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Man Saves Puppies Cemented Into Aquarium Tank
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
Matt Williamson was walking near a creek in Hinds County, Mississippi, when he spotted two puppies in a glass aquarium with the lid cemented shut by the water's edge.
"As I got closer, I saw these eyes peering out at me and they looked like they needed help," Williamson told WAPT. "That's when I called authorities." He believes whoever put the puppies there left them to drown.
The puppies were taken in by the Mississippi Animal Rescue League (MARL). "We think they are a little feral [and] not used to human handling," MARL director Debra Boswell told WAPT. "They were running a slight fever [on Nov. 18], about 103, or so.
"Our standard procedure is to put them in a quiet location, number one, because of their temperature, and number two, because of their stress level."
If and when the puppies receive a clean bill of health, they will be put up for adoption. So far, MARL has helped adopt out more than 48,000 pets, according to their website, MSARL.org.
It's unclear if the police are seeking any suspects in the case.
Sources: Mississippi Animal Rescue League, WAPT / Photo credit: WAPT
matt williamsonMississippi Animal Rescue League


I am a Consultant Neurosurgeon with additional fellowship training in spinal surgery and functional neurosurgery.
I graduated from Sheffield Medical School and completed my basic surgical training in Edinburgh. I then worked as a clinical research fellow in Bristol and was awarded an MD for my thesis on deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease.
I undertook my neurosurgical training in Bristol, Plymouth and Sheffield. I then completed a Complex Spinal Fellowship in Leeds, training with both Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spinal Surgeons.
I was awarded the Norman Dott Medal in 2014 for the highest mark achieved in the FRCS Neurosurgery exam. As part of this award I visited the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona on a travelling fellowship.
I currently teach surgical approaches to the spine on courses in England and Scotland. I have multiple publications in the field of spinal surgery and functional neurosurgery, including papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and online learning modules. I have presented at international conferences in Europe and North America as well as invited lectures in Australia.
I work as a Consultant Neurosurgeon in Edinburgh and have a subspecialty interest in spinal surgery. I have expertise in the management of spinal degenerative disease, disc prolapse, and tumours, as well as more complex conditions such as spinal trauma and instability. My private practice mirrors my NHS practice.
Special clinical interests: Minimal access neurosurgery for the spine, degenerative spine/spondylosis/stenosis. Spinal tumours and infection, spinal instability and head injuries.
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.


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Orlando City and Columbus Crew match postponed amid COVID-19 positive tests
Austin David / October 10, 2020
In what was billed as one of the premier matches of the MLS season thus far, the battle between two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference will have to wait.
On Saturday, Major League Soccer announced the Orlando City match against Columbus Crew SC, originally scheduled for Sunday at Exploria Stadium, has been postponed to a future date following two confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the Crew staff.
Earlier on Saturday, one player for Orlando had also tested positive, but the player was isolated from the team with the rest of the Lions testing negative.
"The match was postponed to ensure the health and safety of all players and staff, allowing for further testing and evaluation prior to travel and competition," the club said in a prepared statement on Saturday.
Orlando also announced that tickets for Sunday's match will remain valid for the rescheduled date, which will be announced at a later time.
The Lions next scheduled game is against New York City FC on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Exploria Stadium.
For more coverage, follow the Soccer Journal on Twitter: @OSJSoccer
October 10, 2020 in Orlando City SC. Tags: Columbus Crew, COVID 19, Major League Soccer, MLS, Orlando City
Oscar Pareja believes Orlando City is in a 'right opportunity' to take on the Columbus Crew
MLS announces return to local markets, what that means for Orlando City
Orlando City announces 2022 preseason schedule
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package org.dmfs.rfc5545.recur;

import org.dmfs.rfc5545.Instance;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.CalendarMetrics;

/**
 * An abstract by-part expander.
 *
 * @author Marten Gajda
 */
abstract class ByExpander extends RuleIterator
{

    /**
     * Stop iterating (throwing an exception) if this number of empty sets passed in a line, i.e. sets that contain no elements because they have been filtered
     * or nothing was expanded.
     */
    private final static int MAX_EMPTY_SETS = 1000;

    /**
     * The scope of a part. Depending on the frequency and preceding filters some filters operate within a specific scope.
     */
    protected enum Scope
    {
        WEEKLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY_AND_MONTHLY, YEARLY;
    }

    /**
     * The first instance to iterate.
     */
    private final long mStart;

    /**
     * The set we work on. This comes from the previous instance.
     */
    private LongArray mWorkingSet = null;

    /**
     * The set we return.
     */
    private final LongArray mResultSet = new LongArray();

    /**
     * The {@link CalendarMetrics} to use.
     */
    final CalendarMetrics mCalendarMetrics;

    /**
     * The filters to apply after an expansion. We never have more than 8 filters.
     */
    private final ByFilter[] mFilters = new ByFilter[8];

    /**
     * The number of {@link ByFilter}s in {@link #mFilters}.
     */
    int mFilterCount = 0;

    /**
     * Create a new expander that expands the instances returned by the previous {@link RuleIterator}.
     *
     * @param previous
     *         The preceding {@link RuleIterator}.
     * @param calendarTools
     *         The {@link CalendarMetrics} to use.
     * @param start
     *         The first instance.
     */
    public ByExpander(RuleIterator previous, CalendarMetrics calendarTools, long start)
    {
        super(previous);
        mStart = start;
        mCalendarMetrics = calendarTools;
    }

    @Override
    public long next()
    {
        LongArray workingSet = mWorkingSet;
        if (workingSet == null || !workingSet.hasNext())
        {
            mWorkingSet = workingSet = nextSet();
        }
        return workingSet.next();
    }

    @Override
    LongArray nextSet()
    {
        final LongArray resultSet = mResultSet;
        final RuleIterator previous = mPrevious;
        final long start = mStart;
        resultSet.clear();

        int counter = 0;
        do
        {
            if (counter == MAX_EMPTY_SETS)
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("too many empty recurrence sets " + this);
            }
            counter++;

            LongArray prev = previous.nextSet();
            while (prev.hasNext())
            {
                expand(prev.next(), start);
            }
        } while (!resultSet.hasNext());

        resultSet.sort();

        return resultSet;
    }

    /**
     * Add a filter to this expander. A filter is applied before an instance is added to the resulting set.
     *
     * @param filter
     *         The {@link ByFilter} to add.
     */
    final void addFilter(ByFilter filter)
    {
        mFilters[mFilterCount++] = filter;
    }

    /**
     * Add an instance to the result set. The instance is not added if it's filtered.
     *
     * @param instance
     *         The instance to add.
     */
    final void addInstance(long instance)
    {
        if (mFilterCount == 0 || !filter(instance))
        {
            mResultSet.add(instance);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Filter an instance. This method determines if a given {@link Instance} should be removed from the result set or not.
     *
     * @param instance
     *         The instance to filter.
     *
     * @return true to remove the instance from the result set, false to include it.
     */
    final boolean filter(long instance)
    {
        ByFilter[] filters = mFilters;
        for (int i = 0, count = mFilterCount; i < count; ++i)
        {
            if (filters[i].filter(instance))
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Expand an instance. This method expands an {@link Instance}.
     *
     * @param instance
     *         The instance to expand.
     * @param start
     *         The first instance of the rule. An implementing filter can use this to avoid iterating instances that precede the first instance if it's save to
     *         do so.
     */
    abstract void expand(long instance, long start);

    @Override
    void fastForward(long untilInstance)
    {
        untilInstance = Instance.maskWeekday(untilInstance);
        LongArray workingSet = mWorkingSet;
        if (workingSet != null)
        {
            // we have a working set, fast forward this one first
            while (workingSet.hasNext() && Instance.maskWeekday(workingSet.peek()) < untilInstance)
            {
                workingSet.next();
            }
        }

        if (workingSet == null || !workingSet.hasNext())
        {
            // no working set or empty working set, fast forward previous instance
            mPrevious.fastForward(untilInstance);
        }
    }
}

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Eight Legged Freaks.... (DS=8*)
Note that the * after the DS rating indicates a movie that will appeal to a fairly specific audience. Think, Army of Darkness, Six String Samurai, etc... It is not Gone With the Wind... Honestly, I only went to see it because I have always been fascinated with the big mutant monster movies. I pretty much grew up devouring all the 50s monster movies and then moved onto the 60s mutant monster flicks, I won't claim that they're good, but from a Sci-Fi perspective, some of the ideas were really neat. So, I was half-expecting a root canal-esque movie and I was very pleasantly surprised.
So, how does a movie like this get such a high rating on the Dragon Scale? Do I really have such bad taste? I'd like to think not, hence the caveat that I started with. This movie is a "horror" movie in the sense that it aims to startle you and keep you a bit off balance... oh and it has "monsters". It's fully aware of it's limitations and I think it makes very good use of them. I think it falls somewhere in the realm of the Evil Dead & Scream series. It takes full advantage of umteen years of random big bad mutated monster movies and it puts a bit of a spin on the genre and it does it with a big ol' smile.
It reminds me of the things like the first season of Farscape, the first Austin Powers movie, and Army of Darkness. All of those productions had a decent budget, but it wasn't close to what was needed to make a fully polished "Summer Hollywood Blockbuster" that would fully realize the vision of it's creators. So what did they do? They improvised. They went back to the basics of "movie magic" and rooted around in the old smoke and mirrors bag o' tricks. Yes, this movie has it's share of spiders that were done with CGI, and some of those are really silly looking. However, those problems can be overlooked because they only happen in situations where they had to do CGI to accomplish something (e.g. the spider/motorcycle chase scene). Some of the CGI spiders look genuinely creepy, and there is quite a bit of mechanical spider use (e.g. semi-cheesy "real" spider legs grabbing someone and yanking them off camera), so you get the impression that the filmmakers were trying to make the story that they set out to, rather than just trying to make the most off the wall spider effects.
The big star of the movie is David Arquette. Certainly not my favorite actor, but I have to give him credit for taking amusing roles that he can do well. He's not trying to break out and become a "real actor." He's a goofball and he tends to play goofballs. In this movie he's actually quasi competent, but he still gets lots of chances to be a dingbat and he does it well. You'll laugh at him despite yourself.
Co-starring with Arquette is the ever appealing Kari Wuhr (of Sliders fame... or infamy ;). She's cast as the sheriff of the sleepy little Arizona burg. She's attractive and probably the most competent character in the movie. She ends up being the straight man to a lot of Arquette's goofiness and I think that pairing works. Their flirting is somewhat cute and subdued, but that seems to be par for the course in these movies...
Random Note: Why is it that in Friday the !3th, Nightmare on Elm Stree, etc... type movies where you have a normal sized big bad, people seem to fuck like bunnies, but as soon as it's a giant ____ people seem to end up more disposed to keeping their clothes on. Perhaps it's because it's hard to miss the 20 story tall giant lizard and seeing one of those probably kills most people's mojo (or totally demoralizes most guys :-p)?
The rest of the cast is made up of folks that you will probably vaguely recognize from movie X or TV show Y. Personally I think that's a good thing. This way you get a fairly cheap cast that has experience in movies. Let's face it this is a B movie with an A- movie budget, but not having to spend it to get big names is a good thing. Not blowing their wad on excessive CGI is good. That means that some of the budget was left over for the plot and the story seems to bear this out. There are lots of random amusing lines that get thrown out (very reminiscent of Army of Darkness in fact) and the plot isn't quite as tired or unappealing as you might expect. It's a fun horror movie plot and it's done rather well considering where it could have ended up. Yes it has it's predictable moments, but even those tend to be done with at least some decent style (or they'll take that opportunity to make that an interesting action sequence). I think my favorite example of this is towards the beginning when we see that this whole mess was caused by a single rabbit. Heh, the killer rabbits of Holy Grail fame have nothing on this evil little bunny.
Some ofhter specific things that I liked about the movie...
The spiders chatter - They don't actually talk, but spider swarms sound vaguely liike a high pitched angry mob, and there are a few scenes with spiders getting hit hard and going "Ooohhh". It reminds me of the end of the Fly where the fly with the human head is going "Help me!, Help me!" It's that kind of voice and it's used very sparingly. It's an amusing detail.
Making fun of other movies - There are probably a half dozen references to either old movies (for some reason the TVs in this town only show old horror movies) or random horror movies etc... It's been done before, but in this movie it's just there and it's amusing when you notice it
The Kid - Normally I'm not a big fan of kids in movies, but this one is cool because he actually does get to geek out and do useful stuff.
Multiple spider species - Think Spider Jurassic Park. It's amusing and it makes it possible to have many more options for killing people in the movie.
Cartoon references - There are probably 4 or 5 scenes that look like they're straight out of a cartoon. They're silly, but somehow really funny. The whole theatre cracked up at several of them. Heck, David Arquette kept reminding me of a cross between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck :).
So final analysis, if you go into this movie looking to find errors, plot holes, sketchy production values, and whatnot, you will find them. It has more than it's fair share of them. I'll remind you, this is a movie about giant mutated spiders. If you want to see Dr. Zhivago (sp?) don't go see this. If you're in the mood for an MST3K aware movie (i.e. a movie that takes shots at itself in that vein), then this is probably a good call.
Ed. Note: Yes, I did just recently see Army of Darkness, and that prompted many of the comparisons. If you think AoD was entertaining and fun, you'll probably find this one cool too.
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The presentation of indoor and outdoor environments in early learning centres plays an essential role in the quality of children's experiences and ultimately, their learning outcomes.
The way we organise furniture, equipment, play materials and other resources helps to spark children's curiosity and encourages them to explore.
Through years of experience in observing what works best for children we know that when the physical environment is organised and inviting, children are more likely to engage in play with each other and as a result, educators spend more time interacting with individual and small groups of children and less time managing disruptive behaviours.
Getting the physical environment just right has been a big focus for Goodstart Marrickville in Sydney's inner west. As centre director Sarah Benjamin explains, the centre's objective was to create environments that reflected the children, families and educators.
"Being located in the heart of Marrickville, our service is part of a culturally diverse melting pot where, regardless of your background, everyone belongs," Sarah said.
"Our centre reflects the diversity of our area and we wanted to create an environment where diversity and difference was highlighted as soon as you walk into the foyer.
"The centre is an extension of family life and we wanted an amazing first impression from the moment you walk through the front door. The eclectic style of the centre is unique and it needed to shine.
The centre has recently won a NSW 'Goodie Award' for centre presentation, which is among the highest praise within Goodstart's network of 644 centres.
In addition to winning the Goodie, Sarah has also been proud to see the positive development of children's learning and development in response to their environment.
"The layout of the indoor and outdoor environments allows children to be fully engaged and there is a natural flow and ease in moving around.
"The environments and learning spaces are ever changing and evolving to reflect current interests, events, and our community. It's a continuous process.


Following its launch in the UK a year ago, the app has attracted customers including M&G Real Estate, Orion Capital, Oxford Properties, ADS Real Estate, U+I Group, Addington Capital, Colliers International, Avison Young and Montagu Evans.
The app's initial seed funding offer was more than 50% oversubscribed and raised £400,000. Its parent company - Intellect Automation International - is now seeking £1.5 mln in respect of around 15% of the company.
Dashflow delivers sophisticated appraisals by responding instantly to changed cashflow parameters of any given property investment scenario. It has been developed by an international coding team led by Michael Molloy - a highly-experienced investment professional who has worked extensively with UK institutional property managers and US opportunity funds on more than £3 bn of transactions.
Molloy said, 'Dashflow targets the critical appraisal pain-points in every transaction. Its AI-based super-fast performance and simplicity for users means it is on its way to replacing problematic modelling software.
The new funding will be used primarily to support the roll-out of the app across Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. It will also enable the app to move to the next level with portfolio functionality, business planning and development, sophisticated debt returns, and full coverage of all categories of CRE assets.


Publishing Is not the only issue I have, since I believe it is difficult to get sufficient (decent) views in my uploaded videos. I always wondered, is there some hint that I'm missing that's blocking my expansion on YouTube.
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Each YouTuber knows the worth of traffic and subscribers. Several studies are performed on Youtube to ascertain why users subscribe to some Youtube station or view a particular video. But no study may give the exact same answer for all channels in all markets.
Here is the truth. how Users will react to your articles will depend on the character of your visitors , content and niche. It is a niche where one size does not fit all. You need to find out what will work for you by yourself.
This is where analytics tools come in handy. These tools allow you to understand how users are currently behaving towards your videos or station so that you may adjust your strategy accordingly. One analytics tool that has gained much fame is VidIQ, within the following article, you will learn more about this software and how it can assist you on your Youtube journey.
VidIQ is a nice instrument That collects data from Youtube about the latest videos, key words and tags used from the most popular Youtube channel owners. Due to this, you can use it by gathering data and then using that data to correct your marketing strategy. Here is the way I like to utilize the tool. You can use it in any way you want. This is just a suggestion.
One of the matters that People adore about VidIQ is its own automatic tagging system. It allows you to instantly create a flow of tags to get a video without any trouble. But for me, I really like copying existing competitor tags instead.
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When You have a set of Key words, it is the right time to launch your campaign. From the campaigns tab, then you will have the ability to define a description to your own videos and this can then include a hyperlink. When you list this as a campaign, now you can track the impressions and click through rate of your descriptions. I would suggest monitoring and tweaking your descriptions based on how well users respond to it.
Then, use your keyword Understanding for SEO. After all, search engines continue to be the ideal source for video traffic for Youtube. VidIQ has a batch optimize choice where you can just optimize everything to your target key word. If you may uncover keywords with little to no rivals, that is better. That is because it is going to let you rank immediately on front page of the search engines.
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László Sárosi (born 12 October 1946) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

See also
 Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
 List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
 List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
 List of world champions in men's water polo
 List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

External links

1946 births
Living people
Hungarian male water polo players
Olympic water polo players of Hungary
Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in water polo
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
21st-century Hungarian people

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Hello, and welcome back to What's Cooking?, the open thread where you get to share your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes and opinions on all things food-related. This week I want to talk about all of your favourite cookbooks.
What was your very first cookbook? My grandmother gave me the Fannie Farmer Junior cookbook when I was around seven, but I don't think I ever cooked anything from it. I do remember that there was a recipe for mayonnaise, and I thought that was weird.
What cookbook that first got you excited about cooking? Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess was the first text to ever get me excited about baking and cooking in general. It was just so warm and inviting and fun, and making chocolate lava cakes did make me feel goddess-like.
Purchase any good ones recently? The newest addition to my family is BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, and I'm currently trying to decide whether to make homemade Oreos or homemade Wonder Bread.
What's the weirdest cookbook you own? My sister gave me this little number a few Christmases ago, but I have yet to make any stud muffins.
Have you ever purchased a novelty cookbook, only to find out that it was actually super helpful? Cooking for Geeks by Jeff Potter strikes the perfect balance between entertaining, dorky and informative.
What's your favourite baking book? I can't currently pick a favourite.
What's your favourite food book that isn't technically a cookbook? This is mine.
As always, feel free to leave comments that aren't direct responses to any of the above. I just want to hear about cookbooks. I really enjoy cookbooks.
Deb Perelman's "Smitten Kitchen". I've followed her blog of the same name for years, and the books she's produced (a new one imminent) provide all sorts of inspiration. I'm sure that at least half the recipes I've bookmarked over the years come from her kitchen. She's also generous enough to acknowledge her sources, and - unlike many other recipe writers - I've never found myself wondering how they got from step a to step b.
I'm a bit old school. My first cookbook was The Commonsense Cookbook, a really old one from the 1940s or something, which belonged to my nan and was falling apart and had recipes for weird stuff like fried sheep brains and aspic jelly. I mostly used it for the pancake and biscuit recipes.
The one that got me going when I was young was the Australian Womens Weekly Children's Birthday Cake book from the 80s. All those cool cakes! I loved reading it and seeing how the cakes were cut and put back together to make the shape of things like trains and numbers and how you could use stuff to decorate like upside down ice cream cones for castle tops and blue jelly for water.
I don't cook much anymore for various reasons. But the last two I bought were "Cooking Comically" by Tyler Capps and "Thug Kitchen The Official Cookbook" both of which I bought for my son, and both of which have some good simple and easy to make recipes in them.
Too many cookbooks are just a litany of the author's favourite recipes. And most just invite reproduction rather than teaching people how to cook.
The real skill is understanding ingredients and getting the best out of them. Then cooking really becomes an enjoyable, original art and not just mimicry.
I grew up in New Zealand so the first major one I owned was the Edmonds Cookbook. Still pull it out if I want to throw together some scones or similar.


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Unlocking the Box: Blackbox Recording In Automobiles
The legal system is supposed to arrive at "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," but in practice it is a mix of rules requiring the divulgence of data and those permitting its concealment: the fourth and fifth amendments, attorney/client and work product privileges, medical privacy rules, reporter shield laws, and such. The latest battleground in this area is the use of data stored in Event Data Recorders (EDRs) or "black boxes" on automobiles, where a series of laws, regulations and court decisions are beginning to define how they can and cannot be entered as evidence in both civil and criminal cases.
EDRs are devices about the size of a pack of playing cards which are usually located under a seat or behind the dashboard. Despite their name, "black boxes" are not black, but silver. While the specifics vary from one unit to another, their basic function is to record a variety of data inputs from sensors located throughout the vehicle, registering items such as vehicle speed, engine speed, throttle, acceleration/deceleration, braking, and whether the driver and front passenger are wearing seatbelts. The units record the data on a continuous five-second loop, and stop recording once the air bags are triggered, or shortly thereafter.
Following an accident, investigators can download this data onto a computer for analysis and compare it with other forensic evidence and witness statements as an aid in determining what occurred immediately before a crash. The idea of using such devices is far from new. Airplanes and trains have used more sophisticated versions for decades. For automobiles, however, their use grew out of using on-board computers to improve the safety of air bags. Initial air bag designs sometimes caused deaths rather than preventing them, so computers were installed on cars to analyze the vehicle dynamics and whether the driver was wearing a seatbelt in order to adjust air bag deployment. From there it was an easy step to add a chip to store the data for analysis later. General Motors was the first manufacturer to start using EDRs in the 1990s and many others have since followed suit. According to Kevin Mixer, an analyst for AMR Research in Boston, Mass., nearly two-thirds of all new vehicles sold in this country now have EDRs.
As EDRs have become more prevalent, so has their use in the courtroom by prosecutors, plaintiffs and defendants as one more piece of hard evidence to demonstrate what occurred in a crash. The first use in a civil case was when the survivors of pro football player Jerome Brown sued GM stating that the airbag in his Corvette deployed when he hit a pot hole in the road, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a tree. GM used data from the airbag control unit to show that the airbag deployed upon striking the tree, not earlier. Prosecutors have begun using the data to show criminal negligence, but the data can be just as useful to the defense.
In March, for example, CNET News reported that a truck driver facing vehicular homicide charges in Tennessee was planning to use the black box to show that he was traveling the legal speed limit, not the 80 mph or more alleged by the police. Since it is a new area of evidence, there is little case law governing the use of EDR data, but court decisions have tended to favor its use as long as normal rules regarding obtaining the data and maintaining its chain of custody are followed. In January, for example, acting Nassau County, New York, Supreme Court Justice Alan M. Honor allowed its admission in a case (People v. Slade) following a Frye hearing. He also rejected the defense's privacy argument holding that the defendant's act of racing on a public highway was not a private matter. But legislatures are taking steps to keep that data private, or at least under the control of the driver or car owner.
California became the first state to enact a law covering the area. On July 1, 2004, Vehicle Code Section 9951 went into effect which states, in part:
"(c) Data described in subdivision
(b) that is recorded on a recording device may not be downloaded or otherwise retrieved by a person other than the registered owner of the motor vehicle, except under one of the following circumstances:
(1) The registered owner of the motor vehicle consents to the retrieval of the information.
(2) In response to an order of a court having jurisdiction to issue the order."
Acceptable uses also include anonymous safety and medical research, as well as vehicle diagnostics and repair. Other states with legislation pending include Alaska, Arkansas, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
OBTAINING THE EVIDENCE
As EDR data finds its way into more cases, attorneys need to be prepared. "The biggest concern now is that the attorney is not aware that it is in a car for a case he is working on," says James Harris of Harris Technical Services in Port St. Lucie, Fla. "He can invest a great deal of time and money in a case only to find out later he is about to get shot down." Harris has been doing accident reconstruction for 28 years and has prepared hundreds of reports using EDR data. He also posts information on court decisions, legislation and best practices regarding obtaining EDR information on his website, www.harristechnical.com. He says that use of the data leads to earlier settlements of civil cases: while he has written hundreds of reports and been deposed a few times, none of the cases have gone to court. "Most go away when you hand over the report," he explains.
Vetronix Corporation, a vehicle diagnostics products firm, sells a module and software to download and analyze EDR data for $2495. But, like other forms of electronic evidence, EDR data should be downloaded and analyzed by an expert to prevent its accidental loss or corruption, and to document the chain of custody. While the data can answer many questions, it is still very limited and doesn't replace other forms of evidence. "Units will be accurate as to what the sensors are seeing, but may not be accurate to what the car is doing," Harris cautions. "If the wheels lock up it would say I am going zero miles per hour, but I am still skidding down the road." So, it still requires comparison with other evidence such as skid marks, witness statements and vehicle damage to obtain a complete picture.


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Q: How would I create an access token for the NFL Shield API? The NFL appears to have an API service here: https://api.nfl.com/docs/getting-started/index.html
Accessing the API endpoints requires obtaining an OAuth2 access token. Which, if I am not mistaken, requires a client_id and client_secret.
I have read through the documentation and I am not sure how I would obtain a client_id and client_secret. Is there something I am missing to create these?

A: Finally got an answer on this. The documentation does say that the API is public and free for everyone, but they changed that policy and haven't updated the documentation.

Hi Dominic,
Thanks for reaching out. As of Feb. 18th, the NFL has secured the APIs and will only grant access to contractual partners.  Unfortunately, if you are NOT a NFL Partner you will no longer have access to the feeds or able to obtain access to this feed.
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Lakers Do Not Expect to Trade for Paul George, Will Have Quiet Free Agency
June 30, 2017 by Darius Soriano
As we outlined in our free agency primer and our podcast on potential plans once July 1st hits, the Lakers' plan to chase stars in the summer of 2018 impacts what they can do in free agency this summer. When you need every spare penny to sign two max salary players a year from now, whatever you spend now needs to be carefully counted for then.
Even if this wasn't simple math, the front office came out and told us as much on Thursday. Mark Medina has the intel at the OC Register:
"We'll be very strategic to keep the cap space in 2018," Pelinka said after the draft. "We'll be very sacred about that. We worked very hard to get into that position. So we'll be smart in free agency."
To be smart in free agency, the Lakers also have set their eyes on two realities. The Lakers are not expecting to acquire George from the Indiana Pacers amid their insistence on keeping Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram. With their hopes set on George becoming available next summer, the Lakers want to pursue players who fit specific criteria that would accelerate the young roster's development…
…But at what cost? The Lakers want to minimize multi-year contracts, but they are open to spending a bit more as a way to compensate for a one-year deal. As much as they want to attract elite stars again in 2018, the Lakers are also intent on acquiring veterans who will have a positive influence on their young roster.
First, let's talk Medina's last point about limiting 1-year contracts. As we've discussed plenty, this is to be expected.
The Lakers simply do not have the financial flexibility on their roster to add salary which runs through the summer of 2018 without having to cut that same money (and more) to open up the space needed to chase the stars they covet. Taking this approach will impact their negotiations and reduce the number of viable targets they can sign, which many in the local media are taking to mean the team simply will not be very active when the bidding opens at midnight eastern July 1st.
Expecting a nice, quiet weekend on the free agency front for the Lakers. Nice of them to ease me into the world of NBA free agency.
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) June 29, 2017
As for the team not expecting to trade for George, I read this a bit differently.
First, I do believe the Lakers are not willing to include Ingram or Ball in any deal while knowing that's pretty much the entry point to serious conversations with the Pacers. Multiple reports have the Pacers asking for greater returns than the ones received in trades for DeMarcus Cousins, Jimmy Butler, and Chris Paul, so how likely is it they'll make a trade with the Lakers that doesn't include (at least) one of Ingram or Ball? Regardless of how realistic that is for the Pacers, if that's the price, the Lakers are smart to say what they are.
There is also a different angle here. Zach Lowe spelled out part of the Lakers' dilemma with George (and something I touched on too) in his column leading up to free agency:
Maybe Indiana is playing this perfectly, and L.A. will yield on Ingram if they sense Boston or Cleveland might pounce. Maybe the Lakers have full confidence that George and Superstar X are coming in a year, a double dip that would have almost certainly required jettisoning Russell (along with Randle and Clarkson) anyway.
If they're wrong, the Lakers are engaged in a delicate dance. Without George, they will be bad again, with little to sell beyond a vague and fading allure. With George in exchange for Randle and Clarkson, they would still top out as mediocre.
Let me pivot, for a moment. In a perfect world, I believe the Lakers would like to move Clarkson, some non-guaranteed salary (Tarik Black), and a future pick (or more) in a trade for George. My reasons for this are 3 fold:
1. Randle still has value to the Lakers on a roster with George and, in the long term, I think the team still believes in him as a potential key contributor. Keeping him into his second contract would take some cap maneuvering with Luol Deng's contract, which will be difficult, but I think they'd like the chance to try. This is a big year for Randle and, my sense is even if the team decides they want to move him later, they want to get real value on him and not just use him in a salary neutral deal for George that leads to a roster that may not be as strong as they need it to be (as Lowe explains).
2. Clarkson is more expendable with George around. There are only so many minutes available on the wing/perimeter and I think the Lakers want more shooting and/or defense than what JC provides. Also, Clarkson's contract is enough ballast to anchor a deal for George AND will need to be moved to clear the cap space to chase another big free agent to pair with Paul. Again, this would take moving Deng for pure salary relief, which is difficult (but could be easier next summer).
3. I've hinted at them above, but the salary math comes down to two major points. 1). The Lakers need to dump Deng and, assuming that happens, 2). The Lakers will need to decide between Clarkson and Randle. Clarkson's salary in 2018-19 is $12.5 million, Randle's cap hold for 2018-19 is $12.3 million. If the Lakers do not trade for George and do not add any long term money to their books this summer, they will have roughly $38.5 million in cap space next year (assuming a cap of $101 million – which is slightly conservative). Remove Deng ($18 million) and one of Randle or Clarkson and you have an additional $30 million in cap space. The team will need around $65 million to sign George and a 2nd max player, so you can do math and see how that works (38.5 + 30 = 68.5 or just enough room). If the Lakers trade for George now and add his cap hold to the mix, this changes things, but the team could still make it work and keep Randle, though it would be tighter and more difficult.
Considering all this, I think the Lakers are trying to signal that 1). they understand their offers are not up to the Pacers standards and 2). that they have the means to means (i.e. cap space) to chase George in free agency. If this gets them some leverage in the process, great — the team has surrendered some of that lately with the leaks of other team's interest and the perception that no one wants any of the team's young guys not named Ingram or Ball.
Snatching back some of that leverage with the proposition of "we're the Lakers, we have cap space, and we have that Magic Johnson guy now to close on the player who already said he wants to play here…" is one of their only plays left and they're doing it right now.
And when you add that approach to the stance they're taking in free agency, it turns out we may just be doing a lot of waiting and seeing other teams do all the dirt. Which is fine. I could use a bit of free time!*
*Just typing this means that something big is going to happen and I won't get any free time at all. That's how this stuff seems to work. Haha.
Stephen says
I've been pretty insistent w/my Laker fan friends that LA should be trading for George this summer.
(FWIW,I'm a Rockets fan living in LA.)
However,I wonder if Magic and Co. aren't right after all in not making a "Godfather" type offer.
What if the Lakers really mean it when they say this yr is a development yr? After all,George wants to be The Man and what if the Lakers are worried his presence THIS yr would hinder the growth of Ingram and the development of Ball. Might they be worried of a rerun of Kobe's last yr when it was pretty clear that Kobe's presence crippled Russell's growth.
I think PG would be more helpful to have on the team than Kobe was in his last year – I think Bean was a massive distraction who didn't contribute much on the court. Well, except for the final game of the season; that was pretty impressive. Otherwise, though, not really.
Pbz06 says
Giving up valuable assets will be a horrible idea, something Jim Buss or Knicks would have done. If they take Randle, they better take Deng too. Randle is barely 23 and still developing.
Ideally Lakers only lose Clarkson and late draft picks. Unfortunately that's just not enough. Clarkson is who he is at this point at 25, horrible defender, dribbles with his head down and goes iso. His PER is around 13 which is below average. For some reason, lots of Lakers fans see him as a rising star.
fern says
Im all for rolling the dice. Under NO circunstances the Lakers should get PG if it means gutting the team of its future. I know there isnt a lot to gut but im with Darius in that this can be a big year for Randle. Him and Clarkson are the trade assets but im more than willing to let Clarkson go. He stalled and thats why his value isn't that high. Ingram and Ball should be untouchable. If it means missing out on PG next season SO BE IT. If Randle can have a solid season and Ingram who i expect to improve tremendously and Ball come right out of the gate producing and Lopez doing what he does ( i never really was a fan of his game but he is WAY better than Hibbert and Mozgov) we might have something going on and something to show to next summer free agents. So far im good with almost everything the new regime is doing. Im still kinda sore about how the DAR trade went down but i understand the rationale and im glad they are finally finally looking for guys in short term deals that can *gasp* defend, something so freaking simple that the old regime couldn't grasp. I read people here talking "so the end game is getting two max players isnt that what the old regime did?" well, thats what EVERY team does. Triying to get the money to sign TALENT. The key is how you go about it. Unless your extremely lucky the chances to build a contender thru the Draft are almost zero. If somebody tell me that the Warriors knew they were drafting a dinasty i tell them they are liying. I expect improvement PG or not. We have some nice pieces in play finally and if our FO display common sense and hold to their strategy we might have a really improved team once the season starts. Since the first time since 2011 the dark clouds are starting to part. To think people here wanted PJ to run the team LMAO. GO LAKERS…
Is being reported that George is telling the people close to him that he is still coming to LA in 2018. So why would the Lakers make a move? The Lakers are looming large on any deal any team wants to make…
"Quiet Free Agency"
This locks in the fact that we will improve over last year's Free Agency period.
Things are already looking up. We have quit digging !!
Old Timer says
Nothing to add and more to deduct barring unforeseen trade of PG will not materialize. There are currently 16 players in the roster including Tarik, Ennis. If Bryant goes to G League and Deng is shipped out after July 1st, then one vacancy from other Summer League applicants. Dozier was signed for duration of SL. Travis Wear PF improving but not much on D; then the other two guards that I like who are good in 3 pt. shooting: Alec Brown and Gabe York. I don't see any merits in adding a new FA who might be a ball dominant being a veteran, becomes only a liability in stalling the game in the short run stay. The focus is now with the coaching staff on how they can load different strategies capitalizing the strength of the roster.
LordMo says
Well it is not often that you get a ReDeaux! Great understanding of the cap so far by Magic/Pelinka. Maneuvering for PG13, WestBrook and maybe LeBron and to be in play again is brilliant. They should get the execs of the year just for getting rid of that Boat Anchor of a deal that Mozgov has. Now we will see Magic do his thing because if he calls you and asks for a meeting then you do not say "No". Might not sign with the Lakers but they will be some interest which we had gotten to the point were no top FA was taking our calls. I believe we get the 2 LA guys and thats what I have been saying for a long time …. Bring the LA boys home and let's see then!
Keeping Lonzo in LA was just Phase 1 … I like that fact there seems to be a tangible vision with well thought out steps… Good Stuff!
LAkersfan1 says
My fellow Lakers brethren, no way anyone much less the Pacers will take on Deng's contract unless there are multiple first rounders involved which we do not have. If you were the Pacers, why would you be saddled with another 3 years @ 18 million per. for a player that you would have a hard time moving while trying to rebuild around Myles Turner.
I bet none of us would be willing to accept that contract/ player unless multiple 1st rd picks are involved and a star player or a couple of solid starters type in return.
Some of you guys think JC, Randle and some rookies would be enough. People around the league don't value these guys or else teams would be trying to include themselves into a three team trade scenario. Hart, Kuzma and Bryant have potential but until that potential is realized and have actual impact on the court, they have no real value right now.
We have to operate as if there is no PG, LeBron, Westbrook or any other potential 2018 UFAs on their way. We have to continue team building through the kids' growing pains. Most of these guys can't even legally buy a drink in LA, so let's be patient and give the kids court time to grow and mature into their potential, rather than making up unrealistic situations of how we can obtain those superstars.
We still have to face the Warriors, Spurs, Houston, Utah and the other top West teams. The learning curve will be about 2-3 years for our guys before we can even sniff the playoffs as a lower seed on a consistent basis and in between, hopefully our guys will be enticing enough to generate other team's interest and can swap for star players during those formative years.
So let's keep it REAL and trust the new FO, they're already doing an outstanding job in a matter of 2-3 months as opposed to the last 5 years. That's what I'm excited for when the new season starts and we get to see how the rookies and the vets gel throughout the season. I'm really hoping that Lonzo can energize the team with his unselfish style of play, I believe that the ball will move well and finding the open man will be a beautiful sight to behold. We still need shooters though, hopefully the scouts can find some hidden gems after roster cuts as the regular season nears.
On to the Summer League in Vegas!!!
drrayeye says
I think that the Lakers have played the Paul George opportunity just right. They can still muster a credible trade all the way to free agency 2018. Meanwhile, they have been improving the team for next year.
The three Lakers that will remain in my trade basket (and not just mine) are Clarkson, Deng, and Randle–but there's no rush. They provide the biggest strategic challenge to Magic/Pelinka starting now through the trading deadline.
CraigW. says
Sitting tight this summer has a different feel.
Perhaps it is that we now have a roster of youngsters that have a style of play that is common to them all – except for Jordan Clarkson, and we will see how that works out.
Randle is the other odd fit but, not only do I sense something different in what he is doing this summer, but his driving to the paint will be easier with Lopez replacing Mozgov.
George Best says
We really need to manage our cap space to set ourselves up for the free agents in 2015, 2016, 2017, and now the latest 2018. You know who will be available and they will want to come to the Lakers.
Meanwhile we try to recover from the bad deals of prior leadership and tank so we can acquire top picks and get ready to mix together a team of top young players and free agent superstars.
It's been Groundhog Day in LA for the past few years and Paul George isn't coming here next summer when the team with assets is willing to give them up this summer and can offer him more to resign next summer.
Magic knows this but he also knows he needs to make a splash and get rid of a bad contract so he trades an asset to reduce the talent level of the team and to make the fans think that we have all this cap space and that a trade for George is coming on his terms because George wants to be in LA. Wrong. It's a win now league and the Celtics, Spurs, and Cavs et al aren't holding pat even if they get George for just one year.
Magic is now stuck. He will now either include Ingram or Ball and get George and we now have our superstar and maybe that helps lure some other superstars but who! LeBron? Just stop. Westbrook? Okc will have him signed soon before too long. Who else? Nobody who isn't on the wrong side of 30, overpaid, or both. This is why players like Deng and Mozgov get those deals. The Knicks and Lakers are the teams most likely to have to make these signings.
So how does it play out? Either the Lakers get rid of two out of three of Ingram, Ball, and Randle and with some luck get 2-3 superstar types when mixed with what's left makes us a conference finalist at best while we wonder what if as our yoUng players show something elsewhere. The other option is we don't pull the trigger on George now and out of desperation use this new found cap space on players that at best don't make us more than a fringe playoff team or worse a team with more bad contracts minus DAR who we then hope plays his way into a reduced role because of laziness and attitude to justify a trade we made too early.
Magics ultimate mistake will not be first acquiring George before he traded DAR. The trade of DAR would be understandable to get George or to get cap space once we had George. Now he's left knowing none of his options are good and his legacy could very easily end up being the guy who didn't make the Lakers better while also being the first GM to have the Nets get the better of him in a trade in the past 10-15 years
I guess Magic
adamv37 says
I think a quiet summer is the best option. I know we're all excited about getting George in a Laker jersey ASAP but we still have a ton of guys who need to develop and a Warriors team that's still bringing back 4 all-stars for the next few years. Let's give the young guys..
And as I'm typing PG to the Thunder!?!?!?!?
So yeah, let's let the young guys develop and see what we have a year from now.
So they traded PG to the Thunder, making his arrival on the Lakers next summer all but a certainty…
Clay Bertrand says
OKC??? Rental???
Tra says
PG13 to OKC. Nothing being reported, thusfar, in regards to him agreeing to eventually sign on long term. So it looks like OKC decided to roll the dice, while also getting out from under the contract of Oladipo. Somewhere, Magic & Pelinka are smiling.
The return for INDY is PALTRY. It's clearly a gamble trade. There is even a little upside in cap space if PG does NOT re-sign. As soon as I saw that "haul" for Indy, I knew its not some done deal that he is signing long term at this point.
Could he change his mind??? NO. Its OKLAHOMA. I have family from there. It SUCKS. Tornadoes from hell, and with all the fracking, they have more earthquakes than Cali. AND if you happen to have Cannabis on you, its almost a Death Sentence there. Just sayin.
Not very cosmoPAULitan.
Never eat seafood in Oklahoma.
I don't care what their record is, it'll surprise me if PG re-signs there.
Joe Black says
Awesome night for the Lakers. PG13 will never sign an extension with OKC. This clears the road for the Lakers to retain all players going into the all important 2018 free agency. We can all more confidently say we are one year away.
Chris J says
I don't know the man or what he or his family is thinking. But from a distance it sure looks like a Godsend that George was dealt to Oklahoma City and not a place like Boston or Cleveland, or worse, San Antonio.
The Thunder don't have much to offer beyond playing with Westbrook, which (as of now) isn't a given beyond 2017-18, plus whatever added money they'd be able to offer George next summer as an incumbent player. Sure an extra $50 million is a lot, but George will still receive a nine-figure offer from L.A. a year from now, and he should seemingly have some younger talent around which to build as a Laker.
Throw in the added appeal of playing closer to home, and living in L.A. near the beach rather than on a frozen tundra — it just seems like an ideal deal that sets the Lakers up in a great position next summer; much better to see him with the Thunder than risking that he'd grow to like playing in Boston or San Antonio.
RR says
Could see George and Westbrook coming here, or could see them going to the Clippers if the Clippers FO can figure out a way to get them both on the payroll with Griffin, or could see them splitting up. Hard to picture both of them staying in OKC, though. One thing I am pretty sure of: people on this board will continue to make assertions about what George is going to do.
Arguably the two best non-James wings in the East…are now in the West.
That was a great news George did go with the hated Danny Ainge nor Mr. Small Market – Dan Gilbert. This could accelerate James plans something to think about residing in the West Coast and form a trifecta with George and his recruit Westbrook. Jeanie, can you open your purse again in 2018? If it does not happen in '18, for sure George will team up with Mychal's son, Klay Thompson in '19 while our youngster will be reaching their peaks. This dream is more realistic than the longshot horse racing style of Jim Buss since 2011.
The next agenda is to sign Tarik Black one year only, he is much better than Ike Anigbogu who excelled in the Bruins Ball Alley Hoops. I'm sure Rob Pelinka is using his selling technique in offering Luol Deng to teams who have been gutted out without a star. They need a veteran for their roster. I read somewhere that Lakers are signing Tyler Ennis for another year, will that happen tomorrow?
One thing to keep in mind: George could get traded at the deadline. I assume that Westbrook has a NTC, but I don't know.


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Interim Winter Use Plan 2009
Yellowstone National Park » Interim Winter Use Plan 2009 » Document List
On October 15, 2009, the Intermountain Regional Director signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for the 2009 Yellowstone Interim Winter Use Plan based upon the 2008 Winter Use Plans Environmental Assessment.
The decision allows up to 318 snowmobiles and 78 snowcoaches per day into Yellowstone for the next 2 winters (through the winter of 2010-11). All snowmobiles will have to be commercially guided and conform to Best Available Technology (BAT) emission and sound level requirements. Snowmobile and snowcoach travel will continue to be restricted to existing park roads groomed for their use.
On September 15, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion that vacated and remanded to the NPS the 2007 Final Environmental Impact Statement, 2007 Record of Decision, and 2007 Final Rule.
Because the Court's ruling left no provision in place for snowmobile or snowcoach use, the National Park Service issued the 2008 Winter Use Plans Environmental Assessment on November 3, 2008. A proposed rule was published in the November 5, 2008 Federal Register.
On November 7, 2008, however, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming issued an order reinstating the 2004 rule for snowmobile and snowcoach use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. The 2004 rule allows up to 720 BAT, guided snowmobiles into Yellowstone, and up to 78 snowcoaches per day. The 2004 rule was to be in effect until the NPS could promulgate an acceptable rule to takes its place.


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Ange-Marie Joseph Gouin, né le  à Maxent (diocèse de Rennes) et mort fusillé le  à Nakhay (Laos), est un missionnaire catholique français qui fut vicaire apostolique du Laos.

Biographie
Ange-Marie Gouin naît dans une famille aisée et très catholique. Il poursuit ses études au petit séminaire de Saint-Méen. Après ses études, il entre au séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris, où il est ordonné prêtre le . Il reçoit ensuite sa lettre de mission pour le Laos qui est à l'époque évangélisé comme partie intégrante de la mission catholique du Siam. Il y a peu de chrétiens dans ce pays montagnard et éloigné des grands axes. Le pays Lao est partagé entre une partie siamoise sous influence britannique et une partie administrée par la République française, mais qui est alors le parent pauvre de l'Indochine française. Le pays Lao, comme terre de mission, est sous la responsabilité de  Cuaz des Missions étrangères.

Le jeune Père Gouin demeure d'abord trois ans à Siengvang comme vicaire pour apprendre la langue. En 1906, il rejoint le Père Combourieuc à Thaeré, où il dessert les postes annexes. En 1922, il passe sur la rive française du Mékong pour devenir curé de Kengsadok, au sud de Paksané.

Peu après son arrivée, le , il est nommé vicaire apostolique, évêque titulaire d'Orcistus, succédant à  Prodhomme décédé, puis il est sacré le  à Nongseng par  Perros, assisté de NN.SS. Bouchut et Quinton.

De nature très gaie, avec un tempérament actif et une vie spirituelle profonde, il donne une forte impulsion au développement de sa mission qui passe de dix mille à vingt-deux mille chrétiens avec une augmentation du nombre des prêtres et des religieuses laotiens. Des prêtres de France viennent aussi lui prêter main-forte. Il revient deux fois en France : d'abord pour l'Assemblée générale des Missions étrangères de 1930, puis en 1938 pour un congé de santé. De retour au Laos, début 1939, la situation évolue dramatiquement après le déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et l'année suivante avec l'occupation de la France. Les colonies sont de fait isolées de la métropole. Le royaume du Siam bouddhiste, allié de l'empire du Japon, en profite pour ouvrir les hostilités. Le gouverneur d'Indochine, isolé, est obligé de céder les territoires le long du Mékong. En conséquence le Siam ouvre une campagne de persécutions contre les chrétiens et les missionnaires, avec leur évêque, sont chassés de la rive siamoise de la mission. Mis en cage de fer avec quelques confrères,  Gouin éprouve dans sa chair la ruine de sa mission avant d'être expulsé sur la rive française : la cathédrale, l'évêché, le séminaire, tous les bâtiments de la mission sont détruits, les églises sont confisquées et incendiées, et de nombreux chrétiens massacrés. De 1940 à 1943,  Gouin continue son apostolat à Thakhek, dans la partie orientale de la Mission du Laos (sous administration française). Le Laos, addition de territoires et de peuples, est nominalement sous protectorat français, de fait sous administration du gouverneur d'Indochine, l'amiral Decoux, coupé de la métropole. Le pays subit les privations de la guerre et l'Indochine subit l'humiliation de la proximité japonaise. Finalement vaincu par la fatigue et la maladie,  Gouin donne sa démission qui est acceptée par Rome, le . Son successeur,  Thomine (1896-1945), le charge de la procure, d'une aumônerie et du catéchisme.

Le , les Japonais, après avoir envahi le Laos, détruisent l'administration coloniale, comme dans toute l'Indochine française. Les conséquences de ce coup de force japonais seront irréversibles pour la suite de l'histoire de l'Indochine française qui court à sa perte définitive. Il s'agit d'éliminer l'influence française. Les Japonais internent tous les Français dans des camps de concentration.  Gouin est arrêté avec  Thomine et le Père Jean Thibaud (1890-1945), ainsi que plusieurs fonctionnaires français. Liés les uns aux autres, ils sont menés à Nakhay, à environ  de Thakhek, où ils sont sauvagement fusillés par les Japonais, le . Les corps, laissés d'abord cinq jours à découvert sont finalement inhumés sur place, puis ramenés à Takhek lorsque l'autorité française est rétablie. Des funérailles solennelles ont lieu en . Le Laos prend son indépendance en 1953. L'influence américaine remplace l'ancien colonisateur et s'oppose à la rébellion communiste du Pathet Lao pendant les trois décennies suivantes, sur fond de guerre du Vietnam. Cela aboutit à la victoire du Pathet Lao qui met en place une politique d'athéisme et expulse les missionnaires. Le passé français est définitivement éradiqué, mais il reste en germe quelques communautés encore chrétiennes.

Bibliographie

Jacques Dalloz, La Guerre d'Indochine, Seuil, 1987
Georges Fleury, La Guerre en Indochine, éd. Perrin, Paris, 2003,

Voir aussi
Catholicisme au Laos
Invasion japonaise de l'Indochine

Notes et références

Source

    Notice biographie sur le site des M.E.P.

Naissance en décembre 1877
Décès en mars 1945
Martyr catholique au XXe siècle
Vicaire apostolique en Indochine
Missionnaire français en Indochine
Catholicisme au Laos
Personnalité des Missions étrangères de Paris
Évêque français d'un diocèse indochinois
Décès au Laos
Décès à 67 ans


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Шон Роден (; ) — профессиональный культурист, победитель конкурса «Мистер Олимпия 2018». Прозвище, данное ему однажды близким другом — «Flexatron» (гибкий робот). Во время выступления Шона на одном из шоу под музыку из фильма «Терминатор» его приятель был поражен его формой и зачарован умением позировать, и охарактеризовал увиденное как «симбиоз пластичности тела с жёсткостью стали», имея в виду то, что тело Родена будто состояло из двух разных частей, которые гармонично дополняли друг друга.

12 июня 2019 года на официальном сайте Мистер Олимпия появилось сообщение о том, что Шон Роден отстранён от участия в соревнованиях Мистер Олимпия 2019 и во всех последующих соревнованиях Мистер Олимпия в связи с обвинением в изнасиловании. Шон Роден отрицал все обвинения.

6 ноября 2021 года скончался от сердечного приступа в возрасте 46 лет.

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This musical tale for children is based on a theme by Jean de La Fontaine. It is intended for children's choirs, narrators and instruments. It lasts about 12.3 minutes, and gestures are included. Indeed, the musical parts are not complicated, so children can be choristers as well as actors. You can add recorders, xylophones, metallophones and other instruments.


I did these because a friends self sim uses this shape, so I was thinking of him when I made them. There is a hippie t-shirt and pants, some regular undies that can also be used as PJ's, a tie dye swim suit that can also be used for workout, a pair of skinny pants and a sweater to keep him warm in fall or winter, and just for fun, I converted Dr. Pixels caveman outfit over to this size, it can be worn for almost anything. Dr. Pixel has a very generous policy that allows me to do this, Thanks Dr. Pixel.
I've added the mesh for the everyday clothes, I got It from Imaginarybliss.net and their policy says "Feel free recolour our meshes and include them in your uploads, but give credit please. Thanks. Enjoy. " So credit to Problematique and all, thank you very much. There are more clothes there for anybody who wants to take a look.
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Q: How to query data from two tables and group by two columns I am using SQL Server and I have two huge tables containing all sorts of data. I would like to retrieve data on how many Latvian or Russian people live in each city.
The language column contains more than two languages but I would like to query only "Latvian" and "Russian"
Table1 (columns worth mentioning):
ID
ProjectID
Phone_nr
City

Table2 (Columns worth mentioning):
ID
ProjectID
Phone_nr
Language

I want the query to retrieve information something like this:
City1(RU) | Amount of Russians
City1(LT) | Amount of Latvians
City2(RU) | Amount of Russians
City2(LT) | Amount of Latvians
.. etc

Or something like this:
City1 | Amount of Russians | Amount of Latvians  | Total amount of people
City2 | Amount of Russians | Amount of Latvians  | Total amount of people
City3 | Amount of Russians | Amount of Latvians  | Total amount of people
.. etc

I am wondering what would be the best solution to this? Should I use join or union or a simple select?
I came up with a query like this:
SELECT DISTINCT top 100 t.city, count(t.city) as 'Total amount of nr in city', count(*), l.language
FROM table1 l, table2 t
WHERE l.phone = t.phone and l.projectID = t.projektID
group by t.city, l.language

I believe the where clause is correct because both tables have phone numbers and Project IDs, it is important that the query selects with this where clause.
Unfortunately this doesn't quite work. It returns rows in this format:
City1 | Amount of y | total amount of numbers in this language
City1 | Amount of x | total amount of numbers in that language

It's close but it's not good enough. Note: I am using select top 100 just for testing, I will select everything once I have the query done right.
Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? Thank you

A: You can try using conditional aggregation -
SELECT t.city,
count(case when l.language='Russians' then 1 end) as 'Amount of Russians',
count(case when l.language='Latvians' then 1 end) as 'Amount of Latvians',
count(*) as 'Total amount of nr in city'
FROM table1 l inner join table2 t
on l.phone = t.phone and l.projectID = t.projektID
group by t.city

Note: It's always best to use join explicitly.

A: The logic of @Fahmi is correct. There is one more approach of using SUM instead of COUNT. I am adding the same for additional option to consider.
SELECT t.city,
SUM(case when l.language='Russians' then 1 else 0 end) as 'Amount of Russians',
SUM(case when l.language='Latvians' then 1  else 0 end) as 'Amount of Latvians',
count(*) as 'Total amount of nr in city'
FROM table1 l inner join table2 t
on l.phone = t.phone and l.projectID = t.projektID
group by t.city


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Newsletter: Powerless in California
Oct. 10, 2019 5 AM PT
Here are the stories you shouldn't miss today:
Powerless in California
It was the day the lights went out in Northern and Central California — and they could stay out for quite some time. Fearing the return of high winds knocking down power lines that could spark deadly wildfires, PG&E shut off power to millions of Californians across 34 counties. Those who didn't have an alternate source of electricity were left without lights, air conditioning, computers and refrigerators — though, in many cases, they were left with plenty of anger. So why is it that California, home to the world's largest economies and a high-tech pioneer, must resort to shutting down the power grid? Read on.
More About the Power Shut-Down
— The massive blackouts led to a run on gasoline, portable generators and other supplies.
— Southern California Edison said that, given the strong Santa Ana winds forecast for the area, power could be cut off to more than 173,000 customers in parts of eight Southland counties.
— Survival guide: How to prepare if your power is being shut down, and how to survive with just your cellphone.
The Turkish Blitz Begins
In a move to get rid of a Kurdish militia that has been an important U.S. ally against Islamic State militants, Turkey has begun deploying forces and bombarding towns in northern Syria. The Turkish military operation comes after the Trump administration said it was pulling U.S. troops out of Syria. But after President Trump received wide-ranging criticism for abandoning an ally, including from some of his closest Republican supporters, the White House issued a statement quoting Trump as saying the U.S. "does not endorse this attack." Here is a closer look at the complicated relationship between the U.S. and Turkey.
The Law of Unintended Consequences?
Constitutional lawyers say Trump's vow not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry is unprecedented and unlikely to spare him from being formally charged by the House. In fact, they say, it may only increase the chances that he will be impeached. As for the White House's assertion that the inquiry is invalid because there was no formal House vote to launch it, scholars have noted that no such requirement exists in the Constitution. Meanwhile, Joe Biden publicly stated for the first time Wednesday that Trump should be impeached. And in Russia, it looks as if Vladimir Putin is enjoying the show.
Failures of Oversight
One patient was strangled to death, allegedly by a psychotic patient who had never been given a psychiatric evaluation. Another patient reported being choked by a hospital employee, and a third that her roommate sexually assaulted her — but neither complaint appears to have been investigated. The acute psychiatric hospital at Kedren Community Health Center in South L.A. is a key resource for people struggling with mental illness. But a Times review of inspection and court records reveals serious failures of oversight in its caregiving.
Grand Slammed
The Dodgers finished the regular season with a franchise record 106 victories. They ended the postseason with a loss that will go down in the annals of baseball failure or, if you are a Washington Nationals fan, in the annals of underdog greatness. After leading 3 to 0, the Dodgers gave up seven runs, including a grand slam in the 10th inning, to lose the decisive Game 5 of their National League Division Series.
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On this day in 1983, a major power outage hit the southern part of downtown Los Angeles, including the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and La Opinion newspapers — so The Times stepped in to help. It printed La Opinion's Oct. 11 edition, and for the Herald — left in worse shape when the power went out — it offered not only its presses but also its newsroom and computers to write, edit and lay out its pages.
As the L.A. Times employee publication Among Ourselves later reported: "The Herald rolled off The Times' presses, on The Times' paper and carrying The Times' body and headline type. A banner across the front page said, 'Many thanks to the L.A. Times for publishing today's Herald.'" Read the entire article about the scramble here.
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— A proposed Metrolink plan would shift up to $5.5 billion from the Central Valley bullet train project to new high-speed electric commuter trains in Southern California, doubling ridership between Burbank and Anaheim, relieving freeway congestion and slashing emissions.
— Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill designed to open the elusive beaches at Hollister Ranch. It's a significant move forward under his administration on an issue that has stalled for decades in the face of powerful landowners.
— Days after a threat forced a lockdown at Cal State Long Beach, authorities have arrested a second student — one they say hacked the email of the first, whom he didn't know, to send the threat from her address.
— Just over half of public school students who took the state's standardized test performed at grade level in English, while only 4 in 10 did in math — but that continues a slow upward trend over the last four years, new data show.
HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS
— Wasn't cord-cutting supposed to simplify our lives? Now that the Netflix model has made TV a cultural tyrant, it's no longer enough to keep up with all the new shows; now we have to figure out which platform we need to watch them, too, writes columnist Mary McNamara.
— If you're overwhelmed by the options, our one-stop comparison shopping guide can help you decide which streaming service is right for you.
— The NBC News employee whose sexual harassment complaint led to the firing of Matt Lauer two years ago says he raped her, according to a new book by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow.
— Mindy Kaling says the organization behind the Emmys tried to drop her from the producers list on "The Office" and made her submit an essay to prove her worth.
NATION-WORLD
— A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, then shot two people to death nearby in an attack that was livestreamed on a popular gaming site.
— A Defense Intelligence Agency official has been arrested and charged with leaking classified intelligence information to two journalists, including a reporter he was dating, the Justice Department said.
— Beijing's strategy stands little chance of quelling unrest in Hong Kong because it misunderstands the protesters' motives. The trade-off at the core of the Communist Party's domestic legitimacy — give up your freedoms for stability and wealth — doesn't resonate there.
— The region home to Indonesia's biggest Christian enclave needs an economic jolt, and attracting Muslim tourists to its natural wonders might do the trick. But what to do about all that pork? The question has touched off a local furor.
— Trump vowed to revive American manufacturing. Today, it's officially in recession and threatening to pull down other sectors, and it could hit his strongholds of support the hardest.
— Consumer Reports says Tesla's self-driving Smart Summon feature, which lets your car back out of its parking space and come pick you up, is "glitchy and at times worked intermittently, without a lot of benefit for consumers."
— The British serial entrepreneur who co-founded the meditation app Calm plans to build an L.A.-based empire that marries mental health and entertainment.
— The prospect of the Lakers and Nets actually playing a game in China is looking bleak, amid the NBA's conflict with Beijing.
— Another blow for the Chargers: They're putting Mike Pouncey on injured reserve.
— Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northeastern Syria, clearing the way for Turkey to invade, was impulsive, unwise and a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds whose fighting was so crucial in routing Islamic State extremists, The Times' editorial board writes.
— Kudos to Mayor Eric Garcetti for taking on climate change on the global stage. Now let's see some results on the ground in L.A., the editorial board writes.
WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING
— A conversation with a guy who faithfully recreates LeBron James' Instagram as if he were a cartoon giraffe. (Deadspin)
— We've already told you where to find the best autumn colors in the eastern Sierra. If you want to venture beyond California, these maps and graphics show where else in America has the best fall foliage, and the science behind why. (Washington Post)
— For homeless New Yorkers, the city's subway system offers an elusive safe refuge from violent attacks like the ones that killed four sleeping men last weekend. (The City)
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