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her on the affliction and withdrew, full of the thought of taking the place of Fatber Famin.
The first conception of a great man is usually fruitful germ. Well acquainted with the French grammar, he knew that every language was a collection of signs, as a series of drawings is a collec
tion of figures, the representation of a multitude of objects; and that the deaf and dumb can describe every thing by gestures, as you paint every thing with colours, or express every thing by words: be knew that every object had a form, that every form was capable of being imitated, that actions struck your sight, and that you were able to describe them by imitative gestures : he knew that words were conventional signs, and that gestures might be the same, and that there could therefore be a language formed of gestures, as there was a language of words. We can state as a probable fact, that there was a time in which man had only gestures to express the emotions and affections of his soul. He loved, wished, boped, imagined, and reflected, and the words to express those operations still failed him. He could express the actions relative to his organs; but the dictionary of acts, purely spiritual, was not begun as yet.
Full of these fundamental ideas, the Abbé de L'Epée was not long without visiting the unfortunate family again; and with what pleasure was he not received! He reflected, he imitated, he delineated, he wrote, believing he had but a language to teach, while in fact he had two minds to cultivate ! How painful, how difficult were the first essays of the inventor! Deprived of all assistance, in a career full of thorns and obstacles, he was a little embarrassed, but was not discouraged. He armed himself with patience, and succeeded, in time, to restore his pupils to Society and Religion.
Many years after, and before his method could have attained the highest degree of perfection of which it was susceptible, death came and removed that excellent father from bis grateful children. Affliction was in all hearts-Fortunately the Abbé Sicard, who was chosen for his successor, caused their tears to cease. He was a man of profound knowledge, and of a mind very enterprising. Every invention or discovery, however laudable and ingenious it may be, is never quite right in its beginning. Time only makes it perfect. The clothes, shoes, hats, watches, houses, and every thing of our ancestors, were not as elegant and refined as those of the present century.
In like manner was the method of the Abbé de L/Epée. Mr. Sicard reviewed it, and made perfect what bad been left to be devised, and had the gocd fortune of going beyond all the disciples of his predecessor." His present pupils are now worthy of him, and I do not believe them any longer unhappy. Many are married, and have children endowed with the faculties of all their senses, and who will be the comforters and protectors of their parents in their old age. (The United States is the first country where I bave seen one or two deaf and dumb fathers, some of whose children are deaf and dumb like themselves. Will this prove that the Americans are worse than Europeans? By no means.
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is the result of natural causes, which I shall explain hereafter.) Many others of the deaf and dumb are the instructors of their companions of misfortune. Many others are employed in the offices of government and other public administrations. Many others are good painters, sculptors, engravers, workers in Mosaic; while others exercise mechanical arts; and some others are merchants, and transact their own business persectly well: and it is education which has thus enabled them to pursue these different professions. An uneducated deaf and dumb would never be able to do this. Let us now speak of instruction, and say what Mr. Sicard did while teaching me. By reading or hearing this, you may pretty well judge how we teach the American deaf and dumb.
The sight of all the objects of nature which could be placed before the eyes of the deaf and dumb, the representation of those objects, either by drawing, by painting, by sculpture, or by the natural signs, which the deaf and dumb employ or invent themselves, or understand with an equal facility: the expression of the will and passions, by the mere movement of the features, combined with the attitude and gestures of the body; writing traced, or printed, or expressed by conventional signs for each letter, or even simply figured in the air, offered to Mr. Sicard many means of instructing those unfortunate beings to whom he had resolved to devote his life. He afterwards discovered, by his own experience, that it was possible to make the deaf and dumb speak by the imitation of the movement of the organs of speech, a movement which the eye alone enabled them to conceive and transmit to their understanding. He saw that they could thus comprehend and express the accents of words which they did not understand. But this artificial speech not being susceptible among the deaf and dumb-of complete improvement, nor of modification and regulation, by the sense of hearing, is almost always very painful, barsh and discordant, and comparar tively useless. It has neither the rapidity nor the expressiveness of signs, nor the precision of writing. This artificial part of instruction of the deaf and dumb, therefore, appeared to him very limited, and of little advantage.
Nevertheless, he saw with great interest, when in England with myself, the degree of perfection with which this mechanical movement had been able to imitate speech, according to the method of Mr. Braidwood, and by the talent and care of Dr. Watson, in London. He heard several of their pupils, in whose voice there was not any thing very disagreeable. Dr. Watson observed to Mr. Sicard, that this artificial speech was a medium which was found peculiarly useful for the deaf and dumb among the poor, because the children of this description are placed in manufactories, and are thus enabled to communicate more easily with their masters. This motive of convenience appeared to Mr. Sicard to deserve the greatest attention; but if the question regards the opening of the understanding of the deaf and dumb, as to the important end of giving them in society the same rank they would have if they were not deprived of the sense of hearing and the use of speech, his own experience and that of his pupils themselves demonstrated fully to him, that nothing can supply to them the place of their natural language, the language of signs, of which all languages spoken or written, are no more to them than translations.
The language of signs, then, ought to fix the attention of every enJightened man who makes it bis study to improve the various parts of public instruction; this language, as simple as nature, is capable of extending itself like her, and of attaining the furthest limits of human thought. This language of signs is universal, and the deaf and dumb, of whatever country they may be, can understand each other as well as you who hear and speak, do among yourselves.—But they cannot understand you; it is for this reason that we wish to instruct them, that they may converse with you by writing in the room of speech, and know the truths and mysteries of religion.
Mr. Sicard's first steps, and even the difficulties presented to him by his pupils, made him soon feel the necessity of proceeding according to the strictest method, and of fixing their ideas as well as the knowledge they were progressively acquiring, permanently in their memory, so that what they already knew, might have an immediate connection with what they were to learn ; his pupils, unable to comprehend bim, if the instruction which he wished to give them did not coincide with that which they had received before ; for thus they stopped his progress, and he could not accomplish his purpose but by resuming the chain of their ideas, and constantly following the uninterrupted line from the known to the unknown. "It was thus that he succeeded in making them comprehend the language of the country in which he instructed them. This natural method is applicable to all languages. It proceeds by the surest and shortest way, and may be applied to all the channels of communication between one man and another. : It is by this method that Mr. Sicard has brought the deaf and dumb to the knowledge of all the kinds of words, of which a language is composed, of all the modifications of those words, of their variations and different senses; in short, of all their reciprocal influence.
In this manner the nouns become to the deaf and dumb the signs of all the objects of nature ; words, which indicate qualities, become the signs of the accidents, variations and modifications which they perceive in objects. "Mr. Sicard bas made them comprehend, that qualities may be conceived of as detached from the object; whereby the adjective is far better defined than in the grammar written for youth, and by which means, also, he has so very rapidly led them to the science of abstraction. Besides, Mr. Sicard bas made them conceive, that the qualities, which, in their eyes, appeared inherent in the objects, could be detached from them by thought; but then it was necessary to unite them to objects, and they themselves pointed out the necessity of the junction by a line. Mr. Sicard has taught them that, in all languages, this line is translated by a word 'affirming existence; in French, by the verb être ; in English, by the verb to be. Tree-green, or tree is green, has equally represented to their minds the object existing in conjunction with its quality, or the quality inherent in the object.
Mr. Sicard has thus made them understand the nature of the verb, and by making them afterwards comprehend that the verb could express either an existence, or an action present, past, or fu. ture, he has led them to the system of conjugation, and to all the shades of past and future, adopted in all the various languages written or spoken; an admirable system, in which the influence of the genius and of the thoughts of ages is perceptible.
It is to this system, which embraces all possible combinations, and which unites all thoughts, that the language of the deaf and dumb accommodates itself with wonderful facility. The proofs of this assertion, given by Mr. Sicard's pupils, must astonish even the best informed men.
By the same method of proceeding from the known to the, unknown, he has subsequently brought to the perception of his pupils, the characters, use, and influence of all the other words, which, as parts of speech, unite, modify, and determine the sense of the noun, the verb, and the adjective.
It is thus that at length Mr. Sicard has led his pupils to analyse with facility the simplest propositions, as well as the most complicated phrases and sentences, by a system of figures, which, by always" distinguishing the name of the object which is either acting, or receiving the effect of an action, the verb and its government direct, indirect, or circumstantial, embraces and completely displays all the parts of speech. The use of this method, when generally adopted, will simplify the rules of grammar in all languages, and facilitate, more than any other method, the understanding and translating, both of modern and ancient languages.
This is the way by which Mr. Sicard has initiated his pupils into the knowledge of all the rules of universal grammar, applicable to the primitive expression of signs, as well as to all spoken and written languages.
But names do not only express physical objects; there are some which represent abstract objects. Whiteness, greatness, beauty, heat, and many other words, do not express objects existing individually in nature, but ideas of qualities, common to several objects; qualities, which we consider detached from the objects to which they belong, and of which we make an intellectual substantive, created by the mind. -As soon as Mr. Sicard taught the deaf and dumb to comprehend that the will, which determines our senses and our thoughts, is not the action of a physical being, which can be seen and touched, he gave them a consciousness of their soul, and made them fit for society and for happiness. The affecting expression of their gratitude proves the extent of that benefit.
He advanced a step furtber, and the access to the highest conceptions of the human mind was opened to them. Mr. Sicard has found it easy to make them pass from abstract ideas to the most sublime truths of religion. They have felt that this soul, of which
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they have the consciousness, is not a fictitious existence, is not an abstract existence created by the mind; but a real existence, which wills and which produces movement, which sees, which thinks, which reflects, which compares, which meditates, which remembers, which foresees, wbich believes, which doubts, which hopes, which loves, which hates. After this, he directed their thoughts towards all the physical existences submitted to their view through the immensity of space, or on the globe which we inhabit; and the regularity of the march of the sun and all the celestial bodies; the constant succession of day and night; the return of the sea-sons; the life, the riches and the beauty of nature ;-made them feel that nature also had a soul, of which, the power, the action, and the immensity, extend through every thing existing in the universe; a soul which creates all, inspires all, and preserves all. Filled with these great ideas, the deaf and dumb bave prostrated themselves on the earth along with Mr. Sicard himself, and he has told them that this soul of nature is that God whom all men are called upon to worship, to whom our temples are raised, and with whom our religious doctrines and ceremonies connect us, from the cradle
All was now done ; and Mr. Sicard found himself able to open to his pupils all the sublime ideas of religion, and all the laws of virtue and of morals.
You see by the above particulars, ladies and gentlemen, what Mr. Sicard has achieved for his pupils. Their replies to the ques tions which have been proposed to them in France, sufficiently prove that they have run the career which I have above deline. ated. This career is that which a man, gifted with all bis senses, and who is to be instructed, ought alike to run. The arts and sciences belong to the class of physical or intellectual objects; and the deaf and dumb, like men gifted with all their senses, may penetrate them according to the degree of intelligence which nature has granted them, as soon as they have reached the degree of instruction which Mr. Sicard's system of teaching embraces and affords.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you will take the pains of reflect ing ever so little upon the excessive difficulties which this mode of instruction presents, without cessation, you will not believe, as many people in this country do, that a few years are sufficient, in order that a deaf and dumb person may be restored to society, and so acquainted with religion as to partake of it with benefit, and to render an account to himself of the reasons of his faith. You will notice, that the language of any people cannot be the mother tongue of the deaf and dumb born amidst these people. Every spoken language is necessarily a learned language for these unfortunate beings. The Eoglish language must be taught to the deaf and dumb, as the Greek or Latin
is taught, in the Colleges, to the young Americans who attend the classes of this kind. Now, will you, ladies and gentlemen, give yourselves the trouble of in.


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For Stroup, the decision was a simple cost-benefit analysis: How much would it cost to help people get sober in this Rust Belt town of 37,000, compared to what he was losing by not having them available to work? After a few meetings with board members and addiction experts, he came up with a plan. If an applicant or a current employee failed a drug test, but they still wanted the job, Belden would pay for an evaluation at a local substance abuse treatment center.
People deemed to have a low risk of developing an addiction could spend two months in a non-dangerous job before they are allowed to operate heavy equipment again, as long as they passed periodic random drug tests for the rest of their time at the company. People at high risk would spend two months in an intensive outpatient monitoring and treatment program, with the promise of a job at the end if they made sufficient progress. On average, Belden figured it would have to shell out about $5,000 for each person it gave a second chance to.
The experiment started in March and has so far had eight participants. Two at-risk current employees made it through the monitoring period and are back to work, while others are still being evaluated. It will take a few more months to see if the program really works, but the few Belden employees who spoke to DePillis said they were heartened to see the company trying to help current and prospective employees with opioid issues recover rather than discarding them.
Naloxone, commonly sold under the brand name Narcan and available without a prescription in every US state except Nebraska, is an opioid receptor antagonist used to treat overdoses of heroin and other opiates. Delivered via injection or a nasal spray, the drug has been credited with saving many addicts' lives and has lately been the subject of numerous awareness campaigns in the US urging people who interact frequently with opioid users to have the antidote on hand and know how to administer it.
Drug use among US employees has been increasing in recent years, with marijuana accounting for about half of the American workforce's illegal drug habits. With a tight talent market, greater mainstream acceptance, and state-level legalization of marijuana, some employers have begun relaxing their drug testing policies, abandoning the zero-tolerance approach in favor of case-by-case judgments. The biggest substance abuse problems in the US, however, are not illegal drugs but rather alcohol and prescription opioid painkillers. Opioid addiction, as well as the underlying physical health issues that lead to these drugs being prescribed, has been persuasively identified as a significant driver of the decline in American workforce participation rates, particularly among men in what ought to be their prime working years.
The crisis of opioid addiction in the US is no longer something employers can afford to ignore. A growing body of research points to opioids as a significant factor in the hollowing out of the US workforce, particularly among prime-aged men. We've also heard many stories in recent years about employers having difficulty hiring for safety-sensitive roles in certain geographies because of the lack of qualified candidates able to pass a mandatory drug test.
Recent research by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has indicated that prescription opioid abuse, dependence, and overdoses cost the US economy nearly $80 billion in 2013. Opioid misuse can cost employers nearly $20,000 in average annual medical expenses, especially since one in three prescriptions provided under employer health care plans is being abused, according to research from the health-care firm Castlight Health. Castlight also found that painkiller abuse is four times more likely among baby boomers, and that the epidemic is particularly bad in the rural south. Indiana is another hotspot for the epidemic, where 80 percent of employers report being affected by the problem.


Insurers face huge challenges with their installed base of legacy mainframe applications. Many systems are 15-20 years old and are impeding insurers' ability to respond to the market demands for new products and to the increased rate of consumerization. Maintenance costs are high and staffing challenges continue to mount.
Growing consumer buying power will force property and casualty insurers and life insurers to evolve, including adopting new technologies and creating new products that better match consumer needs. These will be critical success factors in staying competitive in the next five years.
Many insurers today are focusing their legacy modernization efforts on modernizing their legacy COBOL applications, but this largely consists of taking assembler or spaghetti COBOL and turning it into more efficient, better structured COBOL. Unfortunately, these applications will still be costly to maintain, edit, change and hard to staff, and these applications still won't deliver the strategic agility that companies need.
With Decision Management you don't need to modernize the whole application. Decision making components are often the most difficult to maintain pieces of an application and these can be extracted as Decision Services with the business logic managed using a business rules management system. This dramatically reduces maintenance costs while providing a platform for analytic deployment in the future. In the "old" days applications were monolithic. Companies now recognize the value of decomposing applications and storing the components in a more declarative, reusable form and deploying them as a suite of interoperable services that can be used within multiple separate systems from several business domains -service oriented architecture (SOA). Decision Management builds on SOA by externalizing decisions as Decision Services. Using either the mainframe's ability to execute Java-based business rules or the generation of COBOL supported by a number of leading business rules vendors, you can use the same basic IT system infrastructure but replace hard to maintain COBOL with easier to maintain business rules. Furthermore you can bring the business users who know what changes are required into the process to make the changes themselves for dramatically increased agility.
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The spring sitting of the 3rd session of the 61st General Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature began on March 31, 2011. As of April 15, 2011, 10 Government Bills, 16 Private Members Bills and 2 Private and Local Bills have been introduced during this sitting of the House of Assembly.
Below is a summary of those Bills introduced between April 11, 2011 and April 15, 2011.
This Bill creates the Insured Prescription Drug Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to provide benefits, or funding for benefits, related to drugs, devices or services designated by the Minister of Health. Coverage under the Plan is insurance of last resort and a person is not entitled to benefits under the Plan if he or she is entitled to benefits under another Act of the Legislature or the Parliament of Canada.
This Bill amends the Nova Scotia Business Incorporated Act and permits Nova Scotia Business Inc. to convey real property for less than fair market value to the Government of Nova Scotia or to a not-for-profit organization with the approval of its Board of Directors and the Governor in Council. It also corrects an inconsistency between due dates for 5-year activities-valuation reports and 5-year strategic plans.
This Bill amends the Public Archives Act to remove the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia as a member and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. It provides that the Provincial Archivist is appointed in accordance with the Civil Service Act rather than by the Governor in Council. The Bill also updates references in the Act to the minister responsible from the Minister of Education and Culture to the Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage. It similarly updates references to the deputy minister.
The purpose of this Bill is to provide for the procurement of goods, services, construction and facilities by public sector entities in a fair, open, consistent and transparent manner resulting in best value. It provides for the appointment of a Chief Procurement Officer, the creation of a Procurement Advisory Group to advise the Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism and the establishment of a Public Procurement Secretariat. It requires a public sector entity to publicly tender for all goods, services, construction and facilities in accordance with applicable regional, national or international trade agreements by public advertisement on the procurement web portal. A public sector entity must also post the name of the successful bidder and the contract amount awarded on the procurement web portal. The Bill requires public sector procurement employees to conduct business with current and prospective suppliers in good faith; strive to obtain the best value for each expenditure; and encourage the negotiation of an equitable and mutually acceptable settlement when a dispute arises. Public sector procurement employees must also request removal from a procurement process when a personal conflict of interest is perceived. The Bill provides a debriefing process at the request of a supplier who submitted a rejected bid and provides for the investigation of supplier complaints by the Chief Procurement Officer.
This Bill amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act to impose a progressive fine structure that has a maximum fine of $250,000 for a first offence and $500,000 for each subsequent offence that occurs within five years of a previous conviction. The Bill imposes a maximum fine of $500,000 in all fatality cases. Where the court orders the repayment of benefits that the offender accrued in the commission of an offence, these amounts are in addition to the maximum fine levels. The Bill also changes the title of the Minister and the department from Labour and Workforce Development to Labour and Advanced Education.
This Bill amends a number of Acts to support financial measures outlined in the annual budget. It increases the fees payable under the Companies Act and under Section 12 of the Corporations Registration Act. It amends the Corrections Act to provide that the total annual municipal contributions to corrections in 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal years is the same as for 2010-11 fiscal year. It amends the Education Act to remove, effective for the 2012-13 fiscal year, the link between the increase in the total minimum municipal contributions to education to be paid by municipalities and the Consumer Price Index. It amends the Housing Act to provide that, effective April 1, 2012, the municipal contributions for public housing are 50% of public housing losses incurred for 2010-11 fiscal year and 100% of public housing losses for subsequent fiscal years. It maintains Nova Scotia's dividend tax credit rate of 8.85 per cent. It provides a low income tax deduction to a widowed person for that person's spouse if the spouse died during the taxation year. It reduces the small business corporate income tax rate from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent on January 1, 2012. It removes the total production costs cap on the Film Industry Tax Credit in the Income Tax Act where film production commenced after November 30, 2010. It amends the Motor Carrier Act to replace the term "Attorney General" with "Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal" to reflect present responsibilities. It also amends the Motor Carrier Act to require notice of an application for the operation of a public passenger vehicle and notice of the hearing of an application to be given to the Minister. It empowers the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to investigate, on the complaint of the Minister, whether any person has operated a public passenger vehicle in violation of the Motor Carrier Act or the regulations. It amends the Motor Vehicle Act to increase the fee for the restoration of a driver's license following a revocation for an alcohol-related offence. It amends the Summary Proceedings Act to provide that where a person is in default of payment of a fine and costs imposed upon conviction for an offence under Part I or III of the Revenue Act that involves the use of a motor vehicle, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles may, rather than shall, refuse to provide a number of services until the fine and costs have been fully paid. It also increases the fees payable under the Summary Proceedings Act. It amends the Personal Property Security Act to provide a cost of living increase in the registration fees. It also increases the taxes payable under subsection 87(2) of the Probate Act. It amends the Revenue Act to provide an administrative penalty for tobacco stamps that have not been accounted for and changes references to "tear tap" to "tobacco stamps". The Bill also increases the fees under Section 16A of the Trust and Loan Companies Act.
This Bill amends the Maintenance and Custody Act by inserting a definition of "grandparent" into the Act. It provides for grandparent access orders and sets out the matters that the Court must consider in making such an order. The Bill requires the consideration of grandparent access in all access and custody orders. It also requires the Court to advise parties of the option of mediation.
This Bill requires each Government agency to submit to the Treasury Board and the House of Assembly a strategic plan and a performance plan for the agency's program activities on or before March 31 of each year. The strategic plan must cover a period of five years and must contain a mission statement, goals and objectives, a description of how the goals and objectives will be achieved, and the identification of external factors that could prevent the achievement of the goals and objectives. When developing a strategic plan, the Government agency must consult with the House of Assembly and solicit and consider the views of entities which are potentially affected by the plan. The performance plan must establish performance goals that are expressed in an objective, quantifiable and measurable form. The performance plan must also describe the resources required to meet the performance goals and establish performance indicators to be used in assessing the outcomes of each program activity. On or before June 30th of every year, each Government agency must submit to the Premier and the House of Assembly a report on program performance for the previous fiscal year. The Bill also requires the Government to prepare a Government performance plan for the overall budget on or before March 31 of each year.
This Bill amends the Sound Recording Tax Credit Act to provide a Nova Scotia sound recording tax credit available to eligible sound recording companies for certain qualifying expenditures on eligible sound recordings by emerging Canadian artists or groups.
This Bill amends the Trustees of Liverpool United Baptist Church Act to provide that membership in the Church is governed by the constitution and by-laws of the Church rather than by regional church usage and practice. The Bill makes the Act gender neutral by removing the restriction on being a trustee to male members and changing references to "Chairman" to "Chair". It reduces the age requirement to be a trustee or to vote from twenty-one to nineteen years old. The Bill decreases the majority of members required to approve actions of the Trustees from four-sevenths of those voting to fifty percent plus one. It requires the Trustees to obtain membership approval before taking certain actions with respect to property and increases the value of property that may be dealt with by the Trustees from three hundred dollars to eight hundred dollars. It also removes the requirement for board authorization to execute documents. The Bill changes notice requirements for meetings from one Sunday before the meeting to two Sundays and changes the procedures for meetings from Canadian Parliamentary practice to those contained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Reviewed.
This Bill amends the Public Service Commission of Bridgewater Act to permit the Bridgewater Public Service Commission to supply water to areas outside of the Town boundaries of Bridgewater. It also adds a member to the Commission and provides that at least two members must not be Town Council members. The Bill provides that if the Commission is dissolved, its assets and liabilities remain vested in the Town.
• Bill No. 7 – Justice Administration Amendment (2011) Act – Passed 1st reading, and is awaiting debate in principle by the House.
• Bill No. 15 – Electricity Act (amended) – Passed 1st reading, and is awaiting debate in principle by the House.
• Bill No. 19 – Nova Scotia Business Incorporated Act (amended) – Passed 1st reading, and is awaiting debate in principle by the House.


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The team at Mystery Playground reviews books almost every week. We accept books from authors and traditional publishers for review, but after we receive a book, if one or all of us discovers that it isn't for us, we may not review it. When we get books from publishers, we say so in the review.
We review traditionally published crime fiction of all kinds. We love short stories and non-fiction about the history of the mystery genre. We also love the occasional cookbook, related to mystery or not. In general, we do not review true crime.
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When an SQL project is created in Revolve, SQLCA does not appear as a copybook without manual intervention. Why is this and how can this be avoided..?
SQLCA is not added automatically into a Revolve Project as it does in MFE.
MFE has functionality within it to know where to look for the SQLCA. This functionality is not included in Revolve, the directory for the SQLCA has to be manually added.
To do this, a SEARCH DIRECTORIES has to be created in Revolve to tell it where to look for these kind of system items.
From the UTILITIES menu, choose OPTIONS.
Go to the SEARCH DIRECTORIES tab.
Create a new search directory.
Now using the DIRECTORY TYPE drop down list, choose COPYBOOK by single clicking.
Now use the ADD button. This entry will appear in the CURRENT DIRECTORIES window / list. Then click OK.
If this is a new project, add any components and the parser will find the SQLCA.
If it is an existing project, click on the MAKE icon (green triangle with a red tick).
The project will be re-parsed and the SQLCA member should be found and loaded.


* Find a specific cpio member; must precede any compressed content.
* separate file or part of the same file.
* filename (with the directory path cut off) of the found file.
* the match returned an empty filename string.


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Jamshedpur police preparing dossiers on illegal arms runners, holders
Sunday, 6 December 2020, 23:03:39 IST
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Jamshedpur, Dec 6: The Jamshedpur police have pulled up their socks and launched a full scale drive to nab gun toting criminals and illegal arms runners who have been creating mayhem in the East Singhbhum district. Kolhan DIG Rajiv Ranjan Singh has instructed all OCs of Jamshedpur police stations to keep a hawk eye on criminals on the run or those who have been released on bail in cases related to murder and other offences related to illegal arms. The operations have a time span of 15 days. The Kadma police have hauled in Ganesh Pradhan alias Doda wanted in an Arms Act related case. Doda is reportedly a henchman of jailed criminal Bhanu Majhi.
The police have intensified raiding operations for netting in criminals accused in Arms Act cases but are absconding. The success rate does not elate the sense of security in citizens as there are still 22 accused in city incidents playing the cat and mouse game with the police.
Kolhan DIG Rajiv Ranjan Singh has directed Jamshedpur police to prepare dossiers on criminals who were arrested under various Arms Act cases in the last five years in their respective command areas. They have been asked to tick out detailed information regarding the accused out on bail that includes the accuseds' current activities, their residence and their sources of income. In addition, all police stations have received the DIG's instruction to dig up the history of criminals who have been jailed in more than one cases of possession of illegal weapons or other criminal acts. The men in khaki are carrying out intensive searches for suspects of illegal gun running and possession. If and when such alleged criminals are apprehended by the police suitable action under Crime Control Act (CCA) has been contemplated against them.
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Q: What is the best way to store a value that will have to be read by multiple source files but is only know at runtime I have a function that runs when the program is started and initializes all variables that will be needed by the program but that can only be obtained during runtime. These variables will have to be read by multiple source files.
What is the best way to store these values?
One of these variables is the file path to the local Appdata directory. I don't know how expensive it is to run the function to get this path so I just want to get it once and store it for later use by the program.
I have tried using a const std::string but since (as far as I know) a constant can't be initialized at runtime that option doesn't work. Of course I can just use a global variable but that doesn't really seem like good practice. In addition this could cause problems if the variable accidentally gets edited (I can already feel the pain debugging for hours to find that one line of code).
I know that c# offers static readonly which would be perfect for me so I was interested if either something similar to this exists in c++ or if there is an alternative solution better than using a non constant global variable.

A: Use a function-local static variable. It will be initialized on the first use.
const std::string &GetAppDataPath()
{
    static const std::string ret = /*do stuff here*/;
    return ret;
}

A global variable (which are initialized at program startup) would be inferior, because you can accidentally access it before it's initialized (from an initializer of a different global variable).
Note that you must do everything in the initializer. For example, this would be wrong:

const std::string &GetAppDataPath()
{
    static const std::string ret;
    ActuallyGetAppDataPath(&ret);
    return ret;
}

If you can't fit everything directly into the initializer, use an immediately-invoked lambda:
const std::string &GetAppDataPath()
{
    static const std::string ret = []{
        std::string ret;
        ActuallyGetAppDataPath(&ret);
        return ret;
    }();
    return ret;
}

A: Let static work for you like this :
#include <filesystem>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

const std::string& get_app_data_folder()
{
    // current_path is a stand in for your getting path to %Appdata%
    // static means initialized only once at first call to get_app_data_folder
    static std::string path{ std::filesystem::current_path().string() };

    return path;
}

int main()
{
    auto path = get_app_data_folder();
    std::cout << path << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

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A TB12 Sports Performance & Recovery Center will open in the Back Bay on Aug. 1, replacing a Boston Sports Clubs facility at 699 Boylston St. The 10,000-square-foot, two-story facility, which will feature a TB12 smoothie bar and locker and shower facilities, will begin accepting appointments in June. This will be the second TB12 Center, following the one opened by Brady and Alex Guerrero in 2013 at Patriot Place in Foxboro.


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Before Trayvon: 3 Notable Stand Your Ground Cases
By Andrew Chow, Esq. on April 02, 2012 | Last updated on March 21, 2019
Trayvon Martin's tragic death has drawn worldwide attention to Stand Your Ground laws, which generally allow the use of deadly force if a person reasonably feels he is in imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.
Trayvon Martin, of course, is not the first case where the shooter claimed a "stand your ground" type of defense. Here are three other notable "stand your ground" type of defense cases:
Hernando Riascos Torres and Diego Ortiz -- Pasadena, Texas (2007):
Torres, 38, and Ortiz, 30, were undocumented immigrants allegedly caught leaving the scene of a home burglary. Neighbor Joe Horn, 62, called 911. "I've got a shotgun," he told a dispatcher. "Do you want me to stop them?"
"Nope, don't do that," the dispatcher replied. "Ain't no property worth shooting somebody over, OK?"
But Horn ignored that advice. In his breathless 911 call, Horn can be heard opening his front door, racking his shotgun, and saying, "Hello. You're dead!" He shot Torres and Ortiz in the back, killing them both.
You can hear the fatal shots in the 911 recording:
A grand jury declined to indict Horn, apparently believing his claim that he feared for his life, the Houston Chronicle reported. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, a Texas lawmaker is vowing to repeal the state's Stand Your Ground law.
Travares McGill -- Sanford, Fla. (2005)
The case of Travares McGill is another Sanford-based self defense case. McGill, 16, was sitting in a car at an apartment complex when someone shined a bright light into the vehicle. It turned out to be two security guards, who did not identify themselves, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
McGill tried to back out and get away. The guards -- Bryan Ansley, 28, and William Patrick Swofford, 26 -- opened fire. McGill was shot in the back and died.
Ansley and Swofford claimed self-defense, saying they feared McGill was trying to run them over. A grand jury indicted both security guards, but charges against both men were eventually dropped.
Yoshihiro Hattori -- Central, La. (1992):
Hattori, 16, was a Japanese foreign-exchange student who knocked on the wrong door while looking for a Halloween party. Homeowner Rodney Peairs, 31, claimed he was frightened by Hattori -- so he opened fire and killed him, claiming self defense. A jury acquitted Peairs of manslaughter in a case that shocked many observers in Japan, The New York Times reports.
[4/2/2012 2:11 pm PST Editor's note: This post was changed to clarify these are "stand your ground" type of cases. In general, justifiable use of force laws allow the use of deadly force with no duty to retreat in certain circumstances. Florida's now infamous justifiable use of force law (commonly referred to as Stand Your Ground) went into effect October 1, 2005.]
Trayvon Martin: Other 'Stand Your Ground' Cases, From Florida to North Carolina (The Daily Beast)
FL Man Cleared in 'Stand Your Ground' Stabbing (FindLaw's Blotter)
'Stand Your Ground' Laws: State by State (FindLaw's Blotter)
Criminal Defense Strategies (FindLaw)


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SMU Asthma Health
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The SMU Asthma Health is the extension of the original Apple Asthma project. The app is intregrated with the OpenSpirometry module, developed by Dr. Eric C. Larson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX. This module is enable users to perform Spirometry test. Note that, the system is currenly in the beginning of developing stage, so some modules are not available.

The Asthma Mobile Health study is a personalized app that helps individuals gain greater insight into their asthma, adhere to treatment plans, and avoid triggers. The app presents a variety of surveys to better understand unique triggers for asthma exacerbations, and connects with HealthKit to track inhaler usage and peak flow values.

Building the App
================

###Requirements

* Xcode 6.3
* iOS 8.3 SDK

###Getting the source

First, check out the source, including all the dependencies:

```
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/SMU-Ubicomp-Lab/AsthmaHealth.git
```

###Building it

Open the project, `Asthma.xcodeproj`, and build and run.

Other components
================

The [EuroQoL EQ-5D](http://www.euroqol.org/about-eq-5d.html) survey instrument
is used in the shipping app, but has been removed from the open source
version because it is not free to use.

The shipping app also uses OpenSSL to add extra data protection, which
has not been included in the published version of the AppCore
project. See the [AppCore repository](https://github.com/researchkit/AppCore) for more details.

Data upload to [Bridge](http://sagebase.org/bridge/) has been disabled, the logos of the institutions have been removed, and the consent material has been marked as an example.

License
=======

The source in the AsthmaHealth repository is made available under the
following license unless another license is explicitly identified:

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Copyright (c) 2015, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1.  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2.  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or
other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of the copyright holder(s) nor the names of any contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
specific prior written permission. No license is granted to the trademarks of
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PAC Southern Africa projects
Client: OPEC fund for international development Country: Malawi Dates: April 2013 - present Lead office: PAC Southern Africa Description of the project Access to electricity is a fundamental prerequisite for development. Lack of energy services adversely affects all aspects of people's lives and livelihoods at home, at work and at community facilities such as health centres and schools. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. 85% of Malawi's 15 million population lives in rural areas, of which only 1% has electricit...
Energy Demand Study
Client: UNICEF Country: Zimbabwe Dates: 01/12.2014- 31/03/2015 Lead office: PAC Southern Africa This research study focused on understanding how women, men and children living in fuelwood deficient regions similar to the Seke Communal lands are coping with energy for cooking. It looked at the current cooking practices, energy resources and the impact these have on women and children. The Seke Communal lands are adjacent to Chitungwiza which is 25 km from Harare. The study aimed at: i) assessing the socio-economic impacts of the curren...
Bankability and Financial Closure of Kufandada and Bindagombe Irrigation Schemes
Client: CRIDF Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility - DFID Country: Zimbabwe Dates: 5/05/2014-15/03/2015 Lead office: PAC Southern Africa Ecorys UK contracted PAC SnA to provide consultancy services for CRIDF, the DFID's new flagship water infrastructure program for Southern Africa. The main purpose of the assignment was add value to the first study undertaken by the unit for CRIDF and to develop a bankable market oriented agricultural model for this irrigation scheme. The report looked at the economic viability of the two irrigation schemes in M...
Business Innovation Facility (2) : Pico Solar Products
Client: DFID Country: Malawi Dates: 4/02/2014 - present Lead office: PAC Southern Africa The Business Innovation Facility aims to achieve poverty reduction by providing consultancy support to the private sector. BIF will work with companies to grow inclusive business models and tackle constraints that affect the whole market. The programme will operate for four to five years, initially in the selected markets of Pico Solar Products, Pigeon Peas and Rice in Malawi. The three markets were selected based upon their potential for growth, relevance to the poor, and where BIF c...
PAC South Asia projects
Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change
Client: Government of Nepal Country: Nepal Origin of funding: CDKN Dates: March 2012- August 2014 Lead office: PAC Nepal Description of the Project The Government of Nepal, supported by CDKN, have implemented a study "Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Key Sectors in Nepal" with technical support from Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal, Practical Action Consulting (PAC) Nepal and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP), UK. The study aims to better understand the economic impacts of present and future climate change in Nep...
Gender and Livelihoods Impacts of Clean Cookstoves in South Asia
Client: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC) Country: Nepal, Bangladesh, India Dates: March 2013- February 2014 Lead office: PAC South Asia Description of Project: This study aims to analyze impacts of clean cooking solutions on women in South Asian Countries of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Specific objectives include: • Analyze and document, through systematic surveys, the impacts of clean cookstoves on women users and their families with respect to overall quality of life, livelihood enhancement, and gender equity • Analyze impacts of w...
IDRC Think Tank Initiative
Client: IDRC Region: Latin America, South Asia Project value: £750 000 Lead office: PAC UK Description of Project: The Think Tank Initiative (TTI) is a multi-donor program dedicated to strengthening the capacity of independent policy research organizations in the developing world. Launched in 2008 and managed by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Initiative is a partnership between five donors. The Initiative currently provides 48 think tanks in 22 countries with core, non-earmarked funding. This support allows the in...
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Poor people's energy outlook reports
Client: Practical Action Origin of funding: Practical Action, GIZ, UNDP Country: International Project Value: £100 000 (per annum) Dates: Annual publication Lead Office: PAC UK Description of the Project: The Poor people's energy outlook (PPEO) presents a unique perspective on energy access in developing countries. It reports in unprecedented detail the experiences of energy use and deprivation of people living in poverty. The PPEO is an annual publication, now in its third year. Consecutive reports have focused on energy use in the...
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What's Brewing at Duke's?
by Chris Mordi in Food & Drink, Going Places
Duke's Alehouse and Kitchen — home to a well-informed and passionate bar manager — is leading the local craft beer revolution.
When Toby Keith sang the lyrics "Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses," some might have been disappointed that the horses got the beer. Tom Dycha is one of those who would have preferred the drink selection the other way around.
Dycha, the bar manager and beverage director for Duke's Alehouse and Kitchen in Crystal Lake, is serious about his preference and passion for beer. He wears it for all to see and carries it with him. When we met for this story, he was wearing a black Great Lakes Brewing Co. shirt and carrying the definitive book on beer: "The Oxford Companion to Beer."
A thin, self-described "beer geek" with a shiny shaved head and a beard that resembles (maybe even one-ups) Scott Ian's from the band Anthrax — he's not your typical guy behind the bar, and Duke's is not your ordinary bar and restaurant.
He calls the tin-ceilinged, wood-and-brick-walled domain a beer bar. And he's emphatic about that because he is proud of the selection and knowledge he and his staff have to offer customers. He normally has 150 different beers available at any given time, but at times, it climbs up to 190. The assortment also changes with the seasons.
Dycha's passion is striking the right chords. Duke's has been voted The Best Tavern Pub in McHenry County by Northwest Herald readers for the past three years.
"The craft beer world is blowing up," Dycha said. "What keeps me interested is all the new product coming in and seeing the excitement on my customers' faces when I tell them what I have coming."
Brewing Up a Change
Located at t110 N. Main St. in downtown Crystal Lake, it saw an extensive remodel and rethink in 2004 when the location transformed from Duke O'Brien's to the current gastropub. Those changes gave Dycha the freedom to pursue what was an emerging trend: the rise of craft beer.
"I was worried about the concept in the beginning," he said. "We lost a lot of our regulars and we were hurting due to the lack of business."
Times have changed and so have the palates of beer drinkers. According to the Brewers Association, a trade group of breweries and beer wholesalers, craft beer sales increased by 13 percent in 2011 while overall beer sales were down 1.3 percent.
Since the renovation, Duke's has developed a strong reputation as an authentic beer bar, one that gives it access to beers other bars can only dream about. Dycha gives as an example a Stone Ruination IPA anniversary beer. He said
Duke's will be the only bar in the area to get one of these rare kegs. Once word gets out that they have a hold of highly sought-after beers, he says they fly off the shelf (or out of the tap).
Finding the Right Style
"Craft beers have been gaining fans in the past 20 or so years as beer enthusiasts have learned there's more out there than what comes in red, white and blue cans," said Deborah Pankey, food editor for the Daily Herald newspaper. "
People are learning that beer is complex, with background notes and varying levels of carbonation. Beer, be it an ultra-hoppy IPA or a rich, deep stout, is something to be savored and appreciated, not chugged during the seventh-inning stretch. When people, generally women, tell me they don't like beer, I tell them they haven't found the right style yet."
That's one of the reasons Dycha spends so much time training his staff. He considers his bartenders to be guides that lead patrons through the beer spectrum. He said they all have an inherent passion for beer, but also get lots of training. "They are always learning and exploring," he said.
They have to be able to answer every question that comes their way. Duke's staffers are trained to "always ask what you currently like to drink and then try to gently move you off that style so that you try something different," Dycha said. "They know the different beers and their taste profiles."
Dycha's staff offers samples off the taps so people can try before they buy. He says it typically takes about three sips before a person gets a true taste of the beer and determines whether they want to try a full glass.
He says a safe stepping-off point for people new to craft beers is a hefeweizen, which is a wheat beer with a light, easy and mellow taste. Dycha prefers serving Weihenstephaner Hefe from the Weihenstephan Brewery, the world's oldest craft brewer, tracing its roots back to A.D. 1040.
Beer School 101
To give people an even better understanding of beer, Dycha developed Beer School 101. He said he doesn't have a date yet for the next beer school, but they take place every two to three months, and Facebook and website (thedukeabides.com) followers are given advance notice. When class is in session, he said the curriculum covers the different aspects of beer, such as aroma, taste and appearance. "We deconstruct the beer and let them know what's in it," he said.
One beer can be remarkably stronger than another. It is wise to look at alcohol by volume (ABV) designations when choosing a beer. Something like a Miller Genuine Draft will have a 4.7 percent ABV while a Two Brothers' Hop Juice will have a 9.9 percent ABV and a Founders Brewery Devil Dancer has a 12 percent ABV.
The goal of the school is to broaden beer drinkers' horizons, Dycha said. To do that, students drink and discuss about four or five beers during class. Afterward, he makes everyone stay for "detention" — a time when they crack open an exceptional beer and talk more about it.
Tom's Tasting Tips
There are enough styles and substyles of beer to fill a book. Tom Dycha has selected five of the most popular types and offers what you can expect from them.
Ambers – Typically amber or red tinted, this style usually focuses on malts, but hop character can be present. This is usually a more balanced beer with toasted malts and sometimes light fruit. Bitterness is usually low and has a malt backbone. Ranging from 4 percent to 7 percent ABV, they tend to pair well with cheeses, such as blue and cheddar. They also go nicely with beef, poultry and fish. Some examples include New Belgium Fat Tire and Lakefront Fixed Gear.
India Pale Ales (IPA) – Color ranges from pale golden to reddish amber, even black. These are defined by their bitter tastes, big herbal notes and citric characters. With a higher ABV content, typically 5 percent to 7 percent, they pair well with anything. He suggests starting out with a "punch in the face" from the bitterness that comes with Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA or Ska Brewing Co.'s Modus Hoperandi.
Pilsners – Light straw to golden in color, pilsners offer a smooth, crisp and clean malty palate. With a 4 percent to 6 percent ABV, Dycha recommends trying a Jever Pils or a Weihenstephan Pils. He said these go well with BBQ, Italian foods, pork, poultry and fish.
Porters – A dark and often misunderstood beer, porters feature a wide spectrum of tastes that come from using several different types of malt. Generally well-balanced and easy drinking, they have an ABV between 4 percent and 7 percent. Pairing well with desserts and smoked or grilled meats, Dycha recommends Great Lakes' Edmund Fitzgerald or Central Waters' Mud Puppy.
Stouts – Another dark beer, stouts are similar to porters, but use roasted malts and can have oatmeal, chocolate or coffee as complements. With a broad ABV, they range from Irish dry and milk to oatmeal and chocolate. Pairing well with game, and brie.
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The Diving Safety Program promotes awareness of the unpredictability of the marine environment and prepares divers to practice the proper safety procedures in order to prevent and/or respond to the health and safety challenges likely to be experienced in FIU sanctioned scuba diving activities.
Each year, an average of 30 divers performs over 1000 dives and 45,000 minutes of underwater time. Approximately 900 boating missions take place annually as well. In all, there are over 100 researchers participating in marine research annually at FIU.
To implement safety, training and diving requirements that will reduce the risk of injury to university employees during research and diving activities involving sharks, a new shark handling and research diving procedure has been released.
See the updated Shark Diving Procedure here.


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Bill Clinton Ruthlessly MOCKS and NAME-CALLS Trump Supporters
October 5, 2016 Larsen News 0
The Clinton campaign has lost it.
They're in full-on attack mode – calling Americans names and mocking them relentlessly.
At this point, I am not sure what their end game is.
At a Monday rally, Bill Clinton attacked Trump supporters as "bitter and resentful."
But wait, it gets so much worse.
He then used a "mad voice" and mocked us saying, "I'm mad about immigration, I'm mad about trade, I'm mad because my wages aren't going up," Clinton said, painting the divide in the country as a battle between "the voters of Hope vs. the voters of fear."
From Breitbart:
Clinton arrived on stage at 1:44 PM Eastern for a rally that was supposed to begin at noon Eastern, an hour and forty-four minutes earlier. "When I saw Hillary in that debate…every American who watched it, unless they were just so knotted up with anger and resentment" saw a clear contrast in the candidates' experience, Clinton said.
"If you're mad then it doesn't matter," Clinton said. Clinton then mockingly assumed the voice of angry Americans. "I'm mad about immigration, I'm mad about trade, I'm mad because my wages aren't going up," Clinton said, painting the divide in the country as a battle between "the voters of Hope vs. the voters of fear."
"Most of the anti-immigration feeling in America is in places that don't have a lot of immigrants. We've got to stop fighting over this," Clinton said.
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Journée internationale de solidarité avec le peuple palestinien (novembre 2011) - Message du Secrétaire général - Communiqué de presse Français
Source: Department of Public Information (DPI)
SG/SM/13970
PAL/2147
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
PALESTINIAN BID FOR UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP UP TO MEMBER STATES,
BUT SIGHT MUST NOT BE LOST OF ULTIMATE AIM OF NEGOTIATED PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November:
Sixty-four years ago on this day, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181, proposing the partition of the mandate territory into two States. The establishment of a Palestinian State, living in peace next to a secure Israel, is long overdue.
The need to resolve this conflict has taken on greater urgency with the historic transformations taking place across the region. I call on the Israeli and Palestinian leadership to show courage and determination to seek an agreement for a two-State solution that can open up a brighter future for Palestinian and Israeli children. Such a solution must end the occupation that began in 1967, and meet legitimate security concerns. Jerusalem must emerge from negotiations as the capital of two States, with arrangements for the holy sites acceptable to all. And a just and agreed solution must be found for millions of Palestinian refugees scattered around the region.
While there are many challenges to this goal, let me stress an important, indeed historic, achievement of the Palestinian Authority during the past year. The Palestinian Authority is now institutionally ready to assume the responsibilities of statehood, if a Palestinian state were created. This was affirmed by a wide range of members of the international community at the meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee in September. I commend President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on this remarkable success. These efforts should continue and be supported.
In this regard, the current suspension by Israel of customs and tax transfers owed to the Palestinian Authority risks undermining these gains. These revenues must be transferred without delay.
Above all else, a political horizon is vital. I am deeply concerned that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are not taking place, while trust between the parties continues to fade. A glimpse of hope comes from their engagement with the Middle East Quartet. I call on both sides to develop serious proposals on borders and security, and to discuss them directly with each other, with active Quartet support, in the context of a shared commitment to reach an agreement by the end of 2012.
The parties have a particular responsibility to cease provocations and create a conducive environment for meaningful negotiations. Israel's recently intensified settlement activity in East Jerusalem and the West Bank is a major obstacle. Settlement activity is contrary to international law and the Road Map, and must cease. Unilateral actions on the ground will not be accepted by the international community. For its part, the Palestinian Authority should also find ways to help de-escalate the situation and improve the prevailing divisive climate, and to be ready to engage directly in the search for a negotiated solution.
I also urge the Palestinians to overcome their divisions, based on the commitments of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the positions of the Quartet and the Arab Peace Initiative. I take note of President Abbas's continuous efforts towards a transitional government that will prepare for presidential and legislative elections in May. Palestinian unity that supports a negotiated two-State solution is essential for the creation of a Palestinian State in Gaza and the West Bank.
The United Nations continues to be strongly committed to the population in Gaza, and to implementing all aspects of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009). I appreciate efforts undertaken by Israel to ease the closure, and continue to call for removing the numerous remaining measures that severely restrict the movement of people and goods and limit the ability of the United Nations to support Gaza's economic recovery and reconstruction.
I also take this opportunity to remind those in Gaza who fire rockets at Israel or continue to smuggle weapons that these actions are both unacceptable and completely contrary to Palestinian interests. I call for an end to rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, and for Israel to exercise maximum restraint. Both parties should fully observe calm and respect international humanitarian law.
I welcome the recent prisoner exchange that saw the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and an Israeli soldier. This significant humanitarian breakthrough should be followed by further steps to consolidate calm and end the closure of Gaza.
Amid these many challenges to the realization of their legitimate aspirations for statehood, the Palestinian leadership submitted an application for membership in the United Nations. This is a matter for the Member States to decide. Whatever view of this matter is taken, we should not lose sight of the ultimate goal of reaching a negotiated peace agreement on all final status issues, including borders, security, Jerusalem and refugees.
Let us, on this International Day, reaffirm our commitment to translating solidarity into positive action. The international community must help steer the situation towards a historic peace agreement. Failing to overcome mistrust will only condemn further generations of Palestinians and Israelis to conflict and suffering. A just and lasting peace in the Middle East based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008), previous agreements, the Madrid framework, the Road Map and the Arab Peace Initiative is critical to avoid this fate. For my part, I pledge to continue pursuing my efforts with all the means available to me.
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Q: How to load rails form partials with jquery and submit as one form In an attempt to make my rails html more readable I extracted several parts of it into partials. I then use jquery to render the partials. The issue is that now the form has come all "unhooked" so to speak, meaning when I attempt to submit the form it acts as though the partials don't exist. I suspect I am not understanding quite how forms work, because it seems like in other answers related to this the form builder isn't even addressed.
This SO question seems related to what I want to do but I think I'm too inexperienced to grasp it properly
The code I have thus far goes as follows:
/assets/javascripts/work_order.js
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.best_in_place').best_in_place();
$('#work_order_dueDate').datepicker();
$.datepicker.setDefaults({ dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy'});
var selection_made = false
$('#work_order_project_type_id').change(function(){
    if (!selection_made){
        selection_made = true
        var selection = $(this).find('option:selected').text();
        if (selection == "Variable Data Mailing"){
            $.get('/presort_informations/new');
            $.get('/printing_instructions/new');
        }
        else if (selection == "Mailing"){
            $.get('/presort_informations/new');
        }
        else if (selection == "Print Job"){
            $.get('/printing_instructions/new');
        }
    }
  });
});

and then
/views/work_orders/_form.html.erb

<%= form_for(@workorder) do |f| %>

  <% if @workorder.errors.any? %>

<%= pluralize(@workorder.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this workorder from being saved:

      <% @workorder.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>

<%= message %>

      <% end %>

  <% end %>
  <fieldset class="general-info">
    <legend>General</legend>

          <%= f.label :Job_Title, class: "control-label" %>
          <%= f.text_field :title, class:"form-control" %>

          <%= f.label :Project_Type, class: "control-label" %>
          <%= f.collection_select(:project_type_id, ProjectType.all, :id, :name, {:prompt => true}, {:class => "form-control"}) %>

        <%= f.label :Rep, class: "control-label" %>
        <%= f.text_field :rep, class:"form-control" %>

        <%= f.label :Labels, class: "control-label" %>
        <%= f.collection_select(:labels_id, Labels.all, :id, :name, {:prompt => true}, {:class => "form-control"}) %>

          <%= f.label :Due_Date, class: "control-label" %>
          <%= f.text_field :dueDate, class: "form-control" %>

        <%= f.label :Project_Description, class: "control-label" %>
        <%= f.text_area :projectDescription,  class: "form-control" %>

  </fieldset>
  <fieldset class="presort-information">

  </fieldset>

  <fieldset class="production-details">
    <legend>Production</legend>
    <%= f.fields_for :production_details, ProductionDetails.new do |ff| %>

    <%end%>
  </fieldset>
  <%= f.hidden_field(:number, :value => @workorder.number) %>
  <%= f.hidden_field(:client_id, :value => @workorder.client_id) %>
  <%= f.submit(class: "btn btn-default") %>
<% end %>

and as an example of one of the partials:
/app/views/presort_informations/new.js.erb
$('.presort-information').append( '<%= j render("presort_informations/form") %>' );

/app/views/presort_informations/_form.html.erb
<legend>Mailing</legend>
<%= fields_for :presort_information, PresortInformation.new do |ff| %>
.
.
.
<% end %>

I'm not really sure how to tie this all together so that I can load the partials based on the select box, but then submit them all as one form.
Edit:
I found this SO question which deals with the same issue, but I suspect that because I am rendering the partial after the page has been loaded I no longer have access to the form builder variable.
$('.presort-information').append( '<%= j render("presort_informations/form", f: f) %>' );

gives an undefined variable error when it's called. I'm still not sure how to bridge this gap between jquery and rails.

A: Turns out it was a relatively (if new conceptually to me) easy fix
First, load each DOM partial in along with hidden sections.
<%= form_for(@workorder) do |f| %>
  <% if @workorder.errors.any? %>

<%= pluralize(@workorder.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this workorder from being saved:

      <% @workorder.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>

<%= message %>

      <% end %>

  <% end %>

  <fieldset id="general-info-partial">
    <%=render("genInfo", f: f)%>
  </fieldset>
  <fieldset id="presort-information-partial">
    <%=render("presort_informations/form",  f: f)%>
  </fieldset>

    <fieldset id="printing-information-partial">
    <%=render("printing_instructions/form", f: f)%>
    </fieldset>

  <fieldset id="production-details-partial">
    <%=render("production_details/form", f: f) %>
  </fieldset>
  <%= f.hidden_field(:number, :value => @workorder.number) %>
  <%= f.hidden_field(:client_id, :value => @workorder.client_id) %>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-default">
<% end %>

Then the Javascript to move things in and out of the form:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.best_in_place').best_in_place();
$('#work_order_dueDate').datepicker();
$.datepicker.setDefaults({ dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy'});

var presortFields = $('#presort-information-partial');
var printingFields = $('#printing-information-partial');

var presortHidden = $('#hidden-presort-information');
var printingHidden = $('#hidden-printing-information');

presortHidden.html(presortFields.html());
presortFields.html('');

printingHidden.html(printingFields.html());
printingFields.html('');

$('#work_order_project_type_id').change(function(){

        var selection = $(this).find('option:selected').text();

        if (selection == "Variable Data Mailing"){
            if (printingFields.html() == '' && presortFields.html() == ''){
                printingFields.html(printingHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
                presortFields.html(presortHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
            }
            else if(printingFields.html() == '' && !(presortFields.html() == '')){
                printingFields.html(printingHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
            }
            else if(!(printingFields.html() == '') && presortFields.html() == ''){
                presortFields.html(presortHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
            }
        }
        else if (selection == "Mailing"){
            if(!(printingFields.html() == '')){
                printingFields.slideUp();
                printingFields.html('');
                presortFields.html(presortHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();

            }else{
                presortFields.html(presortHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
            }

        }
        else if (selection == "Print Job"){
            printingFields.html(printingHidden.html()).hide().slideDown();
            presortFields.slideUp();
            presortFields.html('');
        }
});

Basically, the idea was to load everything in as if I was going to use it all, and then just move the partials into a hidden section of the DOM, and then use JS to put them  back in when the user makes a selection


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New World Classics: Receptions of Antiquity for Modern Children
5 Pages Posted: 11 Mar 2010
See all articles by Sheila Murnaghan
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Written: March 9, 2010
Students of classical reception are paying increased attention to the memorable first encounters with classical culture that occur in childhood. Accounts of the ancient world composed for (or regularly read by) children, in myth collections, historical novels, and history texts, represent one of the most widespread and influential manifestations of the classical tradition, with a lasting effect on the imaginative lives of adults. Work in this area is benefiting from interdisciplinary connections, especially with the growing field of children's literature studies. Both reception studies and children's literature studies are concerned with the construction of a past, whether cultural or personal, that is in itself inaccessible but in some sense still with us. Work to date on the classics for children (as represented in a pioneering conference at the University of Wales at Lampeter in the summer of 2009) has concentrated on British texts and contexts, but the American tradition, beginning with Nathaniel Hawthorne, includes notable examples of the classics configured for children, and a panel on this topic seems both timely and well suited to the APA.
This panel will consider versions of antiquity for older children from Hawthorne to the present day, with shared attention to themes of freedom and constraint as reflected both in the lives of young people and in the history of the US. Two historical papers will be complemented by two that explore current versions of classical myth for contemporary children and teenagers in different media, a fantasy novel and a video game. The panel will begin with introductory comments by one of the organizers. Each paper will last 20-25 minutes, with some questions after each paper, and there will be a general discussion, led by the organizers, among the panelists at the end. We will require audio-visual equipment suitable for powerpoint presentations and for showing clips of the video games discussed by panelist #4.
The first paper will address Nathaniel Hawthorne's pathbreaking A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls (1851). Panelist # 1 will show how Hawthorne's dramatic frame and narrative technique emphasize the status of classical myths as the proper possession of modern children, whose free adaptations of those myths are truer to their original spirit than more rigid scholarly versions.
Panelist # 2 will discuss historical fiction set in Roman Britain from the 1930's and 1940's, focusing on two examples, one primarily for boys, the other primarily for girls. These works figure Britain (and the provinces generally) as sites of greater freedom or renewed republican virtue by drawing on conceptions of America as a new frontier and site of utopian experiment.
The third paper will concern the popular Percy Jackson series by Richard Riordan, an especially timely topic because of the recent movie version of the first in the series and because Riordan himself is based in San Antonio. Panelists # 3, who are experts in American literature and film studies, will situate the series in relation to the film thriller, especially in its construction of the adolescent hero Percy Jackson as a populist opponent to a malign superpower, here identified with the ancient gods.
The fourth paper will provide a counterpoint to the previous three, turning away from narrative fiction aimed at a distinctly American audience to the newer and more international form of the video game. Panelist # 4 will discuss a recent example, the independent game Don't Look Back, in which the Orpheus myth provides the rules under which a player navigates the world of the game, setting the terms through which he or she experiences success, failure, or loss, and assesses the value of the past.
Murnaghan, Sheila, New World Classics: Receptions of Antiquity for Modern Children (March 9, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1567669 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1567669
Sheila Murnaghan (Contact Author)
affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )


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