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"Yes. Yes. I love you too. Don't worry. Yes, I did my laundry. Yes. OK. I love you. Bye."
We've all heard that fateful mother-to-child phone call on campus, whether we're walking to class or riding public transportation with our peers. They roll their eyes but still usually have a smile on their face, and the call always ends in "I love you, too."
In college, living away from home is either a sweet relief or a constant battle with homesickness. I only live about 25 minutes away from my mom, but every time I go back to my dorm, it's just habit for me to text "here safe" to give her a little peace of mind. Granted, she's a little bit of a helicopter mom, but I know it's only fair to let the woman sleep easy knowing I've made it down the interstate.
She also still texts me things like, "Bring an extra jacket, it's supposed to be chilly out today," but she kind of leaves it up to me when to call her during the week. Sometimes my phone will buzz with a selfie of us and I know she misses me, but other times I call her when I'm lonely and walking to the shuttle, eating dinner alone or just when I need to freak out about how stressed I am. The thing is, I don't usually call my mom because I necessarily want to, but rather, because I feel I have to or because there's something missing in my life that I can't exactly put my finger on. I'll talk to my dad and my boyfriend, but there's more of an urgency with my mom. I get offended if she doesn't answer, and I'm sure she feels the same way, but what is the magic number when you're both trying to live your own lives?
Obviously, everyone has a different relationship with their parents, but I turned to some other students to find out how exactly they find the right time to talk to their mommas.
"I easily call my mom 6-8 times a week. My freshman year, I called her maybe 2-3 times a week, tops, because I was so busy and trying to be independent. But now, as a senior, I feel like I need and want to talk to her more for advice. And also because we get along better now."
"I call my mom at least once a week, sometimes more. We talk about things that are going on in Kearney with me and also things going on in her life back home. We usually talk for about an hour! I have always had a strong relationship with my mom and we have always been very close, and I think college has brought us closer. I consider her a mom, but also one of my best friends, too!"
"I probably only call my mom once a month, but we usually text quite a bit. Usually, when we do talk on the phone, we talk for a quite a while to just catch up and everything. Since I've gone to college, a lot has been different. I get along with my mom really well still, and aside from my sister, she's really the only woman I have back home. But she does a lot for me still and buys me things and supports my life decisions. She's the type of mother I want my wife to be because she cares and is still young enough to relate to me and have fun."
4. Regularly, but not constantly.
"I'd say I call my mom every week or two. I tend not to speak to her for a while and then every so often, I'll spill all at once about everything I'd forgotten to update her on, like about class, my friends, nights out, etc. I'd say our relationship is still good and, like being away from anyone for a while, it can make me more appreciative and grateful for her."
"I talk to Helen, my mom, about once a week. Usually, I ask her how she is, how work is and any news that's interesting. I'd say our relationship has gotten better because I'm not around all the time anymore so we don't constantly argue."
6. As much as possible.
"I talk to my mom every day. Since I have been little, my family has been a very big part of my life and I have always liked it that way. It made me sad that they weren't physically a part of my everyday life, so I try to keep them as involved as possible. We talk about a little of everything, just life as it's happening to each of us. We have a really good relationship and even though the time difference makes it hard, I know I can always call and talk to her."
"I think I'm a special instance because my mom actually works on my college's campus. I see her every day because I work in her office, and I tell her everything. I love being close with her because a lot of the issues that I'm facing in college are similar to ones that she faced. We became closer my senior year of high school, and then being in college has just brought us even closer."
"I talk to my mom literally every day. She's my best friend so we talk about everything and anything. At the end of every day, my mom and I discuss our days full of the good, the bad and the ugly. My mom and I have always been really close because she was a single mother for the most part while I was growing up. I'd say we have only gotten closer as I've grown older because we are able to talk about more adult topics. My mom is an absolute saint and guides me through the maze of adulting."
Even after all these nice people spoke with me about their calling home habits, I was still curious about a bigger sample of college students. I decided to take my interview questions to Survey Monkey and ask as many students as I possibly could. Most people still varied about how often they call their moms/parents, but I did see a bit of a majority answering that they talk to them every 1-2 days. So, even though we're big, bad, independent adults, it still feels reassuring to hear from our moms.
Ninety-one percent of my survey sample also said that they talk about classes and school when they call their moms at home, which seems like a big leap from those middle school days when school was just "fine" at the dinner table.
Lastly, I was surprised and happy to see that 64 percent of survey responders also said that their relationships with their moms have improved since they moved to college. To me, this means the distance really does make the heart grow fonder. I feel like I understand my parents better because I have a deeper comprehension of adulthood, responsibilities and relationships.
No matter what, it always makes us feel better to talk to someone, even if sometimes that means bickering about laundry detergent brands. When you can, find a second to call home. Even if you don't want to talk to your family members, you at least get to ask how your dog is doing.


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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Is Looking for a Librarian
For those about to apply—we salute you.
by Cara Giaimo May 8, 2017
Libraries have long played an important role in rock 'n' roll consciousness, as in the Tears for Fears video for "Head Over Heels." Dailymotion
"Well she got her daddy's car and she cruised through the hamburger stand now," the Beach Boys sing in their 1964 hit "Fun Fun Fun." "Seems she forgot all about the library like she told her old man now."
If you love this song, but do not relate to it in the slightest, we might have the job for you: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is currently looking for a librarian.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, or "Rock Hall," is best known for their annual selection of new inductees. But the museum also boasts an incredibly comprehensive library and archive chock full of scholarship and memorabilia, from photonegatives of Aretha Franklin in the studio to Jimi Hendrix's handwritten 'Purple Haze' lyric sheet to a full drawer of Kid Rock posters.
According to the online job description, whatever lucky headbanger is chosen for this position will be tasked with cataloguing library resources (including books, scores, and sound and video recordings), creating research guides, giving tours, and "represent[ing] the Rock Hall to the academic and library communities."
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NEW YORK COUNTY DA CYRUS VANCE DENOUNCES AG BARR'S SLANDER OF PROSECUTORS
Special To The ...August 17,2019
[Criminal Justice]
DA Cyrus Vance, and other legal officials, to AG Bill Barr: "We join this public statement to make clear that a growing number of criminal justice, law enforcement, and prosecution leaders reject AG Barr's perspective."
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Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., and other legal officials, are criticizing Attorney General Bill Barr for his slanderous statements calling criminal justice advocates "anti-law enforcement" because of the growing national call for police reform.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. today joined 66 current and former elected prosecutors, local and federal law enforcement leaders, and judges from across the United States to speak out against the U.S. Attorney General's remarks in which he described certain local prosecutors as "anti-law enforcement," and to correct factual inaccuracies in his remarks.
"AG Barr criticized the initiatives of criminal justice leaders across the nation who advocate for diverting more individuals from the justice system; using discretion to redirect precious law enforcement resources better spent on public health and prevention than punishment; and improving fairness and accountability," the criminal justice leaders wrote. "We join this public statement to make clear that a growing number of criminal justice, law enforcement and prosecution leaders reject AG Barr's perspective."
"It is not the time for a return to fear-driven narratives that find no foundation in fact," the criminal justice leaders added. "We hope that Attorney General Barr and other national leaders will understand what facts, data and lessons learned from the past have taught us as we work to wisely use limited criminal justice resources to promote safer and stronger communities."
Earlier this week, in an unprecedented attack on the Department of Justice's partners in local law enforcement, the Attorney General stated that "in some of our large cities," reform-minded prosecutors "spend their time undercutting the police, letting criminals off the hook, and refusing to enforce the law." The Attorney General further warned, without evidence, that such prosecutorial independence and discretion engenders "more crime; more victims."
Under the leadership of D.A. Vance, the Manhattan D.A.'s Office has slashed the office's misdemeanor and violation prosecutions by half and ended the routine prosecution of marijuana smoking and possession, subway fare evasion, unlicensed vending, nonpayment of fines, loitering for prostitution, and summons cases. D.A. Vance has established and funded Project Reset, Project Green Light, and Manhattan Hope – pre-arraignment diversion programs providing free service interventions in lieu of prosecutions – and instituted the first Conviction Integrity Program and first implicit bias review on the East Coast.
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Q: Checkbox does not work with keys in React I am writing a component where there are checkboxes. Using map I need to use keys in React. I created function that generates unique keys. But after that my checkboxes stop working properly. I cannot click some of them, some styles dissapear. Why is that going on? I thought keys are just such stuff needed for giving a unique id for React.
// generating id

export function uid(): string {
  return (performance.now().toString(36) + Math.random().toString(16)).replace(/\./g, '');
}

// my component

export default function Table(props:ITable) {

  if (props.loader) {
    return <Loader />;
  }

  return (

            {props.actions.map((element) =>
              element.onChangeAll &&
                <Checkbox
                  key={uid()}
                  indeterminate
                  onChange={element.onChangeAll}
                  label={element.label}
                  disabled={props.columns.every((el) => el.disabled)}
                />)}

          {props.headers.map((header) =>
            <TableHeader
              key={uid()}
              header={header}
            />)}
          {props.actions.map((element) =>
            element.header &&
              {element.header}	)}

        {props.columns.map((data) =>

              {props.actions.map((element) =>
                element.onChangeCheckbox &&
                  <Checkbox
                    onChange={element.onChangeCheckbox}
                    disabled={data.disabled}
                    checked={data.checked}
                    id={data.id.toString()}
                    key={uid()}
                  />)}

            {props.headers.map((header) =>
              <TableRow
                key={uid()}
                columns={data}
                header={header}
              />)}
            {props.actions.map((element) =>
              element.element &&
                   {
                      element.deleteRaw && element.deleteRaw(data.id);
                      element.openModal && element.openModal(data);
                    }}
                  >
                    {element.element}
                  	)}

        )}

  );
}

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The Oakland Unite network provides light-touch assistance for individuals in crisis, and a subset of participants receive more intensive services.
Oakland Unite agencies serve participants together with other agencies in the network.
Housing is a frequent challenge for Oakland Unite agencies.
This 2016–2017 agency report describes the agencies that make up the Oakland Unite network, summarizing information about the participants they serve, how they serve them, and the successes and challenges they face. This report does not examine participant outcomes, which are the focus of other reports. The agency report is based on analyses of administrative data, site visits, grantee interviews, and document reviews. The executive summary characterizes high-level trends across the Oakland Unite agencies, and in subsequent chapters provide details for each specific agency.


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How to get from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Aiport
Flights booked, luggage checked, keys, tickets, all checked. And then you remember : your flight is coming into Heathrow and out of Gatwick. The next logical questions that pops into your mind is : "How am I going to get from one to the other."
No worries, we have you covered. You can have your pick between bus, train & taxi.
Heathrow -Gatwick
Natioanl Express:
The most popular and direct choice is with the National Express coach to Gatwick. The service runs around-the-clock, up to six times an hour. Journey time is aproximatly 75 minutes and it costs £25 one way or if you book online it only costs £20 one way and £40 return.
Let us take you step by step :
First you need to walk to the Central Bus Station. All buses start/terminate at the Central Bus station (Terminals 2 and 3).
Buses will always visit Terminal 5, but not all schedules visit Terminal 4.
The walk from Terminals 2 or 3 to the bus station takes about 10 minutes. Its luggage trolley friendly and is mostly along moving walkways and lifts. Its also underground so need to worry about the weather.
You can travel free from Terminal 4 to the Central Bus station by Heathrow Express train which runs every 15 minutes.
Train:
Unfortunately, there is no direct rail service between Heathrow to Gatwick. You must go via central London as follows: train ( Heathrow Express)- tube or taxi - then train ( Gatwick Express/First Capital Connect).
The fastest rail route is as follows:
It takes approximatley 5 to 10 minutes depending on terminal to arrive at the rail station.
Take the Heathrow Express to Paddington station (15 minutes from Heathrow Central Rail station for Terminals 1 and 3, 23 minutes from Terminals 4 or 5. It comes every 15 minutes and the cost is £19).
From Paddington you go to Farringdon by Circle Line (it takes 16 minutes, but allow 7 minutes for the interchange) - £4.30
From Farringdon you get to Gatwick by First Capital Connect (41 minutes, allow another 5 minutes for the interchange) - £9.90
Gatwick station to South Terminal - 5 minutes
Gatwick station to North Terminal - 15 minutes via shuttle
Total cost: £33.20, travel time at least 1 hour 40 minutes if connections are instant with no waiting for trains to arrive. Sometimes this journey can be significantly longer.
Minicab & Taxi:
Book a private-hire car to take you between Heathrow and almost anywhere in mainland Britain. Alternatively, hail a classic London black taxi from the rank outside the terminal.
With Minicabit the estimated time is 50 minutes and the cost between Heathrow Airport and Gatwick is £56.
London's famous black taxis stop at the ranks outside each Heathrow terminal. Drivers are fully licensed and have passed the Knowledge of London examination. All taxis operating at Heathrow have wheelchair access and take credit cards. The cost will likely exceed £100 and you could find a longer wait for one at peak times.
Gatwick-Heathrow
National Express:
Now if you need to get the other way around, you can take the National Express 707 line towards Northampton. Get off at the Heathrow Airport London station ( wich is near Terminal 5). At Gatwick the National Express bus visits both North and South Terminals. For boarding and drops the coach bays are well signed and are directly in front of the passenger terminals, a few yards out of the door.
From the airport take the Gatwick Express towards London Victoria, get off at the Victoria Station, hop onto Paddington line, get off at Paddington Station, take the Heathrow Express to the terminals. Gatwick Express trains run non-stop between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport. The journey takes 30 minutes and a standard-class single costs £17.70.To make the link with Heathrow your options include: Heathrow Express between Heathrow and London Paddington, Underground between Paddington and Victoria (45min, £27). London Underground between Victoria and Heathrow (50min, £4.80).
Black Taxi cabs can only pick up at Gatwick if they are there for an advance booking. There are other Licensed taxi services available from Gatwick, though. If you have not prebooked, go to the Airport information desk for assistance. Fares vary depending on number of passengers, amount of luggage and time of day.Can be slightly cheaper than London Black Taxis but not by much.
Remember to allow yourself plenty of time! Besides the journey times quoted here you'll need to take into consideration things like passport control, baggage reclaim, waiting for buses, check-in, airport security and maybe taking a coffee break.
1. National Express:
http://www.nationalexpress.com/airports/heathrow-to-gatwick-coach.aspx
2. Heathrow Airport :
http://www.heathrow.com/transport-and-directions/travel-between-airports
3. London Toolkit:
https://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/heathrow_gatwick_bus_transfer.htm
4. Gatwick Express:
http://www.gatwickexpress.com/en/airport-info/heathrow-transfers/
5. Minicabit
https://www.minicabit.com/
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Due to the high volume of applications received to date, please note that new applications to the Mark Wainberg Fund are currently not being accepted. Please check back as funding may become available in the coming weeks.
April 2017, the HIV community mourned the passing of Dr. Mark Wainberg (1945-2017), a veteran leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS and well-known for his involvement in the vastly important initial identification of lamivudine (3TC) as an antiviral drug in 1989. An internationally respected researcher and committed mentor, Dr. Wainberg was also one of the founding members and past President of the Canadian Association for HIV Research.
To continue Dr. Wainberg's vision of fostering innovative HIV research and knowledge sharing, and through the generous support of ViiV Healthcare, CAHR has established the "Mark Wainberg Fund" to assist Canadian basic science researchers – working in the realm of HIV virology – to present their work at accredited meetings in Canada and internationally. CAHR thanks ViiV Healthcare for their support of this program.
Via this funding competition, CAHR will fund travel awards for eligible basic science researchers to present their HIV focused work at Canadian and international conferences.
A maximum of $2,500 (CAD) will be available per awardee for travel to an accredited conference.
In all cases, funding will be provided directly to the awardee upon conclusion of the conference. Awardees are responsible for submitting proof of travel (boarding passes and hotel invoices) to CAHR in order to process payments.
This is an open competition and applications will be accepted throughout the calendar year. Applications must be submitted at least four (4) weeks in advance of the event to allow adequate time for peer review.
CAHR encourages applicants to submit proposals in the Official Language of their choice and commits to ensuring high quality review of applications submitted in either Official Language.
Funding is non-renewable. Individuals may only hold one award per calendar year.
Award recipients must acknowledge CAHR/ViiV financial support in any report/presentation related to the event.
CAHR will assemble an independent review committee comprised of peers to adjudicate the applications.
Upon completion of peer review, CAHR will be provided an application rating and funding recommendation. This information will be used for funding decision-making purposes and will remain anonymous.
Applications will be funded as far as the budget will allow. Applications that receive a rating below 3.5 will not be funded (rating scale is 0-5).
Please contact trainingandawards@cahr-acrv.ca for more information.


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Q: Oracle trigger checks previous record before insert/update I would like to create a trigger that prevents a student from enrolling into a new module if he has any outstanding bills.
studID    studNRIC     paymentStatus
-------------------------------------
200       F7654672F      Non Payment

it would reject the following statement:
INSERT INTO student(studID, studNRIC, paymentStatus)
  VALUES (201, 'F7654672F', 'Good');

I've came out with the following trigger but I'm still able to insert a new student.
set define off;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER reject_new_account
AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON Student
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
  PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
    totover NUMBER(3);
BEGIN
SELECT COUNT (*)
INTO   totover
FROM   Student
WHERE :NEW.nric = student.nric
  AND :NEW.paymentStatus = 'Non Payment';

IF totover > 0 THEN
   RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR ( -20002,
    'Student' || :NEW.nric ||
    ' has outstanding bills' );
END IF;
END;
/

there's seems to be a problem with line 13 AND :NEW.paymentStatus = 'Non Payment';
so how do I go about doing this?
table structure
CREATE TABLE Student(
studID              INTEGER NOT NULL,
firstName           CHAR(25) NULL,
lastName            CHAR(25) NULL,
NRIC                CHAR(9) NOT NULL,
paymentStatus       CHAR(25) Default 'Good',
CONSTRAINT stud_Pkey PRIMARY KEY (studID),
CONSTRAINT studPaymentStatus_type CHECK (PaymentStatus IN ('Late Payment', 'Non Payment', 'Good'))
);

A: There are a couple of issues with this trigger.
First if you want to prevent an INSERT you need to use a BEFORE trigger. An AFTER trigger will fire after the insert has successfully completed, by which point it is too late to stop the insert.
Secondly, I'm unsure about what you are trying to achieve with your SQL statement. Since the trigger is attached to the customer table you don't need to do a select on the customer table to access the record data. You can just do:
IF :NEW.badstatus = 'Non Payment'
THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR ( -20002,
    'Employee ' || :NEW.nric ||
    ' already has 5 readings' );
END IF;

A: You probably don't want to check if the new record has a bad status, you want to check if the existing customer records have a bad status. As James mentioned, a BEFORE trigger probably makes more sense, but that depends on what you are trying to do, whether the insert gets rollback or not by the caller, etc.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER reject_new_account
  AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON Customer
  FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE

    PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
    totover NUMBER(3);

BEGIN

    SELECT COUNT (*)
      INTO totover
      FROM Customer c
      WHERE c.nric = :NEW.nric
        AND c.badstatus = 'Non Payment';

    IF totover > 0 THEN
       RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR ( -20002,
         'Employee ' || :NEW.nric ||
         ' already has 5 readings' );
    END IF;

END;
/

A: As I assume you have discovered, you cannot select from the same table that a row-level trigger is defined against; it causes a table mutating exception. You have attempted to get round this by adding the autonomous transaction pragma. Unfortunately, although this works, it is just covering up your mistake in methodology.
In order to properly create this validation using a trigger a procedure should be created to obtain user-specified locks so the validation can be correctly serialized in a multi-user environment.
PROCEDURE request_lock
  (p_lockname                     IN     VARCHAR2
  ,p_lockmode                     IN     INTEGER  DEFAULT dbms_lock.x_mode
  ,p_timeout                      IN     INTEGER  DEFAULT 60
  ,p_release_on_commit            IN     BOOLEAN  DEFAULT TRUE
  ,p_expiration_secs              IN     INTEGER  DEFAULT 600)
IS
  -- dbms_lock.allocate_unique issues implicit commit, so place in its own
  -- transaction so it does not affect the caller
  PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
  l_lockhandle                   VARCHAR2(128);
  l_return                       NUMBER;
BEGIN
  dbms_lock.allocate_unique
    (lockname                       => p_lockname
    ,lockhandle                     => p_lockhandle
    ,expiration_secs                => p_expiration_secs);
  l_return := dbms_lock.request
    (lockhandle                     => l_lockhandle
    ,lockmode                       => p_lockmode
    ,timeout                        => p_timeout
    ,release_on_commit              => p_release_on_commit);
  IF    (l_return = 1) THEN
    raise_application_error(-20001, 'dbms_lock.request Timeout');
  ELSIF (l_return = 2) THEN
    raise_application_error(-20001, 'dbms_lock.request Deadlock');
  ELSIF (l_return = 3) THEN
    raise_application_error(-20001, 'dbms_lock.request Parameter Error');
  ELSIF (l_return = 5) THEN
    raise_application_error(-20001, 'dbms_lock.request Illegal Lock Handle');
  ELSIF (l_return not in (0,4)) THEN
    raise_application_error(-20001, 'dbms_lock.request Unknown Return Value ' || l_return);
  END IF;
  -- Must COMMIT an autonomous transaction
  COMMIT;
END request_lock;

This procedure can then be used in a compound trigger (assuming at least Oracle 11, this will need to be split into individual triggers in earlier versions)
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER reject_new_account
  FOR INSERT OR UPDATE ON student
  COMPOUND TRIGGER

  -- Table to hold identifiers of inserted/updated students
  g_studIDs sys.odcinumberlist;

BEFORE STATEMENT
IS
BEGIN
-- Reset the internal student table
  g_studIDs := g_studIDs();
END BEFORE STATEMENT;

AFTER EACH ROW
IS
BEGIN
  -- Store the inserted/updated students; the payment status may be updated
  -- without checking the constraint
  IF (  INSERTING
     OR (   UPDATING
        AND (  :new.studID <> :old.studID
            OR :new.NRIC <> :old.NRIC)))
  THEN
    g_studIDs.EXTEND;
    g_studIDs(g_studIDs.LAST) := :new.studID;
  END IF;
END AFTER EACH ROW;

AFTER STATEMENT
IS
  CURSOR csr_students
  IS
    SELECT sdt.studID
         , sdt.NRIC
    FROM TABLE(g_studIDs) sid
         INNER JOIN student sdt
          ON (sdt.studID = sid.column_value)
    ORDER BY sdt.NRIC;
  CURSOR csr_constraint_violations
    (p_studID student.studID%TYPE
    ,p_NRIC   student.studNRIC%TYPE)
  IS
    SELECT NULL
    FROM student sdt
    WHERE sdt.NRIC = p_NRIC
    AND sdt.paymentStatus = 'Bad Payment'
    AND sdt.studID <> p_studID;
  r_constraint_violation csr_constraint_violations%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
  -- Check if for any inserted/updated student there exists another record for
  -- the same NRIC with a Bad Payment status. Serialise the constraint for each
  -- NRIC so concurrent transactions do not affect each other
  FOR r_student IN csr_students LOOP
    request_lock('REJECT_NEW_ACCOUNT_' || r_student.NRIC);
    OPEN csr_constraint_violations(r_student.studID, r_student.NRIC);
    FETCH csr_constraint_violations INTO r_constraint_violation;
    IF csr_constraint_violations%FOUND THEN
      CLOSE csr_constraint_violations;
      raise_application_error(-20001, 'Student ' || r_student.NRIC || ' has Bad Payment status');
    ELSE
      CLOSE csr_constraint_violations;
    END IF;
  END LOOP;
END AFTER STATEMENT;

END;

A: I've removed the PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; for you and replace it with an exception to handle the issue, can you try if it works.
set define off;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER reject_new_account
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON CUSTOMER
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
    totover CHAR(100);
BEGIN
    SELECT distinct badStatus
    INTO totover
    FROM customer
    WHERE :NEW.nric = CUSTOMER.nric;
    IF totover = 'Non Payment' THEN
       RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR ( -20003,
        'Customer ' || :NEW.firstName||''||:NEW.lastName ||
        ' cannot create new account due to bad payment' );
    END IF;
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND
    THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_CHAR(SQLERRM(-20299)));
END;
/


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Police: Burlington man used deceit to enter home before physically, sexually assaulting woman
Danielle Gehr
Burlington police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint after using deceit to enter her home, according to a news release.
Steven Andrew Mauck, 37, of Burlington, is charged with second-degree sexual abuse — a class "B" felony — after a woman reported a man physically and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint in her home on North Eighth Street.
Police arrested Mauck Thursday at about 3:37 p.m.
A Burlington baking company connected the arrest to an earlier Facebook post about a man who raped the owner.
The post alleges the owner was violently raped at gunpoint in her home Tuesday. The assailant pretended to pay for a cookie order, according to the post.
The company reposted the police report of Mauck's arrest on their Facebook, stating, "They got him. It's going to be a long road of recovery but now [the owner will] be able to sleep knowing he can't hurt her anymore."
Mauck faced charges of sexual abuse and domestic abuse in 2017 which were dropped when the victim and sole witness no longer wished to testify.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call Burlington Area Crime Stoppers at 319-753-6835 or the Burlington Police Department at 319-753-8366.
Danielle Gehr is a breaking news reporter at the Des Moines Register. She can be reached by email at dgehr@dmreg.com, by phone at 515-284-8367 or on Twitter at @Dani_Gehr.
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The 1996–97 Hungarian Cup (Hungarian: Samsung Magyar Kupa) had involved professional teams at all levels throughout the country. The winner of the Hungarian Cup is guaranteed no worse than one of Hungary's one spots in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1997, MTK Budapest FC won the competition by beating NB I 6th place BVSC Budapest in the final on May 21, 1997.

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Good and Bad News in Latest Gallup Poll
Ammoland Inc. Posted on October 28, 2013 by Ammoland
NRA – ILA
Charlotte, NC –-(Ammoland.com)- Gallup's most recent poll on public attitudes toward gun laws shows that anti-gun activists and their friends in elected office and in the media have lost considerable ground over the years, and in the months since the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut in December last year.
However, it also shows that both sides in the gun control debate have their work cut out for them in the days ahead.
The poll found that 74% of respondents –an all-time high– oppose banning handguns, up from only 36% in 1959. Compounded with the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010), that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to have handguns and that it does so nationwide, that's bad news for the Brady Campaign, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and the Violence Policy Center, all formed by handgun prohibition activists in the 1970s and 1980s.
However, Gallup's poll found less opposition to gun control when less extreme laws are also considered. Asked "in general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?," 13% percent said "less strict" and 37% preferred that the laws be "kept as now." Forty-nine percent answered "more strict," down from 62% in 2000, up from 44% in 2011, and down from the 58% figure reported immediately after the Newtown crime.
One particularly bright spot in the poll is its finding that support for "more strict" gun control laws is highest among persons age 55 and older, and lowest among the youngest group polled, persons age 18-34 years. On the other hand, 27% of that age group favored a handgun ban, compared to only 18% among persons ages 35-54 years.
Of particular concern, however, is the vast difference in the gun control attitudes of self-described "Democrats" and "liberals," in comparison to those of "Republicans" and "conservatives."
The poll found that 77% of Democrats and 72% of liberals favor more restrictive gun control laws, as compared to only 33% of conservatives and 23% of Republicans. Similarly, 37% of Democrats and 33% of liberals support banning handguns, as compared to 17% of conservatives and 16% of Republicans.
Of course, in asking its questions, Gallup does not take the time to first remind people of the restrictive laws that are in place in some parts of the country. It's difficult to imagine that many Americans could think that the gun laws should be more strict in places such as California and the District of Columbia.
The "take-away" from the poll is that those of us who support the Second Amendment have, slowly but surely, been making our case with the American people, but by no means is the debate over the gun control issues that President Obama has brought to the national spotlight this year–moving one step closer to national registration of firearms by requiring private sales of firearms to be run through the instant background check system, or banning semi-automatic firearms and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds–anywhere close to having been resolved.
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
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Written on 30 August 2018 .
A leading local cancer doctor is calling on residents to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of blood cancer to help improve rates of early diagnosis.
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and NHS East Lancashire and NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are raising awareness of the symptoms of blood cancer, in an attempt to improve early diagnosis rates and save lives.
Blood cancer does not describe a single condition, but rather a group of conditions, which affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system (part of the immune system). These diseases are, unfortunately relatively common, and every year around 25,000 in the UK are diagnosed with blood cancer. Because of this, recognising symptoms early is really important, but the symptoms can vary a lot and can make spotting them a bit tricky. Despite this, doctors are urging that local people learn what to look for and seek help from their GP if they think there might be a problem.
Myeloma: Weight loss, fevers and infections, frequent broken bones, bone pain, persistent thirst, frequent urination, nausea, constipation.
Dr Neil Smith, an award winning Cancer research UK and Macmillan GP working across both East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen CCGs, said: "Blood cancer can be difficult to diagnose, and this is one of the reasons why it is such a serious problem. Often, blood cancer is only found in people once their illness has got to an advanced stage but if cancer is recognised earlier on, it is much easier to treat and potentially cure. Therefore, I would urge everyone to learn what the common symptoms of blood cancer are and to seek help if you have these, particularly if they are unexplained and persistent.


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Well all the range was pre-open after the employment numbers came out. So not much to play with during the day. The best plan was to get out with a little and then leave it alone. There will be other days.
I'm sure everyone knows that the Labor Department stats are heavily massaged. To me, it feels like the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984. Good intentioned, I'm sure. Oh, and also just given a huge boost to Obama – watch him milk that for all it's worth!
But a Government department surely should just report the facts – and then leave it to private sector data analysts to do their own seasonal adjusting, etc. etc. Market participants would then use the "value added" analysis that they feel has the best track record and has the best commentary.
Plus, just an aside on seasonal adjusting: it's totally necessary. Just look at a 12 month change and it eliminates having to adjust for seasonality. Duh.
Anyway, the Ministry of Truth is driving Charles Biderman of Trim Tabs to distraction. Great little videos – plus my daily weather report from SF.


Children's Book Review for "Willie Out West"
Willie Out West is a cute children's story about an imaginative little boy walrus who appears bored and has a big imagination. While waiting for supper, Willie imagines (or is it real?) that he goes on a Wild West adventure and saves a town, becoming their hero. He makes it back home in time for supper and thinks it was all a fun dream but then finds a sheriff's star on the floor. If you like anthropomorphizing animals in human roles, you will like this book! If you don't, you might not like it. This is a common theme in children's books and some will say that it is overdone, but I say if it's popular and it is what kids want, why not make more like it? I saw a few editing errors such as overuse of commas but nothing that put me off too much.


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Belarus president re-elected
Amid violent protests and cries of corruption, Alexander Lukashenko wins fourth term in office.
Thousands of opposition supporters denounced the results of the Belarus presidential elections [Reuters]
Alexander Lukashenko has won a fourth term as the president of Belarus following an election marred by a violent police crackdown on demonstrators and the arrest of opposition challengers.
The state electoral commission said early on Monday that Lukashenko had won 79.7 per cent with 100 per cent of votes counted in the former Soviet republic. It put voter turnout in sub-zero temperatures at more than 90 per cent.
Separately, Russian election observers invited by the Belarus leader ruled that the election was legitimate.
But international observers and western governments accused Belarus' leader of using fraud and violence to remain in power after more than 16 years of repressive rule, saying on Monday that Lukashenko's re-election had been seriously flawed.
US and European leaders have criticized Lukashenko for a wave of violence directed at rival presidential candidates and their supporters in the hours after the election.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said the count in Sunday's vote was "bad or very bad'' in half the country's precincts.
It also strongly criticised the violent dispersal by riot police of a post-election protest rally.
Lukashenko on Monday bristled at the criticism of how police handled the demonstration, saying it was beyond the OSCE election observers' mandate.
"What does what happened at night have to do with the election? The election was over,'' he said at a news conference.
Exit polls had indicated that Lukashenko, 56, was likely to win a fourth term in office, with over 79 per cent of the vote, according to one pro-government pollster.
Up to 10,000 people marched through the country's snow-bound capital, Minsk, on Sunday chanting "Out!", "Long Live Belarus!" and other anti-Lukashenko slogans in one of the most significant challenges yet to his iron-fisted, 16-year rule.
Police crackdown
Then riot police waded in, beating people with batons on Independence Square. Some protesters threw stones and snowballs at police.
Several people were left sprawled on the ground, including an elderly woman who had been hit on the head. Others were bundled into police cars.
One of the candidates, Andrei Sannikov, had earlier told the crowd: "Down with the rule of Lukashenko, freedom for Belarus!"
Another, Vladimir Neklyayev, was beaten by police who fired into the air to disperse a column of supporters trying to join the main rally. His wife, Olga Neklyayev, said he was later taken by police from his hospital bed, where he was recovering from head injuries, where he was attacked again.
The candidate's wife told Al Jazeera that her husband was dragged out his hospital bed and beaten.
"He started to struggle so they dragged him onto the floor in a blanket and started to pull him across the floor and out of the room while locking me inside ... where I kept on screaming," said Olga Neklyayev. She said her husband has been kidnapped.
"It was hell. I don't know what country I'm living in. I don't know what's going on here," she said, adding that no one came to help her and her husband.
"It means somebody gave an order to get rid of the nurses so that this could happen. It was very well planned."
Police were detaining Neklyayev, Sannikov and at least two others who ran against Lukashenko, their aides said.
The opposition says Lukashenko rigged the vote.
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The European Union is watching closely, weighing how far to engage with the country of 10 million on its eastern flank, amid tension between Lukashenko and Russia, his chief benefactor.
The head of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said the incident involving Neklyayev was unacceptable.
"This cowardly attack on a defenceless candidate for president of Belarus is outrageous and disgraceful," he said in a statement.
Al Jazeera's Neave Barker, reporting from Minsk on Monday, said "no election in recent years [in Belarus] has been deemed free and fair by international observers."
But Lukashenko is quite popular throughout the the country, where people long for "stability, security and a predictable leadership from someone that they know and trust".
However, our correspondent also pointed out that that the opposition's opinion differs - it holds that this "has not been a free and fair election ... this whole campaign was skewed very much in Lukashenko's favour.
"The president, of course, is in control of the state media, and obviously the opposition have, in the whole process, in the run-up to the election, been denied the kind of mass coverage afforded by the president."
During Lukashenko rule Belarus's command economy has been propped up by energy subsidies from chief ally Russia. The country serves as a buffer between Russia and NATO and a transit route for Russian gas heading to Europe.
But relations with Moscow have been on the rocks in recent years, and Lukashenko, a mustachioed former state farm director, has been courting the West.
The European Union has dangled the prospect of financial aid if Sunday's vote is deemed fair. It will take its cue from monitors from the OSCE, who report back on Monday.
Lukashenko crushed dissent harshly in the early years of his rule, jailing opponents and muzzling the media. He was dubbed Europe's "last dictator" by the Bush administration.


Did you know that May is National Fitness Month? Whether your preferred exercise is running, hiking, tennis, or biking, you can work up a sweat while enjoying the great outdoors thanks to the many wonderful parks in West Cobb County.
Smyrna, Kennesaw, and Marietta real estate is extremely sought-after for many reasons, but the lush, shaded trails and scenic views of the local park systems sure don't hurt. If you're thinking of relocating to West Cobb, check out the list below to discover some of our best parks!
Located in Smyrna, Heritage Park is a 105-acre nature preserve and home to one of the area's best running trails, Silver Comet Trail. The 1.7-mile trail combines a soft surface trail with an elevated boardwalk over the wetlands of Nickajack Creek. While this park does not allow biking, runners and walkers will definitely enjoy the views of wetlands, mill ruins, and the historic Concord Covered Bridge.
The Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is not just a haven for history buffs! This 2,965 acre park is a popular destination for local runners and hikers, who enjoy 18 miles of well-kept trails.
Located just minutes from the heart of Marietta, Laurel Park has something for the whole family. Amenities include 13 lighted tennis courts, a one-mile walking path, a playground, a full outdoor basketball court, and a sand volleyball court. Picnic tables, grills, and shuffleboard courts make this a great park for grilling out and enjoying an afternoon in addition to the sports amenities.
Want to make this area your home? If you are looking for a home for sale in Cobb County, contact your local real estate market experts, Barry Wolfert and Lisa Wrenn of the Wolfert & Wrenn Real Estate Team with Keller Williams today!


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Equal Education has called for the government to consider a basic income grant or to continue the top-up of child support grants. The organisation said research has shown that there is a strong link between socio-economic status and the way that learners perform at school.
Earlier this year, the department said providing learners with meals while they are at home is more expensive than when they are at school. This is why Equal Education is not impressed by the fact that the department will not get more funds from the National Treasury.
The department was taken to court after it had stopped feeding learners during the nationwide lockdown in March. In July, the High Court ordered the Department of Basic Education to immediately provide food to all learners who qualify to be part of the feeding scheme.
There were however, some problems along the way, like the department failing to follow through with other requests in the court order.
The department has struggled to provide learners with meals since many learners have not been going to school to fetch meals. Some learners had trouble with finding transport and some had trouble with the rotational timetable introduced by the department.
The rotational timetable meant learners would either go to school once every few days or once a week. Now that the timetable has been in effect for some months, it has not been working as well as it was expected to work.
"It is unacceptable that learners and families may be unaware that they can fetch the school meals they are entitled to because of poor communication from education departments, or because they might not have transport to school."
In June, the National Treasury cut the Basic Education budget by R2.1 billion. This reduced the department's budget from R25.3 billion to R23.2 billion.
These budget cuts have affected nearly 2 000 school infrastructure projects, leaving many schools with little to no money for textbooks and school furniture.
Equal Education has requested for the government to classify the Department of Basic Education as a frontline department that is active in the fight against Covid-19.
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They call the Major League Baseball offseason the hot stove league, but let's be honest. This process has become more like a vintage Easy Bake Oven, cooking up new contracts not with a burst of flaming gas but with a 100-watt light bulb.
The situation could experience a seismic shift at any point, of course, but as of Friday afternoon the pace remained tepid — just as it was a year ago. Starting pitchers Dallas Keuchel and Gio Gonzalez are still out there waiting for a phone call, as are outfielders A.J. Pollock and Nick Markakis, and shortstop Jose Iglesias, and relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel, and third baseman Mike Moustakas and utility man extraordinaire Marwin Gonzalez and a lot of other damn good ballplayers.
On Friday, ESPN's free-agency tracker listed 22 of its top 50 players as still on the market, following the Yankees' acquisition of second baseman D.J. LeMahieu. CBS Sports put the figure at 20 of its top 50 free agents.
OK, that doesn't sound terrible. We're just 12 days into January, and the majority of the top baseball freelancers have found homes. But remember, this includes all the guys who signed with their 2018 teams, like pitchers Nathan Eovaldi of the Red Sox, Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Dodgers and J.A. Happ of the Yankees. You would expect some of these players to be wrapped up early by their existing clubs.
And those are just the top-tier candidates. The ESPN site was listing 172 ballplayers still looking for contracts as of Friday. Many of them would be worthy contributors, if not standouts.
Locally, the A's have been mildly active, re-signing pitcher Mike Fiers and gobbling up reliever Joakim Soria and catcher Chris Herrmann. Meanwhile, the Giants have broken the bank by signing ambidextrous reliever Pat Venditte for $585,000.
But it isn't just the percentage of players inking deals. It's the length of those agreements. Of the top 28 freshly signed players on that ESPN chart, only eight received contracts of three years or longer. There has really been only one deal all offseason that could be construed as a whopper. That would be the six-year, $140 million contract that starting pitcher Patrick Corbin shook loose from the Nationals.
Most of the free agents have failed to gain any long-term security. Ryu, C.C. Sabathia (Yankees), catcher Yasmani Grandal (Brewers), third baseman Josh Donaldson (Braves), designated hitter Nelson Cruz (Twins) and pitcher Matt Harvey (Angels) are among those who came away with one-year deals.
Grandal will get $18.25 million for that one season in Milwaukee. That's nothing to sniff at. But how does Grandal, who was an All-Star in 2015, a top-25 MVP vote-getter in 2016 and a World Series starter in 2018 — at one of the most sought-after positions in the sport — warrant nothing more than a one-year tryout?
Meanwhile, the two whales of 2019 MLB free agency, outfielder Bryce Harper and infielder Manny Machado, aren't finding the lines around the block they might have expected. Multiple outlets report that only three or four teams are making serious runs at the two young sluggers.
I get it. There's a logic behind all of it.
Take the hesitancy over Harper and Machado. Plenty of MLB teams have been burned by uber-contracts in recent years. The Tigers paid Miguel Cabrera $30 million last season, the third in an eight-year, $248 million deal, and he played just 38 games. The Angels are still limping along under the burden of the 10-year, $240 million contract they gave Albert Pujols in 2012; he hit .245 with 64 RBIs in 2018. Chris Davis signed with the Orioles for seven years and $161 million in 2016; last year he hit .168, with an on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.539) fit for a pitcher.
So yeah, it's hard to fault teams for not committing to one player, even someone as talented as Harper, for a decade.
And Major League Baseball figured out something else last year, in regard to second-tier veterans. They carry much less value than players in the early stages of their contracts. Those younger players are under team control. The most they can hope for is to win a case in arbitration, which still wouldn't gain them anything close to veteran money. Analytics have demonstrated that it's savvier to sign several guys under team control than one relatively pricey vet. And that's what teams did last offseason, repeatedly.
It all looks pretty kosher at the micro level. It's only when you pan out to the big picture that baseball feels shady.
Then you see Tuesday's report from the Associated Press noting that combined payroll for all 30 MLB teams declined by $18 million from 2017 to 2018. It was the league's first cumulative payroll decrease in eight years. And (checks notes) it corresponded with MLB's 16th consecutive year of record-breaking revenue.
Yes, Major League Baseball brought in $10.3 billion in profit — a figure that does not include the sale of BAMTech (a video streaming platform) to Disney for $2.58 billion. And responded by trimming the money it pays its players.
How is this even possible? Because MLB's collective bargaining agreement sets no conditions on percentage of revenue due to the athletes. In the NFL, players are guaranteed 47 percent of defined revenue. In the NHL, it's 50 percent. The NBA calls for 51 percent, though it can shrink to 49 percent under certain conditions.
MLB's revenue split has historically been right in line with those numbers. But it has been based on precedent, not on negotiated numbers. The system had always worked. Now it's not working.
No, don't feel sorry for Charlie Morton. But why would you have a shred of sympathy for the Blue Jays, the team cutting him the deal? Major League Baseball is part of Big Entertainment. It is awash in money. When teams slow down the market and get tight-fisted with veteran players, they aren't merely impacting their employees. They are disrespecting the game. They're disrespecting the fans who pay to watch.
MLB's current CBA is backward, one-sided and in dire need of an overhaul. Unfortunately, it doesn't expire until December of 2021. That means at least two more years of team owners tossing around nickels as if they were shot puts. It means two more years of the Easy Bake Oven league. Think about that the next time you pay $14.50 for a beer and a hot dog at Oracle Park and settle in to watch Pat Venditte work a couple of batters in mop-up duty.


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GM Workers Need International Unity
Post on: September 30, 2019
Ben Fredericks
The strike at General Motors in the U.S. is entering its third week. GM is a global corporation that employs workers in 140 countries. International strikes are necessary to win real gains.
As tens of thousands of GM strikers stand in picket lines, they are expressing the basic ideas of the workers' movement: strength in numbers; unity in action; solidarity. To fight successfully against the auto bosses, workers need unity. When full-time and part-time workers, workers of all races, genders and ethnicities come together, the union is strong. And conversely, when workers are divided amongst ourselves, that's when the boss tends to win out.
The labor movement has kept the idea of solidarity alive, and that idea is being tested by today's GM strike. Fiat Chysler and Ford workers have joined the GM picket lines in many places because they know they are in a common struggle against the Big Three automakers. Teamsters have vowed not to transport struck GM vehicles out of solidarity. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) local 241 of Chicago participated in a caravan of solidarity, driving over two hours to the Fort Wayne, Indiana GM assembly plant to join UAW local 551's picket line. Examples like these are common because union activists are holding up the motto "an injury to one is an injury to all." And while solidarity efforts like these are often ignored by mainstream media, they are indispensable for winning.
Solidarity messages have also come in from abroad, demonstrating that workers' solidarity need not be confined to national boundaries. Auto workers from the Brazilian Conlutas union federation posted a video solidarizing with American UAW workers currently on strike. Similarly, Mexican auto workers from the GM factory in Silao wrote a letter of support to fellow GM workers in the U.S. South Korean GM workers, who are at this moment fighting against precarious work and for the reinstallment of laid-off workers, sent their solidarity as well. And the powerful displays of international solidarity should make us question: why have so many U.S. unions, including the UAW, embraced "America first" rhetoric? The majority of GM workers are currently living outside the United States, how much solidarity are we going to show them?
Equal Pay for Equal Work, Everywhere!
Many UAW members may be familiar with the mechanism by which companies use cheap labor to drive down wages. This phenomenon exists within GM plants in the form of second-tier and temp workers, as well as regional wage differentials, whereby union workers earn more in the Midwest than they do in the mostly non-union southern states. Additionally, the auto bosses and other capitalist interests have historically paid women, Black people, immigrants and other sectors below the prevailing wage as a means of dividing the workforce and exerting a downward pressure on wages. This is achieved through straight up paying less for the same jobs or, more commonly, by segregating women and Black workers into the lowest paid positions. Women continue to make twenty percent less than male workers on average, despite doing the same jobs, while the wage disparity is even greater for Black workers. The union movement has done well when it has supported equality among its members.
Yet there are huge sectors of auto workers internationally that have been completely ignored by American unions. For instance, Mexican GM auto workers face starvation wages of $2 per hour, typically working 12 hour shifts. Auto workers are paid equally abysmal wages in many other regions in the Global South. Thus, if the American labor movement is to reverse the downward pressure on wages, which is why the auto companies outsource factories in the first place, we must embrace our fellow workers around the world who are fighting the same broad fights as UAW members.
An inspiring example of international labor collaboration took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil last month. Industriall-union.org, of which the UAW is listed as an affiliate, reports that GM auto workers from Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil met on August 13 to discuss a united campaign against the casualization of the company's auto production in Latin America. GM is threatening to close its operations in many regions in South America, which would devastate the workforce there. But UAW was nowhere to be found. Instead of prioritizing international collaboration and solidarity, the UAW leadership focuses exclusively on American auto workers, and no one else. Such attitudes are reminiscent of the old craft guilds that refused to organize along industrial lines. "America first" protectionism is the old guild mentality writ large on today's international landscape of auto production. Workers can do better.
UAW has shown solidarity before. It must again.
In 2017 and 2018, the UAW sent delegations to South Korea to show solidarity with imprisoned Korean labor activists. The UAW's often-ignored publication, Solidarity Magazine, explained why:
The UAW joined labor unions from around the world, including IndustriALL, a global union federation which represents over 600 unions in the manufacturing sectors. The unions were there to support the Korean labor movement and demand the release of KCTU President Han and KCTU General Secretary Lee Young-joo.
The union continued this important solidarity initiative in 2018, when it again sent a delegation to South Korea to petition for the release of the jailed labor activists. Such international solidarity must be extended to include workers in Mexico, China, and beyond.
Visits by union leaders are not enough, however. Bureaucrats will often make statements of solidarity without organizing any militant actions that involve the membership in the struggle. Rank-and-file workers need to get to know their fellow workers from different countries, and begin to coordinate strike action across borders. This is what is happening with Amazon workers in Europe, for example, despite union leaders putting on the breaks. Immediate things that GM workers in the U.S. could do is to reciprocate the type of solidarity that has been shown to them by South Korean and Mexican workers. GM workers in South Korea are going on strike against outsourcing. We need to work towards unified international strikes. This means calling on union leaders to do this—but also working to link of the rank-and-file.
The Billionaire Class is the Enemy
Today's political climate is more polarized than it has been in decades. Working class communities across the country are divided by political affiliation, by religion, by skin color, and by legal status. Many other demarcations keep us separated. And while it may be challenging to imagine an inclusive, proud, militant working-class identity that unites us all in solidarity and respect, it is obvious that today's divisions only help the billionaire class keep control. If working people united, what need would we have for the wealthy employers feeding off of our blood and sweat?
Immigration, and the broader question of how the U.S. relates to other countries, has become front and center of American politics today. Xenophobia has poisoned the hearts of many American workers in recent years. Instead of solidarizing with migrants who have been forced to flee their native countries due to extreme poverty and instability, many American workers have joined in Trump's hateful blame games, imagining migrant workers are somehow the enemy of native-born workers. This type of anti-immigrant attitude is premised on the false assumption that American workers need to fight with other workers for a slice of the ever-shrinking economic pie.
Instead of using the boss's logic, whereby workers compete with each other along national lines, why not work together, as part of the international working class, to improve the lives of everyone? Every sector of workers can have a piece of the pie if workers run the kitchen. Why not fight for quality, union jobs for all? Why not reject the fear-mongering of the anti-union media, and embrace our fellow workers wherever they reside? If workers everywhere worked together on the basis of class solidarity and mutual uplift, there would be no need for detention camps, border patrols or military conflicts over resources. That is the vision that scares the auto bosses most.
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Does your dental SEO company do these four things? Let Danny, Director of Web Services at GPM, show you what a good dental SEO company should be doing to ensure customers like you are getting the right kind of help and the dental SEO results you want.
1) The importance of transparency from your dental SEO company. They should always be open and honest about their work and your results.
2) What you need to know about setting expectations with your dental SEO company. A good company should be able to help you set realistic expectations for how your website can and should be performing. If someone is promising you page one results in a really competitive market, they could just be out to take your money.
3) Why a good dental SEO company should always be aware of what's going on with Google even when they're trying to be coy about changes to their algorithm.
4) Why your next dental SEO company should work with you to help build or update your dental website to meet Google's E-A-T guidelines.
Press play and let Danny help you learn about to choose a great dental SEO company. You'll learn a lot in just two minutes. Don't forget to check out our other YouTube videos. They feature FREE tips and tricks that are essential to growing your practice presence in your community and online.
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The story of Nadav and Avihu is both dramatic and quick, at least in the Torah. It is an unmitigated disaster: at the height of human success when the Divine Presence descended to dwell within a man-made creation – the Mishkan – Nadav and Avihu stepped over halachic boundaries and brought upon themselves instantaneous death from Heaven.
While this sounds somewhat extreme, it is important to recall how much emphasis Judaism places on the transmission of Torah tradition as the basis of everyday Jewish life and belief. Maintaining the integrity of that tradition means maintaining the integrity of the teacher-student relationship, which by definition cannot be reversed. For, it is the previous generation that is the current generation's link to all the previous generations before it, going all the way back to Moshe Rabbeinu and Mt. Sinai.
In other words, there is something special about the rabbis who recorded the Mishnah and the Talmud, and certainly those who preceded them in the Talmudic chain. It wasn't just their sterling character traits or prowess of intellectual ability, but something called "Ruach HaKodesh," which literally means "holy spirit" but which, in this case refers to a kind of supernatural connection to Heaven.
Thus, on the outside they may appear merely like great rabbis, but on the inside there is a supernatural pipeline to Heaven that guides their thinking and provides them with insights the average person cannot know. As a reward for developing their fear of G-d, that is, their belief in the hand of G-d in all that occurs, G-d shares with them Heavenly secrets. Even to this day, G-d shares "secrets" with those who fear Him – acknowledge His Existence and live each day with the reality of It.
Based upon this, Rav Elyashiv has more to add, as we will now discuss, b"H.
If someone approaches the Talmud with the assumption that it is only the product of rabbis from the distant past and that his "modern" opinion may hold more merit than theirs, every time he runs into an intellectual road block he is bound to assume that his opinion is the correct one. Given the choice to abandon his own opinion in the matter or that of the rabbis, like so many before and after him, he will hold fast to his own opinion. Otherwise, he will have to change his way of thinking which may seem less safe (and certainly less convenient) than ignoring rabbis who are not alive today to enforce their viewpoint.
This is the reason for all the "strange fires" that have been offered throughout the ages, fires "not commanded of them." Without the proper respect for the rabbis before them they have gone and changed Judaism to their liking, breaking the link in their family.
For those who have grown up secular without the proper exposure to Torah and its history, there is almost no choice in the matter. How can they be expected to respect the rabbis of the Talmud if they don't know what it is or who they were?
However, many others have or will be exposed to enough of the Talmud, and/or the rabbis of that period of history to be confronted with a decision: do I accept my understanding over theirs and reject it, or do I assume that they may have known something we don't, even today after all we have gone through since their time? Do I simply have faith in Torah and their explanation of it?
After all, this was the first time a student (Chava) assumed that her understanding and appreciation of the moment was greater than her own teacher's (Adam). Furthermore, to succeed at carrying through with this tremendous transgression, she had to somehow exclude G-d from the picture, which she apparently did.
It was the first time, and it certainly wasn't the last time, as this week's parshah shows. Worse yet, as Jewish history continues to reveal, as it becomes increasingly harder to find Jews loyal to the tradition of Talmud, going all the way back to its origins.
There is the other side to the story which transforms Nadav and Avihu from being bad guys into good guys. One might assume that Moshe was only trying to comfort his mournful brother. However, "Toras Moshe" is "Toras Emes" – one-hundred percent truth – and therefore Moshe's statement must be one of fact, not to mention prophecy. This is certainly the approach that all of the commentators take when scrambling to prove how it is true.
Every soul has five levels to it – from the bottom up: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah, and Yechidah – that help to filter G-d's light so that our bodies can physically exist while interacting with the spiritual. The three lowest levels are considered to be less spiritual compared to the two uppermost levels, which are too spiritual to be contained by any kind of vessel, let alone a body. Therefore, they are said to be encompassing levels (makifim) as opposed to those on the "inside" (penimim).
In other words, the part of the soul called "Penimi" was the actual soul that Pinchas had been born with, and which could not separate from his body except through death. However, the part of the soul called the "Makif" which came to him from Nadav and Avihu, entered him while he was a full-grown adult while he was already alive as an "additional soul," like a fetus within its mother. Therefore, it could come and go without killing Pinchas in the process.
This transformation, explains the Arizal, not only made Pinchas spiritually greater, but it triggered a process of which we will be the beneficiaries of at the End-of-Days, as we will show, b"H, perhaps even as early as this Shavuos!
Thus, because Nadav and Avihu died through the incident in this week's parshah, their souls from Kayin were available for reincarnation and rectification. Thus, when Pinchas killed Zimri in his act of zealousness on behalf of G-d, he drew those souls towards himself and initiated a process that brought other souls towards him that literally transformed him into Eliyahu the Prophet!
May it occur in our time, and if this is really the eighth year of the Sh'mittah Cycle that we are in, you can't begin to imagine how great the potential is for this period between Pesach and Shavuos to be that time. Depending upon where we are holding in history, it is a potential that could be actualized whether we're ready or not.


VIC Restriction on Publication of Court Proceeding Except the Media?
Discussion in 'Family Law Forum' started by 457Visafraud, 11 July 2017.
It's a typical case of false family and domestic violence claim so why there are no restrictions on these Court rules?
The case you have linked is not a proceeding under the Family Law Act, so the restriction on publication that is found in s121 of the Family Law Act doesn't apply.
How it's not linked to the Family Law Act? Because he was not found guilty?
Because assault allegations such as those in the article you linked are criminal matters, not proceedings brought under the Family Law Act.
It is not related to the fact that he was found not guilty.
Did you know that the Commonwealth is allowed to breach s121 Family Law Act? They placed a copy of my Family Court Orders on a Contract for Sale which was disseminated to the public; the Registrar General of NSW uploaded the Orders onto its public register; the solicitor for the Commonwealth uploaded details of my Family Court case onto the Internet.
Did you know that that the Australian Federal Police, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, the Family Court, the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department all ignored my complaints? And why? Because the Commonwealth is protecting the Commonwealth. I await the decision by the Federal Court in the coming weeks. I invite your comments.
I feel sorry about your experience, in my bad experience it has been the Magistrate Court protecting the Magistrate Court.
The Judges are like the "untouchables" so once they've made a decision, there is nothing you can do but to employ a Lawyer who will discourage you by doing anything because it'll cost too much while gaining nothing!
Thanks 457Visafraud. If s121 Family Law Act turns about to be a farsical law then there will be no stopping my publishing. I thought we had a Rule of Law in Australia but like s121 FLA, it appears to be a farce as well.
I've heard quotes like "a fair to go", "innocent until proven guilty", "proud to be Australian" etc. etc. all of these are just a bull not because I don't believe in them but because who protect and regulate these Australian values have made me not believe in them anymore!
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I stopped using Facebook. There are many reasons for that, using tax hole to avoid taxes, privacy concerns and others. But I have to admit Facebook was really easy to keep in touch with my friends. All my friends are in there and once you are not on facebook, you stop hearing from them.
I was since exploring open source alternatives to replace Facebook. But there isn't any good alternatives yet and all of them requires a complex setup (this is if you want to host it to keep all data to yourself, there are open source social networks hosted by others and they are quite easy to join). I believe if we want to get rid of all those big companies profiting from selling our data, we need a simple setup that can handled by anyone. So I was thinking of something that has following features.
First, it would be easy to setup. Ideally people can just start it on their laptop or desktop (and if possible on mobile phone). They can probably run a binary or executable and it will start the instance.
Second, everyone will have their own instances. so when I add a friend, it will actually add a link to other instance from my one and whenever the other instance posts something (for me or to everyone) it will then grab it and queue it in my message/notification list.
third, we need a way to deliver the messages when the receiver is turned off. I think this is a big challange as if I'm sending a message to my friend and my friend's instance is turned off, then the message needs to be somewhere that will try sending that message again (like mailservers).
Each of these issues have challenges that needs resolving. For the first issue, we need a system similar to DNS system that can search and find those instances. Second issue is already handled by systems like matrix and similar implementations. Third issue needs more thinking as we need the messages to be stored somewhere when the sender or receiver goes offline. P2P could be a possibility, or we can check how Dovecot future implementation (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/12/openxchange_imap_chat_killer_app/) might work with this.
Using unijoy on Ubuntu 17.04 is similar to what it was before. First thing is Ibus and m17n engine needs to be installed on your system before this could be done.
If you only want unijoy, then you don't need to add m17n-contrib in your command. this will install ibus on your system with m17n engine (this engine has Bangla/Bengali and other East Asian Language writing system). You can also use Ubuntu's software centre to install Ibus.
Now type the following in your terminal.
This will list all the Bangla/Bengali keyboard layout installed on your system.
Type dconf-editor in your terminal and the editor will run. Now you can make changes in there.
You have to change following settings to get Unijoy layout added as your keyboard layout.
org.gnome.desktop.input-sources and update the value of sources from there.
In order to do it, click to expand org, then find and click on gnome from there. After that expand desktop and then click on input-sources.
('ibus', 'm17n:bn:unijoy'). For other keyboard settings, change bn:unijoy with something else. For example, if you want inscript layout, changed the second settings to something like this ('ibus', 'm17n:bn:probhat').
That's it. Now you'll be able to see unijoy layout, or other layout along with the default keyboard layout. [Update: You need to restart ibus in order to start using the unijoy layout. To restart 'ibus' type ibus restart in terminal and press enter.]. Please note that, before ubuntu 15, the default keyboard shortcut for changing input method was ctrl+space, but in ubuntu 15, the shortcut is super+space.
If you want to change keyboard shortcut to switch between keyboard layouts, then go to Settings>Region & Language Settings and then goto input sources tab and on the right hand side, you'll see shortcut settings. You can choose which keys to press to switch between keyboard layouts.
Assamese language has the same alphabets like Bangla, but if you however don't want to use Assamese fonts, then just skip that package name (fonts-lohit-beng-assamese).
Updating my ubuntu to 13.10 just removed my input method settings and as a result I was unable to write in Bangla (Bengali) using unijoy layout anymore. I spent quite a long time trying to find a fix for it and writing it down here so that I can remember the steps if needed again.
First thing is Ibus and m17n engine needs to be installed on your system before this could be done. There is a good tutorial on how to do that in Joydeep Bakshi's website (update: as of Aug 14, 2014, it seems this website is down). However we do not need all the steps mentioned in there, so I'll write down what to do step by step.


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Mike O'Hagan's Take On Outsourcing
Posted on February 10, 2022 by Outsource Accelerator
The OA podcast features Mike O'Hagan. Mike organizes business tours for entrepreneurs looking to outsource and invest in the Philippines. He is also the chairman of the board for Shore360, a BPO company located in Clark, Pampanga.
Mike O'Hagan
Derek Gallimore talks with Mike O'Hagan. Mike does intensive business tours for companies looking to explore outsourcing in the Philippines. He also runs Shore360, a BPO company based in Clark, Pampanga.
in this episode, Derek and Mike share insights about outsourcing in the Philippines. They talk about how COVID has impacted the global outsourcing industry, the importance of people and training, and the future trends that will affect the workplace.
How Mike started in the outsourcing industry
Mike once founded and managed Mini Movers, a moving business in Australia, for 38 years before selling it four years ago. Having experienced financial troubles a decade ago, he turned to the Philippines to get the business back on its feet.
The company's great outcome led Mike to share his experience with other entrepreneurs within his area. He then established Mike's Business Tours and took around 500 foreigners on a three-day intensive business tour in Manila and Clark.
Mike's Business Tours has been running since 2010 until COVID "shut [the business] down quickly."
The future of Mike's Business Tours
During his time in Australia, Mike considered "going digital" with his tours. However, given the complexity, he realized that this is "hard to turn into something [clients] sit and watch digitally."
Per Mike, the experience that clients get from in-person tours is "difficult to replicate." It would take them "a lot of hours [and] information [to take]; most of it [unexpected]." What's more, his tours are not built at a fixed pace. Clients "never know what was coming next," adding an element of thrill to it.
Further, Mike hopes that his tours "will be back" in up to 12 months, as soon as the pandemic ends.
COVID's impact on the outsourcing industry
Mike saw some of his major clients outsource their services during the pandemic – but not in the Philippines. Instead, they moved their services to neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam with "big numbers."
The first few months of lockdown brought most businesses in trouble, especially those in the travel industry. Then came "a huge push" in outsourcing services.
Compared to the Philippines, countries like Vietnam opened up early and "[stepped up] with better offers" and tax incentives for clients.
Yet, Mike still hopes the Philippines remains"the golden boy" despite the tighter outsourcing competition. This is since the country has a better edge in terms of wages, the English language, and cultural affinity to developed countries.
Only, the country could face short-term uncertainty in government policies which Mike hopes to "settle down with the right leadership."
Outsourcing in the Australian market
Despite the focus on cheap wages, Mike said most of his clients came to the Philippines because of labor shortages. According to him, most businesses jump into offshoring since "it [is] easy to do" than hiring local workers.
Overcoming the Great Depression, the offshoring expert implied that a similar period of disruption happened with the pandemic. This could bring a "shift in the way people think" as a result, with the younger generation having a more short-term outlook.
The world sees a "massive surge to offshoring" with the mass resignations and shortages happening. However, with AI wiping away "lower, more automated" jobs, small and medium businesses would be after "smart workers" instead of process-driven ones.
Work-from-home vs work-from-office setup
Mike believes that workers with higher skill sets and qualifications "[will] work from home" while lower-skilled ones will work in the office.
In the Philippines, Mike recognizes that Filipinos "are scared of COVID." Feeling safer at home, employees "are arguing with their bosses" to retain their remote setup. He expects this to change "when COVID disappears" as more clients are "pushing to pull [employees] back in the office."
Mike admits that having remote teams is now accepted with the improved productivity and cheaper costs. However, knowledge sharing and collaboration is way different compared to having office work.
He added that a lot of houses in the Philippines "are not suitable for work-from-home [setup]." Many Filipino employees still live in an extended family setting, making it prone to distractions and background noises.
Also, internet connection is "still wobbly" in Filipino houses, a far cry from infrastructures in other countries.
How the perception in outsourcing changed
Mike agrees that more people see outsourcing as a "level-playing field" in running a globalized business.
During his early tours, entrepreneurs are astounded to know they can delegate their businesses in the Philippines. Mike recalled that they "never realized the roles that the Filipinos were doing" until the tour happened.
What's more, the talk on outsourcing veered away from the costs to the location of their employees, whether in Manila or in the province.
At the same time, cultural differences and accents are not a big deal nowadays. According to Mike, even countries like Australia have become "more multicultural."
He advises each of his clients that hiring a Filipino workforce is "exactly the same" as hiring locally. They have to provide good salaries, create a good work environment, and treat their workers well to keep them satisfied.
The power of 'people' and 'training' when outsourcing
According to Mike, "people" and "training" are the keys to successful offshoring.
Mike believes that companies should "do 80% of the same way [and] 20% experimenting" to easily adapt to change. Having "rigid and fixed" processes make it harder for clients to outsource. This is because they will have less engagement with their teams.
According to him, there is a "massive opportunity for entrepreneurs to [build operations] in the Philippines." Particularly, huge opportunities await in terms of "training Filipinos in a specific niche." Training offshore employees and getting them to adjust makes teams "easy to sell" in their operations.
Also, Mike advises two things when hiring outsourced employees:
Hiring and training less experienced people. Even from his experience, hiring and training less-experienced people brings companies "more wages, [better] loyalty, and less staff churn."
Building a reliable team. According to Mike, building a team instead of hiring a "unicorn" is most important for companies to succeed.
Clients can reach out to Mike through his email, [email protected], and his LinkedIn page.