Royal Catering Company (Royal) owned a fleet of food trucks. It leased its trucks to operators who drove from site to site selling food. Royal leased a food truck to Esmeragdo Gomez, who, along with his wife Irais Gomez, operated the truck. The Gomezes' food truck had only two seats and was not equipped to transport persons other than a driver and a cook.
While Mr. Gomez was driving the food truck, he had to swerve to avoid an approaching vehicle. At the time, a guest sat in the truck's passenger seat, and Mrs. Gomez stood in the rear of the truck. As a result of Mr. Gomez swerving, hot oil from a deep fryer installed in the truck splashed on and burned Mrs. Gomez.
The Gomezes sued Royal for products liability (negligence), products liability (design defect), negligent infliction of emotional distress, and property damage.
Royal tendered the Gomez action to American States Insurance Company, which issued automobile and excess automobile insurance policies to Royal. American States agreed to provide a defense under a reservation of rights. Royal and American States tendered the Gomez action to Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, which had issued a commercial general liability and excess-umbrella general liability policy to Royal. Travelers declined to provide a defense.
In the ensuing coverage litigation, Travelers and American States both made motions for summary judgment.
Travelers argued that the auto exclusion in its policy precluded coverage.
American States argued that the Gomezes' food truck was "mobile equipment" and not subject to the auto exclusion. It also argued the Gomezes' food truck and the equipment installed in the truck—i.e., the deep fryer basket—was a "product" covered by the Travelers Primary CGL Policy and excluded from coverage under the American States Auto Policy.
The court concluded that given the nature of the truck, the primary purpose of the Gomezes' food truck was to serve as a mobile kitchen, not to transport persons or cargo. As a result, it qualified as "mobile equipment" within the definitions in the Travelers policy. Because the truck qualified as "mobile equipment," it fell within the policy's exception to the "auto" exclusion contained in the policy.
The court used a very practical approach to decide the issue. It concentrated on the primary purpose of the truck and its use as a mobile kitchen.
Transport Insurance Company issued an excess liability insurance policy to Vulcan Materials Company. The policy named R.R. Street & Co., Inc. as an additional insured.
Vulcan and Street were sued for alleged environmental contamination. They tendered the lawsuit to their insurance carriers.
Transport and Vulcan then engaged in coverage litigation. The court held that language in the Transport policy was ambiguous as to Transport's obligations and as a result, it had a duty to defend Vulcan.
Transport and Street then engaged in coverage litigation. The trial court held that Transport was bound by the decision in the case with Vulcan and granted a summary judgment motion to the effect that as a result Transport also had a duty to defend Street.
The Court of Appeal issued a writ of mandate commanding the trial court to vacate its ruling and enter an order denying the motion.
The appellate court held that the trial court erred when it held that Transport was bound by the holding in the case with Vulcan. The trial court also erred in finding that that the holding in the case against Vulcan meant that Transport had a duty to defend Street.
The court reasoned that when the party claiming coverage under ambiguous policy language is an additional insured, it is the additional insured's objectively reasonable expectations of coverage that are relevant, and not the objectively reasonable expectations of the named insured.
Since it was arguable that Street would not expect the Transport excess and umbrella policy to move into first position ahead of Street's own commercial liability policies, Street could not rely on Vulcan's coverage expectations. Moreover, since there was no evidence of Street's expectations, Street was not entitled to a summary judgment.
This decision means that the additional insured's expectations may need to be evaluated separately and independently from the named insured's. Whether any particular difference is meaningful will depend on the individual circumstances of a given case.
Gonzalez v. Seal Methods, Inc.
Lucia Gonzalez worked for Seal Methods, Inc. She was severely injured while loading material onto a die in a power press. At the time, the power press was fitted with a device that necessitated that the operator have both hands on certain buttons in order to operate. It did not, however, have safety blocks. Safety blocks were metal or wooden blocks that could be placed on the power press to prevent the die from lowering all of the way.
Seal Methods made a motion for summary judgment. It asserted that it had not received any communication from the power press manufacturer to the effect that safety blocks needed to be installed or otherwise attached to the power press.
The trial court granted Seal Methods' motion.
Section 4558 does not define "point of operation guard." Therefore, the court had to look at the statutory language of section 4558 to see if safety blocks should be considered a "point of operation guard." Doing so, the court concluded that a point of operation guard does not include an unattached device, such as a safety block, that the worker moves into and out of the point of operation.
Based on this conclusion, the court concluded that Seal Methods did not fail to have a point of operation guard and could not be liable under section 4558.
In refusing to apply an exception to worker's compensation exclusivity, the court focused on the fact that the safety blocks were not permanently connected to the press.
In this marriage dissolution proceeding, Linda Sharples sought an order requiring Norman Sharples to pay for her attorney's fees and costs. In support of the motion, Linda filed a declaration setting forth her income and assets, to show the need for the order she was seeking.
The court denied the request because Linda did not file Judicial Council form FL-319, which the court explained was mandatory.
The Court of Appeal reversed. It held that form FL-319 was not mandatory and that the declaration satisfied the requirements set forth in the Family Law Code.
The court rejected Norman's reliance on a local rule requiring the filing of a FL-319 form prior to a mandatory settlement conference. First, the proceeding was not a mandatory settlement conference. Second, to the extent the local rule conflicted with the Family Law Code, it was invalid.
This case is significant as it is a reminder as to how Judicial Council forms may be used and as to how conflicts between local court rules and state statutes are resolved.
Gaeton St. Cyr and other homeowners lost their homes in wildfires. Because their homes were in areas where there was a high risk of fire, they were unable to obtain conventional fire insurance policies from standard insurance companies. Instead, they obtained fire insurance from California's FAIR Plan program, a program created by statute in 1968 to provide property insurance to the otherwise uninsurable.
Within a short time after the losses, the FAIR Plan paid its full policy limits to the various homeowners. However, the various homeowners asserted that they were entitled to additional payments as they were entitled to the protections provided in the standard form fire policy set forth in Insurance Code section 2071.
When FAIR Plan declined to make the additional payments, the homeowners sued.
The trial court sustained demurrers without leave to amend. It found that the FAIR Plan had paid all that its policies required.
The Court of Appeal affirmed. It concluded that FAIR Plan satisfied both its contractual obligations under the policies issued and the requirements of section 2071.
Romero Mendoza was employed by Western Medical Center Santa Ana. He worked there for 20 years. Mendoza reported being sexually harassed by another employee. An investigation ensued. The employee about whom Mendoza complained about blamed Mendoza. Western Medical Center eventually fired both Mendoza and the other employee.
Mendoza sued Western Medical Center for wrongful termination in violation of public policy.
After the parties presented their cases, the trial court instructed the jury with the 2012 version of CACI No. 2430. The special verdict form consistent with that instruction.
The jury voted nine to three to award Mendoza $238,328.
The Court of Appeal reversed. It held that case law issued after the judgment led it to conclude the trial court committed prejudicial error in giving the particular instruction.
Mendoza claimed his report of sexual harassment caused the defendant to fire him. In short, he claimed he was fired for accusing his superior of sexual harassment.
Western Medical Center pointed to its belief that Mendoza willingly participated in sexual misconduct on the job as its motivation for firing Mendoza. From its perspective, Mendoza's report only "caused" his firing in that it alerted Western Medical Center to Mendoza's misconduct.
Western Medical Center conceded it is against public policy to fire employees because they report actual sexual harassment. But it argued it is not against public policy for employers to fire employees after the employer determines in good faith that the employee actually participated in sexual misconduct on the job.
The trial court instructed the jury in terms of Mendoza's report of sexual harassment as being the motivating reason for his discharge. But the Court later issued an instruction saying that it should have referred to "a motivating reason." In view of Western Medical Center's assertion that the report only alerted it to misconduct by Mendoza, and case law decided after the verdict (Harris v. City of Santa Monica, 56 Cal.4th 203 (2013)), this was an incorrect instruction. The jury should have been instructed in terms of the report being "a substantial motivating" factor or reason. The judgment had to be reversed because the jury could have erroneously imposed liability even though the report was not a substantial motivating factor.
Hawkins v. TACA International Airlines, S.A.
Arlette Hawkins filed a putative class action complaint alleging wage and hour claims against her former employer, Sereca Security Corp. She later brought TACA International Airlines, S.A. (TACA), LAN Airlines and LAN Cargo (jointly, LAN), and Volaris, into the lawsuit. Additional defendents were allegedly responsible for Sereca's alleged violations of wage and hour laws.
California Labor Code section 2810 authorizes the employees of a services contractor in certain industries to sue the party hiring the contractor if the hiring party knowingly pays a contract price insufficient to permit the contractor to comply with the law in performing the contract.
TACA, LAN and Volaris filed a demurrer, challenging the legal sufficiency of Hawkins' complaint. They arged that Hawkins failed to allege facts showing that they knowingly entered into underfunded contracts.
Hawkins admitted that she never saw the relevant contracts and had no information concerning their contents. However, she asserted that she could sue first and conduct discovery later to ascertain whether any of the contracts was underfunded.
The trial court sustained the demurrers and dismissed Hawkins' case against TACA, LAN and Volaris.
Exxon employed George Vranish, Jr., and Steve Teague. Their employment was governed by a collective bargaining agreement.
Vranish and Teague brought a class action against Exxon alleging that they and their class members were owed monies for overtime hours worked. They based their claim on, among others, Labor Code sections 510 and 511.
Exxon moved for summary judgment. It asserted that the Labor Code provisions relative to overtime hours did not apply because Vranish, Teague and the other class members were represented by a labor organization and their employment was governed by a collective bargaining agreement.
The Court of Appeal affirmed. It rejected Vranish and Teague's argument that the collective bargaining agreement does not provide for premium compensation for all "overtime hours worked," as the word "overtime" is defined by section 510. It rejected their argument that Exxon had not satisfied the requirements of section 514.
David Tourgeman brought a putative class and representative action against Dell Financial Services, L.P., Nelson & Kennard, and Robert Kennard. Tourgeman's complaint contended that Nelson & Kennard violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (15 U.S.C. §1692 et seq.). He asserted they did so while attempting to collect a debt that Tourgeman incurred with one purchase of a Dell computer. Tourgeman brought a single claim under the Unfair Competition Law. He sought an injunction to prevent them from engaging in unlawful, unfair, and/or fraudulent debt collection practices in the future.
Nelson & Kennard filed a special motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute, embodied in Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.
Tourgeman voluntarily dismissed his action against Nelson & Kennard. After the action was dismissed, Nelson & Kennard filed a motion for attorney's fees for having had to make the anti-SLAPP motion.
Tourgeman opposed the motion. In his opposition, Tourgeman conceded that the trial court had jurisdiction to rule on the motion for attorney's fees. However, he argued that the trial court was required to determine whether Nelson & Kennard would have prevailed on their motion as a prerequisite to awarding them attorney's fees under the anti-SLAPP statute. Tourgeman further argued that Nelson & Kennard would not have prevailed on their motion because the action was exempt from the anti-SLAPP statute, under the statute's public interest exception.
The trial court determined that Tourgeman had failed to demonstrate that the public interest exception applied to his lawsuit, and entered an order to this effect.
The Court of Appeal, however, concluded that Tourgeman's action satisfied each of the requirements of the public interest exception and that his complaint was therefore not subject to a special motion to strike. It reversed the judgment and the attorney's fees and costs order and remanded the matter to the trial court with directions to deny Nelson & Kennard's motion for attorney's fees and costs.
Elsheref v. Applied Materials, Inc.
Applied Materials provides equipment, services, and software to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor, flat panel display, and solar photovoltaic products. Applied Materials employed Khaled Elsheref from 2001 to 2008. Khaled's job duties included working with tools containing mercury and ethylene glycol, among other chemicals, as well as tools emitting ionizing radiation.
While Khaled worked at Applied Materials, his wife Zainab conceived and gave birth to their son, Waleed. Waleed was born with a number of birth defects allegedly caused by Khaled's exposure to toxic chemicals at Applied Materials. Waleed sought compensation for those injuries, while Zainab sought to recover for emotional distress suffered in connection with Waleed's injuries.
Applied Materials moved for summary adjudication. It asserted that it owed no legal duty to Waleed or Zainab. The trial court granted the motion.
In the ensuing appeal, the Court of Appeal held that Applied Materials did not owe any duty to Waleed before he was conceived. However, it also held that the lack of duty was not fatal to Waleed's strict products liability claim.
Based on this, the court reversed the judgment and gave directions to the trial court on how to proceed.
William Hart filed a complaint in July 2013 against numerous defendants seeking damages for personal injuries arising from exposure to asbestos. The trial court determined, in an order filed on October 9, 2013, that Hart, then 76 years old, was entitled to trial preference. This was based on a physician's declaration that there was substantial medical doubt Hart would live more than a few weeks. The trial was set to begin on January 14, 2014.
To preserve Hart's testimony for trial, his own attorney noticed his deposition. His own attorney then conducted a direct examination lasting approximately 14 hours over several days. Multiple defendants then conducted several hours of examination.
Because the Code of Civil Procedure limited the number of hours a deponent could be examined, two of the defendants filed a noticed motion, on shortened time, for additional time to complete the deposition. Other defendants, including Certainteed Corporation, joined in the motion.
On November 25, 2013, the day before the hearing on the motion, Hart's counsel suspended the deposition because the defendants had completed 14 hours of examination.
The trial court denied the motion for additional time to depose Hart. It concluded that under Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.290(b)(3), the defendants were limited to 14 hours of examination.
Various defendants filed a petition for a writ of mandate, seeking an order directing the trial court to grant additional time for the deposition.
The Court of Appeal granted the petition.
The appellate court found that the trial court's ruling was based on an erroneous determination that it did not have the discretionary authority to permit Hart's deposition to exceed 14 hours. Because the trial court concluded it did not have that discretion, it had not even considered whether there were circumstances that warranted permitting the various defendants to spend more than 14 hours deposing Hart. Because the trial court had not done so, the appellate court ordered it to revisit the matter and determine if there was good cause for letting the deposition exceed 14 hours.
In making this ruling, the appellate court took several very unusual steps. First, it issued the writ without allowing oral argument. Second, it ruled that its decision shall be final immediately upon its filing. The court took these unusual steps because of the current state of Hart's health, his right to a trial preference, and the imminent trial date.
Steven Ahn and his company, New Star, sued Kumho Tire for breach of contract. The complaint contained detailed allegations about the contracts between Ahn and New Star on the one hand and Kumho, on the other, including their formation and alleged breaches. Copies of the relevant contracts were attached as exhibits to the complaint.
Kumho propounded interrogatories and production requests to Ahn and New Star. The interrogatories sought "all facts" supporting the various allegations of the complaint. The production requests sought supporting documents.
Kumho moved for summary judgment. It did so based on its assertion that the discovery responses established that Ahn and New Star could not prove essential elements of their case. It relied on seemingly well established case law.
Kumho also moved for a sanction award under Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7. It did so based on its assertion that Ahn and New Star filed a complaint which lacked any factual support.
Ahn and New Star opposed the motion. They submitted Ahn's detailed declaration laying out the facts supporting his and New Stars' claims. They also submitted their attorney's declaration explaining that the factually devoid interrogatory answers were the result of a mistake by a new attorney working in counsel's office. Ahn and New Star then served amended responses to the discovery.
The trial court, relying on D'Amico v. Board of Medical Examiners, 11 Cal.3d 1 (1974), disregarded Ahn's declaration as contradicting his discovery responses. It then granted Kumho's motion for summary judgment. However, it denied Kumho's motion for sanctions.
Ahn and New Star appealed the judgment. Kumho appealed the denial of its sanctions request.
The Court of Appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part.
In the opinion's published portion, it held that a sanctions award is discretionary and that given the information in Ahn's declaration in opposition to the motion for summary judgment, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying sanctions.
In the opinion's unpublished portion, the court held that the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment.
It ruled that the trial court used an overly broad and erroneous application of the D'Amico rule. In light of all the evidence, a reasonable trier of fact could have credited counsel's explanation that the discovery responses were a mistake and found the contradictory statements in Ahn's declaration credible. Ahn and New Stars' discovery responses were not "clear and unequivocal admission[s]" of fact which, in light of all the evidence adduced on the motion, could not be credibly contradicted or amended.
Thus, D'Amico should not be interpreted, "as saying that admissions should be shielded from careful examination in light of the entire record," because the record may contain evidence that credibly contradicts or explains what might appear to be clear and unequivocal admissions, if the admissions are viewed in isolation and without reference to the other evidence.
Lisa St. Mary sued Thomas Schellenberg and his wife, Katherine Mills, for damages resulting from a lost investment. Schellenberg and Mills each propounded requests for admissions (RFAs) directed to St. Mary. There were a total of 119 individual RFAs. St. Mary made two written requests for a two-week extension to respond. However, St. Mary did not respond to the requests before the time to respond had expired.
St. Mary responded to the RFAs four days after the due date. There were no objections, just admissions and denials. However, some of the admissions and denials contained additional information to clarify what was being admitted or denied.
Four days after the responses were served, without any attempt to meet and confer, Schellenberg and Mills filed a motion requesting that the 119 RFAs in their entirety be deemed admitted under Code of Civil Procedure section 2033.280, subdivision (b).
The trial court found that some of the responses complied with the requirements of the Code of Civil Procedure, but that some did not. It concluded that the motion as to the responses to the Schellenberg RFAs should be granted, and that any responses that were not unqualified denials would be deemed admitted. It, thus, deemed 41 of the 105 RFAs admitted, and awarded sanctions in favor of Schellenberg and Mills. The court's order omitted any reference to the motion to deem admitted the 14 RFAs propounded by Mills upon St. Mary.
St. Mary sought writ relief.
The Court of Appeal issued a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order and enter a new one denying the motion.
The court first noted that RFAs are not like other methods of discovery. RFAs are being designed not so much to "discover" the facts, but rather to expedite trial preparation by making it unnecessary to try an otherwise triable issue of fact or law. As a result, an appellate court does apply the rule that a reviewing court should rarely interfere with pretrial discovery orders, particularly where such orders operate to grant discovery.
If responses to RFAs are not timely served, a responding party waives any objections to them. Under current statutory law, however, a propounding party must take affirmative steps—by bringing a formal "deemed admitted" motion—to have RFAs to which timely responses are not received deemed admitted. Unless the court determines that the responding party, "has served, before the hearing on the motion, a proposed response to the requests for admission that is in substantial compliance with Section 2033.220," it must order the RFAs deemed admitted.
Thus, a responding party's service, prior to the hearing on the "deemed admitted" motion, of substantially compliant responses, will defeat a propounding party's attempt to have the RFAs deemed admitted. If the propounding party believes that the responses to RFAs are deficient in some respect or that any objections thereto are not well taken, he or she may make a motion to compel further responses.
The court found that the motion was a "deemed admitted" motion and not a motion to compel further responses. Since the motion was a "deemed admitted" motion and St. Mary had served her tardy responses not only before the hearing on the motion but also before Schellenberg and Mills filed it, the trial court could only deem the requests admitted if they did not substantially comply with the Code of Civil Procedure requirements.
The Code of Civil Procedure does not include a definition of "substantial compliance" as it applies to a section 2033.220 RFA response.
The trial court looked at "substantial compliance" by looking at individual responses and what they said or did not say. The appellate court disagreed with the trial court's approach. It found that "substantial compliance" had to be determined by looking at the responses as a whole.
The court noted that section 2033.280 requires the court to evaluate whether the "proposed response to the requests for admission" substantially complies with section 2033.220. The word "response" rather than "responses" indicated that the legislature was looking at the document as a whole rather than at the individual responses separately. It also found support for its conclusion in the fact that there is an effective statutory vehicle by which a propounding party may seek a court order compelling a responding party to cure individual RFA responses deemed not to be in compliance with section 2033.220 – a motion to compel further responses under section 2033.290.
Because St. Mary's responses as a whole substantially complied with the Code of Civil Procedure, the requests should not have been deemed admitted.
Los Defensores, Inc. is an "attorney joint advertising group" that focuses on the Spanish speaking market in Southern California. It sued Armando Vera and Rosa Gomez for unfair competition. It asserted that Vera and Gomez used a telephone number substantially similar to its own number that they would receive calls that should have gone to Los Defensores.
The trial court ordered the entry of a default against Vera and Gomez as a sanction for discovery abuse, and issued a default judgment awarding Los Defensores damages and injunctive relief.
The Court of Appeal affirmed. It rejected Vera and Gomez's arguments that the discovery sanctions were improper, that the complaint stated no cause of action, that they received inadequate notice of the damages respondent sought, and that the damages awarded were excessive.
The court first found that there was substantial evidence in support of the factual findings underlying the trial court's determination that terminating sanctions were warranted.
The court next addressed whether the complaint actually stated a cause of action. The court recognized that while a defendant in default confesses the material allegations of the complaint, the trial court may not enter a default judgment when the complaint's allegations do not state a cause of action. Thus, it looked at what the complaint alleged and concluded that the complaint did, in fact, state a cause of action for unfair competition based on Vera and Gomez's use of a similar phone number.
The court then held that Vera and Gomez had received adequate notice of the amount Los Defensores sought. The complaint sought an accounting and therefore did not require a statement of damages and in any event, Los Defensores' motion for an injunction included a statement as to its claimed damages. This was served upon Vera and Gomez with sufficient time.
Finally, the court held that the amount of damages awarded by way of the default was not excessive.
Carol Cheal brought an action for age discrimination against her former employer, defendant El Camino Hospital.
The hospital filed a motion for summary judgment. It asserted 77 supposedly undisputed facts in support of its motion. Cheal responded to each of these assertions and submitted 37 additional facts that she contended created a triable issue of material fact and precluded summary judgment. Each party lodged numerous objections to the evidence put forth by the opposing party.
The trial court issued an order sustaining some objections, overruling the rest, and granting the motion for summary judgment.
Sergio Garcia is a Mexican citizen illegally living in California. While living in California, Garcia graduated high school, college and law school. He also took and passed the California bar examination. As with others who had passed the bar examination and who were determined to be of good moral character, the Committee of Bar Examiners submitted Garcia's name to the California Supreme Court for admission to the practice of law. In doing this, the Committee alerted the Supreme Court to the fact that Garcia was not lawfully living in the United States.
After reviewing the pertinent state and federal statutes, the Supreme Court concluded that there was no bar to Garcia receiving a license to practice law in California.
The fact that Garcia might be precluded from practicing law as an "employee" of a law firm, corporation, or governmental entity and might be precluded from practicing law as a sole practitioner for a fee, was not a sufficient reason to deny him a license to practice law.


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In order to qualify for the program, you must earn 80% AMI or less. If you do not qualify for CARE, it's still worth giving us a call as we have many energy programs available for all income levels.
Qualified CARE program participants receive a complimentary home energy assessment as well as free LED lighting upgrades. Depending on the needs of the home, additional no-cost energy upgrades may be performed, including: furnace or boiler tune-up and safety check, insulation and air sealing improvements, high-efficiency refrigerator, high-efficiency water heater, storm windows, and programmable thermostats.


creACTive is a youth association for support of creativity and active citizenship of young people. It's main aim is to assist the personal development of young people through engaging them in non-formal education activities.
The main fields of creACTive's work are: Arts, Music, CMUN, SK8, Youth Mobility and Training of youth workers. A great part of our activities are developed within the framework of European Commission's Youth in Action Programme. More detailed information about our work is available under the sections "ACTions" and "Youth in ACTion" on this web page. Additional information regarding creACTive and the Youth in Action Programme is provided upon request.
Youth Association creACTive is based in Skopje, Macedonia; but it has members and activities all around the country. Since recently, creACTive works on development of the network creACTive International. creACTive Bosnia is soon to be established; Serbia and Montenegro are next on the list. Hopefully, we will soon see creACTive young people all around Europe.
creACTive's team is consisted of experienced youth workers and young volunteers. Our Italian EVS volunteer Sara will join us during March. The members of creACTive are enthusiastic, creative, motivated, active, initiative young people. Meet them in creACTive's office, contact them by e-mail or phone; or even better – join them by filling in the application form on this web page.
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Následnictví iráckého trůnu užívalo za dob monarchie jako systému určení následníka trůnu salické právo vzhledem k muslimským zvykům, kdy jsou ženy a jejich potomci úplně vyloučeni z následnictví trůnu. Následníkem trůnu a králem se mohl stát pouze mužský potomek krále Fajsala I. z rodu Hášimovců, který je muslimského vyznání a je iráckým občanem. Pokud by ale došlo k situaci, kdy by nebyli žádní potomci krále Fajsala I. (k čemuž došlo v roce 1958), se následníky trůnu stanou potomci bratrů Fajsala I. (tj. mužští potomci Husajna ibn Alího al-Hášimího), za předpokladu že jsou irácké národnosti. Dle těchto pravidel je současným pretendentem iráckého trůnu princ Raad bin Zeid, který je synem prince Zeida, který byl nejmladším bratrem Fajsala I. a zároveň byl iráckým princem a po roce 1958 se stal pretendentem trůnu.

Jediná další linie Hášimovců, která existuje dodnes je jordánská linie, jejíž všichni členové ač jsou potomky Husajna ibn Alího al-Hášimího, tak nesplňují podmínku irácké národnosti.

Současná linie následnictví
Linie následnictví iráckého trůnu:

JV král Husajn ibn Alí al-Hášimí (1854–1931)
 JV král Fajsal I. (1883–1933)
 JV král Ghazi I. (1912–1939)
 JV král Fajsal II. (1935–1958)
 Jkv Zeid bin Husajn (1898–1970)''
  Jkv Raád bin Zaíd (*1936)
(1) Jkv Zaíd (*1964)
(2) Jkv Raád (*2001)
(3) Jkv Abdalláh (*1965)
(4) Jkv Rakan (*1995)
(5) Jkv Jofar (*2002)
(6) Jkv Firas (*1969)
(7) Jkv Hášim (*2010)
(8) Jkv Fajsal (*1975)
(9) Jkv Amir (*2013)

Související články
 Irácké království
 Seznam iráckých panovníků
 Dějiny Iráku

Dějiny Iráku
Irák

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I was introduced to Sedulo and felt there was a real synergy between Sedulo and GoVida. I saw the bigger vision with the further support that Sedulo can offer GoVida as we continue to grow. From meeting the R&D team it took around 2 weeks for them to prepare and submit the claim and then around 28 days to receive the money. This cash has enabled us to develop the platform further and we have huge plans for 2020.
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Toyota Camry Split Into Two On Autobahn Shows Danger of Overspeeding
22/05/2021 - 17:00 | Toyota, Toyota Camry, Toyota, Featured, Car news | Saptarshi
The Toyota Camry has been among the better-known executive sedans on sale in the Indian market. In fact, the Camry has been a huge success in many parts of the world. Apart from its ingenious hybrid technology, the Toyota Camry also boasts 5-star safety rating from ASEAN NCAP. That said, here we have a shocking report of a Toyota Camry that was split in two after a high-speed collision. This accident happened in Saudi Arabia, unfortunately exemplifying the dangers and perils of high speed and rash driving.
As you can see in the video, the car has completely disintegrated after the crash and is even barely recognizable. However, a look at whatever is left suggests that this a 2107 model of the Toyota Camry. Although the exact details of the accident are not known, it must have had a very hard impact on its sides, which has completely split the car in two.
Also Read : Lo and Behold! The Most Extreme Toyota Camry Ever Has Arrived!
This accident must have been at a really high speed, at which stage NCAP ratings do not hold much relevance. Even Global NCAP conducts its crash tests at speeds of 64kph, replicating average city speed limits. However, with such crashes at much higher speeds, one is really treading into unknown territory. At this point, onboard safety features won't be the most effective in preventing fatalities. This also goes on to stress the need for driving safely and more importantly, driving within speed limits.
Toyota facelifted the current-gen Camry late last year in international markets.
In other news. Toyota gave the current-gen Camry a mid-life facelift in international markets late last year. The 2021 Toyota Camry facelift comes with reworked front and rear bumpers for a refreshed look. Toyota has also slightly tweaked the large and gorgeous LED taillamps in the new car. The interior of the facelifted Camry replaces the old 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system with a larger and new floating 9-inch unit. Toyota claims that the new system is much more responsive, thanks to the updated software.
The pre-facelift Toyota Camry continues to be on sale in India for a price of 40.59 lakh (ex-showroom).
Under the hood of the 2021 Toyota Camry facelift retains the same hybrid powertrain - a 2.5L naturally aspirated petrol engine coupled to an electric motor. The total power output is 218 bhp and the torque figure is 221 Nm. The transmission used is a CVT unit. Regarding the availability of the 2021 Toyota Camry facelift in India, the company has not released any information yet. Toyota currently retails the pre-facelift Camry in India for a price of INR 40.59 lakh (ex-showroom).
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U.S. Airports Will Use AI To Scan 97% Of Passengers' Faces Within 4 Years
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According to a recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security report, U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to expand its Biometric Exit program to cover 97% of outbound air passengers within four years.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to expand its Biometric Exit program to cover 97% of outbound air passengers within four years, according to a recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security report.
While the current imaging system can only look up photos based on flight manifests, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) system will use an algorithm to scan the faces of those boarding international flights and compare them to millions of photos on file to find a match.
The images in the database are pulled from visa and passport applications; if the image is not recognized, it can be looked up manually.
The AI system has been implemented in 15 U.S. airports, and tested on more than 15,000 flights; it was able to identify more than 7,000 travelers who overstayed their visas.
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Hamilton adds voice to Pirelli concerns
Lewis Hamilton has become the latest F1 driver to voice concerns over Pirelli's tyres following pre-season testing.
If McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh had hoped to calm the waters of dissent swirling around Pirelli's return to F1, he would have been disappointed to hear one of his own drivers adding further negativity ahead of this week's final pre-season test in Barcelona.
While Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil have all lamented the apparent lack of durability shown by Pirelli's super-soft compound, arguing that it will throw races into disarray and potentially turn the established pecking order upside-down [see separate story - click here], Lewis Hamilton has found another flaw that he believes makes F1 more frustrating following the winter withdrawal of Bridgestone.
"There is more to think about in the car, but F1 seems to have slowed down," the 2008 world champion moaned to Britain's Guardian newspaper, "The cars are slower on a race distance. Last year, we had to make tyres last with heavier fuel load and now it's even slower. I did run the other day and it was painfully slow, it really was. Just not exciting, to be honest."
Hamilton pointed to the same durability problems as his rivals as he described the symptoms that he fears will affect the quality of the racing in 2011.
"The first run - I didn't think I was pushing very hard - and the tyres were finished after nine laps, down to the canvas," he revealed, "On the next run, I had to go easier. It was almost like doing an out lap and [we] just about made it to 15 or 16 on a soft tyre. Over the years, you have to change your style and adapt, while keeping the important part, which is the speed and aggression. Now the biggest step is how we are going to have to look after the tyres."
Despite lamenting the possible loss of the 'speed and aggression' that have been his trademarks since joining the top flight as reigning GP2 Series champion in 2008, Hamilton admitted that he was expecting another exciting campaign, ironically with the tyre woes bringing the field closer together.
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"You'll see it's going to be just as competitive this year, if not more," he concluded, "The regs are bringing the teams closer, making it more competitive, but not as hard-core competitive. In 2007 and 2008, the teams were so quick and pushing each other so fast at the front. They've now slowed down the cars a little, so it's maybe a more even playing field."
While he naturally hopes to be in the mix with Ferrari and Red Bull when the season kicks off, belatedly, in Australia in three weeks' time, Hamilton and team-mate Jenson Button know they have work to do at this week's Barcelona test, hastily arranged following the cancellation of activities in Bahrain that were due to have kicked off the season this week. The MP4-26, which features some radical design features, has struggled for pace and reliability in the two sessions since its Berlin launch, with the exhaust system a particular concern. With track time at a premium in the build-up to the season, McLaren is already well behind its rivals in terms of development and hopes that the break since it last ran at the Circuit de Catalunya will have produced updates that cure the unpredictability currently being experienced by both drivers.
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Biografia
Si è laureato in chimica all'Università della California, San Diego, dove Jef Raskin è stato uno dei suoi professori. Nel 1978 è entrato alla Apple, dove ha lavorato fino al 1990 prevalentemente sviluppando software per i computer della famiglia Macintosh. Dopo aver lasciato la Apple, ha fondato con Andy Hertzfeld e Marc Porat la General Magic, dedita allo sviluppo di nuovi dispositivi intercomunicanti, che ha chiuso nel 2002. Nel 2007 è entrato a lavorare presso Numenta, un'azienda che sviluppa sistemi di intelligenza artificiale. Appassionato di fotografia, dal 1997 commercializza foto naturalistiche sul suo sito internet. Ha anche realizzato un'applicazione per smartphone, Postcard.

Apple
Come programmatore alla Apple ha fatto parte del gruppo di sviluppo del Macintosh 128K per cui ha scritto il programma di disegno MacPaint e le librerie grafiche QuickDraw, alla base dell'interfaccia grafica del sistema operativo del Macintosh, il macOS.

Atkinson è stato uno dei maggiori contributori allo sviluppo dell'interfaccia grafica che aveva visto presso Xerox e che aveva sviluppato e migliorato per inserirla nel primo calcolatore con interfaccia grafica ad essere commercializzato, Apple Lisa. A lui si devono, ad esempio:
l'introduzione della funzionalità di sovrapposizione delle finestre, che prima di allora si disponevano sullo schermo senza potersi sovrapporre,
il trascinamento di finestre e file attraverso lo schermo,
la possibilità di toccare, manipolare, trasferire in maniera intuitiva gli oggetti disposti sullo schermo (Xerox permetteva di farlo solo tramite comandi testuali), grazie anche al parallelo sviluppo del mouse, da parte di Dean Hovey, che finalmente poteva muoversi in ogni direzione e non solo in alto, in basso, a destra o a sinistra.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Atkinson, Bill
Atkinson, Bill


Send in your photos of you proudly wearing your club shirts. Doesn't have to be anywhere exotic. Gronant?
Mel plays at a run down theatre in Tlos, Turkey.
Ruth's baby sister Leah shopping (shoplifting?) in Toronto.
Eve strutting her stuff in Biarritz.
Parting the waves in Ypres, Belgium.
John Finds twin brother in Fes, Morocco.
JK at Wirral Folk Festival.
They seem to be driving on the wrong side!


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Deposition of Vicki J. Aznaran (May 9, 1989)
VICKI J. AZNARAN VOLUME 9 5-9-89
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
VICKI J. AZNARAN AND RICHARD N. AZNARAN
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, INC.; CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.; SCIENTOLOGY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, INC.; AUTHOR SERVICES, INC.; CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF LOS ANGELES, INC.; MISSION OFFICE WORLDWIDE; AUTHOR FAMILY TRUST; THE ESTATE OF L. RON HUBBARD; DAVID MISCAVIGE; AND NORMAN STARKEY1 *
* NO. CV 88-1786-WDK
ORAL DEPOSITION OF VICKI J. AZNARAN
On the 9th day of May 1989, at 10:00 a.m. the oral deposition of the above-named witness was taken at the instance of the defendants before Roger W. Miller, Certified Shorthand Reporter in and for the State of Texas, at the offices of Stanley, Harris, Rice, 3100 McKinnon, Suite 1000, in the City of Dallas, County of Dallas, State of Texas, pursuant the agreement hereinafter set forth.
A. What money was spent or how much money was spent, which I believe was 250,000.
Q. Anything else you remember telling the FBI about that incident?
A. I told them that it was Dick Story and Dick Bass were largely the players involved.
Q. Any other details you recall telling the FBI about that?
A. No, not offhand, I don't recall anything else.
Q. Are there any other instances involving judges that you discussed with the FBI?
A. They wanted to know about Scientology executives going to see Marianna Pfaelzer one night.
Q. Anything else? That's what you already talked about with Mr. Cooley, is it not?
A. Yeah. I think we went into that.
Q. Any other judges?
A. Yeah. Breckenridge and the Judge on the — the original Judge on the Wollersheim case. I don't know if "original" is the right word, but he was a judge on the case during, I believe, pretrial.
Q. What did you tell the FBI about Judge Breckenridge?
A. I told him about destroying documents that
Judge Breckenridge had ordered produced.
Q. What did you tell him about destroying those documents?
A. What did I tell him? I don't remember specifically. That there were documents that he ordered his folders produced, and myself and some others went through those folders and took out and destroyed documents out of them that we did not want turned over.
Q. When you say he wanted his folders produced, who is that, judge Breckenridge?
A. Yeah. He ordered them turned over to him.
Q. His own folders?
A. Armstrong's, Jerry Armstrong's.
Q. And what did you tell the FBI about the first judge on the Wollersheim case?
A. Well, supposedly he had a son who was homosexual, and there was some — some operation withthe son's boyfriend, which was brought up to the Judge in order to try to get rid of that Judge, if —
Q. Do you recall any more —
A. I believe that's what I told him, the drift of it, anyway.
Q. Do you recall telling him anything else about that incident?
A. Not specifically, no.
Q. Were you involved in that incident in any way?
A. Peripherally. No, not really. I was just there part of the time.
Q. It was not done at your instigation?
Q. You did not participate in anything involving the Judge Pfaelzer incident directly?
A. Staff members — well, no, not really.
Q. You personally, I'm not —
A. Yeah. No, not really.
Q. Now, your knowledge of the facts that you related to the FBI concerning Judge Breckenridge is firsthand, from what I understand you are saying?
A. The destruction of the documents?
Q. Yes.
Q. You participated in it?
Q. And you told that to the FBI?
A. Yes: .
Q. And what is the source of your information concerning the first Judge on the Wollersheim case?
A. I believe David Miscavige.
Q. He told you about it?
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
This is to certify that I, Roger W. Miller, Certified Shorthand Reporter in and for the State of Texas, reported in shorthand the proceedings conducted at the time and place set forth in the caption hereof and that the above and foregoing pages contain a full, true, and correct transcript of said proceedings.
Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 9th day of May, 1989.
[signed Roger W. Miller]
Roger W. Miller, Certified
Shorthand Reporter No. 328
in and for the State of Texas
My commission expires December 31, 1989.
Text source: http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50k/legal/related/3979.php ↩
Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Author Services, Church of Scientology of Los Angeles, CSC, CSI, CST, David Miscavige, Earle C. Cooley, FBI, Judge Breckenridge, Judge Marianna R. Pfaelzer, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge, Lawrence B. Gibbs, Norman Starkey, Richard Aznaran, Richard N. Aznaran, RTC, Vicki Aznaran, Vicki J. Aznaran
Affidavit of Gerald Armstrong (November 1, 1985)
November 1, 1985 by Clerk1
I, Gerald Armstrong state and declare under the pains and penalties of perjury as follows1:
1. I was in Scientology from 1969 to 1981. I worked personally for L. Ron Hubbard during much of that time, and was personally appointed by Hubbard to be the researcher on a proposed biography of his life. During my work on that biography I assembled many documents concerning almost all of Hubbard's life, and discovered that he had extensively lied about his education, credentials, past accomplishments, his role in Scientology, and Scientology itself. When I tried to work within the organization to make the truth known in a manner which would least damage Scientology and Hubbard, organization officials claimed I was an enemy trying to destroy the founder.
2. After I left the organization I was declared a "suppressive person" and subjected to the "Fair Game" doctrine. The organization began a "Black Propaganda Campaign" aimed at destroying my reputation. They initiated a covert intelligence operation against me, stole photos I had, and when I demanded their return told me to get an attorney. Fearing I would become the target of costly and harassive lawsuits, and believing my life and my wife's life were in danger, and needing to defend myself, I contacted attorney Michael Flynn. I obtained from the author for whom I had done the biography research, copies of some of the documents I had seen while working on the biography project and I sent these documents to Mr. Flynn. The documents proved that what I had been saying about Hubbard was true and they showed a massive fraud on his part.
3. Scientology sued me, and after a five week trial in the California Superior Court it was ultimately determined that I was justified in sending the subject documents to my attorney. The Court stated in its decision, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this opposition:
"…just as the plaintiffs have First Amendment rights, the defendant has a constitutional right to an attorney of his own choosing. In legal contemplation the fact that defendant selected Mr. Flynn rather than some other lawyer cannot by itself be tortious. In determining whether the defendant unreasonably invaded Mrs. Hubbard's privacy, the court is satisfied the invasion was slight, and the reasons and justification for defendant's conduct manifest. Defendant was told by Scientology to get an attorney. He was declared an enemy by the Church. He believed, reasonably, that he was subject to "fair game." The only way he could defend himself, his integrity, and his wife was to take that which was available to him and place it in a safe harbor, to wit, his lawyer's custody." 2
4. The knowledge that I have and the documents that I have seen are particularly damning to Hubbard and Scientology. Based on them, in part, Judge Breckenridge in his opinion in Church of Scientology of California v. Armstrong, C420 153, found that "the Church or its minions is fully capable of intimidation or other physical or psychological abuse", it "abuses its own members civil rights", "the organization over the years with its 'Fair Game' doctrine has harassed and abused those persons not in the Church whom it perceives as enemies", L. Ron Hubbard is "a man who has been virtually a pathological liar when it comes to his history, background, and achievements" and Scientology's "practice of culling supposedly confidential 'PC folders or files' to obtain information for purposes of intimidation and/or harassment is repugnant and outrageous." All of these findings were made by Judge Breckenridge in the case Scientology brought against me.
5. In order to compromise my effectiveness as a witness and undo the Breckenridge judgment, Scientology created the "Armstrong Operation". It was a Scientology setup from the start. I was contacted in June of 1984 by an old friend of mine who told me that a group of individuals called the "Loyalists" were seeking to reform the organization, and end the criminal and tortious activities and the Fair Game doctrine. My friend said the "Loyalists" had existed for two years, they had people on staff in the organization and many others who supported their cause. The "Loyalists" wanted my help because I had contacts among other individuals who opposed the organization's practices, and because I had been successful in litigating against the organization. They wanted me to act as their consultant.
6. I had several meetings with representatives of the "Loyalists" and was even taken to meet an attorney whom they said was going to file a lawsuit on their behalf to oust what they called the "criminal management' of Scientology. Unknown to me, these meetings were covertly and illegally videotaped. The entire operation was a setup. The "Loyalists" had no intention of ending the organization's illegal activities and were not planning to file a lawsuit. They were a fictional creation to make it look like I was conspiring to overthrow Scientology.
7. The videotapes do not reveal all of my conversations with the "Loyalists". Scientology has chosen those parts which it feels are most beneficial to them. Even the videotapes they do use do not show what Scientology claims. They simply reveal conversations about ideas proposed by the "Loyalists" for their use in their struggle. Of course, since the "Loyalists" never really existed, nothing was ever carried out. In any event, the wild claims Scientology makes, that I conspired to plant false documents, steal privileged information, and set up some sort of sexual blackmail situation, are ridiculous. Judge Lander, in the case of Christofferson v. Scientology, et al, in Portland, Oregon recognized that the tapes do not say what the organization says they say. He stated, immediately after viewing the tapes on April 4, 1985:
"I think they are devastating. I think they are devastating against the Church. We certainly view them in a different way, Mr. Cooley, you and I."
…"it borders more on entrapment than it does on anything else. How a sophisticated person, which Mr. Armstrong purports to be, could go for such an amateurish performance as I heard on these tapes is beyond me. The questions were being fed to him obviously; anytime he wanted to make an explanation, it was promptly cut off. There was no evidence of any attempt to commit a crime that I saw." 3
In fact, on the tapes themselves, in response to a suggestion by one of the "Loyalists", an operative named Mike Rinder, that false documents be created, I reply, "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole."4
8. Despite Scientology allegations to the contrary, I was not acting as an agent of Michael Flynn, or various government agencies when I met with the "Loyalists". I simply was responding to the "Loyalists" request for help from me, and I accepted their offer to help me out. They actively encouraged me to request all sorts of things, claiming they could get whatever I needed. Any requests I sent them I originated on my own. Neither Michael Flynn nor the federal government asked me to obtain any documents or information for them from the "Loyalists". In fact, Michael Flynn cautioned me that the "Loyalists" might be an operation created by Hubbard.
9. Under California law, an individual cannot be videotaped without his consent. Scientology, at the Christofferson trial, claimed that a private investigator hired by them, Eugene Ingram, (who had been kicked off the Los Angeles police force for various offenses) obtained an authorization to secretly tape me from a police officer. In an official statement released by the Los Angeles Police Department, however, LAPD Chief Daryl Gates stated that the officer had no authorization, and that it would be "a cold day in hell" before the Los Angeles Police Department cooperated with Eugene Ingram. A copy of this announcement is attached hereto as Exhibit A5 I have learned from Commander Booth of the LAPD that the officer involved, Phillip Rodriguez, was suspended for six months due to his improper "authorization".
10. If this court has any doubts about this entire illegal affair, I urge it to view the tapes themselves. They will plainly show that the Scientology charges are ridiculous and grossly inflated. It will also prove to the court that Scientology engages in precisely the types of covert criminal and tortious operations in violation of individuals' rights which its critics have alleged it has committed for years.
Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury this 1st day of November, 1985, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gerald Armstrong
This document in PDF format. ↩
See The Breckenridge Decision. ↩
See Excerpt of Proceedings April 4, 1985. ↩
See Transcript taken from Christofferson v. Scientology: Excerpt of Proceedings April 16, 1985. ↩
Exhibit A: Announcement of LAPD Chief Daryl Gates. ↩
Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: fair game, fair game doctrine, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, Loyalist Program, Michael J. Flynn, Michael J. Rinder


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Derrick Favors reacts to Utah Jazz trade rumors involving Jabari Parker: 'I have fun with it'
By Eric Woodyard @E_Woodyard
Published: December 17, 2018 12:29 pm
Eric Woodyard, Deseret News
Derrick Favors talks with journalists after Jazz shootaround, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.
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HOUSTON — Derrick Favors enjoyed a good laugh on Monday morning with the Utah Jazz's coaching staff ahead of shootaround at the Toyota Center.
The trade rumors are now becoming funny to the longest-tenured Jazzman.
So as news began to surface that the Jazz are among the teams reportedly interested in Chicago Bulls forward Jabari Parker, according to The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor, Favors doesn't think too deep about it although his name is linked to a potential deal.
"I was telling one of the coaches, I could go back years and years ago and I can name each guy I was supposed to get traded for," Favors said ahead of the Jazz-Rockets game. "Every year, I can just name them so I have fun with it, I enjoy it.
"Definitely use it as motivation. But I have fun with it most of the time because most of the time I look forward to it, like 'Who am I going to get traded for this year? Who they want me to get traded for? Where the rumors at?' so I enjoy it."
Derrick Favors reacts to Utah's recent trade rumors involving Jabari Parker: "I have fun with it. I enjoy it. Definitely use it as motivation, but I have fun with it most of the time because most of the time I look forward it. Like, 'Who I'm going to get traded for this year?'" pic.twitter.com/JFY86PE844
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) December 17, 2018
The 6-foot-10, 265-pound forward is averaging 11.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in his ninth season. He put up 21 points with eight boards in Saturday's 96-89 loss to the Orlando Magic in Mexico City. His role has changed a bit this season as he's split time recently both starting and coming off the bench for Jae Crowder as Jazz coach Quin Snyder sometimes tweaks the starting lineups.
It hasn't always been easy for Favors, but the 27-year-old is approaching the situation in a professional manner.
"It's definitely tough mentally and I know a lot of guys can't deal with it but with me, I have a lot of confidence in myself and a lot of confidence in my ability and skillset so whether I'm starting or coming off the bench it don't really matter," Favors said. "I know I can come out there and make an impact whether it's on the offensive end or on the defensive end and if it's for 10 minutes or 20, 30 minutes it don't matter. My whole game plan is just to go out there and make an impact."
Favors agreed to a two-year, $36 million deal with the Jazz this offseason, with the second year of the deal not guaranteed.
Parker signed a two-year, $40 million to return home to Chicago this offseason before things have started to go downhill lately, with him being removed from the rotation despite averaging 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
Even with the Jazz being linked to the trade chatter, Favors' Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell admires his ability to continue to perform whether he's coming off the bench, starting or being involved in trade rumors. It certainly hasn't affected his effort.
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"In my year and a quarter that I've been here, he's been supposed to be traded and from what I've been told in the league, guys don't react to that kindly," Mitchell said. "They just take exception to that kind of stuff and stop caring but it's not that way with Fave and I think that's a unique talent that you need to put all that to the wayside and focus in on the game-to-day basis.
"We care about Fave, he cares about us and I think that kind of shows with the way he's been playing, with the way he's acted," he continued. "It's easy to kind of say, 'alright, whatever I'm done,' but he's on it every day. He's one of the first guys there, always putting in work, working extra, working hard, kind of letting us know what he sees and to have a guy like that, especially for a young guy like me, I'm very lucky."
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John Q (2002)
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
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Starring: Denzel Washington, James Woods, Robert Duvall, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta
John's (Washington) whole life is turned upside down when his son is diagnosed with a terminal heart condition. When money stands in the way of a lifesaving operation for his son, John takes drastic measures to try to get help.
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80th Academy Awards-Nominated for Transformers. Nomination shared with Scott Benza, Scott Farrar and John Knoll. Lost to The Golden Compass.
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Ant-Man (2015)
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Q: Trouble understanding the C++11 syntax in the Rule of Zero I am studying the Rule of Zero and have 2 questions for the final piece of code which demonstrates the rule.
class module {
    public:
        explicit module(std::wstring const& name)
        : handle { ::LoadLibrary(name.c_str()), &::FreeLibrary } {}

        // other module related functions go here

    private:
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        module_handle handle;
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*Why a curly bracket usage instead of parentheses to initialize handle?

*What does using module_handle = std::unique_ptr<void, decltype(&::FreeLibrary)>; mean exactly in this context? would it be possible to replace it with a typedef?

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Why a curly bracket usage instead of parentheses to initialize handle?

It's uniform initializing method introduced in C++11

What does using module_handle = std::unique_ptr; mean exactly in this context? would it be possible to replace it with a typedef?

It's template aliasing and also for creating new type. using is a new and powerful replacement of typedef

A: explicit module(std::wstring const& name)
    : handle { ::LoadLibrary(name.c_str()), &::FreeLibrary }

1) This is the new (uniform) initializer-list syntax for C++11.  It is passing 2 arguments to the construct function which will initialize the variable handle.  In this case, it is effectively the same as
explicit module(std::wstring const& name)
    : handle(::LoadLibrary(name.c_str()), &::FreeLibrary)

Which will call the std::unique_ptr's constructor that takes a "pointer" (in this case a handle) and a deleter (the address of FreeLibrary).
using module_handle = std::unique_ptr<void, decltype(&::FreeLibrary)>;

2) This is basically the same thing as a typedef.  For more information, see this.

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*Why a curly bracket usage instead of parentheses to initialize handle?

Others have said what the curly braces are (uniform initialization) but no one explained why one might use it here when parentheses ought to work just as well.
The idea is that rather than learn all the different initialization syntaxes, C++11 enables one to simply learn one syntax and use it everywhere; Uniform initialization is one of the features added with the intent of making it easier to learn to write C++ (among other reasons).
One thing to note is that uniform initialization is uniform in the sense that it works in all initialization contexts and can do different kinds of initialization (e.g., aggregate initialization vs. using a constructor), but that does not mean that any initialization can be done using it; Specifically there are a few corner cases where types can be defined such that uniform initialization won't be able to access certain constructors. The answer to this is that one simply shouldn't write such constructors. Unfortunately some are already built in to the standard library, vector<int>(4, 5) vs. vector<int>{4, 5} being the common example.

2. What does using module_handle = std::unique_ptr; mean exactly in this context? would it be possible to replace it with a typedef?

This is simply a different syntax for a typedef. The syntax is more powerful than a typedef because it can be templated, however that's not being used in this case. This example could be implemented using a typedef.
The reason to prefer the new syntax is because it is a more type-centric, C++-like syntax.
The old typedef syntax uses (and suffers from, according to many) the "Declaration mimics use" rule of of C; That is, using a pointer looks like *ptr, therefore declaring a pointer uses that same expression, int *ptr;. Using a function that returns a pointer to a function looks like (*foo())() so declaring one again uses that same expression, int (*foo())();. This syntax is expression-centric, where you write out an expression and the language deduces the implied type of the variable.
The problem with this syntax is that it confuses many people, and over time both C and C++ have been changed in various ways inconsistent with this original ideal. For example declaring a function in C originally followed this rule closely; In earlier versions of C you could declare a function with int foo(x, y) which exactly mimics a function call expression foo(x, y). Later it became clear that type safety and checking were important and in ISO C declaring a function looks like int foo(int x, int y), which does not so closely mimic the function's usage.
C++ went further, for example introducing references. Since reference usages don't look any different from using regular objects there's no syntax that could be added to the declaration to follow 'declaration mimics use'. Instead they just decided not to follow the rule and simply chose syntax that wouldn't collide with it.
C++ also places a much greater emphasis on types than C does; templates which are parameterized by type, type based overloading, etc.
So both because the old syntax seems to be innately problematic and because C++ places more importance on types over expressions, C++11 introduces this new syntax for type aliases. Instead of an obscure syntax it's a straightforward using <type alias> = <type>;. No 'spiral rule' or 'right to left' rule needed.
This syntax not only can completely replace typedefs, it also adds the ability to be directly templated, replacing the old typedef inside a template class hack that has long been needed. Again, the new syntax is an added feature that makes it easier to learn to write C++.

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