Did Kirstjen Nielsen lie to Congress about family separation? New evidence emerges.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill December 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
In many ways, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has been the face of family separation. When uproar over the program reached a peak in June, Nielsen took to the White House Briefing Room to defend the administration's "zero tolerance" policy of prosecuting undocumented parents for illegal entry and taking away their children. One day later she was heckled out of a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C. by angry protesters.
At the same time, though, Nielsen has remained insistent that the U.S. government had no actual policy of purposefully separating families. Her position has always been that the separations were a side effect of the administration applying previously unenforced criminal immigration law.
Despite the facts—that thousands of children were forcibly taken from their parents at the border and multiple other administration officials praised the policy's deterrent value—Nielsen has reiterated this position constantly.
"We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period," Nielsen tweeted the day before that White House briefing.
In sworn Congressional testimony over the course of the past 10 months, she has been equally adamant that no such policy existed.
"When we separate, we separate because the law tells us to, and that is in the interest of the child," Nielsen told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee in April.
"We do not have a policy to separate children from their parents," Nielsen said one month later in response to questioning from Sen. Kamala Harris before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Finally, in an almost farcical appearance before the House Judiciary Committee just last month, Nielsen repeatedly rejected the premise of Democratic questions about the "family separation policy," stating over and over again that there was no such policy.
Last week, NBC published further evidence that there was such an official policy and that Nielsen has been lying to Congress. The new proof came in the form of a late 2017 draft memo outlining "policy options" for responding to undocumented immigration. Those options included a plan to "Separate Family Units" and another plan to "Increase Prosecution of Family Unit Parents" and place "minors present with them … in HHS custody as [unaccompanied alien children]," e.g., to separate children from their parents.
It's unclear whether the former plan was ever officially enacted. The latter proposal, though, had been piloted "on a limited basis in the El Paso Sector." The next proposed step was for Nielsen to officially sign off on that plan in a further memo, which she appears to have done on April 23, 2018.
Depending on what she knew about this memo and when she knew it, the "substantial deterrent effect" line is as close to a smoking gun as possible to demonstrate that Nielsen has been lying to Congress.
While the Trump Justice Department is unlikely to prosecute Nielsen, Merkley's allegation is a serious criminal accusation. Given the growing evidence, why would Nielsen have subjected herself to the risk of such a charge by repeatedly misleading Congress about family separation and its intent?
Nielsen may have had to maintain the fiction that there was no policy while the government was trying to win that court case, and then stand by it even after the government lost.
Nielsen might also argue that she couched her statements to Congress in enough caveats for them to be technically true. In Dec., for example, she told members of the House Judiciary Committee "there is no comprehensive policy to separate families." "Comprehensive" and "is" might be doing a whole lot of legal work there.
Whatever her explanation is, it better be good.


Ever wondered if you could increase breast milk non-traditional way?
Some consider non-traditional methods ineffective. But if all regular ways to increase breast milk supply fail, new ideas are always welcomed.
Virtually every culture in the world has its own milk production enhancers (also known as galactogogues) to help nursing moms. I think Eastern Europe has the longest list of them. Below are some of my favorite natural methods.
The effectiveness of these methods varies person by person. Many moms report an instant milk supply increase, others have slower reaction to them. I tried them all and I loved them all. You can discuss them with your doctor. And keep in mind that some herbs may cause allergic reaction, so introduce gradually.
Drink warm sweetened liquids. I know you've been told that water is sufficient, but only water doesn't always do the trick. Tea with milk is effective. Try condensed sweetened milk. It is THE best drink for breastfeeding mothers.
Try crashed walnuts mixed with honey. Be careful and try a little first to make sure it doesn't cause an allergic reaction.
My personal favorite - fenugreek. If you can find fenugreek seeds in your local stores, use them. Pour a glass of boiling water over a teaspoon of the seeds. Cover and let it sit for 10 minutes. Drink as warm tea. Add water if the taste is too strong, but many women actually like the taste. It is sweet and relaxing.
Fenugreek is one of the components of Mother's Milk Tea and Milkmaid Tea – organic teas promoting lactation. I loved them both!
Milkmaid Tea by Earth Mama Angel Baby is certified organic and kosher. It is also caffeine-free. It contains many important galactogogues and herbs rich in minerals, like iron. It boosts milk supply, helps reduce mom's gas, baby's colic and it tastes great! Here is what Shari Criso (leading breastfeeding expert and a lactation consultant) has to say about Milkmaid.
Fennel fruit is another component in Milk Teas. If you can find dried fennel fruit in your area, grind it and pour boiling water over it. Cover and let it sit. Drink as warm tea up to 2-3 cups a day.
Also try dog-rose (wild rose) fruit. Pour boiling water over the dried fruits. Cover tight and let sit overnight. Then add water if the taste is too strong and drink as warm tea. It has a pleasant slightly sour taste.
Another Breastfeeding Quest's favorite is nettle leaves. If you can find them in your area - great! Pour 0,2 gallons of boiling water over 0,7 ounces of dried nettle leaves. Cover and let it sit. Drink one tablespoon three times a day.
Some prescription medications are also known to increase milk supply as a side effect. Among them are metoclopramide, domperidone (motilium), and reglan. I haven't tried any of these, so I can't speak for them, but I hear nursing mothers use them with great success. Ask your doctor or a lactation consultant if they recommend any of these. Do not experiment without doctor's approval.
This is my list of methods that help increase breast milk non-traditional way. I am sure you have yours. Do share by adding a comment to this page. New moms and Breastfeeding Quest greatly appreciate your input!


Wood pellets are in fashion as fuel for private homes and industrial firing systems. The rod-like pellets are produced mainly out of wood wastes from saw and planing mills, as well as from debarked and shredded logs. Büttner's drying systems ensure that wood chips are dried efficiently with energy savings in mind and at the required moisture level before they are made into pellets.
Both small and large flakes must have a constant level of moisture before being pressed into the ring die or flat die presses; operations would otherwise be disrupted. For this reason, Büttner provides single-pass drum dryers with a sophisticated control concept: variations in the wood's moisture content are effectively eliminated. With the highest energy and thermal efficiencies available, Büttner's drying systems are a proven component to optimal product quality.
Single-pass drum dryers generally utilise flue gas from the grate-firing of chipped biomass products such as waste wood or bark. Steam-heated or hot water-heated tube bundle dryers or belt dryers can also be used in combination with cogeneration (combined heat and power or CHP) for the production of pellets.
Büttner supplies both custom-made drying systems for pellet production and compatible energy systems to customers around the world; combining decades of experience with technical innovation.


Renewable energy technology company, Entech Solar, has completed a preliminary design review and prototype of its next-generation concentrating solar product, ThermaVolt II, combining concentrating photovoltaic and thermal (CPVT) technology. The company says its product delivers four to five times the amount of energy compared to traditional photovoltaic systems and costs less to produce.
ThermaVolt II exploits Entech Solar's optical technology by using its proprietary arched Fresnel lens to provide about 20 times the concentration of sunlight onto the solar cells, saving about 95% of the relatively expensive silicon cell material.
Typically, PV arrays can get extremely hot and this energy is often wasted. But the ThermaVolt system utilizes the sun to deliver power and heating from the same unit at a commercial scale.
"For the past 25 years, our arched Fresnel lenses have demonstrated outstanding performance in the real-world environment, and ThermaVolt II will continue to use this proven optical concentrating technology," said Mark O'Neill, Entech Solar's Chief Technology Officer.
The product's unique design is applicable for both ground and roof-mount applications, and focuses on low cost, manufacturability, easy installation, compactness and high reliability. ThermaVolt products incorporate a solar tracker that helps expose the array to maximum amount of sunlight during the day.
Since March 2009, when Entech suspended manufacturing operations for its previous generation of concentrating solar systems, the company has focused on the design and development of its next-generation products.
ThermaVolt II module's size and shape are now similar to those of a standard flat-plate PV module, allowing for easier installation and palletized shipping. By utilizing well-known, existing semiconductor manufacturing process and off-the-shelf equipment, the company is able to produce the units at a lower cost.
Entech's next steps include building a reliable supply chain, completing the UL-certification process, and installing beta sites.


Camera systems for truck and trailer combinations of all kinds. Be it horses, race cars or cargo, we can build you a system to make it all easier, safer and faster.
Soon this site will be interactive. You'll be able to order and buy products direct!
Under construction but please read on...pricing will be coming soon.
The SL-1 is adjustable, durable (cast alloy housing) and waterproof. It gives you a great view behind the trailer and makes passing much easier and safer. Monitor view is to the right.
If you look carefully at the image, at the bottom you'll see the entire width of the rear bumper (the black line). At the rear bumper this camera can see the width of the trailer, plus about 6 feet plus on either side, and can see about 150 feet to the rear for spotting traffic. Basically eyes in the back of your head, er, trailer. We can also do muliple systems with one or more cameras inside the trailer to keep an eye on horses, cargo, etc., and a camera on the tailgate or cab stop light for hooking up.
GooseCam™ monitor view is to the right. Makes hooking up goosecams or 5th wheels a 'no help needed' affair. Notice how much you would see to the rear of the vehicle when the trailer is not hooked up.
This system utilizes a color CCD camera installed inside your trucks cab light. Available for all popular trucks (some require a one week lead time). Low, almost no profile, this gives you an excellent birds eye view or your gooseneck or 5th wheel connection when hitching and is great for rear vision in general when the trailer is not on. Pricing depends on make and model, please call for pricing, ball park is about $269.00 for the complete camera and light assembly. Much cheaper if you take your light assembly off and send it to us. Usually a two to three day turn around in that situation.
If you're tired of damaging your equipment and missing it "by this much", then the GooseCam™system is for you.
The center light is the stock interior light. The light on the left is optional and is added when the camera is installed. It is hooked up to the running lights so when you pull on the running lights there is plenty of light in the trailer. The camera IR lights work well, but the bigger light floods the area with a soft light that makes it easier to see the horses in the outer stalls. Monitor view is to the right. Just like you were standing there in the stall with them. This shot was taken during the day.
With this system the camera is placed inside the trailer looking down on the horses. The camera is housed in a durable cast aluminum, anodized, water resistant housing. They are washable and come with very sensitive microphones so you can hear your animals as well as see them. Towing at night most people darken the screen until the horse's image is just barely visible, to reduce light from the monitor, and turn up the sound. One less thing to worry about, especially if there are special circumstances involved such as injury, regnancy or foals. Especially good for long distance trips. You don't have to stop, get out, and look everytime the trailer shifts!
When you hit the road, give your nerves and your animals a break. Enjoy the peace of mind and unparalleled safety of this great system!
There is a camera inside the tailgate spoiler of this Tundra. To see the view from it, go to Products/Truck and SUV. Also for most years of Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks. Complete kits and pricing coming soon.
When you hit the road, the combination of sight and sound are hard to beat when your peace of mind and the welfare of your animals is at stake. Add the convenience of instant hitchability to that and you have an unbeatable combination.
More information, complete kits, pricing and the ability to buy on-line are coming very soon. Please contact us with special requests or questions. Thanks.


There are two types of family business. Those that set a direction and know the journey they are taking – for the business and the family. And, those that wander aimlessly, without any sense of knowing where they are going.
Dean's most successful family business clients are the ones where he has worked with them to set their Strategic Plan – their vision for the future of their Family Business.
Be bold about what you want your Family Business to do for your Family in terms of Lifestyle, Financial Reward, Wealth Maximisation, Personal Satisfaction and the Creation of a Legacy.
Picture what your ideal Family Business of tomorrow will look like.
Challenge the status quo – if you want different, you need to think different.
Set a roadmap to drive the process of evolving your Family Business from where it is now – to where you want it to be.
A Future Pathway for your Family Business will give you and your Family clarity as to where your Family Business is going, why you are heading in that direction, and how to get there.


Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine. LAKTONE CAHS by Lakeland Chemicals acts as an amphoteric mild cleansing, viscosity building, conditioning and foaming agent. It imparts considerable mildness to anionic surfactant systems. LAKTONE CAHS is used in formulating shampoos and wash formulations.


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Beyond Universal Health Care: Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada
Nanxi Zha, Mostafa Alabousi, Bhavika Patel, Michael N. Patlas
Purpose: Despite well-established preventive screening guidelines for breast cancer, screening rates do not meet targets in both the United States and Canada. Although access to preventive care is an important factor toward participation, breast cancer screening rates in Canada vary despite a universal health care system. The objective of this study is to understand features within the Canadian population that potentiate screening disparities through a systematic review of the literature. Methods: A search of MEDLINE and Embase was performed to identify relevant studies published from 2005 onward. Titles and abstracts were screened, followed by full-text screening. Inclusion criteria were defined as studies reporting on disparities in image-based screening for breast cancer. Results: Three hundred twenty-four studies were retrieved, from which 29 studies were selected on the basis of the predetermined inclusion criteria. Population groups identified at risk for low image-based screening participation included those of low socioeconomic status, individuals with comorbidities, new immigrants and refugees, those in remote geographic locations, individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and ethnocultural minorities. Barriers to image-based screening can be improved by targeting measures specific to these at-risk groups at the individual, organization, and policy levels. Conclusions: Multiple at-risk population groups exist for preventive cancer screening within a universal health care system. By understanding specific characteristics within these vulnerable populations, effective intervention strategies can be established to improve breast cancer preventive care.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.02.044
Early Detection of Cancer
Zha, N., Alabousi, M., Patel, B., & Patlas, M. N. (2019). Beyond Universal Health Care: Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 16(4), 570-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.02.044
Beyond Universal Health Care : Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada. / Zha, Nanxi; Alabousi, Mostafa; Patel, Bhavika; Patlas, Michael N.
In: Journal of the American College of Radiology, Vol. 16, No. 4, 01.04.2019, p. 570-579.
Zha, N, Alabousi, M, Patel, B & Patlas, MN 2019, 'Beyond Universal Health Care: Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada', Journal of the American College of Radiology, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 570-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.02.044
Zha N, Alabousi M, Patel B, Patlas MN. Beyond Universal Health Care: Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2019 Apr 1;16(4):570-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.02.044
Zha, Nanxi ; Alabousi, Mostafa ; Patel, Bhavika ; Patlas, Michael N. / Beyond Universal Health Care : Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Participation in Canada. In: Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2019 ; Vol. 16, No. 4. pp. 570-579.
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Automatic translation Translations are inserted automatically into your project, if they exactly match a translation stored in the global database. This is most useful for common terms such as OK and Cancel.
Translation Memory By pressing F3 whilst editing a translation, you can open a translation memory dialog.
This dialog shows translations from the global database containing one or more of the same words as the current text. You can use cut and paste to copy words into the current translation. This helps you to translate technical terms in a consistent manner and may speed up the translation process.
if you installed the Add-In Version for Visual Studio 2005/2008 on an English version of Windows.
Note that the global database is only really useful if you can translate the texts yourself. If you give the texts to a translator, they will probably have their own translation memory tools.
configure the database connection for the Add-In.
The easiest way to create the database under SQL server is to import the Access database using SQL Server Data Transformation Services (DTS). If you have a full version of SQL Server 2000 or 2005 installed, then DTS is probably installed as part of the SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
that the database server is already installed.
DTS is not installed by default with SQL Server Express Edition, but you can you can install it as part of the SQL Server Express Edition Toolkit. You can download the SQL Server Express Edition Toolkit with the link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=65111.
<Program Files>\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\DTSWizard.exe where <Program Files> is your (localized) program files directory (e.g. C:\Program Files, C:\Programme or C:\Archivos de Programas).
There is also a SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access available in the Microsoft Download Center. I have not tried this product, but it may well be identical to the DTS Wizard described below.
In the first step, just click on Next.
browse for the Access database file containing the global database.
In the third step, you must select the SQL server and the database on the server.
In most cases, you can probably connect to the database using Windows Authentication, but this is dependent on the configuration of your server.
Although you can import the global database tables into an existing database, I recommend creating a new database on the server. To do this click on the New button.
In this dialog, you must enter the name of the new database.
I have entered the name ML_GlobalDatabase, but you can choose any name you like.
You can leave all of the other set at their default values.
Click on OK to create the database and return to the wizard.
The name of the new database should now be selected in the Database field.
Leave the default selection Copy data from one or more tables or views.
Click on the check box in the title bar of the grid, to select all of the tables in global database.
Leave the default selection Execute immediately.
The final page shows a summary of the operation.
The import operation is now actually performed. On completion the dialog should look something like this.
Click on Close to terminate the wizard.
The following bitmaps are from Visual Studio 2008, but the operation is basically similar for the VB6 Add-In.
Open Visual Studio (or VB6) and start the Add-In.
It is not necessary to open a project.
Click on the Settings button on the toolbar.
In the settings dialog, select the Global Database tab.
Select the option Connect String.
Click on ... button next to the field for the connect string. This will start the standard OLEDB datalink connection dialog.
Enter the name of the SQL Server. In this case, there is no dropdown list.
or simply as . (as shown).
Select the authentication method, typically Windows security.
Click on OK to close the datalink dialog.
The connect string defined by the datalink dialog should now be shown in the settings dialog.
Click on OK to close the settings dialog.
On closing the settings dialog, the Add-In will immediately open the database. If no error occurs, then everything is OK.
To check that the database has been imported, you can view the contents via the tools menu.
If there are a lot of texts in the database, then it may take a long time for this dialog to open.
I have not yet created SQL scripts to generate the global database. Let me know if you need these scripts, for SQL server or for other database servers.
Created by Phil. Last Modification: Saturday 09 of August, 2008 12:38:55 GMT by Phil.


The AWS Console mobile app for iOS and Android gives you quick, easy access to your AWS resources. You can see and manage your existing EC2 instances, S3 buckets, load balancers, database instances, Auto Scaling groups, OpsWorks stacks, and CloudWatch alarms.
We added support for Amazon S3 in the last release but I was super busy and didn't have time to blog about it. Today, I would like to tell you about that support as well as about today's launch — support for Route 53 (highly available and scalable DNS).
You can find the latest version of the Amazon Mobile Console app in the Amazon Appstore for Android, the iTunes App Store, and on Google Play. It is made available to you at no charge.


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The Backstory: Susan Page moderates vice presidential debate, hopes it 'helped voters'
Nicole Carroll
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At Wednesday's vice presidential debate, moderator Susan Page had to prompt Vice President Mike Pence to stop talking 41 times and Sen. Kamala Harris 13 times. Despite this, Page said she wouldn't recommend a debate "mute" button.
"The candidates got two minutes uninterrupted to answer the original question that I posed to them," said Page, USA TODAY's Washington bureau chief. "When that time ran out, which they could see on their camera, I counted to three to give them time to finish. And then I began to say, 'Thank you, Mr. Vice President, or 'Thank you, Senator Harris.'
"That didn't always prompt them to stop. So sometimes I said it over and over again. We didn't have a mic switch. I don't know that that would have been a good idea in any case."
I spoke to Page in her Salt Lake City hotel less than an hour after she wrapped up the debate. The early feedback was it was a serious, substantial debate, but there was still too much talking over allotted time and interruptions. So why not favor a mic switch?
"Everything about a debate tells voters something," Page said, including how the candidates handle themselves onstage. Also, "with both candidates, and especially with Vice President Pence, they didn't address the questions that I asked. That is frustrating to me because I spent a lot of time writing those questions, but that is illuminating in its own way to voters."
'I'm speaking' vs. 'If I may finish': Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 and other top moments from the VP debate
Many times, Page would ask a question, and Pence or Harris would answer a previous question, or move on to a different topic. What goes through her mind when they don't listen or disregard her question?
"I had to hold back. I had to restrain my normal reporter instincts, which would have been to interrupt, say 'No, that's not the question I asked,'" Page said.
"It's not an interview, it's not a news conference. It's a debate. The goal of a debate is different and your agenda is different. In a news conference or an interview, I would've followed up and said, 'You didn't answer my question.' That was not, I thought, the appropriate thing to do in a debate."
Onstage, Page said "you have two minutes, uninterrupted" before the first question to each. After those initial answers, the candidates, mostly Pence, often interrupted each other. Pence interrupted Harris 18 times. Harris interrupted Pence 8 times.
Where is the line between a healthy debate and disrespect?
Page said that after each candidate had an initial two minutes for answers, "I wanted them to challenge one another and debate. That's the point of a debate."
And for those who think his interruptions were a sign of disrespect to Harris?
"When the opposition candidate was a male, which was last time in the 2016 debate against (Virginia Sen. Tim) Kaine, Mike Pence, not then vice president, did the same thing. So I do think women have often had to deal with that, but I would be surprised if Pence would have not interrupted a male counterpart."
There was a point in the debate when both candidates aggressively talked over each other when discussing President Donald Trump's feelings toward the military. Page had to forcefully interject and remind them their campaigns had agreed to the rules, and they needed to follow them.
She had prepared for that moment in a mock debate on her patio when stand-ins for the candidates got out of control. She had practiced for it, even putting her hands up as a signal to stop.
The coronavirus was always going to be the first topic, she said, but the questions changed with news that Trump and many in his circle had tested positive. The campaigns met and decided who would get that first question. It went to Harris.
"More than 200,000 Americans dead in the space of a year in a pandemic that is not yet under control: That is the most important topic facing the nation," Page said. The next two topics were related to COVID-19, the question of presidential disability and the economy. "So in a way, the first half hour of the debate was focused on the coronavirus and its various repercussions."
Here's everyone at the White House Rose Garden SCOTUS event now called a likely 'superspreader.' Help us ID them all.
Managing Editor Lee Horwich partnered with Page to prepare for the debate, along with Anika Reed, a Life editor, and politics intern Sarah Elbeshbishi. The team was walled off from the rest of the newsroom to ensure that debate preparations did not mix with newsgathering activities. We couldn't know the questions she would ask as we pursued our debate coverage – and we kept the two separate.
"We wound up preparing 14 topics pretty thoroughly, and then within each topic we knew we needed multiple questions," Horwich said. The team wrote, and rewrote, questions as news continued to break, eventually winnowing to nine topics.
Page made it through eight, skipping immigration. She said they tried to draft narrow queries to try to get an answer. "This was perhaps less successful than I'd hoped," Page said.
Read the full transcript of vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris
Page made it clear that her questions were on behalf of the American people. "There are issues that Washington journalists care about, there are issues that congressional correspondents care about, that are not necessarily issues that resonate with voters."
And she made it clear she was refereeing on behalf of the Commission on Presidential Debates. She carefully balanced the time between the candidates, what she called "aggressive moderating." She had clocks on her desk that showed the time used for each question as well as each candidate's cumulative speaking time.
"Sometimes I gave Senator Harris a little extra time to talk to even things up," she said. "I was prepared to let her go a little long on the two-minute thing, but she would stop at two minutes. And so that strategy did not work, but I was very conscious that they should have equal time to talk. Whether they're going to answer the question or not, they should have roughly equal time."
Moderator Susan Page hopes Mike Pence-Kamala Harris vice presidential debate was helpful for voters: 'That was the point'
In the end, each candidate had almost the exact same time to speak. Pence spoke for 33.9 minutes, Harris for 34.5, according to a USA TODAY analysis.
And in the end, Page was pleased.
"Well, I didn't get answers to all the questions I had hoped to get. I think sometimes I got prepared speeches instead of spontaneous responses. That shouldn't be a surprise," she said. "I hope that voters who watched it thought it helped them decide who has the policies they support, who has the leadership characteristics that they want to see.
"I hope it helped voters."
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Josefiau ist ein Teil des Stadtteils Salzburg-Süd in der Stadt Salzburg. Im Osten wird die Josefiau durch die Salzach begrenzt. Im Nordwesten bildet der Eschenbach und die Hellbrunnerstraße die Grenze gegen Nonntal, südlich der Michael-Pacher-Straße und westlich der Alpenstraße schließt die Herrnau an. Im salzachnahen Teil der Josefiau schließt südlich der Egger-Lienz-Gasse die Alpensiedlung an, nur ein schmaler Siedlungstreifen der Josefiau östlich der Robert-Stolz-Promenade greift weiter nach Süden aus.

Namensgebung
Seinen Namen hatte der Landschaftsraum von einer Kapelle her, die Abraham Zillner von Zillerberg, der Besitzer des späteren Kasererhofes, 1677 zu Ehren des heiligen Josef erbaute. Zu der erhaltenen Kapelle gehörte – symmetrisch zur Kapelle (mit Türmchen, Kreuz und Glocken) angeordnet – das 1712 in gleicher Größe wie die Kapelle erbaute kleine Wohnhaus (Türmchen mit Wetterfahne). Der Hof, zu dem weite Teile der heute verbauten Au gehörten, wurde in der Folge St.-Josefs-Hof oder Josefihof und später Kasererhof genannt.

Geschichte

Der Name Josefiau (auch St.-Josefs-Au) leitet sich von einem ehemaligen Landschaftsteil her, der wesentlich von Auwald geprägt war. Er reichte im Süden bis zur heutigen Hellbrunner Brücke. Südlich davon schloss die Goiser Au (Hellbrunner Au) an.

Der Wald der Josefiau wurde im Raum der heutigen Siedlung in der Zwischenkriegszeit zuerst für landwirtschaftliche Zwecke durch Rodungen schrittweise verkleinert. Der erste Siedlungskern des heutigen Siedlungsgebiets Josefiau entstand 1932 zwischen der Membergergasse und der Lederwaschgasse. Dem christlich-konservativen Zeitgeist entsprechend sollten die neuen Siedlungen am Stadtrand "bodenständig und bäuerlich" geprägt sein. Die großen Gärten dienten dabei wesentlich auch dem Anbau von Feldfrüchten.

Die zentrale Straßenverbindung, die nach vor der Errichtung der Alpenstraße in die neue Josefiausiedlung führte, war die Josefiaustraße. Diese Straße wurde nach Errichtung des naheliegenden friedensstiftenden Klosters im Jahr 1957 (dort wo 1957 auch das Österreich-Büro von Kirche in Not  gegründet worden war), westlich der Alpenstraße in Friedensstraße umbenannt. Die Umbenennung erfolgte aber auch deshalb, weil hier viele Kriegsflüchtlinge eine neue Heimat in Frieden gefunden hatten. Das Haus der Donauschwaben, das kulturelle Zentrum einer großen Gruppe von heimatvertriebenen Volksdeutschen, liegt auch in dieser ehemaligen Josefiaustraße und heutigen Friedensstraße. (Heute wird allerdings der Siedlungsraum zwischen Friedenstraße und Michael-Pacherstraße vielfach nicht mehr zur Josefiau, sondern zur Herrnau gerechnet).

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg vergrößerte sich der Wohnsiedlungsraum der Josefiau in einem hier schmalen Siedlungsstreifen schrittweise weiter nach Süden, wobei der verbleibende Auwaldrest schrittweise immer weiter verkleinert wurde. Zuletzt wurde noch die Volksschule Josefiau als Waldschule bewusst mitten in den verbliebenen Waldrest hineingebaut.

Der letzte kleine Auwaldrest an der Salzach führt nunmehr den Namen der einst weitläufigen Waldlandschaft weiter und ist heute zur Sicherung seiner Erholungsfunktion und seiner wichtigen kleinklimatischen Aufgaben in der Frischluftschneise der Salzach nach den Bestimmungen des Salzburger Naturschutzgesetzes als Geschützter Landschaftsteil ausgewiesen.

Haus der Jugend, Montessorischule und Freibad Alpenstraße
An Stelle der oben genannten Anlagen befand sich vor 1939 der Landeshauptschießstand, der damals noch großteils eine Rodungsinsel im Auwald war.

Nach 1945 wurde hier ein Jugendzentrum Haus der Jugend aufgebaut, zu dem auch ein Schwimmbad und ein Sportplatz gehörte.  1955 stiftete die Salzburger Sparkasse anlässlich ihres hundertjährigen Bestehens einen namhaften Beitrag zum Ausbau des Jugendzentrum und des Schwimmbades. Das Haus der Jugend bietet heute gerade in der Ferienzeit für Kinder und Jugendliche ein abwechslungsreiches Freizeitprogramm.

Die nächstgelegene Schule wird heute als Montessorischule der evangelischen Kirche im Sinne der Montessori-Pädagogik unter Berücksichtigung der Integration behinderter und nichtbehinderter Schüler errichtet.

Das Freibad wurde 1950 in seiner ältesten Form als Geschenk der amerikanischen Besatzungsmacht an die Jugend von der American Youth Association (AYA, daher früher Aya-Bad, dann Jugendbad genannt) errichtet. Dieses Bad wurde ebenfalls 1955 und erneut 1994/95 modernisiert und erweitert.

Josefiau heute
Der ursprüngliche Siedlungsraum der Josefiau, vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verbaut, besteht großteils aus Einfamilienhäusern (die ursprünglich oft als kleine Zweifamilienhäuser gebaut worden waren) sowie kleineren bis mittelgroßen Stadtvillen und zählt heute zu den teuersten und beliebtesten Wohngegenden der Stadt Salzburg. Angrenzend an die Josefiau im Süden befinden sich zwei Studentenheime: das Haus Humboldt und das Egger-Lienz Studentenheim, benannt nach der gleichnamigen Gasse, in der es sich befindet. Auch das große Gebäude des Amtes der Salzburger Landesregierung und das Landesarchiv Salzburg in der Michael-Pacher-Straße gehören zu diesem Siedlungsraum.

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At the conference leading scholars discussed research papers on how to understand the rise of populism in western societies.
Professor Nils Karlson is CEO of the Ratio Institute.
Peter Boettke is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is also the President of the Mont Pelerin Society. Here he discusses the reconstruction of the liberal project and the role of young scholars.
Deirdre McCloskey is a Professor Emeritus of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Here she discusses the economic ideas of populists and the concept of market-driven betterment.
Luigi Zingales is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Here he discusses populism and it's relation to the keys to growth.
Diane Coyle is a Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. Here she discusses digitalization and welfare economics.
Lars P Feld is a Professor of Economics at Freiburg University and a member of the German Council of Economic Experts. He is also Co-President of the NOUS network and Director of the Walter Eucken Institute.
Benjamin Powell is a Professor of Economics at Texas Tech University and the Director of the Free Market Institute. Here he discusses migration and its consequences for a free society.
Timur Kuran is a Professor of Economics, Political Science and Islamic Studies at Duke University. Here he discusses his talk Clashes with and within Islam.
Amichai Magen is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Diplomacy & Conflict Studies Program at the The Lauder School of Government at IDC Herzliya. Here he discusses his talk The Terrorism-Populism Threat to the Free Society.
Leszek Balcerowicz is a Professor of Economics at Warzaw School of Economics. He is also the former Chairman of the National Bank of Poland and Polands former Deputy Prime Minister.
Anders Åslund is a Professor of International Economics at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Here he discusses his talk The Russian Threat and the Need for Reform.
Stefan Kolev is a Professor of Economics at University of Applied Sciences Zwickau and the Wilhelm Röpke Institute Erfurt. Here he discusses open societies in Eastern Europe.
Jacob T. Levy is a Professor of Political Science and Political Theory at McGill University. Here he discusses his talk Liberal Ideals and the Future of Constitutionalism.
John Tomasi is a Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Brown University. Here he discusses his talk Economic Liberties and Human Rights.
David Schmidtz is a Professor of Philosophy at University of Arizona. Here he discusses his talk Human Capital in the 21st Century An Essay on Markets In Education.
Deirdre McCloskey, Luigi Zingales and Timur Kuran are some of the sharpets minds in academia today. They have all written extensively on the foundations of liberal societies. In conjunction with a special meeting with the Mont Pelerin Society on the populist threats to the free society and the reconstruction of the liberal project hosted by the Ratio Institute in Stockholm Sweden, they got together for a dialogue on some of the most pressing issues of our time. Professor Nils Karlson, CEO of the Ratio Institute and author of the book Statecraft and Liberal Reform in Advanced Democracies (Palgrave Macmillan), was the chair of the discussion.
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Drinker Biddle & Ream LLP, New York, Y (Richard J.L. Lomuscio of counsel), for appellant.
Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C., Garden City, NY (Peter I. Bernstein and Adam M. DeRosa of counsel), for respondent Research Foundation of State University of New York.
Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina LLP, Central Islip, NY (Jonathan Sinnreich and Lisa A. Perillo of counsel), for respondent Pelagia-Irene Gouma.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Denise F. Molia, J.), dated October 16, 2015, as granted the motion of the defendant Research Foundation of State University of New York for summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action insofar as asserted against it, granted the motion of the defendant Pelagia-Irene Gouma for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her, and denied both of its separate motions for leave to amend the complaint.
This appeal centers around an invention of the defendant Pelagia-Irene Gouma, a faculty member of the State University of New York (hereinafter SUNY) at Stony Brook. Pursuant to 8 NYCRR 335.28, which sets forth SUNY's patents and inventions policy, SUNY owned the invention at issue on this appeal. The invention was the subj ect of three written agreements executed by the Research Foundation of State University of New York (hereinafter the Research Foundation), on SUNY's behalf, and Medicon, Inc. (hereinafter Medicon). A confidentiality agreement, dated October 9, 2006, provided, inter alia, that the Research Foundation and Medicon would not disclose any information exchanged regarding the invention to third parties for a period of three years from the date of the agreement. Pursuant to a research agreement dated March 15, 2007, Medicon agreed to sponsor a project supervised by Gouma to develop a marketable prototype of the invention. Finally, on November 15, 2007, the Research Foundation and Medicon entered into a licensing agreement pursuant to which Medicon was granted an exclusive option to a royalty-bearing, limited license to the invention. The licensing agreement set forth, inter alia, that in exchange for the option, Medicon was required to obtain general liability insurance naming the Research Foundation as an additional insured. The licensing agreement also provided that the Research Foundation could terminate the agreement if Medicon committed a material breach of the agreement, and failed to cure that breach within 60 days of receiving written notice thereof. In February 2009, with the Research Foundation's consent, Medicon transferred its interests in the three agreements to the plaintiff.
In June 2010, the Research Foundation notified the plaintiff that it had breached the licensing agreement, inter alia, by failing to procure the mandated insurance. In September 2010, the Research Foundation notified the plaintiff that it was terminating the licensing agreement due to the plaintiff s failure to procure the mandated insurance within the 60-day cure period. In October 2010, the plaintiff commenced this action against the Research Foundation and Gouma. The first, second, third, and fifth causes of action sought compensatory damages and equitable relief against the Research Foundation for its alleged breach of the licensing agreement. The fourth cause of action, asserted against both the Research Foundation and Gouma, was to recover damages for breach of the confidentiality agreement and the research agreement. The sixth cause of action alleged that Gouma had tortiously interfered with the licensing agreement.
In an order dated March 8, 2012, the Supreme Court denied those branches of the Research Foundation's motion which were for summary judgment dismissing the first, second, third, and fifth causes of action. On appeal, this Court reversed that order insofar as appealed from, and granted those branches of the Research Foundation's motion (see Nanomedicon, LLC v Research Found. of State Univ. of N.Y., 112 A.D.3d 593). This Court found that in light of the fact that the plaintiff had committed a material breach of the licensing agreement, the Research Foundation was entitled to dismissal of those causes of action which included allegations that the Research Foundation had breached the licensing agreement (see id. at 594).
The Research Foundation then moved for summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action insofar as asserted against it, Gouma moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her, and the plaintiff moved for leave to amend the complaint. While these motions were pending, the plaintiff retained new counsel and made a second motion for leave to amend the complaint. In an order dated November 2, 2015, the Supreme Court, inter alia, granted the Research Foundation's motion for summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action insofar as asserted against it, granted Gouma's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her, and denied the plaintiffs motions for leave to amend the complaint. The plaintiff appeals.
The Research Foundation demonstrated its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the fourth cause of action insofar as asserted against it (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320, 324). That cause of action seeks to recover damages for the loss of the right to develop and commercialize Gouma's invention and receive the royalties derived therefrom based on an alleged breach of the confidentiality agreement and the research agreement. However, the Research Foundation demonstrated that since that right was granted in the licensing agreement, and the licensing agreement was terminated due to the plaintiffs breach, such damages are not recoverable (see RXR WWP Owner LLC v WWP Sponsor, LLC, 145 A.D.3d 494, 495). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.


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Q: UILocalNotification nil userInfo I try to cancel a Local notification. I attach a dict with a Id for locate it later:
+ (void) send:(NSString*)title actionText:(NSString *)actionText when:(NSDate *)when count:(NSInteger)count option:(NSDictionary *)options
{
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Then when I try to locate it:
+ (void) cancelNotification:(NSString *)theId {
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    {
        if([[aNotif.userInfo objectForKey:@"id"] isEqualToString:theId])
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        }
    }
}

Always the userInfo is nil. I send the dict:
NSMutableDictionary *info = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
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or
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Two more churches of the canonical Orthodox Church were robbed in the past few days. Three ancient icons, money, and jewelry were stolen from one church and nine icons from the other.
OrthoChristian previously reported that three ancient icons and an altar cross were also stolen from a church in Ukrainka in the Rivne Province on November 2.
Attackers cut through the window lattice and broke in through the window of the Holy Protection Church in village of Ploske in the Kiev Province on the night of November 5 to 6, reports a correspondent of the Union of Orthodox Journalists.
The unknown suspects made off with three ancient icons, monetary donations from two safes, and valuable jewelry from a wonderworking icon of the Mother of God left by grateful parishioners.
Rector Archpriest Nikolai Sidorenko believes the icons were specifically chosen—all being no less than 100 years later. The frames from the icons were left in the church.
Meanwhile, nine icons were stolen from the Church of St. John the Theologian in the village of Ternoevoe in the Kharkov Province.


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In Part 1 of this series we looked at catch-and-release best practices gleaned from Jacob Brownscombe's recent paper in Fisheries Research(1). In the previous post we went from catching the fish through to documentation. In this post we'll continue with a look at methods of assessing fish condition and various recovery tactics.
The biggest issue related to fish mortality is deep hooking in the esophagus, stomach or gills. In general, deeply hooked fish have a higher mortality rate although, as we saw in part 1, cutting the hooks or line results in significantly reduced mortality compared to attempting to remove the hook(s).
Skin damage from line or abrasions from nets, rocks, boat surfaces etc.
Barotrauma for fish coming from depths (for fish that can't expel air – bass, walleye, pike). Can occur from as little as 5 m for smallmouth bass. Slow retrieval does not work for these type of fish, as compared to fish that can expel air such as lake trout – in this case allowing them time to "burp" as they are being retrieved can be beneficial.
Tail grab and body flex are the first reflex impairment indicators (RI) to stop. What this means is that an unimpaired fish will struggle to escape from a tail grab and will flex its body while holding it. Intuitively we know that a freshly caught fish that is hard to hold onto can be released with extremely good likelihood of survival. Even if a fish is not responding to these it is still unlikely to have delayed mortality. The problem is the fish will be susceptible to predators while its escape response is impaired. A good sized largemouth bass released in northern waters will be fine (barring the presence of a large pike or musky), however, one released in Florida with gators nearby is not going to fair well unless it is released near cover – a common practice for many Florida anglers.
Ability to self-right when inverted, i.e. equilibrium loss, is the next level of impairment. This is a sign of poor condition and will require recovery methods to be applied. A fish released with this issue will be helpless to predators (larger fish, birds).
Head complex (consistent, active opercular ventilation), i.e. pumping of the gills, and vestibular ocular response (VOR), i.e. moving it eyes to track level when rotated, are signs of the highest level of impairment. These are both governed by the autonomic nervous system, much like breathing is for us. If they have stopped it means the fish is near death and harvesting the fish, if regulations permit, may be the best option.
For bass tournaments, where fish are held in livewells for extended periods, the current science suggests holding the fish at a low density (the bigger the livewell the better), with circulating water at ambient temperatures and oxygen levels is ideal for survival.
When harvesting is not permitted and/or unwanted there are a number of tactics that can be employed to help an impaired fish recover.
The science for "pumping" a fish or holding it upright in flowing water suggests that this is not effective for fish recovery. Indeed, the act of contact and of holding the fish is an added stressor to the fish.
Holding the fish in livewells in ambient temperatures and normoxic (ambient oxygen levels) appears to be a much better option. This is a favorite tactic of dedicated musky anglers who have developed higher flow holding livewells for recuperation.
For bass tournaments, where fish are held in livewells for extended periods, the current science suggests holding the fish at a low density (the bigger the livewell the better), with circulating water at ambient temperatures and oxygen levels is ideal for survival. One study(2) showed that the common practice of lowering livewell water temperatures with ice resulted in increased lactate levels and slowed replenishment of muscle energy stores even though the lower water temperature resulted in higher dissolved oxygen content. Increased temperatures (compared to an ambient baseline of 25 C) with lower dissolved oxygen were found to be (more obviously) detrimental. The study also found that creating a hyper-oxygenated environment using oxygenators actually caused moderate physiological impairment in bass.
Good points to think about here is what is the water temperature in your livewell verses what is the water temperature that the fish came from. Are the fish coming from shallow or deep where the water may be noticeably cooler? Did you fill your livewell in a marina or back bay where the water temperature is 5 degrees higher than the main lake? Are you recirculating water or adding water of differing temperatures in from the lake during the day?
The benefits of livewell additives was mixed. It was noted that there is a huge diversity in additives with little research done on most of them to date.
The two common methods for relief are "fizzing" and rapid recompression and release.
The effectiveness of fizzing is a hotly debated topic. Studies have shown a variety of pros and cons. It does appear that results are highly species specific, with effectiveness for some species much better or worse than others. Proper knowledge and methods need to be observed. Recent concerns for needle cleanliness and delayed mortality due to infection have been voiced. An in-depth methodology for this technique is beyond the scope of this post.
Rapid recompression and release is usually achieved by the use of weighted descending and release devices. Rapid recompression returns internal gasses to appropriate pressure quickly and appears to be as or more effective than fizzing (venting) techniques.
Again lots to consider here but definitely worth your time to think about how you can implement these practices into your fishing routines.
(2) Suski, C.D., et. al., The influence of environmental temperature and oxygen concentration of largemouth base from excersise: implications for live-release angling tournaments. J. Fish. Biol. 68 (2006) 120-136.


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Malik kept in separate cell under heavy security: Tihar jail officials
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A day after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, Tihar prison authorities here on Thursday said the separatist leader has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security.
New Delhi: A day after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, Tihar prison authorities here on Thursday said the separatist leader has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security.
"For security reasons, Mailk may not be assigned any work in jail. He has been kept in a separate cell in jail number seven under heavy security. His security will be regularly monitored and reviewed from time to time," a senior jail official said.
Mailk will also not be entitled to any parole or furlough since he is a convict in a case of terror funding, jail officials said. Even before being awarded life imprisonment, Malik was kept in the separate cell where he stayed alone in jail number seven, they said.
A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Malik in a terror funding case, saying the crimes committed by him struck at the "heart of the idea of India" and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu & Kashmir from Union of India. Special Judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms to Malik for offences under the stringent anti-terror law--Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the IPC, rejecting the NIA's plea for capital punishment. According to the Supreme Court, life imprisonment means incarceration till the last breath, unless the sentence is commuted by the authorities.
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Mitsuba Accelerates Development of Reversing Wiper System
Design and implement an innovative reversing wiper system controller
Use MathWorks tools to model, simulate, verify, and generate production code for the control system
Development time for a specific feature reduced from 16 weeks to 3 weeks
Design review time and paper documents reduced by 90%
Design verified early, minimizing rework
"Model-based development immediately improved our development process. Design reviews were faster and more effective at uncovering defects and issues with requirements. We found errors earlier, eliminated rework, and delivered a high-quality controller in less than 20% of the time we needed before."
Takao Arai, Engineer, Electronic Engineering Department, Mitsuba Corporation
Reversing wiper system controller.
Mitsuba's innovative reversing wiper system benefits both drivers and manufacturers. When not in use, the system is hidden below the hood, improving the look of the car and the driver's view and reducing aerodynamic drag. The system's embedded controller can dynamically modify the motor's angle of operation to compensate for changes in wind pressure and wiper speed. Because the system minimizes the operating range of mechanical parts, the wipers are more compact and can be more easily integrated into the vehicle design.
Using MathWorks tools, Mitsuba engineers developed the wiper system's controller and delivered a complete system— including production code—in just three weeks.
"Even though we were new to the approach and tools, we saw clear improvements in development speed and product quality," says Takao Arai, engineer in the Electric Engineering Department at Mitsuba. "Model-based development with MathWorks tools enabled us to identify and fix problems with the project requirements and early designs rather than late in development when testing on the final hardware."
A reversing wiper system is more challenging to design than a conventional system because the controls are considerably more complex.
Mitsuba's previous development process relied on paper-based requirements specifications and handwritten code. Debugging and tolerance testing (parameter tuning) were possible only on actual hardware, so most problems were not found until the later stages of development and resulted in significant rework that compromised system quality. Mitsuba engineers needed to accelerate development of the system to meet a tight deadline.
Because the system was a first for Mitsuba, they needed to verify new control algorithms and design ideas as early as possible. "In the past, our design reviews took a long time because it's hard to understand design details using only written documentation," says Arai. "The trend in our industry is toward model-based approaches. Many of our customers—automotive OEMs—have already moved in this direction, and it was clear that we needed to as well."
Mitsuba used MathWorks tools to model, simulate, verify, and generate production code for the reversing wiper system control. Before beginning the project, Mitsuba took steps to ensure a smooth transition to model-based development. Engineers attended 10 days of onsite training, and the group drafted modeling guidelines and a design procedure. To foster the engineers' continued education, Mitsuba developed skill standards based on JMAAB Style Guidelines, established by the Japan MATLAB® Automotive Advisory Board and based on Embedded Technology Skill Standards. At the same time, Mitsuba was promoting the use of models and simulation to accelerate development, increase quality, and improve communication both internally and with customers.
Working from the specification, Mitsuba engineers used Simulink® to model control structures, control functions, and test harnesses.
With Simulink and Simscape Multibody™ the group created a plant model, which included the windshield wiper link mechanism, wiper arms, and body mount.
They ran closed-loop simulations using the control system and plant models to verify the functionality of the controller and determine how the physical specifications of the wiper would affect motor control. Based on these simulations, the team performed variable scaling to create a detailed control model.
Using Simulink Coder™, they generated C code from the control and plant models, which they used to conduct software-in-the-loop and real-time processor-in-the-loop simulations. To perform hardware-in-the-loop simulations, they used the test harness created with Simulink and Stateflow® to drive the plant model code on an embedded processor.
The engineers used Embedded Coder® to generate production code for an NEC 78K series 8-bit microcontroller, and then conducted final tests on the production hardware.
The reversing wiper system is currently in production, with monthly shipments of 20,000–30,000 units.
Mitsuba engineers are reusing components of the wiper system and plant model on current projects. The company has standardized on model-based development for all new projects, including motor control products for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Development time for a specific feature reduced from 16 weeks to 3 weeks. "With our previous design process, taking a specific feature project from specification to production code running on a microprocessor typically required about 4 months," says Arai. "With model-based development we completed the project in just 3 weeks. The ability to debug and test through simulation—instead of only on hardware—further accelerated development."
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Design verified early, minimizing rework. "Model-based development enabled us to discover missing or conflicting requirements before testing on hardware, which minimized the amount of rework we had to do," says Arai. "Plus, using Simulink we can run simulations using input patterns that would be difficult or impossible to test on the hardware itself."
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In 1999, personal information about Air Miles rewards cardholders found its way off the company's servers and into the hands of third-parties. From 2001 until 2004, personal account information about CIBC customers was leaked by fax to outside companies without their consent. Also last year, a financial planner's laptop containing personal information about 960 customers was stolen from his car.These were serious breaches of security, but they had nothing do with digital miscreants on the electronic frontier. Indeed, only the Air Miles case, where the information was on an unprotected server partition, had anything to do with computer networks. What they have in common is that all three breaches were the result of employee misconduct or bungling.
Indeed, employees are often the weak link in the security chain. According to the Computer Crime Survey published jointly by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, the losses estimated by 486 corporate respondents from wireless network and employee internet abuses totaled almost $21 million (US) in 2004. That might not seem like a lot in the grand scheme of global business, but it's almost as much as the losses estimated from hacker denial of service attacks in the same period.
The bottom line — and security is always about the bottom line — is that employees have to know what's expected of them. More to the point, companies have to be sure that their employees are living up to these expectations. If malware and viruses can find their way into the enterprise network, or privileged information can find its way out through the inadvertent actions of a guy in the accounting department, then those actions have to be stopped before it happens.
That's cold comfort with companies facing increasingly stringent liability. The Sarbanes-Oxley act in the U.S. has made corporate executives personally accountable for information practices. Canada's federal privacy commissioner found the financial planner's bank responsible for his inability to ensure the physical security of his data-laden laptop under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
Forewarned is forearmed. Greene says the audit has to look long and hard at compliance issues, both with company policies and with regulatory requirements. "Starting there, you can quickly come to some kind of consciousness about whether employees are educated about security practices," he says. While he doesn't believe separate user agreements are necessary in most enterprises, Greene nevertheless points out that employee contracts should detail company policy concerning corporate information and system use.
That said, the real task is to ensure that employee computer use does comply with these policies. Greene says that, while it's difficult to keep track of every employee's every mouse click at all times, there are some technological solutions. One of the most pressing issues, however, is e-mail.
At the end of the day, after all, what you don't know can certainly hurt you.


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NYPD releases information about a person of interest in a subway shooting
WNYC Radio | By Caroline Lewis
Published April 13, 2022 at 1:18 AM HST
Police in New York City do not yet have a suspect in custody in yesterday's subway shooting in Brooklyn, but they have identified someone they say is a person of interest in the attack that wounded 23 people. They also released more details about the chaotic scene.
(SOUNDBITE OF SUBWAY CAR PASSING, PEOPLE SCREAMING)
FADEL: That is sound captured on a camera phone of people fleeing a smoke-filled train at a station where investigators say they also found a gun, fireworks and fuses. Joining us now is Caroline Lewis of member station WNYC to - on the latest. Good morning, Caroline.
CAROLINE LEWIS, BYLINE: Good morning.
FADEL: So, Caroline, the police identified a person of interest. What do we know about him?
LEWIS: Right. So his name is Frank R. James. He's a 62-year-old man with addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia. And they said they found a key at the subway station to a U-Haul van. And records show that he actually rented the van in Philadelphia. They were careful last night, as you said, not to call him a suspect, but they definitely want to talk to him.
FADEL: Police also talked about how the shooting unfolded. What were they able to put together from video and witnesses on the scene?
LEWIS: So all of this took place during rush hour as the train was pulling into a station in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Apparently, a man wearing a neon green construction vest and hat and a gas mask opened up two smoke grenades. And then, police said, he pulled out a gun and started shooting - 33 shots in all. There's footage showing smoke pouring out of the train as soon as the doors opened when it entered the station. And people rushed onto the platform. People were screaming. CNN spoke to a survivor of the attack, Hourari Benkada, who was helping a pregnant woman when he was shot in the leg.
There was clearly a lot of confusion. Police said the items they later recovered at the station included two empty gas canisters, a hatchet, gasoline and a 9 mm semi-automatic Glock. They say they don't have a motive so far.
FADEL: What do we know at this point about the victims?
LEWIS: So this has been developing, but hospitals identified at least 29 people who were treated for injuries. And officials said there were at least 23 people who are injured, 10 people from gunfire, and others who were either injured by smoke inhalation or just in a rush to get out of the station. Five of the victims were listed in critical but stable condition. And officials who spoke last night said it could have been much worse and were grateful that the victims were all expected to recover.
FADEL: So what's the mood like in the city right now, especially for those who depend on the train for transportation?
LEWIS: There has been an increase in crime recently and subway crime specifically. So I think some people were already a little on edge. And this definitely didn't help. I talked to some people who lived near the station who said they had near-misses with this incident yesterday that left them really rattled. Some people said they're nervous about taking the train now but don't really have a choice because it's the most affordable option.
FADEL: That's Caroline Lewis with member station WNYC. Caroline, thank you for your reporting.
LEWIS: Thanks. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Q: multi key gesture in wpf I have a RoutedUICommand called Comment Selection. I need to add an input gesture for this command as it is in VIsual Studio, ie. (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C).
How can I do this? Plz help me. (Keep VS functionality in mind).
Regards, Jawahar

A: This code is made for "Ctrl+W, Ctrl+E" and/or "Ctrl+W, E" combinations, however you can parametrize it for any key combinations:
XAML:
<MenuItem Header="Header" InputGestureText="Ctrl+W, E" Command="ShowCommand"/>

C#:
public static readonly RoutedUICommand ShowCommand = new RoutedUICommand(
    "Show command text",
    "Show command desc",
    typeof(ThisWindow),
    new InputGestureCollection(new[] { new ShowCommandGesture (Key.E) }));

public class ShowCommandGesture : InputGesture
{
    private readonly Key _key;
    private bool _gotFirstGesture;
    private readonly InputGesture _ctrlWGesture = new KeyGesture(Key.W, ModifierKeys.Control);

    public ShowCommandGesture(Key key)
    {
        _key = key;
    }

    public override bool Matches(object obj, InputEventArgs inputEventArgs)
    {
        KeyEventArgs keyArgs = inputEventArgs as KeyEventArgs;
        if (keyArgs == null || keyArgs.IsRepeat)
            return false;

        if (_gotFirstGesture)
        {
            _gotFirstGesture = false;

            if (keyArgs.Key == _key)
            {
                inputEventArgs.Handled = true;
            }

            return keyArgs.Key == _key;
        }
        else
        {
            _gotFirstGesture = _ctrlWGesture.Matches(null, inputEventArgs);
            if (_gotFirstGesture)
            {
                inputEventArgs.Handled = true;
            }

            return false;
        }
    }
}

A: I've found this blog post which I think could be of help
http://kent-boogaart.com/blog/multikeygesture
Basically, WPF has no built in support for it, but subclassing InputGesture or KeyGesture seems like a possible way to achieve this without too much hassle.

A: Here's how I cobbled together something that actually works. I just wish I could credit the person or persons who paved the way to my Path of Enlightenment.
Let's say your application is called Heckler. Add a namespace tag for your application to the Window object:
<Window ...
    xmlns:w="clr-namespace:Heckler"
    ...>

Now add a CommandBindings property tag and start your collection of CommandBinding objects. Here we add custom command Comment Selection:
<Window.CommandBindings>
    <CommandBinding
        Command="w:CustomCommands.CommentSelection"
        CanExecute="CommentSelectionCanExecute"
        Executed="CommentSelectionExecuted" />
</Window.CommandBindings>

Add a MenuItem to a main Menu's MenuItem:
    <Menu
        IsMainMenu="True">
        <MenuItem
            Header="_File">
            <MenuItem
                Command="w:CustomCommands.CommentSelection">
            </MenuItem>
        </MenuItem>
    </Menu>
    ...
</Window>

In the Window code-behind, add your CustomCommands class and custom command:
public static class CustomCommands
{
    // Ctrl+Shift+C to avoid collision with Ctrl+C.
    public static readonly RoutedUICommand CommentSelection =
        new RoutedUICommand("_Comment Selection",
            "CommentSelection", typeof(MainWindow),
            new InputGestureCollection()
            { new KeyGesture(Key.C, (ModifierKeys.Control | ModifierKeys.Shift)) });
}

Now wire up your event handlers:
private void CommentSelectionCanExecute(object sender, CanExecuteRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Determines status of command.
    e.CanExecute = true;
}

private void CommentSelectionExecuted(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // TO-DO: Insert magic here.
}

You should be good to go. I hope this helps and I didn't miss anything!

A: <KeyBinding Command="{Binding ExitCommand}"

                Key="{Binding ExitCommand.GestureKey}"

                Modifiers="{Binding ExitCommand.GestureModifier}"/>
get

    {

        if (exitCommand == null)

        {

            exitCommand = new DelegateCommand(Exit);

            exitCommand.GestureKey = Key.X;

            exitCommand.GestureModifier = ModifierKeys.Control;

            exitCommand.MouseGesture = MouseAction.LeftDoubleClick;

        }

        return exitCommand;

    }

}
 private void Exit()
{
    Application.Current.Shutdown();
}


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B28 blev båret af amerikanske bombefly og taktiske jagerbombefly. I perioden fra 1962 til 1972 blev B28 anvendt i af canadiske CF-104 Starfighers (en variant af Lockheed F-104) udstationeret i Vesteuropa som en del af NATOs europæiske atomslagstyrke, ligesom britiske Vickers Valiant og Canberra-fly blev forsynet med B28-bomber. Visse amerikanske hangarskibe medførte fly, der kunne medføre våbnet (A-3 Skywarrior, A-4 Skyhawk og A-5 Vigilante).

B28 blev fremstillet i flere forskellige varianter. Våbnet havde en diameter på omkring 58 cm og en længde mellem 2,44 og 4,32 meter afhængig af variant. De kraftigste varianter havde en sprængkraft på 1,45 megaton, hvilket er næsten 100 gange kraftigere end atombomben over Hiroshima, der havde en sprængstyrke på ca. 15 kiloton.

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Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) - Article by IPBES Experts in Science
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Not Just Commodities:
World Needs Broader Appreciation of
Nature's Contributions to People
Plentiful food, clean water and healthy air are among the most valuable and visible benefits of nature to people. This has reinforced the widespread, and increasingly controversial, belief that nature is mainly a source of services or commodities.
Writing in the prestigious journal Science, thirty global experts associated with the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and led by Professor Sandra Díaz and Professor Unai Pascual, have presented an innovative new approach: the idea of using all of nature's contributions to people to inform policies and decisions.
"For more than a decade, policies about nature have been dominated by knowledge from the natural sciences and economics," said Sandra Díaz. "The vibrant research developed from this 'ecosystem services' approach – popularized by the landmark 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – has advanced sustainability, but largely excluded insights and tools from the social sciences, humanities and other key worldviews. The much broader notion of nature's contributions to people emphasizes that culture is central to all of the links between people and nature, and recognizes other knowledge systems, for example those of local communities and indigenous peoples, much more than before."
Sir Robert Watson, IPBES Chair and former co-chair of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, said: "Nature's contributions to people are of critical importance to rich and poor in developed and developing countries alike. Nature underpins every person's wellbeing and ambitions – from health and happiness to prosperity and security. People need to better understand the full value of nature to ensure its protection and sustainable use."
"This new inclusive framework demonstrates that while nature provides a bounty of essential goods and services, such as food, flood protection and many more, it also has rich social, cultural, spiritual and religious significance – which needs to be valued in policymaking as well."
"Food is a great example," said Unai Pascual, "We all receive food from nature and food security is a key aspect that has typically been included in policies and decisions around the world, often measured in the context of calories per day, biological processes and economic value, for example. But we know that food is so much more. It's at the center of cultural identities, art and basic human enjoyment. It is these kinds of non-material contributions from nature that the new approach seeks to represent and include in decisions about the way we relate with nature."
One of the many concrete applications of this new approach is its uptake in large-scale expert assessments and how these are conducted. Professors Díaz and Pascual concur that nature's contributions to people is a scientific advancement embracing, but going beyond the ecosystem services approach, which will increase the effectiveness and legitimacy of policies and decisions about nature. "This inclusiveness and equity among knowledge systems and perspectives will not only make assessment processes more legitimate; it will also lead to better policy results because we will be drawing from a much richer and wider information base".
Four IPBES regional assessments (https://goo.gl/KqMeJo) of biodiversity and ecosystem services, expected to be released in March this year, have already included unprecedented efforts to tap indigenous and local knowledge, and nature's contributions to people are already a central feature of the IPBES global assessment, expected in 2019.
"Nature's contributions to people is an important evolution of and complement to the concept of ecosystem services," said Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of IPBES and one of the authors of the article. "It can improve the way we frame and understand the diversity and complex relations between people and nature. This more inclusive approach will also increase the relevance and value of expert evidence about nature in tackling international development commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals".


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