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Release Date:03 Jun 2013
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From Lengthy Imprisonment to Lasting Freedom
By Melissa Munn and Chris Bruckert
SERIES: Law and Society
From the passage of Bill C-10, with its punitive, tough-on-crime provisions, to sensationalist media accounts of dangerous ex-convicts, it is evident that Canada is a country that is taking an increasingly hard line on crime. The truth is, however, that the vast majority of prisoners who serve out their sentences do not re-offend, but rather reintegrate into society and never see the inside of a prison cell again. Why, then, is there such a lack of focus on successful resettlement -- not only by politicians and journalists but also in criminology research? This silence regarding those who "make good" perpetuates the illusion of the "dangerous ex-convict" and renders invisible the complex and sometimes treacherous path out of prison. On the Outside illuminates that journey, exploring the post-carceral lives of men who have successfully resettled into the community after serving at least a decade in Canada's penitentiaries. Discussing the transition from imprisonment, release, and re-entry through to the challenges of resettlement, this book will change the way you think about Canada's prisoners and open up the debate on the perils of tough-on-crime legislation.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of criminology, sociology, and critical human geography, as well as any reader interested in social justice issues.
RELATED TOPICS: Criminology, Law, Law & Society, Socio-legal Studies, Sociology
The greatest strength of On the Outside lies in its ability to bring into view the standpoints of men who have typically been demonized. By focusing on their experiences of resettlement, this book addresses a key issue in criminology as well as public debates about crime and safety. This is an important and significant work. Elizabeth Comack, Sociology Department, University of Manitoba
Melissa Munn is a professor in the Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies Departments at Okanagan College. Chris Bruckert is a professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.
1 Telling Tales: State Talk, Con Talk, and Back Talk
2 Introducing the Men
Part 1: Inside Out
3 Being In: Negotiating Prison
4 Getting Out: Finding a Way to the Street
5 Starting Out: Halfway There
Part 2: Outside In
6 Negotiating "Freedom": Echoes and Reverberations
7 Identity: Fractured and Fragmented Selves
8 Stigma: Negative Expectations and Amazing Reversals
9 Home and Homelessness: Being In and Out of Place
10 Work and Finance: Navigating the New Economy
11 Interactions: Etiquette, Intimacy, and Fitting In
Final Thoughts: Understanding Life outside "the Rabbit Hole"
Appendix: Methodological Considerations
Constructing Crime
Contemporary Processes of Criminalization
Afterword by Marie-Andrée Bertrand Edited by Janet Mosher and Joan Brockman
Critical Criminology in Canada
New Voices, New Directions
Edited by Aaron Doyle and Dawn Moore
Demarginalizing Voices
Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
Edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian
Parole in Canada
Gender and Diversity in the Federal System
By Sarah Turnbull
Behind the Walls
Inmates and Correctional Officers on the State of Canadian Prisons
By Michael Weinrath
Four Unruly Women
Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison
By Ted McCoy


SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old Southern California boy was charged Wednesday as an adult for allegedly starting two arson wildfires in San Bernardino County earlier this year.
Ricky Sean Lukacs will be arraigned in adult court on Dec. 28 and is being held in juvenile hall, said Deputy District Attorney Karen Khim.
He is charged with two counts of arson of an inhabited structure for fires on Aug. 30 and 31 in the Yucaipa area, 65 miles east of Los Angeles.
Lukacs was originally arrested and charged as a juvenile, but the charges were refiled in adult court, said Susan Mickey, district attorney spokeswoman.
The fires did not cause serious injury or death, but one burned about 1½ square miles in the community of Oak Glen, and the other threatened about 400 homes in Yucaipa before it was contained.
At the time of his arrest in September, authorities said they were investigating the teen for 12 to 14 other arson wildfires going back to 2006 because of a "commonality" between the blazes.
Khim, the prosecutor, said she could not comment on the evidence and declined to say if more charges would be filed.
Arden Wiltshire, sheriff's spokeswoman, said because structures burned in the two fires in question, authorities could file charges in adult court. She did not know if charges in the other blazes under investigation were filed or would be filed in juvenile court, where all proceedings are confidential.
Lukacs has not yet made a first court appearance and it was not known if he had retained an attorney.


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Norton Rose Fulbright named the global leader in project finance by IJ Global
Recognition | March 28, 2018
Firm wins 'Global Law Firm of the Year' and 'Europe and Africa Law Firm of the Year'
Advised on 15 'Deal of the Year' Awards
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been awarded Global Law Firm of the Year by IJ Global, a leading industry publication for the energy and infrastructure market. The firm also received 15 'Deal of the Year' Awards at regional ceremonies held in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai this month.
The IJ Global Awards celebrate excellence and recognise the best energy, infrastructure and mining deals and firms from around the world over the past year.
In further recognition of the firm's regional prominence it was recognised as Europe and Africa Law Firm of the Year.
These awards follow the firm's recently received "Law Firm of the Year" accolade, awarded by Project Finance International.
Nick Merritt, global head of infrastructure, mining and commodities comments:
"These awards are recognition of our clients' hard work and success, and we are delighted to have worked alongside them on the award winning deals. With the expansion of our business in Canada, the US and Australia last year, we have grown our project finance offering, and winning Global Law Firm of the Year from two pre-eminent industry publications is cross industry recognition of what we have done in the sphere of legal services for global project finance. Of course, the work doesn't stop there and we continue to strive to be at the forefront of the market with our clients."
Deal awards received:
Asia Pacific (awarded on March 21)
Asia Pacific Solar Deal of the Year – Bungala PV Solar Plant Phase 1 (110MW)
Advised an international consortium comprised of Enel Green Power (EGP), the renewable energy subsidiary of leading Italian power company Enel, and leading global infrastructure investor Dutch Infrastructure Fund on the purchase of the 275 MW Bungala Solar PV project from local developer Reach Solar Energy. The project is currently the largest ready-to-build solar PV project in Australia. Lead partners: Simon Currie and Raymond Lou.
Asia Pacific Mining & Metals Deal of the Year – Pilgangoora Lithium Mine
Advised leading US and Swiss based investment management groups, Castlelake, Pala Investments Limited and CarVal Investors LLC, in relation to Altura Mining Limited's entrance into a Loan Note Subscription Agreement with the investment management groups to raise an US$110 million Senior Secured Debt Facility. Lead partner: Jake Howard.
Asia Pacific Telecoms Deal of the Year – AirTrunk Data Centres
Advised data centre developer and operator AirTrunk on its $400 million capital raising consisting of an equity investment and mezzanine financing provided by special situations funds from Goldman Sachs and TSSP together with a senior debt project finance facility from ING and Natixis. Lead partner: Shane Bilardi.
Asia Pacific Downstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year – Pengarang Oil Storage Facility
Advised a consortium of nine lenders on a US$1.25bn financing for the development of a 1.65 million cubic metre oil storage terminal to support a large integrated refinery complex in Johor, Malaysia sponsored by PETRONAS, Vopak and Dialog. Lead partner: Stephen Begley.
Europe and Africa (awarded on March 7)
European Airport Deal of the Year - 14 Greek Airports
Advised the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund on the privatisation of 14 regional airports by way of concession. The firm's role involved helping scope airport policy, advising on best international practice, preparing reports on a range of airport issues, submissions to the European Commission, drafting expressions of interest, request for proposals and tender rules, as well as drafting the concessions and related commercial contracts. Lead partner: Chris Brown.
European Upstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year – Vitol Sankofa OCTP
Advising Eni on the OCTP oil and gas development including advising on the Petroleum Agreement, agreements with the Government and gas sales arrangements. Lead partner: Nick Prowse.
Africa Water Deal of the Year – Kigali Water PPP
Advised Kigali Water Limited on the project development and financing of the Kigali bulk water treatment plant PPP. This is the first project financed bulk water project in sub-Saharan Africa. Lead partner: Madhavi Gosavi.
Africa Mining & Metals Deal of the Year – Nokeng
Advised Nedbank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V (FMO) and Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) (the Lenders) in relation to the project financing of the development, construction, operation and maintenance of a greenfield fluorspar mine located in Gauteng, South Africa. Lead partner: Jackie Midlane.
Africa Renewables Deal of the Year - Bangweulu Solar PV
Advised the International Finance Corporation and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation on the financing of the Bangweulu 47.5 MW solar PV plant. This is the first project to be financed under the World Bank Group's Scaling Solar initiative and it also has the benefit of coverage from an IDA-backed partial risk guarantee. Lead partner: Jeremy Hushon.
Middle East and North Africa (awarded on March 27)
MENA Infrastructure Programme Deal of the Year – Egypt FIT II Programme
Advised a consortium of lenders, led by International Finance Corporation (and also including African Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, CDC, OeEB and Finnfund) on the US$ 653 million financing of a programme of 13 solar power projects in Egypt with an aggregate capacity of 752MW. The projects will form part of the Benban Solar Park, which, once complete, will be the largest solar installation in the world. This is the largest private sector financing package for a solar photovoltaic facility in the Middle East and North African region. Lead partner: Andrew Hart.
MENA Solar Deal of the Year – Sweihan
Advised Marubeni Corporation and JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd in relation to the US$ 900 million financing for the Sweihan IPP (independent power project) in Abu Dhabi. Lead partners: Charles Whitney, Chris Down, Peter Hall.
Americas (awarded on March 15)
North America Transmission Deal of the Year - Fort McMurray West Transmission
Advised the Alberta Electric System Operator on the development and implementation of P3 contracts relating to the design, build, ownership, operation and maintenance of a 500 kV, 500 km, C$1.65bn transmission line, and on matters relating to a debt funding competition for project debt of approximately C$1.4bn. Lead partners: David Eeles, Rick Borden, Jennifer Kennedy.
North America Wind Deal of the Year - TransAlta Renewables Inc.
Advised TransAlta Renewables in connection with a C$260 million bond offering, by way of a private placement, for its indirect majority-held subsidiary, Kent Hills Wind LP, which is secured by, among other things, a first ranking charge over all of Kent Hills Wind LP's assets, including wind generating facilities located near Moncton, New Brunswick. Lead partner: Nicole Sigouin.
Latin America Mining & Metals Deal of the Year - Fruta Del Norte
Advised Lundin Gold on all aspects of its project finance package of $400 to $450 million with the Orion Mine Finance Group and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. The purpose of the financing is to fund a portion of the development and operational costs of the company's Fruta del Norte project, and is the first large scale mining project financing in Ecuador. Lead partners: Geoff Gilbert and Alison Babbitt.
Latin America Solar Deal of the Year - Cubico Alten, Mexico
Advised the IIC, IFC, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Banobras and Bancomext as senior lenders in the US$235 million financing of the 150 MW Solem I and 140 MW Solem II solar PV projects, located in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Norton Rose Fulbright also represented Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (México) as VAT facility lender. The project will consist of two solar plants, named Solem I and Solem II respectively, two electrical substations, and a 6.6 km 230 kV power transmission line connecting both substations to the Mexican utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). Lead partner: Raquel Bierzwinsky.
Norton Rose Fulbright's global project finance team has recently been ranked number 1 by IJGlobal and Infra News for the number of deals closed in 2017. Law360 has also named Norton Rose Fulbright's projects team one of its "Practice Groups of the Year" for the fourth consecutive year.
Kate Farrell, Public Relations Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7444 3724; Mob: +44 (0) 7515 324 290
kate.farrell@nortonrosefulbright.com
Meeta Campanaro, Senior Public Relations Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7444 3097; Mob: +44 (0)7595886276
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Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm providing the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. The firm has more than 4,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Recognized for its industry focus, Norton Rose Fulbright is strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through its global risk advisory group, the firm leverages its industry experience with its knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Norton Rose Fulbright operates in accordance with its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, aiming to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of its offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices.
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By RSMStaff - August 15, 2017
In an interesting turn of events, Microsoft recently decided to completely revamp the Windows 10 servicing plans model which I described in a previous post. Here's a quick re-cap of the phases Microsoft has gone through in regards to their client operating system (OS):
Phase I: Major operating system releases typically saw a three-year gap.
Phase II: Microsoft moved towards a "Windows as a Service" offering, in which major updates could be released at any time of the year. However, "branch" updates for stability and features would be released 2-3 times per year. This is where Current Branch (CB), Current Branch for Business (CBB), and Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) were born.
Phase III: Microsoft is now moving towards the same model as Windows Server on the client side.
Instead of sticking with CB, CBB, and LTSB, Microsoft will now be offering two servicing branches: Semi-Annual and Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). One of the primary drivers for making this change is to match up terminology with the Office 365 suite:
Note that LTSC, formerly LTSB, is still around and is intended to stay where it is in terms of deployment releases and scheduling.
What does that mean for us from an IT support, maintenance, and management perspective?
Well, let's take a look at a step-by-step example:
Windows 10 v.1709 gets released in September of 2017. It becomes the pilot group for the Semi-Annual Channel. (note, you can defer this until step #2)
Four to five months later, v.1709 is released to the broader scope of Semi-Annual Channel.
18 months after that, v.1709 is no longer under support
During these 18 months, a newer version will be back at step #1
Larger organizations may have a continued rollout of 2-3 operating system versions at a time, as they continue to complete in-place upgrades or machine wipes/reloads. Smaller organizations will likely complete upgrades in small pilot groups, and then roll out the updates in mass once confirmed to be properly working with their line of business software.
This does match the simplified approach of other Microsoft software suites, but it may cause issues in organizations that had just begun a cadence path with the CB/CBB/LTSB model.
For more information on how your organization can best manage this new Windows 10 servicing plans model, please visit our website. You can also contact RSM's technology and management consulting professionals at 800.274.3978 or via email.
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Joint Distraction is simply a method to release the pressure within the capsule and hopefully influence the joint health positively.
Personally I struggle with the whole sitting around and trying stretch thing, I do find it boring just as I assume so do you!?
Most of the joints in our bodies that we use for everyday life and athletics are called Synovial Joints, which contain the lubricating Synovial fluid (the oil in our engine as an example). When we inevitably get to tight or our movement mechanics are of a poor quality, the articulating surfaces inside the joint can become compressed (pushed together) and problems occur.
Once that space within our Joint becomes compromised a host of physiological structures in the joint, such as our Meniscus, Laburm, Cartilage, Synovial membranes, Bursa and even the bone, become structural compromised and/or deteriorate.
When we have a loss support of our joints' physiological 'cushions,' articulating (moving) surfaces of the joint will literally start to sheer (wear away) each other unless there is some kind of intervention.
And just like any other Joint when they are compressed they create an environment where the articulating (moving) surfaces with cause damage to one another and limit mobility.
Joint Distraction is used often in a physical therapy setting, but it can easily be applied by individuals like you and myself virtually anyway, at home, in the gym, down at the track.
What is a Joint Distraction Exercise?
Joint Distraction exercises use resistance band, foam roller or another object to create a 'vector force' that literally acts as a 'wedge' to separate the joint surfaces from one another. This separation of the articulating surfaces will provide more 'space' for Synovial fluid to fill the joint, reduce the amount of friction and allows for much more fluid motion.
In short, we use an object to wedge the joint open for more fluidity of movement.
Here are some illustrations depicting the mechanics principles behind a Joint Distraction exercise.
You need a relatively strong resistance band, there is no getting away with this, it needs to be able to resist your body weight but also have some give so as not to dig into your muscle and allow some fluid movement through a range of motion.
Let's learn some Joint Distraction exercises!
Improve the mobility at the ankle and foot, which will also affect how the rest of the body moves, especially in agility drills or running, this should always start your routine so that pay some good attention to you ankles, they do after all take all the work when running.
Next, wrap the band around your ankle and walk away from the anchor until the band gets tight and offers a firm resistance. Also, make sure that the band is positioned across the front of the ankle where the shinbones intersect with the foot.
Once the band is in place around the front of the ankle, walk the hands out on the ground until you are in a plank position. In this position, the band will begin to pull your foot away from your shinbone and thus make more 'space' in the ankle joint itself.
Next, adjust your positioning to explore different lines of action (pull of stretch) thought your foot, ankle and calf. Every time you modify your position, you essentially change the stretch and will feel different sensations through your ankle, which is good. We want to find the positions that work best for you. So, be creative and find all the positions that work best for you!
Finally, add in a PNF Stretching technique while performing this Joint Distraction exercise. Simply, cycle through a few Contract-and-Relax phases when you are the end Range of Motion in this stretch and allow your muscles to release, which will help the joint to open more.
Perform a Joint Distraction on each leg for 30+ seconds.
This exercise will target the Hip Flexors and increase the Range of Motion in Hip Extension, which will make a positive difference in the way that you run, jump, squat and more. This exercise is strongly recommended for those among us that sit much during the day. Open up those Hips and restore a full Range of Power to your Hip Extension!
Anchor the resistance band securely to a rack or pole. Again rules about being secure and safe must be adhered to.
Next, wrap the band around the top of your thigh as high as possible and kneel on the ground with the front of your hips pointing towards the anchor.
Next, make plenty of slight adjustments to change the line of action (stretch) through your Hips and Quadriceps. Explore different positions and the various sensations that you will feel with each. Once you have found a line of action that indicates the most tightness for you, then you are ready to apply a PNF Stretching technique to elicit a release in the muscles and further open up Hip Extension.
Now, we add in a PNF Stretching technique. With this exercise, we can apply either PNF technique: Contract-and-Relax or Contract-and-Hold. Both will effectively release tightness in the muscles and improve the Range of Motion of the Hip. So, try each technique on your own and repeat the one that you feel work best!
Perform a Joint Direction on each hip for 30+ seconds.
This exercise will aim to increase the Range of Motion of Hip Abduction and help stretch your Adductors (groin) muscles. This exercise is ideal for anyone that experienced difficulty with the Lateral Lunges, Squats or the Kickstand stretch.
Anchor the resistance band around a rack or a pole. Safety first, please!
Next, wrap the band around your thigh, up close towards your knee, as you position yourself in a Spider-Man Lunge (a longer version of a Kneeling Lunge). Make sure that band is pulled tight and your body is perpendicular to the band.
Now, make plenty of small adjustments and explore the different sensations that this stretch will offer you. You will want to keep modifying your position until your feel that you have found a line-of-action (stretch) that works the best.
Also, you can use your hand to help press the knee out wider. Or rotate through the torso and reach the arm up into the sky, which will rotate the hips slightly and create a degree of External Rotation in the Hip Socket.
Next, add in the Contract-and-Relax PNF Stretching technique. This combination will greatly help to lengthen of your Adductors (groin) muscles and increase the Range of Motion in Hip Abduction.
This exercise will help increase the Range of Motion in Hip Flexion, which is very beneficial to anyone who is looking to improve their Hip Mobility and get better at the squat or Deadlift.
Anchor the resistance band around a rack of a secure pole and then wrap the other side around your thigh as high as possible. Next, turn and face away from the anchor and walk out until the band is tight. Make sure that you position the band as high as possible on your thigh, as well as at the anchor point, in order to provide maximum affect at the Hip Socket.
Now, place your hands on the ground and walk out into a Down Dog position. Then sink the heels into the ground and press your tailbone to the sky as you make plenty of small adjustments and explore the various sensations of each position. Once you find the best line-of-action (stretch) in Down Dog, we are ready to apply a PNF Stretching Technique.
Next, cycle through a few phases of the Contract-and-Relax PNF Stretching technique and make even more of a positive difference in your Hip Flexion.
Finally, you can change up the line-of-action (stretch) even more by taking a hand and reaching for the opposite ankle. This is the Ankle Touch from the Down Dog series of Active Stretching. Make some more mirror adjustments and explore the various sensations until you can feel you have found a position that offers the best affect in regards to Joint Distraction.
Add in another few cycles of Contract-and-Relax here too.
Perform Joint Distraction on each hip for 30+ seconds.
This next Joint Distraction exercise will use the Pigeon Pose from Yoga to improve Hip Mobility and simultaneously increase the Range of Motion in the three joint actions of: Hip Flexion, Hip Abduction and External Rotation.
This stretch is ideal for individuals that want to improve their ability to squat.
Anchor the resistance band around a rack or a pole and then wrap the other side around the middle of your thigh as you get into Pigeon Pose.
Get into Pigeon Pose by folding one leg under the torso and aligning the shin in a perpendicular angle to the spine the best as you can. Then lower your hips to the floor and walk your hands out as you lay your torso over top of your folded leg.
Now, you will want to make some mirror adjustments in your alignment in order to find the position that works best for you. In this exercise, everyone will experience a vast difference in what position works best for them. So, take some time to explore various positions and find an alignment that works best for you.
Once you have found the best positioning, it's time to add in a few cycles of the Contract-and-Relax PNF Stretching technique. The combination of PNF Stretching and Joint Distraction in Pigeon Pose should do wonders for your Hip Mobility!
Perform Joint Distraction in Pigeon for 30+ seconds on each side.
This next Joint Distraction exercise will focus on your upper body, specifically your Shoulder Girdle. Many of us are too restricted through the anterior (front) side of our torso, including our Shoulder Girdle. This Distraction exercise will help to retract your Shoulder Girdle and release some tightness in your Chest, Lats and Trapz.
This stretch is ideal for individuals that have protracted Shoulders and overdeveloped Pectorals (Chest) and Lats (Back). Perfect to use before and after Upper Body Pushes and Pulls, i.e. push-ups, pull-ups, presses and more.
Anchor the resistance band around a secure rack or a pole that is elevated and then wrap the other side around your shoulder. Make sure that is can securely pull your Shoulder Joint backwards into Retraction.
Now, walk forward until the band gets tight and then reach the bound hand up your back towards your heart.
You will want to make some mirror adjustments in your alignment in order to find the position that works best for you. We want to feel the musculature of the chest and shoulder opening up. So, take some time to explore various positions and find an alignment that works best for you.
Once you have found the best positioning, it's time to add in a few cycles of the Contract-and-Relax PNF Stretching technique. The combination of PNF Stretching and Joint Distraction in this Bully Stretch will do wonders for your Shoulder Mobility.
Perform Joint Distraction in Bully for 30+ seconds on each side.
Now, you can also use a foam roller to perform distraction on your torso.
This exercise is going to help expand the anterior (front) side of our Thoracic Spine, which tends to be very tight and restricted on many people.
This exercise is perfect for anyone that lacks mobility through their Thoracic Spine and this usually includes people who work on a computer, drive a lot, do many 'pushing' exercises and/or wear heavy backpacks.
Place the roller on the ground and lay your torso over top of it. Position your heart directly over the roller. Interlace your hands behind your head and tuck your chin into your neck. No cranking the neck. Look up at the sky and lengthen the spine through the top of your head.
Now, focus on long, deep exhales and you activate the musculature in your upper back as if you are stretching first thing in the morning when you get out of bed. It should feel a bit like Cobra Pose in yoga and this little stretch/activation is all you need to start cycling in the Reciprocal Inhibition – PNF Stretching technique.
After your practice the PNF technique, change your position on the roller slightly. Move an inch or less in either direction – up or down – and then repeat another Reciprocal Inhibition PNF Stretch.
Keep making some little adjustments in your positions and find several spots that work well for you.
Perform Joint Distraction on your Thoracic Spine over a Roller for 30+ seconds.
We have another Joint Distraction exercise that we can perform on top of a roller for the Chest and Shoulders. In this exercise, we can combine Joint Distraction with Active Stretching and/or PNF Reciprocal Inhibition Stretching.
This stretch is ideal for individuals that want to open up the anterior (front) side of their Chest, Shoulders and Thoracic Cavity.
Lie on top of a foam roller with the roller positioned directly beneath your spine from head to tailbone. Then plant your feet firmly on the ground for support and drop your arms out to the sides.
Now, breathe and relax. Focus on making very large and deep exhalations to help your muscles release. Exhale out on a count of 8+ and inhale on 4.
Next, start to circle your arms up over hand as you keep your fingers in touch with the floor. If your fingers come up off the floor, it's an indicator that you are very tight through the anterior (front) side of your torso. You will want to include more Soft Tissue Therapy and Stretching to your Chest, Shoulders, Lats and even Traps.
Active Stretching: Move the arms smoothly and continuously as you bring your hands together overhead and then back down to alongside of your body. If you feel particularly tight areas, pass through them several more times as you focus on exhaling.


Running a commercial cruise line is complicated. Every time a cruise ships sails from a port, there are literally tens of thousands of details to worry about.
The captain needs to ensure the ship stays on schedule. Crew members need to keep passengers safe, happy and entertained. Then there are mechanics, weather, and navigational concerns to worry about.
So when the ship finally makes a port of call, the cruise operators can finally relax, right? Wrong!
For paying customers, cruise lines are a time to relax, kick back, and take it easy. But behind the scenes, both onboard crew members and land-based cruise line employees are under intense pressure to keep people safe and on schedule. Every minute counts.
From the time passengers deboard to the time they arrive back at the airport, every moment of their vacation is carefully planned and orchestrated by the cruise line. But to pull this off flawlessly, cruise operators can do it all by themselves. They need help from outside contractors.
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FloridaTours.com has a lot of experience transporting passengers on land for cruise lines. So we understand the pressures that crew members are under to keep everybody on schedule. Cruise may be a carefree vacation for customers, but they are high-pressure, time-sensitive events for cruise lines.
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Q: How to solve the unexpected pyinstaller exception "pyqt5_plugins distribution was not found"? I wrote a window application using the PyQt5 library. After compiling by "pyinstaller" when trying to run the exe file, the following error occurs:

I tried to reinstall pyqt5_plugins library, compile the program without the "--windowed" option, or remove errors from the "warn-main.txt" file, nothing helped. Has anyone encountered such a problem?

A: Use
--copy-metadata pyqt5_plugins --copy-metadata qt5_tools --copy-metadata qt5_applications --hidden-import qt5_tools --collect-submodules qt5_applications --collect-submodules pyqt5_plugins

EDIT:
For me I need several copy-metadata and collect-submodules to work.

A: Try go to the line where latest traceback shows and check if the import statement is ok.
In my case I did
from pyqt5_plugins.examplebuttonplugin import QtGui

and when I correct it to
from PyQt5 import QtGui

It works.

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This Space Atlas is your guide to the 25 star systems of the Corporate Worlds sector. Each world description contains a complete Planetary Record Sheet, with an overview of the whole star system and a detailed description of the planet itself, using the GURPS Space format . . . planetary map, atmosphere and gravity, day and year length, population, government, resources, economy, biosphere and special features. Some worlds include specific description and game statistics for animals, plants, Precursor artifacts and other features of the planet. Adventure suggestions are included for every world.
The Space Atlas is designed to fit into any campaign. You can use the worlds together (maps of the whole Corporate Worlds sector are included), or choose individual worlds and fit them into an existing campaign. The book's introduction includes historical and background information to fit the Corporate Worlds into four different backgrounds: Anarchy, Alliance, Federation, or Interstellar Empire.
The Space Atlas is designed specifically for GURPS Space, but can be used in any interstellar roleplaying game.


Alameda County is in the heart of the San Francisco Bay area. Its major cities include Oakland, Berkeley and of course Alameda. Berkley is home to the world famous The University of California at Berkeley where you can see world renowned sports and fine arts events. Alameda County is also well known for its annual county fair where you can see live bands ride rides and much more. This county is known for having one of the most ideal climates, where it never gets too hot or too cold. In this beautiful county there is always something to do!


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Cenarth () is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, on the border between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and close to the border with Pembrokeshire, Wales. It stands on the banks of the River Teifi,  east of Cardigan and  west of Newcastle Emlyn, and features the Cenarth Falls, a popular visitor attraction, and several other listed structures including an 18th-century corn mill incorporating the National Coracle Centre.

History and governance
The ancient parish extended south of the river, and included the town of Newcastle Emlyn. In 1934, it annexed the adjoining parish of East Cilrhedyn, and the enlarged parish corresponds with the modern community, which had a population of 1,022 in the 2001 census. With the community of Newcastle Emlyn, it makes up the Carmarthenshire electoral ward of Cenarth, which had a population of 1,995 in 2001, with 60 per cent Welsh language speakers. The ancient parish (less Newcastle Emlyn) had an area of . Its census populations were: 672 (1801); 897 (1851); 638 (1901). The percentage of Welsh-speakers was 98 (1891); 96 (1931).

The enlarged parish (post-1934) had an area of . Its census populations were: 1098 (1951); 1066 (1961); 926 (1971); 971 (1981). The percentage of Welsh-speakers was 92 (1951); 91 (1961); 82 (1971); 69 (1981).

The community is bordered by the communities of: Newcastle Emlyn; Llangeler; Cynwyl Elfed; and Trelech, all being in Carmarthenshire; by Clydau and Manordeifi in Pembrokeshire; and by Beulah, Pen-y-wenallt, and Llandyfriog in Ceredigion.

Features
East of the village, the River Teifi emerges from a deep ravine over a ledge that produces a spectacular waterfall when the river is in full spate and this attracts many visitors throughout the year. A dramatic painting of the falls was made by Frank Miles and is now at Nottingham City Museum. Miles's father inherited Cardigan Priory from his father, Philip John Miles, but lived in Nottinghamshire as Rector of Bingham.

A dominant feature of the village is Cenarth Bridge over the Teifi west of the falls; the bridge was built in 1787 by William Edwards of Eglwysilan and his son David. The bridge features their trademark series of circular holes (perforated spandrels that allow the weight of the structure to be reduced without losing strength. The bridge is a Grade II*-listed structure and is partly in Carmarthenshire and partly in Ceredigion.

Other visitor attractions are a seventeenth-century flour mill and coracle museum. The village is home to the National Coracle Centre.

Worship
The parish church is dedicated to the local saint, St Llawddog. Although the present building is relatively modern, it is on an important ancient site, and was the "bishop house" of the cantref of Emlyn.

References

External links
Cenarth on Genuki
Photographs of Cenarth and surrounding area on Geograph

Communities in Carmarthenshire
Villages in Carmarthenshire

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The Province o Massa an Carrara (Italian: Provincia di Massa e Carrara), till 2009 Province o Massa-Carrara, is a province in the Tuscany region o Italy. It is namit efter the twa main touns in its territory: Carrara an Massa, its caipital.
The province o "Massa e Carrara" wis formit in 1859 frae the separation o the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana frae the Ducato o Modena. In oreegin it wis composed o three " Circondari": I° "Circondario o Massa an Carrara" (compoond frae 7 destricts airticulatit in 14 municipalities), II° "Circondario" of Castelnuovo Garfagnana (compoond frae 4 destricts airticulatit in 17 Municipalities), III° "Circondario" o Pontremoli (compound from 3 Districts airticulatit in 6 Municipalities). The province till the census o 1871 appears comprised in region "Emilia", but wi the census o the population o 1881 in Tuscany. Later on, wi "Regio Decreto n.1913 o the sept. 2, 1923, the municipalities o "Calice al Cornoviglio" an "Rocchetta Vara" wur detached frae the province, in order tae mak them tae enter in the new province o La Spezia. In same period (R.D n.2490 o November 9 1923) the 17 municipalities o the "Circondario" Castelnuovo Garfagnana wur remuivit them an aw aw that wur assigned tae the province o Lucca in order tae compensate it o the passage tae the new province o Pistoia o aw the municipalities o the Val di Nievole. The province o Massa an Carrara remained thus crippled waitin for a its reorganization. In the 1938 the Municipalities o Carrara, Massa an Montignoso, came fused nell' anerlie municipality o Apuania. In that same year the industrial zone Apuana wis institutit (includin in relative Consortium C.Z.I.A an aw the Municipalities o the Versilia neebour) an the province assumit the name o province o Apuania. In the 1946 wi decree Liutenant ane (Umberto II o Savoia) the new Municipality o Apuania wis meltit an the province (for error an/or historical ignorance) resumptions the denomination does no date frae 1859 when it wis "Massa an Carrara" but Massa (name wi which it came designatit tae the ceety o Massa or Massa o Carrara frae 1700 till Kinrick o Italy (1860), denomination that, in order tae distinguish it frae the ither homonymous ceeties, the chief toun continued till the institution o the unifeed Municipality o Apuania) an wi same the decree liutenant were placit tae Massa.
In 2009 baith decrees o 1938 an 1946 wur abolished, restorin the auld name.
The province's economical relevance, ance mainly based on the production o the famous white Carrara marble, haes nou shiftit tae the importation an fabrication o blocks o marble an granite frae aw ower the warld.
This page wis last eeditit on 10 Mairch 2018, at 22:26.


The good: I never expected to fall in love with this series. I picked up Obsidian because I had nothing else with me to read and I ended up binge-reading all the books in a matter of a few days. But that's what happens when you've got a fast-paced, addicting story filled with lovable and swoonworthy characters. It's been six whole long months since then and if you've read the last book, then you know waiting for Origin was pretty much torture (of the best kind!).
If you haven't read Opal (Book 3), I recommend not reading this review even though it's pretty vague (but you can read my non-spoiler review of the first three books here instead).
Origin picks up right where we left off last - Katy in the hands of Daedalus and Daemon temporarily free from their clutches. But as you can imagine, he is ready to take down everyone in his path (even the Luxen community) if it means saving her. We're finally exposed to the true, full horrors Daedalus is capable of and even though we've gotten glimpses in the past, it's nothing compared to what we learn here. The scary part is that they think they're the good guys. The author thoroughly captures the fear and the tensions running high among everyone. They aren't safe and that feeling is palpable throughout the book. There were parts where I found myself holding my breath and almost being afraid to read on for fear of something unpleasant happening to Katy or Daemon.
Armentrout also gives us something new - alternating chapters between Katy and Daemon! Even though I love Katy, I've been dying to get a glimpse into the inner-workings of Daemon's mind. Through Katy's chapters, we experience the pain inflicted on her by Daedalus as they experiment on her. She's always been one of my favorite heroines because she's so normal and flawed and sure, her love of books and blogging have always endeared her to me. But she reaches another level of inner strength in the face of danger and taps into powers she didn't realize she was capable of. I kept cheering her on because I didn't want this or them to break her. And Daemon. Although he pretty much says everything he thinks, it was refreshing to hear his thoughts on his love for Katy. His fears, the more sensitive side he doesn't let everyone see. But I've always adored his snark, overblown ego and general hotness and that was very much present here.
As action-packed as the story was, it should be no surprise that the heart of the story is Katy and Daemon. I was thinking about why their romance works for me so much when other paranormal romances haven't. And it comes down to how the author writes their dialogue. Do they talk about how much they love each other? Yes. But it wasn't this immediate thing we got within the first 20 pages of the initial book. Despite the obvious attraction to each other, the build-up to their relationship was slow-burning. Four books worth of slow-burning so we've been waiting for the I-love-you's. And their constant playful banter lightens up the mood and counteracts the heavier moments. These are, without a doubt, my favorite kinds of relationships.
(Potential) reservations: Personally, I'm already used to Armentrout's writing style. But I'm sure some people might find themselves scratching their heads when Katy calls Daemon a douche canoe. Some of their exclamations are still a bit silly to me but they mostly make me laugh at this point. Also, there are still pop culture references to YA books and blogging but to me it feels tongue-in-cheek and hey, I love books and blogging so obviously I don't mind.
Do I recommend: Yes yes yes! I love this series. Katy and Daemon are two of my favorite YA characters and definitely one of my favorite YA couples. If you're into paranormal books and enjoy romance (with hot guys), I highly recommend checking this out. And if you're already reading this series, pick up Origin ASAP because there are some jaw-dropping twists.
Lol, I love Jen's humor and snarky comments that her characters use. It's def part of her charm, but I can see how some readers wouldn't care for that. Personally, I'm a fan of pop culture references and I love it when an author or even TV shows/movies reference something else where I can go like "I know that!" lol. I loved this book so much and yes, it was definitely action-packed! I can't wait to see how it all ends.


Notre Dame topped Michigan, 24-17, in South Bend, Ind., in one of college football's Biggest Week 1 games.
The Wolverines and Fighting Irish hadn't played since the 2014 season, a 31-0 Notre Dame victory over a Brady Hoke-coached Michigan team. With Saturday night's win, Notre Dame improves to 7-2 in season openers under coach Brian Kelly.
Ole Miss transfer Shea Patterson made his debut for Michigan, completing 20-of-30 passes for 227 yards and one interception. Patterson led a scoring drive late to pull Michigan within a touchdown of the Irish. But a Patterson fumble recovered by Notre Dame's Te'von Coney with :57 left sealed the victory for the Irish.
11:02 pm.: Four plays later, Patterson fumbles it as he's tackled and the Irish recover with :57 left. They'll run out the clock and pick up the victory.
11:00 pm.: Michigan gets the ball back with no timeouts left and 1:48. They'll start at their own 25.
10:50 pm.: Michigan closes the gap after a 3-yard touchdown run by Karan Higdon. Notre Dame leads 24-17 with 2:18 to go.
10:48 pm.: Michigan pressing in Notre dame territory. Wolverines still trail by two scores with 3:16 left.
10:44 pm.: Michigan gets the ball back after a quick series by Notre Dame. McCaffrey stays in the game for one play, then Patterson's back in after a brief spell in the locker room.
10:34 pm.: Michigan fails to convert on 3rd down, so Harbaugh opts to go for it on 4th. McCaffrey's pass falls short and the Wolverines turn it over on downs with 7:14 left.
10:32 pm.: Patterson heads to the locker room on his own power, McCaffrey still in the game under center for Michigan.
10:24 pm.: Patterson comes back in for one play and looks like he rolls his ankle. McCaffrey comes back in as trainers tend to Patterson's injury.
10:22 pm.: Harbaugh subs in Dylan McCaffrey, younger brother of Carolina Panther Christian McCaffrey, for one play in the fourth as Patterson gets checked out on the sideline.
10:11 pm.: Shea Patterson gets bull rushed, so he hurries a throw down field and it's intercepted by Julian Okwara. Notre Dame takes over at its own 36.
10:03 pm.: It looks like Notre Dame gets another touchdown on a nice throw by Wimbush to Myles Boykin, but the Irish are flagged for an ineligible man down field. Irish kick a field goal two plays later to extend their lead. Notre Dame leads 24-10.
10:01 pm.: Brandon Wimbush avoids a sack and throws one down field to a wide open Chase Claypool for a 19-yard gain. Fresh set of downs for the Irish at the Michigan 25.
9:52 pm.: Notre Dame goes three as Michigan sets up at their own 20.
9:43 pm.: Brandon Wimbush gives it right back to the Wolverines two plays later as he's intercepted by Brandon Watson. Michigan takes over at the Notre Dame 49.
9:42 pm.: Michigan sets up for a 34-yard field goal attempt, but has a bad snap and Notre Dame tackles the holder. The Irish will take over on down at their own 27.
9:36 pm.: First play of the second half for Michigan and Shea Patterson airs it out to Nico Collins for a 52-yard gain. Wolverines with the ball on the Notre Dame 28.
9:13 pm.: Notre Dame can't convert on 3rd and 10 and is forced to punt. Michigan gets the ball back inside their own 5-yard line and runs out the clock to end the half.
9:09 pm.: Brandon Wimbush converts on 3rd and 4 to Chase Claypool for a 12-yard gain to midfield. Notre Dame then calls timeout with 1:33 to go in the half.
8:59 pm.: Michigan responds as Jonathan Doerer runs the ensuing kickoff back 99 yards for the touchdown. Notre Dame leads 21-10.
8:55 pm.: Michigan gets a stop on 3rd and goal, but a roughing the passer penalty gives Notre Dame a fresh set of down. Jafar Armstrong runs it in from 4-yards out for his second touchdown of the game. Notre Dame leads 21-3.
8:49 pm.: Brandon Wimbush and the Notre Dame offense are knocking on the door again. Sitting at the Michigan 17-yard line currently on a 10-play, 58-yard drive.
8:39 pm.: Notre Dame burns its first timeout of the half with 10:14 left in the first half.
8:34 pm.: Shea Patterson get a good look to Zach Gentry at 3rd and goal, but the pass is broken up and Michigan settles for a field goal. Notre Dame leads 14-3.
8:28 pm.: The Michigan offense makes it into the red zone for the first time tonight after a 5-yard run by Karan Higdon.
8:21 pm.: The Michigan defense forces its first three and out of the night, giving Shea Patterson great field position after the punt by the Irish.
8:15 pm.: Michigan faces another 3rd down, but the Notre Dame defense is all over Shea Patterson and sacks him for a 16-yard loss. Michigan punts.
8:10 pm.: Shea Patterson takes his first shot down field tonight, and overthrows his receiver. But he manages a 3rd down conversion on the ensuing play.
8:03 pm.: Brandon Wimbush launches one into the end zone as Chris Finke hauls it in despite double coverage from Michigan. It's a 43-yards touchdown and it extends Notre Dame's lead to two scores. Notre Dame leads 14-0.
8:00 pm.: Michigan's Josh Metellus is disqualified from the game after the personal foul for targeting on the previous play.
7:58 pm.: Notre Dame starts inside its own 5-yard line and Wimbush airs it out from his own end zone to Alize Mack for a 23-yard gain. Michigan is flagged for a personal foul after Mack suffers a hard hit on the play.
7:54 pm.: In his Michigan debut, Shea Patterson leads the Wolverines on a 6-play, 22-yard drive ending in a punt. 10:16 to go in the first quarter.
7:48 pm.: Wimbush follows that up with a 28-yard throw to Miles Boykin. Then Jafar Armstrong punches it in from 13 yards out a few plays later to give Notre Dame its first lead of the game. Notre Dame leads 7-0.
7:45 pm.: After the touchback, Notre Dame start at its own 25. Then on the second play from scrimmage, Brandon Wimbush launches one down field and it's nearly intercepted, but falls incomplete.
7:42 pm.: Notre Dame to receive the kickoff. We're about to get underway.


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Eva von Redecker
Eva von Redecker is a critical theorist and feminist philosopher. She is a researcher at the PoliTeSse Research Centre at the University of Verona and a committee member for the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP), an international research network on critical theory. Before that, she worked at Humboldt University of Berlin, where she was associated with the Centre for Humanities and Social Change. She has studied philosophy, history and literature at the universities of Kiel, Tübingen, Cambridge and Potsdam, and has taught at Goethe University in Frankfurt and the New School of Social Research, among others. Her current research is focused on understanding how modern forms of domination and destructiveness depend on the logics of property, and in her previous work she has also addressed issues of social psychology, sexuality, and normativity. She is the author of a comprehensive introduction to the work of Judith Butler, as well as a monograph on the moral philosophy of Hannah Arendt. In her book Praxis und Revolution (published in English by Columbia University Press, 2021), she explores social change using examples from theory and literature to shape a new concept of revolution. Her book Revolution für das Leben ("Revolution for Life", S. Fischer, 2020), addressed to the general public, was hailed by critics as "the new Bible of intellectual resistance".
Update: 22 April 2022
Collective Action, Solidarity, Social Change
Marta Segarra, Verónica Gago, Clara Serra, Eva von Redecker and Lina Meruane
Has participated in
From Disobedience to Solidarity
Confronting Authoritarianisms
28 and 29 April 2022 Debate


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Pests of any kind can be highly destructive in any way they can. If your property hasn't been inspected over a long period of time or treated, chances are that these pests may have started to infest your property. If you do not know what to do, leave it to the experts who have the skill and knowledge to address the problem.
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On April 22nd, we wrote about how many motorists still text and drive even when they know the risks. Cell phones are an incredible distraction, but since the ban on driving and texting in South Carolina took effect in December 2014, only around 2,000 tickets have been written for the offense. According to the South Carolina Department of Transportation, fatalities from distracted driving were at an all-time high in 2015 with 64 deaths. In fact, motor vehicle accident fatalities nationwide are at their highest point in the last fifty years, and cell phones are being blamed for this epidemic.
Most people would assume that a distracted driver who injures another would be the only liable party in a lawsuit. However, in the past couple of years, some people have begun trying to sue smartphone manufacturers as well.
Lawsuits and Smart Phones: Texting while Driving
Since 2016, there have been numerous lawsuits throughout the country brought against Apple, Samsung, and other manufacturers. Their argument is simple: public safety should be valued over profits. Smartphone makers have technology that would automatically lock cell phones in automobiles once the smartphone detects the automobile traveling at a certain speed. Victims' families want to know why this technology is not in use.
Indeed, one lawsuit in California brought Apple to the forefront. Apple has a patent for "a handheld computing device [that] can provide a lock-out mechanism without requiring any modifications or additions to a vehicle by using a motion analyzer, a scenery analyzer and a lock-out mechanism." The plaintiff in that case argued that the use of this technology could save thousands of lives throughout the United States, in addition to hundreds of thousands of injuries.
Lawsuits and Smart Phones: Applications
Texting isn't the only distraction that causes accidents. Apps can too. In another recent lawsuit against Apple, a family sued over a fatal car crash in Texas on Christmas Eve. In this wreck, the at-fault driver was distracted by using FaceTime, and hit a stopped car at 65 miles per hour, resulting in the death of a five-year-old girl. The same argument above is being used in this case: Apple's failure to introduce technology that would have locked the phone or iPad while the automobile was traveling at a certain speed would have prevented the wreck.
The Problem: Proximity
To win a lawsuit for damages, you must prove proximate, or direct and foreseeable, cause. In most cases so far, the courts have concluded that there is not a sufficient causal link between Apple's decision not to implement their lock-out technology and the wreck itself. The proximate cause begins and ends with the distracted driver's bad conduct.
There is a legal duty of care among drivers to drive carefully and to cause no harm to other drivers or passengers on the road. That duty is breached when the person uses smart phone technology and becomes distracted, and that misuse is the proximate cause of any resulting wreck.
The Technology: Why Not Implement It
Apple has not yet implemented lockout technology because it is impossible to distinguish the user of the phone, and not just the speed of the vehicle. The current technology would lock out all cell phones in any moving vehicle—not just the driver's, but all passengers' as well. That is not a technology that consumers would want, and would be a significant inconvenience to most customers.
What can be done to reduce driver distractions with cell phones?
As a responsible driver, you might look into applications that can help you avoid from the distractions associated with smart phones. There are apps now available that can be used to lock out phones, including Canary, DriveScribe, Textbuster, DriveMode, and DriveOff. There's also an application called Control the Distraction Life 360 that has a feature that allows users to review how fast members of their family are driving and whether they are touching the screen or not. This is particularly helpful for parents who want to check on their teenagers.
Car Accident Attorneys in South Carolina
What should you do if you are in a South Carolina car accident where the other driver was distracted while texting and driving, or using an application while driving?
Don't sue Apple. Instead, contact Elrod Pope Law Firm. Our dedicated car accident lawyers in Chester, SC have the experience and knowledge to investigate distracted driving accidents. We fight aggressively on your behalf. Call today to ask questions and to discuss the unique details of your particular case.


Come celebrate aerospace technology with this new highly interactive special exhibition. Above and Beyond features simulations that allow visitors to design and test-fly a supersonic jet, experience flight as a bird, and ride in a space elevator. This special exhibition will immerse you in flight and space travel.
Above and Beyond takes you faster, farther and higher for a once-in-a lifetime experience. The exhibition is produced by Evergreen Exhibitions in association with Boeing, in collaboration with NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.


The peer-to-peer platform is also in the final stages of launching banking services.
Zopa said it is the first European peer-to-peer consumer lender to be on the brink of returning £250m in gross interest to investors.
The London-based platform, founded 14 years ago, said the figure breaks down into earnings of £116m generated for retail investors and £133m for institutional investors who lend through the platform. Zopa P2P chief executive Natasha Wear said: "Back in 2005, Zopa created the peer-to-peer model, focusing specifically on personal loans as an asset class which offers investors a unique balance of risk and reward." Zopa, alongside Funding Circle and Ratesetter, is one of the UK's 'big three' peer-to-peer lenders. Last month, Zopa became the first peer-to-peer consumer lender in Europe to originate more than £4bn of loans.


The Next Segment One class for our Waterford Location starts May 13th 2019. Class is 3 weeks and the behind the wheel training will continue after the class portion completes for an additional 2 weeks. Please allow 5-6 weeks for the student to complete the Segment one process. You may register online by clicking the online registration tab. The (save a spot) for class tab for $25.00 will guarantee your son/daughter a seat. All payments will be deducted off the Segment one tuition cost.
If you are enrolling in the May 13th 2019 Express Segment one class, the class portion and the behind the wheel training will complete By May 31st, 2019.
All certificates will be issued upon completion of the Segment one program.
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After attending Adams State for my BA in English I enlisted in the Marine Corps as a linguist. I now write papers and articles to keep my mind active in between fiction projects.
I have been reading and collecting comics since I was six and started reading serious science fiction shortly after that. I also took up propmaking while in college to assist my friends in the theatre and film programs.


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Q: front-end sometimes receive status code 500 but back-end return 200 front-end: vue
back-end: go-gin
front-end send post request, but i just want test api,so i don't try get params, sometimes return status 500,
but when i start add get params, it's ok.
I have no idea how it's happend.
front-end code like these
let data = new FormData();
data.append("filePath", filePath);
data.append("fileName", fileName);
this.$axios.post(`/api/file/preview`, data)

back-end code here:
c.JSON(200, gin.H{
    "act": act,
    "img": img64,
})

I've add CROS at vue.config.js, it work well in other requet.
devServer: {
    port: 8081,
    proxy: {
        '/api': {
            target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
            changeOrigin: true,
            pathRewrite: {
                '^/api': ''
            }
        }
    }
},

HTTPInterceptor code in back-end:
func HTTPInterceptor() gin.HandlerFunc {
    return func(c *gin.Context) {
        c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
        c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE,UPDATE")
        c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Authorization, Content-Length, X-CSRF-Token, Token,session,X_Requested_With,Accept, Origin, Host, Connection, Accept-Encoding, Accept-Language,DNT, X-CustomHeader, Keep-Alive, User-Agent, X-Requested-With, If-Modified-Since, Cache-Control, Content-Type, Pragma")
        c.Header("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "Content-Length, Access-Control-Allow-Origin, Access-Control-Allow-Headers,Cache-Control,Content-Language,Content-Type,Expires,Last-Modified,Pragma,FooBar")
        c.Header("Access-Control-Max-Age", "172800")
        c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "false")
        c.Set("content-type", "application/json")
        accessToken := c.Request.Header.Get("AccessToken")
        claims, status := util.ParseToken(accessToken)
        //fmt.Println("accessToken: ", accessToken)
        if c.Request.Method == "OPTIONS" {
            c.JSON(200, gin.H{
                "msg": "ok",
            })
            //c.Abort()
            return
        } else if status == 1 {
            conn := db.Pool.Get()
            defer conn.Close()
            refreshToken, _ := redis.String(conn.Do("get", accessToken))
            //fmt.Println("refresh token:", refreshToken)
            claims2, status2 := util.ParseToken(refreshToken)
            if status2 == 0 && refreshToken != "" {
                newToken, _ := util.GenerateToken(claims2.Username, claims2.Password, time.Minute*5)
                conn.Do("set", newToken, refreshToken, "EX", 3600*24)
                c.Header("Authorization", newToken)
                c.Set("userName", claims2.Username)
                c.Next()
            } else {
                c.JSON(200, gin.H{
                    "timeout": 1,
                    "msg":     "time out",
                })
                return
            }
            conn.Do("del", accessToken)
        } else if status == 0 {
            c.Set("userName", claims.Username)
            c.Next()
        } else {
            fmt.Println("forbid")
            c.Abort()
        }
    }
}

I want to know why return status 500 when you don't get the params in backend.


A man was found unconscious from an apparent overdose on I-94 in Detroit as officers uncovered a meth lab inside his vehicle.
Troopers from the Michigan State Police Metro South Post responded to the scene at M-10 and I-94 at 4:10 p.m. on Monday. The man was found unconscious and slumped over the wheel of a blue GMC van.
Officers also found a one-pot meth lab in the van.
NARCAN was given to the man on the scene. He was then transported to a local hospital where he was listed as brain dead.
According to an MSP tweet, officers with the MSP Meth Lab response team recovered the contents of the lab from the van, which were no longer active, and disposed of it.


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New Jersey Is Becoming The Most Hated State As Households Flee In Record Numbers
Tuesday, Sep 01, 2020 - 05:45 AM
A new tax on millionaires, a 22.5% gas tax hike (bringing the total increase to 250% in 4 years), and now a tax on high frequency trades: it is becoming obvious to most - except perhaps the state's democratic leadership - that New Jersey is now actively trying to drive out its tax-paying population and top businesses with a series of draconian measures to balance its deeply underwater budget, instead of slashing spending. The state-imposed limitations on commerce, mobility and socialization due to the covid pandemic have also not helped. And in case it is still unclear, the trend of New Jersey's ultra wealthy residents fleeing for more hospitable tax domiciles which started with David Tepper years ago, is now spreading to members of the middle class.
According to the latest data from United Van Lines and compiled by Bloomberg, people have been flooding into Vermont, Idaho, Oregon and South Carolina, eager to flee such financially-challenged, high-tax, protest-swept, Democrat-controlled states as Connecticut, Illinois and New York. But no other state has seen a greater exodus than New Jersey, where out of every 10 moves, 7 have been households leaving the state, or nearly three times as many moved out than moved in.
On the opposite end were bucolic, pastoral states such as Vermont and Idaho, which have seen between 70% and 75% of all inbound moves.
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A hypothetical move from New York City to Vermont is priced at $773 compared to $236 for the reverse trip, according to a Bloomberg analysis of U-Haul pricing. This price differential is due to numerous variables, one being that more people are moving out of a city than into it
Those claiming this record exodus from the Tri-State area is purely a result of Covid, think again: as United Van Lines reported back in its latest Annual Movers Study held before the coronavirus pandemic struck, the exodus was already present, as New Jersey (68.5 percent), New York (63.1 percent) and Connecticut (63 percent) were all included among the top 10 outbound states for the fifth consecutive year. Primary reasons cited for leaving the Northeast back in January were retirement (26.85 percent) and new job/company transfer (40.12 percent). To that we can now add soaring taxes and stifling covid-linked mandates.
How long will this exodus persist is unclear: at some point the recipient states will realize they too have to follow with similar fiscal policies or else they too risk becoming the next New Jersey. However until then, one thing is clear: the more New Jersey and its tri-state peers seek to impose every possible form of tax on their rapidly diminishing residents, the fewer people will actually stick around to pay those taxes.


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An Ancient Ideology of Equal Education vs. Technology Implementation in the21st Century: What if Confucius was still alive?
John Ronghua Ouyang, University of North Florida, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 25, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-02-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA
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Equality of Education is not new to us, but few of us know that Confucius brought it up and practiced in his own teaching more than 2000 years ago in China. Confucius' idea of equal education is "in education there should be no class distinctions." Now we are at the 21st century. Equal education is still challenged although much progress has been made. The challenges include the equal access to educational opportunities, resources, the equal treatment and learning support in schools, and the equal potential success openings for all students. Answering the question of "What if Confucius was still alive," this paper is to discuss what Confucius did to inspire the equal education in ancient time, what challenges we are facing for making the education to be equal for all today, and how technology can be utilized to enhance the concept of equal education in the 21st century.
Ouyang, J.R. (2013). An Ancient Ideology of Equal Education vs. Technology Implementation in the21st Century: What if Confucius was still alive?. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2013--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1921-1926). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved January 17, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/48381/.
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FRM Exam Result- November 2016 Details:- The FRM certification (Financial Risk Manager) is one of the most highly recognised risk management designations. It is issued by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
Risk management is an extremely important part of finance. A risk manager's role involves observing the potential risks of investments, markets and transactions.
By obtaining their FRM certification a risk manager portrays that they have the knowledge and experience necessary to succeed in a position as a financial risk manager. The FRM certification is very difficult to obtain, therefore, it is very important for FRM candidates to be prepared for the intensive study process, exam and work experience process.
The FRM Exam results are declared through an email generally six weeks after the exam is conducted. You are also provided with the quartile results which will basically allow you to understand how you scored on the broad areas of the exam with respect to other participants. Also the passing score is not revealed and is determined by the FRM committee.
If you didn't pass first time, try not to feel discouraged. You aren't alone. Plenty of candidates fail Part I, learn the lessons from it, and go on to pass Part II on their first try. The FRM exam is particularly tough. Only 44.5% of candidates passed Part I in May 2016, and 50.1% passed Part II. Keep motivated and focus on preparing to re-write in November.
• There are no penalties for wrong answers.
• Candidate can take Part I &II the same day, however their Part II Exam will not be graded unless they first pass Part I.
Exam results are pass/fail. In 2016, the FRM Exam was conducted on May 21, 2016 and November 19, 2016.
The FRM Exam consists of two parts, Part I and Part II, which are both offered twice a year on the third Saturday of May and the third Saturday of November. Part I is an equally-weighted 100 question multiple-choice Exam offered in the morning of the Exam day, and Part II is an equally weighted 80 question multiple-choice Exam offered in the afternoon of the Exam day. Both Exams are administered in a paper and pencil format.
You should also be aware that the Exams are offered in English only; specifically American English. GARP is aware that not every candidate's native language is American English. In the exam development process, GARP makes every effort to ensure that questions are written in a clear, concise form and avoid the use of colloquialisms or other terms and phrases that might confuse a non-native American English speaker.
The passing rates fall within a range of 30-60 % for both the parts of FRM exam.
Looking at the past 5 years (2010-2014) and 10 exams, the FRM Part I Exam had the pass percentage in the range of 39% to 54%, with an average passing rate of 47%. Average passing rate for the May examination was 48%.Average passing rate for the November examination was 46%.
Again considering the performance of past 5 years (2010-2014) and 10 exams the FRM Part II Exam had the pass percentage in the range of 54% to 59%, with an average passing rate of 58%. Average passing rate for the May examination was 58%. Average passing rate for the November examination was 57%.


The first day of braces was full of nervousness and excitement. I had always wanted to get them since 13. I had four teeth in the front that were crooked, which made my whole mouth look crooked. I went to get them when I was 18 when I started making my own money. Since my parents were never able to get them for me, I thought this was something I could do for myself before I got married and had kids. Unfortunately, I couldn't make the down payment and dreamed of getting them since.
Now, I am 25 and married. I had my four wisdom teeth pulled in April of 2003 and since then, my teeth have moved drastically. So bad, in fact, that my upper fronts are knocking on my lower fronts and have chipped one of my front teeth. (Barely noticeable, but to me, its about as big as my head) To add in more trouble, I am…..WAS…. a smoker. My husband, who was wonderful throughout my rantings and ravings about getting braces, was always supportive and wanted me to do this for myself. Most wives out there know that once your married, everything comes before yourself. So he really encouraged me to get this done.
On November 29th 2005, I left work to pick up my mom, smoking as much as I possibly could before my appointment. I got four cigarettes in before I had to brush my teeth one last time. I got in there and signed in. The anticipation I think was the worst. We sat there for maybe 5 minutes before they called me but it felt like an hour. I got my pictures taken, which is an experience in itself. Then the impressions and a wax bite. The assistant was very helpful. I had question after question even though I already knew the answer because I asked all of them at my last appointment. She was very kind and understood my nervousness. She then cleaned my teeth to get all impurities off before they glued the brackets on. I chose the clear brackets because of my profession. But I also chose them because I would have to quit smoking and it would help me to do so. Finally, Dr. Bunkers came in and it took him maybe 10 minutes to place all of them. The assistant then wired and placed the rings on. It was mostly pain free. There was a tightness but there was no pain in wearing the braces.
I actually went back to work right afterward and the hard part was talking to my co-workers. I has a slight lisp from having a foreign object in my mouth and since you couldn't see the braces well, I got a lot of double takes and stares. After work, I had a frustrating continuous annoying pain that wouldn't go away. Usually, I would go outside and smoke a cigarette but as of 10:15 am that day, I am smoke free. I was angry and frustrated because of the continuous uncomfortable pain and that I couldn't smoke, so I went in the kitchen and started baking. Advil wasn't helping at all, so after I made a Trifle Bowl Cake, I took a sleeping pill and went to bed.
Since then, there has been no pain that Advil can't help. There is a time in the day when I start getting tired that the teeth are sore and when I brush in the morning, the teeth are sore. I wanted to ask for a refund the first day I got the. I kept thinking….'What have I done?' But seeing that today is the third day, the soreness when I chew something seems to be getting better.
The looks I get from people are getting better, and the most exciting thing is: I am already seeing results!! My front tooth that was slightly tilted is almost perfectly straight. There is soreness when I feel certain teeth with my tongue, but looking in the mirror and seeing results by day two and three is so worth it and it excites you knowing it will only be this way for a certain time in my life (20-24 months) but the results will last forever. God Bless you ArchWired! You made the transition a lot easier.


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Designed to Thrill
TRICO Companies, LLC delivers design-build solutions
Tyra Damm
TRICO Companies, LLC's leadership breaks ground on its campus expansion in November 2019.
Employees drill 70-foot auger cast piles for a dry storage warehouse for Commercial Cold Storage in Mount Vernon, WA.
Taking care of customers isn't enough for TRICO Companies, LLC (TRICO). The goal is to thrill the customer and become a trusted adviser.
TRICO is a general contractor based in Burlington, Washington. The company was founded in 1979 as a mechanical contractor and has evolved over the decades to include civil projects, food processing and cold storage, manufacturing and industrial sites, commercial and medical offices, schools, auto dealerships and more.
"A large portion of our work is design-build," says Bruce Berglin, Principal and CEO of TRICO. "We start with a concept, listen to understand what clients want, and then deliver it."
And when projects are complete, Bruce adds, "We are a trusted adviser for their business and their marketplace. They have us on speed dial."
That trust is earned as TRICO works with clients to understand their daily operations and how construction can lead to efficiencies. "We are the construction experts," says Nate Wolfe, Principal and Senior Project Manager. "We learn how clients do business day to day. How does that translate into the project? We essentially become an extension of their firm."
As TRICO adds clients, the company's expertise grows. For example, a key industry for TRICO is food processing. "There are a ton of specifics around the sanitary design in food processing facilities," Nate says. "A meat processing facility is going to be different from a vegetable processing plant. We can speak to the plant's leadership and recommend solutions in sanitation elements for that facility, drawing on our knowledge of best practices utilized within the industry."
The folks at TRICO have learned from years of experience that early and thorough planning leads to projects completed on time and with no surprises. "We had a customer come to us a couple of years ago who had a rough idea of what they wanted," Bruce recalls of a food processing client. "Prior to spending resources for design and engineering, we worked together with the owner to develop multiple conceptual options. We walked them through the process with budgets, floor plans and equipment layouts. Once they selected a direction, we designed, constructed and commissioned the facility in time for the season's vegetable harvest."
For the team at TRICO, that kind of turnaround feels like business as usual, but customers find the results remarkable, Bruce says. "We have a systematic approach. That approach includes design-build delivery," he adds.
The leadership at TRICO is proud to provide a one-stop shop for clients. "We become the single point of contact for the whole project for the owners," Bruce says. "We're the one butt to kick. We take that responsibility."
TRICO takes on a variety of projects, ranging from less than $1 million to more than $40 million. Most projects are in Washington and Oregon, but the company has followed clients to California, Mississippi and Tennessee. Recent customers include Twin City Foods, Inc., Eddyline Kayaks and Skagit Valley Family YMCA.
People with Purpose and Passion
Because of TRICO's intense customer focus, hiring decisions are based on the company's culture and values. The firm's leadership looks for candidates who are honest, listen and can effectively communicate, Nate says.
They also hire for attitude and train for skill, Bruce says. "We take business seriously. We have a broad range of versatility and talent and that extends to the way we look at the world. Our employees have this thirst to become a trusted adviser. You have to earn it," he states.
Continuing education is a big part of the TRICO culture. "People are passionate about learning," Nate says. "At any point, either Bruce or I could be giving or receiving training. We can all be empowered and grow."
Leaders at TRICO are constantly planning to ensure the company's longevity, Bruce says. "Our job is to pass that leadership on so the company can continue. We have succession planning, training and promotion strategies in place for our future," he explains.
The company is currently expanding its campus to accommodate both its growing business and the need for ongoing training. The project includes a training room accommodating up to 300 people. "The campus expansion will contribute to our continued development of our people," Bruce says.
That emphasis on education helps us to retain employees, adds Nate, who started with the company 27 years ago as a "yard kid," putting away tools and cleaning pickup trucks.
"There are growth opportunities for everyone. We embrace organic growth and actively promote from within," Nate says. This is especially crucial as the construction industry continues to face worker shortages.
At TRICO, a sense of generosity extends to Skagit County and beyond. The company provides a budget for team members to support community efforts. For example, Bruce says, one of the company's managers was involved with Camp Korey, a camp for children living with serious medical conditions. She spoke to colleagues at TRICO, garnered support, and collected donations to assist in building a stage for the camp. Other notable organizations include the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County, Hospice of the Northwest and the Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation.
TRICO is about the long game.
"Back in 2001, we had a customer with a design-build contract and a building permit, and we had mobilized on the project," Bruce recalls. Then 9/11 happened, the economy crashed and the client had to cancel the contract. "About two years ago, the client called and said, 'I want to build that manufacturing facility now.' "
"That is the kind of loyalty we build," Bruce says. "That is what makes the job fun."
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I watched The Karate Kid this summer. By myself. I was in a hotel and it came on TV and I thought, what the heck, let's watch this. So I did.
For anyone growing up with that movie, watching it as an adult is no less thrilling than the first time seeing it. Remembering scenes or character mannerisms that struck me when I was 7, strike me now 30 years later. The way Daniel bangs the apartment building wall after he gets jumped, "I hate it here, Ma! I hate it here! Why can't we just move home?!" Or the way Ali mauls Daniel with her locks of hair as she grabs his neck after his tournament victory. Or the way Daniel's mom was always so…happy.
I remember watching her as a kid, knowing I knew nothing about single mothers of boys, but being fascinated with her. There was something about her I admired. Her strength. I understood it even as a child. I don't know why. I knew no single moms at 7. The only moms I knew were ones who were married. The single moms were always gone, I guess working or something. So I never really had any kind of relationship with a single mom until I was out of college. But before that, even as a small child, when I'd see them in film or on TV, they fascinated me. Lily Tomlin in 9-5? I was mesmerized with her. And it wasn't the divorced moms. It wasn't the moms co-parenting. It was the single moms who were completely single. No boyfriend, no ex laying around somewhere. Single. On their own. With no help from a man. Why did I find these women strong? I don't know. But I did.
I watched The Karate Kid again last night. But this time not alone. This time with my 8 year old son, about the age I was when I first saw the movie. And as I remembered my 6 and 3 year old brothers kicking each other in the backyard and signing up for Tae Kwon Do class after they saw the movie, I sat there and watched my boy do the same last night. Fully engrossed, exclaiming that yes! he'd like me to sign him up for Karate class.
And I cried as now the strength I so admired in Ms. LaRusso I find I must exhibit now in my real life. I am more like her than I ever imagined. Moving across the country with just my son. No mention of Dad anywhere. I remember being puzzled why she was so happy – she was poor and on her own, but somehow she was happy. And that happiness struck me as a child. It stayed with me. And it strikes me now. I admire her strength and the happy hope she carried. I want that. I want that sunny outlook on life. That never-gonna-get-me-down attitude. It was beautiful. I noticed it then. I notice it now.
I wonder if my fascination with single moms in the movies was an omen for my own life. I never imagined in a million years I'd be a single mom. It is quite the opposite of what I imagined for my life. I knew I wanted to get married, but I never daydreamed of kids. Ever. Like ever. Like I'm not exaggerating. I never imagined me pregnant or holding a toddler or driving kids to baseball practice. That thought never entered my mind. Not once. I daydreamed of getting married and having a husband and growing old together, but never in my 30 years before I actually got pregnant did I ever even have a flashing image of having children. Only marriage. And I never contemplated divorce. I knew I'd never get divorced. I was gonna marry for life and I was gonna marry a Christian, and if I was lucky enough to find a Godly man who loved me, that was that – my life was set. Happiness achieved. And now here I am, having been married, newly divorced, and with a child. I am a single mom.
I often think God gives us the children we never expected to have to teach us growth. I meet so many macho dads that despite their trying, never gain a son. Instead they have five princesses to take care of. I see girly moms sigh as their two boys have it out for the third time that afternoon and look wistfully at their neighbor's daughter coloring quietly. I see adults who want babies so bad never get them and kids who never want them get pregnant out of wedlock. Why does God give us exactly the opposite of what we want? I don't know. Part of me thinks it's cruelty, but the other part knows He's good. And that He has His reasons.