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Australian University Uses 'Racist' Rule To Allegedly Stop Chinese Students From Controlling Student Union
International students at one of Australia's leading universities had been banned from running in campus elections, a pre-emptive strike that reportedly thwarted political ambitions of Chinese students.
Ahead of next week's elections, student leaders at Monash University's Caulfield campus in Melbourne passed a rule requiring officials to render a minimum service of 22 hours per week, conflicting with the legal eligibility of international students for work.
International students on Australian student visas are not allowed to work more than 20 hours a week, which means more than half of the campus' student population cannot possibly contest the elections.
The Monash Student Union (MONSU) allegedly passed the rule in hopes of squashing a rival international group led and composed mainly of Chinese students, according to The Age.
Image via Facebook / Monash University Caulfield
Jack Guo, a candidate from the international group and president of the university's Chinese association, slammed the ban as a "biased, racist decision."
"We think this is a biased, racist decision against Chinese students and other international students. There has been no proper funding for us [Monash Chinese Student Association] for 18 months — we get no support from the union … we feel there is a bias against Chinese students. There should be some international students in the union to have our voices heard," Guo said, according to The Age.
Interestingly, international students make up 62% of the campus population, more than double Australia's national average.
"These regulation changes are plainly an attack on international students, in particular Chinese, who simply want a voice in their representative body," said Alex Wang, an officer in the National Union of Students.
Monash University Caulfield Library. Image via Facebook / Monash University Caulfield
The ban comes amid increasing concerns of Chinese Communist Party influence at Australian universities. In July, a pro-Hong Kong rally at the University of Queensland ended up in chaos after pro-Beijing students arrived at the scene, blasted the Chinese national anthem and ripped up signs.
"I saw some of the anti-CCP organizers being punched and shoved onto the ground. I saw someone smash a drink against someone's head and a security guard was bitten by one of the (pro-Beijing) protesters," journalism student Nilsson Jones told news.com.au.
Nilsson Jones@nilssonjones_
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A similar incident also occurred at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, which resulted in a female, pro-Hong Kong protester getting shoved to the ground.
"Hong Kong is a part of China! If you don't like China, get out of China," a male, pro-Beijing student told the protester. "You're a f***ing stupid pig…"
JPop Star Cosplays as Donald Trump During President's Japan Visit
To combat alleged Chinese Communist Party influence in local universities, Australia established a task force assessing foreign interference in the education sector, from cybersecurity risks to intellectual property theft, late last month.
"One of the things that the task force will be doing will be looking at security on our university campuses, to make sure that students can go about their business freely, and be able to express their views freely," Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan said, according to ABC News.
Image via Facebook / MONSU Caulfield
Following an internal trial and discussions with university executives, the Monash Student Union decided to cancel the election and drop its plan to ban international students from running.
In a statement posted on Facebook, it explained that the move was not designed to exclude foreign students, but rather, reflect the workload required for the position.
"MONSU Caulfield has made the decision to cancel the current student election due to unforeseen circumstances. We have recognised the information regarding a minimum workload of 22 hours was unclear. The increase of the weekly time commitment was never designed to make any student in-eligible, instead it was in recognition that being a member of MONSU Caulfield is a considerable weekly commitment."
The union vowed to clarify the required minimum weekly workload prior to the new election, which is yet to be rescheduled but would "ensure all students (international and domestic) are eligible to run [in]."
Featured Image via Facebook / Monash University Caulfield
https://nextshark.com/monash-university-student-elections/
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Lol they can't even let a non-asian around their inner circles.
Get the f**k out of here
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package net.omnypay.sdk.allsdkdemo.network;

import android.util.Log;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.squareup.okhttp.MediaType;
import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
import com.squareup.okhttp.Request;
import com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody;
import com.squareup.okhttp.Response;

import net.omnypay.sdk.allsdkdemo.utils.Constants;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

/**
 * HttpOps is the class for making a http call directly to OmnyPay platform
 */
public class HttpOps {

    private static OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

    public static void doPost(final String url, final Object postBody, final Listener callback) {
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Gson gson = new Gson();
                MediaType JSON = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
                RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, gson.toJson(postBody));
                String timestamp = "" + ((new Date().getTime()) / 1000);
                String localVarPath = "/api/identity/authentication".replaceAll("\\{format\\}", "json");
                String signature = generateSignature("POST", timestamp, Constants.API_KEY, Constants.API_SECRET,
                        localVarPath, Constants.CORRELATION_ID, postBody);
                Request request = new Request.Builder().header("X-api-key", Constants.API_KEY)
                        .header("X-correlation-id", Constants.CORRELATION_ID).header("X-timestamp", timestamp)
                        .header("X-signature", signature).url(url).post(body).build();
                try {
                    Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
                    callback.onResult(response.body().string());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
        }).start();
    }

    public static void doGet(final String merchantPOSId, final Listener callback) {
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                String localVarPath = ("/api/management/pos-terminal/merchant/" +
                        "{merchant-id}/merchant-pos-id/{merchant-pos-id}").replaceAll("\\{format\\}",
                        "json").replaceAll("\\{" + "merchant-id" + "\\}", Constants.MERCHANT_ID.toString())
                        .replaceAll("\\{" + "merchant-pos-id" + "\\}", (merchantPOSId.toString()));

                String getPOSIdUrl = "https://api.dev-000.omnyway.net/api/management/pos-terminal/" +
                        "merchant/{merchant-id}/merchant-pos-id/{merchant-pos-id}";
                getPOSIdUrl = getPOSIdUrl.replaceAll("\\{format\\}",
                        "json").replaceAll("\\{" + "merchant-id" + "\\}", Constants.MERCHANT_ID.toString())
                        .replaceAll("\\{" + "merchant-pos-id" + "\\}", (merchantPOSId.toString()));

                String timestamp = "" + ((new Date().getTime()) / 1000);
                String signature = generateSignature("GET", timestamp, Constants.API_KEY, Constants.API_SECRET,
                        localVarPath, Constants.CORRELATION_ID, null);
                Request request = new Request.Builder().header("X-api-key", Constants.API_KEY)
                        .header("X-correlation-id", Constants.CORRELATION_ID).header("X-timestamp", timestamp)
                        .header("X-signature", signature).url(getPOSIdUrl).build();
                try {
                    Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
                    callback.onResult(response.body().string());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }).start();
    }

    /**
     * Generates signature to be passed as headers in request call.
     *
     * @param requestMethod
     * @param timestamp
     * @param apiKey
     * @param apiSecret
     * @param urlPath
     * @param correlationId
     * @param payload
     * @return
     */
    private static String generateSignature(String requestMethod, String timestamp, String apiKey,
                                            String apiSecret, String urlPath, String correlationId, Object payload) {
        String MerchantApiSecret = apiSecret;
        try {
            String stringToHash;
            Log.d("Request", "originalBody: " + payload);
            Gson gson = new Gson();
            String requestBody = gson.toJson(payload);
            Log.d("Request", "requestBody: " + requestBody);
            if (requestBody.equals("null")) {
                stringToHash = apiKey + timestamp + correlationId + requestMethod.toUpperCase() + urlPath;
            } else {
                stringToHash = apiKey + timestamp + correlationId + requestMethod.toUpperCase() + urlPath
                        + requestBody;
            }

            Log.d("Request", "varArray: " + stringToHash);
            String hash = generateHmacSHA256Signature(stringToHash, MerchantApiSecret);
            Log.d("Request", "hash: " + hash);
            return hash;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Generates HMAC256 signature.
     *
     * @param message
     * @param apiSecret
     * @return
     */
    private static String generateHmacSHA256Signature(String message, String apiSecret) {
        String hash = null;
        try {
            final Mac mac = Mac.getInstance(Constants.HMAC_TYPE);
            final SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(apiSecret.getBytes(), Constants.HMAC_TYPE);
            mac.init(secretKey);
            hash = byteArrayToHexString(mac.doFinal(message.getBytes()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("", "Exception: " + e.toString());
        }
        return hash;
    }

    /**
     * Generates Hex String for the string passed.
     *
     * @param array
     * @return
     */
    public static String byteArrayToHexString(byte[] array) {
        StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
        for (byte b : array) {
            int intVal = b & 0xff;
            if (intVal < 0x10)
                hexString.append("0");
            hexString.append(Integer.toHexString(intVal));
        }
        return hexString.toString();
    }

}

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Q: Changing Grid view Details I have a table with role id and user id and gridview with Role ID and User ID, rather than showing the ID'S I would like it to display the user name and roles. How can I change this please. Thanks in advance

A: I assume the ID's are Foreign keys to other tables that have the name and role. In your SQL, you would need to join those tables to the table that you are displaying in the grid. I use LEFT OUTER JOINS.
thus (generically) you will have something like:
SELECT
 t.*
,u.UserName
,r.RoleName
FROM MyTable t
LEFT OUTER JOIN myRoleMasterTable r on r.Id = t.RoleId
LEFT OUTER JOIN myUserMasterTable u on u.Id = t.UserId

A: If you are using Entity Framework, you can create a partial class for your entity that display your username and Role.
public partial class EntityUserRole
{
    public string UserName
    {
        get { return User!= null ? User.Name: ""; }
    }
    public string RoleName
    {
        get { return Role!= null ? Role.Name: ""; }
    }
}

A: Your table must be something like this..
tbl_user:
userid  | username  | xyz
   100   | Jack        | blah
   101   | Matt        | blahh

tbl_role
fk_userid  | roleid  | role
 101       |  1      | doctor
 102       |  2      | nurse

Query:
SELECT tbl_user.name, tbl_role.role FROM tbl_user.userid inner join tbl_role
ON tbl_user.userid = tbl_role.fk_userid

Get this in your DataTable or DataSet whatever you are using and then bind your GridView with it like this...
GridView1.DataSource = dt ;
GridView1.DataBind();

Don't hesitate to ask anything which you don't understand.

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We left our hotel in the city and traveled six blocks on Aliceanna Street by cab to Friend's Pub, the designated meeting point with an old mate from our undergraduate college days. Not seeing him immediately, we ordered swill and made camp near the jukebox. One glance at the open page revealed The Rolling Stone, The Clash, Charlatans U.K., Beatles, and R.E.M., then Iggy Pop faded into Heroin on the house system. The bar was dim and parched; I had cottonmouth from the short trek. The brews were written on the wall in colored chalk, and there were many kinds. Someone passed me a snifter but I don't remember the exact variety - it was hard to think straight, feeling so great.
My friend, Matt, noticed Eric's girlfriend at the bar, but for some reason Eric was at the car. We reminisced when he got back; he had a big dip in his lip. Another two rounds of pints and a murmur was perceptible. My Wenger showed: FRI 24 - 10:24 p.m. We left before it became too much, and crossed over from the pub which is somewhat obtusely cattycorner to Fletcher's. It was pleasant that the show was so near on such a brisk night. I followed the steps up to the top and back into a crowded room, where black and blue lights dominated. I don't quite remember if there was a velvet Elvis on the wall.
We were now six strong with six stout pints in a new milieu. The opening act played, it was solo acoustics. Many lent one ear, most others talked to their friends. The guy finished and we sliced our way to a spot dividing Sean's mic and Lara's keyboard. Dean was uniting his pedals, and Lara was tweaking her layout. To the left, Britta configured her bass. Done with their setup, they climbed some steps out of sight. We listened to several songs on the house stereo before they returned to play for us. Fervent clapping bellowed throughout the place as the band descended from their perch above the masses.
I strained to look and saw that Slide glistened atop the setlist until Mr. Wareham asked the rest of the band if they were ready to go with Woozy. Just like that, Slide slid from that slot and Dean was coloring, "When silver shadows crawl, feeling ten feet tall, drifting in a dusty zone, drifting in a dusty zone..."
Between songs, we calculated the amount of beer that we had and how far the bar was before turning back to the academic sounds of Math Whiz. We sipped on our drinks; mine an Amstel Light, Luna on some Black Champagne. With the drain of the lights, they sprinkled us with their Lovedust, and the crowd grew fonder of those five artists on the knee-high stage. Dean noticed the richness of the crowd's enthusiasm and recalled some variety of cream soup that he had consumed earlier that was not sitting too well for him.
We lifted off like an Astronaut as Dean and Sean guided the way with their flaring chords, their bandmates providing fuel for our trip. Crashing into the harbor on our return, Dean & Britta serenaded like sea creatures with gleaming Mermaid Eyes. A girl behind me beamed about how great the song had sounded. When the last stroke was taken, she tapped me on the shoulder to ask for the name of the song.
We witnessed a conflict of emotions in Tracy I Love You, but it never changed the euphoric mood of the crowd. And even when we heard about steals and lies, a poison life, we sang along with the words of Slide (the highlight, in my opinion). Unfortunately, on New Year's Eve in Hoboken it was far too obscured by noisemakers, leaving me quietly cursing over my beer. Not this time though.
The crowd hooted with happiness when Luna called out Tiger Lily, a real sugary version for the hungry crowd. Fresh young women grooved in a swarm, then continued to roll through the delivery of Black Postcards. The words and sound, woven into a silk candy web stretching from Britta's swaying hips to Lara, hovering motionless over her keyboard.
Feeling ever so lofty, we entered Luna's Moon Palace and immediately left ourselves for some period of time. I noticed many people around me were drifting weightless. Finally everything seemed to fall into place during the vibrating close of Fuzzy Wuzzy, bass and echoing guitar making the night feel right.
On their first return to the stage, Dean left behind his Les Paul, offered a birthday wish to someone in the crowd, then granted a birthday wish to someone else with a groovy version of Everybody's Talkin'. That someone else, my girlfriend, celebrating her last go around in the 20's by singing along to her favorite Luna cover.
The venue rumbled with Lee's drum roll into 23 Minutes in Brussels, the crowd hum grew louder, and the masses swayed to the rhythm of the throbbing bass. Sean led the charge, climbing and diving like a jet, then leaving Dean to wrap it up and fold it over. They left and came back one more time, finally leaving us drifting on their Tugboat, and like always, ecstatic, but never-the-less wanting more. So they shipped out and went traveling into the night, and most of the crowd scattered like underage drinkers at a raided party.


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import java.util.Set;

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 * Created by greg on 7/17/15.
 */
public interface AclRuleSet {
    public Set<AclRule> getRules();
}


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Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Could Rally to Two-Month Highs
6. January 2023 Allgemein
• The ether-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio could rally toward a two-month high, according to Lewis Harland, a portfolio manager at Decentral Park Capital.
• The ratio has broken out of a multi-month triangle pattern, often called a wedge, indicating a bull victory in the prolonged tug-of-war with bears.
• This breakout suggests the path of least resistance for ETH/BTC is on the higher side, potentially leading to a rally toward the early December high of 0.07636 and early November highs of nearly 0.078.
The ether-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio is on the rise after a long period of volatility. According to Lewis Harland, a portfolio manager at Decentral Park Capital, the ratio could rally toward a two-month high. This increase is due to a triangle pattern breakout, often referred to as a wedge, indicating a victory of the bulls over the bears in the prolonged tug-of-war.
The wedge pattern was formed when both the bulls and the bears were unable to lead the price action, leading to volatility compression. This resulted in the triangle pattern, which was created by connecting the highs registered in September, October and December and the lows hit in October, November and December. After the eventual breakout, a bullish movement was seen, resulting in the surge of the ETH/BTC ratio. This breakout suggests the path of least resistance for ETH/BTC is on the higher side, potentially leading to a rally toward the early December high of 0.07636 and early November highs of nearly 0.078.
Should this breakout prove to be successful, it could mean a bears in disbelief rally for ether in the coming weeks. This bullish outlook is supported by several key indicators, such as the increasing trading volumes and rising open interest on the Ethereum futures markets. Similarly, the ETH/BTC ratio could also be influenced by the fundamental developments around the Ethereum network, such as the transition to Ethereum 2.0.
The Ethereum 2.0 upgrade is expected to bring a new era of scalability, high performance and security to the Ethereum network. The upgrade is aimed at solving the scalability issues that have held back the growth of the Ethereum blockchain. This would lead to faster and more cost-efficient transactions on the blockchain, as well as improved security.
It remains to be seen whether the ETH/BTC ratio will reach the early December high of 0.07636 and early November highs of nearly 0.078, as suggested by Lewis Harland. However, it is clear that the breakout of the triangle pattern has opened the doors for a bullish rally in the ether-bitcoin ratio. As such, investors should keep an eye on the developments around the Ethereum network and the ETH/BTC ratio, as any positive news could result in a surge in the ratio.
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Foumban Nkounja Airport  is an airport serving Foumban, a city in the Noun Department of the West Province in Cameroon. It is also known as Foumban Airport.
The airport is located southwest of Foumban in Koutaba,. Some sources also wrongly refer to it as the Koutaba Airport .

References

Airports in Cameroon

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Oops I Did It Again! - The Best of Britney Spears est le troisième greatest hits de la chanteuse américaine Britney Spears, sorti le  sous Sony Music. L'album contient 4 des 34 singles officiels de la chanteuse, 4 singles promotionnels ainsi que des pistes et pistes bonus de cinq de ses albums studios, ...Baby One More Time (1999), Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), Britney (2001), In the Zone (2004) ainsi que Circus (2008). Aucune chanson de Blackout (2007) et Femme Fatale (2011) n'est présente. Contrairement aux précédentes compilations de Britney Spears, celle-ci ne reçut ni promotion ni single.

Contrairement aux deux précédents best of de la chanteuse, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative et The Singles Collection, Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears ne contient pas de chansons inédites.

Genèse

Aucun communiqué de presse n'a annoncé l'album, sa sortie prenant ainsi les fans et les critiques par surprise. Ceux-ci soulignant le choix aléatoire des titres qui exclut la plupart des succès commerciaux de Spears et inclut les chansons favorites des fans extraites des quatre premiers albums de la chanteuse.

Bien que la compilation ne contienne aucune chanson issu de l'album Femme Fatale, la pochette est une photo provenant du shoot promotionnel de cet album, on peut la trouver au sein du livret de l'opus Femme Fatale.

Oops I Did It Again! - The Best of Britney Spears n'est paru que sous format digital dans la plupart du monde. L'album a reçu une sortie physique dans certaines parties de l'Asie ainsi qu'en Europe, comme au Royaume-Uni où il a bénéficié d'une promotion relativement importante en magasin.

Liste des titres

Notes et références

Compilation musicale sortie en 2012
Album publié par Sony Music Entertainment
Album de Britney Spears


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/**
 *
 */
public enum ErrorCode {

    AccessDenied("AccessDenied"),
    InternalServerError("InternalServerError");

    private String value;

    private ErrorCode(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return this.value;
    }

    /**
     * Use this in place of valueOf.
     *
     * @param value
     *        real value
     * @return ErrorCode corresponding to the value
     */
    public static ErrorCode fromValue(String value) {
        if (value == null || "".equals(value)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value cannot be null or empty!");
        } else if ("AccessDenied".equals(value)) {
            return AccessDenied;
        } else if ("InternalServerError".equals(value)) {
            return InternalServerError;
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create enum from "
                    + value + " value!");
        }
    }
}


Airship Ventures: Air to Ground View -- at last!
The view we have waited all week to see -- or over 2 years if you count from the start of the project. We circle the Port of Beaumont.
We're the first Zeppelin in the skies over America in more than 70 years.
Have you published your plans for the flight to San Francisco anywhere? I'd love to see the ship. Of course I'm planning to come take a ride as soon as I get the chance.
Good luck on the rest of your journey. Even though you all are well on your way to home base, if there is anything we at the port can still do for you just let me know at mds@portofbeaumont.com.


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All Blacks squad ready for mammoth tour
by admin_hland - August 26, 2021 August 30, 2021 82
The All Blacks squad has assembled in Auckland today to fly to Australia for the Fortinet Rugby Championship and then onto the Northern Tour to the USA and Europe. All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster said: "We'll be playing ten Tests in 12 weeks in both the southern and northern hemispheres,


one of my partition be unformatted, I try access the Drive via cmd, then appear message "data error (cyclic redundancy check)"
so I can't access that partition. Before it happend, in normal condition appear message "Delayed Wrtite Failed". so I restart my computer, after that the partition cannot be access. When I choose the Drive partition in explorer, appear message ask to format the drive. If I format it, I lost my whole data on that Drive partition. What should I do ?
what does disk management say?
click on the data recovery link to your right?
disk management say that it's unformatted, the size is 0 bytes.
what do you mean with "the data recovery link to your right" ?
You may find that booting with knoppix or ubunt disk will allow you to see and recover your data?
If you don't have one or other... go to their respective web-site; download an .ISO image which save to a drive; burnb to a dvd; boot up with that dvd and see if you can see/locate the data etc...? If so copy it to optical media...; verify the sopies are OK on another sytem too.
The set about resolving your initial problems?
And when you do have it all resolved... learn to regularly safeguard your data... As in copy it to optical media regularly; preferably two sets; even better to an external hard-drive too?
Incidentally how did you attempt to access the drive/partition via cmd; what did you type in there?
(using the string/search terms: "data error (cyclic redundancy check)"


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Louis Dupont V. Pittsburgh Corning Corp
Asbestos Lawyers: Louis Dupont V. Pittsburgh Corning Corp
Court Explains Why Defendants Can't Avoid Jury Trials
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — October 28, 1999 — A California Court of Appeal reversed a lower court ruling, reinstating the case of Brayton Purcell LLP client Louis Dupont against asbestos insulation manufacturer Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. The opinion will make it tougher for asbestos manufacturers to avoid trials by jury.
Asbestos Exposure in the Shipyard
During the period from 1952 through 1994, Mr. Dupont worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard as an ordnance equipment worker and mechanic. His work at Mare Island included removing, inspecting, and repairing ship machinery which in turn involved removing pipe insulation.
Pittsburgh Corning had argued that Mr. Dupont had not yet produced enough evidence to prove at trial that he was exposed to their Unibestos insulation. While the trial judge initially agreed, this decision was reversed on appeal. The Appellate Court, in a detailed discussion of the complex law of California summary judgment, felt that Pittsburgh Corning's motion was not adequate in light of specific information provided in Mr. Dupont's interrogatory responses, including information regarding the supply of Unibestos to Mare Island through a distributor.
The following official unpublished opinion of the court describes the proof that an asbestos manufacturer must provide in order to obtain dismissal of a plaintiff's case before trial. The opinion, although not published as precedent does provide useful insight into the proper approach to avoid summary judgment in the First Appellate District. Mr. Dupont's case is now back into the trial court, proceeding to trial against defendant Pittsburgh Corning Corporation.
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LOUIS DUPONT, Plaintiff and Appellant v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.
San Francisco County Superior Court No. 973984
This case requires us to consider once again the extent to which a defendant may use a plaintiff's discovery responses to shift the burden of proof to the plaintiff in a Summary Judgment context. Our recent opinion in Chaknova v. Wilbur–Ellis Co. (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 962 (Chaknova) provides the framework for our analysis in the case at bench. We conclude that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (PCC or respondent).
I. FACTS
A. Complaint
Louis Dupont (appellant) filed a complaint on November 14, 1995, contending that he was injured as a consequence of "cumulative exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products" manufactured, sold, or distributed by literally scores of defendants, including PCC. Appellant sought recovery on theories of negligence, strict liability, negligent infliction of emotional distress, "false representation," and "intentional tort."
B. Motion for Summary Judgment
PCC's motion for summary judgment was based on its claim that appellant's responses to interrogatories and questions posed at his deposition were devoid of information that he was ever exposed to asbestos-containing materials manufactured by PCC and, thus, that PCC's "activities" could not have been a "substantial factor" in "causing or contributing to" appellant's asbestos-related injuries. PCC's statement of undisputed facts comprised four facts:
(1) appellant was exposed to asbestos-related products during his working career;
(2) his exposure was alleged to have caused asbestos-related injuries;
(3) PCC "was not the manufacturer or seller of any asbestos-containing products to which [appellant] was exposed;" and
(4) appellant was not exposed to asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials made by PCC. The evidence supporting PCC's statement of undisputed facts consisted of various exhibits attached to a declaration submitted by PCC's counsel.
Specifically, counsel attached
(a) a declaration from a PCC officer regarding the timeframe in which PCC manufactured and sold asbestos-containing products (a single product called "Unibestos"),
(b) appellant's responses to four "standard" asbestos–case interrogatories;
(c) appellant's responses to six "contention" interrogatories promulgated by PCC; and
(d) excerpts from the appellant's deposition.
In the appellant's response to PCC's motion, he did not dispute the first or second of PCC's undisputed facts. He did, however, dispute the third and fourth facts, based on portions of the same evidence used by PCC to support its motion. Appellant also objected to the defense counsel's declaration as "deficient because it fails to show non–identification of Unibestos at [appellant's] deposition and lacking foundation."
Following argument, the trial court issued a written order granting summary judgment: "because no evidence exists of [appellant's] exposure to [respondent's asbestos-containing thermal insulation product. In concluding that [appellant] has failed to produce any admissible evidence giving rise to a triable issue of fact here, the Court finds that [appellant's] answers to standard defense interrogatories and to [respondent's] contentions interrogatories are factually devoid and inadmissible as evidence with respect to [his] exposure to [respondent's product]. Further support for this Order is found in [appellant's] deposition testimony. . . by which [appellant] admits as to each of the ships in which he alleges exposure to Unibestos that he does not know the manufacturers or brand names of the thermal insulation that was installed or removed, or that he does not recall any insulation being disturbed in his presence, or that he does not contend that he was exposed to asbestos while onboard."
A. California Law Permits the Use of Discovery Responses to Shift the Burden for Summary Judgment Purposes Under Certain Circumstances
"On summary judgment, a defendant's burden may be met by showing that 'one or more elements of the [plaintiff's] cause of action. . .cannot be established, or that there is a complete defense to that cause of action.' ([Code Civ. Proc, 1] § 437c, subd. (o)(2).) Once the defendant has met that burden, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to show that 'a triable issue of one or more material facts exists as to that cause of action. . . .' (Ibid.) A plaintiff, in meeting the shifted burden, 'shall set forth the specific facts showing that a triable issue of material fact exists as to that cause of action.' (Ibid.) As explained in Union Bank v. Superior Court (1995) 31 Cal.App.4th 573 [37 Cal.Rptr.2d 653], ' "a moving defendant may rely on factually devoid discovery responses to shift the burden of proof pursuant to section 437c, subdivision (0)(2). Once the burden shifts as a result of the factually devoid discovery responses, the plaintiff must set forth the specific facts which prove the existence of a triable issue of material fact." ' (Id. at p. 590; accord, Hunter v. Pacific Mechanical Corp. (1995) 37 Cal.App.4th 1282, 1287 [44 Cal.Rptr.2d 335] (Hunter).) If the plaintiff fails to make that showing, summary judgment 'shall be granted.' (§ 437c, subd. (c).)
"In Hunter, summary judgment was granted in favor of defendant Pacific Mechanical Corp. (PMC), a contractor alleged to have 'supplied, installed, and/or removed asbestos-containing products at the same jobsites' where the plaintiff was working, thereby exposing him to asbestos because of his close working proximity to PMC employees. PMC moved for summary judgment, relying primarily on the plaintiff's deposition testimony that he was unfamiliar with PMC and could not remember ever working in the same area with PMC employees. In opposing the motion, the plaintiff provided evidence to show that there was 'an overlap in worksites during various time frames, suggesting that it was possible that he could have been present at the same jobsite as PMC employees.' (Hunter, supra, 37, Cal.App.4th at pp. 1284–1285.) The trial court granted summary judgment because plaintiff's own deposition showed that he could not establish an evidentiary basis for PMC's liability and plaintiff submitted no other facts to rebut that showing.
"On appeal, following the Union Bank analysis, the court affirmed, explaining that 'PMC was not required to come forward with evidence of its own to affirmatively demonstrate that Hunter. could not have been exposed to asbestos as a result of PMC's activities. Rather, it was enough to show through factually vague discovery responses that [plaintiff] lacked any significant probative evidence on the critical element of causation. In other words, PMC could effectively show that the element of causation "cannot be established" by pointing to an absence of evidence to support this element. (§ 437c, subd. (o)(2).)' (Hunter, supra, 37 Cal.App.4th at p. 1288, italics in original.) Upon this showing, the burden shifted to the plaintiff to show the existence of a triable issue of material fact as to causation. (Ibid.) Because the plaintiff in Hunter failed to produce such evidence and made only an insufficient showing that PMC was 'potentially present' at plaintiff's worksite, he did not create a genuine factual dispute, and summary judgment was proper. (/d. at pp. 1289–1290.)" (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at pp. 974–975.)
In Chaknova, Dorothy and Albert Chaknova sued several defendants for loss of consortium and personal injuries stemming from Albert's exposure to asbestos. One defendant, Wilbur–Ellis Co. (Wilbur–Ellis), successfully moved for summary judgment, based, in part, on its claim that the plaintiffs' discovery responses failed to establish that Albert was exposed to asbestos brokered by Wilbur–Ellis. (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at pp. 965, 974.)
We affirmed the trial court, finding the situation factual "similar" to Hunter. (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at p. 975.) We noted that Wilbur–Ellis supported its motion with Albert's deposition testimony in which he indicated that he had never heard of L. H. Butcher (Wilbur–Ellis's predecessor–in–interest) and did not recall using products made by Fibreboard or Pabco (two entities which may have used asbestos fibers sold by Butcher) in his career as a pipefitter. Wilbur–Ellis also supported its motion with Albert's interrogatory answers which made no reference to Butcher as one of the dozens of entities to whose products he had been exposed; indeed, the answers failed to mention Butcher at all. (Id. at pp. 975–976.)
We also noted that the Chaknovas opposed Wilbur–Ellis's motion through reference to Wilbur–Ellis's discovery responses which showed that Butcher sold raw asbestos fibers used in Fibreboard, Eagle–Picher, and Pabco products, and Albert's responses to special interrogatories in which he contended "generally" that he had been exposed to Fibreboard, Eagle–Picher and Pabco products on certain job sites. The Chaknovas contended that those responses created a triable issue of fact regarding Albert's exposure to Butcher/Wilbur–Ellis products.
We disagreed: "We hold that the evidence is neither actually nor hypothetically susceptible to such an inference. First, while the Chaknovas' discovery responses indicate generally that Fibreboard and Pabco products might have been present at some jobsites, Albert Chaknova's deposition testimony is more specific in stating that he has no such knowledge or recollection. Second, under Hunter, the evidence presented by appellants is insufficient, as it 'offers only speculation and conjecture' regarding exposure to asbestos–containing products brokered by L. H. Butcher/Wilbur–Ellis. As was the case in Hunter, after ample time to undertake discovery, appellants have 'provided no evidence with respect to the time, location and actual circumstances' of Albert Chaknova's exposure to asbestos products in any manner related to respondents. (Hunter, supra, 37 Cal.App.4th at p. 1290.) By reference to appellants' factually devoid discovery responses, respondent showed that appellants could not establish at least one element of their cause of action. Appellants failed to present evidence in response sufficient to create a triable issue of material fact regarding Albert Chaknova's exposure to asbestos-containing products related to respondent. Summary judgment was properly entered in favor of Wilbur–Ellis." (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at pp. 977–978, fn. omitted.)
Courts of appeal have not been unanimous in affirming summary judgments based on allegedly inadequate or vague responses to discovery. In Chaknova, we reviewed––and distinguished––three such cases: "[In Villa v. McFerren (1995) 35 Cal.App.4th 733 ], the defendant's reliance on the plaintiffs factually devoid discovery responses was inadequate to shift the burden of proof on summary judgment, because the plaintiff could not have been expected to have knowledge of the defendant's allegedly conspiratorial conversations, a matter particularly within the defendant's own knowledge. For the same reason, Hagen v. Hickenbottom (1995) 41 Cal.App.4th 168 [48 Cal.Rptr.2d 197] is of no help to appellants. In that case, factually devoid discovery responses did not shift the burden of proof on summary judgment to the plaintiffs because they could not have had personal knowledge of alleged undue influence exerted by the defendant over the decedent. By contrast, here, Albert Chaknova does have personal knowledge of his working environments since the 1940's, and provided no evidence to implicate respondent in his asbestos exposure.
Finally, the similarity to Hunter distinguishes this case from Division Two's recent opinion in Scheiding v. Dinwiddie Construction Co. (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 64 [81 Cal.Rptr.2d 360]. In Scheiding defendant Dinwiddie sought summary judgment based 'upon the declaration of defense counsel that "[p]laintiff did not testify that he worked at any jobsite at which Dinwiddie was the general contractor." ' (Id. at p. 80.) The court refused to extend Hunter to the case before it because no party had ever directly asked the plaintiff whether Dinwiddie had been the general contractor at any jobsite where the plaintiff had worked; in fact, no one ever asked the plaintiff anything about Dinwiddie. (Ibid.) On this basis, the Scheiding court distinguished Hunter, because in Hunter (as here) there was deposition testimony 'where the plaintiff was specifically asked about the defendant and said he "could not recall" …. [Citation.]' (Ibid., italics in original.) These questions and their answers were sufficient to support a showing of 'factually devoid' discovery responses. Without such specifically asked questions, however, the Scheiding court concluded it would be unreasonable to infer that plaintiff could produce no evidence linking Dinwiddie to plaintiff's illness. Because the facts in the case before us parallel those in Hunter, we follow that case." (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at pp. 975–976, ill. 12.)
With these principles and cases in mind, we examine the evidence submitted in support of respondent's motion.
B. PCC's Showing Was Inadequate to Shift the Burden to Appellant
1. Evidence Presented
As noted above, respondent relied, first, on appellant's responses to four "standard" asbestos–case interrogatories–––specifically, Nos. 25, 26, 28, and 29. Interrogatory No. 25 required appellant to provide detailed information about every job he ever had. Appellant's response chronicled a job history beginning in 1962 which included a stint from July 1981 through December 1995 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard where he worked as an ordnance equipment worker and mechanic. His work at Mare Island included removing, inspecting, and repairing ship machinery which in turn involved removing bulkhead lining and piping insulation. He indicated that he worked on 50 ships which he identified by name.
Interrogatory No. 26 asked for detailed information about employment in which appellant claimed he was exposed to asbestos. In addition to referring to his response to Interrogatory No. 25, appellant stated that he may have been exposed to asbestos fiber, tape, cloth, pipe covering, insulation, and other materials. He also noted that "not all exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products was from 'new' asbestos and 'new' asbestos-containing products since exposure occurred during retrofit and repair. Additionally, [appellant] was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products used by co-workers and other trades working in close proximity to him…." Subpart (j) of Interrogatory No. 26 asked for information about other persons who might have information about appellant's exposure to asbestos. In reply, appellant attached an exhibit (Exhibit A) to his answers. Exhibit A set out the names and addresses of numerous Mare Island employees. It also included a paragraph of special significance to the case at bench: "Mare Island Shipyard Nuclear Inspection records reveal that METALCLAD INSULATION supplied UNIBESTOS for use on the USS GUITARRO …. ; the USS HAWKBILL …; the USS PINATO … and the USS DRUM [four ships on which appellant worked]. These records are currently classified, and subject to a protective order, but a summary can be provided upon execution of [an] appropriate confidentiality agreement." (Emphasis in original.)
Interrogatory No. 28 asked for detailed information about each "asbestos material and/or asbestos-containing product" to which appellant was exposed. In reply, appellant again referred to his response to Interrogatory No. 25. tie further "contend[ed] that he was exposed to products manufactured by numerous defendants, including respondent. Interrogatory No. 29 asked about cartons and wrappings for asbestos-containing products on the jobs on which appellant worked. Appellant indicated that he could not identify any such cartons or wrappings.
Respondent's contention interrogatories––propounded in March 1997~required appellant to provide detailed information about his exposure to respondent's asbestos-containing products. Among other things, appellant was required to describe the evidence (including documents, names of witnesses, and other materials) which supported his claim of exposure to respondent's products. In reply, appellant indicated that he had been exposed to Unibestos while working on the jobsites noted in an exhibit attached to his answers. He also listed 12 ships on which he had worked (including the four noted above) for which he had "documents establishing that Unibestos was used." He also set out the names and addresses of numerous witnesses who could testify about his exposure to Unibestos, he further identified a number of deposition transcripts and discovery responses by respondent in other cases which could verify his exposure to Unibestos.
Respondent also attached excerpts from appellant's deposition of March 1997. The excerpts were contained in a 30–page exhibit which included only a portion of appellant's several–hundred-page deposition.
The question we must answer is whether or not respondent's showing was sufficient to shift the burden of proof to appellant. In their briefs, both parties attempt to assist us in answering that question by focusing on appellant's deposition testimony. However, for reasons set forth below, we begin by analyzing appellant's answers to interrogatories.
2. Answers to Interrogatories
Respondent emphasizes the fact that certain of appellant's answers regaling his exposure to Unibestos were made on "information and belief." Respondent notes, for example, that, in response to its sixth contention interrogatory which asked appellant to describe the work he was performing when he was exposed to Unibestos, appellant replied (in part) that he "is currently informed and believes that Unibestos was present at the jobsites listed on Exhibit 'A' [in which appellant identified his work as a Navy aviation ordinance man aboard the USS Hancock for four years and his work at Mare Island], and that he was exposed to Unibestos during performance of his job duties as an aviation ordinance man and ordinance equipment mechanic at those jobsites." Respondent also points out that in response to an interrogatory asking for a description of the products made by respondent to which he was exposed, appellant provided no detailed physical description of any product and simply reiterated a "contention" that he was exposed to Unibestos. Respondent concludes that appellant's answers were "devoid" of facts which establish that he ever "worked around Unibestos or was ever exposed to asbestos dust from that product."
Respondent's analysis fails to take into consideration (a) appellant's complete responses to respondent's sixth contention interrogatory; (b) appellant's response to respondent's third contention interrogatory; and (c) appellant's response to Interrogatory No. 26 of the standard asbestos–case interrogatories, including, particularly, Exhibit A referenced therein. We consider each in order.
In addition to the portion of appellant's response to the sixth contention interrogatory set forth above, appellant stated that he had worked on 12 ships (all identified by name) "on all of which [appellant] has documents establishing that Unibestos was used [Appellant] also worked in close proximity to pipefitters, electricians, welders and boilermakers at his jobsites listed on [an attached exhibit]."
Moreover, in response to respondent's third contention interrogatory which asked for evidence (including witnesses) which (who) could substantiate appellant's claim that he was exposed to Unibestos, appellant first referenced his responses to the standard asbestos interrogatories (discussed below). He then identified over two dozen deposition transcripts which would support and seventeen witnesses who could support his claim that he was exposed to Unibestos.
Finally, as noted above, in response to standard asbestos interrogatories, appellant attached an exhibit (Exhibit "A") which identified four ships he serviced on which Unibestos was used. And he offered to provide a summary of the documents which would support that fact.
In sum, appellant's interrogatory responses were far from "devoid" of facts which support his claim of exposure to Unibestos. Unlike Chaknova, we are not confronted with a plaintiff who could only "generally" contend that a manufacturer's asbestos-containing products were present on certain jobsites. Here, appellant' s answers specify several ships he worked on where Unibestos was employed as an insulator. His responses also describe removing bulkhead lining and piping insulation to work on ship machinery––work in which he may well have come into direct contact with asbestos-containing material. In addition, he identified numerous deponents, witnesses, and documents which support his claim to exposure to Unibestos.
3. Appellant's Deposition Testimony
The question remains whether or not, as in Chaknova, appellant's claims of exposure to Unibestos in his interrogatory answers may be overridden by clearer or more detailed responses made in appellant's deposition. (Chaknova, supra, 69 Cal.App.4th at p. 977, fn. 15.) We conclude they should not for several reasons.
First, appellant objected to introduction of his deposition testimony on two grounds, one of which lack of foundation––is germane to our analysis. That objection should have been sustained by the trial court. Counsel's declaration states only that the excerpts attached to it are "true and correct." Counsel does not state that he was present at the deposition and that the testimony presented was actually given by appellant. Indeed, the deposition transcript does not reflect any appearance by counsel for respondent. Thus, counsel could not––and did not––authenticate the deposition transcript and establish a foundation for its introduction into evidence for purposes of respondent's motion for summary judgment. (2 & 3 Witkin, Cal. Evidence (3d ed. 1986), § 1804, pp. 1765–1766 & § 903, pp. 869–870.)
Second, because appellant's interrogatory answers are not vague or general, there is no need to look to appellant's deposition testimony for clarification or specifics. Third, after reviewing the deposition excerpts, we find that they do not serve to negate or even call into question appellant's interrogatory responses. In that regard, we first note that––unlike Chaknova––appellant was never specifically asked about his exposure to respondent's product. Indeed, nowhere in the excerpts presented by respondent does the name "Pittsburgh Coming" or the word "Unibestos" even appear. We further observe that, while the deposition excerpts do include questions and answers dealing with the USS Drum and the USS Guitarro the excerpts do not appear to include any questions or answers about the USS Hawkbill or the USS Pinato two other vessels specifically mentioned in appellant's responses to both the standard interrogatories and respondent's contention interrogatories. Thus, the case at bench is distinguishable from Hunter, where the plaintiff specifically stated at this deposition that he "could not recall ever working" with PMC's employees. (Hunter, supra, 37 Cal.App.4th at p. 1285.) Here, respondent attached no excerpts establishing that appellant was unaware of working with or around Unibestos on at least two ships identified in answers to interrogatories.
In sum, the deposition excerpts offered by respondent do not assist respondent in shifting the burden of proof to appellant for summary judgment purposes.
III. CONCLUSION
As reflected in part II, ante, respondent failed to meet its burden of showing that appellant could not prove one or more elements of this case. Thus, the burden did not shift to appellant, and he was not required to set forth specific facts establishing a triable issue of fact regarding his exposure to Unibestos. Therefore, we must reverse.
Nonetheless, we feel compelled to comment on the difficulties faced by the trial court in ruling on respondent's motion. First, respondent's counsel's attachment of a 30–page exhibit, containing excerpts from over 100 pages of deposition testimony with no references to the pages which merited or required trial court review, placed a tremendous burden on the trial court. Second, appellant did little or nothing to assist the trial court in analyzing the discovery responses presented by respondent.
Third, and most importantly, we find it anomalous that neither side offered any evidence, apart from appellant's discovery responses, in support of or opposition to the motion. While appellant was not required to produce such evidence assuming that respondent' s showing was .inadequate to shift the burden––appellant's failure to do so constituted a very high risk strategy.
In reviewing the deposition excerpts presented by respondent, we are struck by the fact that appellant had very little personal knowledge of the names of manufacturers or suppliers of the asbestos–containing products to which he was exposed. When a plaintiff does not have personal knowledge of the names of such manufacturers or suppliers, he must be prepared to prove who the manufacturers or suppliers were through other means. Here, appellant claims (a) to have documents proving that Unibestos was used on the ships on which he worked and (b) to know of numerous witnesses who can substantiate that claim. Yet, he chose to introduce no documents, deposition excerpts or witness declarations to support it. The net result of that choice was entry of judgment against him.
IV. DISPOSITION
The judgment is reversed. PCC to bear costs of appeal.
McGuiness, P.J.
We concur:
Corrigan, J,
Walker, J.
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I eventually sold my shop to allow me to spend time with my precious baby boy Marko. My son is now 7 years old, so it's time for me to get back into my passion for flowers. This is why I have my online site, so I can work from home offering a high standard and professional service, and still have time for my beautiful family, which I love very much.
2015 was a big year for us, as I went to New York and did some more florist trainning which was fantastic. When we got back we decided to take on Ivy & Co and add hire age to our business. I love wedding and seeing the whole theme come together.


Warren L. Smith, age 86, passed away December 19, 2017. He was born September 18, 1931, in Wadsworth, Ohio. He resided in the Columbus area until 2003 when he moved back to Wadsworth.
Warren served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He attended the Eastern Road Church of God.
Preceded in death by parents, Denzel and Myra Smith; wife, Dorothy Smith; sister, Lena (Smith) Culler; and brother, Guy Denzel Smith.
Survived by step-son, Charles (Glenna) Hook and their extended family, and was close to his six nieces.
Funeral service will be Friday, December 22, 2017. at 10:00 AM at Cox-McNulty Funeral Home, 1376 High St., Wadsworth. with Pastor Faron Cole officiating. Interment will be at Kingwood Memorial Park in Lewis Center, Ohio.
Memorials may be made in his name to the Eastern Road Church of God Building Fund.
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During diving, arterial Pco(2) (Pa(CO(2))) levels can increase and contribute to psychomotor impairment and unconsciousness. This study was designed to investigate the effects of the hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR), exercise, inspired Po(2), and externally applied transrespiratory pressure (P(tr)) on Pa(CO(2)) during immersed prone exercise in subjects breathing oxygen-nitrogen mixes at 4.7 ATA. Twenty-five subjects were studied at rest and during 6 min of exercise while dry and submersed at 1 ATA and during exercise submersed at 4.7 ATA. At 4.7 ATA, subsets of the 25 subjects (9-10 for each condition) exercised as P(tr) was varied between +10, 0, and -10 cmH(2)O; breathing gas Po(2) was 0.7, 1.0, and 1.3 ATA; and inspiratory and expiratory breathing resistances were varied using 14.9-, 11.6-, and 10.2-mm-diameter-aperture disks. During exercise, Pa(CO(2)) (Torr) increased from 31.5 +/- 4.1 (mean +/- SD for all subjects) dry to 34.2 +/- 4.8 (P = 0.02) submersed, to 46.1 +/- 5.9 (P < 0.001) at 4.7 ATA during air breathing and to 49.9 +/- 5.4 (P < 0.001 vs. 1 ATA) during breathing with high external resistance. There was no significant effect of inspired Po(2) or P(tr) on Pa(CO(2)) or minute ventilation (Ve). Ve (l/min) decreased from 89.2 +/- 22.9 dry to 76.3 +/- 20.5 (P = 0.02) submersed, to 61.6 +/- 13.9 (P < 0.001) at 4.7 ATA during air breathing and to 49.2 +/- 7.3 (P < 0.001) during breathing with resistance. We conclude that the major contributors to increased Pa(CO(2)) during exercise at 4.7 ATA are increased depth and external respiratory resistance. HCVR and maximal O(2) consumption were also weakly predictive. The effects of P(tr), inspired Po(2), and O(2) consumption during short-term exercise were not significant.


Ben & Allyson: 2 Years!
Yesterday, Ben and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. It seems like just yesterday we were shivering outside the Salt Lake Temple, wondering what had happened to the beautiful spring weather we had been enjoying the week before... but not not really caring since we had just been sealed for time and all eternity.
Mondays are hard days for us. Ben goes to school early and I head off to work. Regardless of what time he gets home, he spends the rest of the night studying for finals, and I go straight to class from work. (I'm taking an Interior Architectural Drafting class on Monday nights this semester.) After 3 hours of class, I get home a little after 10 and fall straight into bed. when I saw that our anniversary fell on a Monday this year I was a little bummed. I knew that by the time I got home I would be too exhausted to do much more than say hello.
Well, Ben - being the wonderful, amazing husband that he is woke me up with breakfast in bed! When I finally got home, I was surprised with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a card, and a clean room. As if that wasn't enough, at the last second, before I fell asleep, he pulled a little jewelry box out of nowhere. I was completely shocked! It was a beautiful necklace that Ben picked out all on his own! What a guy! I really have the best husband ever!
You know, it's really amazing to see how far we've come in these past two years. I would have struggled to believe that I could ever be more in love with my darling husband that on that cold April day, 2 years ago. But as we've grown as a couple, I know now that I love him so much more now than I could have ever imagined. It makes me excited for the rest of well, forever!
Happy Wedding Anniversary! That is a beautiful necklace that Ben picked out (Nicely done, Ben!). I can't believe its been 2 years already since your wedding. Soren and I had so much fun driving down to Utah that weekend for the Sealing and Reception. You looked absolutely beautiful!
Good job, Ben! I'll have to make sure Seth sees this post. ;) I was just thinking about having you guys here to visit last year on your anniversary. That was so much fun. Hope to see you again soon.
Congratulations on your two years! I'm glad Ben was able to make it a special day for you.


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Google today launched Google Cast for audio, which will let users send music directly to internet-connected speakers, just like it already does with video and images on TVs.
In fact, using Cast for audio will be just like using Chromecast today when the first compatible speakers start to arrive "in the spring", Google said. Tapping a button on your favorite music or radio app will launch the service on your speaker, and also just like Chromecast, this functionality will be available across the Web, Android and iOS platforms.
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Comment: Media ignorance adds fuel to Thompson's fire
Feature by Rob Fahey Contributing Editor
The videogames industry's most persistent bogeyman, Jack Thompson, is back in his favoured position as the number one topic of conversation among game creators and fans this week. Admittedly, Thompson might prefer if they were discussing something other than the finely orchestrated drubbing he has received at the hands of the creators of satirical webcomic Penny-Arcade, who went so far as to donate $10,000 to charity on his behalf when he refused to stump up the cash he had offered if anyone would create a violent game which he proposed.
The proposal, he claimed, was satirical; so too, presumably, was his offer to donate money to charity. Mike Krauhulik and Jerry Holkins at Penny-Arcade, long-term supporters of charity efforts (and tireless promoters of Child's Play, the videogames charity which they founded and which has donated $500,000 worth of toys, books and games to children's hospitals around the United States in the past year), didn't quite see the joke, and donated $10,000 in Thompson's name - to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation, a games industry children's charity in the USA.
Thompson unquestionably has egg on his face over the whole affair, and having recently lost the support of the National Institute on Media and the Family, it might look like this tireless crusader for censorship is taking a tumble. However, Thompson seems to be a strong believer in the idea that no publicity is bad publicity - and even in the thick of these latest disputes, he's found time to go onto CNN and spout outright misinformation about Midway's new sports game, Blitz: The League.
This is why Thompson is dangerous; not because he's accurate, well-researched, logical or clever, or because any of his legal threats hold the slightest amount of water, but because no matter how many times he's proven wrong or outfoxed by the legions of gamers and game companies who dispute his every move, he will still be an ideal soundbite provider for the mainstream media.
He is angry, controversial and media-savvy enough to know that the facts are less important than the hyperbole when it comes to America's rapid-fire news coverage. A reasoned argument about videogame censorship will always be less popular with the news channels than someone who can shout this week's version of "ban this sick filth" as loudly as possible, and having the assumed respectability of an attorney - however unsuccessful he may be in reality - is an added bonus.
Ultimately, though, however much Jack Thompson's diatribes may serve to poison public opinion in America's right-wing against the videogames industry, he poses remarkably little real danger to the industry. Empty vessels make most noise, and Thompson's hollow threats and misinformed ranting will gradually run out of wind as the mainstream media inevitably finds a new whipping boy and stops trotting out violent videogames to fill column inches. Entire generations have now grown up with videogames, and see right through the posturing of people like Thompson; as those generations age, videogames will become more and more acceptable to the public, just as rock and roll music and movies did before them.
Voltaire is often quoted as saying that he made "but one prayer to God, a very short one - 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous'; and God granted it." The games industry might well have made the same prayer, for Thompson is unquestionably a pantomime character, a figure who verges on self-parody and whose ill-informed ranting makes him unpalatable even to those who also support tighter controls on videogames. As long as he continues to be approached by the mainstream media for comment, however, he will remain on the radar. By now, we all know that Thompson is wrong; the task ahead of the videogames industry and community is ensuring that the media now also learns that he is not an expert, is not an educated commentator and is not the kind of person to whom they should be giving airtime or column inches. Only then will this bogeyman stop visiting.
Rob Fahey
Rob Fahey is a former editor of GamesIndustry.biz who spent several years living in Japan and probably still has a mint condition Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set.
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Former Australian Test cricketer Bruce Yardley, who was regarded as one of the world's leading spin-bowling coaches, has passed away at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer.
The Western Australian played 33 Tests and was his country's first-choice spinner in the 1980s, taking 126 wickets at an average of 31.63.
Known as "Roo", Yardley was well renowned for coaching Sri Lanka in the 1990s and being a big influence on the highest Test wicket-taker of all time – Muttiah Muralitharan.
Former West Australian teammate Geoff Marsh said Yardley had a real passion for the game of cricket.
"I was only very young when he was playing, but he was always one of those guys who had the ability to settle everyone down in the change room in a pressure situation," he told broadcaster ABC.


My daughter and her husband and pets arrived in Tampa Monday and took possession of their new apartment. I am happy and relieved they arrived safely and without incident, and hoping the same is true of their possessions today. Yep, they were sleeping on the air mattress we loaned/gave them while here for a couple of days and exploring and getting acquainted with their new town. C says there were able to secure a ground floor apartment with a patio for their dogs, and the complex itself is very nice. There is no on-site dog park like a couple of complexes they looked at; they have to walk across the street to the park for a dog park. Oh the horrors! She is extremely excited about a full-size washer and dryer in their unit, plenty of parking available, and overall just a nice, quiet vibe.
Sunday night M's SUV began hemorrhaging oil on our way home from grocery shopping. Thankfully we were less than half a mile from home, and other than spewing oil all over th place at a very brisk clip, it seems just fine. No coughing. No stalling. Was running quietly and smoothly as always. Since it was already dark outside, M stuck a piece of cardboard underneath the oil sieve and wiped and then jacked it up and looked to see if he could see anything under it. The oil plug, the first suspected culprit, was in place. Next theory was the oil filter had exploded, but since there was oil all over the undercarriage, M made the decision to have it towed to the dealership and let them fix it.
So yesterday, having never used AAA before, I set-up a tow appointment after I returned from the gym at 8:45, assuming it would take awhile to get someone. The first available appointment at the Toyota dealership was 4:45, so we had all day. Except when you're in no particular rush AAA is extremely efficient. They were at our house 35 minutes later, and the dealership was able to accept an early arrival. Finally heard from the service advisor around 6:45 that hoses on the oil cooling reservoir blew up and that it needs rear brakes. Estimate for the oil coolant repair is right around $600, the brakes are probably in the $300 range (guestimating because I cannot recall the precise dollar amount), so I'm rounding up and expecting about $900 on this car. Absolutely annoying, but necessary. M loves that Highlander and we accept it as part of the cost of owning and driving an older vehicle as our go-car.
Except M is so crazy about this car stuff. I mean, seriously nutty. This is an older vehicle purchased used, and it's going to have issues from time to time – simply the cost of driving. Except every time something like this happens, M theorizes that the parts should never cost as much as they do, the labor should not be so expensive, etc., etc., etc. M, you're not in the car design business, and while it seems to you the part should be $42 bucks instead of whatever amount it surely it going to turn out to be, it's light years away from a new/newer model of this particular vehicle that you would never drive anywhere anyway. So let us return to the land of realistic, shall we? Your mechanic friend died almost 5 years ago, and yes, while he'd do the job for pennies on the dollar in comparison, dying kind of makes it difficult to text or pick up the phone and ask for help.
Anyway, it's just one of those ways we're different. Part of the problem is he loves that car and wants it to last forever and ever, amen. Because of this strange (to us – maybe other people with other cars have oil cooling systems and have this repair crop up every decade or so) occurrence, he's now thinking about reliability and what other kinds of ticking time bombs could be under that hood. *eye roll* Probably this will pass with several months of nothing happening, but between now and then, it will be a thought in the back of his mind. Our run with his cars has been very good, outside of being stolen, wrecked, or flooded. My Rav is only 3 years old and drives to work, the gym, and a few errands, otherwise it goes nowhere, because M want it to stay nice and therefore we always take his cars everywhere we go together.
In addition to the Highlander in the shop at the dealership, M's project car – a 1994 civic – needed a smog for registration. Surprisingly, he took it to the smog shop, being buoyed by the wide margin it passed smog 2 years ago. That thing seems almost indestructible – we've owned it for at least a dozen years and other than oil changes and such it seems to just keep going. Driving around in it last night – because it also needed a couple of front tires, has needed them since I took it for smog 2 years ago – I was reminded of 20 years ago when our cars were total beaters held together primarily with prayer. This little civic has thread-bare seats, crappy old carpet, has cracked rubber window things and knobs that routinely fall off when you go to actually use them. But it is a great little spare car and will probably outlive us all. Smog passed, registration paid, the couple of balding tires replaced, it is back in its parking spot until needed again.
Now just waiting to hear the Highlander is done and hopefully that's it for our cars for the year. But really, we have has to put so little money into our vehicles for repairs I cannot complain. We take care of our vehicles, though, so when something actually breaks it is something completely unexpected.
So this week has been adventures in car-land.
Other than our car repairs, it has been a very uneventful week in my world. I'm working too hard, having a busy social calendar with business stuff and old friends in town visiting. There are so many things on my personal to-do list I'm considering taking Monday off to just get my stuff done and off my mind. Funny thing, of all the stuff on my personal to-do, not a single one of them has anything to do with Christmas shopping or celebrations. My minimalist shopping was done weeks ago, the few actual gifts I needed to purchase and wrap were finished weeks ago.
Also, friend J pointed out to me this morning that Christmas seems the only season with a whole catalog of music. Love it or hate it, it seems there radio stations have embraced the all holiday music all the time from Thanksgiving onward. I mean, Easter has a whole bunch of hymns and such, but other than the Peter Cottontail song (also from friend J), I can't think of anything near the voluminous Santa sounds coming from most radio stations. Thank goodness for Amazon prime music is all I can say.
And the beat in our pretty normal and mundane lives continues. In the craziness that is the holiday season, I am so glad.


The Goose Hollow neighborhood in Portland sits west of downtown and just south of Burnside street. The neighborhood is more residential than some of the other neighborhoods in Portland, but is certainly not lacking in attractions, restaurants and things to do. Goose Hollow is still very walkable, with downtown being only a few blocks down the hill and NW Portland being right over Burnside.
The homes in Goose Hollow are absolutely gorgeous, but there are many great apartment buildings and condos as well. Goose Hollow has a great school district, with Lincoln High School, one of the highest rated in Portland, right in Goose Hollow. The Multnomah Athletic Club, known as the MAC, is one of the most exclusive and expensive sports and social clubs in the city and is right in the heart of Goose Hollow.
Whether you want to explore the classic architecture, take in a soccer game or grab a bite and a beer, you can do it all in Goose Hollow.
Providence Park has been called many things over the years- originally Multnomah Stadium, and then Civic Stadium, PGE Park and Jeld-Wen Field. Whatever you call it, Providence Park is one of the most popular sporting venues in the city. It is currently home of the Portland Timbers, our professional soccer team. The games there are great, and everyone who attends has the absolute best time.
Although not an actual attraction per-se, one of the most fun aspects of Goose Hollow is walking or driving around and checking out the amazing homes in the area. Goose Hollow is in an ideal location in the city, situated right above downtown, but with a slightly more suburban feel. This has made the area a popular destination for Portland elite, which is reflected in the gorgeous homes and the high price tags. Checking out the homes in Goose Hollow is the perfect addition to a walking tour of Portland.
The International Rose Test Garden is one of my very favorite places in Portland. This time of year is not so ideal (although on a clear day there are still great views of Portland!!) but during the summer it is absolutely gorgeous. There are so many different types, colors and scents of roses, great views, and lots of areas to picnic or rest. They also have concerts and other events, as well as a few surrounding memorials.
The Japanese Garden is another beautiful feature of Portland. It is places like this that make me feel so lucky to live in such a gorgeous city that is focused on nature. The Japanese Garden is full of maple trees, cherry trees, sand gardens, ponds and other beautiful plants and attractions. Despite being just barely outside of the city, the peacefulness and tranquility is hard to beat.
The Goose Hollow Inn is a classic Portland restaurant, situated in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Portland. It is homey and comfortable, and even if it is your first time visiting the staff will make you feel welcome and like a regular. Although I've never been able to have it, everyone I know agrees that they make the best reuben ever. I'm fond of the pizza sandwich, but no matter what you get you will leave full and happy.
The Leaky Roof's motto is "where high end casual meets neighborhood comfortable" and the description fits the vibe of the restaurant perfectly. The Leaky Roof started as a food cart in 1947 but is now happy to be a vibrant part of the Goose Hollow neighborhood. The food is updated comfort food and as such will please the most timid eaters to more high end diners. Bon appetit!
Some of my good friends used to live in the apartment building on top of Gilda's, and they ordered the amazing Italian food to go quite often. After hearing about it for months I finally visited, and was not disappointed by their tasty pasta dishes, great appetizers and large wine selection.


Astrology Research: Percentage of Population with a Particular Sign, Aspect, etc..
I wonder if there is a preponderance or rarity of a certain type of aspect like only 1-3% of the population are ENFJ's (that'd be me!). For example, I meet a lot of people who have Venus-Saturn dis-harmoniously. Is it just my experience or do most human beings have this aspect?!


A few months ago I posted my Green To Do List. Time to dust it off and see how I am doing.
9. Figure out if I love my steam cleaner or if I should return it/beat the hell out of it *I hate it. Will not use for deep cleaning. Only daily basic cleaning.
13. Start to think about EF Christmas gifts *Making awesome progress on this!
What a great list. I know how hard it is to make progress...I should make a list like this, ooh thanks for the insperation and for sharing your progress even if its slower than you would like.
That is a wonderful list. I actually bought fabric to use to wrap my Christmas presents but I'm having a hard time trying to embrace that idea!
I think that is an excellent idea! As soon as I run out of the recycled paper I have I plan on making it a tradition to make our own paper.


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Team Sho-Air/Cannondale's Tinker Juarez at Irvine Regional Park in Irvine, California on November 12 2012.
Mountain bike racing icon Tinker Juarez lives to race his bike. So this season has been particularly frustrating for the Californian, "Oh man I've been going crazy not racing," he said in a recent phone call, referring to the over two months he's spent at home since breaking his pelvis while racing in Torreon Mexico on June 28. "It been the toughest recovery in my 40-plus years of racing," he added, "But I'm a Warrior and I can't give up now!" Indeed, he announced yesterday that he'll race in Weaverville.


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Lumped element filters can be used for medium bandwidth applications but most of the applications are for narrowband comms which requires helical or combline cavities.
For single frequency applications helical filters can be used but lack tunibility so combline cavities are the norm.
Air Traffic Control applications (both Civil and Military) lie between 118 and 400Mhz and use narrowband comms channels. Phase2 Microwave have developed high Q highly temperature stable cavities which can be operator set at any frequency in the VHF band. The terchnology can also be used for the UHF band. The cavities can be cable combined to form combiners.
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