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Texas Abortion Case May Hinge On Definition Of 'Undue Burden'
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Women with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health demonstrate Wednesday outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. A federal appeals court in New Orleans is considering whether a Texas law puts up an unconstitutional obstacle to women seeking abortions.
A part of a Texas abortion law — one that requires that any clinic performing abortions meet stringent, hospital-like medical standards — is on trial this week in a U.S. appeals court.
The effect of the law has already been dramatic in Texas. Before it passed, a year and a half ago, more than 40 clinics provided abortions in the state. Now there are about 17 such facilities. If this part of the law is reinstated, about 10 facilities would close, leaving vast distances between some residents and the nearest clinic.
Opponents of the law say the loss of these clinics puts an "undue burden," a specific legal standard, on women who seek an abortion. Proponents argue that the strict requirements for clinics protect the safety of these woman.
In the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, on Wednesday, the judges responsible for rendering a decision in the case sharply questioned both sides, leaving little sign of which way they are leaning.
Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell, the solicitor general representing Texas, argued that the state's law doesn't place an "undue burden" on women seeking to exercise their federal right to abortion just because they may have to drive farther than they would have had to before the law was passed. (Courts use the "undue burden test" to determine if a legislature has passed a law so restrictive that it interferes with a person's constitutional rights.)
"The undue burden has to require something more than driving distance," Mitchell told the judges. "People will have to travel to get abortions in Texas, but that's always the case. People will always have to travel to get an abortion."
Judge Edward Prado pressed the point, asking, "Can you see any distance that would be an undue burden?"
Mitchell said he couldn't give a number, because the U. S. Supreme Court itself hadn't given much guidance in defining "undue burden" in cases like this.
But Sephanie Toti, the plaintiff's attorney, later said the Texas law clearly imposed an undue burden on women in West Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. "If a woman in El Paso has to travel 500 miles to get an abortion, that's an undue burden," Toti said.
Judge Catharina Haynes jumped in, noting that the El Paso scenario was hypothetical because women living there would simply cross the state line, if need be, to a nearby clinic in New Mexico. "We know that nobody is going to drive 500 miles; they're going to go to New Mexico," Haynes told Toti. "You're asking us to ignore that."
But Haynes later asked Mitchell to deal with the same issue. "She [Toti] makes a good point," Haynes said. "Why is Texas fobbing off these women on another state, if these [safety] restrictions are so necessary?"
Haynes asked Mitchell if the clinics in New Mexico were offering those women "substandard care" since they weren't subject to the same rules as Texas clinics.
"We wouldn't say it's substandard care," Mitchell said. "We would say it is care that is less than optimal." He also said people are free to travel across state lines and there is nothing the state can do to address that.
Much of the discussion focused on the women in El Paso, and whether Texas could use that city's proximity to New Mexico clinics as a sort of legal escape clause — claiming those women didn't really have an undue burden because they wouldn't have to drive hundreds of miles east to San Antonio.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder and CEO of Whole Woman's Health, was outside the New Orleans courtroom. Prior to the enactment of the Texas law, Whole Woman's Health offered abortions and gynecological care in six clinics around the state. Two have since closed. If the Texas requirement that such clinics meet all the standards of an outpatient surgical care center is upheld, only one of Hagstrom Miller's remaining clinics would be compliant.
"I'm actually quite encouraged by the line of questioning," she said after hearing the arguments in Wednesday's session. "I feel the judges really understand the undue burden as applied to women in El Paso and women in McAllen, and they seem genuinely concerned about those women's access to safe abortion as protected by the constitution."
But Emily Horne, of Texas Right to Life, said she was optimistic the decision would favor upholding the law, instead. "I think it went well," she said. "It's always hard to predict. But it was a very definitely lively discussion. The two judges that were the most questioning of both parties have ruled favorably for us in the past."
Horne says safety for all people is important.
"The reason we're opposed to abortion is it ends a life," she said. "We don't want the woman that's undergoing the abortion to be subject to that [either]; we don't think that her life should be at risk either. And so it's consistent with our morals to protect the lives of women undergoing it, as well as those lives lost by it."
It's unclear when the 5th Circuit will hand down its decision. It took several months in late 2013 to early 2014 for them to rule on another part of the law about whether doctors had to have admitting privileges to certain hospitals. It upheld that provision.
This story is part of an NPR reporting partnership with Houston Public Media and Kaiser Health News.
Copyright 2015 Houston Public Media News 88.7
Carrie Feibel
Carrie Feibel is a senior editor on NPR's Science Desk, focusing on health care. She runs the NPR side of a joint reporting partnership with Kaiser Health News, which includes 30 journalists based at public radio stations across the country.
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If you have been in an accident, there are several critical steps you must take in order to protect yourself throughout the litigation process that is sure to follow. First, you should seek immediate medical treatment for any injuries you may have sustained in the accident. Such treatment is essential to both ensuring your physical well-being and your legal prospects moving forward.
Aside from tending to any physical injuries you may have sustained, it is also very important that you keep a detailed record of what happened in the accident. That means recording information about witnesses and taking photos of both the scene and the vehicles. Without this important information, it will be much more difficult to receive the compensation you deserve.
Moreover, be sure to exercise great caution when speaking to representatives of the at-fault party. Under no circumstances should you provide any sort of written or verbal statement to the attorney or insurance company for the at-fault party about the accident. Instead, direct them to contact either your attorney or your insurance company. Don't sign anything on behalf of either insurance company without speaking to a qualified personal injury attorney.
No matter how cautious you may be, an accident can happen at any time. While you can never fully anticipate the effects of a crash, following these simple steps can help ensure that you will be adequately compensated for any damage an accident may cause.


While this time frame is perhaps the most dreaded for many of my college-age friends, it has become one of my very favorite. First Trinity's outreach ministry at the University of Buffalo (called UB Common Ground) kicks into high gear during the last week of each semester to serve and care for students. This means I get the joy to be on campus every day this week to offer a bottle of water, a smile or hug, a prayer, a "you-can-do-it" to whoever wanders in! It feels almost like a mission trip, except it's just a few miles down the road. We prep, get our team together, gather supplies. I'm out of the office more than I'm in it. I soon forget what day it is and get so lost in what is going on that I might as well be on a different continent.
As I sat next to a friend Barry today, this verse came into a new light. In a few weeks this friend of ours will wrap up his time in Buffalo and return to Singapore. He will be greatly missed on Wednesday afternoons, but something really cool comes out of this too.
Through campus ministries, ours and others, Barry has grown in his faith, been discipled, taught God's commands, and reminded of God's presence with him always. He has been challenged in his faith and we've witnessed him sharing that and encouraging others. I'm pray those are things that continue as he leaves us soon.
Sometimes I think we complicate God's commission too much. I am all about domestic and international missions and truly enjoy any opportunity I have to follow God's command to "go" when it takes me far from here. I also have to remember that the physical place I may be called to could be as close as the friend across the coffee table, the neighbor down the street, or a group of college kids struggling to make it through the final days of the semester.
Get on a plane or walk down the street.
The world needs hope and light and love to break through the darkness and despair. We have that to offer.
And remember: God is with you, always!


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Caterina Scorsone Opens Up About How Parenting a Child With Down Syndrome Changed Her
Actress Caterina Scorsone, best known for her recurring role as Amelia Shepherd on ABC's hit show "Grey's Anatomy," opened up about how having a child with Down syndrome redefined her experience of motherhood on the March 28 episode of the "Motherly Podcast."
Scorsone is a mother of two — Eliza, who is 6 years old, and Paloma (Pippa), who is 2 years old and has Down syndrome.
During the interview, Scorsone said her idea of motherhood was based on the belief that she had to equip her children to compete socially, educationally, physically or economically. When Pippa was born, her concept of motherhood shifted in a profound way. In the beginning, Pippa's Down syndrome diagnosis sent Scorsone into what she called a "tailspin," feeling unsure what her new role as a mother was going to be. "If my job is not to equip her to compete, then what is my job as a mother?" she said.
Scorsone said these feelings stemmed from not knowing what her child's abilities would be. She then realized her job as a mother meant two things. "I'm supposed to keep her safe and I am supposed to make her feel loved," Scorsone said.
This realization also helped her realize the way she parented her first child, Eliza, had been "off." Scorsone said:
I saw how I was loving my first daughter for her qualities… but all of those things were external qualities… It forced me to see I was loving everybody, including myself, for the wrong reason. I was loving people for their external qualities and not for their essence.
Even before Pippa was born, Scorsone and her husband, musician Rob Giles, often talked about Down syndrome. Scorsone shared that for some reason, since high school, Giles felt he would have a child with Down syndrome. In their conversations, both Scorsone and Giles saw the beauty in diversity. Philosophically, Scorsone embraced that beauty. However, when Pippa was born, she said she felt "out of my depth, scared, ill-equipped, isolated," because there was so much misinformation.
Scorsone pointed out that when a child is diagnosed with Down syndrome, parents are given information that highlights "every single thing that could go wrong with your kid." She believes that a parent's early experience with their child's diagnosis is informed by the information presented, which in her case was not positive.
For Scorsone, the book, "Expecting Adam" by Martha Beck helped change her perspective. She said the book allowed her to relax and be curious and open to her new path as well as embrace it. "One in 700 people get to experience this, and I am one of them," she said.
When Scorsone looks at Pippa and acknowledges her differences, she affirms that "her chromosomes are unfolding exactly how they are supposed to." While Pippa may be developing slower, she is still developing.
Scorsone's is also a firm believer in connecting with other moms to make sense of the new path. "The moms in the Down syndrome community are a magic love army," she said.
Now that she is in a position to "pay it forward," Scorsone said when she meets with new moms dealing with a diagnosis, she gives them space to feel all of their feelings. Parents have to grieve a perception that has been fed to them culturally throughout their lives. "You really have to break down that whole world view, and that is painful," she said.
Once parents have had a chance to go through the process, and when they are ready for it, Scorsone said you can tell them about all the exciting things."That might sound mysterious… at first," she said, but now she gets where parents get their wisdom from. "Here I am, this is the joy that they were talking about," she said.
Image Credits: Caterina Scorsone's Instagram
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Ted Russell Kamp, like all artists, writes about what he knows. Kamp spends his life making music for a living, touring and making records and sings about life, love, traveling, surviving the chaos of the modern world and making music in the process.
Walkin' Shoes is an album of 13 songs, all penned or co-written by Kamp, that deals with these familiar themes but his adept use of poetry, humor and honesty and his rich understanding and reinterpretation of American roots music make Walkin' Shoes a joyous and inspiring ride. "A lot of these are traveling songs or songs about personal change—so the very earth metaphor of walking shoes applies to at least half of the songs," Kamp explains.
Kamp's voice is full of wisdom ("When you play rock and roll long enough, the blues is what you get" he sings on "This Old Guitar"), tongue in cheek humor ("I could have played it safe, I could have stayed in bed, but I won't stop and stay at home, I'll rest when I'm dead" he sings on "Home Away From Home") and wistfulness ("I'm not asking for much, just a horizon and a touch, of a hobo's lullaby" he sings on "Highway Whisper".
Kamp is a musicians' musician. He has toured the world as a singer/songwriter, playing solo and with his band, and released 11 solo albums. He has been called "a striking singer/songwriter ... absolutely hypnotizing" (Music Row, USA) and "terrific ... a star on the rise in the tradition of great troubadours like Guy Clark" (No Depression, USA). His record, Get Back to the Land, debuted at #1 on the Euro Americana Chart and his last 4 records have made the US Americana Chart's Top 100 Records of the Year.
Ted Russell Kamp is also a producer and one of the most in demand bass players in Los Angeles. As a bassist, Kamp has been playing with Shooter Jennings since 2004 as well as written numerous songs for Jennings including the 2005 hit "Steady at the Wheel". He has also played with Wilson Phillips, Jessi Colter, Wanda Jackson, Rosie Flores, Billy Ray Cyrus and countless other great artists both on the road and in the studio.
"When I started to see this record come together, I booked one last session with John Schreffler and Jamie Douglass who were also touring with me in the Shooter Jennings band, as well as Dan Wistrom," he explained. Other guests on Walkin' Shoes included Sam Morrow (Who co-wrote "Paid By The Mile" and joins Ted singing), Jaime Wyatt (who sings "Heart Under Pressure" and "Freeway Mona Lisa"), and Brian Whelan (Who sings "Get Off The Grid", "Home Away From Home" and plays guitar and keyboards on the record).


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UPDATE 1-Australia c.bank to make policy announcement at 0330 GMT Thursday
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SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank will make a monetary policy announcement at 2:30 p.m. (0330 GMT) on Thursday in which economists expect it to cut interest rates and launch its first ever quantitative easing programme.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) had already said that Governor Philip Lowe would give a speech and hold a conference call at 0500 GMT, but the timing and the fact it was a monetary policy announcement was only stated on Wednesday afternoon.
Markets widely expect the RBA to cut its cash rate a quarter point to 0.25% on Thursday and announce a move to quantitative easing, including buying government bonds.
The RBA's announcement follows an unprecedented and large step up in global coordination by central banks, governments and regulators since the start of this week to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Sunday slashed key rates by 100 basis points, boosted asset purchases and has since flushed the system with liquidity.
Supporting those steps, the U.S. government unveiled a $1 trillion stimulus package on Tuesday. Britain too announced a $400 billion rescue package for businesses while Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged fiscal measures will be announced soon.
On Thursday, economists expect the RBA to provide more clarity and details on its bond buying programme, including target and tenor.
More tailored measures are also expected such as a UK-style Term Funding Scheme whereby the RBA would provide cheap loans to banks on the condition they lend to businesses at a favourable rate.
The purchase of semis, or state government bonds, and residential-mortgage backed securities (RMBS) are also possibilities.
In recent days, the RBA has pumped more money into the system while also substantially lengthening the average tenor of lending.
The RBA said earlier this week it would conduct repo operations of six-months maturity or longer at least weekly, "as long as market conditions warrant."
While the measures are welcome and desperately needed, economists said they still won't be enough to prevent the country's first recession in nearly three decades.
"Unfortunately we expect the economic impact of COVID-19 to tip the economy into recession," economists at ANZ said, predicting GDP to shrink 2% in the second quarter alone.
"Policy stimulus will help, but it won't be able to offset the demand loss that will come from social distancing and widespread closures."
$1 = 1.6622 Australian dollars Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Tom Hogue and Sam Holmes


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Thor: Ragnarok World Premiere! Mark Ruffalo! Tom Hiddleston! Jeff Goldblum! Cate Blanchett! Tessa Thompson! Chris Hemsworth! And More!
Thor: Ragnarok had it's world premiere last night on hollywood blvd and the stars all headed out to the big event to celebrate. Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson and more were on hand.
Many of the stars were nice, signing autographs, posing for selfies and more.
Black Panther London Premiere! Chadwick Boseman! Daniel Kaluuya! Lupita Nyong'o! Danai Gurira! Andy Serkis! And More!
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They thrive on attention, and eagerly mingle with kids and dogs. But when bored, her high intelligence can lead to mischief - such as turning on faucets, opening cabinets, and finding incredibly inventive hiding spots. Is this "steal-your-heart" kitty for you?


Tree holes contain diverse communities of aquatic invertebrates, some of which are also found in bromeliads and other phytotelmata, and some others which are tree hole specialist. The Srivastava Lab started studying the ecology of natural and artificial tree holes in northwestern Costa Rica in 2011. This is a field guide to the species encountered in forest patches around Estación Biológica Pitilla and sectors Santa Cecilia, La Josa, la Esperanza, Brasilia, Macori and Los Palmares.
Identification of culicid larvae was possible thanks to invaluable help from Luis Guillermo Chaverri, from InBio.
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A: I think you were almost there. I just added some distances and anchors.
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When your doctor offers you a prescription, chances are you just take it to the pharmacy closest to your house and await it to be filled. But by treating your drug store like a dry cleaner, simply dropping off and getting, you're missing an opportunity to truly engage with your pharmacist and take an active role in your health.
A pharmacy is certainly not just a location to drop off a prescription," states Minh Dang, an assistant dean at the Keck Graduate Institute School of Drug store in California. "The huge bulk of drug store customers don't want to just press one on their phones and enter in a prescription number. They want simple access to a genuine person-- someone who has the understanding to assist them feel much better.
So what should you search for in a pharmacist?
Look for someone interested. A perfect pharmacist at drugstore near me is as thinking about your health as you are, says Heather Miller, an assistant professor of drug store practice at the Texas A&M Rangel College of Drug store. "Pharmacists must be kind, courteous and readily available to answer client concerns," she states. "Pharmacists should have the ability to provide info concerning appropriate use and preventative measures for both prescription and nonprescription medications."
They make suggestions. A pharmacist shouldn't simply fill your prescriptions, Dang says. They should take an active function and advise other drugs to help you feel better. "They ought to be recommending the best over the counter medicine, assisting you manage a chronic condition and advising you to seek further treatment from a medical professional or medical facility if required." she says.
Helps you understand your treatment plan. Numerous patients, particularly those with a persistent condition, do not always understand their treatments, Miller says, so an ideal pharmacist will take the time to assist you comprehend what exactly your medications will do, if your physician didn't describe it. "You must seem like you have an ally who is actually paying attention to you," she says. "When you leave the door of the drug store, you must feel more empowered and optimistic about your treatment strategy than when you walked in. The psychological part is extremely important in overall wellness, especially in the management of persistent conditions or health problems."
Someone who assists you prevent adverse effects. A pharmacist at a 24 hour pharmacy near me isn't really a replacement for medical suggestions from your medical professional, Miller states, however a good pharmacist helps you keep track of all your medications and lets you understand if something is wrong. "If the pharmacist is aware of all the medications a patient takes, he or she can recognize any drug interactions that might potentially harm the patient," she says. For that reason, it's important to stay with simply one pharmacy, so all your records are in one place.
One size does not fit all. No 2 clients are alike, and no pharmacist needs to treat 2 clients like they are, Miller says. You ought to look for a pharmacist who understands your requirements and accommodates exactly what you ask. "Some drug stores provide intensifying services, where the medication is prepared in a customized dosage to fit the client's needs," she says. "Other pharmacies offer immunizations, and lots of pharmacies provide practical drive-thru services. It's all about exactly what you as the client needs."
Eventually, you have to find a pharmacist who treats you as an individual, not another patient, Dang states. Which pharmacy you go to-- whether it's a big name or a little one-- doesn't matter, as long as the pharmacist gives you the private attention you are worthy of. "A great deal of what makes an excellent pharmacist are soft abilities, like listening and communication," she says. "If you've been going to the same drug store for a time period, even if it belongs to a big chain, the pharmacist must begin to know you by name and know something about the therapies you take frequently. They ought to seem like an active participant in your healthcare and in assisting you remain well."


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Q: How to get rid of a #value error in Excel? I was currently trying to figure out this #Value error on my Excel spreadsheet on MacOS, but unfortunately I don't know what is causing the error.
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Johnstone, J. A. (author.). Guidall, George (narrator.). Johnstone, William W. (Added Author). hoopla digital (Added Author).
Physical Description: electronic
Publisher: [United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2021.
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Summary, etc.: A thrilling new Western series from William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone featuring the Last Gunfighter himself, Frank Morgan. WESTERN JUSTICE. JOHNSTONE FURY. In this explosive new series, William W. and J.A. Johnstone bring together two of their greatest legends. The Drifter and the Kid. A gunslinging father and prodigal son, united at last, they are the Morgans. And the only thing thicker than a Morgan's blood is a Morgan's bullet... FAMILY FIRST. EVERYBODY ELSE DIES. There's nothing particularly unusual for a legendary gunman to be summoned to the lawless, bullet-riddled territory of Arizona. But when Frank Morgan, aka the Last Gunfighter, rides into Tucson, he finds himself ambushed and kidnapped by ruthless Mexican bandit Ramirez's army of thugs. The only way out is for Frank's son, Conrad Browning, heir to the vast Browning fortune, to ransom his father free. But Conrad isn't giving up one cent. He's got a far deadlier currency in mind . . . Conrad heads down to the border and infiltrates the compound. But to prove himself, he has to hold up a train with the rest of the gang. Ramirez catches on to Conrad's ruse, and the only way out is for Frank to come to the rescue. It's a wild turn of events for sure, but for the Morgans, when it comes to killing their enemies, it's all in the family. Live Free. Read Hard.
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Панантукан (также сунтукан) — прикладной элемент филиппинского боевого искусства арнис (эскрима), ударная техника руками. Кришна Годанья (Krishna Godhania), автор книги «Эскрима: филиппинское боевое искусство» поясняет, что панантукан является частью стиля пангамут (pangamut, pangamot — «голые руки»), который включает в себя три техники: панантукан/сунтукан (удары руками), пананджакман/сикаран/сипа (удары ногами),  (захваты руками и удушения).

Стиль также известен как мано-мано (техника «рука-в-руку»), часто просто филиппинский бокс. Изначальное название стиля пананунтукан (Panununtukan) в мире известно в более короткой версии слова — «панантукан».

Этимология и связанные термины
«Панантукан» (также ошибочно называемый «панантукен» — из-за распространенного в США произношения буквы «U» как «A») — это сокращение слова «пананунтукан» (от бисайского «удары руками»), оказавшегося слишком сложным для произношения за пределами Филиппин. Во всяком случае, ранние популяризаторы стиля вроде Теда Лукайлукай (Ted Lucaylucay) использовали именно это название уже в середине 90-х годов XX века. Есть сведения о том, что изначально Лукайлукай хотел назвать свой стиль «сунтуканом», но опасался, что его будут путать со стилем карате сётокан, поэтому решил использовать термин «панантукан» .
Другой известный популяризатор стиля Дэн Иносанто, ученик Брюса Ли, совместивший традиционные филиппинские техники со стилем джиткундо и техниками бокса) также называл свой стиль «панантукан». Интересно, что термины «панантукан» и «пананджакман» практически неизвестны на Филиппинах, они используются, в основном, в западных версиях арниса.

«Сунтукан» — название стиля по тагальски, происходит от слова «сунток» (suntok) удар кулаком.

«Пангамот» или «пакамот» (pangamot, pakamot) — оба слова родом из себуанского языка, от слова «рука» (kamot). Разные варианты названия отражают особенности произношения в диалектах.

«Мано-мано» происходит от испанского «рука-в-руку». Фраза Mano-mano na lang, o?" («Обсудим это на кулаках?») на Филиппинах часто используется для того, чтобы прекратить дискуссию.

Отличительные особенности

Исторически, техника панантукан связана с искусством владения ножом и палкой (арнис).

Когда Филиппины находились под властью испанцев, боевые единоборства были запрещена, так что вместо ножей и ротанговых палок бойцы тренировались с голыми руками. Дон Стрэдли (Don Stradley) в статье о филиппинском боксе пишет:

Одно из отличий филиппинских боевых искусств от современного бокса заключается в том, что бойцы сантукана не стояли друг напротив друга, обмениваясь ударами в голову. Вместо этого они кружили друг напротив друга, ища точку входа. В конце концов, никто не будет стоять прямо и ждать удара, если у вас в руках нож. В филиппинских боевых искусствах, очень сильно влияние ножевой школы..

Вторым важным отличием от других единоборств является отсутствие правил. Панантукан — это не спорт, а скорее система уличного рукопашного боя. Техники не адаптировались под спортивные соревнования, отсюда и репутация «грязной уличной драки», «грязного бокса» (dirty boxing).

Арсенал панантукан включает в себя удары кулаком, удары локтями, удары головой, удары плечом и разрушающие удары по суставам, сухожилиям или мышцам. Удары руками часто комбинируются с ударами ногами (сикаран): по нижнему уровню, сбивающими с ног, ударами коленями в ноги, голень, пах. Типичные цели для ударов панантукан: бицепс, трицепс, глаза, нос, челюсть, висок, пах, рёбра, спина и затылок.

Хотя многие известные филиппинские боксёры, такие как Эстанеслао «Танни» дель Кампо (Estaneslao «Tanny» del Campo) и Буэнавентура «Кид Бентура» Лукайлукай (Buenaventura «Kid Bentura» Lucaylucay), отец Лаки Лукайлукая, практиковали олимпийсккую технику бокса, они также использовали технику «пангамот», отличавшуюся от западного бокса.

Оружие

Хотя панантукан рассчитан на рукопашный бой, в его арсенале есть приёмы с ножом, короткой палкой из пальмового дерева (dulo y dulo), напоминающей японскую явару (в современном варианте — тактическую ручку), а также с пестиком (ножом) для колки льда Использование оружия фундаментально не меняет технику панантукан. Оружие, как правило, небольших размеров, такое, чтобы его удобно было прятать.

Бойцы панантукан стараются минимизировать контакт с противником, поскольку в руке у него может быть какое-то оружие (на Фиплиппинах в уличных драках в ход часто идут ножи) Это приводит к тому, что в технике панантукан отбивы и уклоны используются чаще, чем блоки или захваты.

Связь со стилями арнис/эскрима/кали

Панантукан является рукопашным аспектом арнис и кали. В основе техники арнис лежит работа с палкой, в основе кали — работа с ножом. «Одни и те же движения (а так же приемы атак и контратак) в Филиппинских единоборствах, могут быть выполнены как с оружием (в том числе с подручными предметами), так и без него. В этом отношении Арнис уникален. Он дает человеку возможность, относительно за короткий срок, овладеть навыками универсально-прикладной боевой системы», — отмечает Гуро Александр Плаксин.

В целом, в арнис рукопашный бой изучается как дополнение к техникам с оружием: в рукопашный бой переходят тогда, когда боец потерял оружие или находится в опасной близости от соперника (клинч).

Интересно, что в некоторых классических школах экскрима, термины «мано мано» (Mamo mano), «де кадена» (De Cadena — от испанского «на цепи»), и «кадена де мано» (Cadena de Mano — от испанского «ручная цепь») используются также применительно к рукопашному бою. Отличительная особенность панантукан — добавление к движениям ударов ногами, захватов и бросков.

Известно, что некоторые филиппинские боксеры-чемпионы практировали эскрима. Чемпион мира  (известный тем, что познакомил западный бокс с ) в юности много работал с , отработав на сахарном тростнике свой «коронный удар» по дуге. Легендарный чемпион мира  практиковал стиль Балинтавак Эскрима (c его основателем Венансио Баконом), откуда позаимствовал сложную технику движения ног, которой его научил отец «Тананг» Элорде («Tatang» Elorde), чемпион по эскриме провинции Себу Эту технику перемещений затем заимствовали многие боксёры, в частности, его друг Мохаммед Али.

Техники панантукан

Скорость, последовательность ударов, ритм
В панантукане акцент делается на скорость нанесения ударов и их количество. Задача в том, чтобы атака была настоящим шквалом ударов по разным уровням — как результат, защищаться от них сложно или невозможно. Многие удары в панантукане выполняются на «половине движения», как отвлекающий манёвр для нанесения основных, мощных ударов. Примером таких движений может быть быстрый хлопок или колящий удар в глаз, который выполняется после джеба той же рукой в стандартной комбинации джеб-кросс-хук: здесь удар в глаз отвлекает внимание соперника от кросса. Иногда, в боксёрские комбинации также добавляются удары ногами, калечащие и дезориентирующие противника.

Углы и перемещения
Техника перемещений по углам, заимствованная из эскрима очень важна в панантукане: задача заключается в том, чтобы, уклоняясь от ударов, переместиться во внешнюю зону соперника, где ему сложнее защищаться. В атаке боец панантукан будет переключаться с одного противника на другого, постоянно перемещаясь. Перемещения в панантукане часто отрабатывают на основе работы с ротанговыми палками.

См. также
 Арнис
 Пекити-Тирсия Кали
 Дэн Иносанто

Примечания

Боевые искусства Филиппин
Эскрима
Боевые искусства по алфавиту
Арнис
Культура Филиппин
Боевые единоборства

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Q: Tweepy reply to tweet in stream I have a twitter bot that responds to tweets containing a hashtag. I've been using the twt = api.search(q='param') to pull tweets and it's been working perfectly but I've since switched to myStreamListener = MyStreamListener()
twt = tweepy.Stream(auth = api.auth, listener=myStreamListener()) to pull tweets in real time. this isn't working though and I don't know why. Here's my code:
myStreamListener = MyStreamListener()
twt = tweepy.Stream(auth = api.auth, listener=myStreamListener())

twt.filter(track=['#www'], async=True)

#list of specific strings we want to omit from responses
badWords = ['xxx','yyy' ]

#list of specific strings I want to check for in tweets and reply to

genericparam = ['@zzz']

def does_contain_words(tweet, wordsToCheck):
    for word in wordsToCheck:
        if word in tweet:
            return True
    return False

for currentTweet in twt:
    #if the tweet contains a good word and doesn't contain a bad word
    if does_contain_words(currentTweet.text, genericparam) and not does_contain_words(currentTweet.text, badWords):
        #reply to tweet
        screen = currentTweet.user.screen_name
        message = "@%s this is a reply" % (screen)
        currentTweet = api.update_status(message, currentTweet.id)

A: I believe your problem is you're trying to send the reply through the stream instead of using an http request in a separate thread. It's not possible to do this as explained here:
https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/overview

A: Just stumbled across this.
When you create myStreamListener = MyStreamListener(self.api) self.api instance you want to use needs to be passed to StreamListner constructor or it will be null.


WE SEEM TO BE UNABLE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF FINS.
Fins can change hands multiple times; they are moved from one country to another, imported and exported, then re-imported once processed. They are loaded and reloaded from fishing vessels out at sea to larger transportation vessels, from ships to docks, either finned or still attached to a shark. They get moved from bags to container, from shipyards to transportation companies, to processing locations, and back again. Some shipments are labeled as shark fins, others are mixed in with other random seafood or bycatch. This is the reason why none of the export and import numbers add up and why authorities don't have a handle on what might be legal or illegal. There is no confusion when fin trade is not allowed across the board, no matter how they were obtained or where they came from.
It is clear that we can't tell the difference between domestic and imported fins. Only a full trade ban can ensure that we are not participating in the global trade of fins.
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Vidya Balan: "Tumhari Sulu gave me such an opportunity to smile and laugh"
Interviews, Movies, News | November 15, 2017 | | by Stacey Yount
Tumhari Sulu, the slice of life film full of comedy, drama, romance and more starring Vidya Balan hits theaters on Friday, November 17th. Directed by Suresh Triveni, the film also stars Manav Kaul, Neha Dhupia, and Malishka RJ.
Happy-go-lucky Sulochana (fondly known as Sulu), a suburban Mumbai housewife, lives with her husband, Ashok, and their 11-year-old son, Pranav. Sulu keeps herself entertained through the day including listening to her favorite radio station and taking part in every possible contest. In an unexpected turn of events, she lands a job of an RJ (radio jockey) on that station. What happens next is a story you must see!
To give you a sneak peek check out the trailer
In a fun, laughter filled and amazing interview Vidya talked with Stacey about all things Tumhari Sulu. Check it out.
When we talked last time you said, 'I think that is going to be fun. It is going to see the naughty side of me in that. I can't wait for that because I think it has been a while since smiled or laughed in a film'. Was it fun, did you laugh and smile?
Oh, it was great fun. I am someone who smiles and laughs a lot. I smile and laugh very easily. A lot of people tell me that. Therefore after the trailer so many people reached out to me and said, 'Oh My God this is the real you in Tumhari Sulu'. (Laughs) She is also a little mad so I think they were also referring to that last laugh at the end. (Laughs) It was great fun! I think that after all the serious stuff I have done lately this was welcome break and also, like I said, this gave me such an opportunity to smile and laugh. It's a slice of life film.
The writer-director Suresh Triveni created an atmosphere where everyone was so invested in the film. It was a great joy to be working.
That is just is an amazing experience I imagine.
Absolutely, because that really dictates how you feel about the film and how the shoot goes. It was a wonderful experience, because everyone was keen to their job a little more than well because of the faith Suresh has invested in each one of us. I am not just talking about actors, I mean every department. Therefore, everyone felt equally invested in the film.
I follow him and I follow you on Instagram and from his posts you can see he is so passionate and excited about the film.
Absolutely! This is his first film. I think he is already going to be making a mark with his very first film. If he hasn't already with the teaser and the trailer because people are already talking about Suresh Triveni to me like they know him. That is good – that is very good.
So do you feel it is harder to be intense and do drama or do more of comedic fun film?
Every genre has its own set of challenges. Every genre is unique. I don't think one can really compare and say this is easier than that, but I say that in a slice of life film like Tumhari Sulu you have to strike this very delicate balance, because you see all shades of her. Plus she is this mad hatter. For example, you get a taste of that in that trailer where she is being this sensuous RJ who speaks to you very intimately, but suddenly she does this mad laugh. That was a very delicate balance to strike. But I think the way Suresh Triveni has written the script, it is definitely one of the best scripts I have read in the longest time. The way he narrated it to me, I already knew that I was in safe hands and that is why I said yes to the film. He has maintained that fine balance – that tightrope walk beautifully. He has managed it beautifully.
Did you ever crack up doing that radio sensuous voice?
Yes! But the good thing, Stacey, is that as Sulu it was okay if I cracked up in the middle of a line. So I got away with murder. (Laughs)
It seems as if you have a great onscreen chemistry with Manav Kaul, how was it to work with him and how do you develop that?
It was the most effortless experience, because there was mutual trust that was formed. I don't know when, but I think it probably came out of both of us liking each other as actors much before we met. So maybe that is why when we met for the first reading we ended up laughing even before we read the first line. I think when you are able to laugh with someone then you pretty much break the ice and then it is easy there on. Here it was very, very crucial that we felt a great comfort with each other because we are couple who have been married for a long time. To share that kind of comfortable body language, you can't act those things out you know you needed to have that comfort. I am glad we share that.
What to you is the most important thing to you as an actress when playing a role?
I think, when I am playing a role, while in preparation, the most important thing is that I don't judge her, because only if I don't judge her can I be true to her. You know, if I am going to sit in judgment then there will be aspects of the person that may not be in tune with my beliefs maybe, which will then work at cross purposes. It is very important that I don't judge a character or even if I do judge her that I get past that judgment in the preparation stage. That I own her. I need to own her to really be her.
How do you learn your lines?
You know, I don't know. I don't really learn lines. I don't think I have ever learned my lines. What I do is I read the script a few times before the film. Then it sticks. I have never really made an effort to sit down and learn the lines. Unless the director is really keen on certain words then you have to focus to make sure those words are not missed out. But it sticks. Good lines stick anyway.
Did you freak out when you learned you had to do 'Hawa Hawai'? I sooooo would!
Oh more than freak out Stacey ,trust me! (Laughs) Sri Devi is my all time favorite and I think there is nothing she can't do. She was crazy in 'Hawa Hawai', good crazy. I was like 'Oh My God how am I going to reprise this?' Thankfully, Suresh told me you are not reprising it, it is just paying a tribute to it so you can just be dancing – you are not going to recreate the song in the same way. So I eased up after that. I had a blast!
Do you watch yourself on screen?
I do watch my self on screen of course, at the time of release; sometimes beforehand, if there is any dub to be done I watch the film. If the director is really keen that I watch it before the dubbing for whatever reason I watch it even then.
So how do you feel watching yourself on screen?
The first time I think I am only watching myself. (Laughs) The second time I watch the film.
Bollywood is going through an interesting time now and especially since you are on the Central Board of Film Certification, what do you think of the films of today?
I think it is an extremely delicious time, because people are rejecting out right films that they don't like irrespective of whoever the star is. Content is QUEEN at this point! (Laughs) It is amazing because that also means that people are also paying attention that much more to what they put out. There are spending more time at the scripting stage, at the production stage and hopefully that means that our films are only going to get better!
And for female actors I think it is a great time. I am definitely one of those who's enjoying this time. Making the most of it. I feel quite sure that it is not just a phase. That this is here to stay.
I know I say this every time, but Vidya honestly is one of my favorite people to interview. It was so amazing to talk with her again and I thank her for always be so nice. I look forward to our next conversation.
Be sure to go see Vidya in Tumhari Sulu on November 17th.
Stay tuned we have an interview with director Suresh Triveni that you don't want to miss!


Sonnet 116. Short essay explaining how Shakespeare uses poetic techniques to convey imperishable love.
In "Sonnet 116," William Shakespeare deals with imperishable love. The poet, writing in Shakespearean sonnet structure, addresses a young man of great beauty and promise. He uses various poetic techniques to relay his theme.
Through his strong belief, the author expresses his theory on love lasting forever. In the opening lines of the sonnet, Shakespeare states nothing should change "the marriage of true minds," denoting absolute accord and complete understanding between husband and wife, if their love is real. Through the technique of apostrophe, he personifies the North Star - metaphorically "an ever-fixed mark" - by saying that it "looks on tempests." By indicating the North Star "is never shaken," he compares it to love, implying that it is always there no matter what, just as true love should be. In the sestet, which immediately follows the octave, the poet uses imagery to express how time changes love: "Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks / Within his bending sickle compass come," and that if love is true, beauty should not faze it.
Shakespeare applies diction to better clarify his theme: "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even until the edge of doom." He thus expresses his optimism of love lasting until the end of time. Finally to conclude the sonnet, he stresses: "If this be error and upon me proved, / I never writ, nor no man ever loved," emphasizing that if what he says is false, he never wrote nor ever loved anyone. Consequently, with his broad knowledge of love, the author convinces his readers that he strongly believes in that it is everlasting.
WriteWork contributors. "Sonnet 116. Short essay explaining how Shakespeare uses poetic techniques to convey imperishable love." WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, 05 December, 2003. Web. 23 Apr. 2019.
Quotations perhaps are a too big percentage of the whole body of the text and not much is said about the poetic techniques in fact.


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Jason Terry Not Buying Into Jeremy Lin Just Yet
Will Yoder
Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry is reportedly not impressed with Jeremy Lin's recent success with the New York Knicks, according to The Star-Telegram.
"I've been a point guard in this league and (45 turnovers in seven games) would have gotten me on the bench real fast,'' Terry told the paper prior to Mavericks afternoon game against the Knicks yesterday.
"I think it's a lot of hype right now,'' Terry said. "Is he going to be a good player in the future? If he continues to work, he will.
"I've been in the league 13 years, and seven games don't necessarily make a career, but he does have great buzz right now,'' Terry said. "But we'll see when he face the (world) champs tonight.''
Lin scored 28 points and tallied 14 assists en route to helping the Knicks defeat the Mavericks 104-97.
Following the game, Terry admitted to reporters that he was impressed wit how Lin played.
"I think they found something in Lin, and they're starting to piece together a team that can beat anyone," Terry said.
Chiefs Advance to AFC Title Game Despite Mahomes Injury
Chiefs backup QB Chad Henne threw for 66 yards on eight attempts after replacing Mahomes in the third quarter.


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No matter how valuable your cloud subscriptions are, each new set of login credentials users are forced to create and memorize adds another level of inefficiency. With something called Single Sign-On (SSO), you can create one user profile that logs you into all your online accounts. If you're overwhelmed by the number of passwords linked to your name, SSO is a dream come true.
Single Sign-On solutions allow you to create one username and one password that thousands of websites will recognize. If you've ever clicked 'Login with Google' on a non-Google website, you've already enjoyed the benefits of SSO. It's faster, simpler, and more secure. Now, small businesses can accomplish the same level of efficiency between their employees and cloud platforms.
Instead of asking everyone in the office to track separate accounts for Office 365, Slack, Quickbooks, and whatever other cloud applications your company relies on, you can give them one set of credentials and manage what they have access to remotely. Employees come to work, enter their ACME Inc. username and password, and they're set for the day.
There are a number of ways to set up a small-business SSO solution, but most of them focus on removing login information from your servers or network storage. Usually, you'll provide your employees' logins to an SSO provider (sometimes referred to as an Identity-as-a-Service provider) and each employee will receive a single login paired with a secondary authentication -- like a fingerprint or an SMS to a personal device.
Each time one of your employees visits a cloud platform, such as Office 365, the SSO provider will verify the user's identity and the security of the connection. If anything looks amiss, your IT provider will be notified.
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Home The Informer 100,000 Teachers Enrolled For TPD, Hope For Promotions and Better Salaries
TSC set December 2022 as the deadline for completion of the Introductory Modules which is supposed to take one (1) year from December 2021
The fear to miss out on promotional positions as a result of not enrolling for the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) course introduced by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in 2021 has driven close to 100,000 teachers to enroll for the Introductory Module of the TPD.
A document prepared by the Commission on TPD titled Framework and Roll out Of Structured TPD in Kenya dated April, 2022 shows that a total of 96,186 have enrolled for Introductory Module amongst them 85,105 classroom teachers,4,286 Secondary School Principals and 6,795 Primary School Headteachers.
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Since the Commission is unpredictable with its hiring and its promotional score sheets keep changing from time to time, teachers are now afraid of missing out on promotions and employment if the Commission introduces the TPD issue in the score sheet during hiring or promotion.
The teachers' fears are justified since of late, the Commission has been coming up with different employment and promotion criteria during mass recruitment and promotion, which somehow favor those who have complied with any newly introduced policy at any given time.
For instance, during last year's mass recruitment of teachers, the Commission awarded intern teachers an automatic 30 marks, giving them an upper hand for absorption to permanent and pensionable jobs, a situation that has recently seen the number of applicants increasing when the intern positions are advertised.
In 2019, very few teachers applied for the internships since teachers used to earn a monthly stipend of Sh10,000 and Sh15,000 for primary and secondary schools interns respectively.
However, the stipend has currently been increased to Shs 15,000 and Shs 20,000 for interns in primary and secondary schools respectively.
In 2015, the introduction of the Career Progression Guidelines (CPGs)which focuses on teachers' performance for promotions and which resulted into the introduction of Performance Contracting (PC) for Heads of Institution and Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD)for teachers in January 2016, saw teachers who failed to take part in TPAD or have low rating miss out on promotions.
The Commission made it mandatory for teachers applying for promotions to avail TPAD evidence during application process and interviews and those who failed to take their TPAD appraisals faced disciplinary actions including being served with 'show cause' letters or even being interdicted.
CPG came as a substitute for the Schemes of Service (SoS).
In regards to the current TPD, TSC has said that teachers have until December 2022 to complete the Introductory Module of TPD despite Parliament stopping the TSC from rolling out the teachers' refresher course in March this year.
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education and Research in their report dated March 1,2022 recommended that TSC suspends the roll-out and implementation of the TPD programme until it conducts extensive public participation taking into account the views
suspends the roll-out and implementation of the TPD programme until it conducts extensive public participation taking into account the views of teachers, teachers unions and other stakeholders with a view of building consensus on the programme and increasing the number of service providers, institutions and centres across the counties for ease of access by teachers.
It further recommended that TPD being a training initiated by TSC, it should be paid for by the Government and that parliament should enact legislation and pass amendments to Article 237 of the Constitution and the TSC Act,2012 should remedy on the conflict of interest of the Commission being a regulator and an employer and further scrutinize and approve regulations governing TPD.
TSC TPD document in part states: "Teachers will first enroll for Introductory Module which will last for 1 year from December 2021 to December 2022.The Introductory Module will be done through online webinar,"
TSC rolled out the TPD programme on September 22,2021 at Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA)in Karen. TPD has seven prescribed modules, each having 5 chapters addressing all the seven (7) Kenya Professional Teaching Standards (KePTS).
TPD will see teachers being required to renew their teaching certificate every five years after completing a given number of modules in their entire teaching life.
These Seven (7) Standards in the KePTS are: a teacher should promote professionalism throughout their career,a teacher should have pedagogical content knowledge and understanding of Competency-Based Curriculum and how to implement it, a teacher should have knowledge on assessment and reporting, a teacher should know how to create and support inclusive education practices, a teacher should know and promote comprehensive school health and safety, a teacher should have knowledge of financial literacy skills and a teacher should know and practice instructional leadership.
Renewal of Teaching Certificate
TSC maintains in the document that upon commencement of the TPD programme, all serving teachers will be required to acquire a Teaching Certificate renewable every 5 years while the subsequent applicants for Certificate of Registration will be issued with both certificates.
It has also been revealed that at the end of each year, teachers will earn 60 TPD points based on the prescribed modules and 40 TPD points based on professional learning captured under TPAD for example In-Service Education and Training (INSETS)by CEMASTEA and others.
The accumulated TPD points will be used to renew Teaching Certificate of successful participants every 5 years which will also further require a teacher to have mandatory completed 5 chapters of a module and provide documentary evidence of successfully completion.
*TPD activities will be evaluated based on authentic assessment which will include reflective journal, participant led final synthesis and Individual Professional Portfolio development and Presentation," reads the TSC TPD document.
More Service Providers to be accredited soon
TSC reveals further in the document that it will select and accredit more institutions as service providers through a competitive tendering and procurement process next year (2023).
Currently, only four (4) institutions have been accredited to offer the teachers refresher course. These institutions are Kenyatta University, Mount Kenya University, Riara University and Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) which charge teachers Sh 6,000 per year for the training.
The contracted TPD service providers are delivering the training through face to face workshops at Sub County level which will take 5 days during one school holiday in a year and through Online Webinar during the other two school holidays in a year while professional learning will be through an online platform (synchronous and asynchronous) for 5 days.
Other institutions that the Commission plans to accredit as service providers include government institutions mandated to capacity teachers for instance CEMASTEA, Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) and Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC);and Non-State actors who are in partnership with the Commission like EduTrust and United Nations International Children Emergency Fund(UNICEF).The TPD learning
outcomes of these institutions must be aligned to at least one of the seven KePTS before being accredited.
The TPD training programme [which is either formal or informal activities that registered teachers undertake in order to continuously improve their pedagogical skills,management skills and learner outcomes] was initially introduced by the Commission in 2018.
TSC cites two major shortcomings as major factors that necessitated the Commission to shift to a life-long training programme for teachers. These are no standardized outcomes and not being continuous that is One-off or offered for few years only.
According to TSC, the shift was informed by changing environment of teaching due to 21st century skills demands, Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) and Knowledge based society; teaching as a profession which seek to align teaching with any other modern
professions, knowledge base of teaching profession and teachers mandatory assuming a greater responsibility for their own TPD.
Further change from training (Push Professional Development) to Learning (Pull Professional Development) necessitated the shift in TPD training programme where in 20th Century and in some context until recently, TPD was based on a training paradigm that is deficit-mastery model and one-shot program.
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Q: Nullspace and column space In my introductory Linear Algebra course, we are studying orthogonality. The tutor was explaining to one of the students that if a vector is in the column space of a symmetric matrix that contains elements from the main diagonal of the matrix, then to verify that this indeed is the vector of the column space, we take the perpendicularity of this vector and see that the null space of the matrix is the subset of this perpendicular vector.
The tutor left before I could ask him how this could be done or is possible. I was wondering if someone could either explain or direct me towards some article that discusses this. The text we are reading is Linear Algebra by Strang but I couldn't find the section where he talks about this.


The unique mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth will be axed after 31 years and replaced by the ATP World Team Cup, national broadcaster ABC reported Thursday.
Federer continued his quest for a record seventh Australian Open title with a third-round demolition of 21-year-old Fritz in 88 minutes of flawless tennis.
Frances Tiafoe, fresh from playing the mixed teams Hopman Cup with Serena Williams in Perth, came through the second round encounter 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.
Federer enjoyed a successful Hopman Cup warm-up and knows that at even the grand old age of 37 he has a great chance of a record seventh Melbourne crown.
Star players Roger Federer and Angelique Kerber have cautiously welcomed new tie-break rules for the deciding set at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer kept up his impressive early season form after another flawless week of singles performances at the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth – as he declared Novak Djokovic the man to beat at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer has become the most successful player in Hopman Cup history after leading Switzerland to a 2-1 win in an enthralling final of the mixed teams tournament in Perth on Saturday.


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AI1 - Wild Card
Date Aired: 7/9/2002
Competition Level: Wildcard
Contestants: 5
(51.8 entering episode)
Expectation Factor: –2.8
Change: +1.4
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You0002How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
On Bended Knee0002On Bended Knee
Saving All My Love For You0002Saving All My Love For You
Lately0002Lately
RJ Helton
As We Lay0002As We Lay
The Wild Card episode dramatically introduces numbers: 10,000+! auditions, 30! made the semi-finals, 9! are in the finals, 1! spot is left, 5! sing for it, and we the viewers, have 0! input... wait what? That's right folks, this is the first (and unfortunately, not the last) performance episode in which the voting public have absolutely no hand in the decision, and it's all up to the judges.
Brian Dunkleman and Ryan Seacrest open the show, recapping the last three semi-final weeks. Then, Kelli Glover kicks off the singing with How Am I Supposed to Live Without You by Michael Bolton. Her voice is decent, better than her earlier Whitney Houston performance, but she still slips into that honking tone that the judges have called her out on numerous times. The performance is measured well and she treats the song appropriately, which sometimes is all one can ask of these contestants. Randy and Paula liked that Glover sang something different. Simon tells her she was terrific. The Idolsphere settles on a solid 63 rating, so the first performance of the night gets four stars.
Christopher Aaron follows Glover. He's chosen Boyz II Men's On Bended Knee and his voice in terribly thin. He either is missing a whole bunch of notes or he's just unpleasant in this vocal register. Or, y'know, both. Aaron looks like he's struggling throughout the whole performance to get his voice back in check, as though he can't hear himself. Randy likes it, but says he messed with the rhythm of the song too much. Simon says the performance was mechanical and boring. Chris ends up with a 30, the lowest rating of the night.
In one performance, Alexis Lopez demonstrates the reason why WNTS exists. She's only 17 and singing Saving All My Love For You by Whitney Houston. Lopez does well technically, but seriously, she's a high school girl singing about being the object of a love affair with a married man. It's aggravating when these contestants don't understand what they're singing about. She's also belting it when she really should be crooning and pleading at places. Simon calls it karaoke. Randy agrees. Lopez evens out at a decent 44 when all is said and done.
Stevie Wonder's song catalog was already done to death by this point in the first season, but it will be visited again by RJ Helton. Lately is an interesting fit for Helton. On paper, the emotion behind the song seems a bit out of his wheelhouse; essentially, I'm saying he should stick to peppier songs, and not touch these yearning-for-love pieces. However, he does wrangle a bit of the despair needed to pull off the song towards the end of his performance, and his voice is in good form. All of the judges laud praise over him, though Simon lets slip his belief that at first he thought Helton shouldn't have made the Wildcard round. The Idolsphere clocks him in at a 66: four stars, and the highest rating of the night.
The last contestant to sing is Angela Peel. She's chosen Shirley Murdock's As We Lay, the second song of the night about being a man's mistress. The song is a much better fit on her than Lopez's choice. Unfortunately for Peel, she goes sharp in her first vocal flourish and stays sharp for the rest of the song. It's uncomfortable to listen to, but I'd venture a guess that she's used to singing it in the key she ends up in, so I'm not sure why the musical director couldn't figure that out when arranging the song. Randy and Paula both point out that she missed notes, but Simon laments that the judges can only send one contestant through to the finals. Peel earns a 42 for the performance.
The Results Show
The judges get to discuss the contestants and then make the decision live. Really live, unlike the performance segment, which was taped. Simon says the wildcard needs to be someone with the potential to win; Randy and Paula agree. They agree Kelli Glover was very good. Chris Aaron gets lambasted for being boring. They all agree Alexis Lopez went into karaoke territory. RJ Helton gets a special note for being the contestant who showed the most improvement. Finally, they're all pretty positive about Angela Peel, despite noting that she faltered on the last performance.
After trotting out the nine finalists, the five wildcard contestants are brought out to be tortured by the judges one final time before learning the verdict. Simon gives them each a bit of a critique. He starts by sexually harassing Glover (no really, he does) and tells her that after Whitney-Gate!, she's finally proven she's a star. Helton gets called up and Simon tells him he sucked in his original grouping, but did very well tonight after being under the pressure of...uh...being the contestant caught in the judges' pissy crossfire last week. Lopez is told that's she's a Latino artist which... well, I'm not about to go there, except to say it makes me want to pen my own WNTS editorial about race, ethnicity, and narrowminded American Idol judges. Peel is told she has a fantastic career ahead of her. Aaron is told that his cool nature can be perceived as dull.
Finally, they pick RJ Helton, because they are never allowed to have unequal gender representatives on Idol. I can't wait until the day where the producers are compelled to put through a transgendered person, since even they can't produce an equal male:female balance on the number 11. Then again, I can't wait for American Idol to acknowledge the existence of anything that isn't blonde, country, or Kelly Clarkson (and remember, I like Kelly).
The credits roll, and again we end on happiness and elation (boo!) as we learn the Final 10 will be singing the songs of Motown.


Using stocks and stock options to develop a low-risk, wealth-building strategy for retail investors. Selling puts is a strategy similar to, but not precisely the same as, covered call writing. Mastering either strategy is a huge opportunity for retail investors to secure our financial futures. Mastering both will allow us focus in on the best investment choices depending on market conditions and personal risk tolerance.
The purpose of this book is to give the reader the tools to master a conservative stock and option strategy with the goals of generating monthly cash flow and focusing in on capital preservation. Selling cash-secured puts is a low-risk strategy that leverages high-quality stocks and exchange-traded funds to accomplish these objectives.
This book will present basic option principles that apply to this system and will walk you through the process of stock and option selection. Additionally, calculating profits and position management will also be critical topics addressed. In other words, every aspect of this strategy will be discussed including the necessary steps to take before, during and after a trade is executed. Examples of real-life trade executions will be shown in conjunction with illustrative charts and graphs, and the rationale for each step behind the trade will be explained using easy-to-understand terminology.
I will also allude to another similar strategy, covered call writing, the topic of my first three books. The risk-reward profile of the two strategies are similar but certain nuances make them different and I feel it is important to discuss those distinctions as I present the material needed to master this great strategy of selling cash-secured puts.
The goal of this book is to give you the education to apply basic investment principles in all situations. Your financial decisions will become non-emotional and based on sound fundamental, technical and common sense principles. I will not tell you what to do but rather how to do it and why. I want you to benefit from all the mistakes.
I suffered through and then corrected as I taught myself these two outstanding strategies. I have been very fortunate in my investment and financial past and at this point want to share the knowledge that I have accumulated with as many average retail investors as possible. That is my goal, my mission for this book. After reading and re-reading this book I hope you feel that I achieved this goal.
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Smoking is an established cause of pancreatic cancer; a disease that is usually fatal. Scientists from the USA and Germany followed 183,518 study participants for eight years. The researchers determined eating Quercetin - a flavonol found most in apples and onions - along with other apple flavonols (Kaempferol, Myricetin) significantly reduced the risk of pancreatic cancer in current smokers. The study is published in the October 15th, 2007 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Cancer is controlled by a complex interaction between genes and environment. Environmental factors is especially true for lung cancer; the chief factor being smoking. However, the role of genes is still being elucidated. Glutathione Transferases (GSTP) are a group of enzyme that detoxify dangerous substances such as the cancer causing chemicals in cigarette smoke, drugs, and free radicals. GSTP enzymes utilize Glutathione to accomplish this. In mice with GSTP gene deficiency, therefore lacking GSTP activity it was found that they were not efficiently able to clear out smoking related toxins from their lungs and adducts (toxic tags) on their DNA occurred much more frequently. They developed far more cancerous tumors than mice that had normal GSTP activity. The study is published in the October 1st, 2007 issue of the journal Cancer Research.


The Government introduced the Help to Buy ISA on 1 December 2015. The aim was to assist first time buyers in making the expensive leap onto the housing ladder.
The Government introduced the Help to Buy ISA on 1 December 2015. The aim was to assist first time buyers in making the expensive leap onto the housing ladder. As with other ISAs any money deposited in a Help to Buy ISA will not be taxed. A maximum of £200 per month can be saved, although in the first month you can save an additional £1,000. For every £200 saved the Government will pay you a £50 bonus towards the purchase price.
The Government tops up the contributions by 25% up to a maximum of £3,000. This 25% bonus is then used by the buyer to assist with the completion of their first property purchase.
This article highlights important points to note about the Help to Buy.
Help to Buy ISAs are only available to use if you are purchasing your first home in the UK and if the purchase price is no more than £250,000 outside London and £450,000 in London. If the purchase price is more or if you are buying a second home or buy to let property the 25% bonus will not apply.
The 25% bonus can only be used on completion of your purchase. A common misconception is to believe that it can be used to assist with the deposit. Quite simply, it cannot. The deposit payable on exchange of Contracts (typically 10% of the purchase price), must be funded separately, if you wish to use the 25% bonus on completion. However, once you have closed the account and obtained the closing statement from the ISA Manager you can use the sum you have saved yourself, towards the deposit.
When closed, the ISA must have a minimum of £1,600 saved (therefore the minimum top-up is £400) and a maximum of £12,000 saved (the maximum top-up is £3,000).
Unlike other schemes to help first time buyers, this scheme is not limited to the purchase of a brand new property.
If you are saving to buy a property with someone else who is also a first time buyer they can also open their own Help to Buy ISA which means you can jointly earn a bonus of up to £6,000.
If your purchase does not go through after you have closed your Help to Buy ISA you can re-open your account. Your solicitor will give you a document called a purchase failure notification. If you take this to your bank or building society they will re-open the account for you. You can then deposit your money as a lump sum.
There is an exemption for members of the armed forces or their spouses. For members of the armed forces and their spouses or civil partners, if you intend to use the property as your main residence you are still eligible for the scheme even if you rent the property out until you are able to move in if you are unable to live in it when you first purchase it.
The property you are buying must be mortgaged to be eligible for the bonus. However, you are free to take a mortgage with any provider; you are not tied to the Help to Buy ISA provider.
To qualify you must be a UK resident, aged 16 or over, have a valid national insurance number and be an individual who does not own and has never owned a home anywhere in the world. If you are the beneficiary of a trust you may not qualify and your solicitor will need to look carefully at your particular circumstances and advise you. If you are unsure as to whether or not you are eligible for this ISA, we recommend you also speak to the ISA provider so its terms and conditions are explained to you.
ISA closure – We strongly recommend that you tell your solicitor you have a Help to Buy ISA as soon as you instruct them. Once contracts have been exchanged and prior to completion of your purchase, there are steps to be completed in order to claim the bonus: you will need to close the account and send the closing letter issued by the ISA Manager to your solicitor together with the First Time Buyer Declaration Form confirming you are eligible to receive the 25% bonus. Your solicitor will then be able to apply for the bonus on your behalf.
Claiming the bonus – Once your Help to Buy ISA is closed, the 25% bonus must be claimed within 12 months.
Timing is important in using the Help to Buy ISA, and your solicitor will guide you. You should allow for a minimum of two weeks for the ISA to be closed and for the closing statement to be issued to you, and you should liaise closely with your solicitor to ensure the 25% bonus is claimed correctly.
New accounts are available until 2019 when the Government are withdrawing them from the market.


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Church Group Votes To Boycott Redskins Over Name
NEWARK, Del. (AP) — A major sector of the United Church of Christ is calling for a boycott of the Washington Redskins until the team changes its name.
The Central Atlantic Conference passed a resolution Saturday to become the latest organization to denounce a name that has frequently been condemned as a racial slur.
The conference said it will urge its 40,000 members in D.C., New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and parts of Virginia and West Virginia to boycott the team's games and merchandise.
Conference minister Rev. John Deckenback said changing the name won't solve the problems of Native Americans, but it "can send a strong message."
There has been increasing pressure over the year for the Redskins to change the name.Team owner Dan Snyder has vowed he will never do so.
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Q: Validating a users input and adding a value to it I am trying to create a html page with JavaScript that would wait for a user to put in a certain set of letters ("A", "B", and "C".)
If a user types any of these letters into the text input area, they would have the following subtotal by letter:

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*"A" ($7.50)

*"B" ($8)

*"C" ($10)

My HTML code below has select input attributes with id's referred to as "badge"
I would like the code to when a certain character (referred above) is entered into the text fields, it calculates the amount for the select inputs and prints them in the placeholder within this element (- $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need any more information. Thanks =)
Here's the question if it helps:
Based on the badge options chosen, calculations are needed to calculate the total cost of the order:
The amount for each badge option should be calculated and displayed

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  <input type="text" id="bfname1" name="firstname1">
  <input type="text" id="bsname1" name="surname1">
  <input type="text" id="borank1" name="officerrank1">
  Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
  <select name="badge" id="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
  <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
  <option value="7.50">A</option>
  <option value="8.00">B</option>
  <option value="10.00">C</option>
  </select>
  - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

  2
  <input type="text" id="bfname2" name="firstname2">
  <input type="text" id="bsname2" name="surname2">
  <input type="text" id="borank2" name="officerrank2">
  Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
  <select name="badge" id="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
  <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
  <option value="7.50">A</option>
  <option value="8.00">B</option>
  <option value="10.00">C</option>
  </select>
  - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

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  <input type="text" id="bsname3" name="surname3">
  <input type="text" id="borank3" name="officerrank3">
  Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
  <select name="badge" id="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
  <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
  <option value="7.50">A</option>
  <option value="8.00">B</option>
  <option value="10.00">C</option>
  </select>
  - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

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  <input type="text" id="bfname4" name="firstname4">
  <input type="text" id="bsname4" name="surname4">
  <input type="text" id="borank4" name="officerrank4">
  Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
  <select name="badge" id="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
  <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
  <option value="7.50">A</option>
  <option value="8.00">B</option>
  <option value="10.00">C</option>
  </select>
  - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

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  <input type="text" id="bfname5" name="firstname5">
  <input type="text" id="bsname5" name="surname5">
  <input type="text" id="borank5" name="officerrank5">
  Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
  <select name="badge" id="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
  <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
  <option value="7.50">A</option>
  <option value="8.00">B</option>
  <option value="10.00">C</option>
  </select>
  - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

Here is my javascript:
function updatePrice (element) {
    var price = price.value;
    document.getElementById('price').value = price;
  }

A: You have multiple error, the first one is ID must be unique, the second one you try to use price.value; but price doesn't exist you need to use element.value === selected value from select, and instead of use ID you can use nextElementSibling for input like:

function updatePrice(element) {
  var price = element.value;
  element.nextElementSibling.value = price;
}

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    <input type="text" id="bfname1" name="firstname1">
    <input type="text" id="bsname1" name="surname1">
    <input type="text" id="borank1" name="officerrank1">
    Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
      <select name="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
        <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
        <option value="7.50">A</option>
        <option value="8.00">B</option>
        <option value="10.00">C</option>
      </select>
      - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly>

    2
    <input type="text" id="bfname2" name="firstname2">
    <input type="text" id="bsname2" name="surname2">
    <input type="text" id="borank2" name="officerrank2">
    Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
      <select name="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
        <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
        <option value="7.50">A</option>
        <option value="8.00">B</option>
        <option value="10.00">C</option>
      </select>
      - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly>

    3
    <input type="text" id="bfname3" name="firstname3">
    <input type="text" id="bsname3" name="surname3">
    <input type="text" id="borank3" name="officerrank3">
    Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
      <select name="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
        <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
        <option value="7.50">A</option>
        <option value="8.00">B</option>
        <option value="10.00">C</option>
      </select>
      - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly>

    4
    <input type="text" id="bfname4" name="firstname4">
    <input type="text" id="bsname4" name="surname4">
    <input type="text" id="borank4" name="officerrank4">
    Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
      <select name="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
        <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
        <option value="7.50">A</option>
        <option value="8.00">B</option>
        <option value="10.00">C</option>
      </select>
      - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price">

    5
    <input type="text" id="bfname5" name="firstname5">
    <input type="text" id="bsname5" name="surname5">
    <input type="text" id="borank5" name="officerrank5">
    Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
      <select name="badge" onchange="updatePrice(this)">
        <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
        <option value="7.50">A</option>
        <option value="8.00">B</option>
        <option value="10.00">C</option>
      </select>
      - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly>

Reference:

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*ID

*Element.nextElementSibling

Although we should keep the focus on one problem at a time I give you a little help for the last part when the letter changes as well as changing the value you should add / change the dataset so that you can then select each dataset and calculate the total price.

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*HTMLElement.dataset

A: As Simone said in their answer, you need IDs to be unique,
So you could use the code like below

        1

            <input type="text" id="bfname1" name="firstname1">

            <input type="text" id="bsname1" name="surname1">

            <input type="text" id="borank1" name="officerrank1">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" id="badge1">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price1">

        2

            <input type="text" id="bfname2" name="firstname2">

            <input type="text" id="bsname2" name="surname2">

            <input type="text" id="borank2" name="officerrank2">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" id="badge2">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price2">

        3

            <input type="text" id="bfname3" name="firstname3">

            <input type="text" id="bsname3" name="surname3">

            <input type="text" id="borank3" name="officerrank3">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" id="badge3">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price3">

        4

            <input type="text" id="bfname4" name="firstname4">

            <input type="text" id="bsname4" name="surname4">

            <input type="text" id="borank4" name="officerrank4">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" id="badge4">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price4">

        5

            <input type="text" id="bfname5" name="firstname5">

            <input type="text" id="bsname5" name="surname5">

            <input type="text" id="borank5" name="officerrank5">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" id="badge5">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly id="price5">

I've just changed each ID to a unique ID, and added the event listener in your code instead, and change the updatePrice function a little, so it's almost the same as your original code.
But when you have all these select inputs that are essentially the same, you shouldn't really be using IDs at all, and it would be better to use classes instead of IDs like this:

        1

            <input type="text" id="bfname1" name="firstname1">

            <input type="text" id="bsname1" name="surname1">

            <input type="text" id="borank1" name="officerrank1">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" class="badge">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly class="price">

        2

            <input type="text" id="bfname2" name="firstname2">

            <input type="text" id="bsname2" name="surname2">

            <input type="text" id="borank2" name="officerrank2">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" class="badge">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly class="price">

        3

            <input type="text" id="bfname3" name="firstname3">

            <input type="text" id="bsname3" name="surname3">

            <input type="text" id="borank3" name="officerrank3">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" class="badge">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly class="price">

        4

            <input type="text" id="bfname4" name="firstname4">

            <input type="text" id="bsname4" name="surname4">

            <input type="text" id="borank4" name="officerrank4">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" class="badge">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly class="price">

        5

            <input type="text" id="bfname5" name="firstname5">

            <input type="text" id="bsname5" name="surname5">

            <input type="text" id="borank5" name="officerrank5">

            Choose a Badge Type (A, B, or C)
            <select name="badge" class="badge">
                <option value="" selected>Select Badge</option>
                <option value="7.50">A</option>
                <option value="8.00">B</option>
                <option value="10.00">C</option>
            </select>
            - $ <input type="text" name="price" placeholder="0.00" readonly class="price">