text:
Transform learner engagement with the industry's most innovative LXP
Skills Builder
We're the world's largest open-source LMS provider for workplace learning
Hundreds of editable workplace elearning lessons for compliance and development
Award-winning and highly engaging content underpinned by proven learning theory
Why Learning Pool
Learning Pool Labs
Learning Analytics Maturity Model
Say hello online, over the phone or pop in to see us – the kettle's on.
Learning Pool Academy
A fantastic resource to help you make the very most out of the service we provide.
Home > Learn & Connect > NGOs Encouraged to Join the "Social Learning Revolution" at LINGOs' Global Learning Forum
NGOs Encouraged to Join the "Social Learning Revolution" at LINGOs' Global Learning Forum
"Learning Is The Solution" is the theme of this year's LINGOs Global Learning Forum, and Social Learning features heavily in a 2-day conference lineup which aims to refine delegates' knowledge of learning technologies, skill building, and resource management into practical takeaways.
Taking place at PATH, Seattle (USA), between September 28-30, the Global Learning Forum provides an opportunity for the learning and development community to engage over a shared goal: maximizing impact through innovative, scalable learning and capacity building.
Keynote speakers and session leaders at the Forum are renowned experts in the fields of international development, humanitarian relief, conservation, the learning industry, and capacity-building organizations.
Amongst these speakers is Learning Pool's Principle Consultant Alan Betts, who will be delivering a workshop aimed at organisations who are fed up with the tyranny of the "next" button and looking for a new way to drive higher level of engagement in learning.
The session, entitled Social Learning: Join the Revolution, takes place at 1330 on Day 1 of the Conference and will explore a variety of case studies showing just what an impact Social Learning can make to an organization. Attendees will also be encouraged to take part in a small Social Learning experiment to enable them to experience the results first hand.
Speaking ahead of the Forum, Betts is optimistic about the future of learning within the NGO Sector:
"We're delighted to be a part of the Forum and to further support LINGOs in their mission to deliver appropriate, affordable, accessible and actionable learning solutions following the announcement of our Partnership earlier this year.
"The social learning approach that is being introduced at LINGOs on their new Project Management courses will really allow them to overcome the barriers of having a dispersed, multi-national audience [among others] and we're excited at the prospect of introducing further NGOs to this social revolution through the delivery of this workshop."
LINGOs Members normally benefit from 30% discount on Stream LXP (formerly Curatr) licences but Learning Pool (formerly HT2 Labs), Silver Sponsors of this year's Forum, are offering to further boost this discount for attendees for a limited period, details of which will be made available at the event.
For full details of the Speaker lineup along with ticket information, visit lingos.org/global-learning-forum/.
About Learning Pool (formerly HT2 Labs)
Learning Pool (formerly HT2 Labs) is the R&D company for Learning & Development; investing time and resources into developing technologies that help organisations from all sectors design, develop and deliver better learning experiences for people who want to change their lives through learning.
Stream LXP (formerly Curatr) is an award-winning social learning platform which gives teams the tools to design, deliver and facilitate Social Learning experiences whilst making the best of the content and systems they already own. It was recognised as the leader in Social Learning Innovation by the 2016 Learning & Performance Institute Awards.
Learning Locker is the world's most installed Learning Record Store (LRS); an Open Source database and analytics tool designed specifically for the education and learning sector. Universities, training providers and big businesses use Learning Locker to store, sort and share their learning data on a massive scale. It was recognised as the leading Open Source Innovation at the 2016 MongoDB Innovation Awards.
About LINGOs
LINGOs, a non-profit organization, is the international NGO sector's largest membership-based consortium dedicated solely to training and capacity building. It has a membership of over 80 international humanitarian relief, development, conservation and social justice organizations.
LINGOs has been a leader in curating, developing, and disseminating appropriate learning and development tools, technology and content to over 50,000 NGO staff in developing countries since 2004.
The PMD Pro certification, developed by a LINGO-led working group, provides project managers and team members working in the international development sector with training on the skills and tools need to successfully manage their projects.
Find out more at lingos.org.
Read more about Learning Pool
Visit our Learn and Connect section
Get in touch to find out how we can help
Start your journey to extraordinary
Your time is valuable, so the more information you can give us, the better we can make your first contact.
UK +44 207 101 9383 US +1 (857) 284-1420
Stream Learning Suite
Stream LMS
Stream LXP
Stream Content Library
Stream Data Cloud
Stream Authoring
Stream Automation
Custom Elearning Design & Build
Inclusion Model
+44 345 074 4114*
* call charges vary depending on your provider
© Learning Pool 2023 Privacy Policy Privacy Policy


text:
The history of the Auditor-General
2017–18 in summary
Auditor-General's message
Office Executive
About our report design
Assurance on government finances
Effectiveness, efficiency and economy
Parliamentary response to our work
Government entities, universities and councils
Auditee response to our work
Influencing for impact
Our financial audits
Our performance audits
This year's performance audits
The year ahead for performance audit
Staff satisfaction
Professional influence
Strong governance foundations
Setting direction
Structured to add value
Ethical and responsible decision-making
Disclosure – timely and balanced
Independent assurance & corporate reporting
Risks – recognised and managed
Key financial statistics
Statement by Auditor-General of New South Wales
Senior executive and leadership positions
Financial audit entities, reviews and other related services
Services to the public sector
Services to the profession
Workforce diversity and disability inclusion action plan
Accounts payable performance
Internal audit and risk management attestation
Digital information security annual attestation statement
GIPA application information
Public interest disclosures information
AA Download PDF
Our vision and commitment is to provide insights that inform and challenge government to improve outcomes for citizens
This report covers the second full year of my term as Auditor-General and marks a time of considerable challenge and achievement.
We have fully established our new local government mandate as an integral part of our business, released a new approach to setting our forward audit program, improved our parliamentary reporting, created an Office of the Auditor-General, and consolidated a new executive team. These adjustments aim to achieve our vision of providing the Parliament of New South Wales and the entities we audit with accurate, timely and relevant insights that inform and challenge government to improve outcomes for citizens.
First full year of local government audits
Following our appointment on 1 October 2016 as the auditor of NSW local government councils, we completed our first full year of audits of all NSW local council's financial statements. We also released three performance audits of the local government sector. Importantly, we tabled our first whole-of-sector report on local government in April 2018 – a ground breaking report in that it presents, for the first time, a consistent view of financial performance across the NSW local government landscape.
I am particularly proud of these significant achievements. Adding to this, my staff have continued their considerable efforts of the previous year to build an understanding of, and relationships with, councils and the many organisations that make up the local government sector. Our partnership with the audit service providers we engage to conduct audits on our behalf has continued to mature and provide increasing value to the councils we audit, the communities they serve; and to parliament.
A new annual work plan
Throughout the year we worked with stakeholders to refine our approach to choosing audits for the coming year, leading to the publication in July 2018 of our 2018– 19 Annual Work Program. This audit work plan explains how we decide what to focus on, what we intend to cover in the next year and broad areas of audit for the following two years. It also gives parliament, the entities we audit and the broader community some certainty over future topics and the timing of our reports.
We plan to publish this annually and will continue to refine our approach, listen to feedback, and adapt to changing circumstances or requests for audits.
Improved reporting to parliament
During the year we introduced two new reports and standardised the look and feel of our regular reports to parliament.
The first of these new reports was dedicated to internal controls and governance. It was designed to help parliament understand broad issues affecting the public sector, and help agencies to compare their own performance against their peers. The report covered the findings and recommendations from our 2016–17 financial audits of the 39 largest agencies in the NSW public sector. These agencies are a large enough group to identify common issues and insights.
We also released a report on performance audit insights. In this report, we presented common findings and lessons from the past four years of performance audits and offered insights on elements of effective performance. We analysed the key findings and recommendations from 61 performance audits tabled in the Parliament of New South Wales between July 2014 and June 2018, spanning varied areas of government activity.
These two new reports supplement our regular reports on our financial and performance audits that were redesigned during the year to provide a more contemporary look and ease of read.
In combination, I hope the new reports and design will add clarity to our findings and lead to demonstrable improvements to public administration in New South Wales.
New structure and executive team
In late 2017, I created an Office of the Auditor-General to better support my deputy and I to manage workflow and engage more effectively with external stakeholders. The Office of the Auditor-General is separate from the operational audit and corporate service areas. In this way, it is able to provide assurance over the quality of the work we produce in addition to providing governance and technical functions.
The Director of the Office of the Auditor-General and the Executive Director Quality and Innovation attend all meetings of the Office Executive to challenge and offer alternative views to enrich discussions.
Quadrennial review of the Audit Office
Once in every parliament, the Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee undertakes a quadrennial review of the performance of my office. This review was undertaken at the end of 2017 and the outcomes were tabled in parliament in February 2018.
The review concluded that:
'the Audit Office has demonstrated that the Auditor-General has in place methodology and tools to effectively, economically and efficiently deal with its core business and achieve compliance with the appropriate standards.'
This supports my view that the Audit Office is a very professional office that continues to provide valued audit services to parliament, the organisations we audit and the citizens of New South Wales.
The review went on the say that:
'Without affecting our conclusion, we have made a number of recommendations to assist in further strengthening and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the AONSW [Audit Office of New South Wales].'
It recommended:
that a 'follow the dollar' mandate is required in order to restore the oversight that the Auditor-General has traditionally had over public spending
the staged introduction of a mandate to provide assurance over performance measures, and that
the Audit Office should conduct an independent review of the NSW Budget annually as a formal requirement.
These recommendations recognise contemporary approaches in public sector management, like commissioning, and would ensure greater accountability and transparency over the use of public resources.
IMPACT Conference
In March 2018, we hosted IMPACT – the International Meeting for Performance Audit Critical Thinkers.
This biennial conference was held in Sydney and brought together performance auditors and public sector leaders from around Australasia and other nations for two days of thought-provoking discussion about the changing nature of government and the contribution performance auditors can make. We heard from leading international and Australian speakers on public sector management, transparency and accountability.
To host a conference of this scale and profile was a major undertaking for our office. The feedback we received from the conference was very positive and the professional connections made between our staff and those who travelled to Sydney will be lasting.
Challenging year for the staff of the Audit Office
This year more than ever I want to thank and recognise the dedication, professionalism and resilience of all staff in the Audit Office.
The impact our expanded local government mandate has had should not be underestimated, in addition to the many other challenges and achievements of this year. This is reflected in our People Matter survey results which are down on previous years. This will be a key area of focus for myself and my executive over the coming year to ensure the Audit Office remains a high performing organisation and a great place to work.
Margaret Crawford Auditor-General
Annual Report for 2017-18
Audit Office Home
© 2018 Audit Office of New South Wales

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The perfect match for 10ml, 30ml, 50ml and 100ml glass bottles.
The are handy to refill the tanks and cartomisers with a bigger opening. We recommend the needle point bottle and refill kit to refill tanks and cartomisers with smaller opening.


HCAN, which has led the successful fight for health reform, has collaborated with celebrated actors Jack Black and America Ferrera to create a hilarious video lampooning corporate liars for hire—front groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Crossroads and 60 Plus Association. These kinds of groups are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on political propaganda to mislead voters in advance of the November election.
Health insurance industry front groups and their allies are flooding the airwaves with political ads presenting false information about health reform and its supporters, so Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is using laughter to fight back.


Anna Brown, long-time resident of Vicksburg will be 100 years of age on December 8, 2014. She married Ralph Brown, Sr., in 1935. They bought a home in 1941, where they raised six children.
Anna has been very active in various community groups and organizations. She was a member of the Vicksburg Hospital Guild which helped raise funds for various hospital needs from the old hospital on North Main Street to the present location on the Boulevard.
Members of the Garden Club drew on her expertise regarding planting and nourishing many varieties of flowers. Her yard would be as a fireworks display starting in the spring and deep into the fall. She still has beautiful flowers on display at her condo at 1000 West Villas Drive, in Vicksburg.
Anna has enjoyed her membership in several organizations over the years, especially the Elmwood Chapter of the Pythian Sisters, for which she served as Grand Chief of the State of Michigan in 1972/73. She is also a member of the Ladies Library Association in Vicksburg.
While her husband, Ralph, was President of the Village of Vicksburg, Anna was elected to the village council. A reporter from Kalamazoo was interviewing Ralph regarding his wife being on the council, and asked if that wouldn't be a conflict of interest. He remarked, "No, I don't think so; all the years we've been married, she hasn't listened to me yet!
This lady has always had a heart of gold and would do anything to help a fellow citizen get through troubled times. Today, they don't come any heartier. She was the first recipient of the Carl Bennett Memorial Award as the oldest participant in the annual Vicksburg "Hearty Hustle" race at the age of 93.
In 1976, as part of the Bicentennial celebration, Anna was recognized as one of the outstanding women in Kalamazoo County.
Anna and Ralph were part of the founding members of the Vicksburg Ambulance Service, and both worked on the ambulance service for many years (Anna until she was 76; she retired only after a fall while on an ambulance run to save a person who was drowning). Their daughter, Nancy, became involved and is still active on the ambulance service.
Anna continued to remain busy, however; and her sense of humor has always been a key part of her demeanor.
Anna loves to receive cards and letters. The address is: Anna Brown, 1000 West Villas Drive, Vicksburg, MI 49097.
This article was published by South County News on December 3, 2014. A link to the original article is available here.


Here you find some demo and tutorial videos which give you a quick overview on the possibilities of iRed2 as well as iRed2's user interface. Links for direct download are listed at the end of this page.
Please note that both videos show an early beta version of iRed2. In the meantime, iRed2 2.0 has been released. Visit these new screencasts!
All videos were recorded using ScreenFlow, then subtitled with iMovie '08.


text:
Milena peut faire référence à :

Prénom
 Milena, prénom d'origine slave.

Toponyme

 Milena, commune italienne de Sicile.

Œuvres

  Milena, film français de Véra Belmont sorti en 1991.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


No website about SEO is complete without a few examples. This one is of a Penguin recovery as in "HALP HALP! I've been bitten by the bird!!!" We're going to look at some technical facts and points, look at some of the background of the site and add on to this post as we go forward with this site.
Originally a locally focused computer repair website. Sort of a sniper site with what is called an "exact match domain" (EMD) designed to dominate a particular search term. It's a small market so it did reasonably well. Since the site was not the main source for leads, this was a perfect controlled test site for some ranking tactics.
And from BAD decisions comes GOOD experience. As mentioned elsewhere on our site, we are always testing things and this was indeed one of those things. If we're going to tear something up, we tear our own stuff up and not yours "testing" theories. A few months after throwing in one of those scripts to automatically add content to the site hands-free, came the now infamous "Google has detected unnatural…" Well whatever do you MEAN Google? A computer repair website has "santa fe restaurant reviews", dental aides, breakfast casserole information and more seems PERFECTLY reasonable to me! Google didn't think so. And rightfully so.
If you have all sorts of unrelated content on your website other than stuff in your certain niche (does not apply to news sites), you need to keep an eye on quality. In this case, the content that appeared to be using 10 or so outbound links per article. No idea how long the original articles were, but a good rule of thumb IS about 1 link per 150 words. This was definitely over the top for 2014. This content was generated though back in 2012 – and the rules were admittedly different – but this content was still afoul of them even back then. Additionally, there were a TON of links that were coming into this site linking directly TO those articles.
The nice thing about this site, besides us not needing to specifically keep any of these links alive, is that the link targets are in a specific location. So what can we do?
We are going to delete our ALL of our pages. This is NOT a tough market or subject to rank. Let's start over from scratch with this site. In a testier version of this – like you need to keep certain legit pages – we would NOT delete everything. This will immediately break all unnatural links to those specific urls and thus remove our penalty pronto. Actually we could actually leave our original pages in there and just make sure we had all the content article pages deleted. This one though? GUT IT!
Create new content. Google has a way of reassociating exact content from old pages with new pages – even if it has a different name. This is a small simple thing, so we're going to just cobble up some quick content.
Persistent backlinks – none of the spam content or subsequent links actually linked to root so we will still have any backlinks that we have legitimately acquired to root giving us some Google love. We're not doing an exhaustive bit of research on this one – it's simple, straighforward, take no prisoners clean up. If this were a true more complex client site, we would do a bit of research on which pages were targeted, which were linked where, etc. Not needed for this cleanup.
We may additionally throw on a 410 code for all deleted pages – this is the signal to the search engines that this page is gone forever so don't bother looking for it again. Oh yeah, and remove it from your cache list! This should give us a final and forever cleanup on this mess.
Now, we realize that most Penguin penalties are going to more intricate than this one, but this gives some real life – "Yes, it happens and it's NOT the end of the world" insight type info. Doing a full and serious Penguin recovery run can be time consuming and won't be as easy as this one. If you have thousands of links, and you very well may, it can take a while to get them removed bit by bit. This is especially true if you need to leave certain pages in place and just remove the unnatural links and leave the good ones there.
So, we have killed off all of our pages, let all links find empty targets and replaced the existing computer content with Landscaping material. Yes, even WITH a computer repair domain name. So what's going on? There has been upward movement on the computer terms. This is NOT a real competitive niche, but there also is NO computer content. While it hasn't shaken the world, there have been increases of about 5-10 spots taking this site up into the 50ish range for a few target terms. Now, the trick will be to figure out if the whole domain got penalized and if so, how long WILL that penalty live? Landscaping content seems to be kicking in the 80 range or so.
If this had been a real domain that we were depending on traffic from RIGHT NOW, our steps may well have been to take the content and just move it to another domain. In this case, because of the type of penalty and the reason for the penalty, we would have left it at that. Turned our solid links to the new domain and let the old ones languish and die – along with the domain. Since we're doing this for testing purposes, if we're going to ditch this domain as unusable, let's get all the info out of it that we can!


Send a thank you card with a smile and a pun. Mix in some good old-fashioned Southern sweet tea and you've got a genuine winner.
We hand drew the design then had it converted to plates so that we could print it on our antique letterpress. Every premium cotton card is fed through the press with the greatest of care.


text:
Books/Literature (General/Chat)
The only way is Wessex! The joys of exploring the unspoilt landscapes of Hardy country
01/16/2021 5:21:25 AM PST · by C19fan · 3 replies
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 16, 2020 | Neil Clark
Looking out at a single-track country lane over unspoilt downland, I'm struggling to see any signs of human habitation. And yet I am barely 20 miles south of Oxford, home to 150,000 people. In a memorable scene in Jude The Obscure, the title character of Thomas Hardy's novel has his first sight of the dreaming spires of 'Christminster' (Oxford) from a spot close to where I am parked. Hardy's grandmother lived in the nearby village of Fawley, and the stonemason who dreams of being a scholar is given the surname Fawley in the book. Jude couldn't wait to leave his...
Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston share a steamy kiss as they play lovers Tallie and Abigail in trailer for new film The World To Come [Lesbo Period Drama] [ed]
01/16/2021 5:14:04 AM PST · by C19fan · 23 replies
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 15, 2020 | Olivia Wheeler
Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston play lovers Tallie and Abigail in a new trailer released for their upcoming film The World To Come. In the clip, it sees Vanessa, 32, and Katherine, 40, as Tallie and Abigail share several steamy kisses as their characters fall in love and embark in a secret affair without their husbands knowing. The film is set on the American East Coast in the mid-19th century, where two neighbouring couples battle hardship and isolation, and is based upon Jim Shepard's 2017 novel of the same name.
A history of lies
01/16/2021 3:32:49 AM PST · by Nateman · 10 replies
Free Republic ^ | jan 16, 2021 | Nateman
In George Orwell's book '1984' the party is continuously rewriting history so that the party is always right. I can think of a few versions of history that has been deliberately rewritten by the left so they are always "right'.McCarthyism. The truth is Communists really were trying to take over America and McCarthy was literally smeared to death. Nazi's are on the right : A lie pushed by Joe Stalin himself after his ally to take over the world took on Stalin instead. Christian's are anti-science . It was in Christian Europe that the Scientific Revolution started! Civil War was...
Biden Should...
01/15/2021 5:59:30 PM PST · by Libloather · 69 replies
Washington Post (democracy dies with democrats) ^ | 1/15/21
We asked writers from left, right and center to offer creative ideas for the next president - not necessarily the obvious policy measures at the forefront of political discussion. Plus: 7 artists illustrate their own proposals. Biden Should ... End the War on Drugs Seek a Compromise on Religious Liberty and Gay Rights Convene a Racial Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Cancel All Student Debt Use Bitcoin to Help the Poor Let the Space Race Continue Make Immigration More Humane Create a New Deal-Style Program for Artists and Writers Distribute Vaccines Fairly Build a National Child-Care System Spend Money on...
Ernest Hemingway Look-Alikes Encouraging Masking In Florida Keys
01/14/2021 1:30:07 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
CBS Miami ^ | January 12, 2021
Ernest Hemingway look-alikes are being used by the Florida Keys tourism council to encourage visitors and residents to wear masks to protect against COVID-19. The men, a former winner and five regular contestants in Key West's annual "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, appear in a short video that debuted Monday evening on Keys' social media outlets, urging compliance with coronavirus health protocols. "We look at Key West as being our adopted town," said longtime contest entrant Dusty Rhodes in the video. "Help keep it safe. Wear your mask, socially distance, wash your hands." The piece was shot in front of the...
James Joyce's Ulysses is an anti-stream of consciousness novel (died 80 years ago today)
01/13/2021 9:51:51 AM PST · by Borges · 55 replies
The Conversation ^ | 1/13/21
This year marks 80 years since the death of the great Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941). His most famous novel, Ulysses (1922), is one of those books, like Moby Dick or Infinite Jest, that more people begin than finish. The tome is widely believed to be a stream of consciousness novel and you could certainly be forgiven for thinking that if, like many, you only made it 100 pages or so in. I often advise against starting at the beginning of the novel. In the case of Ulysses, you are thrown headfirst into the difficult stream of consciousness of Stephen...
The Lord of the Rings TV Series Official Synopsis Confirms Setting and Story
01/12/2021 8:36:06 PM PST · by be-baw · 39 replies
comicbook.com ^ | January 12, 2021 | PATRICK CAVANAUGH
Ever since Amazon Studios announced that it was developing a TV series inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, fans have wondered exactly what the series will explore, with TheOneRing.net unveiling the series' official synopsis, which gives insight into what fans can expect. The synopsis confirms that the new series will take place during the Second Age of Middle-earth and will explore an ensemble of characters, with the site claiming that this ensemble means both new and familiar figures for the franchise will be featured. Given that the title "The Lord of the Rings" refers to a specific...
I Now Better Understand the 'Good German'
Townhall ^ | 1/05/20 | Dennis Prager
As my listeners and readers can hopefully attest, I have been on a lifelong quest to understand human nature and human behavior. I am sad to report that I have learned more in the last few years, particularly in 2020, than in any equivalent period of time. One of the biggest revelations concerns a question that has always plagued me: How does one explain the "good German," the term used to describe the average, presumably decent German, who did nothing to hurt Jews but also did nothing to help them and did nothing to undermine the Nazi regime? The same...
The Impossible Dream, the quest of President Donald J. Trump
01/07/2021 8:04:23 PM PST · by HypatiaTaught · 20 replies
January 7 2021 | Self
To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go
What to do to save AMerica?
01/06/2021 5:50:42 PM PST · by Jonty30 · 35 replies
We know that those manipulating America into socialism are playing by the 1930's German plan to keep destroying society until we want a strongman to set things in order. What can we do? I think we have to act passive-aggressively to make it so expensive for them to try to impose socialism that it falls apart because of the difficulty in the imposition. Passive-aggressive resistance all the way.
The French Army In Korea
01/06/2021 11:34:52 AM PST · by blueunicorn6 · 24 replies
History | 1/6/2021 | blueunicorn6
I think that it is time to do away with, on Free Republic, the idea that French Soldiers aren't very brave. I am a retired American Soldier so I don't owe the French anything. I am currently reading a book about the Korean War (1950-1953). It is titled IN MORTAL COMBAT. I am at the point where China has entered the war. The Chinese have sent hundreds of thousands of Soldiers into Korea. The UN forces have been rocked. The South Koreans are falling back. The US troops are falling back. The English are falling back. The Turks are falling...
What would Mr Darcy say? Woman leaves TikTok in stitches by retelling the story of Mamma Mia in the style of Jane Austen
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 6, 2020 | Raven Saunt
One woman has left social media in stitches after creating a TikTok version of Mamma Mia in the style of Jane Austen. Madelaine Turner, who lives in Long Beach, California, created the medley that saw the hit ABBA musical receive a classic Georgian twist. The 26-year-old donned her finest 18th-century attire for the sketch which has been praised by social media users as a 'masterpiece'.
Best-Selling Author Eric Jerome Dickey Dead at 59
New York Post ^ | January 5, 2021 | Nadine DeNinno
Famed author Eric Jerome Dickey, beloved for modern black storytelling in best sellers such as "Sister, Sister," "Friends and Lovers" and "Between Lovers," died Sunday at 59. "It is with great sadness that we confirm that beloved New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey passed away on Sunday, January 3, in Los Angeles after battling a long illness," a rep for Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, told The Post, adding that Dickey leaves behind four daughters. A family member of his also confirmed the news on Facebook.
10 best period dramas of all time: From Downton Abbey to Pride and Prejudice
Harper's Bazaar ^ | January 4, 2021 | Ella Alexander
There is something comforting about a period drama. Perhaps it's the escapism we're afforded by looking into an era we don't live in, or the aesthetic that's unfamiliar to our own - or maybe it's the lavish production that often accompanies period pieces, offering endless hours of dreaming and distraction. Whatever the reason for their appeal, costume dramas continue to beguile contemporary audiences, as proven with the recent popularity of Shonda Rhimes' Bridgerton.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective's appeal?
01/04/2021 12:44:04 PM PST · by Red Badger · 68 replies
https://theconversation.com ^ | December 16, 2020 7.06am EST | Beth Daley
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective of all time. Since he was imagined into creation in 1892 by the young Scottish doctor Arthur Conan Doyle, there has been hardly a decade in which a play, television series, film or book about Sherlock Holmes has not been produced. An early sketch of Holmes, smoking a pipe. Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget, 1904. Wikimedia Commons In 2010, a fresh take on Sherlock Holmes burst onto British screens. This contemporary Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, inspired a whole new level of fandom and increased sales of the original books by 53%. People were...
Don Black: The Sanest Guy in the Room
01/04/2021 6:25:15 AM PST · by Twotone · 1 replies
Steyn On-line ^ | January 2, 2021 | Mark Steyn
For this New Year weekend, I'm delighted to present a two-part conversation with Don Black about his recent bestselling memoir The Sanest Guy in the Room, in whose success (as you'll hear) I was honored to play a very small part. Don talks about all kinds of things - from his stint in the hospital with Covid-19 to his friendship with a young Michael Jackson, whose first solo Number One he wrote. (That's Don and Jacko with Petula Clark and Sophia Loren above.) Along the way we'll hear not only Don's big hits such as "Born Free" and "Diamonds Are...
Did this book from 1896 see the future of Trump? — Bizarre Coincidence…
01/04/2021 6:02:07 AM PST · by Red Badger · 17 replies
https://www.citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on January 3, 2021 5:13 pm
CFP regular Jenna alerted us today of a book written in 1896 titled The Last President by Ingersoll Lockwood. Publisher New York, The American news company Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation "…The entire East Side of New York City is in a state of uproar. Mobs of vast size are organizing under the lead of anarchists and socialists, and threaten to plunder and despoil the houses of the rich who have wronged and oppressed them for so many years." — From The Last President, 1896 1900, or The Last President, by INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD, is a surrealistic 1896 novel,...
Biden Releases Controversial New Memoir 'If I Rigged It'
01/03/2021 2:01:16 PM PST · by BipolarBob · 34 replies
Babylon Bee ^ | 01/01/2021 | Babylon Bee
WILMINGTON, DE—To commemorate the "completely fair and honest" 2020 election, Joe Biden has announced a brand new memoir called If I Rigged It. The book is already being met with critical acclaim for its compelling description of a totally hypothetical situation where Biden and the Democrats fraudulently steal the election. "Listen here, Jack-- I didn't steal the election," said Biden to a group of adoring fans in the press. "But if I had stolen the election, this is how I would have done it. It's real simple, see? My new book will give you all the dirty details!" "This book...
NEW ESSAY: People in Boxes
01/03/2021 10:54:45 AM PST · by tbw2 · 6 replies
Liberty Island Magazine ^ | 01/02/2021 | Jamie K. Wilson
And therein is the crux. Boxes? Who puts people in boxes? Well, racists do, because they think all black people are alike in certain ways. And sexists. And homophobes. Lots of people, and it's never a good thing. It leads to individuals being treated unfairly because they have been forced into a box that does not fit them. In today's woke society, progressives, however, are the worst transgressors. "Basket of deplorables." "Toxic masculinity." "Fascists." (Seriously, have they ever looked up what that word means?) "Teabagger." These are boxes they put other people in, and once you're in the box, it...
Fyodor Dostoevsky: philosopher of freedom
01/03/2021 4:27:31 AM PST · by karpov · 21 replies
The New Criterion ^ | January 2021 | Gary Saul Morson
... People do not live by bread—or, what philosophers called the maximalization of "advantage"—alone. All utopian ideologies presuppose that human nature is fundamentally good and simple: evil and apparent complexity result from a corrupt social order. Eliminate want and you eliminate crime. For many intellectuals, science itself had proven these contentions and indicated the way to the best of all possible worlds. Dostoevsky rejected all these ideas as pernicious nonsense. "It is clear and intelligible to the point of obviousness," he wrote in a review of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, "that evil lies deeper in human beings than our social-physicians suppose;...


An illustration of NASA's proposed Deep Space Gateway in orbit around the moon. A NASA request for information seeks ideas from industry on how to develop the gateway's power and propulsion module.
As currently envisioned by NASA, the PPE would be the first element of the gateway, launched as a "co-manifested payload" on the first crewed Space Launch System launch, taking advantage of the additional payload capacity provided by the Block 1B version of the SLS. The PPE would go into what is known as a near rectilinear halo orbit around the moon within 100 days of launch.
In the RFI, NASA asks potential respondents their ability to produce the PPE, including a "conceptual schedule, rough order of magnitude engineering cost estimate, and recommended contract vehicle" for it. NASA expects to have the PPE delivered to the Kennedy Space Center for integration onto the SLS in December 2021, which would support a launch of the Exploration Mission 2 flight now expected for some time in 2022.
NASA hopes that the module can build on early design work for the Asteroid Redirect Mission, whose robotic spacecraft would have also used solar electric propulsion to travel to and from a near Earth asteroid. "Identify a conceptual design you would use as a starting point and what changes you believe are warranted to address PPE capability statements," NASA instructs industry in the RFI.
"Through the RFI, we hope to better understand industry's current state-of-the-art and potential future capabilities for deep space power and propulsion," said Michele Gates, director of the PPE effort at NASA Headquarters, in an agency statement. Gates formerly was director of the Asteroid Redirect Mission program.
The RFI and planned NextSTEP studies are NASA's next tentative steps in the development of the Deep Space Gateway concept. NASA describes the gateway as "a lunar-orbiting, crew-tended spaceport" that would also include a habitation module and docking ports for the Orion crew spacecraft and separate cargo spacecraft. The gateway's additional modules would also be delivered to cislunar space as co-manifested payloads on future SLS launches.


text:
Celebs/TV
Poll: Who do you think is guilty of attacking Trish Winterman in Broadchurch?
There's just one episode to go
Emma FlanaganContent Editor
Sign up to our daily newsletter for the latest local and breaking news in Bristol.
After last night's episode it seems we are no closer to finding out "whodunnit" in series three of Broachurch.
While DIs Hardy and Miller seemed to have a break through - after discovering DNA on a sock used in the attack on Tirsh Winterman (Julie Hesmondalgh) - they failed to share their enlightening moment with us.
Still very much in the frame are Trish's boss, Ed Burnett (Lenny Henry), her best friend's husband Jim Atwood (Mark Bazeley) and local, creepy taxi driver Clive Lucas (Sebastian Armesto).
But this is Broadchurch so the chances are it is none of the above.
In fact it is probably someone who has barely been put in the frame.
27 of the best films and TV shows filmed in and around Bristol
We have less than a week to wait to find out for sure.
Trish has been played by Julie Hesmondalgh
But who do you think is the culprit? Have your say in our poll.
Who do you think is guilty of attacking Trish Winterman in Broadchurch?
0+ VOTES SO FAR
Ed Burnett
Jim Atwood
Ian Winterman
Clive Lucas
Leo Humphries
Rev. Paul Coates
Mark Latimer
Michael Lucas (Clive Lucas's son)
More than one?
The top 10 suspects
Lenny Henry, as Ed Burnett, who has more memory on his phone than any one else in the world (Probably. 5,000 pictures is a lot)
He's obsessed with Trish and has a violent past, so it's not looking good for the farm shop owner.
Although in last night's episode he found a key piece of evidence and showed it to his daughter straight away.
Who for some reason, as a trained police officer, picked it up with her bare hands.
While Ed is certainly the boss no one wants (5,000 pictures of Trish!) he has been in the frame from the start and if the first season taught us anything we can be fairly certain he didn't do it.
Mark Nazeley as Jim Atwood, who has been suspect number one - on and off - throughout the series
Wife of Cath, local mechanic, and seducer of good looking waitreses. Just like Ed Burnett he has been an early contender for Broadchurch's newest most hated man.
But in last night's episode he talked about the previous victim of the sexual assault - which has been linked to the attack on Trish - in a way which would suggest he had no idea the woman whose Clio broke down had been raped. Or he's really stupid.
He does have that incriminating box of condoms, but Broadchurch is a small town, we doubt the local shop comes with a wide selection.
Ex-husband of Trish and amateur voyeur. Could Ian have done it?
Trish's husband is clearly an idiot. He had her computer fitted with spyware (enlisting the help of a former pupil) and last night suggested to her it was because he missed her. Oh, the romance.
He has clearly made the investigation more difficult for Hardy and Miller, throwing in a few red herrings, but does that mean he is guilty?
Broadchurch series three: here's everything you need to know
Clive Lucas who has become an expert at looking angry and creepy at the same time throughout this series
This guy has span more lies than any other suspect. And not just to the police, but to his wife and son too,
He is clearly a creep, and has a very suspicious array of keepsakes - including a set of keys belong to Trish - which his wife found in last night's cliff hanger.
He has also exposed his teenage son to what is - apparently - hardcore pornography.
The dad of the year award will continue to evade him, we suspect, but is he capable of serious sexual assault?
The once smarmy Leo seems to have softened now the police know what he's been up to. If only he had the common sense to do that from the start
Access to spyware - and just generally a bit smarmy - Leo has given off the impression he is up to something sinister and getting away with it.
But when being questioned in a police interview room in last night's episode he did not seem all that confident.
And his girlfriend has dumped the poor little soul because he made her lie for an alibi. Bless him.
Of course now he has no alibi for the night of Trish's attack - as well as no girlfriend - but is he our guilty party?
Now this may seem like a long shot, but he has had a traumatic childhood and been sharing hardcore porn even when his mother DI Ellie Miller forbade it.
He even stole his mobile phone back so he could get back to sharing the for adult-eyes only material.
Of course all these things together do not add up to sex attacker, but it is the sort of tragic ending you could imagine Broadchurch coming up with.
We are keeping our fingers crossed it's not him. How would poor Ellie cope?
Steve Coogan's Stan Laurel transforms the M-Shed and Balmoral for BBC movie
While integral to the support of the Latimer family in seasons one and two, many fans have questioned why the reverend is still in the show.
While he has expressed frustration at how the town deserted him and the church as they moved on from the death of Danny Latimer - and this series has been as much about the Latimer family as it has Trish Winterman - it is hard to see how the reverend's story arc can be completed with just one more episode to go.
Either he has been the shock culprit all along, or he is about to have a half-baked ending to his time on Broadchurch with the fans didn't really need to see.
We know where we're putting our money.
Struggling to move on from the murder of Danny, Mark has struggled throughout the series, even making an attempt to end his own life.
While it seems unlikely he would be linked to the attack (Beth being Trish's support worker seems to have served as enough of a link between the two story lines) you really can rule no one out on Broadchurch.
Bristol University lecturer to star in new BBC 2 show Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest
Michael Lucas
Son of Clive and friend to Tom here is another teen who has been getting a kick out of watching and sharing adult material.
But as we saw in last night's episode he was also one of the teen's sharing personal pictures of DI Hardy's daughter Daisy, which means his understanding of privacy and consent leaves a lot to be desired.
He has not been in many episodes, but when every appearance he has had appears to be significant, from him explaining he knows Clive is not his real dad, to his resentment for his step dad and how he treats his mum.
Of course he would have been way too young at the time of the attack two years ago, to be wandering around a field, miles from home at 2am, which leads to our final suspcicion...
What if it's more than one of them?
We can't rule out more than one person being involved
Perhaps there are multiple suspects in it together, or the attacks are a copycat after one person confessed their crimes to another person?
Once you start looking at combinations of people, the list of suspects really is endless...
Broadchurch concludes at 9pm, Monday April 17, ITV1.
DWP: People on PIP can claim range of freebies including £36k home boost
Your MoneyMillions are eligible, and one benefit is £36,000 towards modifying your home
The incredible Bristol treehouse café that's like something from The Hobbit
Eating Out in BristolThe café has just reopened after a Christmas break and is as good as ever


Is contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at 3 T superior to 1.5 T for detection of coronary artery disease?
Quantitative circumferential strain analysis using adenosine triphosphate-stress/rest 3-T tagged magnetic resonance to evaluate regional contractile dysfunction in ischemic heart disease.
Meta-analysis: noninvasive coronary angiography using computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging.
Combined assessment of myocardial perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass grafts: a multicenter study of an integrated cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol.
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging at 3-tesla for the detection of coronary artery disease: a comparison with 1.5-tesla.
Detection of cardiac small vessel disease by adenosine-stress magnetic resonance.
Diagnostic performance of stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.


text:
Brady v. Maryland
PETITIONER:John L Brady
RESPONDENT:Maryland
LOCATION:Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County
DOCKET NO.: 490
LOWER COURT:
ARGUED: Mar 18, 1963 / Mar 19, 1963
GRANTED: Oct 08, 1962
ADVOCATES:
E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr. – for the petitioner
Thomas W. Jamison, III – for the respondent
A Maryland jury found John Brady and Charles Boblit guilty of first-degree murder in the state Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County. Brady maintained that he participated in the preceding robbery, but not in the killing. At sentencing, both men received the death penalty. After trial, Brady learned that Boblit previously confessed to the murder, but the prosecution suppressed that evidence for Brady's trial. On appeal, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that suppression of the confession denied Brady due process and remanded the case to reconsider the question of punishment only.
(1) Did the prosecution's suppression of Boblit's confession deny Brady due process?
(2) Was the Maryland Court of Appeals wrong to remand only on the question of punishment?
– 490, John L. Brady, petitioner versus Maryland.
Mr. Jamison, you may continue your argument.
Thomas W. Jamison, III:
Yesterday before the recess, I had sought to establish two facts which I believe must be considered during the study of this case.
First of all, the statement of the confederate, Boblit, contains nothing, which would exculpate Brady from guilt of first-degree murder under the Maryland felony murder statute.
It merely contains the assertion or the admission that Boblit himself actually strangled the victim, but it places Brady at the scene of the crime as the man who knew Brooks, as the man who said, "We have got to kill Brooks," as the man who said "We've have got to strangle Brooks."
Secondly, the attorney representing John Brady determined before the trial even began that the real issue in the trial was not guilt or innocence, but penalty for murder in the first-degree.
In other words, he sought to persuade the jury to bring in a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder without capital punishment.
Now, at the trial of the case, Brady took the stand and again Brady admitted as he had in his statements, which he had given to the police prior to his trial, he again admitted he had participated in the robbery, but denied he had actually committed the homicide.
In his —
Mr. Jamison what happens in Maryland if a man pleads guilty to the first-degree murder or doesn't that really happen?
Mr. Justice Stewart, if a man pleads guilty to first-degree murder then the court would have the option as to whether or not to sentence him to death or to sentence him to life imprisonment.
And he doesn't get a jury trial on that punishment?
He would not have a jury trial.
This is a function of a single judge, is that it?
That's correct Your Honor, it's merely a question of sentence.
The closing argument or at least the — the closing argument to the jury by a counsel for Brady consisted of a confession of guilt of first-degree murder.
Now when Brady again went to court himself to testify at the post-conviction hearing before the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, he again admitted his guilt of first degree murder.
He admitted that he was there and he participated in the robbery.
He admitted the facts which constitute first-degree murder on the statute.
And also that the murder was committed at the time of the robbery, not later, is that correct, because I did notice some place along the line here where it was contended that the murder was detached from the robbery itself?
I believe Mr. Chief Justice that point was raised in Brady's appeal from his conviction.
But not at the trial, I think you answered that yesterday?
I stand corrected Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Bamberger reminds me of Boblit's appeal that actually raised that point.
They were tried — they were argued together, the two appeals were tried under one argument.
I see and Brady did not raise it at all?
Apparently not Your Honor.
But at any rate this point was brought up at the post-conviction hearing.
Now throughout the other proceedings in this case, it had never been controverted that Brady has always admitted his presence at the trial — at the robbery and his participation in the robbery and I think it is also important to remember that there was a judicial confession in effect at his trial when Brady admitted his presence and his participation.
Now, in view of these facts and the fact that the Court of Appeals in its opinion states that nothing in — well, this withheld confession this appears on page 52 of the record, nothing in it could have reduced the appellant Brady's offense below murder in the first degree.
May, I ask you just one more thing before you get into another phase of the case?
On page 26, item 25 that we talked about yesterday somewhat, would you mind telling me when that statement was made by counsel for the defendant and in want context please?
It was made prior to the trial at a conference in the judge's chambers with counsel for a coconspirator or the confederate and they were discussing various aspects such as we have a jury trial, which defendant will be tried first and so forth and at that time, Counsel for Brady said that his trial would be limited to penalty for murder in the first-degree.
Now, in Maryland, the Constitution provides that the jury is the judge of the law as well as the facts.
This provision has been in the Constitution of Maryland at least since 1867 I think and to my knowledge has never been applied in exactly the way it is sought to be applied in this case, but the Court of Appeals of Maryland in a recent case, Giles versus State said this.
"It is the duty of a jury to decide a case according to the established rules of law."
In all frankness, I must admit that this statement was made from the other side of the coin, dealing the duty of the jury from the standpoint of the defendant other than the standpoint of the State, but I respectfully submit that the duty of the jury is the same whether it acquits the defendant or convicts him, it is nevertheless the duty of a jury to decide the case according to the established rules of the law, in spite of this constitutional provision.
Otherwise, we would have nothing but chaos.
[Inaudible]
Mr. Justice Brennan, it is the State of Maryland's position that the trial judge charge was an error that he went further than the law required.
No prep just whatsoever.
Yes Your Honor.
That's exactly what they said, I think in their opinions, what they held in their opinion.
Giles was decided after this case and I might say that the Giles case, there is a petition for certiorari pending at the present time.
I don't quite understand, you say that the Constitution says one thing and the law says another.
No, Mr. Justice Black.
I'm saying that the Court of Appeals has said that it is the duty of a jury to decide a case according to the established rules of law.
But what does the Constitution say?
The Constitution says, the jury is the judge of the law as one of the fact.
Well, do you think that Constitution is unconstitutional?
What I'm saying though is that although the jury has the right to decide the law, they have the duty to decide the law according to their conscience, according to reason, according to their best efforts and not according to some whim or fancy.
They have the same duty to decide the law as the trial judge would have to interpret the law according to their best ability and not to ignore the law, or disregard the law, or twist the law for some purpose or other.
What purpose – what effect it would give it to the provision of the Constitution?
Is that into your Constitution?
[Inaudible] something duty of the jury, power of the jury to go beyond what it already had [Inaudible]
It is my opinion that it adds very little to the power of a jury or to the — what it would ordinarily be the case in other jurisdictions. It maybe that when the constitutional prevision was enacted, the idea was to give a great scope of authority to the jury, but I believe that in view of the two recent cases, the Giles case and the Brady case, the Court of Appeals has indicated that it feels there was a very limited scope to this provision.
Well what you in effect saying is that they have changed your Constitution, isn't it?
They have construed the Constitution, that all.
It seemed to mean contrary to what it seems to mean on its face?
I don't believe that is correct.
I think the jury has the right to interpret the law and if it makes a mistake no one can again say it.
I think that is the law, now it's true —
Well another thing to find out is that if we ought to go on the basis of your argument that the Constitution said, that it means what it says, that means now, has a less restricted meaning by reason of the recent opinion of the Court?
Yes I believe that is my position.
I believe that the Court of Appeals has indicated in the Giles case that the constitutional provision is not as broad as it might be thought to be upon reading it.
I think that the jury has a duty to construe the law the same as a judge would construe a law, it was best of its ability and not whimsically.
There has been an effort Mr. Justice Harlan, I believe that the current session of the legislature, such a measure was introduced and it was not enacted, I don't know whether its been defeated or whether it's still pending, but I think there was one enacted, I mean introduced.
I honestly don't know whether there have been others or not.
Arthur J. Goldberg:
Well stated bluntly, as I understand it, you are saying the recent rule that the jury is not a judge of the law in fact in Maryland, although the Constitution says it is?
No Mr. Justice Black, I don't say that.
I'm merely saying that there is not the distinction between the situation in Maryland and situation in other states which would appear on the face of the Maryland Constitution.
The jury is the judge of the law, but they have a duty to judge the law conscientiously in good faith, sincerely and legitimately and not whimsically, and if they do —
What's the remedy if they do not?
We have no remedy.
If they act according to whim and caprice and acquit the defendant, the defendant is acquitted, and there is no remedy.
They have the power —
Same as the general verdict?
So they have the power to do this and that cannot be denied, but any jury has the power to do this.
But in a case of jury where it is operating under [Inaudible] constitutional provision, there is a presumption [Inaudible]
I don't think that there is such a presumption under the Maryland law.
No, but isn't the [Inaudible] I gather they don't have to be the judge of the law for judgment.
It may be that they were [Inaudible]
They do not, that is correct.
Byron R. White:
You are saying that [Inaudible]
That is our position exactly.
You are saying that the Court of Appeals can tell the jury what the law is, but they can't decide what the law is, for themselves.
I'm saying that they have —
Maybe that's right, but I'm just — if we have to decide this, I would want very, very, very clear reason myself for saying if the Constitution of Maryland says that the jury shall be the judge of the law and in fact that can be escaped by saying, the judge can be the judge of the law, in fact he can get it covered and that's the law they have to follow, not their own.
That you need to follow.
You were saying if you are drawing a distinction between that duty and what can do under the constitutional provision.
Do you have that same thing with reference to liable in Maryland?
To liable?
Yeah, same provision.
I honestly don't know Mr. Justice Black.
I'm not familiar with laws of Maryland pertaining to liable.
Many states have that and why they've had there I don't understand it, but it remained the law.
It's always been held, they didn't have to follow the judge at all, when they have the duty do it.
They can decide as they saw fit.
I think [Inaudible], I'm not sure.
I can't help you on that point.
Mr. Jamison is it customary in Maryland in cases of this kind to instruct — for the judge when he instructs the jury to tell them that his instructions are only advisory and they may decide the law in anyway that they desire.
Yes, Mr. Chief Justice, it not only is customary, but I think it's mandatory.
Well how do you reconcile that with what you just argued to us?
Well I'm afraid I'm not getting my point really across as well I would like.
It's a very thin distinction, I admit, but the jury does have the right under the constitution to interpret the law, to find the law if you like.
All I'm saying is they've got to do it honestly, conscientiously, intelligently to the — according to their best efforts and they cannot do it according to whim and if they do it according to the whim, then they are violating their duty to the state, to the people.
Now if they do that, if they violate their duty there is no way that anybody can do anything about it.
[Inaudible]accept it the way it should –-
Aren't you confusing power and duty?
I don't believe I am.
I think I am merely relying upon what the Court of Appeals has said in the Giles case.
And although they said it there in reference to the duty of the jury that it owes to the defendant.
I think the same duty is owed to the state.
That is exactly our position.
That no jury acting in good faith could possibly under the facts of this peculiar case, could possibly have rendered any verdict except guilty of first degree murder or not guilty of anything at all.
But since there was a judicial confession in Court by the defendant, the jury really could not bring in a verdict of not guilty.
However, the Court — the trial judge was entitled at the trial to instruct the jury that they could bring in a verdict of guilty of first degree murder, guilty of first degree murder without capital punishment or not guilty.
On the facts of the record as it stands now however, in view of all the facts and the way in which the trial was conducted, it is our position that the defendant was not denied due process of law by being given a new trial on the issue of punishment only.
Since this is the sole point to which his claim of prejudice relates.
Well I think you said yesterday that this confession [Inaudible]
It would have been, that is correct.
And that is not getting [Inaudible] would have done had the government said these people what the court had said they should have done and [Inaudible]
There is no doubt about the fact that he is not — now he had not had this confession or this statement of Boblit before a jury before he was tried.
And he would have it if the state had not done what it did [Inaudible] if it had not been done, he would have had [Inaudible] at his trail [Inaudible]
This is correct.
Our position on that is this, that there was no prejudice, because there is nothing in the statement which could have reduced the offense below first degree murder.
[Inaudible] jury found murder it seems to me the typical case where the jury is going to exercise their power under the law [Inaudible]
But there is nothing in the statement which could possibly lead the jury to believe he was as an innocent bystander.
The statement says that it was Brady's idea to kill him.
It was Brady's idea to strangle him.
Now —
And wanted to shoot him and Brady wanted to strangle him.
That's exactly, yes.
So the jury couldn't possibly get any sympathy for the man out of this statement.
[Inaudible] not to say it is harmless error?
I think it was harmless error from the standpoint of guilt or innocence, but not from the standpoint of punishment.
It might have persuaded the jury to recommend without capital punishment, and that is exactly the relief that he has been granted by the Court of Appeals.
The vagaries of a jury's reasoning are beyond human understanding when you begin to try to hold that something would have been — would have done him no good [Inaudible], but it is difficult.
Yes it is difficult.
Does the jury rule on the admissibility of evidence?
No Mr. Justice Stewart, if the jury in Maryland does not rule on the constitutionality of a statute, it does not rule on the admissibility of evidence and in the first instance it does not rule on the voluntariness of a confession, although after the judge plans a confession to be voluntary, then the jury in turn is on the point.
Is there ever any such thing as a directed verdict or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in Maryland practice?
Yes, there certainly is.
In civil litigation?
Yes, that's correct, but the defendant in a criminal case has a right to move for a judgment of acquittal at the conclusion of the state's case.
Yeah, in that case the judge takes it away from the jury if he grants the motion.
Well, I never heard it done personally, but I have heard that there have been times when a judge indicated dissatisfaction with the verdict, but this has no real legal significance.
E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr.:
In one part of the state's argument the state assumes that the evidence —
Mr. Bamberger before you get your main argument I'd like to ask you this question.
In the event we were to affirm this judgment.
In what respect would you be in a different position?
If you go back on the question of punishment, then you were at the beginning of the trial and the reason I ask you that question is because of what occurred here on page 26 of the record and I think you were testifying at the time.
No sir I was not a Trial Counsel.
Oh, you were not, so counsel —
And it starts this way.
Now do you remember participating in the conference prior to Brady's trial in Judge Michelson's office?
Yes sir.
Who was present then sir.
It was Judge Michelson, Mr. Stowes, Mr. Turk, Mr. DeBoe and myself, I think that was all.
I don't think the assistant state's attorney was there all day.
What was discussed at that conference?
Answer: quite a number of things, what we wanted to go to trial, what day we wanted to go to trial, and how we elected trial.
And I recall I stated that in view of the fact that they took a jury trial, I wanted my mine first and that the case would be limited to penalty for murder in the first-degree.
Well, why would it be limited to that penalty sir?
Answer; because there was absolutely no justification or reasons, or rhythm, or rhyme for killing a man and both of them were at least engaged in robbery or larceny which is a felony and understanding of law if both of them involved in the felony.
And there was an objection to him explaining the law and it was overruled and the witness, the counsel went on and said and both of them were in fact committing a felony, they were charged each with a greater offense and one of them committing murder which everyone of them — it was — would be, would automatically charge the other one with murder.
And then I understand that Brady after that testified that he did participate in the robbery and the murder.
Now, how or in what respect will you injured if you in fact to have his punishment only determined in the light of that approach that was made at his original trial?
Mr. Chief Justice, I do not think we can consider this case as if the statement by Boblit, the withheld statement is the end of the evidence that we could discover or that the withheld statement is in itself the truth of what occurred.
The point is that this was a statement which was the fifth of five which was a statement made after four denials of having anything to do with the murder.
Now the man came so far in that statement, he still implicated Brady.
At this point all interrogation of him stops.
He was never again questioned by the police.
He was never questioned by counsel for this defendant, and the point is where would this have led to, I don't know, I don't know.
I mean the —
Well, the counsel apparently knew the facts at least as he got them from his client Brady —
And he said that the only issue was the issue of punishment because his client had clearly committed first-degree murder under any reading of the facts.
But I can't reach into his mind, but I think that part of what he is saying there and this is my understanding of it is, that he had these arguments before the jury, he had the issue of both guilt and punishment, but on the question — on the issue of guilt he had no evidence, no evidence outside of the denial by this man Brady himself.
And so he chose rather than to put both these issues to the jury, he made a tactic, he made a choice of strategy and he decided instead of putting both these issues to the jury and maybe angering them, because I don't have very much to say about this guilt thing, I am going spread the cards on the table and I am just going to go hard on this issue of mercy and on the question of the punishment.
But that's a choice that he made after he had been overreached by the state and as much as that is speculation, so I would have to speculate to say to you how the trial would have deferred, if before the trial began he had that fifth statement where the man — you see at this point this is a statement made when the man knows that the other man is in custody and when he is told by the police that there are some discrepancies in what you said before and he comes — he changes the story.
Now he doesn't change it so far as to exonerate this man, but where might further interrogation of him by the police led, where might it have led further interrogation and investigation and a testimony of the trial by counsel for Brady, this is speculation, I don't know.
The statement we are talking about appears at page nine of the record, does it, that's the one, statement number five?
Well that's part of it Mr. Justice Stewart, the — that is just part of it quoted by the Trial Court in the post-conviction proceeding, but at page 39 of the record, pages 39 to 41, the entire statement is reproduced.
This is the one, this is statement number five, I think.
Dated July 9, 1958.
What situation would you be in, if you would go back to Maryland if the Supreme Court were to hold that this confession could not be on news because of the [Inaudible].
What position, well I think they have already put that question aside.
In this case they have decided that it would admissible.
Sometimes those things we think have settled are not [Inaudible]
Well, [Attempt to Laughter] it would at least I think be settled at the Trial Court level.
You wouldn't — you might be coming in the position of having to say that some constitutional [Inaudible]
Well there are other ways we could get the testimony in I think and the fruit of it, what is my belief then —
You could offer the man —
We could offer the man himself and maybe the use of that statement might lead to some other evidence which would be admissible and helpful and I don't know, but this is really the crux of our problem in this Court that there was an unconstitutional suppression or a withholding of evidence prior to a trial, and now we are only going to have half of that and we are going to have a different trial than anybody else would have and we are not going to have the trial of the Court of Appeals said we should have had.
They admitted that the first trial was unfair and we should have had another trial and then they — I assure you that the Court of Appeals of Maryland as certain as I can be or any lawyer can be of what a court decides, never meant to decide in the Brady case that it was tacking on any additional limitation to the Maryland Constitutional Provision.
The best proof that I can say for that is that it was not discussed in briefs.
It was not discussed at oral arguments, and in the Giles case where they was a vigorous attack on this Maryland Constitutional Provision, it was held has violating the due process clause and as violating the equal protection clause.
The court went at great pains to cite the history of this constitutional provision and they cite the limitations which have been engrossed on it through the years.
And there is no mention of the Brady case, nor is there any mention of any additional limitation that the Brady case put upon this constitutional provision.
And the Giles case was decided in just last year 1962 and I — there was no intention in the Brady case to change the law of Maryland that the jury has the right to judge the law in a criminal case.
In what legal category according to your idea that the Supreme Court put its refusal to let this case be retried so that evidence could be offered on the merit.
The only category it seems to me Your Honor is that they said this comes by post-conviction and under the post-conviction statute we have a broad area of the remedy which we may apply.
I say this because in the opinion, Chief Judge Burns refers to that section of the post-conviction act, but he says also that he compares it with the rule of the court which in an ordinary criminal appeal gives it the same kind of a power to tailor the remedy.
Now I think the only category that I can put John Brady in is that he is placed in a category of a man whose constitutional rights have been denied by the suppression or withholding of evidence.
And who either wasn't smart enough to find it out until he had, the time for a direct appeal had expired or the state so cleverly hid it that he couldn't find it out until the time for direct appeal had expired and so he is forced to come up by the post-conviction remedy.
Why have — they did that on the ground of harmless error?
As I see it, what they have said is that, he is not entitled to this rather new trial, if you are correct in saying he is denied his constitutional right, but it would have done no good in that issue because we stated as a matter of law that on the facts here stated, he was guilty of murder in the first degree anyhow?
Yes sir, but then that's — the basic error there is that I don't think that the Court of Appeals of Maryland meant to say that the jury in Maryland is no longer going to have the power to judge the law in a criminal case and in effect what they've done is direct the verdict of guilt of first-degree murder in this particular case.
Yes sir, they have a duty to follow their oath as jurors, but part of the —
They have a duty not to depart from the law, but what is the law, they have the right to define the law.
More than the power they have the right.
I think they have a duty to follow that clear rule of law, but they also have the duty to follow the — to exercise the right that they have to judge the law and there maybe — I can, I could —
You would say that [Inaudible]
I think if a jury —
Yes, Mr. Justice White, I think if a jury came out of the jury room and they said, well we really didn't think, we don't think that the law ought to be this, but the judge told us it was and all 12 of us agreed that we wouldn't want the law to be that, and we don't really think it is, but we were in a civil case last week and the judge told us we were bound by the law.
I think they would then have violated their duty to judge the law.
He has a constitutional right to have a jury exercise its right to judge the law.
I would put it that way.
And every other defendant will be tried on both guilt and punishment before that kind of a jury, but this man won't have that kind of a fair trial.
The Court of Appeals said he didn't have it on the issue of guilt and they said he won't have it, and this is how he set aside.
I want to ask you a question, based on the assumption that the case was sent back for a closed trial on both issues and this precise confession was offered, which is held admissible, that the judge charged the jury, I charge you as a matter of law, could he charge you?
I charge you as a matter of law that this confession shows that this defendant Brady is guilty of murder in the first degree and it is your duty so define, will he do that?
He may not do that?
Because his instructions may only be advisory.
He must instruct him that his instructions are advisory, he may tell them what the statute says and counsel may argue contrary to his instructions.
Well the effect of what's been done here is, if the Supreme Court is holding just exactly what you say the trial judge couldn't do.
Keep informing the jury the evidence on the basis that as a matter of law he is guilty of first degree as shown by that evidence.
This is what — the Court of Appeals has in fact directed a verdict.
[Inaudible] jury has the power to absolutely disregard that he could give that kind of instruction [Inaudible] say what the law is and the jury may or may not follow nevertheless they have the duty to [Inaudible]
Every jury may or may not follow instructions.
That the jury may or may not follow his instructions and that he can give them such an instruction?
Yes, but he must say that it is advisory.
Well In that case, in that case the defendant would have a chance to get the judgment of the jury on whether they would hold it murder in the first degree, would they not?
A jury may say —
He wouldn't have to hold it, would he?
No sir, they would —
But here the Court has held it, taking the place of the jury in making that decision.
That is exactly the point Mr. Justice Clark.
Tried by the Court.
Found guilty in the same sentence.
The sentence is death sir.
Both of the warrant of execution was stayed by the Court, because of the appellate procedures in the Brady case and the governor has just not — has withheld the warrant in the Bobbitt case awaiting the outcome of this.
I think I wouldn't have —
Tried after or before.
He was tried after.
This is when the — his fifth statement was offered in evidence.
At his trial, his counsel objected, because he hadn't signed it.
The trial court erroneously excluded it.
It was discovered by counsel for Brady later when a clemency petition was being prepared and this — the reference to the statement in the record arouse some curiosity, that's the first time that Brady or his counsel knew of the existence of it and this was to go back to the beginning of this argument.
Mr. Chief Justice, this conference in the Trial Court's Chambers was — at this point, Brady's counsel made it perfectly clear to the state that the one defense that was being asserted that Brady wasn't the man who actually did the killing.
Now, he could have argued with on that point with that evidence.
He could have argued to a jury that you ought to construe the felony murder statute that the man who actually pulls the trigger in the commission of the felony is the man who will get the death sentence, but the other man won't.
And — but he apparently made a choice that he didn't have any evidence to support a strong argument on this, because he had only the testimony of Brady, and he might have made a far different choice, if he knew of the statement and he might have had for a stronger evidence and the statement alone, if he knew of it.
Do you recall Mr. Bamberger how this case was argued?
Did the counsel for Brady concede on the argument after Brady's testimony that he had participated in the robbery?
Did he concede on the argument that Brady was guilty of first-degree murder, but that he should not receive the maximum penalty?
Mr. Chief Justice, the argument was not transcribed.
The only reference to that is at the beginning of the Court's instructions, where the Court says that — and the Court feels that even though there has been a confession by counsel for the defendant that this traverser is guilty of murder on the first-degree without capital punishment.
I take it that at this point, having no evidence to support any argument, any strong argument that they ought to find the man guilty of something less than first-degree murder that counsel had in effect said to the jury, "I want a verdict of murder in the first-degree without capital punishment and we lay ourselves in your hands."
I don't know what he said.
It's not transcribed, but.
No sir, I don't think so.
I would —
I would like to pursue my question with one more that I ask you.
Let's assume that the Court has — you said the function of the jury in this man's case in the State of Maryland that it has decided as a fact what these — under Maryland law would be left to the jury to decide?
In what way do you say that would violate the federal constitution?
Well, I'd say it would violate the equal — certainly the equal protection clause, because it sets this man aside in a different category and gives him a trial before a jury with his guilt already determined and just on the question of punishment.
And the only reason I can see to put him in that classification is, because he didn't discover the overreaching by the state until after the time for a direct appeal had expired.
Tried by jury which may or may not have done its duty, but by a prosecutor who didn't do his duty and if the prosecutor had done his duty and the jury had done its duty, the result might have been different.
If the prosecutor had come up with this evidence for Brady prior to the trial, where might it have lead?
Now in all the cases in which this Court has considered denials of due process I have not found any case where the Court segregated the conviction and the guilt or any part of the case, but have always said it vesicates the conviction.
And one very important consideration by this Court in doing that is, what are you encouraging law enforcement officers to do and I think that's important in this case.
If this results stand then what's to prohibit the prosecutor with perhaps not the most honorable motives to take the same kind of chance with evidence in a first-degree murder case knowing that —
Well I think it was settled by the Thomas case which preceded this and so did the Court of Appeal.
Well, I am not — I don't say that I had to prove that there was any guile by this prosecutor in this case and the Court of Appeals agreed with that.
No, I am suggesting that the remedy for the denial of a constitutional right ought to be so complete that no one can take any advantage of it in the future.
What is the denial of constitutional rights?
In this case?
When you say that, yes?
It was the —
What do you point to as a denial of constitutional rights?
The failure of the state to give to Boblit's counsel the statement made by his companion prior to the trial, more than that giving him four of them and not the fifth one, misleading him, indicating to him that, oh, sure I'll give you Boblit's statements and here they are, but not given him the one that was important.
Are you relying on any of our prior cases to say that that's unconstitutional?
I think I rely on many of your prior cases as did the Court of Appeals.
The particular case in point is a decision of the Third Circuit but the — and I can't point to a decision of this Court.
Did we not have a case several years ago on that point.
I have a vague recollection of it, [Inaudible]
Those cases are not briefed in this brief and I don't remember that particular case, but in the — this point was argued of course before the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
The other — on part of that on constitutional or the depravation of the constitutional right was that, when that was done, this — the state knew that the issue that Brady was going to present to the jury was whether he did or Boblit did it.
They knew that that was the prime issue.
All of these facts together amounted to a depravation of due process by failure to give him that scenario.
I recall, we had a case from Texas in which a Mexican was abused and murdered.
Al Corta —
Do you think that apply to this?
Are you arguing on that basis?
Well I argued on that basis in the Court of Appeals and —
Yes Mr. Justice Goldberg.
I don't think that my case stands or falls on the peculiar provision of the Maryland Constitution, but I think my case is an easier one to argue, because of the peculiar Maryland provision.
No sir, it would not be different, it would perhaps be less forceful.
Your case is a lot stronger with that.
My case is a lot stronger with that.
I don't give it away, I say that Mr. Justice Goldberg, I would make the same argument but I am more comfortable making it without Maryland Constitutional Provision.
Yes sir, yes sir.
The Court has not changed the law in either the Giles case or in the Brady case and the Court by its own rule, which I have included at page 17 of the Appendix of this brief says that the instructions are advisory and that the Court is required to give instructions.
Now the Court now by the rules of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Trial Court must give instructions, which if they are requested and if they state the applicable law.
How do you answer his argument that even though the constitution says that the jury has that right, they have the right to decide it, but it's their duty not to take advantage of that right which the constitution said they right the exert, how do you answer that?
Well I would argue from the other side of this trial table, that what's the right this defendant has to be tried before what kind of a jury.
Does he have a right to be — has anyone ever said he has a right to be tried before a jury which will do its duty and maybe interpret the law as the judge thinks the law ought to be interpreted, but he's got a right also to be judged before a jury which has the right to tell the judge to take his interpretation of the law and throw it out the window and that the jury itself will say what the law is and as much as we as lawyers —
But as I understand it, his argument is, that it's the duty of the jury, not to exercise this right, which the constitution said they could?
Well I say it's the duty of the jury to exercise the constitutional prerogative that it has.
It has just as much that duty as it has a duty to follow its oath in any other regard.
The Court instructs them.
These instructions which I give to you on the law are advisory.
You decide what the law is.
They —
The right to disregard it and the duty to disregard it if their conscience convinces them that the law is an ass and ought to the otherwise.
Well I can't take it — if you take a clear rule of law —
And they've got the right to do it and even if the rule of law is perfectly clear, but they think they ought not to do — convict this man of it, they've got a right not to convict him, this is the history of the purpose.
It was to protect —
If they may disregard?
They may disregard a clear rule of law, because they think that's [Inaudible]
They have a right not —
Well, I think I've been trying to say that and that I say as they have a duty to follow the law so they have a duty to follow the constitution and so exercise their prerogative.
And I think you would begin to have made bigger progress if you had followed Mr. Hopewell and talk in terms of immunity and privileges.
I think I might —
Now what is this Supreme Law of Maryland?
The constitution I hope.
Well if that's the Supreme Law of Maryland, why did you say they — why do you not answer the question when it's asked to you, if they have a right to disregard the law that they are not disregarding the law?
In doing that, which the Supreme Law of Maryland charges him with the responsibility to do it.
It is besides the law in fact for the case and is your constitution not the Supreme Law of your state?
And I say they have a duty to follow the constitution and —
That's the first duty, isn't it?
That's the first duty and Mr. Justice Bernnan —
[Inaudible] and say we are not going to do it.
We are not going to do it, because some judge told us he didn't want us to follow the constitution, didn't want us to exercise the right of constitution for that, who is right, the judge or the jury?
The jury.
Alright and as Mr. Justice Bernnan says then they are — then they got a duty to follow nothing.
Well I suppose that they've got a duty to follow the constitution and if that leads them to disregard some duty that they might have to judge properly then I can't —
No sir.
Well they may —
Mr. Bamberger, you happen to recall what oath the jury takes when it's sworn to try a case.
I have — I can't quote it to you Mr. Chief Justice, but I remember nothing in the oath given to criminal juries, which is different than that given to civil juries and nothing there about following or judging the laws as such, I think it's well and truly tried.
The issue is —
Well brought before you in the case of plaintiff versus defendant or state versus defendant.
I think its well and truly tried the issue.
Yes, very well.
Brady v. Maryland – Oral Argument – March 18, 1963
Bell v. Wolfish
Smith v. Barry – Oral Argument – December 02, 1991
Moody v. Daggett – Oral Argument – October 12, 1976


text:
extern NSString *const AVCommandPresence;
extern NSString *const AVCommandDirect;
extern NSString *const AVCommandSession;
extern NSString *const AVCommandAckReq;
extern NSString *const AVCommandAck;
extern NSString *const AVCommandRoom;
extern NSString *const AVCommandRcp;

typedef enum : NSUInteger {
    AVCommandIOTypeIn,
    AVCommandIOTypeOut,
} AVCommandIOType;

@class AVCommand;

typedef void (^AVCommandResultBlock)(AVCommand *outCommand, AVCommand *inCommand, NSError *error);

@interface AVCommand : AVDynamicBase
@property(nonatomic) uint16_t i;
@property(nonatomic) NSString *cmd;
@property(nonatomic) NSString *peerId;

+ (instancetype)commandWithJSON:(NSString *)json ioType:(AVCommandIOType)ioType;
+ (instancetype)commandWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary ioType:(AVCommandIOType)ioType;
+ (uint16_t)nextSerialId;

- (void)addOrRefreshSerialId;
- (void)setCallback:(AVCommandResultBlock)callback;
- (AVCommandResultBlock)callback;
@end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Annual Conference News: ABQAURP offices closed for the 42nd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference!
After nearly a year of preparation, our 2019 annual conference has finally arrived. Due to staff travel and the conference demands, ABQAURP's office will be closed beginning Wednesday, April 24 and will reopen on Monday, April 29 at 7:00 AM EDT.
If you're attending the conference, here is a pre-conference message with important information: Click HERE for schedule and link to syllabus.
If you aren't able to travel to San Antonio, watch for the online course to be released later in the year!
If you have an emergent situation and need to contact us while we are away, please email abqaurp@abqaurp.org and we will make every effort to assist. If you need login information, please make sure to utilize the "forgot username" and "forgot password" links to reset.
ABQAURP brings health care quality and management to the forefront by providing the highest standard of education, information and resources to its members.
ABQAURP is not just an association, it's a community of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals who practice health care quality and management and apply what they learn to tomorrow's innovations.
ABQAURP's members are proactive and visible in their commitment to health care quality and management because they understand the consequences if they don't - medical errors, unnecessary services and expenses, and potentially harmful delays in care.
ABQAURP Diplomates gain personal and professional satisfaction from demonstrating that they've achieved a high level of expertise and knowledge with the HCQM Board Certification.
ABQAURP translates information into the everyday tools, thought-provoking discussion, and resources you need to stay ahead of health care quality and management.
ABQAURP would like to congratulate Dr. Tess Kryspin Lombard, Chief Medical Officer, StayWell Health Center in Waterbury, CT for her award winning submission.
A sincere "Thank You" to all of the Diplomate CHCQM Award Submissions.
HCQM Certification is the premier advanced professional certification specifically designed to measure your specialized training and skills that drive better, safer, and more productive care decisions and actions!
Now Taking Applications for the 2019 HCQM Exam!
Register by June 25, 2019 to sit for the 2019 exam!
New Online Education - Patient Safety Certificate Course!
A brand new, 12-hour multi-media online course is now available for all health care professionals.
ABQAURP and ACPA aligned to offer the first Physician Advisor sub-specialty for the HCQM certification.
Annual Fees are due each year by January 1st! Thank you for your membership and your contributions to improve the quality of care provided to patients!
Join as a Professional Member today to support our shared mission to improve the quality of care provided to patients!


text:
Q: How do I group my LINQ query correctly? I am having an issue getting my LINQ query to output as I would like. I am unsure I am taking the right approach.
Tables:
I have two tables Contacts and Permissions with which I perform a LEFT OUTER JOIN.

Join Query:
from contact in Contacts
join permission in Permissions on contact.Id equals permission.ObjectId into permissionGrp
from p in permissionGrp.DefaultIfEmpty()
where (p==null && isAllowed) || (p!=null && /* ... further conditions */))
orderby /* ... ordering removed */
select new { contact, permission = p };

This matches the permissions to a contact where applicable, and null when no matching permission exists.

Desired
I don't wish to have duplicate contacts, I am only interested in the first Contact-Permission record. Like so:

Attempt:
So I assumed that I need to Group By my contact.Id and somehow select FirstOrDefault() on the permissions collection.

from contact in Contacts
join permission in Permissions on contact.Id equals permission.ObjectId into permissionGrp
from p in permissionGrp.DefaultIfEmpty()
where (p==null && isAllowed) || (p!=null && /* ... further conditions */))
orderby /* ... ordering removed */
group p by contact into contactPermissionsGrp
select new { contact = contactPermissionsGrp.Key, permission = contactPermissions.FirstOrDefault() };

Result:
Unfortunately this results in a NotSupportedException: Specific method is not supported.. But I am not sure if my approach is correct or a limitation of the LightSpeed ORM.
Any advise would be appreciated.

A: Answer question with more questions

*

*Is your query possible in raw SQL in the database you are targeting? If the answer is No then what hope have you of replicating it in LINQ?

I personally don't think that what you are trying to achieve is possible to do via LINQ against MySQL.  It would be possible in MS SQL in raw T-SQL by defining an expression and attaching a RANK() column to it then doing a query on that expression.
I feel that your available solutions are:

*

*Find out how to write this query using raw SQL in your native dialect. Lightspeed will let you execute raw SQL and it will even (where you return enough columns) rehydrate that custom query into Entitys (however I don't think that is what you are after in this case).

*Give up on reducing the "duplicates" efficiently in the database.  Pull the duplicates into memory and then reduce them in memory with LINQ queryies against the IEnumerable set that you get back.

*Change your database architecture so you can have a simpler query.  Sometimes in situations like this I will find honour in having a column on the Contact table such as "MostSignificantPermssion".  That has a number of advantages:

*

*Simpler query to get the Contact and the ONE significant Permission record.

*Makes it more obvious to other developers that one of the Permissions has a special significance.

Options!
Appendix - Example of implementing (1) in MS SQL
WITH LastUsagePerPerson AS (
    SELECT
        ULE.PersonId,
        ULE.[Device],
        ULE.[AppVersion],
        ULE.[CreatedOn],
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY ULE.PersonId ORDER BY ULE.CreatedOn DESC) AS rk
    FROM [dbo].[UsageLogEntry] ULE
    )

SELECT
     [FirstName]
    ,[LastName]
    ,[EmailAddress]
    ,[EmailAddressUnverified]
    ,[MobileNumber]
    ,[MobileNumberUnverified]
    ,[LastDeviceUsed] = LastUsagePerPerson.Device
    ,[LastAppVersion] = LastUsagePerPerson.AppVersion
    ,[LastDeviceUsage] = LastUsagePerPerson.CreatedOn
    ,[LastLoggedInOn]

  FROM [dbo].[Person] P
    LEFT JOIN LastUsagePerPerson ON P.Id = LastUsagePerPerson.PersonId

WHERE rk = 1

ORDER BY [Id]

A: I don't know what Lightspeed can or can't. Try to simplify you LINQ Query
In EF i would do something like this.
from c in Contacts
let p = (from p in permission where p.ObjectId == c.Id select p).FirstOrDefault()
select new { ContactID = c.Id,
             Name = c.Name,
             Permission = p.PermissionId,
             Permitted = p.Permitted};

A: I have understood what you are trying to get and I have solved your problem,just follow the below code what I did...
select * from contacts as a

 left join permissions as b

   on a.ContactId = b.ContactId

     group by a.ContactId ;

I have got the requeried result using the above code which you were trying to get.Just try that,your problem will be solved.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange