How does the power dissipated by a light bulb vary with voltage?
For my experiment, I am going to investigate how the power dissipated by a light bulb varies with voltage. To find this out, I will need to do an experiment to test this out and repeat it another two times.
Current – Current is the flow of electric charge. An ammeter measures current in a circuit.
Voltage – Voltage is the potential difference between two points in a circuit is the electrical energy gained or lost by 1 coulomb of charge. A voltmeter measures voltage between two points in a circuit.
Resistance – If a component has resistance, it changes some of the electrical energy passing through it into another form of energy. A rheostat can increase or decrease its own resistance so in that way I can control the amount of voltage across the light bulb whilst doing the experiment.
I think that as the voltage across a light bulb increases, the power dissipated by the light bulb also increases but at a greater rate. This is because as the voltage increases, the current also increases. This is because if the current is the amount of electrons flowing through a circuit at any point in a circuit and if the voltage increases then the current must increase as the electrons flowing through that point are flowing faster. Therefore, as the voltage increases, the current also increases because P = I.
– The voltmeter will need to measure from 0V – 6V (because my light bulb will be a 6V one) so I will use the one which is 0 – 20V d.c. It will be precise to 2 decimal places.
Power pack – It will need to give out voltages of 0V – 6V (because my light bulb will be a 6V one).
Variable resistor or rheostat – The size of the rheostat I need will be 10 Ω and 5A. I found this out because I used this type of rheostat for my preliminary experiment and it gave me good results.
Light bulb – I will need a 6V light bulb.
Ammeter – The ammeter will need to measure from 0A to 0.29A (because from my preliminary measurements, at 6V, the current was 0.29A). So I will use the one which is precise to the nearest 1/10th of an amp and can measure from 0 – 10amps.It will be precise to 2 decimal places.
I will set the circuit as shown in the circuit diagram.
I will set the voltage at the power pack on 1V.
I will change the position of the rheostat contact so it gives me a reading of about 0.5V.
I will record the voltage and current readings.
I will continue changing the voltage of the power pack and the position of the rheostat contact until I get 12 readings of voltage and current each, with the voltage readings at intervals of about 0.5V.
The evidence that I wrote in the conclusion for how resistance increases with temperature came from an experiment that I did earlier in the year. In the experiment, I set up a circuit with a power pack, ammeter and a coil of wire placed in a non-conducting tin with two terminals. I connected a voltmeter parallel to the coil to work out the resistance. I poured hot water into the tin and measured both the current and voltage at intervals of 10 degrees Celsius. I found that as I decreased the temperature through the coil if wire, the resistance also decreased. So therefore, I concluded that in the light bulb, the exact same thing happens for a light bulb.
However, in the light bulb, the filament is not made of copper but tungsten. This means that tungsten may not follow the same rules as the copper. This would mean that my whole conclusion could be different because it is based on how resistance increases in copper. To make a better conclusion, I would like to do the same experiment as with the copper, but with a coil if tungsten wire instead. This would ensure that the conclusion would be based on evidence for a light bulb, and I would therefore have a stronger conclusion.
This essay is very good, going very in-depth and explaining points clearly to the reader. There is very little that can be improved in this essay. The student has answered the question of 'How does the power dissipated by a light bulb vary with voltage?' well, making a prediction from the theory they have learnt and plotting graphs they predict to occur by using their knowledge of equations for power. They have then found that their results largely support their prediction from the knowledge of their theory. They have then thought about why their results do not entirely coincide with their theory, using more theory to figure out that the resistance must of increased as the wire heated up. This is a very good idea, and I would always recommended thinking of why your results do not entirely fit your theory as it could end up being something fairly simple, and will help enhance your understanding.
The student has gone in-depth and has planned his experiment in advance. I think this is a very good idea and can help you from making mistakes in the experiment; it's a lot better to plan how to set up the experiment before you do it, than wasting time trying to figure out how to set it up when you could be doing the experiment. The student has done some preliminary measurements to see how high the values can go so they can make a neat table, it might seem like doing extra measurements would take up more time, but I find this can really speed things up as you won't end up making a table with more measurements than you could actually do, leaving you with a neater table and a table that is faster to make.
He also makes sure to keep his control variables the same throughout the experiment, and tries their best to make sure only the independent variable is changed as they are meant to. They also understand how to plot a graph and understand how to figure out how these graphs relate to equations.
The student has made very few spelling or grammar mistakes and uses the scientific terms whenever appropriate. He has also laid out their essay very well, ending with a conclusion that links with their prediction and explains why the prediction is not entirely the same as the conclusion, I find that this helps make the essay seem more professional and help you learn your theory better.
Investigate young's modulus behind Constantan and Copper.
It is therefore mixed with other metals and melted. When carrying out this experiment I deem that as the number of weights is increased for copper, this will slowly exert pressure and the molecules will slowly pull apart as the bond will break between the molecules.
The stylised arrow represents a single photon striking an electron in the lowest electron level of the atom. Note how the electron levels in the diagram come closer together as we move further away from the nucleus. This is true in real atoms also.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ANALASIS From my graph I can see that my initial prediction was correct.
The weight lifted was incremented by 0.1N to find how this affected the efficiency. The values for gravitational potential energy are displayed in Table #2 in the Tables of Data section, along with the averaged values for the total electrical energy supplied to the motor for each weight change.
The Efficiency of an Electric Motor.
measure how high they are lifted if 20J of electrical energy is given to the motor-As soon as the joule meter reads 20J I will stop the weight and measure the distance it has moved. I have chosen this method since the joule meter I am using can only measure the number of joules received to the nearest 10J.
I calculated the resistance by processing the data collected, I divided the voltage by amps (also known as Induction) using Ohms law. It was concluded that 34 Swg the wire possessing the smallest diameter, this was done by retrieving the widest range therefore allowing an accurate resistance when investigating the wire every 10cm's.
lamp heats up more quickly, and therefore causing the filament to also glow more quickly. To increase the resistance in the wire, and also the temperature, the filament is made out of a metal, a good conductor of electricity, the cross-sectional area of the wire is as small as possible, in order to increase the resistance.


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Cheaters never win, unless they drive the Illinois tollway
We could understand if the tollway was cheated by people who were resourceful, creative, ingenious. Like the cheaters in New Jersey who put black electrical tape on their license plates to change a P to an R, for example.
Or the guy, also from New Jersey, whose story was told on National Public Radio this spring. The guy rigged his license plate to a string. Before he entered the toll plaza, he pulled on the string, which would pull the plate up and out of the surveillance camera's range.
But our cheaters in Illinois? They didn't have to do a darn thing to cheat the system.
They just drove right through.
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority hasn't mailed violation notices for almost a year to people who haven't paid tolls, the Chicago Tribune reported last week. Tollway officials say the hang-up was a complicated conversion between two collection systems. Toll Authority Executive Director Brian McPartlin told the Tribune, "Am I disappointed in the time lag? Sure. But the bottom line is that if you violate, we are going to pursue you and collect,"
We'd put good money (at least a toll or two) on the bet that scofflaws aren't exactly quaking in their boots because of the threat. The tollway will "pursue you and collect."
Yeah? Like the last 11 months, when it did nothing?
The state declined to say what the lapse has cost, but each day, 85,000 violations are recorded. The fine is $20, and the fines can escalate to $70 the longer scofflaws wait to pay.
The Tribune reported that Illinois collected from $13 million to $17 million in fines the last few years. Tollway officials say they will resume sending citations this month. They say they stopped writing citations this fall to give the new toll and collections contractor, Electronic Transaction Consultants Corp., time to transition into the new role.
But nearly a year's transition? Who gets that kind of pass at their jobs?
The tollway has accomplished a lot in a short time. In two years, it undertook a massive conversion of all main toll plazas to Open Road Tolling. Of course, the speed of the redo should not have been surprising, considering that the governor's name is emblazoned all over the new plazas and that they were finished during his re-election campaign.
Regardless, zipping through the toll plazas with an I-PASS (a transponder placed on the windshield) has taken an average of 10 minutes off travelers' commutes, according to Joelle McGinnis, tollway spokeswoman. Systemwide, about 80 percent of drivers use I-PASS, although the percentages aren't as high the farther you get from the Chicago area. That can create bottlenecks, as too many drivers try to funnel into the cash-only lanes and hold up traffic headed for the I-PASS lanes.
We think everyone should use I-PASS, if for no other reason than they will pay twice as much if they pay in cash.
One driver told the Register Star in February that he thought Open Road Tolling was the greatest innovation in toll-road travel.
Maybe, however, there was an element of too-good-to-be-true about the tollway in the last several years.
Remember, this was the agency that had a "money room" — an actual coin-counting room — from which $182,000 disappeared in 1999. It was just one element of a shockingly sloppy accounting system.
We aren't suggesting that the bad old days are back. But when New Jersey can do a better job catching the bad guys, clearly we have some catching up to do.

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Racism has cost the U.S. $16 trillion, Citigroup finds
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America could have been $16 trillion richer if not for inequities in education, housing, wages and business investment between Black and White Americans over the past 20 years, new research concludes.
The study, released this week by Citigroup, is the latest in a body of research that attempts to quantify the economic impact of systemic racism. Citigroup arrived at its $16 trillion figure after estimating that:
Black workers have lost $113 billion in potential wages over the past two decades because they couldn't get a college degree.
The housing market lost $218 billion in sales because Black applicants couldn't get home loans.
About $13 trillion in business revenue never flowed into the economy because Black entrepreneurs couldn't access bank loans.
What's more, the U.S. could have $5 trillion in gross domestic product over the next five years if those gaps and others were closed today, the study indicated.
"Racial inequality has always had an outsized cost, one that was thought to be paid only by underrepresented groups," Citigroup Banking Chair Raymond McGuire said in a statement. "What this report underscores is that this tariff is levied on us all."
Federal Reserve data show that White households' net worth grew 43%, to $61,200, between 1995 and 2016, while it remained flat at $35,400 for Black families. Moody's Investor Service found that 44% of Black households owned their homes in 2019, compared with 74% of white households.
The study also highlights the "real costs of long-standing discrimination against minority groups, especially against Black people and particularly in the U.S.," Citigroup economist Catherine Mann said in a statement.
A McKinsey study released last year explored how these and other inequities have reduced the nation's wealth. The nation's GDP — the total value of goods and services — could be up to 6% higher by 2028 if the racial wealth gap is closed, the consulting firm concluded. Lawmakers must pass targeted policies that boost household income for Black Americans in order to address the issue, McKinsey said.
illion dollagain from the effort," the McKinsey study concluded.
Incarceration rates among Black Americans, voter suppression efforts and conscious bias in hiring all play a role in hindering the U.S. from making strides in closing this gap, Citigroup said.
Separately, the financial giant on Wednesday said it would direct $1 billion toward helping close the racial wealth gap, including investing $550 million over the next three years in encouraging homeownership for people of color. Another $50 million will go toward capital investments for Black entrepreneurs.
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Sdcial Democrats Bring Peace and Plenty fo Scandinavian Nations
Spink, Reginald
Sdcial Democrats Bring Peace and Plenty fo Scandinavian Nations Laborites Run Gov't In Five Nations By REGINALD SPINK fYURTNG the nine years that ¦FSfre elapsed since the formattao, hi March...
...The latest announcement of the Swedish Government is an annual paid vacation of twelve days for all workers and salaried employees...
...GROWTH STEADY...
...S.D.F...
...In warn of these countries dees the gteial 'Democratic Party possess a dear majority...
...At the turn of the present century they defeated a dictatorship over the American Socialist movement by the late Daniel DeLeon, and now with equal vigor oppose dictatorship over the proletariat by Communists...
...adhere to democratic principles and practices and are opposed to dictatorships—whether black or red, Fascist or Communist...
...Provision is made in the budget for a new emergency program of public works to be applied at the first signs of a new economic crisis...
...Unemployment, sickiHgmd poblic health, old age and :HBdity, are only a few of the ¦Iters covered...
...After the capture of the upper house majority at last year's, election, the Government is now planning the abolition of that chamber and its replacement by a .purely advisory body of experts without legislative powers...
...The last of the Northern countries to come under Socialist influence is Finland, where the labor movement was long under the heel of Fascism...
...They realized, as we do, that the cure for the defects of democracy is not less but more democracy...
...Indeed, had those public works been commenced a year or two earlier, there is little doubt that Sweden would have enjoyed even greater prosperity than she does today...
...j-Since the passage of this act, pciai legislation has been further brpanded to include, among other pings: fair rent acts for tenants lad storekeepers...
...F.D.S...
...Berger, London, Hillquit and Kirkpatrick to triump^ i-nd to plant it firmly upon the edifice of the new social order...
...Exchange control with fu# government control over imports through import boards and licenses was adopted...
...coalitions which also ejpja»ce Liberals...
...By LEO MELTZER Xational Secretary, Social Democratic Federation f*\UR republic owes its existence very largely to early pioneers, who braved the unknown Atlantic so that they might escape the religious, political and economic persecutions and inequalities suffered under monarchical dictatorships...
...The same is true of housing...
...Covering yttry phase of social activity and •fecting the life and well-being of fiery single man, woman and child ¦SB the cradle to the grave, this sesame radically reformed and apBalized all existing social ifltdation...
...consider:ng the work of the jumlinn "irr governments, howgmm^ it is necessary, to bear in 322,4 one very important fact...
...Admittedly favored by the possession of rich iron ore deposits and timber, products which find a readier market in the world today than foodstuffs, Sweden's rapid recovery from the economic depression is due in an even greater degree to the vast expansionist program of public works put into operation by the Social Democrats...
...The above-mentioned measures were all carried through in the face of stupendous economic difficulties brought about by falling prices of agricultural productsDenmark's only commodities—in conjunction with vicious restrictions, of exports through the selfsufficiency plans of her customers...
...I<i Iceland and ^SjgkJ the Socialists are junior mSmt* in...
...Sweden, with a more balanced economy, has had an easier task...
...The direct influence of the -S.D.F...
...control of retail ¦ices and price agreements...
...This year's Norwegian budget, with no increase of taxation, provided for new public works, improved social services, and a reduction of three million dollars on the national debt...
...With Vaino Tanner, president of the International Cooperative Alliance, as Minister of Finance, Finland has now embarked on a series of social reforms which definitely brings Finland into the Scandinavian progressive bloc...
...of a conservative ¦¦per chamber...
...and Jasper McLevy, Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., and National Chairman of the S.D.F., is supported by the entire Board of Aldermen of 15 members of the S.D.F...
...removal of the stigma of RUegiUmacy" by granting children Ism out of wedlock the right to •ear their fathers' names and to a ¦hare in the will, etc...
...The quickest way to lower American labor standard* ia to buy foreign and unfair merchandise...
...LONDON AND HILLQUIT...
...We believe in a social system based on production for use and not for profit...
...We recognize the value of consumers' - cooperatives which, together with trade unions and political action, serve as means of combating the evils of Capitalism and laying the foundations of a soeiety free from economic inequality and injustice...
...The same—general lines have been followed in Norway, where the Labor Government took office in 1935, and in a lesser degree in Iceland...
...Denmark led the way with a huge piece of legislation known as Ike Social- Reform Act...
...a system of production and distribution socially owned and democratically managed in the interests of all producers...
...THE emergency loans raised to meet the costs of these public workers have all been repaid...
...protection sf apprentices, with a guarantee ¦ suitable vocational training and ¦Kstions...
...It is not strange, therefore, that most of the former members of the old Socialist Fa+ty And .their intellectual home in the .S.D.F, and aer bringing to its all their activity, energy and devotion...
...the prohibition of overtime...
...The S.D.F...
...will, live to carry tfee banner of Deb...
...Ja Denmark and Swedes the So(tel Democrats form coalition gov^ment with Radical or Farmer putties^ Moreover, for eight of its -j...
...Preparations for a future depression are also engaging the attention of the Norwegian Government...
...We cooperate with all groups which feel as we do, even though they may not yet see eye to eye with us, including the organized labor and farm movements...
...members occupy positions of importance in numerous labor and progressive organizations, a number are judges, city treasurers, city solicitors, and there are thousands of the "Jimmy Higgius" type who make;of the organization a vital educational and propaganda* movement...
...After five years of Social Democratic rule, Sweden is without doubt the most prosperous country in Europe today...
...Chief among them is the steadily pawing mass of social - legislation jpjrl *"" long since placed the pSliiliiiiivian countries in the front rsak of progressive states...
...Numbered among its members are the majority leader of the New York City Council, who also heads the American Labor Party in that body, and two of the five American Labor Party members of the New York State Legislature and Us leader in that body...
...PROSPECTS BRIGHT *T*HE growth of the S.D.F...
...We of the S'.DJr...
...When we are urged to place' our hope in a "temporary" dictatorship covering one-sixth of- the earth's surface, it is well to remember the ancien Chinese proverb: "He who rides on a tiger can never dismount...
...The whole of j^iif""-'- has gradually come «fer Labor control...
...Plans are being drawn up to induce or compel private companies to consolidate their businesses by setting aside adequate reserves of capital against future emergency...
...Aided by a continuing stream of immigrants and buttressed by an abiding faith in democratic institutions, they and their offspring have practically eradicated religious persecution in .the United States, removed most political and some economic injustices, leaving still to be solved, however, a vast field of economic inequalities...
...B*P facilitate the carrying out of fits program, legislation was Isssed to nationalize the central fah of Denmark.Shareholders were bought, out at market rates and the bank converted into a selfgoverning institution, under government and parliamentary control...
...in the political field is evidenced by the fact that the ' Socialist Mayor of Reading, Pa., and a majority of his CSty, Cfiinofl are members of the S.D.F...
...The only pure w^Si ^government—that of Nor«ry—is obliged on each separate Ss to seek the support of either Jjbereis or Farmers, who together firm the parliamentary balance of eueer...
...Not only do we believe in the attainment of our goal by legal means, through peaceful action, but we deny that people who are as yet unable to use the ballot intelligently, will wisely use force...
...The last budget, introduced in January of this year,'Shows another surplus of nearly five million dollars...
...CHAMPIONS SOCIALIST CAUSE WHEN the Socialist Party-of the " United States abandoned democratic practices in its internal affairs, and joined with the forces of dictatorship against "bogus democracy" (to quote' frem its Detroit Declaration of Principles), most of its members could no longer square their _ Socialist consciences with membership in ah organization which had fallen under the control of those who did not believe in the ideals of that democratic Socialism Which was espoused by Debs, Berger, London, Klrkpatr'ick, Hillquit and others who bad built the American Socialist Movement...
...more humane abortion lets...
...OK ' * * * FF new of this minority position, s policy of rapid socialisation jp, ?•iiously out of the question, ft seed hardly be said that, with assy years of democratic develop%jmgt_ behind them, the ScandiJSfcp Socialialista are keenly .Space of the political unwisdom j^jpy act which lacks popular .Jfewfrtheless, Scandinavian Soc^d Democracy has a long list of QdSeal achievements to its credit...
...Too long had these pioneers suffered from dictatorship, and their offspring in no way liked those who sought to fasten dictatorship on the Socialist movement...
...Education, which is free of charge from the public school to •lamversity, has been vastly improved...
...is * steady and its prospects bright...
...Fights On for True Democracy REPORTS FROM MANY STATES REVEAL GROWING STRENGTH OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC L, FEDERATION AS SOCIALISTS FLOCK TO THOSE CARRYING ON THE TRADITIONS CREATED BY DEBS, ffSRGER...
...years of office the Danish gynrnment had to contend with Am absmictior...
...Most of them recognized, as do we of the Social Democratic Federation, that political rights, which the workers have wrested from the employing class, should and must be used in the struggle ^to attain economic or social democracy...
...Sdcial Democrats Bring Peace and Plenty fo Scandinavian Nations Laborites Run Gov't In Five Nations By REGINALD SPINK fYURTNG the nine years that ¦FSfre elapsed since the formattao, hi March 19,29, of the Danish ¦wllfftt Pr J:—1 Government un^ Thorva:<i Staurring, left-wing L>j!innicrt- have been set up sucEmin Sweden, Norway, Ice«pf gad Finland...
Vol. 21 • March 1938 • No. 10


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David Mayo, LB (49ers): Two years, $2.5MM. $1.1MM fully guaranteed. Cap charges of $1.25MM in each season, Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com notes (Twitter links).
Brandon Copeland, DL (Jets): One year, $1.25MM. Deal carries a max value of $3MM, Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News tweets.
The 49ers released linebacker Brock Coyle on Thursday, the team announced. San Francisco also signed linebacker David Mayo to a two-year deal and announced linebacker Elijah Lee has signed his exclusive rights tender.
Coyle later announced his retirement from football due to the back injury that cut his season short in 2018 [Twitter link].
Injuries are a part of this game and it is a risk all players willingly take when we step onto the field. Unfortunately, the injury I sustained last season is one that will prevent me from returning to the field again.
Coyle, 28, joined the 49ers in 2017 on a one-year deal and impressed, starting 10 games and appearing in all contests while registering a career-high 62 tackles. He signed a three-year deal in the ensuing offseason but only played in one game in 2018 due to the injury.
Mayo, 25, was a fifth-round pick by the Panthers out of Texas State in 2015. He has appeared in all but one regular season game in the last three seasons with Carolina, making four starts and logging a combined 35 tackles. While he didn't see a ton of action on the defensive side of the ball, Mayo is a strong contributor on special teams.
Lee, 23, was a seventh-round pick by the Vikings in 2017. The 49ers signed the Kansas State product off Minnesota's practice squad that same season and he has appeared in 30 of a possible 32 games in his career. In 2018, the linebacker made five starts and logged 65 tackles with a sack and forced fumble.
The Colts have their franchise centerpiece ready to resume his career after a hiatus so long it had many concerned his NFL days were over. But not everyone's buying into Andrew Luck being able to pick up where he left off.
An AFC South assistant, per Miller, doubted the Colts' offensive line can protect Luck. That was an issue for the team when its 28-year-old quarterback was last healthy. Colts scouts and execs are obviously more bullish on Luck being ready to resume his trajectory.
Both Anthony Castonzo and Marlon Mack returned to Colts practice this week, per ESPN.com's Mike Wells and NFL.com's Ian Rapoport (Twitter links). Castonzo injured his hamstring before training camp and re-aggravated it in the first week of August. He missed nearly a month of work but is optimistic he can still play in Week 1, the Indianapolis Star's Zak Keefer tweets. Mack missed almost a month of work as well because of a hamstring issue. He's Indianapolis' projected running back starter, but his status for the opener is also up in the air.
Both the Buccaneers and Saints paid premiums to sign certain practice squad players. Tampa Bay went well above the minimum $7.6K-per-week wages to add linebacker Azeem Victor, agreeing to pay him $28K per week, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets. The Saints are paying wide receiver Keith Kirkwood that amount as well, per Pelissero. Kirkwood is a rookie UDFA out of Temple who went to Saints camp, while Victor was sixth-round Raiders pick in April.
While Luke Kuechly and Shaq Thompson are expected to handle three-down work for the Panthers, David Mayo will start in place of the suspended Thomas Davis, DC Eric Washington said (via Joe Person of The Athletic, on Twitter). Mayo's a 2015 sixth-round pick who's started one game in his three previous Panther seasons.
The Texans worked out both Charles Sims and Akeem Hunt on Thursday, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle notes (on Twitter). While Sims is a former regular on Buccaneers passing downs, Hunt's workout went well, Wilson tweets, adding no deal is imminent. The Texans will be without D'Onta Foreman for the first third of the season. Alfred Blue, third-year back Tyler Ervin and recent waiver claim Gregory Howell are on Houston's roster behind starter Lamar Miller.
As Christopher Dabe of NOLA.com details, new Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen received plenty of praise from head coach Sean Payton this week after the team's win over the Buccaneers, in which New Orleans held Tampa Bay to just 17 points.
Since Payton's future remains uncertain, it's hard to say for sure that Allen's job as Saints DC is safe next season — a new head coach may want to bring his own assistants. Still, if Allen finishes the season strong after taking over the NFL's worst defense, he shouldn't have any trouble finding work for 2016.
With the Falcons in the midst of a six-game losing streak, it's looking more and more like owner Arthur Blank will make changes to the front office in the offseason, writes Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com. According to La Canfora, there have been rumblings since before training camp that Seahawks executive Trent Kirchner could end up in Atlanta, working with ex-Seahawk Dan Quinn, and it wouldn't be surprising if Kirchner replaces Thomas Dimitroff as the Falcons' general manager.
Buccaneers running back Doug Martin only got 11 carries on Sunday against the Saints' league-worst rushing defense, despite racking up 81 yards on those 11 attempts. While the Bucs' usage of Martin was questionable, the conspiracy theory that the team is trying to limit his yardage totals to make him easier to re-sign doesn't make sense, as Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times writes.
Rookie Panthers linebacker David Mayo will miss at least the next two weeks with a hamstring issue, tweets Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer. Mayo hasn't played much for Carolina this season, so we'll see if the club decides to place him on injured reserve or keep him on its roster for the playoffs.
The Panthers announced that they have signed three of their five draft picks, according to Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer (on Twitter). First-round linebacker Shaq Thompson, fourth-round tackle Daryl Williams, and fifth-round linebacker David Mayo are now under contract.
Thompson has exceptional speed and agility for a linebacker and he originally arrived at Washington as one of the most highly-ranked safeties in the nation. At the combine, Thompson ran a 4.64 40-yard-dash, faster than a lot of his peers at the position. Some projected Thompson as a second-round pick, but the Panthers ID'd him as the best player there in the first.
The Panthers had only five picks this year, so they only have two unsigned players left to go.


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Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a medevac request at 4:50 p.m. from the Department of Public Safety for a deputy experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion in an area unreachable by local EMS due to brush surroundings.
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Louisiana should decide fate of confederate monuments in New Orleans, Shreveport, other local areas
Written by Jeffrey Sadow
Debate over state Rep. Thomas Carmody's HB 944 raises complex questions about who decides what historical monuments remain on public property. Ultimately, drawing upon first principles of American government resolves these.
The bill goes into greater detail than state Sen. Beth Mizell's SB 276, but like it makes a state commission the arbiter of whether local governments may move or remove monuments dealing with historical events and people. Carmody's bill presumes that any such structure in place for at least three decades a local government cannot move without the body's approval.
Controversy over these items arose last year when New Orleans announced opposition to, then ratified the movement of, four monuments related to the Civil War. This has faced legal and administrative hurdles since, but by no means represents an isolated arena of conflict. In Shreveport, for example, the monument in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse that commemorates the Confederate States of America's last capital has garnered calls for its removal.
In fact, regarding just Civil War monuments, they populate north Louisiana in considerable numbers. Counting only those not part of a cemetery or state or national park/battlefield (those others numbering in the dozens), besides the aforementioned example also on city- or parish-owned property falling under the bill Benton has one on city and another on parish property, Homer has one on city property, Tallulah has one on parish property, Minden has one on city property, and Winnfield has one on parish property.
For all, the erectors of each intended these to laud some aspect or figure of the CSA. Because of the inescapable historical fact that the founding of the CSA came primarily from a desire to separate from the United States to ensure the rebellious states' ability to continue the evil of slavery in order to perpetuate the existing economic order, some argue of the inappropriateness of such monuments, seeing these as celebrating subjugation, and thereby wish eviction of these.
But this attitude violates the admonishment of George Santayana that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Outrage over some reminder of history on public property, which has meaning not just in the content of the object but also having its own history infused into itself as a historical item, does not constitute sufficient grounds to erase its presence. Anybody can see anything as objectionable, so such decisions must come through the processes of representative democracy.
Carmody's bill seeks to decide how that process works. More precisely, it gives preference in the decision of what to memorialize in public to state government. Constitutionally, states have the prerogative in these matters: local governments are considered creatures of the state and have only those powers granted to them by the state. In other words, in the matter of historical monuments that have acquired historical meaning independently of the event or people they commemorate the bill ultimately places decision-making power over these objects in the hands of the state.
So the real question concerning the bill's merit involves whether the people of the state should have jurisdiction over local public monuments, as opposed to the people in the local areas wherein reside the monuments. Applying the argumentation of James Madison for ratification of the Constitution provides the proper guidance to answer this question.
In his arguments to place in a representative democracy the majority of power in a central government as opposed to within first order divisions such as states, Madison noted that the greater diversity part of a national government prompted more moderation, tolerance, and coalition-building in production of policy. As majority interests at lower levels had a greater capacity to implement policy suiting only themselves and disregarding minorities because of the lack of diversity leaving no need to include minorities in governing coalitions, he observed that in these smaller republics tyranny more likely would emerge.
The same logic applies on this issue. Once something in the public space has acquired its own separate historic meaning apart from what it commemorates (unless it only glorifies specific actions violating human rights without placing the acts in context) as it does over enough time, policy-makers in smaller republics may act too passionately without sufficient reason involved, pressured by viewpoints of constituents monopolizing one view, in determining the suitability of the item. Likely policy-makers from the larger republic would take a more balanced and reasoned approach, which may or may not agree with the smaller republic's governors.
Thus, a bill like this appropriately places power to decide on the fate of monuments in the hands of state government. If local governments do not like that, they freely may design accompanying structures to the object under question designed to educate about the issue by providing crucial context. Allowing them free reign to remove what they like merely on the allegation that these objects may upset some increases tearing at the fabric of living space that has defined that environment, injuring the community as a whole. Erasing history because of fixation on parts and not the whole never benefits the community, and that becomes less likely to occur by passing such a statute into law.
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo Credit: SA News
South Africa: Populism's Next Target – OpEd
March 2, 2018 Geopolitical Monitor 0 Comments
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By Arman Sidhu*
Following news of Jacob Zuma's resignation from office, Jessie Duarte, the Deputy Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) party, struck a tone that was more elegiac, rather than energetic about the former president's departure. During a press briefing immediately after Zuma's speech, Duarte noted that the ANC's "decision to impose a recall was taken only after exhaustive discussions," lauding Zuma as a "disciplined member" of the ANC. That the decision to remove Zuma, whose epoch is best characterized by economic mismanagement, rampant unemployment, increased crime, and corruption took so long spells trouble for the ANC.
Cyril Ramaphosa, who succeeded Zuma as the president of the ANC in December and will take over the reins from Zuma once more in the office of the presidency, inherits a nation that has seen the erosion of its democratic institutions and has slipped into irrelevance among the world's notable emerging economies. Furthermore, as the only majority party in power during the youthful history of South Africa's democracy, the ANC has seen its brand blemished by recalls that took down Zuma and his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki. As demonstrated by voters in the past two general elections, the appetite for undisputed ANC control has declined.
With a general election slated for next year, Ramaphosa and the ANC face a perfect storm for a populist rebuke: acute unemployment, backlash against the "establishment," and tepid economic prospects for the lower and middle-class. Filling the void regarding these issues is the adept Democratic Alliance (DA) party and the burgeoning newcomer, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). While in opposition, both parties have proven to be deft in organizing and successfully shifting focus toward the rampant cronyism perpetuated by Zuma, which has become portentous enough to warrant a "state capture" inquiry. With the centrist DA party in position to siphon votes from moderates, the EFF taps into a burgeoning base of South Africans who, facing limited economic prospects, have become aggravated with the bureaucracy and sense of entitlement emanating from the ANC.
In his first State of the Nation address, Ramaphosa attempted to allay the anger of South Africans who see Zuma's departure as long overdue and a lazy attempt to repackage the ANC's product ahead of elections. Ramaphosa unveiled his policy goals which focus heavily on alleviating the unemployment epidemic through the introduction of a minimum wage, temporary employment programs, and free higher education. Ramaphosa also referenced the mining and tourism industries as critical to reinvigorating an economy that was once held in the same regard as India and China as an addendum to the "BRICS" designation.
Nevertheless, unemployment in the country remains pinned at nearly 27%, with informal work providing economic sustenance for many poor South Africans. Estimates of youth unemployment reach figures as high as 60%, leading many young, black South Africans susceptible to parties promising radical reform and an upending of South Africa's political and economic systems. Perhaps no party in South Africa is in better place to improve its results in 2019 than the EFF, which received 6% of the vote in the 2014 general election, after having been founded only a year earlier. It's leader, Julius Malema is a former President of the ANC's youth wing and can proudly exclaim his expulsion from the ANC as verification of his dedication to reform. Branding itself as Pan-Africanist, the EFF incisively invokes the teachings of Frantz Fanon and Thomas Sankara, figures who, decades after their deaths, resonate positively on the continent. Their platform, which prioritizes universal healthcare and education, nationalization of key industries, and land expropriation possesses enough pathos to tap into disgruntled voters. Prophetic signals of the EFF's influence can be seen in the EFF's successful lobbying efforts to pass a motion in parliament that moves forward a constitutional amendment that would permit uncompensated land expropriation.
As a former labor union leader turned businessman, Ramaphosa exudes the aura of a pragmatic technocrat, a trait that delights investors but will not be enough to placate the general populace. The prolonging of Zuma's tenure had a schismatic effect on the party and only served to cement factions within the ANC that Ramaphosa will need to transcend in the year he has left to govern before elections. The absence of Zuma alone is insufficient in unwinding the structural damages that have sullied the probity of South Africa's public entities.
While the electoral math still supports the ANC obtaining a majority of some kind in 2019, to curb the ascending influence of the DA and the EFF, Ramaphosa will need to speed up what have been languid economic reform efforts by the ANC. At the same time, countering the opposition's growth will require striking a balance in the seemingly Manichean conflict between capitalizing on investor confidence and mollifying voters who will not hesitate to remind the ANC that its relevance is not eternally guaranteed. A changing of the guard, while welcomed, is only the first step to reversing a potential populist uprising spearheaded by the EFF.
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E se diventassimo noi la sola fonte? Quali nuove responsabilità?
Ecco qualche suggerimento di Richard Edelman.
Dal sito www.edelman.com ...May 30, 2006 The Fork in the Road Alex Jones, press and public policy director of the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, delivered an impassioned plea to the PR industry's most senior executives at the PR Seminar's annual confab last Thursday. He suggested that the future of "accountability news" is very much in doubt in the pure market era now sweeping through mainstream media. "The subsidy is going away for high quality news that is essential to our democracy, the kind of news we supplied as part of our public responsibility. Fifteen percent of the space in newspapers over the last 150 years has been devoted to accountability news, which bears witness to public events, guarantees follow-up on these events, offers explanation for the events and funds investigative reporting. The product is being disaggregated, so the iron core of accountability news is being hollowed out," Jones said. "We will soon yearn for a honest broker who tells you a practical truth, the objective of stylized reporting."
He went on to say that news is moving away from objectivity toward subjectivity. He suggested that "subjectivity, finding underserved markets, ideologically targeted, is a viable business strategy," using the Murdoch/FOX News concept as the best example. We are "fast approaching a time of relative truths, resulting in an even more toxic partisan environment," he suggested. He added that newspapers are also enhancing their local news sections at the expense of global and complicated stories, with the idea that "every paper must be local." He noted that "people are increasingly satisfied with news they get on cell phones or via free newspapers handed out at subway entrances--this business model does not pay for complex journalism." His take on citizen journalism is that "we are enhanced by what they know but this is not a replacement for journalists...citizen journalism will be incorporated into every newspaper but we need the passion of the citizen with the dispassion of the reporter."
Now for the fork in the road for those of us in the PR business. Jones contends that "media with reduced staff is looking for packaged content. The temptation will be high for PR people to do in print what has been done in Video News Releases. (Check out the story in The Independent on May 29, headlined "Bush Planted Fake News Stories on American TV", citing a report by the non-profit group Center for Media and Democracy, which claims that over a 10 month period, 77 TV stations used VNRs and not one told viewers who had produced them. This includes one from the State Department featuring an Iraqi-American thanking President Bush after the fall of Baghdad)
Jones asks that PR people stay with credible advocacy. "If PR is perceived as trying to replace traditional news, it will work against PR. There will be a serious backlash. It is bad for PR if serious journalism is swept away. It is bad PR to have VNRs without attribution." He added, "There will be unlimited media choices in which PR people can embed advocacy messages. But the audience will be very fragmented in reach and in attention. In fact, the audience will be cynical about the messages and will discount them. The Web may offer a chance for unmediated delivery of messages but you lack the credibility of the journalistic filter."
What is one to make of Jones' speech? How serious is it for PR that the man who runs the foremost center for press and public policy in the US is fundamentally skeptical about our profession?
I take it very seriously and believe it is time for us to recognize that with our enhanced opportunity comes a very real responsibility. Here are a few ideas for us to consider:
1) Tell both sides of every story. We can be more credible by listing the side effects along with the demonstrable benefits. PR firms should check the facts provided by the client or third parties. Provide reporters the facts in a new form of press release which contains quotes from company officials and other useful elements for them to assemble however they see fit. If it's a financial release, include last year's numbers. Include customer quotes. Utilize tags so that search engines can "scrape" and correctly characterize the information.
2) Allow the consumer a chance to participate as co-creator by briefing and demonstrating earlier versions of the products and services. Empower employees to shape the company image. This can no longer be a top down world. Peer-to-peer conversation works along side information from the center.
3) Total transparency as to the motive and the funding source. There can be no tolerance for side financial arrangements or hidden endorsements in any market of the world.
4) We should try to stop making a distinction between communications and public relations. Though there may be some who believe communications is a more holistic description of our modern tool kit, I believe we will be hung with our legacy issues. We need to improve the practice of public relations.
I would appreciate your views on Alex Jones' important speech.
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Q: How to convert datetime to string in python in django I have a datetime object at my model.
I am sending it to the view, but in html i don't know what to write in order to format it.
I am trying
{{ item.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")|escape }}

but I get
TemplateSyntaxError: Could not parse some characters: item.date.strftime|("%Y-%m-%d")||escape

when I am just using
{{ item.date|escape }}

it's working, but now with the format I want.
Any suggestions?

A: Try using the built-in Django date format filter instead:
{{ item.date|date:"Y M d" }}

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A X-League é a principal liga de futebol americano do Japão, foi fundada em 1971 como JAFL (Japan American Football League) mudando para seu nome atual em 1997, é consistida em 3 divisões (X1, X2 e X3) com critérios de acesso e descenso, apesar de ser uma liga profissional, costuma adotar mais as regras do futebol americano universitário, os times são divididos em 3 ligas regionais (leste central e oeste), sua final é chamada de Japan X Bowl.

Times

Divisão X1

Divisão X2

East
Bullseyes-Tokyo
Wranglers
Warriors
Club Barbarian
Club Triax
Zero Fighters AFC

Central
Club Blue Thunders
Keishichou Eagles
AFC Cranes
Sony Solidstate
Yokohama Harbors
Ox Kawasaki AFC

West
Club Hawkeye
Nishinomiya Bruins
Osaka Gas Skunks
Golden Fighters
Isono Superstars
Opatsu Fukuoka Suns

Divisão X3

East
Itochu Wings
Hurricanes
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Seagulls
Club Steelers
Saviors

West

A Block
Club Islands
Club Bears
Aichi Golden Wings
Okayama Standing Bears
Kirix Toyota Bull Fighters
Honjetsu Blazers

B Block
Eco Ring J-Stars
Hiroshima UCS Hawks
Tri-stars
Wako Raiders
Osaka Prefectural Police Shields
Mie Fire Birds

Ver também

 Japan X Bowl
 Seleção Japonesa de Futebol Americano

Ligações externas

 Página oficial

X-League

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Nearest Green
Home of the Nearest Green Foundation
April 28, 2017 — Cameron
About Nearest Green
In Lynchburg, Tennessee, the name Nearest Green has always meant something special. His birth name was Nathan Green but those who knew him best, his family and friends, called him Uncle Nearest. His children and grandchildren solely referred to him in Nearest in each of their legal documents. No one actually knows how he obtained that nickname, so we assume he was the "nearest and dearest" to so many who came in contact with him. An incorrect spelling of his name in the 1880 census as Nearis, has caused some confusion. But rest assured, no one in his family is confused about the spelling of his name: Nathan "Nearest" Green.
Those outside of this small southern town 70 miles southwest of Nashville knew nothing of Nearest until a book published in 1967, Jack Daniel's Legacy, revealed him to be the enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel how to make Tennessee whiskey.
Five years later, a publication of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly – Spring 1972 shared the history of Jack Daniel Distillery and listed Nearest Green as their first head stiller (what is now commonly referred to as master distiller).
As the founder of the Nearest Green Foundation, Fawn Weaver, began researching this story more, she discovered not only was Nearest Green the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, and not only was he the person who taught Jack Daniel how to make Tennessee whiskey, he was also the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.
Many wonder why we refer to him as Nearest versus Nathan. There are two reasons. The first, is formerly enslaved people often chose what name they wanted to go by following emancipation, as many of them were named after their slave owners, the children of slave owners or other prominent slave traders. In the case of Nearest, his legal name was also the name of the largest slave trader in Middle Tennessee, Nathan Bedford Forest. Tax documents show Forest traded more than a thousand slaves annually. He was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867–1869. Forest came through Lynchburg, Tennessee, and recruited men Nearest knew well, one of which was said to be Dan Call, as a part of his Forest's Escort Company during the civil war. In advertising for men to join his Escort, he posted advertisements to join his regiment, with the slogan, "Let's have some fun and kill some Yankees!" It is for this reason, we believe Nearest may have chosen for forego use of "Nathan" following ratification of the 13th amendment. The second reason is it is the name he used when referring to himself in legal documents, as well as the name his children used.
Legacy of Nearest Green
Nearest Green was the first head stiller (now, referred to as master distiller) for Jack Daniel Distillery until it moved to its current location sometime between 1881-1884. Although it appears Nearest chose not to move to the new Distillery, he did live nearby at County Line. Nearest was the only known master distiller for Distillery No. 7 in district number four. This distillery, located at the Dan Call Farm, would later have its distillery number changed, against the strong objections of Jack Daniel, to distillery number 16 in district number five.
Three of Nearest's children, George, Lewis and Eli Green, joined Jack's team at his new Distillery location. Nearest's grandsons, Ott, Charlie, and Otis, would later join them. At least one branch in the Nearest Green family tree followed Jack's nephew, Lem Motlow, to St. Louis in 1910 when Jack Daniel Distillery was moved there due to Tennessee prohibition, which began 10 years prior to federal prohibition. The lineage of Otis Green (who later added an "e" to his last name, making it "Greene"), continues to live there to this day.
In this early 1900s picture, Jack Daniel (seen in the white hat) with Nearest Green's son, George Green, to his immediate right. What is surprising about this image is Jack Daniel is no at the center of it, when viewed in full context. Jack ceded the center position to George Green and his nephew who would take over the distillery after him, Lem Motlow. Photo credit: Jack Daniel Distillery.
In this photo taken at a time similar to the one above, we see a young Reagor Motlow sitting in the front row with his white hat tilted. We are able to age this image by estimating his age. On the front row, third man from the right is Ott Green, the grandson of Nearest Green. The man to the right of him, Charlie Green, is also the grandson of Nearest Green. Both are the son's of the man thought to be seen in the image sitting next to Jack above, George Green. Sitting behind these two men on the second row is Eli Green, the fourth-born son of Nearest Green.
All together, there have been seven generations of Nearest Green descendants who have worked alongside Jack Daniel's descendants at the distillery and places owned by the distillery.
Nathan "Nearest" Green
Albert Eli Green
Lewis Green
Edde Green (worked for the Motlows but not at JDD)
Oscar "Ott" Green
Charles "Charlie" Green
Townsend Green
Otis Green
Claude Eady (via marriage)
Clyde Eady (via marriage)
Lenora "Dill" Daniel (via marriage)
Beverly Ruth "Rabbit" Eady
Bobbie Ann "Chick" Eady
Carl Wilson Eady
Elzie "Bus" Eady
Geneva "Sis" Eady
Velma "Vel" Eady Waggoner
Mary Francis Eady
J. McGowan (via marriage)
L. McGowen (via marriage)
William Harlen Eady
Debbie Ann Eady-Staples
Jerome Vance
Jackie Vance-Harden
Vickie Eady
Nita Estill
Helen Eady Whitworth
Howard Earl Eady
Elzie Eady, Jr.
Teresa Eady
Shirley Eady
Joyce Waggoner
Cathy Waggoner
Ruth Waggoner
Mike Waggoner
James Eady
Eccho Staples
Raven Staples
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Greenpoint Ferry closed till next summer
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Greenpointers hoping to commute by boat should not expect to be doing so anytime soon.
The Greenpoint Ferry Stop on the India Street Pier will remain closed until June of 2022. The landing is jointly managed by the New York Economic Development Corporation, which oversees the NYC Ferry System, and private development company Lendlease.
It has been closed due to a mechanical issue since May 23.
"Lendlease is committed to bringing the ferry back as safely and sustainably as possible," said development director Isaac Henderson.
In a statement, Henderson explains that the long delay is primarily due to the long permitting process for in-water construction.
Additionally, the Department of Environmental Conservation issued a pandemic moratorium on in-water construction until May of 2022, which prevents repairs from starting any sooner.
Once the permitting process and moratorium are complete, Lendlease hopes to make all the necessary repairs within a month.
Although the landing has been closed for months, there is yet to be an official statement on the cause of the mechanical issues.
Since the closure, the MTA has set up a free shuttle bus between Greenpoint and Hunters Point South. The bus route roughly mimics that of the ferry and runs every 40 minutes in both directions.
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Etihad Airways announces Economy Class and Business Class Promotion
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Etihad Airways announces Economy Class and Business Class promotion Imagine this; You're hugging tightly to a grande pumpkin spice latte while you're out on a chilly morning with your loved one or you're enjoying a cappuccino in one of…
Etihad Airways sponsors celebrity designer Julien Macdonald's show at 2017 London Fashion Week
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Etihad Airways sponsors celebrity designer Julien MacDonald's for an exclusive fashion event Etihad Airways teams up with British celebrity designer Julien Macdonald OBE - and recently hosted a fashion show at the UAE national airline's…
Etihad Airways launches Early Bird Offer and Invites Filipino Travellers to See the World
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Etihad Airways Early Bird Offer Early Bird offers cheaper fares for all Etihad Airways destinations all over the world With destinations such as Abu Dhabi, Paris, Rome, London, and Milan – Etihad Airways has made it possible for Filipinos…
Etihad Airways lauds repeal of electronic device ban in Abu Dhabi-United States flights
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Electronic device ban lifted on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has praised a move by the US Department of Homeland Security to lift its former advisory to ban…
Etihad Airways Promotes Abu Dhabi Stopovers with the launch of 48 Hour Challenge
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Etihad Airways' Business Class Launches 6 Elegant Designs for its Amenity Kits
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Book Review: Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, by Steven D. Roper & Lilian A. Barria
Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 209-214, 2007
6 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2011
See all articles by Zachary D. Kaufman
Zachary D. Kaufman
Boston University - School of Law; Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law; University of Houston Law Center; Stanford Law School; Yale University - Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
This piece, published in the Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal, reviews Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, a book by Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria. Roper and Barria's book examines various ad hoc tribunals, primarily those created since the end of the Cold War. These tribunals include the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR), both international tribunals; the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), and the Special Crimes Panel for East Timor (SCPET), all mixed tribunals; and the Indonesian Human Rights Court (IHRC), a purely domestic court. While Designing Criminal Tribunals provides important information and analysis about several critical aspects of its six key case studies, including their financial bases and completion strategies (Chapters Five and Six, respectively, which are the two strongest chapters), it suffers from two major weaknesses. The first is that the book adds little original research to this important topic. By drawing heavily upon secondary sources, Roper and Barria deliver little more than a summary of the existing literature on this topic. The second major weakness of the book is that it is methodologically unsound. The logic is arbitrary, and readers are left pondering the true focus of the project and its rationale. One methodological problem of this book is its narrow transitional justice option selection. A second methodological weakness of the book is its narrow transitional justice case selection. The authors should be commended for raising awareness about the phenomenon and challenges of ad hoc tribunals. However, Designing Criminal Tribunals adds little value to the literature on international criminal law and transitional justice because Roper and Barria rehash and regurgitate so much of others' - and their own - work. Furthermore, the book is confused about its exact purpose. In not clearly providing a rationale for its chosen case studies, the book reads as a disjointed set of reflections on a topic that s too important not to treat more rigorously.
Keywords: Transitional Justice, International Criminal Tribunals, War Crimes, Sovereignty, Human Rights, United Nations, ICTR, ICTY, SCSL, ECCC, SCPET, IHRC, Nuremberg Tribunal, Tokyo Tribunal, International Law, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law
Kaufman, Zachary D., Book Review: Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, by Steven D. Roper & Lilian A. Barria (2007). Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 209-214, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1923724
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#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

#include "stdutil.hpp"

using namespace std;

void choose_scientific(double in, double threshold, double precision){

    if (in / threshold >= 1 || in < pow(10, -1*precision) ){
        cout.precision(precision);
        cout << std::scientific;
    }else{
        cout.precision(precision);
        cout << std::fixed;
    }
}

bool print_file(std::string filename, int tabs){

    ifstream file(filename);
    if (!file.is_open()){
        return false;
    }

    string s;
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        cout << indent_line(tabs) << s << endl;
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    return true;
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		for (int c = 0 ; c < v[r].size()-1 ; c++){
			cout << v[r][c] << ", ";
		}
		cout << v[r][v[r].size()-1] << " |" << endl;
	}

}

string indent_line(int indentation, bool use_spaces, bool indent_in_function){

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vec - Vector of strings to search
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	for (int i = 0 ; i < vec.size() ; i++){
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 use_spaces - specifies indentation with spaces rather than tabs

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    if (in[0] != '\n'){
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Man Sentenced to Probation for Loan/Appraisal Fraud
Allison Tussey — November 23, 2011 — Leave a comment
Kerry Jon Quam, 46, Eagan, Minnesota, was sentenced on September 7, 2011, to three years of probation on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud for his role in submitted false loan applications and fraudulent appraisals to lenders. He was charged on September 3, 2010, and pleaded guilty on November 4, 2010.
In his plea agreement, Quam admitted processing numerous false loan applications that were submitted to financial institutions. The falsifications included fraudulent appraisals and concealed payments and other information from lenders. In addition, Quam admitted aiding others connected to the scheme in preparing fraudulent appraisals with false statements that fraudulently inflated the appraised value of the property, and closing fraudulent loans that misrepresented and concealed material information from mortgage lenders. For each transaction, Quam received a fee.
This case is a result of investigations by the Federal Mortgage Fraud Task Force, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles J. Kovats, Jr. and John R. Marti.
In Mortgage Fraud	Appraisal Fraud, Loan App. Misreps, Minnesota
Haymon Admits Mortgage Fraud,...
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Depending on your overall physical condition and daily needs, you may need to be discharged to another care facility. These care facilities include subacute care facilities attached to nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals, or long term acute care hospitals. We will work with your Case Manager to arrange this transition. We make recommendations as to which facility you may be transitioned to but the ultimate decision is often based on your insurance company's contract with these various facilities.
When you are discharged to home, we will provide you with an updated medication list. If new prescriptions are needed, we will provide these for a 2-4 week supply. Narcotic prescriptions may not be filled and you may be referred to your primary care physician or pain specialist for these prescriptions if they were previously prescribed by your primary physician or pain specialist.
We will contact your primary care provider and provide them this updated medication list and review follow up plans upon your discharge.
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Global dairy company Arla has announced a licensing agreement with UK firm Yeo Valley Dairies, a subsidiary of the Yeo Valley Group, which will give Arla the right to use the Yeo Valley brand for milk, butter, spreads and cheese products.
Yeo Valley is the UK's largest organic brand and the largest family-owned dairy business, with a range of products that includes yoghurt, milk, butter, cream, ice cream and compote.
Commenting on the deal, Arla Foods managing director Tomas Pietrangeli said: "The potential for future investment in range through this licensing agreement with Yeo Valley provides a significant opportunity to offer a greater choice to consumers at attractive prices. […] Through the license to use the Yeo Valley brand, we believe that we can further drive organic penetration of the milk market".
The Yeo Valley yogurt, ice cream, cream and desserts business will continue to be run independently through Yeo Valley Group, Arla added.


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Homeowners who sold during Q3 saw an average price gain of $40,658, the highest average price gain reported since Q3 in 2007.
Single-family homes and condominiums sold for an average of $263,976 during the quarter, which is only a 0.2-percent increase over Q2 and 2.4-percent increase from the same period last year.
Slightly more than 24 percent of all single-family home and condos sold during Q3 were purchased using FHA loans, RealtyTrac said.
Homeowners are cashing out the home equity they have gained during the housing recovery, signaling that the housing market may be hitting a plateau, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Sales Report for the third quarter.
On average, homeowners who sold during Q3 saw an average price gain of $40,658, the highest average price gain reported since Q3 in 2007, shortly before the market crashed — despite the fact that home prices have been stagnant since bottoming out in 2012.
According to RealtyTrac, single-family homes and condominiums sold for an average of $263,976 during the quarter, which is only a 0.2-percent increase over Q2 and 2.4-percent increase from the same period last year.
Homeowners who sold their homes in Q3 owned their home for slightly under seven years, RealtyTrac said.
Selling now is a smart idea because all signs point to a plateauing market, said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.
Homeowners who sold their homes in Q3 owned their home for slightly under 7 years.
Slightly more than 24 percent of all single-family home and condos sold during Q3 were purchased using FHA loans, RealtyTrac said. That's an increase from the 23.2 percent reported in Q2 and 17.9 percent reported in Q3 2014.
Michael Mahon, president at HER Realtors, covering the Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus markets in Ohio, said FHA loans accounted for nearly a third of all purchase transactions across his state.
"Home sales in the third quarter saw an increase in first-time homebuyers in the area," Mahon said.


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Q: Обратный слеш в php Установил Php Inspections (EA Extended) v3.0.0 для PHPStorm и вот он мне советует заменить count($errors[$key]) на \count($errors[$key]). Я такого нигде не встречал. Что это и что такое улучшение даёт?

A: 1) Если не указывать пространство имен, то функция сначала будет искаться в текущем пространстве имен и только потом в корневом. Чисто теоретически, непосредственное указание пространства имен дает какие-то крохи производительности.
2) Если у вас в пространстве имен присутствует функция с таким-же названием (например strstr), то без явного указания пространства имен будет вызвана именно она, а не функция стандартной библиотеки.
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