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Should Methodist Missions accept gambling money?
By Paul Titus
It's not often that Methodists end up on the front page of a major daily newspaper but that was the case last month when The Press got wind of the Christchurch Methodist Mission's decision to stop applying for grants from the local casino or gaming machine trusts.
The Press believes the Methodist Mission is the first large social service provider in NZ to take this stand. Their story was subsequently picked up by television, radio, and print media around the country.
Christchurch Methodist Mission superintendent Rev Michael Greer says the decision was prompted by Mission staff, who more and more often must deal with people in crisis because of gambling. Gaming machines in particular are a major problem.
"In October last year we gave a submission to the Christchurch City Council when they reviewed their moratorium on the transfer of gaming machine licenses. Council officers initially took the view that the moratorium should be lifted and market forces should dictate where gaming machines are used," Michael says.
"But the overwhelming voice during the submissions was against the spread of gaming machines. People told stories of the catastrophic damage done to them, their families, and their businesses because of gambling.
"The city council voted to maintain the moratorium. The submissions caused us to reflect more deeply our own consistency and integrity. If we were to continue to critique the industry and raise our concerns about its impact on those least able to afford it, we felt we could not be the beneficiaries of casino funds and pub charitable trusts."
Michael says he understands why other organisations do accept money from gambling trusts, and does not condemn their stance.
"We don't want to be on a high moral ground. There is another valid point of view on the issue. We are not trying to create a widespread policy. It is simply that for us and where we are at, refusing the money feels more consistent."
Superintendent of Wesley Community Action (WCA – the Wellington Methodist Mission) David Hanna says his organisation has accepted gaming machine money and it has provided funds for initiatives it couldn't have carried out otherwise.
David says it may appear contradictory and the WCA faces a dilemma over the issue because it has identified gambling as a major concern.
"We are supportive of Michael and the Christchurch Mission, and we encourage the debate. Gambling is an inefficient way to get money for funding innovative programmes versus direct grants.
"There are other ethical issues around fundraising. We do not use professional fundraisers, for example. Some of them take 60 or 70 cents out of every dollar that is gifted for the cause they are promoting."
The real issue, according to David, is the difficulty of finding adequate money to deal wit the complex, in-grained and inter-generational issues – unemployment, mental health, and family histories – that beset the people the Missions work with.
"There has been a transfer of responsibility from government onto the community sector. This is combined with an economic rationale that has hollowed out communities.
"The government approach with social service providers used to be a social contract. Now the model is to purchase services with the emphasis on efficiency. I am not anti efficiency but it often comes down to assessments and predicting outcomes and families are not like that."


MUMBAI: 20 years of traversing across television networks and production houses, Ashima Avasthi now finds herself saddled in the hot seat at Zee Studios as head of its digital content arm. She's been quick off the blocks, equipping herself to be battle-ready within two months of her arrival at the company's office in Andheri, Mumbai's entertainment hub. In her last gig, Avasthi crafted award-winning content for BBC Studios as its senior creative director and head of branded content.
"This was actually the perfect time to move into digital. The year will mark the start of the transformation for OTT and digital content," she says rationalising the reason behind the switch.
In 2018, two words 'digital' and 'content' reverberated more powerfully than ever before. In all likelihood, we'd probably be saying the same in 2028 as well. Avasthi likens the current content creation craze to running a marathon.
"There's an excitement when you see loads of other people running. Everybody wants to reach the finish line. So, everyone is driving and inspiring the other one. It's the same for this market," she points out.
With ZEEL now ready to produce content in a new avatar, Indiantelevision.com caught up with Avasthi in the first instalment of The Content Hub 2019 for an insight into how she intends to drive the media conglomerate's ambitious plans.
As head of Zee Studio Originals, what's your mandate?
We would work like a studio that produces content, which gets commissioned by various platforms and not just ZEE5. We'll be working with everybody. We'll also be investing a lot in IPs and make the content we believe in. It's going to be a two-pronged approach. IP is going to be a huge thing for us.
All the platforms, international or domestic, are seeing the real potential of this market and have committed so much of investment. They are all spending Rs 500-600 crore a year. That's a huge, huge amount for originals. For content makers and content producers it's the best time.
How is your content creation philosophy different from that of ZEE5 Originals?
ZEE5 will be basing everything, I'm assuming, on what their audience wants. We are not going to be creating anything for a particular audience. We are going to see the digital audience in a larger perspective. We are going to keep creating content by anticipating who the audience is going to be in the next few months.
OTTs are going to have a much higher subscription in tier 2 and 3 cities. It's no more just a tier 1 town syndrome. If you see, the demographics of the audience is changing. So, we are going to cater to the world at a large as opposed to a particular audience. Each platform is probably going to have its own strategy on what they want to produce. So, we'll be creating content that suffices the need of a consumer wherever he or she's watching.
Shouldn't OTTs adopt a content creation mindset similar to yours instead of focusing on a particular audience?
With digital, content makers are not within the shackles of audience and ratings. So, you go and make content that's going to be a benchmark, break clutter, cut across various people, and travel outside India. Sacred Games is actually something that was viewed more outside of India. You make content that is going to be considered world class by any consumer sitting across the world. While OTTs too shouldn't restrict their offerings to a particular audience, there is bound to filtering and a direction taking that will happen. Everyone's experimenting.
At some point, every platform will figure out who they want to narrow it for. There are platforms that are already doing it, for instance, Viu is focussing on regional. Some are looking at sports content, some are only looking at tier 2. So, they will take their own direction and there will be some larger players who will say 'we've got it all'.
In the next five years, this [OTT] is going to penetrate a lot into tier 2 and tier 3, and in villages. It's going to get big in rural at some point. All of us are television converts to digital. The new kids on the block are not, as they've grown up in a digital world. In the next two or three years, that's going to happen to rural. Some platforms could take a direction wherein they focus on rural. Eventually, there's going to be three apps on every user's phone. But for content producers, you cannot have that filter.
You used the world 'benchmark'. Do you think Netflix is the benchmark in terms of content creation?
I think what Netflix has done, particularly for India, is show that digital content doesn't have to be mediocre and cheap in terms of production quality. The benchmarks they have set are more on the quality of production. And to be fair, everyone's followed. We just needed someone to come in and say that 'it's okay to spend that kind of money on digital'. Netflix has redefined 'premiumness'.
In terms of vision, what are the pillars on which your content strategy will hinge on?
Two adjectives we want associating with our content are world class and unexpected. 'Good' doesn't cut it for us. We want audiences across the world to think of us as great content producers.
What are the challenges for a digital content studio in today's environment?
I think right now content studios are in a good place. All the problems they have are good problem to have. For us, I think the advantage is that we are not a pure producer. We are also IP creators. So we are investing in our IPs and content. So we are not in the race vying only vying for commissions. Our main game is going to own our content. When I say own, I mean purely Zee Studio Originals.
Netflix, ZEE5 among others have signed a self-censorship code. Amazon hasn't. Where do you stand on the censorship debate?
Censorship is not a hindrance for me. I think it's the responsibility of content creators to use that freedom intelligently. I don't think there should be censorship. Creativity should never have censorship. However, we have to be responsible creators.
Can you delve deeper into your plans for 2019?
We are definitely looking at getting a good number of series. We are looking at direct-to-digital films and I know that OTT platforms are very open to it. They are looking for digital films. We are also doing some regional work. Right now we are in the process of signing up some really good directors to kick-start our slate which we should be ready to announce soon. We should be ready with some of our content by the third or fourth quarter.
How do you intend to leverage the synergies of Zee Studios and ZEE5?
We are a part of ZEE Studios. ZEE5 is a platform like any other independent platform. There is always an advantage of a being part of a larger family because there's going to be synergies there. But we walk our own paths and focus on our respective targets.
Have you identified any digital content consumption trends?
I don't think there's a trend. The trend changes before you can call it a trend. What's happening is we are creating content left, right and centre. It's a windfall for consumers. They themselves haven't figured out what they want. We've got loads of people who are subscribing. We have OTTs that have committed really high spends to create content and now we are ready to make things for all audiences. So, now will be the time that you'll start seeing audience trends.
As someone who has the final say, how do you greenlight projects?
Gut. It's pure gut. In a very creative world, you have to go with your gut. You have to observe and not live in a box. You have to understand the market and consumer, but finally, you go with your gut.
How do you keep evolving as a creative professional?
To be very honest, I keep trying to learn. This [digital content] is such a new thing for everybody. Consuming global content is an obvious way to keep oneself updated. I also keep learning from different age groups. It's such a great time to listen.
What's a typical day at the office for you?
My entire day is spent listening – to scripts, ideas, and people – which is brilliant. Listening is the best way to trigger ideas.
I'm actually enjoying Rangbaaz right now. I'm mostly very critical of content but I think it's well made. Funnily, I'm enjoying Narcos Mexico a lot more than Narcos.
Any particular series or show that you watched recently and wished you'd made it?
There's a lot. I have to say I'm waiting for the time when Indian platforms starting buying really high-end documentaries. I'd love to make aWild Wild Country. I'd like to make an absolutely world class, cutting edge documentary.
Interesting. Are Indian audiences lapping up documentaries as much as other content?
No, not really. Even globally, the skew is too wide. Even the greatest of docu makers like Errol Morris have a fixed audience set. But the fact that a Wild Wild Country made an impact in India is a good sign to suggest that the consumers are open to anything. This audience is discerning yet open-minded unlike the television audience, which is set in its ways.
Do you see Indian content traveling anytime soon?
I think it will. A lot will definitely depend on the OTT platform and the importance that it gives. Television series were made at some other level internationally versus what we were making here. However, in digital that's all changed. We are making content at the same level. Is Mirzapur or Rangbaaz any lesser than Narcos Mexico? No it's not. So, I think it's a question of time and a bit of marketing for sure. It's going to get there. This is going to be the defining year. Netflix wants all Indian Originals now commissioned out of India as opposed to Los Angeles. So, everyone's seeing the merit in what we're creating and the level that it's being created at.


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Academic journal article School Psychology Review
The Link between Responsive Classroom Training and Student-Teacher Relationship Quality in the Fifth Grade: A Study of Fidelity of Implementation
By Baroody, Alison E.; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Larsen, Ross A.; Curby, Timothy W.
Abstract. The Responsive Classroom (RC) approach is an instructional delivery and social-emotional learning intervention designed to provide teachers with skills needed to create caring, well-managed classroom environments that are conducive to learning. This study examines the extent to which RC training predicts close student-teacher relationships, as well as negative relationships. Sixty-three fifth-grade teachers and 387 students in 20 schools participated in this study. Schools in the study were randomly assigned to the treatment (RC) or a waitlist control. Observers rated teachers' use of RC practices, and teachers reported their use of RC practices and relationship quality with each child. RC training did not directly predict close or conflictual student-teacher relationships; however, an indirect effect was noted. Training in the RC approach increased teachers' use of RC practices, which in turn related to increased closeness. No indirect effect emerged when predicting conflict. Findings suggest that, with sufficient dosage and adherence, RC practices are one way of boosting close student-teacher relationships.
Decades of research point to the importance of positive student-teacher relationships (Hamre & Pianta, 2001; Midgley, Feldlaufer, & Eccles, 1989; Rudasill, Reio, Stipanovic, & Taylor, 2010). However, supporting teachers' capacity to foster close caring relationships is challenging. Upper elementary school teachers are often responsible for meeting the needs of 15 to 25 students and the pressures of accountability standards that emphasize core academic subjects shift the priorities away from creating warm caring classroom environments that facilitate close student-teacher relationships (Hallinan, 2008; Ryan & Weinstein, 2009).
The shift in priorities away from providing caring environments is concerning given the importance of positive student-teacher relationships to both student and teacher well-being. Close student-teacher relationships appear to have both short- and long-term social and academic benefits for students (Hughes, Luo, Kwok, & Loyd, 2008; Roorda, Koomen, Spilt, & Oort, 2011; Wentzel, 2002; Wu, Hughes, & Kwok, 2010). Furthermore, Spilt, Koomen, and Thijs (2011) suggest that close student-teacher relationships may positively contribute to teachers' motivation and self-efficacy. Ignoring the quality of classroom interactions may lead to negative outcomes for both students (e.g., disengagement, poor school achievement; Eccles et al., 1993) and teachers (e.g., stress, burnout; Spilt et al., 2011). For these reasons, efforts to improve student-teacher relationship quality represent an important point of intervention.
Student-Teacher Relationship Quality
Two dimensions of student-teacher relationships are salient: closeness and conflict (Hamre & Pianta, 2001; McCombs & Miller, 2006; Pianta, 2001; Roorda et al., 2011). Students and teachers with close positive relationships display more pleasure and enjoyment when together. Teachers show closeness through responsive, sensitive, and respectful interactions with students (Ang, 2005; Hamre & Pianta, 2001, 2005), and teachers with close relationships to students tend to report higher levels of warmth and affection and rarely report being irritable or aggravated by the student (Ang, 2005; Pianta, 2001). Teachers who have closer relationships with students have personal knowledge of students' interests and academic strengths, encourage students to reflect on their thinking and learning, and offer students instrumental support to help them achieve academic and social objectives (Ang, 2005; Wentzel, 2003). In contrast, more conflictual student-teacher relationships are characterized by negative affect in which teachers and students show little pleasure when interacting. Teachers who have more conflictual relationships with students describe feeling friction when interacting with the student, feeling relief when the student is absent from class, and feeling drained of energy after interacting with the student (Ang, 2005; Pianta, 2001). …
Publication: School Psychology Review
Baroody, Alison E.
Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.
Larsen, Ross A.
Curby, Timothy W.
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Betterment's culture of teaching and learning earned us two successful apprentices. One year later, we've asked them to reflect on their experiences.
By the Editorial Staff Betterment Resource Center Published Apr. 12, 2018
Published Apr. 12, 2018
Betterment piloted an Apprentice Program to add junior talent to our engineering organization in 2017, and it couldn't have been more successful or rewarding for all of us. One year later, we've asked them to reflect on their experiences.
In Spring of 2017, Betterment's Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee partnered with our Engineering Team to bring on two developers with non-traditional backgrounds. We hired Jess Harrelson (Betterment for Advisors Team) and Fidel Severino (Retail Team) for a 90 day Apprentice Program. Following their apprenticeship, they joined us as full-time Junior Engineers. I'm Jess, a recruiter here at Betterment, and I had the immense pleasure of working closely with these two. It's been an incredible journey, so I sat down with them to hear first hand about their experiences.
Tell us a bit about your life before Betterment.
Jess Harrelson: I was born and raised in Wyoming and spent a lot of time exploring the outdoors. I moved to Nashville to study songwriting and music business, and started a small label through which I released my band's album. I moved to New York after getting an opportunity at Sony and worked for a year producing video content.
Fidel Severino: I'm originally from the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States at age 15. After graduation from Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics High School, I completed a semester at Lehman College before unfortunate family circumstances required me to go back to the Dominican Republic. When I returned to the United States, I worked in the retail sector for a few years. While working, I would take any available time for courses on websites like Codecademy and Team Treehouse.
Can we talk about why you decided to become an Engineer?
Jess Harrelson: Coding became a hobby for me when I would make websites for my bands in Nashville, but after meeting up with more and more people in tech in the city, I knew it was something I wanted to do as a career. I found coding super similar from a composition and structure perspective, which allowed me to tap into the creative side of coding. I started applying to every bootcamp scholarship I could find and received a full scholarship to Flatiron School. I made the jump to start becoming an engineer.
Fidel Severino: While working, I would take any available time for courses on websites like Codecademy and Team Treehouse. I have always been interested in technology. I was one of those kids who "broke" their toys in order to find out how they worked. I've always had a curious mind. My interactions with technology prior to learning about programming had always been as a consumer. I cherished the opportunity and the challenge that comes with building with code. The feeling of solving a bug you've been stuck on for a while is satisfaction at its best.
Those bootcamps changed all of our lives! You learned how to be talented, dynamic engineers and we reap the benefit.
Let's talk about why you chose Betterment.
Jess Harrelson: I first heard of Betterment by attending the Women Who Code — Algorithms meetup hosted at HQ. Paddy, who hosts the meetups, let us know that Betterment was launching an apprenticeship program and after the meetup I asked how I could get involved and applied for the program. I was also applying for another different apprenticeship program but throughout the transparent, straightforward interview process, the Betterment apprenticeship quickly became my first choice.
Fidel Severino: The opportunity to join Betterment's Apprenticeship program came via the Flatiron School. One of the main reasons I was ecstatic to join Betterment was how I felt throughout the recruiting process. At no point did I feel the pressure that's normally associated with landing a job. Keep in mind, this was an opportunity unlike any other I had up to this point in my life, but once I got to talking with the interviewers, the conversation just flowed. The way the final interview was setup made me rave about it to pretty much everyone I knew. Here was a company that wasn't solely focused on the traditional Computer Science education when hiring an apprentice/junior engineer. The interview was centered around how well you communicate,work with others, and problem solve. I had a blast pair programming with 3 engineers, which I'm glad to say are now my co-workers!
We are so lucky to have you!
What would you say has been the most rewarding part of your experience so far?
Jess Harrelson: The direct mentorship during my apprenticeship and exposure to a large production codebase. Prior to Betterment, I only had experience with super small codebases that I built myself or with friends. Working with Betterment's applications gave me a hands-on understanding of concepts that are hard to reproduce on a smaller, personal application level. Being surrounded by a bunch of smart, helpful people has also been super amazing and helped me grow as an engineer.
Fidel Severino: Oh man! There's so many things I would love to list here. However, you asked for the most rewarding, and I would have to say without a doubt — the mentorship. As someone with only self-taught and Bootcamp experience, I didn't know how much I didn't know. I had two exceptional mentors who went above and beyond and removed any blocks preventing me from accomplishing tasks.
On a related note, the entire company has a collaborative culture that is contagious. You want to help others whenever you can; and it has been the case that I've received plenty of help from others who aren't even directly on my team.
What's kept you here?
Fidel Severino: The people. The collaborative environment. The culture of learning. The unlimited supply of iced coffee. Great office dogs. All of the above!
Jess Harrelson: Seriously though, it was the combination of all that plus so many other things. Getting to work with talented, smart people who want to make a difference.
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» Entertainment » News » Trump reacts to the death of NFL star Edwin Jackson who was killed by a 'drunk' Illegal Immgrant, threatens strict restriction at the Border.
Trump reacts to the death of NFL star Edwin Jackson who was killed by a 'drunk' Illegal Immgrant, threatens strict restriction at the Border.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning reacted to the death of NFL star and Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson who was killed on Sunday alongside his Uber driver by a man suspected of driving drunk.
Indiana state police confirmed on Monday that the suspect, Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, had been deported twice and was in the country illegally.
The authorities said Savala's blood-alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit when he hit Jackson, 26, and Jeffrey Monroe, 54, on Sunday morning.
Reacting to the sad occurrence, Trump threatened to go tough with the immigration policy at the border.
He wrote: "So disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed @Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson. This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border, and with illegal immigration FAST!"
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The singular and plural arguments passed may be translation strings or unicode strings. n represents the number of elements. domain is the translation domain to use to do the pluralization, and mapping is the interpolation mapping that should be used on the result. The pluralizer will return the plural form or the singular form, translated, as necessary.
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The Rule of Law and the Justiciability of Prerogative Powers: A Comment on Black V. Chretien
By Sossin, Lorne
In Black v. Chretien, the Ontario Court of Appeal addressed the issue of the courts' ability to review the exercise of Crown prerogative powers. While the court held that the exercise of prerogative powers is subject to judicial review in general, it stipulated that certain categories of prerogative powers are not reviewable. The court reasoned that judicial review is limited to instances where the nature and subject matter of the prerogative powers are amenable to the judicial process. In Conrad Black's lawsuit against the prime minister, the court round that the communication between the prime minister and the Queen represented an exercise of the prerogative to grant honours and that such a prerogative was non-justiciable.
The author is critical of the court's use of the doctrine of justiciability to shield executive officials from judicial review. He argues that the court adopted an undesirably formalistic approach to justiciability, with the consequence that a significant sphere of executive action lies beyond the reach of the rule of law. The author maintains that justiciability should solely depend on the legitimacy and capacity of the courts to adjudicate a matter. In his opinion, Black's claim against the prime minister was justiciable.
Dans l'arret Black c. Chretien, la Cour d'appel d'Ontario souleve le probleme du pouvoir qu'a la cour de reviser l'exercice des prerogatives de la Couronne. Alors que la cour a decrete que ces privileges sont sujets a la revision judiciaire de facon generale, elle a stipule que certaines categories de ces prerogatives etaient intouchables. La cour a juge que la revision judiciaire se limite aux instances ou la nature et le contenu des prerogatives de la Couronne sont sujet a etre entendus par le processus judiciaire. Dans cet arret, la cour a decide que la communication entre le premier ministre et la Reine representait un exercice de la prerogative d'octroyer des honneurs et que ce privilege n'etait pas sujet a la revision judiciaire.
L'auteur critique l'utilisation que fait la cour de la doctrine de justiciabilite pour proteger un officier executif contre la revision judiciaire. Il demontre que la cour a adopte une approche formaliste de la justiciabilite, approche indesirable, qui a pour consequence d'extraire de la primaute du droit une sphere importante de l'action executive. L'auteur maintient que la justiciabilite ne devrait dependre que de la legitimite et de la capacite de la cour de se prononcer. Selon lui, la demande de Black a l'egard du premier ministre etait justiciable.
Lorne Sossin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. I should note that I had some minor involvement in this case as a consultant to counsel for the appellant, and prior to that, expressed some criticism of the judgment of LeSage J. in the motion before the Ontario Superior Court. See L. Sossin, "Hoist on his Own Petard" The Globe and Mail (23 March 2000) A17. I wish to thank David Dyzenhaus, Julia Hanigsberg, Peter W. Hogg, Hudson Janisch, Patrick J. Monahan, and Mark Walters for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article.
I. Judicial Review and the Crown Prerogative
II. Justiciability and the Crown Prerogative
III. The Implications of Black and the Rule of Law
Law is something more than mere will exerted as an act of power. It must be not a special rule for a particular person or a particular case ... Arbitrary power, enforcing its edicts to the injury of the persons and property of its subjects, is not law, whether manifested as the decree of a personal monarch or of an impersonal multitude. (1)
The odd case of Black v. Chretien (2) may have resulted in a happy ending for the parties involved, but the judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal represents, in my view, a mixed blessing for Canadian law relating to the judicial review of Crown prerogative powers. …
Publication: McGill Law Journal
Sossin, Lorne
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Feeney pens Dameshek's obituary; Shek tells his X-rated story of The Sea; The Daves debate the worst superhero; and an emotionally powerful Jerk List targets Adam Carolla. Live broadcast via ustream on March 27. Jerk List: Producer Katie, sending condolences via Twitter/Facebook/MySpace, people who declare Lost to be the greatest television show ever, those who hate David Feeney and/or Daves Of Thunder, David Feeney, pious mediaGet out of Jerk Free Card: Dave's brother in law, Eddie, Tiger WoodsCreeps Of The Week: Adam Carolla, Dan Dratch.


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This one is about Elon. Maybe I'm a bit of a fan boy - but even without that basically positive bias you have to agree that what Elon does is somehow impressive. He just started his next journey by diving into AI and once more it's really interesting too read & hear what he has to say about it and to watch him doing his things. Go for it, Elon.
So there's this secret thing I've been secretly working on for the past few weeks and it was a secret. But then today I guess some parts of the secret thing that was secret were leaked and now it's not really a secret anymore.
Elon Musk didn't end up starting diverse startups like Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX by not being proactive. And if Tesla's latest product update is any indication, Musk remains as entrepreneurial as ever in his role as Tesla CEO. On 11th December, a Twitter user sent Elon Musk this tweet.
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Friday, the 9th of
September, A.D. 1966
In the matter of the application of the City of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario, hereinafter called the Applicant , for authority to reconstruct Northfield Drive where it crosses at grade the track of the Canadian National Railways in the City of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario, at mileage 4.73 Waterloo Subdivision (Elmira Branch):
J .E. Dumontier
W. R. Irwin
Upon reading the submissions filed—
It is hereby ordered as follows:
The Applicant is authorized to reconstruct Northfield Drive where it crosses at grade the track of the Canadian National Railways in the City of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario, at mileage 4.73 Waterloo Subdivision (Elmira Branch), by widening and improving the approaches to the said crossing.
The said crossing shall be reconstructed in compliance with the Requirements of the Board Affecting Highway Crossings.
Eighty per cent of the cost of improving the east approach to said crossing to provide a level portion twenty-five feet long adjacent to the track, connected by a suitable vertical curve to a five per cent ascending gradient beyond, for an approach having a travelled width of twenty-two feet with a two-foot shoulder on each side, or the sum of $800.00, whichever is the lesser, shall be paid out of The Railway Grade Crossing Fund, seven and one-half per cent shall be paid by the Canadian National Railways, and the balance of the said cost shall be borne and paid by the Applicant.
The cost of improvements to the west approach grade to the said crossing, as well as the cost of improvements additional to those described in paragraph numbered 3 of this Order, shall be borne and paid by the Applicant.
The cost of maintenance of the said reconstructed crossing shall be borne and paid by the Canadian National Railways.
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Playoffs: Tampa Bay Lightning hosting watch parties for first-round games
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TAMPA, Fla. -- As the Tampa Bay Lightning braces for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team released their official watch party schedule for fans to come by and cheer on the Bolts.
The Bolts begin their quest for the cup on Wednesday when they face the Columbus Blue Jackets at Amalie Arena at 7 p.m for game 1 of the first round.
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For game 2, the team will host a watch party at Ford Thunder Alley and Corona Cantina at Amalie Arena. Party starts at puck drop on Friday, April 12 and beer will be available for $5 and there will also be liquor, ice bar, food specials and more.
In the following game, the watch party will be held Sunday, April 14 at the North Straub Park on Bayshore Drive Northeast in Saint Petersburg. The party starts at 6 p.m. with live music, beer, food specials, giveaway and more.
For game 4, the watch party will be at Sparkman Wharf on Channelside Drive. The party kicks off at 6 p.m. with live music, beer, food specials, giveaways and more.
You can follow the complete coverage of the Lightning's Quest for the Cup right here on ABC Action News.


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CloudCodes Announces Agentless Contextual Access Control For Organizations
By abnewswire.com, INDIA. June 16, 2020
CloudCodes the leading cloud security and cloud access security broker (CASB) solution company, announced the availability of agentless contextual access control as part of its Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Access Management (IAM) solution. The customers no longer need to deploy the agent on their laptop/desktops to bring additional factors to their security model.
CloudCodes, as part of its cloud access security broker (CASB) solution, provides single sign-on and contextual access control features to its customers. Till now, contextual access control has a dependency on the deployment of a thin agent on each end user's machine. It was a cumbersome task and sometimes deal-breaker, especially for the implementation of a large customer.
CloudCodes today announced the availability of its new feature certificate-based device binding. It allows IT to bind the end user's laptop or desktop based on certificates generated by CloudCodes. Certifications will ensure only approved laptop desktop can be used for accessing enterprise cloud applications.
As part of the solution, IT can generate a certificate specific to an end-user desktop/laptop and deploy a certificate-based authentication on each device, allowing it to secure access to enterprise cloud applications. The certificate exchange between the client and the server helps in identifying the user accessing the device. There is a simple and powerful inbuilt approval workflow for the registration of employee's methods for accessing the enterprise applications.
"IT companies are now in dire need of an agentless solution that can offer complete visibility and control over your network. Visibility is the key factor in maintaining the security of your network. The more visible your network is, the more secure is your cloud environment. With the help of our agentless device restriction, our clients can now certify the user before allowing them access to the device and detect data threats in the initial stage itself," said Jude Aloysius, CTO, CloudCodes.
CloudCodes – CloudCodes is a cloud security solution provider founded in 2011. It focuses on providing cloud security solutions to enterprise customers through its single sign-on solution. Its objective is to provide a simple, effective, and efficient platform for securing cloud applications for an enterprise. Analyst firm Gartner recognizes CloudCodes as one of the sample vendors for Cloud Security and SaaS Security.
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Dooley blows whistle on AAC officiating
March 4, 2019 By Brett Friedlander Leave a Comment
It might be difficult to believe now that Duke has become one of the most recognized brands in college basketball and Mike Krzyzewski has earned his niche as winningest coach in the history of the game, but there was a time early in his tenure with the Blue Devils in which Coach K's job was anything but secure.
Battling to build his program and unhappy about what he perceived to be a bias toward his team's rival North Carolina, the now Hall of Fame coach let his frustration be known after a loss to the Tar Heels in 1984.
Krzyzewski was angry that UNC coach Dean Smith wasn't assessed a technical when he slammed his fist on the scorer's table, causing a stoppage in play and sparking a late Tar Heels comeback.
"There's a double standard in this league," Krzyzewski said that night. "One for Dean Smith and one for the rest of us. It's not right."
What does this have to do with East Carolina, you ask?
ECU coach Joe Dooley (ECU Media Relations file photo by Rob Goldberg)
It's because by getting ejected from the Pirates' game against Houston at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday, then lashing out at the officiating — though in a much more passive aggressive way than Krzyzewski did all those year ago — coach Joe Dooley made the same kind of statement to the rest of the American Athletic Conference.
"I'll take partial responsibilities and I think there are some other parties that should take partial responsibilities," Dooley said after the game. "(I'm) very unhappy our fans had to witness it. (It's the) first time in 31 years I've gotten tossed.
"I'll be quite honest, I'm sick of it," he added. "We're not getting sand kicked in our face anymore. We're going to stand up and play the right way, referee the right way, play the right way. All parties, we need to play better, they need to ref better."
This is not to suggest that Dooley felt as though the Cougars' Kelvin Sampson was getting preferential treatment or that the men in stripes cost his team the game. ECU was trailing by 16 when he was hit with two technicals and shown the door with just under 18 minutes remaining.
Nor does it mean that this incident will become the springboard that catapults ECU into basketball prominence and helps Dooley get to the Hall of Fame. We all know how unlikely that is.
But by calling attention to what he believed was a disparity in the way the game was being called — one that benefitted the nationally-ranked team at the expense of the perennial AAC bottomfeeder — Dooley let it be known that the status quo is no longer acceptable.
While it's still up to the Pirates to earn the respect they want by upgrading their talent level, playing better and ultimately winning more games, Dooley made it clear that at the very least, his team deserves a fair shake in their effort to start turning things around.
Dooley, in the first year of his second stint as ECU's head coach, may actually have begun that process simply by being ejected on Wednesday.
His ouster put him in some lofty company among conference coaches, including Sampson, Cincinnati's Mick Cronin, Connecticut's Dan Hurley and Tulsa's Frank Haith — all of whom have been sent to the showers early this season after being assessed two technicals in a game by AAC refs.
Still, there's a lot of work left to do.
That was evident in the box score from Sunday's 91-78 loss at Tulsa, a game that dropped ECU's record to 10-17 (3-12 AAC). The Pirates were called for 21 fouls to just 10 for the Golden Hurricane, a disparity that allowed Tulsa to make seven more free throws (17) than ECU attempted (10).
It's obviously going to take more than just an ejection and a postgame speech pointing out a perceived double standard in the way the haves and have nots are treated by AAC officials for the Pirates to become competitive on the hardwood.
It's more important that ECU concentrate on the things it can control. Things such as a continued commitment to strength and conditioning, becoming more familiar with Dooley's system and surrounding freshman building block Jayden Gardner with more and better players.
At the same time, a tree can't grow or blossom until a seed is planted.
Consider that seed officially planted.
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Gunsynd Champion Australian Racehorse. Gunsynd
Comparing horses from different eras on the basis of prize money is nigh well impossible given inflation and the general escalation of purses. One more valid criterion, however, that transcends the era is simply the racing record. By this standard, Gunsynd is one of the most prolific winners to ever grace the turf.
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Gunsynd is one of the most prolific winners to ever grace the turf.
Comparing horses from different eras on the basis of prize money is nigh well impossible given inflation and the general escalation of purses.
One more valid criterion, however, that transcends the era is simply the racing record.
Gunsynd was foaled in Australia in 1967, sired by native son Sunset Hue had damned by Woodie Wonder. He was a good grey, a not all that common color, from The Dips Stud at Breeza, NSW.
Purchased for $1600 at the1969 Brisbane sales by a consortium consisting of G. McMicking, A. Bishop, J. Coorey and A. Pippos, his four-year career topped that of many runners who raced considerably longer.
Gunsynd overall record of 29 wins, 7 seconds and 8 thirds is all the more impressive given that his two-year-old season featured only one major win, the 1969 Hopeful Stakes, and only the Chelmsford Stakes in 1970.
The next season saw Gunsynd switching stables from Bill Wehlow to Tommy Smith for the 1970/71 season, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Gunsynd hit his true form thereafter. 1971 brought the Rawson Stakes, Epsom Handicap, Toorak Handicap, Sandown Cup and George Adams Handicap.
In 1972, as a three-year-old, he notched a Cox Plate, managed a third under heavy weight-60.5 kg-in the Melbourne Cup and added no less than eight majors to his tally. These included the Futurity Stakes, Frederick Clissold Handicap, Hill Stakes, VRC Queens Plate, Doncaster Handicap, Colin Stephen Quality Handicap , Caulfield Stakes and VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
This prodigious season resulted in Gunsynd's being declared Australia's champion racehorse for the 1972/73 season.
In '73 he resumed where he left off in '72, adding a consecutive VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a second Rawson Stakes, a Blamey Stakes and an Autumn Stakes.
Gunsynd was a favorite of Australian punters as the result of being one of the finest greys to ever take the turf and a tenacity when running that served to take the victory when other horses pulled up as beaten.
Versatility is an apt adjective to describe Gunsynd's running style. He won at distances as short as 1200 metres and as long as 2500 metres. Neither a true sprinter or stayer, he was well nigh unbeatable in the mile. In fact, his only loss at this distance out of seven starts, by less than a head, was the Epsom Handicap of 1972.
Gunsynd stood stud commencing in 1973. Like many overachievers before and since, his progeny was not particularly productive, but he did sire a filly, Ammo Girl, who was the dam of Australian champion racehorse 1983/84, Emancipation.
He was euthanized at the age of 16, suffering from cancer.
He is the only animal gracing the Queensland Icon list, the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic, it is run to honour him at Doomben Racecourse.
There is also a statue of Gunsynd at Goondiwindi and he entered the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2005.
His at-the-time record of over $280,000 in winnings was the highest ever by an Australian thoroughbred and the fact that he was unplaced only 10 times from 54 starts places him squarely, and rightly so, alongside the all-time great thoroughbreds.
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Dodgers look for more home success
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The Dodgers go for a third straight win and an eighth straight home win when they host the Rockies on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.
The club has won 15 of its last 18 home games, and while the offense has improved at Dodger Stadium (outscoring opponents 79-45 in those 18 games) the home offense still trails the Dodgers' production on the road in 2016. So far this season the club is hitting .229/.304/.384 at home while averaging 3.79 runs per game, compared to .244/.316/.387 and 4.53 runs per game on the road.
Corey Seager has been the Dodgers' best hitter this season, so it's no surprise he has been best at home, too. But he has been better overall at Dodger Stadium, hitting .312/.362/.624, with 12 of his 17 home runs in Los Angeles.
Only six times in the first 54 years of Dodger Stadium has someone hit 20 home runs here in a season, the last by Andre Ethier (22) in 2009. Gary Sheffield (2000) and Adrian Beltre (2004) share the record with 23 home runs at Dodger Stadium in a season. Seager, in his rookie season, is on pace for 25.
Trayce Thompson has also excelled at home this season, hitting .271/.358/.563 with eight home runs in 109 plate appearances, including two walk-off shots.
Yasmani Grandal has also done well, hitting .231/.327/.484 with six home runs and five doubles. On the road Grandal is 11-for-85 with one home run, hitting .129/.257/.200.
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The people's representatives of Gurans Rural Municipality said it was difficult to distribute social security allowances to the Rautes, the nomadic indigenous ethnic people of Nepal, because of their constant move from one place to another.
The municipality in Dailekh had distributed permanent identity cards to the Rautes three months ago. But when the time came to distribute an allowance during Dashain, the officials had a difficult time searching for them as the tribe had moved to the forest in Jyamire, Surkhet.
"We have a responsibility to locate these Raute people and distribute the allowance, even if they have left our municipality," said Khemraj Oli, the chief of Gurans Rural Municipality.
Following the decision of a June 14 Cabinet meeting, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration had instructed the Gurans Rural Municipal Office to distribute ID cards to the Raute community.
The government has been providing a monthly allowance of Rs 2,000 to each member of Raute enlisted as demographically endangered ethnic group in the country. Earlier the social security allowance used to be provided once in every four months, but the people's representatives started a monthly distribution starting last year.
A three-member team led by Oli reached the newly settled Raute community in Jyamire forest and distributed the allowance to 148 Rautes from 42 families on Saturday. Oli said the rural municipality distributed the allowance for the Nepali month of Asoj (mid-September of mid-October) as well as for the upcoming Dashain festival.
The impoverished Raute community has been elated upon receiving the allowance.
If the government record is anything to go by, these Raute people are the permanent residents of Gurans-8. However, Raute communities do not traditionally return to their old settlement once they leave it.
"We can manage to distribute the allowance if they migrate to villages nearby. However, if they settle somewhere far, it will be quite difficult for us to provide the payment," said Oli. He added that the rural municipality would coordinate with the concerned local units if the Raute community migrates somewhere far.
As per the national census carried out by Central Bureau of Statistics in 2011, there are 618 Raute people across the nation.


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The updated AdvaMed Code contains several new sections to address the additional types of HCP interactions that have surfaced in recent years. The new topics include: education and marketing programs conducted jointly by device manufacturers and HCPs, manufacturer communications about the safety and effectiveness of their products, manufacturer representatives providing support in the clinical setting, placement of consignment products at an HCP's patient care setting, the applicability of the Code to interactions outside of the U.S., and catch-all cornerstone values to regulate activities not expressly addressed in the Code.
In addition to the new sections, the updated Code adds guidance to supplement certain topics addressed in the current version of the Code. The updated Code clarifies, for example, when device manufacturers are deemed to have a "legitimate need" to enter into consulting arrangements with HCPs. In addition, the update establishes several new sections to better organize and consolidate the guidelines governing when device manufacturers can cover HCPs' meals and lodging expenses, and when they can provide grants, sponsorships, and donations to third-party programs.
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CMS Releases, Then Withdraws, Additional Guidance Regarding Application of Two-Midnight Rule to Total Knee Arthroplasties – On January 8, 2019, almost exactly a year after CMS removed total knee arthroplasties from the Medicare Inpatient-Only List, CMS released additional guidance regarding the application of the Two-Midnight Rule to these cases. However, just a few days later, CMS withdrew the guidance, likely to address certain issues in the guidance identified by the provider community.
Prior to January 2018, total knee arthroplasties, which are also referred to as total knee replacements, had been included on the Medicare Inpatient-Only List, which identifies procedures that must be provided in an inpatient setting and therefore are not paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). Because total knee arthroplasties represent a significant revenue source for many hospitals, the removal of total knee arthroplasties from the Medicare Inpatient-Only List garnered industry attention.
In the wake of CMS's change to the Medicare Inpatient-Only List, many hospitals struggled with the application of the Two-Midnight Rule to total knee arthroplasties. Indeed, according to the Journal of Arthroplasty, following the removal from the Medicare Inpatient-Only List, some hospitals began scheduling all total knee arthroplasties as outpatient procedures.
Shortly following the release of the MLN guidance, the provider community noted certain issues with the guidance. For example, the MLN guidance stated that Critical Access Hospitals are not subject to the Two-Midnight Rule, which conflicts with other CMS authority. See 42 C.F.R. § 412.3; 78 Fed. Reg. 50496, 50949 (Aug. 19, 2013). Likely to address these issues and to further refine the clinical examples provided, CMS removed the MLN article from CMS's website, although a revised version of the guidance may be issued later.
The current page for the MLN guidance is available here and the previous version is available here.
Reporter, Isabella E. Wood, Atlanta, + 1 404 572 3527, iwood@kslaw.com.
The Supreme Court Strengthens Ability of Arbitrators to Determine Their Own Jurisdiction – On January 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.—the first opinion authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh—reaffirming that, where parties have agreed to let an arbitrator decide whether a dispute is properly submitted to arbitration, courts may not weigh in on the issue, even if courts believe there are no grounds to submit the claim to arbitration.
"Arbitrability"—whether an arbitration agreement encompasses a particular dispute—can be decided by trial courts when one party moves to compel the other party to arbitrate their dispute. Certain arbitration agreements, however, include a clause providing that the arbitrator—not the court—will decide whether the dispute is properly submitted to arbitration. Other agreements, as in the case before the Supreme Court, include a provision that a certain set of rules, such as the American Arbitration Association's rules, will apply to the dispute, and those rules can dictate whether arbitrators have the power to resolve arbitrability questions.
Lower courts were split. The Fifth and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals previously held that when a party's argument that a dispute should be submitted to arbitration is "wholly groundless," the trial court may deny a motion to compel the parties to arbitrate the dispute even where the arbitration agreement provided that arbitrability be decided by the arbitrator. This is known as the "wholly groundless" exception.
In writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Kavanaugh rejected outright the "wholly groundless" exception, finding that it is inconsistent with the text of the Federal Arbitration Act and with prior Supreme Court precedent. Thus, where an arbitration agreement includes a provision that the arbitrator will decide questions of arbitrability, trial courts must refer the dispute to arbitration even if they disagree that the dispute is encompassed by the arbitration agreement.
What the Court did not decide, however, is whether the particular parties in this case, Archer & White Sales, Inc. and Henry Schein, Inc., had agreed to delegate the issue of arbitrability to the arbitrator. The arbitration agreement at issue did not expressly state that questions of arbitrability should be decided by the arbitrator. Instead, the arbitration agreement incorporated the American Arbitration Association rules, which in turn provide that arbitrators have the power to resolve arbitrability questions. One remaining, undecided issue is whether parties agree to arbitrate arbitrability when they incorporate a certain set of arbitration rules. Consistent with a line of questioning at oral argument on this topic, the Court appears to have left this door open by citing a prior case in which the Court held that courts "should not assume that the parties agree to arbitrate arbitrability unless there is clear and unmistakable evidence that they did so." First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938, 944 (1995).
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CMS Selects Traylor as Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services – This week, CMS announced that Chris Traylor was selected to serve as the director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. Traylor joined CMS last July as a deputy administrator for strategic initiatives. Traylor takes over from Mary Mayhew, who resigned from the position to run Florida's healthcare department after three months in the post.
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COVID-19: Punjab govt aims at vaccinating population in three phases
Punjab health officials said Thursday that the government has prepared a three-stage plan to inoculate the province's population of over 110 million against the coronavirus.
As Pakistan is set to procure doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine in the first quarter of this year, Punjab — Pakistan's most populous province — aims to vaccinate its residents in three phases.
The most vulnerable or high-risk individuals will be given the vaccine jab in the first stage, retired Captain Muhammad Usman, secretary Punjab's primary and secondary healthcare department told a press briefing on Thursday.
Those first in line to be vaccinated will include healthcare workers, who interact directly with coronavirus patients, and people over 65 years.
In the second stage, medics and professionals who do not come in direct contact with the COVID-19 infected will be inoculated, as well as people over 60 years of age.
Finally, in the last stage, the vaccination drive will be open to the rest of the province, the secretary added.
With the help of the National Database and Registration Authority, the health officials have identified 0.5 million healthcare workers in Pakistan dealing with coronavirus patients, Capt Usman explained.
As many as 9.5 million people are over the age of 65 years, and 16.8 million are over 60 years in the country. Both will be on the list of priority groups.
Testing in Punjab
While talking about the use of rapid antigen testing in the province, Nabeel Ahmad Awan, secretary of the specialised healthcare and medical education department, told reporters that Punjab has decided against utilising the rapid testing kits for now.
"The price of a PCR test is cheaper these days than that of an antigen test," he said, adding: "Plus the antigen test is not as reliable as PCR."
An antigen test kit costs between Rs1,200 to Rs1,600 each, while a PCR test costs around Rs700, Awan said. The secretary also said that so far the UK virus mutant strain had not been detected in Punjab.
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Q: Cannot hide all div contents I'm making collapsible/expandable divs, similar to accordions, where if I click a specific title, contents related to the title will appear. And if I click on a different title, previously opened contents will close before revealing the current contents for the recently clicked title, so that only one contents section is open at a time. I've got that sorted out.

ONE

Content One

TWO

Content Two

THREE

Content Three

FOUR

Content Four

However, I'm trying to make it so that all divs can be collapsed and all contents hidden. I'm having a really hard time figuring that part out. Here's what I have so far:
$(".title").click(function () {
    $content = $(this).next();
    if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
        $(".content").slideUp("fast");
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    }
});

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/2skczuze/
I'm fairly new with Javascript so I can't figure out how to make an expanded div to collapse without opening another div.

A: Step1 :Collapse all content divs except the current one.
Step2 : Toggle the visiblility of the current content div.
$(".title").click(function () {
   $(".content").not($(this).next()).slideUp();
    $(this).next().slideToggle();
});

Fiddle

A: You can use:
$(".title").click(function () {
  $(this).next().slideToggle('fast').parent().siblings().find('.content').slideUp('fast');
});

Working Demo

A: Just add and else condition to your code :
$(".title").click(function () {
    $content = $(this).next();
    if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
        $(".content").slideUp("fast");
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    } else {
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    }
});

JSFIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/ghorg12110/2skczuze/3/

A: Is this what you want? Just add an else block and toggle the element again.
Html

ONE

Content One

TWO

Content Two

THREE

Content Three

FOUR

Content Four

Css
.container {
width:300px;
margin-bottom:5px;
border:1px solid #d3d3d3;
text-align:center;
}

.container .title {
background-color:#00ffcc;
width:auto;
padding: 2px;
cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold;
}
.container .content {
background-color: #f0f0f0;
display: none;
padding : 5px;
 }

Javascript
$(".title").click(function () {
$content = $(this).next();
if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
    $(".content").slideUp("fast");
    $content.slideToggle(200);
}
else
{
    $content.slideToggle(200);
}
});

http://jsfiddle.net/2skczuze/1/

A: All you need is to extract one line of code from your if statement:
$(".title").click(function () {
    $content = $(this).next();
    $(".content").slideUp("fast"); // It is outside of if now
    if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    }
});

Here is the Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/2skczuze/5/

A: Try this DEMO
Just add an if statement, when the next content is visible:
$(".title").click(function () {
  $content = $(this).next();
  if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
    $(".content").slideUp("fast");
    $content.slideToggle(200);
  } else {
    $content.slideUp("fast");
  }
});

A: If you want to make an expanded div collapse without opening another div
then  can be do in this way
$(".title").click(function () {
    $content = $(this).next();
    if (($content.is(":visible"))) {
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    }
    if (!($content.is(":visible"))) {
        $(".content").slideUp("fast");
        $content.slideToggle(200);
    }
});

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Q: python plotly create a color scale related to max and min number of value This is a code, I try to show a car speed for each point.
import plotly.plotly as py
from plotly.graph_objs import *

mapbox_access_token = 'MAPBOX API KEY'

data = Data([
    Scattermapbox(
        lat=dataframe_monday_morning['latitude'],
        lon=dataframe_monday_morning['longitude'],
        mode='markers',
        marker=Marker(
            size=5,
            color =dataframe_monday_morning['speed'],
            colorscale= 'YlOrRd',

            #opacity=0.3,
            symbol = 'circle',

        ),

    )
])
layout = Layout(
    autosize=True,
    hovermode='closest',
    width=1300,
        margin=go.Margin(
        l=0,
        r=0,
        b=0,
        t=0
        ),
    height=700,
    mapbox=dict(
        accesstoken=mapbox_access_token,
        bearing=0,#
        center=dict(
            lat=-36.7526,
            lon=174.7274
        ),
        pitch=0,
        zoom=16.2,
        style='dark',

    ),
)

fig = dict(data=data, layout=layout)
py.iplot(fig, filename='Multiple Mapbox')

but when I try
color =dataframe_monday_morning['speed']

code choose in current data min and max speed then gives me a graph. In data, some speed data gaps are very big so I would like to create a colour scale between my speed value.
(e.g  If you choose max speed 200km/h your other 30km/h and 90km/h looks similar colour but normally really different speed )

My question is how can I create a scale for choosing a colour for speed?
EDIT:
This is an example of data I edited.
13  1.464301e+10    2015-11-15 18:28:50 191 10051   76  -36.817540  174.750526
14  1.464298e+10    2015-11-15 18:27:20 209 10051   48  -36.806104  174.759209
15  1.464180e+10    2015-11-15 17:41:27 171 10051   0   -36.718553  174.713503
16  1.464186e+10    2015-11-15 17:43:44 172 10051   25  -36.720747  174.713897
17  1.464238e+10    2015-11-15 18:05:36 137 10051   5   -36.753691  174.728945
18  1.464199e+10    2015-11-15 17:49:22 170 10051   0   -36.728252  174.715084
19  1.464279e+10    2015-11-15 18:20:41 153 10051   20  -36.787389  174.752337
20  1.464229e+10    2015-11-15 18:01:47 146 10051   16  -36.749369  174.724865
21  1.464298e+10    2015-11-15 18:27:39 216 10051   51  -36.807940  174.757603
22  1.464254e+10    2015-11-15 18:11:35 162 10051   36  -36.765195  174.739728
23  1.464301e+10    2015-11-15 18:28:37 197 10051   66  -36.815369  174.751177

A: Not 100% sure if I got the question right but you could try adding
showscale=True,
cmax=200,
cmin=0

to your Marker object to get a graph with a colorbar with fixed max and min values.


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Chilean university students announced today that they will mobilize once more during the second week of September. These student protests demand better quality of education and reject government intervention, such as the proposed tax reform. Students' pleas for a restructuring of the Chilean education system have not been addressed by the Chilean government.
Santiago Mayor Pablo Zalaquett and Education Minister Harald Beyer have responded to a month of student marches and occupations by calling for students to return to school when in opens, on September 20th: "We are making an appeal to the youth, we encourage them to fight for their right to quality education through peaceful marches and cultural acts, but they must stop missing school because there are not going to be special laws for them," Zalaquett said. In 2011, 70,000 students were held back when the school system was paralyzed due to similar school occupations.
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