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Color Changing Bacteria Detector
A team at Tufts University is working on sensors that could change color to tell you if a bag of lettuce has dangerous bacteria in it. (Photo by Ken Hammond, courtesy of the USDA)
Researchers are working on a tool
that could tell you if your food is safe
to eat before you break open the bag.
Rebecca Williams has more:
A team at Tufts University is working on sensors that could change color to
tell you if a bag of lettuce has dangerous bacteria in it.
The special ingredient is silk. They boiled silkworm cocoons. And made a
thin silk film out of the proteins. The silk film has color changing properties
– like a butterfly's wing.
Fio Omenetto is the lead researcher. He says it could be possible to activate
the film so it detects the presence of E. coli. Then the film could be put in a
bag of spinach.
"So immediately by looking at color change you will be able to tell whether
the spinach is good to eat or not."
Omenetto says this is still pretty futuristic at this point. He says it'll
probably be at least five years before you might see this at the grocery store.
A related article from Eureka! Science News
A related article from ScienceDaily
Author Rebecca WilliamsPosted on August 11, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags bacteria, bag, bags, change, changes, coli, color, contaminated, contamination, e coli, e-coli, groceries, lettuce, produce, sensor, spinach, university, vegetable, vegetables, veggies, virus
Ten Threats: Bacteria Hits the Beaches
Lake Michigan dunes with a power plant in the background. (Photo courtesy of EPA)
In some places, creeks wash bacteria into the lakes on or very near swimming beaches, making contracting E. coli a greater threat. (Photo by Lester Graham)
A sewage treatment plant in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo courtesy of EPA)
If you swim or play on the beaches around the Great Lakes, you've
probably heard about 'beach closings.' At best, the situation is an inconvenience.
At worst, it's a serious health risk for some people. That's because the
beaches are closed due to dangerous levels of bacteria in the water.
Beach closures are not all that new, but Shawn Allee reports… the
science behind them could change dramatically in the next few years:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/allee_121205.mp3
We're continuing our series, Ten Threats to the Great Lakes. Our field guide through the series is Lester Graham. He says anyone who visits Great Lakes beach is familiar with one of the Ten Threats.
(Sound of dog and beach)
During the summer, dogs and their owners usually play together in the
water along this Lake Michigan beach, but today, several dog owners
scowl from the sand while their dogs splash around.
"It's e coli day … it's a hardship."
This beachgoer's upset, and like she said, e coli's to blame.
Park officials tested the water the previous day and found high levels of
the bacterium. Missing a little fun on the beach doesn't sound like a big
deal, but there's more at stake than recreation.
Cameron Davis is with the Alliance for the Great Lakes, a regional
advocacy group.
"Beaches are most peoples biggest, tightest connection to the Great
Lakes, so when beaches close, they really impact our quality of life in the
And ultimately, health is at stake too. For a long time, scientists tested
beach water for e coli because it's associated with human feces. That is,
if e coli's in the water, there's a good chance sewage is there too, and
sewage can carry dangerous organisms – stuff that can cause hepatitis,
gastric diseases, and rashes.
Sewage can get into the Great Lakes after heavy rains. That's because
some sewers and drains can't keep up with the flow, and waste heads to
the lakes.
For a long time, scientists thought human feces was the only source of e
coli in Great Lakes water, but a puzzling phenomenon has them looking
for other causes, too. Experts say cities have been dumping less sewage
into the Great Lakes in recent years, but we're seeing more e coli and
more beach closings.
Paul Bertram is a scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. He says, we're closing more beaches because we're testing
them more often.
"But I don't think it's because the Great Lakes are getting more polluted,
and more filled with pathogens, I think we're just looking for it more."
If we're finding more e coli because we're testing more often, we still
have a problem. We still need to know where the e coli's coming from.
Bertram says there might be another culprit besides sewage.
"There is some evidence that it may in fact be coming from birds, flocks
of seagulls, things like that."
But some researchers doubt sewage and bird droppings can account for
high e coli levels.
(Sound of research team)
A few researchers are sorting vials of water in a lab at the Lake Michigan
Ecological Research Station in Indiana.
Richard Whitman leads this research team. He says, in the past,
scientists could predict beach closings by looking out for certain events.
For example, they would take note of sewer overflows after heavy rains.
Whitman says researchers can't rely on those triggers anymore.
"A large number, maybe even a majority of closures remain unexplained.
Today, we have closures and there's no rainfall, may not even be
gulls, and we don't know why the bacteria levels are high."
Whitman has a hunch that e coli can grow in the wild, and doesn't
always need human feces to thrive.
"This is my theory. E coli was here before we were. It has an ecology of
its own that we need understand and recognize."
The idea's pretty controversial. It runs against the prevailing theory that
e coli only grows in waste from warm-blooded animals, such as human
beings and gulls, but the idea's also a kind of political bombshell.
If he's right, it would mean our tests for e coli aren't very accurate – they
don't tell us whether there's sewage around. After all, if e coli is nearly
everywhere, how can we assume it's a sign of sewage?
"As a pollution indicator, you don't want it to multiply. If it's got an
ecology of its own, multiplying on its own, doing its own thing, then it's
not a very good indicator."
Whitman wants us to try other kinds of tests to find sewage. One idea is
to look for caffeine in the water. Caffeine's definitely in sewage but it's
not found naturally in the Great Lakes, but until we change our water
tests, Whitman will continue his work. He says we still need to know
how much e coli's in nature and how much is there because of us.
Environmentalists want the government to keep a close watch on the new
science. They say we can't let questions about the relationship between
e coli and sewage stop our effort to keep sewage and other waste out of
the Great Lakes.
For the GLRC, I'm Shawn Allee.
Alliance for the Great Lakes on why beach closings matter
Sierra Club website on sewage overflows
EPA website about beach pollution
Author Shawn AlleePosted on December 12, 2005 Categories Features, Polluted BeachesTags alliance for the great lakes, bacteria, beach water, caffeine, cameron, controversial, dangerous, davis, drains, dumping, e coli, ecology, environmentalists, epa, government, heavy rains, hepatitis, indiana, lake michigan, lakes, nature, organisms, pathogens, paul, pollution, richard, sewage, sewers, waste, water, whitman
Tracking Livestock to Limit Diseases
Those worried about food safety say it's time for a uniform animal identification system – one that could rapidly isolate animals suspected of carrying contagious diseases. Wisconsin agriculture officials have taken the lead on this type of preventative action but will need the help of all the Great Lakes states to make it work. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Mary Jo Wagner has more:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/11/wagner_111901.mp3
Those worried about food safety say it's time for a uniform animal identification system, one that could rapidly isolate animals suspected of carrying contagious diseases. Wisconsin AG officials have taken the lead on this type of preventive action but will need the help of all the Great Lakes States to make it work. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Mary Jo Wagner has more.
There's growing consensus among agricultural officials that some type of universal animal identifier is needed to trace animals from birth to the marketplace. Especially in light of recent occurrences of "mad cow" and "foot and mouth" diseases in live animals overseas and the nasty form of e coli in meat products here. Wisconsin secretary of agriculture, Jim Harsdorf says the ID system started in Europe. Now it's moved to Canada, where it's mandatory, and Harsdorf says Holland has a central database containing information on all the nation's animals.
"It's housed in one location and the producers within 48 hours have an animal ID'd after it's born and that animal ID stays with it for life."
Federal officials in the United States have been slow to implement such a system though, so Harsdorf says state officials are working to come up with one. It might be tied to different identification networks that farmers already use to keep production and reproduction records, herd health, vaccinations and the location of cattle that are sold, or it could be a totally new system that keeps some or all of those records on one central computer database managed by state, private or non-profit organizations.
Wisconsin state veterinarian Clarence Siroky says public feedback surprised them. State officials were expecting farmers to want only a voluntary system but what they found at public meetings was that producers want a more comprehensive mandatory system nationwide
"We move cattle all over the United States rapidly…we can have one cow at least touch 27 other states within a week…one pig can touch 19 other states within 24 hours."
For those reasons, Siroky says, all animals will have to be included, not only cows, but sheep, horses and pigs. In England for example, cows are identified, but sheep are not, and he says sheep were implicated in the rapid spread of foot and mouth disease there.
That concerns Ted Johnson. He's a Wisconsin dairy farmer who likes the idea of a universal identification system because it would quickly pinpoint the location of animals that might have come in contact with a disease.
"If in the event of an outbreak of some highly contagious disease, it could be stopped very quickly and we wouldn't have to have wholesale slaughtering of cattle."
Still Johnson says many farmers are concerned about how much the ID would cost, who would maintain the records, and who would have access to them.
"The worst case scenario would be if that information is released and there is some doubt about the information or if the information is used in an incorrect manner, the perception can be there's a problem on individual farms."
State veterinarian Clarence Siroky says that's why input from farmers, processors, privacy advocates and consumers is important as the technology is developing.
Still to be decided is the type of animal ID that would be used. Siroky says it could be a tag placed on the animal's ear. However, some animals already have so many different ear tags, he says one ear can look like a Christmas tree. Other possibilities include a computer chip or other type of recyclables monitor placed inside an animal.
Meanwhile, AG secretary Harsdorf says the records included in a computerized type of system could be very beneficial to consumers at the supermarket.
"At some point in time, you're gonna have the ability to go through a grocery store and see up on a screen when you buy that package where it came from, a picture of the operation — it's almost mind boggling to see what could happen down the road."
Still, farmer Ted Johnson worries all the talk right now about the need for animal identification might create a consumer backlash.
"I feel as a producer our food supply is very safe. I don't want the perception to be that an animal ID program is being instituted because we have a problem."
But a potential problem without plans to deal with it could create havoc for the agricultural industry, and so far veterinarian Siroky doesn't know when a system with wide support might be in place. He does say animal health officials are on high alert for the appearance of any contagious diseases. At the same time, he says even if Wisconsin comes up with a proactive plan, unless other states adopt a similar identification method, any tracking system would have limited effectiveness. For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I'm Mary Jo Wagner.
Author Mary Jo WagnerPosted on November 19, 2001 Categories FeaturesTags agricultural industry, agriculture, animal diseases, animal health, canada, cattle, cow, cows, e coli, europe, farm, farm animals, farmer, farmers, farms, food safety, food supply, foot and mouth disease, health concerns, holland, horses, human health, livestock, mad cow, mad cow disease, pig, pigs, public health, sheep, wisconsin


What's new for the 2018 Nissan Maxima?
The 2018 Nissan Maxima is largely carried over from the 2017 and 2016 model years. But that is actually good news for driving enthusiasts. In addition to the many features that re-appear in the 2018 Maxima, including a stunning, aggressive look, an 8-inch LCD touchscreen display for infotainment, Apple CarPlay as standard and too many other features to list, the 2018 Maxima now comes with Android Auto as standard, additional USB chargers for the rear seats with some trim packages and a few new exterior accents, including a sportier-looking grille with black flourishes, giving the Maxima an even more menacing street presence.
The 2018 Nissan Maxima comes in five different trim levels. These are the S, SV, SL, SR and the top-of-the-line Platinum.
For 2018, the Maxima comes with a wide range of useful interior features as standard. These include the already-mentioned 8-inch LCD touchscreen. They also include a telescoping and tilting steering wheel, a power front driver's seat as well as a power front passenger seat, a leather-wrapped shift knob and steering wheel, push-button start and a dual-zone automatic climate control.
Options that are included on some of the higher trim levels include heated front seats, leather throughout the cabin with plush diamond stitching, a heated steering wheel and power adjusted steering wheel. One of the most important options that are available with the SR and higher trims is the multi-mode transmission with a sport setting. This makes a noticeable difference in throttle response and gives the car a feel closer to a high-end sports sedan.
The 2018 Nissan Maxima comes standard in all of its trim lines with a 3.5-liter V6 engine. At 350 horsepower, the power output for this relatively small engine is impressive. It is mated to a continuously variable transmission that, while providing for excellent, smooth driving under lower-demand situations, has been noted as a weak link in the car's overall performance. Still, the 2018 Maxima punches far above its weight, with some of the best performance numbers in its class. The full-size Maxima is able to spring from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5.9 seconds, making it the fastest full-size sedan available for less than $40,000. The 2018 Maxima likewise burns up the quarter mile in just 14.4 seconds, a truly remarkable time for a naturally aspirated car with a mere 3.5 liters of displacement. The relatively small size of the engine also comes in handy when engaged in the daily routine. At 30 miles per gallon on the highway and 21 in the city, the Maxima is just barely edged out by the Buick LeCrosse for the title of best-in-class gas mileage. The Maxima is also an able performer on winding country roads. It is capable of gripping the skid pad with enough force to generate 0.85 lateral g, enough that your coffee better have a lid.
For 2018, the Nissan Maxima continues its legacy as one of the safest cars on the road. With a top rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and a five-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Nissan Maxima's overall safety rating ranks with the best overall safety performers.
Come in to our dealership for a test drive in the new 2018 Nissan Maxima today. Our friendly staff will help show you why this is one of the best-selling models of all time.


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If Your People Counter wasn't the Most Accurate On The Market, Would You Be Satisfied?
As a retailer, you're probably acutely aware of the difficulty in running a competitive store. It has never been more essential for businesses to transcend inadequate and outdated performance measuring technology in order to make critical decisions for increasing revenue.
Assuming that simply by having a basic or budget people counter you will be able to capture enough information about your front-of-house transactions, could result in misleading reports which snowball into detrimental business decisions. Technology is evolving at a rapid speed, enabling forward-thinking businesses to leverage opportunities often missed by others who are not investing in the highest quality tools available.
You could be accounting for people walking in and out of your store. For example, data from an infrared beam counter will show you a footfall of 100, but only 50 people actually came inside the store. This could lead to highly inflated expectations when you're making decisions about store layout and stock display. Surprisingly, many businesses still use infrared beam counters.
Generic people counters would not be able to account for children. As children are not typically the ones with purchasing power where many retailers are concerned, their numbers could attribute to misleading data sheets.
If your technology is unable to distinguish between your staff and your customers, you may be looking at movement and dwell times throughout the store with a skewed perspective. Equally, you could be paying extra labour costs to account for misrepresented numbers of visitors.
In some instances, a people counter may not have the capability to measuring large volumes of people in busy places, lumping together large groups as a single person. This, in turn, could leave you puzzled as to why you had insufficient stock to service what appears to be a smaller than expected number of buyers.
Our people counters contain imaging optics, sensors, signal processing and interfacing electronics, allowing you to analyse your customer traffic with nearly indisputable precision. Make sure you are optimising your floor space, discerning your customer type accurately, and catering for their needs without having to second guess your data.
Investing in a people counter could help your business to improve your service and help you uncover plain but cost-effective ways to boost your sales. Having imprecise data is equivalent to having no data at all as it may prompt you to invest in advertising campaigns, labour and capital expenses that may be positioned ineffectively at inopportune times throughout your store.
The Irisys Vector 4D people counter should be the first-choice for retailers seeking to expertly convert leads and upgrade to progressive data capture technology. Gathering and harnessing the power of virtually freely available information – right on your doorstep – is a resource which your business should not take for granted.
Equally, your information is only as good as your source. You wouldn't hire someone who wasn't an expert in your product to sell to your customer, so why would you trust unreliable systems to help you analyse store metrics?
As the market changes, customers are exercising greater judgement in regards to how and where they spend their money. Let Irisys help you make the most profitable decisions that will benefit, not only you, but also improve the customer experience in your store.


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Schauermann Thayer's 2021 Rising Stars
Posted by Scott A. Staples | Aug 18, 2021 | 0 Comments
Partners Brad Thayer and Ben Melnick have been selected by their peers as two of Washington's Plaintiff's Personal Injury Rising Stars in the 2021 Super Lawyers Magazine. Mr. Thayer is a repeat winner, and this is Mr. Melnick's first selection.
Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Super Lawyers magazine publishes its list of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars annually. Lawyers are hand-picked through peer nominations, and then the publishers conduct independent research. The goal is "to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys" for other professionals and consumers.
Third Time Winner; Brad Thayer
This is Brad Thayer's third consecutive year as a Super Lawyers Rising Star honoree. He joined Schauermann Thayer as an associate attorney in 2015, and he became a partner in 2018.
First Time Winner; Ben Melnick
Ben Melnick is receiving the Super Lawyers Rising Star award for the first time. He has been in practice since 2013, joined the firm in 2018, and he became a partner in 2020. .
Both Mr. Thayer and Mr. Melnick focus their practice entirely on representing victims in personal injury matters, wrongful deaths, catastrophic injuries, and insurance disputes, including bad faith.
15 Time Winner; Craig Schauermann
Past Schauermann Thayer Super Lawyers and Rising Stars winners include co-founder of the firm, currently of counsel, Craig Schauermann—who was selected as a Super Lawyer for fifteen years until 2020—and managing partner Scott Edwards, who was on the Rising Star list for three years.
Scott A. Staples
Scott Staples came on board in 2006 as a clerk during law school, and joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2007. He was made a shareholder in the firm in 2010. Scott graduated, cum laude, from Washington State University Vancouver with a BA in English, and obtained his Juris Doctorate from Willamette University College of Law, with cum laude honors there as well. He has successfully represented clients in a variety of different types of injury cases, including auto collisions, premises liability, animal attacks, watercraft accidents, and construction site injuries. He has appeared, and won, before the Washington State Supreme Court (Weismann v. Safeco, 2012). Scott has volunteered time for the past several years at the Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Housing Justice Project. He has previously served on the new member and membership committees for the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), and has acted as chair and co-chair of the WSAJ Clark County Roundtable. He is a member of the Washington and Oregon State Bar Associations, WSAJ and OTLA (state trial lawyer organizations), and is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Washington and Oregon. Scott was born and raised in Vancouver, attending Vancouver public schools and graduating from Hudson's Bay High School. He enjoys playing recreational basketball and softball, skiing, and spending time with his wife and three children.


Yates Bleachery Company: Your best choice in textile finishing.
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import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import com.gamebrewers.speedgame09.ImageLoader;

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	LOVE("Love", "Activates the ability to press the spacebar and instantly kill all visible enemies.", "'...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.' 1 Corinthians 13:13"),
	JOY("Joy", "Automatically replenishes your health slowly.", "'...the joy of the Lord is your strength.'  Nehemiah 8:10"),
	PEACE("Peace", "Press 4 to become invulnerable for 5 seconds.", "'Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.' Psalm 119:165"),
	PATIENCE("Patience", "Press 2 to boost the growth of the current fruit.", "'He that can have patience can have what he will.'  Benjamin Franklin, 1736"),
	KINDNESS("Kindness", "Activates the ability to right-click and kill all nearby enemies.", "Talk about killing with kindness!"),
	GOODNESS("Goodness", "Automatically doubles the amount of damage you deal.", "'How great is Your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you...' Psalm 31:19"),
	FAITHFULNESS("Faithfulness", "Press 3 to replace your normal shot with 3 less powerful shots.", "'...have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld...' 2 Chronicles 20:20"),
	GENTLENESS("Gentleness", "Press 1 to slow all enemies for 5 seconds", "'Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.' Phillipians 4:5"),
	SELF_CONTROL("Self-Control", "Automatically increases your rate of fire.", "'Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.' Proverbs 25:28");

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Share the post "A Day in the Life of an Intern"
What does an intern in the field of structural engineering do on a daily basis? At catena, the senior engineers expect everything out of us as they would an entry-level engineer. With the experience we had from our design classes at SUNY at Buffalo, we were tasked with utilizing the steel, wood, and concrete building codes to design portions of the structures that catena is currently working on. However, some of the design practices that are common in structural engineering are not taught in design courses, i.e. load path through a multi-material connection. We were encouraged to read through textbooks and codes to learn the steps to design the components we were not familiar with. Although we were expected to read and learn on our own, we were also expected to have questions for the other engineers, sometimes even stumping them with our questions!
Some of the topics were never addressed in school. On a daily basis, we became familiar with finding specs on proprietary products, such as Simpson and Unistrut. We also learned to use some design software such as RISA 3D, Hilti Profis or Tekla Tedds, which would not usually be seen in a school setting.
The diversity of the projects we were assigned to is also what makes working at Catena fun and challenging. Some projects involved topics from our statics class from sophomore year while others involved challenging concepts from graduate classes in structural engineering – some of which we have no experience in yet.
Being an engineer is not only about crunching numbers. At catena, we learned about the other aspects of a structural engineer's job. A lot of times, crunching the numbers is the easy part of the design – figuring out how a design will look is the more difficult part. We had discussions and coordinated with clients and contractors in order to give valuable input on design decisions. Another side of the job we did not see in school is the business side. Knowing that project deadlines have to be met on time will, in turn, maximize profits and keep clients happy so that they want to continue doing business with catena in the future.
Our summer in Portland was not just about catena though. We were across the country from our hometown and wanted to take advantage of our time in the Pacific Northwest. We got to explore many parts of Portland, as well as venturing away from the city. In Portland, we visited Pittock Mansion, Mt. Tabor, The Pearl District and many more attractions around the city. When we were through exploring Portland, we took weekend trips to Seattle, the Oregon Coast, Redwood National Park, Bend, and much more. In Seattle we walked around the entire city, visiting the space needle, and CenturyLink Field. Everywhere else, we tried to get out in the wilderness and go camping and hiking. One memorable hike was in Olympic National Forest where we hiked to the top of Mount Ellinor, a 6-mile round trip with more than a 3,000-foot elevation gain. Every weekend was an adventure and it was the cherry on top to having a great summer internship at catena.


COMMONWEALTH vs. MARIO A. PANETTI.
An apartment dweller had a subjectively reasonable and objectively justified expectation of privacy in conversations in his apartment that could be overheard from a basement crawl space to which the public and other tenants had no access; art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights protected that expectation against warrantless eavesdropping by police officers who entered the crawl space with the permission of the owner of the property. [233-235] NOLAN, J., dissenting, with whom LYNCH, J., joined.
INDICTMENTS found and returned in the Superior Court Department on January 7, 1986.
A pretrial motion to suppress evidence was heard by Charles R. Alberti, J., and the cases were heard by Lawrence B. Urbano, J.
William A. Rota for the defendant.
In his appeal, which we transferred here on our own motion, the defendant challenges only the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He claims that the crucial information on which the warrant to search his apartment was based was obtained during a constitutionally unreasonable search and that all evidence obtained as a result of that search, including the defendant's statements and controlled substances, should have been suppressed. [Note 2] The focus of the defendant's argument is that he had a subjectively reasonable and objectively justified expectation of privacy in the conversations in his apartment that were overheard by Chief Berkel in the crawl space, and that Chief Berkel's action was a constitutionally unreasonable search.
In deciding whether there has been a search in the Fourth Amendment sense, one must decide whether a person had "a `constitutionally protected reasonable expectation of privacy.'" California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207, 211 (1986), quoting Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 360 (1967) (Harlan, J., concurring). See Commonwealth v. D'Onofrio, 396 Mass. 711 , 714 (1986). The first aspect of any analysis is whether the defendant had a subjective expectation of privacy in his conversations, a point the Commonwealth concedes in this case. The second aspect is whether society is willing to recognize that expectation as "reasonable" (California v. Ciraolo, supra), "justifiable," or "legitimate"
(Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735, 740 ). See Commonwealth v. D'Onofrio, supra.
Cases not involving a surveillance from a public area or from a common area, such as the case before us, have arisen when the police, lawfully on the premises, have eavesdropped through a common door between two hotel or motel rooms. Federal courts have held that in these circumstances suspects have no justifiable expectation of privacy in conversations audible to police officers in the adjacent room. See United States v. Hessling, 845 F.2d 617, 619 (6th Cir. 1988); United States v. Agapito, supra at 330-332; United States v.
Jackson, 588 F.2d 1046, 1051-1052 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 941 (1979); United States v. Fisch, 474 F.2d 1071, 1076-1077 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 412 U.S. 921 (1973). Our Appeals Court also has upheld a warrantless surveillance in such circumstances. Commonwealth v. Collins, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 126 , 137-139 (1981).
We think it is clear from the cases we have cited that a person would have no justified expectation of privacy in conversations that can be heard by the unaided ear of an eavesdropper lawfully in a contiguous apartment, whether above, beside, or below that person's apartment. As we shall explain, the situation here is significantly different.
For Fourth Amendment purposes, our task is to determine how the Supreme Court of the United States would rule on the facts of this case. We know that in 1986 the Supreme Court was not prepared to recognize and honor as justified a landowner's expectation that his fenced field of marihuana (within the curtilage of his home) was protected from observation by police traveling in public airways. California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207, 214-215 (1986) (five-to-four decision). Perhaps more instructive for our purposes is the fact that four Justices disagreed, even when the place from which the observation was made was public. Id. at 215 (Powell, J., dissenting). We know of no case since the Katz opinion that has upheld a warrantless surveillance of the type conducted here.
Whatever the Supreme Court of the United States might decide under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, we conclude that the search and seizure of the defendant's conversation violated art. 14 of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Society should honor the privacy interests that apartment dwellers and condominium owners have in being free from warrantless eavesdropping by police who have infiltrated crawl spaces and other areas to which neither the public nor any other occupant of the multiple dwelling has access. Because these conversations took place in the defendant's home, the fact that Chief Berkel was lawfully where he was and that the defendant had no legal interest in the crawl space cannot be dispositive of the question. Intrusions into the privacy of one's home raise classic search and seizure problems. See Commonwealth v. Blood, 400 Mass. 61 , 68-69 (1987); Commonwealth v. Forde, 367 Mass. 798 , 805 (1975). [Note 5] The crawl space is not analogous to an adjoining hotel or motel room.
The subjective expectation of privacy here is more reasonable than that present in the motel-hotel room cases. Article 14 justifiably protects that greater expectation against warrantless eavesdropping on the defendant's conversations from a crawl space under his own home.
The Commonwealth grants that, without the information obtained by the unconstitutional search, the search warrant lacked probable cause. The judgments are reversed and the findings are set aside. We remand the case for disposition which, based on the record before us, will result in the indictments being dismissed.
NOLAN, J. (dissenting, with whom Lynch, J., joins). I dissent. Admittedly, Chief Berkel was lawfully in the basement area at the defendant's home. The defendant had no legal interest in such space. The court concludes, however, that the defendant could reasonably expect that nobody would be in the area, or if somebody were there, the defendant could deal in drugs and have no fear that his incriminating conversations could ever be used against him. How reasonable is this?
[Note 1] The judge who denied the motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of the crawl space surveillance referred to the "basement area of the apartment house" as a "crawl space." The landlord, who was the only witness, testified that the area is a five-foot-tall basement that runs underneath the entire apartment building (except for the area of a central utility room). It can be entered through floor boards in the utility room, a room that normally is kept locked. The basement contains plumbing, a sump pump, a heater, and wiring for electricity, telephones, and cable television.
[Note 2] The defendant relied on the Massachusetts and United States Constitutions in the trial court.
[Note 3] In the Lorenzana case, a police officer was trespassing when he looked through the defendant's window. The court held that the officer's search was illegal. Id. at 630, 636. See to the same effect, Pate v. Municipal Court, 11 Cal. App. 3d 721, 724 (1970).
[Note 4] Professor LaFave writes: "It is one thing to assert that an occupant cannot claim a justified expectation of privacy as to activities within his dwelling when that conduct is carried out in such a manner as to be readily seen or heard by neighbors or by the passing public. It is quite another to declare that citizens cannot `feel safe in leaving their windows uncurtained to the skies' or in otherwise failing to seal off each and every aperture in their dwellings. And thus when police surveillance takes place at a position which cannot be called a `public vantage point,' i.e., when the police -- though not trespassing upon the defendant's curtilage -- resort to the extraordinary step of positioning themselves where neither neighbors nor the general public would ordinarily be expected to be, the observation or overhearing of what is occurring within a dwelling constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. This is really what Katz is all about." Id. (footnotes omitted).
[Note 5] "The Fourth Amendment, and the personal rights which it secures, have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion." Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505, 511 (1961).


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Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia
Elizabeth A. Hibler, Chengcheng Hu, Peter Jurutka, Maria E. Martinez, Elizabeth T. Jacobs
NCIAS: Mathematical and Natural Sciences, School of (SMNS)
Knowledge Enterprise Development, Office of (OKED)
Background: Vitamin D levels and calcium intake have been associated with risk of colorectal neoplasia, and genetic variation in vitamin D pathway genes may affect circulating vitamin D metabolite concentrations and/or risk for colorectal lesions. This study evaluated associations between polymorphic variation in the Gc-globulin (GC) and calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) and odds for metachronous colorectal neoplasia and vitamin D metabolite concentrations. Methods: Participants from the Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA) and Wheat Bran Fiber (WBF) trials (n =1,439) were analyzed using a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) tagging approach, with a subset (n=404) of UDCA trial participants for whom vitamin Dmetabolite concentrations were also available. A total of 25 GC and 35 CASR tag SNPs were evaluated using multiple statistical methods. Results: Principal components analyses did not reveal gene-level associations between GC or CASR and colorectal neoplasia; however, a significant gene-level association between GC and 25(OH)D concentrations (P < 0.01) was observed. At the individual SNP level and following multiple comparisons adjustments, significant associations were observed between seven GC (rs7041, rs222035, rs842999, rs1155563, rs12512631, rs16846876, and rs1746825) polymorphisms and circulating measures of 25(OH)D (adjusted P < 0.01) and CASR SNP rs1042636 and proximal colorectal neoplasia (adjusted P = 0.01). Conclusions: These results show a possible association between variation in CASR and odds of colorectal neoplasia as well as the potential role of variation in GC with circulating 25(OH)D concentrations. Impact: Additional research is warranted to determine the mechanism of GC genotype in influencing 25(OH) D concentrations and to further elucidate the role of CASR in colorectal neoplasia.
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0916
Calcium-Sensing Receptors
Ursodeoxycholic Acid
Vitamin D-Binding Protein
Hibler, E. A., Hu, C., Jurutka, P., Martinez, M. E., & Jacobs, E. T. (2012). Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 21(2), 368-375. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0916
Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia. / Hibler, Elizabeth A.; Hu, Chengcheng; Jurutka, Peter; Martinez, Maria E.; Jacobs, Elizabeth T.
In: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, Vol. 21, No. 2, 02.2012, p. 368-375.
Hibler, EA, Hu, C, Jurutka, P, Martinez, ME & Jacobs, ET 2012, 'Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 368-375. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0916
Hibler EA, Hu C, Jurutka P, Martinez ME, Jacobs ET. Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2012 Feb;21(2):368-375. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0916
Hibler, Elizabeth A. ; Hu, Chengcheng ; Jurutka, Peter ; Martinez, Maria E. ; Jacobs, Elizabeth T. / Polymorphic variation in the GC and CASR genes and associations with vitamin D metabolite concentration and metachronous colorectal neoplasia. In: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2012 ; Vol. 21, No. 2. pp. 368-375.
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2019 - WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN July 5, 2019
'It's pretty surreal how life changes': Gauff halts Hercog, sets Halep battle at Wimbledon
Teenage sensation Coco Gauff fended off two match points to overcome Polona Hercog and keep her tremendous Wimbledon performance rolling into the second week, where she will take on Simona Halep.
By WTA Staff
LONDON, Great Britain -- The outstanding Wimbledon run of 15-year-old American qualifier Cori "Coco" Gauff reached new heights on Centre Court on Friday, as the teenage sensation came back from a 6-3, 5-2 deficit and saved two match points in the process to overcome Slovenia's Polona Hercog, 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5, and reach the fourth round of her maiden Grand Slam main draw.
"When [the last shot] was going overhead, I was like, 'Please go out, please,'" Gauff said in her post-match press conference. "Then after, when I was jumping, I was like, 'Wow, I can't believe it. It's been one long match, it's finally over!'"
Gauff, the youngest Wimbledon qualifier in the Open Era and the first 15-year-old to contest the main draw of the grass-court Grand Slam in a decade, dropped her first set in her three qualifying and three main-draw matches of the event, but steered her way back from the precipice to outlast World No.60 Hercog in two hours and 46 minutes of play.
"When I was walking on the court, I kind of wasn't nervous, but I was just like, 'Wow, I'm really on Centre Court, one of the most sacred courts in the world,'" said Gauff. "When I was down 5-2, I was just like, I can fight back. Just need to hold serve, break, then we'll see what happens from there."
After dropping the first set, Gauff exhibited tremendous grit to pull out two challenging sets to get the win, and was more adept than her opponent at net during the match, winning 61 percent of points in the forecourt, to Hercog's 47 percent.
After an *impossibly* tense tie-break, Centre Court erupted...#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/jPFDu2AhqT
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2019
"Even when I was down match point, the people in the crowd were behind me every step of the way," Gauff continued. "That's something I really appreciated during the match.
"I don't know, it's just crazy. I remember before I played Venus [Williams], as you know, when you walk to leave the practice courts, there are people waiting. One little kid asked me for a picture. Then after the next day, after I played Venus, everybody was screaming my name. It was pretty surreal how life changes in a matter of seconds."
Gauff will attempt to keep her tremendous tournament going in Monday's fourth round when she faces a Top 10 player for the very first time: former World No.1 Simona Halep. Halep, seeded 7th this week, dispatched another former World No.1, Victoria Azarenka, to reach the fourth round and queue up a clash with Gauff.
"I watch her a lot obviously," Gauff noted. "I've never hit with her or anything or practiced with her. I don't know how the ball would feel when I actually play, but I'm really familiar how she plays just from watching her a lot."
The thinnest of margins...
How @CocoGauff came back from the brink - twice 😲#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/m0MZI0Ya5w
The match commenced with both players mixing deft slices in with their powerful serves and forehands, and they stayed on equal footing through 3-3. It was Hercog, though, who took control of the set in that game, claiming the first break of the tilt by cracking open a forehand crosscourt rally with a thundering down-the-line forehand to go up 4-3.
Hercog picked up steam after converting that opportunity, knocking off three huge service points in a row to grab a love service hold for 5-3. Gauff then faltered while serving to stay in the set, hitting three double faults in the following game to drop serve at love and cede a one-set lead to the Slovene.
Hercog continued to hold the momentum well into the second set. The Slovene garnered an early break to lead 2-0, and she had no trouble holding in her next three service games as she notched a 5-2 lead and was on the brink of victory, having not lost a point on first serve up to that moment.
Gauff then had to fend off a match point, which she did with a stunning backhand slice winner that landed square on the sideline, before holding for 5-3. Serving for the match, Hercog held a second match point, but double faulted it away. Suddenly, errors began to flow from the forehand of Hercog, and she dropped serve for the first time in the match.
The comeback kid - and then some! 👏
15-year-old @CocoGauff's irresistible run at #Wimbledon continues, rallying from a set down to defeat Polona Hercog 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 pic.twitter.com/bS79tUkMwG
A rejuvenated Gauff was back on serve and she started to find her rhythm while Hercog floundered. The young American grinded her way through a tough service game to hold for 6-6 and move into her first tiebreak of the tournament.
The players sliced and diced their way through the breaker, and over half of the points went to the returner as they pulled to a 7-7 deadlock. Gauff then claimed a crucial point by returning an attempted lob by Hercog, which the Slovene could not reply to successfully, firing her shot into the net. Gauff then ended a rally with a winning overhead, and she was all the way back into the match.
As the combatants moved into the decider, it was Gauff who held onto the momentum, earning the first break after a wide forehand by Hercog. Gauff was rolling on serve by this point, and consolidated for 4-1 with an easy hold.
But the strong Slovene was not yet finished, and after a love hold of her own, Hercog stayed steely to claw back on serve at 4-3. Gauff recovered to hold at love to reach 5-4, but Hercog continued to stay with the American, polishing off a tight service game with an ace to counter for 5-5.
Gauff, though, moved ahead once more, with another dominant hold for 6-5. Hercog reached game point in the next game, but the Slovene hit forehand miscues in back-to-back points to give Gauff her first match point. There, a rally ended with Hercog firing a lob long, and the jubilant 15-year-old moved into the second week of Wimbledon on her very first try.
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Characters, Seattle Characters, Male Characters,
Desk Sergeant
This article focuses on the Seattle character named "Samuel".
For the Enchanted Forest character with the same name, see Samuel.
"Hyperion Heights"
Henry: So... can you look for it?
Desk Sergeant: Sure. No problem. How 'bout I, uh, look under my desk here. Nope... I'm stumped.
—Henry Mills and the Desk Sergeant src
Samuel B. Ryce,[1] also known as the Desk Sergeant or Sam, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the first episode of the seventh season and is portrayed by co-star Bruce Blain.
In Hyperion Heights, the Desk Sergeant is a policeman named Samuel B. Ryce[1] who works at the police station. One day, as he is sitting behind his reception desk, Henry comes to the police station to report that his car has been stolen. To Henry's disbelief, Samuel does not seem to care about his problem, as he makes a faux attempt at looking for the car under his desk before remarking that he is "stumped" to not find it there. Another officer, Rogers, interjects into the conversation, commenting that some officers still care about police work and helping people. As he ignores the cutting remarks, Samuel leaves the situation to his colleague. Later, that night, he congrats Rogers, who comes back to the station, telling him that he has been promoted to detective, thanks to his "fairy godmother" Victoria Belfrey. Then, he introduces him to his new partner: Weaver. ("Hyperion Heights")
Some days later, the sergeant is supposed to take care of a perp named Sam, whom he brings to the station for acting disorderly at a cabaret. However, Sam becomes aggressive as he starts to attack and beat the sergeant. The policeman is saved in the nick of time by Rogers, who rushes into the police station to knock the guy out. Afterward, Rogers asks his colleague where he found Sam. As he is handcuffing the now unconscious perp, the sergeant states that Sam was at Pleasure Island Cabaret, and explains that the man was drunk and mouthy. Rogers comments that alcohol turns some people into jackasses, before noticing how the guy's tattoo is similar to Eloise Gardener's drawings. ("Greenbacks")
The day after Rogers rescued Eloise from Victoria, Samuel is among the policemen at the station who applaud Rogers for solving the case. Then, he personally congratulates Rogers, asking him how he feels to be a hero. When Rogers retorts that he was simply doing his job, Samuel ironically tells him he should say that to her, which draws Rogers' attention to the station doorway, where Eloise has just arrived with a cake for him. ("Pretty in Blue")
Through an anonymous tip, Samuel learns Sabine does not have her food safety permit for her food truck. He pays a visit to the truck as the food fair is set to begin that evening and overhears Sabine mumbling to herself about how she is going to "kill him dead". When he inquires about who she intends to kill, Sabine plays it off as a joking expression and then offers him a bag of her beignets. Samuel declines, saying he is on a diet, and instead asks to see her licenses and permits. After looking over Sabine's papers, he brings up her missing food safety permit and regretfully states he has to shut down her business. Sabine admits she filled out the paperwork but hasn't received anything back yet, however, she insists she needs to be at the food fair or her truck business will fail. Samuel refuses to turn a blind eye, and when Sabine questions how he knew about the permit in the first place, he reveals he got an anonymous tip, leading Sabine to mistakenly believe Drew, who is competing against her with his own food truck, is the culprit. Later after Drew gives Sabine his permit so she can keep her truck open during the fair, Samuel forgoes his diet and buys beignets and a bowl of gumbo soup from Sabine. ("A Taste of the Heights")
While Weaver is actively searching for Anastasia, Samuel is notified about a girl seen at an abandoned restaurant who fits the physical description of the person Weaver is looking for. He gives him a copy of the photo taken from security footage and asks who she is. Weaver tells him that she's just a scared girl who is part of a much larger puzzle. ("Sisterhood")
After a patrolman finds Henry's car broken down on the road with a flat tire, Samuel receives word of the incident and informs Rogers about it. Rogers thanks him for the information and promises to look into the issue. ("Chosen")
In light of Nick Branson's mysterious death at the police station, Samuel brings pictures he found on the printer to Rogers' office, walking in on him watching the security footage of Nick moments before his death, just as the feed cuts out. Samuel asks if there is something wrong with the TV and Rogers explains that an electrical surge wiped the footage, which Samuel comments is bad timing before handing Rogers the pictures and asking if they are his, which he confirms. Samuel wishes him luck before leaving him to his work. ("The Guardian")
At the police station, Samuel sees Eloise come in and comments on her status as a weird cult leader before asking if she has come to visit Rogers and Weaver. Eloise instead insists she needs help from someone in his position, to which Samuel declines, but Eloise uses magical persuasion to compel him into agreeing to reunite her with her coven sisters. After Samuel does as he is told, he brings Eloise to see them. Later, he phones Rogers to notify him that a bunch of shady women were spotted entering the theater. Once Rogers and Tilly follow Eloise into the theater, Samuel is waiting for them in the lobby, much to Rogers' confusion as he asks if something happened. Samuel, still under Eloise's control, tells him nothing is wrong before grabbing him. Rogers punches him to try and stop some of the coven members from dragging Tilly away, but he too is subdued by them. Rogers and Tilly are taken to the theater's lower level, where Samuel is present as Eloise reveals to Rogers that he was indeed right about her being part of a coven. Samuel remarks that at least he doesn't have to worry about a cult, to which Rogers tells him he's disgraced his badge. Later, Samuel witnesses the completion of the coven once Tilly is forced to take part in a spell Eloise succeeds in casting to bring magic to Hyperion Heights. ("Flower Child", "Is This Henry Mills?")
After Eloise leaves, Samuel stays to keep watch on a restrained Rogers while the coven members continue channeling their powers. Rogers tries to call out to Tilly, who is now actively chanting as she takes part in the spell, though Samuel tells him it's too late. The detective then sees one of the witches disappear as her cloak falls to the ground, to which Samuel goes to remove the cloak to reveal the witch has become a tree. He explains to Rogers that she's been "gifted" as this is a coven member's reward once her role has been completed. Working to secretly undo the knotted rope around his wrists, Rogers questions if Samuel will also get a reward for helping Eloise. Samuel, who is busy placing the cloak on a nearby rock, replies he'll be spared before turning around to see Rogers is no longer there, with only the undone rope and the detective's fake hand left behind. Samuel begins taking off to look for him, but Rogers suddenly appears and blindsides him with a punch to his face, knocking him out cold. ("Is This Henry Mills?")
The Desk Sergeant's full name is first revealed in "Chosen",[1] as it was decided by episode director Lana Parrilla. She wanted to honor her nephews, Samuel and Bryce, by naming the character after them. However, it was not possible to name him "Samuel Bryce", so his name became "Samuel B. Ryce".[2]
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Nick Branson
What Eloise asked him sounded definetly sounded magical. Any chance he resurrected the original coven? My guess is that the Perk and the D...	 2018-07-30T14:12:52Z
Eskaver
Nick Branson wrote: What Eloise asked him sounded definetly sounded magical. Any chance he resurrected the original coven? My guess is that ...	 2018-07-30T15:56:25Z
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RedCoatOfficial
I'm really confused. Was he under a spell or not? It seemed pretty clear that Gothel spelled him until they kidnap Hook and it seems l...	 2018-05-13T04:35:31Z
DatNuttyKid
My best guess: She spelled him to get him out of the police station, then told him her whole plan (and possibly woke him up, if he has a fa...	 2018-05-13T12:40:28Z
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Shinzo Abe The man behind Japan's booming Economy
January 1, 2018 Melange Team Diplomacy, World Leader 0
Shinzo Abe is the current prime minister of Japan since 2012. He is the third longest serving Prime Minister of Japan after the post-war era. He is serving as the President of Japan's ruling political party, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Abe also remained country's premier during 2006 to 2007. Since regaining the premiership in 2012 he has utilized a number of effective economic policies known as "Abenomics," which have injected billions of dollars into Japan's stagnant economy to kick-start the booming growth the world witnesses today.
Shinzo Abe was born on 21 September 1954. He hails from a strong political family. His maternal grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, twice served as the prime minister while his father, Shintaro Abe, remained Japan's foreign minister. Shinzo Abe joined politics from an early age and has been climbing the country's political ranks eversince.
On becoming the Prime Minister, Abe continued with fiscal reforms started by his predecessor Koizumi Junichiro. However, he undertook specific initiatives to balance the budget and achieved that by curtailing expenditure rather than by increasing tax revenues. As part of educational reforms, he wanted to promote nationalistic views. He had supported such efforts all along. In March 2007, he introduced a bill that aimed at promoting nationalism and love for the country among the children.
He specifically tried to maintain strong bilateral relations with foreign countries and supported Japan's alliance with the United States. At the same time, he took several steps to strengthen the country's defense. Under his prime minister ship, Japan's Defense Agency was upgraded to full military status.
Abe's popularity took a nose drive, during his first rule as premier, when in the middle of 2007 his government became embroiled in financial scandals. The minister of Agriculture of his cabinet committed suicide as such scandals came to forefront. Mishandling of pension records of millions of citizens also came to light and the government was criticized for its slow response.
In July 2007, for the first time in 52 years, Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority in the upper house to a coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan. Abe tendered his resignation on September 26, 2007 unexpectedly. Apart from his unpopularity, ill health was another reason cited as the cause of his resignation.
After resigning from the post of the Prime Minister Abe spent a quiet time in the Japanese Parliament commonly referred to as National Diet. Diet is composed of an upper house known as House of Councilors and a lower house, House of Representatives. In 2009, election, he won from his Yamaguchi 4th district. However, LDP lost the power and Democratic Party of Japan formed the government.
During 2012, Abe was formally appointed as the Prime Minister of Japan. However, LDP was in minority in the upper house and it created delay in passing the bills. The position was rectified by the 2013 upper house election. LDP and its coalition partner New Komeito Party got majority seats and as a result Abe had control over both the houses. This gave him the opportunity to pursue his policies more vigorously.
Abe first established the National Security Council of Japan and announced a five year plan for military expansion. Besides, he also undertook an ambitious economic plan. It worked well in the beginning, but from second half of 2014, Japan went into recession and Abe's popularity dipped.
Abe then called for early election of the lower house. It was held during December 2014. Although the voter turnout was low LDP won handsomely. Abe was now free to pursue his policies. He started reinterpreting the Japanese constitution, especially, the peace clauses.
In May 2015, he introduced a bill that would make it easier for Japan to use military force in case of any external threat. The bill was passed into law in September 2015. Since its passage, Abe continues to pursue his nationalistic policies.
The Second Abe cabinet revived the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) that had played a key role in formulating economic policy during the Koizumi cabinet, but had been abandoned by the 2009-12 Democratic Party's administration. Abe declared in his January 2013 policy speech to the Diet that economic revival and escaping deflation was "the greatest and urgent issue" facing Japan. His economic strategy, referred to as Abenomics, consists of the so-called "three arrows" (an allusion to an old Japanese story) of policy. The first component, monetary expansion, was aimed at achieving a 2% inflation target, the second a flexible fiscal policy to act as an economic stimulus in the short term and the third, a growth strategy focusing on structural reforms and private sector investment to achieve long-term growth.
Shinzo Abe was born in Tokyo and received early education from Seikei Elementary School, Seikei Junior High School and Seikei Senior High School. At higher educational front, he studied public administration and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Seikei University in 1977. He later moved to the United States and studied public policy at the University of Southern California's School of Public Policy.
In April 1979, Abe began working for Kobe Steel.In 1982, he justify Kobe Steel and joined politics full time. In the same year, he became the assistant executive to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post held by his father Shintaro Abe. Shintaro Abe died in 1991. In 1993, Shinzo Abe entered the House of Representatives by winning the seat from the first district of Yamaguchi Prefecture, vacated by the death of his father. From the very beginning, he was one of the important members of the house.
In 1997, Shinzō led the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, a group founded in December 1996 to promote a nationalistic view of the history of Japan. Next from 2002 to 2003, Abe held the post of the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary. He also founded the 'Institute of Junior Assembly Members' who think about the outlook of Japan and history education and became its bureau chief.
In 1999, Shinzo Abe became the Director of Social Affairs Division. In 2002, North Korea admitted of abducting thirteen Japanese citizens, Abe was chosen by his government to negotiate on behalf of the families of the abductee. Abe's tough stance against North Korea was highly appreciated by the nation and his popularity started soaring. When in 2002, Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro went to meet Kim Jong II, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Abe accompanied him.
In 2003, Abe became the Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party. In 2006, Koizumi Junichiro announced that he would step down both as a Prime Minister and LDP President. As he did not select his successor, election was held. Abe was elected as the president of LDP on September 20, 2006. The election for the Prime Minister's post was held six days later on 26th September. Abe won this election with a solid majority. At that time, he was only 52 years old.
On a tour of the Middle East in January 2015 during his third-term, Abe announced that Japan would provide $ 200 million in non-military assistance to countries fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of a 2.5 billion dollar aid package. Shortly after this, ISIL threatened to kill two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, in retaliation for the move unless Abe's government paid 200 million dollars of ransom money. Both hostages were killed during January. Abe condemned the killings as a "heinous act", declared that Japan would "not give in to terrorism" and pledged to work with the international community to bring the killers to justice.
In April 2015, he addressed a joint sitting of the U.S. Congress, the first Japanese prime minister to do so. In his speech he referred to the Japan-US Alliance as the "Alliance of Hope", promised that Japan would play a more active security and defence role in the alliance and argued that the Trans Pacific Partnership would bring both economic and security benefits to the Asia-Pacific region. The address served as part of a state visit to the United States, the eighth of the Obama Presidency, which the president referred to as a "celebration of the ties of friendship" between America and Japan.
Japan's relations with South Korea have improved somewhat during Abe's third term, in the aftermath of Abe's war anniversary statement. Abe and Korea's President Park Geun-hye held their first bilateral meeting in November 2015, where they both agreed to resolve the issue of so-called "Comfort women" which Park described as the biggest obstacle to closer ties.
Shortly after Donald Trump had won the US presidential election, Abe cut his presence at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima short, in order to have an informal, impromptu meeting with the then President-elect, at the Trump Tower. After Trump's inauguration, they had a formal meeting at Mar-a-Lago, discussed security, in light of a North Korean threat, with Abe stating that Japan will be more committed to Japan-United States relations.
The 2017 general election was held on 22 October in which LDP won with majority and Shinzo Abe sworn in as Prime Minister for the fourth time. Prime Minister Abe announced the early election on 25 September, while the North Korea crisis was prominent in the news media. Political opponents of Abe said that early election was designed to evade questioning in parliament over alleged scandals. Abe's ruling coalition took almost a majority of the vote and two thirds of the seats.
Mr Abe's ultimate mission is to revise Japan's post-war coalition, a pressing issue which has polarised Japanese politics. His party and its nationalist supporters view the 1948 constitution as the legacy of Japan's defeat in the Second World War and an imposition of the victor's world order and values. Abe plans to amend the constitution so that it renounces the use of force in international conflicts while limiting Japan's army to self-defence. Enhanced bilateral ties with international community and effective policy making at home will lead Japan to rise higher on global horizons under Shinzo Abe's leadership.
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Since it was founded in 2005, the PEMA group has developed real estate projects in Austria, Germany and South Tyrol in Italy totalling more than 750 million euros. Furthermore, the company manages and oversees a client and asset portfolio amounting to several hundred million euros. Lawyer Markus Schafferer has sole ownership of the PEMA Group, which has sites in both Innsbruck and Vienna and which has so far made a name for itself primarily in the European region of Tyrol.
"Headline" was the first high-rise building to be constructed in Innsbruck city centre since the 1976 Olympic games. The building replaces the former post distribution centre in Innsbruck's Brunecker Straße, right next to the central train station. The 50 metre-tall building designed by the Viennese architect's office Henke-Schreieck houses Innsbruck District Court, is the head office of the largest media company in western Austria, Moser Holding (publisher of the Tiroler Tageszeitung, among others), and is home to the Design-Hotel "Adlers", offering extraordinary views over the rooftops of Innsbruck. First-class offices and commercial premises were set up on the 21,000 m2 floor space, with its tenants employing several hundred people.
In the immediate vicinity of "Headline" at Amraser-Straße 2-4 PEMA is constructing an equally 50 metre-tall multifunctional commercial and residential building on an almost 19,000 m2 surface area – PEMA 2. The base gives a new modern home to Innsbruck's city library on over 4,000 m2 floor space, bought by the city of Innsbruck from the PEMA Group for over 16 million euros. 173 student apartments tailor-made to suit student needs are located in the tower's 11 storeys. PEMA 2 will be finished by mid-2018.
The PEMA group is a core shareholder in the DOB shopping centre located right at the old border between Austria and Italy. The Brenner Outlet Centre was set up with a 44-million-euro investment and is a mile-long shopping mall open seven days a week, housing 70 international brand names from Nike to Puma and Gerry Weber.
At the end of 2014 the PEMA group bought the 80 metre-tall PORR tower, establishing themselves in Vienna for the first time. The PEMA group recently sold their share in the PORR headquarters to the family trust of Herbert Koch, the founder of Kika-Leiner. In the town of Marchtrenk in Upper Austria (Wels-Land district), the PEMA group bought a plot spanning approximately 130,000 m2 to set up several business locations. An area perfectly suited to international businesses was developed on greenfield land. By 2020, these newly-acquired businesses will create around 1000 new jobs in Marchtrenk.
By the end of 2017 the third PEMA tower will have materialised, striving to create a surface area of over 15,000 m2 available for hire. There is already an anchor tenant of this location by Innsbruck central station. The Motel.One Group plans to locate over 250 hotel rooms on the site. The PEMA Group is investing over €45 million.


The last time I did a "31 Ways in 31 Days" series, #25 was "Make That Paper, Girl." While I fully stand behind making the paper, today's assignment is about what to do with that paper once you make it.
On of the things about being chronically single is accepting the fact that you may, in fact, never meet "Mr. Right." I mean, he may be out there, but you can't count on it. If you do meet him, though, he may not be rollin' in the dough. So, you gotta look out for yourself, girl. Put some money away, and let it grow.
I know today's illustration is that of a piggy bank, but I'm thinking larger scale. If you already have a savings account, maybe open a Roth IRA. Either way, today's a day to put a little extra in whatever account you have. It's a way to reward yourself by looking ahead. You're looking out for your future self and making sure she has enough money to keep being fabulous and having a good time.
So party it up today by being responsible. You'll be glad you did!
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Enjoy this course with one of the greatest physics teachers of all time.
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On Wednesday, personal finance app Clarity Money announced it has reached 500,000 users in less than seven months after launching on iOS. The app, which launched in January 2017, reportedly analyzed over $60 billion in transaction for customers and saved its users who interact with the app more than $300.
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Q: How to convert JSON (Twitter Data) to CSV using Python I am attempting to query the twitter search engine (search.twitter.com), convert the results into json, and then prepare the results as a csv for a research project. I am a python novice, but I have managed to code 2/3 of the program myself. However, I have a difficult time converting my json file into the csv format. I have tried various suggested techniques without success. What am I doing wrong here?
Here is what I have so far:
import twitter, os, json, csv

qname = raw_input("Please enter the term(s) you wish to search for: ")
date = int(raw_input("Please enter today's date (no dashes or spaces): "))
nname = raw_input("Please enter a nickname for this query (no spaces): ")
q1 = raw_input("Would you like to set a custom directory? Enter Yes or No: ")

if q1 == 'No' or 'no' or 'n' or 'N':
    dirname = 'C:\Users\isaac\Desktop\TPOP'

elif q1 == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
    dirname = raw_input("Please enter the directory path:")

ready = raw_input("Are you ready to begin? Enter Yes or No: ")
while ready == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
    twitter_search = twitter.Twitter(domain = "search.Twitter.com")
search_results = []
for page in range (1,10):
    search_results.append(twitter_search.search(q=qname, rpp=1, page=page))
    ready1 = raw_input("Done! Are you ready to continue? Enter Yes or No: ")
    if ready1 == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
        break

ready3 = raw_input("Do you want to save output as a file? Enter Yes or No: ")
while ready3 == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
    os.chdir(dirname)
    filename = 'results.%s.%06d.json' %(nname,date)
    t = open (filename, 'wb+')
    s = json.dumps(search_results, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
    print >> t,s
    t.close()
    ready4 = raw_input("Done! Are you ready to continue? Enter Yes or No: ")
    if ready4 == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
        break

ready5 = raw_input("Do you want to save output as a csv/excel file? Enter Yes or No: ")
while ready5 == 'Yes' or 'yes' or 'y' or 'Y':
    filename2 = 'results.%s.%06d.csv' %(nname,date)
    z = json.dumps(search_results, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
    x=json.loads(z)

    json_string = z
    json_array = x

    columns = set()
    for entity in json_array:
        if entity == "created_at" or "from_user" or "from_user_id" or "from_user_name" or "geo" or "id" or "id_str" or "iso_language_code" or "text":
            columns.update(set(entity))

    writer = csv.writer(open(filename2, 'wb+'))
    writer.writerow(list(columns))
    for entity in json_array:
        row = []
        for c in columns:
            if c in entity: row.append(str(entity[c]))
            else: row.append('')

A: You have several different problems going on.
First off, the syntax of
x == 'a' or 'b' or 'c'

probably doesn't do what you think it does. You should use
x in ('a', 'b', 'c')

instead.
Second, your ready5 variable never changes and won't work right in the loop. Try
while True:
    ready5 = raw_input("Do you want to save output as a csv/excel file? Enter Yes or No: ")
    if ready5 not in (...):
        break

And finally, there's something wrong with your dumping/loading code. What you're getting from twitter should be a JSON string. There's some code you've left out from your question, so I can't tell for sure, but I don't think you want to be using json.dumps at all. You're reading from JSON (using json.loads) and writing to CSV (using csv.writer.writerow).

A: A different approach would be to have tablib do the actual conversion for you:
import tablib
data = tablib.Dataset()
data.json = search_results
filename = 'results.%s.%06d.csv' %(nname,date)
csv_file = open(filename, 'wb')
csv_file.write(data.csv)

A: After some searching around, I found the answer here: http://michelleminkoff.com/2011/02/01/making-the-structured-usable-transform-json-into-a-csv/
The code should look something like this:(if you are search the twitter python api)
filename2 = '/path/to/my/file.csv'
writer = csv.writer(open(filename2, 'w'))
z = json.dumps(search_results, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
parsed_json=json.loads(z)
#X needs to be the number of page you pulled less one. So 5 pages would be 4.
while n<X:
 for tweet in parsed_json[n]['results']:
     row = []
     row.append(str(tweet['from_user'].encode('utf-8')))
     row.append(str(tweet['created_at'].encode('utf-8')))
     row.append(str(tweet['text'].encode('utf-8')))
     writer.writerow(row)
 n = n +1

Thanks Everyone for the help!

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This is a beautiful sounding and looking acoustic guitar, crafted with a solid mahogany top, back and sides. Modified low, oval mahogany neck and inlaid single ring rosette. The body is extremely light, yet yields a strong loud tone, with clear bright treble. This guitar also has a beautiful mellow tone while packing quite a punch for it's fairly small body size.
This guitar is also fitted with Fishman Infinity, matrix'narrow' for amplification. The Jack socket situated in strap nut. This guitar is in good, used condition. There are some scuff marks and shallow indentations due to gigging. All are shown on the photos. The item "Martin acoustic guitar 00-15M fitted with Fishman electrics" is in sale since Tuesday, February 19, 2019. This item is in the category "Musical Instruments\Guitars & Basses\Acoustic Guitars". The seller is "headponcho" and is located in Burnhill Green . This item can't be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.


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Serranus tortugarum est une espèce de poissons hermaphrodites de la famille des Serranidae et du genre Serranus, évoluant dans les récifs de la mer des Caraïbes.

Habitat et répartition
L'espèce est présente dans l'Atlantique Ouest : au sud de la Floride, dans les Bahamas, Honduras et Îles Vierges ; elle est probablement répandue dans les zones de récifs des Caraïbes, y compris les Antilles. Elle évolue à une profondeur de , généralement entre .

Biologie
Ce poisson se trouve au-dessus des décombres, des fonds limoneux ou sablonneux, souvent en petits groupes planant au-dessus d'un morceau de débris de corail ou d'une vieille coquille de conque. Il se nourrit de plancton. Il est difficile à approcher.

Comportement
C'est un hermaphrodite synchrone : chacun des deux partenaires change de sexe une vingtaine de fois par jour. D'après une étude de Mary Hart, écologiste de l'évolution à l'université de Floride, c'est là une relation équitable qui solidifie le couple dans un rapport de confiance.

Systématique
L'espèce est décrite en 1935 par l'ichtyologiste américain William Harding Longley, qui la classe dans le genre Serranus sous le nom binominal Serranus tortugarum.

Menaces et conservation
Il n'y a pas de menaces majeures connues. Il s'agit d'une proie potentielle du poisson-lion envahissant, mais il est peu probable que cela entraîne un déclin significatif de la population au niveau mondial. Serranus tortugarum est une espèce largement répandue et localement abondante là où elle se trouve sur des fonds limoneux près de récifs de moellons rocheux. Il n'y a pas de menaces majeures connues, par conséquent, elle est listée comme étant de préoccupation mineure par l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN).

Utilisation par l'Homme
Cette espèce est occasionnellement présente dans le commerce des aquariums.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Espèce de perciformes (nom scientifique)
Serranidae

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Ibadan Records est un label de musique deep house new-yorkais fondé en 1995 par Jerome Sydenham et Christine Pedersen.

Un des morceaux les plus célèbres sortis sur ce label est sans doute Sandcastles de Dennis Ferrer et Jerome Sydenham, sorti en 2003, réédité sur le label anglais Defected et nommé dans trois catégories aux House Music Awards en 2005.

Parmi les sous-labels de Ibadan Records figurent Public Service Records, UK Promotions et Bolshevik, ce dernier étant spécialisé dans la parution de bootlegs.

Artistes
 Jerome Sydenham
 Dennis Ferrer
 Kerri Chandler
 Joe Claussell
 Danny Krivit
 Mikael Nordren alias Tiger Stripes
 Slam Mode
 Ten City
 DJ Oji
 Hiroshi Watanabe alias 32 Project
 Jephté Guillaume
 Vince Watson
 T-Kolai
 Nature Soul

Liens externes
  Site officiel
  Discogs

Label de musique électronique ayant son siège aux États-Unis
Entreprise fondée en 1996


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Q: Proof for basis of subspaces in direct sum being basis of its result Can someone please check, and if necessary, correct my prrof? Thanks
$$
E =  F1 \oplus F2
$$
Since B1 is a basis for F1 and B2 is a basis for F2, prove that B1 U B2 is a basis for E:
Any point of a vectorial space can be described as a linear combinatiom of its basis:
$$
a \in F1\\
a = \alpha B1 : \alpha \in R
$$
Same applies to F2:
$$
b \in F2\\
b = \gamma B2 : \gamma \in R
$$
Therefore, for any point that it's in the sum of F1 and F2, we have:
$$
a+b \in E\\
a+b= \alpha B1 + \gamma B2
$$
By that we can assume that B1 U B2 is a basis for E.
-- UPDATED ANSWER --
I was considering B1 and B2 basis of 1 vector... But it's actually the set of all L.I vectors. Because of that I'll remake my answer:
Any point of a vectorial space can be described as a linear combination of the vectors of its basis:
$$
a \in F1\\
a = \sum_{i=1}^{dim(F1)} \gamma_{i}\cdot V_{i} : V_{i} \in B1, \gamma_{i} \in R \\
$$
Same applies to F2:
$$
b \in F2\\
b = \sum_{i=1}^{dim(F2)} \alpha_{i}\cdot V_{i} : V_{i} \in B2, \alpha_{i} \in R \\
$$
Therefore, for any point that it's in the sum of F1 and F2, we have:
$$
a+b \in E
$$
Since a and b are described by linear combinations of their basis         B1 and B2 respectively, we can assume that $ B1 \cup B2 $ is a basis for E.

A: Your answer is on the way to halfway correct. Your notation $\alpha B1$ is not standard. If it means what I think it means - "a linear combination of elements of $B1$" - then you have proved everything in the sum is a linear combination of elements from the two bases.
It seems from your comment on another answer

A scalar times a basis of F1

that you are a little confused. A "linear combination of basis vectors" is the same as "in the span of the basis" but is not the same as "a scalar times the basis".
I suggest that you rewrite the proof from scratch without the $\alpha B1$ notation, saying at each step just what you know. For example,

Since $a \in F1$ I can write it as a linear combination of elements of
  the basis $B1$ (in just one way).

You have to prove that representation is unique to finish. The parenthetical phrase above will help you.