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What's New on Netflix Canada This Week: April 3rd, 2020
by Jacob Robinson @JRobinsonWoN on April 3, 2020, 5:00 pm EST
Braveheart is now available to stream on Netflix Canada
The past week has been one of the busiest on Netflix Canada in an extremely long time. With the addition of 160 new titles added to the library, you have an extravagant selection of new movies and tv shows to watch right now. Here's what's new on Netflix Canada this week for April 3rd, 2020.
First of all, here are the past week's top highlights:
If you can cast aside the historical inaccuracies then Braveheart is a truly great film and is arguably the best film of Mel Gibson's directorial career, and some may say his acting career too.
After the death of his wife, William Wallace rebels against the tyrant king of England, Edward Longshanks, and to reclaim the freedom of Scotland.
The 90s belonged to Tom Hanks, having starred in some truly incredible roles throughout the decade, earning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role two years in a row. The second of his awards was thanks to his incredible performance in Forrest Gump, one of the most beloved films of the era.
Forrest Gump is not a smart man but he has a heart of gold. While waiting for his bus he recounts his life to one of many strangers that pass him by. From his time as a child with a brace to correct his curved spine, a college football star and time served in Vietnam, Forrest Gump has lived through it all. But the one thing that weighs on his mind most is his love and childhood friend, the troubled Jenny.
How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Limited Series N
One of the biggest scandals in US history arose in 2013 when it was revealed that drug lab chemist Sonja Farak had been tampering with evidence. As the investigation into her tampering delved deeper it was soon revealed that she had been using the drugs she had been tasked with testing.
Here Are All the Latest Additions to Netflix Canada This Week
130 New Movies Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
21 Grams (2003)
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
A truthful Mother (2019)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Agneepath (1990)
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Anger Management (2003)
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Bee Movie (2007)
Before I Fall (2017)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Braveheart (1995)
Breathe (2017)
Bugsy (1991)
Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan (2012)
Cofee & Kareem (2020) N
Dapne & Velma (2018)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Dear Eleanor (2016)
Death Race (2008)
Dostana (2008)
Dune (1984)
Duniya (1984)
Europa Report (2013)
Far from Heaven (2002)
Flight (2012)
For Richer or Poorer (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Friendship (1980)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013)
Gosford Park (2001)
Grease (1978)
Gumrah (1993)
Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Kaal (2005)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Kabhi Khusji Kabhie Gham (2001)
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2019)
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Kuch Kuch Hoto Hai (1998)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Little Children (2006)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Magic Mike (2012)
Magnificent (2015)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Megamind (2010)
Mighty Raju Rio Calling (2014)
Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
Monster House (2006)
Mostly Sunny (2016)
Muqaddar ka Faisla (1987)
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
Over the Hedge (2006)
Paharganj (2019)
Pineapple Express (2008)
Puss in Boots (2011)
Rango (2011)
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Rogue Warfare (2019)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
SETHUM AAYIRAM PON (2020)
Sex Drive (2008)
Shark Tale (2004)
She's Out of My League (2010)
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South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
Spy Game (2001)
Step Brothers (2008)
Sunrise in Heaven (2019)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Condemned 2 (2015)
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Dictator (2012)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
The Musketeer (2001)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
The Skulls (2000)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Watcher (2000)
Their Finest (2016)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Transformer: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Turtle Tale (2018)
Undercover Brother (2002)
Ungli (2014)
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)
Waiting (2005)
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
White Chicks (2004)
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (2017)
20 New TV Shows Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Akbar Birbal: 1 Season
Bal Ganesh: Season 1
Chip and Potato: Season 2
Community: 6 Seasons
Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood: 1 Season
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!: Season 1
Man Like Mobeen: Season 3
Money Heist: Season 4 N
Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon: 3 Seasons
Rugal: Season 1 N
Saint Seiya: 6 Seasons
Sid the Science Kid: 1 Season
Space Racers: 1 Season
Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy: Part 1 N
Starbeam: Season 1 N
The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show: Season 1 N
The Windsors: Season 3
Tree House Tales: 1 Season
Well-Intended Love: Season 2 N
Yu-Gi-Oh!: 3 Seasons
5 New Docuseries and Documentaries Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020) N
Operation Odessa (2018)
Through My Father's Eyes: The Ronda Rousey Story (2019)
Sunderland 'Til I Die: 2 Seasons N
3 New Reality Series Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
MeatEater: 2 Seasons N
Nailed It!: Season 4 N
The Great Canadian Baking Show: 2 Seasons
2 Stand Up Specials Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2020)
David Batra: Elefanten i rummet (2020) N
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Theme of this years congress was "We want to be at the table and not on the menu".
After a warm welcome by our patient advocate Peter Kapitein and by our host the Dutch Central Bank we listened to a very impressive patient story by Jason van der Burgt. He showed us how important our fight against cancer is. We also had a very inspiring presentation by Teus Kappen (UMC Utrecht) & Tjebbe Tauber, patient advocate. War stories of a data scientist in healthcare .. ask the right questions, get the right data, and most importantly: work together. And we enjoyed the talk of Jan Kimpen of Philips about how the patient can benefit from the industry as enabler. Catering for the needs of patients is key. After that we enjoyed a lovely dinner with all participants.
Photo and video impression of day 1..
Our lovely Patient Advocate Piarella welcomed us on the second day of our Annual Congress. Then Barbara Moss shared her patient story "Doctor, please get personal with me!"with us. Rob Pieters from the Princess Maxima Center talked about the importance of organizing innovative pediatric cancer care and research.
Our Patient Advocate Peter talked about how much we learned from Aids activists. Evidence alone is not enough, lobby is also important. Together we can make a difference. Stephen Friend spoke to us about navigating between health and disease, and how technology can help us!
In the Rapid Fire Talks some very powerful messages came across. Robert Greene is working on a solution to have food tasting better as a cancer patient himself. How food alteration can bring everyone to the table. Giliam Kuipers is developing MedGezel, to get patients help with listening, helping and learning. And have this done by future doctors. Margreet Balder tells about how she as a patients is now as a therapist making people aware of their inner strength and connect with their bodies.
Colin McGuckin wanted to be a cancer researchers since he was 14. After an interesting career he now prints skins for cosmetics to fund cancer research. But also prints tumors to screen the right therapy. Sandy Krijnen asked her own body what lifestyle she needs after not being able to walk anymore. She is working on building a lifestyle house to link treatments and therapy and help people get better.
Maureen Visscher tell how the story of her father being diagnosed with cancer resulted in a search for solutions. That's how her family found out about surgery without incision. Pouya Zarchin ended the Rapid Fire talks and tells how he came to the Netherlands because they were not safe anymore in their own country.
In het afternoon we went out in the city and used the locations as an analogy and inspiration for our conversation on what is possible and what can be done.
Photo and video impression of day 2..
Piarella kicks off the last day of our congress. We all had a moment of silence for all those patients advocates and all those other people that lost their fight to cancer. That's why it's so important to go on. Never ever quit!
We want our health and we want it now! was a great great talk from Natjaja Frank from the Medical University of Vienna. Human rights lawyer Jaykumar Menon from the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law talked to us about open source pharma and addressing the problem of low-revenue diseases. Affordable medicines for all!
Patient advocate Herman kicked off our working sessions. We want to have a solid basis for our lobby agenda and we worked on 4 topics together with all participants. Those topics were prevention, diagnostics, treatments, and aftercare. We will work on the great outcome of the working session.
Last but not least, we awarded Stephen Friend, Wanda de Kanter and Pauline Dekker with the Patient Advocate Hero of Cancer Award. The awards were given for their merits to put patients first. Read all about the Hero of Cancer awards..


The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that The New York Times has won the 2013 Media Eclipse Award in the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category for "The Jockey," an in depth profile of Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze, which appeared on the Times' website on August 13, 2013.
Written and narrated by Barry Bearak, the story offered a multi-media presentation about the world of Russell Baze, the Bay Area jockey with the most victories in the sport's history. Utilizing a full array of video, photography, music and printed text to support the story, "The Jockey" was sectioned into eight chapters encompassing the full range of the racing experience, including: race riding, the morning routine, the extended Baze family, injuries, Baze's venture on the Southern California circuit, the role of Baze's agent, Ray Harris, the horseplayers at Golden Gate Fields and Baze's 50,000th mount.
In a revealing first chapter, Baze had a tiny camera inserted into his goggles before a race at Golden Gate, which provided a jockey's eye view of race riding from gate break to wire. The video is accentuated with Baze's descriptions of his strategy and tactics used in two races filmed by the Times.
Bearak, who lives in Pelham, N.Y., has been with the Times since 1997. Before joining the sports department, he was a foreign correspondent for the paper and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2002 for his coverage of the War in Afghanistan.
In this collaborative effort on "The Jockey," in addition to Bearak, the presentation was produced by Xaquin G.V., Graham Roberts, R. Smith, Catherine Spangler and Josh Williams; with images from Chang W. Lee and photo editing by Becky Lebowitz Hanger; copy editing by Victor Mather; music composition from Thomas Gamble, and additional reporting and video by Shan Carter, Mike Bostock and Peter DaSilva. The project was overseen by sports editor Jason Stallman and associate managing editor for visualization Steve Duenes.
Honorable mention in the Audio and Multi-Media Internet category went to "Jay Hovdey: Migliore Shares Secrets of Quirky Turf Sprint," about the downhill turf course at Santa Anita Park, which appeared on drf.com on October 30, 2013. The entry was produced by Dave Renard with Jay Hovdey as writer and video host; filming and editing by Nathan Murphy and Lou Monaco, and photography by Barbara Livingston. Judges in this category were John Lee, multi-media producer; Brian Nadeau of Horseplayer Now and Julie Sarno, writer and turf publicist.


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REVIEW: HTC Made The Best Android Phone ... Again
Steve Kovach
Last year, HTC made the best Android phone in the world, the HTC One.
Tech reviewers like me couldn't say enough nice things about the One. At last, someone had built a device that rivaled the iPhone in beauty and build quality. The design and reader's choice awards piled up. HTC had a real winner on its hands.
Unfortunately, relatively no one bought it. In the year since the original One launched, HTC saw its market share drop as customers chose Samsung phones and iPhones instead.
Still, the company is pushing forward with a new model of the HTC One that launched this week. The new HTC One has a bunch of incremental improvements over last year's version, like a bigger screen, improved camera, and a tweaked design. Again, this year's One is a beautiful device, and after spending a few days with it, I think HTC can once again keep its title as the best Android phone-maker.
You can buy the HTC One now for about $199 with a two-year contract through most carriers. It costs $649 without a contract.
Smartphones are very personal devices. They're always with you, either in your pocket, on your desk, or in your hand. Like a piece of clothing or jewelry, the device you choose makes a personal statement about you. When I'm ready to drop $600 or more on a phone, I want to make sure I'm getting something that looks good in addition to being functional.
Besides the iPhone, I think the HTC One is the only device that accomplishes that. I've tested dozens and dozens of Android phones over the years, but so far, HTC is the only manufacturer I've seen that's been able to match Apple's devices in beauty and build quality.
It's the same story with this year's HTC One. The body is almost all metal and comes in three colors: silver, dark gray, or gold. I think the gold model looks tacky, but the silver and gray versions are really nice. Because of all that metal, the One is a lot heavier than other phones with similar-sized screens. It's also significantly thicker than the iPhone. But HTC added nice curves to the device, so it's still easy to hold in your hand. It's also much lighter than it looks.
I have one minor gripe with the design: HTC stuck the power button at the top of the phone, which is kind of difficult to reach on a large 5-inch device unless you have Shaq-sized hands. HTC's solution for that is letting you switch on the device by swiping or double tapping the screen, but you still have to stretch to reach the power button and switch it off. Samsung and other Android makers put the power button on the side of their big screen devices, which I think is a much better solution.
Overall though, the new HTC One is just as drool-worthy as the original.
All that beauty is pointless unless the phone works well, too. The One is your standard Android device, but HTC layered some special features on top of all the goodies Google normally offers.
The most notable addition is the second camera on the back, which is used as a depth sensor to shift the focus. If you've ever seen a Lytro camera, you're probably familiar with the process. The dual cameras can focus on multiple objects at once when you snap a photo. After that, you have to go into the photo editor and double tap the part of the image you want to focus on.
Here's a portrait I took of my colleague Jillian. Notice how the One is able to blur out everything in the background thanks to the the secondary camera. If I wanted to, I could blur her out and focus on something in the background instead.
It works pretty well, but I don't see many people taking advantage of the feature. I care more about being able to take good photos quickly, which the One is more than capable of doing. Photos didn't look as good as they did on my iPhone 5S, but they're good enough. I also liked the new camera interface, which makes it easy to switch between shooting modes. And yes, there's a selfie mode.
Another major part of the HTC One is BlinkFeed, an app that lives on the home screen and pulls in news from social networks and several major news outlets, sort of like Flipboard. BlinkFeed originally debuted on last year's One phone, but has a cleaner look this year. It also syncs with some other third-party apps like Foursquare and the FitBit fitness tracker. BlinkFeed used to be the default home screen on the One phone, but you now have to swipe over from the home screen to view it, which I think is a good decision. I care more about getting to my favorite apps than reading the news when I switch on my phone.
HTC also made a clever case for the One called Dot View, which flips over the screen and lets you view incoming notifications. When you slip on a Dot View cover, the One's screen adapts and lets your notifications shine through dozens of tiny holes punched through the cover. It sort of looks like a Lite Brite toy. You can also double tap the cover to get a quick look at the time, weather, and missed notifications. The Dot View cover is clever and cute, but probably not worth the extra $49 HTC sells it for.
Finally, buying an HTC One comes with a big advantage that other Android phone-makers haven't been able to match yet: the guarantee that you get the latest and greatest software updates for two years. Rivals like Samsung and LG tend to abandon major software updates for their devices whenever a new phone comes out, but HTC says it'll update last year's One with the same software the new model is getting. That's impressive.
If you want an Android phone, the HTC One should be the first phone you consider. It looks and feels better than its closest Android competitors, and can handle all the stuff you care about.
Still, if you're on the fence, you may want to hold out a few more days for Samsung's Galaxy S5, which launches April 11.
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[2018-09-03 13:41:03] - TRADE : From Colorado Avalanche to St-Louis Blues : Mike Fisher.
[2019-03-10 05:40:26] Auto Lines Partial Function has been run for Rampage.
[2019-03-10 05:40:26] Auto Roster Farm Only Function has been run for St. Louis Blues.
[2019-03-09 05:40:17] Mackenzie Skapski from Rampage is back from Exhaustion.
[2019-03-07 10:21:37] Auto Lines Partial Function has been run for Rampage.
[2019-03-05 10:16:34] Taylor Leier from Rampage is back from Right Hand Injury.
[2019-03-04 11:49:03] Game 839 - Taylor Leier from Rampage is injured (Right Hand) and is out for 3 days.
[2019-03-02 14:06:42] Daniel Sedin from St. Louis Blues has scored a Hat Trick!


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Сергій Степанович Понізник (; *10 травня 1942, Бобишки, Міорський район, Вітебська область, Білорусь) — білоруський поет, журналіст, перекладач. Колишній чоловік білоруської поетеси Євгенії Яніщиць.

Життєпис
Народився в селянській родині в селі Бобишки Міорського району Вітебської області, Білорусь.

Закінчив Могильовське медичне училище (1962), журналістський факультет Львівського вищого військово-політичного училища (1967).

З 1967 — військовий журналіст.

З 1977 працював в газеті , з 1980 — редактор видавництва , одночасно в 1992-1994 — в Національному науково-просвітницькому центрі імені Ф. Скорини, в 1996-1999 — вчений секретар Літературного музею Я. Купали.

Створив два етнографічних музеї — в Верхньодвінському і Міорському районах Вітебської області.

Літературна творчість

Почав публікуватися з 1959.

 «Кастро Купалля» (1967)
 «Палявая пошта» (1972)
 «Крона надзеі» (1975)
 «Чало и століття» (1979)
 «Слова на дабридзень» (1982)
 «Мацярик» (1984)
 «Стирно» (1989)
 «А пісар земскі …» (1994)
 «Сустреча роднасних сусветаў» (1997)

Книги для дітей

 «Адкуль вясёлка п'є Ваду» (1981)
 «Жицень» (1986)
 «Ми — грамацеі» (1989)
 «Золкая зёлка» (1999)

Публіцистика

 «Пасли вогненним вёсак …» (1980)
 «Браніслава» (1985)
 «Освейское трагедія» (1990)

Вийшла книга перекладів Панізніка поезії народів світу білоруську мовою «Сустрэча роднасных сусветаў» (1997).

Нагороди та відзнаки
Нагороджений латвійським Орденом Трьох Зірок і білоруською медаллю Франциска Скорини.

Посилання
 Панізнік Сяргей

Джерела
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--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2014 WL 2766110 (Cal.App. 4 Dist.), 14 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6685
(Cite as: 2014 WL 2766110 (Cal.App. 4 Dist.))
Court of Appeal,
Fourth District, Division 2, California.
IN RE I.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.
San Bernardino County Children and Family Services, Plaintiff and Respondent,
M.P., Defendant and Appellant.
Filed June 17, 2014
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Cheryl C. Kersey, Judge. Affirmed. (Super. Ct. No. J239345)
Pamela Rae Tripp, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Jean-Rene Basle, County Counsel, and Jeffrey L. Bryson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
RAMIREZ, P.J.
*1 On appeal, defendant and appellant M.P. (Mother) contends that the juvenile court erred in terminating her parental rights as to her seven-year-old son, I.P. (the child), because the child is an Indian child (see 25 U.S.C. s 1903(4); Welf. & Inst.Code s 224.1, subd. (a)),FN1 and the juvenile court failed to follow the required statutory procedures regarding tribal customary adoptions. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the juvenile court's orders.
FN1. All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The child came to the attention of the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (CFS) in June 2011 when the child and his seven-year-old half-sister, A.G. (the children), were found walking by themselves down a busy street in Barstow. Law enforcement responded and the children led the officers to their home. The officers found the front door to be wide open and Mother and several other people asleep inside. The home was dirty, cluttered, and contained very little edible food for the children. The officers also found smoke pipes and small bags of marijuana and methamphetamine throughout the home. Mother admitted to using marijuana and methamphetamine on a daily basis.
The children were very hungry and dirty-their home did not have hot water. The child looked pale and bony, his eyes appeared weak, and he met the growth weight standard for failure to thrive. Mother was arrested on child endangerment charges and the children were taken into protective custody. FN2 The children repeatedly reported that they wanted to go to the home of their maternal aunt, S.D. (Aunt).FN3 Following a relative assessment, the children were placed with Aunt and her husband. Aunt has 4/4 Navajo blood and is a member of the Navajo Nation.
FN2. The whereabouts of the child's father, R.H. (Father), were initially unknown; a search later revealed that Father was in state prison. Mother also had another child, L.E. L.E.'s paternal grandparents have had guardianship of this child since she was two years old. This appeal does not involve the child's half-siblings, A.G. and L.E.
FN3. Aunt reported that in 2008 she had the children in her care because Mother was "greatly neglecting" the children's needs.
On June 13, 2011, CFS filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (b) [failure to protect] and (g) [no provision for support], alleging that the child, age four, came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. A petition was also filed as to the child's half-sister, who had a different father. The petition alleged that the child had suffered or was at a substantial risk of suffering serious physical harm or illness due to Mother's substance abuse, failure to adequately supervise and protect the child, failure to bathe the child, the child's failure to thrive, and the living conditions in the home. Regarding the allegation that the child had been left without any provision for support, the petition alleged that Mother was arrested and incarcerated for child endangerment and that Father's whereabouts were unknown.
*2 At the detention hearing held on June 14, 2011, the juvenile court found a prima facie case showing that the child came within section 300, and that continuing to allow the child to remain in the home of the parent was contrary to the child's welfare. The court ordered the child and his half-sister maintained in Aunt's home. Mother reported that the children's maternal grandmother was American Indian, specifically from the Navajo Tribe.
CFS filed a jurisdiction/disposition report on June 30, 2011. CFS recommended that the allegations in the petition be found true and that Mother be provided with reunification services, but that no services be provided to Father because he was found to be an alleged father. CFS noted that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) does or may apply. Mother was in agreement with the children being placed in Aunt's home.
A court-ordered mediation hearing was held on July 28, 2011. At that time, Mother submitted to the allegations in the petition. In addition, as to disposition, CFS and Mother agreed to a case plan to include individual counseling, parenting classes, substance abuse treatment, random drug testing, and a 12-Step program.
On August 3, 2011, CFS provided ICWA notices to the Colorado River Tribal Council tribes, the Navajo Nation tribes, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The jurisdictional/dispositional hearing was held on August 5, 2011. Mother waived her rights and submitted the petition on the social worker's reports. The juvenile court sustained the petition, declared the child and his half-sister A.G. dependents of the court, and adopted CFS's recommendations. Specifically, the court continued the child and A.G. in the home of Aunt, ordered reunification services as to Mother and A.G.'s father, and denied reunification services as to the child's father.
On August 16, 2011, the Navajo Nation (the Tribe) responded indicating the child and A.G. were eligible for membership and the Tribe was intervening. The Tribe also noted that it had assigned an ICWA social worker who worked with the Navajo Children and Family Services to the case. The Tribe requested documents related to the case and copies of the children's birth certificates, social security cards, medical records, and school records. CFS provided the requested documents to the ICWA social worker. The court found that ICWA did apply.
Mother was making progress in her court-ordered case plan, and by the six-month review hearing CFS recommended continuing Mother's reunification services. The child and A.G. had adjusted well to their relative placement, and appeared comfortable, with no emotional or developmental concerns. The children were thriving in Aunt's home, and had developed a "strong bond" with Aunt. Aunt was committed to giving the children a safe and nurturing home until the children could return to Mother. Aunt had also developed a bond with the children; she was "protective ... and genuinely concerned about their welfare"; and was observed to be "loving and patient with the children." The concurrent plan for the children was legal guardianship with Aunt.
CFS notified the Tribe that a review hearing was scheduled for February 6, 2012, and that CFS was recommending "No change in orders, services, placement, custody, or status." There is no indication in the record that the Tribe responded to this notice or attended the review hearing.
At the February 6, 2012 six-month review, the juvenile court adopted CFS's recommendations, continuing reunification services. The court also authorized Mother to have liberalized and unsupervised visits with the children. However, a few months later, Mother's visits reverted back to supervised after she tested positive for amphetamines and admitted to being under the influence of drugs at the last unsupervised visit.
*3 In July, CFS notified the Tribe that the next review hearing was set for August 6, 2012, and that CFS intended to recommend Mother's services be terminated.
On July 11, 2012, CFS Social Worker Joanne Watts (SW Watts) signed a form that checked a box next to the following preprinted language: "[I.P.] is an Indian child and termination of parental rights would not be in the best interest of the child due to substantial interference with the child's connection to his/her tribal community or tribal membership rights, or the tribe has identified guardianship, long term foster care with a fit and willing relative or other planned permanent living arrangement for the child."
CFS filed its 12-month review report on August 6, 2012. CFS recommended the juvenile court terminate reunification services as to Mother and set a hearing pursuant to section 366.26 to establish a permanent plan of legal guardianship for the child.FN4 A month after Mother completed her outpatient substance abuse program she relapsed and began using again. She also missed several of her drug testing appointments, was arrested, and was inappropriate during visits. It was unknown how long Mother could remain sober. The children were still placed with Aunt and her husband and were doing well.
FN4. As to A.G., CFS recommended that she be continued in Aunt's home and that her father continue to receive reunification services.
The 12-month review hearing was continued to December 10, 2012, for Mother's contest. There is no indication in the record that the Tribe attended the August 6, 2012 review hearing.
By the December 10, 2012 18-month-review hearing, Mother had made substantial progress in her case plan and CFS recommended that the children be returned to Mother on family maintenance services. On November 20, 2012, CFS mailed the Tribe a notice of the 18-month review hearing.FN5 The juvenile court adopted CFS's recommendations and returned the children to Mother's home. There is no indication in the record that the Tribe responded to this notice or attended the December 10, 2012 hearing.
FN5. The notice also included the social worker's new recommendation of returning the children to Mother on family maintenance.
However, by January 2013, Mother had relapsed and was using marijuana and methamphetamine, and she was arrested on March 21, 2013. Additionally, there were new allegations that Mother had physically abused the child and had instructed the children to lie about how the child sustained his injuries. When the social worker visited the children's school, the social worker noticed the child's eyelid to be swollen and he had bruising on the left side of his face. The child initially reported that he fell off a scooter, but then stated Mother had hit him after she became angry at him. The children were taken into protective custody and placed with A.G.'s paternal aunt S.G.
On March 27, 2013, CFS filed a petition under sections 342 (subsequent) and 387 (supplemental). The children were formally detained on March 28, 2013, and maintained with S.G.
In a jurisdictional/dispositional report for the subsequent/supplemental petition, CFS recommended no reunification services for Mother. Mother continued to abuse drugs and had failed to sustain sobriety, resulting in her arrests and abuse of the child. Mother had been released from jail on March 22, 2012, but was arrested again on April 11 for violating her probation.
*4 The contested jurisdictional/dispositional hearing on the subsequent/supplemental petition was held on May 2, 2013. Mother was present but in custody of the county jail. The juvenile court sustained the petition, declared the child a dependent of the court, and maintained him in the home of S.G. Mother was denied reunification services pursuant to section 361.5, subdivision (b)(13) (chronic substance abuse), and the court set a section 366.26 permanency planning hearing for the child.FN6
FN6. A.G.'s dependency case was dismissed with a family law order in favor of her father, F.G.
CFS filed its section 366.26 report on November 5, 2013. CFS had made several attempts to contact the Tribe ICWA social worker. After the child was removed in March 2013, CFS had also been in contact with an ICWA expert, Phil Powers, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. CFS had informed the Tribe that it was recommending adoption by Aunt with termination of parental rights and had faxed a copy of the 366.26 report to the Tribe. CFS also informed the Tribe that the child was placed with a relative caregiver, Aunt, who is a Tribe member. The Tribe had not yet provided CFS with any feedback and the ICWA expert indicated he would be providing a report to the court.FN7
FN7. CFS had received a letter from the Tribe ICWA social worker on May 1, 2013, stating the child was a quarter degree Navajo Indian blood, and had enclosed a copy of the Certificate of Navajo Indian Blood with the child's roll number.
Mother was released from jail on July 28, 2013. She continued to use drugs and was purportedly pregnant. On July 23, 2013, the child was returned to the home of Aunt and her husband (relative caregivers). The relative caregivers desired to adopt the child and provide him with a permanent home. The child had previously been in his relative caregiver's home for about 18 months when he was initially detained in June 2011. The relative caregivers were committed to caring for the child and adopting him. They had known the child all his life and had developed a strong and loving relationship with the child. The child viewed his relative caregivers as his parental figures and had a strong attachment to them. The child wanted his relative caregivers to adopt him.
On November 12, 2013, ICWA expert Powers submitted his declaration and report. In his declaration, Powers noted his expertise, qualifications, education, tribal affiliation, training, and the background of this case. After reviewing the relevant documents in this case and interviewing the social worker, a Tribe member, and Aunt on various occasions, Powers concluded that "[a]ctive efforts [had] been made to provide rehabilitative and remedial services to prevent the breakup of this Indian Family" and that returning the child to Mother's care would cause the child to suffer serious physical and emotional harm.
On November 13, 2013, Mother filed a section 388 petition to modify the court order based on her progress in various programs. Mother requested that the child be returned to her care or that reunification services be reinstated and visitation liberalized. CFS filed an opposition, noting the child had become very bonded to his relative caretakers and had adjusted well to the nurturing environment and stability of the home. CFS also noted that Mother had completed programs while incarcerated and programs as required by her probation. However, Mother had not provided any documents addressing her substance abuse and her probation officer believed that Mother was avoiding drug testing.
*5 A section 366.26 hearing and a hearing on Mother's section 388 petition were held on December 9, 2013. Mother was present and the ICWA social worker appeared telephonically. After the ICWA social worker twice indicated that she could not hear what was going on, the court stated: "You know what we're going to do is we're going to disconnect the call, and if you want to appear in this department, you're going to have to drive here. You're interrupting court proceedings at this point." The ICWA social worker replied, "Okay. Thank you." It appears the call was then disconnected.
The juvenile court then heard and denied Mother's section 388 petition. The court thereafter proceeded to the section 366.26 hearing. Following Mother's testimony and argument from counsel, the juvenile court found that the child was adoptable and terminated parental rights.FN8 The court also found that CFS had complied "with the noticing requirements" of ICWA and that CFS had "made active efforts to prevent the breakup of this family that has Indian heritage within the meaning of [the] ICWA."
FN8. Counsel for CFS noted that the Tribe "concurred with the Department's recommendation." After being advised by CFS counsel that ICWA expert Powers had reviewed the section 388 petition and that his position was unchanged, Mother's counsel waived the right to have Powers in court to testify in person.
Mother subsequently filed a timely notice of appeal.
Mother argues that the juvenile court committed reversible error when it failed to order a "tribal customary adoption" report before it terminated her parental rights as required by the ICWA, the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the California Rules of Court.FN9 County counsel responds that Mother forfeited this issue and that an assessment report was not required to address the option of tribal customary adoption (TCA). In the alternative, county counsel claims any error was harmless.
FN9. All further rule references are to the California Rules of Court.
A. TCA Procedures
A " ' tribal customary adoption' " is an "adoption by and through the tribal custom, traditions, or law of an Indian child's tribe," which does not require termination of parental rights. (s 366.24, subd. (a)(1).) TCA "is an alternative to a standard adoption and protects both the Tribe's and the child's interests in maintaining tribal membership by formalizing an adoption by an individual selected by the Tribe without terminating parental rights." (In re A.M. (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 339, 348, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537 (A.M.).) TCA has been an alternative placement plan for Indian children in California since July of 2010. (See In re H.R. (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 751, 759, 145 Cal.Rptr.3d 782 (H.R.).) The Legislature provided for TCA's in part because " 'termination of parental rights can disrupt the child's ability to be a full member of the tribe or participate fully in tribal life.' " (H.R., supra, at p. 761, 145 Cal.Rptr.3d 782.) In a TCA, the adoptive parents may be ordered to provide the child with opportunities to participate in tribal culture. (See id. at p. 757, 145 Cal.Rptr.3d 782.)
"Section 366.24 sets forth the procedures to institute a TCA. First, the assessment report for the selection and implementation hearing must address the TCA option. (ss 366.21, subd. (i)(1)(H), 366.24, subd. (b).) If the Tribe decides that TCA is the appropriate alternative, the Tribe or its designee conducts a home study prior to approval of the TCA placement, including a check of the Child Abuse Central Index and state and federal criminal background checks. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(1), (2), & (3).) This assessment and the TCA order from the Tribe should be completed prior to the selection and implementation hearing and the TCA order should be filed with the court prior to the selection and implementation hearing. (ss 366.21, subd. (i)(1)(H), 366.24, subd. (c)(6).) However, if it is not and the Tribe has identified TCA as the desired permanent placement plan, the juvenile court may continue the selection and implementation hearing for up to 120 days to permit the Tribe to complete the process for TCA and file the TCA order with the juvenile court. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(6).) The juvenile court has discretion to continue the hearing for an additional 60 days to complete the TCA process. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(6).) At the selection and implementation hearing the parties may present evidence to the Tribe on the TCA and the minor's best interest. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(7).) Once the juvenile court affords full faith and credit to the TCA order the child is eligible for TCA placement. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(8).) After the order has been afforded full faith and credit, the TCA parents file an adoption petition. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(12).) Following required reports to the court, a period of supervision and a final decree of adoption, the TCA parents have the same rights as any other adoptive parent and the court terminates jurisdiction over the child. (s 366.24, subd. (c)(12), (13) & (14).)" (A.M., supra, 215 Cal.App.4th at p. 348, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.)
*6 "At the section 366.26 hearing, the juvenile court must find that 'the agency consulted with the child's tribe and the tribe was actively involved in the development of the case plan and plan for permanent placement, including consideration of whether tribal customary adoption is an appropriate permanent plan for the child....' (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.725(d)(8)(C).) If the court finds that the agency did not consult with the child's tribe, it 'must order the agency to consult with the tribe, unless the court finds that the tribe is unable, unavailable, or unwilling to participate.' (Rule 5.725(d)(8)(D).)" (In re G.C. (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 1391, 1398, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826 (G.C.); see s 366.24, subd. (f) [requiring Judicial Council to "adopt rules of court ... to implement tribal customary adoption as a permanent plan for dependent Indian children"].)
B. Failure to Comply With Statutory Procedures
Mother argues that reversal is required because the juvenile court when it set the section 366.26 hearing did not order an assessment of a TCA pursuant to section 366.24. (See ss 366.21, subd. (i)(1)(H), 366.24, subd. (b).) However, Mother forfeited this argument by failing to assert it in the juvenile court. ( G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1398-1399, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826 [father forfeited argument that court did not consider appropriateness of TCA as the minor's permanent plan]; see also In re Urayna L. (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 883, 885-886, 89 Cal.Rptr.2d 437; In re Lorenzo C. (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 1330, 1339, 63 Cal.Rptr.2d 562.)
But even if the contention had not been forfeited, any failure to address TCA was harmless.
Two published cases have considered similar claims. In A.M., supra, 215 Cal.App.4th 339, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537, the tribe contended on appeal that "TCA was not addressed in any of the assessments for the selection and implementation hearing." (Id. at p. 350, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.) At the initial selection and implementation hearing, the trial court had ordered a guardianship and had given the tribe the opportunity to consider TCA. (Id. at p. 342, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.) However, by the time of the second selection and implementation hearing, the tribe had not taken any action to initiate a TCA. (Id. at p. 343, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.)
On appeal, the court found that "[b]ecause there was no tribal order for TCA before it, the juvenile court had no choice but to consider the traditional alternatives for permanent plans. [Citation.]" (A.M., supra, 215 Cal.App.4th at pp. 349-350, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.) The court emphasized that "the initial decision whether to pursue TCA must come from the tribe." (Id. at p. 350, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.) The appellate court rejected the tribe's contention that the Department and the juvenile court were responsible for the "failure to achieve a TCA." (Ibid.) Although the TCA law was new at the time of the dependency proceedings, "the Tribe was well aware that the alternative existed at the time of the first selection and implementation hearing." (Ibid.) Since the record showed that "the TCA option" had been discussed by the parties, including the tribe, "[a]ny error in failing to include TCA in the assessment" was harmless. (Id. at p. 351, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537.)
In G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th 1391, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826, the father presented similar claims of error as in this case. He complained that "the selection and implementation report did not indicate the Department had consulted with the Tribe about tribal customary adoption and did not address the option of tribal customary adoption. And the juvenile court did not find the Department had consulted with the Tribe about tribal customary adoption, did not order the Department to do so, and did not consider the appropriateness of tribal customary adoption as a permanent plan." (Id. at p. 1398, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.)
The G.C. court found the father's claims were forfeited by his failure to object during the juvenile court proceedings, but it also found that any error was harmless. (G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at p. 1399, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.) In that case, the mother had Native American heritage, but the father did not, and the child had been placed in a " 'Designated Indian Home.' " (Id. at p. 1395, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.) By the time of the selection and implementation hearing, the mother intended to relinquish her parental rights. Although the tribe initially did not support termination of parental rights, it informed the juvenile court that in light of the mother's intent to relinquish, it did support adoption and termination. (Id. at pp. 1396-1397, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.)
*7 In explaining why the procedural errors were harmless, the G.C. court emphasized that "[ t]ribal customary adoption is only an option when the child's tribe identifies it as an option. [Citations.]" (G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at p. 1401, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.) Although the record did not reflect that the tribe discussed TCA with the social worker, the record did reflect that the tribe was involved in the selection of the appropriate permanent plan for the minor The court had "no reason to speculate that the Tribe was unaware of tribal customary adoption as an alternative permanent plan." (Ibid.) Thus the father failed to show "a reasonable probability that compliance with the procedural requirements of tribal customary adoption would have resulted in an outcome more favorable to him." (Ibid.)
In the instant case, CFS's section 366.26 report did not specifically address the option of TCA. Additionally, although CFS did consult with the ICWA expert who made contact with a tribal representative prior to the selection and implementation hearing, it is not clear whether CFS or the ICWA expert ever asked the Tribe to specifically consider the option of TCA. Moreover, even though CFS sent notices and made inquires to the Tribe's social worker, the Tribe never responded and never identified TCA as the permanent placement plan, and CFS did not recommend such a plan to the juvenile court. Section 366.25, subdivision (b)(1)(G), provides that the selection and implementation report must include "an assessment of the likelihood that the child will be adopted, when, in consultation with the child's tribe, a tribal customary adoption, as defined in Section 366.24, is recommended." (Italics added.) Thus, omission of an assessment of the likelihood of TCA was not error under section 366.25, subdivision (b)(1)(G).
In any event, assuming the provisions of section 366.24, subdivision (b), were required, any error was harmless, as in the cases discussed above. Significantly, the Tribe never identified TCA as an option, and this court has "no reason to speculate that the Tribe was unaware of the tribal customary adoption as an alternative permanent plan." (G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at p. 1401, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826; see also A.M., supra, 215 Cal.App.4th at pp. 350-351, 155 Cal.Rptr.3d 537; H.R., supra, 208 Cal.App.4th at p. 765, 145 Cal.Rptr.3d 782 ["tribal customary adoption is an available option only when identified as such by the child's tribe"].) Instead, the Tribe concurred with CFS's recommendation of adoption with termination of parental rights. The ICWA expert also recommended adoption by Aunt and her husband. Presumably the Tribe and the ICWA expert supported the plan of adoption by Aunt because Aunt herself was a member of the Tribe with tribal ties. A TCA would have required adoption by a suitable member of the Tribe, i.e., a suitable member of the child's family, or an unrelated member of the Tribe. Here, a plan of adoption by Aunt met these requirements.
In sum, because the Tribe never identified TCA as an option; the Tribe and the ICWA expert concurred with CFS's recommendation of adoption with termination of parental rights; and the child would be adopted by a relative tribal member, Mother has failed to show "a reasonable probability that compliance with the procedural requirements of tribal customary adoption would have resulted in an outcome more favorable to [her]." (G.C., supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at p. 1401, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 826.)
We concur:
McKINSTER, J.
MILLER, J.


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Rango è una serie televisiva statunitense in 17 episodi trasmessi per la prima volta nel corso di una sola stagione nel 1967. È una serie ambientata nel vecchio West con protagonista il comico Tim Conway.

Trama
Rango è un inetto Texas Ranger assegnato alla più tranquilla località possibile, Deep Wells, in modo da impedirgli di creare problemi inutili. I Rangers avrebbero voluto rimuoverlo dal servizio del tutto, ma ciò era stato loro impedito per il fatto che suo padre era il loro comandante. Dopo essere arrivato, a Deep Wells si diffonde ben presto la criminalità in un posto che ne aveva vista molto poca nei precedenti 20 anni.

Tra i personaggi vi è anche Pink Cloud (Guy Marks), un indiano troppo "assimilato" ai bianchi la cui padronanza della lingua inglese svela generalmente il lato comico.

Personaggi
Rango (17 episodi, 1967), interpretato da Tim Conway.
capitano Horton (17 episodi, 1967), interpretato da Norman Alden.
Pink Cloud (17 episodi, 1967), interpretato da Guy Marks.
Doc (2 episodi, 1967), interpretato da Ernie Anderson.

Produzione
La serie fu prodotta da Thomas/Spelling Productions (società di Aaron Spelling e Danny Thomas) e Timkel Productions TV Guide nel 2002 classificò Rango al 47º posto nella sua speciale classifica dei 50 peggiori show televisivi di tutti i tempi.

Registi
Tra i registi della serie sono accreditati:

Murray Golden (2 episodi, 1967)
Sidney Lanfield (2 episodi, 1967)

Distribuzione
La serie fu trasmessa negli Stati Uniti nel 1967 sulla rete televisiva ABC. La serie è uscita anche in Finlandia con lo stesso titolo.

Episodi

Note

Collegamenti esterni


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Superman can leap tall buildings and run faster than a speeding bullet, unless he gets near kryptonite, that is. The cartoon character, Popeye the Sailor Man, could take on any foe, provided he got a healthy dose of spinach into him. Superheroes often have fatal flaws, or they need special boosts to do their work. Christians have long thought this about the character of Samson. His superhero strength came from his long, never-cut hair; but that is not quite accurate according to the book of Judges; in fact, much of what we think we know about Samson is wrong; and today on Groundwork, we will explore why. Stay tuned.
And I am Scott Hoezee; and Dave, this is now episode four out of five of a series we have been doing on a very challenging and tough book, the book of Judges; and we have said all along, Dave, that there is an awful lot in this book that is troubling, tawdry, sometimes it is downright grossalmost sickening in terms of the violence; and today, one of the few characters in Judges that makes it into childrens storybooks and Sunday school curriculums is Samson; but even Samsons story is not all that we might think it is.
Well, and especially as we grow older and kind of grow out of that childish approach, there are disturbing elements to Samsons story, and not just the sexual ones, but the story in terms of violence as wellit is one of the most violent. It is also one of the longest episodes in the whole book of Judges; it comes right at the heartand Samson fills four whole chaptersJudges 13 through 16with the story of his exploits. It begins with the story of his birth in Judges 13.
We will get right to that. We dont know the name of Samsons mother, but we do know that, like other women in this book, she comes off a little bit better than her husband, Manoah, but lets listen to this from Judges 13: [0:02:07.0] 2A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. 3The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. 4Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink, and that you do not eat anything unclean. 5You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Right; John the Baptist, yes.
So, it just seems when we have the condition of barrenness, like Abraham and Sarah, or Manoah, now, and his wife, that child is going to be very special, who will be born; and there is something else that is going to be special about him, because the Angel says: He must become a Nazirite.
Right; which is an especially dedicated person. You are not supposed to drink any wine; you are not supposed to get your hair cut; you are not supposed to become unclean in any way, shape or form; so, that is very important. So, this is going to be a special child. Manoahs wife tells him that an angel visited her, but he doesnt quite buy it. He says he wants to hear it from the angels mouth himself, and as we see, God grants that request.
Yes; so we go on and read this: 9God heard Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord came again to the woman while she was out in the field, but her husband, Manoah, was not with her. 10The woman hurried to tell her husband, He is here; the man who appeared to me the other day. 11Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, Are you the man who talked to my wife? I am, he said. 12So Manoah asked him, When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boys life and work? 13The Angel of the Lord answered, Your wife must do all that I have told her. 14She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine nor drink any wine or other fermented drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.
So, Manoah hears this, and then he offers to cook the angel a special meal, and the angel says: No, I dont need to eat, but you can make a sacrifice to Godto Yahwehand then we read this: [0:04:38.0] 19Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the Lord; and the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched. 20As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame; and seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground; 21and when the Angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized it was the Angel of the Lord (literally, the Angel of Yahweh). 22We are doomed to die, he said to his wife. We have seen God! 23But his wife declared, If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering from our hands; nor shown us all these things; nor told us this.
A little more faith-filled than the husband. We have seen something rather similar to this scene in the story of Gideon, where there is this sort of supernatural, amazing, mind-blowing thing as the Angel of the Lord accepts the sacrifice and then ascends; and of course, that character, the Angel of the Lord, is a mystery in and of himself. Here he is again in the story. So, Samson is going to be set apart. He must be totally dedicated to the Lord. There are outward signs that fulfill this in terms of clean and unclean, and long hair and not drinking, but the crucial thing is his dedication to Godnot really any of the signs themselves.
So, Samson has to be faithful to God; but, as we are going to see, he is not very good at being faithful to God, and by the time we getas we will in the next segmentby the time we get to the story of his famous haircut from a woman named Delilah, that ends up, actually, just being the last straw for God. So, we are going to take a look at Samsons life and some of his ministry; and we will take it up in just a moment.
I am Dave Bast, along with Scott Hoezee, and you are listening to Groundwork, where today we are taking up the story of Samson, one of the most famous of the judges; and we might just recall who a judge was; not a person with a long black robe and sitting in a courtroom and issuing decisions, but a judge was a deliverera saviora redeemera champion; and Samson is kind of exhibit A of that role of a judge. God is going to raise him up to deliver Israel from the Philistines, who are the enemy currently afflicting the people of Israel. So, this is going to take place mostly in the area of Judea.
So, Samson happens to come from the tribe of Dan, which is one of the smallest and most obscure of all the tribes of Israel. So, he has this special conception and birth. The angel has announced that he is going to come, and has said he has to be totally devoted to God all the days of his life, right from conception. Even his mother is told she cannot drink wine, which is very healthy today, we know, but this was for reasons of ritual purity.
But dont go to the unclean Philistines; and Samson has a very curious response in Judges 14. He kind of bellows to his parents, and he says: [0:09:50.0] 3bGet her for me, because she is the right one for me. And what is interesting about the phrase, Dave, is that, in Hebrew that is an exact echo of the refrain of this book, that everyone did what was right in their own eyes. They werent paying attention to God; they paid attention to what was right in their own eyes; and that is what Samson says: You get me that girl, Mom and Dad, because she is right in my own eyes. And so now, all of a sudden, instead of being just a leader and deliverer, Samson is part of the problem, too, it turns out.
And no doubt his parents taught him day in and day out; and here he is an adult and he is completely headstrong, and he is just going to go his own way and do what he feels like doing.
And that sets up a whole series of mayhem and so forth; but then, we also come to this story, which is one Sunday school kids even learn about, but again, it is not quite what we think. So, lets listen to this. This is Judges 14:5: [0:11:20.5] Samson went down to Timnah, together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward them. 6The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands, as he might have torn a young goat; but he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done. 7Then he went down and talked with the woman, and he liked her.
8Sometime later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lions carcass; and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. 9He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it; but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lions carcass.
I mean, he is kind of Gods Rambothat muscle-bound Sylvester Stallone characterI mean, a lion comes at him, and they fight, and Samson wins! What a great thing; except, it really isnt, because later Samson decides to have lunch out of the carcass of the lion, and guess what? That made him ritually unclean. God told him: Touch no unclean thing. Eat no unclean thing; and here Samson breaks two rules at once: He touches an unclean thing, and he has lunch out of an unclean thing; and so again, this is not a heroic story, this is a story of disobedience to God.
Yes, that is a really interesting point, Scott, and one that I have to confess I had never thought of before until you showed it here in this story; but that is exactly what happens here. This is not just a feat of tremendous strength and kind of a Tarzan moment where he, you know, chokes the lion to death or rips him apart; this is an act of disobedience on the part of Samson, and he has defiled himself in Gods eyes by doing this.
He didnt get it from the A&P.
At the wedding feast; and then there is another incident in Judges where Samson takes the jawbone of a donkey and slays one thousand Philistines with it. You know, you step backI can remember reading those stories and thinking: Wow, thats great, you know, he is doing in all of Gods enemies; but from the Philistines point of view, Samson must have seemed a lot like a terrorist, and a mass murderer.
Yes, they try to catch him, and surround the city, and he pulls up the gate and walks off with it. So, all this stuff goes on, but now we come to the most famous story of all, the story of Samson and Delilah, which of course, has provided Hollywood with the stuff of epic, but here it is.
It is in Judges 16, and now this is sort of where all Samsons past sins catch up with him. He really kind of falls for this Delilah woman, and she wants to know: What is the secret of your strength? And he toys with her; he gives her three fake reasons; they are all false, and so forth; and finally, finally, Delilah has had enough, and she goes for broke, and in Judges 16:15: [0:15:05.5] She says, How can you say, I love you, when you will not confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and havent told me the secret of your great strength. 16And with such nagging, she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it, 17so he told her, No razor has ever been used on my head because I have been a Nazirite, dedicated to God, from my mothers womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me and I would become as weak as any other man.
18And when Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, Come back once more. He has told me everything.
And so, they come back and she puts him to sleep on her lap. This is just so sad, and they come in, 20and she warns him, Samson, the Philistines are upon you! He awoke from his sleep and thought, I will go out as before and shake myself free. (And then comes the saddest sentence in the whole book of Judges): But he did not know that the Lord had left him. 21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza.
Thousands of them are gathered, yes.
And so, they bring him out, and he is sort of like, you know, a sideshow freak now; and they stood him among the pillars of this place where they are gathered: [0:16:41.8] 26And Samson said to the servant who held his hand, Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them. 27Now, the temple was crowded with men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there, and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28Then Samson prayed to the Lord, Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please God, strengthen me just one more time, and with one blow let me get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes. 29And Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on one and his left hand on the other, 30Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it; thus, Samson killed many more when he died than while he lived.
It wasnt from anything superficial; but really, Samson presents a kind of a riddle, doesnt he?
His character is a riddleGod still uses him to save his people, but Samson is so deeply flawed. We will explore that riddling nature of Samsons life in just a moment.
And I am Dave Bast; so, we just mentioned riddling, and the riddle of Samsons life; and there is a famous riddle back in Chapter 14 that is the story about the lion and the honey. Lets take a look at that.
Right; so, Samson kills that lion, and then he finds the honey later; and then, in the next part of the story, it is the wedding feast for that Philistine womanthe one he never does end up marrying; but at the feast, Samson teases the Philistines, and he says: [0:18:56.8] 12Let me tell you a riddle; if you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 13And if you cannot tell me the answer, you have to give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. Tell us your riddle, they said, Lets hear it. 14And he replied, Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.
So, of course, the Philistines scratch their heads and puzzle over this for seven whole days, and they cannot figure it out; and they become incensed, and they go to the girl and her father and say: Whats the matter with you? Are you trying to bankrupt us here? We are the guests, and where are we going to come up with thirty sets of expensive clothes if we cannot get the answer? So, just like later with Delilah, the girl goes to work on Samsonand you know, you have got to step back and say: How dumb can a guy be?! I realize he is strong, but is he thickheaded, too? Doesnt he realize what these women are doing to him? But, she works on him and he tells her the answer.
And the answer is what is sweeter than honey; what is stronger than a lion? So, it is a reference to his having killed the lion and then bees having built a hive in the lions carcass. So, that is the riddle, but Samsons story is a riddle. As my teacher, Ray Van Leeuwen, said: The problem with Samson was that he always took his sweets from the unsweet. He was always violating his devotion to God; but it is Samson himself who is the real riddle, and I think in the end, Davethe first book I ever wrote had this title based on the Samson story. It is the riddle of grace, because in the long run, what is stronger than a lion, what is sweeter than honey? Well, it is love; love is stronger than a lion, and love is sweeter than honey; and Gods love comes to us in grace; and boy, did Samson need a lot of grace.
He certainly did; and so do we all, you know? I mean, this isin some ways, it is a wonderful encouragement to us as followers of Jesus, because we do all stumble and fall; we do all have good intentions, but we dont follow through. Maybe we were devoted to God from an early age. It makes me think of the Apostle Paul and what he said in Romans 7: The good that I would that I do not, and the evil that I would not, that is the very thing that I do. So, we are all a bit of a riddle in that sense, as Samson was.
I like the line that the great preacher Fred Craddock had in one of his sermons, where he said: All of us, as we try to follow Jesus, we are all perpetually crucified between the sky of our good intentions and the earth of our sinful failures; and that is true of all of us; and yet, it was while we were yet sinners that God loved us despite our failures. Like Samson, we can still be used by God, and we are still used by God. We are all a riddle of grace, in a way. To paraphrase something, I think you had referred to early, too, Dave, that God is just really good at hitting straight shots with crooked sticks.
David) I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah; about David and Samuel and the prophets39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40since God had planned something better for us, so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
Because Samson is ultimately one link in the chain that leads us straight to Jesus; and we all get commended for our faith, not because of how good we are, but because of how good God ishow good Jesus is.
So, Samson failed often and regularly; yet, at the end, he dies with a prayer on his lips, and he dies as a testament to the grace of God and the faith that lays hold of it.
Thanks be to God. Well, thanks for listening and digging deeply into scripture with Groundwork. We are your hosts, Scott Hoezee and Dave Bast, and we hope that you will join us again next time as we study how the book of Judges concludes, and then discuss its purpose in Gods grand story of salvation.
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Milicent Patrick's Creature was possibly one of the most famous monsters of all time, yet her legacy was all but erased due to rampant sexism.
I've never been a big fan of horror movies; why would I want to pay someone to scare the daylights out of me? But when I was talking to Mallory O'Meara, author of "The Lady from the Black Lagoon," she had a completely different — and logical — perspective.
O'Meara is an author, screenwriter and producer, and a self-proclaimed lover of monsters and horror entertainment of all types. Her passion radiates through her projects and is on full display in "Lady," a project she began because she couldn't find enough information about one of her heroines in horror, Milicent Patrick.
Until recently (and I mean very recently, as in right around the time O'Meara's book was published), Milicent Patrick had faded almost entirely away from the annals of monster movies and horror films. Yet, as O'Meara discovered and chronicles, Patrick was responsible for designing the Creature in the "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," a beloved monster classic that filmed its underwater scenes just minutes away at Wakulla Springs.
Patrick's Creature was possibly one of the most famous monsters of all time, yet her legacy was all but erased due to rampant sexism coupled with a male supervisor jealous of her star power. Women just weren't in the horror industry, something O'Meara initially struggled with. Until, that is, she found an old photograph of Patrick working on the Creature suit. It was transformational.
It was this connection that propelled her through the challenges of writing "Lady"; O'Meara said it was at least three years of getting pushback from male historians, draining her bank accounts and researching Patrick so she could reverse engineer the story from little bread crumbs here and there.
Fortunately for the reader, O'Meara brings them along for the adventure, laying out the details of Patrick's life while simultaneously working through the investigative journey (really, the book is worth the read for the snarky footnotes alone).
I now know more about monster movies and the horror genre than I ever thought possible, but now I also know about Milicent Patrick, an artist and a pioneer. And I have O'Meara to thank for that.


EDITORIAL – Consultants' reports: What did we get for $35 million of advice?
The business aphorism – "if you don't have it, and you need it – you have to buy it" – applies to expertise and specialized knowledge. As such, there is nothing wrong, and much wise, with government hiring consultants to bring their wisdom to bear on arcane and complex subjects. The corollary, of course, is that government receives "value for money" in the form of useful, accurate and actionable information.
Cayman is, after all, a small island country with limited resources – managerial, intellectual and financial. It would be inefficient (and likely impossible) for our public sector to employ full-time, world-class experts to address intermittent issues in discrete fields such as healthcare systems, waste management options or airport design.
In the best cases, consultants can offer experienced, impartial analysis and recommendations for government action.
Having said that, it is difficult to adjudge, in a vacuum, whether the nearly $35 million government spent on outside consultants over the past five years was too much, too little or exactly the right amount. Such an assessment depends on the value of what was received in return – and government's willingness to act on that information.
This week, the Office of the Auditor General released the results of its audit of government consultancy agreements. Auditors reviewed a sample of 23 consultant contracts from eight Ministries and Portfolios, representing just under half the total $34.9 million government spent on consultants over the fiscal years 2012 to 2017.
Auditors report that government does not routinely monitor how much it spends on consultants, nor does it consistently consider the return on investment (the proverbial "value for money") when engaging consultants.
They found that while many of the contracts were awarded through a competitive open process, others (which should have been) were not.
Auditors learned that government does not have standard terms and conditions for contracts, nor does it regularly evaluate consultants' performance – both of which, in most large functioning organizations, constitute routine standard procedure.
And then there is the question of what government officials do with the expertise they have requested, purchased and received.
In basic terms, the "consultant tree" yields only one type of "fruit" – reports – usually filled with observations and recommendations. It is the managers of an enterprise, in this case government officials, who decide whether or not to act on the reports, how and to what extent.
Last year, well-known youth advocate Michael Myles tallied nearly a dozen reports on crime and its causes that the government had commissioned since 2001 – with, as police statistics demonstrate, no meaningful implementation.
Without a strategy, accountability and follow-through, the continual hiring of top-dollar consultants is the epitome of "throwing money at a problem" and hoping it will go away.
Try that long enough, and see which disappears first: the problem … or the money.


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I hate that December is the month to look back on an entire year and make sweeping judgments like "Game of the Year". After many began posting about their favorites, I was still padding my completed games list for the year. Instead of in December, I thought it better to try and do this early in January once the year has switched over and I can truly say the year is done.
All-New Everything
I was lucky in 2020 to make a series of upgrades. I mostly rebuilt my PC early in the year. This led to me thinking I could finally pull-off a virtual reality headset on my computer. I had been using my Playstation 4 Pro and, despite loving it, PSVR always felt limited. It took four months of waiting, but I got my Valve Index in November.
Also in November, I got both a Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X. Excessive, I know, but the wife owed me the PS5 (for prior debts I took on when we were first starting out). The Xbox was more an impulse buy. Back in the day, I was a bigger Xbox fan than most anything else, but I skipped the prior generation entirely. With Xbox Game Pass being a great deal (I am paid out three years in advance), I thought also having an Xbox in the house to play games easily was a good idea.
Here are quick reviews of each:
My computer now handles any game I want to play perfectly on my 1440p monitor. Also, I have two additional 1080p monitors going for work purposes. It has been a long time since I was truly a PC gamer, so the parts I bought were not top of the line, but I am excited to have them all the same. My computer feels like a beast especially since I only play games like FFXIV which, albeit beautiful, are not that intense.
The Valve Index is a dream. I sold my PSVR to help make financial sense of buying the Index. I do not regret it. With the mounted base stations in our office, it has never been easier for me to play a game in VR. With the PSVR, I had to keep the camera mounted on a mic stand which needed to be pulled out and adjusted each time I wanted to play. It was a huge hassle. Furthermore, the higher fidelity on the Index has led to a lot less motion sickness for me.
The Playstation 5 is perfect. The PS4 was one of my favorite consoles in recent memory, if not ever. The PS5 is strictly an improvement. I opted for the disc-based version since I wanted to play UHD movies on it. My television is limited in HDMI slots for HDR, and I knew PS5 would be guaranteed my best HDMI slot.
The Xbox Series X has been an experience. As I said, I skipped the prior Xbox generation entirely. I did not miss much. Still, with the entire Xbox Game Pass available, plus all the games I owned on the Xbox 360, I filled up my Xbox's hard-drive with games on day one. I focused on playing other stuff, but I am excited to finally play Halo 5 or replay all the other Halo games or finally finish Child of Eden.
My 2020 Dropped List
Time is our most precious commodity. I spend most of mine on games. Sometimes a game does not work out and it makes my dropped list. A game could be dropped because I did not like it, was not feeling it, or just got away from playing it so much that I know I may never go back. I used to look at this list as a waste of money too, but that is less the case. With so many services, more and more games are dropped after trying them rather than trying them after having also bought them.
Presented in no particular order:
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Nex Machina
Farcry: Primal
The Outer Wilds
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
Pit People
Monster Train
Knockout League
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Dicey Dungeons
Blood & Truth
2020 Games of the Year
Here are all the games I finished in 2020, ranked from least enjoyed to most enjoyed.
#17. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
#16. Airborne Kingdom
#15. Panzer Paladin
#14. Timespinner
#13. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
#12. Final Fantasy IX
#11. Final Fantasy III
#10. Control
#09. The Messenger
#08. Cuphead
#07. Red Dead Redemption 2
#06. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
#05. Sackboy: A Big Adventure
I never intended on buying Sackboy, but after reviews came in, I decided it was worth a shot. I am glad I did.
Despite having played a ton of platformers in the last couple of years, they have all been 2D. Sackboy was the first 3D platformer I have finished since Mario Odyssey and the first non-Mario 3D platformer I have finished since Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
Those are both huge titles to live up to and Sackboy does it. The game oozes charm and imagination. It is fun and inviting. There is the right blend of humor and challenge whilst never being overbearing with either.
Sackboy was a perfect launch title of the Playstation 5. I obsessed over playing it and did almost everything I could to 100% it. I still have a ways to go, but I never try to 100% a game unless I care about it.
#04. Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx is not my favorite VR game. That honor remains with Astro Bot Rescue Mission. However, I have always loved the Half-Life universe. Alyx is no exception.
As my first ever Valve Index game, Half-Life: Alyx was a crash course in what VR should be, can be, and is. Few games have inspired the same level of intensity. While the puzzles and story were a bit weak for my tastes, the game's focus on survival horror-esque elements (darkness, limited ammunition, etc.) always kept me on my toes.
As an experience, Half-Life: Alyx is unlike any other. It was totally worth the investment I made in order to play it. I hope to see more like it in the near future.
#03. Ghost of Tsushima
I loved Ghost of Tsushima for its atmosphere. The gameplay was fun too. I had high hopes that I would fall deeply in love with this game as I had with other open world games like Horizon: Zero Dawn. While I did not, that is no critique of the game overall.
More than its atmosphere or gameplay, I most enjoyed just standing around in this game. That is not a common thing for me. The island of Tsushima is so beautifully rendered and lovingly crafted, that I valued my long horseback rides through its countryside more than anything else.
I have no idea where a potential sequel might go, but I am ready to go wherever it takes me.
#02. Hades
As of writing, I put almost four days of time into Hades. I bought the game shortly after it first hit early access on the Epic Game Store. I have loved it ever since. By far, it is my favorite Supergiant game which is saying something because I have loved (and completed) every game they have put out.
Hades though brings in another passion of mine: Greek mythology. It also taught me that I too can enjoy cute boys and shipping them like some internet-raised teenager. That part is a stranger thing for me to admit, but no less true than my other feelings about the game.
The combination, along with its replayability, makes for as close to perfect as I think a game like it can get.
#01. The Last of Us Part II
If Hades is perfect, then what is The Last of Us Part II?
I always knew I was going to buy a Playstation 5. My wife has promised me one well in advance of any details. With that knowledge and knowing it would be backward compatible, I chose to wait to play The Last of Us Part II until I could play it on my new Playstation 5 rather than my old Playstation 4.
The wait was difficult. I loved the first game and thought it story hit deeper than any other game (and more than most other kinds of media too). The Last of Us Part II hit deeper, harder, and stronger. The game is not perfect in the way that Hades is perfect, but it resonates in its exploration of the human experience. It demands many emotions and earns them all without question.
The Last of Us Part II is not more perfect. It is more human. And it is terrifying.
An Honorable Mention
I played a ton of Final Fantasy XIV this year too. Though I technically finished Shadowbringers, I did not want to include it here as I never feel any kind of completion with FFXIV in the way I do with other games. There is always more to do now and more to come.
Contrast that with World of Warcraft, which I also played a great deal of this year. Both earlier in the year and later in the year for the expansion, I realized more and more that WoW is not the MMO for me anymore. I could write another tireless rant about why, but what is the point of that?


Abstract: The core intellectual challenge in the next generation bulk thermoelectric materials revolves around synthesis and fabrication of hierarchically organized microstructure that does not appreciably compromise the innate high power factor of the chosen thermoelectric matrix systems but significantly reduces lattice thermal conductivity to enhance the overall figure of merit, ZT. An effective emerging strategy involves introducing nanostructures in the bulk thermoelectric materials, wherein there are exciting prospects for understanding and tailoring microstructural elements with due attention to the hierarchical length-scale influence across atomic-, nano- and micro-meter dimensions. We will present this intricate but tractable relationship between various microstructural attributes (point, line and interfacial defects as well as associated elastic and plastic strain) and lattice thermal conductivity in important nanostructured thermoelectric systems based on PbTe matrices. We will emphasize the need for overarching approach for understanding hierarchical length-scale influences enable specific design strategies for the next generation thermoelectric materials.


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Q: Авторизация и аутентификация пользователей Добрый, день пишу Windows приложение для школы! Как можно сделать авторизацию? например есть три пользователя админ, юсер(учителя) и простые родители и ученики!Как сделать что бы каждый мог заходить под своим логином и паролем?

A: Исходя из комментариев, Вы хотите сделать единую базу пользователей для веб- и для Windows приложения. Варианты реализации могут быть различные: от использования готовых пользовательских провайдеров до написания своих.
Если Вы хотите использовать уже готовые механизмы, могу предложить такой вариант:

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*Вы создаете приложение на ASP.Net и реализуете там стандартный механизм membership-провайдера, который позволяет работать с пользователями, а также с ролями. Примеров реализации можно найти в сети достаточно много. Вот такой простой пример: Быстрое создание сайта ASP.NET с авторизацией, основанной на формах с использованием стандартного провайдера Membership

*Вы создаете Windows-приложение. Т.к. БД будет уже создана, Вам будет необходимо только подключится к ней, чтобы работать с пользователями. В сети также можно найти примеры по подключению membership-провайдера на WinForms приложениях. Примеры:

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*Как использовать Membership ASP.NET провайдера в приложении WINFORM

*Использование сервисов ASP.NET в Windows приложении

*ASP.Net провайдер в приложении Windows (VB.Net)

*и т.д.

Другой вариант, если в школе используется доменная система (Active Directory), то можно реализовать авторизацию на базе доменов.

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