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Sport Biometrics
Funding institution: Regione Lombardia
Duration: 18 months, from 01/05/2015 to 30/10/2016
Wearable • Sport • New technologies • GDPR • Patent
improve your sport performances!
MC Sport Biometrics is a research project intended to develop new technologies to monitor and improve the user's sport performances. In particular, the project is addressed to tennis players of any level, and aims to provide a new tool for the execution of the exact movement required for the tennis serve.
Sport Biometrics represents an unique, innovative solution able to provide the user with:
Objective data on the movement executed (positions, accelerations, oscillations)
An immediate comparison with professional athletes' performances
A safe Cloud for data storage and keeping track of the progresses
Vision of the project
It is critical, to begin a real path to improvement in any sport discipline, to have an exact perception of our movements. This is especially true for certain sports in which is necessary to perform an exact movement (such as the paddle in rowing, the swing in golf, the serve in tennis).
Through the realization of the Sport Biometrics project, MediaClinics wants to develop a service which, exploiting the latest technologies, provides the users with a tool to evaluate their performances and the correctness of their movements in a quick, clear and objective way.
Integrated technologies for a new service
MC Sport Biometrics involves the analysis, the development and the integration of different technologies for the supply of an innovative self-training service addressed at the tennis players and provided via sport centers:
Proprietary wearable accelerometer and pedometer, MC Activity Tracker, for the analysis of the technical gesture, the accelerations and the body positions during the execution of the gesture
HFR camera to record in slow-motion the movements of the user during the serve
Speed meter to measure the speed of the hit ball
Mobile app for data display and the direct comparison with A-class players
Univocal time-code and proprietary data analysis algorithm
Safe, GDPR-compliant Cloud service for data storage
The solution developed under the MC Sport Biometrics is protected by a patent for Industrial Invention granted by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (application n. 102016000033233). Another application has also been submitted to the European Patent Organisation (application n. 17164050.1) and is currently under evaluation.


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Sex Gets Real 213: Is porn destroying this relationship? Plus gender roles, sex toys, & NRE.
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Ana just started graduate school. She's working on becoming a sex educator, and needs a side hustle to make more money. She was thinking about a sex toy party business, but wants to find a company that is ethical and offers body safe products. Any recommendations?
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Sam wrote in scared that his closeted gay relationship is about to end. In the beginning, he and his boyfriend had the most incredible NRE (new relationship energy). But things have been fizzling and his boyfriend is about to move 4 hours away. Is the relationship over?
Sometimes people email me and I sit on their email until I feel resourced enough to reply. Joseph wrote in a few months ago with an email that made my blood boil, so I've waited until now to field it. His question? How can we possibly be sex positive when the differences between the genders are just SO HUGE?
Anyone who listens to this show knows I've got some big feelings about gender, so here we go. Soapbox time.
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UN official denies she has role representing Earth
Mazlan Othman, head of the UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs, poses for the Associated Press, outside a Royal Society conference she was attending in Chicheley, England, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, said it would make sense for the United Nations and its member states to be studying the important question of who should represent humanity if aliens do come to this planet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer
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Mazlan Othman, head of the UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs, delivers a speech about her tasks during a Royal Society conference she was attending in Chicheley, England, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, said it would make sense for the United Nations and its member states to be studying the important question of who should represent humanity if aliens do come to this planet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Yes, she heads the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. No, she has not been appointed to represent the Earth in future negotiations with aliens.
That's the word from Mazlan Othman, who Tuesday debunked British press reports indicating she would be Earth's ambassador to beings from outer space if they land in "Take me to your leader" mode.
Still, it's apparent she kind of likes the idea.
"I think it's cool, but no, I am not about to be appointed the ambassador to aliens," Othman said Tuesday before speaking at a Royal Society conference dealing with extraterrestrial life.
The issue of Othman's possible role as a point person for aliens was raised nine days ago by the Sunday Times in London, which reported that the U.N. was poised to give Othman the position.
The Office for Outer Space Affairs, based in Vienna, quickly released a statement calling the story "nonsense."
Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, said Tuesday it would make sense for the United Nations and its member states to study the important question of who should represent humanity if aliens do come to this planet. She said she does not know who should be in charge but thinks a protocol should be put in place.
"All I have been saying is that there are many forums for such discussions and the U.N. is, of course, one of those forums that can be used," she said. "I am not saying that the U.N. must be used."
UFO expert Nick Pope, who advised Britain's Ministry of Defense on extraterrestrial life, said it would be logical to make contingency plans because life beyond the planet Earth could be discovered at any time.
"We need to start thinking about the question of who speaks for Planet Earth," he said. "That is precisely what the Royal Society has been discussing for the last two days. There is quite a lot of controversy about it."
He said there is no clear legal procedure in place, and obviously no precedent, which could lead to chaos if contact is made. "My view is that it will be events-led," he said.
U.N. officials said Tuesday they could not answer "hypothetical" questions about what would happen if aliens sought a contact person on Earth.
The U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs is charged with promoting international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space and maintains the U.N.'s detailed register of satellite launches. It also helps formulate laws and principles governing the use of outer space.
The office does not have a formal role in making contingency plans in case of alien contact.
Othman said plans are not important if astronomers are able to use sophisticated equipment to find life on another planet, but could become vital if aliens come to Earth.
Associated Press Writer Tobie Mathew in London contributed to this report.


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Russian S-300 Will Deter Turkey, Israel Aggression Against Syria: UAE Expert
If the Syrian army gets Russian S-300 Air Defence Systems, it will damage Israel's and Turkey's interests, an UAE-based Al-Mustaqbal expert, Dr Shadi Abdel Wahhab, said on Monday. He also said that the system will pose threat to all the nations in the alliance.
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"Russia's delivery to Syria of the S-300 system will make strikes on Syrian territory a very costly exercise for Israel, this will strengthen the positions of Iran and the pro-Iranian Shiite group Hezbollah, whose facilities in Syria are subjected to Israeli strikes, but Turkey will be another loser. If the military operation in Idlib in the northeast of Syria resumes, the strikes of US aircraft at the Syrian army will be hindered if it has the S-300 system," Wahhab was quoted by Sputnik.
According to the expert, Syria's S-300 system poses a threat to all countries that are going to bomb its territory, and this applies not only to Israel but also to the United States, as well as other countries that are part of the coalition.
At the same time, Abdel Wahhab believes that Israel will continue to influence Russia to avoid such actions and will try to give it guarantees of non-repetition of events similar to what happened to the Russian Il-20 since the S-300 system would allow Damascus to control the entire Israeli airspace.
Earlier on Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced measures on enhancing the security of Russian servicemen in response to the crash of Russian Il-20 defence aircraft, which Russia believes Israel is responsible for. Shoigu explained Russia would equip the Syrian air military forces' command posts with automatic control systems, which had been earlier occupied only by Russia, jam satellite navigation, onboard radars and communication systems of combat aviation attacking Syrian targets and, most importantly, supply S-300 air defence systems to Syria within two weeks. The minister noted that in 2013, Russia barred supplies of the S-300 to Syria at Israel's request, but now the situation has changed, and it's not Russia's fault.
On September 17, the Russian Hmeimim air base in Syria lost contact with the crew of the military aircraft, which was observing the situation on the ground in Syria's Idlib province. At the same time, four Israeli F-16 jets were hitting Syrian targets in Latakia province. According to Shoigu, Israel had not notified the Russian military of its airstrikes until only one minute before the fact and failed to provide the location of its bombers to Russia. As a result, the Il-20 was trapped in the crossfire and hit by a missile launched by Syria's S-200 air defence system.
Russia has accused Israel of the incident, which claimed the lives of 15 troops, and said that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) used the Russian Il-20 as a shield.
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Netanyahu Orders Israeli Defence Forces To Attacks Iranian Troops in Syria
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After Su-35 Fighters, Russia Discussing Sale Of Its 'Most Advanced' Mi-28, Ka-52 Attack Helicopters To Iran – Reports


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Lego City Police é uma animação da Dinamarca baseado nos brinquedos Lego feitos por Ole Kirk Christiansen, atualmente a série é exibida no Cartoon Network Brasil. A série conta a história de três policias (Policial 1, Policial 2, e Policial 3) que tentam prender três ladrões. Nos episódios 5 e 6 novos personagens aparecem.

Personagens

Policias
Policial 1: É o chefe da delegacia, sempre com sua xicara de café
Policial 2: É ele que dirige a moto, sempre com seu capacete
Policial 3: É ele que dirige o carro, sempre com seu chapéu

Ladrões
Ladrão 1: É o chefe da quadrilha, possui um dente de ouro
Ladrão 2: É o ajudante do chefe, têm um chapéuverde
Ladrão 3: É o ajudante do chefe, têm um comportamento infantil

Episódios

Lego

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Mark Geragos, lawyer to Kaepernick, Smollett, and Jackson, likely unnamed co-conspirator with Michael Avenatti
Michael Avenatti may be getting all the headlines, but his unnamed co-conspirator may be even more of a catch in the extortion case that got Avenatti arrested. Mark Geragos, a regular CNN analyst and lawyer to famous people like Colin Kaepernick, Jussie Smollett, and Michael Jackson, is supposedly the unnamed co-conspirator.
Avenatti may be the headline, but CNN analyst Geragos is equally important if he's the unnamed co-conspirator. https://t.co/eL6GcYr2Vm
— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) March 26, 2019
Avenatti is a spotlight hog. He's the guy you call if you want the attention paid to your lawyer instead of you. He draws fire and offers cover while still getting your case plenty of attention.
Geragos is the guy you call if you need a real lawyer.
This is why people who aren't stars call Avenatti while those who are aleady stars call Geragos. He's a high-dollar hired gun who delivers results. This time, he may have gotten caught with his hand in the wrong cookie jar.
The fact that he's a CNN analyst certainly adds poetic justice to this. CNN is one of the biggest culprits who helped make Avenatti a star in the first place.
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16-year-old illegal alien Domingo Marcos accused of killing teacher in head-on-collision
Venezuela is colluding with Russia while America is distracted by Trump not colluding with Russia
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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton has been seeking the truth about Russiagate since the release of the Steele Dossier following Donald Trump's presidential victory. There have been many personalities involved Jim Comey and James Clapper to Hillary Clinton's campaign and the DNC. But two people who haven't been asked much about it are President Obama and his Vice President, Joe Biden.
One would think something as important as Russian meddling with a United States presidential election would get the attention of the Commander-in-Chief and his right-hand man. Yet, neither have been engaged by mainstream media about the incident, and most importantly how much they knew about the shady dealings their Department of Justice had those pushing the Steele Dossier as reason to approve the FISA warrants into the Trump campaign.
Fitton joined Sean Hannity last night to discuss the matter. They posed questions that need to be asked directly to President Obama and Vice President Biden. Could they have been involved in pushing the Russian hoax to embarrass their successors?
Scott Boyd
The story from Ilhan Omar's camp is that any insinuation that she married her brother to help him become an American citizen should be relegated to fake news and right-wing bloggers. But as we detailed last month, even the newspaper that endorsed her is starting to ask questions.
Mainstream media will start picking up on the story more, though it's unlikely any of them will reveal the information they find unless it's conclusive. When dealing with conservatives, mainstream media tends to run with any accusation regardless of credibility as long as a scandal is involved. When the subject is a progressive, media outlets only reveal the truth when they're absolutely sure there's no way around it and the cat is already being let out of the bag. Otherwise, they sit on it.
But as the President calls attention to it, the media will have to at least check on it. Most will still dismiss it as a right-wing conspiracy theory, but those willing to do their jobs properly will find the evidence is at least worthy of further investigation. Even in bits and pieces, it's very damaging. A new video by Alpha News MN details an opening round of evidence that should be worth a watch. There is more to come next week.
It seems it isn't a matter of "if" but "when" Ilhan Omar's history catches up to her in the public eye. In that scenario, how will the "Squad" member react? She's thought about it. Others likely have as well. Will she ever tell the truth?
Repeating and semiautomatic firearms existed long before the recent phenomena of school shootings
One of the Liberty Grabber Left's favorite lies is to claim that repeating or semiautomatic firearms are the cause of mass murder tragedies because they only recently came into existence. Hence the line '21st Century laws for 21st Century weapons' line of Bovine excreta parroted by the Marx for our lives Astroturf effort.
This is a continuation of our 'Conversation' on guns in honor of Gun Pride Month and AR-15 Appreciation Week. In the usual circumstances, this 'conversation' consists of accusations of collective guilt of more than 120 million innocent gun owners with a lecture that we should be glad to give up more of our Liberty. All of this is predicated on outright lies such as that previously referenced.
The problem for gun confiscation brigades is that – as is typical – this often repeated lie fails to match up with reality. We've already proven that there were many 'assault weapons' technologies that existed long before the 21st Century and Long before the writing of the US Constitution.
Firearm technologies didn't start in the 21st Century.
Perhaps Leftists fail to realize that weapons technology has always been on the cutting edge [pardon the pun]. They also fail to realize that small arms are usually mass-produced, very durable and extremely valuable antiques. This means that many examples of these weapons in reside in museum and other collections with patent numbers and other indicia that prove their lineage.
This means that there are many examples of these Pre-Constitutional Assault weapons as well as patents and other forms of documentation that eviscerated the 'They only had single shot muskets at the time of the Constitution' lie from the Liberty Grabber Left. The fact that many of these technologies existed long before the time of the founding fathers destroys that mythology.
The 'Cambrian explosion' in assault weapons technology of the 19th Century.
The development of self-contained cartridge ammunition changed the world with the assault weapons of the 1800s. Cartridge ammunition combined the essential elements of propellant, projectile and primer [ignition] into one unit, that could be easily loaded into the breech of a gun. From that point on, it was just a matter of working a lever or bolt to load and fire a cartridge. Thus it was this point in time mid 19th Century that someone could quickly load and fire a number of rounds.
This innovation also vastly improved the revolver, repeating firearm technology that had already been around for centuries, resulting in the famed 'six-shooter' seen in every western. Easily loaded and carried, a couple of these guns could have made for a deadly mass shooting during the early 1800's.
The fact is these early 'Assault Weapons' were around 170 years ago and over a century before the school shooting phenomena. Proving the point that these mass murder tragedies were not caused by the presence of repeating firearms.
The 19th Century development of semi-automatic technologies.
Later on in the same century, it was discovered that the excess chemical energy from the combustion of the propellant in a cartridge could be used to unlock the bolt, eject a spent casing and load a fresh round. This semi-automatic process made it far easier to use a firearm, with the working skills built into the weapon. This is why these are in common use, and wildly popular with the more than 120 million gun owners in the country. It is also the reason these very reliable and easy to use firearms are the prime target of the Liberty Grabbers.
The Borchardt C-93 was the first commercially viable semi-automatic firearm produced in 1893. For those counting up the Leftist Lies, this still wasn't the 21st Century. Please take note that these are the types of weapons used in school shootings and were on the scene 70 years before these became a phenomena. Not to belabor the point, but this also proves that guns aren't a factor in recent occurrence of these tragic events.
Other weapons and mechanism were developed at this time to the point that the technology was relatively mature at the turn of the Century [This would be the 20th Century – still not the 21st Century]. To the point that any miscreant of recent times could have replicated one of their crimes over 100 years ago – but did not.
The steep rise in school shooting in the 1980's and 1990's
Dennis Prager recently discussed this issue in a "Fireside chat" and a column: Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask The Right Questions And You Might Find Out.
America had plenty of guns when its mass murder rate was much lower. Grant Duwe, a Ph.D. in criminology and director of research and evaluation at the Minnesota Department of Corrections, gathered data going back 100 years in his 2007 book, "Mass Murder in the United States: A History."
In the 20th century, every decade before the 1970s had fewer than 10 mass public shootings. In the 1950s, for example, there was one mass shooting. And then a steep rise began. In the 1960s, there were six mass shootings. In the 1970s, the number rose to 13. In the 1980s, the number increased 2 1/2 times, to 32. And it rose again in the 1990s, to 42. As for this century, The New York Times reported in 2014 that, according to the FBI, "Mass shootings have risen drastically in the past half-dozen years."
Link to the book: Mass Murder in the United States: A History by Grant Duwe
Repeating and semiautomatic firearms have been around for Centuries, mass shootings are only a recent phenomena of the past 40 years. A phenomena that has been on the decrease as of late: Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be.
Guns aren't the problem, they have been around for over 500 years. If they were the problem, why didn't these take place 300, 200, or 100 years ago? It wasn't the sudden appearance of guns at the onset of these tragedies soon after the sixties, then what was it? In his column, Dennis Prager had some thoughts. We will explore that issue in a later column.


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What is Biochemistry?
Biochemistry is the application of chemistry to the study of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level. It emerged as a distinct discipline around the beginning of the 20th century when scientists combined chemistry, physiology and biology to investigate the chemistry of living systems. Biochemists are interested, for example, in mechanisms of brain function, cellular multiplication and differentiation, communication within and between cells and organs, and the chemical basis of inheritance and disease. The biochemist seeks to determine how specific molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, vitamins and hormones function in such processes. Particular emphasis is placed on regulation of chemical reactions in living cells.
What do Biochemists do in the Army?
Army biochemists are fully engaged in direct support of the DoD mission to assist in development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures for the warfighter. Most are found within the Medical Service Corps of the Army. They can lead organizations of varying size and manage complex research consortiums that may include scientists from the DoD, other U.S. Government agencies, academia, industry, allied nations, and non-governmental organizations. They can also serve in research laboratories within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC).
Top Biochemistry Programs for Army Officers:
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-San Francisco
Scripps Research Institute


Manila, Philippines - Tropical Depression "Caloy" has weakened into a Low Pressure Area (LPA) after made landfall in Surigao del Sur, PAGASA announced through 5:00PM bulletin on Saturday, March 22, 2014.
At 4:00PM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of SURIGAO CITY (9.7ºN, 125.3ºE).
PAGASA said that all public storm warning signals elsewhere are now lowered.
"With this development and unless re-intensification occurs, this is the final bulletin on this weather disturbance.", PAGASA said on its bulletin.
Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms.
Bicol region, the rest of Visayas and of Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms.
Cagayan Valley and the province of Aurora will have cloudy skies with light rains.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated light rains or thunderstorms.
Moderate to strong winds from the Northeast will prevail over Luzon and coming from the Northeast to North over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough.


Bold Conversations Series – Why have an answer?
Today we are going to look at how we can take our faith outward and share with those around us. We are going to look at a couple of different approaches. The first is called the Roman Road Method, and the second is called the Four Spiritual Laws approach. We will look at those approaches next week, but this week we will look at why we are to reach out to those around us.
In Jesus there is life, and without him, there is no life. So as we live day to day, we must express that truth. We cannot ignore that without Jesus people can be "fine".
When the disciples went to the mountain to meet with the risen Jesus, some worshiped and some doubted. These were the closest people to Jesus and some doubted. Do you ever have doubts? Sure, but Jesus will answer your doubts.
Jesus declares to them that all authority has been given to him. And what are we to do in the worship of that endowed authority by God the Father? Jesus commands that we make disciples of all nations. There is really only one command that is given in the Gospels. That is to make disciples. Here it appears that "go and…" seems like a command, but it is a participle that means to make disciples as you go. Wherever you are, wherever you are going, you are to make disciples.
The next participle that we find is to "baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." This literally means to get them wet, so that is why we use water in our baptisms.
The finally the command is to teach others to obey everything Jesus has commanded of his followers. Jesus has promised to us that he is always with us, to the end of the age.
There are lots of fears that keep us from sharing our faith. Fear of rejection, fear of losing something, or fear of being wrong. But we will start to look at how we can prepare ourselves so that fear will not take over in moments of sharing.
Peter gives us a great call-to-action in sharing our faith with those around us. It begins within us. We are to prepare ourselves first. And as we share, we are to share with gentleness and respect. We also need to keep a clear conscience. We need to keep our relationship with God clear and our actions consistent with God's principles. This means that when others come against you maliciously, it will rebound right back to them and, instead of bringing you down, they will instead work against them.
So as we continue with this new series, we will focus on how we prepare ourselves to share with others. First and foremost, we need to say, "Yes, this is true of me!" Then we will be ready to give an answer, an apologetic, to those around us and in a fallen world.


– Jarrylo' ADHA 881 cv. [ Dual Purpose / Aroma Variety ] Developed: The American Dwarf Hop Association, Yakima Valley, Washington State.
– Jarrylo (ADHA 881) is considered to be a Dual Purpose Hop Variety, bred and released by the American Dwarf Hop Association. Named after Jarilo, the Slavic god of fertility and springtime, Jarrylo comes from a cross breeding programme between Summit Hops, ADHA-75-2, ADHA 99-12 and ADHA 99-26 Male Varieties. Originally developed to compliment Pilsner, Saison and Lager styles, Jarrylo has also found her place among Pale Ales and India Pale Ales in recent years. Delicate Pear, Ripe Banana, Grass, Herbal-Spice, Citrus, Mandarin and Lychee give Jarrylo her unique flavour, with Banana, Clove, Nutmeg, Lemon Grass, Peach, Grapefruit and White Pepper in the Aroma. Developed and Released by the American Dwarf Hop Association, Yakima Valley, Washington State, United States.


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All in the Family: Jokes about those we love to tease
I always carry a picture of my wife and kids in my wallet. I do it to remind myself why there is no money in there.
A man pulls over to the side of the road after a police cruiser flashes him to do so. "How long have you been riding around without a taillight?" asked the officer. "Oh, no!" screamed the man, jumping out of the car. "Wait 'til my family finds out!" "Where's your family?" the officer asked. "They're in the trailer that was hitched to the car!"
"I was the kid next door's imaginary friend." —EMO PHILIPS
A man in the grocery store notices a woman with a three-year-old girl in her cart. As they pass the cookie section, the little girl screams for cookies. The mother says, "Now Missy, we only have a few more aisles to go—don't throw a fit. It won't be long." In the candy aisle, the little girl whines for candy. The mother says, "There, there, Missy, don't cry. Two more aisles, and we'll be checking out." When they get to the checkout stand, the little girl howls for gum. The mother says, reassuringly, "Missy, we'll be done in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a bottle and a nice snooze." In the parking lot, the man stops the woman to compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with little Missy," he says. The mother sighs, "Oh, no—my little girl's name is Francine. I'm Missy."
The odd thing about parenting is that by the time you are experienced at your job, you are unemployed.
A mother traveled across the country to watch her only son get married and graduate from the air force on the exact same day. "Thank you for coming," the son said. "It means so much." "Of course I'd be here," the mother replied. "It's not every day a mom watches her son get his wings and have them clipped all in one day."
A family takes a trip to Disney World. After seven exhausting days, they head home. As they drive away, the son waves out the window and says, "Goodbye, Mickey." The daughter waves and says, "Goodbye, Minnie." Dad waves and cries, "Goodbye, money."
Sarah watches as her mother tries on an expensive fur coat in a high-end department store. "Do you realize," Sarah says, "that some poor, dumb animal had to suffer just for you to wear that coat?" Sarah's mother turns to her and snaps, "Think about how much I've suffered! And don't call your father an animal."
Passing through his son's college town late one night, a father decides to drop in and pay his kid a visit. The father knocks on the fraternity house door. No one answers. He knocks louder, but still no answer. He begins to bang angrily on the door. Finally, a head pops out of a window on the second floor. "You need something, pal?" a frat brother asks from the window.
"Yes, does Billy Powers live here?" the father asks.
"Yeah," says the frat brother, "just dump him on the steps and we'll grab him in the morning."
"Then we figured out we could just park them in front of the TV; that's how I was raised and I turned out TV."—HOMER SIMPSON
A dad was trying to teach his kid about the evils of drinking. He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water survived, but the worm in the whiskey curled up and died almost immediately. "All right, kid," the father began, "what does this little experiment prove to you about drinking?"
"Well," the kid replied thoughtfully, "it proves that if a person drinks alcohol he probably won't get worms."
A guy calls 911 in a panic. "My wife is having a baby! Her contractions are only one minute apart!"
"Calm down," the 911 operator says. "Is this her first child?"
"No, you idiot!" the guy shouts. "This is her husband!"
How is a computer like a grandparent? The first thing that goes on both is their memory.
What does a baby computer call his father? Data!
A little girl asks her mother, "How did the human race appear?" The mother answers, "Well, God made Adam and Eve and then they had kids. So all mankind was made." Two days later the little girl asks her father the exact same question. The father answers, "Many years ago, there were monkeys from which the entire human race evolved." The confused little girl returns to her mother and says, "Mom, you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said man developed from monkeys. Why do you have different stories?" The mother answers, "Well, I was referring to my side of the family and your dad was talking about his side."
"When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me . . . no one showed up."—RODNEY DANGERFIELD
The three wise men visit Joseph and Mary in the stable to see the newborn son. The extremely tall wise man hits his head on the door frame and exclaims, "Jesus Christ!" Joseph looks at Mary and says, "Write that down—that's much better than Clyde."
A small boy swallows some coins and is taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephones to ask how he is, the nurse tells her, "No change yet."
Two boys are arguing when the teacher enters the classroom. The teacher says, "What are you two arguing about?"
One boy answers, "We found a ten-dollar bill and decided whoever tells the biggest lie gets to keep it."
"You two should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher. "When I was your age, I didn't even know what a lie was." The boys looked at each other and handed the ten dollars to the teacher.
"A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it."—JERRY SEINFELD
A young boy runs into the house and excitedly shows his mother a fifty-dollar bill he found in the park. "Are you sure it was lost?" the mother asks.
"I'm positive," the boy replies. "I even saw the guy looking for it."
A teacher asks her class, "True or false? The Declaration of Independence was written in Philadelphia."
"False," says a boy in the back. "It was written in ink."
A teacher walks over to the desk of a student during an exam and says to him, "I hope I didn't just see you looking over at your neighbor's answers."
The boy replies, "Yeah, I hope you didn't see it either."
A school teacher notices a student is getting much better with numbers than he was just a few weeks earlier. "Your counting has improved," the teacher tells him after class.
"Thanks," the boy says. "My dad will be glad to hear that. He's been working on them with me every night and weekend."
"Fantastic," the teacher replies. "So here's a quick quiz—what comes after nine?"
"Ten," the boy replies enthusiastically.
"Right, and what comes after ten?" the teacher quizzes.
"The jack!" the boy answers.
"We have a beautiful little girl who we named after my mom; in fact, Passive Aggressive Psycho turns five tomorrow."—STEWART FRANCIS
A husband and wife are visiting the wife's family during the holidays. Her mother is a stickler for her food intake, and will only eat organic and fresh foods. The husband goes to the store with specific instructions on the type of foods to buy. "Excuse me," the man asks the grocer, "are these vegetables sprayed with any harmful chemicals or pesticides that could kill a person?" "Nope," answers the grocer proudly. "Okay," says the man, "I guess I'll just have to do that part myself."
A second-grade teacher is giving her daily grammar lesson. "Tammy," the teacher calls out to a girl in the first row of class, "please use 'I' in a sentence."
"I is," Tammy begins, but was immediately interrupted.
"No, Tammy," the teacher says, "that's incorrect. You always say 'I am.'"
"All right," Tammy says. "I am the letter that comes after H."
A church pastor is invited to dinner at the house of a parishioner. The pastor sits at the table with the family. The mom requests her daughter, age six, say grace before the meal. She sits in silence. "It's okay, dear," the mother calms her. "You can do it. Just repeat what you heard daddy say before breakfast this morning."
The little girl folds her hands, bows her head, and says in a loud voice, "Oh Christ, why did you invite the pastor over for dinner tonight?"
During a dinner party, the hosts' two little children enter the dining room totally nude and walk slowly around the table. The parents are so embarrassed that they pretend nothing is happening and keep the conversation going. The guests cooperate and also continue as if nothing extraordinary is happening. After going all the way around the room the children leave, and there is a moment of silence at the table, during which one of the children is heard saying, "You see, it is vanishing cream!"
"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."—ARISTOTLE
A kid is late for school one day. "I had to take the bull down to mate with the heifer," he explains to the teacher.
"Well, couldn't your father have done that?" the teacher asks after class.
"Sure," the boy replies. "But the bull would have done a better job."
A father confronts his young son in the backyard. "I heard you skipped school today to go to the beach with your friends."
"That's a lie!" the boy shouts. "And I've got the movie stub to prove it."
Children left alone in the backseat can cause accidents, which is ironic considering that accidents in the backseat can cause children.
A stranger at the park is watching a young boy play in front of his young mother. After a few minutes of the boy clucking incessantly, the man asks, "Why does your son repeatedly say 'cluck, cluck, cluck'?"
The young mother replies, "Because he thinks he's a chicken."
"Why don't you tell him he's not a chicken?" the stranger asks.
"Well," says the mom, "because we really need the eggs."
"My dad is actually a manic-depressive, which is very exciting half the time."—MARC MARON
Four expectant fathers pace back and forth in a hospital waiting room while their wives are in labor. The nurse enters and tells the first man, "Congratulations, you're the father of twins!"
"What a coincidence," the man says. "I work for the Minnesota Twins baseball team."
A little later, the nurse returns and tells the second man, "You are the father of triplets!"
"That's really an incredible coincidence," he answers, "considering I work for the 3M Company."
An hour later, the nurse tells the third man that his wife has just given birth to quadruplets. The man says, "That's insane! I work for the Four Seasons. What a weird coincidence!"
After hearing this latest news, everyone's attention turns to the fourth expectant father, who has just fainted. He slowly regains consciousness and whispers to the attending nurse, "I knew I shouldn't have taken that job at Books-A-Million."
"Having children is like living in a frat house: nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up."—RAY ROMANO
A young boy is listening to the radio in the car with his father. "Dad, what music did you like growing up?"
"I was a huge fan of Led Zeppelin," the father replies.
"Who?" the son asks.
"Yeah," the dad responds, "I liked them too."
A teacher asks her class their favorite afterschool snacks. "Decklyn," the teacher calls to the new student in the back of the room, "what's your favorite afterschool snack?"
"Nuts," he replies.
"Very good," the teacher replies. "What kind of nuts? Peanuts? Pine nuts?"
The boy shakes his head and answers, "Doughnuts."
Two young boys, Bobby and Tommy, are sharing a hospital room. After getting to know each other a little bit, Bobby eventually asks Tommy, "Hey, what're you in the hospital for anyway?"
"I'm getting my tonsils out," explains Tommy. "And I'm a little worried."
"Oh, don't worry about it," Bobby says. "I had my tonsils out and it was actually not so bad. I got to eat all the ice cream and Jell-O I wanted for two weeks!"
"Oh yeah?" replies Tommy. "That's not bad. So, Bobby, how about you? What are you here for?"
"I'm getting a circumcision, whatever that is," Bobby answers.
"Oh my god! A circumcision?" Tommy cries. "I got one of those when I was a baby. I couldn't walk for two years!"
"Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch."—JON STEWART
A lifeguard asks a mother to scold her son for urinating in the public pool. "It's perfectly natural," the mother says, "for young children to urinate in the pool. Plenty of children at this pool do it. I don't see why my son doing it is such a big deal."
The lifeguard pulls down his sunglasses and replies, "Well, all the other kids aren't doing it off the diving board."
"When I was kidnapped my parents snapped into action . . . they rented out my room."—WOODY ALLEN
A teenager is talking to her friend before class. "For the prom, I'm renting a limo, spending $500 on a new dress, and bringing in the best makeup artist in the state to do my hair."
A teacher overhears the conversation and remarks, "Wow, that's more than I spent for my wedding!"
The girl replies, "Yeah, well you can get married three or four times, but you only go to prom once."
On his eighteenth birthday, a son announces to his parents that he is no longer abiding by their curfew. "I'm an adult now," he says, "and you can't stop me from exiting and entering the house any time I want."
"You're half right," says his dad. "We can't stop you from leaving the house, but we can stop you from coming back in."
"How dare you disobey your mother!" a father yells at his daughter. "Do you think you're better than I am or something?"
"How did the car end up in the living room?" a furious father asks his son.
"Simple," the boy replies. "I made a right at the kitchen."
A teen is caught smoking pot behind a local convenience store. He's arrested and put in county jail. The arresting officer advises the young pothead that he gets one phone call from jail. The teen makes his phone call and returns to his cell. About a half hour later a man shows up at the police station. "I assume you're the boy's father," the arresting officer says.
"No," responds the man, "I'm here to deliver a pizza."
Two young girls, students at an exclusive prep school in California, are eating lunch and flipping through a celebrity magazine.
"Oh my god, I forgot to tell you!" the blonde says to the brunette. "My mom is getting remarried!"
"No way," the brunette replies. "To who?"
The blonde flips open the magazine and points to a famous director.
"Oh!" screams the brunette. "You'll love him! He was my dad last year!"
"Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime."—RED SKELTON
A freshman is talking to the new girl in school. "You'll like it here," he tells her. "Everyone is pretty chill, the teachers are all nice, but the principal is kind of a moron."
"Do you know who I am?" the girl asks her new classmate. "I'm the daughter of the principal."
The boy is silent and then asks her, "Do you know who I am?"
She shakes her head no. "Good," says the boy as he walks away.
A teacher asks her student where the English Channel is located. "I'm not sure," the student answers, "we switched cable companies last month."
A father goes into his son's room to find him lying face-down on the bed. He asks him, "Hey buddy, how did your test go today?"
"I did just what George Washington did," the son replies, his words muffled by the mattress.
"How so?" the father asks.
The son looks up and answers, "I went down in history."
A father and mother send their son to a special tutor because he's falling behind in school. After weeks of personal classes and hundreds of dollars, the parents ask the tutor for a progress report. "Good news," the tutor tells them over the phone, "your son is getting straight As."
"That's outstanding!" says the father.
"I'll say," the tutor replies. "I think we're finally ready to move on to the letter B."
What's the difference between a teenager and E.T.? E.T. actually phoned home.
How many teenagers does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. He holds the bulb up and the world revolves around him.
"Many children threaten at times to run away from home—this is the only thing that keeps many parents going."—PHYLLIS DILLER
Grandma and Grandpa are trying to console Susie, whose dog, Skipper, has died. "You know," Grandma said, "it's not so bad. Skipper's probably up in heaven right now, having a grand old time with God." Susie stops crying and asks, "What would God want with a dead dog?"
"You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."—JAY LENO
On a visit to see his grandmother, a teen boy listens as she goes on and on about the cost of living. "When I was a young girl," she moans, "you could go to the store with a dollar and come home with enough food to feed your family for weeks!"
"Well, Grandma," the boy replies, "we learned about that in school recently, and that's called inflation."
"Inflation nothing!" the grandmother answered. "It's all these darn security cameras they've got today!"
Ted's grandmother pulls him aside at his eighth birthday party and hands the boy a five-dollar bill. "Here, this is a little something extra from Grandma. But not a word of this to your brothers and sisters."
The boy looks at the bill and responds, "If you want me to stay quiet, it's going to cost you a lot more."
How many Jewish grandmothers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, because never mind us, we'll just sit here in the dark, don't go out of your way . . . "
A husband and wife are staring at their garden. "Sooner or later," the wife comments, "you're going to have to put in a better scarecrow."
"What's wrong with the one we've got?" asks the husband. "It scares away all the birds and it's still got a few good years left."
"I agree," the wife says, "but my mother can't stay out there forever."
"The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money."—DAVID RICHERBY
"Hi! My name is Gertrude," says the lady to the man next to her on the airplane. "It's so nice to meet you! I'm flying to New York for my grandson's third birthday. I'm so excited! I remember when he was just a little pumpkin and now he's already three! It's really hard to believe. He's the most adorable thing you've ever seen! You know what? Hold on, I think I might have a picture on me. Let me take a look in my purse. Yes, here it is. Just look at him, isn't he adorable? Do you see his dimple on his left cheek? Simply adorable! I could stare at his picture all day. Oh my, and you should hear him on the phone! He is just the cutest. He says to me in the cutest voice, 'Hi Grandma!' It just gets me all teary-eyed." After what seemed like two hours for the poor man sitting next to her, Gertrude realized that perhaps she was talking a bit too much.
"You know, I feel terrible! Here I am just talking and talking without letting you get in a word edgewise! Tell me, what do you think about my grandson?"
"When I was a boy, I laid in my twin sized bed, wondering where my brother was."—MITCH HEDBERG
A young boy finds his grandfather, an avid gardener, working in his garden one afternoon. "What do you usually put on your celery?" the boy asks his grandfather. The old man wipes the sweat and dirt from his forehead. He's amazed his grandson has taken such an interest in his hobby. "Well, I usually put on a mix of enriched soil and rotted horse manure." "That's weird," the grandson replies. "We usually just put on ranch dressing."
A family moves into their new house. Grandma comes for a visit and asks the youngest child, a five-year-old, how he likes the new place. "It's terrific," he says. "I have my own room, my brother has his own room, and my sister has her own room. But poor mom is still sleeping with dad."
A man comes home one night to find his blonde wife reading his personal journal.
"I can explain everything," he begins. She interrupts him midsentence and exclaims, "You're darn right you've got some explaining to do, and you can start with telling me who April, May, and June are!"
"The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter." —LENNY BRUCE
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A dispute simmering between West Hollywood and Los Angeles County officials over the city's attempts to add an anti-discrimination clause to its contract with the Sheriff's Department was temporarily eased last week when city officials agreed to sign the contract without the controversial passage.
But the rift over the county's official attitude toward West Hollywood's large homosexual population may have clouded future relations between the city and the Sheriff's Department. And at least one exasperated City Council member said that if a compromise is not reached, he would be interested in the prospect of building a city-administered police department.
"We have to say to the county that if they are not willing to change their stand one iota, we are left with little choice but to indicate to them that they are forcing us into a corner," said council member Alan Viterbi, "and that at one point or another--not too far off--we will have to look at contracting with another government agency or providing the service ourselves."
Viterbi's angry comments came last week as the City Council approved a contract with the Sheriff's Department without a clause that would have forced the law enforcement agency to abide by a city ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals.
The council had inserted the clause into the county contract a month ago as part of its attempts to legislate against all forms of discrimination. Although the county has nondiscrimination ordinances, they do not include specific protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation in their standard contract language.
The clause proposed by the City Council would have banned any discrimination in hiring based on "sexual orientation" and required the county "to comply with city and government regulations and affirmative action responsibilities."
But county officials rejected the clause, claiming they could not cater to West Hollywood's demands without reworking their contracts with 35 other cities that also pay for police services from the Sheriff's Department.
In a letter sent two weeks ago to West Hollywood officials, Sheriff Sherman Block and county Chief Administrative Officer James Hankla said they would not recommend Board of Supervisors approval of the "modified law enforcement contracts."
Last Wednesday, the West Hollywood City Council voted 3 to 1 with one abstention to accept the county's contract, but add a letter that, according to Viterbi, "says we do not find this a good long-term solution." Voting in favor were Viterbi, Steve Schulte and Mayor Valerie Terrigno. Councilwoman Helen Albert was opposed and John Heilman abstained.
Later that day, Schulte and Terrigno, along with City Manager Paul Brotzman, met with Block and his aides. The council members left the session cautiously optimistic that the dispute had been settled. The two council members said Block had agreed to provide city officials with a new letter reaffirming the department's commitments to honor West Hollywood anti-discrimination laws.
Undersheriff Ted Von Minden, who attended the meeting, said the "meeting was an amicable, exploration-type meeting of each other's objectives." He said Block had agreed to send a letter to the council "reaffirming the nondiscrimination policies of the department."
Terrigno said she came away convinced "it was a significant meeting. I think we're moving in the right direction."
Schulte, who said he wanted assurances that were less vague than Block's earlier letter, was more cautious. He said he preferred to "wait and see what kind of language the sheriff uses in his letter."
Despite the easing of tensions over the current contract, the long-term relations between the city and the Sheriff's Department no longer appear as solid as they were when the city incorporated last November.
The Sheriff's Department has traditionally had close ties with West Hollywood's gay community dating back to the mid-1950s, when homosexuals began moving residences and businesses there to escape harassment by the Los Angeles Police Department.
During last year's cityhood drive and council race, relations between sheriff's deputies and West Hollywood's homosexual community were hardly a public issue, overshadowed by concerns about rent control, gay pride and the financial costs of incorporation.
According to Schulte and other candidates, the issue of gay recruitment by the department and relations between homosexuals and sheriff's deputies was talked about behind the scenes. "The Sheriff's Department and their policies has always been a concern in the gay community," Schulte said.
When the council unanimously passed an anti-discrimination ordinance soon after the city incorporated, however, the issue began gaining momentum. Schulte, Terrigno and others in the gay community began mulling over options, and earlier this year, Block met with Schulte and Heilman to discuss the future of gay-police relations.
"I found him very open and willing to discuss matters," said Heilman, who abstained last Thursday when the council voted to demand a strong anti-discrimination commitment from the county.
But many other activists in the gay community have wanted some tangible sign from the Sheriff's Department that it not only does not discriminate against homosexuals, but would be willing to make greater efforts to accommodate homosexual deputies already in the department.
"I think the sheriff's office has an archaic attitude," said George Garren, a gay activist who lectures at the Los Angeles Police Department training academy. "If they compromise a little, it doesn't mean the entire force will be running around in lavender in a year."
Another gay activist said he would not be surprised if the city waited for a period and then began exploring the option of starting its own police department. "West Hollywood has the money to start its own department," the activist said. "And there are plenty of police chiefs of small-town departments who would love to come in and head it up."
During debate last year over the financial feasibility of incorporation, cityhood critics and even County Supervisor Ed Edelman suggested that law enforcement costs for the new city would be staggering, especially if the city decided to start its own police force.
Housing a police force would cost millions of dollars, and county officials estimate that if West Hollywood wanted to buy the West Hollywood sheriff's station, which now houses 100 officers, the cost could exceed $17 million.
Worried about the potential financial burden and convinced that the Sheriff's Department would provide the best service, a number of West Hollywood community activists have banded together in the past week to lobby on behalf of the deputies.
Ruth Williams, an unsuccessful candidate in last year's council election, said four other former candidates would join her group in pressuring the council to retain the sheriff.
Williams said that if any moves are made to explore starting a new police department or contract with another law enforcement agency, as Viterbi also suggested last week, they could backfire. "I think it's likely this may be a big political issue in the next campaign," she said.
Viterbi and the other council members who voted with him last week said they were still far from taking the desperate step of looking for another police force.
But Viterbi said he wanted "some kind of sign from the county" that its contracts would eventually be amended to include a non-discrimination clause. Failing that, he said, he hoped to see the county Board of Supervisors pass an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.
"A letter from the sheriff is only the first step," he said. "This city has made clear its anti-discrimination commitment. If we don't get some kind of satisfactory resolution from the county down the road, I would want to see us pursue other alternatives."
For the Record Los Angeles Times Thursday June 6, 1985 Home Edition Westside Part 10 Page 4 Column 1 Zones Desk 2 inches; 58 words Type of Material: Correction An article in the Times' June 2 Westside edition reported that the West Hollywood City Council voted 3 to 1, with one abstention, to accept a county contract with the Sheriff's Department but add a letter requesting changes in county contracts that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. In fact, the 3-1 vote was to send the letter to the county; the council voted unanimously to accept the contract.


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Q: Posting back to website from a Java Web Start app? Is there any way to post back to a website from a Java Web Start App ?  Here is what I'm trying to accomplish. I have an website with a page to place orders online. I've designed a JWS app that can read barcodes from a little scanner that we use for another ordering software.  I'm trying to make it so I can start the Java app from the website and read the scanner, then send the barcode data back to the website to fill in the order so they don't have to hand key the order into the website.  Trying to figure out the best way to accomplish this and not sure what all Java is capable of doing.

A: A Java Web Start app can post data to the server, either using any http client library or manually with URLConnection.
A Java Applet can manipulate the DOM of the webpage where it's included.

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Every community has its gems — the people and organizations that strive to meet the needs of the public and improve the quality of life in an area. Some of them are around for just a season, to meet a particular need, and then their purpose is complete. Others are in it for the long haul and have real staying power — like Fayetteville Technical Community College.
It was in 1961 that local visionaries sought to fill a gap in the community. It was clear to them that there was a need for an institution offering job training and other educational opportunities. That is how (then) Fayetteville Area Industrial Education Center was born. From the beginning, the school served a large area including Cumberland, Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson and Scotland counties as well as Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, and over the years their scope of infl uence has expanded.
Always on the cutting edge, even from its inception, FTCC predates the founding of the North Carolina Community College System in 1963. Not only is the establishment a long-term educator, it is the third largest community college in the state, with a student base of more than 38,000.
As this fine institution celebrates 50 years of education and meeting the community needs, they've got a year-long celebration planned.
On Sept. 16, the public is invited to the Fall Convocation to celebrate FTCC's 50th anniversary at Horace Sisk Gym at 1 p.m. The guest speaker is Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, Chair of the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges.
In October, don't miss the kick-off of the FTCC Foundation's Forever Gold Community Fund Drive and the student Fall Festival. The FTCC Foundation's mission is to help students by assisting them with funds for books and tuition.
There will be an art competition hosted by the Art's Council Fayetteville/ Cumberland County with an FTCC theme in November. Stay tuned for more details as they become available. This is also the month that the FTCC Foundation holds its annual dinner theater and play. The theme this year will be Vietnam.
Look for the military appreciation tribute in January followed by the ribbon-cutting for FTCC's new general classroom building in February.
The spring will be filled with events like the Student and Family Spring Fling Celebration, the Foundations Silent Auction and dinner, the foundation's annual golf tournament and of course the graduation ceremony in May.
FTCC President, Dr. Larry Keene is passionate about FTCC's role in the community and is looking forward to not only celebrating this milestone, but also reflecting on the path that led to the current successes of the college and reaching forward to meet whatever opportunities the future holds.
That success didn't just happen, it took a lot of planning and a lot of work on the part of many selfl ess and hard-working individuals.
Look for more information about where FTCC is headed in the next 50 years in our Oct. 5 edition.


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Chatting with The High Strung
By: Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers | August 10, 2011
Over the years, Detroit has produced its share of great musicians. Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Eminem, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Iggy Pop all hail from the great state of Michigan. The list goes on and on and the tradition has not stopped. Michigan is still producing great new talent. This fresh crop of Michigan based bands that are getting recognition now will be the legends of tomorrow. One band that certainly is going to be in that category is the High Strung.
Playing together for years now, the High Strung has really found their place in the Detroit music scene. Hailed as an Indie Rock group, the members are Derek Berk on drums, Chad Stocker on bass, Stephen Palmer on guitar and Josh Malerman adding the vocals. All original Michiganders, Malerman, Berk and Stocker have played together since they were kids. However, it was the addition of Palmer about a year ago that really brought the whole package together. The group has diverse influences in their own musical tastes. From Pink Floyd to Motley Crue, Iron Maiden to Frank Zappa and The Cars to Goblin, the boys certainly have interesting musical influences. It is this diversity that shines through in their own musical catalog.
The High Strung is a singularly unique band. Their songs are often short stories, composed around interesting or fun happenings in their own lives and sometimes even made up on the spot. There is an energy, a spirit that draws people to them and makes you want to hear more. As Malerman puts it, "We're a 'songs-first' band. Not all our songs express one mood because we don't always feel one singular way. We're varied, we truly have a sense of humor, nothing is as exciting as the spirit of things, and our least favorite word is boring". Boring is the farthest thing from what this group is. They have played all over, touring for about 6 years when they were living in New York. However, now back in their native state of Michigan, things have really come together.
The High Strung's work has recently been showcased in The Metro Detroit Chevy Dealer's advertising campaign and "The Luck You Got" is the theme song for Showtime's new series, Shameless. This success does not detract from the passion of the band or what they love to do… and that is to entertain their fans. Described best by Malerman, "The energy the audience makes, the return energy from the four of us, and the weaving of all that together. It's just so fun. We've maintained the enthusiasm of teenagers for rock, drums, songs, all of it. So it's hard to beat playing your songs for a room of people who are out to have a good time".
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Having a good time, entertaining, keeping a great vibe and staying true to the spirit and energy of the music… that is what the High Strung is all about. There is indeed a beautiful madness to this group and make no mistake, they are here to stay.
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At Quills we select which coffees we roast with several criteria, the most important being flavor. Simply put, we only roast coffees we enjoy drinking. Sometimes those coffees are traceable to a region or cooperative, like our Ethiopia, Konga, sometimes to a specific producer and farm. In the case of our latest coffee from Guatemala, it's the latter.
Finca Palmira comes to us from the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. This blend of Bourbon, Caturra, and Catuai varieties from producer Douglas Castillo is a highlight in a region known for fantastic coffees. We taste caramel apple, cherry cola, and cinnamon in what's sure to be a crowd favorite. You can pick up a bag from any of our four cafés or our webstore.


BRUSSELS, 26 January – European policymakers should capitalise on momentum from the Paris climate talks and ensure the revision of the EU ETS keeps the system at the core of the region's climate change response, says IETA.
In a position paper released today, the business group and its members welcome the proposal to revise the EU ETS for the post-2020 period, to ensure it plays a central role in the EU's climate policy. This revision process is an opportunity to address key principles for the smooth functioning of the market, such as allowance scarcity and improved coordination of emissions reduction policies, says IETA.
In light of last month's historic international climate change agreement in Paris, the paper also calls for clarity on the process if the EU is to increase its emissions reduction target every five years and the impact on the emissions trading programme.
The paper also sets out IETA's position on how best to address competitiveness concerns, in light of a tighter cap of allowances post-2020. Any provisions to address the risk of carbon leakage should be fair, proportionate and harmonised across the EU to avoid causing market distortions, says the paper.
The full paper is available on the IETA website.


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Q: Make Swift Cocoa app launch on startup on OS X 10.11 I need to write a function that adds my application to Startup items on OS X 10.11. That's what I found at the moment:
func applicationIsInStartUpItems() -> Bool {
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}

func itemReferencesInLoginItems() -> (existingReference: LSSharedFileListItemRef?, lastReference: LSSharedFileListItemRef?) {

    if let appUrl : NSURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSBundle.mainBundle().bundlePath) {
        let loginItemsRef = LSSharedFileListCreate(nil, kLSSharedFileListSessionLoginItems.takeRetainedValue(), nil).takeRetainedValue() as LSSharedFileListRef?
        if loginItemsRef != nil {
            let loginItems: NSArray = LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot(loginItemsRef, nil).takeRetainedValue() as NSArray
            if(loginItems.count > 0) {
                let lastItemRef: LSSharedFileListItemRef = loginItems.lastObject as! LSSharedFileListItemRef
                for var i = 0; i < loginItems.count; ++i {
                    let currentItemRef: LSSharedFileListItemRef = loginItems.objectAtIndex(i) as! LSSharedFileListItemRef
                    if let itemURL = LSSharedFileListItemCopyResolvedURL(currentItemRef, 0, nil) {
                        if (itemURL.takeRetainedValue() as NSURL).isEqual(appUrl) {
                            return (currentItemRef, lastItemRef)
                        }
                    }
                }
                return (nil, lastItemRef)
            } else {
                let addatstart: LSSharedFileListItemRef = kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst.takeRetainedValue()
                return(nil,addatstart)
            }
        }
    }
    return (nil, nil)
}

func toggleLaunchAtStartup() {
    let itemReferences = itemReferencesInLoginItems()
    let shouldBeToggled = (itemReferences.existingReference == nil)
    if let loginItemsRef = LSSharedFileListCreate( nil, kLSSharedFileListSessionLoginItems.takeRetainedValue(), nil).takeRetainedValue() as LSSharedFileListRef? {
        if shouldBeToggled {
            if let appUrl : CFURLRef = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSBundle.mainBundle().bundlePath) {
                LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL(loginItemsRef, itemReferences.lastReference, nil, nil, appUrl, nil, nil)
            }
        } else {
            if let itemRef = itemReferences.existingReference {
                LSSharedFileListItemRemove(loginItemsRef,itemRef);
            }
        }
    }
}

But LSSharedFileListCreate, LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL, LSSharedFileListItemRemove, kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst, LSSharedFileListItemCopyResolvedURL, LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot, kLSSharedFileListSessionLoginItems were deprecated in OS X 10.11. How to make this work on latest version of Mac OS? How to change or rewrite this code?

A: You have to use the Service Management framework now. You create a helper application that you add to your application bundle and its job is to run code to launch your main application. Some resources for you:

*

*Tim Schröder has an excellent blog post on how this is done

*Alex Zielenski has an open source project to aid with this

*I've made a video tutorial on creating it manually

A: In Swift 3.0 it looks like this:
In your main application AppDelegate:
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
    // Check if the launcher app is started
    var startedAtLogin = false
    for app in NSWorkspace.shared().runningApplications {
        if app.bundleIdentifier == NCConstants.launcherApplicationIdentifier {
            startedAtLogin = true
        }
    }

    // If the app's started, post to the notification center to kill the launcher app
    if startedAtLogin {
        DistributedNotificationCenter.default().postNotificationName(NCConstants.KILLME, object: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier, userInfo: nil, options: DistributedNotificationCenter.Options.deliverImmediately)
    }
}

In the Launcher application AppDelegate:
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {

    let mainAppIdentifier = "<main-app-bundle-id>"
    let running = NSWorkspace.shared().runningApplications
    var alreadyRunning = false

    // loop through running apps - check if the Main application is running
    for app in running {
        if app.bundleIdentifier == mainAppIdentifier {
            alreadyRunning = true
            break
        }
    }

    if !alreadyRunning {
        // Register for the notification killme
        DistributedNotificationCenter.default().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.terminate), name: NCConstants.KILLME, object: mainAppIdentifier)

        // Get the path of the current app and navigate through them to find the Main Application
        let path = Bundle.main.bundlePath as NSString
        var components = path.pathComponents
        components.removeLast(3)
        components.append("MacOS")
        components.append("<your-app-name>")

        let newPath = NSString.path(withComponents: components)

        // Launch the Main application
        NSWorkspace.shared().launchApplication(newPath)
    }
    else {
        // Main application is already running
        self.terminate()
    }

}

func terminate() {
    print("Terminate application")
    NSApp.terminate(nil)
}

Eventually, in the main application I added a user interface with a toggle button. The user can choose to launch the app at login or not. The choice is stored into the UserDefaults.
In the View Controller:
@IBAction func toggleLaunchAtLogin(_ sender: Any) {
    if toggleOpenAppLogin.selectedSegment == 0 {
        if !SMLoginItemSetEnabled(NCConstants.launcherApplicationIdentifier as CFString, true) {
            print("The login item was not successfull")
            toggleOpenAppLogin.setSelected(true, forSegment: 1)
        }
        else {
            UserDefaults.standard.set("true", forKey: "appLoginStart")
        }
    }
    else {
        if !SMLoginItemSetEnabled(NCConstants.launcherApplicationIdentifier as CFString, false) {
            print("The login item was not successfull")
            toggleOpenAppLogin.setSelected(true, forSegment: 0)
        }
        else {
            UserDefaults.standard.set("false", forKey: "appLoginStart")
        }
    }

}

I hope this can help somebody.


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Q: Can AddIns in MAF (System.AddIn) have constructor parameters? I need to pass configuration settings to an AddIn created using the Managed AddIn Framework (MAF, aka System.AddIn). Can a put a settings parameter in the AddIn's constructor?
Another option would be to create an Initialize() method, but then I have to remember to call it before doing any work with the AddIn.

A: Best way is to use Initalize() method, because the pipelines use the constructor parameters for passing contracts.

A: I too use an Initialize() method in my add-ins. Indeed System.AddIn invokes the parameterless constructor of the add-in class.
Here is an explanation of what goes on during the activation of an add-in. It is an old post but the activation process is still the same. You can also check the source code of the System.AddIn assembly from Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative. You can download the one with Product Name = .Net and Version = 4 for Framework 4, install it and then look for AddInToken.cs (it will lead you to AddInActivator.cs).


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Title: The Gambler
Series Name&Number: Willow Creek Series Book Three
Author: Lily Graison
Status: Available in eBook and Paperback on Amazon
Emmaline Hunt only had one thing she could call her own. A piece of land that held a secret not even her drunken stepfather knew about. When he gambles it away in a high stakes poker game, Emmaline does the only thing she can. She tries to steal the land deed back.
Tristan Avery has seen his share of bloodshed while sitting at a gaming table and knows its time to lay low when he wins a wad of cash and a piece of land. Especially after his opponent ends up dead at his feet. High tailing it out of town is his only option but things take a drastic turn when he finds a woman in his hotel room trying to rob him blind.
The botched robbery attempt is only the start of his troubles when Tristan finds his new land occupied by the same girl who tried to rob him. When he realizes he's left her homeless, and killed her stepfather, his conscience forces him to do the right thing. Taking her to his hometown and setting her up with a new life will make up for all he's taken from her.
But Emmaline has other plans. She wants her land, and Tristan's money, and she'll do whatever it takes to get them. All she has to do is convince him she's there to stay, outwit him, find a way back home and not let a single soul know she has a gold mine bursting at the seems with untapped wealth.


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Errant faxes net St. Luke's-Roosevelt a $387,200 fine
May 24, 2017, 4:11 p.m. EDT
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center has been sanctioned by federal agencies after the New York provider faxed extremely sensitive protected health information on two patients to their employers on two occasions during 2014.
The faxes were to have gone to the patients instead. Because of the release of their health information, St. Luke's, part of Mount Sinai Health System, has paid a $387,200 fine to the HHS Office for Civil Rights to settle violations of the HIPAA privacy rule. In addition, the hospital has entered into a three-year corrective action plan.
St. Luke's operates the Institute for Advanced Medicine, known during the time of the incidents as the Spencer Cox Center for Health, offering treatment to persons with HIV or AIDS. In September 2014, OCR received a complaint from a patient that his PHI had been faxed to his employer rather than sent to a personal post office box, as he requested.
The PHI included information on HIV status, medical care, sexually transmitted diseases, medications, sexual orientation, mental health diagnosis and physical abuse, according to OCR.
Also See: Organizations reporting breaches quicker to federal agencies
During the investigation of that breach, OCR learned of another similar situation that occurred earlier in 2014; at that time, St. Luke's had not addressed vulnerabilities to prevent impermissible disclosures, according to the agency.
"Individuals cannot trust in a healthcare system that does not appropriately safeguard their most sensitive PHI," OCR Director Roger Severino said in a statement. "Covered entities and business associates have the responsibility under HIPAA to both identify and actually implement these safeguards."
Under the resolution agreement, St. Luke's agreed to review and revise policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI, ensure that all employees understand the policies and procedures, update policies and procedures at least annually, review and revise training materials if necessary, and retrain all employees on HIPAA procedures by the end of October and annually thereafter, and provide specific training to employees responsible for faxing and transmitting protected health information.
St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West issued the following statement on the incidents and punishment:
"Patient privacy and security is a top priority at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West. We are working with HHS to meticulously review privacy and security protocols, ensuring all necessary safeguards are in place. Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a core tenant of our work, and we will continue to remain committed to attaining the highest levels of success in this regard."
St. Luke's corrective action plan is available here.
Joseph Goedert
Senior Editor, Health Data Management
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Our goal is to make your child's educational experience both meaningful and productive. To accomplish this goal, every family should be informed of school policies, regulations, and procedures. Our handbook serves as a primary reference source for questions about the operation of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin School.
Parents are asked to read the handbook thoroughly and to keep it accessible. Of course, should you still have questions after referring to the handbook, the staff and principal are available to assist you.


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Q: Java use of object to hold state does not seem to be working I'm writing a utility class that should be able to parse delimited files (comma, pipe, colon delimited). It reads a particular line and needs to extract the most commonly used delimiter in that line. But this doesn't seem to be working as expected. When I call the getHeader() method in my main method caller class, It seems like the only delimiter that's being acknowledged is a comma from the line. I think its my weak java and oop lacking skills preventing me from understanding the issue. Please advice. Thank you in advance. Below is my code:
    public class Parser {
    // sample line of data
    String line = "There|is|data,in,this:file|hause";

    private static class Delimiters {
        static char DEFAULT = ',';
        static char COMMA = ',';
        static char SEMI = ';';
        static char PIPE = '|';
        static char COLON = ':';
    };

    public String[] getHeader() {
        char delim = findDelimiter(line);
        System.out.println("Header delim: " + delim);
        String[] columns = line.split(String.valueOf(delim));
        return columns;
    }

    // figure out the delimiter of the file. This method
    // gets called on lines of file data
    public char findDelimiter(String line) {
        Delimiter dim = new Delimiter();
        for (int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++) {
            for (char delim : Arrays.asList(Delimiters.COLON, Delimiters.COMMA,
                    Delimiters.PIPE, Delimiters.SEMI)) {
                if (delim == line.charAt(i)) {
                    dim.increaseDelimiterCnt(delim);
                }
            }
        }

        final char theLinesDelimiter = dim.mostCommonDelimiter();
        return theLinesDelimiter;
    }

    private class Delimiter {
        Map<Character, Integer> delimiterCounts = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();

        private void increaseDelimiterCnt(char delim) {
            System.out.println(delim);

            int value = (delimiterCounts.containsKey(delim) ? delimiterCounts
                    .get(delim) : 0);
            delimiterCounts.put(delim, value++);
            System.out.println(getDelimiterCounts());
        }

        private Map<Character, Integer> getDelimiterCounts() {
            return delimiterCounts;
        }

        /**
         * Gets the delimiter based on greatest frequency of first line in file.
         *
         * @return String
         */
        private char mostCommonDelimiter() {
            char theDelimiter = ',';
            System.out.println(delimiterCounts);
            int maxValueInMap = (Collections.max(delimiterCounts.values()));
            for (Map.Entry<Character, Integer> entry : delimiterCounts
                    .entrySet()) {
                if (entry.getValue().equals(maxValueInMap)) {
                    theDelimiter = entry.getKey();
                }
            }
            return theDelimiter;
        }
    }

}

A: The bug is in this line:
            delimiterCounts.put(delim, value++);

++ after a variable-name is a post-increment, so although value++ increments value, it still evaluates to the original value. So, the above is equivalent to this:
            delimiterCounts.put(delim, value);
            value = value + 1; // pointless, since we never use value again

Instead you should write:
            delimiterCounts.put(delim, value + 1);

Your debugging output actually should have been enough to tell you this; it shows you that every delimiter in delimiterCounts gets mapped to zero.
I suggest you read Eric Lippert's blog post, "How to debug small programs". You will probably find it useful for the future.
(Note: after fixing the above issue, you'll have another problem. Your program will now correctly identify | as the delimiter, but line.split("|") does not mean what you want. To fix that one, you'll want to use Pattern.quote. I'll let you figure out the details.)

Edited to add: Since you have concerns about your OOP, I should also say something about the overall design. You may be able to create a more robust and efficient design by using an enumeration:
public enum Delimiter {
    COMMA(','), SEMI(';'), PIPE('|'), COLON(':');

    public final char c;
    public final Pattern pattern;

    private DelimiterChar(final char c) {
        this.c = c;
        this.pattern = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(Character.toString(c)));
    }
}

You can then use Delimiter.values() when you need to enumerate over the possible delimiters, and can use an EnumSet<Delimiter, Integer> to store the counts by delimiter.
Note that I've used the name Delimiter for something very different than you have. Your Delimiter class should probably be called DelimiterCounter, since its instances count delimiters, rather than themselves delimiting anything.

A: Your findDelmiter method is broken.  And, it's all one character's fault.
String#split parses its arguments as a regular expression.  The pipe character has special meaning in regex; that is, it is used to denote a branching match.
If you want to use a literal pipe, you have to escape it.  You can't do that in a single character literal (as escaping only has contextual meaning for a String, not a char.
Why not just use a regular expression for the split method entirely?  Let's not worry about picking out which one we used there, when we could rebuild that if need be.
Here's a snippet.
String[] columns = line.split(",|;|\\||:");

That complicated-looking regex is actually using the pipe character to branch - it will split on either a comma, a semi-colon, a pipe (properly escaped), or a colon.
I admire the fact that you're using a helper class to determine the counts of your delimiters.  But, you would want to be careful about how you insert into the map - be sure that the key exists first, and if it does, pull the current value out of it, and add one to it, then put it back.
Here's a snippet.
private static void placeIntoMap(final Map<Character, Integer> counts, final char c) {
    if(counts.containsKey(c)) {
        counts.put(c, counts.get(c) + 1);
    } else {
        counts.put(c, 1);
    }
}

A: You can just use split to count the number of strings you get back. Just subtract 1 because the number of dividers is always 1 less then the number of parts.
public class Parser {

    static String line = "There|is|data,in,this:file|hause";
    private static final String[] DELIMS = {",", ";", "\\|", ":"};
    private static Map<String, Integer> count = new HashMap<>();

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        for (String delim : DELIMS)
            count.put(DELIMS[i], line.split(DELIMS[i]).length - 1);
    }
}


I flew into Hong Kong with FlyScoot on a Sunday evening, after spending over three hours on my plane from Singapore. It was one of those occasions where the flight was on time, the passport check went seamlessly and without too long a queue, my luggage arrived in a second. What could possibly go wrong, right?Wrong. We decided to call an Uber with a location-limited airport Wi-Fi, but not being very well-versed in Cantonese we couldn't communicate with the driver well enough to find a common location to get picked up. After walking back and forth in the stinking heat with our luggage for about an hour, my phone died and, exhausted, we decided to call it quits and just get a normal taxi. Needless to say, I didn't make the dream entrance into Hong Kong as hoped. Luckily, the Island Shangri-La came to my rescue with a perfect stay worthy of a queen that soothed even the worst of my anxiety symptoms.
Built 25 years ago, the Island Shagri-La is part of the Shangri-La Hotels group and is located by Central Station, Hong Kong's main public transport artery close to the city's main shopping and nightlife districts. Like a colonial British mansion with traits of Asian heritage, the Island Shangri-La is set in an unique location, offering guests the opportunity to choose between views of Hong Kong's harbour or of The Peak, the beautiful green hill overlooking the city.
The hotel's atrium boasts the "Great Motherland of China" silk painting, the largest in the world expanding for 16-storeys, as well as a 140-year-old Banyan Tree in the lobby lounge that cost HKD 24million to conserve. We were blessed with a harbour-facing room on the 55th floor of the 56-storey Island Shangri-La. All it took was walking in to bring a smile back to my face: coffee and caramel chocolates were left on my bed, and we received hot Chinese green tea as we unpacked our bags.
When I walked into the bathroom, all I could remember was my teenage self thinking that every truly luxurious house or hotel had two sinks: well, the Shangri-La not only had two sinks, it also had a separate shower and bath tub, complete with in-bathroom television and bath sets by L'Occitane En Provence.
Staying on the 55th floor granted us access to the Horizon Club Lounge on the floor above, the hotel's very last floor. In the Horizon Club Lounge we were able to enjoy free-flowing champagne and cocktails during happy hour from 6 to 8, wine and beer with snacks afterwards as we celebrated our arrival to Hong Kong in a relaxed, luxurious setting. Oh, and did I mention that they change the carpets in the lift every weekday?
The morning after, the Shangri-La woke us up with a breakfast buffet worthy of the Gods, including pandan pancakes, kaya spread and the best pastries and freshest fruit you can imagine, all enjoyed while flicking through the latest HK-based and international magazines while chatting with the lovely hotel team.
Harbour view rooms at the Island Shangri-La start at £380. Complete with a pool, a Spa and a library, the Island Shangri-La brings old glamour to an extremely forward and fast-paced modern city. But no Spa, pool or breakfast can beat the view from our room. Soz for the photoshoot.
… by the way, yes, I was reading "The Long Hard Road Outta Hell" by Marilyn Manson. Really recommend it.
Top tips about getting into Hong Kong – so you don't end up stressing out like a dumbass or like yours truly.
The HK underground is very fast, clean, efficient and easy to navigate. A single ticket can cost you as little as HKD $5, while if you're looking at hopping on and off a daily pass might be cheaper – it will set you back HKD$65.


Creditors have a variety of tools at their disposal to collect debts they claim you owe them. The most common types of collection efforts are called "writs of garnishment" and are issued under Colorado state law. You may have not received a letter in the mail nor received threatening phone calls, but the first sign of trouble was when you noticed that twenty-five percent of your gross pay was missing from your paycheck. Or even worse, you noticed that your whole bank account was seized by a creditor when you did not expect it. When you called your employer or bank the following day, you were informed that you owe a debt to a creditor and that they were just complying with the Colorado law to carry a wage and/or bank garnishment. What can you do to get out from under such collection efforts? How can you stop garnishments in the State of Colorado?
Once served with a Colorado writ of garnishment, your employer or bank is required by law to turnover part of your wages and/or account to the creditor. The only way to stop the garnishment is to pay off the debt or to file bankruptcy. Filing a bankruptcy case can stop wage garnishments immediately and no future garnishments can occur from that point forward!
We assist clients whose wages are being garnished on a regular basis. If your wages are being garnished or are about to be, we can help! Remember, time is of the essence. Please contact us for a free consultation!


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#!/bin/bash

set -e

readonly THIS_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}); pwd)
readonly ROOT_DIR="$THIS_DIR/../.."

export BROWSER_STACK_ACCESS_KEY
export SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY

BROWSER_STACK_ACCESS_KEY=$(echo "$BROWSER_STACK_ACCESS_KEY" | rev)
SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY=$(echo "$SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY" | rev)

# TODO: restore "SL_EDGE-1" once Sauce Labs adds Edge 17 and "SL_EDGE-1" refers
# to version 16. Edge 15 disconnects from Karma frequently causing extreme build instability.
BROWSERS="SL_Chrome,SL_Chrome-1,\
SL_Firefox,SL_Firefox-1,\
SL_Safari,SL_Safari-1,\
SL_iOS_10,SL_iOS_11,\
SL_IE_9,SL_IE_10,SL_IE_11,\
SL_EDGE"

case "$JOB" in
  "ci-checks")
    grunt ci-checks

    if [[ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST != 'false' ]]; then
      # validate commit messages of all commits in the PR
      # convert commit range to 2 dots, as commitplease uses `git log`.
      # See https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4596 for more info
      echo "Validate commit messages in PR:"
      yarn run commitplease -- "${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE/.../..}"
    fi
    ;;
  "unit-core")
    grunt test:promises-aplus
    grunt test:jqlite --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    grunt test:modules --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    ;;
  "unit-jquery")
    grunt test:jquery --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    grunt test:jquery-2.2 --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    grunt test:jquery-2.1 --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    ;;
  "docs-app")
    grunt tests:docs --browsers="$BROWSERS" --reporters=spec
    grunt test:travis-protractor --specs="docs/app/e2e/**/*.scenario.js"
    ;;
  "e2e")
    if [[ $TEST_TARGET == jquery* ]]; then
      export USE_JQUERY=1
    fi

    if [[ "$TEST_TARGET" == jquery* ]]; then
      TARGET_SPECS="build/docs/ptore2e/**/jquery_test.js"
    else
      TARGET_SPECS="build/docs/ptore2e/**/default_test.js"
    fi

    TARGET_SPECS="test/e2e/tests/**/*.js,$TARGET_SPECS"
    grunt test:travis-protractor --specs="$TARGET_SPECS"
    ;;
  "deploy")
    export DEPLOY_DOCS
    export DEPLOY_CODE

    DIST_TAG=$( jq ".distTag" "package.json" | tr -d "\"[:space:]" )

    # upload docs if the branch distTag from package.json is "latest" (i.e. stable branch)
    if [[ "$DIST_TAG" == latest ]]; then
      DEPLOY_DOCS=true
    else
      DEPLOY_DOCS=false
    fi

    # upload the build (code + docs) if ...
    #   the commit is tagged
    #   - or the branch is "master"
    #   - or the branch distTag from package.json is "latest" (i.e. stable branch)
    if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" != '' || "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == master || "$DIST_TAG" == latest ]]; then
      DEPLOY_CODE=true
    else
      DEPLOY_CODE=false
    fi

    if [[ "$DEPLOY_DOCS" == true || "$DEPLOY_CODE" == true ]]; then
      grunt prepareDeploy

      if [[ "$DEPLOY_DOCS" == true ]]; then
        # Install npm dependencies for Firebase functions.
        (
          cd "$ROOT_DIR/scripts/docs.angularjs.org-firebase/functions"
          npm install
        )
      fi
    else
      echo "Skipping deployment build because conditions have not been met."
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Unknown job type. Please set JOB to one of\
      'ci-checks',\
      'unit-core',\
      'unit-jquery',\
      'docs-app',\
      'e2e',\
      or\
      'deploy'."
    ;;
esac

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