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T-Mobile US Samsung GALAXY S III press shots revealed?
Allegedly T-Mobile USA GALAXY S III press shots surfaced yesterday, looks the same as its European cousin. One thing has changed the imprinted logo on the back of the device. However we're a bit skeptical regarding the veracity of these images. The US wireless carrier is due to release the smartphone by the end of June.


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Trump smears DACA recipients as 'criminals' as Supreme Court weighs their fate
Emily Singer
Trump made the false smear against DACA recipients as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the legality of the program.
Donald Trump issued a false smear against immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Tuesday morning, saying many of the undocumented immigrants shielded from deportation as part of the DACA program are "hardened criminals."
"Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from 'angels,'" Trump tweeted, referring to the program that allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors to remain in America to work or attend school. "Some are very tough, hardened criminals."
Trump's attack on DACA recipients is patently false.
Undocumented immigrants who apply for the DACA program are not allowed to have a criminal record.
According U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, undocumented immigrants who have been "convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three or more other misdemeanors," are not eligible for the program. Similarly, applicants will also be assessed to ensure they do not "pose a threat to national security or public safety."
By definition, that means DACA recipients are not "hardened criminals."
Trump issued the attack against DACA recipients on Tuesday, hours before the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the DACA program.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's decision to end the DACA program was constitutional.
DACA was created in 2012 under former President Barack Obama by now-former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after Congress failed to pass immigration reform.
The program helps undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children under no fault of their own, many of whom don't know any other country besides the United States.
Support for protecting the immigrants covered by DACA is nearl universal, with polls showing that 87% of Americans think DACA recipients should be allowed to stay in the United States.
Trump, however, has argued that Obama did not have the power to sign the executive order.
"President Obama said he had no legal right to sign order, but would anyway," Trump tweeted.
Trump went on to say that if the Supreme Court rules that Trump had the right to get rid of DACA, he will strike a deal with Democrats to allow DACA recipients to stay.
However, Trump has scuttled previous congressional attempts to codify DACA into law, and called DACA recipients criminals — two facts that are unlikely to earn him trust among the DACA recipients who fear deportation.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
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mariam kamara, david adjaye, asif khan, theaster gates to residesign liverpool waterfront
a star-studded team made up of david adjaye, mariam kamara, asif khan, and theaster gates wins the competition for a 'transformational' redesign of liverpool's waterfront canning dock. the winning entry will bring forward the story of the transatlantic slave trade, in which the english port had a major involvement. beginning in the 18th century, the complex site was used to repair and service ships including those reserved for the slave trade — central to the city's economy at the time.
the competition was hosted by national museums liverpool (NML) and the design concept was the unanimous choice for the jury of local representatives and industry experts.
national museums liverpool hosted the competition to transform the city's waterfront canning dock, as part of a larger 10-year plan. the project by david adjaye, mariam kamara, asif khan, and theaster gates, will redevelop the area between the royal albert dock and mann island along with all the waterfront facilities.
the team focuses on the public realm, including a public art strategy. new bridges will span from the pump house to mann island, while two dry docks will become an educational and cultural experience. meanwhile, the historic martin luther king jr. building will receive a dramatic new entrance. reconnection and accessible recreational routes will play a critical part in the development. maintaining a sensitive approach, the proposal links the past with the present — building upon the significance of the area through a thoughtful response to both the history of the site and its future potential.
elevating the stained legacy of the place, the spirit of the competition called entrants to take a 'joyous and inclusive approach to place-making' and create a concept that responds to the 'transatlantic history of the site and ensure black communities are engaged and represented.'
as team member mariam kamara notes, the liverpool waterfront redevelopment is a chance to 'explore the power of architecture as a storytelling tool' and that the scheme is 'an opportunity to pull on the threads that make up the history of the transatlantic slave trade — from africa, across the atlantic to the usa and back to liverpool — to bridge gaps, to exhume memories and ultimately bring to the fore an exciting space for the public to explore and engage with the history of liverpool while firmly facing towards the future.'
asif khan elaborates: 'history is like the ocean, with all its depths and treachery. looking out from the shore, those waters feel like they belong to us, and yet the sea looks so different from where you stand in the world. history can wash things away one day and brings them back like ghost ships the next. reconciling with history is how we grow as individuals, as communities, and — we believe — is what makes life and cities beautiful.
'for national museums liverpool we have formed a different kind of design team — not simply to deliver a project, but to steward a significantly meaningful one into being. this new piece of history will welcome voices from across liverpool and globally from the places and people connected with canning dock.'
project title: waterfront transformation: canning dock
architecture: mariam kamara, david adjaye, asif khan, theaster gates
competition host: national museums liverpool (NML)
location: liverpool, UK
status: competition winner


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Northern England: overview
Immediately prior to the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, King Charles established his court at York. He tried to secure the vital port of Hull but was rebuffed by the Parliamentarian governor Sir John Hotham. The earliest military action of the war took place when a Royalist raiding party was driven away by the defenders of Hull. When the King marched away, the Earl (later Marquis) of Newcastle took command of the northern Royalists. He advanced south from the city of Newcastle to secure York for the King and established Royalist strongholds at Pontefract and Newark.
The Yorkshire Parliamentatians were commanded by Lord Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas Fairfax, who initially established a base at Bradford; early in 1643, the Fairfaxes captured Leeds and Wakefield. The Earl of Newcastle's actions were restricted by the arrival in Yorkshire of Queen Henrietta Maria, who landed at Bridlington from the Continent with a supply of munitions for the Royalist cause in February 1643. When the Queen left York for Oxford, the Earl of Newcastle went on the offensive and defeated the Fairfaxes at the battle of Adwalton Moor in June 1643.
Unable to sustain their base at Bradford, the Fairfaxes retreated to the stronghold of Hull. Newcastle advanced into Lincolnshire and threatened to invade East Anglia, but the Fairfaxes mounted dangerous raids on Royalist positions in Yorkshire, which forced Newcastle to abandon his march south and return to besiege Hull. The siege was unsuccessful, and Newcastle retreated to consolidate his position at York.
Parliament's alliance with the Scots under the Solemn League and Covenant was a major turning point in the war. Early in 1644, the Earl of Leven's Covenanter army invaded northern England. Newcastle's manoeuvres delayed the Scottish advance for a time, but he was finally obliged to fall back to defend York, where the allied armies of the Covenanters, Lord Fairfax and the Eastern Association surrounded and besieged him.
Prince Rupert marched across the Pennines to the relief of York in July 1644 and raised the siege. However, Rupert engaged the Allied armies in battle and was decisively defeated at Marston Moor, which broke the power of the northern Royalists. After the surrender of York, only a few isolated Royalist strongholds remained in the north. The main focus of the war shifted to the south and west.
Yorkshire 1642
The Covenanter Invasion
The York March
The battle of Marston Moor
Marston Moor order of battle
David Plant, Civil War in Northern England, BCW Project
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Adolescents need to see adults they admire handling anger, disappointment, anxiety, boredom, and other uncomfortable feelings in healthy ways.
Learn to de-escalate stressful situations.
Teens do much better when the adults in their lives know how to stay calm and can tell when youth have calmed down enough to problem-solve.
What makes you feel stressed? What does stress feel like for you?
Everyone has their own answers to these questions! Recognizing situations that cause stress – for you and for others – can help you understand yourself and take better care of one another.
What gives you strength? What helps you persist?
Bad things happen to everyone, but not everyone is affected in the same ways. Learning about how to increase resilience is a way of preparing for when times are tough.
Noticing how other people deal with uncomfortable situations and feelings can help spark conversation about making healthy choices and about how damaging stress can be.
What are your stress-free zones?
All people need places where they can relax, feel safe, and recharge. Compare notes about places that have served this purpose at different times in your lives.
How stress affects your brain, a TED-Ed Talk by Madhumita Murgia – a 4-minute video on the biology of stress, its effects on the body, and a little bit about antidotes such as exercise and meditation.
Here are some links and articles we've selected to help you learn more about this topic.
Five things that can make you a better parent right now – If you can get past the condescending title, this article has some good suggestions.
13 Powerful Phrases Proven to Help an Anxious Child Calm Down – This article is written for parents of younger children, but it contains strategies that teens could use for self-talk or that you could adapt for talking with a teen who is feeling stressed out.
Help Your Kids with Adolescence, is a book that presents lots of practical information in an easy-to-read, highly visual style.
Want More Stress in Your Life? Try Parenting a Teenager – This article suggests that parents ought to seek support from other parents, not just about their concerns, but also about their decisions.


Tinnitus is the general term to describe noises in the ears or head. It ranges from very mild to severe, where the continuous barrage of sounds and sensations is nothing short of debilitating.
No one really knows what causes it, but one theory is hearing loss. Although your ear can't process as much sound as it used to, your brain can. So it 'fills in' the void that is created with random electronic impulses that we perceive as sounds; Tinnitus.
There is good news, however. A hearing aid from Imperial Hearing – along with the correct rehabilitation – can usually dramatically reduce the effects. Sometimes it can even remove the effects completely. With more sounds being processed thanks to the hearing aid, your brain believes everything is back to normal and stops producing the unwanted sounds.
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After a load of rumors, Square Enix has held it's press conference where had unveiled the next mainline entry in arguably the most popular game series of all time in Japan has just been officially announced. Dragon Quest XI is coming to both the PlayStation 4 and the 3DS, according to a live broadcast currently underway in Japan, with a release date targeted for next year.
"Additionally, we are also considering launching on Nintendo's in development NX platform," Square Enix said in a press release.
Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time Coming to multi platforme
The PlayStation 4 version is being developed internally at Square Enix, and will use the Unreal Engine 4. The 3DS version, meanwhile, is like two games in one — it runs in full 3D on the top screen and uses retro 2D sprites on the bottom. Oddly, Square Enix also announced a version for NX, the upcoming Nintendo system that we know basically nothing about.
Dragon Quest XI is directed by Takeshi Uchikawa and produced by Yosuke Saito with music by Koichi Sugiyama. Both the PlayStation 4 and 3DS versions share the same story, but differ in visuals and partially in development teams.
This will be the first traditional numbered Dragon Quest game to hit a home console in some time. Dragon Quest VIII for the PlayStation 2 was a massive hit in 2004, but follow-up IX surprised many when it was announced as a Nintendo DS release, and X is an MMO for the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS. The series has a long history with both Nintendo and Sony, bouncing between the two as their popularity rises and falls, so for this release Square Enix will get to have it both ways.
PlayStation 4 Version
The core development staff consists of a team at Square Enix. Because of the high amount of resources required to make the game, Square Enix is working with Orca on development. It's being made on Unreal Engine 4.
The same core staff making the PlayStation 4 version is working on the 3DS version, with help from Toylogic.
You'll be able to switch between 3D and 2D graphics as you play.
Square Enix is aiming to release Dragon Quest XI within the series' 30th anniversary year. (The first game launched for Famicom on May 27, 1986.)
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AMD leads the semi-custom business back to profitability, with net income of $48 million in Q3 earnings
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AMD had back from its second quarter slump, and the company has held its word, reporting a net income $48 million in its Q3 financial reports.
AMD cites growth in its Graphics and Visual Solutions (GVS) division, which is responsible for semi-custom products like the chips bound for the upcoming PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the current Wii U.
"We achieved 26 percent sequential revenue growth driven by our semi-custom business and remain committed to generating approximately 50 percent of revenue from high-growth markets over the next two years," AMD President and CEO Rory Read stated in the earnings announcement.
The Sunnyvale firm (AMD) on Thursday reported a third-quarter profit of $48 million, or 6 cents a share, on revenue of $1.46 billion. During the same period a year ago, the semiconductor maker lost 21 cents a share on $1.27 billion in sales. Excluding one-time items, AMD would have earned 4 cents a share.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast AMD to earn 2 cents a share on $1.42 billion in revenue. AMD shares fell almost 8% in after hours trading. The company said it expects fourth-quarter sales in a range that could fall below analysts' forecasts of $1.52 billion.
Other story: Origin PC drops AMD graphics options due to feedback. Origin PC's move is a blow to AMD's image; it suggests that the chip designer needs more than just advanced silicon to please gamers.
This decision was based on a combination of many factors including customer experiences, GPU performance/drivers/stability, and requests from our support staff. Based on our 15+ years of experience building and selling award winning high-performance PCs, we strongly feel the best PC gaming experience is on NVIDIA GPUs.
However, not every portion of AMD's business is flourishing, however – both its Computing Solutions and GPU segments saw a drop in revenue over the past year, and the company admits that it's shipping fewer notebook chipsets these days. Even so, the numbers bode well for the company, which posted a total revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, alongside an optimistic outlook. After all, the company's Mantle graphics cards are just around the corner.
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PS4 Launches in US on November 1, Sony cut prices of PlayStation Vita and PS3
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Sony has announced during its press conference at the Gamescom event on Tuesday that the PlayStation 4 console will launch in the United States and Canada on November 15 and in Europe and Latin America on November 29.
Sony also announced that the PlayStation Vita handheld console will get a price cut, and will cost US$199 in North America and 199 Euros in Europe.
Additionally, a PlayStation 3 console with a 12GB hard drive will also soon ship for US$199 in North America and 199 Euros in Europe.
PlayStation 4 tech specs revealed: AMD 'Jaguar' CPU, faster Blu-ray, 720p 3D cameran and a GPU of 1.84 TFLOPS
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We still have absolutely no idea what the PlayStation 4 looks like, but we're getting a better picture of what's within: Sony's just released a list of tech specs for the console. Confirming months of rumors, the PS4 will primarily have AMD silicon inside, in the form of a "single-chip custom processor" with eight AMD Jaguar CPU cores, and a next-gen Radeon graphics engine capable of 1.84 teraflops of performance.
But let's talk about what we do know, starting with the hardware. For the PS4, Sony is using an x86-64 AMD processor with an integrated 8-core 'Jaguar' CPU and GPU. The GPU is capable of delivering 1.84 TFLOPS of performance, which pegs it slightly above AMD's Radeon HD 7870 desktop GPU announced last year. The PS4 will also have 8GB of GDDR5 memory with around 176GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Other specifications include a built-in hard drive (no mention of SSD or ability to swap the drive), 6x Blu-ray and 8x DVD drive, USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI, analog AV-out and optical S/PDIF audio output.
The PS4 will be sold with the new DualShock 4 controller, which looks very similar to the leaked prototype we saw last week. It features a two-point capacitive trackpad above the joystick and a three-color LED light bar on top, which changes color to identify player or even during a game to denote things such as player health.
The PS4 has dual 1280 x 800 resolution 3D cameras with f/2.0 fixed focus lenses, 85-degree field of view, 30cm minimum focusing distance and four-channel microphone array. These track the light bar on the controllers, they way the Move did. The DualShock 4 also has three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, vibration, mono speaker, microUSB port, stereo headset port, extension port and a 1000mAh battery.
Moving back to the console, there are quite a lot more new features to talk about, including:
Ability to stream games, thanks to the Gaikai cloud based service. This could be used in future to stream PS3, PS2 and PSOne games to the PS4.
Ability to stream PS4 games to the PSVita. Sony is aiming to offer virtually every PS4 game on the PSVita through streaming in the future.Ability to play games while they are downloading.
Ability to try any new game before purchasing.
Ability to record and upload game videos while playing games. The processing is done by a separate background processor. You can view videos uploaded by other players.
Ability to download games and updates while the console is switched off using the background processor.
Brand new interface for the PS4 as well as the PSVita.
New iOS and Android PlayStation App will let you use your smartphone as a second screen to view game details as well as view videos and other content uploaded by other gamers.
What does it all mean? Looking at the existing PlayStation 3, it's immediately clear that Sony's playing to its strengths while trying to address some of its former weaknesses.
At launch, critics slammed Sony for charging upwards of $500 for the PS3, arguing that it had too many features. HDMI, Wi-Fi and optical audio didn't come standard on the Xbox 360 at launch, but they all proved important over the years. Meanwhile, the fast XDR memory of the PlayStation 3 came in handy, but there was far too little at 256MB. Here, Sony's seeking to maintain the speed with GDDR5, but ups the capacity to a generous 8GB. Similarly, gamers ended up appreciating the PS3's built-in hard drive when they started downloading games or installing them, but the first-generation 2x Blu-ray drive made that a painfully slow process.
There will be no backward compatibility of PS3 titles on the PS4, a direct result of the new processor architecture used on the latter. The Gaikai streaming feature remains the only hope to play older titles on the PS4, although that feature hasn't been officially announced yet. You will be able to play used PS4 games on the new console, something a lot of people do.
Speaking of games, we have a handful of confirmed titles, including 'Killzone: Shadow Fall', 'inFAMOUS: Second Son', 'Destiny' by Bungie, 'Deep Down' (working title) by Capcom, 'DriveClub', 'Knack', 'The Witness', 'Diablo III' and 'Watch_Dogs' by Ubisoft.
As mentioned before, we still don't know what the console looks like or will cost. All we know is that it is expected to be released by the holiday season by the end of this year.
We're liveblogging Sony's big PlayStation event tonight at 6pm ET!
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It's tonight at midnight that Sony will launch a new PlayStation!? in his great show, with the obvious aim of finally submit its fourth generation, currently called Orbis. The conference can be followed live through the world and you can watch it down below.
Find us at 6pm ET (NYC time) or 11pm (GMT +0) live here for a pre-conference where we can come together to discuss our expectations for the conference and the Playstation 4.
So stay tuned.
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A new photo of Playstation 4 Controller pops out
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Yesterday, a mysterious photo of what aimed to be of Playstation 4's contoller has traveled the web. It showed a redesigned controller, but also the presence of a strange area on the front of the controller. Now comes a new photo on the web.
This is a photo of the same device, but taken from a different angle. A new "proof" of the existence of a touchpad how to handle the Vita? Others imagine a screen, simply. But let's be crazy, why not both at the same time? We can also perceive what could be a 3.5mm jack at the base. As a microphone jack on the Xbox 360 controller?
We will in all cases set on February 20. We will obviously aware of the revelations made during the Sony conference.
So stay tuned cause we'll let you know all like if you are in top of the event.
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Can You Freeze Tomatoes? Can You Freeze Tomatoes?
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Contrary to popular belief, you can freeze tomatoes from any original state… as long as the resulting thawed tomatoes are only used in a recipe that calls for cooked tomatoes.
Once tomatoes are frozen, their texture will be forever altered.
Tomatoes that have been frozen will never again substitute for fresh tomatoes, even after thawing.
Tomatoes may be frozen either whole, sliced, chopped, or puréed.
You can freeze raw tomatoes, cooked tomatoes, tomato juice, tomato sauce or most any other recipe that you may have added them into. No matter what state they were when they went into the freezer, just be sure to use them in a cooked (or reheated) recipe once removed from the freezer. When fresh tomatoes have been frozen, their structure breaks down leaving a mushy texture that's unappealing in any recipe calling for fresh tomatoes.
Select firm yet ripe tomatoes to freeze.
Remember, the freezer can't fix any damaged, spoiled, underripe or overripe tomatoes.
You want to release any dirt or bacteria on the surface, so place the tomatoes under running water and then gently rub them dry. Don't let the tomatoes sit in a pan of water or use any soap to wash them since contaminated water could possibly enter the fruit through the stem area.
Cut the stem and surrounding area out with a sharp knife and discard.
Freeze tomatoes plain, without any seasoning.
Tomatoes should be seasoned just before serving since the freezing process will either strengthen or weaken most common seasonings.
Place the tomatoes whole onto cookie sheets and freeze for 4-10 hours.
This allows for being able to thaw just one or several tomatoes at any time without them sticking together.
Place the frozen tomatoes into freezer safe bags or containers for long term storage.
As always, be sure to squeeze excess air from the bag and seal tight before freezing.
To later peel frozen tomatoes, simply run them under warm water at the sink allowing the skin to easily slip off.
Note: Blanching is not necessary before freezing tomatoes. Although, if you wish to freeze tomatoes without the skins, then you should dip whole tomatoes into boiling water for one minute until the skins begin to split. Peel the tomatoes and then either chop or place whole into freezer safe containers as directed above.
Only package vegetables and other foods to be frozen into materials that were intended for freezing. Freezer safe containers should somewhere be labeled "freezer safe".
Be sure to always keep your freezer temperature at 0°F or below.
Many people also question potatoes, so we have a post dealing with freezing potatoes.
To find out how long frozen vegetables last, see our frozen vegetable page.


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A young boy got trapped between a bed and a radiator in his room and had to be rescued by fire crews using shower gel.
A team from Market Bosworth were called out to the incident in Newbold Verdon on Thursday September 21, after the boy's distraught parents found him and were unable to free him.
The eight-year-old had somehow got stuck and was in respiratory distress due to the position he was in.
Upon arrival at the scene the incident commander and a firefighter were able to quickly release him into the care of his parents and ambulance service personnel.
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A spokesman for Market Bosworth Fire Station said: "We were called out to an emergency due to an eight-year-old child having become trapped between the radiator and the bed and was possibly having difficulty with his breathing.
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"He seemed to have fallen down the gap there while he was playing and got stuck between the radiator and the bed which was quite a heavy sturdy wooden structure.
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Last week I met Kaitlin and Ilario in downtown Pittsburgh for their engagement photo shoot. Even though we lost the opportunity to shoot in Market Square due to a motorcycle rally and a concert event, we found plenty of other fun areas to visit around the city.
Kaitlin and Ilario are busy planning their wedding for this August but I think they had a great time walking around the city for this photo shoot. Please enjoy a few of my favorites from their engagement photo session.
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We sit this morning, turkeys either almost defrosted and getting their initial preps for thanks giving. While this is going on we are seeing the arctic getting every closer as it heads southeastward across NY State. It will get here late this afternoon. Thursday morning will be one of the coldest Thanksgiving mornings ever with temperatures hitting bottom in the teens and single digits as the map above shows. When the cold air arrives late today the question of snow showers or a heavier snow squall occurring pops up.
On the regional radar the lake effect snow machine is revving up and look for this to increase as the day wears on. The front will pass through western NY with a little bit of energy and then head south with an east west band of snow showers. Just like a summertime line of showers and thunderstorms this line will approach late this afternoon and evening however most models seem to weaken the line of snow showers as it moves through.
Worst case scenario is that the ground gets whitened for a few minutes before it goes by. Then it down we go with temperatures and Thanksgiving day itself will be brutal with temperatures in the low to mid 20s all day long. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade goers should expect temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s with plenty of sun, a gusty wind of 20 to 30 mph, and wind chills in the single digits.
If that wern't cold enough it will be even colder Thursday night into Friday morning under clear skies so you early shoppers who plan to stand outside in the bitter cold waiting for stores to open had better be dressed up to handle it. Record temperatures are possible both Thursday and Friday mornings.
Thankfully the cold shot moves out to the east on Friday so we will see sunshine and moderating temperatures as highs get back into the 30s. The weekend promises even higher temperatures with 40s Saturday and 50s on Sunday but it comes with the cost of some rain developing Saturday night and lingering into Sunday morning.
Next week it will be all about the developing blocking pattern that takes control and that will mean watching cold air and high pressure across Canada forcing cold air southward while a series of systems moves across the US and while they attempt to move to our west, the block forces them to move east and redevelop to our south. Weather models all showing a rather active week to finish off November and kick off the month of December.


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Los Angeles Conservancy, "Capitol Records Tower", [Los Angeles, California], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CA-01-037-0063.
1956, Welton Becket and Associates. 1750 Vine St.
The Capitol Records Tower is arguably Los Angeles's most iconic building. Located near the legendary intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, the thirteen-story building features an eighty-two-foot spire topped by a red aviation beacon that blinks H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D in Morse code. It is the world's first circular office building.
Before the tower's opening in 1956, the Capitol Records recording studios were located on Melrose Avenue. Founded in 1942 by singer Johnny Mercer, music store owner Glenn Wallichs, and songwriter Buddy DeSylva, Capitol Records was the first major record label on the West Coast. The company grew quickly and signed popular artists including Stan Kenton, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, and Nat King Cole. Frank Sinatra was the first to record at the new building, and music legends including the Beatles and the Beach Boys followed. By the mid-1960s, Capitol Records was a powerhouse in the music industry. The building advanced the company's identity and became an instant landmark.
Highly visible from the Hollywood Freeway, the Capitol Records Tower is one of the most recognizable designs by the prolific firm of Welton Becket and Associates. By the 1960s, the Los Angeles–based firm had grown to be the largest architecture office in the United States. The firm's many notable designs include Parker Center (1955), the Cinerama Dome (1963), and the Music Center of Los Angeles County (1967). One of the most notable features of this midcentury modern office tower are the continuous wraparound sunshades made of porcelain enamel, which protect the office from excessive sunlight and glare. The earthquake-resistant, concrete-reinforced building featured the most advanced technical amenities of its time, including an automated elevator system.
It has been long rumored that the tower's round design intentionally resembled a stack of records. In fact, project designer Louis Naidorf did not even know the identity of the client when he proposed the design. The real reasons behind the circular shape were far more pragmatic. The round shape required up to twenty percent less outer wall than a rectangular structure, saving on construction costs. The smaller amount of wall space also reduced heat loss and gain through the glass, making climate control easier and more affordable.
The building's most striking innovation was the set of three recording studios underneath the tower, the first ever designed for high-fidelity recording. Guitar pioneer Les Paul helped design the underground reverberation chambers, and they have remained in high demand ever since. The musicians and the songs they recorded at Capitol Records are just as iconic as the building itself.
Hess, Alan. "Built by Becket." L.A. Forum Issue 7: Late Moderns, 2010. Accessed January 21, 2016. http://laforum.org/.
Los Angeles Conservancy. "Capitol Records Tower." Accessed January 20, 2016. https://www.laconservancy.org/.
Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee. Built by Becket. Tour booklet, 2003.
Paul, Daniel. "The Capitol Tower." Nomination for City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, 2006.
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Rod Stewart pleads guilty in assault case - but he won't be jailed or fined
Here's why he isn't going to be appearing in court. Photo credit: Getty Images.
Rockstar Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case - but they won't be jailed, nor fined or even appear in court.
The case dates back to New Year's Eve 2019, when Sir Rod and his son Sean attempted to enter a private party at a hotel at Palm Beach, Florida.
According to a police report, a scuffle broke out after a security guard refused to allow the family into the event. Sean was accused of pushing the guard while Sir Rod, a British music icon and the former husband of New Zealand model Rachel Hunter, was thought to have struck the man's chest with a "closed fist".
Nearly two years on, the pair have pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of simple battery.
"No one was injured in the incident and a jury did not find Sir Rod Stewart guilty of the accusation," the singer's lawyer Guy Fronstin said.
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President-Elect Trump Signals Shift Toward Protectionism
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to workers at Carrier air conditioning and heating on December 1, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
President-elect Trump has said he'll withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, renegotiate NAFTA and impose new tariffs on imports from China and Mexico. He has also called out U.S. companies like General Motors and Carrier for moving jobs abroad. His positions signal a radical departure from a long-standing bipartisan consensus on the value of free trade, which proponents say benefits workers and consumers alike. We discuss the potential economic impacts of the Trump administration's trade policies.
Caitlin Webber, trade policy analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Dan Ikenson, director, Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies
Jared Bernstein, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; former chief economist to Vice President Biden; author, "The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity"


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Health Leadership
Designing a New Payment Model for Oral Care in Seniors
Medicare · Published October 1, 2017 · Judith A. Jones, DDS, MPH, DScD; and Michael Monopoli, DMD, MPH, MS
Abstract: With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, many will be on fixed incomes and will lose dental insurance upon retirement. This article presents why a dental benefit in Medicare might save the US government money, and who would likely benefit. It details an approach to estimating costs of inclusion of a dental benefit in Medicare, and compares the proposed approach to existing proposals. Additionally, the ensuing steps needed to advance the conversation to include oral health in healthcare for the aged will be discussed.
As more of the US population reaches retirement age—led by the baby boomers—a national discussion has centered around the question of whether it is time to expand access to affordable and quality oral health services, with a growing network believing that indeed it is.1 Given mounting evidence that oral health is a part of total health and impacts the cost of care and outcomes, private healthcare insurers are reducing the overall costs of healthcare by including dental benefits in their plans for older adults.
An assessment by Optum for United Healthcare™ found that people with chronic conditions (eg, type 2 diabetes [T2D], coronary artery disease [CAD], asthma, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], and renal diseases) who received preventive dental care saved on average $1,037 compared with people who did not receive such care. Of note was that the largest savings were in people who were not compliant with their medical care ($1,849).2 United Healthcare's work builds on that done by Jeffcoat and colleagues3 who in 2014 studied total costs of healthcare and hospitalizations in persons with T2D, CAD, cerebral vascular disease (CVD), and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in pregnant women in a retrospective observational study. They found all groups with completed periodontal treatment had better outcomes and lower costs except for persons with RA. Nasseh and colleagues4 showed annual savings of $664 in healthcare costs in persons with newly diagnosed diabetes. Avalere Health LLC, at the request of Pacific Dental Services, estimated the cost savings associated with a periodontal disease treatment benefit in Medicare to be $63.5 billion over 10 years.5 The economic benefits are in addition to benefits in overall patient health and quality of life
Based on the data above and the fact that many private insurers provide dental care to capture the substantial savings from general health costs, the Santa Fe Group supports the inclusion of comprehensive dental benefits in Medicare.6,7 Given the current political climate, the potential repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, coupled with the anticipated growth in number of older individuals, the disparities in access to dental care, and the prevalence of oral diseases among older adults,8-10 efforts have focused on saving cost while improving health and oral health outcomes among older adults. Importantly, there has already been a rapid expansion of the Medicare Advantage programs that include the addition of dental benefits.11 Often, though, the benefits offered under Medicare Advantage are quite limited.
The purpose of this article is to describe an approach to the development of a Medicare dental benefit, and present and compare it to other extant options with regard to how it could be developed.
This analysis and commentary makes use of existing published data and results provided by actuarial analyses of the Fair Health® data (personal communication, Michael Monopoli, DentaQuest Foundation) to estimate costs of a dental benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. Figure 1 depicts the process used to estimate the benefits.
The Medicare population was 57 million in 2015 with total expenditures of $647.6 billion.12 Part A, for inpatient hospital and specific other medical care, covered nearly 55 million enrollees (46.3 million aged 65 and older and almost 9 million disabled enrollees) with payments of $273.4 billion in 2015.13 Part B, Supplementary Medical Insurance, provided payments for nearly 51 million people in 2015 (43 million aged 65 and older plus more than 8 million disabled enrollees), totaling $275.8 billion in 2015. Part B helps pay for physician, outpatient hospital, home health, and other services. Part C is the optional Medicare Advantage program, selected by a growing proportion of the Medicare beneficiaries that receive Parts A and B services through approved, capitated private-sector health plans. Most Medicare Advantage plans also include prescription drug coverage, which for non-Medicare Advantage plans is termed Part D. In 2015, Part D covered almost 42 million people, with benefits totaling $89.5 billion. The average monthly premium for Part D in 2017 is estimated to be $34.13
The Process of Benefit Development
The Santa Fe Group, Oral Health America, and the DentaQuest Foundation sponsored the benefit development efforts. A small Development Group, and larger Advisory and Review Groups (members are listed in the Acknowledgments) participated in face-toface and online meetings from March through September 2016. The Development Group was supported by a private actuarial firm (Milliman, us.milliman.com) to estimate premium costs on a per member per month (pmpm) and per beneficiary per month (pbpm) basis. PMPM costs are those paid per member per month for the insurance. PBPM costs are the average costs per user of the care. Because not all members use care in a given year, the PBPM costs are higher than the PMPM costs.
The Principles of Benefit Development
Critical requirements for the benefit were that it integrated oral health benefits into existing Medicare benefits and maintained robust oral health provider participation, and that dental benefits were available for all participants in Medicare. A focus on inclusion in Medicare Part B most closely met these requirements, given the documentation and strength of oralsystemic relationships14 and the previously described cost savings associated with access to dental care. Medicare Part B provides access to "physician, outpatient hospital, home health, and other services," and dental care inclusion for all participants ensures access to services that would identify, treat, and prevent new sources of pain, infection, and inflammation. Part B requires all eligible people to pay a monthly premium (or have it paid on their behalf, see Table 1) that is adjusted for income.13 The income adjustment promotes health equity and social justice. Currently, older adults who are high income are 3.5 times more likely to use dental care.10 Work highlighted by the Santa Fe Group7 and the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute10 showed that, while older adults with high incomes were slightly more likely to use dental care between 2012-2013 (from 66.9% to 68.3%), there was a decline in the percent of low-income adults who used dental care (from 29.6% in 2010 to 19.4% in 201310). Thus, inclusion of the benefit in Medicare Part B would contribute to improved access for low-income older adults.
Through an iterative process (Figure 1), the authors developed options that would be acceptable to providers and beneficiaries in terms of coverage and cost. Our initial approach was to develop a "core global benefit" (Global) and a moderate, optional second-level benefit (Level 2). The primary goal of the Global benefit was to prevent pain, inflammation, and infection.14 Thus, at a minimum, the core benefit plan would provide diagnostic (Dx), preventive (Prev), nonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing [SRP]), and non-elective oral surgery (removal of infected teeth and root tips [EXT]). The moderate, optional second-level benefit included restorative, removable, fixed, endodontic, and selected implant procedures (ie, two implants under a lower complete denture), as well as a spending cap ($1,500). Adjustments were made by the actuarial team to account for gender distribution (45% male, 55% female), utilization trends, and the impact of bundled payments by which providers would receive a periodic payment for all of the bundled services (Dx, Prev, SRP, EXTs, and direct restorative procedures). In addition, the actuarial team adjusted the estimates for intangibles like pent-up demand and pre-announcement of benefits, income adjustment (for Level 2 services only), a voluntary benefit adjustment to account for the election of the Level 2 coverage among people who expected to use it, an adjustment for non-users, and for benefit richness.
Costs of providing dental care to Medicare beneficiaries are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Table 1 shows 2017 Part B costs by income group (columns one through four) and the total costs after adding the Global and optional Level 2 dental benefits (columns five and six). Table 2 provides examples of the estimated costs of care per procedure type involved in the Global (left two columns) and Level 2 (right two columns) benefits. The actuaries estimated total annual cost of Global benefits for 37.3 million (assuming dental care use by two-thirds of the enrolled Medicare beneficiaries), with provider compensation at 70% of UCR (usual, customary, and reasonable) of $16.853 billion. Importantly, assuming the Avalere general health savings estimate5 is correct and is applied back to defer the costs of the dental program, the total cost of the program will be substantially less (eg, $12.2 billion less in year 10). In addition, these estimates do not include offsets by reducing inappropriate emergency room use. Importantly, the introduction of a dental benefit in Medicare, when balanced against the expected cost savings from improved health, is not cost neutral. This is a major concern at a time when federal spending is under great pressure.
Understanding that Part B premiums are calculated by a formula prescribed by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act15 and tiered by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003,16 the authors developed estimates of the cost per member per month at $32PMPM for Global benefits and $31.58PMPM for Level 2 benefits. These estimates assume no copays for Global services and a payment level to the provider of 70% of UCR. Copays were kept to $0 for Global services to remove barriers to the care needed to eliminate pain, infection, and inflammation. At the same time, our goal for provider payments was to ensure that enough providers would participate. Changes to these assumptions would change the total costs of the dental benefit for all involved.
The current approach builds on the existing Medicare structure of Part B. It would use the existing premium structure to add on an additional but not optional benefit for dental in Part B. Consistent with the critical requirements for the benefit, it is not optional, as in Part C, Medicare Advantage, where some plans include dental and some do not, or Part D, elected or not by beneficiaries. Also, note that the monthly cost for a dental benefit is less than the average monthly premium for Part D in 2017 (estimated to be $34).13
The proposed plan is both similar and different than the two policy options suggested by Willink and coworkers.17 They included income-related subsidies for premiums and cost-sharing for persons below 135% of the federal poverty level (FPL). We suggested extending the subsidies to up to 200% of the FPL, reasoning that elders on a fixed, low income would have a difficult time paying the premiums. The other main difference between the Willink et al approach and the present approach is how the benefits were estimated. We built the premiums based on the services we considered important to include. That is, we built the benefits from the ground up.
By contrast, Willink and coworkers used data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and estimated costs in two ways. Their first option was similar to Medicare Part D. It, too, was premium financed, a voluntary supplemental benefit. It fully covered one preventive visit and allowable costs up to $1,500 per person per year. They estimated that Medicare's average spending for persons above 200% of the FPL would be $540 per person per year, and they removed 50% of the costs above a preventive care visit ($125), plus a 5% administrative fee. They estimated the average annual premium would be $29 per beneficiary per month, or $13.66 billion in premiums and that the federal government costs for dental care subsidies would be $4.38 billion per year. Their second policy option expanded dental care benefits as a core benefit under Part B, as in our plan. Here they had two suboptions. For the first, they estimated that general revenues would pay 75% of the costs and the premiums would pay 25%. Thus, the federal government share would be $14.7 billion from general revenues, and the premium per beneficiary would be $7 per month. The second suboption had general revenues covering 50% of the cost ($9.8 billion), and monthly premiums would be $15 per beneficiary per month. Thus, both of Willink et al's estimates are the same order of magnitude but lower than the overall costs estimated by our project, ie, $16.853 billion.
Still another option would be the development of a stand-alone plan, with beneficiaries electing to buy private dental insurance on their own. The advantages are that this would be a plan available to all as an option; that is, beneficiaries would not have to elect coverage. This would incur greater costs due to adverse selection and private overhead, estimated to be well above the 5% level projected by Willink et al. Of course, there is also the potential for using an incremental expansion by which the definition of "medically necessary" dental care is expanded within the current scope of the law all the way up to full expansion for routine dental care.
Research is needed in both the public and private sectors to prospectively estimate the costs of the dental services and confirm (or refute) the cost savings seen retrospectively in the private sector as reported herein. In an era where healthcare savings are sought vigorously, this should not be insurmountable but remains so at present.
Barriers to inclusion of a dental benefit in Medicare are many. Among them are the inertia in Congress and an unwillingness to remove the exclusion of dental benefits from the initial legislation. Demands for federal dollars are highly competitive at a time when budgets are being cut and tax cuts are being considered. There is reluctance to adding an additional benefit and adapting it to the current Medicare structure. Moreover, there is a lack of political will.
In this regard, the dental profession cannot minimize the importance of advocacy-developing partnerships, as there appears to be a growing, grass-roots effort on the part of non-dental groups to add a dental benefit to Medicare. There is apparent interest among groups such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Gerontological Society of America, Families USA, Medicare Rights Center, and AARP. At some point, the authors look forward to a "new normal" in which dental insurance will no longer be separate, rather it will be incorporated into general health insurance plans.
This article describes the process used by the Santa Fe Group, Oral Health America, and the DentaQuest Foundation to estimate the costs of providing a dental benefit in Medicare. The cost estimates are compared to policy options proposed by Willink et al.17 Though this is a plausible oral health insurance benefit for Medicare-eligibles, it is highly speculative in nature. While this payment model's reliance on a "traditional" dental benefits framework of tiered services and reimbursement via fee-for-service may be appealing to some, it is unlikely that any Medicare expansion would rely solely on such an approach. Negotiation will be required to adjust the carefully developed oral health frame of the plan to meet the regulatory and statutory requirements of Medicare.
Further research is needed to clarify and more clearly quantify the potential cost savings of providing a Medicare dental benefit. However, the benefits of including oral healthcare in Medicare to health outcomes and cost savings are now clear enough to support the need for a grass-roots advocacy effort to include oral healthcare into Medicare for baby boomers and beyond. Innovative models are needed that focus on a value-based rather than a procedure-driven model. Perhaps the next step is to examine the costs of healthcare in dual-eligible persons (those with Medicare and Medicaid) by diagnostic groups in states with and without dental care.
The authors want to thank Bianca Rogers and Beth Truett from Oral Health America and Michael Alfano and Earl Fox and all the members of the Santa Fe Group for their input and support. The Development Group included: Jean Calvo, Harvard Fellow; Jeff Chaffin, Delta Dental Iowa; Elisa Chavez, Santa Fe Group/University of the Pacific; Mary Foley, Medicaid/Medicare/CHIP Services Dental Association; Rich Manksi, University of Maryland; and Lynn Mouden, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Advisory Group included Jim Bramson, United Concordia; Mary Lee Conicella, Aetna; Allen Finkelstein, Dental Insurance Consultant; Harriet Komisar and Keith Lind, AARP; Mike Hegelson, Apple Tree Dental; Stacy Sanders, Medicare Rights Center; Alex White, University of North Carolina School of Global Public Health; David Lipschutz and Kata Kertesz, Center for Medicare Advocacy; David Preble and Krishna Aravamudhan, ADA; and Kiril Zaydenman, DentaQuest.
The Review Group included Stephen Abel, University of Buffalo; Georgia Burke and Jennifer Goldberg, Justice in Aging; Christopher Fox, American Association for Dental Research; Paul Glassman, University of Pacific; Ira Lamster, Columbia University; Diane Oakes, Washington Dental Service; Foti Panagakos, Oral Health America Board, Santa Fe Group, and Colgate; Colin Reusch, Children's Dental Health Project; Grant Ritter, Brandeis University; and Damon Terzaghi, National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities.
Judith A. Jones, DDS, MPH, DScD
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Administration, University of Detroit
Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, Michigan
Michael Monopoli, DMD, MPH, MS
Executive Director, DentaQuest Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
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United Healthcare. Medical Dental Integration Study. March 2013. https://www.uhc.com/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/Private%20 Label%20Administrators/100-12683%20Bridge2Health_Study_Dental_Final.pdf. Accessed August 30, 2017.
Jeffcoat MK, Jeffcoat RL, Gladowski PA, et al. Impact of periodontal therapy on general health: evidence from insurance data for five systemic conditions. Am J Prev Med. 2014;47(2):166-174.
Nasseh K, Vujicic M, Glick M. The relationship between periodontal interventions and healthcare costs and utilization: evidence from an integrated dental, medical, and pharmacy commercial claims database. Health Econ. 2017;26(4):519-527.
Avalere Health LLC. Evaluation of Cost Savings Associated with Periodontal Disease Treatment Benefit. Memo to Pacific Dental Services Foundation. January 4, 2016. http://pdsfoundation.org/downloads/Avalere_Health_Estimated_Impact_of_Medicare_Periodontal_Coverage.pdf. Accessed August 30, 2017.
Slavkin HC, Santa Fe Group. A national imperative: oral health services in Medicare. J Am Dent Assoc. 2017;148(5):281-283.
Chavez EM, Calvo JM, Jones JA. Dental homes for older Americans: The Santa Fe Group call for removal of the dental exclusion in Medicare. Am J Public Health. 2017;107(suppl 1):S41-S43.
Griffin SO, Jones JA, Brunson D, et al. Burden of oral disease among older adults and implications for public health priorities. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(3):411-418.
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Vujicic M, Nasseh K. Gap in dental care utilization between Medicaid and privately insured children narrows, remains large for adults. Health Policy Institute Research Brief. American Dental Association. December 2015 (Revised). http://www.ada.org/en/~/media/ADA/Science%20and%20Research/HPI/Files/HPIBrief_0915_1. Accessed August 30, 2017.
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Rockbox developers, 'lemme just say, I love the <Random> script in the database; it's great for me since I have so much music that I've stolen (oops, did I say stolen? I meant "borrowed!" ) from my friends that I haven't even discovered yet, plus given those days that I just have no idea what to listen to.
I have found, however, that I shuffle my songs allot when I'm in the car, especially with another person. Could you guys include a <Shuffle Songs> script? It's pretty basic, excuse me for pointing out the obvious: just make the script generate a dynamic playlist of all songs, shuffle playlist, then of course play the first song.
I've had many ideas, some of which you guys have already addressed, but the simple ideas are the greatest. Laters!
Re: <Shuffle Songs> in database.
Have you tried "Insert Shuffled"
...I think I've outdone myself with the smileys. Kill me now!


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SHOCKING VIDEO: Cop Handcuffs Disabled Children For 'Misbehaving'… Caution- Extremely Disturbing
Jay Syrmopoulos / The Free Thought Project –
A federal lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Law Center alleging that a deputy sheriff handcuffed two small elementary school students who have disabilities, resulting in pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today.
In an extremely disturbing video, school resource officer, Kenton County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Sumner, can be seen handcuffing a sobbing 8-year-old boy, referred to in court documents as S.R. The child is so small that Sumner has to lock the child's biceps together behind his back. What makes the case even more appalling is that the child has a history of trauma and has been diagnosed with ADHD.
The other child named in the lawsuit, a girl named in the suit as L.G., was twice handcuffed in the same manner as S.R. She is a special needs student and has also been diagnosed with ADHD.
Neither child was accused of criminal conduct nor were they arrested or charged with a crime, but were being punished for behavior issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6vaLQn2zOU
According to the ACLU:
Nationally, students with disabilities make up 12 percent of students in public schools, but are 75 percent of the students who are physically restrained by adults in their schools, according to the U.S. Department of Education. These disciplinary practices also feed into the "school-to-prison pipeline," where children are funneled out of public schools and into the criminal justice system. Many of these children have disabilities, yet instead of receiving necessary educational and counseling services, they are often punished and pushed out.
In both cases, Sumner was the school resource officer who handcuffed the children. The lawsuit seeks an order requiring a change in policies by the Kenton County Sheriff's Office, and additional training for school resource officers in dealing with young children and children with special needs. It also seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages against Sumner.
When did it become acceptable to treat students who misbehave or act out as if they are criminals?
When the only tool you have is a hammer, perhaps even small children look like a nail. American's should be disgusted witnessing what has come to be considered acceptable behavior on the part of law enforcement. Learning de-escalation skills should be as common as fire drills for schools and any law enforcement officers who serve them.
As tragic as these stories sound, they are sadly not isolated ones. Young autistic children often find themselves on the receiving end of police state violence while attending public school.
In January, Colton Granito, an 8-year-old boy with autism, threw a tantrum during class. Instead of following the boy's IEP plan, police were called. Colton was handcuffed, transported to jail, and forced to sit in a cell for hours wearing a straight jacket. He was subsequently charged with assault and sentenced to probation.
The photo below is of a 10-year-old child handcuffed, laid out on the back of a police cruiser. The boy's name is Ryan, and he has autism. He misbehaved at school and was also arrested and treated like a criminal.
In September of last year, we reported on body cam footage showing a 9-year-old special needs boy handcuffed as his father pleaded with the officer to release him.
That same month, a highly disturbing video of cops manhandling a 13-year-old autistic child as he screamed for help emerged on Facebook.
And these cases contain only autistic children. If you truly want a glimpse into the horrid effects of the police state on all school children, take a scroll through our archives, at this link.
"The State represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Being dependent upon the state to solve one's problems is a de facto dependency upon violence.
Until people wake up to the reality of relying on a system of violence to maintain "order," we can expect this problem to get worse.
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René Fernandez (né le  à Bordeaux et mort le  à Bruges en Gironde) est un footballeur français, qui évoluait au poste d'ailier gauche.

Biographie

René Fernandez joue 116 matchs en Division 2, marquant 14 buts.

Il est quart de finaliste de la Coupe de France en 1958 et 1961 avec les Girondins de Bordeaux. Il remporte la Coupe Charles Drago en 1962 avec le RC Franc-Comtois.

Palmarès
 RC Franc-Comtois
 Coupe Charles Drago (1) :
 Vainqueur : 1962.

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Footballeur français
Joueur des Girondins de Bordeaux
Joueur de l'US Boulogne
Joueur du Racing Besançon
Naissance en juin 1934
Naissance à Bordeaux
Décès en mai 2011
Décès à Bruges (Gironde)
Décès à 76 ans


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Q: Xlib: XGetWindowAttributes always returns 1x1? I'd like to have width and height of the currently focussed window. The selection of the window works like a charm whereas the height and width are always returning 1.
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    Display *display;
    Window focus;
    XWindowAttributes attr;
    int revert;

    display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    XGetInputFocus(display, &focus, &revert);
    XGetWindowAttributes(display, focus, &attr);
    printf("[0x%x] %d x %d\n", (unsigned)focus, attr.width, attr.height);

    return 0;
}

Is this not the "real" window but the currently active component (like a textbox or a button?) And why would it have the size of 1x1 anyways then? If this is the case, how do i get the main window of the application containig this control? Means... kinda the top-level window, the top-most window except the root window.
PS: Don't know whether it's really important; I use Ubuntu 10.04 32 and 64 bit.

A: You're right - you're seeing a child window. GTK applications, in particular, create a child window under the "real" window, which is always 1x1, and that always gets the focus when the application has the focus. If you're just running your program using the GNOME terminal, you'll always be seeing a GTK application with the focus (the terminal).
If you run your program in such a way that a non-GTK program happens to have the focus, then this doesn't happen, but you could still end up finding a child window with the focus instead of the top-level window. (One way of doing this is to run sleep before your program like this: sleep 4; ./my_program - this gives you a chance to change the focus.)
To find the top-level window, I think XQueryTree will help - it returns the parent window.
This worked for me:
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/*
Returns the parent window of "window" (i.e. the ancestor of window
that is a direct child of the root, or window itself if it is a direct child).
If window is the root window, returns window.
*/
Window get_toplevel_parent(Display * display, Window window)
{
     Window parent;
     Window root;
     Window * children;
     unsigned int num_children;

     while (1) {
         if (0 == XQueryTree(display, window, &root,
                   &parent, &children, &num_children)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "XQueryTree error\n");
             abort(); //change to whatever error handling you prefer
         }
         if (children) { //must test for null
             XFree(children);
         }
         if (window == root || parent == root) {
             return window;
         }
         else {
             window = parent;
         }
     }
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    Display *display;
    Window focus, toplevel_parent_of_focus;
    XWindowAttributes attr;
    int revert;

    display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    XGetInputFocus(display, &focus, &revert);
    toplevel_parent_of_focus = get_toplevel_parent(display, focus);
    XGetWindowAttributes(display, toplevel_parent_of_focus, &attr);
    printf("[0x%x] %d x %d\n", (unsigned)toplevel_parent_of_focus,
       attr.width, attr.height);

    return 0;
}

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