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Supreme Court rules on cheek swab case
June 30, 2011 | Jennifer Nelson
Keywords Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard / DNA Evidence / Fourth Amendment / Indiana Supreme Court / Justice Robert D. Rucker / neglect / Rape
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In a 4-1 decision handed down June 30, the Indiana Supreme Court found a man's consent to the swab of his cheek for DNA was voluntary, so the swab didn't violate the Fourth Amendment.
In Arturo Garcia-Torres v. State of Indiana, No. 64S03-0912-CR-550, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard authored the majority opinion that delved into caselaw regarding extracting bodily evidence from a person, such as blood draws, urine samples, and fingerprints. Arturo Garcia-Torres, convicted of rape, attempted rape, and two counts of burglary, challenged the denial of his motion to suppress DNA evidence taken from a cheek swab while he was detained by police. Garcia-Torres was read his Miranda warnings in Spanish prior to the swab and confessed to attempting to rape one of the victims. The DNA taken from Garcia-Torres matched the DNA taken from another victim's rape kit and DNA found on a shoe left in another victim's apartment.
His incriminating statements to police were suppressed because the Miranda warnings hadn't been accurately translated into Spanish.
At issue is whether a cheek swab from a person under arrest is a search requiring its own separate warrant or other justification. The chief justice noted that most courts that have addressed the constitutionality of cheek swabs have concluded that it is a "search" for the purpose of the Fourth Amendment.
The justices looked at cases dealing with searches, including blood and breath samples, and non-search examples that dealt with fingerprinting.
"Fourth Amendment principles seem to suggest that DNA has more in common with fingerprints then it does with blood alcohol content, but like many courts, the parties to this appeal have taken for granted that the swab was a search requiring its own separate probable cause proceedings, even for a suspect in lawful custody for rape," Chief Justice Shepard wrote.
The evidence shows that Garcia-Torres voluntarily consented to the cheek swab, so it was not a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The majority also held that a Pirtle advisement wasn't required before the swab was taken. The various interests at stake on occasions when the high court has required a Pirtle advisement — police searches of homes or vehicles — aren't present in the instant case, so Garcia-Torres didn't have to be given the advisement that he had the right to consult an attorney about giving consent to search.
Justice Robert Rucker dissented, focusing on the issue of whether a person in police custody is entitled to be advised of his right to counsel before consenting to a cheek swab for DNA. A cheek swab is search under the meaning of the Federal Constitution, he wrote, and this can be no less true under Indiana's Constitution.
The Indiana Constitution makes no distinction as to what the search is when it says "the right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search or seizure, shall not be violated. …" It doesn't matter whether the search is of a home or a person, he wrote.
He found the search in this case to be illegal because it was conducted without a warrant, but because Garcia-Torres consented, there was no violation.
"But, the Indiana Constitution provides greater protection than the Federal Constitution. And under our state constitution the investigating officer was required to advise Garcia-Torres that he had a right to consult with his lawyer before consenting to the search. Because no such advisement was given, the consent was invalid as a matter of Indiana law," he wrote.
He would reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for a new trial.


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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Wednesday that the Biden administration has been "fighting our guts out" to get Neera Tanden confirmed as director of the Office of Management and Budget and that she will be confirmed to the position — despite one Democratic senator already opposing her nomination, and despite the list of Republican senators who would consider voting to confirm Tanden shrinking smaller and smaller.
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A first ever short selling disclosure in Linde plc popped-up on our radar. It is a 0.69% short by Millennium International Management in Linde plc on 2018-10-31.
Linde plc shares started trading on stock exchanges few days ago, following successful completion of merger between Linde and Praxair. The merger of Praixair and Linde created a company with a market cap of close to $90 billion. For more details see, for example, an article in gasworld here.
Following listing, a first ever short postition in Linde plc has popped up on our radar. This short position has been disclosed as required by EU Regulation on Short Selling. A well known hedge fund, Millennium International Management has disclosed a 0.69% short position dated 2018-10-31 in Linde plc.
Disclosed 0.69% short refers to % of company issued share capital, so by taking that into account and combining it with market cap of Linde plc of about $90 billion - one can obtain $ value of this short.
Short selling activities by Millennium regularly appear in our data and they currently hold more than 20 significant shorts across EU. Interestingly, according to our data, Millennium reduced their short in Wacker Chemie on 2018-11-01, leaving Linde plc short to be their only short >0.5% in Commodity Chemicals sector.
Previous company, Linde AG, has not been subject of much short selling and our records show only a single short position from 2017 by PSquared Asset Management.
Update: A follow-up short disclosure appeared on 2018-11-05. Millennium International Management decreased Linde PLC short from 0.69% to 0.57% on 2018-11-02.


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Q: PHP Ignoring if statements (num rows) I am trying to make an invite code system, but PHP is ignoring my if(num_rows).
This is my code:
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Also what I tried was:
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Edit, just tried doing:
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And these didn't work either.
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But what happens is, even if i enter a correct one it still exit's..?
But these also seem to be ignored, basically it ignores all of these and just registers the user without checking if the code is valid.

A: Make sure first your query execute successful. you can determine number of result after the query execute successful.
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Gold held a two-day gain as a climb in the dollar paused and concern increased that Greece may stumble in its bid to avoid default, boosting haven demand.
Bullion for immediate delivery was at $1,178.71 an ounce at 8:24 a.m. in Singapore from $1,176.80 on Tuesday, when prices rose as much as 0.8 percent to $1,183.06, according to Bloomberg generic pricing. Prices have gained since Monday after three straight weeks of losses.
While gold is 0.5 percent lower this year as investors gauge when the Federal Reserve will raise borrowing costs, rising tension between Greece and its creditors may spur demand for bullion as a haven. A revised plan submitted by Greece just three weeks before its financial safety net expires was still not considered credible, according to an international official familiar with the matter. A Greek default on its obligations may precipitate the country's exit from the euro.
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot, a measure of the greenback versus 10 major currencies, was little changed for a second day on Wednesday after dropping 1 percent in Monday. The Fed is scrutinizing data for signs the U.S. economy can withstand higher borrowing costs, with a retail-sales report on June 11 forecast to show consumer demand recovering in May.
Gold for August delivery was unchanged at $1,177.60 an ounce on the Comex. Assets in bullion-backed exchange-traded products are around the lowest level since 2009.


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Las elecciones regionales de Madre de Dios de 2014 fueron parte de las elecciones regionales y municipales del Perú en 2014 y en ellas se eligió al Presidente regional, al vicegobernador y a 9 consejeros regionales para el periodo 2015-2018. La primera vuelta se realizó el 5 de octubre del 2018 y la segunda el 7 de diciembre de ese mismo año. En ellas fue elegido el candidato Luis Otsuka Salazar quien obtuvo en segunda vuelta 164 210 votos que representaron el 41.282% de los votos válidos.

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10 listas fueron inscritas para el gobierno regional.

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El Consejo Regional de Madre de Dios electo para el periodo 2015-2018 está integrado por 11 consejeros regionales.

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Worthy points, however i have in the last 5 years begun buying new books in order to support the authors, they don't see a penny off of secondhand sales, and i want them to stay in the business of writing! think of it as voting with your dollars, or tipping a musician.
the one great tragedy of the used book is that the author will never receive recompense for it. Sure, the book was bought once, but to never buy a new book? I hope you write your favorite authors so they at least know they're being read.
Libraries and used bookstores keep reading accessible. Earlier in the spring I had a $50 gift card to spend at a big-box bookstore. That $50 only bought three new novels, and I still had to pony up some change to cover the tax. It's not so bad, really -- I had fifty bucks, I got to blow it on books, and all was well. But what if I only had, say, $10? You can't even buy a mass market paperback with that these days: most of the ones I see are $10.99 or $11.99, plus tax. Having literary havens established where books are cheap (used bookstores) and/or free (libraries) ensures that those who can't afford to purchase many/any new books can keep reading.
Used bookstores support the local economy. (Well, locally-owned ones do, anyway.) I like going to the handful of used bookstores in walking distance and knowing that I'm spending money in my own community. When I buy books in a local shop, I'm supporting my neighbours as well as my reading habits.
Libraries and used bookstores are essential in fostering a literate/literary society. This definitely touches on the whole accessibility thing again; books should not be a privilege of the educated or moneyed elite. But it's more than that: used bookstores and libraries, by making books accessible, are better able to foster literacy than the big all-new chain stores.
Used bookstores and libraries let to try out new authors risk-free. Sometimes we all want to try a new author or series, but aren't sure if the books will be good enough to justify new-book prices. A used bookstore or a library lets readers try out new authors with very little financial risk or outlay -- but doesn't obligate them to continue to buy that author's books at discounted prices. All of us have a few authors whose books we love so much that we will buy anything they ever write, and probably in hardback to boot. Being able to widely sample authors at a low cost will allow more authors to become those super favourites -- perhaps authors whose books wouldn't otherwise get picked up in a big box bookstore.
Libraries and used bookstores make good use of resources. Remember the three Rs? There's nothing that libraries do better than reuse books.
Used bookstores and libraries support authors in ways other than with royalties. Both establishments help to maintain a generally literate culture, and more readers means more books bought and read at all levels of the literary food chain. Libraries and used bookstores encourage readers to try new authors whenever they can. They also provide venues for readings, signings, and other aspects of the book promitional machine.
Should you buy new books if you can? Absolutely. But if you can't, don't get your knickers in a knot over it. Libraries and used bookstores may not pay royalties, but they support a culture of literacy -- and, indirectly, authors -- in several very important ways.
The one argument I can make for paying full price at the bookstore, is that it does curb the habit of buying too many books that never get read. I fall into that trap a lot. I'll buy 5 books from a used bookstore and only read 1 book. It would have been easier to just buy the 1 book from a bookstore and read it. I'd still be in the same position, just with more shelf space.
More recently, I go to bookstores to scan titles, then find them at the library. I've had to stop buying books in general due to 1. lack of funds and 2. lack of space. When it comes to the nitty gritty, consumers want more for their dollar, and a used bookstore provides multiple titles for the price of 1.
I do try to buy books from Library Friend's Bookstores, because that money goes back into the library to be used from programs and events. Not that many people realize that. In most cities, libraries don't keep the money from late fees, that goes back to the city. The money from the Friend's library book sales and bookstore is what helps keep the individual branch alive and running for the community.
I think your point about supporting a literary culture is incredibly valid. If I read a book - no matter where it's from - and love it, I talk about it. So even if I didn't buy it new (or at all), there's a decent chance someone I'm discussing it with might.
Nice post. I love the fell and smell of a used bookstore. I pick up all kinds of subjects. I also sell books to make room for new ones. The books I especially love I tend to pass on to friends who read.
The new superstore bookstores are nice and all, but it makes me crazy to see someone with a stack of books or magazines sitting in the high-priced coffee shop area, pawing the tomes and then putting them back. Oh well, at least they're reading, right? Sorry about the rambling - you wouldn't guess I'm a writer. I also find the selection to be sadly the same from one store to another. Give me the used bookstore roulette wheel!
Here's an idea to support an author you like - especially a new one. Find their address and mail them a five dollar bill. Tell them what you enjoyed (or didn't) about the book and thank them for their work.
I agree with you 100%. People should get their books where they want to, guilt-free (and library-bound copies are more expensive so I assume offer more royalties). Authors aren't a charity, and I don't think most would want to be treated as such. Used bookstores and libraries make books accessible to the masses, and that can only be a good thing for writers.
If the author is my friend, I'll buy their book new as a personal show of support. Otherwise, I support authors by reading their books and talking/writing about them, by showing up at their readings/signings, by choosing something other than the latest bestseller to read and then sending the author an email about it.
As an author, I have to say I kind of cringed internally when Christine told me she'd spotted a used copy of my book at a local Uni book shop (which buys texts back and re-sells them). That being said, I buy books at used bookstores because, though I'm published, I'm not well off. There has to be a happy balance I do think - and when you purchase textbooks, think of the authors who don't get much for each book sale -- and see if you can buy new if that is at all reasonable.
Ali, no, library copies don't offer more royalties than any other book - they are just a regular copy that the library puts protective covers on.
I saw a stack of my friend's books on the mark-down table at Powell's and it made me cringe on his behalf, too. They weren't used, though--they were new copies that never sold. Ouch.
I stand corrected on the library-bound volumes--though I have to be persnickety and say that it's more involved than just sticking a cover on the book. The pages are actually sewn in differently to make the book more durable. But apparently that's not done by the publisher/printer, so you're right that it wouldn't impact royalties.
I agree. I buy most things second hand, or heavily discounted (beyond belief) I have only bought a handful of books at full price in my life. I know it is great to support authors, and I say if you have money to throw away do it full on and yes do it for books! However, I am a scavenger and cannot justify spending double on something that is new. It seems a waste to me.
That is my opinion, others are free to have their own, I buy used I support my local used bookstores and independent bookstores. I have chosen to support authors with my reviews, by promoting the ones I like, and to support bookstores (which in turn DOES support authors) with my purchases.
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When I have the money to buy new books, I do. When I don't have disposable funds or when I'm not sure about an author or title, I go to the library. It's as simple as that. I plan to keep reading however I can!
I buy both new and used books, but I buy used more often than not because nowadays books aren't cheap. You make a valid point about just how far your dollar stretches in a big box store, and it is mostly for that reason that I buy my books from a discounted source. I agree with the others that say I support authors in many other ways, from blogging about a great book, to talking about it to whoever will listen, to sending e-mails letting an author know that their book was really appreciated. Great topic for discussion, btw.
Great post! I think local libraries are such a valuable resource, and try to support mine however I can. I certainly love to spend time (and $$!) in a bookstore, but currently don't have the resources to feed my reading habit solely by what I could purchase new. And, honestly, I just like the idea of a used book - someone else read it first, and now it's my turn to care for it a while, perhaps later passing it on again to a new owner - each book has a history, and that's part of the charm, for me.
Amen, Christine! I run a community library. And I don't have deep pockets. In fact, they are empty more often than not. My community of readers have less than I do. If I hadn't taken on the library, fewer of my girls would be reading now and the community would not be exposed to the world of reading. I could not have filled our libraries with books if I relied on donors and new book purchases alone. The truth is as generous as donors are, I have put more books on the shelves by scouring library sales, book trading sites and buying used books. Does reading have to reduced to dollars, too?
I am really annoyed at how we forget that all people do not have equal access, that reading used to be reserved for the privilege and that the majority was purposely kept illiterate. Some of us need to remember every parent can neither read or purchase new books. Libraries and use book sales allows more of us to have access to books and they promote a culture of literacy.
And many of us discover new authors and then do buy their new books because we discovered their work in libraries and used bookstores. And let's not forget that bookstores carry what is new, what sells and what is popular. Without libraries and used bookstores, thousands of books that are not current but good reads would not be read. There are authors that I have promoted in a ton of ways beyond buying their new book. For example, I have asked my library to buy the book and I haven't been turned down yet. I blog about library books and others have bought those books because I promoted it on my blog.
Some of us read 100 plus books a year. If I read only what I could buy, cut that by eighty percent. Given the economy and how families are struggling to make ends meet, shame on those of you for guilt tripping those of us who love reading but we can't afford to walk into a bookstore just because we feel like it.
And let me say it again, everyone does not have equal access to books.
Great post, and I agree. I buy new books usually when I have a gift certificate or they're on sale. Otherwise it's the library. And I get really excited about library sales.
I think it might be important to note that the arguments we've all put forward on behalf of used & library books (cheap and free) vs. new books are about economics. As an author, I've worked hard to write a book - but a living wage for that work are non-existent. As a general rule it isn't authors who make big bucks off books - it is publishers and re-sellers. While everyone might not have equal access, not every one gets a living wage for their work... so I'm afraid I'm still in theoretical favour of buying so authors get something out of it. Mostly.
Before acquiring a book, find out whether the author is still alive.
-- If they are alive, buy new.
-- If they aren't alive, buy used or use the library.
I agree that it keeps reading accessible which is necessary for a literate society, but I do encourage that if you CAN afford to buy books full price but don't, that you at least consider doing it sometimes. The people who pay full price make it possible for others to buy secondhand. It's a symbiotic relationship and it's helpful to think we can all give back.
I also don't consider it throwing my money away as Bethany put it, I consider it an investment in the future of publishing, literacy and supporting midlist authors. In fact, it would seem that most people who don't buy new only buy new when it's a big name author. I would really encourage you if you have the money to buy new when it's a midlist author, not a best-selling author. Many of these authors are losing opportunities and getting their contracts canceled. Why not help out a little IF YOU CAN.
I also buy used on occasion so I'm not against it at all. But I do think more people could actually afford to then do. and FWIW, the lack of available reading resources, i.e. used books is my biggest concern with the new push for digital resources.
I do buy new books occasionally, like Home by Marilynne Robinson or Kafka on the Shore by Murakami and others that I know for certain that I will enjoy.
Most, though, I get through the library, library book sales, used bookstores, pbs, or bookmooch.
I also feel I am supporting authors through my reviews.


An oft brought up topic during girl talk at this stage of my life is that of in-laws. Yes, I'm there. From boy-haters to boy-crushes, from hair to nails, we have progressed (?) to in-laws and children. Yikes.
Point is, there are so many marriages that rock due to disagreements with the other half's extended family. In fact, one of the main reasons for quarrels to arise in a marriage is none other than mother-in-laws.
She loves and adores her son. By marrying you, he is essentially declaring he loves you more than her. And he should! But the point is, emotionally that takes time for her to accept. While it doesn't happen to everyone, I know a sprinkling of daughter-in-laws who bear the brunt of this separation anxiety.
The good news is, both of you (mother / daughter-in-law) have that in common, that is you love the same man (wrong as it may sound). But in most cases, finding even one common ground is tough. So remembering this one point helps.
You might differ in your tastes of kitchenware, toilet tiles and the diet of your children, but one thing remains – both of you have the same taste in men. If she brought up her son in such a way that he became the love of your life, how bad can she be really?
A sure way to spoil your child is to leave them with their grandparents 24/7. But this isn't the point here. The thing is, grandparents always have a soft spot for their grandchildren no matter how much of a grouch they are with you. I've seen stoic, very traditional stern Asian grandfathers laugh with delight when their grandchild flashes their first smile. As well as the angst mother-in-law(s) who transforms into this animated cartoon character when she holds her grandchild.
Want to quickly win over your in-laws? You have your children as tribute.
Disclaimer: Do take this point with a pinch of salt. Parents should still have the upper hand when it comes to the upbringing of their children.
In the worst case, you really REALLY can't get along for whatever reason, remember this – never enter the battle on your own.
I've witnessed an ugly showdown between a mother / daughter-in-law arguing about what this little toddler ought to have for dinner in a food court. It escalated to a point they were shouting and pointing fingers whilst other patrons bent down their heads in sheer embarrassment and awkwardness.
Never attempt to take on your mother-in-law on your own, because you will surely lose. You will lose your dignity, you will lose the respect of your children and maybe even the affection of your husband. You may have won the argument that day, but the losses far outweigh that singular 'win'.
She is his mother, he would know her quirks best as well as how to win her over. How do you think he get his allowance raised every year? Or managed to play the computer for six over hours on a holiday as a teen? He knows the cheat code behind her constant nagging and angry gaze.
Let him intervene on your behalf. If things are so bad to the point you feel no mediation is possible, go for the next best thing – being able to tolerate one another at meal times. That's essentially the most time you'll have to spend face-to-face. Let the man, your husband, her son, intervene in the way he knows best. Be it talking to her in private, addressing the topic in a roundabout manner or joking about it over dinner. Trust him. After all, you married him no?
The very thought that you have to 'survive' them makes the whole deal intolerable. You have to struggle for survival on a deserted island, you also do all you can to survive when a natural disaster is about to hit your homeland, but you don't have to fight to survive the people who have become your new family members. Don't conceive the matter as something you have to 'survive'.
Truth be told, we have friction with our own family members all the time as well. Growing up we fought with our siblings over toys. In our teenage years we stormed out of the house countless of times, shouted at our parents in hormonal rage. But because they were family, we knew these would pass. Family would always be family.
We can likewise apply the same mindset with our in-laws. Don't think of them as distant, disapproving folk. Instead remember the names of their children and address each of them by their name and title, the same way your spouse does, after all they are now family.
You may think I must have it easy in order to have written all these things.
That's where you're wrong. J.G.'s dad and mum have nine / ten siblings respectively, meaning a family gathering of his 'immediate' family equates fifty people not including the children. That's a whole lot of new family members to get along with. While I love and respect them, there are still things I have to learn to accept just as how they are learning to accept me. And I'm grateful.


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Pierre-Louis Flouquet (París, 6 de febrero de 1900-Dilbeek, 1967) fue un pintor y poeta belga.

Historia

Flouquet llegó a Bruselas con la edad de diez años y estudió allá durante la Primera Guerra Mundial en la Academia de Bellas Artes. Con uno de sus compañeros de clase, René Magritte, compartió un estudio y llegó a ser conocido en los círculos modernistas con obras de un nuevo espíritu hasta la frontera del cubismo y futurismo.

A partir de 1918, inmediatamente después de la guerra, Flouquet se dedicó a un enfoque plástico inicialmente paralelo al de su amigo Magritte (el «plástico puro»). Después ambos artistas se evolucionaron diferentemente, Magritte se inclinó al surrealismo mientras Flouquet permaneció en el plástico puro. En 1922, junto con el poeta Pierre Bourgeois, el arquitecto Victor Bourgeois, el pintor Karel Maes y el músico Georges Monnier, fundó el grupo de artistas 7 Arts. En 1925 participaría en L'Assaut con Jean-Jacques Gailliard.

Por razones no conocidas, desde 1934 Flouquet abandonó casi totalmente la pintura aunque permaneció cercano a los pintores Magritte y Victor Servranckx durante toda su vida. Desde este momento se dedicó enteramente a la poesía. Le interesó mucho la poesía moderna y especialmente la parte espiritual de la poesía, ganando el premio de 1938 de la Academia Francesa. Fue autor de 21 obras de poesía y fundó junto a Arthur Haulot la Biennale poétique. Además trabajó para el Journal de Poètes.

También adquirió conocimiento en arquitectura moderna y escribió muchos artículos para varias revistas sobre este tema.

Obras

Portrait de M. de Clerk (1920)
Féminité (1921)
Tête d'homme stylisée (1922)
Le Baiser – The Kiss (1923)
Compostion (1926)
Diane chasseresse (1927)
Le penseur mol (1928)
Silhouettes anthromorphes (1929)
Les saintes femmes au golgotha (1930)
Crusifixions inversées (1931)
L'ange du soir (1931)

Referencias

Pintores de Bélgica del siglo XX
Poetas de Bélgica


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Cureton v. Havlin
NATHAN G. CURETON, Plaintiff,
KENNETH C HAVLIN, Defendant.
DAMON R. LEICHTY JUDGE
Nathan G. Cureton is a prisoner who filed an amended complaint without a lawyer. A document filed pro se is to be liberally construed, and a pro se complaint, however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers. Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). Nevertheless, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the court must review the merits of a prisoner complaint and dismiss it if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. "In order to state a claim under [42 U.S.C.] § 1983 a plaintiff must allege: (1) that defendants deprived him of a federal constitutional right; and (2) that the defendants acted under color of state law." Savory v. Lyons, 469 F.3d 667, 670 (7th Cir. 2006).
Mr. Cureton alleges Detective Kenneth C. Havlin made false statements of material fact in his Affidavit for Search Warrant of Mr. Cureton's home. Mr. Cureton also alleges Detective Havlin made the same false statements of material fact in the Affidavit in Support of Probable Cause related to charging Mr. Cureton with felony murder and attempted robbery.
The Fourth Amendment is violated "if the requesting officer knowingly, intentionally, or with reckless disregard for the truth, makes false statements in requesting the warrant and the false statements were necessary to the determination that a warrant should issue." Betker v. Gomez, 692 F.3d 854, 860 (7th Cir. 2012) (quoting Knox v. Smith, 342 F.3d 651, 658 (7th Cir. 2003)). Here, Detective Havlin affirmed in his affidavits that Mr. Cureton had confessed during interrogation "that he and Havis discussed performing the robbery, and that he (Cureton) had instructed Havis on how to commit the robbery." ECF 4 at 8. "Cureton advised that he and Havis discussed performing the robbery, that Havis brought a handgun, and that he (Cureton) had instructed Havis on specifics of how to commit the robbery." ECF 4 at 11. In the complaint, Mr. Cureton alleges he did not make those statements and Detective Havlin fabricated them. Because it appears these statements were necessary to the determination to issue the warrants, these allegations state a claim.
Both affidavits were filed in state court on October 5, 2018. The damage Mr. Cureton suffered as a result of the allegedly false statements is the search of his house. The damages from the false statements in the probable cause affidavit are his pretrial detention until his conviction. Though Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), bars his post-conviction claims, "the unlawfulness of [his pre-conviction detention] does not have any necessary effect on the validity of his conviction." Knox v. Curtis, 771 Fed.Appx. 656, 658 (7th Cir. 2019) (quotation marks and brackets omitted) (quoting Mordi v. Zeigler, 870 F.3d 703, 708 (7th Cir. 2017)). Here, Mr. Cureton was convicted of these crimes on March 13, 2019. See State v. Cureton, 46D01-1810-MR-7 (LaPorte Superior Court 1 filed October 5, 2018).[1] Therefore he may only proceed on a claim for compensatory damages for unlawful detention as a result of false statements in the affidavit of probable cause from October 5, 2018 to March 12, 2019. Any claims after that are bared by Heck and will be dismissed without prejudice.
Mr. Cureton also names four other defendants in his complaint. Police Chief Mark Swistek and Lt. Tim Richardson. However, he does not allege either of them falsified affidavits or otherwise violated his constitutional rights. There is no general respondeat superior liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Burks v. Raemisch, 555 F.3d 592, 594 (7th Cir. 2009). "[P]ublic employees are responsible for their own misdeeds but not for anyone else's." Id. at 596. "Only persons who cause or participate in the violations are responsible." George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 609 (7th Cir. 2007). These defendants must be dismissed.
Mr. Cureton also names Prosecuting Attorney John Espar and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mark Roule. However, he does not allege either of them falsified affidavits or otherwise violated his constitutional rights. Moreover, to the extent he is suing them because they prosecuted him based on an allegedly false affidavit, "in initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State's case, the prosecutor is immune from a civil suit for damages under § 1983." Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 431 (1976); see also Smith v. Power, 346 F.3d 740, 742 (7th Cir. 2003) ("Absolute immunity shields prosecutors even if they act maliciously, unreasonably, without probable cause, or even on the basis of false testimony or evidence.") (quotation marks and citation omitted). Therefore, they must also be dismissed.
For these reasons, the court:
(1) GRANTS Nathan G. Cureton leave to proceed against Kenneth C. Havlin in his individual capacity for compensatory damages for allegedly making false statements in his Affidavit for Search Warrant of Mr. Cureton's home on October 5, 2018 in violation of the Fourth Amendment;
(2) GRANTS Nathan G. Cureton leave to proceed against Kenneth C. Havlin in his individual capacity for compensatory damages for allegedly making false statements in his Affidavit in Support of Probable Cause related to charging Mr. Cureton with felony murder and attempted robbery resulting in his pre-conviction detention from October 5, 2018 to March 12, 2019, in violation of the Fourth Amendment;
(3) DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE claims based on his post-conviction detention;
(4) DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE all other claims;
(5) DISMISSES Mark Roule, John Espar, Mark Swistek, and Tim Richardson;
(6) DIRECTS the clerk and the United States Marshals Service, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), to issue and serve process with a copy of this order and the Amended Complaint (ECF 4) on ...


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It happened on normal startup of CentOS and logging into an Xfce desktop.
Before Xfce showed up I had to switch Ctrl-Alt-F2 into text console and back with Alt-F1 into graphical console.
It did not show up automatically. I do not know if it is related or not.
SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/gdm-session-worker from 'write' accesses on the file session.log.
If you believe that gdm-session-worker should be allowed write access on the session.log file by default.
This alert showed up when I logged in Desktop Environment session. I think it happens with any DE I use (Gnome, KDE, Xfce).
reason: SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/gdm-session-worker from 'write' accesses on the file session.log.


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I have gone through various other posts which suggested me to pass value to another bean and then get it into new jsf or by using f:viewparam. I wanted to know how i could achieve this functionality:
I want this flow to be achieved using view scoped managed bean JSF1-->on click of edit button in table-->View Scoped Managed Bean-->JSF2(details need to be populated but shows null values)
In the edit details page the value is shown null.
Could you let me know how I can achieve this functionality.Thanks.


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Oral histories (document genres) (7)
Serials (publications) (7)
Museum registrars (59)
Museum loans (38)
Museum finance (23)
Legislative hearings (19)
Natural history museums (15)
Decoration and ornament (11)
Fund raising (11)
Science museums (11)
Traveling exhibitions. (8)
Professional associations (7)
Smithsonian buildings (7)
Aeronautics (6)
Natural history museum directors (6)
Traveling exhibitions (6)
Astronautical museums (5)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar (19)
United States National Museum, Office of the Registrar (18)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget (11)
National Museum of American History. Office of the Director (9)
National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions (9)
National Portrait Gallery, Office of the Registrar (8)
National Museum of American Art. Office of the Deputy Director (6)
National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director (6)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director (5)
National Zoological Park, Office of the Director (5)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Office of the Deputy Director (5)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction (5)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning, Management and Budget (5)
American Association of Museums. Registrars Committee (4)
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Office of the Registrar (4)
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department (4)
National Museum of American Art. Office of Registration and Collections Management (4)
National Portrait Gallery, Administrative Office (4)
National Portrait Gallery, Office of the Director (4)
Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Administration (4)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Registrar (4)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Under Secretary (4)
Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service (4)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning and Budget (4)
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Registrar (3)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Registrar (3)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Registrar's Office (3)
National Museum of American Art. Office of the Director (3)
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology (3)
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Query: Museum registrars
National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Registrar.
This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by the Office of Registrar. The records relate their work in managing the loan of museum collection items for permanent and traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, facility reports, condition reports, loan agreements, images, schedules, object ...
Correspondence and Memoranda
Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
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Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response. Much of the material is routine cor...
Accession Records
United States National Museum, Office of the Registrar
16 microfilm reels.
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Collection Records
National Portrait Gallery, Office of the Registrar
These records document planning and analysis for the purpose of space management and space sharing. Facilities mentioned in the collection include the Museum Support Center, Post Office Building, and 1111 North Capital Street, and space shared with the then named National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) 1937-1980. The gallery was renamed t...
Loan Files (Incoming Loans)
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Office of the Registrar
This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum exhibitions. Materials include condition reports, correspondence, loan agreements, color object photographs, object lists, shipping information, photocopies of images, catalogs, and contracts. A small portion of the records also document ...
Archives Collection Management Records
This accession consists of records documenting the acquisition and management of archival collections by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Materials include correspondence, acquisition worksheets, receipts, inventories, background information, clippings, Acquisitions Committee meeting minutes, and finding aids and other descriptive ...
Loan Files
circa 1981-1983, 1994-2008
This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions. A small amount of material also documents the storage and organization of objects for an exhibition and the shipment of objects for traveling exhibitions. Materials include agreements, condition reports, object images, shipping documentation, correspondence, la...
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Office of the Registrar
14.35 linear meters.
Incoming Loan Files
National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar
This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; loan agreements and contracts; condition reports; object disposition forms and lists; exhibition installation and design information, brochures, and scripts; damage ...
Exhibition Records
National Portrait Gallery, Dept. of Design and Production
3.43 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
These records consist of files from the Department of Design and Production, National Portrait Gallery (NPG). Included are correspondence between the NPG curatorial staff and other Smithsonian bureaus and offices. There is also correspondence between the NPG staff and other external art museums, including individual artists and art experts ...


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ASUU's unending strike actions – Ehi Braimah
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Lagos Turn up
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After what seemed like eternity, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its nine-month old strike. At a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, Biodun Ogunyemi, President of ASUU, announced a "conditional suspension" of the strike. Nine months is a long time for students to be at home doing nothing – it is the equivalent of a full academic session and a baby can be born after nine months from conception. This is not the first time ASUU will embark on a long industrial action. In 1988 when the body was 10 years old, ASUU declared a nationwide strike that lasted for about 21 months which led to its proscription on August 7 that year by the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. Two years later, ASUU bounced back but another strike was again banned on August 23, 1992.
Since then, we have witnessed several regional or national strike actions. For example, the June 2001 ASUU/federal government re-negotiated agreement that was not signed was the cause of another indefinite strike declared on June 22, 2009. No parent or guardian enjoys the ugly scenario of long strikes. ASUU embarked on the recently suspended "total, comprehensive and indefinite" strike action which began on March 23 after a two weeks warning strike that was called on March 9.
Students without a doubt are usually bored to death with all kinds of ideas playing games with their minds, and to know that the strike period coincided with the coronavirus season amounted to a double whammy – university campuses would have been shut down anyway. In fact, even with the suspension of ASUU strike, the National Universities Commission has issued a directive to the effect that all universities are to suspend academic activities until further notice due to the second wave of coronavirus.
To be fair to university lecturers, they have been very consistent with their shopping list; not anything outrageous in my view. The dispute became a festering sore because the federal government did not honour the agreements reached with ASUU since 2001 and then 2009. Between then and now, government officials come and go through a revolving door of duplicitous behaviour and lack of sincerity thereby portraying ASUU as the recalcitrant party.
To the best of my knowledge, children and relations of ASUU members are also affected by strike actions which are clearly an ill-wind that does no one any good. But I fear that ASUU might return to the trenches again which will be very unhelpful as the fate of students will continue to hang in the balance. Strikes by university teachers are a nagging concern because they have become too frequent.
How did we get here? The terms of the 2009 agreement – that was 11 years ago — between ASUU and the federal government has been the bone of contention. In simple language, ASUU wants a better academic environment from the perspective of better funding, academic freedom and university autonomy. The position of ASUU is that government is an unwilling partner in the development of university education in the country. What is the evidence? We have half-baked graduates who cannot spell their names and brain drain as well as money drain has become almost irreversible – university teachers are leaving in droves to take up appointments outside Nigeria.
You really cannot fault or blame them. Due to poor remuneration, ASUU members are faced with two survival options: go into private practice even when they are still on government pay-roll or search for greener pastures elsewhere. Unfortunately, our hapless and helpless students who cannot tell when they will graduate due to incessant strikes are at the receiving end of the face-off between ASUU and government. This situation is unacceptable. I'm using this opportunity to appeal to ASUU to lift their "conditional suspension" to save the future of our students.
Let them give Chris Ngige, the Labour and Employment Minister, the benefit of the doubt. Nigige boasted recently that he will ensure ASUU does not resume the strike. That is a good feeling. What the Honourable Minister is saying – and we can hear him loud and clear – is that he will do everything that is humanly possible under the sun to find a lasting solution to the dispute. Let someone shout Halleluyah! I hope Ngige knows that ASUU and other critical stakeholders will hold him to his pledge because that would be the ultimate test of his leadership skills.
Enough damage has been done to the image of government in the constant face-off with ASUU, and I dare say that in the court of public opinion, ASUU appears to be having the upper hand. It means the federal government must wake up and deal with the issues head-on once and for all – the collaboration and engagement must continue. More importantly, Chris Ngige, Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education and Prof Abubakar Abdulrasheed, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), should work together to develop a framework to revitalise Nigeria's tertiary institutions. By the way, what is the position of the Education Minister in this matter? He has been very quiet or is it that he working from behind the scene? It appears only Ngige, or so it seems, is the only key government official on ASUU's firing line. My view is that Adamu should step out of his shadow and join Ngige to resolve the issue of ASUU's unending strike actions.
I can testify that the quality of learning, scholarship and research in our universities have dropped to abysmally low levels, and our global ranking is very poor. Why should anyone be surprised; what we have are mushrooming of universities and most of them are glorified secondary schools. Once you are able to lobby and charm your way through the approving authorities, a university license will land on your laps.
In spite of this development, Nigeria still does not have enough tertiary institutions to cater for the teeming number of applicants seeking university admission every year. Early this year, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed that over 1.9 million candidates registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the highest registration in the 41-year history of the Board. The irony is that the number of university admissions is limited. In a country with a population of over 200 million people, we have only 172 universities out of which 79 are private universities owned by individuals, Christian and Muslim organisations, while the rest are owned by the federal and state governments. These universities have a student population of only 2 million representing 1% of Nigeria's population, according to Prof Abdulrasheed.
No nation can make progress and compete globally without quality education. Due to poor funding, our universities have become a shadow of what they used to be resulting in decaying infrastructure, lack of maintenance of existing facilities, absence of rigorous learning and research, and a myriad of other problems. It explains why so much money in hard currency is spent on outbound students by those who can afford it, especially to study in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, UAE, Germany, South Africa, Ukraine, and Ghana. University lecturers know that strike actions are counter-productive because they affect the performance of students arising from disruption of academic calendars but it appears they are helpless – it's a Catch-22 situation.
On the average, undergraduate tuition costs between 15,000 and 25,000 pounds per annum in the UK. This excludes additional accommodation and living expenses which makes the cost of studying abroad very prohibitive. Even then, the number of outbound students is increasing on a yearly basis and it makes Nigeria one of the top ten countries in Africa sending students to the UK. Nigerian students are also sponsored to study in Canada and the United States where annual tuition for each student is well over US$25,000 on the average.
When we contrast this scenario with studying in government-owned universities, it is not difficult to understand why ASUU members are often frustrated and we can only sympathise with them. If we agree that the federal government has been giving ASUU a raw deal which must be addressed permanently, we should also use the same lens to look at the other side of the same coin. Issues such university autonomy which was granted has become an albatross in university administration. Three cases immediately come to mind: University of Lagos, University of Uyo and University of Ibadan, Nigeria's premier university.
The equivalent of a street brawl played out when Dr Wale Babalakin, the erstwhile pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos, announced the removal of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the institution's vice chancellor at the time. It turned out to be a 'roforofo' fight until President Muhammadu Buhari intervened. The crisis affected the convocation ceremony that was scheduled to hold at the university in March just before COVID-19 pandemic set in followed by ASUU strike. The event which parents, family members and the graduating students had looked forward to has been put on hold since then. I was also going to pose for photographs and celebrate with my brother and colleague, Mumini Alao, group managing director of Complete Communications Limited, publishers of 25-years-old Complete Sports, a daily all-sport newspaper and Complete Football. Alao bagged a PhD degree from Unilag.
At the University of Uyo, the politics of succession which is like a tug of war in Nigerian universities reared its ugly head. Prof Nyaudoh Ndaeyo who scored 86 votes was confirmed as the 8th substantive vice chancellor even when he came second to Prof Edet Udoh who scored 90 votes. From all indications, the immediate past vice chancellor, Prof Eniefiok Essien with the backing of the university senate, wanted Prof Nadaeyo as the new VC. Prof Udoh was clearly not a favoured candidate by the "cabal" because his "orientation and leadership style", it was alleged, will not support the old order. They had to stop him.
The situation was not different at the University of Ibadan. The appointment of a new vice chancellor was also enmeshed in a crisis prompting Adamu Adamu, the Education Minister, to intervene. Adamu ordered a fresh selection process to ensure fairness and transparency. The out-going VC, Idowu Olayinka, was accused of manipulating the selection process to ensure that Kayode Adebowale, his deputy in charge of administration, emerged as his successor, according to media reports.
Meanwhile, prominent men and women of Ibadan under the aegis of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), according to a Premium Times report, had been pushing for an indigene to be the new VC. Is it not enough to have a Yoruba man or woman – assuming that we buy into this argument — as the VC? Must the candidate also be from the ancient city of Ibadan? Clearly, the issue of ethnicity in the process of appointing a new VC for the University of Ibadan also came into the mix — in an academic environment. This is the same institution where the late Professor Emeritus Takena Tamuno who was of Rivers State origin was VC from 1975 – 1979. I can only imagine how he would be reacting to these developments from his grave. Eventually, the group had their way as Babatunde Ekanola, a professor of Philosophy, was appointed as the first indigene of the university's host city, Ibadan, to head the 72-year-old institution.
If we also look at the sex-for-grades scandal in our universities, ASUU members must realise that they have a lot of work to do to clean up their messed up public image. Allegations are also rife that students actually pay cool cash – I understand the street slang for it is "blocking" — in exchange for grades to enable them pass their courses and graduate. This is shameful and unacceptable, and the result is that we have so many graduates who are not only unemployable; they are also misfits who struggle to adjust in the society where they cannot speak or write a sentence in English without horrible errors.
As we sue for peace over the constant face-off between ASUU and the federal government, ASUU should bear in mind the consequential damages of the frequent strikes and seek more creative ways of restoring pride to the ivory tower. The federal government on the other hand should as a deliberate policy spend more in the education sector. Since 1999, ASUU has been on strike for a cumulative period of three years! Going forward, all hands must be on deck to reverse this trend.
–Braimah is the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Naija Times (https://naijatimes.ng
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The Geto Boys' 33 1/3 Book May Be Useful For Anyone Not Already a Fan
Adam P. Newton
Gangstas of Love (L-R): Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D at House of Blues last year
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Adam P. Newton | June 15, 2016 | 6:00am
The Geto Boys
By Rolf Potts
33 1/3/Bloomsbury, 2016
My first memory of the Geto Boys was learning how to play the iconic hook from "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" in middle-school band. I know now that the warbling guitar lick fueling the track is sampled from a 1974 Isaac Hayes track called "Hung Up on My Baby," but at the time, I just wanted to fit in with some of the cool kids in Port Arthur's Woodrow Wilson Middle School Band when they performed this song during pep rallies (sans approval from the band director). After gathering up the courage to ask them how to play the phrase, some of the 8th-graders in band let me perform with them when sitting in the stands at football games. It was a big victory for this chubby nerd.
I didn't know anything about the legendary Houston trio at the time, even as they were wrecking the charts in the fall of 1991 with We Can't Be Stopped. When I finally found a way to listen to the entire record, I was scandalized. I'd never heard anything like the Geto Boys - the profanity, the subject matter, the sampling — and I didn't know what to do with it. The only rap music I was familiar with was the pop-rap of MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Kris Kross and the like, but thanks to these three gentlemen, my musical world started expanding into whole new directions.
In his engaging treatise on the group's self-titled third record for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Rolf Potts recounted a similar experience when he heard The Geto Boys for the first time in 1991. He talked about walking into his college dorm room to meet his new roommate, only to be met with music and lyrics far outside of his experience. These songs piqued his curiosity in ways rock and metal weren't, and they eventually inspired a trip to Houston to see the world that birthed such a powerful musical artifact.
On one hand, the book reads like a fairly straightforward historical recounting of the events surrounding this record. Potts shares a concise history of Houston's Fifth Ward (and similar neighborhoods) as a way to provide the necessary context for the specific rise of the Geto Boys and Southern hip-hop in general.
We also learn about the creation of the Geto Boys and the stories of various members that swirled around the moniker before coming to rest upon Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. Considerable ink is also given to the singular influence of J. Prince and Rap-A-Lot Records in the Houston music community, including his production techniques on The Geto Boys; how he distributed and marketed the album outside the big markets on the East and West Coasts, and how his personal hustle caught the eye of Rick Rubin.
On the other hand, Potts also dives headlong into the controversy that swirled about the national release of this record (released in 1990), using it to frame the evolution of the band and its role in the national hip-hop scene, as well as the album's status as a cultural lightning rod. He doesn't shy away from discussing how people were shocked and incensed by the lyrical content, but does so by providing artistic, historiographical, and sociocultural context to the songs. For this reason, chapters like "Gangster of Love" and "Talkin' Loud Ain't Sayin' Nothing" served as two of the strongest.
Frankly, the book still comes across as much drier than it should be. In the introduction, Potts cops to being hyper-aware of the potential for "ghetto tourism" (a term coined by Tricia Rose in 2008's The Hip Hop Wars), but while I can certainly sympathize with such a sentiment, I felt his nervousness about this scenario robs the text of some vitality and urgency. This album had a great story to tell — who created it, where it came from, who listened to it, and the record company shenanigans around its major label release, not to mention all the hand-wringing from the music press, cultural commentators and politicians — but it's all too clinical and matter-of-fact.
The book sings, though, when Potts talked about his trip to Houston in college. The chapter "Trigga Happy Nigga" chronicles how he booked a ridealong with the Houston Police Department as a way to see as much of Fifth Ward as possible. He discusses what he saw during that day, including providing details about a few stops the officers had to make when patrolling the neighborhood. It was super-revealing and puts a human face on the book. Granted, I understand that Potts didn't want to make the book about himself, but when you write about an album that's changed your life (even just a little bit), you need to inject just a bit of yourself into the picture.
I also love when Potts does let his fandom show, especially when he engages in cultural criticism. Chapters like "Let a Ho Be a Ho" and "Read These Nikes" veritably lash out at many of the people who attacked The Geto Boys, giving special attention to reactionaries of the cultural, religious, and political varieties who sought to create drama and theater to advance their own causes.
Overall, The Geto Boys is a welcome addition to the 33 1/3 canon, as it brings some much-needed diversity on several levels. While I certainly clamored for more personal insights, Potts delivers a strong history lesson that is well-researched and gives the Geto Boys their due as hip-hop pioneers. While long-term fans of the band (and Houston) might not find too much new information in these pages, they should definitely appreciate Potts' efforts to educate the wider world on the struggles and successes of this iconic act.
Now, if only I could still play that "Mind Playing Tricks" melody line on the euphonium…
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The podcast explores topics ranging from the rise of humankind as the inventor, to the astonishing combination of persistence, investment and inspiration it took to create the Gutenberg Press and the communication technologies that created our world. It tells the story of how our lives have been transformed by a fascinating and compelling mixture of human decision and vision, greed and need.
At just under 50 minutes per episode, the series is solely researched and narrated by Stephen and launched globally on the 9th of April with Episode 1, 'When we were very young'. Released weekly over six weeks, the podcasts will be available for download from Acast, Apple Podcasts, Google Play and all podcast aggregators.
The series has been produced to sound as epic as the subject. We have been fortunate enough to work with British film composer Guy Farley on the show title music along with a full 75-piece orchestra recorded in the iconic Abbey Road studios in London.
It's a stunning piece of music by a brilliant composer whose work has recently included The Crown and That Good Night – John Hurt's last ever film".
Worldwide Release Dates
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Launch sponsor: Hyundai (UK).
Grateful thanks to Andrew Sunnocks, Audio Network
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"Army of animals" storm, take Mattawa Ecology Centre
From: Nora D. Shadsworth, thenorthbaybay.ca contributor
MATTAWA– In a move that has surprised and bewildered police and governments alike, the wildlife of Northern Ontario voted Friday to secede from humanity, establishing the independent nation of Watu wa Asili.
The emerging nation's first military move was the January 6th storming of the Canadian Ecology Centre in Mattawa, Ontario.
In a press release, wildlife military commander Cutesy Floppy-Ears explained that "other than some bruised egos, the Humans were not harmed and did not put up much of a fight."
A New Flag
Fortified in the Town of Mattawa war bunker which is housed in Myrt's Family Restaurant on McConnell Street, Mayor Samuel de Brulé recounted the attack, now known as The Battle of Backroads Bill.
"I was at the Ecology Centre on official business when the power went out. Then it was chaos: feathers and fur and claws were flashing everywhere. I can still hear the shrieks and the growls. It was over in minutes but I'm still scared. I don't really know what's going on."
In the early morning of January 7th, the Ecology Centre flag was replaced with the Watu wa Asili flag: a golden hoof, paw print, feather, and scale design on a teal green backdrop.
Headed to North Bay
Now with an official capital "city", the newly-formed nation's first move was to elect black bear Mukwa Pooh as Den Mother Prime – the wild equivalent to a Prime Minister or President.
"For thousands of years, the Two-Leggeds have subjugated and tormented the Wilds of this land," says Den Mother Pooh. "This was our time to rise and take back what the Great Powers gave us. We will avenge our fallen ancestors by storming the Two-Legged's lands, starting with Mattawa, Powassan, and then North Bay."
"Once we have gained control, Humanity will be asked to leave in an orderly fashion. Those who resist may find our response… barbearic."
The international community has been silent concerning the attack, though sales of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" have skyrocketed worldwide.
Tags: Ecology Centre, Mattawa, Myrt's Family Restaurant, Samuel de Brulé
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We are all animals. How does one join the fight? is tehre a sorting hat that tells me which animal I am most akin to? As I've gotten older, hairier, and more ornery, I'm thinking "bear".


Cancún (/kaːnˈkuːn/; Spanish pronunciation: [kaŋˈkun]) is a city in southeastern Mexico, located on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is an important renowned tourist destination in Mexico, as well as being the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico. Cancún is located just north of Mexico's Caribbean coast resort band known as the Riviera Maya. In older English-language documents, the city's name is sometimes spelled "Cancoon," an attempt to convey the sound of the name.
As documented in the earliest colonial sources, the island of Cancún was originally known to its Maya inhabitants as Nizuc (Yucatec Maya [niʔ suʔuk]) meaning either "promontory" or "point of grass". In the years after the Conquest, much of the Maya population died off or left as a result of disease, warfare, piracy, and famines, leaving only small settlements on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island.
The name Cancún, Cancum or Cankun first appears on 18th-century maps. The meaning of Cancún is unknown, and it is also unknown whether the name is of Maya origin. If it is of Maya origin, possible translations include "Place/Seat/Throne of the Snake" or "Enchanted Snake". Snake iconography was prevalent at the pre-Columbian site of Nizuc.


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We must end the era of mass incarceration, reform the cash bail system, decriminalize misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and ban for-profit prisons. These are major contributing factors to systemic oppression, racism, and classism, and combatting their harmful effects on our society is a major step forward in the fight for a fairer Texas.
We must also work together with municipalities to strengthen the bonds of trust between police and communities and train our police forces to the highest standard, because better trained and accountable police forces means safer neighborhoods and safer cops. Criminal justice has been the fight of my life, and I will push to make sure that Texas is on the front lines of the most effective and progressive practices and reforms possible.


I received a mind-boggling quiz from a friend recently. Look at the picture below which originally could be posted by a person named Hidayah, I assumed.
Can you tell the color of the shoe and the lace? Share the picture with your friends, and start a vote. You will find that there will be two groups of people i.e., (i) the one with a pink shoe with white lace, and (ii) grey shoe with teal lace.
I could not believe my eyes too. I have made an extra effort using Adobe Photoshop. First, I took a sample of the color from the shoe and the lace using eyedropper tool. Next, I drew a box using the same sample of color, and the results are shown below.
Grey box painted with the same color with that of the shoe.
Teal colored box which similar to that of the lace.
Wow! This really amazes me. I shared the quiz with a paediatrician, and requested for an explanation. He forwarded an article below; copied from https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-see-what-i-see.
Have you ever seen something that you thought was beautiful and spectacular? You rush to tell someone about it. Perhaps you point into the air and shout, "Look at that!" But they don't see what you see. They might see it, but they don't have the same reaction that you do. You might WONDER if they really saw what you saw at all.
Is it possible that different people can look at the same things and see something different? New research has led scientists to believe that may be true. People may not see all the same colors when they look at the same things.
These scientists believe that color perception may not be predetermined like many have believed for hundreds of years. Instead of a set pattern, scientists doing research with monkeys found that color perception may instead be shaped by the outside world.
Although most of us would agree that red is the color of cherries, cardinals and stop signs, scientists now think that one person's red could sometimes be another person's blue. The scientists' research has led them to believe that new techniques might one day allow color-blind people to see colors again, and blind people to see once again, too!
Researchers point out that colors are differentiated by how our brains react differently to different wavelengths of light. They believe our brains don't automatically associate, for example, short wavelengths with blue.
Scientists think that other factors, such as mood, feelings and even memories can affect our perception of colors. They claim it's entirely possible that two people can look at the same object and have the same wavelengths hit their eyes, yet "see" different colors!
Another factor that may affect perception is the physical parts of our body that process the information from the world around us. Most people have three different photoreceptors in the backs of their eyes that perceive red, green and blue. Of course, color-blind people may be missing one or more of these photoreceptors.
Still others — called tetrachromats — may have a fourth photoreceptor that helps them see the full range of colors with greater sensitivity than the average person. Unless your eyes are specially tested, you might not ever know you're a tetrachromat. You might just spend your life perceiving colors in ways that most people never will!
I strongly believe that emotion really plays important role. Just before the Friday sermon, I could only see a pink shoe with white lace. When I look at the picture again after the sermon, I could see a grey shoe with teal lace. However, my wife simply told me that I am losing my photoreceptors.


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Q: Error when trying to create a bin column via cut I am getting an error for trying to create a column with binned values as below:
bins = [1, 10, 20, 21, 34]
labels = [1-10, 11-20, 21-34, 35]
df['binned'] = pd.cut(df['Number of Clinics'], bins=bins, labels=labels)

I am getting error: ValueError: Categorical categories must be unique
Not sure what I am missing? The number of clinics column just contains a value between 1 and 100 that I want to bin between 1-10, 11-20, 21-34 and 35+, thanks

A: Change the labels to str and correct your bin
bins = [1, 10, 20, 34, 100]
labels = ['1-10', '11-20', '21-34', '35+']


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Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) organized an annual session with Road Transport and Highway Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari
Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India at the 121st Annual Session of MCCI
Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) organized an annual session with Road Transport and Highway Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday. Shri Rishabh Kothari, President, MCCI in his welcome address said that Shri Gadkari's ministry was playing a crucial role in recovering India's economic health post-pandemic.
Shri Gadkari said India would play a crucial role in achieving the global sustainable goals by 2030. At least 50% of the global sustainable goals were expected to come from India. He said the government had set a target of increasing the size of the automobile industry by 2024. From a level of Rs 7.5 lakh crore at present, it would go up to Rs 15 lakh crore by 2024. But the government's main target was to develop an automobile industry based on Flexi fuels and green hydrogen would be crucial to it. While import substitution was the country's primary target, India would emerge as an energy exporter once it started producing enough green hydrogen, Gadkari said.
Ethanol, he said, was not available enough in India at the present point in time. Although the government has decided to blend 20% ethanol with petrol and diesel, which would require 900 crore liter of production, production at preset was 450 crore litre.
On highway construction, he said, the government would do Rs 5 lakh crore worth of jobs with Rs 2 lakh crore funded from the government and Rs 3 lakh crore funded by the public. The government's fundraising program through issuing bonds has been oversubscribed by 7 times, which has flushed the ministry with funds.
He said for the eastern region Rs 60,000 crore has been allocated for creating a highway from Varanasi to Kolkata and another highway from Gorakhpur to Siliguri. The Delhi- Mumbai expressway has reduced travel time from 48 hours to 16 hours, which has formidably saved cost. The government has initiated to save construction cost of roads by 20% using alternative biomaterials and wastes, instead of concrete materials.
Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)
Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) organized an annual session with Road Transport and Highway Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari
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I recently wrote an article about the new Navigation Bar that's being rolled out to existing users and now available to new QBO users. As part of the update, we gained "Smart Invoices," which enables you to view Invoice status as you work directly from an all new Invoice dashboard.
Because QBO smart invoice is a great new feature, I wanted to elaborate.
With the new Smart Invoice feature, you're notified immediately as to the status of your invoices as they're updated.
Without opening the invoice, you'll know if customers have received, viewed, have made payment and when the deposit is expected. Plus, you'll know which fees are associated with that particular invoice.
Previously, this function was only available on the QBO Mobile App. But now it's available in QBO as well.
As part of the QB Payments update, ACH fees have been eliminated. Now, there will no longer be a 50-cent-per-transaction fee. ACH payments are FREE(1).
Each of the Invoice columns can be sorted, so you can view by Invoice number, Customer, Date, Balance or Status.
Below is a view of all recent invoices sorted by Balance with status details visible.
As part of the test, you'll be asked to allow the auto created test invoice. You'll also be asked to setup QuickBooks Payments, if you have not already done so. This enables QuickBooks Payments to deposit the test amount into your bank account.
Now check out the status of the Invoice, which will have been updated to sent status.
As Invoice activity changes, the status will be updated on the dashboard to reflect those status changes.
Smart Invoices save energy by eliminating the chase of individual Invoice status. With the addition of the Invoice dashboard, "In my way of thinking, Smart Invoices is…'Smart'."
(1) – Pursuant and subject to Intuit QuickBooks Payments policies and practice at the time of publication. If you are reviewing this article at anytime in the future of the actual publication date, be sure to reference current Intuit QuickBooks Payment policies and practices that maybe in effect at such time. Insightful Accountant assumes no responsibility for, or liability related to, any change in said policies and practices, or any misinterpretation or misapplication of same, by any reader.


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