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Steffen Kjærgaard, né le  à Tønsberg, est un coureur cycliste norvégien.

Biographie
Champion de Norvège en 1994, Steffen Kjærgaard commence sa carrière professionnelle en 1996 dans l'équipe néerlandaise TVM, après y avoir été stagiaire et remporté le Tour d'Autriche l'année précédente. Il reste deux ans dans cette équipe puis rejoint le Team Chicky World en 1998, avec laquelle il effectue également deux saisons. Durant cette période, il remporte quatre fois consécutivement le championnat de Norvège du contre-la-montre. Il s'illustre également sur de courtes courses par étapes telles que le Tour de Normandie, le Tour de Bavière ou le Circuit de la Sarthe.

En 2000, il rejoint l'équipe américaine US Postal. Il ne signe plus de succès individuel mais participe à deux des sept Tours de France victorieux de Lance Armstrong, en 2000 et 2001. En 2002, il prend part au Tour d'Espagne avec pour leader Roberto Heras qui prend la deuxième place du classement général.

En 2003, malgré un nouveau titre national, il ne se voit pas proposer de nouveau contrat pour la saison suivante et met fin à sa carrière.

Le , au lendemain de l'annonce par l'Union cycliste internationale du retrait des résultats obtenus depuis le  par Lance Armstrong, Steffen Kjærgaard avoue s'être dopé lorsqu'il était chez US Postal.

Palmarès sur route

Coureur amateur

 1990
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre par équipes juniors
 1991
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre juniors
 1993
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre par équipes
 1994
 Champion des Pays nordiques du contre-la-montre par équipes
  Champion de Norvège sur route
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre par équipes
 Ringerike Grand Prix
  du Tour d'Autriche

 1995
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre par équipes
 Tour d'Autriche :
 Classement général

Coureur professionnel

 1996
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre
 1997
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre
  de Vienne-Rabenstein-Gresten-Vienne
 1998
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre
 Tour de Bavière :
 Classement général

 6a étape du Tour de Rhénanie-Palatinat
  du Tour de Rhénanie-Palatinat
 1999
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre
 Tour de Normandie :
 Classement général
 a étape (contre-la-montre par équipes)
 Classement général du Circuit de la Sarthe
 a étape du Tour de Suède (contre-la-montre)
 Prologue du Tour de Basse-Saxe
  du Tour de Luxembourg

 2001
 Classement général du Roserittet DNV GP
 2002
  du Tour d'Espagne (contre-la-montre par équipes)
  du championnat de Norvège du contre-la-montre
  du championnat de Norvège sur route
 2003
  Champion de Norvège du contre-la-montre
 Roserittet DNV GP :
 Classement général
  et

Résultats sur les grands tours

Tour de France
2 participations
 2000 :
 2001 :

Tour d'Espagne
1 participation
 2002 : abandon (), vainqueur de la  (contre-la-montre par équipes)

Tour d'Italie
1 participation
 1996 : abandon

Palmarès sur piste

Jeux olympiques
 Barcelone 1992
 Éliminé lors de la poursuite

Championnats des Pays nordiques
 1993
 Champion des Pays nordiques de la course aux points
  de la poursuite
  de la poursuite par équipes

Championnats de Norvège
 1991
  Champion de Norvège de poursuite juniors
  Champion de Norvège du kilomètre juniors
 1992
  Champion de Norvège de poursuite
 1993
  Champion de Norvège de poursuite
  Champion de Norvège de course aux points

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste norvégien
Naissance en mai 1973
Naissance à Tønsberg
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1992

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Saying Goodbye to Summer and Cheers to the Spook-A-Rama Cyclops!
Dennis, Steve and Stacy Vourderis, Charles Denson and Adele Cohen raise a champagne toast to the Cyclops at Bon Voyage Party. September 7, 2014. Photo © Coney Island History Project
On September 7th, the Coney Island History Project wrapped up the summer season and celebrated its 10th anniversary with a Bon Voyage Party for the Spook-A-Rama Cyclops, which has been on display at CIHP's exhibit center for the past two years. Fans of the nearly 60-year-old Coney Island icon turned out to snap souvenir photos, sip ghoulade and eat eyeball cookies. More than 150 guests signed a goodbye card.
Among the bon voyage wishes adorned with hand-drawn hearts and a lipstick kiss were "Oh Cy (sigh!). You're the One Eye ("I") Adore. Have a great trip." and "I grew up with you. Can't wait for your return!" The Vourderis family, owners of Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, home of Spook-A-Rama, wrote "We'll keep an eye on you all the way from Brooklyn...until you return here." Winners of a contest and their guests were treated to a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the classic dark ride led by Wonder Wheel Park's D.J. Vourderis and the Coney Island History Project's Charles Denson.
Two days later, the Cyclops was carefully packed by art shippers and his journey from amusement park to art world began. "Cy" will be part of the exhibit "Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008," which will be on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut from January 31 - May 31 2015, before traveling to the San Diego Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.
The journey begins! The Spook-A-Rama Cyclops being packed by art shippers at the Coney Island History Project for shipment to the Wadsworth Atheneum. Horn and ears were custom-cushioned. September 9, 2014. Photo © Charles Denson
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Travel 80 » ABC Islands » What Is There to Do in Aruba at Night (Drinking, Eating, and Gambling)?
What Is There to Do in Aruba at Night (Drinking, Eating, and Gambling)?
Aruba, one of the Caribbean's darling is undoubtedly one of the best places to be on this side of the Antilles. With inclusive drinking and gambling laws, several casinos, good food, and an even interesting mix of drinks, Aruba keep proving itself, it is worth the expense.
Nestled near the Latin American world, right at the Caribbean sea, and influenced by the Dutch, you'll expect that the island nation's nightlife is as interesting as its cultural mix. Aruba has a slew of casinos, bars and restaurants, and luxury resorts that seem to have everything to offer at every guests' whim.
Is Aruba Safe at Night?
Often considered as the safest of all Caribbean islands, Aruba is generally safe for both locals and tourists. However, crime still exists in Aruba, just like any part of the world, but the island nation has been seeing low crime rates for years and it has helped boost the economy.
With low crime rates, comes better living conditions, with Aruba's beauty and its quality living conditions it has been an enticing island for Caribbean-loving tourists. At night, the streets are generally safe for tourists to walk around, but it is mainly discouraged, especially around secluded areas.
While Aruba may be considered safe for the most part, it is best to not let your guard down wherever you go. The crime rate may be consistently low for so long, petty, smaller crimes still happen to tourists, so it's best to be cautious.
Is It Safe to Walk Around Aruba at Night?
Walking around in Aruba can be pretty risky depending on where you are, if you walk along the resort row on Palm Beach where there are mostly tourists, you can be safe. But, secluded and dodgy areas deep within the city streets are particularly discouraged.
Although considered as the safest Caribbean island, petty crime, sometimes even violent crime can still happen in Aruba at night. So, it's best to err on the side of caution when walking around, and not just on Aruba.
Is Aruba a Party Island?
The entire stretch of the Caribbean is one big party hotspot and Aruba is not an exception. While it may not have a grand party scene as big as St. Lucia, Jamaica, and Barbados, famous for their carnivals and street parties. Aruba prides itself with chiller parties with a lot of live music reserved on bars and resorts, just like the Latino way.
The island boasts its more romantic and incredibly fun setting compared to its bigger party scene counterparts across the Caribbean. Aruban nightlife involves a lot of cocktails, rum, swinging, dancing, and live music.
Where Is the Party in Aruba?
Aruba's must-visit party scene hotspots are at Palm Beach, the most happening area on the island. Bugaloes Beach Bar and Grill at De Palm Pier, famous for its happy hours full o dancing, swinging, seemingly endless flow of drinks, and just plain old fun with live music.
Another Palm Beach entry is the Gusto, with the hottest DJs on the island, a welcoming atmosphere, drinks, and all-night dancing. This bar is a stylish nightclub that offers excitement and fun, which is a must in Aruba.
What Kind of Music Do They Play in Aruba?
Aruba's diverse population and rich origin history have made it inclusive when it comes to music. The island nation does not discriminate and is fond of representing the music of different genres, if not all of them. The island even has annual music festival s that cater to everyone's musical tastes, from House, Techno, Underground, R&B, Hip Hop, Latin, Reggaeton, Jazz, and more.
You can expect to enjoy your own musical flavor when setting the vibe for Aruba as you will find other like-minded enthusiasts willing to share music with you. This has made Aruba an enticing locale for various music festivals like the Aruba Summer Music Festival where it headlines Grammy-winning artists, and the Aruba Soul Beach Festival held on the island's Memorial Day.
What Do You Wear at Night in Aruba?
You can always go for a flowy, thin, ankle-length dress when going out at night, pair it up with island-themed accessories, and light make-up for that sweaty and fun night out. You can also go for a thin buttoned-down, denim shorts, and boho-chic accessories. Finish your entire look with a pair of sandals for comfortably strutting in and out of bars and restaurants.
As for men, you can always go for thin buttoned-downs, or basic plain shirts, and linen pants for a classic laid-back look. Make sure to include, watches with leather straps, and other boho-chic accessories, and maybe even an anklet for that extra attention to detail. And, finish your island look with a pair of loafers, slip-on, or sandals.
Is It Safe to Drink Alcohol in Aruba?
Being one of the safest places in the Caribbean, you can expect the same when it comes to drinking in Aruba. With laws that legalized the drinking age for 18 year-olds with beer, wine, and spirits expect that the drinking scene in Aruba might be different for countries that have drinking laws that vary widely with Aruba's.
What Liquor Is Aruba Known for?
A liquor unique to the island is the Coecei liquor. It is a sweet red liquor made from the agave plant just like tequila, with rum then added with cane sugar. The taste is said to resemble passionfruit.
Aruba is known for its cocktail concoctions, especially the Aruba Ariba cocktail which was hailed as the island's signature drink. This particular concoction is a mix of vodka, 151 rum, or the best rum you can find in Aruba, Coecoei liquor, pineapple juice, and grenadine poured over ice.
What Is the National Drink of Aruba?
The Aruba Ariba drink is considered to be the island's national or signature drink. It is usually served almost everywhere from bars, resorts, and even used as a welcome drink for incoming guests to the island.
Ariba derived from the word "Arriba" meaning "up" or "upward" in Spanish, is a homage to the island's perpetual disposition and beauty. With the island's seemingly endless draws, windy days and awe-inspiring beauty everything on the island seems to have you feeling "up". The Aruba Ariba drink seems to prep you up for a good time on the island.
Is Alcohol Expensive in Aruba?
Alcohol on the island is expensive especially the ones you can buy in bars, restaurants, resorts, and hotels. Sin tax has gone up in 2019 that shocked the tourists causing liquor and alcohol prices to rocket. However, there are ways you can turn this around if you're a wise spender.
You can buy alcohol for a cheaper price in supermarkets but make sure you're buying from local ones. Also, mini markets are great hacks for your cheaper liquor fix.
How Much Do Drinks Cost in Aruba?
A typical local beer can cost around 2.30 to 3,98 USD, and imported beers can be around 2.50 to 4.20 USD, which can be considered pricey for most. If you compare these to Cancun's 2.14 and 3 USD respectively, it is undoubtedly more expensive.
What Is the Local Beer in Aruba?
Considered the island's national beer, the all-malt pilsner Balashi beer is the best go-to beer in Aruba. their brewery and beer garden is even open for tours in Oranjestad, you can check out their website and book tours in advance.
How Much Does Beer Cost in Aruba?
What Is the Legal Drinking Age in Aruba?
With laws that legalized the drinking age for 18 year-olds with beer, wine, and spirits expect that the drinking scene in Aruba might be different for countries that have drinking laws that vary widely with Aruba's.
Can You Drink at 16 in Aruba?
16 years old re not allowed to drink in Aruba, regardless of where you're from. The local laws have instated that only ages 18 and above are allowed to purchase and consume liquor on the island. This is somehow a draw to liquor-loving youngsters from the US as the drinking age is 21, although laws may vary in different states.
Can You Bring Alcohol to Aruba?
As per custom regulations, you are allowed to bring alcohol and liquors in Aruba given that they follow a certain volume limitation. For wine and spirits, you can only bring a maximum of 2.25 liters, beers are around 3 liters, and 1 liter for other types of liquors.
If you want to go through customs without trouble because of the liquors and alcohol you brought, you can always buy some at the duty-free store in the airport upon arrival. Check out the Colombian Emeralds, Dufry, and Island Breeze when you arrive at the Queen Beatrix Airport.
How Do You Say Cheers in Aruba?
While one of Aruba's predominant and official languages is Papiamento, their Latin influence still takes string when drinking. You say "Salud" when drinking with companions much like how the Latinos and Spaniards say it. "Salud" means "health" in Spanish, but it translates into "cheers" or even more so "cheers to your health".
Expect to hear a lot of this word when you're out drinking with the locals, as drinking culture here is quite big too. Plus, it helps you pay respect to the local culture by adhering to local customs like a simple greeting or gesture such as "Salud!"
Is the Food Good in Aruba?
A perfect mix of Caribbean, Latin American, and Dutch flavors and quirks, Aruban cuisine is top-notch and undoubtedly world-class. Aruba cuisine is characterized by having plenty of fresh fish and seafood, from its island living, fried goods, fish soups, and hearty stews that are just light and healthy.
Some of the famous traditional dishes you should try out when in Aruba are, the Pan Bati, a fluffy, sweet flatbread that tends to melt in your mouth. It is cooked the same as a pancake but eaten with a savory meal that isn't particularly sweet, like soup.
Another notable dish is the Kashi Yena, a large ball of cheese stuffed with spicy meat, usually chicken. A Dutch-influenced meal that is often covered in Gouda, a kind of cheese famous in the Netherlands.
It isn't Latino without "platano", or plantain. The Aruban twist of the Latin-famous dish is the Funchi and Banana Hasa or Polenta and Fried Plantain.
Funchi is a cornmeal mush varying in shapes and sizes depending on how creative the maker wants to be and is covered with Gouda. While the plantain is often partnered with funchi as it adds richness to the taste because of the banana's natural sweetness.
What Kind of Food do They Eat in Aruba?
With the sea as their primary source of livelihood, from beaches to its natural resources, it's expected that Aruba has rich and flavorful seafood culture. Fried, grilled, soups, and stews are the ways many fish and other seafood are prepared in Aruba.
With the influence of the Latino American culture, there also plenty of meat, like chicken that is present in Arubans' day-to-day cooking, like chicken. Plantains, cornmeal, mushes, and pieces of bread are also staples on the table
Dutch influence has also left its mark in Aruban cuisine like the Keshi Yena, a large cheese ball made out of Gouda, a Dutch cheese, stuffed with chicken. Dutch snacks are also present in many occasions in Aruba, like the frinkandel, bitterballen, kroket, and deep-fried cheese balls.
What Is Authentic Aruba Food?
When you're asking for authentic Aruba food, you have to take a look at the traditional and staple ones. Check out the Pan Bati, a fluffy, sweet flatbread that tends to melt in your mouth. It is cooked the same as a pancake but eaten with a savory meal that isn't particularly sweet, like soup.
Another notable dish is the Keshi Yena, a large ball of cheese stuffed with spicy meat, usually chicken. A Dutch-influenced meal that is often covered in Gouda, a kind of cheese famous in the Netherlands.
What Is Aruba National Dish?
The Keshi Yena is considered Aruba's national dish. It's a large ball of cheese stuffed with spicy meat, usually chicken. A Dutch-influenced meal that is often covered in Gouda, a kind of cheese famous in the Netherlands.
Does Aruba Have Coconuts?
Though not native to the island, there is coconut on the island. When resorts and other accommodation businesses, and before the island's tourism boom, virtually, there weren't any coconut trees on the island. Not until resorts and hotels came and imported coconut trees to add to the island spice of their resorts.
Now Aruba is speckled with coconuts, especially around the most populated areas of the island. You can even buy coconut water fresh from the coconut itself around beaches and has been a staple drink for both tourists and locals.
Is Aruba Food Expensive?
It depends on where you're going to eat out. If you decide to eat out in restaurants, and bars, chances can be pricey. However, the average spending for food is around 22 to 54 USD per day, for all three meals, where breakfast is usually cheaper than lunch and dinner.
You have to keep in mind that food in sit-down restaurants is always more expensive than fast food or street food prices. If you manage to book an accommodation that has a functioning kitchen, you can just buy groceries and cook your own food.
But, eating ut and trying the different local dishes are recommended when coming to Aruba, just don't splurge your entire budget on them.
How Expensive Is Food in Aruba?
If you eat out, expect that restaurant prices can range from 17 to 40 US dollars per meal per person, and meals in the local fast-food chain can cost around 8 USD per meal. Grocery shopping can be pretty pricey given that the prices of supplies and goods have higher tariffs. But it beats spending money for every meal on a famously pricey island.
Eating Out at Restaurants in Aruba Expensive?
It depends on what kind of restaurants you're going to. However, sit-down restaurants are normally more expensive than local fast-food chains, or street food stalls. A meal per person can set you back from 17 to 40 USD dollars, with 40 USD on fancier restaurants service three-course meals.
Aruba is known for its expensive prices, so it gets you a long way to have a wider budget or a wiser spending habit. Backpackers and budget travelers have always managed to make a way around the expensive prices on the island.
Can You Bring Food to Aruba?
You can only bring well-packed, canned goods, and other items that are not spillable when flying to Aruba. However, several food items can't be brought to Aruba like meat and meat products, and any other wet-frozen goods.
Can You Bring Frozen Meat to Aruba?
Meat and meat products are specifically not allowed to be brought into Aruba. However, if you wish to, you can only be allowed if you've already registered and declared to the Veterinary Service. And, on top of that, only meat coming from certain approved countries are allowed, should they declare them for transport.
What Is the Largest Casino in Aruba?
The Stellaris Casino in the newly renovated Aruba Marriott Resort is Aruba's biggest casino at 18,000 square feet and is open for 24 hours. Its lavish interiors, exciting atmosphere, sheer size, and 24-hour access is an invitation itself to spend a few or a thousand dollars for a slim chance of winning a staggering value.
With over 500 slot machines ready and poker tables for gambling, Stellaris Casino is fancy and splurge-worthy, Vegas-style. However, if you don't feel like gambling away your hard-earned budget, you can always enjoy live entertainment.
Does Divi Aruba Have a Casino?
The Divi Resorts in Aruba doesn't have a casino despite being one of the biggest resorts on the island. However, Divi Aruba offers more relaxed yet upscale accommodation in Aruba. Just a walk away from the resort is the Alhambra Casino, one of Aruba's favorite go-to casinos.
Does the Riu Palace Aruba Have a Casino?
Riu Palace Aruba proudly endorses its casino that has all the 5-star realness. The Cool Casino provides island gaming to guests of the Riu Palace as young as 18, from the classic card gambles to the hip and modern coinless gaming.
The casino was designed having different kinds of players in mind, even for slot machine lovers, and those who prefer to play along with living entertainment.
Are Casinos in Aruba Regulated?
Casinos and the enitre gamblign industry of Ariuba is regulated bythe Departamento di Asuntonan di Casino. Working under the Ministry of Justice helps keep gambling in check, as casinos do rake in staggering amounts of money, especially from gambling tourists and ex-pats.
Can You Smoke in Aruba Casinos?
In Aruba, casinos, and even bars, restaurants allow smoking. Not to be confused with smoking inside the hotel, resorts and hotels in Aruba have a strict no-smoking indoor policy, especially in suites. Hotels and resorts in Aruba have designated smoking areas or smoking rooms.
Are Drinks Free in Aruba Casinos?
Ever see those drinks in casinos in films where the protagonists just grab one from the waiter and just carry along? Apparently, you can do that too in Aruba casinos, Vegas-style. It's best, however, to treat the waiters, waitresses, and other service workers with respect, and extra tips and they'll fix you right up.
How Old Do You Have to Be to Gamble and Drink in Aruba?
Both the legal age for gambling and drinking in Aruba is 18 years. This may come as a shock to a lot of people coming from countries that have laws that vary from Aruba's but this has been the case for a long time. It's important to bring a valid ID with you just in case.
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Looking For Higher ROI on a QMS?
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In simple terms, a Quality Management System (QMS) is a software system that is used to monitor and manage procedures, responsibilities, information, and processes in an attempt to help organizations achieve their objectives through quality procedures and increase the efficiency of the company.
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The beloved animation classic by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro is now retold in novel form. This prestige, hardcover edition features original illustrations by Miyazaki himself, accompanying a story written by veteran children's book author Tsugiko Kubo. This novel is sure to delight both existing fans and new readers! Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. While their father is working, the girls explore their sprawling old house and the forest and fields that surround it. Soon, Satsuki and Mei discover Totoro, a magical forest spirit who takes them on fantastic adventures through the trees and the clouds--and teaches them a lesson about trusting one another.


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structObject
============

A verbose pythonic semantic for describing binary data structures and associated python objects.

Basic Usage
-----------

For this first example we're going to define a simple 2D point with the attributes `x` and `y`representing binary doubles.

```Python
class Point(structObject):
    "Basic point class"
    _field_order = ('x','y')
    x = ctype_double()
    y = ctype_double()
```

Object instances of the `Point` class, which extends the `structObject`, can be initialized in several different ways. First, omitting any parameters the instance will be populated with default values (here we haven't specified defaults so 0.0 is assumed). The attributes can be assigned values after initialization.

```Python
>>> p = Point() # create default instance
>>> print p.items()
[('x',0.0), ('y', 0.0)]
>>> p.x = 5000.0 # set x
>>> p.y = 300.5 # set y
>>> print p.items()
[('x',5000.0), ('y', 300.5)]
```
Alternately, the object can be initialized with our values. The parameter order should match the order specified in the class attribute `_field_order`.
```Python
>>> p = Point(5000.0, 300.5)
>>> print p.items()
[('x',5000.0), ('y', 300.5)]
```

Or we can use the attribute names if we forgot the order.

```Python
>>> p = Point(y=300.5, x=5000.0)
>>> print p.items()
[('x',5000.0), ('y', 300.5)]
```

Or mix the two (just remeber that after the first named parameter subsequent parameters will have to be named as well).

```Python
>>> p = Point(5000.0, y=300.5)
>>> print p.items()
[('x',5000.0), ('y', 300.5)]
```

To get the binary representation just call the class method `pack`

```Python
>>> p.pack()
'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x88\xb3@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xc8r@'
```

Lastly, we can initialize with a binary string.

```Python
>>> p = Point(binary_data)
>>> print p.items()
[('x',5000.0), ('y', 300.5)]
```

Using Substructures
-------------------

We're going to reuse the `Point` class to describe a rectangular bounding box with two attributes, the northwest and southeast corners.

```Python
class BoundingBox(structObject):
    _field_order = ('northwest','southeast')
    northwest = Point
    southeast = Point
```

Seriously, it's that easy. Let's initialize one of these.

```Python
>>> bb = BoundingBox()
>>> print bb.items()
[('northwest', <Point object>), ('southeast',  <Point object>)]
```

Let's try that again but with some points

```Python
>>> bb = BoundingBox(Point(0.0, 10.0), Point(15.0, 0.0))
>>> print bb.northwest.y
10.0
>>> print bb.southeast.x
15.0
```

Overloading
-----------

Subclasses of structObject can be extended and overloaded. This can be especially handy if you have a standard structure that you don't want to redefine.

Here we're going to make a simple datagram structure with a start and end flag, a timestamp and some arbitrary body that we'll overload in a second.

```Python
class GenericDatagram(structObject):
    _field_order = ('STX','timestamp','body','ETX')
    STX = ctype_uchar(value=0x02)
    timestamp = ctype_uint()
    body = None
    ETX = ctype_uchar(value=0x03)
```

Now that we have generic datagram lets make it a wrapper on the BoundingBox structure we defined earlier as an extension of the GenericDatagram structure.

```Python
class BoundingBoxDatagram(GenericDatagram):
    body = BoundingBox
```

That's it. Lets create one of this. We'll set the timestamp and get the binary.

```Python
>>> p = BoundingBoxDatagram()
>>> p.timestamp = time.time()
>>> p.items()
[('STX', 2), ('timestamp', 1398373100.412985), ('body', <__main__.BoundingBox object at 0xb713f3c4>), ('ETX', 3)]
>>> p.pack()
'\x02\xeczYS\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03'
```

Arrays of Substructures
-----------------------
Now we're going to reuse the point structure to describe a path as a series of points with a description.

```Python
class Path(structObject):
    _field_order = ('description','point_count','points')
    # a nice description of the path
    description = ctype_string(
        len = 25
    )
    # the number of points in the path
    point_count = ctype_uint(
        generator = lambda self: len(self.points)
    )
    # the points
    points = structArray(
        object_type = Point,
        len = lambda self: self.point_count
    )
```

The inline function for length (`len`) is called before a binary read (unpack) and is used for determining the read length.

The generator on `point_count` is only called after the full structure is read.

Explicit Byte Order
-------------------

Up to now we've omitted specifying the byte order. As with python's builtin module `struct`, the systems native byte order will be assumed unless otherwise specified. Lets take the `Point` class and add in the byte order explicitely.

```Python
class Point(structObject):
    "Basic point class"
    _field_order = ('x','y')
    _byte_order = little_endian
    x = ctype_double()
    y = ctype_double()
```

Custom Computed Attributes
------

```Python
class BetterBoundingBox(BoundingBox):
    __slots__ = ('area',)
    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
        super(BetterBoundingBox,self).__init__(*args, **kargs)

        self.area = (self.southeast.x - self.northwest.x) * \
                    (self.northwest.y - self.southeast.y)
```

Note that we need to pass through the `args` and `kargs` to the superclass initializing function.
Additionally any custom attributes need to listed in `__slots__`.

Lets try it out.

```Python
>>> bb = BetterBoundingBox(Point(0,10),Point(10,0))
>>> print bb.area
100
```

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HomeA Discovery Of Witches Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot and everything...
A Discovery Of Witches Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot and everything we know so far!
By Prerna verma
The show is a remake of the book 'all souls trilogy' by Deborah harness. The book has three parts, which confirms the making of 3 seasons. It is a fantasy show loved by everyone. Where the first season is already streaming on Netflix, and the second season is in the process of launch.
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A Discovery Of Witches Season 2 Release Date
They were collecting from season one, which was premiered on September 14, 2018, with eight episodes. The second and third seasons were announced time ago, where the production of season two was started in mid- 2019, and came to an end by January 2020.
According to the process, we can expect the release of season two by mid-2020; the issue begins where the coronavirus has taken control over the entertainment industry, the releases are postponed due to this. So the matter of fact is there might be a little delay in the show.
A Discovery Of Witches Season 2 Cast
We are talking about the cast, which plays one of the most important roles in the season we have a list of people who are playing their respective characters in the show; namely Teresa palmer, Matthew Clairmont, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Aisha hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor eve, Lindsay Duncan.
A Discovery Of Witches Season 2 Plot
Taking our view towards the plot for season two, it is clear the story will be little continued and follow the narrations of book two, all souls trilogy, the shadow of night. Excited viewers can also go for a book, especially for spoilers. The book is available on the official website of the harness.
The story goes on and plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan and to the mysterious school of the night how things take turns and cross the road in the show.
A Discovery Of Witches Season 2 Trailer
We all want trailers just to get satisfied with the story before it releases. As we know, the production already came to an end. Still, we cannot expect a trailer any time soon because of this pandemic COVID-19. It will probably be there by mid-2020 or at the end of this year.
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Wojo readies Ellenson, touted Marquette freshmen for opener - Men's College Basketball - Are You Watching This?!
Nov 12, 2015 - 1:26 AM MILWAUKEE (AP) As Marquette struggled to one of the worst seasons in program history a year ago, a nationally ranked incoming recruiting class represented hope for the future.
Coach Steve Wojciechowski has much more talent to work with in his second season at Marquette, but the Golden Eagles enter 2015-16 as one of the most inexperienced teams in the nation.
Marquette enters Friday's season opener against Belmont with no scholarship seniors and five freshmen, including one touted newcomer likely to start in his college debut - forward Henry Ellenson.
All five freshmen are expected to play significant roles a year after the 13-19 season. The 6-foot-11 Ellenson is the most important addition with the capability to play on the perimeter and with his back to the basket.
Ellenson finished with 16 points, 17 rebounds and five assists in Marquette's 98-57 victory over Valley City State in an exhibition game on Monday. Wojciechowski started Ellenson along with sophomore Duane Wilson, junior Jajuan Johnson, sophomore Sandy Cohen III and junior Luke Fischer against Valley City State.
''His focus is completely on just getting better and putting our team in the best position possible to win,'' Wojciechowski said of Ellenson. ''He can put the blinders on and focus on the task at hand.
A fear for Wojciechowski in facing a more experienced team, such as Belmont, comes on the defensive end. Communication will be paramount.
''I think any of the really good defenses throughout college basketball most of the time are the best talking teams too. A lot of times to younger guys that doesn't come as natural,'' he said.


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Tag: Trinity Carr
Justice Dies As Delaware Supreme Court Overturns Verdict In Death Of Amy Joyner-Francis
Delaware media is reporting the Delaware Supreme Court just overturned the conviction of Trinity Carr in the death of Amy Joyner-Francis. The student died as a result of injuries sustained in a beating at Howard High School on April 24th, 2016. The full decision is embedded below.
WDEL reports:
The Supreme Court on Thursday said no reasonable factfinder could have found that the girl acted with criminal negligence or, even if she did, that it would be unjust to blame her for Joyner-Francis' death given how unforeseeable it was that the fight would lead to a young teen dying of cardiac arrest.
To read the full legal opinion, issued today, please read below. Due to the fact many involved in the case were minors, the Delaware Family Court changed the names of minors. The appeal is written on behalf of "Tracy Cannon". But there is no mistaking this. It is Trinity Carr. Amy Joyner-Francis' name is "Alcee Johnson-Franklin". Being that this case was so heavily publicized, I feel it is a dishonor to the memory of Amy Joyner-Francis to change her name. It belittles her and points her as something different than the victim of a horrific murder. I'm sorry, but this was murder. It may not have been intentional, but a student died. And it would have never happened if Carr didn't go into that bathroom with the intention of causing harm to Amy.
This is what happens when justice dies in the first state to sign the Constitution. Those who pimp out 16 and 17 year olds for human sex trafficking get probation. Special education diagnosticians who have sex with students get probation. And now, murderers get away with murder.
Posted on March 1, 2018 Categories Amy Joyner-FrancisTags Conviction, Criminally-Negligent Homicide, Delaware Family Court, Delaware Supreme C ourt, Howard High School, Murder, Overturned, Trinity Carr6 Comments on Justice Dies As Delaware Supreme Court Overturns Verdict In Death Of Amy Joyner-Francis
Verdict In On Amy Joyner-Francis Murder: Carr and Snow Guilty, Wright Not Guilty
Almost a year since Amy Joyner-Francis was viciously beaten in the Howard High School of Technology bathroom and died as a result of those injuries, the verdict was delivered this morning against her assaulters. Trinity Carr was found guilty of both third-degree criminally negligent homicide and criminal conspiracy. Zion Snow also got the third-degree criminal conspiracy verdict. Chakeira Wright was found not guilty because of a lack of substantial evidence suggesting she was involved in the conspiracy to attack Joyner-Francis. It was also revealed she attempted to pull Carr off Amy during the assault.
Delaware Family Court Judge Robert Coonin read the verdict this morning. I can't say I like this verdict. I never liked the official "cause of death" and found it to serve the girls who killed Amy more than the cause of justice. None of this will bring Amy back.
The final decision can be read below:
Posted on April 13, 2017 Categories Amy Joyner-FrancisTags 3rd Degree Negligent Homicide, Amy Joyner-Francis, Chakeira Wright, Decision, Delaware Family Court, Guilty, Howard High School of Technology, Judge Robert Coonin, Murder, Not Guilty, Third Degree Criminal Conspiracy, Trinity Carr, Verdict, Zion Snow2 Comments on Verdict In On Amy Joyner-Francis Murder: Carr and Snow Guilty, Wright Not Guilty
Amy Joyner-Francis' Murder Trial Reveals Huge Escalation In Fights At Howard High School
As the News Journal reported today, Howard High School experienced more than double the amount of fights between 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
During cross-examination of Ursula McCoy, an 8-year faculty veteran at Howard who had worked in the discipline office, Deckers established that violent incidents more than doubled at Howard between the 2014-2015 school year and the 2015-2016 year. There were 46 reports of violence last year, compared with 20 the year before.
Upon questioning from Deckers, McCoy said "there may be times when (fights) are not reported."
Sorry Ms. McCoy, when it comes to fighting, all of them should be reported. It is the law. It is NOT let's cherry-pick what is and isn't a fight. If the school determines it is a fight, it is a fight. By failing to report that information to the state, YOU are breaking the law. Notice the article said she "had worked in the discipline office". Why doesn't she anymore?
I still don't buy Trinity Carr's excuse that she couldn't have known the fight could lead to Amy Joyner-Francis' death. She and her friends beat her senseless. At the very least, they should have known it would cause some type of trauma to her. But no, we get her attorney defending someone who killed a girl. I know, it is his job to defend her, but come on! This was a planned fight. Kids and teenagers say dumb things, no doubt about it. I don't know if that was the case with all this and it really doesn't matter. You don't beat someone until they die because of it.
As for the school not reporting all their fights, I really hope they have learned their lesson and the state makes sure they did. There is no reason not to report fighting no matter what the reasoning might be. Some folks say get rid of the Delaware Department of Education, but I believe they are a necessary entity to make sure things like this are reported. As well with special education issues and things of that sort. There needs to be ramifications when a school admits in a major trial they didn't report incidents of violence. That will bring little solace to the family of Amy Joyner-Francis, but it should be a wake-up call to every single school in this state. Perhaps if all the fighting were reported it would bring more interventions into a school if the reporting is done with fidelity.
Posted on April 4, 2017 Categories Amy Joyner-FrancisTags Amy Joyner-Francis, Death, Delaware DOE, Delaware State Code, Fighting, Howard High School, News Journal, Trial, Trinity Carr, Ursula McCoy, Violent IncidentsLeave a comment on Amy Joyner-Francis' Murder Trial Reveals Huge Escalation In Fights At Howard High School
16 Who Defined 2016: Amy Joyner-Francis
April 21st was a very dark day for Delaware. Amy Joyner-Francis was beaten in a bathroom at Howard Technical High School in Wilmington leading to her death shortly after. Delaware didn't have a death like this in one of our schools since 1973. For weeks, Delaware citizens felt the impact of Amy's death.
What happened to Amy that day led to much-needed discussion about school safety and climate in The First State. The perpetrators of the incident, Trinity Carr, Zion Snow, and Chakeira Wright faced criminal charges. Snow and Wright were charged as conspirators while primary charges were filed against Carr but a judge ruled she would be tried as a juvenile. The trial will take place in April 2017. Many Delaware citizens felt the charges against Carr should have been bigger. At a maximum, if found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, Carr, 16, would face community service and therapy until the age of 19.
The cause of death ruled by the medical examiner kicked off controversy. The examiner ruled that Amy had a pre-existing heart condition which led to her death, not the severe beating she received from Carr. Many in the field disputed these findings.
The most disturbing part about Amy's death was the fact that many students watched this go down in a high school bathroom and did nothing. By the time a teacher got there, it was too late for Amy. Not touched on by major media was the fact that school monitors did not respond to the situation fast enough (if at all) and that most teachers were involved in a training class at the time of the incident. Governor Markell issued a brief response to the murder as he went on his "Common Core Tour" at a Delaware school far away from the crime. The New Castle County Vo-Tech School District held a press conference hours after the death proclaiming that their schools were safe.
In the first week of the incident, conflicting reports about what happened flooded online media, including this blog. Debates over what happened, and some tried to profit off Amy's death. As her family and friends struggled to deal with her death, the media onslaught continued. News quickly came out that the beating was filmed by students along with pictures taken on cell phones. An entire state grieved for Amy. For Amy, her life was tragically cut short in an environment where this should have never happened. Over seven months later, her death still makes no sense…
I ask that all continue to pray for Amy's family and friends as they face the holidays, especially her parents. No parent should outlive their child and it is a weight that will never leave them.
Posted on December 1, 2016 Categories Amy Joyner-FrancisTags Amy Joyner-Francis, Chakeira Wright, Co-Conspirators, Delaware, Howard Technical High School, Justice, Medical Examiner, Murder, New Castle County Vo-Tech, School Climate, School Safety, Trial, Trinity Carr, Zion Snow1 Comment on 16 Who Defined 2016: Amy Joyner-Francis
Judge Sends A Dangerous Message In Carr Ruling For Amy's Murder & The District's Role In The Events
While a judge's ruling in how Amy Joyner-Francis' murderer will be tried sparks controversy, the role the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District may have played has been silent and ignored.
According to The News Journal last Friday, Delaware Family Court Judge Robert Coonin made a ruling in how Trinity Carr will be tried in the murder of Amy Joyner-Francis, the high school student who died after an assault at Howard High School of Technology. Carr will be tried as a juvenile, not an adult. In most likelihood, the maximum sentence Carr would receive, if found guilty, would be "community supervision and treatment until age 19" as per the News Journal article written by Jessica Massulli Reyes.
Judge Coonin also ruled Amy's fingernails were more likely ripped out trying to fend the attack as the video showed her grabbing Carr as her murderer was being pulled away from her. Coonin said there was insufficient evidence to suggest Carr lacked remorse because she did not know she had killed Amy after the fight.
None of this will likely give Amy's family any feeling of justice. I am very uncomfortable with Carr essentially walking the streets. Her actions, and I don't care what anyone says about a pre-existing condition that is suspect at best, led to the death of a sweet teenager. Carr's Sunday School activity doesn't erase her actions that day. No, I don't think Carr should get the death penalty, but this sends a bad message to the youth of Delaware. A very dangerous and bad message.
The heart of the ruling deals with Carr's age. She is sixteen years old. Technically, she is a minor. The Delaware Attorney General's Office had extreme issues with the planning that went on before the assault on Amy. The length of the assault, the viciousness of it, and the physical results of the attack were foremost in their mind in issuing charges. Revealed at Carr's first hearing on the matter was the unrevealed pulling out of Amy's fingernails. Coonin ruled they were a result of Amy trying to protect herself based on video footage. While this could be true, it also points out a desperation on Amy's part to save herself. Which swings back around to the viciousness of the attack.
We have heard the tales of "bloodlust" in people. Where they go beyond the point of reason and brutal savagery takes over. I have to believe that most people make a conscious choice to cross that line in their mind. What Carr did is not a normal choice unless she made certain decisions during the timeline of events. This was planned in advance, the day before. But there are situations where she may not have been able to make that final choice where rage took over. Coonin's ruling gives teenagers a very false idea that they could get away with something like this. While it is my fervent hope it would not, the minds of teenagers are very different than those of an adult. I highly doubt this would come out even if it were the case, but what if Carr has a disability? What if she was on medication that had an adverse affect on the neurology of her brain? I have no idea if this is the case or not, I am merely questioning a possibility. While this would not justify her final actions in my mind because of the premeditation behind it, this could potentially lead to important questions that need to be addressed.
How aware was the school of the feud between Carr and Amy? Should they have been aware? As part of our bullying laws in Delaware, social media is addressed in those laws. But how much monitoring of that social media takes place? No one can see everything at once. That would be impossible. But one thing I haven't ever heard is the possibility of having a school narc to monitor things like this, especially in schools where there are higher incidents of fights and inappropriate touching. Someone who could keep abreast of things like this. Hearing the buzz so to speak and acting on it. There have been narc's for drugs in schools. Why not bullying or threats that result in vicious fights or, as an extreme, a student's death.
What is the school's role in this tragedy? I've reported before that many teachers at Howard High School of Technology were involved in professional development that morning. While not completely verified, the role of hall monitors has been very spotty at this school according to several sources wishing to remain anonymous. Yes, testimony has come out that a teacher did get to the bathroom and heard Amy's final words. But how much time elapsed between the point when a bunch of students were running into a bathroom, Carr confronted Amy, pulled her by the hair into a bathroom stall, Amy resisted, and Carr was able to punch and kick Amy over twenty times? This is something the school would know. But they aren't talking. Some of that could be because this is a criminal investigation and they simply can't talk about it. But I have to believe that if teachers were present, and not in professional development at 8 or 8:30 in the morning, this tragedy could have been averted. I don't blame the teachers for this, I blame the administration. While the true fault lies with Carr, the school's actions, while intentional or not, did lead to Amy's death. And this is the thing no one else is talking about publicly. If this were outside of school, this wouldn't even be an issue. But this happened inside a school building, filled with adults.
While I tend to doubt the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District would ever publicly address this aspect to Amy's death, I sincerely hope this evolves into discussions with their board and district staff. It may have already happened. There is a public task force on school safety happening in Delaware. I hope changes occur that would allow for something like this to never happen again, not only in their schools, but all Delaware schools. We owe it to Amy, and all those who have been victim to any kind of vicious assault or murder, to try. If anything like this could be in any way prevented by the local school authority, we need to look at all scheduling aspects, how much security we may or may not need in our schools, and some type of apparatus to watch student's actions to see if a crisis could happen. This is something our schools should have always been doing. It should not take the death of Amy to finally make our students the safest they can possibly be.
The School Safety Committee is meeting tonight at the Friends of Woodlawn Library, 2020 W. 9th St., in Wilmington, Delaware, at 6pm. While I am unable to make it, and I know this is late notice, but I would try to attend if you can. Don't be afraid to give public comment. Someone's life could very well depend on it.
Posted on August 24, 2016 Categories Amy Joyner-Francis, Trinity CarrTags Administrators, Amy Joyner-Francis, Bloodlust, Delaware Family Court, Howard High School of Technology, Judge Robert Coonin, New Castle County Vo-Tech, Premeditation, Professional Development, Questions, Safety, School Safety Committee, Supervision, Trinity Carr4 Comments on Judge Sends A Dangerous Message In Carr Ruling For Amy's Murder & The District's Role In The Events
Hearing Gives Details About The Amy Joyner-Francis Murder With Victim's Last Words
They jumped me. They snuck me. -the last words from Amy Joyner-Francis
Yesterday, a Family Court hearing in Delaware convened to decide whether or not Trinity Carr should be tried as an adult in the murder of Amy-Joyner Francis. Disturbing evidence came out during the hearing solidifying the theory that Carr, Zion Snow, and Chakeira Wright planned the attack for 20 hours before the fight.
The News Journal gave a very gruesome detailing of the outcome of the paragraph in their lead which appeared in print today:
A fatal attack in which Howard High School of Technology sophomore Amy Inita Joyner-Francis was punched in the head two dozen times and had her fingernails ripped out started because of a group text message, a Wilmington police detective said in court Monday.
The State News did not mention the fingernails being ripped out in their lead, but did give more weight to the blows against Amy…
A cellphone video of a high school restroom fight that left a 16-year-old Delaware girl dead shows the victim on the ground, struggling to fight back and escape as she is repeatedly hit and kicked in the head while her assailant holds on to her hair.
If I had to guess, the part about the fingernails played a huge role in the decision of prosecutors to try Carr as an adult. This was a very vicious and brutal attack. For someone to drag a teenager by the hair, punch and kick her in the head over twenty times, and tear out her fingernails… that takes a viciousness and callousness with an intent to seriously harm or kill someone. But what astonished me even more was the fact that a math teacher, who found Amy in the bathroom and heard her last words, had to run to get a nurse. Where were all the students who witnessed a classmate getting seriously hurt to the eventual point of death? Why did none of them, upon witnessing this scene, run to grab a nurse?
Details emerged, according to The News Journal article, that Carr showed no remorse upon learning of Amy's death…
Deputy Attorney General Theresa Sedevic, however, said that even after Carr learned of her death at the Wilmington police station hours later, Carr blamed Joyner-Francis for the attack and was upset only that the incident would mess up her chances of getting a nursing degree.
The murder occurred inside a Delaware school, Howard High School of Technology. A source within the district, who wished to remain anonymous, told me the district pretends like the murder never happened. No one talks about it. This source felt like the New Castle County Vo-Tech district moved on and forgot about what happened.
I have never bought this bad theory that an unknown heart condition was the cause of her death. Amy died because someone killed her. Plain and simple. Even though the articles talked about how Carr has received counseling and is making progress, it doesn't erase what she did. She planned to hurt Amy. She killed Amy. She needs to be tried as an adult and given an appropriate sentencing for an adult if found guilty. Why is Carr allowed to travel out of state when she has been accused of murder? Why is she allowed to teach Sunday School to kids at a church in Philadelphia? But more importantly, why is she under homebound instruction which is paid for by the school district? Does this mean Carr was not expelled from the school district after murdering a classmate in a bathroom? What kind of message does that send to Amy's parents when not even the school district could bring even an iota of justice to their daughter's murder? Students have been expelled from Delaware schools for much less. None of this makes sense.
None of this will bring Amy back to her family who misses their daughter every single day. There is no such thing as justice when you lose a loved one like this. Nothing will bring their daughter back.
The Judge in the case is expected to render a decision on how Carr will be tried by the end of next week according to The State News article.
Posted on August 9, 2016 Categories Amy Joyner-FrancisTags Amy Joyner-Francis, Chakeira Wright, Family Court of Delaware, Homebound Instruction, Howard High School of Technology, Murder, New Castle County Vo-Tech, The News Journal, The State News, Trinity Carr, Zion Snow8 Comments on Hearing Gives Details About The Amy Joyner-Francis Murder With Victim's Last Words
My Thoughts On The Charges Against Amy's Murderer And The Accomplices
As I'm sure most of America has heard, the Delaware Department of Justice filed charges against three teenagers involved in Amy Joyner-Francis' murder two and a half weeks ago at Howard High School of Technology. There is absolutely no mention of Amy's head being slammed into the bathroom sink even though some reports stated that at the onset. Only one girl, Trinity Carr, actually hit Amy. She has been charged with criminally-negligent homicide. The other two helped plan the assault up to twenty hours earlier. But the true shocker was that Amy had a pre-existing heart condition.
According to the News Journal article linked above:
Investigators determined that the fight was a planned confrontation in the girl's bathroom, but only one girl – 16-year-old Trinity Carr – actually hit Amy that day, according to a statement by the DOJ. The fight was filmed, according to court documents, and shows Carr hitting Amy repeatedly in the head and torso area with "what what appears to be a closed fist."
The video then shows Carr leave and Amy attempt to stand up from the floor, according to court documents. Amy then appears disoriented, court papers say, and collapses back to the floor. When paramedics found her, she was unresponsive and went into cardiac arrest shortly after.
Knowing what really happened won't take away the pain and sadness surrounding all this. It won't bring back Amy who apparently didn't know this was coming. Just a sweet, innocent teenage girl going to school one day. The question is how many others knew about it. I am still upset no one else in that bathroom intervened. I'm assuming her heart condition was private as that has never been mentioned before. If the intent was there to do bodily harm to Amy, what did Carr think would happen? While they may not have planned actual murder, how is this "criminally negligent"? Our justice systems works in funny ways. Why did it take two and a half weeks when the police had the video the entire time to arrest Carr? At the very least, the evidence clearly shows an assault.
Trinity Carr, Zion Snow, and Chakeira Wright will have to live with what they did every single day for the rest of their life. Carr will most likely spend what should be some of the best years of her life in prison. Snow and Wright will probably be in juvenile detention while their classmates are going to the prom and graduating. But no amount of justice will ever make any of this alright. Amy will never have the opportunity for any of those things. I really hope this is a wake-up call for all of us in Delaware. We need to make sure this never happens again, and that includes the adults.
Tim Furlong with NBC Philadelphia gave a bit more detail about what happened after the fight:
After the fight, Joyner-Francis complained about head and chest pain. A school resource officer called 911 and Joyner-Francis lost consciousness before medics arrived. CPR was performed as she was flown to a nearby children's hospital. She later died at the hospital.
Where was this school resource officer during the fight? I understand fights can happen fast, but where were any adults during this assault? That is the question no one is asking. I challenged the district about this a couple of weeks ago. It was important to clarify their board meeting change, but in regards to my other concerns, they completely ignored them. Last week I saw the Superintendent of the district for Howard High School, Dr. Gehrt. She knows who I am cause I've seen her at many meetings where I gave public comment. I saw her at the assessment inventory meeting at the Delaware DOE. Usually she gives me a smile. At this meeting, she could only scowl at me. I'll take my lumps where I get them. But at least own up to… something.
Amy's death affected me immensely, and I didn't even know the poor girl. She is a memorial to what we need to fix in our schools. We can't stop what happens outside of school, but we can make sure Amy's death is a living testament to change. I haven't heard one word about school climate from those in power. We have seen plenty in social media comments, but once again it is an empty echo chamber from the decision-makers in our state. Our legislators have been strangely quiet on the issue. The Delaware DOE, the State Board of Education, and Governor Markell have been eerily quiet about the situation. Perhaps things will start to happen now that the investigation is over and charges have been filed. All I know is something has to happen. We can't have another Amy, or all the many living victims of bullying and assault in our schools. It has to stop.
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Tomorrow's business. Interview with Carla Buzasi: Teachers are (Role) Models by Kidsuper
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Looking back over the past few years, we have seen a flourishing of young talents with a special focus on sustainable fashion. And perhaps one of the emerging designers who left their mark is Colm Dillane, 28 years old, born in New York, whose mentality that "everything is possible" was the real push towards his success on the catwalk, at the fashion weeks in Paris and New York. The name of his brand (and he alter ego) with an essentially street style, KidSuper maybe won't say anything to most yet, but Dillane's eccentric and playful approach and his overwhelming personality on social networks have undoubtedly attracted a large and devoted host of admirers.
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Dillane's path to becoming a stylist and launching KidSuper it was quite unusual. As a kid he was a rebel, he didn't want to buy clothes that others considered "cool", and instead he made them himself. Without ever studying fashion, he started making T-shirts at the age of 15, to sell them in the high school bar. He was later admitted to New York University to study mathematics, which did not stop him from pursuing his dream: to create his own sustainable fashion clothing line. Like so many tech startups that come to light in a garage, KidSuper was born in her room in the college dormitory, which she had even used as a shop. His small business was closed by the principal, who also threatened to throw him out if he continued to break the rules. After that episode, Dillane decided to move and live in Brooklyn in a space where she could sell her clothes freely.
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For the last 2020 look-book of KidSuper, which is called Teachers Are (Role) Models, the stylist used teachers as models (including life models): the cooking teacher Kazuo Yoshida, that of diction Susan Salinger, the professor of civil engineering Daniel Wacks, and the principal / coach King Doyle. The styling is by Colm Dillane himself and the photos are by Tanima Mehrotra and Steven Moran. "If we want to get to the essentials, the most important profession is precisely that of the teacher. It is absurd for society to consider them so little and pay them so little, "says Dillane. "I really don't understand why it is normal in this society to pay very little for teachers and a lot of models. Why brands don't pay models $ 5, what will happen? There are millions of beautiful people in the world, and honestly the teachers are much cooler when they wear my clothes. I hope I have launched a new trend, and that other brands also choose teachers as models, and pay them a lot, so that they can be even more inspired and enthusiastic when they teach future generations. I wanted to focus on a person's actions, not on his appearance. At the heart of KidSuper there is a mission: to highlight the superhero inside us, and to present works that stimulate an important debate. "
Today Dillane besides fashion is also interested in art, music and cinema. He shot short films to promote his KidSuper brand and proposed a new series to television networks. And soon he will collaborate with Puma. As Dillane says, "the world is in my hands!", And it seems that nothing can stop this enfant prodige and its mission: to break with traditional fashion patterns.
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Divided District 86 Board elects new officers
In a series of 4-3 votes, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board elected a new president, vice president and secretary at its April 14 meeting.
Eric Held will serve as president, Kathleen Hirsman as vice president and Terri Walker as secretary. All received support from Held, Hirsman, Walker and Cynthia Hanson.
Jeff Waters nominated Peggy James for all three offices. She received three votes for each office from herself, Waters and Debbie Levinthal.
Levinthal spoke up after the first two votes were complete and nominations had been offered for secretary.
"This is very clear where this is going," she said, citing conversations about trust and unification of the board that took place at the last meeting. "It is very clear that there is a block that is blocking any sort of unification of this board or trust.
"Extremely predictably unpredictable, but I'm just going to say, shameful, I mean, really, really shameful," she added.
Hanson said she has tried to be a positive force on the board, working to foster collaboration.
"I look to leaders who can unify this board, not at the expense of alienating our administration," she said.
Waters, who described James as the best overall candidate when he nominated her for president, said the board owed it to the community to break up the perception of a voting block. He called for a 7-0 vote for James for secretary, a role she has served in for the past year.
"I think we owe that to Peggy relative to the service provided," he said.
Two district residents called for a change in board leadership during the public comment session prior to the vote.
"Let's appoint a president who can unify a divided board," Creighton Meland said.
Yvonne Mayer blasted the elections during public comments at the end of the meeting.
"I'm actually glad the three of you were elected. Enjoy your last year on the board," she said to Held, Hirsman and Hanson. "We all challenge you to run because we want to crush you at the polls, just like we crushed the last set of incumbents that aren't sitting at the table with you."
Pamela Lannom is editor of The Hinsdalean
Phone: 630-323-4422, ext. 104


Karlo Estates is one of nearly 40 wineries in Prince Edward County, Ontario. This region is Canada's newest viticultural area and the most northern appellation in the province. Only officially identified in 2007 by the VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance), the Prince Edward County wine area is steadily growing in popularity. Even in this relatively small wine country, Karlo Estates has a unique claim to fame. It is the world's first vegan-certified winery.
Despite wine being made from grapes, animal proteins are commonly used in the clarification process of winemaking. To reduce bitterness or tannin, winemakers often use egg whites, casein from milk, isinglass from fish bladders or gelatin. If you follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, you'll want to choose a wine that doesn't contain these ingredients.
Sherry Karlo, owner and vintner of Karlo Estates © Sherry Karlo.
HOW DOES KARLO ESTATES CLARIFY THEIR WINE?
It's more difficult to make a vegan wine because there is less room for fixing mistakes with animal proteins. One of the top winemakers in Canada, Derek Barnett uses his highly-trained palate to craft outstanding wines for Karlo Estates. Owner and vintner Sherry Karlo has creative and innovative winemaking methods. Barnett and Karlo overcome these challenges by being precise from the start. While the wine requires fewer protein additions overall, pumpkin or potato protein further reduce tannin and bitterness. For clarification, they use bentonite clay.
Bridge over Hubb's Creek, Karlo Estates © Sherry Karlo.
HOW DOES A WINERY BECOME VEGAN-CERTIFIED?
Karlo Estates is officially certified by VegeCert, meaning that every process and ingredient is free of animal products. The Kosher Council carries out VegeCert's rigorous inspections. To become vegan-certified, companies must meet the organization's high standards. Karlo Estates passed the tests in every facet of production and manufacturing, from the vineyard to the bottle.
Karlo Estates' tasting rooms, which are inside a timber-frame barn dating back to 1805 © Sherry Karlo.
Karlo Estates' striking tasting rooms are inside a timber-frame barn dating back to 1805. The back patio tasting room offers a quiet and serene space to sip wine paired with tasty bites. The center barrel room allows guests to treat their palates while admiring Sherry Karlo's artistic creations, original portrait oil paintings. The tranquility continues outdoors at tasting tables set beside a dreamy cobblestone bridge. Be sure to try their award-winning pinot noir, with captivating notes of sour red cherry, exotic spice, and cacao.
Karlo Estates is open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.
If you're interested to see if your favorite wine is vegan or vegetarian-friendly, the Barnivore guide is an excellent resource. Not every winemaker or brewer will seek the meticulous testing of becoming officially vegan-certified. Barnivore lists whether or not there are animal ingredients in the wine, beer, or liquor. If your wine or beer of choice isn't on the site, you can ask the winemaker directly if they use animal proteins in their processing or filtration techniques.
Lauren Yakiwchuk is a travel writer and photographer from Toronto, Canada. She loves urban and outdoor adventures, especially exploring nature. Lauren is interested in eco-friendly travel and emphasizes the importance of responsible wildlife tourism. As a vegan, she's always seeking the best plant-based meals around the world. Lauren loves coffee and her two cats, Chickpea and Peanut.


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Q: Microsoft Azure .NET 4.5 WebForms App : Session TimeOut / InProc / Single Instance As stated in the title, this questions concerns a .NET 4.5 WebForms App. Despite using an InProc mode and a single instance only, my session timeout is not respected.
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In the above example, session is timed out after 20 minutes only. I am NOT using .NET forms authentication.
Thanks for your advice.

A: If you want to maintain session state you have to use one of the following options

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*SQL Session State Provider using Azure SQL

*Azure Table Session State

*Session State with Azure Redis Cache

You can find details on how to do this at the following links:

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*Session State Management in Windows Azure Web Roles

*Session state with Azure Redis cache in Azure App Service
The easiest way in my opinion is using Azure Redis Cache as noted in the link above.
Let me know if this helps!

A: To answer my own question, this is because of the automatic recycling of Azure cloud service web role, which has to be disabled. The role is recycled after 20 minutes (IIS default) before the session timeout expires.
Simon Pedersen describes the issue and gives a solution on the following page:
http://wp.sjkp.dk/windows-azure-websites-and-cloud-services-slow-on-first-request/
He talks about the slow startup, but the reason my session timeout is not respected is the same. However, Pedersen's answer contains a small issue - the startup command file must be terminated with an exit code (else roles cannot start) as follows:
IF "%ComputeEmulatorRunning%" == "false" (
    REM *** Prevent the IIS app pools from shutting down due to being idle.
    REM %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.processModel.idleTimeout:00:00:00
    REM *** Prevent IIS app pool recycles from recycling on the default schedule of 1740 minutes (29 hours).
    REM %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.recycling.periodicRestart.time:00:00:00
)
EXIT /B 0

PS As I want to change IIS parameters only in the cloud, I added a runtime environment variable (which is verified in startup command file, see above) to the servicedefinition.csdef as follows:
<Runtime>
  <Environment>
    <Variable name="ComputeEmulatorRunning">
      <RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/Deployment/@emulated" />
    </Variable>
  </Environment>
</Runtime>

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's trip to the Super Bowl as a guest of a Minneapolis utility included free invitations to a rock concert http://www.jaguarscheapshop.co…..les-jersey , private parties, meals and other events, The Associated Press found through an open records request.
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Violence and the Dakota pipeline
Illegal, vicious, violent and punitive measures continue to be taken by the élite against the water protectors resisting attempts to build the Dakota Access pipeline across sacred lands in the central north west of the United States. Sophia Wilansky, for instance, was severely injured during one police attack with a concussion grenade.
Other assaults by law enforcement, state and private resulted in a lawsuit by a group of lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild against Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, Morton County and other law enforcement agencies, arguing they are using excessive force.
As the resistance deepened, police attacked the protectors with rubber bullets, bean bag rounds, water cannons in subfreezing temperatures, sound cannons, explosive tear gas grenades and concussion grenades, injuring hundreds of people.
At the end of November what had been unsubstantiated reports emerged as videos from the protectors were sent to some of the few progressive radio stations left in the USA detailing the use of chemical warfare as aircraft equipped with crop spraying equipment was deployed on the encampments in early morning acts of terrorism.
The many skeletons in Trumps new cabinet
If ever evidence were needed that the élites use political office almost exclusively to feather their collective nests, this election season in the United States provides it. If anyone doubted that Trump is a narcissist bully, and not someone who is pledged to effect ideological shake-ups in Washington, then they should look again at the cabinet members whom he has picked by mid-December.
Many of these are subject to ratification by lawmakers next year, of course. But there could well be three members of the military in Trump's cabinet. Retired (though not for long enough to qualify, according to the law) general John Kelly is to lead the office of Homeland Security – the equivalent in some ways of having a soldier as Home Secretary in the UK.
At the very end of November billionaire Steven Mnuchin was chosen to be treasury secretary. Mnuchin has strong links to Wall Street, where ten years or so ago his hedge fund played a role in the housing crisis which preceded the recession. Owner of IndyMac, Mnuchin oversaw the foreclosure on the loans of 36,000 families – mostly elderly residents trapped in reverse mortgages. The same bank was also accused of racially discriminatory lending practices.
Meanwhile the stocks of some companies surged including the largest private prison contractor, the discredited Corrections Corporation of America (which recently changed its name to CoreCivic)… up 43% since Trump's victory and another for profit incarcerator, GEO Group, up 21%. The stocks of several manufacturers of weapons of mass destruction also rose after the election – including Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
As we said last time, although Trump himself may have 'softened' on some of his more alarming threats made during his campaign, those whom he is choosing to surround himself – in his cabinet – give, if anything, even greater cause for concern.
Although schools have greater autonomy in the United States than they do in the UK, the post of education secretary is an important one. Trump has picked the billionaire Betsy DeVos for the post. She is a former chair of the Michigan Republican Party. She has – for many years – supported charter schools, which are the (rough) equivalent of Foundation (formerly grant-maintained schools) in England and Wales.
DeVos advocates the divisive system of vouchers for private and religious schools. Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers; she said, "In nominating DeVos, Trump makes it loud and clear that his education policy will focus on privatising, defunding and destroying public education in America". DeVos's father-in-law is the co-founder of the fraudulent pyramid marketing company, Amway, and an established supporter of right wing causes. DeVos's brother is none other than Erik Prince, founder of the mercenary firm, Blackwater.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a member of Trump's transition team; in late November he accidentally revealed a possible 'strategic plan' for the Department of Homeland Security. Significantly, it includes ideological 'extreme vetting' in the form of a test for immigrants aiming to enter the United States, and the reinstatement of the discredited registry for immigrants from majority-Muslim countries. After 9/11, Kobach actually helped to design the registry – known as NSEERS (the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System). Before the Department of Homeland Security abandoned the program in 2011 after declaring it ineffective, over 10,000 Muslims were deported and over 80,000 spied on as a result.
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is to be attorney general. A former prosecutor elected to the Senate in 1996, Sessions has consistently supported anti-immigration legislation. In 1986 he was nominated by Ronald Reagan for a federal judgeship. But the necessary confirmation failed because of Sessions' history of racist comments, including reportedly saying he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "…OK until I found out they smoked pot…"
Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is to be national security adviser. His anti-Muslim views are notorious… he once called Islam a 'cancer' and said that 'fear of Muslims is rational'. Flynn was a key adviser to Trump during his campaign this year, when he refused to condemn Trump's proposed use of torture. Flynn also serves on the board of advisers for ACT for America – an anti-Muslim organisation which has been designated as a hate group by the widely respected Southern Poverty Law Center.
That's the same group which reported almost 50 hate crimes each day across the country in the first ten days since Trump's election – mostly verbal and physical attacks, intimidation and harassment against Muslims, immigrants, African Americans and women. These were reported most commonly in schools.
Still unclear is the president elect's final current stance on climate change, which he has described as a 'Chinese hoax'. But one senior Trump adviser, Bob Walker, is reported as saying that there is no need for NASA to do what he has previously described as 'politically correct environmental monitoring', and that the space agency's climate research programme will be scrapped.
What's more, the transition team has compiled a lengthy (nearly 75 questions) survey for the Department of Energy… an unusual move. Amongst the questions are ones asking for the names of all employees and contractors who have attended conferences where climate change policy was dealt with, asked for all emails and documents pertaining to those conferences. This move seems aimed at identifying civil servants who have expressed any kind of concern about humans' role in carbon emissions, climate science research and clean energy.
For health Trump picked Georgia Congress-member Tom Price. Chair of the House Budget Committee, Price is one of the leading opponents of Obama's Affordable Care Act, which began to extend health coverage to some poorer members of society. He is in favour of privatising the senior citizens' health scheme, Medicare; opposes abortion; and has voted to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Price is also an opponent of marriage equality, who has repeatedly voted against measures to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
To a key environmental post – the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – comes Scott Pruitt. He is currently the attorney general in Oklahoma, where he has proved loyal to, and active on behalf of, the fossil fuel industry. It's widely expected that Trump intends that Pruitt dismantle the few steps taken by Obama to counter climate change (which Pruitt denies, of course); and to wreck much of the already ineffective EPA itself. Rick Perry would be Energy Secretary: he's a a bombastic Texan Republican with a record of scandal and disgrace who remains in thrall to the fossil fuel industry.
And so on: Ben Carson was a rival to Trump as a presidential candidate. He once called fair housing a "failed socialist experiment" and has no experience either in the area of (housing) policy, or indeed running such a large (public) department. Indeed, he said that he did not want to take such a position, and is famed for his off-the-cuff inaccurate, mendacious and false statement. He has officially been nominated to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Much of Trump's money is in land and housing.
Andrew Puzder has made his name and his millions by serving rotting, tortured, dead animals to consumers who know no better as a 'fast "food"' executive. He is against raising the minimum wage and has even claimed that wages are too high as part of his advocacy of a range of right-wing trickle-down economic policy. He will be the next labour secretary.
As several mayors and police chiefs in cities in the United States announced that they would refuse to carry out Trump's planned deportation measures after he becomes president in January, spontaneous protests erupted in numerous cities – particularly in schools. Within a week of the election, students in Boulder, Colorado, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Seattle, Silver Spring, Maryland, and on the campuses of several universities including the University of Connecticut and the University of Texas had walked out of classes with such chants as "Not My President" and "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist U.S.A." This has not lasted long; and it remains to be seen where the (next) lines of resistance originate as Trump is inaugurated and his manic ideas start to be enacted.
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