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Bloomberg Anti-Gun Commercial To Air During Super Bowl
Keep the remote handy during Sunday's Super Bowl telecast because you'll want to mute the volume when Big Nanny himself–New...
By John Haughey | Published Feb 3, 2012 9:59 PM
Keep the remote handy during Sunday's Super Bowl telecast because you'll want to mute the volume when Big Nanny himself–New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg–and Boston Mayor Thomas Merino share a couch and lecture unsuspecting football fans about the evils of firearms and, by extension, the dangers posed by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Bloomberg and Menino filmed a 30-second gun-control commercial Tuesday in New York that will air in the Northeast, not nationally, during Sunday's big game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.
The commercial will show the two mayors sitting on a couch, wearing Giants and Patriots jerseys over their shirts and ties, ribbing each other about New York-Boston sports rivalries, pretending to watch the game, before declaring that one thing they agree on is the need for stricter federal gun control laws.
Both mayors are founding members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which is pushing for a stronger federal background check system on firearms purchases.
With billionaire Bloomberg footing the bill from pocket change, the group had no problem purchasing air time during TV's most watched event. According to TNS Media Intelligence, 30-second commercials during the Super Bowl on CBS are selling for between $2.5 million and $2.8 million.
The lecture-mercial is already drawing criticism from divergent sources, including Boston Herald columnist Michael Graham, whose Feb. 3 column noted a disconnect between the mayors' message and reality.
"The ad will reportedly talk about gun laws and the need for the presidential candidates to address the issue," Graham wrote. "What the ad most assuredly won't talk about is gun violence itself. Because the last thing these two big-government grannies want you to know is that gun violence is plummeting, even as gun ownership has skyrocketed."
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February 1, 1998 • By Peter Kurth
What does a genius look like? I'm scanning the baggy-clothed club-scene holdovers in New York City's Café Orlin for an artiste swathed in scarves and attitude à la Isadora Duncan. Or Albert Einstein-ish, wild hair and piercing eyes.
Try buzzcut and earring. He's sitting alone, ordering a near-noon breakfast of bacon and eggs with no regard for the vegetarian grazing favored in this beyond-trendy downtown spot. He has on his I-don't-suffer-fools-gladly frown; the ever-present cigarette is at hand.
Meet Mark Harrington, 38, policy director of the Treatment Action Group (TAG), the controversial, self-appointed AIDS advisory panel and think-tank that had its beginnings in a now-legendary split with ACT UP in 1991. He's also a 1997 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation endowment, one of the famous "genius" awards the foundation hands out annually to creative persons in all walks of life. "I don't like using a word as limiting as genius," Harrington says. He's plainly anxious not to sound pompous, but he's been saddled with a pretty awesome label. "I prefer the word prodigy because it implies a promise of things to come."
Harrington's slice of the MacArthur pie—$240,000 to be dished out in five annual installments—was bestowed in recognition of 10 years' service to the AIDS community, specifically for spearheading TAG's biggest triumph: An overhaul of the billion-dollar federal AIDS research effort. The crusade, which took a mere two years from its start as a 1992 white paper drafted by Harrington and fellow TAGer Gregg Gonsalves, wrested the TAG-designed Office of AIDS Research from the grip of Dr. Anthony Fauci and filled it with a TAG-picked head. This was "insider" activism—no demos, no die-ins—at its best.
"It's a weird year to have gotten this award," he says. "I'd had the sense, after Vancouver and all the hype about the protease inhibitors, that the national media think AIDS is over. This award is recognition that it's not." Harrington is wiry, fair, with red-blond hair and gray-green eyes, and very serious. In conversation, he speaks quietly, firmly—all business. But he gives off a sense of moment, as if he's been called away from a closed-door meeting to address the masses. And, in a way, he has: There are people who have found their life's work in the tragedy of AIDS, and no one more than Mark Harrington. His voluminous white papers—from the 1988 ACT UP critique of the FDA to last summer's "Twilight of the Eradication Hypothesis"—testify to the importance of his efforts. He lives, eats and breathes the epidemic. Peter Staley, a former fellow TAGer, says, "I was calling Mark our boy genius long before the MacArthur. His remarkable grasp of the issues provided TAG with a great weapon: The ability to differentiate the bullshit and the real in AIDS research."
Scouring the library of treatises, tracts and diatribes built by AIDS activism, you'll find comments from plenty of people who think TAG is an arrogant, elitist, misguided vanity network that has stabbed fellow activists in the back in its rush to glory. Larry Kramer, for one, dismisses TAG as "right-wing" and its members as "faceless, goody-goody former ACT UPers." George Carter, a present ACT UPer, shares Kramer's disdain. "What the hell is TAG doing? It has no community presence. They do their work in their own backroom-type way," Carter says. For example? TAG's federal-research reform failed to address conflicts of interest between scientists and drug companies, a bias that precludes more than token funds to study alternative treatments and the lack of a rule that all drugs be tested in women. "But I will say," he adds, "I've always had enormous respect for Mark."
Many people I spoke to have enormous respect for Mark Harrington—"Mark's been here from the beginning, and we're all very happy and proud that he's been honored in this way," says Martin Delaney, the founder of Project Inform—but not everyone. Ask some, and you get comments of the "arrogant, elitist, misguided" variety. Ask for a quote, and you get zip. "For the record," says an AmFAR staffer who did time in both ACT UP and TAG, "Mark Harrington is difficult."
It's early October. Harrington is just back from Toronto, where he's spent five days at ICAAC, "the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy"—that tongue-twister falls as effortlessly from Harrington's lips as if he were saying "See Spot run." As a member of the panel that put together last year's federal guidelines that revolutionized HIV treatment, Harrington says he's already deeply worried about their actual usefulness for the ever-growing numbers "failing" on protease therapy. And the ICAAC itself was "very depressing," he says, "mainly disconnected scientific reports and self-serving drug company studies urging patients to 'use my drug!' There were no studies on when to start or switch therapies. No studies on protease resistance. No head-to-head studies. The situation looks a little bleak right now," he says with a shrug, "but we've always alternated between too much optimism and too much pessimism."
The AIDS talk only intensifies when Gregg Gonsalves, TAG's liaison in Washington, DC—he is also Harrington's ex-lover—arrives at the café at noon for a weekly policy meeting. TAG, for all its dragon-slaying, has no office; the activists operate out of their own apartments by phone, fax and Internet. With an annual budget of a half-million dollars—half of it drug-company grants—TAG has five full-time staff, two consultants and some 50 volunteers. TAG's glam board extends from star-moguls Barry Diller and David Geffen to stalwarts Dr. Mathilde Krim and Dr. David Ho.
Now, with Gonsalves at the table, I sit back and listen, astonished by the sheer depth of knowledge the two possess. If I didn't know these two had once been lovers—and high-profile ones, at that—I would never have guessed it now. Their chat is earnest—relaxed, friendly, but no frills. Whatever their past, they are plainly comrades now.
The two survey the entire AIDS landscape, swooping down on an intricacy here or an abstraction there with the speed and precision of a pair of eagles. Within half a minute, I hear the words macrophages, Geneva, third-level resistance and vertical transmission in a string of head-spinning points. It is part drill, part performance, and it doesn't disappoint.
"Did you get my memo about the guidelines?"
"The balance of power now shifts to NIAID."
"Getting down to a once-a-day regimen will be a huge advance."
"The largest unfinished piece is the restructuring of ACTG."
"We need a white paper. Something short. Ten pages."
When the talk is over, we leave the cafe and say our goodbyes to Gonsalves. I wonder what Harrington is feeling as he watches his former lover disappear down St. Marks Place. "Gregg handles Congress for me, for which I'm extremely grateful," is all he says.
We walk in silence and sit down on a park bench. The afternoon is bright and warm. Bladers fly past. Dog walkers, junkies, panhandlers, cops—the standard downtown cast.
Harrington first found his way to ACT UP in 1988 after a close friend got sick. "He had no job, no money, no insurance, no family—he came from a family of homophobes. There was nothing. No options," he says, running his hand through his hair. "And I was at that point in my late 20s, when I wanted to get serious about something."
In Harrington's recollection, ACT UP evolved naturally out of the inventive, eclectic downtown gay scene that was shaking itself awake from the AIDS nightmare. Despair gave way to rage. "It was guerrilla theater, demo drag, direct interventions—in your face," Harrington says. "There was this critical mass of love and support in ACT UP then—it allowed for the expression of countless differences of opinion." He lights a cigarette. "It all blended and melded without effort, but after a few demos, I realized how far we were from where we needed to go." At the beginning, he was "into everything. I had no focus." He paid the bills working "some kind of computer job."
Harrington found himself drawn to the Treatment and Data Committee. Working on a glossary of AIDS terms, he began to dip into the medical literature. He wanted to know not just what the experts were saying, but what they really meant. "And then ACT UP just turned into this strange kind of work," Harrington says. "For the first year, I didn't realize what was going on. I was moving to my calling. I resisted. I thought I'd be in ACT UP for about 18 months, and then there would be a cure, and I could go back to being me."
"So who is Mark Harrington?" I ask finally. After all, the MacArthur grant honors the individual, not organizations.
"Oh, right. 'When Mark Harrington goes home at night…,'" he says, suddenly twinkly and mischievous. "I'm single. I'm open to suggestions." He laughs, then says briskly, like a private reporting for duty: "I live in a seventh-floor one-bedroom apartment with a cat named Kitty. Kitty is 12 and all silver. I've had Kitty longer than I've had HIV."
Harrington's absorption in AIDS issues is so total that this reference to his own health comes as a surprise. It's not that he won't let me get up close and personal. It's just that even when our talk turns to his childhood, his education, his love life, AIDS—the "other"—always reasserts itself.
To the extent that we become our parents, Mark Harrington's activism seems less a choice than a destiny. He grew up in San Francisco, the oldest of four children in a wealthy and well-educated, left-leaning and right-thinking family. "We believed that one needed to make the country a better place," Harrington says. His father, Richard, is a locally famous attorney who wore love beads under his three-piece suits to defend "pot-smoking conscientious objectors" during the Vietnam War. His mother, Judith, is a painter, James Joyce scholar and longtime champion of integration in the public schools. "The kids went with us on peace marches," she says, adding that she and her husband are reluctant to take credit for what their son has achieved on his own. "It's just wonderful when a good mind can engage with important work," she says, "and I think Mark's work is going to prove more durable and lasting than ours."
In 1977, after graduating from Lowell High School—renowned for its academics and diversity—Harrington set out for Harvard. "I thought I'd be a lawyer, like my father," he says. "But then, the gay thing happened, and Harvard was a pretty homophobic place. And I was into punk rock. By my sophomore year, I was no longer remotely interested in going to law school." After college, Harrington drifted. "I had three intense love affairs. I was growing up on the personal side and was not at all serious about anything professional," he says. He dabbled in filmmaking, writing, screenwriting, art, and toyed with the idea of being a rock critic. His later activism bears the marks of these earlier interests—such as the "Read My Lips" two-sailors-kissing poster he designed for ACT UP t-shirts, and the allusions to Patti Smith and Prince that enliven his white papers.
In 1985, while he was "slinging espressos" and delaying the future in Cambridge, Harrington met Jay Funk, a New Yorker. "We fell in love," Harrington says, "so magical, the big love affair of your 20s, when you're just so in love." They did the Europe thing and, after a year, Harrington moved to New York City. "It was the high '80s," he recalls. "The Tunnel, Palladium, all those awful clubs." They broke up not long after Harrington's arrival. "We lost the battle between the faithful heart and the wandering penis," he says, though whose penis and whose heart he does not say. "We were both very young and passionate: All or nothing." Within a few years, Funk was dead of AIDS, and Harrington was on a mission.
For many, the ACT UP/TAG feud is ancient history, recalled with humor as the curtain on a Hatfield-vs.-McCoy melodrama. For others, the resentment still stings. Harrington, who made enemies of allies, says simply: "All the time, all around us, charismatic people were dying. ACT UP itself was degenerating into hugely self-destructive in-fights. We [future TAGers] were spending so much time defending ourselves rather than really moving on treatment research and action."
Two years after the split, TAG raised another communitywide flap for its reversal on the issue of accelerated approval for AIDS meds, a cause for which ACT UP, Project Inform and Harrington himself had once lobbied hard on the theory that desperate PWAs should have the right to take chances on any potentially lifesaving drugs. But as new drugs came down the line, it became clear to TAG that fast-tracking —"deregulation with an activist face," as Harrington dubbed it—was a double-edged sword, guaranteeing swift access but providing no safeguards or standards. The activists' early cry of "Drugs into bodies!" rang hollow, says Harrington, when one "me-too" drug after another was rushed to market, producing a host of new complications for PWAs.
TAG's maiden voyage was an eye-popping spin on a traditional "action"—enveloping Sen. Jesse Helms' suburban Washington house in a giant David Geffen–bankrolled condom. "We did demos," Harrington says. "But they got no coverage, and they changed no policies." So TAG went "inside" instead. With the election of Bill Clinton to the White House in 1992, Harrington says, "the whole atmosphere and energy were different. The research arm let us in. It marked a change from acts of civil disobedience to acts of Congress. Why do a demo when you can do a phone call?"
For a while, after he tested positive in 1990, Harrington says, he still believed in the magic bullet, "that there must be a drug out there that would be a cure. Something, somewhere, existed—we just all had to put our shoulders to the wheel and shake it loose from the federal bureaucracy." Slowly, however, especially when it came to putting toxic drugs into his own body, he began to reconsider. "You can't shout a cure out of the test tube," he says. His voice trails off. We sit for a while in silence.
I ask the $240,000 question, "So what are you going to do with the money?" Harrington deals me the dish: He threw a party and took a vacation to Barcelona. New furniture and bookshelves fill his East Village apartment. He's hired an accountant. "Maybe I should put some of the money away for retirement?" Harrington muses. "The stock market? Bonds?" After a decade of AIDS, he admits that "even thinking about retirement is all very surreal." Apart from the money, what Harrington most appreciates is "the moral encouragement—the ability it gives you that you didn't have before to seed more work."
The park buzzes with an after-work swarm, and Harrington has a TAG staff meeting. Tying up the thread of our conversation, he declares: "One thing I'm really proud of—TAG's held on to its position. We've secured our ground and kept it." He stands up. "You have to stay where you put yourself," he says. "But you have to watch yourself all the time." He smiles enigmatically and, to my surprise, hugs me quickly—the first time I've ever been hugged by a genius, I would guess.
After he's gone, I remember how often the people I talked to about him cited a speech he gave to close the 1992 International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam as his finest hour. The TAG/ACT UP wound was still fresh. Speaking in front of an audience of 25,000, Harrington laid out a blueprint for a new direction in AIDS research and AIDS activism, characterized by cooperation rather than antagonism. He called for PWAs to put their "bodies on the line"—not by rushing to the barricades but by taking part in clinical research. Then he showed slides of HIV-infected cells taken from his own lymph nodes and biopsied by Anthony Fauci; they were projected on a vast screen, and later reproduced worldwide in the press. It was also the way many in the audience found out he was HIV positive—a very public coming-out for so private a man. Supporters and detractors alike—and there are legions of both—recall it as a classic "Mark Harrington" moment: The argument was brilliant, the message was hopeful, the names were dropped, and the attention was all his.
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Commercial DWIs are addressed by N.J.S.A. 39:10-13. The legal limit for drivers in New Jersey is .08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC). However, this legal limit only applies in private vehicles. The CDL DWI statute imposes a higher standard on drivers of commercial vehicles: anyone caught driving a commercial vehicle with a BAC of .04 percent or higher can be charged with a CDL DWI.
The penalties for a commercial DWI vary, depending upon the number of prior offenses.
If you are convicted of a first offense CDL DWI, you are still subject to the same penalties as a standard DWI, including up to 30 days in jail and basic license suspension for 3 months. In addition to these penalties, you will also face a suspension of your commercial driver's license for 1 year; if the violation involved a HAZMAT vehicle, the commercial driver's license suspension will be for 3 years.
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The commercial DWI law applies whether you were over the legal limit in a work vehicle or a personal vehicle; the penalties in both instances are the same. Additionally, the penalties for a CDL DWI violation apply even if you were charged with a DWI in another state.
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 * $Id$
 */

#include <xercesc/dom/DOMException.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMNode.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMEntityReference.hpp>
#include "DOMEntityImpl.hpp"
#include "DOMDocumentImpl.hpp"

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

DOMEntityImpl::DOMEntityImpl(DOMDocument *ownerDoc, const XMLCh *eName)
   : fNode(this, ownerDoc),
     fParent(this, ownerDoc),
     fPublicId(0),
     fSystemId(0),
     fNotationName(0),
     fRefEntity(0),
     fInputEncoding(0),
     fXmlEncoding(0),
     fXmlVersion(0),
     fBaseURI(0),
     fEntityRefNodeCloned(false)
{
    fName        = ((DOMDocumentImpl *)ownerDoc)->getPooledString(eName);
    fNode.setReadOnly(true, true);
}

DOMEntityImpl::DOMEntityImpl(const DOMEntityImpl &other, bool deep)
    : DOMEntity(other),
      fNode(this, other.fNode),
      fParent(this, other.fParent),
      fName(other.fName),
      fPublicId(other.fPublicId),
      fSystemId(other.fSystemId),
      fNotationName(other.fNotationName),
      fRefEntity(other.fRefEntity),
      fInputEncoding(other.fInputEncoding),
      fXmlEncoding(other.fXmlEncoding),
      fXmlVersion(other.fXmlVersion),
      fBaseURI(other.fBaseURI),
      fEntityRefNodeCloned(false)
{
    if (deep)
        fParent.cloneChildren(&other);
    fNode.setReadOnly(true, true);
}

DOMEntityImpl::~DOMEntityImpl() {
}

DOMNode *DOMEntityImpl::cloneNode(bool deep) const
{
    DOMNode* newNode = new (fParent.fOwnerDocument, DOMMemoryManager::ENTITY_OBJECT) DOMEntityImpl(*this, deep);
    fNode.callUserDataHandlers(DOMUserDataHandler::NODE_CLONED, this, newNode);
    return newNode;
}

const XMLCh * DOMEntityImpl::getNodeName() const {
    return fName;
}

DOMNode::NodeType DOMEntityImpl::getNodeType() const {
    return DOMNode::ENTITY_NODE;
}

const XMLCh * DOMEntityImpl::getNotationName() const
{
    return fNotationName;
}

const XMLCh * DOMEntityImpl::getPublicId() const {
    return fPublicId;
}

const XMLCh * DOMEntityImpl::getSystemId() const
{
    return fSystemId;
}

const XMLCh* DOMEntityImpl::getBaseURI() const
{
    return fBaseURI;
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setNodeValue(const XMLCh *arg)
{
    fNode.setNodeValue(arg);
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setNotationName(const XMLCh *arg)
{
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fNotationName = doc->cloneString(arg);
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setPublicId(const XMLCh *arg)
{
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fPublicId = doc->cloneString(arg);
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setSystemId(const XMLCh *arg)
{
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fSystemId = doc->cloneString(arg);
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setBaseURI(const XMLCh* baseURI) {
    if (baseURI && *baseURI) {
        XMLCh* temp = (XMLCh*) ((DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument)->allocate((XMLString::stringLen(baseURI) + 9)*sizeof(XMLCh));
        XMLString::fixURI(baseURI, temp);
        fBaseURI = temp;
    }
    else
        fBaseURI = 0;
}

void   DOMEntityImpl::setEntityRef(DOMEntityReference* other)
{
    fRefEntity = other;
}

DOMEntityReference*  DOMEntityImpl::getEntityRef() const
{
    return fRefEntity;
}

void  DOMEntityImpl::cloneEntityRefTree() const
{
    if (fEntityRefNodeCloned)
        return;

    // cast off const.  This method is const because it is
    //   called from a bunch of logically const methods, like
    //   getFirstChild().
    DOMEntityImpl *ncThis = (DOMEntityImpl *)this;

    //lazily clone the entityRef tree to this entity
    if (fParent.fFirstChild != 0)
        return;

    if (!fRefEntity)
        return;

    ncThis->fEntityRefNodeCloned = true;
    ncThis->fNode.setReadOnly(false, true);
    ncThis->fParent.cloneChildren(fRefEntity);
    ncThis->fNode.setReadOnly(true, true);
}

DOMNode * DOMEntityImpl::getFirstChild() const
{
    cloneEntityRefTree();
    return fParent.fFirstChild;
}

DOMNode *   DOMEntityImpl::getLastChild() const
{
    cloneEntityRefTree();
    return fParent.getLastChild();
}

DOMNodeList* DOMEntityImpl::getChildNodes() const
{
    cloneEntityRefTree();
    return this->fParent.getChildNodes();

}

bool DOMEntityImpl::hasChildNodes() const
{
    cloneEntityRefTree();
    return fParent.fFirstChild!=0;
}

void DOMEntityImpl::release()
{
    if (fNode.isOwned() && !fNode.isToBeReleased())
        throw DOMException(DOMException::INVALID_ACCESS_ERR,0, GetDOMNodeMemoryManager);

    DOMDocumentImpl* doc = (DOMDocumentImpl*) fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    if (doc) {
        fNode.callUserDataHandlers(DOMUserDataHandler::NODE_DELETED, 0, 0);
        fParent.release();
        doc->release(this, DOMMemoryManager::ENTITY_OBJECT);
    }
    else {
        // shouldn't reach here
        throw DOMException(DOMException::INVALID_ACCESS_ERR,0, GetDOMNodeMemoryManager);
    }
}

//
//  Functions inherited from Node
//

           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::appendChild(DOMNode *newChild)          {cloneEntityRefTree(); return fParent.appendChild (newChild); }
           DOMNamedNodeMap* DOMEntityImpl::getAttributes() const                   {return fNode.getAttributes (); }
     const XMLCh*           DOMEntityImpl::getLocalName() const                    {return fNode.getLocalName (); }
     const XMLCh*           DOMEntityImpl::getNamespaceURI() const                 {return fNode.getNamespaceURI (); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::getNextSibling() const                  {return fNode.getNextSibling (); }
     const XMLCh*           DOMEntityImpl::getNodeValue() const                    {return fNode.getNodeValue (); }
           DOMDocument*     DOMEntityImpl::getOwnerDocument() const                {return fParent.fOwnerDocument; }
     const XMLCh*           DOMEntityImpl::getPrefix() const                       {return fNode.getPrefix (); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::getParentNode() const                   {return fNode.getParentNode (); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::getPreviousSibling() const              {return fNode.getPreviousSibling (); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::insertBefore(DOMNode *newChild, DOMNode *refChild)
                                                                                {cloneEntityRefTree(); return fParent.insertBefore (newChild, refChild); }
           void             DOMEntityImpl::normalize()                             {cloneEntityRefTree(); fParent.normalize (); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::removeChild(DOMNode *oldChild)          {cloneEntityRefTree(); return fParent.removeChild (oldChild); }
           DOMNode*         DOMEntityImpl::replaceChild(DOMNode *newChild, DOMNode *oldChild)
                                                                                {cloneEntityRefTree(); return fParent.replaceChild (newChild, oldChild); }
           bool             DOMEntityImpl::isSupported(const XMLCh *feature, const XMLCh *version) const
                                                                                {return fNode.isSupported (feature, version); }
           void             DOMEntityImpl::setPrefix(const XMLCh  *prefix)         {fNode.setPrefix(prefix); }
           bool             DOMEntityImpl::hasAttributes() const                   {return fNode.hasAttributes(); }
           bool             DOMEntityImpl::isSameNode(const DOMNode* other) const  {return fNode.isSameNode(other); }
           bool             DOMEntityImpl::isEqualNode(const DOMNode* arg) const   {cloneEntityRefTree(); return fParent.isEqualNode(arg); }
           void*            DOMEntityImpl::setUserData(const XMLCh* key, void* data, DOMUserDataHandler* handler)
                                                                                {return fNode.setUserData(key, data, handler); }
           void*            DOMEntityImpl::getUserData(const XMLCh* key) const     {return fNode.getUserData(key); }
           short            DOMEntityImpl::compareDocumentPosition(const DOMNode* other) const {return fNode.compareDocumentPosition(other); }
           const XMLCh*     DOMEntityImpl::getTextContent() const                  {return fNode.getTextContent(); }
           void             DOMEntityImpl::setTextContent(const XMLCh* textContent){fNode.setTextContent(textContent); }
           const XMLCh*     DOMEntityImpl::lookupPrefix(const XMLCh* namespaceURI) const  {return fNode.lookupPrefix(namespaceURI); }
           bool             DOMEntityImpl::isDefaultNamespace(const XMLCh* namespaceURI) const {return fNode.isDefaultNamespace(namespaceURI); }
           const XMLCh*     DOMEntityImpl::lookupNamespaceURI(const XMLCh* prefix) const  {return fNode.lookupNamespaceURI(prefix); }
           void*            DOMEntityImpl::getFeature(const XMLCh* feature, const XMLCh* version) const {return fNode.getFeature(feature, version); }

// Macro-in implementation accessors.
DOMNODEIMPL_IMPL(DOMEntityImpl);
DOMPARENTIMPL_IMPL(DOMEntityImpl);

//Introduced in DOM Level 3
const XMLCh* DOMEntityImpl::getInputEncoding() const {
    return fInputEncoding;
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setInputEncoding(const XMLCh* actualEncoding){
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fInputEncoding = doc->cloneString(actualEncoding);
}

const XMLCh* DOMEntityImpl::getXmlEncoding() const {
    return fXmlEncoding;
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setXmlEncoding(const XMLCh* encoding){
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fXmlEncoding = doc->cloneString(encoding);
}

const XMLCh* DOMEntityImpl::getXmlVersion() const {
    return fXmlVersion;
}

void DOMEntityImpl::setXmlVersion(const XMLCh* version){
    DOMDocumentImpl *doc = (DOMDocumentImpl *)fParent.fOwnerDocument;
    fXmlVersion = doc->cloneString(version);
}

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END


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In June 2008, China announced the Outline of National IP Strategy ("IP Strategy"), which set up a roadmap for China to become a country of high level of IP creation, utilization and protection by 2020. As a key part of the IP Strategy, China committed to carry out a number of judicial reforms to strengthen the protection of IP rights. One of the most promising reforms is that China would consider establishing centralized jurisdiction over some hi-tech cases, particularly patent litigations. Also, experiments would be conducted on the "three-in-one" adjudication for civil, administrative and criminal IP cases under a single tribunal. Another reform is to establish a unified appellate court for IP infringement and/or validity cases.
There have been lots of developments made to the Chinese IP judicial system since the issuance of the IP Strategy. The establishment of specialized IP Courts in late 2014 in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou is a milestone of China's recent efforts in improving the IP protection. Two years after the launch of the IP Courts, four new specialized IP Tribunals were established in four cities of China, Nanjing, Suzhou, Chengdu and Wuhan in early 2017.
This article will make a brief overview of the performance of the IP Courts two years since their establishment, provide an introduction of the new specialized IP Tribunals, and look into the prospect of a unified IP appellate court.
2. Overview of the Three IP Courts' Performance
Since the three IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou officially opened in late 2014, there has been significant progress in the IP law area. These IP Courts are designed to try cases involving patents, technical secrets, computer software, new plant varieties, integrated circuit layout designs, and cases regarding recognition of well-known trademarks and antitrust issues.
2.1. Achievements of the Specialized IP Courts
Damages awarded by the specialized IP Courts have grown aggressively in the past two years. Statistics show that in 2016, the average amount of damages granted by the Beijing IP Court is RMB 1.41 million (around USD 200,000) for patent infringement, while prior to 2014 the average damages nationwide was only RMB 800,00 for patent infringement and the damages for other types of IP infringement were even less. In December 2016, the Beijing IP Court issued an unprecedented damage award, RMB 50 million, approximately USD 7.5 million in favor of a patent holder. The reason behind the increasing damages is that the IP Courts have lessened the burden of proof on the plaintiff according to a Supreme People's Court judicial interpretation, that is, where the plaintiff has exhausted reasonable efforts to show the infringer's profits obtained from the alleged infringement (e.g., providing the infringer's sales number and the average profit margin of the industry), the burden will then be shifted to the defendant and the court may make its damages determination based on the plaintiff's claim and evidence if the defendant fails to produce rebuttal evidence (e.g., the defendant's account books, etc.) to show its actual gain. In addition, the specialized IP Courts are willing to grant the plaintiff's motion to subpoena third parties (e.g., the defendant's customers, suppliers, banks, and etc.) to obtain information that is critical to the calculation of damages. Further, different from the very conservative approach in awarding damages in the past, in some cases, the IP Courts tend to impose maximum statutory damages (RMB 1 million, around USD 150,000) to reasonably reflect the market value of infringed IP rights, or grant punitive damages against intentional infringements, even though such punitive damages are provided in the 4th draft amendment of Chinese Patent Law, not yet officially issued.
The specialized IP Courts take a positive attitude towards provisional measures such as preliminary injunction and evidence preservation which are traditionally hard to secure in China. The Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou IP Court each published several typical cases concerning evidence preservation and preliminary injunction in the past two years, indicating that seeking provisional measures is now a real potential option for IP owners if evidence is solid to meet the prescribed circumstances.
The specialized IP Courts employ technical investigators for resolving complicated technologies. Statistics show that, during 2016, 35 technical investigators had been appointed by the Beijing IP Court in 352 cases, who submitted 262 technical opinions and many of the opinions were adopted by judges. Unlike expert witness hired by the parties and technical appraisal agencies appointed by courts, technical investigators act as internal technical assistants of judges. They are supposed to be generally more neutral and professional in assisting judges for finding technical facts than outside experts. However, our observation indicates that, quite a few of the technical investigators of the Beijing IP Court are former patent examiners from the State IP Office ("SIPO"), the neutrality for their involvement in patent validity review cases where the SIPO is a defendant appears a question.
The Beijing IP Court reversed decisions of the Patent Re-examination Board ("PRB", under the SIPO) in 52 out of 431cases decided in 2016, representing a reversal rate of 12.06%, substantially higher than the historical reversal rates. Such statistics indicate that the Beijing IP Court has more genuine willing to exercise judicial review power over administrative decisions on patent validity review.
2.2. Shortcomings of the specialized IP Courts
While the establishment of specialized IP Courts is a great improvement to the Chinese judicial system, a number of unresolved issues remain. In particular, there are only three specialized IP Courts and their jurisdiction coverage are limited to a small portion of China. It is expected that more IP Courts should be established to stretch their jurisdictions to a larger territory.
The specialized IP Courts have no jurisdiction to hear IP-related criminal cases, and all non-technology-involved IP cases, such as trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, copyright (except for software related) cases, now have to be brought to Basic People's Courts for trial and to the IP Courts for appeal in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Among these cases, some are quite sophisticated and may not be proper to be heard by Basic People's Courts.
The shortage of manpower is a notable issue for all Chinese courts, and especially for the Beijing IP Court which has exclusive jurisdiction over validity review of patents and trademarks in China. It is startling that each judge in the Beijing IP Court gets a quota of over 200 IP cases to conclude each year. Such extremely heavy caseload creates barriers for judges to issue high quality decisions.
Lastly, an IP Court of Appeal at the state level is missing from the current Chinese IP ecosystem. The three IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are at the intermediate court level, subject to appeal review by provincial courts in the three municipalities. Building an IP Court of Appeal can carry on the specialty and uniformity of the IP Courts in appeal proceedings, and may pave a platform to improve the efficiency of patent validity review.
3. The New Specialized IP Tribunals
In January and February 2017, four new specialized IP Tribunals were established in four cities, namely, Nanjing, Suzhou of Jiangsu Province, Chengdu of Sichuan Province, and Wuhan of Hubei Province. The four specialized IP Tribunals are attached to the intermediate courts of the four cities. While the three IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou cover throughout north and south China, the newly established IP Tribunals are located in the four most important provinces in eastern, middle and western parts of China. These provinces are also among the top 10 largest provincial economies and most innovative parts of China.
The specialized IP Tribunals resemble to the specialized IP Courts in many aspects. For example, they all sit at the intermediate level in the hierarchy of Chinese courts, exercise jurisdictions on similar subject matter – patent and alike technology-related cases, and the provincial courts above the four concerned intermediate courts supervise and hear appeals from the first-instance judgments made by the four specialized IP Tribunals. They all have the most qualified IP judges in China. Each of the specialized IP Tribunals is composed of 12 to 15 judges with extensive experiences in IP litigation.
Unlike the IP Courts in Beijing and Shanghai that only have jurisdiction over IP cases within their own cities, each of the four IP Tribunals has cross-regional jurisdiction over the entire province or multiple cities within that province. For example, the Chengdu IP Tribunal and the Wuhan IP Tribunal hear first-instance civil cases relating to patent and alike cases in all Sichuan province and Hubei province respectively. The Suzhou IP Tribunal has jurisdiction over patent and alike cases from four cities of Jiangsu province, while the province's nine remaining cities fall into the jurisdiction of the Nanjing IP Tribunal. In addition, the new IP Tribunals are China's first courts/tribunals to hear civil, administrative and criminal IP matters under a single tribunal, which could minimize the inconsistencies caused by different tribunals handling the same subject matter.
It is reported that the Supreme People's Court has been planning to expand the Beijing IP court's jurisdiction to cover Tianjin and Hebei province. If that comes true, we may foresee that other IP Courts and the specialized IP Tribunals may have jurisdiction over their neighboring provinces for IP cases (e.g. the Shanghai IP Court covers Shanghai, Zhejiang province and Jiangxi province) in the future. So far, there are more than 60 intermediate level courts (including the three IP Courts and four intermediate courts to which the four IP Tribunals are attached) in China having jurisdiction over patent and complex technical cases, averagely two intermediate courts in each province. If the IP Courts have trans-provincial jurisdiction as proposed and more specialized IP Courts/Tribunals were to be launched, the number of courts that hear patent cases is expected to be less than 30.
4. The Potential IP Appellate Court(s)
The Vice President and the Chief Justice in charge of IP cases of the Supreme People's Court, Madam TAO Kaiyuan, mentioned on many occasions that the establishment of an IP-dedicated appellate court shall be considered in the following years.
The concept of IP Appellate Court is not new. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") is the only appellate-level court with the jurisdiction to hear patent cases in the U.S. Similarly, in the EU, the proposed Unified Patent Court ("UPC") comprises a Court of First Instance and a Court of Appeal which hears infringement cases and validity proceedings of European patents in all Contracting Member States.
Currently, the Beijing IP Court has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from administrative decisions on validity of patents and trademarks by the PRB and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board and its judgment could be further appealed to the Beijing High People's Court. On the other hand, appeals against judgments made by the specialized IP Courts, specialized IP Tribunals and general courts concerning patent infringement are heard by the High People's Courts of different provinces. There is no mechanism to guarantee that different High Courts will apply uniformed standards in the appeal proceedings.
The Beijing High Court is the best candidate for the unified IP Appellate Court, as it has already been hearing appeals involving validity of patents and trademarks and only needs to take over the appellate jurisdiction for civil patent cases from the other High People's Courts. Alternatively, China may consider establishing multiple IP appellate courts, just like the six Circuit Courts of the Supreme People's Court established in recent years. These Circuit Courts are attached to the Supreme People's Court, with each Circuit Court covering three to five provinces. By the same token, there could be several IP appellate circuit courts, hearing appeals from the multiple provinces that compose each circuit.
Setting up IP Appellate Court, either a single unified court, or multiple circuits, would definitely help achieve adjudicative consistency between IP administrative proceedings and infringement actions, and among different trial court decisions, and will also help eliminate local protectionism.
Setting up an IP Appellant Court may also improve the efficiency of patent validity review. Currently, after the PRB issues a decision on re-examination or invalidation, the decision can be appealed to the Beijing IP Court for trial, to the Beijing High People's Court for appeal, and to the Supreme People's Court for a further discretionary appeal (the so called "retrial"). Such lengthy procedure may be slimed with the establishment of an IP Court of Appeal, for example, one instance of appeal to the Beijing IP Court could be omitted.
5. Concluding Thoughts
The three specialized IP Courts are progressively aggressive in China's IP enforcement, e.g., awarding increasingly high damages, granting provisional measures, taking stricter judicial review of administrative decisions, piloting a precedent system (please refer to our March blog), and etc.
The establishment of specialized IP Tribunals made a further step forward in China's IP protection landscape. These progresses show that China wants to centralize jurisdiction over patent cases, improve the quality, efficiency and consistency of IP adjudications. China is moving in the positive direction towards the goals set in its IP Strategy.
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8 Affordable Suit Brands That Don't Compromise On Quality
Gay Talese, the American godfather of contemporary literary journalism, once said "Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter." Talese would wake each morning on the third floor of his New York apartment and make his way to the fourth floor where he kept his clothes. There he would diligently choose a custom-made suit for the morning – one of many he had tailored over the years – and dress as if he were going to his Wall Street office, only he was going to his writing 'bunker' five floors down.
It would be nice to enjoy that daily indulgence of slipping into a bespoke suit for no other reason than 'why the hell not?' Talese came from tailoring stock so it was arguably in the blood, but for most of us, wearing a custom-made suit day in, day out just isn't warranted or practical. The alternative of course is to rotate suits, an option that becomes far more financially realistic when you're talking about off-the-peg.
Off-The-Peg Suits: Buying Considerations
So how do you find the perfect off-the-peg suit? Well, there's no escaping the fact that you're going to have to try on a lot of suits. A 42 regular at one brand will likely fit differently to a 42 regular at another (even the sizes of different suits at the same brand can have discrepancies in fit) so you're going to need to put in the hard yards before you find a good cut.
The most critical part of the fit is across the shoulders, since this is the dimension that can't really be altered by a tailor, so take your time to ensure you get it right. They should fit snug but not tight and the sleeves should finish roughly 4 inches from the tip of your thumbs when your arms are by your sides. The collar should sit flush to your neck, as with the lapels to your chest.
If the shoulders are good but the sleeves run too long, don't worry – a good tailor can take up the sleeves by a centimetre or two, even with functional buttons. If the sleeves are too short, that may be more problematic since ready-to-wear suits don't tend to be made with a lot of excess fabric, unlike bespoke.
Suitsupply
Besides the fit, the other important factor to consider is fabric. 100% wool suits are graded by the 'S number', or 'Super', which essentially is a measurement of the thickness of the yarn, measured in microns. The thinner the yarn, the finer and more high quality, resulting in a higher Super number.
In general, a Super 100s cloth is a superior choice for daily wear but something in the Super 70-90s range will still look great while being that much more durable. A few good retailers (which we'll get into shortly) do provide Super 120s cloth off-the-peg so if you're only intending to wear the suit infrequently, this could be an excellent option.
At the lower end of your budget, you might find suits made from a wool or cotton blend – these will often be of a more casual aesthetic since they won't have the luster of pure wool but they can make for good summer tailoring options. You'll also find many modern wool yarns mixed with elastane to create a stretch in the fabric and prevent creasing. While practical, this does take away something from the natural drape of a pure wool suit.
The final consideration consists of the details such as the buttons, lining and sleeve lining. Many off-the-peg suits will come unstructured these days and so will only feature sleeve linings, if anything. Naturally, that makes for a lighter suit jacket and one that will crinkle more than a half-lined or fully-lined suit (which is perhaps a bonus when shopping for cotton or linen summer suits).
Lining will also keep you that much warmer if you live in cooler climates. Most off-the-peg linings will be made from either rayon, viscose or polyester, with the latter being the more durable of the three but the least breathable.
As for the buttons, it's a nice touch if the jacket comes with real horn buttons but it's not a dealbreaker. You can always switch out better quality buttons at a later stage.
The Best Affordable Suits Brands
So now you've been primed with how to buy off-the-peg, here's our rundown on where to buy off-the-peg. Not to be confused with 'cheap', we've selected these suit brands for their affordability/value ratio, ensuring you get the most bang for your sartorial buck.
Pindot Travel Suit
Italian Luxury Stretch Flannel Suit
Sharkskin Suit
For much of its 361-year history, London's Jermyn Street has been regarded as a sartorial destination for discerning gentlemen. More recently, it has been the postcode for some of the world's finest shirtmakers, including Charles Tyrwhitt. Well regarded for their button ups, Tyrwhitt's suits fly under the radar but represent excellent value for money.
Constructed with the same fastidiousness as its shirts, we particularly like Tyrwhitt's 'Italian suits', cut in Vitale Barberis Canonico Super 110s merino wool, with a half canvas construction, corozo buttons and signature lapwing lining. If you're on the road a lot, the brand's crease-resistant pindot travel suit in Super 120s is an absolute steal.
Shop now at Charles Tyrwhitt
Pray Slim Fit Travel Blazer Black
Pray Slim Fit Travel Blazer Navy
Freedom Puppytooth Single Breasted Blazer
High-street favourite Reiss is a go-to option if you prefer a more modern slim-fit silhouette or if you simply have a lean body type. Its flagship product is the travel suit, constructed from a blend of wool, polyester and elastane (a little stretch is never a bad thing when you're opting for slim-fitting tailoring) and comes fully lined to help avoid creasing when on the move.
The suit is also available in a 'modern fit', which will still be pretty slim as far as traditional suit silhouettes go.
Shop now at Reiss
Light Brown Havana Suit
Dark Grey Havana Suit
Mid Blue Lazio Suit
The Dutch behemoth that is Suitsupply truly disrupted the tailoring market when it first showed up in 2000 and proved that excellent fabrics needn't be the exclusive preserve of Savile Row et al. Sourcing cloths from some of the most renowned Italian mills in the Biela region, Suitsupply suits feature a soft shoulder with a very natural drape, well-sized lapels and come with a half or full horsehair canvas lining in most cases.
Besides the vast fabrics options, Suitsupply also boasts a wealth of suits styles, making the online shopping experience extremely easy to navigate.
Shop now at Suitsupply
Todd Snyder Italian Cashmere Sutton Suit
Todd Snyder Italian Wool Traveler Suit
Todd Snyder Italian Houndstooth Madison Suit
If you're in the market for a suit that you can style out casually, or if your workplace's dress code that leans business casual, then Todd Snyder is well worth considering. Snyder's cuts are most definitely relaxed with a modern preppy feel that you can mix up with workwear and casualwear elements. Hence, Snyder suits make excellent trouser and blazer separates that you can incorporate into your current wardrobe with ease.
The jacket silhouette is typically Italian, with a relaxed drape in the shoulder and a butterfly lining. If you like Drake's but don't like the price tag, then Snyder is an excellent affordable alternative.
Shop now at Todd Snyder
Ludlow Slim-fit Suit Jacket In Italian Wool
Ludlow Slim-fit Unstructured suit jacket In Irish Cotton-Linen
Ludlow Slim-fit Unstructured suit jacket In English Wool-Cotton
J.Crew's signature design is the Ludlow, which it introduced in 2008 and has been going strong ever since. Recreated in many different incarnations, the Ludlow is a slim-fit, two-button notch lapel suit with a modern silhouette.
It comes in a variety of fabrics, from well-sourced Italian wool to cotton and cotton blends. Some of the styles feature a Bemberg lining (essentially a lining made from cupro) which is a nice touch given the relatively low price point.
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MASSIMO ALBA Unstructured Cotton-Corduroy Suit Jacket
If you've seen No Time to Die, the most recent James Bond film, you'll recall the opening scenes in Mattua, Italy, where Daniel Craig is forced to bungee from a bridge while being pursued by gun-toting baddies. Well, that cotton needlecord suit he's wearing is by Italian brand Massimo Alba. The suit in question is called the 'sloop suit' and is a beautiful expression of relaxed tailoring that can be worn in a business casual workplace or casually at weekends.
Available in tan, racing green and navy, it would make an excellent addition to any tailoring rotation, especially since it can be easily used as separates too. It's definitely designed to be worn in a more casual aesthetic, so think simple white T-shirt in the summer and a button-down shirt or knitted polo in the winter, bookending it with a pair of crepe-soled chukka boots.
Richard James Unstructured Wool Suit Jacket
Richard James Cotton-Needlecord Suit Jacket
Richard James Slim-Fit Prince of Wales Checked Linen and Wool-Blend Suit Jacket
At the upper end of the affordability scale is Richard James's Classic Suit range. When James first launched on Savile Row, he shook up the fusty, old-boy status quo with a bolder vision for tailoring, being one of the first to adopt a slimmer silhouette (his 'Hyde' fit).
The suits typically come in Super 110s with a satin lining, horn buttons, double vents, a working buttonhole and flower loop, two slanted flap pockets, two inside pockets and a breast pocket, all executed with the typical Savile Row attention to detail.
Slim-Fit Suit In Checked Virgin-Wool Serge
Slim-Fit Suit In Striped Virgin Wool
Regular-Fit Suit In Micro-Patterned Virgin Wool
Hugo Boss's suit collection is almost too big and broad to comprehend. The German giant's economies of scale are such that there seems to be an endless supply of suit variants which can make shopping online somewhat daunting, but sift through the dross (of which there is plenty) and you'll find some excellent deals on well-made, high-quality if not extraordinary suits.
Its slim-fit options in virgin wool are a particular highlight with good fabric options to choose from including a variety of checks and micro patterns.
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Having cut his writing teeth in the heady days of magazines back in the noughties (when four-pint lunches were par for the course on press week), Ryan has specialised in menswear and lifestyle ever since. He has written extensively for esteemed global titles such as the Financial Times, while also taking up positions at Farfetch and The Rake. Now freelance, he spends his time in East Sussex mulling over the latest dog fashion trends, and more.


Obama was in California for four fundraisers, one in San Francisco and three in Los Angeles. NBA star Stephen Curry and other members of the Golden State Warriors warmed up the San Francisco crowd. Those attending the Democratic National Committee fundraiser paid between $250 and $10,000.
Obama has been using his fundraising speeches and many others these days to point to progress he said the country has made during the past seven years, including a drop in the unemployment rate and the addition of millions of people to the rolls of those with health insurance.
The president told the 1,000-plus people attending the fundraiser in San Francisco that Republican candidates seeking to succeed him are painting a dismal picture for voters.
Obama got some of his loudest applause when making the case for changes in the nation's gun laws, saying the amount of gun violence taking place in the U.S. is not normal.
"We know we've got to do something to prevent the kind of gun massacres that we see with growing frequency in this country," he said.
In Los Angeles, Obama attended his first fundraiser at the home of movie director J.J. Abrams. He then went to a fundraiser for the DNC where about 200 supporters contributed up $33,400. Jamie Foxx and his band performed before Obama spoke.
Obama returned to the gun issue near the close of his remarks at the DNC fundraiser in Los Angeles. He noted that he went to Oregon the day before to visit with families of those killed at the community college. Two more college shootings occurred on the same day. While some protested during his visit, Obama said he felt just a strongly that such shootings are not inevitable and that the public should encourage lawmakers to take on the gun issue.
The White House said that Obama called Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences for the twin explosions Saturday that killed at least 95 people attending a peace rally in Ankara.
Obama was scheduled to go to the San Diego area for golf on Sunday and Monday, then head back to Washington.


I Baked Him A Cake is a 5-minute horror short directed by Vanessa Ionta Wright and written and produced by Samantha Kolesnik. The film stars Fleece as Mother and Lillian Gray as her daughter, Lenora. The two female stars do an excellent job of being void in all of the best ways. Their performances make us afraid- afraid for them and afraid of them all at the same time. And the best part is we never really understand why. Gray steals the show as Lenora, slowly traversing the horrors around her with a composure that chills to the core. The story is adapted from a short story by Kolesnik, which follows a mother and daughter as they tidy up and prepare for a birthday. In this case, minimalism does everything it should. The film uses tiny yet crucial details to piece together the plot. It requires a few viewings to get all of the minutiae on display. The dialogue, sparse and very open-ended, is done well. Any violence is only hinted at, and the little gore used in this film is meaningful. It is not so much about shocking us with blood, but, rather, shocking us with a young girls' reaction, or lack thereof.
The film has a few feminist nods, and these only serve to further empower the film's raw emotional intensity. Blood is chocked up to menstruation, mom dons no makeup or elaborate hairstyles, and both girls dress androgynously. All of this not only ups the ante on the gritty realism of the film but also serves as a refreshingly different gaze. Also, the opening is a nod to gender politics in horror. We see a partial face and button-down shirt holding a heavy piece of equipment. Even the most socially conscientious horror movie goer will make some faulty assumptions here, only to be forced to acknowledge these errors shortly thereafter. For such a short film to pull such a thought-provoking little bait and switch is impressive.
One of the few criticisms I have repeatedly heard about this film is that it is too ambiguous. Like any short film, time is a real constrictor. Like a breath of fresh air in a current world of backstories galore, the film resists the temptation to over explain things. And it's a good thing because too much detail would have erased the complexity of the film and stripped the film of its emotional punch. This frees the film to focus on the atmospheric and haunting tone. Cake takes its time to create horror through long and affective shots, never feeling the rush that so many shorts fall victim to. It haunts with the juxtaposition of horrific deeds with mundane, innocent ones. And these types of horror don't end when the film does.
Yes, details are missing, but as the viewer, you have to be willing to think and work, for this one. The filmmakers create an immediate level of trust between themselves and the audience. And these ladies know their audience. They trust us to imagine the best, or worst, when filling in said blanks. Cake bets on careful details and the savvy of the audience. And that bet pays off.
Marissa Pona is an English teacher, writer, graduate student, full-time mom and wife, and proud New Jersian. She writes for the Jersey Ghouls podcast and blog. She enjoys all things horror, listening to podcasts, feminist rantings, the shore, and snuggling with her co-hosts.


Winner of the car raffle will be selected in a live drawing on August 14, 2018, at 8:20 a.m. on K103/iHeartMedia Portland. Winner of the bonus $500 cash prize drawing will be selected on July 16, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at the Make-A-Wish Oregon office. Must purchase tickets before 4:00 p.m. on July 16, 2018 to be entered to win cash prize. Winner of the cash prize will still be entered to win the Subaru. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Must be in the state of Oregon at time of purchase. Need not be present to win. Winner responsible for applicable taxes.


CERULEAN, Ky — Kentucky is horse country. It's also God's country, and Paul Daily will not let you leave without a Cowboy Bible. What's a Cowboy Bible? Well, it's a King James with an introduction by Daily, the founder of Wild Horse Ministries, detailing how to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior.
As eclipse fans across the country throw watch parties, Daily is one of many who see the total solar eclipse as a time to tell others about God. "God turned my life around with a horse," he said, then explains why: "As we work this colt, we relay how God loves us and wants to train us, just as we want to make a difference in this horse's life." In front of an audience, Daily breaks that horse in 2 hours or less.
With the exception of Ken Freeman and Nathan Rittenhouse, a representative with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, the preachers during this event are local. But for the 100,000 out-of-town eclipse chasers Hopkinsville expects, SolQuest offers free camping and parking.


Yes, I have had to set aside some of my heebie-geebies with some cuts of meat liver, tongue but I am getting there. While I was out of town, my wife who had secretly been studying Paleo decided to try an egg. Many people out of respect for life. Again, if I got to the end and decided to quit, it was cool. I also like wild meats we get rabbit, venison, etc. You may have several reasons, but what is the main reason? If I didn't know it was a vegan sausage roll, I would have assumed it was a meat one, although the inside gives it away that it has Quorn inside.
Chapter 26 of the Tirukkural, particularly 251—260, deals exclusively on vegetarianism or veganism. Basically since I realized that I could decide what I wanted to eat. Consult a doctor for medical advice, treatment or diagnosis. Ethical vegetarians also believe that killing an animal, like killing a human, especially one who has equal or lesser cognitive abilities than the animals in question, can only be justified in extreme circumstances and that consuming a living creature for its enjoyable taste, convenience, or value is not a sufficient cause. I know a few families that have chosen this lifestyle either for religious reasons or humane reasons. I make my own almond milk. However, the food habits of Hindus vary according to their community, location, custom and varying traditions.
Vegetarian foods rich in iron include , , , , , , , , , , lettuce, , , many , , , , , , , and. A vegetarian diet which is poorly planned can lead to and disorders; this risk may be offset by ensuring sufficient consumption of and. I would love to read about it. I replaced everything I used beef for with turkey or chicken and its great. Now, my family still lives in the same place, and eats the same products, but now they eat more chicken meat full with hormones…. Or maybe you want to cook meat dishes, but one of your kids has decided to go veggie? I struggled with meditation for years as a long term vegetarian until I finally quit, ate meat and healed my gut.
I think this is related to a vegetarian childhood vegan for the first few years. Whey protein is a staple over here. That means sucking the marrow out of the bones, cooking up the fish heads, etc. After that, they are wondering what they are doing wrong — and usually take a remedy in the wrong direction. I can say that I feel so much better now that I eat meat daily. Reddit is , but one post about a woman who reportedly banned all non-vegan guests from her wedding is getting more attention than most. The association between such diets and vegetarianism has led vegetarian groups such as the to state that diets containing these ingredients are not vegetarian, because fish and birds are also animals.
You may bump into rabid meat-lovers that get provoked by your ambition to eat less meat, perhaps because they feel accused. It makes me so happy to talk to people with the same principles and interests as I have. The tenets of do not advocate a particular stance on either vegetarianism or the consumption of meat, but leave the decision of diet to the individual. Make a ceremony out of it. At least one study indicates that vegetarian women are more likely to have female babies. I have moral and ethical dilemmas on this subject of meat but know that I have made a full recovery n a matter of weeks after several years of debilitating sickness. I mostly just want to shrink my carbon footprint, so that means less meat — especially beef.
Their cuisine make meat dishes more nutrition and tasty. We both like scrambled egg done in my Tefal le Saucier. It really grossed me out too. The first failed miserably after a week; the second has lasted three years and I have no plans to go back. For environmental reasons I would want to try and source as much local meat as possible. Since I knew could be , I thought about cutting it out of my diet. Public opinion and acceptance of meat-free food is expected to be more successful if its descriptive words focus less on the health aspects and more on the flavor.
In the wild, those animals fear for their lives every day. He suggested that my joints might not have as much padding as they needed and thus might be more susceptible to injury. Vegetarianism has been practiced by some influential Muslims including the Iraqi theologian, female mystic and poet , who died in the year 801, and the Sri Lankan Sufi master , who established The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship of North America in Philadelphia. But I do notice that meat consumption does help me with my overall health. Now in their elder years, they have medical conditions either the same as meat eaters or more problems. While dairy and egg products provide complete sources for , several vegetable sources have significant amounts of all eight types of essential amino acids, including , , , , , , , , and.
There is no phenomenological good or bad, pleasure or pain for a plant, but there is for an animal. However, each branch of Mahayana Buddhism selects which sutra to follow, and some branches, including the majority of Tibetan and Japanese Buddhists, do eat meat, while many Chinese Buddhist branches do not. I have been a vegetarian for about 12 years. While , the head of the Bahá'í Faith in the first half of the 20th century, stated that a purely vegetarian diet would be preferable since it avoided killing animals, both he and the , the governing body of the Bahá'ís have stated that these teachings do not constitute a Bahá'í practice and that Bahá'ís can choose to eat whatever they wish but should be respectful of others' beliefs. Archived from on July 20, 2011. When people do a meat based diet is high in fats and cholesterol these are killers and bad for your health, verses a vegetarian diet, it offers a…. My only problem at this point is getting my kids 2 girls- 7 and 4 to eat meat.
I also watched some documentaries about religion, spirituality and personal development. But I never had any digestive problems. Include small bites of chicken or in a Greek salad. Once again great post, love it! Experiment with different fats and spices and see what you like. Raw potlucks are the best! So thank you for this post! They have a long tradition of vegetarian or even fully vegan food done up in interesting ways, taking full advantage of the range of tastes and textures that plants can offer, without being a bad imitation of meat or relying too heavily on the spices. The vegetarian then looks like a moralizer and finger-wagger, and has no grounds upon which to stand.
And all the Italian recipes I loved to cook worked just fine when I replaced the ground lamb, pork, or beef with birds, so it was pretty easy. As hard as it may be for meat lovers to understand, giving up a food group for years and in some cases decades means wholly disengaging from it. I find scrambled with cheese and a bit of coconut oil, salt and pepper and a bit of green onion to be good. The , a 20-year study conducted by , the , and the government of China has established a correlation between the consumption of animal products and a variety of chronic illnesses, such as , , and of the , and see. In working with my clients I have seen many people who were experiencing great challenges in the health of their body while they were living a vegetarian lifestyle. The content on this website is intended for informational and educational purposes only. That likely will never happen.


Every once in a while I re-watch one of the Kutiman Thru You songs- the ones where he puts together snippets of people's youtube clips and makes funk masterpieces. Like "I'm New." It takes the next step in sampling: making entire songs from sampled bits of youtube clips. Along with the obvious heaps of creativity that lurks in his head in the selecting of sounds and piecing them together, he demonstrates some major skills with sound and video engineering. In interviews, he talks about not sleeping or seeing the sun for a couple months.
Well, he also apparently made a song out of Maroon 5 clips that they sent him for a collaboration. I guess they wanted him to do what he did before, but with clips of the band instead of random internet youtubers. I don't mean to be overly negative of this idea- Maroon 5 seems to do well, they have lots of fans, etc. To be honest I think I've only heard a few of their songs, so what do I know?
What if there was someone out there who could take little pieces of you doing your thing, rearrange them, and make a new thing that was way better? It would be like submitting a short story only to have the editor move around the sentences, and out comes Hemingway.
Or a better example: painting a picture of dogs playing poker, and then having someone cut the canvas into brush-stroke-sized pieces and paste them together, to reveal a timeless masterpiece of light and shadow where you are depicted... painting a picture. I'm just saying that if I was Maroon 5, I might not have asked for that.
If you haven't checked out some of Kutiman's stuff, you really should watch these videos. His talent and ear is inspiring. If you want to hear one of the tunes from his self-titled album, this mix has one of his songs.
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The deadline for people to have their say about plans to transform Hounslow town centre has been extended by a fortnight.
People were originally given until Monday (March 30) to comment on an application to build more than 500 homes plus shops, restaurants, cafés and a cinema opposite Asda, just off Hounslow High Street.
But such has been the level of interest in Barratt London and Wilson Bowden's plans for the site, which also include a 27-storey tower, Hounslow Council has agreed to extend the consultation period until April 13.
The extension was announced following a meeting held last Wednesday (March 25) by Hounslow Central Residents' Association (HCRA) to discuss the plans for the car park site, known as the High Street Quarter.
HCRA president Trevor Timpson said the group's major concerns about the application included the loss of light for neighbouring residents and the number of parking spaces, which it feels is too low.
It is particularly upset about the applicants' claim that "surrounding neighbouring properties experience much higher levels of light into them than would usually be the case in an urban, town centre location", which it describes as "insulting and unjustified".
Should the application be approved, the development is scheduled for completion in early 2018.


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Q: Issue while using BCP I am trying to add data from a text file into SQL Server Database Table.
Sample Data from text file (I donot know how to attach file here so added image sample) :
I first used Import/Export option but somehow the data is getting inserted but showing NULL Values ? Any inputs why is it happening ?
Now,I am using bcp utility but I am facing issue while doing the task. Can I get some help on this.
Use Master
 GO

 EXEC master.dbo.sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
 RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
 GO

 EXEC master.dbo.sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1
 RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
 GO

DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(512) = 'C:\Users\SQLBoy\Desktop\'

--Use BCP to copy files in character format from the target directly into the table.
SET @sql = 'bcp [MyDB].[Schema].[Destinationtable] in ' + @path + 'new1.txt -c -T'

EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @sql

I am getting error.

Configuration option 'show advanced options' changed from 1 to 1. Run
  the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
Configuration option 'xp_cmdshell' changed from 1 to 1. Run the
  RECONFIGURE statement to install.
Msg 214, Level 16, State 201, Procedure xp_cmdshell, Line 12
Procedure expects parameter 'command_string' of type 'varchar'.

I used VARCHAR(1000) and I am getting below issue :
output

NULL
Starting copy...
SQLState = S1000, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server]Unexpected EOF
  encountered in BCP data-file
NULL
0 rows copied.
Network packet size (bytes): 4096
Clock Time (ms.) Total     : 1
 NULL

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The Florida bill would protect schoolchildren who play with imaginary guns, miniature toy guns and toy guns made of snap-together building blocks.
Children would also be free to draw pictures of guns, or hold their pencils as if they were firearms. They could still get in trouble, however, if their play disrupts class or hurts a fellow student or teacher.
"This is about children and not traumatizing children for doing things that kids do," she said.


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Dental industry ranks highly on American list of best jobs
Scientists find adverse pulmonary health effects associated with vaping
Researchers call for thoughtful waste management in dentistry
NYU Dentistry's Prof. Nicola Partridge receives recognition for craniofacial biology research
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Experimental vaccine may help combat Staphylococcus aureus infection
The KATANA Zirconia Block—Clinical experiences from Italy
Clear aligner therapy: Begin with the end in mind
Understanding and treating patients with eating disorders
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An upcoming free Dental Tribune Study Club webinar will discuss bioactive ceramics and how their use has evolved since the 1990s to become an indispensable part of the contemporary dental armamentarium. (Image: DTI)
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NEW YORK, U.S.: More than 2,500 articles have been published in the field of bioactive ceramics in dental materials, according to Dr. Hugo Sousa Dias. In a free Dental Tribune Study Club webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 30, Dias will be discussing the materials from a clinical perspective, focusing especially on mineral trioxide aggregate.
Dias believes that, since the introduction of bioactive ceramics in the 1990s, the use of the materials has expanded from endodontic restorative and pulpal treatments to endodontic sealing and obturation. Nowadays, they are an indispensable part of the contemporary dental armamentarium, he says. In the webinar, this contention will be further elaborated on with reference to experiences in a clinical setting.
After gaining his DDS, Dias completed the postgraduate program in endodontics at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Besides running his own endodontic practice in Porto, Portugal, he is the Director of the Master in Endodontics clinical residency program at Foramen Dental Education in the same city. Additionally, Dias is the founder of the Portuguese Group for Endodontic Study and a member of the European Society of Endodontology and the Sociedade Portuguesa de Endodontologia [Portuguese endodontic society]. He has given more than 20 lectures around the world and is co-author of a chapter in the book The Root Canal Anatomy in Permanent Dentition (Springer, 2018).
The 1-hour webinar, titled "Biomaterials in Endodontics: What We Know From the Clinical Point of View," will be broadcast live on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. EDT. Attendance is free of charge after easy registration on the website. Participants will be able to ask questions via a chat window and have the opportunity to earn a continuing education credit by completing a multiple-choice questionnaire on the topic.
Dental professionals who are interested in attending the course may register online here.
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Interview: Irrigation in endodontics—New standards in the dental office
December 29, 2019 | Events, Interviews, News
A main goal of endodontic treatment is to effectively irrigate the canal and thus prevent reinfection of the peri-apical tissue. Recently, a range of new products have appeared, many of them claiming to provide effective and safe irrigation. Dental Tribune International spoke with German endodontist Dr Uwe Radmacher about his experiences with the new IrriFlex irrigation needle launched by PD (Produits Dentaires) in March this year.
PD announces launch of its new website
October 30, 2019 | Events, Interviews, News
VEVEY, Switzerland: PD is proud to announce the launch of its new website pd-dental.com, featuring a modern design, improved functionality, easy access to essential information, and helpful tools for dental professionals and distribution partners. Through the launch and further development of the corporate website, PD, as a leader in the dental equipment industry, strives to deliver consistent and relevant resources for its partners worldwide.
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Chinese telecoms firm Huawei's 'shoddy' engineering creates cyber security risks could lead to UK ban, says GCHQ boss Dr Ian Levy | City A.M.
Ryan Ding, head of Huawei's carrier division, dismissed claims the company could install so-called backdoors to enable spying and said the US's objections were misplaced.
"I don't want to speculate on whether they have other purposes with this kind of talk. I would rather focus the limited time that I have on making better products," he added.


SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The 114th Fighter Wing is a small unit, but their efforts span the globe. Airmen of the South Dakota Air National Guard traveled around the world accomplishing missions set before them.
Within a 12-month period, the 114th Fighter Wing deployed as part of an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) package, traveled to support ongoing operations around the world, and provided assistance following a natural disaster.
During the AEF rotation, members of the 114th Fighter Wing maintenance and operations groups deployed to three different countries in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support Mission. Airmen from the 114th Security Forces Squadron were also deployed to different locations. These deployments saw Airmen travel to five different countries throughout Europe and Southwest Asia.
The 114FW Airmen not only deployed and traveled to well-populated places, but also to more remote locations. Chief Master Sgt. Troy Erlandson, 114th Fighter Wing occupational safety manager, traveled to Antarctica. He was attached to the 109th Airlift Wing out of Glenville, New York. Erlandson worked directly for Joint Force Antarctica to support the research mission at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
"I was part of the team that was in charge of the overall safety of the mission from the flight line to supply," said Erlandson.
This was Erlandson's second trip to McMurdo Station where he ensured safety procedures were followed at the station as well as three airfields in the area.
During the hurricane clean up, they were able to clear the bomb dump quickly, efficiently and safely with the help of both active duty and National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, as well as contractors. They were also able to account for 99% of the munitions in the month they spent there.
"This was an eye-opening experience for me," said Senior Airman Timothy Peterson, 114th Maintenance Squadron munitions line control.
In such a short amount of time, South Dakota Air National Guard Airmen traveled the world and made lasting impacts. From supporting contingency operations to helping with natural disasters, the 114th Fighter Wing's reach is seen and felt across the world.