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Photo Credit: CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures - Characters are shown in a scene from the animated movie "Smallfoot." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG — parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
Movie review: 'Smallfoot'
Turning the legend of Bigfoot on its head with plenty of laughs along the way comes the animated musical comedy "Smallfoot" (Warner Bros.).
While definitely entertaining on the surface, the film — co-written by Karey Kirkpatrick and Clare Sera, and directed by Kirkpatrick ("Over the Hedge") — involves underlying themes that Catholic parents will want to address with their children.
The movie opens in a village high in the mountains where a contented group of yetis live. They're a happy community, satisfied with the simple tasks of their day-to-day lives.
Led by Stonekeeper (voice of Common), they have a strict code of conduct: They must live according to the stones, which have come via inspiration to generations of Stonekeepers' predecessors. As far as the yetis are concerned, the stones are the truth, and questioning them is not allowed.
Migo (voice of Channing Tatum) dreams of succeeding his father, Dorgle (voice of Danny DeVito), as the village's gong-ringer, a very important post since the daily sounding of the gong serves as a communal reveille.
Frustrated that his training isn't going as well as he'd hoped, Migo takes a walk on the mountain to ease his disappointment. While there, he witnesses a plane crash and beholds something he didn't believe existed: a smallfoot, that is, a human.
Rushing back to the village, Migo tells his story, but when the yetis investigate, the plane and survivor are gone. Migo's revelation has everyone worried because the stones tell them there is no such thing as a smallfoot. But Migo knows what he saw, and for his insistence that the stones are wrong, Stonekeeper banishes him from the village.
Wandering the mountain, he comes upon Meechee (voice of Zendaya), Stonekeeper's daughter, who secretly heads a group of village oddballs calling themselves the SES, for Smallfoot Evidentiary Society. Meechee believes with all her heart that humans exist and has been collecting evidence, including a tiny "scroll of invisible wisdom" (which is actually just a roll of toilet paper).
Migo decides to risk it all and go below the clouds to look for proof.
In the human world below, Percy (voice of James Corden) has been struggling to make the nature-themed television show he hosts a success. The ratings have dropped recently, and his producer, Brenda (voice of Yara Shahidi), is ready to call it quits.
Percy is willing to do whatever it takes to make his program a hit, even if that means getting someone to dress up in a yeti costume so he can capture the resulting "discovery" on film. When Migo wanders into the town, Percy thinks it's Brenda in disguise. Realizing his mistake, terrified Percy passes out, enabling Migo to wrap him in a sleeping bag and carry him back up the mountain.
When Migo presents Percy to the village, their whole way of thinking is thrown into doubt. If a smallfoot does exist, does that mean the stones could be wrong? As Migo and Percy become friends, Percy's presence among the yetis brings to light some dark truths as they begin to ask questions for the first time.
Adults may cringe a bit at the treatment of beliefs. After all, the stones evoke the Ten Commandments as well as other truths considered "set in stone."
The false opposition the main story line presents between revealed truth and those empirical facts that can be discovered through scientific investigation is something parents will want to clarify with their children in an age-appropriate manner. The film disappoints in that it portrays discovering the truth through experience as a reason to dismiss revelation.
Youngsters are not equipped to navigate the subtleties at work here. But teens will be able to enter into a discussion in which the importance of asking questions as an essential part of learning — very much celebrated in "Smallfoot" — is balanced by an understanding of revelation as the basis for our experience of faith.
Why, for example, do we put our trust in what God has revealed? Is there an inevitable conflict between science and religion — or can these two channels of truth coexist in harmony?
"Smallfoot" also focuses on the essential value of integrity, as it ebbs and flows in the character of Percy. This could also serve as the cue for a rewarding family dialogue.
Considered strictly from an aesthetic point of view, there's much in the picture to appreciate. The actors, for instance, all inhabit their characters with great aplomb. Tatum brings a boyish quality to Migo's wondering, and Zendaya gives Meechee the right balance of gentleness and excitement.
As Percy, Corden kicks his comedic sense up a notch, poking fun at his own television background with a great rant about ratings. And "Smallfoot" tickles the funny bone throughout.
The film contains a misguided portrayal of religion and some rude humor. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG — parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
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Q: How to use an array in case? How can I use an array in the case of a switch? This doesn't work and always take the default (3):
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        case array('george','paul'):
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    }

A: Your example should work, according to the PHP manual on array operators:

$a == $b: TRUE if $a and $b have the same key/value pairs.

Since switch/case uses weak comparison, arrays are compared by using the == operator.
I've put a working example onto codepad: http://codepad.org/MhkGpPRp

A: switch() statements are intended to match single conditions. I don't think there will be a way to use a switch for this. You need to use an if else chain instead:
if (in_array('george', $array) && in_array('paul', $array) && !in_array('max', $array)) {
  $id = 1;
}
else if(in_array('paul', $array) && in_array('max', $array)) {
 $id = 2;
}
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}

According to array operator rules, you can use ==, but the array members must be in the same order. Technically, it is only the keys and values that must match, but for a numeric-indexed array, this equates to the members being in the same numeric order.
if ($array == array('john', 'paul')) {
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A: PHP can switch on arrays, though you do need to have exactly the same keys of all the elements for the comparison to succeed. You might need to use array_values() to normalize the keys of $my_array. Otherwise it should work. $my_array = array('paul','max'); should give $id=2.

A: You can try to use some like this:
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    case serialize(array('george','paul')):
        $id     = 1;
        break;
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        $id     = 2;
        break;
    case serialize(array('eric')):
        $id     = 3;
        break;

    //default
    default:
        $id     = 3;
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Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 - Devolved Taxes Accounts
View Annual Report 2020-21 - Devolved Taxes Accounts.
The report gives an outline of our key business activities and performance over the past financial year.
Welcome to the Revenue Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the Devolved Taxes for 2020-21.
This is the sixth reporting year since the organisation began its operational activity in April 2015, and also the third reporting period of Revenue Scotland's 2018-21 corporate planning period.
Revenue Scotland is responsible for the collection and management of Scotland's devolved taxes – currently Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and Scottish Landfill Tax (SLfT). Amounts received from the collection of the devolved taxes, less any permitted deductions, are paid into the Scottish Consolidated Fund in accordance with the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (RSTPA).
Revenue Scotland was established by the RSTPA which also sets out the legislative framework for the wholly devolved taxes in Scotland. As a Non-Ministerial Office, Revenue Scotland is part of the Scottish Administration but is directly accountable to the Scottish Parliament to ensure the administration of tax is independent, fair and impartial. Revenue Scotland delegates some of its legislative functions for the collection of SLfT to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). This includes the regulatory functions of the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF) – a tax credit scheme available to landfill operators.
The Scottish Fiscal Commission is responsible for providing independent forecasts of tax revenues in line with the Fiscal Framework. Revenue Scotland provides statistical information about the taxes it collects.
This document sets out the financial information about the devolved taxes required under the terms of the Accounts Direction issued by Scottish Ministers (see page 42).
A separate document, The Annual Report and Accounts for the Resource Accounts for 2020-213 provides detailed commentary on the performance of Revenue Scotland in delivering its statutory functions.
This document includes Revenue Scotland's corporate governance arrangements and reporting for the Devolved Taxes Account, audit and risk arrangements, the Independent Auditor's report and the Financial Statements for the Devolved Taxes Account.
Summary of Devolved Tax Revenue
These financial statements report income of £624m (2019-20: £717m).
Revenue net of repayments, excluding
interest payable and revenue lost
2020-21 Tax, penalties & interest receivable Total £'000
2020-21 Budget Act Estimates Total £'000
Land & Buildings Transaction Tax 517,354 641,000 597,368
Scottish Landfill Tax 106,528 116,000 118,959
Penalties & interest 138 0 735
Total 624,020 757,000 717,062
The values in the table above are for tax returns and amendments submitted during 2020-21 and for LBTT and SLfT returns received during April and May 2021 which relate to the period up to 31 March 2021. The returns submitted during 2020-21 may include adjustments to returns originally submitted in earlier years. However, unless these adjustments were accrued into the financial statements of the relevant year, these are accounted for in the year of receipt.
The LBTT tax revenue raised in 2020-21 is dependent on the performance of both the residential and non-residential property markets within Scotland. The SLfT tax revenue raised in 2020-21 is dependent on categories and tonnage of waste deposited in landfill sites in Scotland.
Revenue Scotland is not responsible for the forecasting of expected tax revenues. The Scottish Fiscal Commission is responsible for providing independent forecasts of tax revenue and provided the forecast for the Budget (Scotland) Act 2020-21. The Budget (Scotland) Act 2020-21 estimates were published in Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts published in February 2020
Notes to the Accounts

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New York, April 23, 2004. Piper Rudnick LLP and 39 of the firm's la…
New York, April 23, 2004. Piper Rudnick LLP and 39 of the firm's lawyers are
ranked by their peers as leaders in their fields in the second annual Chambers USA:
America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2004). The guide was released in New York
on April 16, 2004.
The selections were based on research conducted by Chambers and Partners Legal
Publishers, a well-regarded English company that has published similar research on
lawyers in the United Kingdom and globally. Unlike other publishers that allow firms
to purchase a mention or ranking, Chambers' listings are based solely on outside
evaluations of merit. They investigate law firms and lawyers in each U.S. state
through an exhaustive process of interviewing clients and competitors in all major
areas of business law.
In the areas of real estate, construction and zoning in particular, the results
show, the firm has the top national position, with 19 ranked lawyers selected by
Chambers, seven of whom were ranked in the highest tier in their markets, and four
states where the real estate practice was ranked in the top tier, more than any
other firm. In addition, only two real estate lawyers in the entire country
received the starred "exceptional" rating, one of whom was Piper Rudnick's Jay
Epstien, Chairman of the firm's National Real Estate Department. Finally, our
partner, Charles Edwards, was named one of ten "Senior Statesmen" nationally in
the real estate field.
Other areas of strength include:
 the Maryland practices, where we ranked in the first tier in every category;
 corporate, where our partner Robert W. Smith, Jr., received an "Exceptional"
rating; and
 our Illinois office, where 12 lawyers received rankings in five separate
practice areas.
Further details of the rankings are provided below.
"We are delighted with this strong showing," said Francis B. Burch, Jr., and Lee I.
Miller, co-chairs of Piper Rudnick, in a statement. "The number of lawyers and
spread of practice areas ranked by Chambers illustrate the depth and breadth of
talent at our firm across the nation. And the outstanding showing of our real estate
group confirms that Piper Rudnick has the premier real estate group in the United
Details of the rankings
The Chambers USA guide ranks individual lawyers and practice areas on a
state-by-state basis; firm rankings are determined by the number of individual
lawyers selected from each firm.
Across six states, the firm is highly ranked in nine separate practice areas and in
the first tier in several areas, as noted:
 District of Columbia: Construction; Real Estate (First Tier).
 Illinois: Construction; Energy and Natural Resources; Bankruptcy; Insurance;
Real Estate (First Tier).
 Maryland: Corporate/M&A (First Tier); Employment (First Tier); Litigation (First
Tier); Real Estate (First Tier).
 Massachusetts: Environmental; Real Estate (First Tier).
 Nevada: Employment.
 Virginia: Corporate/M&A; Employment.
Individual Lawyers
The 39 Piper Rudnick lawyers included are listed below, along with the areas of law
for which they were selected. In addition to their selections, several received
additional recognition from Chambers ("exceptional," "senior statesman," or
"up and coming"), which is noted next to their names.
Michael Meyer (Real Estate)*
Jay A. Epstien (Real Estate – EXCEPTIONAL RATING)
Larry D. Harris (Construction)
Frederick L. Klein (Real Estate)
Earl J. Silbert (Litigation, white collar crime and government investigations)
Ross Altman (Construction)
Charles L. Edwards (Real Estate – SENIOR STATESMAN)
David Glickstein (Real Estate)
David Mendelsohn ((Insurance/Transactional)
Lee I. Miller (Real Estate)
David N. Missner (Bankruptcy)
Portia O. Morrison (Real Estate)
Theodore J. Novak (Real Estate/Zoning & Land Use)
Harold Pomerantz (Real Estate)
Stephen W. Schwab (Insurance/Reinsurance)
Christopher Townsend (Energy and Natural Resources)
Mark Yura (Real Estate)
Francis B. Burch, Jr. (Litigation, general commercial)
Neil Dilloff (Litigation, general commercial)
Russell H. Gardner (Employment)
Richard J. Hafets (Employment)
Edward J. Levin (Real Estate)
Richard E. Levine (Real Estate)
John P. Machen (Real Estate)
Robert J. Mathias (Litigation, general commercial)
Emmett F. McGee, Jr. (Employment)
George A. Nilson (Litigation, general commercial)
Robert W. "Jay" Smith, Jr. (Corporate, M&A – EXCEPTIONAL RATING)
Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. (Corporate, M&A)
James J. Winn (Corporate, M&A)
William Forbush III (Real Estate)
Lisa C. Goodheart (Environment)
Geoffrey Howell (Real Estate – UP AND COMING)
Richard D. Rudman (Real Estate)
John Sullivan (Real Estate)
Elliot M. Surkin (Real Estate)
Gary Moss (Employment)
Theresa Connolly (Employment, Mainly Defendant)
Nancy Spangler (Corporate, M&A)
*Note: due to an editors' error, Mr. Meyer is reported as having joined the firm
in New York. In fact, he joined the firm's Los Angeles office


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require 'rubygems' if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.0'
require 'sensu-plugin/check/cli'
require 'socket'
require 'timeout'

class CheckBanner < Sensu::Plugin::Check::CLI
  option :host,
         short: '-H HOSTNAME',
         long: '--hostname HOSTNAME',
         description: 'Host to connect to',
         default: 'localhost'

  option :port,
         short: '-p PORT',
         long: '--port PORT',
         proc: proc(&:to_i),
         default: 22

  option :write,
         short: '-w STRING',
         long: '--write STRING',
         description: 'write STRING to the socket'

  option :pattern,
         short: '-q PAT',
         long: '--pattern PAT',
         description: 'Pattern to search for',
         default: 'OpenSSH'

  option :timeout,
         short: '-t SECS',
         long: '--timeout SECS',
         description: 'Connection timeout',
         proc: proc(&:to_i),
         default: 30

  def acquire_banner
    timeout(config[:timeout]) do
      sock = TCPSocket.new(config[:host], config[:port])
      sock.puts config[:write] if config[:write]
      sock.readline
    end
  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
    critical "Connection refused by #{config[:host]}:#{config[:port]}"
  rescue Timeout::Error
    critical 'Connection or read timed out'
  rescue Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
    critical 'Check failed to run: No route to host'
  rescue EOFError
    critical 'Connection closed unexpectedly'
  end

  def run
    banner = acquire_banner
    message banner
    banner =~ /#{config[:pattern]}/ ? ok : warning
  end
end

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Alka Yagnik in Freedom concert on August 18
Well known playback singer Alka Yagnik is on her way to Australia and will perform live in Sydney on A ugust 18 – Freedom Concert preswnted by Showbizz. The famous 'Ek do Teen' and 'Mere Angne Mein' singer Alka will croon her famous Bollywood numbers from Athletic Centre, Sydney Olympic Park from 4pm onwards Saturday.
Among the best-known playback singers of Hindi cinema, Alka is a record seven-time winner of the Fimfare Award for Best Female Playback singer from a record of 35 nominations, a two-time recipient of the NationalFilm Award as well as several other music awards listed below. Further, as many as 20 of her tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" review.
She is classically trained and has been one of the leading playback singers inBollywood since the late 1980s. She began singing bhajans for Akashvani at all India Radio, Calcutta from the age of six. Her first song was for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in (1979), followed byLawaris (1981) with the hit song "Mere Angene Mein", followed by the film Hamari Bahu Alka (1982). She got her big break with the song "Ek Do Teen" from the filmTezaab (1988).
She has sung in most of the Indian languages and Hindilending her voice for three generation of actresses ranging fromHema Malini, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Rakhi Gulzar to Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Raveen Tandon, Manish Koirala, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Tabu, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Karishma Kaporr, Aishwarya Rai to Kareena Kapoor , Priyanka chopra, Sushmita Sen, Bipasha Basu, Katrian Kaif and many others.
Alka shares the title withAsha Bhoslefor the greatest number of Filmfare Awardswon (7) by a single female playback singer. Alka has also been the judge of various Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge shows, and Star Voice of India, both singing competition shows, in which children or adults of various age groups compete with one another to win the award for best vocals. In addition to this, her song "Chamma Chamma" from china Gate was featured in the song "Hindi Sad Diamonds" from the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge!
In 2012 she along withSonu Nigamsang a song 'Shiksha Ka Suraj' as part of National Literacy Mission of India. She has also been involved in various projects pertaining to empowerment of the girl child.
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Giovanni Francesco (Gianfrancesco) Susini (c.1585 – after 17 October 1653) was a Mannerist Florentine sculptor in bronze and marble.

Life
Susini was born in Florence, and trained in the workshop of Giambologna.  He continued to work in Giambologna's style, and Susini's sculpture was already mistaken for that of his master by the end of the century. His uncle, Antonio Susini, was the principal bronze-caster of Giambologna, and the young Francesco received early training as a junior member of Giambologna's workshop. A trip to Rome in 1624-26 gave him first-hand experience of classical antique, 16th century, and the emerging Baroque statuary, latter exemplified by Bernini's youthful Apollo and Daphne, but his own Mannerist style was already matured. He made wax copies of the recently discovered Borghese Hermaphroditus for casting upon his return to Florence. His bronze reduction of the Laocoön is likely based on the copy of it in Florence.

As a sculptor, Susini is known for some public commissions, such as the Fontana del Carciofo ("Artichoke Fountain", 1641), that stands centered with the piano nobile windows of the Palazzo Pitti's garden façade. The model for this final ensemble, according to the chronicler of artists Filippo Baldinucci, had been completed and approved in 1639; but like many productions for the Medici Grand Dukes, the fountain was a team project with a complicated history. For example, some of the putti had already been sculpted by Susini and assistants by 1621.

His first independent Medici commission was a bronze bas-relief for a chapel altar in 1614. Medici patronage required teamwork: the sculptor Orazio Mochi (died 1625) was given the challenge—unlikely to have been the sculptor's choice— of turning a genre subject suited to painting, two players at the roughhouse game of Sacchomazzone, into a sculpture for the Boboli Gardens. Assisted at first by Romolo Ferrucci del Tadda (died 1621), Susini reduced the subject to a small bronze, and set it on a small oval plinth to emphasize the tour-de-force of wildly thrashing figures. Other Susini sculptures contribute to the over-all effect of the Boboli Gardens: Cupid Breaking a Heart with a Hammer and Cupid Shooting an Arrow are part of the elaborate allegorical scheme of the "Island Basin" (the Vasca dell'Isola) located on the secondary axis. In 1615, he created the two acquasantiere of bronze on the columns in front of the main entrance of Santissima Annunziata.

Few Susini works bear his signature. A signed Bacchus is at the Louvre Museum. There are some signed bronze statuettes; the Abduction of Helen, signed and dated 1627 in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles;  Venus Burning the Arrows of Love signed IO. FR. SUSINI-FLOR. F. MDC. XXXIX and Venus Chastising Love signed IO. FR. SUSINI FLOR. FAC. M. DC. XXXVIIII, both of which André Le Nôtre gave to his patron Louis XIV in 1693, together with a Gaul Committing Suicide that is inspired by a well-known a Hellenistic marble (all now at the Louvre).The bronze David with the Head of Goliath in the Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, is signed FRAN.SVSINI F..

Susini continued to operate the family bronze foundry. According to Baldinucci, Giovanni and Antonio Susini continued to use Giambologna's models after the elder master's death to cast finely finished bronze sculptures for discerning patrons. Like Giambologna, Susini's own designs characteristically employ two or three figures in complicated, balanced relationships meant to be appreciated from multiple viewpoints, as represented by the Abduction of Helen (Dresden and Getty Museum), two versions of Venus and Love (Louvre), David with the Head of Goliath (Liechtenstein collection, Vaduz) an analogue of the Ludovisi Mars in Rome, or Venus and Adonis provide characteristic examples of Susini's finely cast and finished table sculptures, meant to be appreciated at close range and admired from all sides. Most of his output of small bronzes could be profitably sold and transported to buyers outside of Tuscany.

A theme of Giambologna's in which Susini excelled was the dynamic and age-old theme of animals in combat, for which Hellenistic prototypes, available to artists in Rome in rediscovered Roman copies, provided inspiration. For example, the first of the pair of bronzes, Lion Attacking a Horse and Leopard Attacking a Bull, given to Frick Collection, New York, 2004,  was inspired a fragmentary marble lion with torso of a horse, exhibited on the Campidoglio in the artist's lifetime.

Susini, Pietro Francavilla, and Pietro Tacca were contemporaries and pupils of Giambologna. Tacca is considered Giambologna's main pupil, and he worked mainly on larger bronzes.

Notes

References
A. Brook in J. Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art, London, 1996, vol. 30, p. 32
Bacchus and Young Satyr:, marble, Louvre Museum. Signed F. SUSINI
Venus Burning the Arrows of Love and Venus Chastising love bronzes, Louvre Museum, both signed and dated 1639
Francesco Susini bronze table sculptures at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Frick Collection: archived press release concerning the Frick's Susini bronzes
Detroit Institute of Art: four table bronzes attributed to Antonio or Giovanni Francesco Susini
The Saccomazzone Players: bronze, Liechtenstein Collection, Vienna. After Mochi.
Striding Horse; bronze, Liechtenstein Collection, Vienna.
David with the Head of Goliath: bronze, Liechtenstein Collection, Vienna.
Patricia Weingraf, "Putto Holding a Bird, Seated on a Tree-Stump" With bibliography.

External links

17th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
Catholic sculptors

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In anticipation of parity and mental health reform laws, the numerous national and community mental health organizations have been believing, meeting and writing for well over a year. Their work continues and their outputs guide those organizations lobbying for government healthcare reform.
2. Person-Centered Healthcare Homes: There will probably be much greater demand for integrating mental health and substance use clinicians into primary care clinics and primary care providers into mental health and substance use treatment organizations, using emerging and best practice clinical models and robust linkages between primary care and specialty behavioral healthcare.
3. Peer Counselors and Consumer-Operated Services: We shall see an expansion of consumer-operated integration and services of peers into the mental health and chemical use service and workforce array, underscoring the crucial role these attempts play in encouraging the recovery and wellness of persons with mental health and substance use disorders.
4. Mental Health Clinic Guidelines: The speed of growth and dissemination of mental health and chemical use clinical tests and clinical instruments increases with assistance from the newest Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and other research and implementation efforts. Obviously, part of the initiative includes helping emotional illness patients find a mental health practice nearby.
6. Employer-Sponsored Health Plans and Parity: Employers and benefits managers need to reevaluate how to use behavioral health services to address absenteeism and presenteeism and develop a more resilient and productive workforce. Provider organizations will have to tailor their service offerings to meet employer needs and work with their contracting and charging systems.
7. Accountable Care Organizations and Health Plan Redesign: Payers will encourage and sometimes support the development of new management structures that support healthcare reform including Accountable Care Organizations and health program redesign, providing advice on how mental health and substance use ought to be included to improve quality and better manage overall healthcare expenses. Provider organizations should get involved in and become owners of ACOs that develop within their communities.
8. Quality Improvement for Mental Healthcare: Organizations including the National Quality Forum will accelerate the evolution of a national quality improvement strategy that includes mental-health and chemical use performance measures that will be used to boost delivery of mental-health and substance use services, patient health outcomes, and population health and manage prices. Provider organizations will have to develop the infrastructure to operate in this framework.
9. Health Information Technology: Federal and state HIT initiatives need to reflect the significance of mental-health and substance use services and comprise mental-health and substance use providers and information requirements in financing, design work, and infrastructure development. Provider organizations will have to be able to implement electronic health records and patient registries and join these systems to community health information networks and health information exchanges.
10. Healthcare Payment Reform: Payers and health plans have to design and execute new payment mechanisms including case rates and capitation that contain value-based buying and value-based insurance design strategies that are acceptable for men with mental health and substance use disorders. Providers will have to adapt their practice management and billing systems and work processes in order to work with these new mechanisms.
11. Workforce Development: Major attempts such as work of this new Workforce Advisory Committee is going to be necessary to create a national workforce strategy to fulfill the needs of persons with mental health and substance use disorder including expansion of peer counselors. Provider organizations will have to take part in these efforts and be prepared to ramp up their workforce to meet unfolding demand.


Last week, state leaders took an important first step in establishing a stronger system of educator evaluation and support, by including $14.8 million in the state budget to support and implement a system, and train evaluators. This kind of modest investment – of only about $9.50 per student – can have a significant impact on student growth. Now, we must make sure that we spend this money well.
■ Research-based criteria that districts' evaluation tools must meet, as well as an approved list of evaluation tools that districts can choose from if they do not want to create their own.
■ A statewide student growth model based on the new state assessment system, which will give districts a common measure of teacher performance throughout Michigan. At least half of the student growth portion of a teacher's evaluation should be based on these state data.
■ Training of evaluators on the evaluation tools they are using to give teachers feedback and help them improve.
■ A meaningful pathway for Michigan's most effective teachers to become 'master teachers,' and have the opportunity to mentor new teachers and serve in teacher leadership roles.
■ Targeted investment in the new system, including for a statewide growth model, oversight of the new system, and training evaluators.
Like most professions, teachers need and deserve honest data, feedback and support to help them identify weaknesses and improve their practice. Despite our troubling student performance rankings, a whopping 97 percent of Michigan teachers were rated effective or highly effective last school year. We are marginalizing our exceptional teachers, dismissing disappointing student achievement data, and failing to hold teachers, schools, and districts accountable for their performance.
By ignoring the importance of high-quality diagnostic information and support, we are shortchanging our teachers and continue to invest in a system that is failing far too many of our kids. Michigan's current evaluation system has simply not produced the learning gains that our students so desperately need.
Michigan's teachers are a hugely important asset to our students and our state's future. A better system of educator evaluation and support requires concrete investment in that system. This is the first step.
Michigan can achieve, and our teachers should be empowered to lead the way.
Please click here for full article in The Detroit News.


When you hear the news about getting divorced, you probably directly feel curious whether the couple has any child. Moreover, if it happens to your close friend, you probably feel so much sorry for the couples and the children. In this case, children seem to be the main concern in the process of divorce. Besides their status after the process, you should also pay attention to the psychological condition of the children. Besides finding divorce lawyers, children's condition is supposed to be your concern when you believe in that getting divorces seems to be your best decision as you cannot take your marriage anymore.
Your children are not supposed to be the victim of your decision to get divorced. It is not their fault that makes both of you get divorced. Thus, you must feel guilty as your children's psychological condition gets affected. In this case, you can identify whether your children get affected or not based on some effects. There are two types of effects that your children possibly suffer. The first is short term effect while the second is long term effect. In this occasion, you are about to know the short term effect only.
Your children are going to suffer from the short term effect as you find them in anxiety, constant stress, mood swings, intense sadness, disillusion and distress. It is normal that you children will feel quite anxious as they are going to live with one of their parents. As they get used to live with two parents, it is normal that they feel worried that they cannot take to live with only one of them.
For some children that feel given a lot of thoughts on their parents' divorce, they tend to feel what their parents feel. In this case, they feel burdened with the situation.


So, you're getting ready to move and it's time to prep your house for sale. Whether you have a house in need of some serious help or one in pristine condition, there are definitely a few no-to-low cost things that will help your house show at it's best!
This first one's totally free! Take a trash bag or box and go through each room of the house. Remove things that may be a distraction to the eye. Even removing just a few accessories can give the room a calming appeal. If you think the room is good, try removing just one more item. If it looks a little sparse you can always put it back, but you might be surprised at how much more breathing room a space can have when we pull out some of the excess.
Place these items into your garage or storage and at the end of the selling process, take the opportunity to donate any of the items you haven't really missed.
*Having the garage free of storage items might be up for debate. In most cases, if things in the garage are neatly stacked and there's a clear walkway, I think it's fine to store items in your garage. It's much better than having them take up space inside!
Whether we like to admit it or not, potential buyers will open closet doors and peak into drawers. Wouldn't you? Adequate storage can be a make-it or break-it factor for potential buyers and they want to see how the storage space is being utilized.
You may have a massive closet, but if it is packed to overflowing it will appear that it's not big enough. Do you have any non-seasonal clothes you can pull out and store in a bin under the bed or in the garage? Pull out anything you haven't worn in awhile and set it all aside in a bag. Chances are you won't miss these items and may even be able to donate them once you begin packing.
If you're linen closets are about to burst with towels and sheets, pull any extra towels and linens you know you won't need during the selling process. You might even consider getting a jump start on packing and just pack them away and label the box for moving day.
If you've pulled out all that you can, simply neatly folding your items or organizing your hanging clothes by color or type will help that storage space look even more appealing. Assume that people will be looking and do your best to thin out and straighten up wherever possible!
We have three kids and a 4 bedroom house, so chances are good that other families will be looking at our home. As much as we try to keep it in "show condition" we don't have to remove all evidence that children live here.
We still have our kids' art galleries in the kitchen and dining room. We moved some of the extra toys to the garage, but we still have ottomans and cupboards with toys in the family room, as well as our kiddo's bedrooms. By removing the excess and making sure we have an easy way to stow the remaining toys away, clean-up is not so bad.
You don't have to blow your entire budget on updating the house for a sale. On top of the freebie boost of decluttering, a fresh coat of paint will do wonders for a space....swapping out dated knobs can be an inexpensive update....some fresh flowers on the table are a thoughtful and thrifty touch - especially if they come from your own yard!
Buyers see items in need of repair and dollar signs start flashing. Making any small repairs you can will help alleviate some of those reservations and concerns. Replacing carpets may be way outside of your budget, but renting a carpet cleaner for the day is a minimal investment that goes a long way. Try to focus on what you can do, and let go of what you can't.
The first thing a buyer sees is the front of your home, so don't underestimate the power of curb appeal! If the front of your home is being overtaken by weeds, in need of a good sweeping, or simply uninviting, it can affect the buyer's perspective of your home before they even set foot in the door. If this family doesn't take care of their yard, do they really take care of the inside?
You don't have to spend a lot to improve the curb appeal of your place. An afternoon of yard work trimming bushes, mowing the lawn, and pulling weeds is a terrific (and free) start! Planting a few seasonal flowers and even a nice welcome mat can make all the difference.
When all else fails, grab your cleaning supplies and take out some pent up stress on your house! A clean home is much more important than a perfectly staged home with a gross toilet. A clean home tells a buyer that the house has been loved and well maintained. A top to bottom cleaning will literally make your house sparkle! Light a candle and enjoy the freshly cleaned spaces when you're done.
I'll be sharing my go-to cleaning products for quick touch ups and maintaining a clean house while selling later this week!
*This post is part of a 31 Day series on moving. Catch all 31 posts here!


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import (
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"testing"

	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)

type Runnable interface {
}

func TestRunEditorSetInEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
	os.Setenv("EDITOR", "vim")

	editor := &systemDefaultEditor{}
	editor.Runner = func(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
		assert.Equal(t, []string{"vim", "something.txt"}, cmd.Args)

		return nil
	}
	editor.Edit("something.txt")
}

func TestErrorIfVariableUnset(t *testing.T) {
	os.Setenv("EDITOR", "")
	editor := newSystemDefaultEditor()
	err := editor.Edit("something.txt")
	if err.Error() != "EDITOR variable not set" {
		t.Fail()
	}
}


Indigo is very electric and calming energy. Indigo controls healing, clairvoyance and intuition. It changes human psyche, cleans it and releases from fears and restrains. Indigo's clearning power is good for psychosis.
Indigo has same calm vibration as blue, but it is deeper, more psychic, intuitive and irrational.
When reinforcing indigo, connection to the yellow center is necessary. How you can trust your intuition if your self-awarness is non-existent. Best way to reinforce indigo is next to water or by visualing yourself to the boat in the lake.
Consciousness and subconscious meet in indigo-center. Center expresses psychic welfare, ability to learn internal voice. In indigo we comfort the sixth sense. Center is in balance, if eye's condition is good. Weak center manifests as optical illusions or migrene. In too strong indigo human is too open and too sensitive for external stimulus.


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The Seattle Seahawks have had a busy week. On April 16th, they finalized the big contract with Russell Wilson.
Quarterback Russell Wilson is still waiting on a new contract from the Seattle Seahawks, and the process appears to be moving slowly.
The Seattle Seahawks chose to use the franchise tag on defensive end Frank Clark last week, but they are still hoping to sign him to a long-term extension.


Once i knew that myself preggy, i straight away drove my car to MPH Alamanda to find pregnancy's book which could be my ultimate guidance. For me as a "fuzzy" person, it was not easy as makan kacang to look for it. Of cause i want something worth it, worth it for money as well as for knowledge it serve.
And at the end, i found out this magnificent book that really worth for every single penny i spent. This book does help me a lot to give me knowledge, info and everything i need to know about pregnancy and labour as well as it give you direction on baby's development after entering his/her new world.
Book's tittle "Pregnancy : Your Questions Answered". Written by Dr.Christoph Lees (O&G consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge) & Ms.Graine McCartan (General nurse & Midwife/Bidan in London). Cost about RM 81.60.
When i was pregnant, my placenta was situated at a lower segment inside my womb but the lower edge does not reach the cervix yet. That time (when gynea discover it) I was pregnant about 20 weeks, so it means about 5 months. But, the gynea said, "its nothing", however, just be careful and dont carry heavy things.
Worry??? For sure, i very worried about that . "How could my doc said its nothing ", my heart's whisper. So, i started panas punggung, duduk tak diam macam kucing nak beranak sebab risau sangat-sangat. I dont want give birth with c-sect, i want to do it in normal way plus this is my first birth. For sure i want to deliver my baby in normal birth. If i get c-sect, the chance for me to have many kids will slightly down. huhuhu..
Thus, i start googling, do i have any chance to give birth in normal way. As usual, uncle google will give his full commitment. Actually, there are 4 level / types of placenta previa. Level 1 and 2, considered not serious and could be give birth with normal but Level 3 and 4, MUST give birth with c-sect, u have no choice if your previa down to Level 3 or Level 4.
However, if your pregnancy not reach at 28 weeks yet, it not consider as "previa". The "previa" only can be confirmed when your pregnancy has reach by 28 weeks. If you are detected got "previa" by week 28th, your gynea will give more attention to U and some cases, they need to have a bed rest at the hospital, waiting for the "real" labour.. huhuhu. (mahu panas punggung duk hospital lelama).
So, my case is still considered "selamat" as it was at Level 1 or known as "Low-Lying Placenta". Anyhow, i still worried. Uncle google told me that there are few exercise that i can practice to make everything get into normal like others.
So, i did these exercise everyday and it helps me a lot as my placenta get back to upper segment at 24 weeks. Alhamdulillah.. God The Merciful help me a lot. What are these exercise ??
1. Sujud lama-lama when you perform your solat.
More solat u do, its more chance for you to get well. This is because, when u sujud, your baby & blood at your womb would also moving up side down.
2. You laying down on bed , and straighten both of your legs up to the wall like "L" shape.
This is to make the placenta moving to upper segment.
Anyhow, your baby is the key factor to play his/her role in the womb. U cant do it by your own if your baby does not support you. So, take this as a chance to get your baby hear your "voice" and interact with his mother. Talk to him/her that you need their help.. InshaAllah, your baby will help u a lot as he/she loves u as u did.. Believe me!
Dont forget the power of doa.
I chose Europe for "our" trip this time. "Our" coz there were "3" of us.. My babymoon really enjoyable. We went to Amsterdam, Vienna & Istanbul for about 10 days. Later I will story about that trip & some of the story I alreday wrote at my previous blog.
My babymoon goes well but there was a time where the blood came out from my venus, and I was very sure that it caused by hemorrhoids due to a long walk (ye lah.. nama pun travel, so mana boleh duduk diam ).. this time, it wasnt painful, Alhamdulillah. However, traveling during pregnancy was a little bit tough coz I've to be careful at all the time & I always "pee-ing" at least for every 30 minutes. So, jenuh la nak cari toilet bila "waktu itu" datang. In fact, every toilet entry in EU Country, u need to pay 0.50 euro for every visit. 0.50 euro is almost RM 2 if convert. Same like KLCC'S toilet at level 2. It was really costly. A week after went back to Malaysia, again we went for babymoon to Cameron Highland. Fantastic!
So, my 6th month pregnancy fully occupied with traveling due this is the best time to walk around. 3rd trimester was not encourage to do it so as 3rd trimester is a time to get rest as the labour is just around the corner. But, please remember tht you have to walk a lot bile dah nak dekat-dekat bersalin, maybe late 8 months or 9 months could be nice.
My 3rd trimester going well & I can cook & even did my house chores (buat yang ringan ringan je, others I let my husband did it).. Start last trimester ni jugak la baru shopping barang2 baby & my confinement stuff as well. I spent my 3rd trimester with my study. I did my research as much as I can before delivery.
breast feeding's book & baby's development book. all of these are free!


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CV Prof. Dr. med. Xaver Baur, MD
CV Xaver Baur (M.D., Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Professor Baur chaired Occupational Medicine at the University of Bochum, and was director of the Occupational (and Maritime) Institutes at the Universities of Hamburg and Bochum from 1990 until September, 2012. After his retirement at the end of September, 2012, he was awarded visiting professorship (Gastwissenschaftler) at the Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and at the Charité University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. He is the initiator and current president of the charity European Occupational and Environmental Medicine (EOM) Society, and has been chair, co- chair, and member of several task forces of the European Respiratory Society and German scientific societies, which issue guidelines and position papers on diagnostics, management, prevention and compensation of work-related respiratory disorders, new lung function reference values, and ethical issues related to occupational medicine. He is (advisory) board member of several scientific journals, e.g. of The Lancet Respiratory Xaver Baur is since 2012 Collegium Ramazzini Fellow. He has devoted much of his academic career to broad questions of occupational and environmental medicine. His career research contributions have been mainly in the areas of lung function measurements, allergic disorders, including occupational asthma, hazardous exposures to inorganic dust, allergens, pollution, chemicals such as isocyanates. In focusing on research and policy he has been addressing questions of relevance of public health and ethics in occupational and environmental health. Xaver Baur has being consulted from around the world as an independent expert witness and speaker.
LMU, University School of Medicine, University of Munich (Germany)
1975 M.D.
LMU, University of Munich, School of Medicine
Internship, Residency LMU, University of Munich, School of Medicine
Dr. Sci/ Ass. Prof. LMU, University of Munich, School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Occupational Medicine Allergology, Environmental Medicine
visiting professor (Gastwissenschaftler), Institute for Occupational Medicine, Charité, University Medicine Berlin and visiting professor at the Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2000 – 10/2012
Professor of Medicine (C4), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Chair for Occupational Medicine, Director of the Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine
Professor of Medicine (C4), University of Bochum, Director of the Institute for Occupational Medicine/ Research Institute at the Ruhr-University of Bochum
Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Section) and in Occupational Medicine, LMU, University of Munich
Junior physician, German Research Council (DFG) Research Programme "Chronic Bronchitis", LMU, University of Munich
Main Topics of Clinical and Research Work
Standardization and quality control in diagnostics, management, and prevention of occupational asthma, pneumoconioses, Fume events (aerotoxic syndrome)
Compensation issues of occupational diseases
Preventive strategies and health promotion in seafaring
Characterization and pathogenetic mechanisms of allergenic or toxic airborne agents (enzymes, flour, latex, isocyanates, fumigants, glyphosate)
Developing of new lung function reference values
Ethical issues in occupational and environmental medicine
Occupational and environmental medicine at the Medical Schools of the Universities Munich (LMU), Bochum, Hamburg, Berlin, ongoing since 1985 Conceptual development of various postgraduate- and professional courses (Pulmonology, Occupational Medicine). Editor and/or Co-author of various medical professional guidelines and student books.
Society Affiliations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin European Respiratory Society
European Society for Environmental and Occupational Medicine, EOM Collegium Ramazzini Fellow
Since 1990 Reviewer for various scientific journals. Also since 1990 member of diverse editorial (Advisory) boards (since 2012 Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
Since 1992 Member of the Advisory group Occupational diseases of the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
2002-2012 leading the section Allergology of the German Society for Pulmonary Medicine
Since 2004 leading the section Airways, Lungs of the German Society for Occupational and Enironmental Medicine
Since 2004 leading various task forces of the European Respiratory Society
Since 2001 till 2012 Director of the WHO Collaborating Centres for the Health of Seafarers
Since 2012 President, initiator and founding member of the European Society for Environmental and Occupational Medicine (registered professional charity organisation)
European Union (ShipSan), European Respiratory Society (several Task Forces), German Research Council, DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (occupational asthma, isocyanate asthma), Ministry of Science and Technology Germany, BMFT (structural analyses of environmental allergens); Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Germany (BMAS) (Follow-up of dioxin-induced disorders in the Hamburg cohort), and many diverse independent science foundations.
over 460 PubMed-listed publications, e.g. in Science, The Lancet, editor of several books and national publications, see
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=baur%20x
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Michael Wadleigh est un directeur de la photographie et réalisateur américain, né le , à Akron (Ohio), États-Unis.

Filmographie

Michael Wadleigh est notamment connu pour son documentaire sur le Festival de Woodstock en 1970.

Comme directeur de la photographie
 1967 : David Holzman's Diary
 1967 : I Call First
 1968 : No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger
 1969 : My Girlfriend's Wedding
 1970 : Woodstock
 1974 : Janis Joplin
 1999 : Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock

Comme réalisateur
 1970 : Woodstock
 1981 : Wolfen
 1990 : Woodstock: The Lost Performances (vidéo)
 1999 : Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock

Liens externes

Directeur de la photographie américain
Réalisateur américain
Naissance à Akron (Ohio)
Naissance en septembre 1939


We have 5 hydro beds in our office to give everyone an opportunity to experience the benefits of a hydromassage after their adjustment. How it works is a steady jet stream rolls up and down your body with the pressure of your comfort level, essentially feeling like a jacuzzi without getting wet. Hydro massage goes well with chiropractic care as it increases blood flow and circulation, provides temporary relief from minor aches and pains, and reduces levels of stress and anxiety.


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Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus: Dalea L.
Dalea elata Hook. & Arn.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico.
According to International Legume Database and Information Service
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International Legume Database and Information Service
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Dalea flava M.Martens & Galeotti
Parosela elata (Hook. & Arn.) Rydb.
Parosela flava Rydb.
Parosela pauciflora Rose
Dalea elata Hook. & Arn. appears in other Kew resources:
Hinton, G.B. [3338], Mexico K000119330
Galeotti, H.G. [3405], Mexico K000082197 isotype
Galeotti, H.G. [3405], Veracruz K000082198 isotype
Pringle [1825], Mexico K000082199 isotype
Lay [s.n.], Mexico K000082200 Unknown type material
First published in Bot. Beechey Voy.: 416 (1840)
Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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Dublin, CA School Covid Safety Rules
Dante Robere Vineyards was established in 2012.In 2007, in Dan's backyard, Dan Rosenberg and Bob Bossi planted a tiny Zinfandel vineyard and started making wine at home. They were dreaming of turning a second career into their hobby and passion for wine and winemaking. The families agreed in 2012 to formally establish a winery. They bought a 6-acre Syrah vineyard and an adjoining lot in South Livermore, planning to own a vineyard and develop a winery facility from the ground up. The new winery opened at 1200 Wetmore Road in July 2015. After Dan and Bob, Dante Robere Vineyards is named. Their aim is, where possible, to produce wine from Livermore Valley grapes, but also to obtain quality grapes from other wine-growing regions that are well suited to those special varietals. Their signature wines are their farm-grown Syrah, blended wines featuring the Syrah estate, and other Rhone varietals including Grenache and Mourvedre. Stalwart varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Chardonnay are also made.
Dan Rosenberg and Bob Bossi have been friends for more than 30 years. For several years, Bob loved drinking and learning about fine wines, and when Dan moved to Livermore in 2003 and got the "wine bug" Dante Robere's future started to take shape even though they didn't know it at the time. Their love of quality wine sent them on trips to most of California's fine wine regions, concentrating on visits to smaller, family-run wineries.
The wines are magnificently made. Plus, the servers were informative, engaging and enjoyable. Comparisons will be offered that have helped to bring out the various flavors and textures from one year to the next. You will love the marvellous experience.
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They drive among us: Letter writer threatens all cyclists for the water-squirting actions of one
April 6, 2016 / bikinginla / 28 comments
I recently received the following letter from an anonymous source.
I'm told the writer, a Hollywood screenwriter, has circulated it among his friends as a joke. Apparently, one of them didn't think it was funny.
I can't imagine anyone else would, either. Let's hope he specializes in horror; if he's a comedy writer, he's in the wrong business.
My source also said he may be trying to get the letter published. So I'm going to do him a favor and publish it for him.
Read it for yourself, and we'll discuss afterwards.
Let's answer that last question first.
No one who isn't a psychopath is likely to accept that invitation.
Now let's get this out of the way.
The cyclist who squirted his girlfriend was a jerk. By the simple act of squirting her with water, he committed misdemeanor assault, punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in county jail.
So let that be your warning.
But it was water. Unless his pretty 20-something girlfriend is a witch, she probably didn't suffer any lasting injury.
And let's not forget she was breaking the law by parking in the bike lane, which, despite the perceptions of some people — apparently including our humble letter writer — wasn't striped on the street to provide a waiting zone or a secondary parking lane.
Under California law, a bike lane is a legal lane of traffic reserved for bicycles, just as HOV lanes are reserved for vehicles with two or more occupants.
And on a busy street like Main, blocking the bike lane can force riders out into traffic, risking their safety in front of drivers who are more focused on finding a parking space than looking for bikes where they don't expect them.
If the guy on the bike had been hit by a car, she could have been held liable, at least in part, for any injuries he suffered as a result.
Yes, what the guy did was wrong. But so was what the woman in the car did.
And the writer of this letter clearly doesn't get that.
Then there's this notion.
Not a Saturday morning goes by that I don't witness some menace on wheels screaming "Hey watch where you're going asshole!" at a peaceful and law abiding driver.
Which, unless he encounters an unusual number of mentally unstable people on two wheels, is highly unlikely; few cyclists feel a need to yell at "peaceful and law abiding" drivers.
Unless maybe they're yelling at him.
Perhaps he just doesn't understand traffic law well enough to recognize when drivers put people on bikes in needless danger. Like his girlfriend's parking issues, for instance.
Which leads us to the real problem with this letter, and the person who wrote it.
Back in my starving writer days, the convenience store where I worked nights was robbed by a couple of kids in their early teens. One of whom had to talk his friend out of shooting me to see what it felt like to kill a white guy.
That marked the beginning of a multi-week crime spree that culminated in their arrest for pistol whipping another clerk so badly that he lost an eye.
I could have concluded, as have some I've had the misfortune of knowing, that all members of that particular ethnic group, or maybe minorities in general, were somehow to blame.
Even though that would have included my boss, her boss, and the friend-of-a-friend psychologist who volunteered over two hours of his time to talk me through it. Not to mention the woman I was dating at the time.
Yet this writer somehow blames every spandex-wearing person on two wheels for the action of one.
Never mind that some of those who appear to be riding recreationally may actually be riding to work, as part of the group he immediately absolves of collective guilt.
And never mind that some people at the agency that represents him are undoubtedly cyclists themselves. Not to mention at least a few of the studio execs capable of greenlighting his projects.
Which is I'm withholding his name.
It would easy — and admittedly, tempting — to let his own words destroy his career. But rather than grasping just how foolish he was in writing this letter, it would probably just reinforce his belief that we're the evil creatures he thinks we are.
That brings us to his self-professed life of crime, which ranges from vandalism and simple assault, to criminal stalking and assault with a deadly weapon. Not to mention inciting violence by encouraging others to do the same.
His plan to repeatedly brake-check groups of cyclists — what he calls the "speed up slow down tactic' — is exactly what got Dr. Christopher Thompson sentenced to four years hard time for slamming on his brakes in front of three riders in Mandeville Canyon.
And we'll ignore his final chloroform fantasy, which he should take a good whiff of the next time he's tempted to dash off another letter like this.
So on behalf of recreational bike riders everywhere, I'd like to apologize to his girlfriend, while politely suggesting that she watch where she parks in the future. And maybe reconsider her taste in men.
As for the letter writer, maybe he'd like to join us for a bike ride some time. And see that there's another way to see the world in which bike riders aren't the bad guys he thinks we are.
Once he calms down, that is.
Check back this afternoon for today's Morning Links.
Category: Anti-bike bias, Car vs Bike, Road Rage, Violence & Crime / Tags: anti-bike harassment, bicycling, cyclists, drivers vs. cyclists, indignorant drivers, Los Angeles, road rage, threats against cyclists
Mike Wilkinson says:
Letter writer threatens all cyclists for the water-squirting actions of one
While reading this idiot's letter I prepared myself mentally and physically to type a scathing but insightful comment, but you had already done it better than I could have! Your responses were right on the money.
Fortunately, where I ride, 99% of the drivers seem to be at least tolerant of me as well as their fellow drivers. I worry about the remaining 1%. They seem to be split between those who are asleep at the wheel (even if their eyes are open) and those who, like the idiot who wrote the letter, are out to "get" bicyclists. Because of that 1% I ride in a hyper-vigilant state, and I have a video camera front and rear so my heirs know who to sue.
Ed Rubinstein says:
Well said Ted. The writer is quite the moron. If he now has a bad encounter with a cyclist, his letter could show that his behavior was intentional and not negligent. Maybe he and the former Doctor Thompson (as I recall he lost his medical license over the Mandeville incidents) should become pen pals.
Being prefaced with "Hollywood screenwriter" I knew what to expect, and not surprising coming from someone whose chosen line of work has become quite obsolete in an industry where remakes, reboots, comic books and YA novels are the main source of storylines. So this was an attempt to be witty while venting about the incident affecting his girlfriend. And I, too, apologize to her on behalf of all cyclists for what is an isolated incident.
But his pitch has been used already, so I will not greenlight this for production. At all. 😉
Cesar Chavira says:
I work in the entertainment industry as well and would LOVE to know the name of this individual. Not that I may cause harm to his career, but, as you suggest, to befriend him, discuss this with him, and perhaps get this guy to take it down a few notches. The last thing I want is to be mowed down on my ride to the office by some crazed guy because of the actions of one jerk. Kudos to you for having a calm mind and the wisdom to reply with civility.
Gerhard W. Mayer says:
When the Netherlands turned themselves from traffic choked mess into the biking paradise it is today, this did not happen quietly, or without incidents. In some cases, it was straight out war in the streets.
I don't expect our metamorphosis to be any easier, we are just several decades later. But don't forget, we'll emerge as a beautiful butterfly 🙂
LATguy says:
I have a colleague who got this letter, too. A guy named (deleted) wrote it, and had wanted the letter published with a byline and everything.
Nunya Business says:
If that's the name, he doesn't seem to have any credits.
Hollywood says:
He's repped by CAA. Hope someone high up there rides a bike.
bikinginla says:
No offense, but I'm just not comfortable posting his name, or IMdB page. As a result, I've deleted his name and the link to the IMdB page. As for who reps him, that's their problem.
Opus the Poet says:
As someone who has been assaulted for the "crime" of riding in a street while wearing spandex (on my way home from work in 95°F weather on a TX night, dodging thunderstorms) this letter scares the shit outta me. Does he seriously not know how many laws he advocates breaking in this one letter, because his GF was squirted for double-parking in the bike lane?
Even if this was intended as a very bad joke, the hatred and violence evidenced here frightens me to think this guy might be behind me on the street some time.
By the simple act of squirting her with water, he committed misdemeanor assault, punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in county jail.
Very true. Next question: How would we catch this scofflaw?
See, if he were in a car, she could have noted the license plate number, gone to the police with the information, they could have looked up the owner of the car, spoken with the individual, and she could have received some satisfaction.
Of course, bicycles aren't licensed. So the best info she has might be that he was riding a blue bike and wearing a red shirt. Not much to go on for an investigation.
And you wonder why people call for cyclists to be licensed? When a cyclist commits a crime, it can be very difficult to prosecute. And that can be very frustrating to the rest of us law abiding citizens.
And let's not forget she was breaking the law by parking in the bike lane […] Yes, what the guy did was wrong. But so was what the woman in the car did
Parking in the bike lane in a $50 fine. Double parking is a $35 fine. Misdemeanor assault is a $1000 fine and 6 months in jail. Which is the stronger offense?
If I see a bicyclist run a stop sign and I throw a rock at him, I think we'd all pretty much agree that I was more "in the wrong" than the cyclist and my claims of "Well, he broke the law, too!" would fall on deaf ears.
Suppose she'd been blocking a traffic lane? What would drivers have done?
Well, some would have pulled up behind her and honked at her mercilessly until she moved, hopefully attracting the attention of the local police.
Others would have probably sighed, approached slowly and/or stopped a safe distance behind her, signaled their lane change, waited for traffic to clear so that they could safely enter the other lane, pulled into the other lane, and yelled/honked at her as they passed.
I mean, if you look at Google's Street View (sorry, rotate it around), it's not like the cyclist couldn't have actually planned for this. It's a long straight street. It's not like the cyclist came around a blind turn and suddenly came up on a person parked in the bike lane and had to immediately jump out into traffic or risk a collision with her car. There was plenty of room for the cyclist to come up with an alternate and safe plan and behave like a car would (ideally the polite version).
And guess what? That happens on the street. Sometimes we have to slow down or stop when someone or something is blocking the lane. It's inconvenient. The person causing the problem is rude and unthinking.
See, this is where I get annoyed with the stereotypical "Lance." The street is not your personal racetrack and you don't get to assault someone who messes up your quest for the best time.
"Electrolyte infused water"–think Gatorade.
I can't speak to what she was wearing, but there are some clothing–especially women's clothing–that don't react well to getting wet. Furthermore, you don't know what was going on with the rest of her day. So the next time you're going out on a date with your sweetheart and you're dressed nicely in your handsome silk shirt, I'll come over and dump Gatorade on you. After all, it's not a big deal–it's only water. Hopefully it won't be permanently stained and it probably needed dry-cleaning anyway.
So, the woman: minor jerk. Cyclist: Complete and total asshole.
But what of the boyfriend? Monumental asshole. Like the proverbial "Picture in the dictionary under asshole."
Somehow, though, I'm not surprised to find out that he's a screenwriter. Perhaps he should consider channeling that anger into his work. He might end up writing the next "Falling Down."
See, in the movies, we like to cheer for the vigilante, dispensing justice on his own terms. Fiction is full of heroic cops who go around the system to kill the bad guys. Reality is usually a little more grey. Those who don't see that get labeled as psychopaths.
As I mentioned at the beginning, there is a desire to see justice done when we get wronged. How many articles are on this website talk about people who get a fine and a six-month sentence for killing a bicyclist? On the other hand, does this mean that, as cyclists, we're justified in trashing any car which happens to be the same make and model because the driver probably has the same attitude? Of course not.
So, yeah, Derek Elliott, I can understand your desire for revenge. It's a very human thing to want. Hell, my old sweetheart was assaulted during a robbery and I'll admit that I had plenty of fantasies about giving the robbers a good trouncing.
My advice would be to (a) channel that anger into your work and (b) consider lobbying our elected officials for ways to solve the problem so that no one has to go through this again.
Thanks for your comment. I have just a few objections.
First, if what was squirted at her was Gatorade, I'm sure he would have said so. If it had stained or ruined her outfit in any way, I'm sure he would have included that. Clearly, this is not someone who knows how to hold back. I'm guessing he assumed it was electrolyte-infused water simply because of his bias against cyclists and their gel packs.
And while you're correct that the fine for misdemeanor assault outweighs the fine for double parking, which holds the potential for more harm? Blocking a bike lane places the rider at greater risk of injury, while squirting the driver could get her clothes wet. Both are wrong, though I would say the driver was merely thoughtless, while the cyclist was a jerk.
As for licenses, where would you put them? If it's small enough to fit on a bike, it would be illegible at any distance; if it was large enough to read, it wouldn't fit on a bike. I still have a license plate from Baton Rouge LA on my old Trek, which can't be read from more than a few feet.
And even if we did solve that problem, what then? Under California law, police must actually observe a violation in order to write a citation or make an arrest for a traffic violation or misdemeanor offense; even video evidence is usually insufficient. So licenses would only be of benefit in tracking down a bike rider who commits a felony. And then, only if anyone can read it; it's hard enough to read and remember a motor vehicle license plate.
So while bike licensing may seem like a good in theory, it won't work in the real world.
He makes the joke about the blue bike and the red shirt, but actually what color and kind of bike and what color and design jersey, along with rough time of day and location would be quite enough to identify a cyclist, especially if he loaded his ride to social media. In fact since most despise what this guy did, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find guys willing to help them figure out who it was. That is, until he declared a war on all of us.
I'm guessing he assumed it was electrolyte-infused water simply because of his bias against cyclists and their gel packs.
Ah yes, when facts do not conform to our biases, they must be disposed of.
I'll admit that Gatorade is more than electrolyte water (it's got various flavors and dyes that would stain clothing). But I'm still more than willing to throw electrolyte water on your next time you're dressing to impress and can't get home to wash up. You shouldn't mind, since it's not that big of a deal.
And while you're correct that the fine for misdemeanor assault outweighs the fine for double parking, which holds the potential for more harm?
Uh…misdemeanor assault? Sort of, "by definition"?
You point out that a cyclist entering traffic runs a risk of being injured or killed. Fair enough. But the woman was assaulted. Thus, there is more potential for injury. "It happened" versus "It might have happened."
But if you want to get into maybes, suppose some of this electrolyte water had gotten in her eye? Suppose she was startled by being hit by the electrolyte water and had ended up taking her foot off the brake and had hit another car?
Second, consider our driver scenario again. The driver stops, signals, waits for traffic to clear, and then passes the stopped car. I agree that a cyclist that jumps into traffic runs more risks than one that waits until traffic is clear. But looking at Google Street View, I don't see any way that the cyclist should have had to jump into traffic. It was a pretty static situation.
The license thing? Yeah, it's ridiculous. I agree. But, on the other hand, how do we solve the problem of identifying cyclists who don't follow traffic laws so that they can receive appropriate punishment? Last I knew, they were still looking for that cyclist who killed a pedestrian a few months back. The guy waited for the ambulance to show up and then rode off.
License plates aren't the answer? Okay, I agree. So what is?
Um, no.
She was splashed with water, which may or may not have actually been electrolyte charged. Either way, getting hit by a car poses far more risk than getting wet, and possibly sticky. Yes, what he did was legally misdemeanor assault, but posed virtually no risk of injury.
And having been splashed with gatorade, soda, beer, hot coffee and human bodily fluids while riding my bike — as well as hit by any number of non-liquid items — I'll take water any day, electrolyte or otherwise.
Having ridden Main Street innumerable times, I can say for a fact that while there are times when moving into the traffic lane can be done safely and easily, I have also had a number of close calls attempting to do exactly that, despite being a very safe and conservative rider; no amount of caution can compensate for distracted and often unpredictable drivers.
We also don't know how long she had been stopped. It's entirely possible that she stopped directly in front of the rider without warning.
I would take nothing the writer describes in this letter as fact; he has an inherent interest, conscious or not, in making his girlfriend appear to be the innocent the victim in order to justify his anger. That's simply human nature. It's also human nature for her to put the best face on her story when she related it to him; we all want to blame the other party and see ourselves as the victim.
Without hearing from the cyclist, this is simply a case of he said. Period.
On the other hand, we've already agreed the rider was a jerk, in the wrong, and broke the law. Why isn't that enough?
As for your final question, how do we identify pedestrians who break the law? I've been injured more than once as a result of people who stepped out in front of my bike without looking, yet had no way to hold them accountable after they walked off.
Is the answer to make all human beings wear a number?
I don't have an answer to your question, and I don't think there is one. Or someone far smarter than me would have come up with it by now.
Well, wait a moment.
If I had a choice between being hit by a car or water, I would choose being hit by water.
If I had a choice between potentially being hit by a car or absolutely being hit by water, I would choose the potential because I will, most likely, not be hit by a car if I am careful.
The issue I have is the false equivalency–"Yeah, the rider was a jerk but so was the girl in the car." The implication is that these are equivalent infractions and that the cyclist is somehow justified in taking action. She shouldn't be offended by his actions because she started it.
I'll agree that the girl was a jerk. Don't block the bike lane. But the cyclist is a road-raging asshole. Her boyfriend tops both of them, though, as the king.
I would take nothing the writer describes in this letter as fact; he has an inherent interest, conscious or not, in making his girlfriend appear to be the innocent the victim in order to justify his anger.
But can't the same thing be said of you? As a cycling columnist, you have a vested interest in showing cyclists as poor innocent victims who are just trying to make the world a better place.
A few months ago, you reported on a cyclist who had hit and killed a pedestrian. You noted that the cyclist waited around until the ambulance arrived and then rode off before the police got there. You said, "Maybe the cyclist didn't know they were supposed to do that."
Now replace the bicyclist with a motorist. Would you have been so forgiving? I think not.
But let's say there's more to the story. I could easily believe that the girl was driving along, pulled into the bike lane, and stopped suddenly right in front of the cyclist–let's face it, we've already established that she's jerk.
Does that then somehow justify his actions?
Nope. No more than any other case of road-rage.
Personal story–a few years back, I got a right hook. The driver didn't signal and just made a right turn across the bike lane in front of me. I hit the brakes and tried to turn with the car but I ended up bouncing off the side of his minivan and went down.
No severe injuries–a little blood and bruises and dirt and scuffed handlebar tape.
The driver had stopped. I walked over–adrenaline pouring through my system, and said, in a tense voice, "When there's a bike lane, always signal and check your right-hand mirror." The driver apologized, asked if I was okay, I said I was good, and we went our separate ways–both of us a little wiser.
Now, I could have emptied my bottle on him. I could have belted him one. I could have pounded on his car (in fact, I may have dented his car when I bounced off). I could have called him every name in the book.
But that's escalating the situation. He didn't do it on purpose–it's not like he said, "Watch this, Martha!" and slammed his car into me. He should have been paying better attention, but let's be honest–we're all not always at the top of our game. There is no reason for me to be angry at this person who is just taking his family to a jammed beach in July.
To go back to the girl in question, while I certainly believe her to be an inconsiderate bitch, I don't think she was malicious. I doubt she sat in her car and said, "Ha! Look! A cyclist! I'm going to cut in front of him and jam on my brakes just to see what happens!"
Yes. Yes it is. Though I think we should all have locator chips sewn inserted into our bodies.
(Yes. This is facetious.)
You're right–there may not be a good solution. I can't think of one either. But that doesn't make it any less frustrating for victims.
For example, you mention the pedestrian who walked out in front of you without looking. Now, I'll rashly assume that they were breaking the law, such as crossing against the light or jaywalking. Do you find it frustrating that this person, who is breaking the law, has essentially gotten away with it–despite the grief that it caused you?
I think you're reading things into my writing that I didn't intend to put there.
There was no attempt to say the woman in the car was just as bad as the guy on the bike. I repeat — he was a jerk, and broke a law with a fine up to $1000. Want me to take the next step? Fine. He was an asshole. Period.
What she did was wrong, too. Was what she did as bad or worse than what he did? I don't think so, but you are fully entitled to make your own decision. And in no way do I think what she did justified his reaction.
But I repeat, and for the last time. It was water. She probably suffered no more harm than I did walking the dog in the rain this morning, which was zero. Does that make it okay? Of course not.
As for what actually happened, I wasn't there, and neither was the person who wrote this letter. We are all going strictly on his interpretation of what she told him. All I'm trying to do is show that there may be another side to this.
And there is. Because there always is.
As for taking the side of the cyclist, it's my job to point out that there are two sides to any story, since we usually only hear the one that blames the person on two wheels. I've seen, and experienced, too many cases where bike riders were unfairly blamed. Does that mean I always take the side of the rider? Of course not. I don't hesitate to point the finger at bike riders when they were clearly in the wrong, and have done so many times.
As for the hit-and-run cyclist you bring up, I have called for him to come forward several times, both on my own and at the request of the police — even though I have been assured that he probably wouldn't face any charges. They simply want to talk to him so they can close the case and the family can have closure.
Even the LAPD says he stayed at the scene until the paramedics left, and may have stayed an undetermined time beyond that waiting for the police; when they did not arrive, he may have assumed no one was coming and gone home. That's not coming from me, that's coming from the detective handing the case.
Does that mean he did the right thing? Of course not.
But I was very careful in how I worded things in order to encourage him to come forward. Do you honestly think he would turn himself in if I called him the scum of the earth, and a cold-blooded hit-and-run killer who deserves to rot in jail?
And no, it doesn't bother me one bit that pedestrians have gotten away with breaking the law by stepping out in front of me, even if that meant I got hurt. It happens. They didn't do it to injure me, they just weren't paying attention. I don't sit up nights plotting ways to get even with them.
So please, can we just let this go?
I've been thinking about this exchange between you two, and something isn't sitting right about the original story, and I think Ted hit it on the nail by pointing out that the water incident is, at this point, third hand. Every play Telephone as a kid?
What's been bothering me, is that I've ridden quite extensively on the west side, with all kinds of riders. I worked in a shop there for several years, and had the pleasure—and often displeasure—of dealing with every single kind of cyclist that exists there, including the raging, elitest, entitled kind of shitbag who would spray his bottle into an SUV blocking the bike lane. But what is bothering me about the OG story, is that even the worst possible kind of cyclist I don't think would simply happen upon a car and give a spray unprovoked. The water bottle spray is reserved for a last word, a final 'fuck you' in what is usually an ongoing escalation.
So I don't buy it. Don't get me wrong, that kind of cyclist is still the worst, and we'd all be better off if they would pick a different hobby, but it think it's highly unlikely that this women was simply sitting there, minding her business when she got hosed out of the blue.
Brian Nilsen says:
| See, if he were in a car, she could have noted the license plate number, gone to the police with the information, they could have looked up the owner of the car, spoken with the individual, and she could have received some satisfaction.
Ahahahah. I take it you've never tried to go after someone for something they did while driving. Plates don't matter – tons of drivers in this city have illegally tinted windows (which they'll never be cited for), so all they have to do is deny they were the one driving. Unless you can see their face, there's nothing you can do. At least you can see who the cyclist is.
Yup! So you would have a plate that uniquely identifies the cyclist and a description of the outfit the person was wearing. The odds that someone else with the exact set of the clothes was riding a bicycle that happened to have that license plate would be difficult to prove.
That said, I agree that "license plates" wouldn't really work for bicycles. But it's an interesting question: How do we identify a cyclist?
It's not. It's a pointless question.
Drivers in cars kill lots of people. 36,000 or so per year in the US, last time I looked. License plates aren't holding them accountable. Hell, the license plate on the woman illegally blocking the bike lane in the anecdote above hasn't resolved anything.
At any rate, while it's not an interesting question, you identify a cyclist the same way you identify every single other living being. Unless you are suggesting that we should all wear license plates at all times when walking.
The odds that you'll have the same bicycle with a person with the same set of clothes is also pretty damn unusual. I don't know that I've ever seen the same clothes on the same bike across two different peopel with the exception of professional teams competing in sanctioned events on closed courses. So, you've already got what you want. Identify the make of the bike + what the rider is wearing and you're set. Now all you're advocating is wasting tax dollars for zero benefit.
Wish this had an edit function.
It does, it's just on my end. Hope this solves the problem.
It does!
John Stesney says:
This was obviously satire, not to be believed. At least the part about him having a girlfriend.
yawfle says:
Hey, just because something is obviously a failed Creative Writing Experiment doesn't mean it's not going to be raised as a banner and lead to the deaths of millions…
Mark Excell says:
Very funny, but to be honest, I don't know another subject that causes as much rage as this one. To me the answer would be simple, have a lane for non-motorised vehicles… Anything else causing hassle..