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Q: Facebook Graph Call not working in Internet Explorer 9 I have a JavaScript function that I use to call the Facebook API and get a list of posts from a wall. In Firefox, Chrome and Safari this works with no issue, but in Internet Explorer 9 (I haven't tested below yet), it just doesn't do anything, the UI stays blocked, but I do not seem to get any messages that point to an error. I have a feeling it may have something to do with the JSON being returned and the Internet Explorer parser, but I can't be sure at this point.
After being pointed back to the Facebook SDK, I re-implemented using that (I am not sure why I left it before now), and it all seems to play nicely with Internet Explorer now.
Old Code
var getFeed = function (name, type, limit, accessToken, apiKey, containerId) {
    var list_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/" + name + "/" + type + "?limit=" + limit + "&access_token=" + accessToken + "&api_key=" + apiKey;
    var html = "";

    displayHelper.blockUI(containerId, "Loading Feed");
    $.getJSON(list_url, function (json) {
        //Loop through and within the data array to retrieve the variables.
        $.each(json.data, function (i, fb) {
            var msg = (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined") ? fb.message : "";
            var link = (typeof (fb.link) != "undefined") ? fb.link : "";
            var pic = "";
            // msg = (typeof(fb.story) != "undefined") ? fb.story : msg;
            var type = (typeof (fb.type) != "undefined") ? fb.type : "";
            var includeInOutput = true;

            pic = getPicture(fb.from.id);

            switch (type) {
                case "story":
                    msg = fb.story;
                    break;
                case "link":
                    if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.message;
                    else if (typeof (fb.caption) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.caption;
                    else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.story;
                    else if (typeof (fb.name) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.name;
                    break;
                case "video":
                case "photo":
                    if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.message;
                    else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.story;
                    break;
                case "status":
                    if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.message;
                    else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                        msg = fb.story;
                    break;
                default:
                    includeInOutput = false;
                    break;
            }

            if (includeInOutput) {
                //build html for this list item
                html += '
';
                html += "
" + fb.from.name + "
";
                html += (pic != '') ? '
' : '';
                html += '
' + msg + '
';

                /*html += ''
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                html += '
';
                html += '' + fuzzyTime(fb.created_time.replace(/-/g, '/')) + '';

                if (typeof (fb.actions) != "undefined") {
                    if (fb.actions[1].name == "Like")
                        html += "Like - ";

                    if (fb.actions[0].name == "Comment")
                        html += "Comment";
                }
                html += '
';
                html += "
";
            }

        }); /* end .each */

        //html += "
";
        $(containerId).html(html);
        $(containerId).unblock();

    }); /* end getJSON */

} /* end hetFeed

New Code - UPDATED again. The picture was not returning so I extracted the message and build parts into its own method and built the message on the call back of the get picture. Before I was doing it in a blocking way, just wrong! Hopefully this will help someone one day.
var postMessage = function (fb, containerId) {
    FB.api("/" + fb.from.id + "/?fields=picture", {}, function (p) {
        var pic = p.picture;
        var msg = (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined") ? fb.message : "";
        var link = (typeof (fb.link) != "undefined") ? fb.link : "";
        var type = (typeof (fb.type) != "undefined") ? fb.type : "";
        var includeInOutput = true;
        var html = "";

        switch (type) {
            case "story":
                msg = fb.story;
                break;
            case "link":
                if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.message;
                else if (typeof (fb.caption) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.caption;
                else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.story;
                else if (typeof (fb.name) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.name;
                break;
            case "video":
            case "photo":
                if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.message;
                else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.story;
                break;
            case "status":
                if (typeof (fb.message) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.message;
                else if (typeof (fb.story) != "undefined")
                    msg = fb.story;
                break;
            default:
                includeInOutput = false;
                break;
        }

        if (includeInOutput) {
            //build html for this list item
            html += '
';
            html += "
" + fb.from.name + "
";
            html += (pic != '') ? '
' : '';
            html += '
' + msg + '
';

            /*html += ''
            + msg  + "(" + type + ")"
            + "";*/

            html += '
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            html += '' + fuzzyTime(fb.created_time.replace(/-/g, '/')) + '';

            if (typeof (fb.actions) != "undefined") {
                if (fb.actions[1].name == "Like")
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                if (fb.actions[0].name == "Comment")
                    html += "Comment";
            }
            html += '
';
            html += "
";
        }

        $(containerId).append(html);
    });
}

var getFeed = function (name, type, limit, accessToken, apiKey, containerId) {

    var list_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/" + name + "/" + type + "?limit=" + limit + "&access_token=" + accessToken + "&api_key=" + apiKey;
    var fullHtml = "";

    helper.blockUI(containerId, "Loading Feed");
    var path = "/" + name + "/" + type;

    FB.api(path, { access_token: accessToken, api_key: apiKey, limit: limit }, function (json) {
        console.log(json);
        var data = json.data;
        for (var i = 0, l = data.length; i < l; i++) {
            var fb = data[i];

            postMessage(fb, containerId);

        } //End For

        $(containerId).unblock();
    });

} /* End getFeed */

A: You might want to try to use the sdk anyway, that way you can know better where exactly is the problem with your code in IE.
If you do this:
var path = name + "/" + type;
var params = limit == null ? {} : { limit: limit };

FB.api(path, "post", params, function(json) {
    ......
});

It should pretty much do the same as the code you posted (minus the actual handling of the results).  If you try it and this works in IE then the problem was with how you communicated with facebook, otherwise it's in the part that handles the results from facebook.
One thing for sure, this approach (of using the sdk) is simpler and more elegant, not to mention that in this way, changes facebook are making on their on end won't affect you (in most cases).

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Topic: I'd Rather Be The Devil
The piano may do for lovesick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on chalk, pickles, and slate pencils. But give me the banjo... When you want genuine music - music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whiskey . . . ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose - when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo! - Mark Twain, Early Tales and Sketches, Vol 2 (1864-65)
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Uff Da!
I'd Rather Be The Devil
Hope you all are enjoying an exciting and promising new year.?
I've seen several posts about Steven Calt's book on Skip James - most of them negative.? I'm just starting to read this book (been in my bookcase for a few years) and I'm curious what is it about this book elicits such strong responses.
I really enjoyed his (and Gayle Dean Wardlow's) book on Charley Patton (I admit I read this over 10 years ago and should read it again).
I know I don't have to say this, but, what's the story?
« Last Edit: April 18, 2005, 02:49:45 PM by Johnm »
uncle bud
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Re: I'd Rather Be The Devil
Deacon,
I enjoyed the Charley Patton book Calt did with Wardlow. The Skip James book seemed over the top. The tone of the thing is bitter and almost vengeful. I got the impression that if Skip James was as bad as Calt makes him out to be -- with questionable research and what seems at times to be flights of fancy -- that the two deserved each other. There seems to be an ambivalence in the book between expose of a murderous bastard (can't figure out how to do an accent on this friggin' Mac but that's expos-ay) and biographical memoir of a blues friend who at times thought of Calt as a son (!). Well, with friends like these, etc. etc.
Dunno, felt myself cringing reading the thing. I suspect Calt just needed a better editor to tone things down and that he didn't mean to be as vindictive as he comes across in the book.
Hi Deacon,
Having referred to it hyperbolically as 'excrement', I should probably explain:? Calt is an intelligent guy who wrote a book purporting to be about Skip James.? That would probably have been an interesting book.? Instead we are given a book that relates in some detail Calt's gripes with the blues scene of the 60's and the important personalities that shaped it.? That Calt himself does not emerge unscathed is, I guess, supposed to be an indication of the honesty and trustworthiness of the author.
The book left me wishing that someone would write a book about Skip James.
You should read it if you have it - I'll probably re-read it now that I'm thinking about it and see if I don't come away with a different impression.? It's a downer of a book on a number of levels, though.
http://countryblues.bandcamp.com/
http://youtube.com/user/frankie12string
Blues from my buddy Joe: http://joebellulovich.bandcamp.com
It's an appalling read, I couldn't put it down. Sort of like a country blues version of Celebrities Uncensored but nastier. If you take it with a large dose of salt there's enough info and anecdotes to make it worthwhile. But it is pointlessly cruel and opinionated, yes indeed.
I didn't know someone wrote a book on my cousin. Well, Skip is my cousin by marriage. He married Mississippi John Hurt's niece. John Hurt is my grandfather's brother. What's all of this about negative comments? I wish that I knew where I could buy some of these books. When I spent the week in Skip's house, I had the honor of using his bedroom and going over his songbook. Skip wrote his songs in a notebook in pencil.
Hey Smokey,
You can get it from Amazon, go in via the link on this page and weenie gets commission.
http://www.weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/amazon/amazon.htm
I'd Rather Be The Devil is at the bottom of the page.
Tail Dragger
It's also easy to pick a subject who's not around to defend themselves. I, too, picked up the Charley Patton book about 15 years ago. I loved it, but noticed that Son House didn't have too many nice things to say about Patton. It's a good thing he didn't write (dictate?) a book on Patton's life.
I think there are two main complaints against Calt's books.
First, Calt is writing biographies of men who are known to the world because of and primarily through their recordings, but in neither the Patton nor the James book does he include a sessionography or discography. Actually, the Patton book does include a discography, but it's of reissues of Patton's music. There's no place in the book where you can easily find a list of what songs Patton recorded, when and where they were recorded, and what 78s they were originally issued on.
Second and more important, in both books, Calt tends to magnify his subject's importnce by belittling those surrounding him. Part of this is, I think, because Calt takes what people say at face value and doesn't do a lot of digging for deeper meaning. So when Son House says that Willie Brown was a better guitar player than Charlie Patton, he's written off as being jealous of Patton's ability (while I think the real meaning of that statement is that Patton, with his tendency to cut or lengthen lines as the spirit moved him, was hard to play with, while Brown was much easier to accompany or to be accompanied by). This tendency is especially a problem in I'd Rather Be The Devil because Skip James was rather acerbic by nature and his comments on people on the scene magnify Calt's own tendency towards seeing others in a caustic light. Al Wilson gets off lightly at being called "a nerd" and a "chubby, slovenly guitarist". The controversy at the time the book was published centered on Calt's treatment of Dick Waterman, who was James's manager after his rediscovery. James apparently distrusted Waterman as much as he distrusted everyone else in the world, and Calt at times takes Skip's distrust of Waterman to the point of insinuating financial impropriety.
With that said, there's a lot of good information in both of Calt's books. Especially worthwhile is his treatment of Patton's music as dance music, with discussion of what dances one would do to various Patton songs. We tend to look at country blues as performance or listening pieces and forget that when this music was originally played, people were out on the dance floor One Stepping, Two Stepping, Slow Dragging, or Shimmy-She-Wobbling (or dozens ot other dances) to it. You just have to be aware of Calt's biases and shortcomings as you read.
bluedogshuffle
I'll be honest,never read the book.I dont know to much about Skip James,just that I injoy his music greatly.Whether he was in trouble with the law,pippin,drugs,or what ever,remember one thing,he is one of THE GREATS country bluesmen! Most of what happened,seems after his recordings in 1930.Please correct me if I'm wrong. But if you where ripped off what would you do? Remember, as a black man in 1930's America.
i've been meaning to re-read it for awhile now... (i won't say where i got my copy. grin.) but i remember enjoying it the first time around. of course, i've never read any other blues biography, and i'm extremely partial to skip james in general, and, having a bad attidute, i also enjoy reading about one. so... grain of salt...
Searching through Blues & Rhythm of the 1990s I chanced upon what follows from the news page in issue 98 (April 1995). I've attempted to spot if there was any follow-up/conclusion to this but have drawn a blank. Anyone know?
LIBEL ACTION: The following message was posted on the Blues-L Internet message board and passed onto us by our good friend Eric LeBlanc: Dick Waterman has filed a $3,020,000 libel action against author Stephen Calt and Da Capo Press regarding statements printed in "I'd Rather Be the Devil, Skip James and the Blues". The suit seeks $1,500,000 in compensatory damages, $1,500,000 in punitive damages, and $20,000 for illegal use of a photographic image. I have retained James Stephen King of the Bogatin law firm in Memphis, Tennessee. After they had been served with the notice of legal action, Da Capo Press responded that the suit has no merit, but they offered to consider a financial settlement. I refused their offer and DaCapo has retained the Memphis firm of Waring Cox to represent them in the state of Tennessee. That is the status of the matter as of 13 February, 1995.1 have been involved with blues music for over 30 years, and I have no choice but to vigorously fight for my integrity and reputation. l can only ask that people not form judgements about me based on this book. l invite your active interest in this legal matter because I intend to defend my good name all the way into the courtroom. There will be no financial settlement. Stephen Calt will be held accountable for what he wrote about me. Please feel free to give out my address and phone/Fax on the Internet. l would welcome every chance to communicate directly with anyone who wants to know more about blues music over the past three decades. Please note: B&R has no interest in this dispute other than to publicise Dick Waterman's request to communicate directly with people interested in the dispute.
[Now what was it I was looking for in the first place? ]
banjochris
I did a Google search for libel and the parties involved and found this posted on a writer's website who had reviewed the Skip James book at one time. He had a link to what he calls Waterman's description of the outcome of the suit. In Waterman's book "Between Midnight and Day" he mentions the libel suit without mentioning who he sued or any of the specifics, including the outcome, IIRC. But here's what was on the writer's site:
Posted Dec. 18, 1997, to the blues-l mailing list.
There has been periodical mention of my libel suit against author Stephen Calt and publisher Da Capo Books on Blues-L over the past several years.
I just wanted to tell you that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the lower court's decision finding in favor of Calt and Da Capo.
In Calt's book, "I'd Rather Be The Devil: Skip James and the Blues," my name and reputation are trashed including the phrase, "He was roundly accused of being a thief."
I sued for libel, claiming that such a statement could never be proved to be accurate.
In depositions, the Da Capo reprersentative said they could bring forth no witnesses to substantiate their words. Calt said that he only heard the accusation on a second hand basis and when he heard it, he personally "did not believe it to be true."
The defense was successful in having me legally defined as "a limited purpose or vortex public figure" with the libel standards significantly different.
I attempted to prove to the Appeal Court that Calt's admission that he did not believe the statement to be true constituted "reckless disregard for the truth" but the court did not agree.
It has taken me over three years and a significant amount of money to allow this legal process to run its course. I have some bitterness that the result was not in my favor because I feel that people who do not know me will believe what has been written, even though both the author and publisher admit that they do not believe their own words to be true.
This message is intended to inform the members of Blues-L as to the resolution of the legal matter. It is not intended to launch any thread and I hope that you would not show any knee jerk reaction to come to my defense.
I am sorry that we were not able to bring the matter into a court room, given the significant number of older black men and women who were eager to testify on my behalf.
Dick Waterman
poymando
I re read this book recently and found it interesting. I'd also suggest John Fahey's piece about searching for (and finding) Skip in his book of essays "How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life". There are some interesting reminicences in there about Bukka White and Ishmon Bracey as well.
It looks like another press is bringing it out. Perhaps they'll reprint the Patton book and other OP titles as well.
Doesn't Calt have a Robert Johnson book supposedly in the works?
Quote from: Stuart on January 26, 2008, 12:27:08 PM
Perhaps they'll reprint the Patton book...
Hmm. Will need to re-read to see how it's stood the test of time but it was published 20 years ago so probably could do with some updating. The sneering chapter which attacked all research not performed by the Dynamic Duo of Calt and Wardlow, wouldn't be missed by me!
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The State Department Thursday rejected comments by Austria's defense minister that the U.S. missile defense system planned for central Europe is unnecessary and amounts to a Cold War-style provocation. U.S. officials say the system, to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic, is intended to counter a potential missile threat from Iran. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
The State Department is vigorously defending the anti-missile plan in the face of comments by Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos that the program makes no sense, and will only re-ignite Cold War debates in Europe.
Darabos, of Austria's left-leaning Social Democratic party, told the Vienna newspaper Die Presse that he did not see any Iranian threat to Europe, and that the issue of that country's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions should be resolved through negotiations, as in the case of North Korea.
"Such comments are not helpful, and we now face a new strategic environment that requires us to move beyond Cold-War thinking," he said. "The proposed system under discussion with Poland and the Czech Republic is solely defensive in nature and is directed at emerging threats in the Middle East."
Russia has strongly objected to the U.S. plan, saying it would undercut its strategic nuclear deterrence, and in protest last month said it was suspending its role in a 1990 treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe.
Gallegos said the United States has been open and transparent in all its dealings on the defense system and is conducting expert-level talks on the issue with Moscow, with a second round of that dialogue due to be held in September.
At a summit of the G-8 industrial powers in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed an alternative anti-missile plan between Russia and NATO, and offered to include in it a Russian radar site in Azerbaijan, which borders Iran.
Bush administration officials have been cool to the idea and have said the U.S. plan, involving the placement of 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar site in the Czech Republic, is moving forward.
The issue is expected to dominate an unusual "two-plus-two" meeting, planned for early October in Moscow, of the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense and their Russian counterparts.
Czech Republic Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg also challenged the Austrian Defense Minister's criticism of the plan, saying it has never been a provocation and is needed to ensure the security of all of Europe.
Neither the Czech nor Polish governments has given final approval to host the U.S. system, but both are expected to do so by the end of the year. U.S. officials hope the system can be operational by 2012, though skeptical congressional Democrats are trying to slash funding for it.


While in TQB, my intention was to write more about an Academy story and I wanted to drop back to a time when a character is learning to become a leader and pushing the envelope of their experiences and philosophy on leadership. With Agamemnon, I'd explored the fish out of water, in the second piece of the exploration I wanted to look at how an officer might earn that level of confidence in understanding what it means to be a leader.
Some of us may not have had the innate nature to be a leader; some of us may have had to study hard and keep their noses to the grindstone in order to become a good leader. Clearly, Randy Duke's character was in the latter from the beginning of the story. The adversity he faced in having a fellow midshipman (cadet) yank the rug out from under him in the middle of his holographic simulation was a good starting point to work with.
Although a lot of the TQB stories ended up being simple character sketches ("Agamemnon," "Dallas," "Exeter") some are simplistic protag-antag character stories ("Bellerophon," "Gallant"). Meaning that there was a specific point/task/adversity to overcome in order to leave it at a point where the reader could nod and be satisfied that all is right with the world. In this case, I think in the beginning of the story we're all left with the question of who is actually in charge?
Midshipman Leanne Norrah appears to be the one in charge during the simulation because her frustration has mounted and enough is enough. No more dithering for her. She stands up and takes command because it's just a holodeck program and their grade is in the balance. For a time, those around her seem to respond to the sudden shift; the new breeze of confidence and brashness for which they were seemingly parched. Of course, as the reader may or may not feel sorry for Randy Duke in that instance, Leanne's actions have consequences in the later lecture and review where they go through each success and failure in order to dissect and understand.
Randy was appointed in command, but he felt that the appointment was a horrible mistake. His entire crew agreed. But by the end of the story, after doing some studying in the holodeck on his own without having to "perform" for his classmates, you could see or at least hope for a similar warm reception to his understanding how things should work on a starship.
In the amount of time I chose to tell the story, I think that's it's important to note that I simplified things incredibly. Life at a military academy is not this cut and dry and there is a lot of nuance that I removed for the sake of the narrative. Would Randy have been so quick to adapt after a simple brief session in the holodeck? Probably not. But for the sake of development and given that I intended for these to be short stories and not a novella or a novel, I simplified that aspect in order to allow one scene to be a placeholder for the intended months of training and understanding of leadership in Starfleet.
The single scene of Randy in the holodeck was my representation of what a student would have to do in order to improve themselves. Using the tools that we'd all been introduced to in Star Trek: The Next Generation, I thought that the holodeck or holoroom would be an invaluable tool in not just evaluation of midshipmen but also their training. A fully-customizable environment would be a huge help in my line of work as a corporate instructor. Surely there are enough resources on an Academy campus to allow for student-use; perhaps in a dedicated facility where their ASB cards grant them entry outside of class hours. Perhaps they're hotly contested, just as "lab time" was when I was going through college for computer use to write emails or to type up your term papers (talk about pressure to get it done). Of course, now we have our own portable computers, but I felt that portable holodecks were probably not feasible (yet).
In short, I kind of mixed in my understanding of the average military student's life mixed in with my own personal experiences studying at college.
At the time that I wrote this story, I had just begun my life as a corporate trainer. The concept of professional development was kind of new to me, but writing Commander del Toro held a fascination for me because this was how I envisioned I might be in my role. Of course, fantasy and reality do not mix and this type of teaching isn't really well-received in the corporate environment. However, I had decades of experience due to my mother being a public school teacher and when I had time or when our annual vacations did not mix, I would end up auditing her classes when I was much younger. Especially for winter and spring breaks, since I went to school in one district (where we lived) and she worked in another district (on the other side of the city), I would end up going to school with my mom every day of those non-overlap days. But don't pity me… I learned a lot, and I was essentially a teacher's aide. It gave me a greater appreciation for what public school teachers do for a living. You might even say that del Toro was a representation of how my mother conducted her classes.
Although the Academy could be viewed as a public institution, it's not really. Not just anyone can attend. You have to be appointed by a legislator or you have to be the child of a Medal of Honor winner. So, each Federation Councillor gets a set number of appointments and each one has a method for application and consideration. Some use them as political tools, others are far more democratic about their process. I would think that both Dominic and Randy had to compete heavily for their appointments. And actually, in Full Speed Ahead, we will see how Dominic had to fight to get in, but that comes later in the sixth/seventh seasons.
The Academy, for all intents and purposes, is a professional trade school. It's just that the trade you're learning is more complex than a two-year trade school could offer. We're not learning how to fix air conditioners at Starfleet Academy, we're shaping the future of Starfleet. Each instructor bears the burden of not simply educating, but also determining who has what it takes to be in Starfleet from whichever school/college they work within. del Toro has her own agenda, too. It's her responsibility to find out who has the strength to carry out the tough duty as a starship captain.
In the end, I'm pleased with how Bellerophon turned out because it gave me the opportunity kind of follow this line of thinking with characters. This experience has helped me to develop other characters in order to tell a better story or provide depth. I like to read stories that not just get me from point A to point B; I need a fleshed out world in which to invest myself in. I hope that when you read this story, you felt that this universe had more moving parts to it than the one ship or the one starbase that we usually see.


At the turn of the century, extensible markup language (XML) promised to simplify many data interchange tasks for IT professionals. Sixteen years later, XML is firmly part of the technological menagerie in the United States, but nowhere near a universal standard. However, over in Europe, XML is a much bigger deal, which is why InterForm added significant new XML capabilities in the latest release of its IBM i-based forms package.
Supporting XML isn't just a good idea for companies who deal with clients in Europe. In many cases, it's the law, says InterForm CEO Peter Sørensen.
InterForm delivered new XML capabilities with the latest release of InterForm/400, the Danish company's flagship document management software product, which is called ArtForm/400 in the United States due to copyright reasons. The suite already enabled IBM i shops to convert spool files into XML output, among many other capabilities.
Generation of XML documents should get easier with the new release. According to Sørensen, the new XML Module will make it easier to handle the multitude of XML formats that companies in Europe are asked to support.
XML is a more broadly used document interchange standard in Europe than the United States.
The 2016 release of InterForm/400 also adds support for a particular German standard called ZUGFeRD that defines how XML can be embedded into a PDF-A. This allows people to view the business document as a regular PDF, while retaining the automated import and data extraction capabilities that XML brings.
While Europeans have adopted XML as a standard way of exchanging documents in a business transaction, it's still not in widespread use in the United States. That could change, Sørensen says, as more companies in the US start to realize the benefits that XML-based document processing brings to business.
The 2016 release brings several other important capabilities, including a new capability to utilize X-Headers to automate the receipt of customer feedback sent via email. By analyzing the metadata information in the email that a customer sends in response to an automated marketing campaign, for example, companies can automatically route the response to the appropriate department.
This release also simplifies something that used to be quite difficult to do: highlight a particular word or words using different colors in business output. This would be useful when sending correspondence to customers, such as an insurance company that is informing customers of changes to terms of the agreement. "Typically that's very difficult because you would not know where to start or stop," Sørensen says.
The new InterForm/400 form designer runs on Windows 10.
IBM i shops that use Infor's M3 (Movex) ERP software will find something to their liking in the latest release of InterForm/400 (or Artform/400, if they're US customers): a new Movex/M3 module that supports output from that ERP system.
Several years back, Lawson software made a change in Movex that eliminated generation of IBM i spool files, instead shifting output to a stream file format, which required using a separate Windows machine to process output. Infor is apparently in the process of rectifying that mistake, Sørensen says. But in the meantime, they can utilize InterForm's software to keep it all on the IBM i server.
Last but not least, the new release of InterForm/400 brings updates to graphical forms designer. It also runs on Windows 10.
InterForm/400 is a suite of tools that includes a PC-based graphical forms design tool; an IBM i-based spool file merge utility; support for distributing documents via email, fax, and XML; Word and Excel integration; support for barcodes and check printing; support for optical character recognition (OCR) and signature pads; a separate archive module; and workflow and approval capabilities. The software is sold in the United States through Boise, Idaho-based Minet Communications.
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General John Kelly will rescue the Trump presidency
General John Kelly will save the Trump presidency. (Conecta Abogados/Flickr)
Why President Trump's new Chief of Staff is the right man for the job.
by Matthew Snape
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Ronald Reagan's former chief of staff, Ken Duberstein, said General John Kelly will bring experience to the White House. Mr. Duberstein claims that he will also act as a "reality therapist" to the President. After succeeding Reince Priebus, Reagan's former chief of staff said the general will be "effective and on target."
However, in years to come when the Trump presidency is over, many people will talk about the current Chief of Staff as a significant agent who helped rescue the current administration's misfortunes. General John Kelly has entered office at the right time for he is the right person for the job.
Provide the White House with a sense of military discipline
General Kelly served in the Marines for five decades. This quality alone will provide the White House with a sense of military order necessary to manage its current chaos. He is respected by Republicans and Democrats. If the Chief of Staff can act as a bridge between Congress and the White House, he may be able to gain the trust and support of the politicians President Trump needs in order to pass his legislation. Many of the President's closest allies fear him, which means the Marine general will demonstrate no hesitation in disciplining them.
In order to succeed in the White House, General Kelly must implement a process of decision-making which President Trump supports.
If colleagues can obey a chain of command similar to what the Chief of Staff is used to in the Marines, productivity will sharply increase. And as a result of breaching this structure, staff should be fired immediately. Sean Spicer exceeded his time in office after engaging in numerous misdemeanors, and this should never happen again.
President Trump's key campaign pledge last year was to cut business taxes by 75 per cent in order to attract American firms that have relocated abroad. If the President intends to gain Congress's support for this measure, General Kelly should utilize his contacts in the Republican Party. These include established figures like Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Political Director Bill Stepien and Counselor Kellyanne Conway.
The President still has substantial support in the GOP
Though it is hard to believe, the President still has substantial support in the GOP. He has a large base of Republican activists who support him. If General Kelly can urge the Trump administration to reach out to them, they will canvass GOP politicians to vote for his measures. The two most radical policies he wants to implement (repealing Obamacare and tax reform) are almost dead and the President's supporters will be crucial in reviving these campaign pledges.
The new Chief of Staff is in an unenviable position, but there are high expectations he will save Donald Trump's presidency, and he will.
Matthew Snape
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We bring you the long anticipated tour in tertiary institutions of Nigeria – Campus Torch Tour. This is set to hold this Thursday 6th August, 2015 at Yaba College of Technology – YUSUF GRILLO HALL. The event is aimed at challenging students to move out of their comfort zone in using their knowledge and potentials as a means of achieving their goals.
Campus Torch Tour is an edutainment tour organized by the publishers of Campus Torch Magazine to several tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In addition to it's aim of creating equality among all students, the tour is focused at growing and developing new generation of students with the desire to learn and become productive in their education and career.
Don't miss any moment with this Nigerian entertainers of Campus Torch Tour in the likes of Ayo Owodunni, Daniel Akpata (A.Ka Love Doctor), Damilola Onafuwa, Frederick Amah, Immaculate Edache (Immaculatesings), Kenny Ogunde, @Iamtobygrey, Mc Bishop, Dj.Phobia Cee, Folashade Olatunde (A.K.A De Pretty-Onez), Victoria Babatunde, Harry Itie, Tubosun Salau, Chike Osigwe, Taiwo Ogunde among others.
Taiwo TY Ogunde is a passionate and experienced On-Air-Personality, hands-on writer and a motivating team leader. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Campus Torch Magazine, a publication for all tertiary institutions nationwide.
Kehinde Ogunde on the other hand is a pro-active programmer with extensive experience in Web & Mobile App Development. He is the co-publisher of the most anticipated Campus Torch Magazine. Interestingly, the duo are writers, but the difference is while Kehinde writes in codes i.e. Programming Language, Taiwo writes words.
Ayo Owodunni is the winner of the prestigious 2012 Toastmasters National Speaker of the Year Award. He is a charismatic Radio Personality, Life Coach, and motivational teacher. As a businessman, Ayo has worked as a sales banker, PR consultant, radio personality and a business development officer. As a life coach, Ayo has been trained to instruct and counsel business owners & influential leaders on how to plan, pursue and achieve their goals in life.
Daniel Akpata: The Only True Blunt Crazy Love Doctor on Radio as widely known. Daniel Akpata is a certified relationship coach, teens/youth counsellor, and Reality speaker. In 2014, He bagged the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award as Outstanding Radio Program Presenter. He is the CEO of Black Diamond Consult, and the brain behind the Quarterly Marriage & Relationship Summit.
Join these young and dynamic motivational speakers of Campus Torch Tour LIVE @ the Yaba College of Technology, Herbert Macaulay Road on Thursday 6th August 2015 by 12noon as they come together to grow and develop a new generation of Nigerian Students with the desire to learn, take action and become productive in their education and career.


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Parker Lewis Can't Lose (conocida en español como Parker Lewis nunca pierde o Parker Lewis, el ganador) es una telecomedia juvenil estadounidense (1990-1993). Protagonizada por Corin Nemec, Billy Jayne, Troy Slaten, Melanie Chartoff, Taj Johnson y Abraham Benrubi.

Tuvo tres temporadas, sumando un total de setenta y tres episodios, de treinta minutos de duración cada uno.

Sinopsis
Relatada en primera persona por su personaje principal, Parker Lewis, relata las aventuras de un grupo de tres amigos: Parker, Mikey y Jerry (este último más que un amigo era una especie de asistente), en el Instituto de Enseñanza Media Santo Domingo durante los bulliciosos años de la pubertad. En la última temporada, Annie Sloan se convierte en la novia de Parker. Los antagonistas de Parker eran Grace Musso, directora del instituto; Frank Lemer, el ayudante especial de obediencia de la directora; y Shelly, hermana menor de Parker.

La particularidad del montaje de la serie y sus efectos especiales dotaban a la misma de un estilo próximo a los dibujos animados.

Personajes principales
 Parker Lloyd Lewis (Corin Nemec): El protagonista de la serie. Está inspirado en Ferris Bueller. Es un chico muy popular en la escuela, es muy seguro de sí mismo y nunca abandona a un amigo. Constantemente es perseguido por Grace Musso (Melanie Chartoff), quien cree que tanto Parker como sus amigos son los principales males de la escuela. Con el correr de la serie se consigue novia estable: Annie Sloan (Jennifer Guthrie). Cada vez que tiene algún plan, suele decir la recordada frase de «Caballeros, ¡¡sincronicemos relojes!!».

 Michael Patrick «Mikey» Randall (Billy Jayne): Es uno de los mejores amigos de Parker. Toca la guitarra y se viste al estilo James Dean.

 Jerry Steiner (Troy Slaten): El otro gran amigo de Parker. Suele llevar un abrigo del cual salen los elementos más inesperados que lo ayudan tanto a sí mismo como a Parker en los apuros más raros. Desde chico que es amigo de la hermana de Parker, Shelly Lewis (Maia Brewton), hasta el punto en el que empiezan a salir, a pesar de que Shelly no es muy femenina, es muy manipuladora y es la némesis de Parker.

 Grace Musso (Melanie Chartoff): La directora de la preparatoria Santo Domingo. Es una mujer solterona, que está en sus cuarenta años, y no por ello es menos estricta con los estudiantes. Archienemiga de Parker Lewis y de sus dos amigos. Adicta a las compras. Tiene un ayudante, Frank Lemmer (Taj Johnson), que la obedece ciegamente en todas sus decisiones.

 Frank Lemmer (Taj Johnson): El ayudante de Musso (Melanie Chartoff). Siempre viste de negro y llega a confundírselo con un vampiro en varias ocasiones. Está obsesionado con las estrategias, las tácticas de guerra y la política. Por un tiempo estuvo saliendo con la sobrina de Grace Musso (interpretada por Melanie Chartoff).

 Shelly Ann Lewis (Maia Brewton): La hermana pequeña de Parker Lewis (Corin Nemec). Siempre está tratando de generarle problemas a Parker. Su frase favorita es: «Mi hermano es hombre muerto». Con el correr de los capítulos, termina en un noviazgo con Jerry Steiner (Troy Slaten), a quien conoce desde la niñez. Su carácter es el de una persona muy manipuladora, marimacho por momentos, y con una gran enemistad con Parker Lewis.

 Francis Lawrence «Larry» Kubiac III (Abraham Benrubi): El grandote de la clase que vive en el baño nro. 12. Con sus 720 libras es el más fuerte de la preparatoria Santo Domingo y el protector de todos los alumnos (aunque estos le teman por momentos). Su frase favorita es: «¿Voy a comer ahora?». A pesar de lo tonto que pueda parecer, Francis es más inteligente de lo que aparenta, pero finge no serlo para cuidar su imagen. También es capitán en el equipo de fútbol americano del colegio.

 Annie Sloan (Anne Bloom): En capítulos avanzados Parker se consigue una novia, Annie, que termina siéndolo hasta finalizado el show. Es muy comprensiva hacia los demás y tiene confianza ciega en Parker en todo momento.

 Martin Lloyd «Marty» Lewis (Timothy Stack): Es el padre de Parker. Es seguro de sí mismo y, a pesar de ser un hombre, finge cuidar su respeto con Francis.

Emisión internacional

En Hispanoamérica también se le conoció como Parker Lewis, el ganador; en Venezuela se transmitió a través de Venevisión. En Chile a través de Canal 13. En Argentina a través de Canal 2, en Panamá a través de Telemetro Canal 13. En Costa Rica a través de Canal 6. En Colombia por el Canal Uno, en El Salvador fue transmitido por TCS por medio de Canal 6, en Perú por Frecuencia Latina y Canal A, y en Uruguay por canal 4 de Monte Carlo TV. En Latinoamérica, en 2012, se transmitía por SONY SPIN por las mañanas, de 7:00 a 8:00 (hora de México), con repeticiones durante el día.

En España fue emitida en todas las cadenas autonómicas durante los años 90 y una década después fue emitida a nivel nacional en Cuatro. Ha sido doblada al castellano, catalán, gallego y euskera; en la comunidad autónoma vasca se la emitió en euskera en ETB 1 y en castellano en ETB 2.

Enlaces externos

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Series de televisión de Estados Unidos

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Next gen Audi R8 starts leaking details
By Lupica G. / in Audi / on Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 11:12 PM / 0 Comment / 1428 views
Audi, makers of cars that are seldom above the boring factor, do have a few vehicles that stir the soul of the driver and raise the BPM figures properly.
At the top of that very small pile we find the Audi R8, the company's flagship supercar, one of the most fun vehicles ever to come from Germany.
Audi R8 eTron Concept
It still looks great and it still is an exciting car but if we're honest, it's starting to show its age and it's about time we looked forward to the next generation of this supercar.
Thankfully, more and more reports have started to come in about the sort of details we can expect to see on the 2014-2015 version of the Audi R8.
By then you can say goodbye to the simple facelifts or engine remaps and welcome a completely new version of the mid engined Audi. The first such detail is clearly about the fun factor.
Apparently, to make it that much more fun, it's being developed along side the next generation of the Lamborghini Gallardo. If the Italians have a say in the building, then we approve.
The main changes on the spec sheet however come in at less weight and more power. As it stands, the target weight of the 2014-15 Audi R8 is to come under the 3.300 mark.
Engine reshapes should come in at anywhere between 20 and 70 horsepower boosts depending on the model while still maintaining some concerns over fuel economy.
The first we're going to see of the next gen Audi R8 will be at the Moscow Motor Show this August. It will be under a concept designation but you'll know what it is.
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Umpire training
Working as a WMLL umpire is a great way for anyone aged 12 or older (as of August 30, 2023) to make money while experiencing the game in a new way, having fun & helping WMLL! If you're interested in this exciting opportunity, please read the information HERE & apply via the link provided.
Mandatory training for new & 2nd-year umpires (two sessions required!)
– Session 1: Mar XX () Time and location TBD. 2022 it was held at Edgewood High School's Krantz Center gym (downstairs)
– Session 2: Apr XX () Time and location TBD
Refresher training for all umpires (optional, but recommended) – new & 2nd-year umpires are welcome to attend!
– Apr 3 (Sun) from 4:00-6:00 PM in Edgewood High School's Krantz Center gym (downstairs)
August 2023: Mandatory training for new umpires will be scheduled in August 2023 at a later date in preparation for the Fall 2023 Season..


I had an exciting adventure yesterday morning as Sutton Thomas and I were interviewed on 94.3 The Point radio. It was a beautiful morning on the Asbury Park boardwalk, and the perfect way to start a Friday morning at the Jersey Shore.
Yet as the day wore on, and the humidity rose to almost 100%, I found myself in a position to have to handle some issues, which I would rather have not had to handle…but I did.
So, what will I do differently today than I did yesterday?
I'll put the "care and feeding" of myself first, because when I do that, I'm much better at handling anything that should arise during the day, and that happiness I feel from doing that will spill onto those around me.
I'll remember that it's not my place, or my job, to handle someone else's problems; all I can do is support them through it.
And I'm going to let it all go and begin this day as I do every new day…as an exciting new adventure!


The Department for Communities has appointed Gerard McCurdy as the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and Kieran Donaghy as a Commissioner.
The Department has appointed Mr McCurdy and Mr Donaghy, following an open competition, from 1 March 2019 until 29 February 2024.
1. The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland was established under Section 6(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The Commission's objectives are set out in Section 7 of the Act and its general functions and duties are set out in Sections 8 and 9 respectively.
2. The Deputy Chief Commissioner position attracts remuneration of £3,500 per year and is eligible to claim allowances, at rates set centrally, for travel and subsistence costs necessarily incurred on Commission business.
3. The Commissioner position attracts remuneration of £2,300 per year and is eligible to claim allowances, at rates set centrally, for travel and subsistence costs necessarily incurred on Commission business.
4. The terms of appointment have been made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland Code of Practice.
5. All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland requires political activity of appointees to be published.
6. Media enquiries to the departmental press office on 028 9082 3516 or email: press.office@communities-ni.gov.uk. Out of office hours please contact the Duty Press Officer on 028 9037 8110.


boot from SPI + SD card.
Bootable SD? Is it possible?
How does SW4 affect on booting?
Replace '/dev/sdcard' by actual device here!
But, this u-boot image wants DTB to be 'sd.dtb' and kernel 'sd.uImage'.
Thanks. I success to make a bootable sd card, but there is a problem that @apxii also mentioned.
The system tries to load sd.dtb and sd.uImage. I try to rename bpi-w2.dtb to sd.dtb and uImage to sd.uImage. It boots and gets kernel panic.
Can I ask you to supply also kernel modules with uImage?
In short – enable NFS (client and server) and AUTOFS, and board can be used as NFS server.
It is important to have Autofs as module since Debian scripts wanted it to be a module.
It works, but I have some problem. It doesn't work every time. My w2 got about 50% boots fail. It shows kernel panic or just hangs.
I had changed different sd card. Do I get a broken board?
It doesn't hang at the same position.
I rebuilt the kernel with the configs, please re-download it and try.
You were using the kernel which is debugging version, please re-download which I have updated.
Thanks! Autofs and NFS are working.
I have no problems with latest (2018.05.23) kernel and u-boot, board reboots fine.
But I'm using a freshly bootstrapped Debian Unstable and not Ubuntu.
I get different kernel panic message when boot failed. I had tested different SD card.
But this board can boot to openWrt which in emmc.
I'm really thinking that is this a broken board or what I did wrong.
Could you please flash the newest u-boot to emmc and boot from it, which will load system from SD card firstly, to test if it works? The u-boot for emmc name is dvrboot.exe.bin.
I don't fully understand step 3. I've downloaded u-boot.bin using my Windows PC, but I'm not sure where to put it for this step. Can you please clarify for me. Thanks.
INFO:    TEE-CORE: TA RAM slim vesion.
INFO:    TEE-CORE: Skipping to check tee os version.
MMC:   Initialize eMMC in traditional mmc flow.
I had re flashed dvrboot.exe.bin which is include in this topic google drive, but the problem still happened.
Different kernel panic message randomly shows, or hangs at cpu freq message.
You need to set a tftp server and let your board can access through network.
Set a tftp server. If you use windows, you can try Tftpd32.
Connect a network wire from your board to your computer or switch which your computer is connected too.
Then you can try to download file from your computer through tftp protocol.
Since you said openwrt works fine, so could you please check SD partition 1 type and formatting, is it Fat32? And mount it on openwrt to do some reading tests?
The boot partition is fat32, and I had put my sd card and run badblocks. It's fine.
I also try to use different sd card but I get the same result.
I am on business trip in Australia now, will do some test when back to office next week.
I seem to have the same problem as Jalen. However, only cold system occurs with me. Once the processor has warmed up, it is fully initialized by the kernel. I hope this does not indicate a hardware error on the board.
Furthermore, I noticed that the LEDs of eth0 (interface next to usb3.0) are without any function.
Is this behavior with you too?
Is there a schematic of the board to download?
Is it possible to download the kernel source? I would like to work under Debian.


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Angel Gowns
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(Originally aired May 24, 2018) Guest: Diane Dione, Founder and Executive Director of Angel Gowns Foundation (angelgownsbydiane.org) When Diane Dione's daughter lost a baby who only lived one day, part of the heartbreak was having to shop for a dress to bury the tiny girl in. They nearly didn't find anything small enough for her, and the trauma of those hours spent shopping in the happy, bubbly world of baby clothes stuck with Dione. So she turned her personal tragedy into a blessing for others with her non-profit "Angel Gowns," where she and 300-some volunteers transform donated wedding dresses into tiny burial gowns that are given to parents who have lost a baby.
Caravans, Migration and Family Separation
Guest: Kif Augustine-Adams, Professor, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU In the last three months, Border Patrol agents have seen a record number of migrant parents arriving with their children. That surge coincides with the end of the Trump Administration's controversial policy of separating undocumented families at the border. So administration officials are now looking for a new way to deter families from attempting to enter the US illegally. A version of family separation may be on the table again.
Using I Instead of We
Guest: Grant Packard, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Have you noticed the person who answers when you call a customer service will often say, "How can we help you?" rather than "How can I help you?" It's a subtle difference with big implications according to research by marketing professor Grant Packard at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.
The Hair Industry's Dark Side
Guest: Dan Choi, Founder and Owner of Remy New York
Double Booking Double Trouble?
(Originally aired October 18, 2017) Guest: Amanda Morris, MD, Anesthesiologist, Clinical Instructor, Stanford University This may have happened to you and you would have never known it - only about four percent of people are aware of the practice. Did you know that it's not unusual for surgeons to schedule two surgeries at once? The procedures may overlap just a little – or maybe a lot. And surgeons don't always tell their patients in advance how this will all go down. If they did, would you agree to it?
(Originally aired June 27,2018) Guest: Luis Ceze, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington. As a human race, we've used cave walls, tablets, scrolls, flash drives, and the "cloud" to store information. But even digital information, thousands of years from now, will be lost. Nature, on the other hand, has perfected a data storage system that can withstand all kinds of conditions for millennia: DNA.


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Bowman v. Jack Cooper Transport Co. Inc.
KEITH BOWMAN, Plaintiff,
JACK COOPER TRANSPORT CO. INC., Defendant.
Richard D. Bennett United States District Judge.
Plaintiff Keith Bowman ("Plaintiff" or "Bowman") initiated this action in the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland, against his former employer, Jack Cooper Transport Co. Inc., ("Defendant" or "Jack Cooper"). Bowman alleges that Jack Cooper terminated his employment solely because he filed a worker's compensation claim and brings a single state law claim of wrongful discharge. (Compl. at ¶ 12, ECF No. 1-2.) On October 12, 2018, Defendant removed the case to this Court. Defendant contends that this Court may exercise subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff's state law claim, see 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1337, because it is completely preempted by Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act ("LMRA"), 28 U.S.C. § 185(a). (Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1.)
Currently pending before this Court are Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 5) and Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (ECF No. 10). The parties' submissions have been reviewed and no hearing is necessary. See Local Rule 105.6 (D. Md. 2018). For the foregoing reasons, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED and Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (ECF No. 10) is DENIED.
In ruling on a motion to dismiss, the factual allegations in the plaintiff's complaint must be accepted as true and those facts must be construed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Wikimedia Found. v. Nat'l Sec. Agency, 857 F.3d 193, 208 (4th Cir. 2017) (citing SD3, LLC v. Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., 801 F.3d 412, 422 (4th Cir. 2015)). This Court may also consider documents attached to a motion to dismiss so long as they are "integral to the complaint and authentic." Thompson v. United States, RDB-15-2181, 2016 WL 2649931, at *2 n.4 (D. Md. May 10, 2016), aff'd 670 Fed.Appx. 781 (4th Cir. 2016) (citation omitted).
On September 21, 2015, Bowman suffered a rotator cuff tear in his left shoulder while working as a driver for Jack Cooper Transportation Co. Inc. ("Defendant"). (Compl. ¶ 5, ECF No. 1-Ex. A.) On October 19, 2015, he filed a worker's compensation claim relating to the accident and received temporary total disability benefits from September 22, 2015 to May 5, 2016, paid temporary partial disability from May 6, 2016 to September 10, 2016, and was awarded a permanent partial disability rating of 17% industrial loss for the left shoulder. (Id. at ¶ 8.) Plaintiff was released to return to work in September 2016 but continued to suffer worsening pain in his left shoulder, which resulted in his leaving work on July 10, 2017. (Id. at ¶ 9.) On August 10, 2017, Plaintiff petitioned to reopen his worker's compensation claim and sought additional temporary total disability payments and authorization for additional medical treatment and physical therapy. (Id. at ¶ 10.)
The Defendant Jack Cooper terminated Bowman's employment on October 20, 2017[1]prior to any hearing on Plaintiff's amended worker's compensation claim. (Id. at ¶ 11.) As Bowman was a union-represented employee, his termination was governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Jack Cooper. (Def.'s Mot. Dismiss, Ex. B, ECF No. 5-3, hereinafter "Def. Ex. B".) On August 22, 2018, following grievance procedures prescribed by the CBA, a Board of Arbitration upheld the Defendant's decision to terminate Bowman's employment. (Id.) The Board concluded that Jack Cooper was "justified in concluding that [Bowman] was exaggerating his shoulder pain in order to increase his worker's compensation benefits." (Id.)
On September 6, 2018, Plaintiff filed a one-Count wrongful discharge claim against Defendant in the Circuit Court for Howard County alleging that Jack Cooper, in violation of Maryland public policy, terminated his employment solely because he filed a worker's compensation claim. (Notice of Removal at ¶ 1, ECF No. 1); See Md. Code Ann. Lab. & Empl. § 9-1105 ("An employer may not discharge a covered employee from employment solely because the covered employee files a claim for compensation under this title.") On October 12, 2018, Defendant timely removed the case to this Court, arguing that Plaintiff's wrongful discharge claim is preempted by Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, et. seq., thereby conferring federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1337. (Notice of Removal at ¶ 4, ECF No. 1.) On October 16, 2018, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (ECF No. 5). On November 12, 2018, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Remand (ECF No. 10).
I. Motion to Remand
A defendant in a state civil action may remove the case to federal court only if the federal court can exercise original jurisdiction over at least one of the asserted claims. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a)-(c). Once an action is removed to federal court, the plaintiff may file a motion to remand the case to state court if there is a contention that jurisdiction is defective. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). The party seeking removal bears the burden of establishing jurisdiction in the federal court. Johnson v. Advance America, 549 F.3d 932, 935 (4th Cir. 2008). On a motion to remand, this Court must "strictly construe the removal statute and resolve all doubts in favor of remanding the case to state court." Richardson v. Phillip Morris, Inc., 950 F.Supp. 700, 701-02 (D. Md. 1997) (citation omitted); see also Dixon v. Coburg Dairy, Inc., 369 F.3d 811, 815-16 (4th Cir. 2004).
II. Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
Under Rule 8(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a complaint must contain a "short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). Rule 12(b)(6) authorizes the dismissal of a complaint if it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The purpose of Rule 12(b)(6) is "to test the sufficiency of a complaint and not to resolve contests surrounding the facts, the merits of a claim, or the applicability of defenses." Presley v. City of Charlottesville, 464 F.3d 480, 483 (4th Cir. 2006). While a complaint need not include "detailed factual allegations, " it must set forth "enough factual matter (taken as true) to suggest" a cognizable cause of action. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555-56 (2007); Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). In reviewing a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a court " 'must accept as true all of the factual allegations contained in the complaint' " and must " 'draw all reasonable inferences [from those facts] in favor of the plaintiff.' " E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Indus., Inc., 637 F.3d 435, 440 (4th Cir. 2011) (citations omitted); Hall v. DirectTV, LLC, 846 F.3d 757, 765 (4th Cir. 2017). However, a court is not required to accept legal conclusions drawn from those facts. Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678.
         In reviewing a Motion to Dismiss, this Court "may properly take judicial notice of matters of public record . . . [and] consider documents attached to the complaint, as well as those attached to the motion to dismiss, so long as they are integral to the complaint and authentic." Philips v. Pitt County Mem'l Hosp., 572 F.3d 176, 180 (4th Cir. 2009) (citing Hall v. Virginia, 385 F.3d 421, 424 (4th Cir. 2004). As such, this Court takes judicial notice of the CBA Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 5-2) and the Arbitration Panel's Decision, attached as Exhibit B to the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 5-3). Both documents concern the procedures governing Plaintiff's employment termination, which are essential to this suit, and Plaintiff does not challenge their authenticity. See, e.g., Mayo v. Bd. of Educ., 797 F.Supp.2d 685, 689 n.3 (D. Md. 2011) (considering an arbitration decision at motion to dismiss stage which Plaintiff had not attached to the Complaint); Heade v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth., 09-02460 (ESH), 2010 WL 938462 (D.D.C. March 12, 2010) ...


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Excerpt from "Camp"
This is one of the new stories I'm working on for Long Distance Dedications. It's obviously not done yet, but I'm working on it. I've drawn a line between the two sections of the story I want to draw together. There's going to be a third section for the trip to the general store. Anyway, any comments are welcome (as long as they're not spam, that is ;)).
By: Brian Hartman
Dave sat at the table in the dining hall – the same rustic table he'd sat at for the week so far. The second week of this, his eighth year of coming to Camp Sunshower. Dessert was done, and it was mail call.
The camp director, a portly woman of probably fifty (although Dave didn't know) called out the names enthusiastically.
"Jessica Ramsey!" She got a letter. Jessica bounced up and down in her wheelchair excitedly.
"Steve Randall!" His counselor got up and got his package. Steve was autistic, and didn't show much interest.
"Dave Riggler!"
Dave saw the pink envelope and immediately shot up his hand. He knew what it was.
Dave tore open the envelope, trying to be careful not to rip the letter inside. Lisa had sent a long one this time. Six pages, front and back, on notebook paper. Lisa had this girly, balloony handwriting that Dave loved.
The director announced, "Alright, rest period! See everyone at 1PM for afternoon activities."
Everyone filtered out of the dining hall and started back to the cabins. The cabins were named after the towns the donations to build them had come from, or from the organizations that had donated. Dave stayed with about a dozen other guys in Lakewood.
Kirk, Dave's counselor, had two other kids assigned to him. There was Jimmy, 9, who had Downs Syndrome, and Carl, 18. Carl had CP and used a stick strapped to a helmet to communicate. He'd point to a word or a letter on a board on the tray in front of his chair. Carl needed constant care, and kept Kirk (who was only 18 himself) pretty busy. Jimmy was a good kid, but he was a bundle of energy and questions about everything. Rest hour was more for the counselors than the campers.
Dave laid down on his bed and got out the letter.
The first couple of pages were filled with how Lisa was doing in her classes (she hated Math and liked History) and the boy she liked in school. (Josh had smiled at her between classes, and she'd heard he wanted to ask her out.) The next page was the lyrics to a Poison song she liked, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". There were hearts and flowers interspersed with the verses and chorus. The next couple of pages were about her parents, her brother, and the girls at school who teased her about not being ready for "It" yet. At fourteen! Dave was only 3 years older, but he was still surprised by how fast kids were growing up these days. Fourteen!
In the final page, she asked about Jessica, about his powerlifting, and whether he'd written any poems lately. (Dave hadn't included one in his last letter.) She also asked when he was getting the new chair. That wouldn't come for a while, since his parents were still fighting with the insurance company.
He looked at his watch, wrote the time and date on the letter, and started writing.
It generally took two or three days for Dave and Lisa to write letters to each other. Each writing session had a time and date. Sometimes Dave would write six times before he sent a letter. Sometimes he'd only write one very long letter. It all depended on his mood and what was going on.
Dave spent about a page commiserating about Math class and describing the fun he had in History with Mr. Mazzano. He told her how much he liked the song, and told her there was no rush for "It".
The Jessica situation took a little longer to explain. They weren't broken up, but the phone calls had gotten less frequent – both because long distance was expensive, and because they were reaching a point when they didn't have much to say. They needed to see each other again, but it would have to wait until school started and there was a dance or something. That was the main time they saw each other – when Dave's brother would drive him up there and back to take her to the dance.
The bugle signaling the end of rest hour blew, and Dave got back into his chair.
Kirk had scheduled them for the afternoon arts & crafts activity, but Dave wasn't interested. He sat in the arts & crafts garage and started again on the Lisa letter while the other campers fingerpainted or made god's eyes.
The older kids always stayed up a little later. Especially if they could talk. If you were retarded, or just couldn't talk, then you were in bed by 9, but if you connected with the counselors, then you stayed up later. That's just how it was.
Dave was there in the bathroom with five other kids – his friend Tony (another "bif", as the counselors called the spina bifida kids), Steve, who had mild CP and used forearm crutches, Irving, who used a wheelchair (but Dave'd never asked why), and Tyrone, a kid with severe CP. He didn't have the kind of CP that required an electric chair, but he could only push his chair with his feet. And he couldn't really talk well.
Dave turned to Steve. "Hey, I think that girl Michelle really likes you."
Steve shifted his weight on his crutches. "Y'think so?"
Tony laughed, tilting his chair back, leaning against the bathroom wall.. "Yeah, I think she does, too. But watch out for that one. I dated her at camp last summer. A little crazy, if y'ask me."
Steve chided him jokingly, "Nobody asked you, jerkwad."
"Hey, watch it, Tubbo!".
Steve shifted his considerable weight forward, but smiled.
"Sh' doeshn't like 'ou anywah…Sh' like meh!"
Irving clasped his shoulder. "C'mon man. Take it easy."
Tyrone practically bounced out of his chair, his legs and arms going stiff, his head tilted to the left, face contorted. "Sh' like s'meh!"
Tyrone took an awkward swing at Steve.
Steve tilted to the left, almost losing his footing with his crutches. "Hey! What the hell?!"
"Y'mthrfk'r!" Tyrone started rolling after him, shuffling his feet to make the chair move.
Dave blocked him. "Hey, cut that shit out, okay? Relax!"
"Sh'up, y'pusshy! I kick y'assh, righ' nah!!"
"Hey, man. I don't wanna fight you, okay?" Dave started to back away.
"I 'ate you! Mthrfk'r!" He swung at Dave's chest, his spastic fist connecting. Hard.
"Jus' you'n meh! Jus' you'n meh!" He took another swing, but missed. "You chkn?"
Steve gestured at Tyrone with his crutch. "You better kick his ass. Shut him up, for once."
"I'm not gonna fight him! He's spastic, fer Chrissake!"
"I kick y'r assh, boy! I kick y'r assh!" He took another swing, almost hitting Dave in the head.
Irving took out ten dollars. "Spastic guys're pretty strong. I bet he kicks your ass."
"Yeh! I kick y'r assh!"
Tony took out some money from his front pouch. "Ten bucks says Dave wins."
Tyrone took another swing, hitting Dave's ear.
Dave shook his head. "Alright. That's it. You've been a pain in the ass the last week and a half. Now you're done."
Dave took a swing, connecting with Tyrone's chest, pushing him back an inch or two. Tyrone rolled right back.
"Tha' all y'gah?" He swung again, this time hitting Dave's shoulder, sending him spinning to the right. Dave quickly corrected and swung back to face him. Tyrone swung again, grazing his chin.
Tony yelled, "Go for the face! The face!"
Dave shook his head. "I don't wanna break his nose! I just want him to stop." He took another swing at Tyrone's chest, pushing him back harder, almost flipping the chair.
Tyrone pulled forward with his legs, smashing his footrests into Dave's. They locked together in combat. Tyrone swung and hit Dave's jaw.
"Alright. That's it. That's how it's gonna be, huh?" Dave swung with all his might at Tyrone's jaw. He saw his head turn, felt the rigidity of the spastic muscles.
Nothing happened.
Tyrone turned back, looked at him, and laughed. "Tha all you gah?" He swung again, hitting Dave in the neck.
Dave could feel himself breathing harder, his body getting hotter.
Irving yelled, "Hey, be careful, Tyrone! He's got a shunt. You hit it, he'll have a seizure."
Dave turned to Irving, wide-eyed. "I'll have a what? Hold on…"
"I don't caeh!". Tyrone took another swing, but missed.
Dave swung with new urgency at Tyrone's face. He hit him square in the mouth.
Nothing. Tyrone didn't even blink.
Tyrone's next punch connected with Dave's shunt. He started hearing the rushing, pumping sound he always heard when his shunt worked too hard. He swung at Tyrone again. Hit his face, again. Then, Tyrone swung back. He hit Dave's head harder. "Motherf'k'r!"
Dave started breathing really hard. And he couldn't stop. The air passed inconsequentially in and out of his lungs, but he couldn't catch it. It just kept passing, making his throat colder, dryer. And he was sweating. A lot.
Irving rolled over to Dave. "Hey, man. You okay? You okay, man?"
Dave didn't respond. He just gripped his wheels, breathing hard.
Irving rolled over. "It's okay, man. Calm down. It'll be okay."
"Can't. Stop."
Tony was in a panic. "We'd better get the counselor.."
Irving looked around. "We'll get in trouble. He'll be okay. He just needs to calm down."
Tony shook his head. "He could die."
Between breaths, Dave managed, "What??"
Tyrone's fist took a jagged stab at the air. "Kicked y'r athsh, bith! Kicked y'r athsh!"
Dave flipped him the one-finger salute, doubled over, trying to get his lungs to stop. Just stop.
Steve shook his head. "We can't let him die. I'm going." He walked out to get the counselor on duty.
Coz (none of the campers really knew why they called him that) rushed in. "What the hell happened?" Steve pointed at Tyrone, Tony saying, "He did it. He was spoiling for a fight."
Coz looked at Tyrone. "You've been nothing but trouble since you got here." He took Dave's push handles and rolled him outside onto the porch.
The July air seemed surprisingly cold, even for being higher up in the hills, and Dave's teeth chattered. Coz put a blanket over him. "Just relax. It's over now. You're overheated, but you're gonna be okay."
Dave's breathing started to slow…"Did I…have…a seizure?"
"Not that I know of. I think you woulda fallen outta your chair or something. I've never actually seen a seizure. Some'a the other counselors have. What was all that about?"
"He was being an ass. He was going at it with Tony.. I wanted to shut him up."
Coz smiled and put his hand on Dave's shoulder. "Didn't quite work out that way , huh?"
Dave shook his head, embarrassed. "No, not really."
"Don't worry about it. Look, you're handicapped. You've got lots of fights ahead of you. So does he."
"Yeah, I guess…"
"The trip to the general store is tomorrow. You still want to try to roll there?"
"Yeah. I do. I can do that."
"Even the hill?"
"Yeah. I want to do the Big Hill, too. Only one guy's gone the whole way in a chair in the history of the camp, right?"
"Yeah. One guy. Keith. He's a little older than you. Did it a few years ago."
Dave nodded. "Then I'm in. I'll be the second. Let Tyrone suck on that."
"Okay. Let's get you inside. You need your sleep for the trip."
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What climate risks lurk in the shadows?
Private companies and 'shadow banks' may be incubating climate risks out of sight of financial regulators and traditional financial institutions
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"The brighter the light, the darker the shadow". It's a metaphor regulators would do well to contemplate in their efforts to harden the financial system to climate risks.
As official scrutiny of the carbon-intensive exposures held by public companies and regulated financial institutions has intensified in recent years, so has an appreciation that opaque private markets and unregulated firms may incubate huge climate risks of their own. BlackRock chief Larry Fink went so far as to describe it as "the biggest capital markets arbitrage in my lifetime":
"We are seeing more hydrocarbons moving away from public entities to private entities … If we're serious about this . . . we have to ask all of society to move forward or we're lying to ourselves, we will not get to a net zero"
Some regulators are waking up to this dynamic. In a speech last month, Caroline Crenshaw of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it is "critical" that policies to encourage divestment from carbon-intensive activities "consider the growing expansion of the private markets". She added that stakeholders should work together to "ensure that the externalities high-carbon emitters put on our environment and in our capital markets do not find relative safe haven in areas of darkness, least resistance, and lowest cost".
One data point from the SEC underscores the size of these "areas of darkness". In 2019 alone, it estimated that $2.7 trillion was raised by private issuers through so-called "exempt offerings", compared with $1.2 trillion by public issuers.
However, in the US regulatory authority over private markets is limited, impairing officials' efforts to tackle the climate risks that lurk in the shadows. Right now the SEC is seeking to change this with a plan to make more private companies regularly disclose financial and operational information. Commissioner Allison Herren Lee framed the push as a way for investors, employees, regulators, and the public to gain insights into big private firms that "can have a huge impact on thousands of people's lives". However, it would also obviously improve regulators' visibility on private companies climate risks.
Expanding regulatory scrutiny to private markets may prove challenging. Entrenched interests in business and politics are already pushing back against the SEC's yet-to-be-launched proposal, the Wall Street Journal reports. However, while this particular fight gears up, there are other ways in which regulators could combat the climate risks that lurk in the shadows.
One option could be ratcheting up the scrutiny of unregulated, private financial institutions and their interconnectedness with traditional lenders. Worldwide, 'shadow banks' — entities which extend loans and credit outside the umbrella of bank regulation —accounted for $63.2 trillion of global financial assets, about 13% of the total, in 2020 according to "the narrow measure" used by the Financial Stability Board (FSB).
Source: Financial Stability Board
Though these entities are not classified as 'banks', they are often deeply interconnected with traditional lenders through wholesale funding instruments, direct loans, and deposits. These relationships mean that unregulated shadow banks can transmit risks into the regulated financial system, thereby amplifying market shocks. For example, in its 2021 annual report, the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) explained that 'non-bank financial intermediaries' (another term for shadow banks) elevated "liquidity pressures in the financial system" during the market turmoil of March 2020.
Because of these kinds of threats, regulators would be negligent if they failed to take steps to ensure that shadow banks and the risks they pose — including climate risks — were appropriately managed.
What would regulatory action in this area look like? A recent report by the left-leaning Center for American Progress offers one idea. The FSOC — which is made up of all the major US federal financial regulators — could factor climate risk into the process it uses to determine whether shadow banks pose a threat to US economic and financial stability. This could lead to those shadow banks that are loaded with carbon-intensive exposures being labelled as systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) under the Dodd-Frank Act. A SIFI designation in turn causes an entity to fall under the supervision and regulation of the Federal Reserve. The Fed could then apply enhanced supervision measures on these SIFIs, including capital requirements. Doing so could improve the safety and soundness of high-risk shadow banks and limit their threat to the traditional banking sector.
To complement this regulation, federal agencies could also ratchet up the regulatory capital charges applied to traditional lenders' investments in those shadow bank SIFIs that are loaded with climate risks. Increased liquidity buffer requirements to cover funding exposures to these entities could be enforced, too.
Under existing regulations, US banks already have to calibrate the amount of liquid assets they must hold to reflect the amount and quality of short-term funding they acquire. Increasing the regulatory weighting applied to funding received from shadow bank SIFIs (and that provided by traditional lenders to SIFIs) would therefore compel traditional lenders to hold a bigger liquidity buffer against the risk that such funding could be pulled at short notice, or that their short-term loans to shadow banks go unrepaid.
As it stands, the FSOC has yet to consider shadow bank climate risks. In its 2021 report, the council did not put forward any recommendations that explicitly reference these entities. However, that may change soon. In December, the FSOC voted to establish the Climate-related Financial Risk Committee (CFRC), with a mandate to "identify priority areas for assessing and mitigating climate-related risks to the financial system". If it does its job right, this should lead the committee to consider those climate risks lurking within shadow banks and communicate these to the broader FSOC.
Market-led initiatives could also be harnessed to tackle shadow bank climate risks. The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) offers one solution through its global carbon accounting standard. This lays out a framework for financial institutions to measure and disclose their financed emissions: those generated through their debt and equity investments in non-financial companies. Right now, this framework covers six asset classes, including business loans, and PCAF is working on more. One area it could turn its attention to are the emissions financed by traditional lenders through their lending and investing relationships with shadow banks.
Clearly, traditional lenders would have to be able to 'look through' into their shadow bank counterparties' portfolios to get data on their financed emissions first. Recalcitrant firms that are under no obligation to disclose such data may deny such requests, of course, but their lenders/investors could always put the screws on them, and demand such information as a condition for doing business. This isn't a far-fetched outcome. Already, buy-side traders, like asset managers and pension funds, are starting to consider ESG factors in their choice of bank trading counterparties. Why shouldn't lenders, then, consider emissions factors in their choice of shadow bank trading partners?
Such entities need not hand over detailed portfolio positions, either. The PCAF standard can be used to estimate financed emissions using data of varying granularity. If the economic sectors invested in by a shadow bank are known, and their respective allocations in their portfolio understood, that's enough to start with.
And a start is what's needed. Otherwise traditional lenders risk undercounting their own carbon risks, and in turn external stakeholders — including financial regulators — will get a warped view of the financial system's overall vulnerability to climate change. For the sake of financial stability, what takes place in the shadows must be brought to light.
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                return;
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              var sidebarHeight = $ionicPosition.position($sidebar).height;
              var currentHeight = sidebarHeight - y;
              if (currentHeight < 0) {
                return;
              }

              var alphabetHeight = sidebarHeight / scope.alphabetStr.length;
              var idx = scope.alphabetStr.length - parseInt(currentHeight / alphabetHeight) - 1;
              scope.alphaScrollGoToList(scope.alphabetStr.charAt(idx));
            };

            //Create alphabet object
            function iterateAlphabet(alphabet) {
              var result = [];
              for (var i = 0; i < scope.alphabetStr.length; i++) {
                var letter = scope.alphabetStr.charAt(i);
                var isActive = alphabet[letter] ? true : false;
                result.push({letter: letter, isActive: isActive});
              }
              return result;
            }

            scope.alphaScrollGoToList = function (id) {
              if (id == scope.previousId) {
                return;
              }

              if (isAlphaSwipping) {
                indicatorShow(id);
              }

              scope.previousId = id;
              if (!scope.groups[id]) {
                return;
              }

              $ionicScrollDelegate.$getByHandle('alphaScroll').scrollTo(0, scope.groups[id].top, true);
            };

            scope.alphabetStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

            var $body = $document[0].body;
            var headerHeight = $body.querySelector('.bar-header').offsetHeight;
            var footerHeight = $body.querySelector('.bar-footer') ? $body.querySelector('.bar-footer').offsetHeight : 0;
            var subHeaderHeight = $body.querySelector('.bar-subheader') ? $body.querySelector('.bar-subheader').offsetHeight : 0;
            var tabHeight = $body.querySelector('.tab-nav') ? $body.querySelector('.tab-nav').offsetHeight : 0;
            var topHeight = attrs.topHeight ? attrs.topHeight: headerHeight + subHeaderHeight + tabHeight;
            var contentHeight = window.innerHeight - topHeight - footerHeight;
            element.find('ion-scroll').css({
              "height": contentHeight + 'px'
            });
            angular.element(element[0].querySelector('.ion_alpha_sidebar')).css({
              "height": contentHeight + 'px'
            });

            ngModel.$render = function () {
              scope.items = ngModel.$viewValue;
              var sortedItems = $filter('orderBy')(scope.items, attrs.key);

              scope.groups = groupItems(sortedItems, attrs.key);
              scope.alphabet = iterateAlphabet(scope.groups);
              scope.sorted_items = unwindGroup(scope.groups);
            };
          }
        }
      };
    }
  ]);