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import os
import unittest
from io import BytesIO, SEEK_SET
from threading import Lock

from azure.storage.blob._shared.uploads import SubStream

class StorageBlobUploadChunkingTest(unittest.TestCase):

    # this is a white box test that's designed to make sure _Substream behaves properly
    # when the buffer needs to be swapped out at least once
    def test_sub_stream_with_length_larger_than_buffer(self, **kwargs):
        data = os.urandom(12 * 1024 * 1024)

        # assuming the max size of the buffer is 4MB, this test needs to be updated if that has changed
        # the block size is 6MB for this test
        expected_data = data[0: 6 * 1024 * 1024]
        wrapped_stream = BytesIO(data)  # simulate stream given by user
        lockObj = Lock()  # simulate multi-threaded environment
        substream = SubStream(wrapped_stream, stream_begin_index=0, length=6 * 1024 * 1024, lockObj=lockObj)

        try:
            # substream should start with position at 0
            assert substream.tell() == 0

            # reading a chunk that is smaller than the buffer
            data_chunk_1 = substream.read(2 * 1024 * 1024)
            assert len(data_chunk_1) == 2 * 1024 * 1024

            # reading a chunk that is bigger than the data remaining in buffer, force a buffer swap
            data_chunk_2 = substream.read(4 * 1024 * 1024)
            assert len(data_chunk_2) == 4 * 1024 * 1024

            # assert data is consistent
            assert data_chunk_1 + data_chunk_2 == expected_data
            assert 6 * 1024 * 1024 == substream.tell()

            # attempt to read more than what the sub stream contains should return nothing
            empty_data = substream.read(1 * 1024 * 1024)
            assert 0 == len(empty_data)
            assert 6 * 1024 * 1024 == substream.tell()

            # test seek outside of current buffer, which is at the moment the last 2MB of data
            substream.seek(0, SEEK_SET)
            data_chunk_1 = substream.read(4 * 1024 * 1024)
            data_chunk_2 = substream.read(2 * 1024 * 1024)

            # assert data is consistent
            assert data_chunk_1 + data_chunk_2 == expected_data

            # test seek inside of buffer, which is at the moment the last 2MB of data
            substream.seek(4 * 1024 * 1024, SEEK_SET)
            data_chunk_2 = substream.read(2 * 1024 * 1024)

            # assert data is consistent
            assert data_chunk_1 + data_chunk_2 == expected_data

        finally:
            wrapped_stream.close()
            substream.close()

    # this is a white box test that's designed to make sure _Substream behaves properly
    # when block size is smaller than 4MB, thus there's no need for buffer swap
    def test_sub_stream_with_length_equal_to_buffer(self, **kwargs):
        data = os.urandom(6 * 1024 * 1024)

        # assuming the max size of the buffer is 4MB, this test needs to be updated if that has changed
        # the block size is 2MB for this test
        expected_data = data[0: 2 * 1024 * 1024]
        wrapped_stream = BytesIO(expected_data)  # simulate stream given by user
        lockObj = Lock()  # simulate multi-threaded environment
        substream = SubStream(wrapped_stream, stream_begin_index=0, length=2 * 1024 * 1024, lockObj=lockObj)

        try:
            # substream should start with position at 0
            assert substream.tell() == 0

            # reading a chunk that is smaller than the buffer
            data_chunk_1 = substream.read(1 * 1024 * 1024)
            assert len(data_chunk_1) == 1 * 1024 * 1024

            # reading a chunk that is bigger than the buffer, should not read anything beyond
            data_chunk_2 = substream.read(4 * 1024 * 1024)
            assert len(data_chunk_2) == 1 * 1024 * 1024

            # assert data is consistent
            assert data_chunk_1 + data_chunk_2 == expected_data

            # test seek
            substream.seek(1 * 1024 * 1024, SEEK_SET)
            data_chunk_2 = substream.read(1 * 1024 * 1024)

            # assert data is consistent
            assert data_chunk_1 + data_chunk_2 == expected_data

        finally:
            wrapped_stream.close()
            substream.close()

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Grace Ross: Thank administration for being part of process for pre-foreclosure mediation. Question of where we are in terms of foreclosures. The process will have it for first public document in pipeline is order of notice. Saw 407 percent increase in Worcester of that document being field at Registry of Deeds (between December and January). Slight decrease in February. Estimated 300 folks would use mediation in first year. If there's increase at all, we're all on track for meeting what administration estimated in figures. We shared success stats from Connecticut. Now getting 75 percent of homeowners participating, getting long-term affordable loan arrangement staying in homes. If we do near as well as Connecticut, this is going to be sea change in city of Worcester. One staff person for mediation. Rest is for RFP to run program.
Bill Feegbeh: City manager appointment. I can be best city manager in this city.
Jo Hart: Several items on housing.
Scott Ricker, 8.8b Open Space. Last year, Lukes, chair of Health and Human Services ordered all park meetings be held at City Hall and from what I understand and my experience from this, that was chairman's order. Virtually none of these meetings concerning draft master plan were held at City Hall. Many at Skyline Drive, not accessible to many people, including people with disabilities. I appreciate what this park plan is and how it does go into a lot of detail. All 60-63 parks, but question I have is on Indian Lake Beach. Installation of ADA ramp for access to lower beach, but doesn't state where that would be.
Jacquelyn Horton: 8.8b Open Space: Happy to see many plans do now include updates to transition plan and accessibility. I had hoped meetings would be more accessible to residents. Introduction to playgrounds. Still fighting to figure out what will be the perfect playground for children.
Lukes: Respectfully submit this council has every right to see what individual pensions are and determine what direction we should be going inn. True we've got schedule. Doesn't protect us from enormous debt that is generated.
Petty: Isn't this run by state law? What can we change? Nothing. Mass has probably one of best pension systems in country.
Lukes: To say we can't have any influence on something we have to contribute to is side-stepping issue. Cities and towns bear the brunt of it, regardless of where legislation emanates.
Rivera: It pays to be squeaky wheel. Once I took office and learned about SWIP and hear residents, this is really such great opportunity for our city. Administration has done a good job. Thank chair of Economic Development.
Rushton � Passed by council on Dec. 17. Really has fruitioned in a lot of different stakeholders. Chandler Business Association. And working group that brought up Philly Plan.
Rivera: Important to understand good ED is really based on community development. First began conversation with folks at Chandler Business Association. Really exciting. People investing in our community.
Toomey: More insight as to h ow this is going to be advertised. I'm concerned how it's multi-unit housing. We have number of single-family homes in many areas outlined here. Way to find another program for those existing homes as well and also to make sure this information gets to those families who are residents in Worcester who own smaller units of housing?
Palmieri: Wants clarification on geography. Great number of areas that this included. I don't see areas that have same type of difficulty with housing they have on Worcester's East Side. Don't see that those areas are included.
Rosen: Chandler Business Association, Chamber, other business associations thank them. Fixing up different housing. Could this be all across the city?
Traynor: This was prepared back in fall, submitted to state. It's formed through Ch40B. Have to look into whether any restrictions on size, demographics.
Economou: Any opportunity to expand to commercial/industrial base in future?
Traynor: Mixed-use developments are allowed.
Lukes: Vote was based on need to respond to predatory lending and folks losing houses. I read this and look at page 4 and 5, which refers to registration fee, mediation fee, and payment and penalties if lenders pursue foreclosure, what we're doing is penalizing lenders for exercising legal boundaries they have established by state and sometimes federal law. I read this in its entirety, clear city was facing serious liabilities. Going to take two to four months for us to implement this. If we do in fact pursue this and are sued because of this kind of language that really is impediment to established legal rights � to city solicitor, how much it's going to cost to defend this case.
Moore: Any litigation on this, this is not involving constitutionally protected area. It's a pre-emption case. No damages that would be awarded to city. Worst possible outcome, ordinance not valid. In terms of litigation costs, assume it would be handled in -house by current law department.
Springfield case � was in First Circuit. Certified questions to Supreme Judicial Court on questions on is it pre-emption and unlawful tax imposed by municipality. SJC is receiving briefs on that right now. Take at least six months to get back to First Circuit Court.
Lukes: Number of 300 cases. There aren't any guidelines as to when this city should consider it a victory. Suppose foreclosures go down to 30l, are we still going to maintain program? At what point do we say we've done enough? There's nothing in here to say, if we don't have 300, we have substantially less, the 300 number is being used as way to fund part of this program. At what point do we decide we no longer have to fund program? To what extend are we going to keep funding this program? A bottom-line number for foreclosure referrals to dictate the program no longer needs to be sustained.
Augustus: Serious challenges as you can see the solicitor suggested for municipality to do something like this. I felt obligation to try to faithfully execute. This is our best estimate as to what it would take to implement ordinance. Will have annual budget process. Whether that's opportunity to take look, ask questions about funding. Or if council wants to take look at it, create some type of trigger mechanism. I do know these things do fluctuate from month to month. Maybe it's an annual review at budget time.
Lukes: I would suggest an annual review is appropriate, but also should look at some kind of guidelines. Seeing this in writing makes me want to reconsider whether it warrants my support. 300 foreclosures to me is very vague sort of guidelines. Not sure what those numbers mean or who the lenders are. I'm going to vote against this.
Rushton: Who would have thought last week it was keeping bars open to 3, this week's its defending big banks? 300 families in foreclosure process right now. We're going to help them stay in homes, help stabilize neighborhoods. Slides gone on too long. Let's do something to help it stop. What we're doing is proposing putting some money up to keep people in homes. Short money for big potential gains. Worrying about fact we made appropriation of $25,000 until next budget cycle, to stop it in tracks before it gets chance to work is not productive. Yes, we need to look at this on at least an ongoing basis. Hopefully, the answer's going to be in two or three years that we don't need this, that we have stabilized upward trend in foreclosures. Paper tiger arguments. At end of day, families that are potentially losing their homes that if we put this mediation process into effect, big banks are going to have to actually answer to residents of Worcester. The local banks came here at subcommittee meetings and said we already have mediation process, that we pride ourselves to try to make sure foreclosure doesn't happen. It's the Bank of Americas, the Wells Fargo, and on and on who got bailed out by this government. That's who have been hiding behind and hoping this mediation process doesn't happen. I don't side with them.
Russell: We had local bank representative before us. One gentleman made comment that we are trying. Well I asked that person a question. I asked that bank president, quite frankly, why if we can't do ordinance, how else are we going to bring big banks to table? Can you give us hint? He didn't have answer for us. This is the only answer. It's up to this council to stand behind the vote we took before. However, this is not way I envisioned this of spending $200,000 plus every year out of budget. What I envisioned was program that basically was self-supporting. Wonder whether we need even one position. Why can't have company when it goes to RFP, have whole process in the RFP, with one company dealing with it all the time, maybe one part-time staff person from city signing off when banks don't agree to work. Also, why only looking at $100 filing fee? Are we in business of helping big banks? This program should be self-sufficient within at least one year.
Augustus: $150 fee needs to be reasonable amount. Has to have relation to actual cost to provide service. Fee is for initial process to allow homeowner to meet with counselor. That is opportunity to find out if it makes sense to move forward with mediation. Make it clear, local banks, credit unions are not the problem. It's the banks somewhere else that could care less, they're the ones we're trying to bring to table when there's a worthy case, not every case. The goal is exactly what has been stated. Have this try to sustain itself. As RFPs are responded to, we can make adjustments, but we have to have placeholders before we go out on streets. In order to get off ground in uncharted territory � we don't want to make it punitive at beginning of process.
Rivera: I agree. I don't think we can afford to wait.
Gaffney: I am bankruptcy attorney. Usually someone lost job, illness. Sort of happened. What ended up happened, file Ch7, then get communication from bank. That's when you get reach out from bank, when you reach that level of desperation, which tells me.. I know you had suggested maybe quarterly report, good suggestion. I agree with Russell concerning $250,000 � I do wonder if there's ordinance that says if you don't mediate you get $300,000 fine it becomes self-policing by complainant's part. I'm hesitant to say we should spend $250,000 on plan. Can we get this to position where maybe plaintiffs' attorneys start taking care of it.
Toomey: Over past decade, I've been very outspoken about trying to support homeless children in schools. You never know when it could be you or your neighbor. Something that could happen to all of us. Illness, loss of job, other types of things that could happen to you. It's happening to a lot of our good hard working, middle class families who have been good taxpayers. I think we have to move forward. Enable these folks to maintain their homes.
Lukes: Notion that homeowner pays something, commits themselves to process. This is two-way street. Burden should not be on predatory banks. Should be on both banks. Motion that committee consider looking at monetary obligations of home owner, even with nominal registration fee.
Augustus: Lot of hard work went into Open Space plan, master plans.


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Students in the School of Public Health-Bloomington are exposed to faculty and staff that reflect the diversity in our community. While SPH-B prides itself in having a faculty racial/ethnic makeup more diverse than the state's demographics (percentage wise), we constantly strive to increase representation. Additionally, SPH-B students come from many cultural backgrounds, geographic locations (both domestic and international), and social identities. The following student demographic charts will highlight race, gender/biological sex, first-generation status, and veteran status.
Student Race / Ethnicity Demographics
Undergraduate Student Demographic
Graduate Student Demographic
Student First Generation Demographic
Student Veterans Demographic
Faculty Race / Ethnicity Demographics
Faculty Demographic
Diversity Initiatives and Investments
a. Major 2020 Initiatives
SPH-B has been proactive with programmatic, research-oriented, and both concrete actions and symbolic initiatives dedicated to diversity. For example, in June 2020 SPH-B released a press release highlighting the school's action to honor the diverse deans with which SPH-B has populated the academy nationwide. This new initiative, suggested by Dean David Allison, updated the traditional 'Dude Wall', which is found in many universities' hallways and board rooms. For student outreach, the Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion and its interns hosted a Black Health & Wellness Fair on February 27, 2020 at the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center as part of Black History Month programming. OSDI also collaborated with the Asian Culture Center for the webinar COVID-19 EXPOSED: How the Coronavirus Outbreak Reveals Racism and Xenophobia for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month programming.
Furthermore, SPH-B hosted programs and virtual events that stressed the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent racial and social unrest our nation witnessed in May and June 2020. On June 18, 2020 the School hosted COVID-19: Health Disparities, Communities, and Discrimination, a conversation moderated by Dr. Maresa Murray, featuring special guests from across academia, public health and medicine. Throughout 2020 SPH-B faculty, the Office of Public Health Practice, and Career Services collaborated with the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on various projects. We designed a cultural competency training for the state's COVID-19 contact tracers, and we hosted an ISDPH career panels to aid in increasing diverse representation within the ISDH workforce. The latter is an initiative that will continue into 2021. These programs targeted students, staff, alumni and community stakeholders alike.
Despite budgetary challenges imposed by the pandemic, SPH-B has still accomplished the following:
We have hired seven new tenure-track faculty members from underrepresented minority groups and have increased the diversity of our Dean's Alliance, our advisory board, which now includes five African-American advisors. Thus, our School has not wavered in its commitment to hiring faculty members from underrepresented minority groups.
Dr. Murray is leading a task force to provide recommendations for group-based diversity and inclusion and to pursue a research-based approach to awareness of racism and violence, including gun violence, as public health issues. Some of those groups include racial, sexual, and gendered minorities.
We have been awarded two grants by IU's Racial Justice Research Fund that will help us better support underrepresented minority students: A Pilot Program to Build Capacity for Biomedical Research Among Black and Latinx Students Attending MSI/HBCUs, led by Dr. Karo Omodior, and Racial Discrimination, Resilience, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health: Exploring Innovative Pathways to Structural Competency on University Campuses, a multi-racial cross-disciplinary research initiative with Drs. Jon Agley, Yunyu Xiao, and Maresa Murray.
This past fall semester the SPH-B Academic Council updated its by-laws and membership requirements for its Committee on Diversity & Inclusion. As a core function, this Committee contributes to the evaluation and planning activities of the School on matters related to diversity and inclusion by providing input to the Presiding Officer.
b. Our Investments
Our investments into diversity, equity and inclusion are exemplified in three critical areas:
Fiscal/Budgetary. E.g. Invested in SPH-B programming, personnel, hires
Time. E.g. Invested in recruiting efforts, student advising, program planning
Talent/Expertise. E.g. professional development of our professionals
For example, throughout 2020 Dean Allison provided 110 books covering anti-racism, women in science, and other culturally relevant topics for SPH-B employees and Dean's Alliance members. SPH-B invests heavily in its Distinguished Colloquium Speaker Series. The series brings national leaders to the Bloomington throughout the academic year. These events, which are free and open to the public, highlight key topics and contemporary issues in public health. OSDI recorded 126 contact hours of facilitating cultural competency workshops to SPH-B classes, campus and community partners, and virtual/Zoom calls with prospective students.
Clinical Associate Professor Maresa Murray was appointed Assistant Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Organizational Climate In August 2020. She previously worked as the Dean's Administrative Fellow for Culture and Climate. As Murray moves forward in the role of Assistant Dean, she will lead and coordinate a task force that will provide recommendations for group-based diversity and inclusion. Moreover, SPH-B faculty recruitment and hiring teams have invested countless hours and person-power in our search to increase the number of URM candidates in our faculty pool and ultimately hiring these scholars. On average, SPH-B personnel devoted 58 hours per candidate in our hiring processes last year (total of 1,972 hours).
The School continues to invest in its OVPDEMA scholarship partnership with Hudson & Holland Scholars Program (HHSP). SPH-B currently funds over 100 HHSP students who are public health majors. These undergraduate scholarship funds exceed $100,000 and further demonstrates the School's commitment of supporting URM students. Of the current 134 Hudson & Holland scholars enrolled in SPH-B and who are pre-SPH, 102 (76.1%) were eligible to receive fall semester funding. An additional $57,144 have gone to support URM doctoral students.
Addressing Diversity Opportunities and Challenges
a. Recruitment & Retention.
We have some exceptional personnel working to recruit and diversify our student population and faculty. SPH-B leadership has continuously promoted our faculty positions and we have witnessed a growth in faculty from diverse cultural backgrounds and academic/research backgrounds. In terms of student recruitment, we are currently seeking opportunities to increase SPH-B majors who identify as Hispanic/Latinx. In 2021, our Student Services team is meeting with several stakeholders who identify as Hispanic and/or work closely with this community. Our hope is that we can formulate a strategic plan to increase the student population. Our efforts from these planning sessions will help us lay a groundwork for recruiting other URM students. SPH-B is also investing in future public health researchers and scholars. The Equity and Justice Scholarship/Fellowship was established in 2020 by the School's Dean's Alliance in light of the murder of Black American community members. The gifts from this fund will support scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Public Health-Bloomington campus who are studying or have demonstrated an interest in public health topics focusing on stigmatization, stress, violence prevention, and underrepresentation in minority and vulnerable populations. The inaugural Equity and Justice Scholarship/Fellowship will be awarded in 2021. Although this scholarship is not fully endowed, donations are still being sought and our Advancement Team is working diligently to secure further funding for this exciting opportunity.
In our 2019 report to OVPDI, one challenge to our recruitment and retention of students we identified is the limited amount of scholarship funds we give to first-year students. One solution we identified is to work with Advancement and see if some of our existing fund agreements can be reworded or expanded to increase the pool of applicants and recipients. Strategic moves like these will potentially help yield more direct admits and students from low SES and URM backgrounds. Additionally, the majority of requests SPH-B—and specifically the Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion—receives focus on what funding we can provide for students' emergencies and travel (i.e., to conferences, poster sessions, etc. pre-COVID). Many times, these specific requests are not fulfilled via scholarships; however, many students are still requesting assistance along with tuition. Non-resident graduate students and international students are very vocal about their financial concerns since they pay a higher tuition compared to Indiana residents. Pay equity and retention for staff is another challenge. While achieving pay equity is a goal for the campus, we are sensitive to it internally. Competitive salaries and packages also allow us to recruit professional staff members from underrepresented populations. The majority of SPH-B staff identify as White. Whereas we have increased the number of URM in faculty roles, we are also committed to increasing the diversity among our staff.
b. Climate.
Firstly, a recommendation from the SPH-B Academic Council's Committee on Diversity & Inclusion is to continue with climate assessment for the school. Despite having to postpone our listening tours for 2020, we are going to move forward with virtual listening sessions with specific populations and groups within SPH-B the 2021-2022 academic year. The purpose of these sessions is to collect qualitative data about the experiences of our students and personnel. It will also assist us in our next objective: completing another climate survey.
Secondly, Assistant Dean Murray is charged with assessing climate within SPH-B and is planning to facilitate workshops on diversity and leadership for SPH-B faculty, administrators, and staff.
Currently, a diversity session focused on the awareness of unintentionally racist or biased communication and behavior toward Blacks/African Americans is slated for mid-February 2021 with the SPH-B Deans, Chairs, and other selected personnel. Similar additional sessions will follow with various staff, faculty, and administrative leaders.
As mentioned previously, 2020 was supposed to be the year where we revisited our climate assessments. Due to COVID-19 and physical distancing, we postponed our "listening tours" and meetings with student stakeholders from various identity groups. A challenge moving forward is how to replicate these sessions and focus groups within a virtual space. There is concern of anonymity and confidentiality involved. Nonetheless, it can be accomplished.
Diversity Plan Measures and Accountability
a. In October 2020, SPH-B updated its Diversity Plan. One measure we are currently undertaking to assess our progress in faculty recruitment and retention is tracking SPH-B faculty hiring trends over the last 10 years. We have specifically started tracking our representation of URM faculty from 2010 to the present. We fully recognize that this will be an on-going priority for years to come. We celebrate our accomplishments and look to capitalize on these efforts in the future. SPH-B is a school that encompasses STEM disciplines, health sciences, and behavioral sciences. The school utilizes the National Science Foundation's (NSF) definition of underrepresented minorities (American Indian or Alaskan Native, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Pacific Islander) when focusing on inclusive hiring pools and faculty recruitment. A key part of identifying our progress is to compare our representation to national trends and comparing SPH-B faculty representation to other CEPH-accredited Schools of Public Health.
b. Other measures to assess our DEI goals include reviewing student enrollment data—for undergraduate and graduate students—including URM admittance rates, yield rates, and successful matriculation. This data will be gathered via University Institutional Research and Reporting (UIRR) and enrollment data from IU Office of Admissions (e.g. Tableau). We will also consult with our Director of Degree Administration, Director of Recruitment, and Director of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment For example, every student recruitment the Director of Recruitment provides a demographic profile of undergraduate SPH-B admits (i.e. SES background, race/ethnicity). The OSDI Director tracks participation of prospective public health graduate students in the University Graduate School initiative "Getting You Into IU" (GU2IU). Moreover, tracking the persistence rates and retention rates of our URM students—particularly those in graduate programs—will allow us to identify how we can better serve students. We already collect this trend data for CEPH accreditation (e.g. MPH completion rates). It will also help us identify any specific populations (i.e. women, low SES, international) at-risk of not successfully completing a degree program.
Past diversity reports
2019 Diversity Report

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A version of this article originally appeared on the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance's website.
There is a growing chasm between Americans along lines of race, class, religion and ideology. We see the need for the revitalization of communities with a severe lack of economic opportunity, persisting physical poverty, and, often, a deficit of spiritual nourishment. These communities, depending on their geographic location, might often feel worlds apart. Consider a rural unincorporated township in Northern Michigan. Now consider an urban neighborhood in West Baltimore. These communities will be marked by external differences such as race and political ideology. Yet these communities also have much in common: local faith and neighborhood groups that could serve as the lifeblood for community revitalization for economic and spiritual renewal. A vision of how to empower marginalized communities across differences must start with the federal government recognizing the power and untapped potential of grass-roots and religious groups that are already there, and partnering with them to catalyze change.
President Obama made clear on the campaign trail in 2008 that if elected, he would continue the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, also referred to as the faith-based initiative, that had been started by President George W. Bush. He continued as promised, renaming it the office the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. This White House Office ensures community-based and faith-based organizations are empowered to form partnerships with the government that promote strong communities. President Trump would be well served to continue this vital bipartisan contribution to America's communities and our public life.
There is little that can be ascertained with certainty about President Trump's plans for continuing, reformatting, or completely eliminating the faith-based initiative. There is no clearly visible White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on the administration's whitehouse.gov page, webpages for the centers at HHS, HUD, Education, Labor, and other federal departments are un-refreshed, seemingly suspended. It is normal, in some respects, for a new administration to take time to update agency pages and settle on major initiatives and offices of the White House. Yet Trump's silence on the campaign trail and in the days since his election about whether the faith-based initiative will continue raises questions for those who hope the administration will see the important value in the faith-based initiative.
Of course, each administration can and must decide how to (re)organize the White House and policy offices in federal departments so that its goals and promises can be fulfilled. The new administration may have simply called a time-out for the faith-based office and centers as it first tackles its top agenda items and while it considers how best to reinvigorate the federal government's engagement with community and faith-based organizations.
We sincerely hope that is the case. President Trump has made clear that he cares about government operating efficiently and effectively, and finding innovative and cost-effective solutions to our most prevalent societal challenges. The faith-based initiative would be an essential component in catalyzing President Trump's stated goals of revitalizing communities and making government more cost-effective and less burdensome on civil society.
The faith-based initiative has the potential to empower local organizations that provide the best services at the lowest costs and know how to best serve the particular needs and interests of their local communities. It can also build the capacities of faith-based and neighborhood groups so that they have the ability and understanding of how to compete for government funds. The more organizations competing for government grants, the more competitive the process will be. This is good for the government's bottom line, for the generation of the most innovative and outcomes-driven government partnerships, and for communities themselves.
The Trump administration should seek to learn from diverse community-based organizations around the country about innovative solutions that may be meaningful and effective models for the government to consider adopting on a broader scale. Local community groups often recognize the systemic, whole-person needs that must be addressed in order to provide transformational solutions to poverty. Community and faith-based organizations already have the trust of local communities, largely because these groups do not just give out goods or provide services. Rather, these groups form deep, personal relationships with the members of their communities and focus on building the multi-dimensional, spiritual, vocational, and economic capital that is necessary to lift communities out of cyclic poverty.
Trump's emphasis on government efficiency is very much aligned with the goals of the faith-based initiative under both Bush and Obama to promote partnerships between the federal government and civil society organizations that are non-financial in nature. Building the capacities of local organizations helps ensure these they provide vital community supports. A strong nonprofit sector, with any organizations funded entirely through non-governmental resources, helps ensure that communities have access to social services that the government might otherwise need to step in and provide. Yet even when a faith-based or community organization doesn't receive any federal funds, they still could be a vital non-financial partner with the federal government for achieving goals pertinent to both the government and the neighborhood organization.
The White House believes nonfinancial partnerships between the government and nonprofits are as important as financial partnerships. Examples of nonfinancial partnerships include community efforts to recruit and train volunteers to serve in our nation's public schools and the formation of jobs clubs by neighborhood organizations — clubs that provide job seekers with opportunities to network, get social media training, and to meet potential employers.
We hope that the Trump administration also embraces a vision of how the faith-based office can play a key role in achieving his aims to promote efficient and effective public services, help to connect and energize neglected rural and urban communities, and renew America's promise and values for everyone in our diverse nation. In a news cycle often fraught with negative accounts of how policy actions may adversely impact different groups, here is a place that Christians can provide Trump with an affirmative vision of how his administration can empower local communities, protect religious freedom, and effectively address domestic physical and spiritual poverty. We must continue in efforts to collaborate with the administration; it is not enough to simply engage in "Resistance" or "Not My President" rhetoric. If more Christians engaged in supporting the re-establishment of the White House Faith-Based Office, perhaps President Trump would see the importance of saying yes to something that would help our neighbors.
-Chelsea Langston Bombino is the Director of Equipping and Membership at the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, a division of the Center for Public Justice. She holds a JD from the University of Michigan and is a licensed attorney by the State Bar of Michigan.
-Stanley Carlson-Thies is the Founder and Senior Director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, a division of the Center for Public Justice.
Photo: President Obama signs an Executive Order for the Office of Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships in January 2009.


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Da'wah : Invitation to the truth
Category: Da'wah : Invitation to the truth
Prayers of Prophet PBUH accepted by Allah swt
Asim ul Haq August 9, 2011 Character of Prophet
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Prophet peace be upon him on Non Muslims
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Prophet peace be upon him on Orphans and widows
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Breonna Taylor Is Another Victim of the War on Drugs
September 27, 2020 Topic: Politics Region: Americas Blog Brand: 2020 Election Tags: War On DrugsBreonna TaylorPolice BrutalityBLM
Will it ever end?
by Jeffrey Miron
Yesterday Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced charges against one of the three officers who killed Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical worker who was shot when police raided her apartment on the suspicion that her ex‐boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, had received shipments of drugs at her address. The charges, three counts of wanton endangerment, were not for shooting and killing Ms. Taylor in her own home but for firing three stray rounds through a curtained window. Whether the charges, or lack thereof, are the appropriate legal response lies outside of our particular expertise, but widespread protests in the wake of the announcement show that many people do not feel justice has been served.
The Drug War killed Breonna Taylor. Former Detective Brett Hankinson, Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly, and Detective Myles Cosgrove may have pulled the trigger, but they carried out this raid because of our misguided, ineffective, and racist drug laws. Since President Nixon first declared a "War on Drugs" in 1971, Black Americans have been arrested, jailed, and killed for frequently minor or nonviolent drug offenses. No‐knock raids, in which police are authorized to enter a property without notifying the residents, have become a favorite tool of law enforcement, with tens of thousands executed each year.
Breonna Taylor was not the first innocent victim of a no‐knock raid, and unless policymakers act she will not be the last. In March 1994 police in Boston entered the wrong apartment and tackled 75‐year old Accelyne Williams, who suffered heart failure and died. No officers were charged. In May 2010 7‐year old Aiyana Stanley Jones was shot and killed by police in Detroit during a botched drug raid as she lay asleep in bed next to her grandmother. Charges against the officer were dropped, and he remained on the force. In May 2011 26‐year old Iraq war veteran Jose Guerena was shot at 71 times in front of his wife and 4‐year old daughter. Police claimed he was involved in a drug trafficking ring – allegations that were never substantiated – and no officers were disciplined although his family received a $3.4 million settlement. There are far too many similar stories, not all of which receive the attention or scrutiny they deserve.
The Kentucky AG and others claim that the raid that killed Breonna Taylor was not, in fact, a no‐knock raid because the police, despite having a no‐knock warrant, announced themselves. Taylor's boyfriend disputes this claim and says he thought the intruders were Taylor's ex‐boyfriend.
Regardless, the warrant was executed in the early hours of the morning as Ms. Taylor and her boyfriend slept; reacting defensively to heavily armed intruders breaking down doors in the middle of the night is a reasonable response. Using violent shock and awe tactics on people suspected of nonviolent offenses is not.
What many of these violent raids have in common is that they target low‐level drug offenders. Dozens of raids have ended in injury or death since 2010. The aggressive enforcement of marijuana laws may be as dangerous as the drug itself.
Ending the War on Drugs will not eliminate police misuse of deadly force, but it will limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to use the pretext of "public safety" to commit violence. The Drug War must end; it has already claimed too many victims.
This article first appeared at the Cato Institute.
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Q: Java [SQLITE_ERROR] SQL error or missing database (near "resi": syntax error) i have some issues when i'm run the program. It says "[SQLITE_ERROR] SQL error or missing database (near "resi": syntax error)" and "ada yang salah:java.sql.SQLException: ResultSet is TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY". Am i passed something or what?
connection code
public void koneksiDatabase(){
    try{
        Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
        con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:C:/Users/sqlite3/cekresi.db","root","");
        System.out.println("Koneksi berhasil!");
    }catch(ClassNotFoundException eclass){
        System.out.println("Koneksi Gagal!");
    }catch(SQLException esql){
        System.out.println(esql.getMessage());
    }
}

savedata code
public void simpanData(){
    try {
        String sql = "Insert into data resi = \"" + txtResi.getText() + "\","
                + "nama = \"" + txtNama.getText() + "\","
                + "tujuan = \"" + (String)cmbTujuan.getSelectedItem() + "\","
                + "tarif = \"" + txtTarif.getText() + "\","
                + "berat = \"" + txtBerat.getText() + "\","
                + "jumlah = \"" + txtJumlah.getText() + "\"";
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
        System.out.println("berhasil!");
    }catch (Exception e){
        System.out.println(e);
    }
    tampilDataKeTabel();
}

showtable code
public void tampilDataKeTabel(){
    ResultSet rs = null;
    try{
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        rs = stmt.executeQuery("select * from data");

        ResultSetMetaData meta = rs.getMetaData();
        int col = meta.getColumnCount();
        int baris = 0;
        while (rs.next()){
            baris = rs.getRow();
        }
        dataTable = new String[baris][col];
        int x = 0;
        rs.beforeFirst();
        while(rs.next()){
            dataTable[x][0] = rs.getString("resi");
            dataTable[x][1] = rs.getString("nama");
            dataTable[x][2] = rs.getString("tujuan");
            dataTable[x][3] = rs.getString("tarif");
            dataTable[x][4] = rs.getString("berat");
            dataTable[x][5] = rs.getString("jumlah");
            x++;
        }
        tabelDisplay.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(dataTable,header));
    }catch(Exception e){
        System.err.println("ada yang salah:"+e);
    }
}

A: There are syntax issues in the insert statement. The syntax should be:
INSERT INTO table (column1,column2 ,..)
VALUES( value1, value2 ,...);

So your insert statement should be something like:
String sql = "Insert into data(resi,nama,tujuan,tarif,berat,jumlah)
              values(\"" + txtResi.getText() + "\","
                + \"" + txtNama.getText() + "\","
                + \"" + (String)cmbTujuan.getSelectedItem() + "\","
                + \"" + txtTarif.getText() + "\","
                + \"" + txtBerat.getText() + "\","
                + \"" + txtJumlah.getText() + "\")";

Also, there is an issue in the code to show the data.
while (rs.next()){
    baris = rs.getRow();
}

This loop is traversing the result set once. So the next loop would fail as rs has already reached the end of results.
This is causing the exception : ResultSet is TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY
Instead of creating a 2D string array, Create a class corresponding to your db table and then create a List. Assuming a class named Data would be created, the second while loop would be :
List<Data> dataList = new ArrayList<>();
while(rs.next()){
    Data data = new Data();
    data.setResi(rs.getString("resi"));
    data.setNama(rs.getString("nama"));
    data.setTujuan(rs.getString("tujuan"));
    data.setTarif(rs.getString("tarif"));
    data.setBerat(rs.getString("berat"));
    data.setJumlah(rs.getString("jumlah"));
    dataList.add(data);
}

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Join us Saturday, April 20, immediately after the worship service, at the Scott Middle School field (43rd and N 1/2) for a community-wide Easter Egg Hunt and tons of other family fun! Kids (12 and under) are invited to hunt for eggs, play games, and enjoy fun in the park.
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We're having an issue where our AmbientFlyOver aircraft are getting stuck in mid-air. I have it activated on out test server which never automatically restarts. If I come back 8 hours after a manual restart there may be 10 of them just hanging out in mid-flight. Many times, if you approach them, they will continue flying. Many times they won't.
I thought maybe it was a trigger issue, where when I look at the map with AI Markers on I can see them but maybe a player wouldn't see them and by the time they got into range the plane would continue. I tried to approach normally but the results were the same. I've used the stock aircraft in the config as well as other aircraft.
This was happening prior to the update. I had disabled it a while ago and turned it back on yesterday to see if the update changed anything. It didn't.
I (and my players) really like the effect of having them around and would like to keep them.
#2 - Create a timed script which will delete airplanes/jets at a set time - Example: Every 10 minutes, they are deleted.
Either will work for you!
Again, do note - These are two solutions to your problem without me examining the code! They do not FIX the issue, rather, they HIDE THE ISSUE!
I have this happening too, notice it started after the infiSTAR update, but that may be a case of 'post hoc ergo propter hoc'.
Hmmm, I mentioned this to infiSTAR except player vehicles were freezing mid-air but he said it's an ArmA issue. So i would bring this up with him because it only started happening for me after an infiSTAR update too.
what Sandmanuix said, DMS freezes AI if a player is not within a certain distance of them to save your FPS. You can increase or decrease this. In this instance try increasing the freezing distance or just set to '0' to disable i believe. Freezing should go away then.


I stumbled and fell back into the nasty smoking habit. This has got to stop! I have got to find the strength to quit smoking for good. Just because I felt overwhelmed by life events, I picked the nasties back up again. I'm frazzled that I have given so much power to smoking. Again. I guess this is what addiction is all about.
I haven't established an absolute quit date but it will be very soon. I'm trying to get the idea into the fore front of my mind and MAKE it my reality. I want to be an ex. Not an ex ex.
I was a smoker for nearly 40 years and have been an ex since February 29, 2016. I am using patches to help break my habit of lighting up. I am amazed at how well things are going. There has been significant stress lately but I have still come this far.
various skills. i enjoy communication.
Just got back from family and everyone survived. LOL I chewed on drinking straws or chomped an orange TicTac. I have to tend to some stuff so will have to catch up later. Still not a puff tho.
My mom is 86yrs old and has copd. She is still a smoker. Next week I am going to visit family and none are aware that I have stopped smoking. I have every intention to wow them with the news. I am on the second step with nicotine patches. They are working well for me. I chew on drinking straws also. This helps me refrain from snacking excessively. I had gained weight prior to stopping smoking and I am determined not to gain more. Thus far, in addition to not smoking, I have dropped just over 5 pounds. I am doubly happy with this.
Thanks to each for your supportive comments. The people on this site are awesome! You are appreciated. I am still smoke free and feeling really good about it.
I wasn't going to keep a blog.
So I changed my mind and felt that this might be a good thing to do to help with being a newbie ex. I live with a smoker but he is very respectful of my need for a smoke free space. It is my son and he is very proud of my success. In time I believe that he will also refrain from smoking. Well, I am 21 days into being an ex and I am liking it. I pray this continues.


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Pat Hardy turns back creationist challenge in Texas
Attention focused on one usually-obscure race for a seat on the Texas State Board of Education helped Republican Pat Hardy turn back a malicious challenge. Hardy won her primary against secretive Barney Maddox, a urologist who spent a lot of money on specifically-targeted mailings, but who also refused to speak with reporters or anyone else asking questions.
Showing just how odd and treacherous is the situation in Texas, Hardy got assists from science bloggers across the nation, though her position on science is far from what science advocates would like. Hardy's genial "don't gut the textbooks" stand was preferred to Maddox's mad-dog, teach-creationism-in-science position.
Maddox refused to comment on the election, of course.
Hardy's district includes parts of Ft. Worth and surrounding counties. According to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:
Social conservatives failed in their attempt to take control of the State Board of Education on Tuesday when incumbent Pat Hardy of Fort Worth retained her seat against a challenge from Cleburne's Barney Maddox.
Hardy, a career educator, has been a moderate voice on the board. The 15-member body still shows a close ideological split, but Hardy has helped keep it on a straight path.
The board's powers come from its ability to influence the public school curriculum and the selection of textbooks. District 11covers about three-fourths of Tarrant County, plus all of Ellis, Johnson and Parker counties. There is no Democratic nominee for this seat in the November election.
Maddox's entry in the race had set the stage for debate over the scientific theory of evolution, which he has described as "fairy tales." Hardy took a better course: Teach kids about all theories, she said, from creation to evolution, and give them enough information to make up their own minds about what to believe.
Spoken like a teacher — and a person who should hold a seat on the State Board of Education
Tip of the old scrub brush to reader Ediacaran. Thanks, Bret.
Update: News specific to this race from the Fort Worth paper.
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Texas Board of Education up for re-election in November « myinvisiblejesus.com says:
[…] The Texas Board of Education decides (among other things) what text books to use in Texas public schools. They also decide if creationism should be taught as an alternative to evolution. They are so big that the publishers will put their views into textbooks that go to other states as well. The 15 members of the board are mostly Republicans. And of that group, there is a smaller group of radical Christians who the moderates try to keep in check. The situation is so dire that Board members who want to 'teach the controversy' are actually seen as the best champion of reason . […]
Yeah one less Creationist on the Board. The difference between Darwinism and the Creationists is;
Darwin might be a Theroy of how it happened. Cretionist should have started with ONCE A UPON A TIME like all Fairy Tales go.
What Students Should Learn « On the Tenure Track says:
[…] to pour hours upon hours into yet another tech-based outlet; Mr. Darrell, to give him a break from bashing creationists; and Ms. Baker, to give her some uncharacteristically needed […]
From the view in education, this is a win. A small step is the start of a thousand-mile journey, and all that.
It shows how bad things really are in Texas; no offense to Pat Hardy. Just getting someone on the SBOE who has the brains to vote correctly most of the time is a huge victory.
Dorid says:
The lesser of two evils? I'm not so sure I'd call this a victory in Texas… maybe a draw, which is better than a total loss. What we need to see in Texas is people running for the board of education who actually know the difference between education and religious training, and can separate them accordingly.


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By Ethan Sturm, Managerial Editor
Where Have All the Good Beaters Gone?
A year ago—in this very preview—we ranked the top six college beaters in the Northeast. For a region with a lengthy legacy of producing some of the highest-quality beating in the country, this was a rather easy task. The only difficult part was deciding who was not worthy of mention. In the end, ranked beaters Perry Wang and Steven Belitzky of the University of Rochester outplayed ranked beater Max Beneke of Boston University in the 2017 Northeast Regional Championship final on their way to a national title.
But last season's beater rankings have been heavily depleted. Of the six ranked, only two—Belitzky and New York University's Janice Lu—remain on college rosters entering this weekend, with Belitzky's eligibility a result of an extra year of school. That does not include Tufts University's former starter Andrew Bittles, who graduated, or RPI's Fiona Wisehart, who is recovering from a knee injury.
The void created by a near region-wide transition year have already shown in results. Perennial contenders Boston University and Tufts have both looked lost at times as they look to find their next top-tier beaters, with the Terriers already suffering blowout losses to the University of Virginia, New York and RPI, and the Jumbos handed their worst-margin of defeat to a college team in the modern quidditch era, a 170*-30 drumming by Virginia. RPI, meanwhile, was kept in range by Emerson College, which is still transitioning after the graduation of Leo Wu.
It should come as no surprise that in a region defined by its beating, the likely favorites are the two teams with returning players from last year's list. New York, in no small part thanks to the play of Lu, have looked dominant during an 8-0 start to the season. Rochester has looked less so, but will also be pairing Belitzky and Tim Kwan—the two parts of the team's beating triumvirate last season that were willing to exert themselves—for the first time all season; a pairing that was capable of dominating a national final, never mind a regional tournament.
But beyond the teams returning top-tier talent at the position, there's a wide open field for the next generation of beating talent to step up, and some have already begun to in the six-week stretch embarrassingly called a fall season. Ali Husain has begun to take steps towards effectively replacing Beneke at Boston University; Antoine "Frenchie" Giron has brought a take-no-prisoners style to New York; and Harvard University is relying heavily on the play of Michael Cheveney, who got plenty of reps for the Boston Night Riders this past summer. Just how far these players have developed could end up having a massive impact on the ceilings of their respective teams.
Credit: Matt Dwyer
Roses are Red, Violets are Title Contenders
New York—yes, their official athletics mascot is the Violets—has developed a reputation for always being the bridesmaid and never the bride. In three of the past four regional championships, the team has made at least the semifinals. In 2014, they went all the way to the finals before falling to the hot hand of Tufts' David Stack in the finals, losing 260*-160. This past season, they were considered co-tournament favorites before an early injury to star ball-carrier Frank Minson and a SWIM loss to Boston University in the loser's bracket final left them on the outside looking in (once again).
But this season, as the team returns much of its core while the region is in transition, may be the program's best chance ever to finally nab the elusive Northeast Regional Championship crown—a title that has eluded all New York City teams up until this point. Minson has returned after recovering from injury and a brief hiatus when he played for The Warriors, and will once again team up with Landon Garfinkel, who took over most of the team's ball-handling duties in Minson's absence. Garfinkel and Minson are lightning and thunder with the quaffle in their hands, with Garfinkel using his agility to keep himself off the ground while Minson brings brute strength. Currently, there is no other quaffle pair in the region that can compare to them, a massive advantage in a world where more and more teams are stuck relying purely on hero-balling.
Of course, that strong quaffle play would be all for naught if the team could not at least compete in the beater game, but New York is more than sufficient there as well. Lu is as aggressive as they come in the college circuit. She doesn't fear physicality and can rip bludgers from the grip of almost any beater. Her partners, Jeff Ebner and rookie Giron, are quick and agile, complementing Lu. What's particularly interesting about this beater core is that it has rarely been outplayed this season and even in the fleeting moments where they are getting outmatched, they have a knack for minimizing the negative impact. New York has always been a team known for intelligent beaters and this season is no different.
This New York team is unlikely to simply run away with the title. There is simply too much talent on the other top squads, and it's undoubtedly going to take some breaks going the Violets way. But New York's chances are as strong as they've ever been, and anything less than a title will likely be seen as a disappointment.
Credit: Cara Marassa
Passing Out in the Club (Division)
Alright, let's get this over with. The minute The Rogues announced they would be competing in the Northeast—driving the final stake into the heart of a potential Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Club Superregional—the now-existent Northeast Regional Championship club division became an instantaneous snooze fest. And while it may be good news for club players who no longer have to travel further for qualification rituals that have no stakes—especially those that are also coaching college teams—it's a real bummer for the neutral observer.
A hypothetical superregional would have had four teams from our current Top-10 rankings, with a fifth just barely missing out. Instead, this tournament has two defined tiers: the Bosnyan Bearsharks and Q.C. Boston competing for the title; Rochester Hailstorm cruising to the third bid; and The Rogues and the Atlantic Dragons facing off for pride and a front-running position for a Northeast at-large bid. No game between tiers is likely to be in-range, so you can cross off 16 games immediately. If you consider the two games between The Rogues and Dragons as consolation matchups, you're left with a grand total of two watchable matchups.
Those two games, the nominal regional title match between Bosnyan and Q.C. Boston, feature the 523rd matchup involving this group of players playing with or against each other. And that matchup includes a team who cares so little that it's playing two US National Team players out of position this season. This could easily end as a 1-1 tie that leaves a regional championship title—once again with no meaning—to be decided on tiebreakers.
Maybe someone gives Hailstorm a scare for the third bid if they massively underperform, but even if they do there are so few club teams and so many club nationals bids that all five of these teams could easily go to nationals if they want to and schedule smartly. So, really, even that doesn't matter.
But hey, at least the weather's nice in Rochester.
Credit: Chris Rothery
Breakout Player: Justin King, Keeper, University of Rochester
A season ago, Rochester won a national title on the back of a dominant two-male beater set and the unstoppable—at least in the college division—quaffle play of Basem Ashkar. On the outskirts of that title run were the contributions of freshman Justin King, who backed up Ashkar early in the tournament before taking a large number of reps as a point-defending chaser as the day wound on.
But with Ashkar gone, the keys to the offense have been given to King, who debuted this season at the Nittany Invitational after missing out on Turtle Cup. Without King at Turtle Cup—and admittedly touting a 12-player roster—the team managed just 60 quaffle points in their games against middling Mid-Atlantic opponents George Mason University and the University of Richmond. The numbers looked better with King on the pitch at Nittany Invitational, including 160 quaffle points against Syracuse University and 140 quaffle points in an overtime win over Philadelphia Freedom Q.C. But just 60 quaffle points in their most competitive matchup of the day against Penn State University continued to beg the question of whether this offense could reach the highs of a year ago.
There is no doubt that the athleticism is there for King, who was already physically competitive on the sport's biggest stage in his first year. But the transition to primary ball carrier is about a lot more than physicality, and to have to do it on a defending national championship team—with all eyes on you—is that much harder. All of that being said, the two-male beater set has always required a dominant ball handler to make it function at its highest level, a fact that coach Ethan Warren likely knows all too well. And if King is going to be able to be that for the Thestrals, it's time to put up or shut up on his home turf at regionals.
Credit: Savannah Heller
By Tyler Walker, Managerial Editor
A New Champion Will Be Crowned
There has been a trend in the passing of the Great Lakes Regional Championship title: The team who took second the year prior has won the following year. It began when University of Michigan defeated BGSU, which then defeated Ball State University, which went on to win the title last year. There are two ways this trend could stay alive, but one holds more weight than the other.
Miami University took second place last year, but Central Michigan University played Ball State in the round robin de facto championship game. The two MAC schools are not just destined to win the title, but are also favorites to do so.
Miami is the frontrunner based on both this and last season. At USQ Cup 11, Miami bowed out just barely in-range to UCLA in the Sweet 16—further than any other Great Lakes collegiate team. During the regular season, they were never taken out of range by a collegiate opponent and consistently able to match teams on the club side like Ohio Glory, Lake Erie Elite and Rochester United. This year, they come into regionals holding a win over the team most likely to take the title from them: Central Michigan.
Central Michigan is much more equipped to compete in a round-robin tournament than last year. They retained a majority of their key pieces and have added a few impressive rookies. An extra year for players in the program and a dedicated non-playing coach has all the signs pointing to Sunday at 4:45 p.m. deciding first and second place.
The difference between the two teams comes in the beating game. While both have top-end veteran talent, it will be how the second and third lines can play throughout the weekend. The more players like Central Michigan's David Banas, Allison Cale and Matt Long that can stay off the field until the last time slot, the better their chances. On the Miami side is Derek Brantingham, Paolo Federico-O'Murchu and Elena McDonald, all of whom will need to play big minutes.
Not much separates the two teams, and, thus, the championship game will likely come down to a snitch catch. Last year, Ball State took the regional off the hot hand of seeker Nathan Ellert; expect the hot hand–but this time of Miami or Central Michigan–to prevail again.
Playing For Nationals
The most divisive thing in the region this season was the announcement of the regional gameplay format. The main arguments against it were based on safety for current players and how the weekend would affect programs in the future. While both of these points are valid and things that need to be considered, this format leaves no room for a deserving team to come up short or a team to luck out into a bid.
This weekend is deciding which teams should be competing for the national championship. While the factors above are important for the growth of the sport as a whole, that is not the specific focus of the weekend. Playing 10 games is a lot, but it is how many games any team is expected to play with a national title in mind. It is how many the University of Rochester and University of Texas played last year.
What about the teams without title aspirations? This should be a good test for how they could fare when they get there. It is great experience to see where you need to get your team to be able to compete for a nationals' burden of games. The team constantly used as the counterpoint to the "this is a good test" argument is University of Toledo—a revamped program that fizzled out following, ironically, a pool-play style regional championship. In reality, Toledo is exactly the sample to show round-robin is the better move. Additionally, it's worth noting all 10 college teams who competed in the round robin format last season were retained. There were exciting games all day and no team left without playing a game in-range. The same cannot be said in the pool-play format, where most games featuring the top and bottom teams in a pool are well out-of-range and barely watchable.
This round-robin format not only tests a team's ability to play in the national championship, but it also offers teams opportunities to compete at a realistic level for them.
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Snitching By Committee
It is not a secret that there was a volunteer problem in the Great Lakes at the start of the season. It was largely based on a lack of head referees, which meant there was a high chance teams wouldn't be able to get official games in. Thanks to the efforts of many in the region, this issue has been mostly resolved. The biggest reason for the lack of volunteers was not really addressed, though: The disappearance of community teams.
Club players are typically the most experienced and usually the most willing to volunteer. With no club teams in the Great Lakes and no experienced college player stepping up, there is no one able to fill the role of officials at the Great Lakes Regional Championship. For example, the Saturday officials schedule has 18 spots in the snitch runner column filled by a team rather than an actual player. This means that teams will likely give the assignment to someone that can afford to expend energy. While that does not guarantee a drop in talent, it certainly opens the door for quick catches and short game times. Last year, a single snitch catch was the difference for the placement of the second to the eighth place team. Last year, those positions were held by a neutral third party—thank you, Adil Abdalla. This year, it is a requirement and one that could easily influence the end results, costing some teams a bid.


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Customer Gifts Waitress Cash and Leaves One Tip
ScotHibb via Reddit
Here in the U.S., it's customary to leave tips for wait staff in restaurants. Tipping has been a subject of contention, debate, and articles printed all over. What's fair, what's necessary, and what's proper etiquette have all been up for discussion.
Prompting yet another hot debate on tipping was a recent post made to Reddit entitled "The Libertarian Way to Tip", which gathered close to 2,000 replies. A picture of the "tip" left for a server at Del Rio restaurant in Joplin, Missouri was shared by a Reddit user.
When the unidentified diner received his bill, he filled in the tip line with a "0", scribbled "Taxation is Theft" in the space and left a little over $7.00 in cash. On a separate piece of paper, the man wrote a note:
"This is not a tip. This is a personal gift and not subject to federal or state income taxes."
Breaking the tipping norms hasn't been all that unusual over the past few years, with some servers getting high amounts of surprise tips from generous patrons. But the way this tax-resenting guy left advice and money really hasn't been seen or publicized before.
In Missouri, tipped employees receive half of minimum wage, amounting to $3.85 per hour. But by the same law, if an employee doesn't earn enough tips equal to the full amount of $7.70 per hour, the employer has to make up the difference.
In an industry where the financial struggle can be very real for tip earners, the gesture seems welcome, even if it comes with a dose of caution. Among the racked up opinions on Reddit are users who think the diner was clever, and those who think he's advising the server to commit tax fraud. What's a waiter or waitress to do?
Some Redditors who work as waiters or waitresses piped in to say that they prefer to claim all of their tips as income for their taxes. There were some who amusingly stated that they consider all their cash tips to be personal gifts. Other folks, well— they get, um, "creative" with their accounting.
Part of the question comes with what's considered a gift. As far as the IRS is concerned, $14,000 is the cap amount for an untaxable personal gift. But would this legally qualify? The onus would rest on the recipient to prove that it does, but judging from this particular situation, it was left in a place of business in return for services received. Not so much a gift, but a tip?
In an article with ATTN:, an IRS spokesperson declined to speak on the legal implications of this "personal gift" versus tip income. Instead, they were referred to the IRS guidelines outlined in the "Tips on Tips" publication which clearly states that tip income is taxable. There you have it.
What are your thoughts on this personal gift? Do you agree or disagree with this customer's stance? What would you do if you work(ed) as a server? Tell us in the comments!


In Dreams of Terror was filmed in one day, over two venues by Ash Pears. It simply aimed to capture the theme of psychological terror through the use of jilted framed shots and cutaway to images resembling The Rorschach Test.
Taken from Evile third studio album 'Five Serpents Teeth'.


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import org.jetbrains.annotations.PropertyKey
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import io.github.katrix.katlib.i18n.Resource

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General noise nuisance, whether that be from domestic, trade or industrial premises, can be dealt with under the provisions of the Environmnetal Protection Act 1990. Section 79 of the Act places a legal duty on local authorities to reasonably investigate all complaints of Statutory Nuisance, and to regularly inspect the borough for the existance of nuisances.
If a Statutory Nuisance is substantiated, then the local authority must serve a Noise Abatement Notice on the person(s) responsible to effectively prohibit a recurrence. Non-compliance with a Noise Abatement Notice is an offence. Summary conviction may result in a fine of up to £5,000 for domestic premises and £20,000 for commercial and trade premises.
Late night noise from licensed premises (pubs, nightclubs, etc.) can be dealt with under the provisions of the Noise Act 1996 (as amended by the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 and the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005). Warning notices and fixed penalty fines can be used by local authorities if noise from licensed premises breaches specified levels between the hours of 11pm and 7am.
The inappropriate use of a loudspeaker in the street is a specific offence under the Control of Pollution Act 1974, incurring a fine on summary conviction. The Act also covers noise from construction sites, and enables local authorities to impose specific requirements on how construction work will be completed.
Traditionally, fireworks are commonly used on 5 November; however, they are becoming more popular during celebrations such as New Years Eve. Chesterfield Borough Council receives an increasing number of complaints about noise from fireworks and although they are fun, they can cause annoyance to residents and can distress pets and wildlife. The Fireworks Regulations 2004 prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from possessing fireworks and anyone except professionals from possessing display fireworks in a public place. These Regulations prohibit the supply, purchase or possession of excessively loud fireworks (over 120 decibels). In addition to this, these Regulations also prohibit the use of fireworks at night (11pm to 7am) in England and Wales. The Fireworks Regulations 2004 are enforced by the Derbyshire Constabulary and there is a penalty of up to £5,000 or six months in prison for breach of curfew.
The use of chimes on vehicles selling perishable foods is subject to a Code of Practice issued by the Department of the Environment in 1982. It specifies best practice in the use of chimes suggesting how long, and under what circumstances chimes may be used to avoid annoying nearby residents. The use of chimes is an offence outside the hours of 12 noon and 7pm under any circumstances.


Finding the best embroidery digitizer in the UK or any other locations is very difficult, nowadays. As, the greater number of digitizers professionals providing high-quality embroidery digitizing services available in the market. So, it is very tough to identify the right digitizer in between. You must have to select the one that suits your complete requirements the best and provides you the reliable facility.
In order to find out the best embroidery digitizers UK or other location, first and foremost, it is very crucial to know the fact that – What a digitizer actually is? Embroidery digitizer is a skilled person who is capable to alter an image or text into stitches. That kind of embroidery digitizers is capable of producing an image in a format that can be understood by an embroidery machine. The digitizer is someone who works always in a cooperative style and knows the each and every important aspect regarding embroidery process by heart. He or she also knows what it takes to make a pattern look its best and what class of embroidery suits on what kind of fabric. By contacting a good embroidery digitizer you can save your lead time as well as pricing too.
Firstly, you can start by asking regarding the digitizing software that the candidate is known to. "Sierra Embroidery Office 9" is a standard computer software which is utilized by the industry for the embroidery digitizing purpose. In a case, the concerned person is not well-informed of this Windows-based software, it could signify that they will take time getting used to the complete process of digitization.
Whether he/ she has ever operated a commercial embroidery equipment physically or not.
The answers given by the concerned person will give you an idea whether he or she is good for the business or not. Additionally, you can make an estimate of whether the individual can work on machines or come to speed with time.
Once you are assured about the mastery he/she has regarding embroidery digitizing, you can go straight out and ask questions regarding his/her artistic and peculiar style. For example, you can ask whether he/she can make vector art or design unique style, hold photos or bitmap image or embroider niche patterns like cars, flowers, animals or architecture or you can do direct online shopping when big brands offer special offers and discount coupons.
In addition to all this, you must also know the fact that the digitizer work is not restricted only to a PC software. Complete Knowledge regarding of all the fabric types and the push-pull factor of each is also necessary. The embroidery digitizer also needs to know about the stabilizers, threads, and needles and, perhaps, before anything else, must artistically and smartly expand the 'boundaries' of machine embroidery.


By taking pictures, I don't search a decisive instant but, on the contrary, both the previous moment and the following one can have the same meaning. In fact, by means of the addition or ensemble of moments, I can go in depth into phenomena that are repeated in a cyclic way. I try to express myself through a language based on the appreciation of minimum variations and movements. I am attracted by the idea of exploring things that could go unnoticed, since this research brings me to think about perception and the act itself of looking.
I am interested in photography as contemplation, also as a vital way of approach and discovery of the surroundings. Understood in this sense, photography is a slow practice that allows me to take consciousness of reality and present. In projects, I deal with the concepts of space, time, emptiness, fullness and the relations that are established among them based on the influence of light, which determines and modifies them continuously.


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Preparing for property division in a divorce
On behalf of Gumm & Green, LLP, Attorneys at Law | Aug 29, 2018 | Complex Divorce & Property Division
When couples decide to get a divorce in California, they may be particularly concerned about the financial implications. Many spouses recognize that the financial repercussions of a separation can be longer lasting than the emotional and practical changes. In order to prepare for divorce, it can be helpful for people to review their financial situations and gain a greater understanding of the process to come.
One of the most important parts of preparing for a divorce is undertaking a realistic valuation of personal and real property, especially marital financial assets. These include bank accounts, cash on hand, retirement funds, investment accounts, real estate trusts and more. These types of assets are particularly fungible and may be important to each spouse, especially if one person needs to access them to cover living expenses. When going through the property division process, it is also important to include the impact of taxation when valuing an asset. For example, a bank account with $100,000 is not equivalent to $100,000 in an IRA because withdrawals from the IRA made later on will be subject to income tax.
The distribution of retirement funds can be one of the more complex and also financially critical aspects of a divorce. A proper court order, called a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, is necessary to divide certain types of accounts. In addition, defined-benefit plans like pensions will also need to be allocated during the divorce, and the former spouse may need to be named as the recipient of survivor's benefits.
An individual who is concerned about the financial implications of divorce can also assess their real estate holdings, debts and other financial priorities. A family law attorney can work with a divorcing spouse to protect key funds and achieve a fair settlement on issues such as property division and spousal support.
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Hamaki to perform at AUC on March 6
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 - 01:33 GMT
FILE - Mohamed Hamaki
CAIRO – 18 February 2020: Egyptian Star Mohamed Hamaki will perform at the American University in Cairo on March 6. It is worth mentioning that Hamaki performed in the French capital Paris on Valentine's Day.
He has recently performed a concert in Dubai, within the activities of the 25th Dubai Shopping Festival held in Jumeirah. During the concert, the popular star performed a number of his popular hits, including "Ma Balash", "Wahda Wahda", "Weftakart", among others.
Furthermore, Hamaki has been recently honored during the CASA ART Festival held in Morocco and was named the "Best Star of 2019" in addition to the "Ambassador of Humanity".
Hamaki held a press conference in the Moroccan city of Casablanca during his participation in the CASA Art Festival, revealing that he is learning the Moroccan dialect, as he is working on a new Moroccan song.
Hamaki's latest album "Kol Youm Men Da" (Everyday Like That) was released on 2019. This album came after a 3-year hiatus since his last album "Omro Ma Yegheeb".
Hamaki cooperated in this album with a notable cast of song writers,composers and distributors such as Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Nader Abdallah, Tamer Hussein, Amir Teima, Khaled Tag, Sherif Tag, Amr Mostafa, Tamim, Mohamed Yehia among others.
Hamaki is an Egyptian singer born on November 4, 1975. He won many awards such as Best Arabic Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards, Best Singer in 2016 at Murex D'Or, Best Middle Eastern Artist in 2016 at the BAMA "Big Apple Music Awards" Festival, Best Singer and Best Song for "Ma Balash" in 2015 at the MEMA (Middle East Music Awards) Festival, among others.
Hamaki is one of the jury members of "The Voice" program. He is considered one of the most prominent pop singers in Egypt and the Arab world.
Mohamed Hamaki


Autumn is one of my favorite seasons of the year. Normally, I would be sharing so many tips, photos, and ideas with you this season. However, we have embarked on a home remodel this past month which has been many years in the planning, and has already to proved to be an adventure. Since this project is expected to take a year, I thought I would share with you some of the highlights of this remodel as we go along. Don't worry, my roots for this blog are still in the garden.
Our remodel vision was to create a home which was more comfortable, more energy efficient, an enhancement of our views, and to integrate our home and garden more fully. It's a little bit scary. It's a little bit fun. It's a little bit unknown. Please follow along with us, my husband and me, on our journey as our Domaine de Manion remodel unfolds. Yes, our "Hollywood girls" and "French girls", aka our beloved hens, are fine and are enjoying all the new freshly turned dirt and excitement.
Our spanish style home was originally built in 1930, and was one of only three homes back then in the area, all the way to the Pacific Ocean a mile away. Our home sits a top a gentle rising coastal ridge about 300 feet above sea level. A massive mature Italian Stone Pine and Torrey Pine tree dominate our home and property, and act as subtle protectors. We're saving our charming home and pushing out on its west side and south side. We're building a stand alone "barn" which among other uses, will have a wine-making room.
I keep saying to myself, to embrace the journey as much as the destination.
Have you gone through a home remodel? Do you have any tips to share? Please comment on your remodel experience.


One-to-One Funds assists patients and their families with fundraising efforts by creating a personal fund at the Foundation. It is a simple and effective way for a patient's family, friends, and community to raise money on a patient's behalf.
Using this website (or by sending a check to the Foundation), a patient's supporters can raise money for a fund that directly benefits that patient to help with transplant expenses.
All donations are tax-deductible. The Bone Marrow Foundation administers these funds directly to the patient. Each donor receives an acknowledgment letter and the patient receives a listing of all donations made to their One-to-One Fund.
Thank you for helping me get through this difficult journey.
In 2011, Polly began experiencing pain in her legs and hips. In January 2012, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in her lymph nodes. After three rounds of chemotherapy, a PET scan revealed the cancer in Polly's lymph nodes had shrunk, but found that she also had cancer in her bones. She was then diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in her bones, in addition to the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in her lymph nodes.
Polly has faced many obstacles throughout her illness. In November 2014, she fell in the hospital and in early December she underwent hip replacement surgery. She has also been, inexplicably, experiencing double vision. At the end of March 2015, Polly will receive an autologous stem cell transplant and will spend at least three weeks in the hospital. Polly has been taking everything in stride, but the great financial burden that her illness is taking on her family has proved a particularly bitter pill to swallow.
In order to assist Polly and her husband with expenses such as housing, utilities and medical costs while Polly is on break from her job as a waitress at Cracker Barrel, Polly has teamed up with The Bone Marrow Foundation. Any contributions to Polly's One-to-One Fund will go directly towards transplant-related expenses. Thank you for your generosity!