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Pelosi: I sure hope a ban on bump stocks is a slippery slope to more gun control; Update: NRA supports regulations
Allahpundit 2:01 PM on October 05, 2017
Choose your own theory. Pelosi said this not realizing it would totally freak out Republicans who are otherwise open to restricting bump stocks, or she said it because she did know and is trying to engineer precisely that outcome.
Normally I'd go with theory two but she's old and occasionally, ahem, absent-minded.
Nah, c'mon. It's obviously theory two.
"Clearly that's something we need to look into," [Paul] Ryan said [of banning bump stocks] on MSNBC. He said he was not aware of what "bump stocks" were before Sunday's shooting, which left at least 58 dead and hundreds injured.
"We're going to look at the issue," [Judiciary Committee chair Bob] Goodlatte told The Washington Post. Asked if he had a personal concern about their legality, he said, "I have a personal concern about what happened."…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged Ryan to allow a vote on a Democratic bill to ban the devices. When asked whether the bill might represent a slippery slope toward other gun restrictions, Pelosi said, "So what? . . . I certainly hope so."
"I own a lot of guns, and as a hunter and sportsman, I think that's our right as Americans, but I don't understand the use of this bump stock," said none other than John Cornyn, the number two man in the Senate yesterday. Mark Meadows, head of the House Freedom Caucus, is also willing to consider a ban. That's a lot of Republican leaders spending political capital on a potential gun-control measure, a once-in-a-generation thing in modern politics. So why's Pelosi trying to spook them?
You can guess. She knows most of the public will support a bump-stock ban, just as most of the public supports expanding background checks for gun purchases, and she's eager to keep Republicans on the wrong side of those numbers. Although Americans are more pro-gun than they used to be, Democrats get mileage (especially among their base) from the perception that the congressional GOP is in the NRA's pocket and will fanatically oppose any gun restriction, no matter how high the death toll climbs. Restricting bump stocks is an easy way for Republicans to knock some wind out of that accusation. Unlike most gun-control measures favored by the left, a bump-stock ban actually might have made a difference in Vegas. And bump stocks, by mimicking automatic fire, tread on legal ground that was marked off as (mostly) forbidden decades ago. The GOP could use a bump-stock ban as a shield against other, dumber regulations, like the one on suppressors that Jeff Duncan is currently trying to undo. "We can and do support reasonable gun regulations," they could say, pointing to bump stocks. "But the usual Democratic menu of restrictions isn't reasonable." A sensible compromise would be GOP support for banning bump stocks in return for Democratic support for deregulating suppressors, which gun owners use to protect their hearing.
If you're Pelosi, you've gotta put a stop to that fast. The surest route is to not only endorse the idea yourself, rendering it dodgy on the right by association with her (see, e.g., Trump's DREAM deal), but to seemingly confirm the NRA's worst fears by admitting that the left will try to exploit a bump-stock ban as a slippery slope to more gun control. Ryan and McConnell might be able to resist being baited by the left that way if the right were solidly behind them — but they're going to get heat from some on the right too. It's a pincer movement!
Bill Flores (R-TX) tells me and @kristinapet the NRA reached out in concern yesterday after seeing his quotes for regulating bump stocks
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) October 5, 2017
Yesterday Flores suggested he'd be open to a bump-stock ban and now the NRA's unhappy. Meanwhile, other Republicans in Congress like Richard Shelby will oppose any attempts at gun control as an infringement on the Second Amendment even without prodding from the NRA. That makes the politics here dicey for Republican leaders even though polling will show, I suspect, that a heavy majority of the public overall supports a bump-stock ban. If Ryan brings a bill to the floor, Pelosi will crow that thus begins a golden age of gradually eliminating firearms in America; the NRA will howl, and populists like Roy Moore will seize on the bill as proof that the farking RINOs in Washington are ready to sell out red-blooded Americans again. It'll be the same dynamic as the effort after Sandy Hook to expand background checks: Nearly the entire country is broadly but tepidly in favor of it, but the small minority who aren't *really* aren't and are prepared to make Republicans pay politically.
And in fairness to both Pelosi and right-wing opponents of a ban, there is a tiny slippery-slope risk here. "Bump fire," which allows a semiautomatic to fire at a rate similar to a machine gun, can be achieved even without the stock with some practice. It's a technique. The stock, as I understand it, just makes it a bit easier to use the force of the gun's recoil to "jackhammer" it between your shoulder and trigger finger. If bump stocks are banned on grounds that a semiautomatic that can fire like an automatic is, for legal purposes, an automatic, then arguably *any* semiautomatic rifle that can be bump-fired is a de facto automatic whether it has a bump stock or not. I think the risk of sliding that far on the slippery slope is vanishingly small, as most firearms in America are semiautomatic and Americans aren't about to sit by and watch their guns disappear. But that's the "slippery slope" argument, if you're looking for one.
Two clips for you here, one of Pelosi babbling about how great it would be if a bump-stock ban encouraged more gun control and another, apropos of nothing, from last night via the Free Beacon of her saying we "owe a debt" to illegal immigrants for breaking the law and bringing their DREAMer children to America years ago. I can't imagine why she's so toxic politically. Oh, and yes — as you surely guessed by now, there's a run on bump stocks across the country as gun owners fear they'll soon be verboten.
Update: This is unexpected. But the NRA was in a jam this afternoon when it turned out that bump stocks were banned at the range in its own headquarters.
NRA: "Devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations." pic.twitter.com/QiRFD9UesO
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 5, 2017
That's all the cover Ryan and McConnell should need to push a bump-stock ban through, especially if Trump supports it as well, which seems likely. The group's asking for national right to-carry reciprocity, presumably as the price in a deal to ban bump stocks. If Democrats balk at that, and they will, is the bump-stock ban off the table too?
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Q: cannot update microsoft word document fields using .NET Presently I am attempting to build a tool that will open a Microsoft Word document file and update all the fields in the document.  Here is the main code:
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

public class clsDocumentFieldUpdateTool
{
    private static Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApp = null;
    private static Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document oDoc = null;
    private static object missing = null;
    private static object readOnly = false;
    private static object visible = true;

    public static void OpenDocument(string docFileNameWithPath)
    {
        wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
        missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
        object fileToOpen = docFileNameWithPath;
        try
        {
            oDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(ref fileToOpen, ref missing, ref readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref                     missing, ref visible, ref visible, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
        }
        catch (Exception excOpenFile)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(excOpenFile.Message +  System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.FullName + "." + System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name + " - " + excOpenFile.StackTrace);
        }
    }

    private static void Update(string file)
    {
        object nothing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; // our 'void' value
        object filename = file; // our word template
        object notTrue = false;  // our boolean false

        try
        {
            //
            // now we want to load the template and check how many fields there are to replace
            //
            wordApp.Visible = true;
            oDoc = wordApp.Documents.Add( // load the template into a document workspace
                                               ref filename,  // and reference it through our myWordDoc
                                               ref missing,
                                               ref missing,
                                               ref missing);
            dynamic properties = oDoc.BuiltInDocumentProperties;
            // count how many fields we have to update
            int fields = oDoc.Fields.Count;

            foreach (Field myField in oDoc.Fields)
            {
                myField.Select();
                myField.Update();
            }
            oDoc.Save();
            oDoc.Close(ref notTrue, ref missing, ref missing);
            wordApp.Application.Quit(   ref notTrue,
                                        ref missing,
                                        ref missing);
        }
        catch (Exception excException)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(excOpenFile.Message +  System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.FullName + "." + System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name + " - " + excException.StackTrace);
        }
    }

    public static void UpdateDocumentFieldsInFile()
    {
        string strFile = @"L:\admin\11ZG-0401\11-SWDev\Testing Field Updates (from Document Properties).docx";
        OpenDocument(strFile);
        Update(strFile);
    }
}

Where the main function calls UpdateDocumentFieldsInFile().  When I step through the code, it opens up the file and updates it, but after the program exits and I re-open the file manually, the fields have not been updated.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this?  TIA.

A: It looks like you're not using the document that's opened via OpenDocument. Your Update method is creating a new document (via Documents.Add) that treats your file as a template. That's going to create a new document and edit it. So you're not actually manipulating the file that's located at strFile within your Update method.
When you're stepping through the code, is the name of the document that is being updated "Document1"? That would be a confirmation that you're not editing the file "Testing Field Updates (from Document Properties).docx", but a new document that was added using that file as a template.
Edit: If it was me, I would turn OpenDocument into a function and return the opened document. Then pass that document into the Update method and since it's already opened, you don't need to open or add it again.

A: Thanks again for the feedback, Dennis.  After I made sure that I wasn't opening the document again it still wouldn't work for me for some reason that I haven't been able to determine, so I eventually just ended up creating a program that uses Java Robot to do what I needed:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Robot06{
  static int keyInput[] =
  {
    KeyEvent.VK_F11,
    KeyEvent.VK_F9
  };

  public static void main(String[] args) throws AWTException,IOException
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("winword L:\\admin\\11ZG-0401\\11-SWDev\\\"Testing Field Updates (from Document Properties).docx\"");
    Robot robot = new Robot();

    for (int cnt2 = 0; cnt2 < 10; cnt2++)
    {
      robot.keyPress(keyInput[0]);
      robot.delay(500);
      robot.keyPress(keyInput[1]);
      robot.delay(500);
    }
  }
}

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ANOTHER NIGERIAN, AN OIL MARKETER JAIL IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Published 7 years ago by: Amor
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Amor1444 at 03:13 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
MEMBERS of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, in Kwara State, have expressed shock over the report of the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of the Kwara State IPMAN Secretary, Alhaji Muideen Mustapha, in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking.
The Chairman, IPMAN, Ilorin Depot, Alhaji Bolaji Agbolade, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on confirmed the imprisonment of Mustapha.
He added that IPMAN executives and members were shocked at the development.
He said the incident had been reported to the national body of the association.
"It is a sad development. The information is true. We are shocked. We are just waiting for him to come back. That act has dented his image. The incident had been referred to the national body of IPMAN for deliberation and necessary action. IPMAN Constitution is against such practise," Agboolade said.
Mustapha, who is the Managing Director of Tee Venture Petroleum Station, Ilorin, was said to have been jailed for six months by the government of Saudi Arabia for cocaine trafficking.
He was said to have started serving the jail term since August 2012 after his conviction.
Our correspondent gathered that by the calculation of the authorities in Saudi Prison, his jail term will end in December 2012.
It was further gathered that he had gone on lesser hajj on August with his wife en route Kano.
According to a source, security officials at Saudi Arabia, while checking their luggage, were said to have found substances hidden deep inside yam flour and neatly packaged in his travelling bag.
After he was said to have admitted ownership of the bag and the substance, his wife was allowed to go while he was tried and convicted.
It was further learnt that the authorities of the Saudi Arabia government communicated the development to the leadership of IPMAN in Kwara State.
Idbabe at 04:25 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
(7861 | Hero) (f)
Human being is insatiable. The oil money no do am ni?
papadip at 04:38 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
Oil Marketer's imprisonment in Saudi shocks colleagues
By Success Nwogu
Mustapha, who is the Managing Director of Tee Venture Petroleum Station, Ilorin, was said to have been jailed for six months by the government of Saudi Arabia for cocaine trafficking. He was said to have started serving the jail term since August 2012 after his conviction.
http://www.punchng.com/news/oil-marketers-imprisonment-in-saudi-shocks-colleagues/
Na only nigerians go there wey dem don go dey dent our image already.
sandra78 at 05:58 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
See Alhaji Muideen dey traffic drugs
Neglito at 07:24 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
I THOUGHT SAUDI DEY BEHEAD PERSON CAUGHT WITH HARD DRUGS?
athena at 07:29 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
ela214 at 07:32 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
greediness wanting to have more,ndi oshi ndi oshi
toibeli at 07:59 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
That's greed.He is lucky to just have a prison sentence.
proly at 08:00 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
ZION7ZION at 08:01 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
some times i do wonder if is only nigerian muslims that goes to this saudi hajj
ajanni at 08:14 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
(95400 | Grande Master) (m)
i don,t think its cocaine that was found on him, drug offence there carries a death sentence, maybe something very suspicious ,
zoe61 at 08:35 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
candela at 08:52 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
The charge was possesion not trafficking. The small quantity was for personal use, hence short jail sentence. He does not need to traffick drugs, hes stealing enough oil money.
Quote from: ajanni on 08:14 PM, 22/10/2012
GOOD BOY.
dlimelite at 09:32 PM, 22/10/2012 (7 years ago)
Quote from: Neglito on 09:15 PM, 22/10/2012
deboalabi262 at 12:01 AM, 23/10/2012 (7 years ago)
Is Sharia law not applicable in this case?
Who Jah Blessed, No Man Cursed......
DrNwukabu at 02:19 AM, 23/10/2012 (7 years ago)
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that's China if I'm not mistaken
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Negligent Security. What is it?
by Matthew C. Hanson, Esq.
Negligent security, sometimes referred to as inadequate security cases, are civil actions aimed at recovering a monetary judgment for the victims of violent crime when the premises where the crime took place lacked adequate security. These types of cases are a specialized subset of personal injury law and not every injury attorney handles them. Negligent security cases typically require medical experts, as well as security experts, and the cooperation of investigating police officers and detectives. Traditionally, victims of crime had no recourse when it comes to filing a civil lawsuit for injuries. The perpetrators are typically incarcerated and their assets — the few they may have — are seized by the government. In some cases, the perpetrators are never found.
Many don't consider violent crime injuries the same way they consider harm caused by negligence. They should. A shooting or assault can leave a victim, and his/her family, with tremendous financial burden. Medical bills, lost wages, and in severe cases, permanent injuries can decimate a family finances over time. Negligent security cases are essential to a crime victim as a worker's compensation claim is to a construction worker breaking his leg at a job site. Lost wages add up, and when a family is trying to pay bills with one less earner, it's imperative that those lost funds are recovered.
Negligent security cases are brought against the owner of property where a shooting or assault takes place, and in some cases, a claim is also brought against the property manager. These cases could include a shooting at a night club, a stabbing at an apartment complex, a fight at a bar. Although, not every violent crime warrants a civil action. Lawyers must first prove foreseeability.
A negligent security case hinges on proving that the property owner knew or should have known violent crime was going to take place at his/her property. That's foreseeability, and it's essential to a case. Proving foreseeability is accomplished by collecting evidence demonstrating the prior crimes, or complaints thereof, at or around the subject area. Police reports and 9-1-1 call records from the local police department are an excellent way to evidence foreseeability. A review of the records will determine how many complaints of prior crime similar in nature took place prior to the victim's incident. Crime grids and heat maps — tools used to identify the level of crime around a certain area — also aid in proving foreseeability.
Foreseeability is only one element of a negligent security cases.
In addition to foreseeability, a lawyer must prove the level of security at a premises was inadequate when compared with the level of violent crime the area attracts. If a building has a history of violent crime, and the entity owning it determines no security is needed, a compelling argument exists that the owner was negligent in securing the premises. Still, a lawyer must prove the security features would have helped. Many times no level of security would stop what's referred to as "targeted crimes." Targeted crimes are those where the perpetrator intends to kill a particular person for a particular reason. In many cases, security features, no matter how many are installed, can't stop a targeted crime.
Negligent security cases typically, although not always, center around random acts of violence. Gang shootings due to turf wars, robberies, bar fights, sexual assaults at poorly secured hotels. No violent crime is anything less than traffic, however, when the crime occurs without any targeting, its sometimes the lack of security features prompting the perpetrator to choose the premises for his/her harmful act.
Lack of security features can include no security personnel, or infrequent work-schedules, lack of security cameras, lack of gate/fencing, broken door locks, poor lighting, alarm failures, etc.
Why is negligent security so different? Won't any lawyer do?
Proving foreseeability and security feature failures are a large part of any negligent security case, but the work doesn't stop there. In some cases public versus private roads are at issue, as well as the funding sources for security measures. Public housing projects are often owned by private entities that receive enormous tax credits later sold on a secondary market, when some of that money should have been designated for security. How an entity acquires a housing complex, and what benefits it received from a municipality, are just as important as the amount of cameras in place. Bids to acquire property, applications for federal grants, and even marketing materials may play an indispensable role in fleshing out the overall security plan for a property, or lack thereof. In other words, prepare to "follow the money" if you intend to handle a negligent security case on your own. These issues are common in negligent security cases, but not so common in other personal injury actions.
Not every violent crime results in a negligent security case. Success depends on the foreseeability of crime at the premises, the likelihood security features would have stopped it, and whether the victim contributed to the crime in any fashion. To determine if you have a civil case, you should contact an experienced negligent security attorney.
In 2017, Combies Hanson, P.C. resolved a negligent security case for $2 Million Dollars. Although not every negligent security case results in a multi-million dollar settlement, it's important to speak with an experienced attorney to determine if you're entitled to compensation.
Who is responsible for paying a jury verdict in my favor?
In most cases an apartment owner, it's management team or security agency is responsible for paying any adverse judgment or settlement. In most cases, however, insurance companies are responsible for making payment.
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Beautiful English choral music for a summer's day transported the audience to a world of long balmy days and a landscape of garlands and watermills. Entrance to concert was free but a collection was a carried out on behalf on Cardinal Hume Centre.
Paul Clarkson delighted us with one organ solo and two piano solos, including Sarabande by Malcolm Arnold. Sadly this was Paul's last concert with ETcetera. He is leaving Westminster for a new job south of the river, and will no longer be close enough to rehearse and play with the choir.
The concert ended with Bob Chilcott's A Little Jazz Mass, which had some of the audience nodding and tapping with closed eyes, as if they were in a smoky jazz bar.
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It is the stuff that James Bond movies are made of: the half-brother of an iron-fisted dictator is killed by a pair of femmes fatales, who use gadgetry to poison him in public.
But as details emerge about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, that scenario appears to be not particularly far-fetched.
Reports in the Malaysian media suggest that Kim Jong Nam died after two women used either needles, spray, or a chemical-soaked cloth to fatally poison him at an airport. NBC News has been unable to confirm those details.
But this would not be the first time that assassins have turned to poison as a tool of their trade.
Here's a look at a few famous examples.
A former member of Russia's FSB security service, Litvinenko fell afoul of his masters after publicly claiming that he had been ordered to kill two other Russian spies by his superiors. He fled to London.
Litvinenko suddenly became ill on Nov. 1, 2006, after meeting two former KGB agents, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, in the bar of an exclusive hotel.
His condition quickly worsened — pictures in the press showed that all of his hair quickly fell out — and he died Nov. 23 of "acute radiation syndrome."
A British government inquiry found that Litvinenko had been killed by ingesting radioactive material — polonium-210 — which it alleged Lugovoi and Kovtun used to poison Litvinenko's tea.
The pair, who remain in Russia, deny any involvement.
The inquiry's report also said that the killing was probably approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a claim Litvinenko himself made before his death.
The Bulgarian journalist and dissident's murder was one of the most high-profile and sensational assassinations of the Cold War.
While waiting for a bus on London's Waterloo Bridge in 1978, Markov was stabbed in the thigh with a poisoned umbrella tip and died four days afterwards.
Authorities discovered that the umbrella had injected a small pellet containing the poison ricin into Markov's leg.
No-one was ever arrested in connection with his death, though the KGB and Bulgarian spies are widely suspected to have been behind the killing.
During the bitterly contested 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, candidate Yushchenko developed an illness that caused massive facial scarring and swelling, as well as a host of other near-fatal medical complaints that knocked him off the campaign trail for several weeks.
Medical examinations revealed that his illness was the result of dioxin poisoning. Yushchenko recovered and went on to win the Ukrainian presidency after repeated run-off votes.
In 2008, Yushchenko said that he believed that a former ally, David Zhvania, who was godfather to one of his children, was involved in his poisoning. He suggested it took place at a dinner with Zhvania and two security officials.
Prosecutors were unable to identify any suspects in connection with the incident.
Agents from Israel's Mossad intelligence service tried to kill the Hamas leader in 1997 by spraying a substance into his ear as he walked on a street in Amman, Jordan.
The Israelis plan, however, quickly fell apart.
Both operatives involved in the attempt were captured, and Jordan's King Hussein threatened to hang them in a public square unless Israel provided an antidote to the poison, which it did.
Israel was forced to free a number of Palestinian prisoners to secure the captured pair's release.
Ariel Sharon, then-Israel's infrastructure minister but who went on to be prime minister, pledged that the country would try to kill Mashaal again.


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A New Foundation for Asylum Reform
JDzubow started a blog post A New Foundation for Asylum Reform
In case you hadn't noticed, the asylum system has essentially collapsed. A lucky few still have their cases decided, but they seem to be a minority. It is painfully clear that the backlog continues to grow. It currently stands at about 327,000 affirmative asylum cases and more than 908,000 cases in Immigration Court (how many of these court cases involve asylum, I do not know). The heart of the problem is mathematical: Too many applicants; too few resources. Unfortunately, we are not moving towards a solution at either the legislative or regulatory levels.
In terms of new regulations and policies, the Trump Administration's only apparent plan is to deter would-be asylum seekers by making the process more painful and by trying to block people from reaching our shores. In my opinion, making the asylum process more painful won't work. That's because whatever harm the Administration can impose (family separation, indefinite detention, "wait in Mexico," hieleras, tear gas, stricter legal standards) pales in comparison to the harm many asylum seekers face if they return home (death). Asylum seekers, being rational actors, are simply choosing the lesser evil, and coming to the United States. Blocking people from coming here might be more effective, but again, I have my doubts. People are fleeing for their lives and determined to reach safety, and so gaining better cooperation from Mexico, building bigger walls, and tightening up visa requirements will only get us so far.
The "problem" from the Trump Administration's viewpoint is that the law of asylum still offers refuge to those fleeing persecution. Thus, the Administration's efforts to change the regulations (which modify how the law is applied) can do only so much. To change the law requires Congressional action. During the first two years of Mr. Trump's presidency--when Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress--there was no effort to reform the asylum law. Now, with the Democrats in control of the House, legislation is only possible if the two parties reach a compromise. And compromise in Washington has lately proved elusive (just a bit).
Elusive, yes, but perhaps not impossible. Recently, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham proposed changes to the asylum system to increase the length of time families can be held in detention and to add 500 new Immigration Judges, among other (mostly punitive) ideas. Despite the hard line, Mr. Graham expressed a willingness to "put other immigration ideas on the table to marry up with this." Mr. Graham's bill may be all stick and no carrot, but at least it signals a desire to address asylum reform. On the House side, the Democratic majority (with a few Republicans) passed a bill to protect Dreamers. Perhaps these opening bids could lead us in a productive direction.
The fact is, while asylum policy is a difficult issue, it should be amenable to a legislative fix. If politics were removed from the mix (a very big "if"), we could find policy solutions that would greatly improve the current situation. What would such a "solution" look like? Spoiler alert: I don't have an answer. But I do have some ideas, at least about where we can get started--a foundation upon which legislation can be built. Here, I want to discuss the fundamental elements of this foundation:
- We must be honest about the problem: The Trump Administration has not been truthful about why asylum seekers are coming to our country, who they are, or what they do once they get here. It's very difficult to move towards a reasonable policy solution when we are living in dystopian fantasy land. Asylum seekers are not invading our country. They are not coming to collect welfare or commit crimes. The data is pretty clear that they are basically regular people, who are coming here because they fear harm back home. They tend to commit fewer crimes than the average American, and they make an overall modest contribution to our economy. Reforming the asylum system will require a realistic and honest appraisal of asylum seekers, and so we have to stop the politically-motivated effort to demonize them.
- We need to decide who should receive asylum: The asylum law provides for five protected categories: Race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and particular social group ("PSG"). These categories exist because our nation decided to protect people who face these types of harm. Conversely, other types of harm--such as generalized violence in war or criminal violence--were not considered worthy of protection. Why did we make this distinction? Because these types of harm in some way reflect our national values (political freedom, religious freedom, and racial equality, to name a few). But these categories were largely created by white men to protect against harm inflicted on other white men, and national values evolve over time. In the case of the protected asylum categories, this evolution occurred through litigation, not through any sort of consensus legislation (with one exception, which relates to forced abortion and forced sterilization).
For example, litigation has expanded the definition of PSG to encompass a diverse range of applicants (LGBT individuals, victims of FGM, victims of domestic violence, members of a family, and many more) who were not on the radar when the law was created. This indeterminacy has led to shifting interpretations of the law (depending partly on the Administration in power), inconsistent decision-making at the individual level, and confusion and misinformation among asylum seekers about who is protected. This chaos has contributed to the influx of Central American migrants arriving at our Southern border, who are mostly seeking protection based on PSG.
In order to resolve this crisis, we need to make a decision by legislation, not by litigation, about who we want to protect. For example, we can choose to protect victims of domestic violence, or not. That is our right as a sovereign nation. However, in making that decision, we need to be honest about what we are doing--these people are often facing life-threatening harm. We can send them back, if we so choose, but we cannot pretend that they are returning to someplace safe. In other words, we can choose to let anyone in, or keep anyone out, but we have a moral obligation to make that decision based on facts--not based on anti-immigrant propaganda. If we can define more precisely who is eligible for protection, we can create more certainty for migrants, and hopefully deter those who do not qualify. Further, if this is done with the support of most Americans (i.e., through legislation), the decision about who to protect will have more legitimacy and be more sustainable.
- We need to decide how much due process is due: Even for people arriving at the border, we have a Cadillac-immigration system. This includes Border Patrol Agents, detention facilities, Asylum Officers, Immigration Judges, ICE attorneys, administrative support staff, and many others. All this is expensive, especially when you have thousands of asylum applicants presenting at the border each week. Our system is not designed to handle such a high volume of cases, and unless we are prepared to significantly increase resources to review asylum applications, something has to change.
One option is to screen applicants and release those who pass a credible fear interview ("CFI"), and then require them to return for a court hearing (what our President has eloquently called "catch and release"). This has the advantage of ensuring a high level of due process for everyone seeking protection at our borders, but has the disadvantage of essentially opening the border to anyone who can pass a CFI (a relatively low bar). It also seems to be politically unpopular. Another option is to detain some or all asylum seekers until we can give them a full hearing. This has the advantage of providing a higher level of due process (to the extent that a person can exercise her due process rights while detained), but comes with a heavy cost, both economically and in human terms. A third option is to provide a lower level of due process, maybe a rigorous CFI, followed by removal for those who are denied. Such a system would provide some measure of justice, but would result in the return of many people who might qualify for protection if they had time to gather evidence and present their cases. Another option might be to provide no due process at all: Anyone who requests asylum at the border can be placed into a refugee camp or sent to a safe third country, and will remain there until the crisis in the home country is resolved (which the way things are going, is probably forever). This would solve the problem of protecting people from imminent harm, but would result in long-term issues, since it would potentially create a permanent community of displaced people.
Perhaps the point here is that, while there may be no perfect solution, we need to think in realistic terms about the level of due process we want to offer asylum seekers who arrive at our border.
The idea that Congress and the President could actually come up with a rational solution to improve the asylum system seems almost fantastical in this age of divisiveness and gridlock. But something has to be done. The first step is to speak honestly about what is going on, and then to work towards a solution that is made democratically, and which considers our country's national and economic security, moral ideals, humanitarian commitments, and the rule of law.
Originally posted on the Asylumist: www.Asylumist.com


We all have heard about the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" in Italy but have you ever heard about the Asia's first "Leaning Temple of Huma"? Yes, you heard it right ! This fascinating temple is 23 Km away from Sambalpur in Huma village at the banks of River Mahanadi. Temple is dedicated to Baba Bimleswar [Lord Shiva] and it was constructed by Raja Balaram Deb,1st king of Sambalpur.
Huma temple is popularly known for its unique structure as the edifice of the temple is inclined [tilted] towards river side and the other temple in the same campus is tilted towards the opposite direction of the main temple. Its is quite mysterious as why the temple is leaning! There are no facts which can prove it and nor it is a technical construction flaw as Odisha has innumerable temples built during Raja Balaram Deb's era and he was known to build enormous temples!
The legend behind the Huma Temple is also interesting! A milkman initiated to worship the rock [Idol]. He use to cross the River Mahanadi every day to a place on the river bank where he offered his dole of milk. Milk offered use to disappear, consumed by the rock(Idol).There is a another story which says there was a particular cow who used to offer her milk to the rock every day and it was miraculously consumed by the rock(Idol). These miraculous incidents paved way for the construction of the Huma Temple.
As the temple is on the banks of Mahanadi, one would find a reddish fish, popularly known as "Kudo Fish". They are up to six feet long and are another attractions for the tourist. These fish are human friendly and they enjoy being fed directly by human's hand! Kids enjoy feeding the fish. Feeding Kudo fish is considered sacred. Some kind of laddos are specially made for these fish by the locals. Local people say killing or eating these fish is forbidden and the one who does will not survive too long and pay the price.
Being the Temple of Lord Shiva there is an annual fair [Mela] every year during the Maha Shivratri. This mela takes place at the foothill of the Huma Temple. This fair attracts huge crowd including the foreign tourist.
Apart from this fascinating mystery of temple there is fun part too. One can enjoy boating in the River Mahanadi near Temple. Carry your camera to capture the mesmerizing sunset and the nature beauty.
1.Nearest Railway station : Sambalpur Railway Station.
2.By Air: Nearest Airport is Biju Patnaik Airport of Bhubaneswar (290 Km Away]Local taxis are available from Sambalpur.


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We don't play politics of empty promises, says Kampyongo
Stephen Kampyongo speaks during a press briefing at the PF secretariat on January 6, 2018
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says he practices politics of delivering promises made to the people as taught to him by late President Michael Sata.
Speaking when he addressed his constituents, the Shiwang'andu PF member of parliament noted that he has delivered on the promises he made to the people before the PF even clocks 10 years in office.
"That is the politics that our late President Michael Sata taught us; of making promises and fulfilling them. Politics of empty promises, we have passed that level. Is Shiwangandu still a constituency? It's now a district. This work we have done in this area is not something small considering that we haven't even clocked 10 years in power. Today when you go to Chinsali, cannot you compare it to the way it was, even buildings we are putting up, those are the ones you would only see when you go to Lusaka, even the hospitals we are putting up are the ones you used to follow in Lusaka, including universities," Kampyongo said.
"I remember when I came here in 2011, I made some promises that we were going to do as a party once elected with President Sata…that's where I want to start from so that even as you look at what the party has done, we are on the same page. I stood here, we had the first meeting at Lukalashi and I promised that as you vote for the PF, the Northern Province, of which we were part of with the Boma in Kasama, do you remember? I promised that when you vote for the PF, we will divide the Northern Province so that we can also have some development as Muchinga Province. People didn't see any development in Chinsali but now it is the provincial capital of Muchinga with Shiwangandu now declared a district. When we just came, people thought I was making empty promises."
And Kampyongo, who mostly spoke in Bemba, said education is important and urged parents to ensure their children are educated.
He said the government had made progress in developing school infrastructure in Muchinga and other areas to ensure easy access to education by children in rural areas.
"I was also educated in a school, right here in the village, at the Kenneth Kaunda school in Chinsali, the only school we had, but here I am, who can laugh at my mother now? Same as you, educate your children so that they can pull you out of poverty. These universities you are seeing, we want the school going children in this area to benefit from them, considering that they are our heirs. If a child completes his secondary education, and we are putting up a secondary school at Matumbo area, and at the boma, when they finish school, they will now proceed to our own local university and later work at our local clinics and health centres. That's why we have built these things. Wouldn't you feel proud to have our children educated and working for our Boma here? So your decision to vote for the PF should be something that will be a source of pride for you," said Kampyongo.
"These young boys and girls, if we educate them, when you are sick and you find them at the hospital, just as they welcome you, you even begin to feel better and you are able to explain in your mother tongue and they translate it to English for you. As you say the pain is in the spine, she understands but if you are with one from Chipata, instead of the back, he will instead give you an injection in the knee because he doesn't understand your language."
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If it they are not empty then what are they! is there money in peoples pockets apart from Taxes receipts.


Tanya, recently released from prison. She doesn't find shelter. The only person who is able to give her shelter for a while is her sister Danika. Gradually, while Tanya was talking to her sister, she learns that Danika is in a virtual relationship. Her admirer, constantly writes beautiful letters, via the Internet. Sister, just in love with a virtual fan. Tanya, who knows what deception is, decides to help her sister, open her eyes to the world. She wants to bring the virtual lover to the water, to prove to her sister that he is just a swindler. However, it is not easy to do.


Aerial photo of the restored meandering channel and oxbows of salmon creek.
Salmon Creek is the third largest tributary to Humboldt Bay. As the name implies, Salmon Creek historically supported significant runs of coho (silver) salmon, steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout, as well as chinook (king) salmon and pacific lamprey.
The Salmon Creek delta was historically tidal salt marsh with a mosaic of slough channels. However, these lands were reclaimed for grazing during the early 1900's through construction of dikes and levees, draining of salt marshes, straightening or relocation of stream channels, and installation of tide-gates to eliminate tidal influence. After these lands were acquired by Humboldt Bay NWR in 1988, management plans identified Salmon Creek as needing habitat improvements to reestablish estuarine and off-channel habitat. Off-channel habitat consists of sloughs, ponds and oxbows adjacent to the main channel that naturally would have slower water velocities, moderately higher temperatures and more large wood and food where fish (especially salmonids) can spend time while they make the physiological transition from a freshwater animal to saltwater animal. In comparison to pre-1900's conditions, almost all rearing habitat in the lower portion of Salmon Creek has been lost.
The schematic on the left shows what the Salmon Creek delta looked like in 1870. The aerial photo to the right shows what the Salmon Creek delta looked like in 2009. Despite the significant changes, if you look closely, you can find spots that still match up with the historical channels.
The Refuge initiated efforts to improve fish access and habitat for Salmon Creek in the early 1990's. One of the first projects was adding a small opening ("fish door") to one of the flaps on the tide gates. This slightly improved fish passage and allowed some minor tidal exchange upstream of the tidegate, creating a small muted estuary inside the levees. In 1993, the refuge dug a new channel, re-establishing channel sinuosity and complexity to replace a portion of the lower channel that had been ditched and straightened. While this improved habitat, further restoration was needed to increase tidal circulation, improve fish access, and improve hydrology, fish access, and habitat for estuarine dependent species.
In 2006-2007, Phase I of the project increased Salmon Creek's tidal prism, tidal connectivity, and tidal influence by replacing an existing tide gate structure, constructing a new tide gate structure in the Salmon Creek overflow area, and re-connecting several off-channel ponds to the stream.
The tidegate to the left restricted movement of bay water into the salmon creek channel. These were replaced with the tidegate shown in the picture to the right and another similar one at a separate location. The new tidegates have two side-hinged doors which provide better fish passage by reducing flow velocities and staying open longer through tide cycles. The middle door on the new tidegates is top-hinged but has a 2' x 4' slide door which can be kept open for constant movement of bay water into the upstream reaches of Salmon Creek, creating muted tidal conditions which improve ecosystem function.
With increased tidal inundation, Phase II of the project focused on construction of 4,200 feet of new estuarine channel with a larger capacity and increased sinuosity. Much of this channel followed the alignment of slough channels through the historic marsh. Connection to the former ditched channel was maintained to allow it to serve as a backwater habitat. Five off-channel habitat features were also constructed to provide freshwater rearing habitat for salmonids in winter. A connecting channel between Salmon Creek and Cattail Creek was excavated to improve seasonal freshwater habitat and fish movement between the two systems. To further enhance this restored habitat, large log structures were added to the channels and ponds to provide resting and hiding places for fish and to add complexity to the stream hydrology. Over 200 logs of various sizes were anchored within banks to provide a diversity of habitat for fish. In the fall following construction, 12 different species of native trees and shrubs were planted adjacent to the channel and ponds to create a riparian component to this effort.
The left picture shows two excavators digging the new channel. To the right is a newly connected channel with large wood added for salmonid and other species habitat.
Almost immediately after restoration was completed, fish monitoring conducted by our partners with California Department of Fish & Wildlife yielded some interesting results. Within the first year post-construction juvenile salmonids, tidewater goby, long-finned smelt, and multiple other estuarine species of fish were detected. in fact, more juvenile coho salmon were captured during 2011- 2012 sampling season than in all previous sampling years combined. In addition, four endangered fish species were captured in a single pond during one sampling day. This monitoring effort is ongoing and will be used to continually track fish response to the restoration efforts.
The excavation of the channel and ponds generated over 40,000 cubic yards of fill. Rather than dispose of this off site, the Refuge used this material to raise the elevation of of a nearby area that was historically salt marsh but had subsided and turned to mudflat over recent decades. By adding material and increasing elevation, an area of new salt marsh was created. Within two years after the addition of the fill, this area was dominated by native plants, especially pickleweed (Salicornia virginica) This effort provides a habitat type that is lacking around the bay, as over 90% of salt marsh habitat in Humboldt Bay has been lost in the last 150 years.
This aerial photo shows the restored channel and off-channel habitat features in the middle, and the newly excavated Cattail Creek channel in the upper left.
Restoration projects like these are happening all over the west coast and indeed the country, but as is generally the case, it is hard and expensive to repair damaged ecosystems and it can't be done without many partners. This project has had many partners both public and private including Pacific Coast Fish, Wildlife and Wetlands Restoration Association, USFWS Coastal Program, CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, CA Conservation Corps, Ducks Unlimited, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation among others.


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Q: How does one Create a Parameterized Recursive CTE to flatten a heirarchy within a Scalar Function? I'm trying to create a scalar function to determine whether a user of a provided ID or any of their subordinates have orders under a collection of provided order IDs.
Note I am using my own User-Defined Table Type of IntegerIdTableType to take in the collection of OrderIds.
CREATE FUNCTION DoOrdersExistUnderUserOrUsersSubordinates
(
    @orderIds dbo.IntegerIdTableType READONLY,
    @userId INT
)
RETURNS BIT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN
    (
        WITH GetUserIds(ordinateUserId)
        AS
        (
            SELECT ordinateUserId UserId
            UNION ALL
            SELECT GetUserIds(Subordinate.Id)
            FROM UsersAccounts.Users Subordinates
            WHERE Subordinates.SupervisorId = @ordinateUserId
        )
        SELECT CASE WHEN EXISTS
        (
            SELECT 1
            FROM Orders
            WHERE Orders.Id IN
            (
                SELECT Id
                FROM @orderIds
            )
            AND Orders.UserId IN
            (
                SELECT UserId
                FROM GetUserIds(@userId)
            )
        )
        THEN CAST(1 AS BIT)
        ELSE CAST(0 AS BIT)
        END
    )
END

Here is some sample data for both my Orders and Users tables.
Users

Orders

Expected Results
When calling DoOrdersExistUnderUserOrUsersSubordinates with the following values, I expect the following results.

I'm having 2 issues with this function:

*

*Syntax errors:

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'WITH'.
Incorrect syntax near ')'.

*
'GetUserIds' is not a recognized built-in function name

The above seems to happen even without being wrapped in a function.
I don't know what the correct way to pass a parameter to a recursive CTE is but I have seen examples where the declaration of the CTE has a name in brackets which I assumed to be a parameter
I've tried putting a semi-colon immediately before the WITH even though it's the only statement in the function and I just get Incorrect syntax near ';'. instead of Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'WITH'.
I've also tried getting rid of the BEGIN and END and that gives me Incorrect syntax near 'RETURN'., plus Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression, an xmlnamespaces clause or a change tracking context clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon. If I don't include the redundant semi-colon.
How do I get around all of this?
Surely Recursive CTE's must be able to take in a parameter or what would they recurse on?
UPDATE:
After battling with Example F of the documentation linked by Zohar_Peled, I eventually figured out that parameters aren't passed into the CTE as such, but rather joined to it then persisted within it through the brackets of its declaration.  Whatever is then defined in the corresponding SELECTs is output through the parameters to whatever called the CTE (in this case, either the outer SELECT Id FROM UserNodes statement or the CTE itself (for the recursion)).
I changed the SQL statement within the function to the following and it worked as expected outside of the function.
WITH UserNodes([Root User ID], Id, SupervisorId)
AS
(
    SELECT Users.Id, Users.Id, Users.SupervisorId
    FROM UsersAccounts.Users
    WHERE Users.SupervisorId IS NULL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT [Root User ID],
        Users.Id,
        Users.SupervisorId
    FROM UsersAccounts.Users
    JOIN UserNodes [Subordinate Descendant Users] ON [Subordinate Descendant Users].Id = Users.SupervisorId
)
SELECT CASE WHEN EXISTS
(
    SELECT 1
    FROM Orders
    WHERE Orders.Id IN
    (
        SELECT Id
        FROM @orderIds
    )
    AND Orders.UserId IN
    (
        SELECT Id
        FROM UserNodes
        WHERE [Root User ID] = @userId
    )
)
THEN CAST(1 AS BIT)
ELSE CAST(0 AS BIT)
END

This works fine alone (with the required variables provided to substitute the missing function parameters) but as soon as I put it back into the CREATE FUNCTION block, I'm faced with the same syntax errors as before (excluding 2.).

A: As stated, I'm not able to test this, but this is what I'm suggesting you change:
    CREATE FUNCTION DoOrdersExistUnderUserOrUsersSubordinates
(
    @orderIds dbo.IntegerIdTableType READONLY,
    @userId INT
)
RETURNS BIT
AS
BEGIN

    declare @bln bit

    ;WITH UserNodes([Root User ID], Id, SupervisorId)
    AS
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Towards a performative club: scenographic aspects of club culture
Defining club culture
A performative event
Research-based practice
Bibliography and references
Visual documentation
3. A performative event
During the master, I've visited a range of clubs and parties. In the first period, which roughly corresponds to my first year, my main focus was to understand what club culture is today (as outlined in the previous chapter), how it operates and to find out which aspects I find interesting and inspiring. As from summer 2019, I analysed the scenographic aspects and dramaturgy in much more detail. I found out that the dramaturgy is pretty similar from event to event, yet, in some particular circumstances, you can unravel some hidden ones. Although scenographic decisions are not always taken very conscious (they rely on what exist, the location used, or applied from experience or habit), they can be very effective in the way they affect the partygoers, often in unconscious ways. In that sense, this whole research is an exercise in awareness.
It was not my aim to investigate the whole spectrum. I simply chose the clubs and parties that seemed artistically and politically relevant, mainly within or with connections to the LGBTQIA community. I omitted places that only exist for financial reasons and entertainment, and my selection is therefore not representative at all for the industry. Yet, the observations I'm writing about in this chapter can be applied to the broader spectrum of club culture, and can also be relevant for other social and cultural spaces.
One can recognise the special relationship between performer, spectator and scenography in club culture. They are in a constant feedback loop and exchange places — the partygoer becoming performer (by dancing), becoming scenographic (by the costume) while the DJ becomes a spectator of an unfolding performance. As music and dancing are crucial in club culture, one could assume that the DJ is the key element of a party. One could consider him not only as a performer but also as a director, orchestrating the performance arising in front of him. Notwithstanding the central focus on music and DJs in club culture, I argue that the DJ is instead a leading actor and that the true maker is the organiser-promoter. The latter is in control of a much wider spectrum of parameters and tools: the choice of the venue or the design of the club (architecture, floor plan, aesthetics, its position in the city, the sonic qualities of the sound system, the lighting, etc.), the type of music, the political position, the choice of the audience, the house rules, unwritten codes and door policies, etc.
I consider a party and a club night as a performative event directed by the organiser-promoter, using a specific dramaturgy and a variety of scenographic elements. While this approach is certainly not common in practice, it's a very logical step when you compare club culture to theatre. Clubs playing an artistic role in club culture today, do have a strong focus on the development of music aesthetics, often from within their community. In some cases, the promoter acts beyond these aesthetics and takes the other scenographic elements, the dramaturgy and the audience also into account. Audience is a common term in theatre, and it is tempting to use it for people attending a party too, especially before the event starts. However, the term audience is always incorrect, due to its passive connotation and its receptive role: even if a person decides for himself to take the role of a spectator, he might be a performer for someone else. Hence, I will use the term participant, as 'being part of' and the more popular term "crowd" which somewhat defines unity and plurality at the same time. As such, the performative event is potentially a true Total art when it also includes the participants.
Function-based model
Last summer, when I was at Buttons, a party in ://about blank in Berlin, I was trying to formulate my opinion on that party.1 It was a nice one, but I was somewhat disappointed. The people were friendly, the music was good, the spaces were interesting enough, there was a huge garden outside, and it was summer… in Berlin, what more could you ask for? While it's easy to say: "it was a good party, but I like Gay Haze in Brussels more", it was much more difficult to formulate why. Was this a purely subjective opinion, or could I find objective reasons? Eventually, I discovered them by developing a model that connects functions, scenographics, participants and their behaviour.
1. "This Is What A Night At ://About Blank's Wild And Colorful Buttons Party Is Like". Electronic Beats, 18 May 2018. https://www.electronicbeats.net/a-night-at-about-blanks-buttons/
http://aboutparty.net
In the diagram above, I illustrate a number of functions named as spaces. These spaces could be actual physical spaces, but here they should be considered as immaterial. For me, "social space", "space for dancing" and "space for music" are the fundamental ones and many more can be added. The choice for these "spaces" is not a random decision but a deliberate one, made by the organiser-promoter. They have to be translated to the physical environment, by giving them an actual space as well as the suitable scenography. This is not a one-to-one translation between functional space and physical space: several functional spaces can be combined in one and the same physical space as long as the scenographics don't interfere. Moreover, a certain interference doesn't mean that these functions should be placed in completely separate spaces, a small intervention to cancel out the interference can be enough (e.g. adding a curtain, a technical solution or positioning the other function at the opposite side).
To give a simple example: we could imagine a typical, genuine bar. The main functions would be' social space' and' space for drinking'. Translating them into space, the environment should include a bar, where the drinks can be prepared, some bar stools at the bar, where people can talk to the people next to them (possibly strangers) or to the bartender while having their drink. By adding some tables with four chairs per table, you maintain the other functions, but you add a space for friends (or people who know each other), as you're not likely to share a table with people you don't know. The latter decision will have an influence on the variety of clients going to the bar and on the behaviour inside (people choosing either for a high stool or a chair).
Various spaces can coexist in the same physical space, but there are limitations. Imagine the bartender loves music and he wants to share his favourite tunes with his patrons. The music (as a scenographic element) can give the bar a particular atmosphere, add an artistic layer or profile, make the bar more specific, and some patrons might recognise the music and make them happy. So yes, we can call this a space for music, however, this won't be the most important function. People won't stop talking and start listening to the music instead. We could try to use a scenographic technique and turning the volume up, but almost certainly it will just irritate the patrons. I'm sure everyone has experienced this situation and the resulting feeling.
This makes clear not all functions can work together on the same level. To understand this, I'm using the metaphor of an audio mixer. All functions or spaces are assigned to an individual channel with their faders and knobs. It's pretty clear that if you would consider all functions as very important and you move all faders to the maximum, the output will be clipped and distorted. Fading all of them to a lower level might work, but is the resulting sound clearly defined? In other words, doesn't the space become too generic?
It's essential to make a choice of which functions are important and see if they can coexist with each other. In sound this would mean that they sit on another's range in the frequency spectrum, which means they can be combined at the same level without being in each other's way: they can be heard clearly at the same time. In fact, the more channels with different frequencies you combine, the richer the sound becomes. It's a matter of filling the whole spectrum without too much overlap. This mastering, choosing the inputs and their levels, is an artistic choice in this field, which not only affects the sound output, but also the listeners.
Going back to the example of the bar, imagine a jazz bar now. This bar likely has a stage, as it is the resulting scenographic and functional element of a "space for music" and a "space for performances" combined. However, the presence of the stage is not enough. If the stage is not in use, the patrons are likely to talk to each other and have drinks. However, if a band comes on stage, they will become silent and direct their attention to the band and the music. This dramaturgical event is able to shift the functions (or at least their importance) at a specific moment. By adding scenographic elements, we can emphasise this shift, making the impact and resulting behaviour of the patrons more substantial: a piano or other musical instruments on stage prior to the performance will feed the expectations; turning the volume of the music down and directing lights towards the stage will make them attentive. How the patrons react to these changes is more difficult to predict. It depends on how well they know the codes and to which extent they want to conform. Through my research, I found that whenever this behaviour is critical (like in club culture), a selection of the participants is crucial.
From this function-based model, some very fundamental design consequences follow. In the diagram above, we have, on the left, a primary function (space for dancing) and below some related functions; on the right, a common function (space for drinking). All of the functions result in scenographic, dramaturgical or functional elements to be implemented. Translated into space, this results in a dance floor (with specific characteristics) and a bar (which is rather functional). However, when we compare the elements, it's clear that they are very different and sometimes conflicting. As a result, the dance floor and the bar can't share exactly the same physical space. We see that some clubs bring this into practice and others don't. While this might be due to a lack of (physical) space or unawareness, it is most often found in the commercial clubs, where the consumption of drinks has more significant importance than dancing.
When looking back at Buttons, the party that gave me the inspiration for this model, my disappointment came from the fact that I thought that the "space for music" and "space for dancing" would be more critical. Looking at the floor plan, one of the dance floors is also the connecting space towards the toilets turning the narrow corridor in front of the DJ into a passageway. While an enthusiastic crowd could overcome this issue, that night, it was not the case. It is vital to notice that this small flaw in the spatial arrangement (which is an unfortunate result of the shape of the building) influences the behaviour of the participants. As other participants then copy this behaviour, it gets emphasised. A good DJ, as a counterweight, could bring the attention back to music and dancing. However, this can be difficult. It's essential to understand that this issue doesn't stay confined to this specific space on a particular night: the lack of a good vibe in a room might have an influence on the expectations of the participants towards the next parties. Eventually, this could provoke a change of participants that are not so much interested in the music. This shows that small inaccuracies in the design might undermine the artistic concept over time.
Three core elements
When we analyse the basic definition of a club, a social space for dancing, one recognises two functions: social interactions and dancing. Next to that, we distinguish three components: music, participants and environment.
While the music aesthetic could be considered as part of the environment, you actually don't need music and a DJ to dance. But due to its importance in history and common practice, I consider music as a main component. As stated before, the choice of the DJ (and the related music aesthetic) is often the defining criterion for the artistic relevance of the club. Moreover, in a club, sound and music are almost impossible to neglect or hide from. They are often important criteria to go to a club. To put it simply, if you don't like the music aesthetic, you probably won't have a great night out.
The performative event is executed by and in front of the participants. They take the roles of performer and spectator, often at the same time. But they are also the subjects of a ritual experience, as individuals and as a collective. This means that every individual has a role that serves a larger purpose. It is rewarding to have a wide diversity of characters in the performative event. However, they should have a shared understanding of the ritual to be performed. Young people or novices can be included as long as there is a vast majority of initiates. This also means that a particular club night or party can't be regarded as a static, autonomous event. It is part of a series of events that are developed over time, in which "audience building" plays an important role.
When we refer to the environment where club culture takes place, we can easily envisage a club specifically designed and built for this purpose. Maddox is a good example. It gave the architects and engineers the freedom to design and execute to a level of detail and perfection that's difficult to obtain in any other case. However, this is rather exceptional. If we look at club culture today, the most interesting ones use buildings that had different functions before, are temporary, or, like parties, use a venue designed by others. A design like Maddox has a significant drawback: all the aspects are predesigned and executed and sometimes literally cemented in the building, making them nor flexible or adaptable. Moreover, the aesthetics are predefined and can quickly become outdated or boring despite their initial quality.
In that respect, the environment and aesthetic should not be architectonic, but scenographic. Whether the environment is temporal or more permanent, it should serve the performative event both in function and in affect. Indeed, the environment should be affective in two senses: act upon the participant and express emotion. Furthermore, each performative event is different from the other. This characteristic gives space for experiment and development over time, from one night to another. Therefore, the environment should be dynamic, flexible and easily adaptable, instead of being stuck in a preconceived architectural design.
While aesthetics do affect to a certain extent and can undoubtedly be indexical, we should not overestimate them. Cisco Ferrera and Joey Beltram described the Boccaccio as a very glamorous club with an outdated discotheque aesthetic, which was very contradictory to the music aesthetics. Nevertheless, it became the 'holy temple' of the New Beat underground.2
2. See video in the previous chapter.
Towards a culture
Initially, I had the idea to go in much more detail into these three components, as well as to talk about the dramaturgy in club culture. However, describing the environment with all the scenographic elements is not only ambitious. It should also include its influence on the participants. At that point, it becomes complicated. Even if we look into a niche, every party concept or club has a different crowd and provokes a (slightly) different, behaviour. Moreover, the cultural differences between Amsterdam, Brussels and Berlin, are not only noticeable in the behaviour of the participants, but they also have some influence on the scenography. While it's noticeable (I called this research an exercise in awareness), it's difficult to track back and prove the origin. Instead, in the next chapter, I will use my practice to illustrate and apply my findings.


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Home › In the News › Johnson & Johnson's mesh product found defective: $12.5 Million Verdict for Plaintiff
$12.5 million total, including $7 million for punitive charges.
On December 21, 2015, for the case of Patricia L. Hammons v Secant Medical, Ethicon, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the "jury found for the plaintiff on all three claims:
1) DEFECTIVE design
2) a FAILURE TO WARN DOCTORS about its dangers and negligence in manufacturing
3) in BRINGING the Prolift to MARKET
"Philadelphia jury ruled in favor of plaintiff against Johnson and Johnson"
from: news-medical.net/news
"Fair Rate Funding, a leader in pelvic mesh lawsuit funding, reports a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Patricia Hammons and against defendant, Johnson and Johnson on Monday. A Philadelphia jury ruled Johnson & Johnson (J&J) must pay Patricia Hammons $5.5 million in compensatory damages and $7 million in punitive damages over the defectively designed Prolift pelvic mesh. The matter is cited as: Patricia L. Hammons v Secant Medical, Ethicon, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2:13-cv-04086."
"The trial lasted for two weeks, Plaintiff alleged defective design of the Prolift mesh product, a failure to warn physicians about the potential dangers of its use and manufacturing and marketing negligence.
The jury found in plaintiff's favor on all three counts. Deliberations took less than 24 hours."
"The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has just under 200 other pelvic mesh product liability lawsuits pending against Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson. The others are scheduled to be heard beginning in 2016. There are approximately 8,000 pelvic mesh cases filed against Ethicon in the New Jersey courts and over 30,000 filed in the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in West Virginia."
Read full article at:
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20151226/Philadelphia-jury-ruled-in-favor-of-plaintiff-against-Johnson-and-Johnson.aspx
"Philadelphia Prolift Mesh Case Yields $12.5 Million Verdict for Plaintiff"
"J & J has displayed an attitude so far they don't care what the jury says, they don't care what the judge says, they're bigger than everyone else. They do things on J&J's terms. That's my impression of them." ~ Adam Slater, Mazie, Slater
from, Mesh Medical Device News Desk
Dec 22nd, 2015 | By Jane Akre
"After negotiating for less than 24 hours, the 12 jurors in the case of a woman implanted with a Prolift pelvic mesh made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J), added to her $5.5 million compensatory award with $7 million in punitive damages bringing her total jury award to $12.5 million. "
"This was the first pelvic mesh case to be heard in this court. It is also the first time the Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System has been found defectively designed and that J&J failed to warn doctors about the dangers it understood were inherent with the product.
This jury trial marks the first time in Johnson & Johnson pelvic mesh litigation that there has been any mention of document destruction by the company to jurors. J&J destroyed thousands of pages of documents that were on a litigation hold to help plaintiffs prepare for litigation, according to a conclusion by West Virginia Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert. So far that fact was never allowed to be mentioned before a jury."
Read full article at: http://meshmedicaldevicenewsdesk.com/philadelphia-prolift-mesh-case-yields-12-5-million-verdict-for-plaintiff
"Phila. jury awards $12.5M in vaginal mesh case"
Johnson & Johnson.
from Philly.Com,
Chris Mondics, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
"The Common Pleas Court jury awarded $5.5 million in compensatory damages for her ongoing health problems and inability to have sex. The jury also awarded $7 million in damages to punish the health-care-products giant for having marketed an unsafe product."
"Every American depends on Johnson & Johnson to put safety ahead of selling," Specter said. "They aren't doing that, and they need to engage in some honest soul-searching."
A spokesman for Ethicon, the J&J subsidiary that made the product, said the company would appeal.
Read full article at: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20151223_Philadelphia_jury_awards_woman__12_5_million_in_damages_from_Johnson___Johnson_in_vaginal_mesh_implant_case.html#qA3yPMbkLS3XZ6TS.99
"Closing Arguments Begin, Abruptly Stop, in Phila. Mesh Trial"
P.J. D'Annunzio, The Legal Intelligencer
"Look at this," he continued, opening the box and showing the jury several of the hook-shaped mesh installation tools. "Don't you think these products should have been tested on human beings before it was marketed?"
"Specter then dug into Ethicon, claiming that the engineering of the mesh was cut short, ultimately rendering a subpar product. He added that Ethicon destroyed thousands of pages of documents relating to the Prolift."
"Specter then read off a list of potential injuries that could occur that Ethicon allegedly knew about, pointing to Hammons and shouting "that happened to you" with each one. Ethicon never warned about those potential injuries, he said. Why? "Because nobody would buy it" if they had, he said."
Next, Specter said that Ethicon had "no idea" how to remove the mesh if it needed to be taken out. That is something he said Dr. David Elliott of the Mayo Clinic observed.
Elliott described trying to remove the mesh as a "trainwreck," Specter told the jury.
Then, at 2:30 p.m., a half-hour into Specter's closing argument, the fire alarm sounded. Bernstein said the closings would pick up again the following morning."
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