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using Windows.UI.ViewManagement;
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using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Data;
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Spiritualism and Theosophy (july 1927)
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Spiritualism and Theosophy is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle published in The Occult Review in july 1927.
See also his previous answer about the same debate: Spiritualism and Theosophy (april 1927).
Spiritualism and Theosophy
The Occult Review (july 1927, p. 43-44)
To the Editor of the Occult Review.
Sir, — Surely Mrs. Davey could not have read Mr. Chaylor's letter when she asks how he had offended, and what truth believed in by spiritualists he had denied. If she had read the letter she would have found that he quoted with approval the words "Pure spirits... cannot, even if they would, span the abyss which separates their world from ours." This is against the experience of thousands of spiritualists, and it is obviously a statement which "goes out of its way to offend."
I should be sorry to attack Theosophy. There are Theosophists for whom I have a deep respect. But so long as they follow Madame Blavatsky in describing the spirits of the dead as astral shells I have no faith in their speculations. I am aware, however, that many of them have learned by experience how false are such views, and how much harm was done by their promulgation. The reason why the teaching of psychic truths has been left largely in the hands of earnest but unlettered men is that the educated students of occult matters have been led away to the Himalayas when England needed them so badly. They are in cloudy mountain-tops, and out of touch with the work-a-day world which lives in the shadow of death.
As to Madame Blavatsky, I see no reason why the acceptance of the ancient wisdom of the East should be coupled with her debatable career. In my letter I made the true statement that she was originally a furious spiritualist, and that she abandoned the cult when under a temporary eclipse in America, and that Koot Hoomi seemed to take the vacancy left by John King. Mrs. Davey asks what all this has to do with Mr. Chaylor's article. The answer is obvious. It was this action of Mrs. Blavatsky's which gave Theosophy that anti-spiritualistic bias which has kept the two movements apart when they should have been in close sympathy and alliance.
A long letter from Madame, dated Dec. 3, 1874, appeared in the Boston Spiritual Scientist. In it she said, speaking of spiritualism, "For fifteen years I have fought my battle for the blessed truth. For the sake of spiritualism I have left my home, an easy life among civilised society, and have become a wanderer on the face of the earth. Knowing this country [America] to be the cradle of modem spiritualism I came over from France with feelings like a Mohammedan approaching the birthplace of the prophet. I will defend it so long as I have a breath of life in me."
This surely proves my point that she was a complete spiritualist, though it might be reinforced by very many quotations. Within a year came the great reaction against spiritualism in America, due to the alleged exposure of the Holmes mediumship. This was followed by her recantation and her compilation of Isis Unveiled, which was edited rather than written by her. Mr. Coleman, in a careful analysis, has shown that a hundred books were used for its production, and that when the unacknowledged quotations are taken out there is practically nothing left. Industry and selective ability were there, however, in their extreme form, and for this at least she deserves the credit. She was, like most people, a mixed character, with abnormal strength to balance an abnormal weakness. But her greatest and most permanent error was to give a false view of the possible relations between the living and the dead. It was that, and not anything which spiritualists have done or said, which has made a rift between the two great bodies of psychic thought.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
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Italy's greatest metal export Lacuna Coil returns with their 6th album. It's been almost 3-years since they released "Shallow Life" to mixed reviews. Their new album "Dark Adrenaline" sees the band getting back to basics and rocking out, with their trademark vocal duels between Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro and the band has never sounded better. With all due respect to their more recent outputs, my favorite Lacuna Coil albums have always been their first EP and "In a Reverie" and I always found it strange that the band never plays (or even acknowledges) any songs from those albums these days. Don't get me wrong, I have liked – for the most part – what came after, there has certainly been much, much more good than bad in regards to their music. Having said that, in my opinion "Dark Adrenaline" is the best and most consistent Lacuna Coil album since "In a Reverie". The proof is in the material, like the album opener "Trip the Darkness". This is a great opener that just screams 'we're back'. "Against You", "Upside Down" and "End of Time" are all potent tracks, especially "End of Time". This would make a great second video in my opinion. This is just a great, melodic mid-tempo song, which reminded me why I fell in love with this band in the first place. "I Don't Believe in Tomorrow" brings back the power and heavy riffs. "Intoxicated" is a fist pumping, head banger of a track that really gets the blood pumping, which the next track "The Army Inside" is more than happy to continue with that style and even includes a great guitar solo. There is even a cover of the REM track "Losing My Religion", done in Lacuna Coil style, if I may say so; I think this leaves the original in the dust. "Dark Adrenaline" is an impressive return to form by Lacuna Coil and it made me a huge fan once again. 2012 is off to a great start!
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Vigil outside Austrian Embassy in London demanding freedom for Abu Habel [+]
On Thursday 15 February 2018, Inminds humans rights group held an emergency vigil outside the Austrian Embassy in London to demand justice and freedom for Palestinian former child prisoner, now young father, Abdel Karim Abu Habel who has been tortured and imprisoned in Austria at the behest of Israel. The Austrian Court of Appeal is expected to pass its verdict on Abu Habel's appeal on Friday 16th February 2018.
We are here today outside the Embassy of Austria in London to demand freedom and justice for Palestinian father and asylum seeker Abdel Karim Abu Habel who has been tortured and imprisoned in Austria at the behest of Israel.
Abu Habel is from the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza which has been under Israel's genocidal siege for over 10 years. When Abu Habel was just 14 years old he was abducted by Israeli soldiers whilst playing outside his house with his friends. The Israeli occupation didn't notify his family. His father Muhammed, who already lost his other son to an Israeli airstrike in 2006, says "We searched for him vehemently. It was only after a month or so when some of the people who had been detained with Karim in the prison in Ashkelon were released that we learnt of our son's arrest. After having made numerous unsuccessful attempts to confirm that he was being held there, we finally received a phone call from a female soldier asking us to arrange for a lawyer, because Karim was going to be charged.."
Abu Habel had been tortured, they forced a false confession out of him of being a member of Hamas, and sentenced him to 9 years imprisonment.
This was not the first time the Israeli occupation has imprisoned Abu Habel, previously when he was just 10 years old they had abducted him and caged him for 3 months with no specific reason or charge.
During those nine years his parents were not allowed to see him for over 5 years, followed by just a 15 minute visit. In total they only saw him six times in 9 years, each time for a maximum of 30 minutes. He was finally released in 2013, having completed his full 9 year sentence.
During Israel's attack on Gaza in 2014 Israeli forces targeted Abu Habel, bombing his house and sending him a message that they will kill him. Abu Habel left besieged Gaza in Feb 2016, working his way through Turkey and Greece he arrived in Austria on a valid visa in April 2016. There he applied for political asylum. Instead of granting him asylum, which they are legally obliged to do in such cases, the Austrian authorities, at the behest of Israel, arrested Abu Habel in July 2016.
Working hand in hand with Israel, the Austrian authorities allowed Israeli interrogators to brutally torture Abu Habel on Austrian soil for 9 months. In a message he managed to later smuggle out Abu Habel describes the torture:
He was not allowed to contact his family or have a lawyer of his choice. In the end they charged him, again of being a member of Hamas and for social media messages. On 24th July 2017 they sentenced Abu Habel to life imprisonment - on practically the same charges he had already served 9 years for. Abu Habel has appealed this miscarriage of justice and the appeal verdict is expected tomorrow, on 16th February 2018.
It's a shameful mockery of Austria's justice system when it invites Israeli thugs to torture its most vulnerable resident for 9 months, and then to appease a foreign power - Israel - it hands down a life sentence to a victim of Israeli terror, for charges which he has already served his time for in an Israeli dungeon. From the age of 14 Abdel Karim Abu Habel has spent most of his life in an Israeli dungeon, he has only seen 3 years of freedom during which time Israel bombed his house trying to kill him, and now he is languishing in an Austrian prison for no crime at Israel's bidding.
We are here to demand Austria's Court of Appeal reassert Austria's sovereignty by rejecting Israeli interference in its justice system and free Abdel Karim Abu Habel.
Free Abdel Karim Abu Habel!
Free Palestine!
Inminds undertook a guerilla projection on the walls of the British Parliament and on the Austrian Embassy in London to demand freedom for Palestinian asylum seeker Abdel Karim Abu Habel who has been tortured and imprisoned in Austria at the behest of Israel. The Austrian Court of Appeal is expected to pass its verdict on Abu Habel's appeal on Friday 16th February 2018.
"The occupation can only end when pressure is applied from outside. Who is going to apply this pressure? The United States is not going to apply the pressure because Israel is its rotwiller, Israel is its local enforcement - a junior partner in the Middle-East, it is a special relationship - Israel is the US rotwiller. The British government is not going to stop it because the British government is the poodle of the United States, this is another special relationship. So who is going to apply it? We are going to apply the pressure. Civil society, ordinary people apply pressure by applying boycott - by boycotting Israeli goods, and exports, by boycotting tourism to Israel, by boycotting academic institutions which are part of the machinery of oppression and torture.."
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1343 – A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh.
1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
1917 – German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.
1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.
1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
1973 – George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
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1999 – The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal Sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic.
2000 – The 2000 Baku Earthquake takes place, Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaving 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan and becoming the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
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The arm lift procedure can tighten loose tissue on your upper arms, providing the confidence you need to wear sleeveless clothing again.
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Over the last few years Brachioplasty, or arm lift, has become a popular procedure. With the advent of gastric bypass procedures, plastic surgeons are seeing more and more of these patients with loose skin underneath their upper arms. In certain circles this is commonly referred to as bat wings. Most patients are very self-conscious about wearing short sleeves because of this condition. After weight loss on many patient's list of priorities for skin reduction procedures, Brachioplasty is second only to breast and abdomen procedures.
The procedure is fairly simple. It involves removal of skin and fat of the upper arm. This is done through and incision on the anterior or inside of the upper arm extending from the armpit out to the elbow. The scar is put in this area so that when the patient has their arms at their side it is not obviously visible.
The surgery is generally done under general anesthesia and takes less than 1 hour to perform. Once the incision is made, dissection is taken down to the muscle of the upper arm then elevation of the skin and fat around towards the back of the arm is done and then the excess skin and fat is pulled to the front and excised. These two layers are then sewn back in place with absorbable stitches. There are no stitches or drains that have to be removed later. The patient's arm is then wrapped with gauze and an ace wrap. In the postoperative period, I like for the patient to wear a compression garment around the upper arm area for 3 weeks. After 2-3 days the patient can remove the dressings and the ace wrap and then wash over the incisions with soap and water as needed. After which the patient should replace the ace wrap and wear it 24 hours a day for those 3 weeks. The scars do tend to be red a little bit longer in the arm than some other areas but do fade with time.
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A explosion at a religious shrine that killed at least 20 in a bustling Bangkok tourist district Monday shattered an uneasy calm that had settled over much of the country since a military takeover last year. No one has yet claimed responsibility, and the government has remained mum on suspects — but a recent history of complex political divisions as well as a small-scale separatist insurgency that occasionally spills over into limited violence in the country's far south could provide clues into possible motives behind the attack.
"We still don't know for sure who did this and why," Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon told reporters late Monday. "We are not sure if it is politically motivated, but they aim to harm our economy, and we will hunt them down."
Police said a bomb caused the blast at the Erawan Shrine, which features Hindu imagery but is extremely popular among Thailand's Buddhists, who account for the majority of the country's population. The site, in the heart of the capital's high-end shopping district, is considered spiritually powerful and draws massive numbers of tourists from East Asia.
The attack came against a backdrop of furious political discord in Thailand, which is divided by a decade-old political rivalry between the country's military establishment and the powerful Shinawatra family.
That conflict has been the proximate cause of two recent military coups. One overthrew and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006, and another in May 2014 ended the premiership of his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra.
Since the May coup, the military government has severely restricted public protest, saying it wants to maintain stability. But stability has been fleeting in the past few years amid periodic mass protests between so-called red shirts — mostly rural and poor northern Thais who support the Shinawatras' populist political programs — and their largely middle- and upper-class Bangkok-based opponents, who are called yellow shirts and are widely viewed as elites linked to the country's powerful military, bureaucracy and royalists.
The military government's National Council for Peace and Order party, headed by Prime Minster Prayuth Chan-ocha, draws largely from such elites and stridently opposes the agenda pursued by the Shinawatras.
Clashes between pro- and anti-Shinawatra demonstrators have claimed scores of lives, including about 30 killed in the six months leading up to last year's coup.
Such tensions have been widely blamed, although usually inconclusively, for other bomb attacks in the sprawling Thai capital. Monday's was the first deadly attack of its kind in the city this year.
Twin pipe bombs at a luxury shopping mall in February caused little damage, and a grenade lobbed at Bangkok's Criminal Court in March caused seven injuries. Government and anti-government forces blamed each other for the attacks.
In the deadliest previous such attack in Bangkok, a series of bombs killed three people and wounded scores more on New Year's Eve in 2006 — three months after the coup that unseated Thaksin — in yet another unsolved case.
That lack of consensus leaves room for the Shinawatras, who are severely constrained domestically but have retained a sizable following in the country.
Perhaps more important, Monday's attack is a sign of instability, which could worsen simmering factionalism in the military between moderate and hawkish camps. A military reshuffle is planned for October, and analysts say those divisions could lead to violence.
The country has been troubled for more than 10 years by an insurgency in its far south near the Thailand-Malaysia border, where ethnic Malay Muslim rebels have been conducting a low-grade guerrilla campaign. The conflict is rooted in grievances that date back decades and in a rejection of Thai rule and the presence of majority Thai Buddhists in the largely Malay region.
According to Deep South Watch, a website that monitors violence in southern Thailand, several thousand people have been killed since the insurgency began in earnest in 2001. Most of that violence has been confined to small areas in the border region, far from the capital, and there is no indication that the southern insurgency is linked to Monday's attacks.
But analysts believe the threat of violence from that conflict, though apparently on the decline, could still affect other parts of the country. "The south Thailand insurgency has grown less lethal over the past year, but there are worrying indications militants may have expanded operations beyond the traditional conflict zone of the four southernmost provinces," according to a report (PDF) by the International Crisis Group last month.
OPINION: Is troubled Thailand tumbling into civil war?


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Q: Remove Part of a Folder Name in Bulk, (similar to find and replace?) Apologies in advance.  I researched several of the similar questions and tried to use the scripts or shell commands offered, but they didn't work for my particular issue.  I think it's because most of the other questions dealt with exact locations in the Folder name, or with removing a series of numbers and the like.
One of the other things that I was having trouble understanding in the previous batch files and shell commands offered, is that they didn't specify how to include a specific directory.  (they may be assuming that the users already know where to put that.  I'm really new, so I'm not sure.  Attempts to do so using lines from previous batch files has not worked).
I have several thousand folders where I want to remove part of the folder name (if only windows would do a find and replace for folder names, because that's basically what I want to do, find each of the text strings I want OUT and replace them with blank).
The folders all have unique names, but the portion of the name I want to remove is basically the same.  And I don't want any of the files within the name to be affected in any way.  ONLY the folder names.
For example:

*

*12345_A_9101112_Method_Names

*12355_393939_Method_NameB33

*12366_BC_1234_Method_Name

What I want to remove from the folder name is the text string represented in my example by "Name...".  On a few of them, I believe that that part is one or two underscores in the name, rather than at the end.  And there are approximately 8 different text strings I want removed (I'm guessing I'll have to have a different batch file for each different name?).
As you can see, the folder names vary somewhat, they're not all the same length and naming convention up to the part to be removed.
Thank you very much in advance.

A: @ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL enabledelayedexpansion
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
FOR %%q IN (name eman) DO (
 FOR /r "%sourcedir%" /d %%a IN (*%%q*) DO (
  SET "dname=%%~nxa"
  SET "dname=!dname:%%q=!"
  IF NOT "%%~nxa"=="!dname!" ECHO(REN "%%a" "!dname!"
 )
)

GOTO :EOF

This should work - you would need to change the setting of sourcedir to suit your circumstances. As it stands, it will delete the substrings name and eman - just add the extra required strings into the list in the obvious area.
The required REN commands are merely ECHOed for testing purposes. After you've verified that the commands are correct, change ECHO(REN to REN to actually rename the directories.

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Q: How do I carry a value over in R if a conditional statement is not met If Q.gd is less than Q.s times 0.9, then I need to carry the N value that occurred previously in the data frame before Q.gd became less than Q.s times 0.9. If Q.gd is greater than or equal to Q.gd times 0.9, I need to carry the value for N within the corresponding row. Make sense? The new values could be a vector or added to the data frame with the original values. I've been trying to use iterators and foreach for this but am not having any luck. Pasted below is some of the data I'm working with.
 datetime      Q.s      Q.gd        Q.run     N
6/16/2013 18:30 24  21.58078484 2.419215163 0.761
6/16/2013 18:45 24  21.5793481  2.420651895 0.788
6/16/2013 19:00 24  21.66973246 2.330267535 0.752
6/16/2013 19:15 24  21.66829    2.331709997 0.797
6/16/2013 19:30 24  21.66684773 2.333152266 0.779
6/16/2013 19:45 24  21.75720822 2.242791777 0.779
6/16/2013 20:00 24  21.75576023 2.244239772 0.788
6/16/2013 20:15 24  21.75431243 2.245687575 0.815
6/16/2013 20:30 25  22.37240843 2.627591566 0.824
6/16/2013 20:45 25  22.46652201 2.533477986 0.743
6/16/2013 21:00 25  22.46502721 2.53497279  0.752
6/16/2013 21:15 24  21.5649913  2.435008699 0.77
6/16/2013 21:30 24  21.56355667 2.436443328 0.788
6/16/2013 21:45 24  21.92913708 2.070862921 0.797
6/16/2013 22:00 24  21.7441832  2.255816798 0.806
6/16/2013 22:15 24  21.55925393 2.440746073 0.779
6/16/2013 22:30 24  21.83302627 2.166973725 0.806
6/16/2013 22:45 24  21.9233036  2.0766964   0.797
6/16/2013 23:00 24  21.92184572 2.078154285 0.815
6/16/2013 23:15 24  21.82867092 2.17132908  0.806
6/16/2013 23:30 24  22.01064153 1.989358466 0.842
6/16/2013 23:45 24  21.91747322 2.082526776 0.833
6/17/2013 0:00  24  22.00771493 1.992285073 0.842
6/17/2013 0:15  24  22.18963735 1.810362652 0.815
6/17/2013 0:30  24  22.0047891  1.995210902 0.814
6/17/2013 0:45  24  22.095007   1.904992998 0.814
6/17/2013 1:00  24  22.00186405 1.998135953 0.832
6/17/2013 1:15  24  22.09207015 1.907929846 0.814
6/17/2013 1:30  24  21.90727752 2.092722476 0.814
6/17/2013 1:45  24  21.90582177 2.09417823  0.805
6/17/2013 2:00  24  21.99601628 2.003983723 0.805
6/17/2013 2:15  24  22.0861988  1.913801201 0.796
6/17/2013 2:30  24  22.08473145 1.915268552 0.823
6/17/2013 2:45  24  22.2665279  1.733472105 0.823
6/17/2013 3:00  24  22.17342305 1.826576955 0.787
6/17/2013 3:15  24  22.08033056 1.919669436 0.814
6/17/2013 3:30  24  22.07886399 1.921136008 0.778
6/17/2013 3:45  24  22.35221999 1.647780008 0.85
6/17/2013 4:00  24  22.35073556 1.649264441 0.85

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

A: This worked.

crit <- ifelse (df$Q.gd < 0.9*df$Q.s, NA, df$N)
  crit_new <- na.locf(crit, na.rm = FALSE)

Setting na.rm to FALSE kept the vector the same length as the data frame, allowing me to use cbind() to put the data back in the data frame.

A: Give this a try.
# create a vector that keeps the current N if Q.gd is greater than or equal to Q.gd, NA otherwise
crit <- ifelse(df$Q.gd < 0.9*df$Q.s, NA, df$N)
crit

# fill in the missing values of crit with the last non-missing value of crit
newN <- crit
for (i in 2:length(crit)) {
    if (is.na(crit[i])) newN[i] <- last else last <- crit[i]
    }
newN


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Hawaii District Court State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Hoopono-Services for the Blind Filing 27
State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Hoopono-Services for the Blind
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER re 5 Second MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order.. Signed by JUDGE LESLIE E. KOBAYASHI on 10/20/2017. (eps, )CERTIFICATE OF SERVICEParticipants registered to receive electronic notifications received this document electronically at the e-mail address listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF).
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, HOOPONO-SERVICES FOR THE BLIND, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) EDUCATION, REHABILITATION ) SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, ) ) Defendant. _____________________________ ) CIVIL 17-00430 LEK-KSC ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER On August 28, 2017, Plaintiff State of Hawai`i, Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Ho`opono - Services for the Blind ("Ho`opono") filed its Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO Motion"). support).] [Dkt. nos. 5 (TRO Motion) & 6 (memorandum in Defendant United States Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration ("Defendant") filed its memorandum in opposition on September 12, 2017. [Dkt. no. 19.] The Court finds this matter suitable for disposition without a hearing pursuant to Rule LR7.2(d) of the Local Rules of Practice of the United States District Court for the District of Hawai`i ("Local Rules"). On September 19, 2017, this Court issued an entering order outlining the Court's decision on the TRO Motion ("9/19/17 EO Outline"). [Dkt. no. 24.] supersedes the 9/19/2017 EO Outline. The instant Order The TRO Motion is hereby denied for the reasons set forth below. BACKGROUND The instant case is an appeal of an Arbitration Decision, dated July 24, 2017 ("the Decision"), in proceedings brought pursuant to the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. § 107, et seq. ("the Act"). [Complaint and Appeal Brief ("Complaint"), filed 8/28/17 (dkt. no. 1), Exh. A (Decision).] Ho`opono is Hawaii's licensing agency for purposes of the Act, and Defendant is the federal agency that administers the Act. ¶¶ 7-8.] [Complaint at Ho`opono describes the purpose of the Act as "provid[ing] 'blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind and stimulating the blind to greater efforts and striving to make themselves self-supporting' by authorizing them to operate vending facilities on government property and giving them a 'priority' to do so." [Id. at ¶ 9 (quoting 20 U.S.C. §§ 107(a) and (b)).] From 2005 to 2016, pursuant to Contract No. W912CN-16- D-0016 between the Army and Ho`opono ("the Contract"), the licensed Ho`opono blind vendor – James Theodore Chinn, Jr. – provided cafeteria services at four Schofield Barracks ("Schofield") dining halls. Some of the dining halls were designated as Full Food Service ("FFS") facilities, and the 2 others were designated as Dining Facility Attendant ("DFA") facilities.1 The Contract was designated as an FFS contract because it involved some facilities with food preparation. The Army's position is that the Act only applies to FFS contracts, but Ho`opono contends the Act applies to all Army dining facilities. [Id. at ¶ 14.] In a December 22, 2015 letter to Ho`opono, the Army stated that the Contract was in its last option year and would expire on March 31, 2016. However, the subsequent contract was going to be "down-scoped" from an FFS contract to a DFA services contract. [Complaint, Exh. B.] The Army stated that it intended to reserve the contract for Ho`opono because of its priority under the Act, which would result in the new contract being awarded to Ho`opono unless it's "offer exceed[ed] the low offeror by more than five percent of that offer or one million dollars, whichever is less." [Id.] However, on February 25, 2016, the Army amended Solicitation No. W912CN-16-R-0005 ("the Solicitation") to make the DFA dining halls subject to a separate contract with "an exclusively small-business set-aside 1 Pursuant to Army regulations, FFS "encompasses all aspects of feeding the troops at Schofield Barracks including food preparation and day-to-day operation of dining facilities," whereas DFA services "are similar, but do not include food preparation, as those services are performed by uniformed personnel." [Complaint at ¶ 14.] Ho`opono points out that the Act itself does not contain this distinction between types of cafeteria operation contracts. [Id.] 3 procurement, which did not allow Ho`opono to bid for the contract because it did not qualify as a small business." [Complaint at ¶ 15.] In the arbitration proceeding, the parties addressed the issue of whether the Act required the Army to give Ho`opono priority in bidding for the new Schofield DFA services contract. [Id. at ¶ 1.] A majority of the arbitration panel concluded that DFA services are not subject to the Act, and therefore the Army did not violate the Act when it issued the Solicitation without applying the Act's priority and procedures. [Decision at 12-13.] In the instant appeal, Ho`opono seeks to have the Decision overturned "because it is erroneous and contrary to law and the provisions of the Act." [Complaint at ¶ 3.] In the TRO Motion, Ho`opono seeks an order prohibiting the Army from awarding the new DFA service contract "to Acorn [Services, Inc.] or any other vendor that is not a blind vendor pursuant to the Act." [Mem. in Supp. of TRO Motion at 11-12.] The TRO Motion represents that Ho`opono had an agreement with the Army that Mr. Chinn would continue to provide the cafeteria services at Schofield until January 31, 2018. [Id. at 3.] Thus, Ho`opono argues that the Army should be required to maintain the status quo by allowing Mr. Chinn to continue to provide the cafeteria services during the pendency of the instant appeal. 4 STANDARD "A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest." Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). Winter v. Nat. Res. The preliminary injunction standard also applies to a plaintiff's request for a See, e.g., Washington v. Trump, 847 F.3d 1151, 1159 n.3 TRO. (9th Cir. 2017) (citing Stuhlbarg Int'l Sales Co., Inc. v. John D. Brush & Co., Inc., 240 F.3d 832, 839 n.7 (9th Cir. 2001)).2 Ho`opono has the burden of proof as to each element in the analysis. See PNY Techs., Inc. v. Netac Tech. Co., Civil 16-00657 LEK-KSC, 2017 WL 2903342, at *5 (D. Hawai`i May 31, 2017). DISCUSSION Ho`opono has failed to present admissible evidence of an executed, binding agreement with the Army extending the Contract until January 31, 2018. Defendant has presented admissible evidence that the Army and Ho`opono entered into a bridge contract "[d]ue to delays encountered with the 2 Stuhlbarg was overruled on other grounds by Winter. See, e.g., Conservation Cong. v. United States Forest Serv., No. 2:13cv-01922-TLN-CMK, 2016 WL 6524860, at *3 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2016). 5 Solicitation and amendments" ("Bridge Contract"). [Mem. in Opp., Decl. of Ronnie Sakata ("Sakata Decl.") at ¶ 7.3] The Bridge Contract had a base period of April 1, 2016 to May 31, 2016, with an option period of June 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, and subsequent monthly options from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017. the options in the Bridge Contract were exercised. All of [Id.] Subsequently, the Army and Ho`opono entered into another bridge contract, because of delays related to the arbitration ("Second Bridge Contract").4 [Id. at ¶ 8.] The Second Bridge Contract had a base period of February 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017, with an option period of May 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017, and subsequent monthly options from August 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018. The monthly options were subject to clause 52.217-8 of the Second Bridge Contract. [Second Bridge Contract at Pages 28-29 of 77.] Clause 52.217-8 stated: The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by 3 Ronnie Sakata is a Supervisory Contract Specialist with the "Regional Contracting Office - Hawaii, 413th Contracting Support Brigade, Wheeler Army Airfield, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii." [Sakata Decl. at ¶ 1.] 4 The Second Bridge Contract is attached to the Sakata Declaration as Exhibit B. 6 written notice to the Contractor within 30 days of the contract expiration. [Id. at Page 64 of 77.] Thus, the decision to exercise the monthly options was in the Army's sole discretion. The Army exercised the May 1 to July 31 option and the August 1 to 31 option, but did not exercise the remaining options. See Sakata Decl. at ¶ 8 (stating that the Army's contracting office "did not exercise this option period, which caused the contract to expire on 31 August 2017"). Because the Second Bridge Contract has expired, the subsequent options "are no longer exercisable." [Id. at ¶ 13.] Although the Second Bridge Contract could have been extended through January 31, 2018, Ho`opono had no right or entitlement to such extensions. Neither the exhibits to the Complaint nor the exhibits to the TRO Motion contain any evidence contradicting Defendant's evidence.5 Based upon the record before it, this Court must conclude that Ho`opono has not established either a legal or an equitable basis for a continued entitlement to enforce the Second 5 On September 18, 2017, this Court issued an entering order informing the parties that it was inclined to vacate the September 22, 2017 hearing on the TRO Motion and decide the motion based on the parties' written submissions ("9/18/17 EO"). [Dkt. no. 21.] The 9/18/17 EO noted that Ho`opono had not included any declarations or affidavits with the TRO Motion, nor did Ho`opono file any exhibits or declarations/affidavits in lieu of direct examination by the September 12, 2017 deadline. [Id. at 1.] The parties had no objection to the inclination, and the hearing was vacated. [Dkt. nos. 22 (EO vacating hearing), 23 (letter from Defendant's counsel stating the parties' positions).] 7 Bridge Contract. Therefore, Ho`opono has failed to carry its burden to prove that it – or Mr. Chinn – is likely to suffer irreparable harm unless this Court issues a TRO. Because a plaintiff seeking a TRO must establish all of the Winter factors to be entitled to relief, the failure to establish irreparable harm is fatal to the TRO Motion, and it is not necessary for this Court to address whether Ho`opono has established the other Winter factors. Ho`opono therefore is not entitled to the relief it requests in the TRO Motion. CONCLUSION On the basis of the foregoing, the Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, which Ho`opono filed on August 28, 2017, is HEREBY DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED AT HONOLULU, HAWAII, October 20, 2017. /s/ Leslie E. Kobayashi Leslie E. Kobayashi United States District Judge STATE OF HAWAII, ETC. VS. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ETC; CIVIL 17-00430 LEK; ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 8


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Knowledge Fight: June 23-24, 2019 0
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Today, Dan and Jordan discuss all the ins and outs of what happened on the Alex Jones Show on April 25th and 26th. It's mostly Alex rehashing old narratives and lying about people who are suing him, but along the way, he finds time to his toe into some of incredibly troubling ideas.
Alex Jones has been out of studio bullhorning in Washington DC to try to get back on Twitter, so Dan and Jordan stay in the past for today's episode to look more into Alex's path downward after Sandy Hook. This installment largely covers a period where Alex cannot stop talking about being on Piers Morgan's show, but thankfully, there's a couple other topics that come up that are worth covering.
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HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION INTO THE FUTURE
Levitation Options
A short history of transportation
Railways, with steel wheels running on steel rails, changed the industrial world in the early 1800's. The world then had fast, efficient transport replacing the existing slow horse-drawn steel-rimmed wooden wheels on rough roads.
Then in 1890, Joseph Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire, which gave a soft ride and good grip. This made the motor car possible with higher speeds and comfort on the rough roads of the day. Despite their early unreliability, the versatility of the pneumatic tire has enabled rapid growth of road transport compared to rail. Today, 96% of land transport uses pneumatic tires.
But there has always been a fascination with 'modern' alternatives to the humble wheel. The British invented the Hovercraft in the 1950's, and for the next 20 years there were substantial R&D projects in UK and France to try to develop high-speed transport using air cushion suspension.
Maglev is the most fascinating technology, the allure of non-contact, frictionless transport has attracted great enthusiasm and significant research over the last 70 years. But after $billions of R&D, and only one high-speed maglev in service, maglev has failed to deliver practical transport. Research has declined over the last 10-15 years, but now there is renewed interest in maglev for Hyperloop projects.
Maglev using copper coils along the whole route would be the ideal levitation system, but extreme expense may make it impossible. See maglev coils here.
The tube in the 2016 Pod Competition has an aluminium plate for maglev, but any plate system will suffer high drag. See passive maglev plate here. See Arx Pax here.
Maglev has always been promoted as frictionless, high efficiency transport. But in fact the energy consumption is much higher than high-speed-rail, due to inefficiency of its non-contact traction system. See maglev energy here.
Hyperloop Alpha originally proposed air ski bearings for levitation. But there is insufficient airflow in the near-vacuum to make it possible. See air skis here.
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By: Lindy Whitehouse, Ph.D.
Black marlin are fast fish that are known for leaping out of the water.
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Istiophoriformes
Family Istiophordae
Genus Istiompax
Species Istiompax indica
Niche Carnivorous
Length Maximum of 183.6 inches (4.6 meters)
Weight Up to 1,653 lbs (750 kg)
Lifespan Females: up to 12 years; Males: up to 5 years
Social Structure Solitary
Status Not threatened
Natural Habitat Ocean
Average Litter Size Females can lay up to 40 million eggs
Main food item Fish, squid, and octopus
Main threats Humans and human activities
The black marlin (Istiompax indica) is a species of fish that is found in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The black marlin is one of seven different types of marlins and is also closely related to the swordfish. This fish, like all billfishes, has a distinctive elongated upper jaw. They are a strong and fast pelagic species that are highly prized by sports fishermen.
This fish has a dark blue dorsal (upper) side and a light belly that is silvery-white in color. They also have faint blue vertical stripes running down their sides. Their fins are dark brown except for the first dorsal fin which is black to dark blue. The black marlin is the only species of marlin that does not have retractable fins.
Black marlins feed on a range of fish and invertebrates including dolphinfish, squid, cuttlefish, octopuses, mackerel, trevallies, and swordfish. They prefer to eat small tunas when available. Scientists that have analyzed the stomach of these fish have determined that they use their long, sharp bills to slash at their prey.
These fish are usually found in shallow waters close to the coast or on coral reefs. They are found at depths between zero and 915 meters, however most of the time they are found in waters between zero and 30 meters. Aside from being found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, they have occasionally been found in temperate waters.
Black marlins congregate at spawning grounds, where they reproduce by external spawning. The females release eggs into the warm waters and the males release their sperm to fertilize them. A female can carry up to 40 million eggs.
The only real threat that these fish have comes from humans who tend to hunt the fish to sell or keep as a trophy.
Like other billfish, black marlin have a long, sharp bill that they use to catch prey.
Fun Facts about the Black Marlin
The black marlin is a speedy swimmer that is only found in the warm waters of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. Known for their fast pace, these fish have also been shown to migrate long distances. Let's take a closer look at some of their biology.
Speedy Swimmers
The Black Marlin makes the list of one of the ten fastest animals in the world! This speedy swimmer can reach amazing speeds with records showing that they can swim between 22 mph – 50 mph. Some records have even suggested they may reach speeds of up to 80 miles per hour (129 k/h) which is faster than the cheetah can run! This speed is one reason it is one of the most sought after fish for sports fishermen.
Black marlin are extremely streamline and have a fusiform shape, which means they are shaped like a spindle, wider in the middle and tapered at the ends. They also have a highly rigid semilunate (half moon) tail which helps power them through the water.
Black marlin are billfish and other billfish are also known for their speed, including other species of marlin as well as the sailfish, which is considered the fastest fish in the world.
Black marlin are a prized sports fish.
Migrate Long Distances
Scientists have tracked black marlins on their migrations and have discovered that these fish migrate huge distances, with some traveling over 8000 km! For example, two black marlins that were tagged off the coast of Australia were caught again off the coast of India and Sri Lanka.
While tagging information has helped researchers to understand some of the movements that the black marlin makes, very little is known about where they spend their time. Researchers know that they aggregate and form spawning groups, but outside of this the information available is very limited.
Like this striped marlin, black marlin use their long bill to slash at and pierce prey. They are fierce predators.
Growth Rings
Black Marlin grow very fast and can vary in size based on whether they are male or female. For example, juvenile fish can reach around 15 kg in their first year and up tp 50 kg by the time they are three years old. Females are a lot bigger than the males. If adequate food is available its possible for a female to reach up to 450 kg (1000 lb) by the time she is 10-12 years old. In contrast, males rarely reach more than 200 kg in weight.
One way that scientists can determine the age of a Black Marlin is by looking at the growth rings on a spine found on their dorsal fin. Estimating the age of an animal is important for fisheries stock assessments and conservation plans. Scientists usually age fish by counting the growth bands found on its ear bones which are known as otoliths.
Biologydictionary.net Editors. "Black Marlin." Biology Dictionary, Biologydictionary.net, 17 Dec. 2020, https://biologydictionary.net/black-marlin/.
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SEC Enforcement's First Public Company Cases Resulting from its EPS Initiative
Enforcement Highlights Blog
On September 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") announced two settlements against public companies and individual charges against the former controller and chief accounting officer and the former chief financial officer of one of the companies. In its accompanying public announcement, the SEC advised that "The actions are the first arising from investigations generated by the Division of Enforcement's EPS Initiative, which utilizes risk-based data analytics to uncover potential accounting and disclosure violations caused by, among other things, earnings management practices." This initiative exemplifies the harnessing of "Big Data," i.e., large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations.
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Home » Headlines » Science » The Dead Sea's unusually salty waters may soon disappear
By Melany Mejias / Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 09:53PM
Environmental organization EcoPeace Middle East said the sea levels of the Dead Sea drop more than 3 feet every year, which means that the great salt lake could soon disappear. Sting nestled between Israel, Jordan, and Palestine is at risk mainly due to increased mineral extraction operations and limited water intake.
Excessive tourism has also had an adverse impact of the Dead Sea. New hotels and attraction block off the small inflow sources the lake has and sewage has replaced lost water, according to a report by the Christian Science Monitor. EcoPeace Middle East said the water resources have been threatened by the recent construction of urban facilities, shopping malls, and water parks, according to a report by Weather.com.
Excessive tourism has also had an adverse impact of the Dead Sea. Photo credit: Innovators Nation WordPress
The environmental group told reporters that limiting tourism development and making efforts for smarter water management could really help preserve the lake.
Limiting mineral extraction could also play a significant role in this process. Cosmetic companies have been increasingly extracting the lake's salty water for use in therapeutic and cosmetic products for hair and skincare, which have become very popular in the region. The lake's relative salinity is increased by lost water, a direct consequence of the area's typical dry-heat.
"Far and away the biggest cause of the rapid disappearance of the Dead Sea is the lack of water coming into it from its traditional sources – the Jordan River," EcoPeace Middle East said in a statement, as quoted by the Christian Science Monitor. "While much of this water is being used by the Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians for basic domestic consumption, most goes towards highly subsidized and inefficient agriculture."
One of the world's oldest natural attractions
The Dead Sea is about 1,400 feet below sea level. That's the lowest point on Earth. One of the world's oldest natural attractions, it has hypersaline waters known for their "healing powers." In fact, the lake became one of the first spa resorts on the planet under the Roman King Herod I.
Because the Dead Sea's water has 34 percent of salinity, it is impossible for most marine life to survive there. However, EcoPeace said there is unique wildlife around the lake, including leopards, ibex, and hyrax, which are endangered species, according to the report by the Christian Science Monitor.
The environmentalist group noted the wetlands around the Dead Sea provide important breeding sites for a large number of migratory birds which cross between Europe and Africa every year.
EcoPeace recently took advantage of the lake's high density by inviting 25 swimmers from all over the world as part of its efforts to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the lake, as a spokesperson told the Associated Press. The water is attractive to swimmers because it allows them to float with ease. The group helped organize the first ever swim challenge and those invited swam seven hours through the waters of the Dead Sea.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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The onslaught of digital information we're faced with every time we go online has made it increasingly difficult for marketing to remain effective. Google's micro-moments concept provides an elegant solution, by helping advertisers target influential points in the purchase process. By leveraging micro-moments, businesses can deliver information at precisely the right time to win the attention of consumers.
Many models of the purchase process focus on specific stages: the identification of a desire or problem, research, evaluation, purchase, and so on. But what if there's more to it than that? What if those stages are actually made up of smaller steps? Google did some deep thinking on this concept in 2015 and came up with micro-moments. The idea of micro-moments is that when a consumer makes a purchase, each stage of the process is made up of moments at which targeted advertising can make a difference in their purchasing decision. Understanding what consumers are doing and thinking at these times allows for more specific and problem-focused marketing that's more effective at reaching its target.
One major problem with other kinds of marketing is simply that today's consumers are already being inundated with advertising in multiple forms and locations. From old-school TV and radio ads, to the avalanche of online content, in the form of emails, targeted web advertising, tweets, push notifications, pop-up ads, Instagram stories, Facebook posts, blogs, and more. Digital marketing has reached the point of "content shock", where consumers are unable to consume more content than they already are. The digital marketing arena is already so packed, there's little room for more.
Google's approach to this problem has been to change tactics entirely. Instead of coming up with new places to insert advertising, they've pioneered a new way of thinking about consumer behaviour, and a new way of targeting advertising to that behaviour.
Micro-moment marketing recognises that consumers are busy, and that they usually see advertising as an intrusive interruption. You don't have a lot of time to capture their interest: it's a few seconds, at best. With micro-moment marketing, brands attempt to use those few seconds to deliver quick snippets of highly targeted and relevant information to consumers. In those few seconds, you either win their attention, or you don't. If you don't, they're pulled away by a new tweet, or email, or notification. But if you win their attention in that micro-moment, you then have the chance to influence their purchasing decision in your favour.
Why are Micro-Moments so Important?
While some people display brand loyalty when they make purchases, many consumers aren't looking for a particular brand. When people use their smartphones to look for an item, up to 90% of them aren't brand-committed. And when a consumer is item-driven rather than brand-driven, their share of the wallet is available. Any business that captures their interest in that particular moment has a chance to win the sale.
Because of this, around one-third of smartphone users who intend to purchase a particular brand end up going with an entirely different one—simply because that brand was the one that provided information at the moment it was needed. If your message is in the right place at the right time, it can be enough to win a new customer even if you're competing with leading brands.
This is one of the biggest benefits of micro-moment marketing for small and medium-sized local businesses in particular. It gives you a chance to compete with larger brands that may have an exponentially larger marketing budget. If you can accurately target your demographic, and reach them at the right time with the information they need, you don't have to be a big-name brand to win their attention.
Although micro-moment marketing has huge potential, there's one significant barrier to using it effectively, and that's the sheer amount of data that's needed to identify the most influential moments in a customer's journey. Micro-moments are by definition just a few seconds long, and a great deal of specific data is needed in order to predict when they occur. As a result, it's only around one-quarter of businesses that have the data they need to make accurate predictions. And even fewer are fully capable of identifying and using micro-moments to their advantage.
So, while micro-moments can effectively help small or local businesses compete with large brands, few small businesses will have the resources they'd need to do so.
Some problems arise because brands just don't understand how to use micro-moments. One mistake that many brands make is that they push for sales too early in the customer journey. In the initial stages, consumers aren't necessarily looking to make a purchase. They're just looking for potential solutions, or comparing products. When consumers aren't at the purchase stage, trying to funnel them into purchase or lead-capture situations can just end up pushing them away.
The old idea of the customer journey as one with a number of discrete stages is still relevant. However, integrating that model with the micro-moment concept shows that the customer journey provides dozens of opportunities to make contact with searchers. Brands that provide relevant and helpful information in those micro-moments are the ones that will ultimately win over consumers.
Google has produced some guidance to start and smaller businesses may wish to focus on one specific area at the start and build the moments, step by step.


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French Language & Literature: Find Books
Books and Dissertations
Start with CLIO to find books and journals in Columbia University library collections. (Use the Pegasus catalog to find books and journals in the Law Library collection.)
Then try WorldCat, the largest online catalog in the world, with over 100 million book and journal records.
To find dissertations, start with Proquest Digital Dissertations. You can also check DART, the European e-theses portal. For French dissertations, see: ABES: SUDOC-Catalogue, STEP (Theses in preparation at French universities), and these print sources.
Other essential catalogs and resources include:
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) makes primary and rarely-held research materials available to Columbia affiliates via interlibrary loan and document delivery. CRL holdings are strong in newspapers, foreign dissertations, and international materials.
Borrow Direct enables Columbia University students, faculty, and staff with library borrowing privileges and active e-mail accounts to request material from Brown University, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University.
Interlibrary Loan enables eligible Columbia University affiliates to borrow material from other libraries and universities and obtain copies of articles or book chapters from titles that are not owned or available at Columbia.
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Just figured I would say hi and tell a bit about myself.
I have been a member for a little while. I am an N-scaler in the Central Ohio area. I am just getting back into trains after years of being out of it. My Grandfather got me into American Flyer and HO when I was a kid. Never really out grew them just had Life get in the way. Lol Now the kids are all grown and gone I have time and a little money again. Plus I have grandkids to get hooked on trains. I am working on a small 3X6ish layout. I like all types of trains Steam and Diesels. Not much else to tell. Thanks for reading.
Hi Richard, or should I say "Ish". Anyhoo, Welcome. happy that you decided to come into the open. I hope you have a train museum or club where your grandkids can get as excited as you. If you're ever near the Mississippi Gulf Coast, we have a Model Railroad Museum that you and your G'Kids would love. The excitement on the faces of kids of all ages, 3-93, male and female, is wonderful.
2 of the Grandkids (Granddaughter is 9 and Grandson is 7) love to run Grandpa's trains every time they come to visit. Grandson got a Lego train for Christmas. I think they are hooked. My other Grandson is 4 he just got a Thomas Train table. I am still working on the other 7 (All girls) Although the twins are only 15 months old. So I have plenty of time with them. LOL. We do have EnterTrainment Junction down near Cincy.
Welcome back Richard. Life certainly does get in the way. Good to see you have the grandkids involved in the hobby.
Welcome aboard. It's great to have something to share with the little ones like that, lots of good memories to make.
We have loads of fun together. I always make time to be with them as often as I can. I figure they are my legacy. If they remember me and learn from me my life will have been worthwhile. I have so many fond memories of time spent with both of my Grandfathers. I always learned something with them. Just didn't realize I was learning. I tried to do the same with all my Kids and now with the Grandkids.
Great to read there is youthful interest!


This workshop is a follow-up to Living Life, Claiming Your Voice Family of Origin Intensive workshop or its equivalent. It is a 3-day intensive that investigates the origins of adult dysfunctional behaviors in relationships with a focus on the dynamic of love addiction and love avoidance. In this revolutionary educational and experiential workshop, discount participants learn to identify the childhood wounds which are being triggered in relational issues. Focus will be on learning how to disengage the dysfunctional relational patterns that lead to disruption in the participants reality, stuff life and limit connection with the true self.
The workshop is based on the groundbreaking work of Pia Mellody and utilizes her treatment model conveyed in her book "Facing Love Addiction". During the experiential process, authenticity is encouraged, each participants reality is validated and an overdeveloped sense of responsibility is released. This workshop intervenes on the destructive cycles of both the love addict and the love avoidant, offering them intimacy with healthy boundaries. Participants will receive a set of resources to make permanent these empowering principles in their daily lives.


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Nguyen Trinh Thi's "Unsubtitled" in APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014 Finalists Exhibition
Nguyen Trinh Thi, Unsubtitled, 2010 Video projection on wooden cut-outs Dimensions variable. Photo Credit: Jamie Maxtone-Graham
APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014 Finalists Exhibition: 14 Nov 2014 – 15 Mar 2015
From the organizer:
Started in 2008 by the Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation and Singapore Art Museum, the triennial APB Foundation Signature Art Prize returns for its third edition this year. Recognising the most outstanding contemporary work by both emerging and established artists over the last three years, the prize puts the spotlight on compelling works of visual art from across the Asia-Pacific region.
Selected by a panel of five eminent judges from around the region, the 15 finalists were chosen from a total of 105 nominated artworks from 24 countries and territories. The contemporary artworks represent the very best of the region, and come from 13 diverse countries and territories including Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Staying true to contemporary practice, this year's entries are of an extremely high calibre, collectively showing a real diversity of medium, innovative approach to genre and materials, and strong conceptual ideas. They each address topical issues and collectively shed light not just on the region's contemporary art landscape but also on concerns and conversations relevant in society today.
The APB Foundation Signature Art Prize is worth SGD 100,000 with SGD 60,000 awarded to the Grand Prize winner and SGD 15,000 each for two Jurors' Choice Award winners. A People's Choice Award of SGD 10,000 will also be offered to the artwork that receives the highest number of public votes via on-site at the museum and online.
Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trinh Thi's "Unsubtitled" will also participate in APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014 Finalists Exhibition at Singapore Art Museum.
Nguyen Trinh Thi is a Hanoi-based independent filmmaker and video artist. She studied journalism and photography at the University of Iowa; and international studies and ethnographic film at University of California, San Diego. She founded and directs Hanoi Doclab, a center for documentary filmmaking and video art in Hanoi, in 2009. She has been the main instructor for film-making courses at Doclab for the last three years. More information can be found on her website.
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