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D.A. Eyes Possible Cover-Up Related to Crash Allegedly Caused by Intoxicated Firefighter
November 17, 2013 | Gregory J. Brod
While there are general themes and principles that run throughout injury law, ultimately each case is unique. Few cases illustrate this truth as well as the collision in June where a firefighter is accused of driving a ladder truck while intoxicated, hitting and seriously injuring a motorcycle rider, and then leaving the accident scene. It is a case that raises complicated legal issues and involves complex, disputed facts and seems to only get more complicated with time, making this emergency responder accident a fascinating case for our San Francisco DUI injury attorney to follow.
Firefighter Drives Ladder Truck After Drinking, Hits Motorcycle, Leaves the Scene
When Alex Bastain, the San Francisco district attorney's spokesperson, said that "[t]his is not your run-of-the-mill DUI investigation," he was understating the matter. According to The San Francisco Chronicle, Michael Quinn had been with the San Francisco Fire Department for 23 years prior to the events of June 29. On that night, he took the wheel of a department ladder truck en route to a call that turned out to be a false alarm. As he sped through a red light at the intersection of Fifth and Howard (a surveillance camera reportedly shows Quinn running the red, despite initial statements to the contrary by a higher-up), the truck hit a motorcycle, flinging the rider into a fire hydrant and leaving him seriously injured. Quinn did not wait for police, who arrived 40 minutes later. He was caught on camera drinking water at a pub near the collision, in what police suggest was an attempt to sober up, before he finally returned to the station several hours later. Despite the delay, when police finally caught up with Quinn he had a blood alcohol level of 0.13, in excess of the standard legal driving limit of 0.08 and a violation of the Fire Department's "zero tolerance" stance for drinking while on duty.
While Quinn was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and involvement in a hit-and-run, he has not yet been charged and the District Attorney's office says that the investigation is not yet complete. This week, the public learned the D.A. is also looking into whether Quinn's fellow firefighters tried to cover for their colleague. Individuals within the Fire Department have told reporters that at least 21 firefighters, paramedics, and other on-duty personnel have been interviewed by police. Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White also confirms that her office is considering taking disciplinary action against firefighters who were also on duty the night of the incident. Potential targets include a firefighter who denied being with Quinn at the pub when Quinn was drinking water post-collision, but who sources say can be seen on security camera footage.
Emergency Responder Accidents: Statistics and Liability
Accidents involving emergency responders happen with greater frequency than many would imagine. A Participant Guide intended for use with a safety program offered by the International Association of Fire Fighters cites a study from 1998 that, using data from a three year period, found that in an average year there are 2,472 fire apparatus collisions across the United States. These collisions result in 21 civilian deaths and injure 642 civilians in a typical year.
While the Chronicle report focuses on criminal and disciplinary actions, a case such as this is likely to lead to a civil injury suit as well. A personal injury suit stemming from a fire vehicle collision might involve a number of complex legal issues including employment law principles (i.e. when an employer is responsible for acts of an employee) and sovereign immunity questions (i.e. the ability to sue the government and/or government-related entities and special procedures relevant to such suits). Navigating these issues, and navigating the wide range of issues that can arise in what appears to be the simplest of personal injury claims, requires an experienced Northern California personal injury attorney. Attorney Greg Brod has the wide-ranging experience vital to serving as an effective plaintiff's lawyer, including an understanding of the many issues that can arise alongside an injury claim such as employment or sovereign immunity questions. Call if he can put this expertise to work for you.
D.A.'s Decision on Firefighters in Asiana Crash Puts Focus on Good Samaritan Law
San Francisco Injury Lawyer on Accidents Caused by Emergency Vehicles
(Photo by Chad Kainz)


← Sermon: Don't accept injustice!
Last week, we began to read the Book of Job, a poetic book written sometime between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, with a prose introduction and conclusion that might have come from a traditional folk tale. Last week, if you remember, God and ha-satan, the accuser or adversary, had a bet over the righteous man, Job. Would he still be a 'blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil' if he is made to suffer? Last week we saw that, as a result of the conversation between God and Satan, Job lost everything he had and everything he was. He lost his wealth. He lost his household. He lost his children. In response to these losses Job said: 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord,' and we're told that 'in all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing'. Then Job loses his health; he is inflicted with loathsome sores. His wife tells him to curse God and die, but Job replies, 'Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?' and it's written, 'in all this Job did not sin with his lips'.
Now the lectionary leaps into the middle of the book, chapter 23, but I think it's important to know how we get here. Job is sitting in the ashes, scraping himself with a potsherd, when his three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, approach. We're told that Job was so changed that from a distance they didn't recognise him, and that when they did they 'raised their voices and wept aloud; they tore their robes and threw dust in the air upon their heads'. They then 'sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great'. The phrase 'Job's comforters' is used for 'a person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort' but in the beginning, at least, Job's friends get things right. They minister to Job by their presence and their silence. It's a pity that they then open their mouths.
And finally Zophar tells Job that all his protestations of innocence just make his situation worse: 'For you say, "My conduct is pure, and I am clean in God's sight." But O that God would speak, and open his lips to you, and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For wisdom is many-sided. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.' (Job 11: 4-6).
In between each of their speeches Job proclaims his innocence; curses the day he was born; wishes that he could confront God, his accuser; but is aware that God 'is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both.' (Job 9:32-33) And yet still Job wishes he could justify himself before God: 'If he would take his rod away from me, and not let dread of him terrify me, then I would speak without fear of him, for I know I am not what I am thought to be.' (Job 9:34-35) The conversation repeats; each of Job's friends denouncing him for what he says, and Job insisting that he is innocent and that if only he could confront God, he would be justified. It's interesting that Job's complaints contain some beautiful words of faith in God that we often hear out of their complaining context: 'For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.' (Job 19:25-27) When we listen to "I know that my redeemer liveth" in Handel's Messiah, do we remember poor Job sitting in the ashes scraping away at his boils?
Job is in darkness, the light around him has become night, and yet God is absent.
We hear a lot about the patience of Job, one of the biblical scholars from the University of Nottingham mentioned it last week, but in today's reading Job does not seem particularly patient. We have come a long way from the Job who reproved his wife: 'You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?' Job is receiving the bad from God, and he is mightily aggrieved. Some of his journey from patient acceptance to bitter rebellion might be a result of his friends' attempts to comfort him. Job's comforters are an awful warning to us never to suggest to people in distress that 'these things are sent to try us' or that 'God has a plan'. If only they'd continued to do what they did in that first week and simply sat with Job in the ashes!
Job may no longer deserve to be described as 'patient,' but he certainly deserves to be described as 'faithful'. Job complains and accuses God of wrongdoing, but he does that because he believes in a God of justice. Job does not believe in a God who is indifferent to human suffering. If he did, there would be no reason for him to demand a confrontation with God in which, 'an upright person could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge'. Today's psalm, psalm 22, gives the same message: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest'. It is an act of faith, when things go wrong, to cry out to God and demand that God answer for our suffering. In the Gospels according to Matthew and Mark, we're told that Jesus quoted that opening verse of psalm 22 on the cross: 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' Faith in God does not mean simply accepting suffering and remaining silent under it.
To respond to suffering and loss with Job's first words: 'the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord' is often understood to be a response of faith, appropriate for Jews and Christians experiencing suffering. But one of the things that the Book of Job shows is that anger and complaint is just as faithful a response. In the coming weeks we will see how God answers Job when God finally makes an appearance and, surprisingly enough, it's not by saying, 'Sorry, Job, ha-satan and I were just testing you'. The Book of Job is much deeper and richer than that. For today I'll leave you with the same message I left you with last week. It is okay, faithful even, to respond to suffering with anger and complaint. God is a God of justice, so we know that injustice cannot be God's desire for us. When we experience injustice, it is right to rebel. Thanks be to God. Amen.
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Q: SQLite Delete Objects on Android I'm new to android and I'm working on a scheduling app.  I've been using SQLite to store data onto my device and it's been working, however, I do have a delete button that I'm trying to also use to get rid of the item found in the list view.
This is my DatabaseHandler.java code:
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;

private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "assignmentManager",
    TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS = "assignments",
    KEY_ID = "id",
    KEY_NAME = "name",
    KEY_TIME = "time",
    KEY_ASSIGNED = "assigned",
    KEY_DUE = "due";

public DatabaseHandler(Context context)
{
    super( context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION );
}

@Override
public void onCreate( SQLiteDatabase db )
{
    db.execSQL( "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS + "(" + KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT," + KEY_NAME + " TEXT," + KEY_TIME + " INTEGER," + KEY_ASSIGNED + " TEXT," + KEY_DUE + " TEXT )" );
}

@Override
public void onUpgrade( SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion )
{
    db.execSQL( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS );

    onCreate( db );
}

public void createAssignment( Assignment assignment )
{
    SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();

    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

    values.put( KEY_NAME, assignment.getName() );
    values.put( KEY_TIME, assignment.getTime() );
    values.put( KEY_ASSIGNED, assignment.getAssigned() );
    values.put( KEY_DUE, assignment.getDue() );

    db.insert( TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, null, values );
    db.close();
}

public Assignment getAssignment( int id )
{
    SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();

    Cursor cursor = db.query( TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, new String[] { KEY_ID, KEY_NAME, KEY_TIME, KEY_ASSIGNED, KEY_DUE }, KEY_ID + "=?", new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }, null, null, null, null );

    if ( cursor != null )
        cursor.moveToFirst();

    GregorianCalendar dateDue = new GregorianCalendar( Assignment.getYear( cursor.getString( 4 ) ), Assignment.getMonth(cursor.getString(4)), Assignment.getDay(cursor.getString(4)) );
    GregorianCalendar dateAssigned = new GregorianCalendar( Assignment.getYear( cursor.getString( 3 ) ), Assignment.getMonth( cursor.getString( 3 ) ), Assignment.getDay( cursor.getString( 3 ) ) );

    Assignment assignment = new Assignment( Integer.parseInt( cursor.getString( 0 ) ), cursor.getString( 1 ), dateDue, dateAssigned, Integer.parseInt( cursor.getString( 2 ) ) );
    db.close();
    cursor.close();
    return assignment;
}

public void deleteAssignment( Assignment assignment )
{
    SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
    db.delete( TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, KEY_ID + "=?", new String[] { String.valueOf( assignment.getId() ) } );
    db.close();
}

public int getAssignmentsCount()
{
    SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery( "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, null );
    int count = cursor.getCount();
    db.close();
    cursor.close();

    return count;
}

public int updateAssignment( Assignment assignment )
{
    SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();

    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

    values.put( KEY_NAME, assignment.getName() );
    values.put( KEY_TIME, assignment.getTime() );
    values.put( KEY_ASSIGNED, assignment.getAssigned() );
    values.put( KEY_DUE, assignment.getDue() );

    return db.update( TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, values, KEY_ID + "=?", new String[] { String.valueOf( assignment.getId() ) } );
}

public List<Assignment> getAllAssignments()
{
    List<Assignment> assignments = new ArrayList<Assignment>();

    SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery( "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_ASSIGNMENTS, null );

    if ( cursor.moveToFirst() )
    {
        do {
            {
                GregorianCalendar dateDue = new GregorianCalendar( Assignment.getYear( cursor.getString( 4 ) ), Assignment.getMonth(cursor.getString(4)), Assignment.getDay(cursor.getString(4)) );
                GregorianCalendar dateAssigned = new GregorianCalendar( Assignment.getYear( cursor.getString( 3 ) ), Assignment.getMonth( cursor.getString( 3 ) ), Assignment.getDay( cursor.getString( 3 ) ) );

                Assignment assignment = new Assignment( Integer.parseInt( cursor.getString( 0 ) ), cursor.getString( 1 ), dateDue, dateAssigned, Integer.parseInt( cursor.getString( 2 ) ) );
                assignments.add( assignment );
            }
        }
        while ( cursor.moveToNext() );
    }
    return assignments;
}

This is my TeacherActivity.java code:
List<Assignment> a = new ArrayList<Assignment>();
ListView aListView;
DatabaseHandler dbHandler;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_teachers);

    TextView teachers = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.teachers);
    TextView create = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.create);
    TextView assignments = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.assignments);
    final EditText assignmentname = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.assignmentname);
    final DatePicker due = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.due);
    final EditText time = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.time);
    TabHost tabHost = (TabHost) findViewById(R.id.tabs);
    final Button createassignment = (Button) findViewById(R.id.createassignment);
    aListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
    dbHandler = new DatabaseHandler( getApplicationContext() );

    tabHost.setup();
    TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("add");
    tabSpec.setContent(R.id.tabAdder);
    tabSpec.setIndicator("Add");
    tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);

    tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("assignments");
    tabSpec.setContent(R.id.tabAssignments);
    tabSpec.setIndicator("Assignments");
    tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);

    Typeface arvo = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/arvo.otf");
    Typeface bebas = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/bebas.otf");

    teachers.setTypeface(arvo);
    create.setTypeface(bebas);
    assignmentname.setTypeface(bebas);
    time.setTypeface(bebas);
    createassignment.setTypeface(bebas);
    assignments.setTypeface(bebas);

    createassignment.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            GregorianCalendar gd = new GregorianCalendar( due.getYear(), due.getMonth(), due.getDayOfMonth() );
            Assignment assignment = new Assignment( dbHandler.getAssignmentsCount(), String.valueOf( assignmentname.getText() ), gd, new GregorianCalendar(), Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(time.getText())) );
            dbHandler.createAssignment( assignment );
            a.add( assignment );
            populateList();

            assignmentname.setText("");
            time.setText("");

            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Assignment created!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    });

    assignmentname.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
            createassignment.setEnabled(!assignmentname.getText().toString().trim().isEmpty());
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

        }
    });

    teachers.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent i = new Intent(TeachersActivity.this, MainActivity.class);  // http://stackoverflow.com/a/13194141/2869358
            startActivity(i);  // http://stackoverflow.com/a/13194141/2869358
        }
    });

    List<Assignment> addableAssignments = dbHandler.getAllAssignments();
    int assignmentCount = dbHandler.getAssignmentsCount();

    for ( int i = 0; i < assignmentCount; i++ )
    {
        a.add( addableAssignments.get( i ) );
    }

    if ( !addableAssignments.isEmpty() )
    {
        populateList();
    }
}

private void populateList()
{
    ArrayAdapter<Assignment> adapter = new AssignmentListAdapter();
    aListView.setAdapter(adapter);
}

private void addAssignments( String name, GregorianCalendar dateDue, int time )
{
    a.add( new Assignment( 0, name, dateDue, new GregorianCalendar(), time ));
    Collections.sort(a);
}

private class AssignmentListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Assignment>
{

    Typeface arvo = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/arvo.otf");
    Typeface bebas = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/bebas.otf");

    public AssignmentListAdapter()
    {
        super ( TeachersActivity.this, R.layout.listview_assignments, a );
    }

    @Override
    public View getView( final int position, View view, ViewGroup parent )
    {
        if ( view == null )
        {
            view = getLayoutInflater().inflate( R.layout.listview_assignments, parent, false );
        }

        Assignment currentAssignment = a.get( position );

        dbHandler = new DatabaseHandler( getApplicationContext() );
        TextView name = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.name);
        TextView due = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.due);
        TextView time = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.time);
        TextView assigned = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.assigned);
        Button delete = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.delete);

        name.setTypeface(bebas);
        due.setTypeface(bebas);
        time.setTypeface(bebas);
        assigned.setTypeface(bebas);
        delete.setTypeface(arvo);

        name.setText(currentAssignment.getName());
        due.setText("Due: " + currentAssignment.getDue());
        time.setText("Estimated Time: " + currentAssignment.getTimeString());
        assigned.setText("Assigned: " + currentAssignment.getAssigned());

        delete.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                dbHandler.deleteAssignment( a.get( position ) );
                remove(a.get(position));
                notifyDataSetChanged();
            }
        });

        return view;
    }
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.teachers, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

The delete button can be found in the getView() method of the TeacherActivity.java class.
I don't know if I'm using the deleteAssignment() method correctly.
Please help!

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Hamptons locals are white hot that Lizzie Grubman allegedly shouted "white trash" at one of their own.
"She's white, too, but because she has money, that makes her feel better than them?" Gjinaj asked.
Grubman is accused of shouting, "F- – – you, white trash!" at a bouncer moments before mowing him and 15 others down outside the chic Conscience Point Inn, which is one of her clients.
The wealthy 30-year-old publicity powerhouse, who faces criminal charges, claims she accidentally hit the gas while her Mercedes SUV was in reverse.
The case has angered locals already annoyed with wealthy Manhattanites who bring their demanding ways to the beach.
Grubman "thinks she's above all the local people, has a higher social status. We have arrogance out here all the time, and it's always people with money," said Jean Beskau, 36, a Hampton Bays homemaker.
Contractor Jim Pallister, 39, said Grubman's alleged remark could come back to haunt her if she faces a local jury.
"If it goes to a jury trial, then this could hurt her," said Pallister, who lives in Hampton Bays.
New York defense lawyer Ron Kuby agreed, saying the "class warfare out there in the Hamptons" could mean a losing battle for Grubman at trial.
"The trouble with mowing down 'white trash' is that you have to see them on the jury. You won't see Sean Combs or Steven Spielberg on the jury," Kuby said, referring to two celebrities with Hamptons homes.
On his WABC Radio show yesterday, Kuby cracked that Grubman should face hate-crime charges for the alleged slur.


Bollywood singer Brijesh Shandilya is on cloud nine after his maiden Telugu number – the title track of Allu Arjun's latest release 'Sarrainodu' has topped the chartbusters. The reticent singer is thrilled about his debut in South. "I'm ecstatic that the racy number is topping the chartbusters and could not have had a better start than crooning for Allu Arjun. I bonded with him well at the music launch and he was very happy with the way the song has come out," says a visibly excited Brijesh, who was recently in Hyderabad for the film's promotion.
Recalling how he bagged the offer, Brijesh reveals, "I always wanted to debut in South with an energetic song. When the film's music composer SS Thaman gave me the opportunity, I jumped into joy. Later, he came to Mumbai and we recorded the number," reveals composer, who won several awards for his breakthrough number 'Banno' from 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'.
The UP-based singer admits to being nervous to start off. "Initially I had butterflies in my stomach because the language was new and was wondering how to go about. I should thank to the lyricist Ramjogayya Sastry and Thaman. Both of them explained me the situation of the song and meaning of the lyrics and made my job so much easier. In fact, I recorded the number in just 40 minutes and it was a great experience working with them. I'm looking forward to sing more in Telugu," exults Brijesh, who will soon sing for a Tamil and Kannada song.
Brijesh crooned for hit Bollywood numbers like Saddi Hobby Jhappiyan Paani ('What The Fish'), title song of 'Jai Ho', Main Nachan Nu ('Air Lift'), etc. Ask him how different is singing in South and he explains, "I learnt a lot working with people like Pradeep Sarkar, Aanand L Rai, Hansal Mehta and the experience has been worth it all. In fact, it was my work in Bollywood that got me an opportunity in South. But working in Telugu is a different experience and every composer is unique in his own way. Irrespective of the industries, as a singer, all I need to do understand is my composer's vision. I thoroughly enjoying singing my debut number and would love to croon for more songs in this part of the world," he signs off.


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Privates on parade: privacy in public (again) – Eoin O'Dell
March 12, 2011 / INFORRM / 0 Comments
In a now-infamous wardrobe malfunction in the course of the half-time entertainment for Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004), during a duet between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, Timberlake fleetingly exposed Jackson's right breast, which was adorned with a large nipple shield (the pair are pictured left immediately after the incident). In an exciting game, the New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 32-29, but Jackson got all of the post-game media exposure (sorry!). She insisted afterwards that Timberlake removed more clothing than he should have done and that it was not her intention that it go as far as it did; but, in the face of public outrage, the Federal Communications Commission condemned it as a stunt, and the matter has even – briefly – reached the US Supreme Court (pdf).
Other wardrobe malfunctions can be even more embarassing. In Sinnott v Carlow Nationalist (already discussed on this blog here, here, here, here, here, and here), the Circuit Court and the High Court held that the publication by the Carlow Nationalist newspaper of a photograph of Mr Sinnott involved in a football match in which his private parts were exposed constituted an invasion of his privacy. On the one hand, this is counter-intuitive, since this exposure occurred in a public place, and it may be argued that there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy in public, since the fact of being in public constitutes consent (express or implied) to disclosure of what happens in public. On the other hand, there is an equally strong intuition that, notwithstanding that it occured in public, the unintended and embarrassing display of an intimate matter does not amount to consensual disclosure.
The decision in Sinnott illustrates that in Irish law, no less that in England (Theakston v MGN [2002] EWHC 137 (QB) (14 February 2002); Campbell v MGN [2004] 2 AC 457, [2004] UKHL 22 (6 May 2004)) and under the European Convention on Human Rights (Peck v UK 44647/98, (2003) 36 EHRR 719, [2003] ECHR 44 (28 January 2003); von Hannover v Germany 59320/00, (2005) 40 EHRR 1, [2004] ECHR 294 (24 June 2004)), it is no longer an answer (if it ever was) simply to say that the disclosure concerned something which took place in public. In other words, the law is increasingly recognising and protecting some right of privacy in public places. In Kane v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [1988] IR 757, Finlay CJ accepted for the purposes of argument that a "right of privacy may exist in an individual, even when travelling in the public streets and roads". The law has now sufficiently evolved for any doubts Finlay CJ had on that score to be scotched.
In 'Privacy in Public Places' [2006] Cambridge Law Journal 606, Dr Nicole Moreham sought to give content to the right to privacy in public. In her view, the cases demonstrated four main factors to be considered when deciding whether a reasonable expectation of privacy exists in any particular case:
the plaintiff's location: in Peck, the applicant sought out such seclusion as was possible, but was picked up by cctv; the falsification of a belief that a plaitiff or an aspect of a plaintiff's person would be imperceptible to others explains why the use of devices to seek people out or to penetrate their clothes or other self-protection barriers, explains why cctv or the new US airport body scanners are so controversial, and certainly covers the situation in Sinnott;
the nature of the plaintiff's activity; see Peck again; in Theakston, it mattered that the activity was sexually intimate, even though also caught on cctv; matters might go the other way if the plaintiff were seeking attention seeking attention; in particular, Moreham argues that a plaintiffs should be presumed to have a reasonable expectation of privacy if they are involuntarily experiencing an intimate, humiliating or traumatic experience in public, and this would plainly cover Sinnott:
… people should therefore be presumed to have a reasonable expectation of privacy if they become physically exposed in a public place against their wishes (if, for example, Y's skirt is suddenly blown up, her clothes are removed by medical officers or she is involved in an accident) or if they have to go into public spaces in order attend a traumatic event (such as a funeral of a loved one or the identification of a body) or to undertake some intimate procedure …
the way in which the information or photograph was obtained, especially if it were obtained surreptitiously, as in Creation Records v News Group Newspapers [1997] EWHC Ch 370 (25 April 1997), though this is not always determinative, as in Cogley v Radio Telifís Eireann [2005] 4 IR 79, [2005] IEHC 180 (8 June 2005); and
the extent to which the disclosure specifically focused on the plaintff; in Aubry v Editions Vice-Versa Inc, a photographer was held to have breached a young woman's right privacy by publishing a photograph of her sitting on a step in front of a public building in Montreal becuase she was recognizable in the photograph.
This is a strong argument, but it is not unanswerable. So, for example, Heidi Reamer Anderson "The Mythical Right to Obscurity: A Pragmatic Defense of No Privacy in Public" (va SSRN) puts the contrary case. From the abstract:
… For decades, the answer has been: "There can be no privacy in that which is already public." However, given recent technological developments (e.g., cell phone cameras and YouTube), some scholars suggest that the law sometimes should restrict the exposure of truthful information shared in public. Like the police who claim to need privacy to do their job, these scholars claim that people need privacy in public in order to feel dignified and to feel comfortable developing new ideas. In their pragmatic balance, these privacy-related needs trump exposure-related benefits.
In this Article, I argue that these scholars have overstated privacy-related harms and understated exposure-related benefits. After documenting and correcting these errors, I show how the proper balance favors exposure over privacy in all but a few special cases. Ultimately, I conclude that the law should continue to protect the mass exposure of truthful yet embarrassing information via the "no privacy in public" rule. Otherwise, we risk sacrificing the many benefits of exposure – including those resulting from exposure of police misconduct – on the altar of a mythical right to obscurity.
This post was originally published on the Cearta.ie blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks
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Solutions for document management. The commercial software WhereDoc has been developed which allows tracking paper documents movement inside an office.
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According to KTVB.com, back in July 2012, Cissy and Ken Myers went camping at Silver Creek Falls in Oregon. They said they always took their two cats and dog camping with them. However during this trip one of their cats, Mazy May, went missing. The Myers conducted a search for a month, but with no luck in finding their cat.
Then after 16 long months of separation, the Myers family was reunited with their Mazy May, something they never thought would happen. About two weeks ago, Martha Duckworth, a Park Ranger at Silver Creek Falls discovered the missing cat. Duckworth commented it was amazing that Mazy May survived the entire winter and wasn't eaten by a bobcat or a bear, noting she must have lived off mice and bugs.
Duckworth, a cat lover herself, had just put her cat down the week before. So she was very happy to be able to reunite the Myers with Mazy May.


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Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia
Updated: 6:43 AM CDT Jul 3, 2022
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press
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A group of young off-duty Ukrainian soldiers gathered at a military distribution center to enjoy a rare respite from the fighting that has again engulfed their fractured home in eastern Ukraine.As they shared jokes and a pizza, artillery explosions could be heard a few kilometers away — a reminder of the looming battle that threatens to unfold here in the city of Slovyansk, which was occupied by Russian proxy fighters in 2014."Everyone knows that there will be a huge battle in Slovyansk," said one of the soldiers, who could not be named for security reasons.Now, eight years after their city was last occupied, the war has returned. Slovyansk could become the next major target in Russia's campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine's predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland, if Moscow captures Lysychansk — the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) to the east.Another soldier, a 23-year-old accountant who joined up when the invasion began, said Ukrainian forces simply do not have the weapons to fight off the superior arsenal of the approaching Russian army."We know what's coming" he said with a sad smile.These soldiers were still teenagers when pro-Russian separatists captured and held the town for three months. The brief occupation in 2014 terrorized Slovyansk, where dozens of officials and journalists were taken hostage, and several killings took place.Fierce fighting and shelling broke out when the Ukrainian army laid siege to the city to recapture it."Actually, the war never left Slovyansk. It didn't leave people's heads" said Tetiana Khimion, a 43-year-old dance choreographer who converted a fishing store into a hub for local military units."On the one hand, it is easier for us because we know what it's like. On the other hand, it is more difficult for us since we've been living like this for eight years in a suspended condition."Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties. With a large retired population, it is not uncommon to hear older residents express sympathy towards Russia or nostalgia for their Soviet past. There is also distrust of the Ukrainian army and government.After a recent shelling of his apartment block, one resident named Sergei said he believed that the strike was launched by Ukraine."I'm not pro-Russian, I'm not pro-Ukrainian. I am somewhere in between" he said. "Both Russians and Ukrainians kill civilians — everyone should understand that."Video: Volunteers help rebuild Ukrainian villagesOn Thursday, a group of elderly residents couldn't hide their frustration after a bomb blast slashed open their roofs and shattered their windows.Ukraine "says they are protecting us, but what kind of protection is this?" asked one man, who did not provide his name."They kneel to that Biden — may he die!" exclaimed his neighbor, Tatyana, referring to U.S. President Joe Biden.After 2014, Khimion said, it became easier to know "who is who" in Slovyansk. "Now you can easily see: These people are for Ukraine, and these people are for Russia."She said not enough was done after 2014 to punish people who collaborated with Russian proxies to prevent a repeat of the situation."That is why we cannot negotiate, we need to win. Otherwise it will be a never-ending process. It will keep repeating" she said.The mayor of Slovyansk, Vadim Lyakh, reflects the city's new trajectory. Taking his cues from Ukraine's wartime leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, the mayor has decorated his office with Ukrainian flags, anti-Russian symbols, portraits of national poets — even a biography of Winston Churchill.But before 2014, he was part of a political party that sought closer ties with Russia. Lyakh said that while pro-Moscow sentiment in the city has faded in past years — in part because of the horrors witnessed in 2014 — there are still "people who are waiting for the return of the Russian troops."As the front line creeps ever closer, attacks on the city intensify. Three-quarters of Slovyansk's pre-war population has fled, but the mayor said there are still too many people here, including many children. He encourages them to evacuate. He spends his days coordinating humanitarian aid and strengthening the city's defenses.More and more, he is among the first responders at the scene of bombardments. The Associated Press followed Lyakh and recently witnessed what authorities described as a cluster bomb attack on a residential area. One person was killed and several others wounded.The mayor says that shelling now occurs at least four or five times a day, and the use of cluster munitions has increased in the last week. Although he remains optimistic that Ukrainian forces can keep the enemy at bay, he is also clear-sighted about his options."Nobody wants to be captured. When there is an imminent danger of the enemy troops entering the city, I will have to go" he said.Lyakh said he cannot allow himself to relax, even for a few minutes."It is emotionally difficult. You see how people are dying and being harmed. But nevertheless, I understand that this is my job and that nobody but myself and the people around me can do" it.One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment block that had been shelled overnight. Most of the windows in the building were blown out, doors were broken wide open and a power line severed.The same building was bombed in 2014, when the shell left a gaping hole on the sixth floor, and many residents suffered broken bones.Andrey, a 37-year-old factory worker who has lived in the building for 20 years, recalls the bombing and occupation. He said separatist forces "did and took what they liked."People in his circle have different opinions about Russia."Those who have suffered understand what this 'Russia world' means: It means broken houses, stolen cars and violence" he explains. "There are those who miss the Soviet Union, who think we are all one people, and they do not accept what they see with their own eyes."In the eight years since the separatists retreated, he said, life has markedly improved in Slovyansk.The statue of Vladimir Lenin that once stood in the central square has been removed. Water and power supplies were renovated. New parks, squares and medical facilities were built."Civilization was returned to us" Andrey said.At the military distribution hub, the young soldiers talk wistfully about their lives before the invasion."I had a great car, a good job. I was able to travel abroad three times a year," said the former accountant, who plans to stay in Slovyansk with the others to defend the city. "How can we let someone just come and take our lives away from us?"Khimion's husband is on the front lines, and she put her teenage daughter on a train to Switzerland as soon as the invasion began."I have been deprived of everything — a home, husband, child — what should I do now?" she asks. "We are doing everything we can to stop (the offensive), to keep it to a minimum ... But to be afraid is to abandon this place."At the entrance to the city, a monument bearing Slovyansk's name is riddled with bullet holes from 2014. It has been painted over several times. It now bears the national colors of Ukraine, and a local artist has painted red flowers around each perforation.Residents of Slovyansk wonder — some with hope, many in fear — if the sign will soon be painted yet again, in the red, white and blue of the Russia flag.___Valerii Rezik contributed to this story.
A group of young off-duty Ukrainian soldiers gathered at a military distribution center to enjoy a rare respite from the fighting that has again engulfed their fractured home in eastern Ukraine.
As they shared jokes and a pizza, artillery explosions could be heard a few kilometers away — a reminder of the looming battle that threatens to unfold here in the city of Slovyansk, which was occupied by Russian proxy fighters in 2014.
"Everyone knows that there will be a huge battle in Slovyansk," said one of the soldiers, who could not be named for security reasons.
Now, eight years after their city was last occupied, the war has returned. Slovyansk could become the next major target in Russia's campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine's predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland, if Moscow captures Lysychansk — the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) to the east.
Another soldier, a 23-year-old accountant who joined up when the invasion began, said Ukrainian forces simply do not have the weapons to fight off the superior arsenal of the approaching Russian army.
"We know what's coming" he said with a sad smile.
US to boost military presence in Europe for Russia threat
These soldiers were still teenagers when pro-Russian separatists captured and held the town for three months. The brief occupation in 2014 terrorized Slovyansk, where dozens of officials and journalists were taken hostage, and several killings took place.
Fierce fighting and shelling broke out when the Ukrainian army laid siege to the city to recapture it.
"Actually, the war never left Slovyansk. It didn't leave people's heads" said Tetiana Khimion, a 43-year-old dance choreographer who converted a fishing store into a hub for local military units.
"On the one hand, it is easier for us because we know what it's like. On the other hand, it is more difficult for us since we've been living like this for eight years in a suspended condition."
Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties. With a large retired population, it is not uncommon to hear older residents express sympathy towards Russia or nostalgia for their Soviet past. There is also distrust of the Ukrainian army and government.
After a recent shelling of his apartment block, one resident named Sergei said he believed that the strike was launched by Ukraine.
"I'm not pro-Russian, I'm not pro-Ukrainian. I am somewhere in between" he said. "Both Russians and Ukrainians kill civilians — everyone should understand that."
Video: Volunteers help rebuild Ukrainian villages
On Thursday, a group of elderly residents couldn't hide their frustration after a bomb blast slashed open their roofs and shattered their windows.
Ukraine "says they are protecting us, but what kind of protection is this?" asked one man, who did not provide his name.
"They kneel to that Biden — may he die!" exclaimed his neighbor, Tatyana, referring to U.S. President Joe Biden.
After 2014, Khimion said, it became easier to know "who is who" in Slovyansk. "Now you can easily see: These people are for Ukraine, and these people are for Russia."
She said not enough was done after 2014 to punish people who collaborated with Russian proxies to prevent a repeat of the situation.
"That is why we cannot negotiate, we need to win. Otherwise it will be a never-ending process. It will keep repeating" she said.
The mayor of Slovyansk, Vadim Lyakh, reflects the city's new trajectory. Taking his cues from Ukraine's wartime leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, the mayor has decorated his office with Ukrainian flags, anti-Russian symbols, portraits of national poets — even a biography of Winston Churchill.
But before 2014, he was part of a political party that sought closer ties with Russia. Lyakh said that while pro-Moscow sentiment in the city has faded in past years — in part because of the horrors witnessed in 2014 — there are still "people who are waiting for the return of the Russian troops."
West pushes Russia into its first foreign debt default since 1918
As the front line creeps ever closer, attacks on the city intensify. Three-quarters of Slovyansk's pre-war population has fled, but the mayor said there are still too many people here, including many children. He encourages them to evacuate. He spends his days coordinating humanitarian aid and strengthening the city's defenses.
More and more, he is among the first responders at the scene of bombardments. The Associated Press followed Lyakh and recently witnessed what authorities described as a cluster bomb attack on a residential area. One person was killed and several others wounded.
The mayor says that shelling now occurs at least four or five times a day, and the use of cluster munitions has increased in the last week. Although he remains optimistic that Ukrainian forces can keep the enemy at bay, he is also clear-sighted about his options.
"Nobody wants to be captured. When there is an imminent danger of the enemy troops entering the city, I will have to go" he said.
Lyakh said he cannot allow himself to relax, even for a few minutes.
"It is emotionally difficult. You see how people are dying and being harmed. But nevertheless, I understand that this is my job and that nobody but myself and the people around me can do" it.
One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment block that had been shelled overnight. Most of the windows in the building were blown out, doors were broken wide open and a power line severed.
The same building was bombed in 2014, when the shell left a gaping hole on the sixth floor, and many residents suffered broken bones.
Andrey, a 37-year-old factory worker who has lived in the building for 20 years, recalls the bombing and occupation. He said separatist forces "did and took what they liked."
People in his circle have different opinions about Russia.
"Those who have suffered understand what this 'Russia world' means: It means broken houses, stolen cars and violence" he explains. "There are those who miss the Soviet Union, who think we are all one people, and they do not accept what they see with their own eyes."
Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east
In the eight years since the separatists retreated, he said, life has markedly improved in Slovyansk.
The statue of Vladimir Lenin that once stood in the central square has been removed. Water and power supplies were renovated. New parks, squares and medical facilities were built.
"Civilization was returned to us" Andrey said.
At the military distribution hub, the young soldiers talk wistfully about their lives before the invasion.
"I had a great car, a good job. I was able to travel abroad three times a year," said the former accountant, who plans to stay in Slovyansk with the others to defend the city. "How can we let someone just come and take our lives away from us?"
Khimion's husband is on the front lines, and she put her teenage daughter on a train to Switzerland as soon as the invasion began.
"I have been deprived of everything — a home, husband, child — what should I do now?" she asks. "We are doing everything we can to stop (the offensive), to keep it to a minimum ... But to be afraid is to abandon this place."
At the entrance to the city, a monument bearing Slovyansk's name is riddled with bullet holes from 2014. It has been painted over several times. It now bears the national colors of Ukraine, and a local artist has painted red flowers around each perforation.
Residents of Slovyansk wonder — some with hope, many in fear — if the sign will soon be painted yet again, in the red, white and blue of the Russia flag.
Valerii Rezik contributed to this story.


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Citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella, is a small moth pest of citrus. Damage is caused by the larvae as they mine immature foliage. Twisted and curled leaves are generally the first symptoms noticed. Severe infestations—an average of two or more mines per leaf—can retard the growth and yield of nursery and newly planted trees, but their effect on mature trees is less serious. Such... Apply horticultural pest oil in winter to control citrus bugs in their juvenile stage. LILLYPILLY PSYLLID When this pest insect feeds on the plant's leaf tissue, the plant defends itself by forming galls (lumps) around the feeding damage.
Citrus leaf miner tunnel through the tissue of new leaves, distorting them. Spray new growth regularly with a horticultural spray oil to deter egg-laying. Spray new growth regularly with a horticultural spray oil to deter egg-laying.... Citrus leafminer's distinctive damage to citrus leaves. Citrus leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella) is a very common pest on citrus plants. The adult is a small moth (wingspan approximately 5mm) which lays eggs on flushes of new growth.
Citrus leaf miner is a species of moth, the larvae of which feed on young citrus tree leaves by creating shallow tunnels that serpentine through each leaf and sometimes the surface of the fruit.
Citrus leaf miner (Phyllocnistis citrella) is the larvae of an introduced moth. The female moth lays her eggs and the larvae quickly burrow between the upper and lower leaf surface of young foliage. The foliage becomes twisted and puckered as the larvae mines and eats its way through the leaf. Heavy infestations disfigure trees and can retard growth, particularly on young trees.


While on assignment in Syracuse last week, I did what I always do: drive around to see the old neighborhood and my favorite places in and around town. I was born and raised in Syracuse but left after college, which I guess makes me partly responsible for the city's population decline over the past few decades.
Syracuse, like many northern cities, is a place of ethnic neighborhoods. The lines are much more blurred than they once were, but when you drive down a street and see a building with a sign like "Klub Polski" hanging out in front, you know you're not in the Italian section (as my grandmother used to say). According to my grandmother, who was born in 1887 and lived all of her 89 years there, the different ethnic groups pretty much got along but kept to their own kind, where they lived, worked and shopped.
Though she was of Dutch descent, the house my grandmother grew up in is located in Tipperary Hill, a neighborhood settled by the Irish, many from County Tipperary. They had originally come to build the Erie Canal in the early 1800s.
It is said that the fact that the red (British) was above the green (Irish) angered the locals enough that they felt compelled to throw rocks at the light, putting it out of commission. The city replaced the signal and again it was broken. This cycle of destruction and replacement went on for a while until the city realized that if there was going to be a light at this particular intersection, it was going to have to be one with the green on the top and the red on the bottom.
Today the light remains as it was, with the green on top. In 1997, the city demolished an old building at the intersection and created Tipperary Hill Memorial Park, where a statue was erected commemorating the ones who defied City Hall and won. The statue features an Irish family looking up at the light. The boy has a slingshot in his back pocket, just in case.


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Brad Keselowski Appearance, Pre-Race Pit Passes & Frontstretch Grandstand Seats Highlight Pit Stop Club Hospitality
Brad Keselowski, Driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, Will Participate in a Question & Answer Session in the Pit Stop Club.
If you're looking to entertain a small group of employees, clients or friends, one of the most enjoyable and easiest ways to enjoy the Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday, April 30th, is in the Pit Stop Club hospitality. Ideal for your group of eight, the Pit Stop Club includes:
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- Eight souvenir programs
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- Admission to the climate-controlled Pit Stop Club hospitality building, which includes a full dinner buffet
Just announced! Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, will participate in a question-and-answer session in the Pit Stop Club hospitality building Saturday afternoon. Additional NASCAR personalities will be announced at a later date.
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If you haven't purchased your tickets for the Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, April 30th, now is the time. Tickets start at $45 and can be purchased by clicking here or by calling 866-455-RACE (7223). Don't miss the return of hometown favorite Denny Hamlin, defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and all of your favorite stars of the Sprint Cup Series.
The weekend also includes the Friday, April 29th BUBBA burger 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race "under the lights." Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne, Virginia native Elliott Sadler and the full-time Nationwide Series drivers will mix it up with Sprint Cup drivers running double-duty. Tickets start at $30 in advance, and children 12 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult in general admission. The weekend begins Thursday, April 28th, featuring the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 100 race. All tickets are general admission and $10. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult. For tickets and information, click here or call 866-455-RACE (7223).
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Move advances plan for long-awaited institution
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Heather Cochran and Bill Kramer have been named managing directors of the Academy Museum of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, following a six-month flurry of museum-related momentum that's building toward what could be the Acad's biggest consumer-facing venture besides the Oscars.
Cochran, who's been coordinating museum efforts since joining the Academy in 2004, will help manage and execute the overall vision as managing director, Academy museum project; Kramer will oversee capital campaign and future fund-raising efforts as managing director, development. Both report directly to Dawn Hudson.
"With Heather and Bill in place, the Academy is poised to move the museum to the next phase and beyond," said Hudson in the Wednesday announcement. "Each brings a wealth of experience that will be critical as the museum project continues to gather momentum."
Although Cochran conceded that the ambitious project is a bit of a moving target, the museum is slated to open in 2016. "We have a project schedule, but some of it will depend on how soon we reach certain milestones," she told Variety on Wednesday afternoon.
In October, AMPAS unveiled a partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to lease the former May Co. building in the Miracle Mile District for the movie museum. Then in December, the org appointed Walt Disney Co. prexy-CEO Bob Iger as fund-raising chairman and Annette Bening and Tom Hanks as co-chairs, demonstrating that the plan was moving forward even amid the crush of awards season.
Although no official fund-raising events have been scheduled yet, sources tell Variety that coin is already coming in. It's been rumored that Iger will have a target of well over $100 million, a formidable sum even in sunnier economic times; the Academy has also committed a $50 million endowment, Acad prexy Tom Sherak said.
There was some speculation that the Academy would tap into LACMA's fund-raising savvy through their partnership, but Kramer says AMPAS is leading the capital-raising charge. "We have a great relationship with LACMA, but this is sitting entirely on the Academy's plate," Kramer said.
Kramer added that for about the next six months, the Academy will be in what he characterizes as the "silent phase" of the fund-raising campaign, during which the museum will work with supporters, governors and members to raise about 60% of the required funds. "After that we'll be much more vocal about the fund-raising. We'll create a series of events for the public," he said.
Last month AMPAS purchased a pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," its first major acquisition for the museum. Leonardo DiCaprio led a group of "angel donors" whose gifts to the Academy Foundation enabled the purchase.
Cochran said the ruby slippers were just one of the many "three-dimensional acquisitions" the Academy is looking to make for the museum. During her tenure Cochran has also worked closely with the Margaret Herrick Library, where the vast majority of the Academy's paper collection resides. She said the library's staff will help determine what fits into the museum plan because they have the detailed knowledge about the existing collection.
AMPAS has been planning the museum for decades and even got as far as purchasing 3 1/2 acres in Hollywood in 2005 and consulting an architect. However, planners abandoned that idea after the economy soured, making it impossible to raise the funds needed to build a whole new facility. The buildings on the Pickford Center-adjacent land have been razed. AMPAS has plans to create a 17,000-square-foot amphitheater there as a venue for classic movies.
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Montana supports some of the last best intact landscapes on the North American continent. The Northern Rockies and Rocky Mountain Front comprise one of the last great places where grizzly bears still roam onto the plains and where -- except for bison -- the entire diversity of mammals that Lewis and Clark encountered is still present. Three major streams – the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin – flow from Montana's mountains to form the headwaters of the mighty Missouri, the big river of America's northern Great Plains. From the grayling and cutthroat trout in their upper tributaries, to the paddlefish and sturgeon in the warmer waters of the Missouri where it flows through the prairie, this great river system provides habitat for an incredible diversity of fish and invertebrates, as well as riparian birds and bats.
Much of eastern Montana, as well as the high valleys of the southwest, support extensive sagebrush and short-grass prairie ecosystems in which large numbers of greater sage grouse and black-tailed prairie dogs – species in serious trouble elsewhere – still thrive in large numbers. In northeastern Montana, a rich mixed-grass prairie ecosystem sustains one of the last great strongholds for native grassland birds in North America, with healthy populations of species such as McCowan's longspur, Sprague's pipit, and mountains plovers.
A variety of conservation partners have worked closely with private landowners to help safeguard Montana's special landscapes for both people and wildlife. For example, along the Rocky Mountain Front, a combination of federal wilderness, national park, state wildlife areas, and conservation easements are helping to ensure that this magnificent and diverse landscape remains intact. In northeastern Montana, The Nature Conservancy operates the 60,000-acre Matador Ranch as a working conservation model, which also serves as a grass bank to help neighboring ranchers maintain healthy, diverse grasslands on their properties.
Many challenges remain, foremost among them the continued subdivision of rangeland habitats for residential development, as ranchers face the modern economic challenges of continuing their traditional way of life. Invasive weeds also pose huge problems, in sagebrush and grassland ecosystems as well as riparian habitats, where dams have also reduced flooding that once brought nutrient-rich renewal.
These and other threats loom large on a landscape as enormous as Montana's, but through the continued efforts of citizens, assisted by conservation groups and state and federal agencies, strong progress is being made. For example, in the high, remote Centennial Valley of southwest Montana – headwaters of the Jefferson River – local ranchers, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined forces to create a massive weed management effort as well as put in place conservation easements that protect 43,000 acres of private lands. Similar cooperative projects are being undertaken all across the state, spurred by a passion for the land and its amazing diversity.
Courtesy of Montana Natural Heritage Program. MNHT maintains extensive information about Montana's species, landscapes and conservation areas, online field guides, and the Montana Natural Heritage Tracker.


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Q: Fixing Compiz windows bleeding effect after snapping windows I have a slight problem with windows bleeding and not showing up right on Ubuntu 14.10.
When I snap a window to be fullscreen, i.e. Google Chrome, there is a bleeding effect that happens and moves the windows slightly so I can't see the window buttons and see a bit of the scroll bar.
Is there anyway to fix this issue?
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Does the box appear at certain times, or after doing something in particular? I.e. is there a pattern?
Are you refreshing your page when the box appears? As doing that should connect you again.
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Q: Erro com expressão regular no PHP Alguém saberia me dizer por que razão essa expressão regular da erro no PHP?
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Ela está sendo usada desta forma:
return '/' . preg_replace('/:[^\/\\]*/', '([^\/]*)', $value) . '/';

Estou tentando "quebrar" uma contra barra com outra porém o PHP se comporta como se estivesse quebrando o caractere "]" e me retorna o erro: "Compilation failed: missing terminating ] for character class".
Há outra forma de eu especificar uma contra barra literal em uma espressão regular do PHP?

A: Utilize a expressão regular desta forma:
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A: O que você quer fazer? Parece que quer dar parse em url. Se for, use o parse_url
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php
Caso nao seja, use o explode("/", $value)
Se for pra escapar, use o funções url
http://us1.php.net/manual/en/book.url.php
O uso de expressão regular no php pode ser substituído por vários outros métodos de melhor compreensão e funcionamento
Adicione exemplos do $value, e qual deveria ser a saida


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Rattus lugens är en däggdjursart som först beskrevs av Miller 1903.  Rattus lugens ingår i släktet råttor, och familjen råttdjur. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som starkt hotad. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Denna råtta förekommer på Mentawaiöarna som ligger väster om Sumatra. Arten iakttogs senast för mer än 100 år sedan. Det är inte känt om Rattus lugens fortfarande existerar. Habitatet utgörs av tropiska städsegröna skogar.

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This is the Personal Space of Researcher winnoch2 - Biding my time... Unfortunately winnoch2 - Biding my time.. doesn't seem to have found the time to write anything by way of an introduction yet, but hopefully that will soon change. By the way, if you've become a member but haven't yet written an Introduction to your Personal Space, then this is what your Space looks like to visitors (and, in the same way that you can't leave a message here for this Researcher, others won't be able to leave messages for you on your Space). You can change this by clicking on the 'My Space' button, going to your Space, clicking on the 'Edit Page' button, and entering your own Introduction - it's highly recommended!
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Mark Olson is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right. Olson formed The Jayhawks in 1985 with singer/guitarist Gary Louris and was originally the principal singer/songwriter in the group. Along with Marc Perlman (bass) and Thad Spencer (drums), they released their eponymous debut album in 1986 through independent label Bunkhouse Records.
Olson formed The Jayhawks in 1985 with singer/guitarist Gary Louris and was originally the principal singer/songwriter in the group. Along with Marc Perlman (bass) and Thad Spencer (drums), they released their eponymous debut album in 1986 through independent label Bunkhouse Records. The band were signed by Minneapolis label Twin Tone in 1987 and released their sophomore effort Blue Earth, which saw Louris sharing more songwriting and singing duties with Olson. It was this album that led the band to be signed by major label Def American - A&R representative and producer George Drakoulias is said to have heard Blue Earth playing in the background while on a phone call to Twin Tone in 1991 and signed the band later that year.
Their first album for Def American was the Drakoulias-produced Hollywood Town Hall in 1992. After a successful single, Waiting For The Sun, and extensive touring the band went back in the studio and released the follow-up, Tomorrow The Green Grass in 1995, which yielded the radio hit Blue. The same year Olson quit The Jayhawks to look after wife Victoria Williams after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the band continued without him, releasing three more albums before calling it a day in 2006.
For his post-Jayhawks career, Olson decided to return to his folk and country roots and with the help of his wife Victoria Williams and multi-instrumentalist Mike "Razz" Russell, self-released the well-received album The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers in 1997. The trio teamed up again for the 1998 album Pacific Coast Rambler and 1999's Zola And The Tulip Tree.
By 2000 Olson was confident enough to give an album his own name, releasing the autobiographical My Own Jo Ellen under Mark Olson And The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers. Two more albums recorded with The Creekdippers followed, December's Child in 2002 (which saw him reunited with former bandmate Gary Louris for the first time in seven years on the track Say You'll Be Mine) and Mystic Theatre (which also featured Victoria Williams) in 2004. The same year saw the release of another Creekdippers album, Political Manifest.
After splitting from wife Williams in 2005, Olson paired up once again with Louris for two short tours in the winter of 2005 and the spring of 2006. He released his acclaimed solo album, The Salvation Blues, in June 2007. An album with Louris is also expected later this year.


To date, research on foreign migrants in Japan has tended to concentrated on dyadic relationships between immigrant groups and Japanese society. My analysis inserts a missing element to these relationships—the field researcher—thereby enabling an analysis of the triadic relationship between Japanese, immigrants, and the researcher. Examining the researcher's positionality provides us contrasting cases that we can use to a perform more nuanced analyses, adding a third dimension to a two-dimensional model. The contributions that that I have made would have been impossible if I had not put myself at the center of this analysis.
For my next major project, I will interview second-generation Peruvian high-school students in Japan regarding their ethnic identity, social networks, and future aspirations.


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What's In An Ally? On Giving Focus in Social Justice
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Stephanie Henning
In the weeks and months since Michael Brown's tragic death at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson, I have succumbed to a numbness. A numbness brought on by feelings of powerlessness, helplessness, anger, and sadness—heightened by the crushing weight of just how wrong it all is. Wrong that Michael Brown was killed, and Eric Gardner, and Tamir Rice, and John Crawford, and so many others. Wrong that I can count on the police to help me when I need it, but too many others can't.
I consider myself a white ally to the #blacklivesmatter campaign, but recently I've been asking myself: "what does it actually mean to be an ally?"
In more formal contexts, allies are bound by treaties or contracts and bring mutual benefit to the partnership. As a social justice ally, I often struggle to understand what benefit I can bring or what impact I can have. There is no one person or organization to which I can turn for direction, no single document I can sign committing my support and resources to the movement. But maybe I have been thinking about this all wrong. Maybe what social justice needs is not simply allies, but responsible alliances.
In a piece for her blog FreeQuency, activist and poet Mwende Katwiwa asks white allies to think more critically about their role:
"I understand wanting to show up and support, but white people need to understand that this symbolic act of raising your hands in a position of surrender is meant to illustrate how black people are violently targeted by police because of their race. If you don't experience that, you should not mimic the gesture in an attempt at 'solidarity'. It is centering yourself in a narrative that you cannot tell because of the protection your white privilege gives you."
Katwiwa's critique does not preclude white allies from participating in protests but rather suggests that when it comes to showing support and solidarity, what you do is secondary to how you do it.
To borrow a concept from the theatre world, as allies we have a responsibility to give focus to the principal players. When you're on stage, everything from the lighting to the set and the staging conspire to produce a single effect: focus. Directors have numerous tools to make sure the audience is focused where they want, when they want, on whom they want. Actors, however, have a responsibility not only to respect this focus, but to actively give focus to the characters at the center of the narrative. Everything you do on stage, you do while simultaneously giving focus elsewhere. If you move too much, set down a prop to loudly, or disengage from the performance, the audience will notice, and they will no longer be looking where they are supposed to look. They will be looking at you.
In social justice movements, there are no directors to decide where the focus belongs. The omnipresence of social media and the plurality of news outlets mean any individual can take focus if they want. As allies, our responsibility, however we choose to show our support, is to do so while still giving focus to the community with whom we are allied. When you share videos on Facebook, is it always Jon Stewart and never Melissa Harris-Perry? Who authored the articles you share? How do you participate in a protest to avoid becoming the story?
When new research shows fewer than 1 in 5 white Americans believe race was a major factor in the non-indictments of the police officers who killed Michael Brown and Eric Gardner, those of us who consider ourselves white allies have a responsibility to act. As members of the politically, socially, economically, and numerically dominant group, we, as white people, are privileged, and with that privilege comes power. Just like the chorus line, we, as white people, have power to distract and take focus, or we can fulfill our role and use our power to give it away.
All Wagner students interested in large-scale discussion about how to improve the presence and treatment of diversity at our school can join the Wagner Diversity Council. Contact Simone Andrews for more information.
Stephanie is a first year MPA-PNP student. She brought her linguistics background to Wagner to work on language policy and indigenous rights. Tweet her at @wingedrecliner. She probably won't tweet back.
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IRIB launches Full HD 'Tamasha' drama channel
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has launched another Full High-Definition (HD) network that airs Iranian and foreign TV series.
The new over-the-air digital channel, called Tamasha, kicked off with a limited broadcast in Tehran on Friday. The network will soon start its 24-hour screening all over Iran.
A digital-to-analogue converter (set-top) box is required to watch the channel on analogue television sets inside Iran.
The channel can soon be received on Badr satellite, frequency: 11881 MHz, horizontal position, symbol rate: 27500, FEC ¾. A Full HD receiver is needed to receive the channel.
IRIB inaugurated its 24/7 Arabic- and Farsi-language iFilm network on September 9, 2010. The channel airs Iranian-made movies and TV dramas for viewers inside Iran and across the Arab World.
The iFilm international channel broadcasts on Hot Bird 8, frequency: 12015 MHz, horizontal polarization, symbol rate: 27500, FEC ¾; and Badr 4 (Arabsat), frequency: 12092 MHz, vertical polarization, symbol rate: 27500, FEC ¾.
It can also be received on Atlantic Bird 4A (Nilesat), frequency: 10727 MHz, horizontal position, symbol rate: 27500, FEC ¾; and Express AM22, frequency: 12582 MHz, vertical position, symbol rate: 24000, FEC 2/3.
IRIB launched its second 24/7 movie network, named Namayesh, on January 24 this year.
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More companies are looking to enhance their benefit offering this year, despite cost constraints, according to new research.
Gallagher found eight out of 10 employers who are planning changes to their benefit package, are looking to enhance their benefits package This is an increase on the 70 per cent looking to upgrade services last year.
Of those planning changes only 5.2 per cent are looking to remove benefits, which the consultant says shows the value of a clear benefits strategy, particularly when it comes to recruitment and retention in a difficult employment market.
The research also showed that 23.5 per cent of firms are going to change their benefit delivery method, with the same percentage looking to switch their benefit provider.
The research, part of Gallagher's fifth benefit strategy and benchmarking survey report, looked at the challenges facing businesses when it comes to delivering a successful benefit strategy. The research found the biggest challenge cited by businesses was to ensure their benefit offering appealed to a diverse workforce that will have very different needs and preferences.
Other major concerns included increasing the cost of benefits within a tight budget, and challenges around communication of benefit packages.
Last year costs and budget were seen as the biggest challenge, so this is the first time the issues around diversity have now superseded this to become the number one concern.
The research revealed that the majority of employers haven't implemented policies needed to support women in the workplace experiencing the menopause – with only one in five firms with formal policies in place. Where support for women during menopause exists, the type of help being offered ranges from flexible working policies (61.5 per cent), employee forums/support groups (53.8 per cent) and training for managers (42.3 per cent).
Gallagher's data shows 73 per cent of organisations are looking to improve internal communication – but as many as two thirds (68.6 per cent) do not have a pre-defined benefits communication budget. Among those surveyed who had a communication budget, most allocated less than £10,000 per year. The use of a discount portal is one of the top (33.9 per cent) methods used to communicate, followed by 17 per cent using mental health/wellbeing apps.
Steve Threader, managing director, reward and benefit consulting at Gallagher's Benefits and HR Consulting Division in the UK says: "The connection between employee wellbeing and organisational wellbeing has become more significant. It's encouraging to see that the desire to create flexibility is trending across the country, with 47.8 per cent of employers wanting to improve it, in order to extend individual choice and to better support those who need it the most."
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