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McGann v. United States
PETITIONER:McGann
RESPONDENT:United States
LOCATION:Fleetwood Paving Co.
DOCKET NO.: 153
DECIDED BY: Warren Court (1958-1962)
LOWER COURT: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
ARGUED: Mar 03, 1960
Audio Transcription for Oral Argument – March 03, 1960 (Part 2) in McGann v. United States
Oral Argument – March 03, 1960 (Part 1)
Earl Warren:
You may continue.
Theodore George Gilinsky:
I think it's important to remember in this particular case that this petitioner has had the opportunity to attack his Maryland sentence a number of times and which he has done and that this had been heard both in Maryland, it has been heard numerous times in the Court of Appeals and the certiorari has been denied here.
And that's been heard on the merits, has it?
It had been heard on the — this meritorious problem that he is raising in Maryland about double jeopardy.
That's only the merit of that attack.
That has been heard.
His motion was not dismissed —
Because of the New York sentence –-
— or was not — failed to be considered by any — by reason of any concurrent sentence in this case.
Oh no — no, that's not right.
Let me make it clear.
The very first time he raised it in Maryland, the very first time he raised it in Maryland, and this argument was made because in Maryland you see he also has concurrence sentences.
Imposed by the same trial judge?
In other words, there are three concurrence sentences also in Maryland.
There's a Dyer Act which he has never contested.
There's this five-year sentence and then there's the 20 and the first time he made the argument in Maryland, the judge said to him, "Well, unless you can show that you're going to get released here in Maryland because you have — you even haven't finish your five year sentence here."
And he was not attacking that sentence.
And he was not attacking that sentence and he was not attacking the Dyer Act, but subsequently, he has raised in Maryland — a number of times in Maryland the problem of the duplication as he would call of offenses here to which he had pled and this can be raised both there and then subsequently in the Court of Appeals, he has had lawyers appointed.
As a matter of fact, in the — just the Maryland litigation, he has had a total five of lawyers representing him at various stages so that — that Maryland part and that is the problem by the way which is also here again pending and now under the label of coram mobis that it is exactly the same thing which he had — that's pending in this Court, a petitioner's pending in this Court, but he had previously raised the same thing under 2255 and certiorari.
It was filed I believe, it was filed November 16, 1959.
We filed a memorandum in that case because we do not think it was properly handled below on another unrelated problem.
How long was he exactly sentenced?
He was first sentenced in 1954 of August.
And he was heard to by the —
He has served the two five year sentences.U
Now as part of Maryland, (Inaudible)
In here — and in that context though, he has already more than once attacked the Maryland sentence.
And his attack has been considered on the merits?
That's correct without any —
And the attack that happened to —
Yes, and that's what I mean.
After — after that limitation had expired so that he has had a meritorious hearing in Maryland unrelated to any concurrent of them on the question of whether or not he should be released.
And that's amounting to say —
And that is not —
— what did he tell you, it s now pending?
No, that has been here before under 2255.
He has raised the same thing again under coram nobis.
And before, did you tell us that certiorari was denied?
Certiorari was denied twice in the Maryland jurisdiction, twice previous to that — twice in the Maryland jurisdiction.
It has been denied in this Court and the third one from Maryland is pending here.
So whatever the theoretical difficulties might be in some hypothetical case, in this case, this man is serving a 20-year sentence —
Which have been reviewed a number —
Which has been reviewed on 2255 —
I don't say that.
— and upheld.
Right correct.
Now, I think it's important to understand that the distinction between this case and Heplin matter, we — as we read the Heplin case, this — part of the statute in the concurring opinion which was italicized was claiming the right to be released.
And we think this is a more just wording in the statute because of the background of this statute.
This statute which was inaugurated by the judicial conference because of the problems in habeas corpus had a long history of committee reports and conference reports.
Now, we have attached part of this to our brief here.
The whole of the act was considered in United States versus Hayman.
So for our purposes, I would — I'd just narrowly considered just this language.
At the very first hearing of the committee, this is before it got to the judicial context, the habeas corpus committee, this language read claiming that the judgment is void, claiming that the judgment is void, in that context, this particular action here would have been cognizable.
We think it is significant that before it was even submitted to the judicial conference, before that, this wording was deliberately changed to the wording we now find in the statute namely claiming the right to be released.
Now we think it is clear why it was changed.
It is because the habeas corpus committee and the judicial conference were truly concerned with the habeas corpus problem.
Habeas corpus has traditionally and always been utilized only and solely when a person can claim the right to be released.
And this was one of the problems, for example in McNally versus Hill where they — the petitioner claimed the — some parole rights.
At that time, this Court went into the problem of habeas corpus and concluded that habeas corpus as a remedy had never been used, had never been used anytime other than when a person can claim the right to be released.
Charles E. Whittaker:
May I ask you if you could read what Section 2255 contemplate the existence of what was in (Inaudible) to contemplate more than he wanted?
I'm not sure I understand.
If you mean does it contemplate that there can be three sentences against the — the petitioner in this —
I mean the right to prove his (Inaudible)?
I think —
Does that mean from the second term?
It could be read that way except for two things.
Number one, the statute which was drawn by men who were aware of the problem did not say that.
Number two, the history of habeas corpus from which this language obviously comes has never been so interpreted.
Now that point will have to tell us to reach in with the position by 2255 was to (Inaudible) and some may (Inaudible) want to do this and another who with this one do this that the motion in that petition can only be made in the question of importance.
However, they never enacted the status of the man who's taken to his freedom as to think he's from relief unless he can show that all (Inaudible) Court to do that.
Therefore, I want to (Inaudible) you to reading that 2255 language contemplates that as through this sentence and that all he has control and further control is a (Inaudible) under the section's challenging that question.
I think I — I must answer no for this reason.
Taking this case as an example in Maryland, in Maryland alone, this petitioner had three sentences not one, three.
I think that in Maryland he could have attack from the very beginning, he could have made an allegation attacking all three under 2255 so that — I cannot say that this contemplates only one sentence.
And that should have said one jurisdiction in sentence one to six.
This is a — I — I don't believe this — I don't believe — well, first of all, I find nothing about this, so I'm — there's nothing in the reports about this.
So it's purely based upon the experience of the cases.
The habeas corpus just implied some of the rules.
Habeas corpus would — it wouldn't make any difference where the jurisdictions were because in habeas corpus and all the judgments would be there.
Of course to result in habeas corpus I should say would be exactly what we have in this case because in habeas corpus what would happen is the Court would look at the sentences and say, "Well, here you have a 20-year sentence which is good and we will not consider the rest."
In other words, as a matter very — being very practical, this petitioner would be treated exactly the same in habeas corpus if he — he could bring that action.
Except he will have a right to be heard.
He would have a right to be heard if he had facts outside the record.
The Maryland problem has never been that he and if he had this problem in Maryland, we might have a different situation.
The Maryland problem has never been facts outside the record.
He's never denied that he robbed the bank or any of these problems in Maryland.
The problem in Maryland had been solely a — a legal problem.
And first of all, he raised the question of whether it was this air force bank.
He raised the question of whether it was an insured bank.
The next time he raised the question which is now he talks about — of the difference between the territorial jurisdiction count and the bank robbery count.
So that in either of these cases you see, he — he didn't require a personal hearing.
This was a legal problem.
But what determines (Inaudible) It has to read and to provide the object, time and other qualities and prior to this in use of this in the opposite to take over this section.
That 23 (c) talks of the time the fact it was lain that is now come to differentiate this with the entire (Inaudible)
He said that he told this to the Assistant United States Attorney.
He clearly — I — I give this petitioner more credit than to say had this petitioner here delved in the law long enough to recognize that he — he is not going to attack the Maryland sentence in New York and I do not read to him as in the same act.
I think he understands that very well.
I don't think he is saying that.
He says that this — this is part of his allegation of the background of why the Assistant United States Attorney told him that she would ask for a light sentence.
It was because he had his notion, originally, he says that he could get off in Maryland.
What had come in when you do (Inaudible)
Well, I do not read the petition that way.
I read the petition that he's told he wants to be heard on whether or not this assistant told him that she would give — she would ask for a light sentence.
And that's what I believe sincerely is what he wants to be heard of.
If he wants to be heard on something outside the eastern — of the facts outside the Eastern District then we have certainly muddled the whole 2255 problem because that's exactly what we had 2255 to avoid, was this problem of getting things from outside.
As I say that we — we think both the language, the background of this statute and the cases that have followed it have all been consistent in holding that in these circumstances this statute is not applicable.
May I spend a few moments on the second question which we do not really believe is reached, the question is, assume we have only a 12-year sentence, assume that is the only one so that we don't get into the other problems, has this petitioner raised the question sufficiently to grant him a hearing?
We think it is significant that of the two facets of this problem, one of the things that he has said was that the Court originally denied him the right to withdraw his plea because he says in his petition that he knew at that time that he had been, as he used the word, tricked, tricked.
Now we suggest this means that this petitioner knew of his remedies.
As a matter of fact, he had a lawyer at that time which he has never said anything about.
He was warned of his rights.
He was told by the Court that the Court could give him the sentence.
He — two days after this sentence, he did attack the Southern District and he did not attack the Eastern District at all so that he — here is a man who knew if we — if we believe his allegations, knew of something which he says is wrong and has deliberately not done anything about it and we suggest that it's — it's clear why because he didn't get a maximum sentence.
He got only a concurrent sentence.
He got a problem which was not going to interfere with him in the least.
Now we think that is the part at least of the problem on the merit.
The other part of course is that there is a clear record in the Eastern District of New York showing that he was warned.
Number one, showing in that the Court told him that the Court could enter the sentence.
If we are to disregard all of these safeguards, I suppose it's true, then.
It is not just because he had an attorney as we would, but all of this were — and he doesn't challenge this by the way in the petition.
He doesn't challenge any of these record facts.
He merely says that the Assistant United States Attorney said that she would ask for a light sentence and she did not.
It's nowhere alleged that she promised him a light sentence, but — that she would ask for it.
As a result, we feel first in summary that this petitioner is entitled to no relief on any circumstances regardless of the statutory problem because of the general policy of not deciding this type of problem where this is no — no benefit at all can result to this that this particular statute as grafted and as interpreted and for its purpose is not applicable to this type of problem.
And that finally, on the merit, he has not really alleged sufficient grounds to entitle him to a hearing.
Mr. Davis.
Thomas Homer Davis:
If the Court, please, briefly one thing the Government contends is, this man has not taken advantage of all his rights as a good lawyer would do.
You must remember this man's in the Leavenworth penitentiary, he is a colored man.
He has no right to take the law but to himself.
He reads these books in the library so many hours in evening and he has educated himself through all these proceedings and it (Inaudible) who's in the Government in my opinion to hold him to strict lines of procedural matters.
He is entitled to the benefit of — of some leniency here, like the courts to give him a habeas corpus.
Now, this question of this statute sees him claiming the right to be released.
This statute — the Court is applying habeas corpus under McNally verse Hill that you must show the right to be released.
This just says claiming a right to be released.
Suppose he puts in his motion to vacate and he says I claim the right to be released for these grounds, suppose that he doesn't have and can't show that he is entitled to release.
This statute says that a hearing should be had.
And this statute then says that findings of fact and conclusions of law should be made and then when you come up through your Circuit and through your District Court or some court has made findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Now in the government's brief, they say he'd be entitled to no relief on parole, on good time.
Well, who's deciding all these things whether he's entitled to any of these things because the man has never had a hearing.
Does the Court when it gets one of these motions have to go through the record write to United States Attorney and say, "Now, if we granted this, would this affect this man's parole rights on the — on the second sentence?
Would it affect this good time rights?
You're having a hearing without the man being present because you're asking the Court to make all these decisions and there's no finding of fact, no conclusions of law, no hearing as this statute says a judicial hearing."
Now, in the concurring opinion, this Court in the Heplin case, the Court says that they don't leave the majority concurrent opinion that this question hearing at anytime.
All they say is — that that means res judicata doesn't apply or latches.
Well, if the Congress intended that that was what they meant, why didn't they say it?
Why did they say a hearing?
Why do they use the word hearing?
In the Hayman case, the Court says, "This is purely a statute to afford the man the same right he had in habeas corpus.
In another section of the Hayman case, they say, "This is an independent action, collateral attack on the judgment."
So if it is, now the question he says here about this man claiming he's — he has denied the right to withdraw his motion, his plea of guilty.
He went in to the Eastern District Court.
He filed the motion and he asked to withdraw he plea of guilty.
The Court never heard a word of testimony. The man never got to open his mouth.
It was denied arbitrarily from the bench and true that that is the matter ordinarily you have to raise by appeal and it's the discretion — that is the Court, but the abuse of a Court as to discretion is a matter you can reach and hear.
We have a statute that says — 2255 says that a court on — under 2255 can grant a motion for new trial.
But what does it mean that it can grant a motion for a new trial?
Does it mean that the old theory that you had to appeal or what is it a new trial granted?
Why — why do you grant a motion for a new trial?
You grant a motion for a new trial if something has occurred at the trial that's irreversible error.
You also can like you do in habeas corpus, set aside that he wasn't advised his rights to counsel, but how broader have they gone?
Why they did say that he'd have, the Court under 2255 would have a right to grant a motion for a new trial?
What they put it in there for?
Mr. Davis —
May I ask you please, sir?
What issue of fact as distinguished from one of law is tendered by the motion that requires a hearing, in a few words, please?
Well, just this that there was collusion between the assistant United States Attorneys through the Southern District and the Eastern District.
This man was in New York in jail.
He wouldn't plead guilty.
They kept bringing him back in before the Court.
So he alleges — they — they got together and by collusion, they persuaded him that if he'd plead guilty, they would give him a lenient sentence — recommend a lenient sentence and the sentence in effect wouldn't be over five years long and they kept working at him.
So the Southern District Attorney comes over and he does it.
Then the Southern District Attorney says, "Now, I'll get the girl from the Eastern District and she'll come down here and make the same deal."
She did come down but he says we made the deal.
Now on 2255, he's trying to get the Court there to hold that he was coerced and placed under duress to change his attitude from willingness — willingly entering pleas of guilty by these promises and it was that duress and coercion and collusion of those two Assistant United States Attorneys, that's what he wants to go back to that Court and have a hearing on.
He wants to get back there and get on the witness stand and testify about those things under 2255.
He doesn't allege that it was any statement that the sentence would be under five years, does he?
He doesn't but it's — it — it follows he's got it in his motion to that effect.
That's what he meant.
Well, that's a conclusion, isn't it?
Does that tender an issue of fact on which evidence is needed?
If you — if you allege it, two Assistant of United States Attorneys of two districts persuade you to change your mind about entering a plea of guilty by promises made, I think that you've got a question of fact there and not a conclusion.
The promise is unless on who bothers that conclusion (Inaudible) and that's the only promise as alleged
What difference would it make what the promise was if by any kind of a promise, he changed his mind of not entering a plea and entered a plea?
It wouldn't make any difference whether it's fulfilled or not.
If you change the mind of a man who says I'm not guilty and you get him to change his mind by any kind of a promise silly or otherwise, you have used duress on that man in my opinion.
Even though the promise is kept.
Even though the promise is kept, it would have nothing to do with it in my opinion.
If you change a man, who's got a right to plead not guilty and if you induce him by any kind of a threat, promise or coercion and you change his mind and he does something he didn't intend to do in the first place, you have violated the Constitution in my opinion.
I thank the Court very much for the extra time.
Well, Mr. Davis before you sit down on behalf of the Court I should like to thank you for accepting this assignment to represent this indigent defendant without compensation.
The Court realizes what an inconvenience it is to come from your part of the country to this part on a mission of this kind and we're grateful to you.
We're comforted by the fact that the lawyers will do that.
It is a privilege and an honor, Your Honor.
And Mr. Gilinsky, I want thank you of course for your very earnest representation of – for the people.
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#define WEBRTC_MODULES_RTP_RTCP_SOURCE_FEC_TEST_HELPER_H_

#include "webrtc/modules/interface/module_common_types.h"
#include "webrtc/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/forward_error_correction.h"

namespace webrtc {

const uint8_t kFecPayloadType = 96;
const uint8_t kRedPayloadType = 97;
const uint8_t kVp8PayloadType = 120;

typedef ForwardErrorCorrection::Packet Packet;

struct RtpPacket : public Packet {
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class FrameGenerator {
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  FrameGenerator();

  void NewFrame(int num_packets);

  uint16_t NextSeqNum();

  RtpPacket* NextPacket(int offset, size_t length);

  // Creates a new RtpPacket with the RED header added to the packet.
  RtpPacket* BuildMediaRedPacket(const RtpPacket* packet);

  // Creates a new RtpPacket with FEC payload and red header. Does this by
  // creating a new fake media RtpPacket, clears the marker bit and adds a RED
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  RtpPacket* BuildFecRedPacket(const Packet* packet);

  void SetRedHeader(Packet* red_packet, uint8_t payload_type,
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  int num_packets_;
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  uint32_t timestamp_;
};
}

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Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai. King Carol I of Romania built his summer home, Peleș Castle, near the town.
Sinaia is about 60 kilometres (37 miles) northwest of Ploiești and 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Brașov, in a mountainous area on the Prahova River valley, just east of the Bucegi Mountains. The altitude varies from 767 to 860 metres (2,516 to 2,822 feet) above sea level.
The city is a popular destination for hiking and winter sports, especially downhill skiing. Among the tourist landmarks, the most important are Peleș Castle, Pelișor Castle, Sinaia Monastery, Sinaia Casino, Sinaia train station, and the Franz Joseph and Saint Anne Cliffs. Sinaia was also the summer residence of the Romanian composer George Enescu, who stayed at the Luminiș villa.
HOTEL PALACE, SINAIA
Accommodation at Palace Hotel (Google Map):
Double room about 50 euro/day, breakfast and local taxes included
Single room about 40 euro/day, breakfast and local taxes included
Booking shall be made directly at Palace Hotel, tel/fax: 0244.311542; e-mail: office@palacesinaia.ro, with the specification "For CCF 2016 Conference".
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Sinaia Monastery
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Heroes Cemetery
Franz Joseph and Saint Anne Cliffs
Old electrical power plant
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Google's social applications that will be included should be: Gmail, Calendar, Docs, orkut and probably others. orkut has recently launched a feature that aggregates and displays all the updates from your friends, so the new feature will be similar.
When you make these changes to your own profile, your friends will see your updates on their homepages.
The new project could also mean a radically improved contact manager that shows a lot of live data from your contacts. Hopefully, the data will be searchable and only available to the persons you trust.
Note: Most of the information from this post comes from a confidential tech talk in which Google's Ben Darnell explained to some Nooglers (new Google employees) how Google Reader works. This tech talk is part of the "Nooglers and the PDB" series of weekly talks, which is open to all Googlers, but it was accidentally posted on Google Video.
Late late late. I am already done with my switch from Orkut to Facebook and I have lots of Indian friends on facebook. That means people are looking for other, feature rich options. Orkut has serious limitations like number of photos, no commenting on photos, no mobile support, no 3rd party apps etc. The only features that people use on Orkut is 12 photos and the scrapbook. Google should act quickly!
Well it is indeed late, but better late then never. But late for you doesnt mean that its late for everybody.
Orkut indeed has some serious limitations but their communities are far better than anything in facebook.
Why is it that Orkut is big in Brazil?
A Social Network becoming popular is often a little bit of being at the right place on the right time.
Another point is that I guess there aren't that many _good_ social networks in Brazil.
YES! If that is what I think of, I can only say that I waited for that a long time.
iGoogle is a piece of crap, or at least the Google-provided gadgets are.
They don't provide a useful summary of what's happening.
Check out: "Facebook: Open Like A Granite Wall"
Needless to say Google's APIs are nicer to work with, very well doc'd and more open (in the general sense). Win the coders, win the apps and possibly win the race. I could be wrong but still, cheesing off the people that write the apps that help bring in the users is usually not a good thing.
Personally I've never liked Facebook's lighting-fast willingness to sell people the electronic version of a caste system or gated community.
Partly on topic the GME blog mentioned this: "Enable public read only $user feed so that applications can share $user feeds to create social applications."
OK, the video has been public for almost a week, but you're right about posting copyrighted content. I removed the audio version.
Yahoo!'s recently leaked info on its social networking looks promising..
yeah :P there are not so many good social networks in brazil.
@anonymous: dunno why orkut is so big in brazil. but it also needs to point that msn spaces also has a huge market share in brazil.
So where's the video link?
The video has been removed from Google Video and I don't think it's a good idea to post it.
My main problem with Orkut is that anyone can view all of my friends, and contact them. What if I only want certain people to be able to view my friend list? That is a very serious issue - one that Facebook handles very nicely.
If anyone on the Google team is reading this: Please give me privacy controls or I won't use Google for "gossipy" social networking (I'll continue using Google for email, calendar&doc sharing/collaboration).
Most of my Facebook friends are on my Gmail contact list - actually more of the people I actually communicate with are on my gmail contact list. And I want a unified Google communication platform (I'm waiting for the Google mobile platform). But I won't publish a social stream or keep a friend list unless there are privacy controls.
I am guessing there is already a privacy framework with various levels in the works. I seriously hope so.
that's a quite old news but i can't stop myself to make a comment on it.
After the failure of orkut ....is google planning to launch a social networking website to compete with facebook?
Google needs work hard to maintain there position in near future facebook traffic threatens google.


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Hong Kong's UK Flight Ban Leaves Students Stranded, Parents in Despair
June 30, 2021COVID-19
A Cathay Pacific passenger jet takes off from Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, on Oct. 21, 2020. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
HONG KONG—For 22-year old Timmin Lam, who is studying in Manchester, the ban on flights from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong this week is the latest in a series of unrelenting measures that have prevented him from traveling home for almost two years.
"I feel trapped in the UK. I really wish the pandemic would improve," he said.
Authorities in the global financial hub said on Monday that Hong Kong would ban passenger flights from the United Kingdom starting July 1 to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Britain has been categorized as extremely high-risk and people who have stayed in the country for more than two hours will be unable to board passenger flights for Hong Kong.
It is the second time that the Chinese-ruled hub has barred arrivals from Britain; the earlier ban was in force from December 2020 until May.
The government said the ban was due to "the recent rebound of the epidemic situation in the UK and the widespread Delta variant virus strain there, coupled with a number of cases with L452R mutant virus strains detected by tests from people arriving from the UK."
Before the ban, restrictions on the UK had been relaxed to allow vaccinated travelers only 7 days of quarantine compared with 21 days. Thousands of students had planned to return home for the summer, and the sudden change has resulted in chaos for many.
"I really wish they had announced this earlier to allow more time for us to arrange and organize things," said Wallis Au, a 20-year-old physiotherapy student in Britain. Au said she had a flight booking to arrive in Hong Kong on July 5 but now would not be able to return before the deadline.
Due to Hong Kong's strict COVID-19 regulations, travelers cannot land in the city without securing a hotel reservation for quarantine. After the ban was announced, parents scrambled to find hotels for their children, but for many it was impossible.
"Even if I can manage to get an earlier flight—which was a push because everyone was rushing—how could she board without the hotel booking?" said Hong Kong mother Debi Yeung, whose 20-year old daughter is studying in Leeds.
Yeung said she had changed flight dates and hotel bookings several times already because of changing regulations, while her daughter had scheduled multiple COVID-tests ahead of her journey.
"We have given up now," she said. "I don't think there is much more that we can do."
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Gay TV show contestant takes the unusual step of previewing the penis of his date
Joseph McCormick August 24, 2016
A gay television dating show contestant has gone to the unusual length of checking out the penis of six potential dates before going out with them, face to face.
Dan, who says he is looking for "Mr Right", appeared on the Channel 4 dating show 'Naked Attraction', and was the first gay man to appear on the show, which in its first episode featured a bisexual woman and has also featured a lesbian looking for love.
In the show, the contestant eliminates potential dates based on only seeing sections of them from the bottom up, before stripping off themselves and standing naked in front of their date.
Presented by Anna Richardson, the girlfriend of Sue Perkins, the host notes that she has been with both men and women.
Richardson notes in the show, as the penises of the men are unveiled, that a study into penis size which found that, out of 5,000 participants, gay men had on average a 1/3 of an inch longer penis than their straight counterparts.
She goes on to note a study which claimed to show that the scent from gay men's armpits is different to that which emits from straight guy's underarms.
The eventual winner, Sam revealed that he has an unusual birthmark on his hand, but it didn't deter Dan from picking him.
The show won more viewers than Big Brother and BBC2, after it was labeled as "Blind Date in a brothel".
The new series began with 1.4 million viewers, a 9.1% share of the audience, from 10pm earlier this month.
Host Richardson – who is in a relationship with fellow presenter Sue Perkins – recently claimed that it feels "completely natural" to be with a woman, but also that it can be "far more intense" than dating men.
Speaking to Diva magazine, the 'Secret Eaters' star also opened up about her relationship with Bake Off star Perkins.
The couple first revealed that they were together last year, with Richardson saying they have an "extraordinary connection".
Check out Naked Attraction on All 4 here.
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Travizory: the start-up that wants to digitalise border crossings
Thanks to their visitor management platform, unique on the market, Travizory helps countries to reopen or keep open their borders in the light of COVID-19 or other threats. This is done more[...]
Victoria Barras
INVENesis: a start-up success story
Elodie and Lucien Rufener are CFO and CEO of INVENesis, but also partners in life. Passionate about life sciences, they[...]
Interview with Vincent Perriard – ORIGYN
They chose Neuchâtel
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Thanks to their visitor management platform, unique on the market, Travizory helps countries to reopen or keep open their borders in the light of COVID-19 or other threats. This is done more securely, more transparently, and in a fully digitised process. Their system uses state-of-the-art biometric, AI and machine learning technologies.
Meet Ygor Lutz and Renaud Irminger, two enthusiasts of digitalization at the service of travel.
Why did you choose the identity management market?
We identified 150 countries that would be required to implement a travel authorisation system similar to the ESTA process in the US. It applies to countries that operate without a visa system. However, we felt that the user experience was not good with the ESTA system and that other sources of data could strengthen security risk assessments. We centred our idea around the smartphone, which is a key part of the experience, and which must be able to scan a passport, a face or even carry out a complete "Know Your Customer" process. Our ultimate goal: to digitalise border crossing, which is currently firmly rooted in the paper world.
The first country to use your solution is the Seychelles. What are the reasons for this?
We drew up a list of criteria for testing our solution, which enabled us to identify about fifteen eligible countries. Given the agility of our startup organization, we needed to address a small country whose economy is highly dependent on tourism. In addition, the country had to face a significant security risk, which is the case of the Seychelles: all world citizens are accepted in the country, immigration is important and it is used as a pivotal location for the drug trade.
In December 2019, we had the chance to meet with the Seychelles consular representation and the country's president who wanted to upgrade their border control system. We submitted the first quotes and then COVID-19 surfaced. The summer of 2020 was going to be crucial for the country, which needed to reopen its borders quickly in order to boost the tourism sector. We were therefore able to start using our solution in September 2020. It is a risk to entrust the security of one's country to an external and young company. A long process based on trust was necessary in order to show credibility in the eyes of the country.
Has COVID-19 been an opportunity for Travizory?
Yes, the crisis was a catalyst. The whole border control system became obsolete almost overnight. It was now mandatory to analyse the health risk. Thanks to our start-up operation, we were able to develop a specific module in one month.
What are the main advantages of your solution?
In my opinion, there are four main advantages:
The user experience is improved thanks to the use of the smartphone, which centralises all the necessary actions, while saving an enormous amount of time, both in preparing documents and in crossing borders. Currently in the Seychelles, it takes 15 minutes to scan a plane carrying more than 300 people, compared to two hours previously for 80 people.
The data provided by the passenger and the airline are centralised in one place, which makes it possible to cross-check the data and thus more easily identify a health or security risk.
Thanks to the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the process is continuously improved in near real time.
Finally, our system is based on a "drag and drop" interface that allows the country to configure the tool according to its needs and to modify it in real time.
Despite your many trips and different places of residence, it seems that you are very attached to the Neuchâtel region?
Indeed, the quality of life here is incredible and we are close to the airports of Geneva and Zurich, which is very convenient because we travel often.
We have also signed a three-year R&D support agreement with the canton, conditional on the creation of jobs and funds spent in the canton. This is a positive and motivating incentive that anchors us strongly in the economic fabric.


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Demonstration against Gus Hall, University of Louisville, 1973.
Activists; Protest posters;
Demonstrators picket Communist Party USA (CPUSA) leader Gus Hall's appearance in the University Center at the University of Louisville on February 12, 1973 as a guest of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honorary. Protesters hold picket signs...
Gus Braun taking group portrait, Everett, Massachusetts, 1944.
Portrait photographs; Group portraits; Men; Women; Employees; Buildings; Photography; Refineries; Petroleum industry
Gus Braun, commercial photographer at Everett has taken pictures of around the refinery and the school for years. Some of the men at the refinery remember when he took their grade and high school pictures. Here he takes a picture of a group bidding...
Gus C. Weinburg.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes
Character portrait of performer Gus C. Weinburg wearing long hair, an oversized hat, and a Spanish style velvet jacket and shirt. He is smiling broadly. Weinburg starred in "The Storks" (January 1904) and "The Forbidden Land" (October 1904) at...
Gus Williams.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Actors
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Anti-law enforcement Portland DA Mike Schmidt is PRO-VIOLENCE, not pro-reform
As soon as Mike Schmidt, the new district attorney for Multnomah County, started his term in early August, he announced a policy that dropped hundreds of charges from the nearly rioters currently awaiting trial in Portland's jails. This completely nullifies the deterring factor that prosecuting these charges has. Some of the charges that Schmidt is refusing to prosecute include harassment, interfering with an officer, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
Instead of charging the rioters, Schmidt is arguing that the criminals "need to be heard" and is interested in implementing a form of progressive "negotiated dismissal" to get the rioters back out into the streets of Portland:
In a democracy where speech is important, being the system that's being criticized and then using that system to shut down speech, I think we have to hold ourselves to an even higher level of tolerance for that speech to take place… We're going to give people three months to make it right, to work with the victim to pay back any restitution. And if those things can happen or we can come up with a restorative solution, we're going to dismiss those cases.
"Restorative justice" leads to more deaths
While these progressive talking points may sound good on paper, in reality their effects have become deadly for Portland. Schmidt's "restorative justice" policies are what allowed Michael Forest Reinoehl, who had citations back in July for interfering with a police officer, resisting arrest and possessing a loaded gun in a public place, to serve no jail time. All of the charges against him were dropped. Reinoehl would then go on to become the alleged shooter in the death of Aaron "Jay" Danielson, a Trump supporter and member of the conservative group Patriot Prayer.
Despite this and criticisms from local law enforcement officials, including Mike Reese, the sheriff of Multnomah County, Schmidt has stood by his policies. (Related: Oregon State Police officers in Portland deputized as federal officers to avoid having rioters repeatedly released by Left-wing Soros-funded prosecutors.)
"I understand what they're concerned about… I have my job and my duties, which is to have the discretion on whether or not to pursue charges," said Schmidt.
After the shooting, Schmidt charged Reinoehl with second-degree murder with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm. This caused Reinoehl to flee the state. When a federal fugitive task force finally found him, he died in the shootout that followed – which gave Schmidt the clearance to drop all of the charges against him and turn his attention back to the police by starting an investigation about the shootout.
Despite the fact that sometimes dozens of rioters are being arrested every night by local and state law enforcement officers, Schmidt continues to release them back out into the streets of Portland. It should not be surprising if, one day, another Reinoehl is set free from the grasps of the police thanks to the DA's "restorative justice" system.
While Schmidt and local Democrats and progressives like him continue undermining law and order in the local level, national Democrats like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are preparing to declare Republicans to be "enemies of the state." Find out more by listening to this episode of the Health Ranger Report, a podcast by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as he explains how, if this declaration goes unchallenged, it will allow the Democrats to arrest Republicans and have them removed from their office.
Schmidt rationalizes policy by citing lack of resources
When Schmidt announced his new "restorative justice" policies, members of his team tried to justify it by saying that Portland needed to use its resources elsewhere.
Lakayana Drury, a member of Schmidt's transition team, called for law enforcement resources to be redirected to instead support Multnomah County's vulnerable communities of color.
"This is not an attack on officers, or an affront to the system," said Drury. "It is saying that we must prioritize Black lives and we must focus on our community, and until that we cannot thrive and Portland cannot be the city that it pretends to be."
During the press conference, Drury reiterated how a deluge of criminal trials might put further strain on Portland's limited resources.
"The question is," he said, "will we choose to use our resources – very valuable and limited resources – to prosecute our neighbors who are exercising their First Amendment rights to support Black people? Or will we instead use those limited resources to uplift and battle against White supremacy at all levels within our city?"
As Schmidt continues to ignore tried-and-tested law enforcement policies that help stop riots and deter future criminals from participating in violent actions, Antifa and Black Lives Matter continue to wreak havoc in other parts of the country.
Learn more about riots in places like Minneapolis, Kenosha, Chicago and Sacramento by reading the articles at Rioting.news.
HarbingersDaily.com
TheSkanner.com
WWeek.com
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Man who used Molotov cocktail to start Portland brush fire arrested then released to commit more arson
Amazon appoints former NSA chief involved in the Snowden leaks to its board
Twitter caught shadowbanning Attorney L. Lin Wood while he raises funds for Kyle Rittenhouse
It's not just Pelosi and Salongate: Government GYMS have also been open for months (while private sector gyms were forced to close)
Expect Creepy, Lyin' Joe Biden to say he has Covid and needs to quarantine for 6 weeks so he can skip ALL the debates
Facebook censors conservatives and refuses to ban left-wing extremist groups from using their platform to destabilize the country
Busted! NYPD nabs 7 "privileged" rioters
Journalism's new propaganda tool: Using "confirmed" to mean its opposite
Vanderbilt quiz on the Constitution marked students wrong if they said it was not designed to perpetuate White supremacy
Exclusive: Facebook allows controversial Antifa group to stay on site (while banning pro-America channels)
Laura Loomer calls out anti-defamation league for losing 'moral authority' and backing anti-Semites
Left-wing arsonists are setting many of the wildfires in Western states… but why?
Senate Democrats block COVID-19 relief bill using filibuster
ANALYSIS: Trump's "military" deployment of vaccines on Nov. 1 is a clever cover story to prepare for Insurrection Act invocation, mass arrests using military police
500,000 people forced to flee wildfires in Oregon as federal officials investigate potential mass arson
U.S. military begins testing flying surveillance balloons across the country to TRACK people's movements
University of Michigan hosting "black only events" while isolating whites so they can repent of their racism
Longtime BLM rioter arrested on a charge of second-degree reckless burning along Washington state route
50 GOP Congressmen sign letter urging DOJ to investigate the main financiers and organizers of the rioting being engineered across the country


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How to Cite Business & Economics Databases
How to Cite Databases
Best Practices in Citing Databases in APA 7th Edition
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Business databases and data can be challenging to cite, as they don't follow the same standardized format as books and articles. This page lists my best suggestions for how to cite business databases in APA format 7th edition.
General Principles of Business Database Citations
Below are the general guidelines I used when creating the citation examples.
When a publication or work is attributed to a specific person, use the person's name over the name of the organization, company, or database. (see IbisWorld as an example)
When a publication month and date are available, I listed these in the citation. This is because business databases will often revise reports regularly.
If the source does have a date, I have used (n.d.) to indicate "no date." These citations should have a "Retrieved" date.
Provide as much information about the title as possible. When in doubt, provide more information rather than less. Note that this can make for some fairly awkward looking citations, especially with business databases.
Bracketed Descriptions
In many of the examples below, I have used [Bracketed descriptions] to better describe the format of the source. This is because sources from proprietary business databases are not books or articles and fall well outside the typical peer-reviewed academic literature works. The bracketed description can help describe the format of the source to the reader who is unfamiliar with the type of source.
In general, APA 7th Edition discourages the database name in the citation for articles, books, and other sources that can be easily found from a library catalog, publisher website, etc. However, because business databases contain original proprietary information that generally cannot be found outside of the specific database, I chose to list the database name in the source citation. The database name should be italicized.
If no specific person(s) is listed as an author of the source, and the database is listed as the author, I did not list the database name again in the citation to avoid redundancy.
For the source URLs, I linked to the database location within my Business Guides. I chose this as the citation because most of the users of this citation guide will be students within our university community who are submitting papers and projects for course work. To facilitate finding the source by other students or faculty members within our university community, I suggest using the link where they can log in to the databases with their Ohio University credentials.
For faculty citing a source in an external publication, I suggest using the vendor website, rather than the link the Oho University database record.
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Danielle Ondarza (french horn) Danielle Ondarza (french horn) is a freelance player in the Los Angeles area. As an orchestral player, she has played in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Riverside, California and Fresno Philharmonics, the Santa Barbara, Symphony Silicon Valley (formerly the San Jose Symphony), Santa Monica, San Bernadino, Redlands and Monterey Symphonies, and with Mladi, Los Angeles' conductorless chamber orchestra. Other credits include albums for Mary J. Blige, Barry Manilow, All-American Rejects, Yellowcard, Pat Monahan, and Terence Howard and live appearances with Andrea Bocelli, Natalie Cole, Frank Sinatra Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keyes, Queen Latifah, and Kanye West. She has been seen on the MTV Video Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Dedicated to performing contemporary and crossover works, Danielle also performs with Ensemble Green, the DaKah Hip Hop Orchestra, Elivs Schoenberg's Orchestra Surreal, Build an Ark, the Los Angeles Brass Ensemble, and Orion Winds.


Getting self-injury help is often the first step in stopping self-harm. Professional self-harm help and self-injury support groups can make all the difference in conquering self-harm (also known as self-injury and self-mutilation).
If you're currently in a crisis, feel suicidal and need help right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the United States at 1-800-273-8255 or go to your local emergency room. Comprehensive suicide information here.
There are many places a person can go for professional self-injury help. One place to start is in a doctor's office. A doctor can often refer you to a person or organization that specializes in self-harm help. Often a referral to a psychotherapist is given for self-mutilation help.
There is a lot of self-help available for self-mutilation. Websites, self-harm books and more are available to help you stop self-harm. One advantage of self-help resources is that they can be used at your own pace and can also be used in conjunction with professional self-harm help.
Conterio, K., Lader, W., Ph.D. & Bloom, J. (1998). Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-injurers, New York: Hyperion.
Hyman, J., (1999). Women Living With Self-Injury. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Kreisman, J., Straus, H. (2010). I Hate You - Don't Leave Me, Los Angeles: The BodyPress.
Nakhla, F., & Jackson, G. (1993) Picking Up The Pieces. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Redheffer, J. & Brecht, S. (2005). Beyond the Razor's Edge, Illinois: Virgin Ink Press.
Sutton, J (2005). Healing the Hurt Within. Oxford, IRE, U.K: How To Books.
Walsh, B. (2005) Treating Self-injury: A Practical Guide. N.Y. Guilford Press.
Scar-Tissue.net – Includes personal experiences of self-harm, resources.
Psyke.org – self-injury support and information.
Self-injury support groups can be found in-person through mental health organizations and can also be found online. It's important to develop a network of self-harm supports in an effort to get better. These are the people and places you can go to in the event that you're feeling a strong urge to self-harm.
HealthyPlace Self-Injury Forum: large resource for people looking for self-harm support.
We have specific information on cutting help and treatment here.


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Here are the two Xenos races that are available to play in Kill Team. Kroot and Orks are often found as members of Kill Teams. Both are warrior races that seek out the deadly life of a mercenary. I also considered Tau and Dark Eldar characters. Those races are both problematic though and would require a lot more work. If one of the players REALLY wants to be one of those two races I may work something up.
Special: Eaters of the Dead - Kroot may consume the flesh of the dead to gain 3 temporary wounds.
Careers: Mercenary, Gunslinger, Pirate, Recidivist, Assassin.
Kroot start the game with a Kroot rifle in addition to any gear provided by their career.
Special: Ork Technology is not Unreliable when used by an Ork. Orks add 1d6 to their starting wounds.
Careers: Freebooter, Kommando, MekBoy, Mercenary, Gunslinger, Pirate.
Orks start the game with either a shoota or a slugga in addition to any gear provided by their career.
Note: Orks are never psykers. Human Psykers sense all orks as psychic. The only true ork psyker is a WeirdBoy and no one wants one of those around.
Freebooters are the Ork equivalent of a Rogue Trader. They gather together small warbands, steal a ship, and go off in search of loot. They fit right in with Kill Teams. Freebooterz are more cosmopolitan than most of the 'boyz and often interact with other races. Their Low Gothic is surprisingly good.
Career Ability: +10 to reputation rolls when seeking out mercenaries or weapons.
Mekboys are gifted with the genetic knowledge of building and repairing technology. Being smarter than the average ork they often leave their warband and seek out adventure in the void.
Gear:Choose 2: Plasma Pistol, Chain Axe, Deffgun, or a Burna. Orky Armor (4 pts all locations), Meks Tools.
Kommandos break the ork stereotype of being loud, bestial berserkers. They prefer to sneak up on their enemies and eliminate them silently, or stick bombs on them, cause it's really funny.
Career Ability: Ded Sneaky: A enemy attacked in melee by an hidden Kommando must make a Willpower test or be unable to act for one round.


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David Garland Quoted in "Lipnic May Nudge EEOC Toward Less Burdensome Policies"
Law360 January 26, 2017
David W. Garland, a Member of the Firm and Chair of the firm's National Labor and Employment Steering Committee, in the firm's New York and Newark offices, was quoted in Law360, in "Lipnic May Nudge EEOC Toward Less Burdensome Policies," by Vin Gurrieri. (Read the full version – subscription required.)
Pointing to her long record at the commission, David Garland of Epstein Becker & Green PC told Law360 that Lipnic "strongly believes in enforcing laws that are under the jurisdiction of the EEOC" but is keenly aware that the agency, on occasion, might overstep its authority.
"She's mindful that the EEOC, on occasion, may go too far beyond its authority," Garland said, adding that Lipnic will likely "continue to be strong" in enforcing laws that fall under the agency's purview.
David W. Garland
The New Administration: Resources and Insights


These tests develop a clear picture of your students' critical thinking abilities. They can be used to teach critical thinking skills, to predict students' performance on your state proficiency exam, for honors/AP programs, critical thinking courses, college admissions, careers, and employment. Both tests have been used in curriculum and teaching experiments for appraisal of the critical thinking ability of a group and as criteria for program admission and employment. The Levels X and Z tests can be licensed for use in your own test administration software platform (call 800-458-4849 for details).
This manual contains administration and scoring information, norms, consistency, reliability, item analysis, and validity for Level X and Level Z tests.
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Upcoming Movies Based on Books: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
The Book: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
By Winifred Watson, Published in 1938
First published in 1938, it was reissued in the United Kingdom in 2000, complete with thirty-five original illustrations, and has sold over 22,000 copies. Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn. The alluring nightclub singer, Delysia LaFosse, becomes her new employer, and Miss Pettigrew encounters a kind of glamour that she had only met before at the movies. Over the course of a single day, both women are changed forever.
Winifred Watson (1907-2002) lived in Newcastle and wrote six novels in all; she chose to stop writing after the birth of her son in 1941. The Times interviewed her at age 94 when Persephone Books reissued the book in 2000. The headline was "Bodice-Ripping Fame at 94".
The Movie: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Amy Adams as Delysia Lafosse
Frances McDormand as Guinevere Pettigrew
Tagline: Every Woman Will Have Her Day
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Labels: Amy Adams, Bharat Nalluri, Books turned Into Movies, Frances McDormand, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Movies Based on Books, Winifred Watson
blake said...
I reviewed it here.
That explains why it seemed so genuinely '30s. They kept it very true to the time. Although, you know, books back then were rather saucy in a sort of innocent way.
Good movie. Well worth seeing.
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TCS launches peer-to-peer lending solution for Norwegian bank DNB
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT service company, said it launched a peer-to-peer lending solution in Norway for its client DNB, the largest financial services group in that country.ETTelecom | March 16, 2016, 21:48 IST
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT service company, said it launched a peer-to-peer lending solution in Norway for its client DNB, the largest financial services group in that country.
TCS said 25% of Norway's population was using the solution, called Vipps, within six months of launch, and that the payment solution had helped DNB become a significant player in the mobile payments space.
"We gave TCS a challenge, and they reacted quickly. For us, the project has demonstrated that TCS is a trustworthy partner with good focus on strategic business value," Liv Fiksdahl, Group Executive Vice President and Head of IT & Operations in DNB, said in a statement.
The release of a statement on the solution highlights how important it is for Indian IT companies to burnish their 'digital' credentials, especially in sectors like banking and financial services.
Though some rivals have said that business from financial services companies will be muted for the first two quarters of the year, TCS has maintained that it is seeing no slowdown in that sector.
Showcasing prestigious digital wins and successes are part of the strategy to grow in that business.
"Our deep domain knowledge combined with an understanding of consumer behavior in the context of digital technologies helps us to partner with DNB, a leading bank in Norway, to transform mobile and peer-to-peer digital payments space as part of an overall digital transformation effort," Susheel Vasudevan, Vice President, Banking and Financial Services, said in a statement.
Tags : Enterprise, Enterprise Services, 'digital', TCS, Tata Consultancy Services, Services, international, Financial Services, financial, Credentials, companies to burnish, Companies


While many people use Internet Explorer, those that are using another search engine – such as Firefox – need to have the website open properly for them as well.
Web Design Tip # 5: Keep The Flash Away.
Web Design Tip # 6: Make It Easy To Navigate.
You can set up links with an easy-to-follow path on your site for the visitor, and at the same time set up some SEO friendly linking. Keep the navigation as easy to follow as possible. If your visitors get confused about where to go next, they won't go anywhere next and you would lose them.
Web Design Tip # 7: Use SEO Without Distraction.
A good thing to do when you set up your site is to have it looked at by someone that understands website design. If you don't know anybody personally, you can go to an Internet marketing forum and ask there. You can also offer to pay a small fee to someone that understands web design for a quick assessment.


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/*
 * Copyright 2020 ScyllaDB
 */

#pragma once

#include <seastar/core/sstring.hh>
#include <seastar/core/linux-aio.hh>
#include <seastar/core/internal/io_desc.hh>
#include <seastar/core/on_internal_error.hh>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

namespace seastar {
extern logger io_log;

namespace internal {

class io_request {
public:
    enum class operation { read, readv, write, writev, fdatasync, recv, recvmsg, send, sendmsg, accept, connect, poll_add, poll_remove, cancel };
private:
    operation _op;
    int _fd;
    union {
        uint64_t pos;
        int flags;
        int events;
    } _attr;
    // the upper layers give us void pointers, but storing void pointers here is just
    // dangerous. The constructors seem to be happy to convert other pointers to void*,
    // even if they are marked as explicit, and then you end up losing approximately 3 hours
    // and 15 minutes (hypothetically, of course), trying to chase the weirdest bug.
    // Let's store a char* for safety, and cast it back to void* in the accessor.
    union {
        char* addr;
        ::iovec* iovec;
        ::msghdr* msghdr;
        ::sockaddr* sockaddr;
    } _ptr;

    // accept wants a socklen_t*, connect wants a socklen_t
    union {
        size_t len;
        socklen_t* socklen_ptr;
        socklen_t socklen;
    } _size;

    bool _nowait_works;

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, int flags, ::msghdr* msg)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _attr.flags = flags;
        _ptr.msghdr = msg;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, sockaddr* sa, socklen_t sl)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _ptr.sockaddr = sa;
        _size.socklen = sl;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, int flags, sockaddr* sa, socklen_t* sl)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _attr.flags = flags;
        _ptr.sockaddr = sa;
        _size.socklen_ptr = sl;
    }
    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, int flags, char* ptr, size_t size)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _attr.flags = flags;
        _ptr.addr = ptr;
        _size.len = size;
    }
    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, uint64_t pos, char* ptr, size_t size)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _attr.pos = pos;
        _ptr.addr = ptr;
        _size.len = size;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, uint64_t pos, char* ptr, size_t size, bool nowait_works)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
        , _nowait_works(nowait_works)
    {
        _attr.pos = pos;
        _ptr.addr = ptr;
        _size.len = size;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, uint64_t pos, iovec* ptr, size_t size, bool nowait_works)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
        , _nowait_works(nowait_works)
    {
        _attr.pos = pos;
        _ptr.iovec = ptr;
        _size.len = size;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {}
    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, int events)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _attr.events = events;
    }

    explicit io_request(operation op, int fd, char *ptr)
        : _op(op)
        , _fd(fd)
    {
        _ptr.addr = ptr;
    }
public:
    bool is_read() const {
        switch (_op) {
        case operation::read:
        case operation::readv:
        case operation::recvmsg:
        case operation::recv:
            return true;
        default:
            return false;
        }
    }

    bool is_write() const {
        switch (_op) {
        case operation::write:
        case operation::writev:
        case operation::send:
        case operation::sendmsg:
            return true;
        default:
            return false;
        }
    }

    sstring opname() const;

    operation opcode() const {
        return _op;
    }

    int fd() const {
        return _fd;
    }

    uint64_t pos() const {
        return _attr.pos;
    }

    int flags() const {
        return _attr.flags;
    }

    int events() const {
        return _attr.events;
    }

    void* address() const {
        return reinterpret_cast<void*>(_ptr.addr);
    }

    iovec* iov() const {
        return _ptr.iovec;
    }

    ::sockaddr* posix_sockaddr() const {
        return _ptr.sockaddr;
    }

    ::msghdr* msghdr() const {
        return _ptr.msghdr;
    }

    size_t size() const {
        return _size.len;
    }

    size_t iov_len() const {
        return _size.len;
    }

    socklen_t socklen() const {
        return _size.socklen;
    }

    socklen_t* socklen_ptr() const {
        return _size.socklen_ptr;
    }

    bool nowait_works() const {
        return _nowait_works;
    }

    static io_request make_read(int fd, uint64_t pos, void* address, size_t size, bool nowait_works) {
        return io_request(operation::read, fd, pos, reinterpret_cast<char*>(address), size, nowait_works);
    }

    static io_request make_readv(int fd, uint64_t pos, std::vector<iovec>& iov, bool nowait_works) {
        return io_request(operation::readv, fd, pos, iov.data(), iov.size(), nowait_works);
    }

    static io_request make_recv(int fd, void* address, size_t size, int flags) {
        return io_request(operation::recv, fd, flags, reinterpret_cast<char*>(address), size);
    }

    static io_request make_recvmsg(int fd, ::msghdr* msg, int flags) {
        return io_request(operation::recvmsg, fd, flags, msg);
    }

    static io_request make_send(int fd, const void* address, size_t size, int flags) {
        return io_request(operation::send, fd, flags, const_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(address)), size);
    }

    static io_request make_sendmsg(int fd, ::msghdr* msg, int flags) {
        return io_request(operation::sendmsg, fd, flags, msg);
    }

    static io_request make_write(int fd, uint64_t pos, const void* address, size_t size, bool nowait_works) {
        return io_request(operation::write, fd, pos, const_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(address)), size, nowait_works);
    }

    static io_request make_writev(int fd, uint64_t pos, std::vector<iovec>& iov, bool nowait_works) {
        return io_request(operation::writev, fd, pos, iov.data(), iov.size(), nowait_works);
    }

    static io_request make_fdatasync(int fd) {
        return io_request(operation::fdatasync, fd);
    }

    static io_request make_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr* addr, socklen_t* addrlen, int flags) {
        return io_request(operation::accept, fd, flags, addr, addrlen);
    }

    static io_request make_connect(int fd, struct sockaddr* addr, socklen_t addrlen) {
        return io_request(operation::connect, fd, addr, addrlen);
    }

    static io_request make_poll_add(int fd, int events) {
        return io_request(operation::poll_add, fd, events);
    }

    static io_request make_poll_remove(int fd, void *addr) {
        return io_request(operation::poll_remove, fd, reinterpret_cast<char*>(addr));
    }
    static io_request make_cancel(int fd, void *addr) {
        return io_request(operation::cancel, fd, reinterpret_cast<char*>(addr));
    }

    struct part;
    std::vector<part> split(size_t max_length);

private:
    std::vector<part> split_buffer(size_t max_length);
    std::vector<part> split_iovec(size_t max_length);
};

struct io_request::part {
    io_request req;
    size_t size;
    std::vector<::iovec> iovecs;
};

// Helper pair of IO direction and length
struct io_direction_and_length {
    size_t _directed_length; // bit 0 is R/W flag

public:
    size_t length() const noexcept { return _directed_length >> 1; }
    int rw_idx() const noexcept { return _directed_length & 0x1; }
    static constexpr int read_idx = 1;
    static constexpr int write_idx = 0;

    io_direction_and_length(int idx, size_t val) noexcept
            : _directed_length((val << 1) | idx)
    {
        assert(idx == read_idx || idx == write_idx);
    }
};

}
}


Enrich Pro PSAP has a comfortable, discreet behind the ear design that can be used right out of the box. Enrich Pro is smaller than most PSAPs and almost invisible when worn. The Enrich Pro has 8 channels, 4 adjustable settings, and is pre-programmed for the majority of hearing gloss ranges. It has several hearing aid benefits: low-level noise suppression, dynamic feedback canceling, and nanotechnology.