain dependent on benefits voluntarily provided by employers or through programs offered in a handful of states, leaving most low-income workers without access. Only 23% of workers get paid family leave, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Democrats are advancing their spending plan under a budget process that allows them to pass legislation with a simple majority vote in both chambers. That means the bill will be immune from a Republican filibuster in the 50-50 Senate, freeing Democrats from needing to secure Republican votes if their ranks are united.
That special circumstance would have given paid leave supporters and advocates a rare opportunity to enact a new entitlement program while Democrats control the presidency along with the House and Senate, both of which Republicans are targeting to win back in 2022.
Diminishing Proposals
Senate backers of the proposal spoke out against excluding the program.
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said, "We are not going to allow one or two men to tell millions of women in this country that they can't have paid leave." Her colleague, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), vowed she will fight for paid leave until "the bill is printed."
House lawmakers had initially proposed an expansive program, calling for 12 weeks of annual paid leave to be available to workers after the birth or adoption of a child, or for their own or a family member's serious illness.
That plan, which was approved in committee, would have cost approximately $500 billion. It also envisioned a role for state-run programs and employer-sponsored plans, in some cases managed by insurance companies or third-party administrators. But as Democrats and the White House faced internal pressures to slash the total cost of their reconciliation vision, the paid leave component was whittled down to four weeks before being axed from the package entirely.
The winnowed proposal was an attempt to satisfy moderate Democrats, especially Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Since Republicans oppose the spending plan, Democrats need every vote to pass it through the Senate.
The paid leave proposal faced political headwinds from the outset over its costs and the tax increases that would be used to fund it. Some large business groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, offered tentative support earlier this year if a federal paid leave standard would mean employers could avoid a patchwork of varying state laws. But the House proposal offered no such preemption, and the Chamber ended up opposing the Democrats' overall reconciliation plan.
Some moderate Democrats were also wary—and Republicans were generally opposed—to creating a new federal entitlement program.
'Disheartening'
Advocates who have long called for Congress to create a paid family and medical leave program that's more on-par with benefits offered in many other nations are now questioning when, or even if, the United States will ever provide the same for its workforce. It's been almost 30 years since Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which provides job protections but no guarantee of pay for eligible workers who take time off.
"In the midst of an ongoing pandemic and a jobs crisis, it's astounding that lawmakers would even consider excluding paid family and medical leave," said Hannah Matthews, the deputy executive director for policy for the Center for Law and Social Policy.
Laura Narefsky, counsel on education and workplace justice at the National Women's Law Center, said it's "disheartening" to see Congress leaving paid leave out of the package, but "that does not mean that the fight is over."
The U.S. is an exception to a long list of economically developed countries that guarantee paid leave for new mothers, while some nations also ensure leave for new fathers and/or for other caregiving or medical reasons.
Countries in the European Union make available an average of 22 weeks of maternity leave annually, and those in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development offer 18 weeks on average, according to a 2019 OECD report.
"If this administration and Congress squander this opportunity to establish a program that would help so many working families across this country in their greatest moment of need and unite the country—what a failure," said Dawn Huckelbridge, director of the Paid Leave for All campaign.
—With assistance from Alex Ruoff
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Q: insert into oracle table by script please help me , i want to insert many data in excel file to oracle by using script,
for example this is my data
id    first_name   last_name   age
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1      jane         sana       23
2      jame         bnn        34
3      sara         prencess   35

above are my data and i want to insert into my table by using script

A: Run this query
-- Query to create table..
create table tablename(id int, first_name varchar(30), last_name varchar(30), age int);

-- Query to insert data..
insert into tablename values(1, 'jane', 'sana', 23);

Now run this insert command as many times as you want to insert the data into table tablename

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    public sealed partial class GeneratedBigtableInstanceAdminClientSnippets
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Norman Peter Lamb, né le  à Watford, est un homme politique et ancien ministre du Royaume-Uni.

Membre du parti libéral démocrate, il est élu député pour la circonscription de North Norfolk de 2001 à 2019.

Candidat à la direction du parti de 2015

Après la démission de Nick Clegg au poste de chef de file après une large perte de 49 sièges aux élections législatives de 2015, il est candidat pour la succession de ce dernier et il affronte Tim Farron. Mais il est défait avec 43,5 % des voix contre 56,5 % à Farron.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Libéraux-démocrates (Royaume-Uni)
 Norfolk (comté)

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Naissance en septembre 1957
Étudiant de l'université de Leicester
Député du 54e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 55e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 56e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 57e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député des Libéraux-démocrates (Royaume-Uni)
Représentant de l'Angleterre à la Chambre des communes
Ministre du Royaume-Uni
Membre du Conseil privé du Royaume-Uni

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This page lists some nymea installations out there in the wild. Are you using nymea and doing something cool with it? Let us know and we'll get your project added here!
This Hackster article shows how to run nymea:core and nymea:app on a Raspberry Pi with 7" Touch screen panel to control a smart home. This setup features Philips Hue lights, homebrew RGB LED stripes using boblight, FlowerCare sensors to monitor plants, integrate with Kodi and Sonoff light switches.
Building a hot tub yourself? No prob with nymea, as shown in this Hackster article. An old very unsmart hot tub has been supplied with a Raspberry Pi with nymea on it and turned into a fully smart hot tub. It can be turned on remotely on the way home from the office and sends out push notifications when the water has reached the comfort temperature.
Nymea is used to build maveo, bringing garage gates to the digital age. Making garage gates smart is maveo's goal and nymea has been chosen to do the horsework under the hood.
Nymea is used to build a DIY sensor station as described in this Hackster article. The article shows how to integrate digital and analog sensors to your nymea system and let the environment react based on the measurements. The big difference to existing products is the privacy of the data and the functionallity even without internet connectivity.
Nymea is helping the Raspberry Pi community to get set up without cable and terminal with BerryLan. Ever prepared a Raspberry Pi for a non-technical friend? It can be a real challenge to configure WiFi in the destination network if your friendly linux guru from the hood isn't around. BerryLan helps with that, adding cable and terminal free wifi setup to the Raspberry Pi, straight there on your smartphone display.


Astrachan Binz, Claudia (2018). A receiver's approach to family business brands: Exploring individual associations with the term "family firm". Journal of Family Business Management, 2-22.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (2018). "We are a family firm" An exploration of the motives for communicating the family business brand. Journal of Family Business Management, 8(1), 2-21.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (2018). Branding the family firm: A review, integrative framework proposal, and research agenda. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 9(1), 3-15.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Ferguson, Keith E.; Pieper, T. & Astrachan, J.H. (2016). Family business goals, corporate citizenship behavior and firm performance: Disentangling the connections. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, (in press), tbd.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Astrachan, Joseph (2015). Family Business Branding: Wenn das Familienunternehmen zur Marke wird. Familienunternehmen und Stiftungen, 128.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Wanzenried, Gabrielle & Patel, Vijay K. (31.03.2014). A Comparative Study of CB-SEM and PLS-SEM for Theory Development in Family Firm Research. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2014(5), 116-128.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Nagel, Erik (2014). Meister im Unerwarteten. Schweizer Monat: die Autorenzeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur, (Ausgabe 1013), 28-29.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (2015). Wie Familienunternehmen das Unerwartete meistern. KMU-Magazin, 6.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Astrachan, Joseph (2014). Die Bedeutung und Umsetzung einer Familienstrategie. KMU-Magazin, 98.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Astrachan, Joseph (2014). Die Rolle der Familie im Verwaltungsrat. KMU-Magazin, 95.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Hair, J.F. & Wanzenried, Gabrielle (2013). Welcome to the Family! Exploring Job Seekers' Attitudes Towards Family-Owned Employers (14. Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference). Lappeenranta, Finland.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (2014). Branding the Family Firm: An Empirical Exploration of the Antecedents and Consequences of Family Firm Brand Promotion. Dissertation, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Deutschland.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Astrachan, Joseph & Pieper, Torsten (02.07.2015). Do Healthy Families Run Better Companies? Investigating the Relationship Between Family Cohesion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Firm Performance. IFERA Conference, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Nagel, Erik & Astrachan Binz, Claudia (03.07.2014). Organizational resistance: destructive disobedience or constructive contribution? 30th EGOS Colloquium 2014, Universität Rotterdam.
Nagel, Erik & Astrachan Binz, Claudia (03.07.2014). Organizational resistance: destructive disobedience or constructive contribution. 30th EGOS Colloquium 2014, Rotterdam.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Ferguson, K. (30.06.2014). Paying a Tribute to the Family in Family Business: The Role of Family Goals and Commitment in the Context of Family Firm Citizenship. 14. Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference, Lappeenranta, Finland.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Hair, J.F. & Wanzenried, Gabrielle (30.06.2014). Assessing the Attractiveness of Family Firm Employers: An Empirical Exploration of Managers' Attitudes Towards Working in Family-Owned Companies. 14. Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference, Lappeenranta, Finland.
Nagel, Erik & Astrachan Binz, Claudia (12.09.2013). Resistance to Change: Proposing a Change of Perspective. 8th Colloquium on Organisational Change & Development, Gent.
Nagel, Erik & Astrachan Binz, Claudia (12.09.2013). Resistance to Change: Proposing a Change of Perspective. 8th Colloquium on Organisational Change & Development, Vlerick Business School, Gent.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Schmid, J. C. (30.06.2012). From Family Firm Identity to the Family Firm Brand. 12. Annual International Family Enterprise Research Association Conference, Bordeaux, France.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Ferguson, K. (30.06.2012). Challenging Family Firm Myths: Are Family Firms Better, Worse or Just More of the Same? 12. Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference, Bordeaux, France.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (06.07.2011). From Organizational Identity to Family-Based Corporate Brand: A Swiss Case. 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, Schweden.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia & Smit, W. (30.06.2011). So you're a family firm – who cares?!? Exploring the Concept of Family Firm Reputation. 11. Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference, Palermo, Italy.
Dvir, R.; Wolf, Patricia; Schweikert, Simone; Astrachan Binz, Claudia; Bohnenblust, R. & Troxler, Peter (21.06.2010). Idea Hotel: Turning Conventional Business Hotels and Hospitaltiy Facilities into Creative Facilities that enhance Productivity in the Creative Generative Process of their clients. 16th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising, Lugano.
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (26.06.2014). IFERA Award for Best Contribution to Practice für Award for the conference paper with the best contribution to practice, awarded at the 14th Annual IFERA World Family Business Research Conference in Lappeenranta, Finland..
Astrachan Binz, Claudia (28.06.2012). IFERA and FBN-I Best PhD Research Proposal Award für Best PhD Research Proposal Award.


All the functions of the IDE are provided by modules, which allow NetBeans IDE to be extended. Each module provides a well defined function, such as support for the Java language, editing, support for the CVS or SVN versioning system. NetBeans IDE contains all the modules needed for Java development in a single download, allowing the user to start working immediately.
Jelastic team has created a plugin for NetBeans development platform that simplifies the process of application management and development in Jelastic PaaS.


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1 Service history
1.1 Convoy duty and operations in the Mediterranean
1.2 Invasion of Normandy and sinking
USS Glennon (DD-620)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Glennon.
Name: Glennon
Namesake: James H. Glennon
Builder: Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down: 25 March 1942
Launched: 26 August 1942
Commissioned: 8 October 1942
Fate:
8 June 1944, struck mine off Normandy
10 June 1944, sunk by shore batteries
Class and type: Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,630 tons
Length: 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft: 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
50,000 shp (37,000 kW);
4 boilers;
2 propellers
Speed: 37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range: 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament:
5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns,
6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns,
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,
2 × depth charge tracks
USS Glennon (DD-620) was a Gleaves-class destroyer, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral James H. Glennon, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross.
Glennon was launched on 26 August 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, of Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Miss Jeanne Lejeune Glennon, granddaughter of Admiral Glennon, and commissioned on 8 October 1942, with Lieutenant Commander Floyd C. Camp in command.
Convoy duty and operations in the Mediterranean
After shakedown training along the New England coast, Glennon guarded troops and supply convoys for the Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy. She was in action during the Amphibious Battle of Gela, fought from 9 to 15 July 1943.
Glennon continued to operate in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to New York on 3 December 1943. The destroyer then made two round-trip convoy escort voyages to the British Isles and one to Gibraltar. She arrived in New York from Gibraltar on 22 April 1944, and stood out of that port on 5 May with a task group which arrived at Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the 14th.
Invasion of Normandy and sinking
Assigned to Assault Force "U" of the Western Naval Task Force, she arrived in the Baie de la Seine, France, on 6 June. After patrolling around the bombardment group for submarines and fast German torpedo boats, she joined in gunfire support of troops ashore.
Glennon after hitting a mine on 8 June 1944.
On 7 June, she hurled in 430 5-inch (127 mm) shells ashore in support of troops advancing north toward Quinéville. Under command of Commander Clifford A. Johnson, she was again approaching her gunfire support station at 08:30, 8 June, when her stern struck a mine. A whaleboat picked up survivors while minesweepers Staff and Threat arrived on the scene, one passing a towline while the other swept ahead of the damaged destroyer. The destroyer escort Rich closed in the wake of the minesweepers to assist, then felt a heavy explosion as she slowly rounded Glennon's stern to clear the area. Minutes later a second explosion blew off a 50-foot (15 m) section of Rich's stern, followed by a third mine explosion under her forecastle. Rich sank within 15 minutes of the first explosion.
The minesweeper Staff found she could not budge Glennon, whose stern seemed to be firmly anchored to the bottom by her starboard propeller. Most of her crew boarded Staff, and those remaining on Glennon lightened her stern by pumping fuel forward and jettisoning depth charges and topside gear. On 9 June, salvage equipment was assembled, and some 60 officers and men of Glennon came back on board. The following morning, just as Cdr. Johnson was preparing to resume efforts to save his ship, a German shore battery near Quinéville found her range. A second salvo hit Glennon amidships and cut off all power. After a third hit, Cdr. Johnson ordered his crew to abandon ship and the men were taken off in a landing craft. Glennon floated until 21:45, 10 June 1944, then rolled over and sank (location: 49°31′15″N 001°09′16″W / 49.52083°N 1.15444°W / 49.52083; -1.15444Coordinates: 49°31′15″N 001°09′16″W / 49.52083°N 1.15444°W / 49.52083; -1.15444). She suffered 25 lost and 38 wounded.
Glennon was awarded two battle stars for services in World War II.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
navsource.org: USS Glennon
hazegray.org: USS Glennon
Gleaves-class destroyers
Gleaves
Niblack
Grayson / Livermore
Livermore / Grayson
Monssen
Woolsey
Ellyson
Hambleton
Aaron Ward
McCalla
Mervine
Carmick
Jeffers
Satterlee
Welles
Shubrick
Beatty
Republic of China Navy
Hsien Yang (ex-Rodman)
Hsien Yang (ex-Macomb)
Nan Yang (ex-Plunkett)
(Ellyson was purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts)
Royal Hellenic Navy
Doxa (ex-Ludlow)
Niki (ex-Eberle)
Aviere (ex-Nicholson)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Asakaze (ex-Ellyson)
Hatakaze (ex-Macomb)
Turkish Naval Forces
Gaziantep (ex-Lansdowne)
Giresun (ex-McCalla)
Gelibolu (ex-Buchanan)
Gemlik (ex-Lardner)
Preceded by: Benson class
Followed by: Fletcher class
List of destroyers of the United States Navy
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944
1 Jun: USS Herring
3 Jun: U-477, Coburg
5 Jun: USS Osprey
6 Jun: USS Corry, USS LCI(L)-93, Minazuki, USS PC-1261, HNoMS Svenner
7 Jun: HMS Centurion, Empire Defiance, Hayanami, USS Susan B. Anthony, USS Tide, U-629, U-955
8 Jun: Harusame, James Iredell, Kazagumo, HMS Lawford, USS Rich, U-373, U-441, U-970, West Grama
9 Jun: Courbet, Dover Hill, Empire Bunting, HMS Durban, Empire Flamingo, Matsukaze, USS Meredith, HNLMS Sumatra, Tanikaze, Z32, ZH1
10 Jun: USS Glennon, Innsbruck, Mistral, U-821
11 Jun: USS Partridge, U-980
12 Jun: Kainan Maru, HMS Sickle, U-490
13 Jun: HMS Boadicea, U-715
14 Jun: USS Golet
15 Jun: HMS Blackwood, M 507, Shiratsuyu, U-860, U-987
16 Jun: U-998
18 Jun: Albert C. Field, U-767
19 Jun: I-184, Shōkaku, Taihō
20 Jun: Hiyō, HMAS Matafele
21 Jun: Bolzano, HMS Fury
22 Jun: I-185
24 Jun: Derrycunihy, I-52, U-971, U-1225
26 Jun: U-317, U-719
29 Jun: Toyama Maru, Tsugaru, U-988, USS Valor
30 Jun: U-478, Nikkin Maru
Unknown date: Bosna, USS LCT-209, U-740
6 Jun: HMS Wrestler
7 Jun: USS Meredith
11 Jun: HMS Halsted
23 Jun: HMS Scylla
25 Jun: HMS Glasgow, HMS Goodson
26 Jun: Gorizia
Unknown date: HMS Sickle

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Home Culture History #savepepe – Matt Furie fights to reclaim Pepe the Frog from white...
#savepepe – Matt Furie fights to reclaim Pepe the Frog from white supremacists
Speaking of politics, one of the strangest stories this year has been the appropriation of Pepe the Frog as a symbol for white supremacist hate groups. Pepe was created by artist Matt Furie as part of his stoner comedy Boy's Club, and but as the image spread on 4Chan and Reddit is has been used by right wing groups to promote hate speech and the Anti Defamation League last month named it a hate speech symbol right up there with the swastika and the Confederate flag.
All of this greatly saddened Furie, who has been talking about the appropriation in a series of interveiws.
"I had never heard of the alt-right or any of that stuff—even white nationalism—I don't know about that shit," Furie says. "I'm learning about that stuff with you, about what the hell is going on." Like Trump's campaign itself, Furie's tale is one of an "idiotic joke" spiraling dangerously out of control. Last year, Furie told Vice that he thought Pepe's new online life was "cool," even flattering, his sole objection that Pepe was being linked with another meme character he didn't quite understand and some changes that were made to his wardrobe. But now that Pepe has become the mascot for, as Furie puts it, "these anonymous Internet trolls who don't stand for anything except for nihilism and getting a rise out of whatever racist or sexist or disgusting thing they can do," things are decidedly uncool, particularly given that—unlike most memes—his name is still publicly attached to it.
But now, Furie and the ADL are fighting back, as announced in Time Magazine on Friday. The ADL recognizes that Pepe was not created to be a symbol of hate, and are hoping to help Furie regain his frog:
The group announced on Friday an experiment to try and reform the image, working with its creator, Matt Furie, who will create "a series of positive Pepe memes and messages" to be promoted on social media with the hashtag #SavePepe.
"Pepe was never intended to be used as a symbol of hate," Jonathan A. Greenblatt, chief executive of the group, said in a news release. "The sad frog was meant to be just that, a sad frog. We are going to work with Matt and his community of artists to reclaim Pepe so that he might be used as a force for good, or at the very least to help educate people about the dangers of prejudice and bigotry."
And to kick things off, Furie posted a comic at The Nib today called Pepe the Frog: To Sleep, Perchance to Meme
The meme culture that finds a creator's character striped of its meaning and used for hate is a troubling story on many levels. The New Republic's Jeet Heer has an essay pointing out the long, subliminal association of frogs with racism and other fascinating subtexts to the whole matter:
Disney wasn't the only cartoonist to draw inspiration from Herriman. Racial themes, often borrowed from minstrelsy, are pervasive in early twentieth-century cartoons. Apropos of the Pepe controversy, there was a strong tendency among cartoonists to associate frogs with stereotypical blackness. This is particularly evident in the character Flip the Frog, created in 1930 by Disney's friend and sometimes collaborator Ub Iwerks. With his white gloves, red tie, and wide grin, Flip evoked blackface imagery. Similar minstrel frogs populated the 1937 MGM short cartoon "Swing Wedding" and the Warner Brothers classic "One Froggy Evening" (where Michigan J. Frog partly embodies nostalgia for the creativity of Tin Pan Alley music, which was predominantly played by African Americans). The most recent example of this tradition is the 2009 Disney feature The Princess and the Frog, whose main characters are African-Americans living in George Herriman's hometown of New Orleans.
If you read only one thing about Pepe, read this essay!
Are you on board? #savepepe !!!
matt furie
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Hoodakey 10/17/2016 4:59 pm At 4:59 pm
Yeah. Maybe the ADL shouldn't have shot their mouth off so fast before they knew what they were talking about. Hair TRIGGERS can be dangerous, right up there with jerking knees. But hey, as long as the feels beat the reals, I'm sure we'll all be just fine. To summarize, get over yourselves, it's a MEME!!!
Thad 10/18/2016 2:29 pm At 2:29 pm
@Hoodakey: What on earth are you talking about?
Pepe, at this point, has become most associated with white supremacists. The ADL didn't make that up.
Yes, it's a meme. If you think that's what people are objecting to, then I submit that you do not actually understand the nature of those complaints.
Silly But True 10/18/2016 8:33 pm At 8:33 pm
Pepe doesn't and never needed to be "reclaimed" by anybody. 10 years ago, Pepe became the digital equivalent of a Barbie doll to be all things to all people who had minimal art skills and could modify and manipulate digital imagery. He became sad Pepe to be used by Katy Perry. He could become a unicorn stomp headed Pepe with damn-Daniel Vans. Nearly 2 years ago he became the most popular internet meme. And yes, he could even be clothed in Nazi uniforms.
That everyone got upset by 14- and 15- year old Canadian 4-channers looking to troll the Internet is ridiculous.
Hillary Streisanded Nazi-Pepe when in her big speech, one of the audience yelled out his name at the ideally opportune moment a Presidential candidate in the 2016 Presidential election complained that a frog cartoon is worse than anyone could possibly know.
She gave 4-chan its best internet troll ever.


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Q: Use flexbox to centre text then centre the button with the remaining 50% Can't believe I'm only just starting to use flexbox, seems cool but I'm stuck. I could be just be over thinking things but I understand flexbox is supposed to make things easier.
I want to display a full page hero image with a header, slogan and contact button, pretty simple right?
I have attached an image of what I want:

Basically, I want to centre the heading and slogan text in the centre for this I use:
justify-content:center;

Then I want the button to be in the center of the remaining 50%. I have added the green image on the side to help show the positions I want.
I tried using:
justify-space-around;

but that seems to push the heading text up.
Here's my current code:

* {
 margin:0;
 padding:0;
}

*, *:after, *:before {
 box-sizing: border-box;
 -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
 -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
}

.website-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: 0rem;
 grid-template-columns: repeat(1fr ) ;
}
.website-container > * {
 display: flex;
 height: 100vh;
}
h1 {
 font-weight: 600;
 font-size: 4vw;
}
.header {
  display:flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-align:center;
  flex-direction: column;
}
button {
 --padding: 1.1em;
 color: black;
 font: inherit;
 background: none;
 padding: 1rem calc(1rem * 2);
 border: 2px solid black;
 border-radius: 2px;
}
button:hover {
 color: black;
 background: red;
}

Heading text here

Slogan text here

      <button type="submit" style="--primary-button">button</button>

If I've missed anything, please let me know and I'll add more to the post.

A: The simplest with the existing markup would be to just add this rule
.calltoaction {
  position: absolute;
  top: 75%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

and add position: relative to the .website-container>* rule so the calltoaction's absolute position relates to it.
Fiddle demo
Note, you need to look at the snippet in full page
Stack snippet

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

*,
*:after,
*:before {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
}

.website-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: 0rem;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(1fr);
}

.website-container>* {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  height: 100vh;
}

h1 {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 4vw;
}

.header {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  flex-direction: column;
}

button {
  --padding: 1.1em;
  color: black;
  font: inherit;
  background: none;
  padding: 1rem calc(1rem * 2);
  border: 2px solid black;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.calltoaction {
  position: absolute;
  top: 75%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

button:hover {
  color: black;
  background: red;
}

Heading text here

Slogan text here

        <button type="submit" style="--primary-button">button</button>

I would recommend to simplify the code a little, use Flexbox properties and still get the same result
The main trick here is, instead of an extra element in the markup, to use a pseudo as a ghost element to balance the calltoaction, give them both flex-basis: 100% and, as flex-shrink defaults to 1, they will shrink equally and keep the title in the middle.
Then one make the .website-container .calltoaction a flex container and center the button with align-items: center;
Fiddle demo

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

*,
*:after,
*:before {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
}

.website-container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 100vh;
  text-align: center;
}

.website-container::before,
.website-container .calltoaction {
  content: ' ';
  flex-basis: 100%;
}

.website-container .calltoaction {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

h1 {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 4vw;
}

button {
  --padding: 1.1em;
  color: black;
  font: inherit;
  background: none;
  padding: 1rem calc(1rem * 2);
  border: 2px solid black;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

button:hover {
  color: black;
  background: red;
}

Heading text here

Slogan text here

    <button type="submit" style="--primary-button">button</button>


This purchase gets you more than just a charming house. You will also benefit from the rented mobile home on the site and the 10.62 acres of land. The house feels like home with all of the wood walls and ceilings, wood floors and knotty pine cabinets in the kitchen. Five ceiling fans add to the comfort. A "wood room" off the back allows for wood storage without having to go outside in the cold. The house includes 3 bedrooms, kitchen, living room with built-ins, dining room and bathroom. The mobile home, which dates to 1985, includes 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is presently rented at $125 per week. Sheds on the property provide outdoor storage capacity. Home Warranty included. Being sold "as is". Motivated seller. Also listed as a multi-family MLS 4699491.


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South African Style: One & Only Cape Town
By Robert Ellsworth | July 12, 2011 | 1
Cape Town is certainly one of the most picturesque places on the continent, and visitors to the Mother City are spoilt for choice when it comes to interesting or dramatic places to stay. A pulsating playground of sandy beaches and nightclubs, Cape Town is a one-of-a-kind city cradled between the scenic splendors of sandstone cliffs towering over the glittering waters of two great oceans. If blow-the-budget experiences are what you're after, check into the swanky One & Only. It's a fave for the Hollywood crowd, boasting stays by A-listers like Sharon Stone, Denzal Washington, Mariah Carey, Robert DeNiro and Clint Eastwood.
The stylish and super-luxury "six-star" setup sits in the heart of the chic Victoria & Albert Waterfront and boasts magnificent views, impeccable service, an enchanting full service spa and two of the most thrilling restaurants in Cape Town, Nobu and Reuben's. Leave it to hotelier Sol Kerzner, whose properties–from Dubai to the Maldives–include an impressive roster of hotels, to give the majestic Cape Grace Hotel (just next door) a run for her money.
Designed by Capetonian architects Ruben Reddy and Dennis Fabian Berman, the 130-room behemoth is kitty corner to the Two Oceans Aquarium and is rumored to have cost over $100 million!
Once inside, you're confronted with the hotel's magnificent lobby lounge and bar, Vista, bookended with a restaurant on each side and a triple-story soaring glass wall revealing the full grandeur of Table Mountain.
The hotel mimics its surroundings–contemporary and stimulating with an African twist. In the words of the interior designer Adam Tihany, it "whispers but doesn't shout Africa; there isn't a zebra skin in sight." Instead there are stretches of dark wood to represent Africa's ebony, complemented by earthy furnishings in tribal reds and browns. Those colors are echoed in most of the 91 "standard-sized" bedrooms, which are larger than most American apartments and feature two queen-sized beds and luxurious large baths. Suites in the hotel are said to be the largest in South Africa.
Who needs wall art when Table Mountain is viewed from every floor-to-ceiling window?
For the privacy challenged, two artificial islands house the hotel's spa, pool and 40 huge "resort" rooms and suites with a subtle Caribbean feel.
For dining, experience Nobu, with its vast ebony rings and translucent origami lights separating an upper-level saké bar and lower-level dining area with sushi bar. Master chef Nobuyuki 'Nobu' Matsuhisa debuts his first restaurant on the continent with classical Japanese cuisine and a contemporary African twist. Diners can indulge in novel dishes like succulent scallops, yellow fin tuna under jalapeño pepper, exotic sushi and "beef new-style sashimi," seared and coated in sesame seeds.
Across the lobby is Reuben's, formerly Maze, which boasts its own tri-story wine loft offering over 5,000 bottles of indigenous and imported wines. South African wine is one of the best-kept secrets in the world with emerging terroirs, but you don't have to be an oenophile to enjoy the delicately structured Warwick Three Cape Ladies Pinotage, which hits the palate thin with a hint of fruit.
South African chef Reuben Riffel's menu is a gourmand's feast of local meats and seafood: grain-fed local Karan beef, Karoo lamb, spicy ostrich and springbok, colossal Mozambique shrimp, oysters from Namibia, juicy Cape salmon, and kingklip and lobster.They also offer a luscious breakfast buffet with unique offerings like a delightfully creamy corn porridge.
The enticing afternoon tea at Vista is prettily presented every afternoon, recalling memories of alluring colonial high teas with timeless favorites like chocolate delice, baked vanilla bean cheese cake, caramel and gold leaf éclairs, buttermilk scones served with traditional clotted cream and strawberry preserves, all served with an amazing choice of 36 fresh brews!
For spa aficionados, One & Only Spa Cape Town boasts a slew of African-influenced treatments like Essence of Earth and Ocean Experience, inspired by South Africa's San people, using native Baobab Tree Oil and herbs. At over two hours of indulgence, this is sure to satisfy your inner sybarite. For those in a hurry, they also offer traditional Swedish massage tailored to every individual. Located on its own private island, One&Only Spa Cape Town is an oasis of serenity surrounded by water and lush vegetation. Designed by Bangkok-based landscape designer Bensley Design, the gardens lead to the peaceful Chi Studio yoga pavilion where calming asanas and pranayama can be practiced alone or during one-to-one private sessions. And if you'd prefer to train hard, there's a 200-square meter Fitness Centre, featuring state-of-the-art equipment from Technogym.
A luxe gateway to the rare adventures of South Africa, the One & Only is an idyllic venue for those wanting a platinum-level experience in one of travel's most coveted destinations .
For more information please visit www.oneandonlyresorts.com.
Robert Ellsworth
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Great writing. I love Robert's stories. Makes me want to go there
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All users of new Panasonic Toughbook models launched in 2011 will enjoy access to a flawless internet connection, even in the most inhospitable environments, thanks to Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) F5521gw embedded HSPA Evolution mobile broadband module.
The Panasonic Toughbook has led the market for rugged laptops for nine years and has 65.3 percent of the European market (2010, VDC). Panasonic Toughbooks, which come in both notebook and tablet models, are built to withstand drops, spills, dust and grime, and are used in the toughest environments - ranging from construction sites to the tallest mountaintops - around the world. In these extreme conditions, often far from any fixed connection, mobile connectivity is crucial to effective communications.
Stephen Yeo, Marketing Director, Panasonic Computer Products Europe, says: "Ericsson's F5521gw module is an ideal addition to our market-leading Panasonic Toughbooks. The long battery life, low power consumption, high performance and cost-effectiveness are exactly what Toughbook users need as they work in environments that would destroy the average laptop."
Mats Norin, Vice President, Ericsson Mobile Broadband Modules, says: "Ericsson has a vision of more than 50 billion connected devices by 2020, and Ericsson mobile broadband modules will play an important part in connecting every segment of our society. Ericsson ConsumerLab research shows that, regardless of the device they use, many people are discovering how difficult life is when they are not continuously connected. Internet everywhere is becoming a prerequisite for consumers as well as professional users. Devices will therefore be required to work in increasingly varied environments and situations, and Ericsson can help ensure those experiences are of the highest quality."
The latest Panasonic Toughbook models are already available, and more products will be launched throughout 2011. Panasonic Toughbooks feature the Windows 7 operating system and Intel processors.
When launched in September 2010, the F5521gw module was the world's first embedded mobile broadband module specifically designed for notebooks and other consumer electronics to support 21Mbps HSPA Evolution networks. The module comes in a standard PCI Express Mini Card format. Two new modules in even smaller and thinner form factors, also supporting 21Mbps download speeds, will be available later this year to fit even smaller devices, such as media players and personal navigation devices. The F5521gw module is based on the proven ST-Ericsson Thor 21Mbps thin modem, which works on both WCDMA/HSPA and GSM/EDGE networks.


Hooray! Today is Ben's Birthday and WE are gonna celebrate all night long, if you know what I mean.
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ABC Family is bringing the network's hottest shows to NYCC this year. The network will be adding special-guests, panels, as well as autograph-signing sessions to this list of this year's.
From October 8th through the 11th the ABC Family booth (1720) will allow fans to meet their favorite stars from their favorite hit ABC Family series. "Pretty Little Liars" lands at NYCC on Friday, Oct. 9th from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. with actors Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse.
The team from "Stitchers" arrive on Friday, Oct. 9th from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. with actors Emma Ishtar, Kyle Harris, Ritesh Rajan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Allison Scagliotti and Damon Dayoub.
"Shadowhunters" cast arrives on Saturday, Oct. 10th from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with actors Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Harry Shum Jr., Alberto Rosined, Emerald Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa and The Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare.
Fans can stop by the booth during the four-day event to get unique photo and video opportunities including re-enacting the famous "Shhhh" scene in the opening credits of "Pretty Little Liars." Fans can take a photo in the "Stitchers" lab or go behind the velvet ropes of "Shadowhunters" Pandemonium nightclub.
As previously announced, ABC Family will be hosting Q&A panels for "Pretty Little Liars," "Stitchers" and "Shadowhunters" during New York Comic Con.
"Pretty Little Liars"/"Stitchers" Q&A Panel – Friday, October 9th in room 1A06 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The panel will be moderated by BuzzFeed reporter Jarett Wieselman and will include "Pretty Little Liars" executive producers I. Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick and Joseph Dougherty and stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse. For the "Stitchers" portion executive producer Jeffrey Alan Schechter will be joined by actors Emma Ishta, Kyle Harris, Ritesh Rajan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Allison Scagliotti and Damon Dayoub.
"Shadowhunters" Q&A Panel – Saturday, Oct. 10th on the Empire Stage from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The panel will be moderated by TV Guide Magazine reporter Damian Holbrook and will include "Shadowhunters" Executive Producers Ed Decter and McG, The Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare and series stars Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Harry Shum Jr., Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario and Isaiah Mustafa.


After two years of production, Chevrolet's Spark EV is getting a battery pack makeover, courtesy of a switch from LG Chem manufactured cells to ones made by General Motors at its Brownstone production facility, the same facility used to produce battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt, Vauxhall Ampera and Cadillac ELR range-extended EVs.
The shift to battery production at Brownstone will make the Spark EV cheaper to produce, says GM.
Part of GM's future plan for electrified vehicles, the shift of production of Spark EV battery packs to Brownstone also places General Motors' entire battery production under one roof. Given its own production line alongside existing production line facilities for the Volt, Ampera and ELR battery packs, the Spark EV battery packs are based on the same technology used in GM's other plug-in cars.
The new battery pack — capable of storing 19 kilowatt-hours of energy and made of 192 lithium-ion cells — is actually smaller in size than the outgoing 2014 Spark EV's battery pack, which was rated at 21 kilowatt-hours of storage.
However, with smaller size and more efficient design comes a loss in weight — some 86 pounds, says GM. The drop in weight compensates nicely for the battery pack capacity, but results in identical range and fuel economy on previous years.
This means the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV will be listed with a fuel economy of 119 miles per gallon equivalent, and an official EPA range of 82 miles per charge.
This switch of cell source may not seem like a massive change, but we think it's a good indication that GM, who last month promised a massive $449 million of investment in electric cars along with two brand-new all-electric models, is already making moves to make good on its promise.


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Tipula (Acutipula) robusta is een tweevleugelige uit de familie langpootmuggen (Tipulidae). De soort komt voor in het Oriëntaals gebied.

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Max S. Hayes High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school is a career training school with several vocational and career-based programs, otherwise known as a trade school. Students can go there to learn a trade. The current location on West 65th Street opened in August 2015, replacing the previous facility on Detroit Avenue, which opened in 1957.

Name
Max S. Hayes High School is named in honor of Max S. Hayes, a longtime Cleveland newspaper editor, labor activist, and 1920 vice presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party.

The school was also the first home for public television station WVIZ, which was launched by CMSD.

Notable alumni
 Frank G. Jackson, Mayor of Cleveland

References

External links
 District website
Max S. Hayes High School available on Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery, various years 1974 through 2008

High schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Education in Cleveland
Public high schools in Ohio
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Educational institutions established in 1950
School buildings completed in 1957
School buildings completed in 2015


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A longitudinal study into the emotional wellbeing and mental health of boarding students as they transition from primary school to secondary boarding schools in Perth, Western Australia
David James Mander, Leanne Judith Lester
School of Human Sciences
This study examined indicators of mental health, as well as strengths and difficulties, as reported by same-age boarding and non-boarding students spanning four time points over a 2-year period as they transitioned from primary to boarding school in Western Australia (i.e., at the end of Grade 7, beginning of Grade 8, end of Grade 8, and end of Grade 9). It presents data taken from a larger longitudinal quantitative study, which included 76 male and 74 female boarding students while they were in Grades 7 to 9. Findings indicate that boarding students and non-boarding students reported significant increases in depression, anxiety, as well as emotional symptoms and hyperactivity over time, and reported significant decreases in prosocial behaviour. However, examining the boarder × time interaction, boarding students reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress at the end of Grade 8 compared to non-boarding students. No significant difference over time was found in depressive symptomatology between boarding and non-boarding students, whereas at the beginning of Grade 8 and end of Grade 9, boarding students reported significantly higher emotional symptoms than non-boarding students. These findings are discussed in terms of the boarding school context and possible considerations for prevention and practice are presented
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2017.1
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Mander, D. J., & Lester, L. J. (2017). A longitudinal study into the emotional wellbeing and mental health of boarding students as they transition from primary school to secondary boarding schools in Perth, Western Australia. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 27, 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2017.1
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AU - Mander, David James
AU - Lester, Leanne Judith
N2 - This study examined indicators of mental health, as well as strengths and difficulties, as reported by same-age boarding and non-boarding students spanning four time points over a 2-year period as they transitioned from primary to boarding school in Western Australia (i.e., at the end of Grade 7, beginning of Grade 8, end of Grade 8, and end of Grade 9). It presents data taken from a larger longitudinal quantitative study, which included 76 male and 74 female boarding students while they were in Grades 7 to 9. Findings indicate that boarding students and non-boarding students reported significant increases in depression, anxiety, as well as emotional symptoms and hyperactivity over time, and reported significant decreases in prosocial behaviour. However, examining the boarder × time interaction, boarding students reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress at the end of Grade 8 compared to non-boarding students. No significant difference over time was found in depressive symptomatology between boarding and non-boarding students, whereas at the beginning of Grade 8 and end of Grade 9, boarding students reported significantly higher emotional symptoms than non-boarding students. These findings are discussed in terms of the boarding school context and possible considerations for prevention and practice are presented
AB - This study examined indicators of mental health, as well as strengths and difficulties, as reported by same-age boarding and non-boarding students spanning four time points over a 2-year period as they transitioned from primary to boarding school in Western Australia (i.e., at the end of Grade 7, beginning of Grade 8, end of Grade 8, and end of Grade 9). It presents data taken from a larger longitudinal quantitative study, which included 76 male and 74 female boarding students while they were in Grades 7 to 9. Findings indicate that boarding students and non-boarding students reported significant increases in depression, anxiety, as well as emotional symptoms and hyperactivity over time, and reported significant decreases in prosocial behaviour. However, examining the boarder × time interaction, boarding students reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress at the end of Grade 8 compared to non-boarding students. No significant difference over time was found in depressive symptomatology between boarding and non-boarding students, whereas at the beginning of Grade 8 and end of Grade 9, boarding students reported significantly higher emotional symptoms than non-boarding students. These findings are discussed in terms of the boarding school context and possible considerations for prevention and practice are presented
U2 - 10.1017/jgc.2017.1
DO - 10.1017/jgc.2017.1
JO - Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling
JF - Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Mander DJ, Lester LJ. A longitudinal study into the emotional wellbeing and mental health of boarding students as they transition from primary school to secondary boarding schools in Perth, Western Australia. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools. 2017;27:139-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2017.1


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Q: Oracle Error ORA-04093, unable reference long data type I am trying to create a trigger on addcomments table, which contains a long coloumn
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER careventCommentssysc
AFTER INSERT
ON addcomments
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
BEGIN
        cargetcomments(:NEW.addcode, :NEW.addcomment,  'INSERTING');
END careventCommentssysc;

when i try to compile this i am getting following error.
ORA-04093, references to column of type LONG are not allowed in triggers.

But i cant change the table column type to other than long.
Please help me if anyone handled this problem earlier.

A: EDIT:I think this can be done with Simple compund trigger ,as you are using ORACLE 11g,hence this will work for you.No need for any loopback dblinks.Cheers
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER careventCommentssysc FOR
   INSERT
   ON t
   COMPOUND TRIGGER
   l_new_long        LONG;

   TYPE addcomment_nt
   IS
      TABLE OF addcomments%ROWTYPE
         INDEX BY SIMPLE_INTEGER;

   v_addcomment_nt   user_id_nt;
   idx               SIMPLE_INTEGER := 0;
   -- AFTER EACH ROW Section:

   AFTER EACH ROW
   IS
   BEGIN
      idx := idx + 1;
      v_addcomment_nt (idx).addcode := :NEW.addcode;
   END
   AFTER EACH ROW;

   -- AFTER STATEMENT Section:

   AFTER STATEMENT
   IS
   BEGIN
      FOR i IN v_addcomment_nt.FIRST .. v_addcomment_nt.LAST
      LOOP
         EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'select addcomment
                            from addcomments
                            where addcode = :1'
            INTO   l_new_long
            USING v_addcomment_nt (i).addcode;

         cargetcomments (v_addcomment_nt (i).addcode,
                         :l_new_long,
                         'INSERTING');
      END LOOP;
   END
   AFTER STATEMENT;

END careventCommentssysc;


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Victory on Appeal! Beeler vs. BONY
by Brian Huddleston | May 17, 2020 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Huddleston Law Offices is pleased to announce that Brian Huddleston just won a successful appeal in a long fought real estate foreclosure case involving the application of 12 O.S.2011, ? 2025 and 12 O.S.2011, ? 2017. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals issued an unpublished decision on May 12, 2020 reversing and remanding the case to the trial court in Tulsa County for further proceedings. The opinion can be viewed here.
Case No. CJ-2005-1683 (yes, 2005!) began as an action for foreclosure of the Beeler home by The Bank of New York, Trust U/A dated 12/1/01 (EQCC Trust 2001-2). BONY was granted summary judgment that was reversed on appeal in 2013 due to BONY's lack of standing to sue under the 2012 line of Oklahoma Supreme Court cases following Deutsche Bank Natl Trust V. Brumbaugh, 2012 OK 3, 270 P.3d 151. After the case was remanded, Huddleston argued that BONY's petition should have been dismissed with leave granted to allow BONY to file an amended petition with the required properly endorsed note attached under the curative procedure established in HSBC Bank USA V. Lyon, 2012 OK 10, 276 P.3d 1002.
At BONY's peril, the trial court did not require BONY to follow Lyon to cure the jurisdictional defect. Instead, BONY was allowed to substitute Nationscredit Financial Services Corporation as the plaintiff. Nationscredit in turn was allowed to substitute DLJ Mortgage Capital as the plaintiff (the latter two arguing in turn that they were the "holder" of the note and thereby entitled to substitution). DLJ filed and obtained summary judgment. On appeal for the second time, the COCA validated Huddleston's argument that, because BONY never established its standing at the time it commenced the foreclosure case in 2005, it could not ignore the Lyon procedure and use 12 O.S.2011, ? 2025 and 12 O.S.2011, ? 2017 to substitute NationsCredit or DLJ as plaintiffs. That is to say, a plaintiff lacking standing to sue can't cure that jurisdictional defect by simply substituting in a new plaintiff that arguably does have standing. Rather, the case must first be dismissed and refiled by the new plaintiff that must establish its own standing to sue.
The Beeler case stands for the proposition that, if a foreclosing plaintiff lacks standing to sue, the trial court also lacks jurisdictional power to grant any relief under 12 O.S.2011, ? 2025 and 12 O.S.2011, ? 2017 until the original petition is first dismissed and refiled by the original plaintiff with the properly endorsed note attached to the petition. Absent committing fraud upon the court, BONY could not do this after the first appeal in 2013, and cannot do it now after the second appeal, because BONY signed a special indorsement of the note to NationsCredit in 1998, and recorded an assignment of the mortgage and note to NationsCredit in 2007. After 15 years of fighting BONY, vindication was had with these words by the COCA in the Beeler opinion: "Bank was never the holder of the note."
Brian Huddleston has achieved several appellate court victories since the foreclosure crisis began over a decade ago. While lenders usually win their cases on summary judgment, Huddleston defends borrowers with an extensive motion practice that many times provides the basis for the summary judgments to be critically reviewed and reversed on appeal. The lender's legal arguments and evidentiary materials can be deficient in many ways. Often the errors are procedural and a technicality. Huddleston Law Offices is gratified to once again be found to be technically correct, which when it comes to appeals, is the best kind of correct.


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Wednesday, 1 March, 1944
No operations and no non-operational flying were done today. The remainder of the pilots and our MO, F/L D.S. Munroe, as well as the Squadron clerk came back from Hutton Cranswick by rail today. The other Squadrons here did a sweep today which proved uneventful. We are al hoping that the food here will continue to improve until it reaches the high standard of Hutton Cranswick. F/O H.R. Finley was re-posted to the Squadron today as O.C. of 'B' Flight. F/O T.A. Brannagan, F/L I.G. Keltie and F/l R.G. Middlemiss were posted to 144 Airfield HQ wef today.
There was one operation carried out today and, outside of being bounced by Thunderbolts, it proved to be uneventful. There were only six non-operational sorties carried out today.
One operation was carried out today, in which the Wing escorted 108 Marauders to bomb Laon/Athies. No enemy aircraft were seen. Jerry seems to be conserving his fighter strength for something big. In the afternoon, a fighter sweep was done by our Wing, which penetrated to the Lille/Coutrai area. No enemy aircraft were seen but some flak was experienced from Lille. Today again there were only six non-operational sorties carried out.
There were two operations carried out today, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. On the morning do, the bombers were recalled after reaching the French coast. No enemy aircraft were seen today. There were thirty-four non-operational sorties flown today.
There were no operations carried out nor was there any non-operational flying done. F/O C.S. McLean was posted to the Squadron today from A.D.G.B. HQ. He has done a tour in Malta and all of the pilots welcomed him to our Squadron.
Monday, 6 March, 1944
One operation today as close escort to the bombers. Enemy aircraft were reported but none were seen. Sixteen non-operational sorties were done today for a total of 9:10 hours.
Tuesday, 7 March, 1944
Today our pilots saw some enemy aircraft but luck was not with us, as they could not be engaged. There was only one operation done today. We did our first bit of night flying this evening; three sorties for a total of 3 hours.
Two shows and 28 non-operational sorties were flown today. We were escort wing on the morning do and this afternoon we carried out an eight man Ranger. No enemy aircraft were seen. On the Ranger, we lost two pilots, F/O J.H. Ballantyne DFM and F/L D. Goldberg, our adjutant. F/O Preston's aircraft was severely damaged by flak but he managed to land at Friston. F/O Ballantyne's aircraft was seen to hit the ground and explode and very little hope is held for him. He has been posted as missing believed to be killed. F/L Goldberg reported that he was going to attempt a crash landing. He has been posted as missing but we all are hoping that he will be walking back to see us one of these days. F/O Foster was posted to 53 OTU wef today.
No operations were carried out today but 28 non-operational sorties were flown in the late afternoon. We were scrambled to Ford to patrol a practice landing of troops.
The aircraft were unable to return to base today the weather being very unsatisfactory. A lot of grumbling was heard but it wasn't very long before a party was organized.
The aircraft returned today, but their trip back home from Ford was the only flying done today. 'B' Flight had a party this evening and according to all reports it was a howling success.
Sunday, 12 March, 1944
No operations were flown today but an early morning exercise in co-operation with the Army was carried out. This evening, three sorties were carried out on night flying for a total of three hours flying time. F/Os Whittaker, W.H. Rhodes, W.A. Doyle and R.B. Greene were posted to 403 today from 3(RCAF) PRC.
The aircraft were scrambled today and they fired their guns into the sea off Beachy Head. On their return, the re-arming was timed. When we go to the field it is not at all unlikely that all of our aircraft will return with empty guns and it is a good thing to know how long it will take to re-load them. An army convoy was beaten up today and, in all, there were 33 non-operational sorties.
It was a rather quite day today. There was a great panic in the morning with the pilots up by seven for a briefing at 8:15. The sweep was subsequently cancelled and the pilots got their excitement from doing readiness today.
One sweep was carried out today and we went in behind 401 Squadron who caught up with six P.R.U. FW190s who were trying to land at Cambrai. 401 Squadron shot down four of them. After this sweep the Wing landed at Manston. No other sweeps developed today and our aircraft returned to base at 1800 hours.
No operations today. We were released to do some training. We were escort to some Mustangs who were late at the RV as usual. The pilots report a fairly good picture was shown in the mess tonight.
Thick fog stopped all flying today. Some skeet shooting was organized by the pilots. All of the pilots appear to be in good spirits and they have been busy all day polishing the cockpit covers of their aircraft.
Only non-operational flying was done today. There were 38 sorties flown today. One of our best pilots was killed in a flying accident today. Three pilots, led by F/O R.W. Denison, took off on a sector recco and when near Penshurst aerodrome, F/O Denison's engine failed. He attempted a crash landing on Penshurst drome but undershot the field crashing on the highway. F/O Denison was killed instantly and the aircraft was a complete write-off.
No flying was done at all today, as the weather was very bad. The Wing was released in the afternoon. It was very quiet around the dispersal this afternoon.
There was one operation carried out today and, as usual, no enemy aircraft were seen. The pilots report that the flak was very accurate. There were eleven non-operational sorties carried out for a total of 5 hours flying time.
Bad weather prevented flying today and the pilot's spent a quite day in the mess. Funeral arrangements have been completed for the burial of F/O R.W. Denison.
Just a few sorties of practice flying were carried out today. F/O Denison's funeral was held today at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Most of the pilots attended and the funeral was carried out with full Military Honours. At the conclusion of the ceremony the pilots present, led by the Commanding Officer, S/L R.A. Buckham, DFC, stepped up to the grave and saluted F/O Denison for the last time.
There was a sweep carried out today and, even though our aircraft flew at 8,000 feet over Paris, they were not molested by either flak or enemy aircraft. There were ten non-operational sorties done today.
There was non-operational flying only today. The weather closed in around 3pm after 21 sorties had been completed. We are practicing dive bombing and army co-operation. F/O J.A. Wilson was posted to RCAF 'R' Depot, Warrington, for repatriation for duty in Canada.
More practice dive-bombing was flown today. More bad luck. F/L Pennock blacked out when pulling out of a dive after bombing and rolled over on his back, crashing on the edge of the aerodrome. He was killed instantly and the aircraft was completely wrecked. We have lost four pilots this month and we are all hoping that this run of bad luck will stop soon.
More practice flying today. Today, there was a church service held in the Dispersal. In the morning some skeet shooting was done by the pilots who are now thinking of taking on the pilots of 421 Squadron in a skeet-shooting contest. F/L Pennock will be buried tomorrow at Brookwood Cemetery.
There was more army co-operation exercises today. Forty non-operational sorties were carried out by the Squadron today. In the afternoon, the pilots were at Brookwood for F/L Pennock's funeral. The service was conducted by S/L D. Carlson, the Protestant Padre, and full Military Honours were accorded with the Last Post being sounded at the conclusion of the service. P/O H.V. Boyle and P/O E.D. Kelly were posted to the Squadron from 3(RCAF) PRC today for flying duties.
Thirteen sorties were flown on army co-operation today. There were no operations carried out. It was foggy until noon today but the weather cleared enough in the afternoon to allow the army co-operation show to be carried out.
No flying was done at all today as it was foggy in the morning and remained very dull for the whole day. We were released at 2pm this afternoon and the pilots were soon on their way to London.
We were again flying on army co-operation today. Our Squadron has been getting plenty of practice with the army lately and the pilots are getting anxious to do some operational flying. There were 36 non-operational sorties carried out today.
In the morning the cloud was 10/10ths but it cleared up later in the afternoon allowing our pilots to take part in an army beat-up exercise which was the only flying done today. The health of the Squadron was very good this month and outside of a few pilots having slight colds there was nothing to worry about.
403 Squadron Establishment and Flying Times for Month of March 1944
No. of Officers – Flying 21
No. of Officers – Ground 1
No. of Airmen – Flying nil
No. of Airmen – Ground 2
USA Personnel in RCAF
No. of Officers – Flying 4
No. of Officers – Ground nil
No. of Airmen – Flying 1
Non-Operational: 328:05 (day)
Non-Operational: 6:20 (night)
Auster III: _ 8:35
Aircraft on Squadron Strength: 18 Spitfire Mk IX B
MJ570 MJ985 MJ887 MJ645 MJ988 MK306
MK742 MJ986 MK194 MJ980 MJ664 MJ352
MJ480 MK179 MH719 MH928 MJ942 MJ939
1 Tiger Moth T.7402 1 Auster III MZ 181
Our Casualties for the Month: 8-3-44 F/O J.H. Ballantyne DFM
– missing believed killed
8-3-44 F/L D. Goldberg
– missing
18-3-44 F/O R.W. Denison
– killed flying accident
25-3-44 F/L G.C. Pennock
Enemy Casualties: Nil


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Zuma Rock is a large natural monolith, or inselberg, an igneous intrusion  composed of gabbro and granodiorite, in Niger State, Nigeria. It is located in the west of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, along the main road from Abuja to Kaduna off Madala, and is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Abuja from Suleja". Zuma Rock rises approx.  above its surroundings.

Zuma Rock is depicted on the 1000 naira note.  It was used for a defensive retreat by the Gbagyi people against invading neighbouring tribes during intertribal wars.

Zuma Rock is very tall by the standards of Nigerian geography.  It is over four times taller than NECOM house (Lagos' tallest skyscraper, as of 1979) and it is taller than Aso rock and Olumo rock combined.

Notes

External links
 World 66
 Abuja.net

Niger State
Natural monoliths
Rock formations of Nigeria
Inselbergs of Africa


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Exclusive shots from the New York Comic Con showroom floor during the Thursday launch.
Today was more of a scouting day at NYCC 2012, mainly spent on the show room floor. Thursday is usually considered a pre-show and only accessible to four day pass holders and above (VIPs and such). Most of the main attractions and special guests won't show up until Friday. Here are some initial pictures from the convention.
Before entering the show room floor, you encounter this incredibly detailed model of the loader from the Aliens franchise (for Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines). Wow! Fans have the opportunity to sit in the loader and have pictures taken.
This gorgeous model greets people at the main entrance to the convention (Gundam).
Kratos guards the God of War: Ascension booth.
This is a shot of the Wii U booth. In the background is Square Enix, which I'll be covering more of in a future post.
As indicated by the preceding shots, there are already a bunch of humans there and it's inevitable how more will be arriving in the following days. Below, are the pictures I took of the DC Comics booth. While not remotely close to being comprehensive, it gives us an idea of some of the things they have on display.
This wall of awesome super-heroic posturing is the first thing I encountered as I approached the DC Comics booth, located in the middle of the showroom floor.
Some of the intricately detailed Batman: Arkham City figurines displayed at the DC booth. I waited forever for people to vacate the shot for this one. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Today was mostly a trip to formulate a plan of attack for the days ahead, but I couldn't resist the urge to explore DC's booth.
The last, but certainly not least, picture for today is this wholly amazing life-sized model of Darth Maul made entirely of Lego.
Stay tuned! More to come from our coverage of New York Comic Con 2012 in the coming days!
These are not *toys*, Jason. They are *figurines* and *sculptures*!