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Оборо́т грузово́го ваго́на — железнодорожный термин; означает время, затрачиваемое на выполнение цикла операций от момента окончания одной погрузки до момента окончания следующей погрузки или сдачи в груженом или порожнем состоянии, иными словами — среднее время, которое затрачивается вагоном на одну перевозку. Измеряется в сутках. Является основным показателем использования парка грузовых вагонов.

Кроме того, существует понятие оборот пассажирского вагона (состава) — это время, затрачиваемое на выполнение цикла операций с момента отправления пассажирского вагона (состава) в рейс со станции приписки до отправления его с той же станции в следующий рейс. Измеряется в сутках.

Оборот грузового вагона
Для подразделений, в пределах которых полный цикл операций не состоялся, оборот определяется от момента окончания погрузки или приема вагона в груженом состоянии до момента окончания следующей погрузки или сдачи в груженом состоянии.

Можно также вести расчет от момента приема вагона в груженом состоянии до момента окончания следующей погрузки или сдачи в груженом или порожнем состоянии, а также — от момента приема в порожнем состоянии до момента окончания погрузки.

Оборот грузового вагона , сут, определяется по основной формуле: где  — рабочий парк вагонов, выраженный в вагоно-сутках;  — работа рабочего парка, ваг.

Оборот грузового вагона также может быть вычислен по формуле: где  — коэффициент порожнего пробега;  — груженый рейс вагона, км;  — участковая скорость, км/ч;  — средний пробег между техническими станциями, км;  — средний простой на одной технической станции, ч;  — коэффициент местной работы;  — простой, приходящийся на одну грузовую операцию, ч.

Оборот грузового вагона — общий комплексный качественный показатель работы железнодорожного транспорта, отражающий результаты технической, экономической и организаторской деятельности всех звеньев железных дорог, характеризует как степень использования вагона, так и сложность работы, дисциплинированность и организованность железнодорожников.

По сети железных дорог в целом и по железным дорогам (регионам) в отдельности оборот грузового вагона может быть определён как средний для всех вагонов рабочего парка (см. в статье Вагонный парк), а также для отдельных категорий этого парка по ряду вагонов и по отдельным видам перевозок.

Оборот грузового вагона определяет потребность в вагонах рабочего парка для выполнения перевозок. Чем быстрее оборачивается вагон, тем меньше оборот вагона и, следовательно, тем с меньшим вагонным парком можно выполнить заданные размеры перевозок. Соответственно при этом увеличивается и количество грузов, которое можно перевезти имеющимся в наличии вагонным парком.

В настоящее время существенное влияние на возможность управления оборотом грузового вагона со стороны ОАО «РЖД» оказывает факт нахождения вагонов в собственности операторских компаний.

Элементы оборота грузового вагона
Время оборота грузового вагона включает 2 группы показателей:
 количественные, зависящие от объёма и направления вагонопотоков;
 качественные, которые характеризуют качество и организацию работы станций и участков и определяются действующим графиком движения поездов, планом формирования поездов и нормами технологических процессов работы станций.
В приведенной выше трехчленной формуле первый член показывает, какая часть времени затрачивается в пути, второй — затраты времени на технических станциях, и третий — продолжительность нахождения вагона под грузовыми операциями.

К показателям, входящим в формулу оборота вагона и зависящим от качества выполнения работниками своих обязанностей, относятся: участковая скорость, средний простой транзитного вагона на технической станции и средний простой местного вагона, приходящийся на грузовую операцию.

Виды оборота грузового вагона
Кроме общего оборота вагона, определяют также оборот местного вагона, то есть среднее время нахождения на железной дороге (регионе) гружёных вагонов, следующих под выгрузку на данную железную дорогу (регион), от момента приёма их с другой железной дороги (региона) или погрузки в местном сообщении до момента выгрузки их на данном подразделении, и оборот порожнего вагона, то есть среднее время нахождения на железной дороге (регионе) вагона в порожнем состоянии. Значения оборота местного вагона и оборота порожнего вагона служат для определения норм парков местных и порожних вагонов.

Ускорение оборота грузового вагона
Ускорение оборота грузового вагона — важнейшая задача борьбы за улучшение работы железнодорожного транспорта. Большое влияние на ускорение оборота грузового вагона в середине XX века оказали мероприятия по широкому внедрению на железнодорожной сети электрической и тепловозной тяги, усилению и реконструкции пути, переводу вагонного парка на автоматическую сцепку, внедрению устройств автоматики и телемеханики. Наряду с осуществлением технической реконструкции, важное значение имеют дальнейшее совершенствование технологии работы станций, обеспечение ритмичной работы всех подразделений железных дорог, широкое распространение передовых методов труда.

Пути дальнейшего ускорения оборота грузового вагона:
 сокращение гружёного рейса вагона путём устранения нерациональных перевозок;
 сокращение порожнего пробега вагонов;
 комплексная механизация погрузочно-разгрузочных работ и сокращение простоя вагонов под грузовыми операциями;
 дальнейшее повышение скорости движения грузовых поездов;
 сокращение простоя вагонов на станциях;
 формирование поездов с максимальной грузовой массой, совершенствование всей системы управления железнодорожным транспортом.

См. также
 Оборот локомотива
 Оборот местного вагона
 Участковая скорость

Примечания

Литература
 Железнодорожный транспорт: Энциклопедия / Гл. ред. Н.С. Конарев. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 1994. — 559 с. — ISBN 5-85270-115-7.
 Боровикова М. С. Организация перевозочного процесса на железнодорожном транспорте: учебник. — М.: ООО "Издательский дом "Автограф", 2014. — 412 с. — ISBN 978-5-906-088-10-9.
 Кудрявцев А.В. Технология эксплуатационной работы на железных дорогах. — М.: Транспорт, 1994. — С. 214. — ISBN 5-277-01341-5.
Железнодорожный транспорт
Показатели эксплуатационной работы

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Your smartphone has a camera, so why not use your own shots to decorate your screen? Just long press on your smartphone screen, choose wallpapers, From Gallery, and then choose your favorite photo. From here, you can also customize your lock screen. You can choose a different image for each, or match up your wallpaper and lock screen. It may take a few tries to find the right image that looks just right on your screen and doesn't obscure your app shortcuts. Be sure to use a good quality image that isn't unintentionally blurry or blown out. Keep it simple. My current background is a picture I took this fall of rocks piled up on the shore of a creek; I find images of objects make better backgrounds than portraits.
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Submitted by witness on Tuesday, December 28, 1999.
OBSERVED: Approximatley 40 yards away standing on the edge of a ravine. Hight difficult to estimate because of standing a little down hill. somewhere around 7ft. Gray hair over entire body. muscular very thick neck. Was standing very erect, turning head side to side as if trying to smell for something. Looked directly at me and I ducked down. When I looked again nothing was there. I heard a scream the previous day but attributed that to a bobcat. A friend of mine was in a deer stand approx. 1 and 1/4 mile away as the crow flies down from the ravine in the direction in which I thought it went. He told me that I wouldn't believe what ran by his deer stand. He described to me the same thing I saw. He was very upset.
ALSO NOTICED: As stated earlier. The previous day I heard a scream It was very long and loud almost like a womans scream. I thought someone fell off of one of the cliffs in the area. When I described the scream to people the said it was a bobcat. It may have been. i don't know if this is related or not.
OTHER WITNESSES: A friend of mine hunting with me. As described above. He will not talk about it. For fear of being ridiculed.
ENVIRONMENT: Edge of ravine approx. 250 yards from river. Moderate to Heavy wooded area. Chalk rock cliffs and marsh area.


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	 * Method to parse query string and determine which operation is needed.
	 *
	 * Remove backticks and change true/false values into 1/0. And determines
	 * if rewriting CALC_FOUND_ROWS or ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE etc is needed.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function parse_query() {
		$tokens = preg_split("/(\\\'|''|')/s", $this->_query, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
		$literal = false;
		$query_string = '';
		foreach ($tokens as $token) {
			if ($token == "'") {
				if ($literal) {
					$literal = false;
				} else {
					$literal = true;
				}
			} else {
				if ($literal === false) {
					if (strpos($token, '`') !== false) {
						$token = str_replace('`', '', $token);
					}
					if (preg_match('/\\bTRUE\\b/i', $token)) {
					  $token = str_ireplace('TRUE', '1', $token);
					}
					if (preg_match('/\\bFALSE\\b/i', $token)) {
					  $token = str_ireplace('FALSE', '0', $token);
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_calc_found = true;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_duplicate_key = true;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'USE INDEX') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_index_hint = true;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'IGNORE INDEX') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_index_hint = true;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'FORCE INDEX') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_index_hint = true;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'BETWEEN') !== false) {
						$this->rewrite_between = true;
						$this->num_of_rewrite_between++;
					}
					if (stripos($token, 'ORDER BY FIELD') !== false) {
						$this->orderby_field = true;
					}
				}
			}
			$query_string .= $token;
		}
		$this->_query = $query_string;
	}
	/**
	 * method to handle SHOW TABLES query.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_show_query(){
		$this->_query = str_ireplace(' FULL', '', $this->_query);
		$table_name = '';
		$pattern    = '/^\\s*SHOW\\s*TABLES\\s*.*?(LIKE\\s*(.*))$/im';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $matches)) {
			$table_name = str_replace(array("'", ';'), '', $matches[2]);
		}
		if (!empty($table_name)) {
			$suffix = ' AND name LIKE '. "'" . $table_name . "'";
		} else {
			$suffix = '';
		}
		$this->_query = "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'" . $suffix . ' ORDER BY name DESC';
	}
	/**
	 * Method to strip all column qualifiers (backticks) from a query.
	 *
	 * All the back quotes in the query string are removed automatically.
	 * So it must not be used when INSERT, UPDATE or REPLACE query is executed.
	 *
	 * Obsolite since 1.5.1
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function strip_backticks(){
		$this->_query = str_replace('`', '', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to strip all column qualifiers (backticks) from a query except post data.
	 *
	 * All the back quotes execpt user data to be inserted are revomved automatically.
	 * This method must be used when INSERT, UPDATE or REPLACE query is executed.
	 *
	 * Obsolite since 1.5.1
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function safe_strip_backticks() {
		$query_string = '';
		$tokens       = preg_split("/(''|')/s", $this->_query, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
		$literal      = false;
		$query_string = '';
		foreach ($tokens as $token) {
			if ($token == "'") {
				if ($literal) {
					$literal = false;
				} else {
					$literal = true;
				}
			} else {
				if ($literal === false && strpos($token, '`') !== false) {
					$token = str_replace('`', '', $token);
				}
			}
			$query_string .= $token;
		}
		$this->_query = $query_string;
	}
	/**
	 * Method to emulate the SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS placeholder for MySQL.
	 *
	 * This is a kind of tricky play.
	 * 1. remove SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS option, and give it to the pdo engine
	 * 2. make another $wpdb instance, and execute the rewritten query
	 * 3. give the returned value (integer: number of the rows) to the original instance variable without LIMIT
	 *
	 * We no longer use SELECT COUNT query, because it returns the inexact values when used with WP_Meta_Query().
	 *
	 * This kind of statement is required for WordPress to calculate the paging information.
	 * see also WP_Query class in wp-includes/query.php
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_sql_count(){
		if (!$this->rewrite_calc_found) return;
		global $wpdb;
		// first strip the code. this is the end of rewriting process
		$this->_query    = str_ireplace('SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS', '', $this->_query);
		// we make the data for next SELECE FOUND_ROWS() statement
		$unlimited_query = preg_replace('/\\bLIMIT\\s*.*/imsx', '', $this->_query);
		//$unlimited_query = preg_replace('/\\bGROUP\\s*BY\\s*.*/imsx', '', $unlimited_query);
		// we no longer use SELECT COUNT query
		//$unlimited_query = $this->_transform_to_count($unlimited_query);
		$_wpdb = new PDODB();
		$result = $_wpdb->query($unlimited_query);
		$wpdb->dbh->found_rows_result = $result;
		$_wpdb = null;
	}
	/**
	 * Call back method to change SELECT query to SELECT COUNT().
	 *
	 * obsolite since version 1.5.1
	 *
	 * @param	string $query	the query to be transformed
	 * @return string the transformed query
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function _transform_to_count($query){
		$pattern = '/^\\s*SELECT\\s*(DISTINCT|)?.*?FROM\b/isx';
		$_query = preg_replace($pattern, 'SELECT \\1 COUNT(*) FROM ', $query);
		return $_query;
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite INSERT IGNORE to INSERT OR IGNORE.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_insert_ignore(){
		$this->_query = str_ireplace('INSERT IGNORE', 'INSERT OR IGNORE ', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite UPDATE IGNORE to UPDATE OR IGNORE.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_update_ignore(){
		$this->_query = str_ireplace('UPDATE IGNORE', 'UPDATE OR IGNORE ', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite DATE_ADD() function.
	 *
	 * DATE_ADD has a parameter PHP function can't parse, so we quote the list and
	 * pass it to the user defined function.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_date_add(){
		//(date,interval expression unit)
		$pattern = '/\\s*date_add\\s*\(([^,]*),([^\)]*)\)/imsx';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $matches)) {
			$expression   = "'".trim($matches[2])."'";
			$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, " date_add($matches[1], $expression) ", $this->_query);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite DATE_SUB() function.
	 *
	 * DATE_SUB has a parameter PHP function can't parse, so we quote the list and
	 * pass it to the user defined function.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_date_sub(){
		//(date,interval expression unit)
		$pattern = '/\\s*date_sub\\s*\(([^,]*),([^\)]*)\)/imsx';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $matches)) {
			$expression   = "'".trim($matches[2])."'";
			$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, " date_sub($matches[1], $expression) ", $this->_query);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle CREATE query.
	 *
	 * If the query is CREATE query, it will be passed to the query_create.class.php.
	 * So this method can't be used. It's here for safety.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_create_query(){
		require_once PDODIR . 'query_create.class.php';
		$engine = new CreateQuery();
		$this->_query = $engine->rewrite_query($this->_query);
		$engine = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Method to handle ALTER query.
	 *
	 * If the query is ALTER query, it will be passed ot the query_alter.class.php.
	 * So this method can't be used. It is here for safety.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_alter_query(){
		require_once PDODIR . 'query_alter.class.php';
		$engine = new AlterQuery();
		$this->_query = $engine->rewrite_query($this->_query, 'alter');
		$engine = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Method to handle DESCRIBE or DESC query.
	 *
	 * DESCRIBE is required for WordPress installation process. DESC is
	 * an alias for DESCRIBE, but it is not used in core WordPress.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_describe_query(){
		$pattern = '/^\\s*(DESCRIBE|DESC)\\s*(.*)/i';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $match)) {
			$tablename = preg_replace('/[\';]/', '', $match[2]);
			$this->_query = "PRAGMA table_info($tablename)";
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to remove LIMIT clause from DELETE or UPDATE query.
	 *
	 * The author of the original 'PDO for WordPress' says update method of wpdb
	 * insists on adding LIMIT. But the newest version of WordPress doesn't do that.
	 * Nevertheless some plugins use DELETE with LIMIT, UPDATE with LIMIT.
	 * We need to exclude sub query's LIMIT. And if SQLite is compiled with
	 * ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT option, we don't remove it.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_limit_usage(){
		$_wpdb = new PDODB();
		$options = $_wpdb->get_results('PRAGMA compile_options');
		foreach ($options as $opt) {
			if (stripos($opt->compile_option, 'ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT') !== false) return;
		}
		if (stripos($this->_query, '(select') === false) {
			$this->_query = preg_replace('/\\s*LIMIT\\s*[0-9]$/i', '', $this->_query);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to remove ORDER BY clause from DELETE or UPDATE query.
	 *
	 * SQLite compiled without SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT option can't
	 * execute UPDATE with ORDER BY, DELETE with GROUP BY.
	 * We need to exclude sub query's GROUP BY.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_order_by_usage() {
		$_wpdb = new PDODB();
		$options = $_wpdb->get_results('PRAGMA compile_options');
		foreach ($options as $opt) {
			if (stripos($opt->compile_option, 'ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT') !== false) return;
		}
		if (stripos($this->_query, '(select') === false) {
			$this->_query = preg_replace('/\\s+ORDER\\s+BY\\s*.*$/i', '', $this->_query);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle TRUNCATE query.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_truncate_query(){
		$pattern = '/TRUNCATE TABLE (.*)/im';
		$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, 'DELETE FROM $1', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle OPTIMIZE query.
	 *
	 * Original query has the table names, but they are simply ignored.
	 * Table names are meaningless in SQLite.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_optimize(){
		$this->_query ="VACUUM";
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite day.
	 *
	 * Jusitn Adie says: some wp UI interfaces (notably the post interface)
	 * badly composes the day part of the date leading to problems in sqlite
	 * sort ordering etc.
	 *
	 * I don't understand that...
	 *
	 * @return void
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_badly_formed_dates(){
		$pattern = '/([12]\d{3,}-\d{2}-)(\d )/ims';
		$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, '${1}0$2', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to remove INDEX HINT.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function delete_index_hints(){
		$pattern = '/\\s*(use|ignore|force)\\s+index\\s*\(.*?\)/i';
		$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, '', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to fix the date string and quoting.
	 *
	 * This is required for the calendar widget.
	 *
	 * WHERE month(fieldname)=08 is converted to month(fieldname)='8'
	 * WHERE month(fieldname)='08' is converted to month(fieldname)='8'
	 *
	 * I use preg_replace_callback instead of 'e' option because of security reason.
	 * cf. PHP manual (regular expression)
	 *
	 * @return void
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function fix_date_quoting() {
		$pattern = '/(month|year|second|day|minute|hour|dayofmonth)\\s*\((.*?)\)\\s*=\\s*["\']?(\d{1,4})[\'"]?\\s*/im';
		$this->_query = preg_replace_callback($pattern, array($this, '_fix_date_quoting'), $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Call back method to rewrite date string.
	 *
	 * @param string $match
	 * @return string
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function _fix_date_quoting($match) {
		$fixed_val = "{$match[1]}({$match[2]})='" . intval($match[3]) . "' ";
		return $fixed_val;
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite REGEXP() function.
	 *
	 * This method changes function name to regexpp() and pass it to the user defined
	 * function.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_regexp(){
		$pattern = '/\s([^\s]*)\s*regexp\s*(\'.*?\')/im';
		$this->_query = preg_replace($pattern, ' regexpp(\1, \2)', $this->_query);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite boolean to number.
	 *
	 * SQLite doesn't support true/false type, so we need to convert them to 1/0.
	 *
	 * Obsolite since 1.5.1
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_boolean() {
		$query = str_ireplace('TRUE', "1", $this->_query);
		$query = str_ireplace('FALSE', "0", $query);
		$this->_query = $query;
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handl SHOW COLUMN query.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_show_columns_query() {
		$this->_query = str_ireplace(' FULL', '', $this->_query);
		$pattern_like = '/^\\s*SHOW\\s*(COLUMNS|FIELDS)\\s*FROM\\s*(.*)?\\s*LIKE\\s*(.*)?/i';
		$pattern      = '/^\\s*SHOW\\s*(COLUMNS|FIELDS)\\s*FROM\\s*(.*)?/i';
		if (preg_match($pattern_like, $this->_query, $matches)) {
			$table_name   = str_replace("'", "", trim($matches[2]));
			$column_name  = str_replace("'", "", trim($matches[3]));
			$query_string = "SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='$table_name' AND sql LIKE '%$column_name%'";
			$this->_query = $query_string;
		} elseif (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $matches)) {
			$table_name   = $matches[2];
			$query_string = preg_replace($pattern, "PRAGMA table_info($table_name)", $this->_query);
			$this->_query = $query_string;
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle SHOW INDEX query.
	 *
	 * Moved the WHERE clause manipulation to pdoengin.class.php (ver 1.3.1)
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_show_index() {
		$pattern = '/^\\s*SHOW\\s*(?:INDEX|INDEXES|KEYS)\\s*FROM\\s*(\\w+)?/im';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $match)) {
			$table_name   = preg_replace("/[\';]/", '', $match[1]);
			$table_name   = trim($table_name);
			$this->_query = "SELECT * FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='$table_name'";
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE statement.
	 *
	 * First we use SELECT query and check if INSERT is allowed or not.
	 * Rewriting procedure looks like a detour, but I've got no other ways.
	 *
	 * Added the literal check since the version 1.5.1.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function execute_duplicate_key_update() {
		if (!$this->rewrite_duplicate_key) return;
		$unique_keys_for_cond  = array();
		$unique_keys_for_check = array();
		$pattern =  '/^\\s*INSERT\\s*INTO\\s*(\\w+)?\\s*(.*)\\s*ON\\s*DUPLICATE\\s*KEY\\s*UPDATE\\s*(.*)$/ims';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $match_0)) {
			$table_name  = trim($match_0[1]);
			$insert_data = trim($match_0[2]);
			$update_data = trim($match_0[3]);
			// prepare two unique key data for the table
			// 1. array('col1', 'col2, col3', etc) 2. array('col1', 'col2', 'col3', etc)
			$_wpdb = new PDODB();
			$indexes = $_wpdb->get_results("SHOW INDEX FROM {$table_name}");
			if (!empty($indexes)) {
			  foreach ($indexes as $index) {
			    if ($index->Non_unique == 0) {
			      $unique_keys_for_cond[] = $index->Column_name;
			      if (strpos($index->Column_name, ',') !== false) {
			        $unique_keys_for_check = array_merge($unique_keys_for_check, explode(',', $index->Column_name));
			      } else {
			        $unique_keys_for_check[] = $index->Column_name;
			      }
			    }
			  }
			  $unique_keys_for_check = array_map('trim', $unique_keys_for_check);
			} else {
			  // Without unique key or primary key, UPDATE statement will affect all the rows!
			  $query        = 'INSERT INTO '.$table_name.' '.$insert_data;
			  $this->_query = $query;
			  $_wpdb = null;
			  return;
			}
			// data check
			if (preg_match('/^\((.*)\)\\s*VALUES\\s*\((.*)\)$/ims', $insert_data, $match_1)) {
				$col_array      = explode(',', $match_1[1]);
				$ins_data_array = explode(',', $match_1[2]);
				foreach ($col_array as $col) {
					$val = trim(array_shift($ins_data_array));
					$ins_data_assoc[trim($col)] = $val;
				}
				$condition = '';
				foreach ($unique_keys_for_cond as $unique_key) {
					if (strpos($unique_key, ',') !== false) {
						$unique_key_array = explode(',', $unique_key);
						$counter          = count($unique_key_array);
						for ($i = 0; $i < $counter; ++$i) {
							$col = trim($unique_key_array[$i]);
							if (isset($ins_data_assoc[$col]) && $i == $counter - 1) {
								$condition .= $col . '=' . $ins_data_assoc[$col] . ' OR ';
							} elseif (isset($ins_data_assoc[$col])) {
								$condition .= $col . '=' . $ins_data_assoc[$col] . ' AND ';
							} else {
								continue;
							}
						}
					} else {
						$col = trim($unique_key);
						if (isset($ins_data_assoc[$col])) {
							$condition .= $col . '=' . $ins_data_assoc[$col] . ' OR ';
						} else {
							continue;
						}
					}
				}
				$condition  = rtrim($condition, ' OR ');
				$test_query = "SELECT * FROM {$table_name} WHERE {$condition}";
				$results    = $_wpdb->query($test_query);
				$_wpdb = null;
				if ($results == 0) {
					$this->_query = 'INSERT INTO '.$table_name.' '.$insert_data;
					return;
				} else {
					if (preg_match('/^\((.*)\)\\s*VALUES\\s*\((.*)\)$/im', $insert_data, $match_2)) {
						$col_array = explode(',', $match_2[1]);
						$ins_array = explode(',', $match_2[2]);
						$count     = count($col_array);
						for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
							$col = trim($col_array[$i]);
							$val = trim($ins_array[$i]);
							$ins_array_assoc[$col] = $val;
						}
					}
					$update_data = rtrim($update_data, ';');
					$tmp_array   = explode(',', $update_data);
					foreach ($tmp_array as $pair) {
						list($col, $value) = explode('=', $pair);
						$col   = trim($col);
						$value = trim($value);
						$update_array_assoc[$col] = $value;
					}
					foreach ($update_array_assoc as $key => &$value) {
						if (preg_match('/^VALUES\\s*\((.*)\)$/im', $value, $match_3)) {
							$col   = trim($match_3[1]);
							$value = $ins_array_assoc[$col];
						}
					}
					foreach ($ins_array_assoc as $key => $val) {
						if (in_array($key, $unique_keys_for_check)) {
							$where_array[] = $key . '=' . $val;
						}
					}
					$update_strings = '';
					foreach ($update_array_assoc as $key => $val) {
						if (in_array($key, $unique_keys_for_check)) {
							$where_array[] = $key . '=' . $val;
						} else {
							$update_strings .= $key . '=' . $val . ',';
						}
					}
					$update_strings = rtrim($update_strings, ',');
					$unique_where   = array_unique($where_array, SORT_REGULAR);
					$where_string   = ' WHERE ' . implode(' AND ', $unique_where);
					$update_query = 'UPDATE ' . $table_name . ' SET ' . $update_strings . $where_string;
					$this->_query = $update_query;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Method to rewrite BETWEEN A AND B clause.
	 *
	 * This clause is the same form as natural language, so we have to check if it is
	 * in the data or SQL statement.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function rewrite_between() {
		if (!$this->rewrite_between) return;
		$pattern = '/\\s*(CAST\([^\)]+?\)|[^\\s\(]*)?\\s*BETWEEN\\s*([^\\s]*)?\\s*AND\\s*([^\\s\)]*)?\\s*/ims';
		do {
			if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $match)) {
				$column_name  = trim($match[1]);
				$min_value    = trim($match[2]);
				$max_value    = trim($match[3]);
				$max_value    = rtrim($max_value);
				$replacement  = " ($column_name >= $min_value AND $column_name <= $max_value)";
				$this->_query = str_ireplace($match[0], $replacement, $this->_query);
			}
			$this->num_of_rewrite_between--;
		} while ($this->num_of_rewrite_between > 0);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to handle ORDER BY FIELD() clause.
	 *
	 * When FIELD() function has column name to compare, we can't rewrite it with
	 * use defined functions. When this function detect column name in the argument,
	 * it creates another instance, does the query withuot ORDER BY clause and gives
	 * the result array sorted to the main instance.
	 *
	 * If FIELD() function doesn't have column name, it will use the user defined
	 * function. usort() function closure function to compare the items.
	 *
	 * @access private
	 */
	private function handle_orderby_field() {
		if (!$this->orderby_field) return;
		global $wpdb;
		$pattern = '/\\s+ORDER\\s+BY\\s+FIELD\\s*\(\\s*([^\)]+?)\\s*\)/i';
		if (preg_match($pattern, $this->_query, $match)) {
			global $flipped;
			$params   = explode(',', $match[1]);
			$params   = array_map('trim', $params);
			$tbl_col  = array_shift($params);
			$flipped  = array_flip($params);
			$tbl_name = substr($tbl_col, 0, strpos($tbl_col, '.'));
			$tbl_name = str_replace($wpdb->prefix, '', $tbl_name);
			if ($tbl_name && in_array($tbl_name, $wpdb->tables)) {
				$query = str_replace($match[0], '', $this->_query);
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Gioia romeroi es una especie de insecto coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae. Fue descrita científicamente en 1991 por Savini.

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Gioia
Insectos descritos en 1991


In Hollywood, screenwriter William Goldman is known for many things.
But what is Goldman, who was born in Highland Park (and had a miserable childhood -- a writer's best friend), most famous for? He's the man who said about Hollywood, "Nobody knows anything." Actually, Goldman, who wrote the screenplays for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men"--both of which won him Academy Awards--as well as "Misery," "Maverick," "The Princess Bride," "Absolute Power" and 13 others, knows quite a bit. He shared some of it nearly two decades ago in "Adventures in the Screen Trade." Now, he's back with "Which Lie Did I Tell?" (Pantheon Books). We talked with him recently about the new book, and his life in the movie biz.
Tribune--What was the inspiration for this book?
Goldman--I was at Oberlin College. This girl stood up--very taut and tense--and said, "Mr. Goldman, do you always begin your second theme by page 17?" I didn't know what a second theme was. When I was growing up, you wanted to write the great American novel or the great Broadway play. Nobody took movies seriously. Writers like William Faulkner and Raymond Chandler went to Hollywood to make enough money to write their novels. But now movies are the center of our culture. Everyone wants to get into the movie business. The easiest way is to write a script. We all know the alphabet. So I thought I better get everything I know down on paper because movies are not about second themes.
Q--What does the title mean?
A--With a particularly sleazy producer. He was making a series of phone calls, talking about his projects, how fabulous they were all doing. After 20 minutes, I hear him whispering, "Bill, Bill . . . " with his hand over the receiver. And he says to me, "Which lie did I tell?" In the interests of accuracy, he was checking.
Q--You once wrote a screenplay about a ski instructor. What happened to it?
A--It was a glorious project about this guy who led a glamorous day life, teaching fabulous people to ski. But at night, he lived in a trailer with his wife and baby. There was this wonderful split. But what I didn't know was that the producer and studio executive hated each other. It could have been "Citizen Kane" and the executive would never let it be made. When the producer left to go to another studio, he wanted to buy the script. But the same executive who hated it wouldn't let it go.
A--Fear of humiliation. Both "E.T.`" and "Home Alone" were rejected by one studio before they became huge hits at another. No one wants to be the guy who passed on another "E.T."
Q--You wrote a movie about red wine, "The Year of the Comet," that was a huge flop. If you had seen a survey that said moviegoers could care less about red wine, would you still have written it?
A--Yes, because the studio that originally developed "E.T." did a survey that said no one wanted to see that. My theory is some movies people won't go to under any conditions, and this was one of them. We did a sneak preview of "Comet." In the first five minutes, 50 people left the theater. They hated it so much, they preferred going back to their drab real lives than to watch what I made up.
Q--Are focus audiences always that astute?
A--Last December, a widely expensive movie tested in the cellar. It cost a fortune. The executives involved were ready to walk the plank. It was "Stuart Little," a giant hit. You never know [what you have] till real people have to pay to see a movie. Then, on Monday morning, after the box office receipts come out, all the experts tell us why a movie succeeded and another one flopped. How come they can't tell you on Friday? Because they know zero.
Q--Are stars any kind of insurance?
A--Everybody loves Julia Roberts, but where were they when she did "Mary Reilly"? Jim Carrey is marvelous, but no one wanted to see him play Andy Kaufman. "What Planet Are You From?" was directed by one of our top comedy directors, Mike Nichols, and starred Garry Shandling, a wonderful comedian. It bombed.
Q--That's because Garry Shandling can't carry a movie.
A--You're only saying that because he didn't. If the movie had been successful, you would have said, "Of course it was. All his fans from his TV show went to see him." It's always a crap shoot. That's what causes the insecurity that pervades this industry. The only thing that sells movies is word-of-mouth, and you can't fabricate that. It drives the executives mad.
Q--Why was it so hard to cast the male lead in "Misery"?
A--We went to Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman and Warren Beatty. None of them would do it. They don't take roles where they're not in charge, especially if a woman is. In "Mercy," the woman has the power. At the time, Jimmy Caan's career was in trouble because of drug abuse. He took the role because he needed it. The others didn't. Stars, you have to understand, play gods. They have be perfect. They can't have a flaw unless they can wink at the audience and say, "I'm really wonderful."
Q--Why did they cast a then-unknown actor--Christopher Reeve--as Superman?
A--They wanted a major star, but no major star would play him because of the costume. Warren said he took it home, put it on, looked himself and said, "I don't need this."
Q--I've met many stars. They all seem very nice and normal.
A--Sure, they're charming and self-deprecating because they want you to write something nice abut them. But I deal with them during moments of panic. Big stars know if they have a couple of flops, it's going to really hurt them. I've talked to studio executives who say Jim Carrey's next movie better do business. If it doesn't, why pay him $20 million? A star is not paid for how much a movie eventually grosses. He's not responsible for the quality of the movie. What a star must do to justify his salary is open a movie. It's that first weekend that counts. They're paid to deliver $15 to $20 million. Eight million is a disaster.
Q--You write that stars have "no friends, they have business acquaintances and serfs. They can only fake love on screen." You want to stick by that statement?
A--Oh, yeah. They're very talented and very shrewd or they wouldn't have become stars. But they didn't like their life or they wouldn't want to change it by playing someone else. They surround themselves with people who tell them what they want to hear. I always tell young writers that once they've broken through, to get out of Hollywood because when you're hot, everyone tells you how wonderful you are. Pretty soon, you start thinking, "They're right, I am wonderful." That's not conducive to hard work.
Q--Would you say that nobody still knows anything?


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Student Showcase: The Psychologist And Martial Artist
By cnmcomms • October 31, 2017 Student Showcase
After working with victims of sexual assault, Teo Yew Chye- a psychologist by training– developed a simple mission: arm his pupils with the knowledge to defend themselves against violence.
Tagged martial arts, sexual violence
Student Showcase: Design Fiction 2017- An Uncertain Future Visualised and Explained Through Fiction
By cnmcomms • October 30, 2017 Events, Student Showcase
Ever wondered what the world will be like decades, or even centuries from now? One thing is for sure, the inexorable forces of climate change is going to have an impact on how we live, where we live, and most importantly, what we are going to live for. In a unique exhibition of prototypes that challenge our fondest ideas, CNM students from the Design Fiction module explore the Frontiers of Ecological Interaction, and take you on a journey rarely imagined.
Science fiction-type storyworlds are presented through the creation of interactive, futuristic objects that aim to provoke important discussions on our precarious future.
Learn how CNM students, under the tutelage of Assistant Professor Andrew Quitmeyer, begin to explore today's technology, and the issues that arise between man's actions and the natural world, through interactive objects, performances and believable storyworlds.
Come see the exhibition, and tell us what is your own vision of the future…
Date: Saturday, 18 November 2017
Venue: Singapore Botanical Gardens, Eco-Garden
More details at: Singapore Botanical Gardens Programmes
Tagged design fiction
NUS CNM Students Join Daniel Tay In Dumpster Diving
By cnmcomms • October 29, 2017 News
Assistant Professor Andrew Quitmeyer with colleagues from the Interactive Media Design area studies in NUS Communications and New Media department. From Left: Assistant Professors Jude Yew, Andrew Quitmeyer, and Alex Mitchell
When Assistant Professor Andrew Quitmeyer, from NUS Communications and New Media, heard about dumpster diver Daniel Tay's dumpster diving habits, he leapt at the chance to get his students to experience first-hand the problem of waste.
Mr Tay's efforts soon came to the attention of National University of Singapore assistant professor Andrew Quitmeyer, who used to dumpster-dive for fruits and vegetables back home in the United States.
Source: ChannelNewsAsia
CNM Research Talk: The Power Of Platforms- Presented By Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
By cnmcomms • October 23, 2017 Events, Research
Platform companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter have clearly emerged as effective brokers in hard as well as soft power. But they also take advantage of more distinctive forms of platform power. Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen identifies 5 components of platform power:
automated action at scale
fungibility
The enabling, transformative and productive nature of these platforms empower its users, even as they force them to become more dependent. He argues that platform power is neither sovereign nor arbitrary, but deeply relational. Ultimately, platform power is closely aligned to the provider's strategic interests, and continues to drive a structural transformation of nothing less than the media environment.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford, and editor in chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics. Recent books include The Changing Business of Journalism and its Implications for Democracy (2010, edited with David A. L. Levy), Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns (2012) (winner of the Doris Graber Award from the American Political Science Association, awarded for the best book in political communication published in the last ten years), and Political Journalism in Transition: Western Europe in a Comparative Perspective (2014, edited with Raymond Kuhn).
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Blk AS6, #03-33
CNM Meeting Room
Register cnmn.us/platformpower.
New Professional Development Courses in Health and Risk Communication, Science Communication
By cnmcomms • October 21, 2017 Executive Education
Introducing new executive education courses for health, as well as science professionals. Sign up now for both courses:
Health & Risk Communication
Date: 23 – 24 Nov 2017 | Fee: $1,605 w/GST
SPECIAL CORPORATE RATE FOR NUS STAFF
The ageing population in Singapore has given rise to the importance of engaging people on health and risk related issues. For communication professionals, communicating complex and potentially sensitive topics are a growing field, especially in government offices, as well as the insurance and healthcare industries. The course aims to help professionals examine the nuts and bolts of health and risk communication, and deliver strategic frameworks for developing health and risk solutions.
This 2-day professional course is designed to help communication professionals gain a thorough appreciation of the distinct nature of communication in health and risk settings, the challenges that communicators confront, and the frameworks for developing effective communication solutions that address health and risk related issues.
Public Engagement in Science
Date: 7 – 8 Dec 2017 | Fee: $1,605 w/GST
Increasingly, public engagement in science has emerged as a key concept in policy circles, among scientists, as well as among communicators. Although there have been a number of ongoing initiatives on public engagement of science, there exists discrepancy in the understanding of concept, how it is operationalised, and how it is approached in the various communities of practice. The course aims to provide its participants with in-depth understanding of the key debates and conceptual challenges in public engagement with science.
This 2-day professional course is designed to help scientists, researchers and science communicators gain an in-depth understanding of the key debates and conceptual challenges in the public's engagement with science and scientific topics.
Tagged course, lifelong learning, training
Opinion: Modinomics And Behavioural Economics Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin
By cnmcomms • October 12, 2017 opinion
Professor Mohan J Dutta, Head of NUS Communications and New Media, delivers a stinging analysis of demonetisation, in an opinion piece:
For the celebratory story of demonetisation as a behavioural solution, the pains of demonetisation felt by everyday Indians are strategically obfuscated.
Modinomics and Behavioural Economics Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
CNM Research Talk: Top 10 Lessons In Media Studies- Presented By Professor Susan J Douglas
Abstract: In this talk, Professor Susan J Douglas aims to distill what she has learned in her career, not only as a practitioner of humanities-based media studies, but also as a media historian. She will focus on the problems we commonly have to confront with archives, the importance of placing media texts and trends within their historical contexts, how we need to let our sources lead us to our conclusions instead of approaching them with foregone conclusions, the importance of empathy, and the need to both engage with theory and yet resist the obfuscating pull of jargon in our field. Then, she will also provide a defense of textual analysis.
Speaker: Susan Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at The University of Michigan and former Chair of the Department. She is author of The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us From Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild (St. Martin's Griffin, 2010); The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Undermines Women (with Meredith Michaels, The Free Press, 2004); Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination (Times Books, 1999), which won the Hacker Prize in 2000 for the best popular book about technology and culture, Where The Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media (Times Books, 1994) and Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 (Johns Hopkins, 1987). Where the Girls Are was widely praised, and chosen one of the top ten books of 1994 by National Public Radio, Entertainment Weekly and The McLaughlin Group. She served on the Board of the George Foster Peabody awards from 2005-2010, and in 2010 was selected as Chair of the Board. She is the 2009 recipient of the Leonardo Da Vinci Prize, the highest honor given by the Society for the History of Technology to an individual who has greatly contributed to the history of technology through research, teaching, publications, and other activities.
CNM Research Talk: The Media, Baby Boomers And The Advent Of Aspirational Aging- Presented By Professor Susan J Douglas
Abstract: Up to 76 million people in the U.S. are approaching retirement. Around the world, populations are aging. This talk explores the contradictory terrain of aging in American media, where negative stereotypes of older people are colliding with Aspirational Aging, a media-crafted zeitgeist whose central tenet is that aging is something we can and should 'defy'. The defiance discourse is especially advanced by what Professor Susan J Douglas labels the Anti-Aging Industrial Complex. The talk will also note the intersections between ageism and sexism, and emphasise how neoliberal discourses about personal responsibility frame and mark off good, successful aging from bad, failed aging.
CNM Playroom
Platform Research, Logistical Infrastructures and Autonomous Media- Professor Ned Rossiter
By cnmcomms • October 6, 2017 Events, Research
In this talk, Professor Ned Rossiter will reflect on the practice of devising platforms for collective research projects, and chart some of the key conditions and critical debates that have defined the past decade in fields of media theory, activist politics and urban studies. He will address topics ranging from a critique of creative industries, experiments in urban mapping in Beijing, circuits of labour in cultural industries in Shanghai and the formation of IT towns in Kolkata, the making of logistical worlds in Athens, Chile and West Bengal, and the territoriality of data infrastructures. Common to all of these projects is a focus on contemporary labour regimes and the technics of governance.Professor Ned Rossiter's talk will elaborate how he developed a media theory attentive to the operation of power and the variation of globality. He will conclude with a sketch of nascent research on the automation of society and the prospects for undertaking media theory in environments governed by digital objects.
Time: 3.30 P.M
Venue: AS7-01-16/17/18 – FASS DEANS OFFICE SEMINAR ROOM B
Professor Ned Rossiter
Professor of Communication with a joint appointment in the Institute for Culture and Society and the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University.
Keynote Speaker At The 6th Annual International Conference on Journalism and Mass Communications
By cnmcomms • October 5, 2017 Events
Professor Mohan J Dutta will deliver the keynote for the upcoming 6th Annual International Conference on Journalism and Mass Communications (JMComm 2017), entitled Digital Media, Globalisation and Sustainability: Asian Possibilities, that will discuss:
…the role of communication in co-creating possibilities for socially just and sustainable futures. Theorizing the role of communication inequalities in reproducing global power differentials and social inequalities, the talk will explore the role of participation, dialogue, and listening as strategic entry points for building policies and programs that are rooted in the lived experiences of communities at the margins.
Source: JMComm 2017
Date: 9 – 10 Oct 2017
Venue: Hotel Fort Canning, 11 Canning Walk, Singapore 178881
Tagged conference, jmcomm, keynote

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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Eastern District Kyker v. Commissioner of Social Security Filing 36
Kyker v. Commissioner of Social Security
ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 6/15/2017 GRANTING 33 Plaitniff's Motion for Attorney Fees; Counsel for plaintiff is awarded $15,867.00 in attorney's fees under Sec 406(b); the Commissioner shall certify that amoun t to be paid to counsel from the funds previously withheld for the payment of such fees 33 -7 and Counsel for plaintiff is directed to remit to plaintiff the amount of $6,295.00 for EAJA fees previously paid to counsel by the Commissioner. (Reader, L)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SARA LEANN KYKER, 12 13 14 15 16 No. 2:14-cv-00534 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER NANCY A. BERYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 19 ("Commissioner"), denying her the application for a period of disability and disability insurance 20 benefits ("DIB") benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act ("the Act"). On May 29, 2015, 21 the court granted in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, denied the Commissioner's 22 cross-motion for summary judgment, and remanded the action to the Commissioner for 23 immediate payment of benefits. ECF No. 15. 24 Now pending before the court is plaintiff's February 28, 2017 renewed motion for an 25 award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 33. On March 1, 2017, 26 defendant filed a response asserting that defendant "is not in a position to either assent or object" 27 to the fee request. ECF No. 34. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted. 28 1 1 2 I. REASONABLENESS OF FEE REQUEST At the outset of the representation, plaintiff and her counsel entered into a contingent-fee 3 agreement. ECF No. 33-1. Pursuant to that agreement plaintiff's counsel now seeks attorney's 4 fees in the amount of $15,867.00 which represents 25% of the retroactive disability benefits 5 received by plaintiff on remand ($15,867.00 withheld for attorney's fees pursuant to the 6 Administration's letter to counsel at ECF No. 33-7), for 32.6 hours of attorney time expended on 7 this matter. ECF No. 33-3. Plaintiff will be immediately credited the $6,295 in EAJA fees 8 already received by plaintiff's counsel. ECF No. 33 at 1-2. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Attorneys are entitled to fees for cases in which they have successfully represented social security claimants: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due benefits to which the claimant is entitled by reason of such judgment, and the Commissioner of Social Security may . . . certify the amount of such fee for payment to such attorney out of, and not in addition to, the amount of such past-due benefits. 16 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A). "In contrast to fees awarded under fee-shifting provisions such as 42 17 U.S.C. § 1988, the fee is paid by the claimant out of the past-due benefits awarded; the losing 18 party is not responsible for payment." Crawford v. Astrue, 586 F.3d 1142, 1147 (9th Cir. 2009) 19 (en banc) (citing Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 802 (2002)). The goal of fee awards under 20 § 406(b) is "'to protect claimants against "inordinately large fees" and also to ensure that 21 attorneys representing successful claimants would not risk "nonpayment of [appropriate] fees."'" 22 Parrish v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 698 F.3d 1215, 1217 (9th Cir. 2012) (quoting Gisbrecht, 23 535 U.S. at 805). 24 The 25% statutory maximum fee is not an automatic entitlement, and the court must 25 ensure that the fee requested is reasonable. Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 808-09 ("406(b) does not 26 displace contingent-fee agreements within the statutory ceiling; instead, § 406(b) instructs courts 27 to review for reasonableness fees yielded by those agreements"). "Within the 25 percent 28 boundary . . . the attorney for the successful claimant must show that the fee sought is reasonable 2 1 for the services rendered." Id. at 807. "[A] district court charged with determining a reasonable 2 fee award under § 406(b)(1)(A) must respect 'the primacy of lawful attorney-client fee 3 arrangements,' 'looking first to the contingent-fee agreement, then testing it for reasonableness.'" 4 Crawford, 586 F.3d at 1149 (quoting Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 793, 808). 5 In determining whether the requested fee is reasonable, the court considers "'the character 6 of the representation and the results achieved by the representative.'" Crawford, 586 F.3d at 1151 7 (quoting Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 808). In determining whether a reduction in the fee is warranted, 8 the court considers whether the attorney provided "substandard representation or delayed the 9 case," or obtained "benefits that are not in proportion to the time spent on the case." Id. Finally, 10 the court considers the attorney's record of hours worked and counsel's regular hourly billing 11 charge for non-contingent cases. Crawford, 586 F.3d at 1151-52 (citing Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 12 808); see also, E.D. Cal. R. 293(c)(1) (in fixing attorney's fees the court considers "the time and 13 labor required"). Below, the court will consider these factors in assessing whether the fee 14 requested by counsel in this case pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) is reasonable. 15 Here, plaintiff's counsel is an experienced attorney who secured a successful result for 16 plaintiff. See Declaration of Monica Perales, ECF No. 33 at 10, ¶ 7. There is no indication that a 17 reduction of fees is warranted due to any substandard performance by counsel. There is also no 18 evidence that plaintiff's counsel engaged in any dilatory conduct resulting in excessive delay. 19 The court finds that$ 15,867.00, which represents 25% of the past-due benefits paid to plaintiff, is 20 not excessive in relation to the benefits awarded. In making this determination, the court 21 recognizes the contingent fee nature of this case and counsel's assumption of the risk of going 22 uncompensated in agreeing to represent plaintiff on such terms. See Crawford, 586 F.3d at 1152 23 ("[t]he attorneys assumed significant risk in accepting these cases, including the risk that no 24 benefits would be awarded or that there would be a long court or administrative delay in resolving 25 the cases"). Finally, counsel has submitted a detailed billing statement in support of the requested 26 fee. ECF No. 33-3. 27 28 Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, the court concludes that the fees sought by counsel pursuant to § 406(b) are reasonable. 3 1 2 II. OFFSET FOR EAJA FEES An award of § 406(b) fees must be offset by any prior award of attorney's fees granted 3 under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). 28 U.S.C. § 2412; Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 796. 4 Here, plaintiff's attorney was previously awarded $6,295.00 in EAJA fees. See ECF No. 33 at 1. 5 Counsel therefore must remit that amount to plaintiff. 6 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 7 1. Plaintiff's Motion for attorney Fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (ECF No. 33), is 8 9 GRANTED; 2. Counsel for plaintiff is awarded $15,867.00 in attorney's fees under § 406(b); the 10 Commissioner shall certify that amount to be paid to counsel from the funds previously withheld 11 for the payment of such fees (see ECF No. 33-7) and 12 3. Counsel for plaintiff is directed to remit to plaintiff the amount of $6,295.00 for EAJA 13 fees previously paid to counsel by the Commissioner. 14 DATED: June 15, 2017 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4


The translation means shrimp in chili water and that is exactly what's happening in this fresh Mexican dish. Lime juice is blended with serrano chilies and a little salt to make a magical soaking liquid for the shrimp to swim in and fresh cooling cucumbers take the edge off and balance this spicy dish.
If your shrimp isn't freshly caught, lightly poach it first.
Combine the juice, water, Serrano peppers, olive oil and salt in a blender and blend until smooth.
Arrange the cucumber slices on a large plate and arrange the shrimp on the top of the cucumbers, making sure to lay the butterflied side down. Pour the blended lime mixture across the top evenly. Arrange the red onion slices over the top. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving, allowing the shrimp marinate and cook in the lime juice.


MaraDNS is easy to configure DNS server that functions as a recursive and/or authoritative name server. This package provides the upstream documentation for the MaraDNS suite. This includes more information than is available in the man pages including background information on DNS, how to obtain the source code, compile and install it. As a result the documentation includes none of the packaging tweaks intended to fit MaraDNS into Debian.


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Fiona Apple's Cover of "The Whole of the Moon" Was the Perfect Ending to 'The Affair'
By Kayla Cobb Twitter @kaylcobb Nov 4, 2019 at 12:05pm	 138 Shares
Photo: Showtime
There are very few shows in the history of television that end with an old man dancing by himself on a cliff. There are even fewer that could have ever made such an idea work. Yet that's exactly how The Affair concluded its five season run this past Sunday (November 3), with a Fiona Apple cover of The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon." And it was as beautifully glorious as it was bizarre. Spoilers ahead for The Affair's finale.
All throughout The Affair Season 5 the Showtime drama has been jumping between present day and another timeline set several decades in the future. Initially that time jump was justified as Joanie (Anna Paquin) tried to piece together what really happened to her late mother. But as Season 5's finale reveals, that initial murder mystery premise was never what this show was angling for at all. The ending of The Affair was ultimately about the same thing as its beginning: coming to terms with mistakes, whether they be mistakes made in your parents' lifetime or yours. Naturally The Affair decided to illustrate this final lesson with one of the most mistake-prone and unrelenting characters ever created, Noah Solloway (Dominic West).
The Affair's final episode was written and directed by series co-creator Sarah Treem. For years now we've seen Noah commit sin after sin, from cheating on his wife and ruining a happy marriage to becoming the center of a #MeToo scandal. Noah has always been a mess, and at least until this final season, he was a mess who was rarely held accountable for him many, many mistakes. That changed once his daughter Whitney (Julia Goldani Telles), disgusted by all of the pain her father has inflicted on so many people, uninvited him from her wedding.
How Did 'The Affair' End?
With a dance number.
by Kayla Cobb (@kaylcobb)
This is far from the first time Noah has been called out for being an asshole. But before the finality of missing his daughter's wedding, Noah's comeuppance always seemed to come with a side of pleasure. He ruined his marriage only to have a relatively healthy relationship with Alison (Ruth Wilson). He was falsely imprisoned only for that jail time to lead him to his next great novel and countless job offers. We're deeply aware of how Noah typically responds in situations where he is called out, through bouts of anger, blame, and an uncomfortable habit of lashing out. But faced with his own daughter's scorn, Noah doesn't do that. For once he accepts that he is the one in the wrong. He has hurt Whitney, his children, and his ex-wife Helen (Maura Tierney), and he has to pay for that pain.
So when Helen asks Noah to leave the wedding venue after he's finished choreographing a flash mob for Whitney's reception, for once he doesn't fight. He doesn't lash out at Helen or argue with Whitney, pointing to the fact that he almost single-handedly planned her wedding. He meekly leaves the venue and stays away. For the first time Noah demonstrates something akin to humility.
That's what makes his final dance in Montauk so remarkable. Yes, on the surface it is Dominic West in questionable prosthetic makeup dancing alone in silence. But in the context of this show this dance is the remembrance of a single time Noah put the needs of his family before his own. In that moment he's just an old man with fond, happy memories about his family.
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Similarly, asking Fiona Apple to be the one to cover "The Whole of the Moon" was a stroke of brilliance. Apple's "Container" so perfectly embodies The Affair it's inseparable from the show. The desperation and longing she injects into every verse perfectly matches the intense regret felt by every character.
If Apple's "Container" was an internal scream about self-improvement and unseen pain, then "The Whole of the Moon" is its opposite. It's a celebration of life, understanding, and finally being able to see the big picture. It's right there in the song's lyrics: "I saw the crescent / You saw the whole of the moon." This final moment with Noah is one of joy and self-acceptance.
The Affair started with a group of broken people who thought their only hope at self-betterment was to break each other further. Throughout five seasons and countless hookups they did a damn good job of doing just that to the misery of everyone involved. But The Affair ended with at least one of its tumultuous characters realizing that real love and happiness comes from vulnerability. As silly as Noah's dance was, that's a thing of beauty.
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For fans of falling water, California's state parks offer a variety of intriguing waterfalls in all shapes and sizes. The Trailmaster's list of "Top Ten Waterfalls California State Parks" is more like a "Ten Falls to Get You Started" list; I have many more favorites, small and large.
And the state parks system offers two more showstopper waterfalls: in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, magnificent McWay Fall tumbles from the Big Sur bluffs into the Pacific, and in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, lovely Berry Creek Falls dances in the forest primeval.
Other waterfalls in California State Parks exhibit a more subtle beauty. With waterfalls, as in art, beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder. Falls tend to be as diverse as the parks themselves. Some thunder along all year, while others are very much seasonal affairs. Generally speaking, this year Northern California got rain and Southern California did not. Plan accordingly.
Here are ten of my favorite falls and how to go with the flow.
Waterfalls near the coast are a rarity, so the presence of three of them in close proximity to the California Coastal Trail is a special treat indeed. Gold Dust Falls, a long, slender tumbler, spills some 80 feet to the forest floor. An unnamed waterfall is located just south of Gold Dust; another is located just north.
Access: An easy 2-mile round trip hike from Fern Canyon to Gold Dust Falls.
Not surprisingly, the falls was considered a "power spot" by the native people who lived in the region. Park visitors can feel the power by watching the 200 million gallons of water that tumble into Burney Creek Gorge. While many waterfalls exceed Burney Falls in height, few can match its grandeur—twin, thundering 129-foot falls, accompanied by numerous plumes of water.
This state park is in volcano country, characterized by lava rock and huge subterranean rivers and reservoirs. One of these underground aquifers feeds Burney Creek—and in turn, Burney Falls. The fall flows at nearly full throttle all year even though, a half mile above the falls, Burney Creek is often absolutely dry.
Access: A short walk, peer over the railing and there it is. Admire the falls from different perspectives by hiking a mile or two on both sides of Burney Creek.
South Yuba Independence Trail offers wheelchair access and delightful passage for adventurers of all abilities to the charms of California's Gold Country and some lovely waterfalls. Volunteers transformed a Gold Rush-era water ditch and wooden flumes into a whole access trail along the Yuba River.
Many-tiered Rush Creek Falls tumbles over polished granite. You can admire the spectacle from a gravity-defying flume above the tallest drop—about 50 feet.
Access: A pleasant, mile-long path crosses ravines by way of several wooden flumes to an elaborate wooden ramp that circles down to the edge of Rush Creek above the main fall.
Most visitors come to this out-of-the-way park to soak in the hot springs. Still, a jaunt on one of the park's inspiring footpaths and a visit to the vigorous, 50-foot tall waterfall on Hot Springs Creek, adds to the pleasure of a park known for its soothing pools.
Access: An easy 3-mile round trip hike from the park campground along Hot Springs Creek meanders amidst giant sugar pines to the waterfall.
Framed by five-fingered ferns, Berry Creek Falls is a real looker, the kind of waterfall that graces magazine covers. A walk through the redwoods in California's first state park is one to remember, as is the 70-foot waterfall, which hurtles over a sheer cliff into a large pool.
Access: Figure a 12-mile round trip hike from Highway 1 to reach the waterfall, as well as 60-foot Silver Falls and Golden Falls, which spills over a reddish-gold cliff. It's about the same distance to reach the falls from park headquarters via Skyline to the Sea Trail.
This park is quintessential Big Sur—redwoods and the Big Sur River, great camping and hiking. A lovely path leads under stately redwoods. Then you ascend a stairway to an observation platform at the base of the falls. Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek cascades over a 40-foot precipice to a small grotto.
Access: An easy, family friendly 2-mile round trip hike leads from Big Sur Lodge to Pfeiffer Falls.
A redwood grove, dramatic Big Sur coastal vistas, and the only major California waterfall to cascade into the Pacific are some of this park's attractions. From a well-designed overlook, you can observe slender but dramatic McWay Falls tumbling a hundred feet from the granite cliffs into McWay Cove.
Access: A 0.25-mile long, wheelchair accessible trail passes through a pedestrian tunnel under Highway 1 and leads to the overlook above McWay Falls.
La Jolla Valley welcomes visitors with a native grassland, drifts of oak, a peaceful pond and, in spring, wildflowers and a lovely waterfall. La Jolla Creek runs most of the year and so does the falls, a 15-foot high tumbler with a modest pool at its base; the waterfall is most sprightly in spring.
Access: The waterfall is located a short mile up the trail at the second creek crossing from the park's Ray Miller Trailhead.
Ferns, falls, wildflowers and dramatic sandstone cliffs are some of the delights of a ramble through Santa Ynez Canyon. The route passes through a narrow sandstone canyon past mini-falls to the lovely 15-foot fall.
Access: From the park's Palisades Highland trailhead, it's a 2.4-mile round trip walk to the falls.
Borrego Palm Canyon is the third-largest palm oasis in California, the first site sought for a desert state park back in the 1920s, and home to a lovely waterfall. A 15-foot waterfall cascades over huge boulders into a damp grotto surrounded by a palm oasis. Heavenly!
Access: From the Borrego Palm Canyon Campground, a family-friendly, 3-mile round trip hike takes you along the park nature trail to the waterfall.
Fern-lined Boy Scout Trail meanders three miles amidst 300-foot tall redwoods to a lovely, 35-foot high S-shaped cascade.
A six-mile loop trail through a lush coastal canyon and some wooden stair-steps lead up to a 30-foot waterfall that cascades into a handsome hollow.
You can drive to 75-foot high Devil's Fall, which divides into a half-dozen chutes and rushes below Yankee Jim's Road.
Swollen by winter rains, Sonoma Creek generates a handsome, 25-foot waterfall that cascades below the park campground.
A 2-mile loop trail through hardwoods and redwoods visits this diminutive, fern-framed falls that fills a large and deep pool.
A 0.75-mile trail leads to a substantial observation platform and a grand view of the falls, an impressive, one hundred-foot Kings Creek cascade.
Four miles of hiking and a half-mile of wet and wild creekside scrambling bring the energetic hiker to a fern-filled world and a 40-foot waterfall.
A half-mile of trail and some splashing up Limekiln Creek delivers you to this impressive falls, which cascades feet over limestone cliffs.
From the Green Valley Falls picnic area, walk 0.25 mile along the Sweetwater River to a lovely series of low, but wide, cascades.


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Lukas Björkman född den 15 november 1979 är en svensk journalist och redaktör. Han är sedan våren 2011 chefredaktör på Kamratposten. Björkman har även skrivit fyra barnböcker, Flams, Svar på Allt, Stora boken om Kropp & Knopp och Stora Flams-boken . 2010–2011 var han redaktionschef på kändistidningen Se&Hör.

2012 vann Björkman Bonniers tidskriftspris och 2013 tog han emot Sveriges tidskrifters stora pris för Kamratpostens räkning. Han har även tagit emot priserna Den gyllene haldan och Psynkpriset för tidningens räkning.

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For a crime or incident in progress, or where someone is immediately at risk of harm, you should always dial 999. You will not be criticised for a well-intentioned 999 call. Furthermore, if we think the call doesn't warrant occupying an emergency line, we'll ring you back on a non-emergency line as we try to keep the emergency lines clear.
Your call will first be answered by the Emergency Operator who will ask you which of the emergency services you need (ie, fire, police or ambulance). When you say it is the police you want, your call will be routed to the nearest and most available police emergency line. In most cases, this will be the Northamptonshire Police control room. In some cases, where lots of 999 calls are being received at the same time, or where you live near a county border, the call can be redirected to the nearest police force which will take your details and pass to Northamptonshire immediately.
When the police operator answers, you will be asked to say what the emergency is. Please be prepared to give your details and the exact location of where the police are needed. Remember that the operator may not know the location as well as you. Think about how to describe it best, giving landmarks if possible – especially for rural locations or where house numbering may not be obvious.
This is the number that has been introduced nationally so that people don't have to know the individual telephone number of each of the 40+ police forces. The Northamptonshire Police telephone number is 03000 111222 but you don't need to remember that, because if you dial 101, the system will ask you to confirm which police force you want connecting to, and then connect you to the 03000 111222 number for Northamptonshire requests.
101 will connect you in the same way as the 03000 number. After the Chief Constable's recorded welcome, you follow a brief set of scripts where you can either report an incident, or give the name of the person or department you want to speak to. The system has voice recognition to assist.
Most of the 999 and 101 calls will be attended by our response teams – we always prioritise calls where people (as opposed to property) are at risk of harm, which may explain why other calls attract waiting times. Some calls do not receive a response from an officer, and we may set up an appointment to come and see you.
The public tell us that one of their biggest frustrations, in being able to get through to police, is when there is not an immediate incident ongoing, or when you just want some advice from your local officer when next available. In the old days, you might have visited your police station or local office to obtain this.
Much of this business can be handled by my officers on the community team. Community teams are smaller in numbers, but have the skills to know about and deal with the ongoing issues that are local to the neighbourhood. You may know your local officers (details as at January 2017 are below) but if you don't, we offer the following advice.
South Northants community teams still operate from the police stations in St James Road, Brackley and Watling Street, Towcester. The response team is currently based at Towcester Police Station and provides 24/7 coverage for the whole of South Northants.
Brackley and Towcester Police Stations no longer have front offices for the public to visit. These closures have long led to the myth that the sectors are also not staffed by Police.
Daventry Police Station still has an active front office and its opening hours are set to match demand. These are Mon-Sat 10am to 4pm. The front office team can be contacted via 101 on extension 341010. The team there have access to community team officer duties, are helpful and well-trained to assist and advise. They can also arrange for your local officer to contact you by simply identifying the officer and emailing them.


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Un semi-opéra (ou mask en anglais) est un genre musical lyrique baroque spécifiquement anglais du

Les théâtres londoniens furent fermés entre 1642 et 1660 du fait de la guerre civile. La renaissance de l'activité théâtrale s'accompagna d'une mise en musique des pièces, dans un premier temps sous forme de ballets ou dans des scènes de genre (à la façon du masque), sans participation directe à l'intrigue.

Le semi-opéra, illustré tout particulièrement par Henry Purcell dans ses œuvres Diocletian, King Arthur, the Fairy Queen, the Indian Queen, est un hybride entre opéra et théâtre, et résulte de l'augmentation de la participation musicale : la priorité est au drame parlé, mais des scènes vocales chantées apparaissent et la musique sert de divertissement là où sa présence est justifiée par l'intrigue et compatible avec sa progression.

L'origine en serait une volonté de réalisme, et l'idée que le public anglais n'aurait pu se satisfaire d'une œuvre entièrement chantée. C'est pourtant ce même public qui, quelques années plus tard, devait complètement se vouer à l'opéra italien : le semi-opéra disparut complètement.

Liste des semi-opéras anglais
 1673 : Macbeth
 1674 : The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island
 1675 : Calisto, or The Chaste Nymph
 1675 : Psyche
 1677 : Circe
 1681 : The Lancashire Witches and Tegue O'Divelly the Irish Priest (1681)
 1685 : Albion and Albanius
 1690 : Dioclesian
 1691 : King Arthur
 1692 : The Fairy Queen
 1694 : Timon of Athens
 1695 : Macbeth
 1695 : The Indian Queen
 1696 : Brutus of Alba
 1696 : Cinthia and Endimion, or The Loves of the Deities
 1697 : The World in the Moon
 1698 : Rinaldo and Armida
 1699 : The Island Princess
 1700 : The Grove, or Love's Paradise
 1700 : The Mad Lover
 1701 : Alexander the Great
 1701 : The Virgin Prophetess, or The Fate of Troy
 1706 : The British Enchanters, or No Magic Like Love
 1706 : Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of the Birds
 1712 : The Tempest

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Opéra par genre


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