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A.M. No. MTJ-99-1188 July 2, 2001 - JOSE E. GURAY v. FABIAN M. BAUTISTA
A.M. No. P-01-1481 July 5, 2001 - RCBC v. NOEL V. QUILANTANG
G.R. No. 135199 July 5, 2001 - CRISOSTOMO MAGAT, ET AL. v. ALBERT M. DELIZO, ET AL.
G.R. No. 141285 July 5, 2001 - CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, ET AL. v. CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE EMPLOYEES' UNION
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G.R. No. 144275 July 5, 2001 - NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
A.M. No. 97-2-53-RTC July 6, 2001 - RE: FERDINAND J. MARCOS
G.R. No. 132318 July 6, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. FERNANDO F. MUERONG
G.R. No. 134114 July 6, 2001 - NESTLE PHIL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
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G.R. Nos. 137608-09 July 6, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. REMEGIO TAGANNA
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G.R. Nos. 131856-57 July 9, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. WILLIAM MONTINOLA
G.R. Nos. 85494, 85496 & 195071 July 10, 2001 - CHOITHRAM JETHMAL RAMNANI, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 126166 July 10, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL v. ALLAN TEJADA
G.R. No. 133928 July 10, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. NECESARIO HIJAPON, ET AL.
G.R. No. 136267 July 10, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. FIDEL ABRENICA CUBCUBIN, JR.
G.R. Nos. 142801-802 July 10, 2001 - BUKLOD NG KAWANING EIIB, ET AL. v. RONALDO B. ZAMORA, ET AL.
A.M. No. MTJ-00-1253 July 11, 2001 - KIAT REAPORT, ET AL. v. EFREN S. MARIANO
A.M. No. P-01-1452 July 11, 2001 - FERMA C. PORTIC v. MARIO B. LOPEZ, ET AL.
G.R. No. P-01-1479 July 11, 2001 - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR v. RUBEN B. ALBAYTAR
G.R. No. 104802 July 11, 2001 - AURELIA S. LLANA, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 108301 & 132539 July 11, 2001 - MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 108346 July 11, 2001 - MARIANO Z. VELARDE, ET AL v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 135210 July 11, 2001 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. ISABELA CULTURAL CORP.
G.R. No. 137050 July 11, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. GEORGE CORTES
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G.R. No. 140974 July 11, 2001 - RAMON ORO v. GERARDO D. DIAZ
A.M. No. MTJ-01-1349 July 12, 2001 - BERNADETTE MONDEJAR v. MARINO S. BUBAN
G.R. No. 101974 July 12, 2001 - VICTORIA P. CABRAL v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 102313 July 12, 2001 - R. F. NAVARRO & CO. v. FORTUNATO A. VAILOCES, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 102696, 102716, 108257 & 120954 July 12, 2001 - ALBERTO LOOYUKO, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 104223 July 12, 2001 - TIBURCIO SAMONTE v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 104383 July 12, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. VALERIANO AMESTUZO, ET AL.
G.R. No. 112590 July 12, 2001 - STATE INVESTMENT HOUSE v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 131638-39 July 12, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. LORETO D. MEDENILLA
G.R. No. 138737 July 12, 2001 - FINMAN GEN. ASSURANCE CORP., v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 138576-77 July 13, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JIMMY JACOB
A.M. No. MTJ-00-1322 July 17, 2001 - RENATO H. SANCHEZ v. GEMINIANO A. EDUARDO
A.M. No. P-01-1484 July 17, 2001 - JOSE R. ASTORGA v. NICOLASITO S. SOLAS
G.R. Nos. 103550 & 103551 July 17, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL v. ROMERICO PORRAS
G.R. No. 133814 July 17, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ANDRES ORTIZ
G.R. Nos. 134540-41 July 18, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL v. DIONISIO BATALLER
G.R. Nos. 109559 & 109581 July 19, 2001 - BERNARDO P. ABESAMIS, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 111535 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ALEJANDRO CAMPOS
G.R. Nos. 113255-56 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROMEO S. GONZALES
G.R. No. 125698 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. FRANCISCO E. HAPA, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 128153-56 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. VICENTE P. BUISON
G.R. No. 131216 July 19, 2001 - LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 132177 July 19, 2001 - JOSE F. CAOIBES v. OMBUDSMAN, ET AL.
G.R. No. 133190 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. SANTOS LOR
G.R. No. 135145 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RAYMOND G. MAXION
G.R. No. 137545 July 19, 2001 - TERESITA D. GAITE v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139789 July 19, 2001 - POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, ET AL. v. ERLINDA K. ILUSORIO BILDNER, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139967 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. MANUEL TALAVERA
G.R. Nos. 141011 & 141028 July 19, 2001 - CITYTRUST BANKING CORP. v. ISAGANI C. VILLANUEVA
G.R. No. 144179 July 19, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RAMSHAND C. THAMSEY
A.M. No. MTJ-01-1350 July 20, 2001 - LORENZO PASCUAL, ET AL. v. CESAR M. DUMLAO
G.R. No. 110263 July 20, 2001 - ASIAVEST MERCHANT BANKERS (M) BERHAD v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 117187 July 20, 2001 - UNION MOTOR CORP. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 120176 July 20, 2001 - MA. VALENTINA SANTANA-CRUZ v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 124442 July 20, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ARMANDO S. COMPACION
G.R. No. 132926 July 20, 2001 - ELVIRA AGULLO v. SANDIGANBAYAN, ET AL.
G.R. No. 133580 July 20, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. MAXIMO GENEBLAZO
G.R. Nos. 135030-33 July 20, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. MERCY LOGAN
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G.R. No. 138501 July 20, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ERNESTO M. LAXA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139150 July 20, 2001 - PABLO DELA CRUZ v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 142024 July 20, 2001 - GUILLERMO SARABIA v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.
G.R. No. 145838 July 20, 2001 - NICASIO I. ALCANTARA v. COMMISSION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF LAND PROBLEMS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 146079 July 20, 2001 - KANEMITSU YAMAOKA v. PESCARICH MANUFACTURING CORP., ET AL.
A.M. No. RTJ-00-1564 July 26, 2001 - MARISSA M. GORDON, ET AL. v. FRISCO T. LILAGAN
G.R. Nos. 132325-26 July 26, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROMEO ESPINA
G.R. No. 133225 July 26, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. EDWIN CONCEPCION, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 113176 & 113342 July 30, 2001 - HANIL DEVELOPMENT CO. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
A.M. Nos. P-00-1381 & A.M. No. P-00-1382 July 31, 2001 - EFREN B. MALLARE v. RONALD ALLAN A. FERRY
G.R. No. 105647 July 31, 2001 - ERNESTO BIONA v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 121298 & 122123 July 31, 2001 - GENARO RUIZ, SR., ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 129329 July 31, 2001 - ESTER M. ASUNCION v. NLRC, ET AL.
G.R. No. 130707 July 31, 2001 - VERONICA ROBLE, ET AL. v. DOMINADOR ARBASA, ET AL.
G.R. No. 134634 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. LAZARO CLARIÑO, ET AL.
G.R. Nos. 134831-32 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. RAMON N. LOGMAO
G.R. Nos. 136827 & 136799 July 31, 2001 - SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ET AL. v. TROPICAL HOMES
G.R. No. 136847 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL v. RODULFO P. VILLARIN, ET AL.
G.R. No. 138289 July 31, 2001 - GRACIANO PALELE v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 139180 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROLANDO RIVERA
G.R. No. 139529 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. TIMOTEO BRACERO
G.R. No. 139622 July 31, 2001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. PEDRO PERRERAS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 142616 July 31, 2001 - PHIL. NATIONAL BANK v. RITRATTO GROUP INC., ET AL.
G.R. No. 143687 July 31, 2001 - RAMON ESTANISLAO, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.
G.R. No. 144702 July 31, 2001 - U.I.C. ET AL. v. U.I.C. TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES UNION, ET AL.
G.R. No. 145389 July 31, 2001 - ANIANO A. DESIERTO, ET AL. v. RONNIE C. SILVESTRE
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2001 > July 2001 Decisions > A.M. No. P-01-1481 July 5, 2001 - RCBC v. NOEL V. QUILANTANG:
[A.M. No. P-01-1481. July 5, 2001.]
(OCA I.P.I. No. 98-447-P)
RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, Complainant, v. NOEL V. QUILANTANG, Sheriff IV, RTC-Br. 53, Bacolod City, Respondent.
D E C I S I O N
PER CURIAM:
This is an administrative complaint against respondent Noel V. Quilantang, Sheriff IV, RTC-Br. 53, Bacolod City, filed on 30 April 1998 by Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) for Grave Misconduct, Gross Dishonesty, Gross Incompetence, Inefficiency, Neglect of Duty and Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Specifically, complainant RCBC alleged that respondent failed to implement a writ of preliminary attachment issued on 10 February 1998 in Civil Case No. 98-10141 1 of the RTC-Br. 51, Bacolod City, notwithstanding the fact that respondent had demanded and was given P7,000.00 purportedly for expenses in the implementation of the writ; that said amount was never deposited with the Clerk of Court nor liquidated; that contrary to what respondent stated in his Sheriff's Partial Return of Service dated 5 March 1998 respondent failed to attach a lot registered in the name of the defendants or to take possession of their Honda Civic car; that as a consequence of such neglect of duty and incompetence the defendants succeeded in transferring their land to a third party on 2 March 1998; and, that the money judgment eventually rendered in favor of complainant was reduced to a mere empty victory as the defendants changed residence and could no longer be located. 2
In his Answer dated 1 September 1998 respondent alleged that he faithfully complied with his duty to implement the subject writ of preliminary attachment as evident from a copy of the Notice of Embargo which clearly showed on its face that it was entered in the Day Book of the City Register of Deeds of Bacolod City at 9:25 in the morning of 24 February 1998 and assigned Entry No. 237100; 3 that if ever the defendants succeeded in transferring their property to third persons, it was not his fault but rather that of the City Registrar of Deeds for failing to annotate at the back of the TCT the Notice of Embargo duly served upon her; that he did not take possession of the Honda Civic registered in the name of the defendants because he was informed that the car had already been sold to a third person as early as 2 January 1998; and, that he did not deposit the P7,000.00 received from the complainant for expenses in the implementation of the writ because it was the usual practice among sheriffs of the RTC-Bacolod City not to do so since such money might be needed anytime as opportunities for implementation would arise.
In its Reply to the foregoing Answer complainant RCBC alleged that the City Registrar of Deeds was not able to annotate the Notice of Embargo served on 24 February 1998 because it was not respondent who served the notice but a certain "R. Talisa" who did not leave a copy thereof for annotation. Complainant alleged that respondent himself brought a copy of the notice to the City Registrar of Deeds only when subject land had already been transferred to a third person and the certificate of title in the name of the defendants already cancelled.
On 22 November 2000 we referred this case to the Executive Judge, RTC-Bacolod City, for investigation, report and recommendation. Hearings were conducted on 29 January and 22 February 2001 during which respondent, though represented by counsel, failed to appear and to present his evidence despite due and repeated notices.
On 26 March 2001 Executive Judge Edgar G. Garvilles submitted his Investigation Report dated 7 March 2001 finding respondent guilty as charged and recommending his suspension for six (6) months.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
We adopt the findings of the Investigating Judge except for the penalty imposed which we here modify as may be warranted by the circumstances.
The rule is that when a writ is placed in the hands of a sheriff it is his duty to proceed with reasonable promptitude to execute it pursuant to its mandate. 4 His duty to do so is ministerial and not directory, 5 and one which he must accomplish as early as possible. 6 Specifically, Sec. 5, Rule 57, 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure mandates that the sheriff shall enforce the writ of preliminary attachment without delay and with all reasonable diligence.
In the instant case the writ of preliminary attachment issued in favor of complainant RCBC was by virtue of an Order dated 10 February 1998 of Judge Ramon B. Posadas, RTC-Br. 51, Bacolod City. The Notice of Embargo issued pursuant thereto by Atty. Ildefonso M. Villanueva, Jr., Clerk of Court VI and Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff, RTC-Bacolod City, and addressed to the City Registrar of Deeds was dated 23 February 1998. The duty to implement the writ of attachment and to serve the Notice of Embargo was entrusted to respondent as Sheriff of Branch 53 because the Sheriff of Branch 51 was on sick leave.
Although the Notice of Embargo was indeed served on the Office of the City Registrar of Deeds on 24 February 1998 as claimed by respondent in his Sheriff's Partial Return of Service dated 5 March 1998, it was not respondent himself who served the notice but a certain "R. Talisa" to whom respondent apparently delegated the task. However "R. Talisa" proved completely ignorant of the procedure for the effective annotation of a Notice of Embargo on a certificate of title observed in the Office of the City Registrar of Deeds. As a consequence the Notice of Embargo, which was ineffectively served, was not annotated at the back of TCT No. 167358 in the name of the defendants. Atty. Milagros de la Cruz, Acting City Registrar of Deeds of Bacolod City, expounded on the blunder —
[O]n February 24, 1998, her office received a "notice of embargo" (Exh. "A") in Civil Case 98-10141 entitled RCBC v. Sps. Rodrigo Legaspi, Jr. and Mary Jane Legaspi. Upon receipt of the document, the Entry Clerk wrote thereon Entry No. "237100 2-24-98 9:25," (Exh. "A-1"). The presentor of the document, per the office record, was a certain "R. Talisa" who is neither connected with the Office of the Register of Deeds nor with the Office of the Provincial Sheriff. The notice of embargo was not annotated at the back of TCT 16737 (sic) because after the notice was presented to the Entry Clerk for logging in the Entry Book, the presentor who was required to pay the necessary fees to the cashier did not come back to the Entry Clerk for the necessary receipt. Upon submission of the OR, the Entry Clerk should have "annotated" the notice of embargo at the back of the title and the title with the annotation should have been forwarded to her as Register of Deeds for signature. But in this particular case, no title with annotation of the notice of embargo was brought to her office for her signature . . . When Quilantang for the first time personally brought the notice of embargo to her office on March 2, 1998, she denied the request for annotation at the back of the title because the (sic) TCT No. 167358 was no longer in the name of Sps. Rodrigo and Mary Jane Legaspi since it was already cancelled and the same was already transferred to another party, Mrs. Imelda Precion, on a deed of sale also dated March 2, 1998. The notice of embargo was brought by Quilantang to the office after the transfer of the title to Precion. 7
As a result of respondent's gross neglect of duty in entrusting the service of the Notice of Embargo to someone who was neither connected with the Office of the Register of Deeds of Bacolod City nor with the Provincial Sheriff of Negros Occidental and therefore was not conversant with established procedure, the defendants succeeded in transferring their property clandestinely to a third person to the damage and prejudice of complainant. Respondent compounded his infraction by falsely representing in his Sheriff's Partial Return of Service dated 5 March 1998 that he was able to attach defendants' property notwithstanding the fact that he knew very well that the attempted annotation on 24 February 1998 was incomplete and ineffectual, and that annotation was eventually refused by the Registrar of Deeds when he himself requested it on 2 March 1998 for the reason that subject property had already been sold to a third person. Although no sufficient evidence exists to prove that respondent was in collusion with the defendants, although we do not discount such possibility, we hold him liable nonetheless for such serious neglect of duty and gross dishonesty.
We also take note of the fact that respondent had requested and admittedly received the amount of P7,000.00 from the complainant on different dates purportedly for expenses in the implementation of the writ. However, Sec. 9, par. (c), Rule 141 of the Rules of Court merely authorizes a sheriff's legal fee of P50.00 for executing a writ of attachment. 8 Although additional sums may be required from the party requesting the writ certain steps have to be followed first as may be evident hereunder —
In addition to the fees hereinabove fixed, the party requesting the process of any court, preliminary, incidental, or final, shall pay the sheriff's expenses in serving or executing the process, or safeguarding the property levied upon, attached or seized, including kilometrage for each kilometer of travel, guards' fees, warehousing and similar charges, in such amount estimated by the sheriff, subject to the approval of the court. Upon approval of said estimated expenses, the interested party shall deposit said amount with the clerk of court and ex-officio sheriff, who shall disburse the same to the deputy sheriff assigned to effect the process, subject to liquidation within the same period for rendering a return on the process. Any unspent amount shall be refunded to the party making the deposit. A full report shall be submitted by the deputy sheriff assigned with his return, and the sheriff's expenses shall be taxed as costs against the judgment debtor (Emphasis supplied).chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Clearly, the steps that have to be followed before additional sums may be required are: first, the sheriff must make an estimate of the expenses to be incurred by him; second, he must obtain court approval for such estimated expenses; third, the approved estimated expenses shall be deposited by the interested party with the Clerk of Court and ex-officio sheriff; fourth, the Clerk of Court shall disburse the amount to the executing sheriff; and fifth, the executing sheriff shall liquidate his expenses within the same period for rendering a return on the writ. Any portion of the amounts received by the sheriff in excess of the lawful fees allowed by the Rules of Court is an unlawful exaction which makes him liable for grave misconduct and gross dishonesty. 9
A sheriff cannot just unilaterally and repeatedly demand sums of money from a party-litigant, as respondent herein did, without observing the foregoing steps, otherwise, it would amount to dishonesty and extortion. 10 In fact even "reasonableness" of the amounts charged, collected and received by the sheriff is not a defense where the procedure laid down in Sec. 9, Rule 141, of the Rules of Court has been clearly ignored. 11
Respondent in the instant case did not even explain or give an accounting of the P7,000.00 which he himself admitted having received from complainant RCBC. When presented the opportunity to do so during the investigation, respondent who was fully notified and represented by counsel, absolutely failed to present any evidence whatsoever to exculpate himself.
In Lim v. Guasch 12 we dismissed a sheriff for grave misconduct and gross negligence in the performance of his duties for demanding and receiving unauthorized sums of money totalling P700.00 from a party-litigant, and for failing to attend an auction sale he himself had scheduled, thus enabling the judgment debtors to run away with properties supposed to have been sold at the sale. We can do no less in the case of Respondent. Moreover we take note of the fact that respondent had been absent without official leave (AWOL) since December 1999 and had been recommended for separation or "dropping" from the rolls. 13 Respondent's absence without official leave during the investigation of the administrative case against him is indicative of his guilt in the same way that flight in criminal cases creates the presumption of guilt. 14
WHEREFORE, for Gross Neglect of Duty amounting to Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service, Inefficiency, Incompetence, Grave Misconduct and Gross Dishonesty, as well as absence without leave since December 1999, respondent Noel V. Quilantang, Sheriff IV, RTC-Br. 53, Bacolod City, is DISMISSED from the service with FORFEITURE of all benefits and with prejudice to his re-employment in any branch or service of the government, including government-owned and controlled corporations.
This Decision is immediately executory.
SO ORDERED.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary
Davide, Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Melo, Puno, Vitug, Kapunan, Mendoza, Pardo, Buena, De Leon, Jr. and Sandoval-Gutierrez, JJ., concur.
Panganiban, Quisumbing, Gonzaga-Reyes and Ynares-Santiago, JJ., on official leave.
1. "Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation v. Sps. Rodrigo Legaspi, Jr., and Mary Jane Legaspi" for collection of sum of money with prayer for writ of preliminary attachment.
2.	Manifestation dated 23 November 1998.
3.	Exh. "A" and "A-1" .
4.	Balantes v. Ocampo III, A.M. Nos. MTJ-93-853 and P-94-1013, 14 March 1995, 242 SCRA 327, 331.
5.	Philippine Bank of Communications v. Torio, A.M. No. P-98-1260, 14 January 1998, 284 SCRA 67, 74.
6.	Vda. de Tisado v. Tablizo, A.M. No. P-94-1025, 20 February 1996, 253 SCRA 646, 652.
7.	Report dated 7 March 2001 by Executive Judge Edgar G. Garvilles, RTC, Bacolod City.
8.	Increased to P60.00 effective 1 March 2000 per amendment introduced Resolution dated 14 September 1999 in A.M. No. 99-8-01-SC.
9.	Florendo v. Enrile, A.M. No. P-92-695, 7 December 1994, 239 SCRA 22, 30.
10.	Ong v. Meregildo, A.M. No. P-93-935, 5 July 1994, 233 SCRA 632.
11.	Ibid.
12.	A.M. No. R-711-P, 29 June 1993, 223 SCRA 756.
13.	A.M. No. 00-10-457-RTC Re: Absence without Official Leave (AWOL) of Mr. Noel v. Quilantang.
14.	Casal v. Concepcion, Jr., A.M. No. P-93-942, 6 April 1995, 243 SCRA 369, 373.
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The U.S. Marine Corps' Combat Development Command, which develops strategies for U.S. Marine combat and makes up most of the community of over 12,000 military and civilian personnel (including families), is based here. It has a budget of around $300 million and is the home of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School. The Marine Corps Research Center at Quantico pursues equipment research and development, especially telecommunications, for the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Brig, a military prison, was also located at Quantico, until its closure on 31 December 2011 and its subsequent demolition.
The FBI Academy, the principal research and training facility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the principal training facility for the Drug Enforcement Administration are also located on the base.
In 2001, the base was designated as part of the Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places. This district includes 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture, and a water tower located within the Mainside area of the base. The contributing properties with separate entries include Tennessee Camp, Camp French, Commanding General's Quarters, and Rising Hill Camp.
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The fact that actors Arya and Vishal are close friends, even before they acted together in director Bala's Avan Ivan, is no secret. But how close they are, came to light on Tuesday, when Vishal opened up to the media. Vishal said Arya was generous to let him choose from the two roles he wanted to play in Avan Ivan and went on to admit that he had been selfish in choosing Samar, his upcoming flick, for himself.
"Actually, I listened to the story of Samar for Arya. The understanding between us was that I should suggest a very good story for him. But after the narration, I wanted to act in Samar. Nobody knows this except for director Thiru and myself. I have been so selfish," said Vishal. The actor hoped Arya would forgive him for what he had done and promised that he would definitely choose another good story for him.
Vishal also said he wouldn't have acted in Samar if writer Ramakrishnan had asked him not to. "The first thing I did after listening to the story was to send Thiru to Ramakrishnan sir and ask him if he would like to work in Samar. If Ramakrishnan sir had told me that Samar wouldn't suit me, I wouldn't have done it. But he said I should do the film," said Vishal. Ramakrishnan has already worked in Vishal's Sandakozhi and has penned dialogues for Samar as well.
Vishal recollected the hurdles the film faced right from the title, which was later changed from Samaran to Samar, and added that they overcame them because of the confident team. He said actors Manoj Bajpai and J D Chakravarthy were unreachable for some time, but they readily agreed to be part of this film after listening to the story.
One of the highlights of the film would be a heavy stunt sequence, which Vishal seems to have done after a long time. He said that Trisha accepted to work in the film because of the powerful role she had, and added that director Thiru and cinematographer Richard M Nathan would get due credit after the film hits the screen.


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Q: Nginx is redirecting to www even though I didn't tell it to I have a node app that is running on port 8989 and it is being port-proxied to 80.
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;
    location / {
        proxy_pass    http://127.0.0.1:8989/;
    }
}

That works beautifully. But for some reason, the web address automatically goes to www when I type http://example.com into the browser bar. I didn't tell it to do that! haha
I checked the domain settings in my registrar to make sure I didn't stupidly set a www redirect over there. Nothing.
Finally, I looked at the console logs of requests to http://example.com and the response is a 302 moved temporarily. Not sure how that happened, or why.
Where else can I look?

A: Try rewriting the server name for permanent
server {
     server_name  www.domain.com;
     rewrite ^(.*) http://domain.com$1 permanent;
}

server {
    server_name  domain.com;
    #The rest of your configuration goes here#
}

A: I would suggest that your 8989 service is issuing the 302 redirect, which is then being relayed by nginx. You should be looking at your 8989 service configuration to determine why it thinks it lives at www.example.com.

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Q: Find eigenvalues for linear transformation $\mathbb R_2 \rightarrow \mathbb R_2$, $ p(x) \rightarrow x*p'(x) $. I have no idea on how to start this problem. Any help would be more then welcome.

A: If you don't want to use a matrix representation (that require the choose of a basis in the vector space of polynomials), you can note that your linear transformation, for a polynomial $p(x)=ax^2+bx+c$ is:
$$
T(p(x))=x p'(x)=x(2ax+b)= 2ax^2+bx
$$
so the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are the real numbers $\lambda$ and the polynomials $q(x)$ such that:
$$
T(q(x))=\lambda q(x)
$$
that, for $q(x)=ax^2+bx+c$ becomes:
$$
2ax^2+bx=\lambda a x^2 +\lambda bx +\lambda c
$$
Now, using the identityt principle for polynomials, you can find that this is equivalent to the system
$$
\begin{cases}
a(\lambda -2)=0\\
b(\lambda-1)=0\\
c\lambda=0
\end{cases}
$$
that, for $a,b,c$ not all null, has solutions for $\lambda=2$, $\lambda=1$ or $\lambda=0$ . And substituting any of such eigenvalues you can find the corresponding eigenspaces ( or a single eigenvector in the eigenspace).

A: Your vector space has basis $\{1, x, x^2\}$.  Use this to get the matrix representation $A$ of your linear transformation by applying it to each basis vector, then writing the answer in terms of this very basis, and making the coordinates your columns.  Now find the eigenvalues of this matrix $A$ by the usual $\det(\lambda I - A)=0$ business.

A: Here's some help, although not a complete answer: you probably know how to find eigenvalues of a matrix. (You can use Gaussian elimination, carefully, for instance).
So if you could express your xformation as a matrix, you'd be in good shape. For that, you need a basis. A good choice is
$$
1, x, x^2
$$
Consider the polynomial whose coordinates in this basis are $\pmatrix{1\\0\\0}$; that's $1 \cdot 1 + 0 \cdot x + 0 \cdot x^2$.
What's the result of applying your transformation (let's call it $T$) to this vector? It's the $0$ polynomial, whose coordinates are $\pmatrix{0\\0\\0}$, so that's the first column of your matrix.
Do the same thing with $\pmatrix{0\\1\\0}$ and $\pmatrix{0\\0\\1}$ to find the second and third columns. And then you have a matrix problem you can (I hope) solve.

A: As an alternative to the above, solve the differential equation:
$$x\cdot \frac{dy}{dx}=\lambda \cdot y.$$
Almost certainly not what the exercise is supposed to test you on but a useful exercise nonetheless.


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The Fortunate Son
by DaMoyre
Thanks to Avarice for beta-reading.
The revelation had left him cold. Not only had his father been unfaithful to his mother, but he'd also sired an illegitimate child, another boy, another heir. Someone who was perhaps better than him, more intelligent, stronger, the son he could never be; someone who could fulfill Lionel's desires for a perfect son.
Someone who could be Clark Kent.
His Clark.
Yes, he considered him his Clark, his friend. He had never had one of those, not until Clark came along. He was the only one. He was the only one who could understand him, the only one he could trust.
And the Kent's, they were the closest he would ever get to having a family, a dysfunctional one at that, because despite his best efforts, Jonathan would never accept him. Jonathan didn't like him, and only tolerated him because of Clark. Martha was a more sympathetic character in his life. Perhaps it was due to her maternal instincts, that she was always willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, intervening for him, pleading with her husband; Clark was a distant cousin, a close friend...
But a brother?
Was it possible? Could there really be a chance that Clark Kent was the lost son Rachel had come to seek? Of all people in Smallville, why him? Was the blood they shared the secret behind their comfort with each other, the true meaning of their friendship?
Lucas Luthor, a child who had been born while his mother was ill, bed-ridden, and fragile. The personification of his father's betrayal.
There was only one sure way to discern his doubts. He would help Rachel find out if Clark was, indeed, her son. Moving a few strings and tossing out some money would facilitate the process. He did not see why the Kent's would refuse a request for DNA testing, but if they did, he would come up with a backup plan. There was nothing in this world his money couldn't buy.
Except for his mother's life, the love of his father, his hair...
The Luthor name guaranteed that people would obey him, fear him, hate him. He knew how to use it well. He also knew how to use his wealth. And now, he would be able to share the burden with another.
Lionel's second son. The other heir.
Lex reclined back in his chair and sighed. He covered his face with both hands, slowly massaging the bridge of his nose. It didn't bother him having to share his father's fortune. He had sufficient funds in any single bank account to support a family of ten for a lifetime. And he had always wanted a brother, someone he could call family. But Clark... why Clark?
He cared for Clark. But could he learn to love the son of his father's illicit affair?
Clark, Clark, Clark.
Just another cruel twist of fate.
He'd already lost so much, and now he would lose his only friend. Lionel had denied him everything, and he would take Clark from him too.
If the DNA results were positive, if Clark was infected with the Luthor blood...
Lex leaned forward and gripped the edge of his desk. He picked up the phone and dialed, and the ring lasted for what seemed to be ages.
"David, this is Lex Luthor," he said, when he finally got an answer. "I need to have DNA testing done on...a friend..."
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Creighton at Marquette College Basketball Parlay 3/3/2018
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The Creighton Bluejays head to BMO Harris Bradley Center to take on the Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday, March 3, 2018. The opening line for this matchup has Marquette as 2.5 point favorites.
Creighton comes into this game with an overall record of 21-9. They currently have a point differential of 11.0 as they are averaging 84.9 points per game while giving up 73.9 per contest. Marquette has an overall mark of 17-12. They are averaging 81.8 points per contest and giving up 78.2, which is a point differential of 3.6.
Valuable Creighton Bluejays Betting Trends
The Creighton Bluejays are 14-14 against the spread this season
The Creighton Bluejays are 15-13 against the over/under this year
Important Marquette Golden Eagles Betting Trends
The Marquette Golden Eagles are 14-14 against the spread this season
The Marquette Golden Eagles are 17-11 against the over/under this year
Key Creighton Bluejays Injuries
12/01/17 C Jacob Epperson Knee is out for season
02/26/18 G Ronnie Harrell Jr. Foot is "?" Tuesday vs Depaul
01/18/18 F Martin Krampelj ACL is out for season
Key Marquette Golden Eagles Injuries
11/27/17 G Haanif Cheatham Left Team is out for season
Khyri Thomas averages 15.2 points per contest in 31 minutes per game this year. He averages 2.9 assists per game and 4 rebounds per contest. His field goal percentage is 54% for the season while his free throw percentage is 79%. Marcus Foster averages 20 points per contest while playing 31 minutes per night this year. He grabs 3.7 rebounds per contest and distributes 2.7 assists per game. His FG percentage is 46% while his free throw percentage is 77%.
Andrew Rowsey averages 19.7 points per game this year and he sees the court an average of 31.7 minutes per game. He also hauls in 3 rebounds per game and dishes 4.6 assists per contest. His field goal percentage is 41% and his free throw percentage is 90%. Markus Howard scores 20.8 points per contest while playing 31.7 minutes per game this season. He hauls in 3.3 rebounds per contest and has 2.8 assists per game on the season. His FG percentage is 46% and his free throw percentage is at 94%.
Useful Team Statistics
The Bluejays allow 73.9 points per contest which is 216th in Division 1. They also surrender a 43% shooting percentage and a 32% average from 3-point range, ranking them 140th and 40th in defensive field goal percentage. Opponents average 34.8 rebounds a game which ranks 181st, and they allow 14.1 assists per game which puts them in 236th place in the country. They force 11.7 turnovers per game which ranks them 67th in the nation. Creighton averages 84.9 points per contest this year, which is 9th in D-1. Their average scoring margin is 11.0 and their shooting percentage is 50% as a unit, which has them ranked 8th. From 3-point territory they shoot 38%, which is good for 55th in college basketball. They average 36.2 boards per contest and 18.2 assists per game, which ranks them 127th and 5th in those offensive categories. In the turnover department they are 316th with 11.4 per game.
The Golden Eagles give up 78.2 points per game, which ranks them 310th in the country. Their defense surrenders a 48% shooting percentage and a 35% average from behind the 3-point line, ranking them 319th and 195th in those defensive statistics. They rank 290th with 15.0 dimes allowed per game and 87th with 33.1 boards surrendered per contest. The Golden Eagles are 157th in the nation in forcing turnovers with 13.0 per contest this year. Marquette is 35th in Division 1 with 81.8 points per contest this season. They are 53rd in the country in shooting at 47%, while their average scoring margin is 3.6. They shoot 41% from beyond the arc, which is good for 8th in D-1. They are 321st in college basketball in rebounding with 32.3 boards per contest and 42nd in assists per game with 16.0. The Golden Eagles are 259th in turnovers per contest with 12.1.
The Bluejays are 109th in the country in defensive rating with 100.3, and their offensive rating of 115.2 is ranked 19th. They are 34th in college basketball in pace with 73.4 possessions per 40 minutes, and their eFG% of 59% is 4th. As a unit they are 8th in the nation in true shooting percentage with 61% and they shoot 3-pointers on 45% of their shot attempts, ranking 35th in D-1. Creighton is 316th in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 14 times per 100 possessions while forcing 14.2 on defense. Their defensive eFG% for the year currently is 49%, which is 104th in the country.
Marquette is 268th in the country in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 15 times per 100 possessions while forcing 16 on defense. Their defensive eFG% for the year currently is 54%, which is 300th in Division 1. The Golden Eagles are 309th in the nation in defensive rating with 109.3, and their offensive rating of 114.3 is ranked 23rd. They are 122nd in D-1 in pace with 70.6 possessions per 40 minutes, and their eFG% of 57% is 19th. As a unit they are 18th in college basketball in true shooting percentage with 60% and they shoot 3-pointers on 45% of their shot attempts, ranking 38th in the country.
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Creighton +2.5 and over 148 total points
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Family's tribute to Lincoln schoolgirl murdered in Newark
The family of 16-year-old Lincoln schoolgirl who died in Newark at the weekend have issued a touching tribute to her. Hannah Pearson, from Marston, died following an incident at a house on Pierson Street on Sunday, July 24. James Marton, 23, has appeared in court charged with Hannah's murder. He has been remanded in custody…
Lincoln school girl Hannah Pearson, 16, was murdered at a house in Newark
By Stefan Pidluznyj, Local Democracy Reporter Stefan Pidluznyj, Local Democracy Reporter
The family of 16-year-old Lincoln schoolgirl who died in Newark at the weekend have issued a touching tribute to her.
Hannah Pearson, from Marston, died following an incident at a house on Pierson Street on Sunday, July 24.
James Marton, 23, has appeared in court charged with Hannah's murder.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to stand trial in January 2017.
Hannah was described by her family as "a bright and bubbly girl with a lively spirit".
Hannah's family said in a statement: "Hannah was a beautiful daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunty, niece and friend.
"She was a bright and bubbly girl with a lively spirit who embraced life. She will be missed by everyone whose life she touched."
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/ Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun
Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun
Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, 1738-1814)
The Norton Simon Foundation
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Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was one of the most creative and technically gifted French sculptors in the second half of the eighteenth century. Although skillful at executing monumental sculpture in marble, his genius was expressed most fully in his small terracottas as shown in Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun. In this exuberant ensemble a young Bacchante, or female follower of Bacchus, is playfully carried aloft by the god of wine and a faun. Clodion fuses the movement and energy of the Baroque seventeenth century with antique themes in a lighter, more delicate and more subtly sensual style than previously achieved by contemporaries.
Alphonse Adel Alfred Regnier, Comte de Groneau, Marquis of Massa (1812-1846); by descent to his widow;
Caroline-Adelaide Leroux (d. 1874), by descent to her second husband;
Andre-Helene, Baron Roger (1804-1880), Paris (possibly his sale, unsold, 1842), by descent to;
Baroness Roger, Paris, sold 18 November 1916 to;
[Duveen Brothers, New York (3/4), with ¼ sold to Wildenstein, New York, November 18, 1916, sold 27 May 1917 to];
Clinton Ledyard Blair (1867-1949), New York City (until 1936), Blairsden Peapack, New Jersey, by inheritance to his daughter;
Mrs. J. B. Campbell, New York City and Kansas City, Nebraska, sold December 12, 1957 to;
[Duveen Brothers, New York, sold 1965 to];
The Norton Simon Foundation.
This young woman's nudity, off balance pose, and raised drinking cup identify her as a bacchante, one of the female followers of the wine god Bacchus who celebrated their devotion in orgies of drunken revelry. Too tipsy to stand, she's carried along by a satyr with the legs of a goat, and Bacchus himself, identified by his crown of vine leaves.
The French sculptor Clodion produced numerous variations on this theme, which appealed to the 18th-century taste for light-hearted erotic subjects. Most such sculptures, including this one, are made of terracotta. Walk around this piece, and you'll see that Clodion exploits the highly responsive clay to the fullest. Notice how he contrasts tousled hair to smooth skin, shaggy fur to flowing drapery. He captures the sense of rushing, lurching movement, too. The satyr's shaggy wool flies out as he kicks his leg, and his matted curls rise.
The sculpture is designed to be seen from every angle. The forms spiral through space, each new viewpoint revealing some new detail—for example, a platter of fruit that has been kicked over, a second cupid peering out from behind Bacchus' leg. Or wine spilling from the overturned jug at the revelers' feet. Complex and animated compositions like this one were greatly admired by sophisticated patrons of the Rococo era.


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Daniel Gallan | March 19, 2019
"Ya, it was pretty cool, hey," is how Quinton de Kock sums up his experience of leading South Africa as a stand-in captain last year. "I didn't think too long about field positions or bowling changes. It wasn't tough at all. Captaincy isn't exactly rocket science."
Fans and journalists who have followed de Kock's career may not be surprised by that last remark. If anything, they are probably relieved he does not draw any similarities between cricket and the design and manufacture of spacecrafts. After all, if one elite athlete were to be hired by NASA, most pundits would have de Kock at the very bottom of their list.
Whenever the Proteas media officer announces that it will be de Kock speaking with the press after a day's play, local journalists cast each other knowing glances in anticipation of some odd sound bite. "How the hell did you speak to him for two hours?" asked one respected colleague when I told him about my lengthy conversation with one of the most exciting talents in the game.
"I'm never going to be the head boy. I'm a little outside the box and I enjoy being a little different to people" Quinton de Kock
Perhaps it is those slightly droopy eyes; de Kock often looks like he is one soothing lullaby away from deep sleep. Perhaps it is the lazy accent, a common way of speaking for many South African jocks. Perhaps it is the fact that he didn't finish high school, in order to devote his life to cricket. Whenever he finds himself before a camera there is predictable chatter on social media about his intelligence.
"Of course I'm aware of it," de Kock says with a shrug of the shoulders. "But it doesn't bother me anymore. People can say what they like but I'm living my best life. If you're the kind of person who feels brave insulting a stranger behind a keyboard, that says more about you than it does me."
There is a quote mistakenly attributed to Albert Einstein that a fish would live its entire life thinking it was stupid if it was judged purely on its ability to climb trees. Though Einstein never said it, the theory of multiple intelligences is an attractive one. Outlined in developmental psychologist Howard Gardner's 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences there are nine intelligence "modalities". Among them are visual-spatial and bodily-kinaesthetic intelligences.
For the coach and mental-skills trainer Paddy Upton, who worked with de Kock in the Proteas set-up as Gary Kirsten's deputy, and as head coach of the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, the label that has been fastened to de Kock is a damning indictment of the South African cricket-loving public.
"Defining someone like Quinton de Kock as unintelligent is perhaps the most unintelligent comment that a person can make," Upton says. "It shows a complete misunderstanding of what the word means. They're using an outdated 18th-century measure of IQ as a marker of intelligence which ignores artistry, imagination or innovation; traits that Quinton has in abundance."
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De Kock has not read Gardner's theory. "Me and books don't get along," he admits. But the philosophy resonates with him. "I didn't need school or university to get where I am today. We joke in the dressing room that I might not have graduated from high school but I have a master's degree in cricket."
De Kock's education began at King Edward VII School (KES) in northern Johannesburg, one of the finest cricketing nurseries anywhere in the world, and alma mater of Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie and Ali Bacher. An energetic young child, de Kock couldn't concentrate for long while confined to a desk and clashed with teachers who had to drag him off the sports field.
With bat in hand he decimated schoolboy attacks. In late 2009 he was given the opportunity to walk away from academics when Grant Morgan, then coach of the Highveld Strikers, the feeder team for the Lions first-class franchise, offered him a way out.
"Morgs wanted me to make the step up to professional cricket and I told him if he could get me out of school I was in," de Kock says. He made his debut as a 17-year-old in Cricket South Africa's three-day competition and though he only made 9 and 6, he averaged 65 from his next four games at a strike rate of 111 and a top score of 152. It was around this time that he sat down for a conversation with his school headmaster.
"It was a long discussion about my future but my decision was already made up," de Kock says. "I was offered a contract that would make any 17-year-old's eyes water. My parents were on board and we decided to pull the plug on school and invest everything I had in cricket. I have no regrets. Things have turned out all right."
"Defining someone like Quinton de Kock as unintelligent is perhaps the most unintelligent comment that a person can make" Paddy Upton
A bit better than all right. In the 2010-11 season, de Kock made his debut for the Lions. A year later he ended the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia as the fourth highest run-scorer, cracking two fifties and a century. He returned home to help the Lions lift the Momentum One Day Cup, which ended a five-season trophy drought for the team. By December 2012, 20 years old and already being compared to Adam Gilchrist, he had pulled on his country's colours, in a T20 match against New Zealand.
There were temperamental issues along the way. Playing in a four-day match in Cape Town in 2013, de Kock got into a heated exchange with Cape Cobras player Alistair Gray and, after shoving him in the chest, threatened to hit him with his bat. Though he escaped a ban, it hinted at a fire that still burns.
When asked about that confrontation with David Warner in the Kingsmead tunnel last year, de Kock chooses to remain tight-lipped.
"What was said between David and myself should not be heard by young kids," he says. "A lot of people ask me what was said but I've only shared that with a handful of people and that won't change. I don't regret that it happened because it was necessary to stand up to Warner, who is just a bully, but I wasn't proud of it either. It's not the person I want to be and I've worked hard to not repeat past behaviours. I've always been a feisty character and when I was young I wasn't afraid of sticking my face in tricky spots."
Indeed, de Kock's reputation preceded him before he joined the Proteas in 2012. There were rumours of bust-ups with the South Africa Under-19 coach, Ray Jennings. Upton and the rest of the coaching staff knew they had to find a way of dealing with a volatile character.
"When a guy is as naturally gifted as Quinton there is a risk of blow-ups when things go against them," Upton says. "He's also a naturally shy and quiet guy and so isn't necessarily going to vocalise any frustrations he may be feeling. The energy contained within him has the power to be explosive on a cricket field but it can also explode in other ways. When he arrived with the national team we knew there was potential for him to head the wrong way."
On-field success kept the demons at bay. De Kock followed up an ODI century from the top of the order against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2013 with three consecutive ODI hundreds against India, equalling what was then a world record. In 2014 he became part of the Test team and ended the year with his sixth ODI ton, in Sydney.
But the good times weren't to last. De Kock had a disappointing World Cup down under in 2015, averaging just 20 from eight matches. A few months later he was fined 75% of his match fee after pleading guilty to shoulder-barging Bangladesh's opener Tamim Iqbal. His aggressive approach and perceived weakness against the turning ball meant he was omitted from the Test series in India later that year, replaced by Dane Vilas behind the stumps. For the first time, de Kock began to question his abilities.
"I was heartsore and angry," de Kock remembers. "I was really emotional. It felt like the first time you get dumped by your girlfriend. It was the first time cricket made me feel like that. I stopped training for a little bit and completely turned my back on the sport. I needed to reset the batteries."
"My goal is to be an impact player. I want to hit the ball hard and win games and tournaments for my country" © Getty Images
He turned to fishing and the bush - two loves that he says still give him more joy than cricket ever will. He began sketching ideas for the tattoo sleeve that now covers his right arm, honouring Africa's Big Five. He lost himself around campfires and wrestled tiger fish on the Zambezi. "Facing a Mitchell Johnson bouncer is tame by comparison," he says. "Pulling in one of those monsters is the greatest adrenaline rush you can experience."
Recharged and rebooted, de Kock returned to domestic cricket with a purpose. He began refining his training and understood that natural talent alone would not carry him to the heights he was capable of reaching. "I needed to be humbled a little bit," he says. "I learned an important life lesson."
The change did not go unnoticed by his Lions captain, Stephen Cook, whose family had played a role at pivotal stages in de Kock's life. As an 11-year-old, de Kock had attended a training camp with Stephen's father Jimmy, the former South Africa opener who became a respected youth coach in Johannesburg. Then it was the turn of Stephen's brother Ryan, as the first-team coach at KES, before Stephen himself came in.
"We all just knew from the very beginning that he was something special," Stephen Cook recounts. "No other kid that age picks up length that quickly or has such natural timing. But the game maybe came too easy to him. The way he responded to getting dropped told me that he would one day retire as a superstar."
Cook speaks about de Kock like an older brother would. "I definitely have a soft spot for him. He is a misunderstood character. People assume he's not a deep thinker but his mind is incredibly switched on in a unique way. He has an exceptional ability to read situations on the field and adjust accordingly."
"We joke in the dressing room that I might not have graduated from high school but I have a master's degree in cricket" De Kock
At the start of 2016, when South Africa had been dismantled by Stuart Broad at the Wanderers, and lost the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, de Kock was recalled to the side for the dead rubber in Centurion, where Cook made his debut. Both scored centuries in a 280-run consolation win. His Centurion knock was the shot in the arm that de Kock needed. He scored two more ODI centuries against England, and then went to the IPL.
During one training session, as Upton, who had taken over from Kirsten as head coach of Delhi Daredevils, was watching de Kock in the nets, his assistant Rahul Dravid wandered over to exchange a few thoughts.
"Rahul said to me that what we were witnessing was the act of a genius," Upton says. "He said that we, as South Africans, did not appreciate just how good this guy was. I had goosebumps when Rahul told me this. It was an incredible moment."
In Delhi's next game, against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli scored 79 off 48 balls and AB de Villiers 55 from 33, to put up a total of 191. De Kock put two of the greatest white-ball players of all time in his shade by smashing 108 from 51 deliveries in a successful chase. What's more, he hardly played an unorthodox stroke.
"Rahul turned to me and just gave a cheeky smile," Upton says. "He was telling me that this is what he was talking about. To this day it remains one of the most poignant moments I have ever experienced and it just confirmed what an effortless genius Quinton is."
Any question of de Kock's place in the national side had dissipated by the time the team toured Australia in late 2016. During a training camp, the players were gathered round a TV watching offspinner Nathan Lyon, when de Kock said to no one in particular, "Next time I play him I'm going to hit him backward of square."
Cook was taken aback. "I thought, 'That's a lot easier said than done, mate'. It's not like he'd been working on that particular skill in training. He formulated this plan just from watching a few balls on a screen and didn't talk about it again. We couldn't wait to watch him play Lyon."
The plan worked a treat. De Kock scored 84 and 64 in the first Test in Perth and top-scored with 104 in the second in Hobart in a series-clinching innings victory. Using cuts, inside-out drives and aggressive sweeps, he helped himself to 97 runs from 115 balls against Lyon without once being dismissed by him.
"I back myself to know about the game," de Kock says. "I don't know what it is. I find it hard to explain. If I'm in the right space I can see what will happen before it does but there is no formula for how I do that. I couldn't teach anyone how to do it."
There is perhaps no greater exhibition of de Kock's genius than when he waltzed his way to 178 off 113 balls against Australia in Centurion in 2016. Hammering 16 fours and 11 sixes, de Kock single-handedly made light work of the target of 295. South Africa won with 82 balls to spare.
De Kock's 178 against Australia in Centurion in 2016 is the second-highest score in ODIs in South Africa and the third-highest for the team, after Gary Kirsten and Faf du Plessis © Gallo Images
"He was just phenomenal that day," remembers JP Duminy, who has been de Kock's team-mate for all seven of his highest ODI scores. "We knew he'd do something special that day even before he walked out to bat. Every now and then he gets this look on his face that lets us know he's in the zone. It's hard to describe. It's calm but also full of energy. He had that look and when he picked up a straight ball and hit it for a huge six over square leg in the second over, we just knew."
That innings was the standout performance in a standout year for de Kock and helped him secure a glut of personal accolades at the 2017 Cricket South Africa awards. He went home with five trophies, including Cricketer of the Year and Player's Player of the Year.
"I'm not really interested in things like that," de Kock says. "My goal has never been to retire with a high average or be recognised on the rankings list. My goal is to be an impact player. I want to hit the ball hard and win games and tournaments for my country."
Which brings us to the World Cup. At the time of writing, bookmakers have the Proteas as fourth favourites behind obvious front runners England and India, and just behind perennial champions Australia. That seems generous given the absence of de Villiers, the struggles of the lower-middle order, a lack of understanding on how to play spin and a dearth of world-class death bowlers. If South Africa are to finally rid themselves of the "chokers" tag, they will need de Kock to fulfil his potential on the biggest stage.
"The way he responded to getting dropped told me that he would one day retire as a superstar" Stephen Cook
His quest begins at The Oval in the curtain-raiser against the hosts England, and a possible duel with fast bowler Liam Plunkett. Plunkett had an intimate view of de Kock's 98 in Southampton in 2017 and offers an interesting perspective from an opposing camp.
"He picks up length at a ridiculous speed," says Plunkett. "He hits the ball so hard for a guy who isn't so big but he also has very delicate hands and plays that late-cut shot very well. He doesn't need much width to cut so as a bowler you want to hit the top of his middle stump. But if you get the length wrong he whips you over midwicket. He's got to be one of the most challenging guys to bowl to in international cricket."
De Kock relishes the prospect of being seen as the main man. Just past his 26th birthday, he is maturing from a "naughty little kid", as he describes his younger self, into a leader capable of carrying the batting hopes of his side. He offers no guarantees.
"There is more to life than just cricket," he says. He shuns social media and only reluctantly opened an Instagram account. "My wife encouraged me to open one so I could let people know I was out there. But I mostly follow pages about nature."
De Kock gets some love from his team-mates: (from left) Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis and Stephen Cook © Getty Images
Despite his ability to tap into a bottomless well of late cuts and pickups using a willow that seems to be made of nothing but sweet spots, he wants to be remembered as a great fisherman rather than the greatest in a succession of wicketkeeper-batsmen that include Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara and MS Dhoni. He can only promise to do things his own way.
"Me and my mates were joking that after I was made captain I should have got neck tattoos and loads of piercings. I'm never going to be the head boy. I'm a little outside the box and I enjoy being a little different to people. I'm cool with that."
Daniel Gallan is a freelance journalist living in London. @danielgallan
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This week, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Wales has warned that patient care must not be forgotten during the election as a result of an overwhelming focus on Brexit. The warning was issued after the RCGP published its general election manifesto last week, which proposed six measures to promote safer general practice. In its warning this week, RCGP Wales urged all politicians to commit to investing more funds for general practice; to boost the GP workforce; and to make sure GPs have the time they need to focus on patient care.
Labour would establish a £250 million Children's Health Fund to support their child health ambitions, and increase the number of health visitors and school nurses.
social care over the course of the next Parliament.
NHS Excellence, which would be a "quality, safety and excellence regulator".
focused on delivering care closer to home.
lose out under the new funding formula" and reversing Conservative cuts to education budgets.
eliminate the existing budget deficit within five years.
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and mental health against international standards.
Legally require all Government departments to have a child health strategy.
£538 million cost of management consultancy in the NHS.
Additionally, fighting childhood obesity would be central to the policy. According to shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, the party would seek to decrease childhood obesity by 50% within ten years and make the UK "the healthiest country in the world to grow up in." Labour would also release a new childhood obesity strategy within the first 100 days, which will ban junk food advertising from being aired on TV before 9pm.
and unaffordable for people on low incomes who are ineligible for free care.
care and the quality of services for patients.
accelerate, taking a greater share of GDP.
as recommended by the House of Lords' committee on sustainability.
there is little evidence that quality of care is deteriorating.
treatment having increased by around 5% over the past four years.
and suffering from heart attacks has levelled off over the past couple of years.
The Liberal Democrats have pledged they will raise income tax to help fund the NHS and social care if elected on 8th June. According to their own estimates, a raise of one pence on every pound on all income tax bands and on company dividends will raise around £6 billion per year for the NHS and social care. The party suggested this would cost an average of £3 a week and would equate to someone earning £15,000 paying an extra £33 per year, while someone earning £50,000 would pay £383 more.
The pledge of a 1p income tax rise to fund health is a replication of one of the Liberal Democrats policies introduced in the 1990s, which was launched to generate funding towards education. Party leader Tim Farron said that the party is now looking to be "honest with people and say that we will all need to chip in a little more" to pay for health and social care.
On Wednesday, Labour and the Liberal Democrats both announced they will allocate multibillion pound funding for schools if either are elected. While the Labour Party claimed it would halt cuts to education through a £20 billion investment in English schools by 2020, the Liberal Democrats pledged they would invest £7 billion over the same time period to "reverse crippling Conservative cuts to school budgets".
The announcements came in the same week that the Institute of Fiscal Studies stated that protecting schools from real-terms funding cuts would entail raising an extra penny on the basic rate of income tax, equivalent to £3.7 billion. IFS Programme Director Luke Sibieta suggested that this figure would be broken down into £2 billion to protect per pupil spending and £1.7 billion to cover other costs incurred by schools.
Mr Stevens also said that the NHS Confederation conference in June will be used to announce additional measures from the NHS to further change in the operation of the NHS over the coming years. Speaking specifically about primary care, Mr Stevens said: "NHS England will set out practical things on primary care that we now want to see layered in every part of the country in the next 24 months." He later also added that the NHS will release further opinions on how STP leaders should implement the Five Year Forward View at the local level.


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The Infernal Devices 2
Author: Cassandra Clare
Category: Brothers and sisters
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INFERNAL DEVICES, V.2 - CLOCKWORK PRINCE
Still reeling from her terrifying confrontation with the Magister and her brother's betrayal, Tessa Gray is drawn ever deeper into the Shadowhunter's dark underworld of demons and danger. In a desperate attempt to help her friends, Tessa tries to uncover the truth about the Magister and learns that he blames the Shadowhunters for the murder of his parents nearly a half century ago. But who were his parents, and why did the Shadowhunters kill them? Determined to unravel the secrets of his past, Tessa, Will and Jem journey to mist-shrouded Yorkshire, only to encounter corrupt Shadowhunters more intent on burying the past than finding the Magister - a past that holds the key not only to the enemy's motivations and weakness, but to the secret of what Tessa really is and what she was born to do. Meanwhile, Tessa's feelings for Jem and Will are growing more complicated, and soon she is forced to acknowledge that any choice she makes will either save the Shadowhunters of London - or end them for ever.
The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Category: Comics & Graphic Novels
The threat of Mortmain's Infernal Devices looms as the Shadowhunters race to work out a way to counteract the mechanical monsters. Meanwhile, plans for Tessa's marriage to Jem are underway, despite her fiancé's failing health and the unresolved feelings between her and Will. When Tessa is captured, Will must leave his comrade behind to save the woman they both love... But with the final missing piece--Tessa herself--in Mortmain's possession, can anything stop his plot for revenge?
Clockwork Prince: The Mortal Instruments Prequel
Volume 2 of The Infernal Devices Manga
The second instalment of The Infernal Devices follows Tessa and her two dashing Shadowhunter companions, Will and Jem, as they travel throughout Victorian England seeking the full truth behind the Magister's sinister plot. Tessa feels herself growing closer to Jem, but Will continues to infuriate her - moody and aloof, she can't tell what he feels for her . . . or quite what she feels for him.
As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Step back in time with the Shadowhunters with this collectible paperback boxed set of the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. The Shadowhunters of the Victorian Age face darkness and danger in the Infernal Devices trilogy, handsomely packaged in a boxed set that includes paperback editions of Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess.
Author: Laura La Bella
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
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Philip Pullman is an award-winning author perhaps best known for his epic trilogy, His Dark Materials, one of the few fantasy classics to feature a strong female central protagonist. Pullman is a creator of new worlds and the captain of adventures, spinning intricate and fantastical yarns. His life story is every bit as fascinating as the tales he has created from life, transforming them with storytelling magic into classics of fantasy literature. This is the life story of a master storyteller, and readers will receive a privileged glimpse into the mind and working methods of a creative genius. This supports Common Core standards for the reading of biographies.
Learn About Loss
Author: Cassandra Clare,Kelly Link
Publisher: Shadow Market Enterprises, Inc.
It is only three years since Tessa Gray lost her beloved husband William Herondale, and she is searching for a reason to live, trying to find the path of being a warlock with the guidance of her friend Catarina Loss. World War 2 rains down destruction on their world, and Tessa and Catarina become nurses who make bargains at the Shadow Market for enchantments to help suffering mundanes. But can Brother Zachariah bear to see the woman he loves risk her life, or might he consider breaking sacred vows to save her from loneliness? Praise for the The Mortal Instruments/The Infernal Devices Series: Teen Choice Book of the Year Finalist Children's Choice Book Awards "Compelling and believable…it may be Clare's best undertaking to date." — Entertainment Weekly "A must-read." — Booklist Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood traveling the world with her family. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old. Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called "The Beautiful Cassandra" based on the eponymous Jane Austen short story (and from which she later took her current pen name). After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favorite city. In 2007, the first book in the Mortal Instruments series, City of Bones, introduced the world to Shadowhunters. The Mortal Instruments concluded in 2014, and includes City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. She also created a prequel series, inspired by A Tale of Two Cities and set in Victorian London. This series, The Infernal Devices, follows bookworm Tessa Gray as she discovers the London Institute in Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess. The sequel series to The Mortal Instruments, The Dark Artifices, where the Shadowhunters take on Los Angeles, began with Lady Midnight, continues with Lord of Shadows and will conclude with Queen of Air and Darkness. Other books in the Shadowhunters series include The Bane Chronicles, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and The Shadowhunter's Codex. Her books have more than 36 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Visit her at cassandraclare.com. Kelly Link is the author of the collections Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, Pretty Monsters, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies, including multiple volumes of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and, for young adults, Steampunk! and Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. Link (kellylink.net/@haszombiesinit) was born in Miami, Florida. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Northampton, Massachusetts.
A Deeper Love
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Q: Insert Interval into a disjoint set of intervals with Binary Search Given
class Interval{
   int start;
   int end;
}

Task is to insert an Interval into a disjoint set or list of Intervals. So for example
<4,8> into <3,7><10,13><20,21><30,31><40,45> gives <3,8><10,13><20,21><30,31><40,45>

<1,30> into <3,7><10,13><20,21><30,31><40,45> gives <1,30><40,45>

and etc.

I know we should use 2 binary searches for the most efficient solution and that we should be comparing the inserted interval's start with the list intervals' end and vice versa. How exactly do we handle binary search when we can't find exactly what we're looking for?

A: Count the number of nodes. Go back to the centre, insert if applicable. Otherwise decide which half of the list is of interest. Go back to it's centre, insert etc. You need to handle the exception <4 9> into <2 5> <8 12>.

A: Assuming C++, I'd use an std::map from the interval end to the interval start.
For searching, use std::upper_bound() to find the first overlapping
interval and then advance the iterator to find all overlapping intervals.
Only one binary search is required.
#include <map>
#include <stdio.h>

typedef std::map<int, int> IntervalMap;

struct Interval {
    int start;
    int end;
};

int main()
{
    IntervalMap imap;
    Interval query;

    imap[7] = 3;    // <3,7>
    imap[13] = 10;  // <10,13>

    // Insert: <4,8>
    query.start = 4;
    query.end = 8;

    // Find the first overlapping interval
    auto it = imap.upper_bound(query.start);
    if (it != imap.end() && it->second < query.end)
    {
        // There is one or more overlapping interval
        // Update lower bound for the new interval
        if (it->second < query.start)
            query.start = it->second;

        while (it != imap.end() && it->second < query.end)
        {
            // Update upper bound for the new interval
            if (it->first > query.end)
                query.end = it->first;

            auto tmp = it;
            ++it;
            imap.erase(tmp);
        }
    }

    // Insert the new interval
    imap[query.end] = query.start;

    for (auto it = imap.begin(); it != imap.end(); ++it)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "<%d,%d>\n", it->second, it->first);
    }

    return 0;
}


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