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AG Ferguson secures end to no-poach provisions at eight more restaurant chains nationwide
Ferguson's initiative now has ended no-poach provisions at 23 corporate chains
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that eight additional corporate, fast-food chains will end no-poach practices nationwide, joining 15 others. The 23 account for more than 67,000 locations nationwide and employ millions of workers. The companies will remove all no-poach clauses, which put downward pressure on wages and restrict worker mobility, from all current and future franchise contracts.
Ferguson began investigating fast-food chains in January as part of an initiative to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide. These eight companies ― A&W, Burger King, Denny's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Popeyes, Tim Hortons and Wingstop ― will remove no-poach language from current and future contracts, and no longer enforce no-poach provisions currently included in franchise agreements at more than 24,000 locations nationwide.
With this announcement, Ferguson is nearing his goal of eliminating no-poach clauses in the fast-food industry among corporate chains with a significant nationwide presence. Ferguson continues to investigate a handful of corporate chains, including Baskin Robbins, Domino's, Quiznos, Firehouse Subs and Jersey Mike's. If they refuse to enter into similar, legally-binding agreements to eliminate no-poach clauses, Ferguson will file enforcement actions. Ferguson's investigation has not uncovered evidence of any other fast food chains in Washington state that use no-poach clauses.
"My goal is to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide to benefit workers," said Ferguson. "No-poach provisions create a rigged system where businesses no longer have to compete for workers, putting downward pressure on wages nationwide. That's wrong — and illegal."
The eight companies entered into legally binding agreements filed in King County Superior Court:
A&W (28 Washington locations, estimated 629 locations nationwide)
Burger King (120 Washington locations, estimated 7,226 locations nationwide)
Denny's (56 Washington locations, estimated 1,607 locations nationwide)
Papa John's (52 Washington locations, estimated 3,314 locations nationwide)
Pizza Hut (131 Washington locations, estimated 7,496 locations nationwide)
Popeyes (22 Washington locations, estimated 2,231 locations nationwide)
Tim Hortons (no Washington locations, estimated 738 locations nationwide)
Wingstop (12 Washington locations, estimated 1,027 locations nationwide)
The fast-food companies are legally bound to immediately stop enforcing no-poach clauses and stop adding the language to new franchise contracts. To ensure these changes occur nationwide, the companies must notify all franchisees, or independent franchise owners, of the requirements.
The companies must remove any language from existing contracts in Washington within 60 to 120 days. At locations outside of Washington state, the companies must remove no-poach clauses as contracts come up for renewal.
Papa John's and Pizza Hut previously discontinued no-poach practices within the last year. A&W ended its practices shortly after the Attorney General's investigation began. These legally binding agreements announced today ensure that all of these companies are legally bound to end the practice in all current and future franchise agreements. These eight corporate chains must now proactively remove no-poach clauses in contracts with Washington franchise locations.
Ferguson continues to investigate other corporate chains that utilize no-poach agreements in industries other than fast food, including:
Car repair services
Electronics repair services
Custom window covering services
Insurance adjustor services
No-poach provisions appear in lengthy franchise agreements that owners of fast-food franchises sign with corporate headquarters. Consequently, employees are generally unaware the provisions even exist. In effect, the provisions prohibit employees from moving among restaurants of the same corporate chain ― for example, prohibiting one Little Caesars employee from accepting employment from another Little Caesars franchise location for higher pay.
Because employees cannot move to another location within their corporate brand, their current location has less incentive to give them raises.
Ferguson's investigation
A September 2017 article in the New York Times titled "Why Aren't Paychecks Growing? A Burger-Joint Clause Offers a Clue," focused on the downward pressure no-poach agreements among fast-food franchises place on wages. After reading the article, Solicitor General Noah Purcell referred the subject to the Attorney General.
Early this year, Ferguson's Antitrust Division launched an investigation into these so-called "no-poach" clauses in fast-food chains after research by Princeton economists Alan Krueger and Orley Ashenfelter pointed out the issues with the practice.
Professors Krueger and Ashenfelter examined franchise agreements from 2016 for 156 of the largest franchise companies in the United States. The franchise agreements for companies with more than 500 franchise locations operating in the U.S. were analyzed for any language "restricting the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the franchise company."
The economists believe that "no-poach" clauses reduce opportunities for low-wage workers and stagnate wages. Ferguson asserts that no-poach provisions harm workers in Washington and across the nation. Restricting competition, whether in the labor market or the burger market, violates the state Consumer Protection Act.
Beginning in January, the Attorney General's Antitrust Division used the economists' list to determine which fast-food companies used no-poach clauses and were present and employed people in Washington. Out of the original 31 the division identified, three chains ― Hissho Sushi, Long John Silver's and Wendy's ― did not use no-poach provisions in their franchise contracts. In addition to the eight companies announced today, Ferguson negotiated an end to no-poach provisions with seven fast-food chains in July and eight more in August.
Ferguson is expanding his investigation to cover fast-food chains with fewer than 500 stores nationwide.
In addition, Ferguson has since expanded his investigation beyond the fast-food chains to other franchise chains operating in Washington.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Mark and Assistant Attorney General Eric Newman of the Attorney General's Antitrust Division are leading the no-poach initiative.
The Office of the Attorney General's Antitrust Division is responsible for enforcing the antitrust provisions of Washington's Unfair Business Practices-Consumer Protection Act. The division investigates and litigates complaints of anticompetitive conduct and reviews potentially anticompetitive mergers. The division also brings actions in federal court under the federal antitrust laws. It receives no general fund support, funding its own actions through recoveries made in other cases.
The Antitrust Division investigates complaints about potential anti-competitive activity. For information about filing a complaint, visit https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/AntitrustComplaint.aspx.
Dan Jackson, Acting Communications Director, (360) 753-2716; DanJ1@atg.wa.gov


It's not often I run across a new artist who boggles my mind, knocks my socks off, and makes me groove out all at the same time. This week I found one.
Tune-Yards (or more officially tUnE-yArDs) is the brainchild of one Merrill Garbus. In fact, it's pretty much a one-woman show, with some additional help for studio work and live shows. I missed the first Tune-Yards album, Bird-Brains, back in 2009 so the new album W H O K I L L was my introduction to the group's (?) music. I'm going to go ahead and call it a group for simplicity's sake. That work for all of you out there? Good.
W H O K I L L is a chaotic, funky, riveting album not quite like anything I've heard before. I hear hints of Paul Simon in some of the beats, the indescribable funky swankness of TV On The Radio in the general feel, and even some Sonic Youth in the dissonance that ebbs and flows through the record. Still, it comes together in a way that's compelling and unique. And very good. Here's the second track, "Es-So."
First of all, I'm a huge sucker for upright bass so they had me at the first pluck. The jazzy swing feel of the track only adds to my interest. Then you've got a ridiculously catchy melody and pretty amazing vocal acrobatics. There's a lot going on here and...well...I don't know what to say except that I really dig it. Here's another track from the album.
For those of you who like a more visual approach, here's the video for their single "Bizness."
Beyond that, I don't have much to say. Check this album out. It's definitely worth it.


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A H CORPORATION v. BRIDGEPORT, 180 Conn. 435 (1980)
LexRoll.com > LexRoll (CT) > Connecticut Appellate & Supreme Courts Opinions > A H CORPORATION v. BRIDGEPORT, 180 Conn. 435 (1980)
430 A.2d 25
A H CORPORATION ET AL. v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT
Supreme Court of Connecticut
COTTER, C.J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, PETERS and HEALEY, Js.
The plaintiffs sought a statutorily (13a-103) authorized order compelling the defendant city of Bridgeport to maintain as a public highway a certain road located in that city. The trial court rendered judgment for the defendant, and from that judgment the plaintiffs appealed to this court. Held: 1. Although on the facts here the trial court erred in concluding that the paved portion of the subject road had neither been accepted by the city for a public use nor dedicated to such use by its owners, that error was harmless since there was no evidence that that paved portion was in need of repair or improvement. 2. Since the actions of the city and of the public evinced an intention to accept for public use only the paved portion of the road, the trial court correctly concluded that the unpaved portion was not a public highway and that consequently no municipal duty arose with respect to that unpaved portion.
Argued February 1, 1980 —
Decision released April 29, 1980
Action in two counts to compel the defendant to maintain a highway in a safe and usable condition, and for other relief, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County at Bridgeport and tried to the court, Nigro, J.; judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiffs appealed to this court. No error.
Mary E. Sommer, for the appellants (plaintiffs).
Thomas W. Bucci, with whom was Jack Samowitz, for the appellee (defendant).
ARTHUR H. HEALEY, J.
The six individual plaintiffs, as citizens of this state, brought this action, pursuant to General Statutes 13a-103,[1] seeking to have the court order the defendant city of Bridgeport to pave and maintain properly Serpentine Road as a public highway in that city. The trial court found that Serpentine Road was not a public highway and therefore denied the relief sought under 13a-103. From the judgment rendered, the plaintiffs have appealed to this court.
The trial court based its decision on the following relevant facts: According to the map placed in evidence by the plaintiffs, Serpentine Road runs between the intersection of Anton Drive and Oxbridge Road and the terminus of Palmetto Road. Only approximately 300 feet of this road, from the intersection of Anton Drive and Oxbridge Road, is
paved, however. The pavement ends abruptly and is followed by ground in its natural state, not staked or worn by traverse or otherwise distinguishable from the natural area adjoining it. The map discloses that from the paved portion, "Serpentine Road" exists only as a right-of-way for approximately 550 feet. There are four homes located on four lots adjacent to the paved portion of the road. The president of the plaintiff corporation saw, on one occasion some years ago, city equipment oil and sand the paved portion of the road, and he has also observed city equipment plowing the paved portion during the winter months. Private cars and delivery and service vehicles use the paved portion of Serpentine Road. A storm drain was installed on the undeveloped portion of Serpentine Road immediately adjacent to Palmetto Road for the purpose of draining water running off Palmetto Road to a nearby brook. An easement was acquired by the city to install this storm drain. The city of Bridgeport has not assessed property taxes upon the property known as Serpentine Road.
On appeal the plaintiffs claim that the trial court erred: (1) in ruling that the plaintiffs were not entitled to maintain an action under General Statutes 13a-103 because they did not own property abutting the street in question; (2) in ruling that the plaintiffs were not entitled to relief under 13a-103 because Serpentine Road had not been formally accepted by the defendant city; and (3) in failing to conclude that common-law principles of dedication as applied to the facts of this case established, as a matter of law, that Serpentine Road is a public highway.
The first two claims merit little discussion. It is clear from the record that the trial court did not,
as the plaintiffs claim, deny the relief requested in their complaint on the ground that they were not owners of property abutting the street in question. The court denied the relief sought on the basis of its conclusion that Serpentine Road is not a public highway as required by 13a-103. Likewise, the plaintiffs' claim that the trial court committed error in ruling that they were not entitled to relief under 13a-103 because Serpentine Road had not been formally accepted by the city is without merit. The court did not so rule. Although the court acknowledged that there was no evidence that Serpentine Road "had ever been formally dedicated [or] formally accepted by the City of Bridgeport," a fact which the parties agreed was not in issue, the court then considered the plaintiffs' claim that the city had "accepted Serpentine Road as a city road by implication from its acts and from usage by the general public." The trial court's memorandum of decision clearly discloses that the court recognized that this claim invoked the common-law principles of dedication of highways and it applied those principles to the evidence in concluding that the plaintiffs were not entitled to relief under 13a-103.
We now turn to the plaintiffs' claim that the court was required, as a matter of law, to conclude on the facts of this case that this road was a public highway. "Dedication is an appropriation of land to some public use, made by the owner of the fee, and accepted for such use by and in behalf of the public." Whippoorwill Crest Co. v. Stratford, 145 Conn. 268, 271, 141 A.2d 241
(1958); see Crescent Beach Assn. v. East Lyme, 170 Conn. 66, 71, 363 A.2d 1045 (1976); Wamphassuc Point Property Owners Assn. v. Public Utilities Commission, 154 Conn. 674, 680-81, 228 A.2d 513 (1967); 23 Am.Jur.2d, Dedication
1. As we recently said in Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., 180 Conn. 274, 279, 429 A.2d 865 (1980), "two elements are essential to a valid dedication: (1) a manifested intent by the owner to dedicate the land involved for the use of the public; and (2) an acceptance by the proper authorities or by the general public." See DiCioccio v. Wethersfield, 146 Conn. 474, 479, 152 A.2d 308 (1959); Johnson v. Watertown, 131 Conn. 84, 89, 38 A.2d 1 (1944). Under common-law principles of dedication, "the intention to dedicate the way to public use may be implied from the acts and conduct of the owner, and public acceptance may be shown by proof of the actual use of the way by the public." Wamphassuc Point Property Owners Assn. v. Public Utilities Commission, supra, 681. Similarly, acceptance by the municipality may be accomplished through formal proceedings; see General Statutes 13a-48; or, by implication, through its conduct. Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., supra; DiCioccio v. Wethersfield, supra, 479; 11 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations (3d Ed. Rev.) 33.48.
Because it is conceded that Serpentine Road was neither expressly dedicated to a public use nor formally accepted for that use by the municipality, we must determine whether the court was justified in concluding that Serpentine Road is not a public highway based upon the common-law principle of implied dedication and acceptance.
An implied dedication may arise by operation of law where the conduct of a property owner unequivocally manifests his intention to devote his property to a public use; but no presumption of an intent to dedicate arises unless it is clearly shown
by the owner's acts and declarations, the only reasonable explanation of which is that a dedication was intended. Mihalczo v. Woodmont, 175 Conn. 535, 542, 400 A.2d 270 (1978); see LaChappelle v. Jewett City, 121 Conn. 381, 386, 185 A. 175 (1936); 11 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations (3d Ed. Rev.) 33.37. Absent such unequivocal conduct, the existence of an intent to dedicate is a question of fact. Lynch v. West Hartford, 167 Conn. 67, 78, 355 A.2d 42 (1974); Whippoorwill Crest Co. v. Stratford, supra, 272.
From the facts contained in the court's decision, it is clear that a presumption of intent to dedicate arose with respect to that portion of Serpentine Road that is paved. The existence of homes along the paved road, the open and continuous use by the public of that portion of Serpentine Road, and the absence of evidence of private control of the road supports but one conclusion: the intention to dedicate that portion of Serpentine Road arises by operation of law. See Mihalczo v. Woodmont, supra, 542; McQuillin, op. cit., 33.30, 33.31, 33.37. The trial court, therefore, erred in its conclusion that no dedication had been proved with regard to the paved portion of Serpentine Road. There is an absence of facts sufficient to support a conclusion that the unpaved portion of Serpentine Road had been dedicated and the trial court's conclusion on that point will not be disturbed.
As we pointed out in Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., supra, common-law acceptance of property dedicated to the public for a public way may be established by the public's actual use of the property or by the actions of the municipality. Id.
The plaintiffs' claim requires us to determine whether, as a matter of law, acceptance was established from the facts relied upon by the trial court. The public's use of the property "must continue over a significant period of time; 11 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations (3d Ed. Rev.) 33.50; and be of such a character as to justify a conclusion that the way is `of common convenience and necessity.'" Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., supra; see Kenneson v. Bridgeport, 130 Conn. 298, 300-301, 33 A.2d 313
(1943). The municipal actions that may constitute acceptance include grading, paving, maintaining and improving a street, as well as removing snow from it; the street's exemption from taxation may also be significant. Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., supra; see 23 Am.Jur.2d, Dedication 78.
The combination of facts supporting common-law acceptance by the public and the municipality are so compelling with respect to the paved portion of Serpentine Road that we conclude that acceptance of that portion has been established as a matter of law. The public's continued use of this road for at least five years, coupled with the fact that the street is not only of common convenience to the residents of the homes alongside it and to their guests, but a necessary access route to those homes, require a conclusion that the public has accepted the street by actual use. Moreover, the municipality's action to repair and maintain the paved road, remove snow from it, and exempt it from property taxation buttresses our conclusion of acceptance. Once again, the same cannot be said with reference to the undeveloped portion of Serpentine Road, which is devoid of public use and municipal improvement.
We are not in this case faced with the proposition that acceptance of part of a street by the municipality for a public use constitutes constructive acceptance of the entire street; see Johnson v. Watertown, 131 Conn. 84, 90-92, 38 A.2d 1 (1944); Hall v. Meriden, 48 Conn. 416, 429-31
(1880); Derby v. Alling, 40 Conn. 410, 435 (1873); because, as we have indicated, there was no basis for a conclusion that the undeveloped portion of Serpentine Road was ever expressly or impliedly dedicated to a public use. There can be no acceptance by a municipality where there has been no dedication. Moreover, where implied acceptance is concerned, we have said that "if the actions of the public, or of municipal officers for that matter, `are such as to show an intention to accept all rather than a part they will be construed as having that effect, but . . . acceptance of a part is not necessarily an acceptance of all.'" Meshberg v. Bridgeport City Trust Co., supra, quoting 11 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations (3d Ed. Rev.) 33.57. Therefore, even if an intention to dedicate the undeveloped portion of Serpentine Road could be presumed, the actions of the municipality and the public clearly evince an intention only to accept the paved portion of that road. Cf. Johnson v. Watertown, supra, 91.
The trial court erred in its conclusion that there was no dedication or acceptance of the paved portion of Serpentine Road. That error is harmless, however, as it does not affect the disposition of the case. The plaintiffs sought to have the trial court order the defendant city to maintain and improve a public highway pursuant to General Statutes 13a-103. The trial court correctly concluded that the unimproved portion of Serpentine Road is not a public highway. Hence, no municipal duty arises
with respect to it. Waterford v. Cone, 148 Conn. 113, 114, 167 A.2d 854 (1961). Although the trial court incorrectly concluded that the paved portion of Serpentine Road is not a public highway, there was no evidence that the paved portion of the road is in need of repair or improvement of any kind. The president of the plaintiff corporation so testified. Thus, the plaintiffs were not entitled to relief under General Statutes 13a-103. The trial court's judgment will be affirmed, though based on erroneous grounds, if the same result is required by law. Reinke v. Greenwich Hospital Assn., 175 Conn. 24, 29-30, 392 A.2d 966 (1978); Morris v. Costa, 174 Conn. 592, 597-98, 392 A.2d 468 (1978); Maltbie, Conn. App. Proc. 36.
There is no error.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.
[1] General Statutes 13a-103 provides in relevant part: "Whenever any town fails to keep any highway within such town in good and sufficient repair or whenever the selectmen of any town fail to remove or cause to be removed any encroachments upon any highway in such town or to make such alterations or improvements therein as may be required by common convenience or necessity, the superior court for the judicial district in which such highway is located, upon the written complaint of six or more citizens of this state under oath, after due inquiry made by it, shall appoint a time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and be heard upon the propriety of such repairs, or of the removal of such encroachments, or of the making of such alterations and improvements, and shall give notice thereof to the first selectman of such town and to the person or persons maintaining such encroachments by causing a true and attested copy of such complaint . . . . If the court finds that such highway should be repaired or that such encroachments should be removed or that such alterations and improvements should be made, it shall order the selectmen of such town to cause such highway to be repaired and such encroachments to be removed and such alterations and improvements to be made, and shall prescribe the manner and extent of such repairs and of the removal of such encroachments and of the making of such alterations and improvements and the time within which the work shall be done, and may, for reasonable cause, extend such time."

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title: Ruby on Rails ile MySQL
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Normal RoR kurulumundan farklı olarak kurarken

	rails new my_app -d mysql

bu şekilde rails'de default olarak gelen sqlite3 yerine MySQL olarak inmiş oluyor.

Ek olarak `mysql` gemini kurmak gerekiyor :

	sudo gem install mysql2 # mysql2 kuruyoruz

Varsayılan rails kurulumunu yaptıysanız versiyon `0.2.6`'yı kurun:

	sudo gem install mysql2 -v 0.2.11

### MySQL gem'i kurulumunda karşılaşılan hatalar ve çözümleri

#### extconf.rb failed

Kurulumda clientlerin çalışmamasından dolayı hata alıyorsnuz şu kütüphaneyi yükleyin:

	sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

#### Could not find gem 'mysql2 (~> 0.2.6, runtime)' in any of the gem sources listed in your Gemfile. Run `bundle install` to install missing gems.

Rails sürümünüz `Gemfile` da `mysql2`nin versiyon olarak `0.2.6`dan yukarı olmasını istiyor şu gemi yükleyin:

	sudo gem install mysql2 -v 0.2.6

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The iPhone 8 Plus is a top-shelf smartphone covered in glass—it might survive a tumble onto a carpet, but if your case-less new phone meets the sidewalk, you're probably going to walk away with a splintered screen.
We bought nearly a dozen of some of the most popular iPhone 8 Plus cases on the market, testing the durability, functionality, and overall build quality of each. The goal? To find the best iPhone 8 Plus case for most people. But after checking out over two dozen of the most popular iPhone 8 and 8 Plus cases, there simply isn't a perfect smartphone case for everyone.
That said, the Torras Liquid Silicone Case (available at Amazon) is the best choice for people who want a slim case, while the Dreem Fibonacci Vegan Leather Wallet Case (available at Amazon) is the best wallet-style option we've tried.
While we think those picks will cover most people—especially since both cases come in a wide variety of color choices—here's how all the iPhone 8 Plus cases we tested stack up.
A slogan on the box for the Torras liquid silicone iPhone 8 Plus case reads "Simplicity for Life," and that's exactly what you can expect with the case itself. It's a single slab of stiff silicone that emphasizes the slimness of your iPhone. Simplicity!
Inside the case is a suede-like microfiber texture that pampers the back of your iPhone and makes it easy to remove and replace. One minor drawback, however, is the grippy texture on the outside. On one hand, it makes the case supremely easy to hold onto. On the other hand, it collects lint like nobody's business. Debris is easily removable with a damp cloth, but if you're picky about these things, you've been warned.
Some customers have reported degradation over time—especially along the corners—but at around $16 on Amazon, you really can't go wrong. The Torras liquid silicone case is the best option for people who can live with minimal protection so long as their case isn't bulky.
The version we tested fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus. It is available in light blue, pink, red, yellow, midnight blue, mint, and solid black.
The Dreem Fibonacci case is really two cases in one, but it's a great quality and affordable for what it offers.
The Dreem Fibonacci vegan leather case functions as both a stylish case for your iPhone as well as a wallet for your credit cards and cash.
Unlike other wallet cases, the Dreem Fibonacci is actually two cases in one, with a leather sleeve that houses your phone and attaches to the rest of the case with magnets. The magnets are strong enough to hold everything together (and keep the cover closed), though if you drop it we are concerned the phone itself could pop out and be exposed.
The case looks and feels great, but we have some concerns. The biggest one is that the advertised kickstand feature is basically worthless. The iPhone 8 Plus simply weighs too much, causing the crease holding it up to collapse.
And although Dreem's latest iteration of this wallet advertises RFID protection for the card slots, we were able to scan our office keycards through the wallet without problem. This actually is a benefit in our eyes. We just don't put much stock in the need for RFID protection, and this case should work well with subway passes and other RFID-reliant tech.
Those issues aside, this is a functional wallet case that looks damn good, to boot. At just $35 on Amazon, it's the best option for folks looking for a wallet-style iPhone 8 Plus case.
The version we tested and linked above fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus. It is available in black, gray, chocolate brown, caramel brown, coral pink, rose gold, red, sky blue, and royal blue.
The Caseology Parallax is a dual-layer case with a simple, aesthetically pleasing design. It's available in several different two-tone options (though we picked up the burgundy variant to match our gold iPhone 8 Plus).
The Caseology Parallax is slim, making it a great fit for the already slim iPhone 8 Plus. In terms of durability, the case's stiff frame should offer moderate protection for short falls, but it probably isn't a good fit for a rugged, off-road lifestyle.
Customer reviews of the Parallax are generally positive, though a small percentage of people note that their case did not last as long as they would've liked. If you're in the market for a slim, basic case that offers moderate protection at a decent price, the Parallax series is available on Amazon for around $18.
The model we tested fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus. It's available in burgundy, aqua green, black, coral pink, and ocean gray.
This single-layer case from Under Armour is sturdier than most of the one-piece cases we tried out, which makes it a decent option for anyone looking for a moderate level of protection without the bulk that comes with modular cases.
The back of the Under Armour case is stiff and not as grippy as a traditional silicone case, but there are raised ridges on the side of the case that deliver a graspable texture where it matters.
Ultimately, it's difficult to recommend the Under Armour grip case for anyone who isn't infatuated with the Under Armour brand to begin with, but for around $30 on Amazon, you could certainly do worse.
The model we tested fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus. It's available black, white, graphite/lime, midnight navy/mediterranean blue, and white/black.
The Speck Presidio Grip is a single-layer, no-frills case that comes in a host of different color combinations. It gets its name from the pattern of slightly raised lines along its backside, which gives your hand something to hold onto.
Speck promises drop protection for up to 10 feet, but given its simple design, I wouldn't bank on it keeping your iPhone 8 Plus safe during a particularly nasty tumble.
At around $27 on Amazon, the Speck Presidio Grip is a safe bet for people who want to keep things simple and forgo a bulky, ultra-protective shell. Amazon's customer feedback indicates overall satisfaction, as well.
The model we tested fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus. It comes in purple, black, grey/green, grey/pink, blue/black, grey/grey, teal/blue, and white/black.
Apple's signature, one-piece leather iPhone 8 Plus case comes in five to six colors depending on your retailer, and in terms of its design, certainly looks like a premium case. After installing our iPhone 8 Plus and using the case for an extended period of time, I noticed a handful of drawbacks that you'll want to take note of.
First, the leather itself: Out of the box, the leather is extra susceptible to scratches and dings due to its finish. Everything from fingernails to car keys will carve sloppy looking lines into the case's skin. That said, we've seen this style of case naturally darken over time, which goes a long way in smoothing the scratches out. The texture is also quite slippery—even more slippery than a naked iPhone 8 Plus.
It's possible that the case we bought was defective, but it's also worth pointing out that the hole in the back that accommodates the iPhone 8 Plus's dual camera is crooked, so the outline of the hole doesn't line up with the outline of the iPhone's camera hump.
Right now, this leather iPhone case from Apple is about $42 on Amazon. This price tag isn't indicative of quality so much as it is a result of being a first-party Apple product. If you've used and enjoyed variations of this case in the past, you'll probably love this one, too. However, if you're at all skittish about handing over $40 for a simple, leather case, you might want to pick up something else.
The model we tested should fit both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 Plus. It's available in brown, black, red, grey, midnight blue, and taupe.
The Supcase Unicorn Beetle case is a transparent, single-layer case with rubber bumpers lining the edges.
One major issue with the Unicorn Beetle case are its buttons, which take the form of marked spots on the edges where there's less resistance in the rubber, rather than actual, elevated buttons. This makes your iPhone's volume and power buttons difficult to press, which puts it at a slight disadvantage compared to some of its contemporaries.
Still, at just $10 on Amazon, you might be willing to put up with a less-than-ideal button situation. The Unicorn Beetle isn't the most attractive case in the game, but it's affordable and feels sturdy enough to protect your iPhone from minor mishaps.
The Supcase Unicorn Beetle case fits both the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus. All versions have a transparent back with bumpers that come in your choice of black, navy, pink, gold, green, or rose gold.
Amazon's own brand, AmazonBasics, isn't trying to wow anyone with its ultra-basic, clear plastic iPhone 8 Plus case—what you see is what you get.
But for some people, an 100% transparent case with no discernible features is exactly what the doctor ordered. And, to its credit, this AmazonBasics case doesn't make some of the same mistakes that higher-end cases make—its easy to install your phone and the buttons don't pose any problems.
Make no mistake: This case won't offer much more than basic scratch protection and maybe a bit of cushioning for minor drops. We recommend it for people who are happy with the bare essentials in life. And at just $10, it won't break the bank, either.
The AmazonBasics iPhone 8 Plus case will also fit the iPhone 7 Plus, though a version also exists that fits the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8. It is only available in clear plastic.
The OtterBox Defender Series is one of the more heavy-duty cases in our round-up. Unfortunately, despite the Defender Series' three layers of protection, the case is too frustrating to use and too costly for most users.
Right off the bat, I found the case's relatively chintzy pieces to be difficult to snap into place. Once settled, the case's awkward plastic screen protector put a distracting layer between my thumbs and the iPhone 8 Plus's screen. On Amazon, users are split between those who don't mind the plastic screen protector and those, like me, who can't stand it.
At around $35 on Amazon, the OtterBox Defender Series case is probably not worth the cost or the trouble.
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The New Mexico State Fair has come and gone once again, bringing various delights for the senses and leaving only memories of what you saw, or more importantly what you ate. The food gains a presence of its own at the fair, and for some, it becomes free license to eat anything you would normally avoid.
Editor's Note: This article is part of a multimedia package, which includes a video produced by Christian Marquez accessible on our website and on the Daily Lobo YouTube channel, username: dailylobo.
The New Mexico State Fair has come and gone once again, bringing various delights for the senses and leaving only memories of what you saw, or more importantly, what you ate. The food gains a presence of its own at the fair, and for some, it becomes free license to eat anything you would normally avoid.
For Deliah Cottel, a junior at UNM, it was another opportunity to escape campus for a few hours of distraction away from her housemates.
The mainstays, like turkey legs, elotes and deep-fried oreos, are sure to excite, but the state fair has built a reputation for the more outlandish food concoctions that it offers.
The most unique of the weird creations enter into the Unique Food Competition. This year's contest saw competing creations such as the cotton candy and ice cream burrito, green chile apple pie and a deep fried chile relleno chile cheese dog.
Alden Montoya, another UNM student, said he found some the food too strange to even approach.
"There's some weird food here that I don't even want to try, because I'm scared," Montoya said.
Ultimately, the winner of this year's unique food contest went to Exotic Funnel Cakes.
They have a full menu of sweet combinations of the fried cake batter and various other treats, but for the contest, they took a different approach.
They came up with a green chile pepperoni funnel cake, which takes a mozzarella and pepperoni funnel cake batter, topped with marinara, more melty cheese, green chile and more pepperoni.
Mike and Linda Chavez also stopped for an Exotic Funnel Cake, but they went for the more palatable dreamsicle — a pairing of orange funnel cake and vanilla ice cream.
For their family, Mike said, the food has become another part of the greater tradition of the fair for their family, even as their roles as parents have evolved.
"And to get the funnel cake," Linda added.
She explained that they had even been there the week before, for the funnel cakes again.
"Last weekend, we had the s'mores, which was great," she said.
While the state fair offers many sights and events to entertain guests, one of the biggest crowd pleasers is always the food. You can find it on almost any corner in the fairground, but once the fair is gone, you'll have to wait until next year to get another taste.
Christian Marquez is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at multimedia@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @chrstn_marquez.


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Billing Olympics as 'pandemic recovery games' unfeasible: ex-Fukushima mayor
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Katsunobu Sakurai, former mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, who was in office during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, firmly stated during a recent interview with the Mainichi Shimbun that it is unfeasible to dub the Tokyo Olympics a "sign of humanity's triumph over the novel coronavirus,"
Sakurai, who was born in the city of Minamisoma himself, served two terms as mayor for his hometown between 2010 and 2018. Sakurai was picked as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2011 following the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
"No matter how much you tout the games as a sign of recovery, the overall picture of only Tokyo prospering while the recovery of the disaster-hit areas of the Tohoku region remains undone will not change...I've been to Tokyo many times, and saw that there were more crane trucks at the construction site of the athletes' village than in the disaster-hit areas."
"The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was eventually canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, was just a performance put on for show. The relay was set to start at the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, which was used as a base to handle the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (after the Great East Japan Earthquake). However, the relay route was limited to areas that have been tidied up, and did not show the real nature of the disaster-hit areas."
"Recovery" means restoring an environment to a state where people can return. At the very least, if residents have returned and can once again live in a state similar to before the disaster, this may be called a recovery. But the government is trying to show how far the recovery has progressed, when in fact there is much left to be achieved.
I was confronted by an elderly resident of my city who asked, "It's a dangerous place here, isn't it? Why don't you let us live in Tokyo?"
A "recovery Olympics" should by nature be something that residents of the disaster-stricken areas can feel good about.
I've been to Tokyo many times, and saw that there were more crane trucks at the construction site of the athletes' village than in the disaster-hit areas. It was obvious at a glance where the national government was placing its resources. holding...
It is superficial to declare a recovery with no actual progress. The government is now talking of an Olympics that could be a sign of humanity's triumph over the pandemic, but vaccines have not yet been put into practical use, and the world has not yet been freed from the risk of infection.


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Kate Dang: A Dancer Who Needs No Stage
Julia Kim
Fueled by her love for both the music and dancing, Kate Dang has been driven to continue her dancing in and out of school. Using time such as breaks for dance, Dang is always preparing for a new video.
Julia Kim and Jenny Won
When sophomore Kate Dang created her Instagram account @katexdance the summer of 2015, she was a mere middle schooler with a passion for dance. Nearly four years later, Dang continues to post regular dance covers of Korean-Pop songs and now stands as one of the most popular dancers on the platform with 15.6 thousand devoted followers.
Her dance covers of K-Pop songs amass thousands of views each. However, it took years of effort for her to reach her current level of success. Starting as a self-taught dancer at home, she fine-tuned her dance skills and knowledge at Pacific Dance with hip-hop, lyrical and jazz classes once a week.
"My account started off pretty small and had a steady growth for a while, and it was actually the winter of 2017 when it began to reach the 10k point," Dang said. "It has definitely opened up opportunities in dancing and has helped me develop more confidence in my dancing."
The dedication Dang has put into her account has been proven by her popular content. Instagram is an outlet for her unlimited passion as she continues to motivate and challenge herself.
Being "Instagram famous" does have its downfalls, however. During the time Dang has maintained her account, she has faced struggles in balancing her Instagram responsibilities with school, work and social life.
"Lately, it's been really difficult because a lot of time goes into making covers. You have to learn the dance, then film it and usually, especially if it's outside and the weather's not good, I can't film," Dang said. "It's very hard, but I usually try to section out an hour or two for dance. Even if I'm not posting covers, I try to practice [and] finish all my school work as early as possible so that during my weekends, I can spend my entire time dancing."
Dang is also a part of NØLIMITS, a group of six K-Pop cover dancers. Together, they perform group choreographies, participate in competitions and share an enviable friendship.
"I like to say we're a family – we're pretty close," Dang said. "After practice, we eat together and take care of each other. Even though we're different ages and have different time commitments, we try to understand each other and help each other out not only with dance, but with life in general."
NØLIMITS began in February 2017 after one of the members reached out to Dang, inviting her to practice as a group. In August 2018, they won their first competition at KCON, a Korean culture convention, receiving first place in a dance-off competition with their performance of "Shine" by Korean boy group Pentagon.
"The account itself and the followers don't mean a whole lot to me," Dang said."Rather the content on it, such as my progress videos, and the opportunities that I've gotten from it have much deeper value to me and have really helped shape my lifestyle these past few years."
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LISBON (ANA-MPA - V. Mourtis) Addressing Greek reporters covering the NATO summit on Saturday, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou emphasised the importance of the two-day meeting of NATO leaders in Lisbon, both for the Greek side and more generally.
Papandreou noted that NATO's new Strategic Concept was attempting to change the structure and orientation of the Alliance through the admission that the problems today were different from those of the Cold War era. For this reason, the Alliance was seeking to create a new basis for relations between its member-states but also its relations with other partners, such as Russia and international organisations.
Concerning Afghanistan, Papandreou noted that the discussion carried out aimed at stability and the withdrawal of foreign powers from Afghanistan.
Greece's Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos, on his part, referred to the changes in NATO's command structure in order to make the Alliance more flexible and to avoid creating artificial or 'technical' problems, including in Greek-Turkish relations. He said that talks were due to begin on NATO entities, such as headquarters, bases etc.
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During a meeting with Papandreou on Friday, Merkel had agreed that the issue should be discussed between their aides, initially, while not ruling out a convergence between the positions of the two sides before the EU summit in December. The Greek proposal is also starting to gain some support among other countries.
Apart from Papandreou and Venizelos, the NATO summit was also attended by Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and government spokesman George Petalotis.
Papandreou departed from Lisbon late on Saturday afternoon to return to Athens.
The island of Spinalonga, a one-time leper colony whose history was recently dramatised as a highly successful television series based on the book 'The Island' by Victoria Hislop, is to reopen as a tourist attraction at weekends after an initiative launched by the municipality of Agios Nikolaos in Lasithi, Crete.
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America's Cops Are Getting Away With Murder—How Can We Stop Them?
The violence will prevail, unless we, the people, have the courage to bring about a new police culture.
I 'm a trial lawyer. I make arguments. And I ask questions. I've defended the poor, the forgotten, the lost, and the damned for over sixty years in the courtrooms of America. Over my career I've shut out a haunting question I wasn't prepared to face: Are we safe from our own police? Have our police become killers on the loose who cover up their crimes— and too often there's no one to stop them?
Who could have stopped the long- standing police brutality in Baltimore that led to the death of Freddie Gray following his less-than-joyful joyride in a police van, hands cuffed behind him, and without the protection of a seat belt? The medical examiner found that Gray's "catastrophic injury"— his neck was snapped— happened when he was slammed into the back of the van's interior. The examiner reported that "a head injury Gray sustained matche[d] a bolt in the back of the van"— just another notorious "rough ride" awarded to citizens who dared be black and make eye contact with a cop.* Gray's case brought to the forefront other cases of broken necks, paralysis, and death and attempted cover- ups by the police in Baltimore.
We've been spoon-fed for decades on Law & Order and endless other cop shows assuring us that in America, whether we are rich or poor, powerless or otherwise, our police will protect us. We've been conditioned by the corporate media, the voice of Power, to believe that the police put their lives in danger to keep us safe, all of us, no matter our race, color, or creed. Sounds good. And it seems contrary to ordinary decency, even un- American, to ask the police to protect us and then point long, accusatory fingers at them and claim too many are sadistic killers at heart. Moreover, to question the very ones we must trust to keep us safe injects us with the invasive virus of foreboding, and we live with enough undeserved anxiety already.
In the end we find ourselves asking: What power do we possess to protect ourselves from criminal cops? And when the cops and prosecutors, and oft en the judges, are members of the same cabal of power, how can we hope to bring about meaningful reform? Are we shackled by our own powerlessness? Is our only remedy to quietly, subserviently trust the police and hope that the cops who arrive on the scene aren't suffering from an inborn or recently acquired but irresistible urge to maim and kill? Even our vaunted United States Supreme Court has found ways to protect our "killing cops" and to thereby put us under the fully fledged threat of becoming citizens of a police state.
What can we do? Perhaps we can do nothing more than shrug our shoulders and quietly recite one of those tired old saws: "The system isn't perfect, but it's the best damned system in the world— love it or leave it." Besides, if one of our unarmed kids runs from the police, he should be shot fifteen times and killed. And his date should be killed for dating a kid who would run from the police. Both had it coming, right?
As a trial lawyer, my day- to- day focus has been on protecting the rights of persons charged with crimes, men and women I'd learned to care for and who looked to me to fight for their freedom. I hadn't stepped back to examine the justice system across the land as a functional, operating organism. But one day, a startling insight slipped into a conscious moment. I realized I'd never represented a person charged with a crime in either a state or federal court, in which the police, including the FBI, hadn't themselves violated the law— and on more than one occasion, even committed the crime of murder. Could this possibly hint at what many Americans, even most Americans, face in our courtrooms today?
Let me say this straight: I don't mean to suggest that every cop is a bully, a criminal, or a killer. I do mean too many bullies and criminals and killers are cops. And most get away with it. And that bothersome question arises: What superior force is in place to stop them?
We're staring at something that's staring back, something that's inherently dangerous to a free society. I can no longer ignore what I've known all along— and have never wanted to admit: Too many of America's police are potentially state-sanctioned killers who know if they're called upon to answer for their crimes they'll likely be protected by prosecutors and judges.
But police crime is not as easy to hide these days, with vast numbers of our population sporting cell phones with video cameras. And when shocking videos of police killings are publicly shared, the community can explode into reciprocal violence. Rage against excessive police force is becoming mainstream in America. Even the complacent middle class, which for decades has been lulled comfortably by the belief that police crime was isolated to the powerless poor and the voiceless minorities, is beginning to awaken. We remember it was a citizen's video of a white police officer shooting and killing an unarmed black man as he ran that sparked public fury in the Walter Scott case.
The militarization of America's police, granting them indomitable power over the people, brings on visions of a police state. We remember the German people who actively or passively supported the rise of the Third Reich. If we listen, do we hear the Führer's ghost laughing? If we listen, do we hear what history has tried to teach us? When the police become the military, the people become the enemy. Even the National Security Agency (NSA), "our international cop," has recently been caught illegally spying on us, reminiscent as it proves to be of Nazi Germany.
From Los Angeles to New York City, and day after day, as common as a summer cold, our attention is called to cases of police brutality and corruption throughout the country. Crowds of grieving citizens attend the funerals, parade in the streets, and write their senators and representatives. We call for investigations, and predictably the police are usually cleared. Nothing changes.
The question is, why? It starts with the social climate in which our police and prosecutors act— another way of saying it starts with us: with our cultural deference to and even adulation for the police, our fear that crime will spike if we limit them in any way, and perhaps our naïve assumption that most people in our system get what's coming to them even if they were innocent of the particular crime for which they're charged.
We complain, and with justification, that the government sticks its nose into everybody's business. Shouldn't we expect government to at least take a passing glance at what's going on in its own house? Shouldn't we, who sermonize to the world about human rights, be concerned with how our own police treat our citizens, especially the poor and powerless, who, in the end, include most of us?
The New York Times reported: "For all the careful accounting, . . . there are two figures Americans don't have: the precise number of people killed by the police, and the number of times police use excessive force. In fact, to no one's surprise, there are practically no statistics out there at all on the numbers the cops have killed"(my emphasis). That was in 2001. Today we are left still recognizing the shocking truth: There is no national database of police- involved killings.
The New York Times recently focused on how our FBI was behaving. The Times obtained Bureau records through a Freedom of Information Act suit and reported that from 1993 to early 2011, FBI agents fatally shot about seventy "subjects" and wounded about eighty others— and every one of those killings was deemed justified according to interviews and internal FBI records.* Yes, the federal police will admit to some killings, but only when sued by a powerful newspaper, and according to their records, all of their killings have been justified. Are we comfortable with that representation?
Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Carolina and a leading authority on police use of force, says that the lack of good data is "a national scandal." The police belong to a culture separate from ours. Police departments are oft en like the gangs they encounter— both strive to keep their crimes secret. And we remember that current law aids the police in hiding any misconduct since they're not required by law to keep records that reveal it, even their killings.
For over twenty- seven thousand years, since the first cave paintings were discovered, and from Homer to the Bible, storytelling has been the chief means by which learning and history have been preserved. The power of story distinguishes us as a species.
It is not my mission to prove that law enforcement in this country is fundamentally corrupt. We are often served by careful, caring, devoted police officers. Police brutality and killings are the product of the system, and until we enact fundamental change, the specter of an enslaving police state is clearly visible on the horizon.


Pritamda's third outing at Dharma Productions should make him feel really proud of his achievements, this was a mammoth task and would have been a really tough assignment for anyone in the music industry, especially looking at the current state of film music. Originality is hard to come by and here Pritam gives us new creations that are to be cherished for a very long time indeed.
As the summer rains jolted down from its heavenly abode, the smell of the moist earth tantalised the senses. Approaching the Lyric Theatre, my window wide open, taking in the atmosphere, my thoughts rush to the concert I am about to witness. We were introduced to Ustad Zakir and Rakesh Chaurasia, a standing ovation with a thunderous applause ensued.
Razia Sultan was Khayyam's masterpiece and while he had many other melodious soundtracks, this one stands the test of time, the fates of melody and the greats of them all. Khayyam, the music composer remained dedicated to Kamal Amrohi's vision and provided a beauty of a soundtrack.
Pakeezah literally translates into 'Pure One', and if by some magical way one has to describe the music of this film, then "Pakeezah" truly is apt.
The warm winter's afternoon got me revved up for the evening performance, the knowledge of five generations of sitar players and that lineage proudly played out at the Lyric theatre on the evening of the 30th July 2017.
It was a night that has been etched into my heart and memory, full of spring, and new awakenings.
S S Rajamouli is a great story teller. He infuses so much of passion into Baahubali 1 & 2 that it is almost unthinkable, to even imagine how such a film got made.
Not knowing what to expect when I played the CD, only knowing the genre and that this might be a more 'Classical' Rock fusion, I was amazed at the precision of singers. The detail which they give the Raags in these 4-5 minutes is an achievement on its own.
I watched S. S. Rajamouli's Maghadheera and Eega before this one, and I must say with Baahubali, he really outdoes himself.
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[Rodriguez-Lopez Productions; 2009]
By Hamish Duncan; January 14, 2010
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When you get to the level of worldwide success as a musician that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has, it's not unlikely you'll form your own label and start from scratch, away from pushy label bosses and out-of-touch executives. Radiohead and Trent Reznor did it, Phil Elverum did it, hell, it looks like Grizzly Bear might even be doing it. I can imagine the plusses: no pressure, free reigns and all the artistic control you could ever dream of. However, with no administrative roof to hold in the possibly untameable ego that resides in most musicians' heads, it's easy to lose yourself in the game and overindulge, oversaturate and overthink everything.
Beck's recent cover album endeavours on his website – while not exactly a whole label, but along the same lines – are an example of this kind of freedom going right. This album, one of many in a long line of artistic endeavours completely void of any control, is an example of it going bad.
If you haven't heard this album before, take a look at the album art up there. It's a riotous mess of colour and noise and abstract imagery that captures the sound of the album incredibly well. It's like two paintings, isn't it? Like someone's come along to some prize winner and splattered something else over it. That's basically what the album sounds like. Rodriguez-Lopez has taken everything he's known for musically – complex rhythms, screeching, wah-filled guitars and wailed lyrics – and splattered something else over it, and it seems like that something else is whatever comes out of his head that day. Rodriguez-Lopez needs a blank canvas. Xenophanes plods along sounding like a Mars Volta, At The Drive-In and O R-L greatest hits all in one, doing nothing along the way to even try to differentiate itself from everything else he's put his name to. There are some nice moments, sure; opening track "Azoemia" is a brilliant ambient opener, the guitar and drum sounds are great and the first 10 minutes of the album set you up nicely, suggesting some sort of progression. But everything else, in all of its bombastic, over-the-top glory, sounds exactly the same as everything he's ever released before. There are no hooks, no great solos, no awesome riffs, nothing. Nothing to take away from the time you spend listening. It's just a wall of noise. When a chance for redemption comes, it's wasted. When a solo break shows itself, you get an uninspired wank.
And this isn't the first time he's done this, as this has happened before in his position at the head of The Mars Volta. Oversaturation can be good, and I'm sure Rodriguez-Lopez fans are loving it, but if this is what he's spending all of his artistic control on, whats the point? How about a cover of Van Morrison's Moondance in its entirety? How about producing a rap album? How about a 36-track instrumental album? How about something that hasn't been done before a million times in your own discography?
So, if you've lasted this long in here, let me say this: If you're a Mars Volta diehard who's adored everything they've put out and everything else Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has put out, you'll love this. If you're just a fan in passing who's looking for something new, well, there's a new Spoon album out.
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Personer med namnet Vladimir
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 Vladimir Lenin, grundare av leninismen 1870–1924
 Vladimir II Monomach, en furste 1053–1125
 Vladimir Mstislavitj
Vladimir III Mstislavich, en storfurste av Kiev
 Vladimir III Rurikovitj
Vladimir Akopjan, en armenisk schackspelare
Vladimir Alikin, en sovjetrysk skidskytt
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Vladimir Komarov, en sovjetisk kosmonaut
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Vladimir Kovalevskij, en rysk paleontolog
Vladimir Ladotja, en rysk kanotist
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Vladimir Levensjtejn, en rysk matematiker
Vladimir Losskij, en rysk teolog
 Vladimir Majakovskij, en rysk författare, poet och bildkonstnär 1893–1930
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Vladimir Nabokov, en rysk-amerikansk författare och entomolog
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 Vladimir Oravsky, en svensk författare
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 Vladimir Podany, före detta medlem i bandet Divlje Jagode
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Tetz Takes Downtime to Refocus as He Eyes Top-5 Finish at Season's End
By: Covy Moore Thursday, June 11, 2020 @ 5:58 PM
Nick Tetz attempted 2018 PBR Canada Bull of the Year Happy Camper at the most recent event in Lethbridge. Photo: Covy Moore/CovyMoore.com.
AIRDRIE, Alberta – Prior to the unprecedented shutdown, 2018 PBR Canada Rookie of the Year Nick Tetz had begun to build momentum.
Going 2-for-3 at both the season opening Monster Energy Tour event in Calgary, and the subsequent stop in Lethbridge, Tetz, who had ventured to the United States in January to compete on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, was establishing himself as a contender for the year's national championship surging to No. 7 in Canada.
However, with the season coming to a screeching halt the weekend after the Lethbridge event in Mid-March, Tetz has taken the downtime as an opportunity to refocus, fill the bank account and get ready to "hit the ground running" when bull ridings resume later this year.
Looking back at his efforts in Lethbridge, one thing that Calgary-native Tetz said he would have changed would have been getting on reigning PBR Canada Bull of the Year Homegrown, as opposed to his pick, 2018 PBR Canada Bull of the Year Happy Camper.
"I want to get him rode," Tetz said of Homegrown. "I am going to talk to the Eno's and see if they will buck him for me before things get going here."
"I have been on him seven times," Tetz added of his long history with the bovine athlete.
"I have rode him once, but he had to have been two years old. I saw him at high school rodeos when Jay Nelson was packing him. I went to one rodeo that year, rode one bull, he was called Spuds back then. I ended up making nationals that year because of it. The reason I always want to pick him is that he is big, and I haven't rode him yet."
RELATED: Consistency Key for 2019 PBR Canada Bull of the Year Homegrown
"He is my buddy's bull too," Tetz continued. "I hate when Tanner or Lori post a video that I have bucked off of him, or fell off. I don't know what the trick is to him, but when I get it figured out I hope we will see some big numbers."
And for Tetz, his inability to convert, in his words is, "all mental at this point."
"The first few times I got on him I didn't know what he was really," Tetz illustrated. "Guys would tell me to stay over the front, he is big and strong. Sure enough the third or fourth jump he got me out the back end."
"I just need to go out there and ride him. It's not so much about what he is, I just need to get the job done."
Tetz admits that he is slightly saddened by this unprecedented hiatus, having to find a day job in the interim, but added that it lets you focus on the things needed to be successful once events resume.
"It has been good and bad. I haven't been able to ride bulls and that was my main source of income. I am basically broke, so I got a job. I wanted to spend my entire bull riding career earning riding bulls and worry about working when I was done. All this has made me have to change the plan a bit."
"It's important to have a bit of money in the bank for when things get rolling as well though."
One thing that Tetz hasn't missed is the feeling of getting on bulls.
While he is currently nursing a strained groin sustained a couple weeks ago in the practice pen, he has been keeping fresh and ready to roll whenever restrictions are lifted in parts of Canada.
PBR Global Cup Team Canada member Shay Marks' practice pen is a common destination for the Calgarian. After linking up at the end of last year to make a trip to the United States for PBR events in the winter, the two riders have struck up a friendship.
"I like going and spending time around him and his people," Tetz said. "He has been to the top and to the bottom too. He has had the shoulder problem too. We are able to gel on that. This winter, him and I went down to the states in January and hit some Velocity and Touring Pro events. We bonded over that. Whenever he is bucking bulls, it's time to head up to Shay's."
"He has a lot of good bulls there too."
Tetz is aiming to conclude the 2020 season ranked inside the Top 5 of the PBR Canada national standings. Currently No. 7, he is within 35.5 points of tying current No. 5 Aaron Roy.
In his rookie year in 2018, Tetz entered the PBR Canadian Finals No. 9, unable to gain ground after a 14th-place finish at the season-culminating event.
The analytical Tetz says that a Top 5 finish this season is doable, as point's leader Dakota Buttar has shown that he intends on keeping a distance between himself and the rest of competition.
"When you look at the standings, looking at where I am compared to where Dakota is, I have rode four bulls compared to Dakota's 13. He has been able to distance himself a bit from the pack. With a shortened schedule, you kind of get stuck to where you were. I was starting to get hot, and now things are slowed down, it's tough to make a run at that," Tetz said.
"I think that is doable this year for sure," Tetz continued.
"You've got to ride your bulls, but at the same time you have to go out and make decent bulls rides look like really good bull rides. They hand out more points for the top of the event than the lower spots so you have to style them up when you can. Your bulls have to have a good day too, and if you can make your bulls look better than everyone else that helps."
"Jess Lockwood and Jose Vitor Leme always seem to make their bulls look that much better, and that helps keep them at the top of event standings."


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Election 2014: Kuehl wins LA Supervisors Race (and other local election results)
Los Angeles County Supervisor candidate Shiela Kuehl laughs with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during her campaign party at the Victorian in Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles County Supervisor candidate Shiela Kuehl shakes hands with supporter Cindy McQuade during her campaign party at the Victorian in Santa Monica. "She's proven what she can do and she's been dedicated to serving," McQuade said. "This isn't a stepping stone for her. This is something she is ripe and ready for."
Frank Stoltze and Alice Walton | November 5, 2014
Updated results for local races »
Retired state legislator Sheila Kuehl won a seat on the powerful five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, defeating Bobby Shriver, the former Santa Monica City Councilman - and well-heeled nephew of President John F. Kennedy - to replace termed out Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who held the seat since 1994.
"It's the biggest job I'll ever have, and it's a career capper for me," Kuehl said from her campaign victory party at The Victorian in Santa Monica. "Being one of 80 0r one of 40 is very different than being one of five running something the size of Ohio. It's a much tougher job."
Kuehl, 73, will be the first openly gay member of the county board, which controls a $26 billion budget. Final ballots were still being counted into the morning. She won 53 percent of the vote.
Kuehl had campaigned on her experience as a member of the state Legislature. She argued it better prepared her to sit on the county board, which must implement a slew of state laws on health care, welfare and a range of other issues. She said Shriver was ill-prepared for the job.
She convinced Jackie Kurtzman, of Westwood.
"I voted for Kuehl," Kurtzman said Tuesday. "I just felt that she was more experienced – and I felt that she was genuine."
Shriver, 60, left a gathering of his supporters at The Abby in West Hollywood before Midnight, saying he'd see how the race turned out in the morning.
Before turning in, he said the effect of term limits on the Board of Supervisors can go a long way toward educating residents as to the importance of the board, which is in charge of social services and the safety net.
"The idea that there's a competitive race and there are two opposing views of what should be done and some people are here and some people are there," he said.
In other local races:
Sheriff: Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell easily defeated former undersheriff Paul Tanaka to win L.A. Sheriff. McDonnell had taken 75 percent of the vote. Tanaka, who is the subject of an FBI investigation into the troubled Sheriff's Department, effectively stopped campaigning after the primary election this summer. McDonnell, who previously spent 29 years with the LAPD, had won the endorsement of every major political leader in the region.
Measure P: A Los Angeles parcel tax intended to fund parks and other neighborhood improvements across Los Angeles County fell shy of the 2/3 majority it needed to win. Only 62 percent of voters had said "yes". The measure would have created an annual $23 per parcel that could have generated $54 million a year for parks, recreation and open space projects.
Assessor: West Hollywood City Councilman Jeffrey Prang won the seat by less than 10,000 votes. He was competing against Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Morris.
Orange County Supervisors: Michelle Steel easily won election with 62 percent of the vote over Allan Mansoor; but the race was closer for Lisa Bartlett, who took 55 percent to defeat Robert Ming.
Santa Monica Airport: The Santa Monica City Council got a resounding vote of confidence Tuesday when it comes to control of the Santa Monica Airport. Nearly 60 percent of voters in the coastal city supported Measure LC, which gives the council power to make major decisions about the airport — including shutting it down — but requires a public vote on any commercial development of airport land. Fifty-eight percent of voters rejected Measure D, which would have required any major decision on the airport to be put to a public vote. The council has also been battling for years with the Federal Aviation Administration, which has maintained that previous agreements obligate Santa Monica to operate the airport "in perpetuity." So far, federal courts have backed up the FAA.
Measure R: In Malibu, voters approved a measure backed by actor and director Rob Reiner to restrict chain store development. With 100 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, the tally was 59 percent "yes" to 41 percent "no," according to county elections data. As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Reiner is a Brentwood resident with a house in Malibu, and he was opposed by L.A. Police Commission president Steve Soboroff. Measure R will require Malibu residents to vote on any development over 20,000 square feet.
What Kuehl's win means
Kuehl's win in the Los Angeles supervisors race marks a victory for labor unions, which viewed her as more sympathetic to the county's 85,000 unionized employees. A labor union SuperPAC raised more than $2 million to help elect her.
She'll join Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Supervisor-elect Hilda Solis, a former Secretary of Labor under President Obama, as part of what unions hope will be a labor friendly majority on the board.
"Control of the county board is huge for labor," political scientist Jaime Regalado said.
But Kuehl bristled at any implication she would be a puppet for labor.
"I have always been a friend of labor - but not necessarily a yes man," she said Tuesday night.
Shriver was backed by big names, including: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who gave $100,000, Entertainment mogul Haim Saban, who donated $50,000, and Architect Frank Gehry, who chipped in $25,000.
Kuehl may have been more familiar to voters in the Third District, which stretches from Santa Monica to Hollywood and includes the San Fernando Valley.
Shriver helped raised billions to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa but was less known for civic activism in Los Angeles. He is the older brother of Maria Shriver, the TV news correspondent and ex-wife of former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I'm really disappointed in Bobby Shriver. I'm really disappointed that he is not more like his parents," Westwood voter Peter Giannini said Tuesday Morning. "His record in Santa Monica is just abysmal, I think - really drives us into Sheila's camp."
Kuehl had the backing of the L.A. County Democratic Party - and retiring Congressman Henry Waxman, one of the best-known Democrats in the region. He was at her campaign party Tuesday night.
Born in Tulsa, Ok., Kuehl grew up near the Coliseum.
On a whim, her parents purchased a series of acting classes for her to attend as a child. At age 8, in 1949, she landed a role in a radio comedy, and later played the smart and sassy teenager Zelda in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis."
Kuehl graduated from UCLA and later Harvard Law School. She practiced family law and co-founded the California Women's Law Center, which focuses on domestic abuse.
In 1994, Kuehl was elected to the state Assembly. In 2000, she was elected to the state Senate. She was a founding member of the California LGBT Caucus, a champion of single payer healthcare, and authored 171 laws including one establishing paid family leave and another setting nurse-patient staffing minimums at hospitals.
Measure P: $23 parcel tax goes down, despite 62 percent support
Though a parcel tax to pay for parks, waterways and beaches in Los Angeles County lost Tuesday¹s election, voters are likely to see a similar proposal on a future ballot, according to one supporter.
"It was the little proposition that could almost get there," said Tori Kjer with the Trust for Public Land. Sixty-two percent of voters approved it, but that fell just short of the two-thirds threshold for approval because it's a tax.
The measure would have established a $23 parcel tax on all commercial and residential properties in the county for the next 30 years, generating about $54 million annually. The money would have been used to acquire parklands and maintain existing recreation centers.
Measure P would have replaced an existing tax that was approved back in 1992. Under Proposition A, property owners were taxed at varying rates depending on their property value. That tax will expire in June 2015.
Once the old tax expires, there will be about $130 million left for parks funding. However, most of that money has already been allocated to projects, Kjer said.
Considering how much support Measure P garnered in the absence of a real campaign, Kjer said it's likely that a revised proposal could reappear in the future — but just what that proposal would be, and when it would be introduced, remain unclear.
— Evelyn Larrubia
With contributions from Andrea Bernstein, Brian Watt, and Evelyn Larrubia
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package com.petpet.c3po.controller;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.petpet.c3po.api.dao.Cache;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.dao.PersistenceLayer;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.Element;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.Property;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.helper.Filter;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.helper.FilterCondition;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.helper.MetadataRecord;
import com.petpet.c3po.api.model.helper.PropertyType;
import com.petpet.c3po.utils.DataHelper;

/**
 * The consolidator is a class (worker thread) that processes parsed elements
 * and stores them to the data base. It consolidates the elements meta data if
 * the elements already exist.
 *
 * @author Petar Petrov <me@petarpetrov.org>
 *
 */
public class Consolidator implements Runnable {

    /**
     * A default logger.
     */
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( Consolidator.class );

    /**
     * A static instance counter.
     */
    private static int instance = 0;

    /**
     * The queue that will be used for the processing.
     */
    private final LinkedBlockingQueue<Element> queue;

    /**
     * The persistence layer for storing the elements.
     */
    private final PersistenceLayer persistence;

    private String name;

    /**
     * A flag whether or not the consolidator should run in the next run loop.
     */
    private boolean running=true;

    /**
     * Creates the consolidator worker.
     *
     * @param p
     *          the persistence layer.
     * @param q
     *          the queue to use.
     */
    public Consolidator(PersistenceLayer p, LinkedBlockingQueue<Element> q) {
        persistence = p;
        queue = q;
        setName( "Consolidator[" + instance++ + "]" );
    }

    /**
     * Runs as long as the queue is not empty or the running flag is true. If the
     * running flag is true but the queue is empty, then this worker synchronizes
     * and waits on the queue to be notified. Processes the next element in the
     * queue.
     */
    @Override
    public void run() {
        Element el=null;
        try {
            el = queue.poll(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            process( el );
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        this.running = true;
        while (!(queue.isEmpty() ))// && !isRunning()))
        {
            Element el1=null;
            try {
                el1 = queue.poll(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
                process( el1 );
            } catch ( InterruptedException e ) {
                LOG.warn( "An error occurred in {}: {}", getName(), e.getMessage() );
                break;
            }
        }
        LOG.info( getName() + " is stopping" );
    }

    public boolean isRunning() {
        return running;
    }

    public void setRunning( boolean running ) {
        this.running = running;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the given element already exists and if yes merges the given
     * element meta data with the old metadata. If not, it just stores it to the
     * data base.
     *
     * @param element
     *          the element to process.
     */
    public void process( Element element ) {
        if ( element == null ) {
            LOG.debug( "Cannot consolidate null element" );
            System.out.println( "Cannot consolidate null element" );
            return;
        }

        // this can be abstracted into a consolidation strategy
        // e.g. consolidate based on equal ids oder based on
        // equal uids or something else.
        Filter f = new Filter( new FilterCondition( "uid", element.getUid() ) );
        Iterator<Element> iter = this.persistence.find( Element.class, f );

        if ( iter.hasNext() ) {
            Element stored = iter.next();
            LOG.debug( "Element {} exists already, consolidating", stored.getUid() );

            if ( iter.hasNext() ) {
                // obviously, there are more than
                // one elements matching the filter
                // so we cannot assume that it already exists
                // and we just store it.
                this.storeElement( element );
                return;
            }

            consolidate( element, stored );
            this.persistence.update( stored, f );

        } else {
            this.storeElement( element );
        }

    }

    /**
     * Merges the two elements.
     *
     * @param element
     *          the new element
     * @param stored
     *          the stored element.
     */
    private void consolidate( Element element, Element stored ) {
        try {

            for ( MetadataRecord newMR : element.getMetadata() ) {
                DataHelper.mergeMetadataRecord( stored, newMR );
            }

            this.storeProperties( stored ); // TODO remove in version 0.6
        } catch ( Exception e ) {
            LOG.warn( "An error occurred: {}", e.getMessage() );
        }

    }
    /**
     * Inserts the given element into the db.
     *
     * @param element
     *          the element to insert.
     */
    private void storeElement( Element element ) {
        this.storeProperties( element ); // TODO remove in version 0.6
        this.persistence.insert( element );
    }

    /*
     * TODO remove this method in version 0.6 It is here to just make sure that
     * adaptors that created their own properties and sources , not via the get
     * property and get source methods are still stored.
     */
    private void storeProperties( Element element ) {
        Cache cache = this.persistence.getCache();
        for ( MetadataRecord mr : element.getMetadata() ) {
            Property p = cache.getProperty(mr.getProperty());
            PropertyType type = PropertyType.valueOf( p.getType() );
            cache.getProperty( p.getKey(), type ); // make sure it is stored

        }

    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
}


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