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S.F. _____ H.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RELIEF FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS 2 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 708.2D Older individual assault —— 3 mandatory minimums, penalties enhanced —— extension of no-contact 4 order. 5 1. For the purposes of this section: 6 a. "Older individual" means the same as defined in section 7 726.24. 8 b. "Older individual assault" means an assault, as defined 9 in section 708.1, of an older individual. 10 2. On a first offense of older individual assault, the 11 person commits: 12 a. A simple misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided. 13 b. A serious misdemeanor, if the older individual assault 14 causes bodily injury or mental illness. 15 c. An aggravated misdemeanor, if the older individual 16 assault is committed with the intent to inflict a serious 17 injury upon an older individual, or if the person uses or 18 displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault. 19 This paragraph does not apply if section 708.6 or 708.8 20 applies. 21 d. An aggravated misdemeanor, if the older individual 22 assault is committed by knowingly impeding the normal breathing 23 or circulation of the blood of an older individual by applying 24 pressure to the throat or neck of the older individual or by 25 obstructing the nose or mouth of the older individual. 26 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, on a second 27 older individual assault, a person commits: 28 a. A serious misdemeanor if the first offense was classified 29 as a simple misdemeanor and the second offense would otherwise 30 be classified as a simple misdemeanor. 31 b. An aggravated misdemeanor if the first offense was 32 classified as a simple or aggravated misdemeanor and the second 33 offense would otherwise be classified as a serious misdemeanor, 34 or the first offense was classified as a serious or aggravated 35 -1- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 1/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ misdemeanor, and the second offense would otherwise be 1 classified as a simple or serious misdemeanor. 2 4. On a third or subsequent offense of older individual 3 assault, a person commits a class "D" felony. 4 5. For an older individual assault committed by knowingly 5 impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of an 6 older individual by applying pressure to the throat or neck of 7 the older individual or by obstructing the nose or mouth of the 8 older individual, and causing bodily injury, the person commits 9 a class "D" felony. 10 6. a. A conviction for, deferred judgment for, or plea of 11 guilty to, a violation of this section which occurred more than 12 twelve years prior to the date of the violation charged shall 13 not be considered in determining that the violation charged is 14 a second or subsequent offense. 15 b. For the purpose of determining if a violation charged 16 is a second or subsequent offense, deferred judgments issued 17 pursuant to section 907.3 for violations of section 708.2 or 18 this section, which were issued on older individual assaults, 19 and convictions or the equivalent of deferred judgments for 20 violations in any other states under statutes substantially 21 corresponding to this section shall be counted as previous 22 offenses. The courts shall judicially notice the statutes of 23 other states which define offenses substantially equivalent 24 to the offenses defined in this section and can therefore be 25 considered corresponding statutes. Each previous violation on 26 which conviction or deferral of judgment was entered prior to 27 the date of the offense charged shall be considered and counted 28 as a separate previous offense. 29 c. An offense shall be considered a prior offense regardless 30 of whether it was committed upon the same victim. 31 7. a. A person convicted of violating subsection 2 or 3 32 shall serve a minimum term of two days of the sentence imposed 33 by law, and shall not be eligible for suspension of the minimum 34 sentence. The minimum term shall be served on consecutive 35 -2- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 2/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ days. The court shall not impose a fine in lieu of the minimum 1 sentence, although a fine may be imposed in addition to the 2 minimum sentence. This section does not prohibit the court 3 from sentencing and the person from serving the maximum term of 4 confinement or from paying the maximum fine permitted pursuant 5 to chapters 902 and 903, and does not prohibit the court from 6 entering a deferred judgment or sentence pursuant to section 7 907.3, if the person has not previously received a deferred 8 sentence or judgment for a violation of section 708.2 or this 9 section which was issued on an older individual assault. 10 b. A person convicted of violating subsection 4 shall 11 be sentenced as provided under section 902.9, subsection 1, 12 paragraph "e" , and shall be denied parole or work release until 13 the person has served a minimum of one year of the person's 14 sentence. Notwithstanding section 901.5, subsections 1, 3, and 15 5, and section 907.3, the person cannot receive a suspended or 16 deferred sentence or a deferred judgment; however, the person 17 sentenced shall receive credit for any time the person was 18 confined in a jail or detention facility following arrest. 19 8. If a person is convicted for, receives a deferred 20 judgment for, or pleads guilty to a violation of this section, 21 the court shall modify the no-contact order issued upon initial 22 appearance in the manner provided in section 664A.5, regardless 23 of whether the person is placed on probation. 24 9. The clerk of the district court shall provide notice 25 and copies of a judgment entered under this section to the 26 applicable law enforcement agencies and the twenty-four-hour 27 dispatcher for the law enforcement agencies, in the manner 28 provided for protective orders under chapter 235F. The 29 clerk shall provide notice and copies of modifications of the 30 judgment in the same manner. 31 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 714.2A Theft against an older 32 individual. 33 1. If a person commits theft against an individual who 34 was an older individual at the time the theft was committed, 35 -3- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 3/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ notwithstanding the penalties specified in section 714.2, all 1 of the following shall apply: 2 a. If a person commits theft in the first degree pursuant to 3 section 714.2, subsection 1, the person is guilty of a class 4 "B" felony. 5 b. If a person commits theft in the second degree pursuant 6 to section 714.2, subsection 2, the person is guilty of a class 7 "C" felony. 8 c. If a person commits theft in the third degree pursuant to 9 section 714.2, subsection 3, the person is guilty of a class 10 "D" felony. 11 d. If a person commits theft in the fourth degree pursuant 12 to section 714.2, subsection 4, the person is guilty of an 13 aggravated misdemeanor. 14 e. If a person commits theft in the fifth degree pursuant to 15 section 714.2, subsection 5, the person is guilty of a serious 16 misdemeanor. 17 2. For the purposes of this section, "older individual" 18 means an individual who is sixty years of age or older. 19 Sec. 3. Section 714.16A, Code 2019, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 714.16A Additional civil penalty for consumer frauds 22 committed against elderly older individuals —— fund established. 23 1. a. If a person violates section 714.16 , and the 24 violation is committed against an older person individual , 25 in an action brought by the attorney general, in addition to 26 any other civil penalty, the court may impose an additional 27 civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each 28 such violation. Additionally, the attorney general may 29 accept a civil penalty as determined by the attorney general 30 in settlement of an investigation of a violation of section 31 714.16 , regardless of whether an action has been filed pursuant 32 to section 714.16 . 33 b. A civil penalty imposed by a court or determined and 34 accepted by the attorney general pursuant to this section shall 35 -4- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 4/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ be paid to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit the money 1 in the elderly victim fund, a separate fund created in the 2 state treasury and administered by the attorney general for the 3 investigation and prosecution of frauds against the elderly. 4 Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any balance in the fund on June 5 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund 6 of the state. An award of reimbursement pursuant to section 7 714.16 has priority over a civil penalty imposed by the court 8 pursuant to this subsection . 9 2. In determining whether to impose a civil penalty under 10 subsection 1 , and the amount of any such penalty, the court 11 shall consider the following: 12 a. Whether the defendant's conduct was in willful disregard 13 of the rights of the older person individual . 14 b. Whether the defendant knew or should have known that the 15 defendant's conduct was directed to an older person individual . 16 c. Whether the older person individual was substantially 17 more vulnerable to the defendant's conduct because of age, poor 18 health, infirmity, impaired understanding, restricted mobility, 19 or disability, than other persons. 20 d. Any other factors the court deems appropriate. 21 3. As used in this section , "older person" individual" means 22 a person who is sixty-five years of age or an individual who is 23 sixty years of age or older. 24 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 726.24 Elder abuse —— initiation of 25 charges —— penalty. 26 1. As used in this section unless the context otherwise 27 requires: 28 a. "Abuse" means the knowing infliction of physical or 29 psychological harm or the knowing deprivation of goods or 30 services that are necessary to meet essential needs or to avoid 31 physical harm or psychological harm. "Abuse" includes but is 32 not limited to any of the following: 33 (1) Physical injury to, or injury which is at a variance 34 with the history given of the injury, or unreasonable 35 -5- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 5/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ confinement, unreasonable punishment, or assault of an older 1 individual. 2 (2) The commission of a sexual offense under chapter 709 or 3 section 726.2 with or against an older individual. 4 (3) Sexual exploitation of an older individual. 5 (4) The commission of older individual assault under 6 section 708.2D. 7 b. "Caregiver" means an individual who has the 8 responsibility for the care or custody of an older individual, 9 whether voluntarily, by contract, by receipt of payment for 10 care, or as a result of the operation of law, and includes 11 but is not limited to a family member or other individual who 12 provides, whether on the individual's own behalf or on behalf 13 of a public or private entity, compensated or uncompensated 14 care to an older individual. 15 c. "Elder abuse" means the abuse, neglect, or exploitation 16 of an older individual. "Elder abuse" does not include any of 17 the following: 18 (1) Circumstances in which the older individual declines 19 medical treatment if the older individual holds a belief or is 20 an adherent of a religion whose tenets and practices call for 21 reliance on spiritual means in place of reliance on medical 22 treatment. 23 (2) Circumstances in which the older individual's caregiver 24 or fiduciary, acting in accordance with the older individual's 25 stated or implied consent, declines medical treatment if the 26 older individual holds a belief or is an adherent of a religion 27 whose tenets and practices call for reliance on spiritual means 28 in place of reliance on medical treatment. 29 (3) The withholding or withdrawing of health care from 30 an older individual who is terminally ill in the opinion of 31 a licensed physician, when the withholding or withdrawing of 32 health care is done at the request of the older individual or 33 at the request of the older individual's next of kin, attorney 34 in fact, or guardian pursuant to the applicable procedures 35 -6- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 6/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ under chapter 125, 144A, 144B, 222, 229, or 633. 1 d. "Fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, 2 administrator, receiver, conservator, attorney in fact, or 3 any person, whether individual or corporate, acting in any 4 fiduciary capacity for or on behalf of any older individual. 5 e. "Neglect" means the failure of a caregiver or fiduciary 6 to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing, supervision, 7 physical or mental health care, and goods or services necessary 8 to maintain the life, health, or safety of an older individual, 9 which if not provided would constitute denial of critical care. 10 f. "Older individual" means an individual who is sixty years 11 of age or older. 12 g. "Older individual assault" means the same as defined in 13 section 708.2D. 14 h. "Physical harm" means bodily injury, impairment, or 15 disease. 16 i. "Psychological harm" means an injury to the intellectual 17 functioning or emotional state of an older individual as 18 evidenced by an observable or measurable reduction in the older 19 adult's ability to function within that individual's customary 20 range of performance and that individual's behavior. 21 j. "Serious injury" means the same as defined in section 22 702.18. 23 k. "Sexual exploitation" includes sexual exploitation 24 and means any sexual contact against an older individual's 25 will. This includes acts in which the older individual is 26 unable to understand the act or is unable to communicate or is 27 under undue influence and includes coerced nudity; fondling, 28 touching, or kissing, particularly the genitals; making the 29 person fondle someone else's genitals; forcing the person to 30 observe sexual acts; photographing the person in sexually 31 explicit ways; sexual assault of any type (coercion to perform 32 sexual acts), including rape or sodomy. Sexual contact is 33 defined as intentional touching (either directly or through the 34 clothing), of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, mouth, inner 35 -7- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 7/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ thigh, or buttocks. 1 l. "Undue influence" means when a person uses or knowingly 2 assists or causes another person to use that person's role, 3 relationship, or power to exploit the trust, dependency, or 4 fear of an older individual, or uses or knowingly assists or 5 causes another person to use that person's role, relationship, 6 or power to deceptively gain control over an older individual's 7 decision making process. 8 2. A charge of elder abuse may be initiated upon complaint 9 of a private individual, as a result of an investigation by 10 a social services agency, or on the direct initiative of the 11 attorney general, a county attorney, or a law enforcement 12 agency. 13 3. A person who intentionally commits elder abuse is guilty 14 of a class "C" felony if the intentional elder abuse results 15 in serious injury. 16 4. A person who recklessly commits elder abuse is guilty 17 of a class "D" felony if the reckless elder abuse results in 18 serious injury. 19 5. A person who intentionally commits elder abuse is guilty 20 of a class "C" felony if the intentional elder abuse results 21 in physical injury. 22 6. A person who recklessly commits elder abuse is guilty of 23 an aggravated misdemeanor if the reckless elder abuse results 24 in physical injury. 25 7. A person who otherwise intentionally or knowingly 26 commits elder abuse is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 27 8. A person alleged to have committed a violation under 28 this section shall be charged with the respective offense 29 cited, unless a charge may be brought based upon a more serious 30 offense, in which case the charge of the more serious offense 31 shall supersede the less serious charge. 32 9. It does not constitute a defense to a prosecution for any 33 violation of this section that the alleged perpetrator did not 34 know the age of the victim. 35 -8- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 8/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 10. In a criminal action in which an older individual is 1 a victim, the state may move the court to advance the trial 2 on the docket. The presiding judge, after consideration of 3 the age and health of the victim, may advance the trial on 4 the docket. The motion may be filed and served with the 5 information or charges or at any time. 6 11. a. A conviction or deferred judgment for or plea of 7 guilty to a violation of this section which occurred more than 8 twelve years prior to the date of the violation charged shall 9 not be considered in determining that the violation charged is 10 a second or subsequent offense. 11 b. For the purpose of determining if a violation charged 12 is a second or subsequent offense, deferred judgments issued 13 pursuant to section 907.3 for violations of this section or 14 section 708.2D, and convictions or the equivalent of deferred 15 judgments for violations in any other state under statutes 16 substantially corresponding to this section shall be counted 17 as previous offenses. The courts shall judicially notice the 18 statutes of other states which define offenses substantially 19 equivalent to the offenses defined in this section and can 20 therefore be considered corresponding statutes. Each previous 21 violation on which conviction or deferral of judgment was 22 entered prior to the date of the offense charged shall be 23 considered and counted as a separate previous offense. 24 c. An offense shall be considered a prior offense regardless 25 of whether it was committed upon the same victim. 26 12. If a person is convicted or receives a deferred judgment 27 for, or pleads guilty to a violation of this section, the 28 court shall modify the no-contact order issued upon initial 29 appearance in the manner provided in section 664A.5, regardless 30 of whether the person is placed on probation. 31 13. The clerk of the district court shall provide notice 32 and copies of a judgment entered under this section to the 33 applicable law enforcement agencies and the twenty-four-hour 34 dispatcher for the law enforcement agencies, in the manner 35 -9- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 9/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ provided for protective orders under section 235F. The 1 clerk shall provide notice and copies of modifications of the 2 judgment in the same manner. 3 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 726.25 Financial exploitation of an 4 older individual. 5 1. For the purposes of this section: 6 a. "Caregiver" means an individual who has the 7 responsibility for the care or custody of an older individual, 8 whether voluntarily, by contract, through employment, or as a 9 result of the operation of law, and includes but is not limited 10 to a family member or other individual who provides compensated 11 or uncompensated care to an older individual. 12 b. "Coercion" means communication or conduct which compels 13 an older individual to act or refrain from acting against the 14 older individual's will. 15 c. "Older individual" means an individual who is sixty years 16 of age or older. 17 d. "Stands in a position of trust or confidence" means the 18 person has any of the following relationships relative to the 19 older individual: 20 (1) Is a parent, spouse, adult child, or other relative by 21 consanguinity or affinity of the older individual. 22 (2) Is a joint tenant or tenant in common with the older 23 individual. 24 (3) Has a legal or fiduciary relationship with the older 25 individual. 26 (4) Is a financial planning or investment professional 27 providing or offering to provide financial planning or 28 investment advice to the older individual. 29 (5) Is a beneficiary of the older individual in a governing 30 instrument. 31 (6) Is a caregiver for the older individual. 32 (7) Is a person who is in a confidential relationship with 33 the older individual. The determination of the existence of a 34 confidential relationship is an issue of fact to be determined 35 -10- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 10/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ by the court based upon the totality of the circumstances. 1 e. "Undue influence" means taking advantage of a person's 2 role, relationship, or authority to improperly change or 3 obtain control over the actions or decision making of an older 4 individual. 5 2. A person commits financial exploitation of an older 6 individual when the person stands in a position of trust or 7 confidence with the older individual and knowingly and by undue 8 influence, deception, coercion, fraud, breach of fiduciary 9 duty, or extortion, obtains control over or otherwise uses the 10 benefits, property, resources, belongings, or assets of the 11 older individual. 12 3. A person who commits financial exploitation of an older 13 individual is guilty of the following, as applicable: 14 a. A serious misdemeanor if the value of the benefits, 15 property, resources, belongings, or assets is one hundred 16 dollars or less. 17 b. A aggravated misdemeanor if the value of the benefits, 18 property, resources, belongings, or assets exceeds one hundred 19 dollars but does not exceed one thousand dollars. 20 c. A class "D" felony if the value of the benefits, 21 property, resources, belongings, or assets exceeds one thousand 22 dollars but does not exceed ten thousand dollars. 23 d. A class "C" felony if the value of the benefits, 24 property, resources, belongings, or assets exceeds ten thousand 25 dollars but does not exceed fifty thousand dollars. 26 e. A class "B" felony if the value of the benefits, 27 property, resources, belongings, or assets exceeds fifty 28 thousand dollars, or if the older individual is seventy years 29 of age to eighty years of age and the value of the benefits, 30 property, resources, belongings, or assets is fifteen thousand 31 dollars or more, or if the older individual is eighty years of 32 age or older and value of the benefits, property, resources, 33 belongings, or assets is five thousand dollars or more. 34 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit other 35 -11- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 11/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ remedies available to the older individual including those 1 provided under chapters 235F and 236. 2 5. A person alleged to have committed a violation under 3 this section shall be charged with the respective offense 4 cited, unless a charge may be brought based upon a more serious 5 offense, in which case the charge of the more serious offense 6 shall supersede the less serious charge. 7 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose 8 criminal liability on a person who has made a good-faith effort 9 to assist an older individual in the management of the older 10 individual's benefits, property, resources, belongings, or 11 assets, but through no fault of the person the person has been 12 unable to provide such assistance. 13 7. It shall not be a defense to financial exploitation of 14 an older individual that the alleged perpetrator did not know 15 the age of the older individual or reasonably believed that the 16 alleged victim was not an older individual. 17 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION . 726.26 Dependent adult abuse —— 18 initiation of charges —— penalty. 19 1. For the purposes of this section, "caretaker" , "dependent 20 adult" , and "dependent adult abuse" mean the same as defined in 21 section 235B.2. 22 2. A charge of dependent adult abuse may be initiated 23 upon the complaint of a private individual, as a result of an 24 investigation by a social service agency, or on the direct 25 initiative of the office of the attorney general, a county 26 attorney, or a law enforcement agency. 27 3. A caretaker who intentionally commits dependent adult 28 abuse is guilty of a class "C" felony if the intentional 29 dependent adult abuse results in serious injury. 30 4. A caretaker who recklessly commits dependent adult abuse 31 is guilty of a class "D" felony if the reckless dependent adult 32 abuse results in serious injury. 33 5. A caretaker who intentionally commits dependent adult 34 abuse is guilty of a class "C" felony if the intentional 35 -12- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 12/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ dependent adult abuse results in physical injury. 1 6. A caretaker who commits dependent adult abuse by 2 exploitation of a dependent adult is guilty of a class "D" 3 felony if the value of the property, assets, or resources 4 exceeds one hundred dollars. 5 7. A caretaker who recklessly commits dependent adult 6 abuse is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the reckless 7 dependent adult abuse results in physical injury. 8 8. A caretaker who otherwise intentionally or knowingly 9 commits dependent adult abuse is guilty of a serious 10 misdemeanor. 11 9. A caretaker who commits dependent adult abuse by 12 exploitation of a dependent adult is guilty of a simple 13 misdemeanor if the value of the property, assets, or resources 14 is one hundred dollars or less. 15 10. A caretaker alleged to have committed dependent adult 16 abuse shall be charged with the respective offense cited, 17 unless a charge may be brought based upon a more serious 18 offense, in which case the charge of the more serious offense 19 shall supersede the less serious charge. 20 Sec. 7. REPEAL. Section 235B.20, Code 2019, is repealed. 21 Sec. 8. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVES. The Code editor shall do 22 all of the following: 23 1. Create a new subchapter in chapter 726, entitled 24 "Resident, Dependent Adult, and Older Individual Protection 25 Act" that includes sections 726.24, 726.25, and 726.26, as 26 enacted in this Act. 27 2. a. Transfer sections 726.7 and 726.8, Code 2019, to 28 the new subchapter and renumber the transferred sections as 29 follows: 30 (1) Section 726.7 as section 726.27. 31 (2) Section 726.8 as section 726.28. 32 b. Correct internal references as necessary. 33 3. Amend the title of the chapter to read "Protections 34 for the family, dependent persons, residents of health care 35 -13- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 13/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ facilities, and older individuals". 1 DIVISION II 2 CONFORMING CHANGES 3 Sec. 9. Section 13.2, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended by 4 adding the following new paragraph: 5 NEW PARAGRAPH . p. Develop written procedures and policies 6 to be followed by prosecuting attorneys in the prosecution 7 of elder abuse, older individual assault, theft against an 8 older individual, consumer frauds committed against an older 9 individual, and financial exploitation of an older individual 10 under sections 708.2D, 714.2A, 714.16A, 726.24, and 726.25. 11 Sec. 10. Section 598.16, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 12 2019, is amended to read as follows: 13 a. In determining whether a history of elder abuse exists, 14 the court's consideration shall include but is not limited 15 to commencement of an action pursuant to section 235F.2 , the 16 issuance of a court order or consent agreement pursuant to 17 section 235F.6 , the issuance of an emergency order pursuant to 18 section 235F.7 , the holding of a party in contempt pursuant to 19 section 664A.7 , the response of a peace officer to the scene 20 of alleged elder abuse, or the arrest of a party following a 21 response to a report of alleged elder abuse , or a conviction 22 for older individual assault pursuant to section 708.2D . 23 Sec. 11. Section 664A.1, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 2. "Protective order" means a protective order issued 26 pursuant to chapter 232 , a court order or court-approved 27 consent agreement entered pursuant to this chapter or chapter 28 235F , a court order or court-approved consent agreement entered 29 pursuant to chapter 236 or 236A , including a valid foreign 30 protective order under section 236.19, subsection 3 , or section 31 236A.19, subsection 3 , a temporary or permanent protective 32 order or order to vacate the homestead under chapter 598 , or an 33 order that establishes conditions of release or is a protective 34 order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution arising 35 -14- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 14/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ from a domestic abuse assault under section 708.2A or older 1 individual assault under section 708.2D , or a civil injunction 2 issued pursuant to section 915.22 . 3 Sec. 12. Section 664A.2, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 1. This chapter applies to no-contact orders issued for 6 violations or alleged violations of sections 708.2A , 708.2D, 7 708.7 , 708.11 , 709.2 , 709.3 , and 709.4 , and any other public 8 offense for which there is a victim. 9 Sec. 13. Section 664A.7, subsection 5, Code 2019, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 5. Violation of a no-contact order entered for the offense 12 or alleged offense of domestic abuse assault in violation 13 of section 708.2A , the offense or alleged offense of older 14 individual assault in violation of section 708.2D, or a 15 violation of a protective order issued pursuant to chapter 16 232 , 235F , 236 , 236A , 598 , or 915 constitutes a public offense 17 and is punishable as a simple misdemeanor. Alternatively, 18 the court may hold a person in contempt of court for such a 19 violation, as provided in subsection 3 . 20 Sec. 14. Section 915.22, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 21 following new subsection: 22 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. The clerk of the district court 23 shall provide notice and copies of restraining orders issued 24 pursuant to this section in a criminal case involving an 25 alleged violation of section 708.2D to the applicable law 26 enforcement agencies and the twenty-four-hour dispatch for the 27 law enforcement agencies, in the manner provided for protective 28 orders under section 235F.6. The clerk shall provide notice 29 and copies of modifications or vacations of these orders in the 30 same manner. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill relates to older individuals and dependent adults 35 -15- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 15/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ and certain criminal offenses and civil actions, and provides 1 penalties. 2 DIVISION I —— CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RELIEF FOR OLDER 3 INDIVIDUALS. The bill establishes the crime of older 4 individual assault which is the assault, as defined in Code 5 section 708.1, of an older individual, defined in the bill as 6 an individual 60 years of age or older. The bill provides 7 criminal penalties for older individual assault ranging from 8 a simple misdemeanor to a class "D" felony depending on the 9 circumstances of the assault. The bill also provides for the 10 determination of whether a violation is a second or subsequent 11 offense and provides for minimum sentencing for offenders. 12 The bill establishes the crime of theft against an older 13 individual which enhances the penalties for the existing crime 14 of theft by one degree. 15 The bill changes the existing additional civil penalty for 16 consumer frauds committed against elders (those 65 years of age 17 or older) to apply to older individuals consistent with other 18 provisions relating to older individuals under the bill. 19 The bill establishes criminal penalties for elder abuse 20 ranging from a serious misdemeanor to a class "C" felony 21 depending on the circumstances and resulting injuries of the 22 abuse. Elder abuse is defined as the abuse, neglect, or 23 exploitation of an older individual. 24 The bill establishes the crime of financial exploitation of 25 an older individual. A person commits financial exploitation 26 of an older individual when the person stands in a position of 27 trust or confidence with the older individual and knowingly 28 and by undue influence, deception, coercion, fraud, breach of 29 fiduciary duty, or extortion, obtains control over or otherwise 30 uses the benefits, property, resources, belongings, or assets 31 of the older individual. The criminal penalties range from a 32 serious misdemeanor to a class "B" felony based on the amount 33 of benefits, property, resources, belongings, or assets of the 34 older individual involved. 35 -16- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 16/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ The bill relocates the criminal penalties for dependent 1 adult abuse as they currently exist from Code chapter 235B 2 (dependent adult abuse) to Code chapter 726 (relating to the 3 protection of the family and dependent persons). 4 DIVISION II —— CONFORMING CHANGES. The bill makes 5 conforming changes throughout the Code. 6 Code section 13.2: The bill adds as a duty of the attorney 7 general to develop written procedures and policies to be 8 followed by prosecuting attorneys in the prosecution of 9 elder abuse, older individual assault, theft against an 10 older individual, consumer frauds committed against an older 11 individual, and financial exploitation of an older individual. 12 Code section 598.16: The bill provides that, for the 13 waiver from the requirements for the parties to participate 14 in conciliation efforts in dissolution actions, a court may 15 consider a conviction for older individual assault. 16 Code section 664A.1: The bill includes in the definition 17 of "protective orders" under Code chapter 664A (relating to 18 no-contact and enforcement of protective orders), a protective 19 order or sentencing order in a criminal prosecution arising 20 from older individual assault. 21 Code section 664A.2: The bill provides that the Code chapter 22 is applicable to no-contact orders issued for violations or 23 alleged violations related to older individual assault. 24 Code section 664A.7: The bill provides that violation of a 25 no-contact order for the offense of older individual assault 26 constitutes a public offense and is punishable as a simple 27 misdemeanor. Alternatively, the court may hold a person in 28 contempt of court for such violation. 29 Code section 915.23: The bill provides that under Code 30 chapter 915 (victim rights) the clerk of the district court 31 shall provide notice and copies of restraining orders in a 32 criminal case involving alleged older individual assault to the 33 applicable law enforcement agencies and the 24-hour dispatcher 34 for the law enforcement agencies, in the manner provided for 35 -17- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 17/ 18
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ protective orders under Code section 235F.6. The clerk shall 1 provide notice and copies of modifications or vacations of 2 these orders in the same manner. 3 -18- LSB 1260DP (6) 88 mo/rh 18/ 18


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News Monitors Inc. explains 2017's Massive US military social media spying archive left wide open in AWS S3 buckets
Three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets have been discovered wide open on the public internet containing "dozens of terabytes" of social media posts and similar pages – all scraped from around the world by the US military to identify and profile persons of interest.
The archives were found by UpGuard's veteran security-breach hunterChris Vickery during a routine scan of open Amazon-hosted data silos, and the trio weren't exactly hidden. The buckets were named centcom-backup, centcom-archive, and pacom-archive.
CENTCOM is the common abbreviation for the US Central Command, which controls the army, navy, air force, marines and special ops in the Middle East, north Africa and central Asia. PACOM is the name for US Pacific Command, covering the rest of southern Asia, China and Australasia.
Vickery told The Register today he stumbled upon them by accident while running a scan for the word "COM" in publicly accessible S3 buckets. After refining his search, the CENTCOM archive popped up, and at first he thought it was related to Chinese multinational Tencent, but quickly realized it was a US military archive of astounding size.
"For the research I downloaded 400GB of samples but there were many terabytes of data up there," he said. "It's mainly compressed text files that can expand out by a factor of ten so there's dozens and dozens of terabytes out there and that's a conservative estimate."
Leaky S3 bucket sloshes deets of thousands with US security clearance
Just one of the buckets contained 1.8 billion social media posts automatically fetched over the past eight years up to today. It mainly contains postings made in central Asia, however Vickery noted that some of the material is taken from comments made by American citizens.
The databases also reveal some interesting clues as to what this information is being used for. Documents make reference to the fact that the archive was collected as part of the US government's Outpost program, which is a social media monitoring and influencing campaign designed to target overseas youths and steer them away from terrorism.
Vickery found the Outpost development configuration files in the archive, as well as Apache Lucene indexes of keywords designed to be used with the open-source search engine Elasticsearch. Another file refers to Coral, which may well be a reference to the US military's Coral Reef data-mining program.
"Coral Reef is a way to analyze a major data source to provide the analyst the ability to mine significant amounts of data and provide suggestive associations between individuals to build out that social network," Mark Kitz, technical director for the Army Distributed Common Ground System – Army, told the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association magazine Signal back in 2012.
"Previously, we would mine through those intelligence reports or whatever data would be available, and that would be very manual-intensive."
Before you start scrabbling for your tinfoil hats, the army hasn't made a secret of Coral Reef, even broadcasting the awards the software has won. And social media monitoring isn't anything new, either.
However, it is disturbing quite how easily this material was to find, how poorly configured it was, and that the archives weren't even given innocuous names. If America's enemies – or to be honest, anyone at all – are looking for intelligence, these buckets were a free source of information to mine.
After years of security cockups like this in the public and private sectors, Amazon has tried to help its customers avoid configuring their S3 buckets as publicly accessible stores, by adding full folder encryption, yellow warning lights when buckets aren't locked down, and tighter access controls.
"This was found before these new Amazon controls were added," Vickery said. "So we have yet to see how effective that yellow button will be."
Vickery said he notified the American military about the screwup, and the buckets have now been locked down and hidden. Unusually, the military contact thanked him for bringing the matter to their attention – usually talking to the armed forces is a "one-way street," Vickery said.
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Q: WPF Document Handling? Does WPF provide a framework for handling documents, similar to how MFC's Document/View?
In my WPF application, I can go and just create File->New/Open/Save elements in the menu and attach them to methods, but I'm wondering if WPF provides anything to manage that in a better way.

A: The main published guidelines is to use the Model/View/ViewModel pattern.
I'd recommend watching this Channel 9 video on MVVM.
The Patterns and Practices group also published the Composite Application Guideance for WPF and Silverlight, which includes a full library that can be used.  It's fairly heavy-weight, though, for many applications.
The latest version of this guidance is the Prism Library.

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We've been hating on the rampant sexual harassment on our city's streets, but what about what happens at parties and the long drive home? Anam Sufi discusses sexual assault among Egypt's elite and why it remains unspoken of.
It's been a long and relatively lonely few months, compliments to the curfew. The clock seems to have lost a few digits and the night ends too soon. So it's no surprise that the nocturnal sensation seekers are awaiting the end of the hazr with bated breath. Judging by the sudden surge in events, one can tell that 'tis, indeed, the season to be jolly. However, between the panache of nearly-nude gogo dancers, excitement of flame throwers, sexiness of strobe lights, and suspiciously long bathroom queues, the darker and less exposed angles of the night are usually what don't make it to Facebook or Instagram the next day.
What am I talking about? Harassment. Sexual harassment. We tend to think it doesn't take place within our tier of society (aristocratic as that sounds); after all, we all went to fancy schools, drive fancy cars, watch Two and a Half Men, and listen to Deep House. But the hard truth is, the phenomena takes place more often than we'd like to think it does. More unnervingly, it involves people we know; arguably, good people.
Given the sensitive nature of this subject matter, it goes without saying that the names of sources have been omitted in order to expose the issue at large. It's also important to stress that this is in no way my attempt to cloak the drunken (or not) misdeeds of those who are guilty, rather a show of respect to the girls who graciously shared their stories with me for the purpose of this article.
And so we proceed…
Case 1: Easy is not a synonym for woman
A girl went out to an over night party. She'd booked herself a room at a snazzy hotel, and brought along a bottle of courage to keep her confidence in check through the night. The club was pumping and the company was great, giving the night a solid 9 out of 10. That is, until shit hit the proverbial fan. A friend of a friend, coveted as a demi-God of popularity and looks, approached the girl and whispered something to her. Unable to hear him, she asked for a repetition.
"414." The vulgar hollowness of the number took a second for her to realise what was actually going on. At this point, giving the poor lad the benefit of the doubt, you could still argue that he was just trying his luck at being a Don Juan for the evening. But unless some kind of memo went out to the five other guys who clumsily threw their room numbers at the same girl, I highly doubt that he was just caught in the crossfire of an overly excitable crowd.
Can we all take a second to digest the inappropriateness of approaching a girl, without any effort to flirt or converse, and proposition her with a room number? I'm not asking that everyone abide by the rules of Jane Austen and emulate the mannerisms of a certain Marc Darcy, but for fuck's sake… show a little respect! No matter what kind of clothes a girl wears, or how seductive her dance moves are, it is simply not okay to treat her like a whore.
Case 2: Commitment? What Commitment?
A girl asked her engaged-to-be-married friend to leave his fiancé for a few moments to help her find another mate of theirs. As the search proved unfruitful, they decided to look outside of the party venue, in places where the crowds were thinner. In a drunken stupor (or so they always claim), the guy tried to pull a sly one with his friend. "Dude, wtf! Your fiancé is in the other room!"
Needless to say, the girl put a pin in the matter then and there. But it really is remarkable the number of stories you hear of Facebook flirtations and thrill seeking infidelities these days. What's worse is how guys garner the assumption that girls are so welcoming to crown the title of home wrecker. You know, if you want to mess about, the solution is simple: don't commit.
What's more, it appears to be a trend to present some sort of inspiring and "romantic" explanation for such infidelities. My response: spare society your psycho-babble bullshit that the sexual transgressions are what allow you to love the girl you're committed to. It's a sad attempt to victimise your villainy, and no one's buying it.
Case 3: The Drive Home
Egypt is not safe enough for a lone girl, dressed for a party, to be taking public transportation on her way back home after a late night out. Enter: the noble knights in shining armour, or shining cars. It happens often enough: a guy offers to drop a friend home, does the deed and drives away like a good Samaritan. But unfortunately, this isn't always the case. In fact, I can vouch for the fact that almost all of my girl friends have been made to feel (at one point or another) that they owe the driver something for having dropped her home. In one particular case, when the guy attempted to try the old 'lean and smooch,' the girl explicitly stated that she had a boyfriend. Poor thing, she didn't know that no one really cares about the other guy in these situations. He continued to corner her in an aggressive manner until at last, she had to press the car horn to make a great "escape," which also involved unlocking the purposely locked car.
The stories that take place during that critical moment when the car is parked but a few blocks from the girl's house all follow the same plot. And in response to such inappropriate assumptions, I would suggest the establishment of a charity where the proceeds would all be donated to an institute for boys, specialising of course, in teaching them the meaning of NO.
When a girl is on her own, staring at you with a stern expression: No means no; not a repressed yes. Anything that follows afterwards is sexual harassment. It doesn't matter how long you have known the guy, how drunk you are, how well respected he may be within the social scene… it is simply not okay to impose insistence after a clear line has been drawn.
While I can continue to indulge in what is an unfortunately expansive series of episodes in the collective experiences of girls in the elite social scene, I'll let these three cases circumscribe the matter for the sake of limitation.
Having said this, the question then arises: Why are these occurrences overlooked, and what has led both parties to believe that such behaviour is tolerable?
The answers are plentiful, ranging from "boys will be boys" to "the social construct of centuries forgone," but none of these suffice when standing alone. Sure, the social mores of Egyptian society have had a history of elevating men, and subjugating (to some extent, at least) women, but in the context of the elite social circles, where the members involved are largely Western educated, products of a globalised world, this reasoning seems to fall flat.
I want to be weary of making normative statements, but I believe the fault is twofold; guys need to essentially stop being pricks, but girls also need to start adopting rhetoric of vituperation, as opposed to acceptance, towards transgressions dealing with the kinds of sexual harassment familiarised in this article. Furthermore, it should be noted that this is an action that can be taken by both sexes. When guys will stop turning a blind eye to the fact that their male mates are "weird with girls, but otherwise a good person" and when girls will cease to sell themselves short by believing "all men cheat, it's a matter of acceptance," then, and only then, do I believe society will have a fighting chance at expelling age-old traditions of aggressive and disrespectful gender conquests.
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How leaders move outside their comfort zone to change the game
Annette's boss gave her the feedback he wanted to see her playing a more strategic role, helping future proof the business. He could count her on as a safe pair of hands in day-to-day operational matters, but not on strategic issues because she was too busy fighting fires. A nagging sense of not fulfilling her potential or making her mark on the business also frustrated her. There was no time to consider the future with all the work on her plate. Something held her back. The first place to look was her own mindset and practices.
Her lightbulb moment came when she realised she needed an outstanding team around her to free herself up to focus on the bigger picture. She did not just delegate tasks to them, but provided her team with leadership opportunities. Now she expected more of them and held them accountable, she needed to clean up her own backyard. It meant her being willing to dismantle the comfort zone she lived within of solving today's problems. She wanted to paint a picture of the future and take people in a new direction.
She started behaving more like an entrepreneur, seizing opportunities to add value. Her strength in building relationships based on trust enabled her to bring together people from adjacent disciplines to help develop a clear concise and easy to measure strategy which would have a lasting impact. In the past, she thought of herself as a backroom person, not a leader. But now she takes her place at the leadership table and her boss and peers acknowledge her for the enormous value she brings to the business.
Sometimes we need to dismantle the mindset we already have in place before we can move forward.
In the book Think Again, Adam Grant suggests, "we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility, humility, and curiosity over foolish consistency."
🙋♀ What is your experience of moving outside your comfort zone? 🙋♂
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I'm packing for Ashland. I'm only going to be gone for 4 days, but it seems like such a chore. It's supposed to be somewhere in the 90's the whole time I'm there. What a sissy I am. There's insufferable weather in the midwest, and I'm whining about 90 degrees in Oregon. Have I mentioned that I hate heat? Summer is my least favorite month. But I'm going to have fun. That's what I keep telling myself. I'll pack shorts and t-shirts, and blind people with my pale white skin, while wearing said shorts. What fun! Must remember the spf 40 sunscreen. And a hat. Can't forget a hat.
#1: My Grandma's birthday is today. Happy Birthday Grandma! I'd post a picture, but I forgot to scan one.
#2: Today is aslo Scott's birthday. Scott is the neighbor. He has a black pug dog and likes SpongeBob Sqaurepants. Happy Birthday Scott! B and I are going bowling with Scott and friends tonight.
#3: I really really really want my car back.
#4: A terrible little bird ate all the ripe tomatoes off our tomato plants. First, he ate half of a tomato on Saturday. He does it while the tomato it still clinging to its little vine. So I went outside to find half a tomato hanging there. But Sunday, the little bird decided our pathetic plants were the all you can eat buffet. He at every single red, ripe tomato off both plants. Grrr.
#5: I'm going to Oregon again. My Favorite Cousin and I are going to Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival. Road Trip! I'd be more excited, but it's going to be bloody hot while we're there.
#6: In a little over a week I will be heading to the beach, and I'm terribly excited. It's been at least 10 years since my family has taken a little beach vacation. We will wander the beach in the morning with a mug of cocoa and collect whole sand dollars (if we can find any). We will read books. We will play many games of scrabble and cribbage. We will have fun!
There's something wrong with me. I can't watch scary movies.
I know, this sounds somewhat normal. There's lots of people who don't like horror movies. But for me, it seems to be getting worse as I get older. There is now a whole range of movies that I can't watch because I know they'll creep me out and induce strange -I better keep the lights on when I sleep tonight- nightmares. It used to be things like Dracula and Scream. And now it's flicks like Requiem for a Dream and Freeway, which don't exactly fit into the horror category.
Don't get me wrong. There are great aspects to some of these movies. The cinematography in Requiem for a Dream was absolutely beautiful (I managed to sit through 3/4 of it). And I liked the way Scream made fun of itself (by some miracle I watched the whole thing, but I didn't sleep for about a week). But if me watching the movie means sleeping with the lights on for a week, then I just can't do it.
And it bothers me that I'm like this. I'm somewhat intelligent. I know that these are just movies and there's absolutely no reason I should lose sleep over some fake blood or an actor playing a psycho character. But for some reason, as many times as I tell myself it was just a movie...every little sound I hear in the house while I'm trying to get to sleep will keep me awake that much longer and keep me pulling the covers that much farther over my head.
It's not that I don't want to watch some of these movies, because I really do (I don't want to end up reduced to bad romantic comedies as my only film choice). It's that I can't watch some of these movies because it seems my poor little brain can't separate movies and reality. And I can't can't bounce back from 3 hours of sleep like I used to. Maybe there's a class I can take? Like those people who take courses to get over their fear of flying?


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Nelson, Kevin. The Golden Game. The Story of California Baseball. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society Press. 2004. 380 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Nelson, Kjerstie. Marriage and Divorce Practices in Native California. Photo available. Berkeley. Archaeological Research Facility. 1975. 47 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (edges of covers sunned).
Nelson, Maidee Thomas. California Land of Promise. An Informal History of California from Discovery to Statehood, 1542 to 1850. Including the Exciting Days of The Gold Rush of '49. Caldwell. The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1962. 421 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Nelson, Maidee Thomas. California Land of Promise. An Informal History of California from Discovery to Statehood, 1542 to 1850. Including the Exciting Days of The Gold Rush of '49. Photo available. Caldwell. The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1962. 421 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Nelson, William Hamilton. Alluring Arizona. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1938. Octavo. Hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Nequatewa, Edmund. Truth of a Hopi. Stories Relating to the Origin, Myths and Clan Histories of the Hopi. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1973. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light smudge on front panel).
Nester, William R. The Arikara War. The First Plains Indian War, 1823. Photo available. Missoula. Mountain Press Publishing. 2001. 257 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Nettleton, Helen. Interesting Buildings in Silver City, Idaho. Photo available. Homedale. Self published. 1998. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Neuenburg, Evelyn. California Lure... The Golden State in Pictures. Pasadena. California Lure Publishers. 1946. 311 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Neuerburg, Dr. Norman. Henry Chapman Ford. Painter of Early California. Photo available. Ventura. Ventura County Historic Society. 1996. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Neuerburg, Norman. Agustin V. Zamorano. Architect. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1988. 23 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Tipped-in plate on end paper. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Neuerburg, Norman. Agustin V. Zamorano. Architect. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1988. 23 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Tipped-in plate on end paper. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Neufeld, David. Chilkoot Trail. Signed by the author. Heritage Route to the Klondike. Photo available. Whitehorse. Lost Moose. 1996. 182 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the Author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Nevins, Allan. Fremont. Pathfinder of the West. Photo available. New York. Longmans, Green and Co. 1955. 689 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newark, Peter. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Old West. Photo available. New York. Gallery Books. 1980. 320 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (small owner name on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newcomb, W.W. The Indians of Texas. From Prehistoric to Modern Times. Photo available. Austin. University of Texas Press. 1990. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Newell, Gordon. Pacific Coastal Liners. All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships That Steamed Offshore From Baja California to Nome. Photo available. Seattle. Superior. 1959. 192 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Newell, Gordon. Pacific Lumber Ships. Photo available. Seattle. Superior Publishing. 1960. 192 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newell, Gordon. Pacific Steamboats. From Sidewheeler to Motor Ferry. A Vivid History of the West Coast's Boats and Boatsmen. Photo available. New York. Bonanza. 1958. 202 pps. 4to. Hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newell, Olive. Tail of the Elephant. Signed by the author. The Emigrant Experience on the Truckee Route of the California Trail. 1844-1852. Photo available. Nevada City. Nevada City Historic Society. 1997. 389 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newell, Olive. Tail of the Elephant. The Emigrant Experience on the Truckee Route of the California Trail. 1844-1852. Photo available. Nevada City. Nevada City Historic Society. 1997. 389 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (spine slightly cocked).
Newhall, Beaumont & Diana E. Edkins. William H. Jackson. Fort Worth. Morgan & Morgan. Amon Carter Museum. 1974. 159 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newhall, Beaumont & Ruth I. Mahood. Photographer of the Southwest. Adam Clark Vroman, 1856-1916. New York. Bonanza Books. 1961. 127 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Newhall, Beaumont & Ruth I. Mahood. Photographer of the Southwest. Adam Clark Vroman, 1856-1916. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie Press. 1974. 127 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Newhall, Beaumont & Ruth I. Mahood. Photographer of the Southwest. Adam Clark Vroman, 1856-1916. Photo available. New York. Bonanza. 1961. 127 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).


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Pippa Middleton on her famous royal wedding bridesmaid dress: 'It fitted a little too well'
Pippa Middleton (center) holds hands with two flower girls as they arrive to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Pippa Middleton has a sense of humor about the bridesmaid dress that made her a star.
She discussed the famous gown she wore as her sister Kate's maid of honor at the 2011 royal wedding while speaking at a London dinner for the group Women in Advertising and Communications Tuesday night, according to E! Online.
"As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside, and — you may say — its backside," Middleton said, referring to wearing the ivory Alexander McQueen dress at Kate and William's April 2011 nuptials.
Pippa Middleton holds her sister Kate's train at the 2011 royal wedding. Pippa's figure-flattering gown (pictured above) made her an instant celebrity. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
The younger Middleton sister, 30, became an instant celebrity after donning the curve-hugging gown, which showed off her posterior to very flattering effect.
Middleton said that while she was "glad it fitted" her at the time of the wedding, she jokingly added that "in retrospect, it fitted a little too well."
Pippa Middleton arrives at a wedding in England in September 2013. (Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
According to The Mirror, Middleton was also candid about feeling hurt by the poor sales for her 2012 party planning book "Celebrate," which only sold 18,000 copies.
"She talked about the royal wedding and her career since," a source told The Mirror. "She came across as really grateful for the opportunities but also talked about the pitfalls of her position."
Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx break up after six-year relationship


Nava Semel travels as far as Australia to meet her 28 years old son Iyar, who has been living "Down Under" for the last four years. Following his army service, Iyar chose Australia as his place for studying music, in order to fulfill his desire to experience an entirely different kind of life - close to nature and in a tranquil atmosphere, the opposite of the Israeli life style. In the meantime, he fell in love with an Australian girl and began seriously considering Australia as his future home.
Iyar urged Nava to come for a visit. "Mom, you'll find here a story worth writing", he said. Nava followed Iyar's promise and came to share her son's new life, both curious and eager to meet Lucy his girlfriend and her entire Elliot family. The occasion in which they all met was an Australian Wedding on the famous beach of Byron Bay on July 2007. Nava arrived to Lismore a town in Rainbow Region, moved in with Iyar at his 150 years old house on the bank of the river. She spent a month traveling with Iyar and Lucy, attending classes at his music school, getting to know his Australian friends and discovering an exciting local culture and rich heritage, unknown to most Israelis. The journal Nava was writing while traveling became the basis for a personal book about the journey of a mother and her Israeli grown-up son, rediscovering themselves and their own strong bond.
Together they confront the issues of where true home is, parents - children relationship in this vast, changing world, and dare ask the painful question: "Are Israelis the new "Wandering Jew", doomed to look for their future destiny outside tiny Israel?
"Australian Wedding" is a love story of an Israeli young man and an Australian young woman seen through the eyes of an Israeli mother, yet it is also the moving tale of a parent's love and how she and her offspring find a way to bridge their differences.


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Q: React - Why is componentDidMount event called instantly I've playing around with animation implemented with reactjs.
In the app I created a car which drives around a track. On this track there are obstacles, which the car should recognize.
I'm using window.setInterval for the repeating events. Maybe this is not the best option, but actually I don't know how to do else.
Since some changes, there are multiple intervals running.
But actually I don't know the reason for it. Can anybody give me a hint, why the racer component is instantly running in componentdidmount event?
The Racer component is giving the current position and degree / ankle to the Track component. The Track component is storing these values in states and giving it to the Racer component as props. But this should not lead to instantly firing componentdidmount event of Racer component, or?
Here is my code:
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Track from './components/track.js';
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');

class App extends Component {

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      obstacles: [
        {
          key: uuidv1(),
          position: {
            left: 500,
            top:10,
          },
          width: 25,
          height: 25,
        },
        {
          key: uuidv1(),
          position: {
            left: 650,
            top:60,
          },
          width: 25,
          height: 25,
        }
      ],
    };
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <Track width={800} height={100} obstacles={this.state.obstacles}>
        </Track>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default App;

Track.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import styled from 'styled-components';
import Racer from './racer.js';
import Obstacle from './obstacle';
import centralStrip from '../images/centralStrip.png';
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');

class Track extends Component {

    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
            racerCurrentPosition: {
                top: 60,
                left:150
            },
            racerDegree: 0,
        };

    }

    componentDidMount() {
    }

    handleObstacleCheck(position, racerPosition) {
        let obstacleFound = false;
        obstacleFound = this.props.obstacles.map((obstacle) => {
            let returnValue = false;
            let obstacleRect = document.getElementById(obstacle.key).getBoundingClientRect();
            if( position.right >= obstacleRect.left && position.right <= obstacleRect.right && racerPosition.top >= obstacleRect.top && racerPosition.bottom <= obstacleRect.bottom) {
                returnValue =  true;
            }
            return returnValue;
        });
        let isObstacleFound = false;
        if(obstacleFound.indexOf(true) !== -1) {
           isObstacleFound = true;
        }
        return isObstacleFound;
    }

    handleRacerPositionChange(position) {
        this.setState({
            racerCurrentPosition: position,
        });
    }

    handleRacerDegreeChange(newDegree) {
        this.setState({
            racerDegree: newDegree,
        });
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <TrackImage key={uuidv1()}
                        id="track"
                        width={this.props.width}
                        height={this.props.height}>
                <Racer  key={uuidv1()}
                        position={this.state.racerCurrentPosition}
                        onRacerPositionChange={this.handleRacerPositionChange.bind(this)}
                        degree={this.state.racerDegree}
                        onRacerDegreeChange={this.handleRacerDegreeChange.bind(this)}
                        obstacleFound={this.state.obstacleFound}
                        trackWidth={this.props.width}
                        trackHeight={this.props.height}
                        onObstacleCheck={this.handleObstacleCheck.bind(this)}
                />
                {
                    this.props.obstacles.map((obstacle) => {
                        return (
                            <Obstacle   key={obstacle.key}
                                        id={obstacle.key}
                                        position={obstacle.position}
                                        width={obstacle.width}
                                        height={obstacle.height}
                            />
                        );
                    })
                }
            </TrackImage>
        );
    }
}

export default Track;

Racer.js
import React, { Component, Fragment } from 'react';
import styled from 'styled-components';
import HelperDistance from './helpers/distance.js';
import HelperCenterCar from './helpers/centerCar.js';
import racerImage from '../images/racer.png';
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');

class Racer extends Component {

    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
            key: uuidv1(),
            intervalId: 0,
            speed: 0,
            helperForLeftPositioning: 0,
            helperForTopPositioning: 0,
            isMoving: false,
            collision: false,
            centerOfCarCoordinates: {
                x: 25,
                y: 12.5
            },
            obstacleFound: false,
        };
        this.start = this.start.bind(this);
        this.move = this.move.bind(this);
    }

    componentDidMount() {
        if(this.state.intervalId === 0) {
            this.start();
        }
    }

    componentWillUnmount() {
        window.clearInterval(this.state.intervalId);
    }

    start() {
        this.setState({
            speed: 3,
            isMoving: true,
        }, () => {
            this.createInterval();
        });
    }

    stop() {
        this.setState({
            speed: 0,
            isMoving: false,
        }, () => {
            window.clearInterval(this.state.intervalId);
        });
    }

    move() {
        if(this.state.obstacleFound === true) {
            let newDegree;
            if(this.props.degree === 0) {
                newDegree = 360;
            }
            newDegree--;
            this.props.onRacerDegreeChange(newDegree);
        }
        this.step();
    }

    step() {
        if(this.state.isMoving) {
            //...calculate new position

            this.setState({
                helperForTopPositioning: helperForTopPositioning,
                helperForLeftPositioning: helperForLeftPositioning,
            },() => {
                let position = {
                    left: positionNewLeft,
                    top: positionNewTop
                };
                this.props.onRacerPositionChange(position);
            });
        }
    }

    createInterval = () => {
        let intervalId = window.setInterval(() => {
            this.move();
            console.log("IntervalId: " + intervalId);
        },100);
        this.setState({
            intervalId: intervalId,
        })
    }

    handleDistanceChange(position) {
        let racerRect = document.getElementById(this.state.key).getBoundingClientRect();
        let obstacleFound = this.props.onObstacleCheck(position, racerRect);
        if(this.state.obstacleFound !== obstacleFound) {
            this.setState({
                obstacleFound: obstacleFound
            });
        }
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Fragment>
                <Car key={this.state.key} id={this.state.key}  position={this.props.position} degree={this.props.degree}>
                    <HelperCenterCar key={uuidv1()} position={this.state.centerOfCarCoordinates} degree={this.props.degree} />
                    <HelperDistance key={uuidv1()} onChange={this.handleDistanceChange.bind(this)} position={this.state.centerOfCarCoordinates} degree={this.props.degree} />
                </Car>
            </Fragment>
        );
    }
}

export default Racer;

The HelperCenterCar and HelperDistance are components, which helps to identify, if there is an obstacle in the way. I'll post just the code of HelperDistance, because here instantly state updates are fired.
HelperDistance.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import styled from 'styled-components';
const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1');

class HelperDistance extends Component {

    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
            key: uuidv1(),
        };

    }

    componentDidMount() {
        this.handleOnChange();
    }

    componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState, snapshot) {
        this.handleOnChange();
    }

    handleOnChange() {
        let position = document.getElementById(this.state.key).getBoundingClientRect();
        this.props.onChange(position);
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Line id={this.state.key} key={this.state.key} position={this.props.position} degree={this.props.degree} />
        );
    }
}

export default HelperDistance;


In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk together liquid ingredients, including coconut palm sugar & chia seeds.
Add batter to waffle iron - cook to desired crispiness. Top with agave or your favorite sweetener. Enjoy!


The usual adventures were all generated by my being overtired already and headachy. I needed to take more things to the city than usual: my concert blacks, for the afternoon Messiah, and my choir robe, for church, and two sets of music--the folder for the church anthems and the Messiah score. This required two tote bags, not just one, and so--in the early dawn, because I needed to leave at 7 am--I stuffed the bags and left my choir robe in its usual "home" post-laundry location. However...I drove off without the choir robe, realizing that only a mile away, so the drive back to get it didn't take that long--but did take more time. Still I made it to rehearsal before the first service on time, despite hitting every red light on the way in. I didn't realize--and wouldn't for hours--that although I had stuffed my concert blacks (Chico's wonderful travel knits) in one tote, I had not put in the short-sleeved black turtleneck that goes under the long-sleeved, longish, jacket-y thing that is worn open over the slacks and top. That made for an interesting discovery when I was changing for the concert. (Why, you may wonder, not wear the concert blacks all day? I had another plan, that's why, and it was not a smart plan, in retrospect.) So...we had a decent-sized choir for the first service, and things were going smoothly until the sermon. Now that church does have a number of street people who come to services, as well as out of town visitors from other denominations (there's a hotel right across the street) and sometimes they're vocal at parts of the service where Episcopalians usually aren't, including during the sermon. So the loud "Amen!" and "Hallelujah!" and "Preach it!" were, though not common, not unknown and created no stir. For those unfamiliar with Episcopal services, they follow a predictable order, both through the year and within a given service (it's why we're one of the "liturgical" churches.) After the sermon comes the confession of faith, in the form of the Creed. (From the Latin "credo," "I believe...") The whole congregation recites it together: "We believe in one God..." etc, and for Episcopalians, the Creed remains, as Cranmer wrote centuries ago, the Creed (and not the Bible) is the foundation of Episcopal theology. (Either the Nicene or Apostle's Creed--very similar but not identical)--counts.) This is why the Biblical literalists are so annoyed with us. There's no requirement to believe that every word was divinely inspired and represents absolute truth. So we were a few phrases into it when suddenly the same voice that had shouted out before, shouted out much louder: "Liars! Liars! You're all liars!" There was a moment of stunned silence, and then (with what I consider commendable attention to what's truly important) the recitation continued, as did the accusations, which escalated from there. The person shouting was, from my position in the choir, out of my view unless I turned around (as I did, to check if he was displaying weapons, and then turned back.) He had climbed into one of the window niches. Like some others I talked to, we were praying that he didn't break that window and fall to his death--that window is high over a concrete-paved courtyard and falling backward his head would've burst like a melon. Meanwhile, a quiet but purposeful movement of personnel took place--from my position I could see only part of it without staring. Ushers moved up, clergy not actually speaking (one of the priests was leading the recitation) took the side exit out of the choir area to go help; one of the choir members, a psychiatrist, slipped out also and alerted the downstairs staff to call for backup and told the person in charge of the children's chapel (many children leave during the hymn before the Gospel reading so they don't have to listen to the sermon) not to send the children back until an all-clear.) The man was finally removed from the window niche and carried out, still yelling. I caught a glimpse of that. The service went on, with a prayer offered for his welfare. By the end of the service, the rector had given the whole congregation what information he could--the man calmed down after a few minutes, drank a glass of juice, and admitted he had "episodes." Law enforcement finally arrived with their mental health officer (they had, apparently, told one of the church people on the phone that it wasn't a priority since the man hadn't injured anyone yet) and determined that he did, indeed, have a history of mental illness and was prone to violent outbursts. In the meantime, the choir had sung "This Is the Truth Sent from Above" and the service had gone on to completion. A quick breakfast then, and into second-service rehearsal. In the interval there was discussion, of course. The habit of self-examination reacts to accusations of lack of faith, of dishonesty in matters of faith, with thoughtful internal inquiries...how much of that was true? Might be true? Then the second service (which I'd hoped to skip but there weren't enough altos) and then it was time to get ready for the afternoon Messiah performance (sing-along, at another church, but for me as part of the supporting choir.) I was already tired and craving a nap, but there wasn't time. By the time I got to that church, it was after two, and that's when I discovered the lack of a critical piece of black clothing. Luckily, that church's choir robes are black, so I suited up in one of them. We sang more choruses than we had in the symphony performance...the soloists were excellent, the orchestra was excellent, and the audience a) came and b) nearly all sang and c) most of them knew what they were doing. The music took over, and gave us the energy to keep going until the end. A feature of this particular Sing-Along Messiah tradition is that there's a raffle for a chance to conduct another Hallelujah Chorus at the very end. The winner has to wear David's sweaty coat, and get up on the podium and direct it. Some have done brilliantly. Some have been entered as a lark by friends and haven't a clue. (I found out yesterday that one who had seemed clueless, years ago, was the brother-in-law of one of my alto friends.) In that case, the orchestra and lead choir pretty much ignore the "director" and do it at the usual tempo in the usual way. Yesterday's pick was rigged, however--the vestry and music director of the church where it was held had determined to surprise their rector. He did quite well, though he wasn't looking at the music to cue that big long rest right before the final "Hallelujah" so when everyone stopped he looked around. Quiet, quiet,....we all waited. He finally caught on that he was going to have to cue that entrance, and did so with a big grin. Then some of us stayed to help move things back as they had been in the sanctuary and finally I left with Michael and drove home. To pretty much collapse. Still tired today.
One of the things all churches should have learned--though some still haven't--is that anything that happens elsewhere might happen in church. Hence the need to check out those who work with children, for instance. Even though child sexual abuse in church contexts has been known about for decades, some churches are still sure it's only "those" people who have the problem. Sometimes churches in "nice" areas are sure no problem will ever touch them..."We're not a downtown church..."
Fact is, in our theology (not pushing this on anyone else) there's no source promising us freedom from problems..."Make sure you associate only with nice, problem-free people who are perfectly socially acceptable and agree with you on everything," just does not appear in the Gospels, for instance. So if we do what we're told (feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, care for the sick and those in prison) we're going to be smack in the middle of other peoples' troubles, and at risk (that modern term!) of spillover.
My dad learned the hard way that 'nice' churches are often the targets of crime. He left his car unlocked one Sunday, and got a lot of stuff stolen from his car- along with everyone else who'd left their cars unlocked.
That church got security the following week.
Churches have learned not to leave offices unlocked (ditto with the thefts) and nobody should leave their car unlocked in any parking lot.
The church where I sing is a 'downtown' church, and the one where the Messiah was (where I'm actually a member) is partway out (no longer the edge of the city as it once was) but on a bus line. Both of them provide some accommodation for the homeless, particularly in severe weather, and that requires (besides a lot of volunteer help) additional security to prevent the sort of problems that arise with homeless persons who are scared, angry, physically and mentally ill, etc.
I'm glad your adventure ended the way it did.
It was interesting, I thought, that my first look was to see if the guy was armed, and I could feel, as if the attention had been little flares, that every other military vet in the church was going the same thing (confirmed afterwards with one in the choir.) My head went immediately into "possible emergency action required" mode. So did the other guy's. So did (unless I'm crazier than the guy who yelled at us) at least two dozen other people in the congregation. I could point to where they were sitting.
Interesting what even a short, non-violent stint in the service can do for you.
Short and non-violent or not, thank you for your service to our country.
I live seven miles from Fort Lewis and McChord AFB here in Washington state, and I have observed the sorts of reactions you describe in the library where I used to work, on more than one occasion when we've had trouble.
That's one of many things I love about our theology. The Creed is another, and the liturgy another.
My church is an inner city church. I haven't witnessed anything as extreme as this, but we've had our moments.


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Sheila MacRae Obituary
Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Sheila MacRae, actress-singer who was on '60s 'Honeymooners,' dies at 92
Sheila MacRae, 92, a versatile actress and singer who performed in a popular 1950s nightclub act with her husband, Gordon MacRae, and appeared opposite Jackie Gleason in his late '60s revival of "The Honeymooners," died Thursday night at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors Fund in Englewood, N.J. She had undergone surgery a few weeks ago and had apparently been recovering well until this week, said her daughter, actress Heather MacRae.
Throughout the '50s, MacRae and her husband, a baritone who starred in the movie musicals "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel," entertained audiences in ritzy venues such as Manhattan, Las Vegas and Los Angeles and on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other television variety programs. They sang solo and in duets, and she impersonated celebrities in sketch comedy scenes.
MacRae assumed the role of Alice Kramden, wife of Gleason's bus-driver character Ralph in "The Honeymooners" sketches, on the comic's hit CBS-TV comedy-variety show in 1966. Audrey Meadows originated the role in 1952.
She was born Sheila Stephens in Middlesex County, England, on Sept. 24, 1921, said her daughter. In the early days of World War II, she immigrated to the United States with her family and they settled on New York's Long Island. She got her first taste of acting at the Millpond Playhouse in Roslyn, N.Y.
She married Gordon MacRae in 1941 and they had four children — Meredith, Heather, Gar and Robert Bruce — before divorcing in 1967. Gordon MacRae died in 1986.
A second marriage to producer Ronald Wayne ended in divorce. Her daughter Meredith, an actress who played Billie Jo on the '60s TV sitcom "Petticoat Junction," died in 2000. Her son Bruce died in 2010.
MacRae made many TV guest appearances including variety and game shows like "What's My Line?" and "The Hollywood Squares" in the '60s and the weekly series "Parenthood" and "Murder, She Wrote" in the '90s. She also had some film roles and acted in stage productions.
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