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Проблемы пиратства в РФ, особенности интернет-пиратства и иные актуальные вопросы интеллектуальной собственности: материалы международной научно-практической конференции, 13 апреля 2011 г., Москва
М.: Российская государственная академия интеллектуальной собственности, 2011.
Свободный доступ как способ реализации имущественных прав
Будник Р. А. В кн.: Проблемы пиратства в РФ, особенности интернет-пиратства и иные актуальные вопросы интеллектуальной собственности: материалы международной научно-практической конференции, 13 апреля 2011 г., Москва. М.: Российская государственная академия интеллектуальной собственности, 2011. С. 23-25.
Research target: Law
Priority areas: law
Keywords: intellectual property lawpublic domainfree use
Вводный научный комментарий к Части Четвертой Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации
Калятин В. О., Корнеев В. А., Павлова Е. А. Информационно-правовая система КонсультантПлюс, 2015.
Правовые вопросы бизнес-информатики. Потенциальная доходность информационных объектов
Будник Р. А. Бизнес-информатика. 2012. № 1. С. 49-54.
In this work the potential profitability is considered as additional criteria for classification of informational objects. It is discovered that potential profitability of the one part of information objects grows along with increase of its prevalence and drop for another part. In the article is revealed a regulatory gap of actual legislation for effective use of information objects with growing profitability along with its prevalence increase. It is offered to bridge the gap with the legal method of access encouragement for the specific class of information objects added into intellectual property law.
Потенциальная доходность информационных объектов
The Legitimacy of the Bolshevik Order, 1917-1918: Language Usage in Revolutionary Russian Law
Borisova T. Y. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 05.
The article describes and analyzes the legislative politics of revolutionary regimes in Russia in 1917-1918. The author aims to demonstrate the political meaning of the form of early Soviet legislation and its legitimizing effect. The revolutionary legislators often used specific language in the new laws as a vehicle of legitimacy, i.e. to make the people comply. The two main types of legal language used by the Bolsheviks can be interpreted from the perspective of different types of legitimacy. The revolutionary strategy used propagandistic legislation, written in the language of lay people, which urged them to act according to the new law. It can be seen as a request for acts of the people to legitimize the soviets. On the contrary, the traditional strategy employed old bureaucratic means of writing and distributing legislation to the local soviets. The language used by this strategy was closed to the understanding of a lay audience and implied traditions of obeying the law written in familiar legal language, which in turn implied rational/legal legitimacy. The second strategy had already become dominant after the first months of the Bolshevik revolution. This observation demonstrates that from the very beginning of their rule, Soviet leaders approached legislative policy from a technocratic point of view, which determined the further development of Soviet legal theory and practice.
Третий Международный Молодежный Форум юристов (межвузовская научно-практическая конференция студентов и профессорско-преподавательского состава) 06 декабря 2011 года «Роль юристов в развитии социального государства»: сборник докладов
М.: Российский экономический университет имени Г.В. Плеханова, 2011.
Позитивное право авторов и информационный капитал
Будник Р. А. Информационное общество. 2011. № 5. С. 37-45.
The article analyzes the infl uence of the regulation on the non-repayable transfer of a work to the general public at the author's will. This regulation is being proposed as an amendment to Russian intellectual property law. The author of the article believes that this legal rule will enrich Russian law with positive author's rights in addition to negative prohibitive powers. The next step proposed is to legalize the author's right to transfer works to the public domain. Positive author's rights are considered in the context of accumulating information capital in order to develop Russia's post-industrial economy.
Intellectual Property Law in Russia
Kashanin A. Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 2015.
The subject of this monograph is intellectual property law in Russia. This study focuses on legal mechanisms of protection of intellectual property rights since, in Russia, legislation is the main source of such rights. Though neither judicial practice nor theses propounded in legal literature are formally considered sources of intellectual property law in Russia, they at times seriously affect court rulings, and so much attention is paid to them in this study in dealing with key issues and points of dispute.
All references to legislation in this monograph are valid as of August 2014, but account is taken of amendments to Part Four of the Civil Code that are due to enter into force on 1 October 2014.
Brands, Competition Law and IP
Edited by: I. Lianos, D. Desai, S. Weber Waller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Brands and brand management have become a central feature of the modern economy and a staple of business theory and business practice. Contrary to the law's conception of trademarks, brands are used to indicate far more than source and/or quality. This volume begins the process of broadening the legal understanding of brands by explaining what brands are and how they function, how trademark and antitrust/competition law have misunderstood brands, and the implications of continuing to ignore the role brands play in business competition. This is the first book to engage with the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective, hence it will be a must-have for all those interested in the phenomenon of brands and how their function is recognized by the legal system. The book integrates both a competition and an intellectual property law dimension and explores the regulatory environment and case law in both Europe and the United States.
Extending the Scope of Antitrust Legislation over the Area of Exclusive IP-Rights Exercise: Evidence from Russia
Mikhail S. Zhuravlev. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2014. No. 39/LAW/2014.
This paper deals with the issues of competition law and IP law interaction. Current Russian legislation provides absolute immunity from extending the antitrust prohibitions over the exercise of exclusive IP-rights. The idea of the article is that this approach needs to be revised. Russian court practice, legal doctrine and economic theory necessitate more flexible antitrust regulation in the area of IP. The analysis of US, EU, and Japanese models of legal regulation has revealed different approaches to the issues of antitrust policy in this field of social relations. Therefore, this paper suggests a different concept of regulation¬ – keep the general immunity from the application of antitrust prohibitions to rightholders, but make it conditional. At the same time, in order to ensure the optimal balance between private and public interests and to maintain the incentives for innovative activity, antitrust legislation should provide a system of guarantees for rightholders.
Тенденции развития государства, права и политики в России и мире: Материалы Третьей международной научно-практической конференции
Edited by: В. Быченков Калуга: КФ РПА Минюста России, 2010.
Abelian automorphism groups of cubic fourfolds
Mayanskiy E. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2013. No. 5150.
We list all finite abelian groups which act effectively on smooth cubic fourfolds.
Использование временных характеристик в преподавании курса "Юридическая техника"
Тенилова Т. Л. Юридическая техника. 2009. № 3. С. 309-316.
Некоторые проблемы Конституции Российской Федерации
Лукьянова Е. А. Конституционное и муниципальное право. 2007. № 15. С. 4-9.
Особенности правового статуса Контрольно-счетной палаты Санкт-Петербурга
Янкевич С. В. Право и экономика. 2013. № 7. С. 55-62.
Пятые Всероссийские Державинские чтения (Москва, 15 декабря 2009 года). В 7 книгах
Edited by: М. М. Рассолов Кн. 1: Проблемы теории и истории государства и права. М.: РПА Минюста России, 2010.
Russian Competition law in light of the principles of ex post and ex ante
Totyev K. Y. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2014
This article is devoted to the legitimation and application of the standards of ex post and ex ante by courts and the executive authorities in the sphere of competition regulation. The postulates of ex post and ex ante are considered as legal principles. The principle of ex post is intended solely for judicial and administrative application; it has a deontological framework; it assumes that the legality of the activity of economic entities is assessed only on the basis of positive legal criteria in terms of the subjective rights violated; it is limited to a particular case. The traditional approach to the principle of ex post limits the scope of its application on the subjects and excessively expands its objects. The postulate of ex ante has a utilitarian basis which assumes the assessment of the application of relevant rules in the future. One of the main aims of the article is to refute the common view of lawyers and economists that a legislator applies principle of ex ante not being bound by principle of ex post, while it is the other way around for the courts and the executive authorities. The principle of ex ante may be applied not only in the process of the creation of new rules but also at the application stage for existing rules on economic competition. This is justified because the arguments of the courts and the executive authorities about a refusal to take into account the consequences of a decision in a particular case are not convincing.
Актуальные проблемы гуманитарных и социальных исследований. Материалы X Региональной научной конференции молодых ученых Сибири в области гуманитарных и социальных наук
Edited by: А. М. Аблажей, Н. В. Головко Новосибирск: Новосибирский государственный университет, 2012.
Право на контрдемонстрации: угроза или индикатор уровня демократии?
Храмова Т. М. Конституционное и муниципальное право. 2012. № 7. С. 10-16.
The article is devoted to a particular form of freedom of assembly — the right to counter-demonstrate. The author underlines the value of this right as an element of democratic society, but also acknowledges the risk of violent actions among participants of opposing demonstrations. Due to this risk, the government may adopt adequate measures restricting the right to counter-demonstrate, certain types of which are analyzed in this paper.
Legislation as a Source of Law in Late Imperial Russia
This article analyzes the usage of legislation as a legal source in the Russian Empire through the phenomenon of the publication of law. The author argues that the absence of separation of executive, legislative and court powers had definite negative effects for lawmaking and enforcement. The legislative politics of Russian emperors could be analyzed using Jürgen Habermas' concept of ―representative publicness‖ (representative öffentlichkeit): to a large extent, the tsars considered law as both an assertion of authority and a means of governing. Their actions towards strengthening legality in the state (i.e. the compulsory publication of legislation) were in essence symbolic or theatrical. In fact, since the separation of laws from executive acts did not exist in imperial Russia, the legislation was published (or stayed unpublished) exclusively for state administrators. The conflict in conceptions of legality between state and civil actors in the second half of the nineteenth century was not of a merely political nature. The article demonstrates that there was a public demand for publication of legislation; insufficient accessibility of legal information negatively influenced social and economic development in imperial Russia.
Правовое регулирование градостроительной деятельности и землепользования в Российской Федерации и в городе Москве. Учебное пособие
Гринев В. П. М.: ГАСИС, 2008.
Россия и Договор Энергетической хартии
Белый А. В. ЭКО. 2010. № 6. С. 97-114.
Development of standards of international controllability is reviewed in the article. Institutional approach is applied to development of international legal regime of Energy Charter. Definition of controllability is connected to development of international standards of dispute settlement, which are described in the article in detail. In connection with controllability, Russian interest, defense of investment in European Union and ecological investment encouragement, is reviewed in the article.
мировое управление и управляемость, Мировая экономика, международное экономическое право, энергетическая хартия, International control and controllability, International economics, international economic law, Energy Charter
Культурные аспекты и правоприменительная практика в области прав человека в Кавказском регионе
Рябинин А. Л. Права человека в современном мире. WP18. НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. № 02.
Наука международного частного права: французская школа бартолистов XV-XVI вв.
Гетьман-Павлова И. В. Государство и право. 2010. № 6. С. 84-92.
международное частное право; недвижимость; ; школа бартолистов; бартолисты; теория статутов; статуарная теория/


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Incoterms 2020 CIF
Incoterms are known as International Trade Rules. They determine the conditions for the worldwide exchange of goods. It regulates the allocation of responsibility and costs between the buyer and the seller. CIF Incoterms is one of the longest-established formulas. However, Incoterms are updated every ten years, which means that some changes are expected in 2020.
Cost-sharing – Incoterms 2020 CIF
The seller takes the costs: The buyer takes the costs:
cost of export clearance; costs of informing the seller of the date of dispatch of the goods and the port of destination;
cost of delivering the goods to the ship; costs of import license and others authorizations;
costs of issuing and sending the commercial invoice; cost of import clearance;
costs of obtaining an export license or other authorizations; the costs of obtaining documents (or equivalent electronic documents) which are necessary for the buyer to import or transit the goods;
the cost of concluding the contract of carriage; costs of pre-shipment checks on the products (except where the authorities require such checks of the exporting country);
the cost of insurance; all costs not covered by the contract or not being freight but relating to the goods during transport from the port of loading;
cost of packaging and marking the products; additional charges are resulting from the failure to notify the seller of the time of dispatch or destination.
the cost of giving information to the buyer (e.g., the goods have been delivered to the ship);
costs of quality control (measurement, weighing, counting).
What are the obligations of the seller?
The seller is obliged to conclude a contract of carriage to a designated port of shipment at his own expense.
Conclude and pay the freight contract costs.
The seller is responsible for the loading the goods on the vessel.
The seller is obliged to conclude an insurance agreement (with minimum coverage) and deliver it to the buyer.
Is responsible for the export clearance and related costs.
What are the obligations of the buyer?
The buyer is responsible for any damage or theft of the goods after the goods have been loaded to the vessel.
Is obliged to bear all the costs required to obtain the certificate of origin, consular documents and import rates of duty.
He has to inform the seller of the designated port, the name of the vessel and the delivery date.
He organizes the import clearance and bears all related costs.
The buyer has to obtain all documents necessary for import or transit.
The seller bears all costs until the goods are delivered to the port of loading. Besides, the seller takes the risk until the goods have been loaded. He has to bear the insurance costs until the products have passed the side of the vessel at the port of loading.
According to this rule, the products are delivered by the seller at the moment when the goods pass the ship's side at the port of loading. From now on, the seller is no longer liable for damage or loss of goods. These responsibilities are transferred to the buyer.
Insurance of the goods on Incoterms 2020 CIF
The seller has to conclude the insurance contract. The buyer has to note that the seller is obliged only to insurance with a minimum of coverage.
Incoterms 2020 CIF in transport
CIF rules are used only in maritime or inland waterway transport. Apart from the FOB rule, the most frequently used in bulk cargo transport by sea is the CIF rule. However, it is not allowed to use CIF Incoterms using more than one mode of transportation. The CIP formula is used for this purpose. CIF is not recommended for the transport of containers. In this case, the FCA and CIP formulas are recommended.
Transport may be carried out by several carriers in maritime transport. For example, first by a carrier operating a feeder ship from Hong Kong to Shanghai and then to an ocean-going ship from Shanghai to Southampton. In this case, the seller is no longer responsible for the goods in Hong Kong.
CIF and other Incoterms rules
The rule is very often misapplied because it cannot be applied to container transport. In this case, FCA or CIP are recommended.
It is also worth to notice that Incoterms CIF transfers the obligation to pay sea freight to the seller. (The opposite is FOB rule.)
The CIF formula is very similar to the CFR. But using CIF Incoterms, the seller additionally pays basic insurance of the goods during transport. When applying the CFR rule, the exporter is obliged to find the carrier, negotiate appropriate terms of the contract, and bear the transport costs.
Categories Incoterms

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Japanese baseball 'Iron Man' Kinugasa, son of African American, dead at 71
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'IRON MAN' KINUGASA — File photo taken in June 1987 shows Sachio Kinugasa of the Hiroshima Carp waving to fans in Hiroshima after his world-record 2,131st consecutive game. Kyodo file photo
TOKYO — Hall of Famer Sachio Kinugasa, whose 2,215 consecutive games remain a Japanese record, died of colon cancer April 23 aged 71, people familiar with the matter said.
Nicknamed "Iron Man," Kinugasa played for the Hiroshima Carp from 1965 to 1987 and was the Central League's 1984 MVP. He is tied for fifth in hits in Nippon Professional Baseball history with 2,543, sixth in runs with 1,372, and tied for seventh with 504 home runs.
On June 11, 1987, Kinugasa played in his 2,130th consecutive game, equaling Lou Gehrig's professional record total, and surpassed it two days later in front of a sold-out stadium Hiroshima Municipal Stadium. Kinugasa's total was in turn surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles on June 14, 1996. The Japanese legend was on hand that day to congratulate Ripken in Kansas City.
Born in Kyoto in 1947, Kinugasa was raised by his single mother. He reportedly never met his father, an African American serviceman stationed in Japan after World War II.
A home run-hitting catcher out of Kyoto's Heian High School, Kinugasa said his idol as a schoolboy was not the Yomiuri Giants' home run king Sadaharu Oh or America's most famous home run hitter, Babe Ruth, but African American superstar Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who combined both speed and power.
Despite the heights he eventually reached, Kinugasa struggled to establish himself as a pro. Writing about his career in his 2008 book "The Ballpark of the Baseball Gods," he talked about the easy route he expected as a slugging high school player because the Carp were a team with few young players and a regular catcher who did not hit much.
"I was 18, and my thinking was still that of a child," he wrote. "If I went to the Carp I would quickly be able to get in games and become a regular."
But Kinugasa hurt his throwing arm in his first spring training and never excelled at catching breaking balls from top-flight pro pitchers, and ended up catching just 19 games in his career. Instead, he worked on his hitting to earn a spot playing first base.
"That was a blessing for me, because I didn't like catching pitchers in the bullpen before the game, and not doing that allowed me to work more on my hitting," he wrote.
In 1975, new Carp skipper Joe Lutz shifted Kinugasa to third base, opening up a spot for a big hitting foreign player at first.
That proved to be one of the keys to the team's first CL championship.
Kinugasa and fellow Hall of Famer Koji Yamamoto became the core of the Carp dynasty from 1975 to 1984 — during which the team won four CL pennants and three Japan Series titles.
"Until we won our first championship, I saw him as my rival," Yamamoto said April 24. "But when we (finally) got into a pennant race we were able to communicate heart to heart. My fondest memory of that year (1975) was in the All-Star series, when we as Carp representatives, hit back-to-back home runs."
After his playing career, Kinugasa continued to be involved in baseball as a commentator. Kinugasa and Ripken collaborated to teach and promote baseball, with the Japanese legend regularly going to the U.S. state of Maryland in the summer to help with events Ripken organized.
He became the second baseball player, after Oh, to receive the People's Honor Award in 1987. The award, which was initiated in 1977, is given by the prime minister to honor people for outstanding achievements.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said, "He performed exactly as one would expect of someone called 'Iron Man,' a worthy People's Honor Award recipient."
"Because he always worked his utmost to the very end, I feel he truly was an iron man."
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Posted On : June 3, 2019 Published By : Team MMM
With each passing day, the spates of mental health issues are rising in the country. Now with better awareness, more people are coming forward and speaking about the state of their mental health.
More and more people are opening about depression and we read about cases of suicide in newspapers caused due to peer pressure or harassment.
But what about rural areas, do they have enough awareness about these issues? The topic of mental health has not easily penetrated at the grassroots levels in villages.
Now in order, to change this over 150 psychiatrists from Maharashtra have joined hands and have come together to create awareness about mental health issues in rural areas.
The psychiatrists have gone door to door in people's houses to teach them about mental health conditions and know about the importance of being in tune with the mind.
A campaign has been launched to address the mental health conditions across the state. On June 1 and 2, psychiatrists from Maharashtra gathered to impart mental health education among the people
Mental health experts created awareness among 22 districts in Maharashtra within a span of two days.
The interactions between people and doctors covered a range of topics related to mental health.
The first phase on April 7 was to spread awareness about depression. While the second phase on June 1 and 2, was to raise awareness on 'Schizophrenia – a mental health disease.' The name of this campaign was 'Gaon tithe Mansopchar.'
Dr Amol Deshmukh, a Psychiatrist from Aurangabad, said, "People living in the rural area have a lot of misconceptions about mental illness as they are not aware of this. Owing to which a lot of people are not taking treatment properly."
The psychiatrists were travelling from village to village to make people aware of mental illness, treatment, and prevention.
In metro cities like Mumbai, Pune and, Nagpur a number of psychiatrists are available to help people. But, in rural areas, there is a shortage of mental health experts. People living in rural areas are not aware of the mental health and conditions.
Dr Amol added, "Compared to the urban areas, rural areas have less number of psychiatrists. Our aim is every individual should have access to mental health treatment. Hence, we have launched this campaign to reach out to each and every village."
According to the information provided by the Maharashtra Health Ministry:
29,000 farmers in Vidharbha and Marathwada are suffering from mental illnesses.
Each day, seven farmers commit suicide
During the past six months, 477 farmers have committed suicide in the Marathwada region
The campaign was launched on April 7 to spread awareness on depression with an aim to reach out to each and every person across the state.
"We successfully implemented the pilot project across the 22 districts. 50 psychiatrist had participated in this campaign. Now, more 150 mental health experts have joined this campaign. We have managed to reach out to each and every household in the 22 districts," concluded Dr Amol.
While speaking to My Medical Mantra, Dr Milan Balkrishnan, a Mumbai-based, psychiatrist, said, "The mental health awareness campaign was launched by the doctors themselves. We all came together as it is our duty to serve the people and society at large. As a part of the campaign, we stressed upon the use of social media, one on one interaction, and group sessions to create awareness of the mental health conditions."
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Thanks to Alexander for this excellent blog and for Con Keating for sending it to me.
After watching an unusually shallow discussion of the so-called "dementia tax" on This Week last night, I want to give my take on it. Sadly I have some personal experience of social care in England. My mother has a constellation of dementias and other conditions which require round-the clock care costing £100,000 per year. She is 64 – ill, not old. Until recently, she was self-funding all her care from the sale of her £400,000 house. I have a good idea of how the system works.
First, let me summarise the current situation and the changes proposed in the Conservative manifesto. At present someone who needs looking after in a care or nursing home has their assets assessed by their local authority. Those with more than £23,250 must self-fund all their care. Some assets are exempt from this calculation, most notably the person's house if their spouse or a dependent lives there. In my mother's case I was the only other resident, so the house was not exempt and had to be sold.
The Conservatives propose to change this system by always including the house in the assessment of assets and by including the cost of domiciliary care, i.e. care received in the person's own home. The latter is currently provided free-of-charge by local authorities. This would shift a huge amount of the responsibility for care from the state to the individual. To soften the blow, the asset floor would be raised from £23,250 to £100,000 – drop below £100,000 and local government starts picking up the tab again.
The Conservative manifesto explicitly ruled out the recommendation in Sir Andrew Dilnot's report that individuals pay their care costs up to some "cap" (Dilnot suggested £35,000). After this the state would step in, regardless of the person's means. The Labour manifesto promises a cap although it doesn't give the level. The Conservatives' proposal was so badly received by the public that, within days, they reversed their manifesto commitment to no cap. It seems that placing many families in the position of receiving large and unknown bills, should one of their members become seriously debilitated through illness or old age, was not a vote-winner. Theresa May has said she will now consider a cap as part of a wider consultation.
I dislike the characterisation of the Conservative policy as a "dementia tax". It might look like a tax when the final bill lands on the doormat, but logically it's not a tax at all. Rather it's the payment by individuals of costs which society has declined to collectivise. This makes it quite the opposite of a tax – it's a failure to tax.
Using tax as a pejorative creates a politically disabling narrative in which all taxation is evil. This prevents grown-up discussion because it allows policies to be demolished by simply labelling them "a tax on X". Too frequently we fail to see government as what it is fundamentally: the business of collectivising some of our resources and activities. That a dementia tax – in the strict sense of a levy to provide funds to treat dementia – must be something nasty is a facile idea. Many would be happy to pay a dementia tax, if it meant that those of us, our families, and our friends who get dementia will be well looked after. The question deserves a higher quality of debate.
However, I'm going to run with the popular characterisation because it seems to have stuck. If, then, we treat the Conservative policy as a tax, what sort of tax is it? Answer: a random inheritance tax. According to the government's 2015 impact assessment, 1 in 6 people will, at random, incur catastrophic care costs exceeding the then-proposed cap of £72,000. My mother is one of them. Indeed, even under the current system, she is incurring catastrophic costs, simply because she happened to be divorced when she got ill. The remaining 5 out of 6 will pay less. Some will pay nothing at all.
This arrangement creates a "health lottery" with winners and losers. The losers not only live out their days in dismal condition but also lose a large fraction of their estates. The winners who stay largely healthy contribute much less. Proponents of this setup – including Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson on This Week – argue that it this is fair because old people are sitting on trillions of pounds of unearned housing wealth. They say that it would be unfair for workers on low and stagnant wages to fund the care of millionaire property owners. Portillo gave an additional reason: he approves ideologically of the transfer of such responsibilities from state to individual.
I agree with their point that we ought to start reallocating housing wealth, which is a major cause of economic inequality and social immobility in this country. However, their argument has two major flaws. The first is the idea that we can choose only between care funded by income tax and care paid for by individuals at the point of use. This is a false dichotomy. We have many other options, but we are so used to taxing only income that we don't see them. The second is to conflate the injustices caused by housing wealth with the provision of social care. The two are not intrinsically linked. The way to reduce wealth inequality is to reallocate wealth through wealth taxes. The way to provide social care is, well, a matter of the nation's political taste. It can be collectivised or left to the individual, or something in-between. In the UK, we have chosen already to share the costs of health care. Given that social care is extremely similar, my suspicion – confirmed perhaps by the dementia tax backlash – is that the national taste is to pool these risks too. Portillo has a different ideological palate. We can find out which prevails by having the debate, but only if we delineate the issues cleanly.
If we must have a proposal in which estate wealth is used to fund social care, it need not be as prima facie unfair as what we face now. The problem is perfectly amenable to a collectivised solution. In 2010 Labour proposed one: an additional levy on estates to fund a National Care Service, which it scrapped after George Osborne labelled it a "death tax" (see my earlier remark). The current Labour manifesto resurrects the idea of a National Care Service, including the possibility of funding it through a wealth tax. A collectivised approach in which everyone pays in and everyone is covered would, by eliminating risk, give families greater certainty over their future finances.
It would also be much easier to administer. One big problem I see with the Conservative proposal is that a personal tally of all costs incurred will have to be maintained for each person's state-funded care, so that the correct invoice can be raised on their death. My personal experience is that care providers have enough paperwork already, mostly documenting care that they are too busy documenting to give.
It is bad enough that self-funding creates unpalatable risks, but the incentives it creates are even worse. Our history teaches us this. Before we nationalised the health service in the 1940s, being treated by a doctor for a serious illness could wipe out a poor family. Many people chose, therefore, not to take themselves or their loved ones to the doctor. Result: people died from or were disabled by treatable conditions. At some point society decided this was no longer tolerable and collectivised medical costs. It did this in the face of considerable opposition from the Conservatives of the day. Indeed, one of Churchill's first acts after his 1951 election victory was to introduce prescription charges, which we still pay.
By not sharing social care costs we will create the same horrors. Some aged and infirm parents will, under the pressure of expectations or through their own ambitions as providers, delay their acceptance of much-needed care. They and their families may start to resent every extra day of life that will be totted up on the final invoice. Most worrying of all, people who have made economic sacrifices to look after their parents at home, sometimes for many years, face being made homeless after they have discharged their duties. This recent phone-in on LBC radio tells you how distraught they feel. And it's all so needless.
What is a public service?
We should consider where the logic of Portillo and Johnson stops. If we run a personal account of dementia and similar costs to be settled at death, then why not costs for medical treatment, road accidents, house fires, policing, defence, and so on? Why should workers pay for millionaires' heart attacks? Why not extend the doctrine of paying only for what you use to all public services? Fundamentally, this debate is over which activities we, the British, believe belong in the realm of public services. Is looking after people who are too old or – like my mother – too sick to look after themselves one of them?
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Unsurprisingly, this is not well publicised – nor properly administered. It invariably takes an epic battle to get NHS funding – it took me several years in relation to my father. By pointing readers of this blog who have relatives with a care need for health reasons to the 'Framework' document, maybe I'll help people get funding where it is legally due.
Like Henry, I have experience of care needs for my mother (and father) too. The problems we keep experiencing aren't those of lack of care from the lcoal authority or NHS, but lack of co-ordination of tha care and as things get passed from one govt body to another (and a change of budget/bill payer) delays occur and things fall backwards for several weeks often resulting in a reducation in abilities of my mother, which then costs the state MORE to reesolve.
Disagrements between care contractors, NHS and Coucnil staff simply seems to add to the problems and COST.
The system is seriously flawed at present.
Not so, every council in England had their own means test for the contributions that must be made for this and the devolved administrations have separate schemes.
I'm not worrying too much about the proposals as described because, in practice, they do not seem to be workable as a method of means testing. There are far too many flaws.


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A post-game mode that remixes your adventure with more difficult Nightmare encounters and some extra story scenes to play through. A true test for the diehard L U C A H player.
L U C A H is a style-action role-playing game about finding oneself in a nightmarish world.
Coming to PC, Mac, and Linux in 2018.
Lucah is one of the Marked, children with innate magical powers that are hunted and feared for the destructive potential they hold. After a terrifying dream, they wake into a distorted and hellish ritual space.
Dark, oppressive, and dangerous, the world manifests Nightmares to keep Lucah confined in their endless torment. Trapped and afraid, Lucah must survive the onslaught in order to seek Purification and escape the Corruption that threatens to consume them.
"...but you know you must move forward / you must fight / it's all you know..."
Wield the power of Mantras, sets of elemental magic that hold unique combos of light- and heavy-attacks.
Combine your power with Familiars that provide long-range offensive support.
Deal massive damage by unleashing devastating (but risky) Charge Magic.
Utilize Paradigm Shift to swap Mantras and Familiars in real-time to create vicious combos.
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L U C A H is currently in an ALPHA state, which means the core mechanics are complete, the aesthetic style is set, and the game's progression is plotted and locked down. The current demo covers the first three chapters of the game (about an hour of playtime), with a total of ten chapters planned for the full game (planned 6-8 hours of playtime).
In order to complete L U C A H, we need finishing funds to pay for the development of these last seven chapters. These chapters will include plenty of new Nightmares and Bosses to fight, more Mantras, Familiars, and Virtues to find, new Friends & Foes to meet, and the rest of the Dreamscape to explore.
A portion of the Kickstarter funds will also be used for licensing and various other fees involved in developing a commercial game, such as the engine license and the Steam Direct fee. In addition, once the game's content is complete, time will be dedicated to implementing extra visual & mechanical polish.
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We also hope to pursue a console release (PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch) once the game is completed.
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melessthanthree is a very small team, and as such any personal setbacks such as health or family emergencies could delay L U C A H's development. In addition, game development is highly volatile, and though precautions have been taken to mitigate these concerns, unforeseen technical issues could cause minor delays in the game's release.
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Q: ng-repeat inside ui-gmaps-window not rendering data from $http call I'm using angular-ui-gmaps.
I have an ng-repeat inside an  which doesn't render the html after the $http request.
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The below is the event that triggers the opening on the window, which works.
    $scope.markerEvents = {
        "click": function (e) {
            $scope.selected = _.first(_.where($scope.items, { "id": e.model.id }));

            $scope.map.center = {
                "longitude": $scope.selected.longitude,
                "latitude": $scope.selected.latitude
            };

            $scope.position = {
                "longitude": $scope.selected.longitude,
                "latitude": $scope.selected.latitude
            };

            ItemService.feedback($scope.selected.id).then(function (response) {
                $scope.items= [1, 2, 3]; //Dummy data, just to show result isn't empty.

                //Show the window
                $scope.show = !$scope.show;
            });
        }
    };

So yeah, the info-window content is being rendered before the $http request returns I guess.
Anyone know solution?
Cheers

A: Make sure that $scope.show is initialized to false before the view is rendered, then explicitly set it to true when the data is loaded.
$scope.show = false;
$scope.markerEvents = {
    "click": function (e) {
            ....
            ItemService.feedback($scope.selected.id).then(function (response) {
                 ....
                 $scope.show = true;
            });
        });
    }
};

I don't know what <ui-gmap-window> is, but it might not handle dynamic changes in the DOM. So wrap it in a ng-if to ensure it's only created when the data is loaded.

    <ui-gmap-window id="info_window" coords="position" options="infoWindowOptions">
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        </ui-gmaps-window>
    </ui-gmaps-window>

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"We made some serious mistakes in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad," Powell told a crowd of thousands at the McCormick Place conference. "We didn't have enough troops on the ground. We didn't impose our will. And as a result, an insurgency got started, and . . . it got out of control."
There are only three people who had a say in these matters. Bush, Rumsfeld and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. If things are a disaster now, it's their fault.


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After the Queen died yesterday, a holding page took the place of the official website, www.royal.uk. Any other pages on the existing site that users might have bookmarked redirected to it as well. The text below the image said:
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
The official website of the Royal Family is temporarily unavailable while appropriate changes are made.
The idea was to streamline the site as much as possible so it could cope with an enormous traffic surge, plus hiding, even if temporarily, any existing content that might seem inappropriate in the circumstances.
I know this because it was my idea. Other content is gradually coming online today.
I met the Queen three times while we were working with the Household; at the launch of the new web site, at a Reception and at a Garden Party. The funniest encounter was at the launch. I had stayed up all night working, and hadn't eaten since lunchtime the day before. Absolutely starving, I loaded up a plate with buffet fayre, and turned around to find Her Majesty about six inches away chatting to someone. She was maybe three quarters turned from me. I remember the yellow jacket she was wearing very distinctly. She was so close, I could have put the plate of sandwiches in my hand on top of her head. Not that I did you understand.
There's a framed photo of Samantha Cohen presenting me to the Queen at that very event on the staircase wall in mum and dad's, though - from the arrangement - a photographic tribute to Ben - Brean Sands Junior Rugby Festival Top Try Scorer 2009 - seems to take precedent. Thinking of home and hearth, Dad was one of the servicemen who lined the route for the Coronation in 1953 when he was doing his National Service in the RAF.


Hos 8 | BSB | STEP | [Put] the trumpet to your lips! An eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
1 [Put] the trumpet to your lips! An eagle comes against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law. 2 Israel cries out to Me, "O our God, we know You!" 3 [But] Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him. 4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. 5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? 6 For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria. 7 Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up. 8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel. 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. 10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes. 11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. 12 Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange. 13 Though they offer sacrifices given to Me and eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. 14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.


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When Georgia pine trees held a Greek chorus
"Perhaps [no populist politician in the South and West] used barbecue more effectively than Eugene Talmadge, who served three terms as governor of Georgia….
"In 1932 he kicked off his first campaign with a rally in his hometown of McRae. Local farmers donated over 10,000 pounds of pigs and goats, and they were cooked over a shallow pit by Norman Graham, the 'Barbecue King of Telfair County'…. Talmadge staged similar barbecues in most of Georgia's rural counties. 'We didn't carry any counties with streetcars running in them,' he later noted, but he won the election handily.
"During Talmadge's reelection bids, 'the Tree-Climbing Haggards of Danielsville' became a regular part of the barbecues. The elder Haggard and his eight sons dressed like Gene Talmadge in black suits, wide-brimmed hats and red suspenders. They climbed to the top of tall pine trees around the barbecue grove and shouted down scripted cues like, 'Tell us about the schoolteachers, Gene!' and 'Tell us about the old folks!'
"One afternoon a Haggard boy ate a little too much barbecue at the previous campaign stop and dozed off. He tumbled through the pine branches to the ground, bringing Talmadge's speech to a crashing halt and demonstrating the perils of too much political barbecue."
— From "Eugene Talmadge and the Art of Political Barbecue" by Robert Moss (southernfoodways.blogspot.com, Sept. 11)
Of course, North Carolina has its own history of "the perils of too much political barbecue" — or at least the perils of complaining about it.
Author Lew PowellPosted on December 11, 2013 Categories Just A BiteTags barbecue, eugene talmadge, georgia politics, robert moss, tree-climbing haggardsLeave a comment on When Georgia pine trees held a Greek chorus
On the right side of Rocky Mount — at last
"For years, whenever I returned to New York from visits to North Carolina and failed to bubble with enthusiasm while reporting on my barbecue eating to the displaced Carolinians I knew, they would question me about precisely where in the state I had been.
"Then they'd solemnly inform me that I had eaten west of Rocky Mount and the superior barbecue in North Carolina is east of Rocky Mount — unless I'd been east of Rocky Mount, in which case I was informed that every bit of the North Carolina barbecue you wouldn't throw rocks at is found west of Rocky Mount. I finally concluded that someone who grew up in Kansas City is unlikely to make it to the right side of Rocky Mount….
"[In 2002] while tucking into the barbecue provided by E. R. Mitchell of Mitchell's Bar-B-Q in Wilson, North Carolina, I realized that I had finally gotten myself on the right side of Rocky Mount."
— From "Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco" by Calvin Trillin (2004)
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Coronation Street Unveils New Todd Grimshaw Actor, Gareth Pierce, Ahead Of Character's Return
Daniel Welsh
August 10, 2020, 4:02 a.m. ·2 min read
Warning: This article contains minor spoilers for an upcoming storyline on Coronation Street.
Coronation Street has announced details of Todd Grimshaw's return to the cobbles, including the new actor that will be playing him.
Todd was originally played by Bruno Langley, whose contract with the ITV soap was terminated in 2017, after a woman accused him of sexual assault.
It's now been announced that the character will be back in Weatherfield later this year, where he'll be played by Welsh actor Gareth Pierce.
Gareth Pierce will make his debut as Todd Grimshaw in the autumn (Photo: ITV)
Gareth is perhaps best known for his role in Ruth Jones' Sky comedy Stella, having also appeared in BBC dramas Hinterland and Ordinary Lies.
He also voiced Gavin Moss in the radio soap The Archers.
Gareth said: "I'm thrilled to be joining such an iconic show, and to have been entrusted with taking Todd forward into some really exciting storylines.
"It's an honour to be part of the dedicated Coronation Street team in such unprecedented times."
Although Gareth won't make his on-screen debut as Todd until the autumn, soap bosses have teased that the stage will begin being set for the character's return next week.
Gareth poses with cast members Daniel Brocklebank and Sue Cleaver (at a safe distance, obviously) (Photo: Mark Bruce/ITV)
Todd disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 2017, and an upcoming episode will see him sending a letter to his mum, Eileen, asking for money.
Unfortunately for Todd, Eileen will still be visiting her other son, Jason, in Thailand, and when neighbours Sean and Mary open the letter themselves, they join up with Todd's ex-partner Billy to help track him down.
During Bruno Langley's tenure as Todd Grimshaw, he was part of some crucial storylines, not least becoming Coronation Street's first openly gay resident.
Langley pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault in November 2017, shortly after his contract with the ITV soap was terminated.
Coronation Street Boss Reveals How Soap Will Address Coronavirus When Filming Resumes
Jade Thirlwall And Baga Chipz's Coronation Street Impressions Are Actually Kind Of Brilliant
Coronation Street Uses Mannequin To Film TV's First Socially Distanced Stunt
This article originally appeared on HuffPost UK and has been updated.
Uganda's Museveni takes commanding election lead as rival alleges fraud
Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni had a commanding lead in Uganda's presidential election according to preliminary results on Friday though his main rival Bobi Wine said there had been widespread fraud. With 6.8 million ballots counted, or 37% of registered voters, Museveni had won 4.05 million, or 62.2%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 1.99 million votes (30.6%), the electoral commission said just after 9 p.m. (1800 GMT). The election campaign was marred by deadly crackdowns by security forces on opposition candidates and their supporters.


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From Wimbledon to Olympics: Major sporting events to look forward to in 2021
Here are some of the key sporting events across the world that you can look forward to in the new year
By Forbes India
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There is just over a week to go before the inaugural IAAF World Relays, which will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Saturday and Sunday 24-25 May 2014.
Nearly 600 athletes (338 men and 240 women) from 43 IAAF Member Federations will be making their way to the Caribbean to take part in this exciting and innovative new event on the international calendar.
Names that leap out from the final entries include reigning world champions LaShawn Merritt, Asbel Kiprop, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Christine Ohuruogu and Eunice Sum, who all won individual honours in Moscow but who will now be aiming to combine with their compatriots with a baton in their hands.
In addition, there is a plethora of other medallists from Moscow who have been entered, and world champions of a slightly earlier vintage who will be in Nassau include Yohan Blake Youssef, Saad Kamel, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Janeth Jepkosgei and Sanya Richards-Ross.
The IAAF World Relays will be staged in the newly-built 15,000-seater Thomas A Robinson Stadium, with both men and women competing in the 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and 4x1500m.
The top eight teams in both the men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m will automatically qualify for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing.
In addition, the top eight teams in each event will be awarded prize money with the gold medallists taking home no less than USD $50,000.
In the event that a team breaks a world record in Nassau, an additional bonus of USD $50,000 will also be awarded.
Two marks that look in particular danger are the men's 4x200m and women's 4x1500m records.
One thing seems certain, there will be a terrific atmosphere in the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, with fans there ready to raise the rafters across the two days of thrilling head-to-head competition.
The Bahamas has a great relay tradition and, as well as welcoming many world stars of the sport, they will have a number of competitive teams looking to triumph on home soil and their squad features local heroes like Chris Brown and Shaunae Miller.
The IAAF will be providing live results, news and event reports which will all be available here.


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What you need to know about the World Bank's $455mil loan to Tanzania for its power projects
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved a $455 million loan to Tanzania under its International Development Assistance (IDA) programme to support financing of power projects in the East African nation.
The financing from IDA, which gives grants or low-interest loans to the world's poorest countries, will also fund construction of high voltage transmission infrastructure to connect Tanzania to regional power markets in southern and eastern Africa.
"The $455 million credit will finance construction of critical high voltage transmission infrastructure that will support the electrification of the southern and northwestern regions of Tanzania," the World Bank said in a statement on Thursday.
The government said it plans to raise 2 trillion Tanzanian shillings ($880 million) in its budget for fiscal year 2018/19 (July-June) from concessional loans and grants to finance development projects.
Tanzania boasts reserves of over 57 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas, but faces periodic power shortages as it relies on hydro-power dams in a drought-prone region.
Last year President John Magufuli said the country needed to invest $46.2 billion over the next 20 years to revamp its ageing energy infrastructure and meet soaring electricity demand.
Investors have long complained that the lack of reliable power hurts business there.
Tanzania plans to boost power generation capacity from around 1,500 MW currently to 5,000 MW over the next three years by building new gas-fired and hydroelectric plants, according to the country's energy ministry.
($1 = 2,271.0000 Tanzanian shillings)
Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by Omar Mohammed and Toby Chopra


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Rosalía Unveils New Song & Video Today With the Release Of "A PALE"
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Widely hailed over the course of the last year as one of the most exciting new artists in the world, Rosalía has continued to share frequent new music releases that combine her strong roots in Spanish flamenco and love of contemporary global rhythms, to create a distinctive musical style often accompanied by dynamic visual presentations. Today, in conjunction with this week's one-year anniversary of her landmark "El Mal Querer" album, Rosalía is again delighting fans with the release of her new song and video "A Pale".
Once again co-produced by the creative trio of Rosalía, El Guincho and Frank Dukes, "A Pale" literally takes its name from the nearly ubiquitous wooden shipping pallets Rosalía was surrounded by for years growing up in an area outside Barcelona dominated by trucking industry. But the spirit of the song centers around "Doing it big" –our ability to be strong and carry a lot of weight.
Directed by Jora Frantzis, the "A Pale" music video continues Rosalia's trademark of industrial trucking imagery, with more of her video hallmarks such as an empowering female lead, precise choreography, gold accents and other forward thinking fashion.
The release of "A Pale" follows the continued recent success of Rosalía's previous single "Con Altura" with Reggaeton superstar J Balvin, featuring El Guincho. "Con Altura" was recently certified RIAA Gold in the US and crossed into the monumental "one billion view club" at YouTube – solidifying the clip as the platform's most-viewed female fronted video for all of 2019.
This past week saw Rosalía accept the MTV EMA "Best Collaboration" award for "Con Altura," while also garnering global praise for her "Mesmerizing, Show-Stealing" EMA medley performance of "Pienso En Tu Mirá', "Di Mi Nombre' and Parrita's "Cositas Del Ayer" – accompanied by over 50 choreographed Flamenco dancers.
Rosalía will next be seen performing at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on November 14th. Already a multiple Latin Gammy Award winner from her breakout song "Malamente", Rosalía is once again nominated for five Latin Grammys, making her the most nominated female artist and second overall artist for the second consecutive year. Her nominations this year include Album Of The Year and Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album for "El Mal Querer", Record Of The Year for "Aute Couture", Best Urban Song for "Con Altura', and Best Pop Song for "Pienso en tu Mirá."
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LCRequest class and scripts for automatic investing, withdrawals, and reports

I have not documented the API or the scripts, yet. Be cautious before you commit real money!
- Read the example scripts
- Read the LCRequest code
- Run the code in --simulation and --debug modes
- Obtain an API key from LendingClub and note your account number (investor ID)

Thanks to Jeremy Gillick and Jeremy Foote for inspiration.

https://github.com/jgillick/LendingClubAutoInvestor
https://github.com/jdfoote/LendingClubInvestor

I had initially planned to create a script for detailed reporting,
but chose instead to pull data directly into Google Spreadsheets for analysis.


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People of North Park
Accomplishments in 2022
Community Meetings and Events
The Hollywood-North Park Community Association promotes a safe, well-maintained, and inclusive community. The organization assists grassroots programs and initiatives which support local business districts, education, arts, music and culture, as well as environmental sustainability throughout the Hollywood-North Park community which is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch on the south, Pulaski Road on the west and the south side of Peterson Avenue on the north.
The Hollywood-North Park Civic Association, forerunner of today's Hollywood-North Park Community Association, was created in 1951 by neighbors who sued to shut down a troublesome business on Metropolitan Sanitary District land near Peterson and Jersey Avenues. After winning the suit, the Association successfully campaigned to have the land transferred to the Chicago Park District, which converted it to green space, now known as Legion Park. Those determined residents created a legacy that the Association carries forward today: assessing neighbors' concerns and seeking consensus, strategizing and acting together to develop solutions, enjoying the natural and cultural bounty of our community.
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HNPCA By-Laws
HNPCA milestones include:
lobbying and receiving the city's first Residential Only Permit Parking on streets near Northeastern Illinois University (We are home to "Zone 1.");
saving the former Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium ground from commercial development and remaking it for the community as North Park Village;
convincing the Chicago Fire Department to keep its Peterson-Pulaski station open;
advocating successfully for the Albany Park Library (and its 2014 renovation);
advocating successfully for Northside College Preparatory High School;
supporting the launch of the Hate Has No Home Here campaign (2016);
supporting the founding of the North Park Community Market (2017) and re-launching the Market in 2021; and
leading civic associations from across the 39th Ward in hosting local candidate forums in 2019, 2022, and 2023.
In 2017, members of the HNPCA chose to reinvent the organization. Members of the community met to reconsider the role and mission of a civic association and write new bylaws. A new Board was elected to support the new mission.
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The best GTA game is going mobile.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Now Available To Download On Android & iOS
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is finally available to download on Android (nearly!) and iOS, priced at $4.99. Rockstar Games has brought the hugely popular title to mobile to celebrate its 10th anniversary — as it did with Grand Theft Auto 3 last year — and it has made a number of improvements that will ensure you enjoy the game even more this time around.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Will Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary On Android & iOS
By Killian Bell • 8:05 am, October 26, 2012
Rockstar Games brought Grand Theft Auto 3 to Android and iOS last December, and I've been playing it over and over ever since; it's one of my favorite games on mobile. I was delighted, then, when Rockstar announced today that its successor, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is also being ported to Android and iOS to celebrate its 10th anniversary.


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SWM-007: Social Work and the DSM-5, with Michael First and Janet Williams (2/2)
Welcome to Part 2 of our podcast featuring two DSM experts, Drs. Michael First and Janet Williams, talking about the implications of DSM-5 for social workers who deliver mental health services.
The impact of the release of the DSM-5 last year is still being felt. In this podcast, two DSM experts, Drs. Michael First and Janet Williams, discuss the key changes that appear in this edition and their implications for social workers in mental health fields.
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Q: Segmentation Fault on Last Iteration I am trying to randomly fill a 2d array with values then multiply them, but for some odd reason when I run my code, on the last iteration, I get a segmentation fault. I have tried decreasing the number I am passing it and everything, but the fault still persists. Here is the code I am trying to execute, any help is much appreciated, thanks.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

    FILE *matrixFile;
    int n = atoi(argv[1]);  // the number of matrices
    int i, j;   // must declare outside of for loop due to resolve C99 mode error
    double arrA[n][n];// = CreateRandomMatrix(n);
    double arrB[n][n];
    double sumArr[n][n];
    matrixFile  = fopen("home/acolwell/Documents/CPE631_HW2_Number1/results.txt", "w+");

    printf("Usage: %s <size of nxn matrices>\n", argv[1]);

   // randomly populate arrA and arrB
   for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
   {
       printf("%d\n", i);
       for(j = 0; j < n; j++)
       {
           printf("%4d", j);
           arrA[i][j] = (double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX;
           arrB[i][j] = (double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX;
       }
    }

    printf("Exiting Matrix randomization");

    // multiply the matrices and write them to the file
    for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        for(j = 0; j < n; j++)
        {
            sumArr[i][j] = arrA[i][j] * arrB[i][j];
            printf("Writing matrix ");
            fprintf(matrixFile, "%0.3lf\n", sumArr[i][j]);
        }
    }

    if(matrixFile)
    {
        fclose(matrixFile);
    }

    matrixFile = NULL;

   return 0;
}

A: This error is going to come down to writing off the end of your array or failure to open your file. I would suggest running gdb to check out your program when it is running, but from a quick glance I wonder if you don't mean to have
"/home/acolwell/Documents/CPE631_HW2_Number1/results.txt"

as the file to write instead of
"home/acolwell/Documents/CPE631_HW2_Number1/results.txt"

I would suggest checking the result of your fopen call before calling fprintf.

A: If n is large enough, you'll generate a stack overflow using VLAs. I've verified this experimentally with your code (e.g. use n of 5000).
So, you'll need to use malloc to allocate from heap. But, that would require a bit of a rewrite.
Here's a way to use heap allocation and get the benefit of a VLA [using some slight trickery]:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define C(_arr) (double (*)[(size_t)(n)]) _arr

void
docalc(FILE *fout,int n,double arrA[n][n],double arrB[n][n],double sumArr[n][n])
{
    // must declare outside of for loop due to resolve C99 mode error
    int i,
     j;

    // randomly populate arrA and arrB
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            printf("%4d", j);
            arrA[i][j] = (double) rand() / (double) RAND_MAX;
            arrB[i][j] = (double) rand() / (double) RAND_MAX;
        }
    }

    printf("Exiting Matrix randomization");

    // multiply the matrices and write them to the file
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            sumArr[i][j] = arrA[i][j] * arrB[i][j];
            printf("Writing matrix\n");
            fprintf(fout, "%0.3lf\n", sumArr[i][j]);
        }
    }
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

    FILE *matrixFile;
    int n = atoi(argv[1]);              // the number of matrices

    printf("Usage: %s <size of nxn matrices>\n", argv[1]);

    matrixFile = fopen("/tmp/results.txt", "w+");
    if (matrixFile == NULL) {
        perror("fopen");
        exit(1);
    }

    double *arrA = malloc(sizeof(double) * n * n);
    double *arrB = malloc(sizeof(double) * n * n);
    double *sumArr = malloc(sizeof(double) * n * n);

    docalc(matrixFile,n,C(arrA),C(arrB),C(sumArr));

    if (matrixFile)
        fclose(matrixFile);

    matrixFile = NULL;

    return 0;
}

A: I just compiled and tested your code. The file name you are giving is incorrect; you need a "/" in front of "home".
Not sure what the requirements are, but write your matrixFile like a matrix: add a new line after each row of the matrix is "multiplied", not after every element:
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     for(j = 0; j < n; j++) {
         sumArr[i][j] = arrA[i][j] * arrB[i][j];
         printf("Writing matrix ");
         fprintf(matrixFile, "%0.3lf ", sumArr[i][j]);
     }
     fprintf(matrixFile, "\n");
}

Also, take Craig Easley's comment seriously. Stack Overflow can happen, even off the premises this website ;) Consider allocating your matrix dynamically on the heap.


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» Building Science Insights
» BSI-030: Advanced Framing
BSI-030: Advanced Framing
Joseph Lstiburek
After one hundred and fifty years the Illinois cottage1 is undergoing some pretty interesting changes and the ghosts of George Washington Snow and Augustine Taylor2 are cautiously eyeing the result.
The current industry standard wall – a 2x4 frame at 16-inch centers with double top plates, three stud corners, jack studs, cripples and double headers – is being replaced by a 2x6 frame at 24-inch centers with single top plates, two stud corners, no jack studs, no cripples and single headers (and in many cases no headers at all).3
It is cheaper and faster to build and saves energy. What is not to like? It is cheaper because it uses 5 to 10 percent less lumber (board-feet) and it is faster because it uses 30 percent fewer pieces. It saves energy because it provides a 60 percent deeper cavity (which allows 60 percent more cavity insulation) and because it reduces the framing factor from 25 percent to 15 percent.4
The framing elements are farther apart allowing easier installation of services – everything fits easier making the plumber and tin-basher happier – the electrician drills fewer holes and the insulator insulates faster because there are fewer cavities even though the cavities are wider and deeper. Everything lines up so the load paths are direct leading to fewer but stronger connections and the lines are cleaner so it just looks and feels better.5
Tastes great – less filling.
Some of the advanced frame technology goes back to the very beginnings of framing – "in-line" framing or "stack" framing where everything lines up is not new (Figure 1). But the real innovations came from a magnificent collaboration between The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Association of Home Builders Research Foundation (NAHB Research Foundation) in the 1970's. HUD actually did research in those days.6 Out of a HUD initiative called "Operation Breakthrough" the NAHB Research Foundation delivered "optimum value engineering framing" or "OVE framing." Today we call it "advanced framing." Why the name changed no one knows.7
Figure 1: In-line Framing – Image from "The American Cottage Builder," John Bullock, Stringer and Townsend, New York, NY, 1854. Great, great granddad figured this out way back when.
Figure 2: Advanced Framing - 2x6 frame at 24 inch centers with single top plates, two stud corners, no jack studs, no cripples and single headers in load bearing walls and no headers in non-load bearing walls.
Figure 2 shows the current expression of advanced framing. Everything lines up so that double top plates are not necessary (Photograph 1). No headers in non-load bearing walls. Window openings are clean without jack studs and cripples (Photograph 2). Exterior corners have two studs (Photograph 3). Gypsum board is supported with "drywall clips" (Photograph 4). And all of this is code accepted by the model building codes courtesy of a whole bunch for foresight by HUD and the NAHB in the early 1980's. Although it's in the code most code officials are not aware of it and even fewer builders. And engineers? Talk about an information disconnect. The push back from structural engineers centers mainly around the fact that with advanced framing they would be required to do something they hadn't done since graduation – a calculation. Yup, now they would have to deal with different values not found in tables. They would have to look at a textbook and re-program the computer.
Photograph 1: Stack Framing - Everything lines up so that double top plates are not necessary.
Photograph 2: Window Opening - Non-load bearing wall window openings are clean without jack studs and cripples.
Photograph 3: Corner Framing - My first advanced frame building in 1982 using a two-stud corner.
Photograph 4: Gypsum Board Support – Drywall clips result in floating corners, a good thing, as drywall cracking is reduced.
One of the biggest pushback's from builders and code officials comes from corner support for gypsum board and trim (Figure 3 and Figure 4). Explaining that "floating corners" reduce drywall cracking and are therefore an improvement takes a little bit of time. Wood always moves because of changing moisture contents. Gypsum board does not want to move – ever. When you attach something that is always moving to something that does not want to move you get a problem. We call that a crack. They key to reducing drywall cracking is to attach it less. We learned this with truss rise in the early 80's where we developed floating corners and drywall clips. Back then the easiest drywall clip was to cut a piece of corner bead into 2-inch lengths. Presto, a corner bead. The best way to attach the drywall "less" is to not have wood there to attach it to. Technically this is called adding an extra degree of freedom of movement. The rest of us would just call it smart.
Figure 3: Two-Stud Corner – Gypsum board supported by a corner clip yielding a "floating corner" reducing drywall cracks and call backs.
Figure 4: Trim Support – Note that the trim is installed over the wall cladding. Alternatively, a 2x4 can be added to support the wall cladding and trim; see Photograph 8.
Where interior walls intersect exterior walls we have more controversy with today's advanced framing. I just don't understand the issues associated with a plate connection and ladder blocking (Figure 5 and Figure 6). Actually, I do understand the issues. Anything new tends to be an issue just because it is new. Even if in this case the "new" is actually decades old.
Figure 5: Intersecting Interior Wall – Metal connector plate is used to connect interior wall to exterior wall.
Figure 6: Ladder Blocking – Horizontal blocking used to support gypsum board and tie interior and exterior wall together.
Single top plates seem to be the biggest problem. Not from a structural perspective or from a constructability perspective but from a perception perspective. There are two ways of making a connection: with a metal plate (Figure 7) or with a wood splice (Figure 8). The approach taken is purely one based on preference by the framer. Some framers love the plate others the splice. It is another one of those Mary Ann vs. Ginger things.
Figure 7: Top Plate Connection – Metal plate is used to connect top plates to one another.
Figure 8: Top Plate Splice – Wood blocking is used as a splice to connect top plates together. Note that the "middle" stud is cut shorter to accommodate the wood splice.
One thing I can say for certain – you do not need a double top plate to straighten out the wall. Give me a break. The floor diaphragm and the roof diaphragm do this. Not an additional top plate. Most us (yes, I used to frame when I was young – in ancient times before the flood and wars…) straightened walls during framing by using something called braces.
The real change involving single top plates is that when you are framing an 8-foot wall the studs have to be 1.5 inches longer. Standard "pre-cuts" don't work. You need 94 inchers not 92.5 inchers. Easy, take 8 footers and cut them. It takes one guy about 30 minutes with a chop saw to do all of the studs in the typical house. In fact lots of framers do this anyway, because "pre-cuts" cost more to buy than 8 footers. How weird is that.
Load bearing walls need headers and advanced framing typically involves using single headers with the header pushed to the exterior of the wall (Figure 9). This keeps the header away from the gypsum board so that boarders can't attach to it so that shrinkage in the header does not result in a crack in the drywall.
Figure 9: Single Header - Header pushed to the exterior of the wall. This keeps the header away from the gypsum board so that boarders can't attach to it so that shrinkage in the header does not result in a crack in the drywall.
The most significant change is the fact that the walls are thicker and we have to figure out what to do with 4 inches? Do we make the foundation wider? Do we loose 4 inches to the interior? Do we keep the foundation the same, but cantilever the walls? Decisions. Decisions. These are not trivial. In production housing interior dimensions are a big deal and can mess up kitchen layouts, hallways and stairs. Site set backs as well – no kidding. It typically means that the drawings have to be redone. And that folks is the biggest knock against advanced framing. Taking existing floor plans and redrawing them is a $1,000 to $1,500 hit per plan for a production builder. Of course, this is not a problem if the plans are drawn up from scratch to be "advanced frame."
What about floors? What about them? The floor framing is now on 24-inch centers and that means the floor sheathing has to be thicker. The savings in the floor framing covers the cost of the thicker floor sheathing. Next.
Folks, the interior walls are also framed on 24-inch centers. But these ones are 2x4's. And almost all of them are not load bearing so the connections are pretty much non-structural (Photograph 5).
Photograph 5: Interior Wall Framing - Also framed on 24-inch centers. But these ones are 2x4's. And almost all of them are not load bearing so the connections are pretty much non-structural.
Things get interesting when we add insulating sheathing. Now insulating sheathing is not part of advanced framing. It is just that most folks that use advanced framing today also use insulating sheathing (Photograph 6). With insulating sheathing the water control layer is the exterior face of the insulating sheathing taped. Insulating sheathing provides no "racking resistance" or "shear" properties. For that we need OSB or plywood "braced wall panels" (a.k.a. "shear panels") – and most builders build them into corners (Photograph 7). This leads to interesting corner construction (Photograph 8). The combination of advanced framing and insulating sheathing leads to deep window openings (Photograph 9). Window returns are typically gypsum board with wood trim only at the bottom.
Photograph 6: Insulating Sheathing - With insulating sheathing the water control layer is the exterior face of the insulating sheathing taped.
Photograph 7: OSB Braced Wall Panels - Insulating sheathing provides no "racking resistance" or "shear" properties. For that we need OSB or plywood braced wall panels – and most builders build them into corners.
Photograph 8: Corner Framing With OSB and Insulating Sheathing – Note that the foam sheathing is reduced over the OSB shear panel so that the thickness of both sheathing layers line up with the thickness of the sheathing in the field of the wall. Also, note the spacer strip between the cladding and the exterior face of the insulating sheathing to provide back ventilation and drainage of the cladding layer and trim.
Photograph 9: Deep Window Openings - The combination of advanced framing and insulating sheathing leads to deep window openings. Window returns are typically gypsum board with wood trim only at the bottom.
So how come we don't see lots of advanced framing? Mostly institutional inertia. Even change that saves money, saves energy, saves resources and reduces callbacks is slow to be adopted because change in general is hard. In the 1970's there was not enough reason to change standard framing. I think we will see a different outcome this time around.
The "Illinois cottage" was a site-built stick framed demonstration house displayed at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 (1) as a display of American technological prowess that revolutionized housing construction throughout the world with some help from Mrs. O'Leary's cow and a century later with help from the NAHB. Mrs. O'Leary's cow razed a city and the NAHB helped build a nation. After the Chicago fire the city was rebuilt with the new technology faster than the time it takes to get a building permit in Chicago today. Technology today has been supplanted by the "nomenklatura" – "nomenklatura" is the name weary Comrades' in the old Soviet Union gave to nameless bureaucrats that killed initiative and drive and innovation (it is derived from "nomenclautura" – Latin for "list of names"). If someone invented "wood" today it would never be approved as a building material and it certainly wouldn't be allowed to be used as a structural element in frame construction – assuming that frame construction would even be allowed. Take note ICC ES and CCMC.
(1) The Solar Decathlon held on the Mall in Washington, DC will be regarded in a century from now by subsequent generations with the same awe that we today regard the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Chicago's George Washington Snow and Augustine Taylor are arguably the "inventors" of modern stick framing – according to folks from Chicago. The French and some Dalhousie folks have a different view.
I love this sentence – a civilian reading it would have no clue – it is like a foreign language or like trying to understand your kid's text messages.
The R-value of the advanced frame assembly is 13.9 and the R-value of the standard frame assembly is 7.7 using the ASHRAE Fundamentals simple parallel paths heat flow calculation procedure and fiberglass batts as the cavity insulation. For you architects this is a 75 percent improvement in thermal resistance. For everyone else, this is a big number.
This "look and feel" thing is not as irrational as it sounds at first blush. Prospective buyers walking these types of frames during construction notice the difference almost immediately and it resonates with them. Things "line up" and everything seems more "rational" because of that. The approach exudes "quality" because things do not look "random" and "random" implies "chaos" and "chaos" is not comforting to a homebuyer. Some builders have said they would use the approach even if it wasn't faster or cheaper or more energy efficient – they would use it simply because it helps sell the house. The argument that the approach leads to a "cheaper" look because the studs are farther apart with single top plates has not gotten traction in the field walks mostly because the studs are thicker. The 2x6's replacing the 2x4's really do make the wall "look" stronger even though they are farther apart and they make that argument go away. The single top plate is rarely noticed and if it is noticed the single top plate versus double top plate argument is easily countered by pointing out that everything lines up so a double top plate for load transfer is unnecessary. Civilians really do "get" the load transfer argument.
HUD established an Office of Research and Technology in 1967. George Romney, Mitt's father, was Secretary of HUD and promoted "Operation Breakthrough" (1969 to 1978). George Romney placed a strong emphasis on building technology. The early assistant secretary's running the Office of Research and Technology had technical backgrounds, but by the end of Operation Breakthrough economists were appointed to run the show. HUD research has never recovered. Out of Operation Breakthrough came a seminal document authored by the NAHB Research Foundation and published in November, 1977: "Reducing Home Building Costs With OVE Design and Construction." I got my hands on a copy in 1981 and had built my first "advanced frame" "OVE" house by 1982. I still get goose bumps when I read it today. Wow. Well-done NAHB. It covered everything, modular dimensioning, minimizing surface areas while maximizing floor areas, stack-framing, two-stud corners, single top plates, no headers, or single headers, it had it all.
The term "advanced framing" did not come from me. I think some of the early energy and environmental greenie weenie geeks wanted to change the name mostly to annoy the NAHB because they felt that the NAHB was not doing enough to promote energy conservation in housing – and yet here was a magnificent example of cost effective energy conservation and resource conservation – and from the NAHB no less – how dare they (the NAHB) do something really good – it does not fit the rhetorical energy geek greenie weenie template.
Builder's Guide to Cold Climates
BSI-071: Joni Mitchell, Water and Walls
Info-201: Common Advanced Framing Details
ETW: Wall - 2x6 Advanced Frame Wall Construction
BSD-018: The Building Enclosure
BSI-001: The Perfect Wall
BSI-023: Wood Is Good . . . But Strange
BA-1005: Building America Special Research Project: High R-Value Enclosures for High Performance Residential Buildings in All Climate Zones
BA-1004: Building America Special Research Project—Deployment of Advanced Framing at the Community Scale
BA-0201: Advanced Framing—Using Wood Efficiently From Optimizing Design to Minimizing the Dumpster
BSI-096: Hot and Wet but Dry
Westford, MA - Habitat for Humanity High R-Value Prototype - Case Study


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