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ROV technician entitled to overtime pay
April 1, 2019 / Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Wage Laws, Overtime Pay, Unpaid Overtime
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), employers are required to provide overtime pay to any employee who works more than forty hours per work week. However, the FLSA exempts "seamen" who work on vessels from its overtime requirements.
Who is a "seaman" under the FLSA?
Under 29 C.F.R. §783.31 of the Act, a "seaman" is defined as someone who 1) works on a vessel; 2) is a master or subject to the authority, direction and control of the master; 3) works primarily as an aid in the operation of the vessel as a means of transportation; and 4) performs no substantial amount of work of a different character. See Sternberg Dredging Co. v. Walling, 158 F. 2d 678 (8th Cir. 1946); Walling v. Haden, 153 F. 2d 196 (5th Cir. 1946). Whether a worker qualifies as an exempt "seaman" is highly fact specific, as a recent case form the Fifth Circuit illustrates.
A seaman oilfield worker in Halle v. Galliano Marine Serv., L.L.C., Case No. 16-30558 (5th Cir. Apr. 19, 2017) filed a FLSA action against his employer for unpaid overtime violations. The Plaintiff was a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technician and supervisor for the Defendant, primarily navigating and controlling ROVs aboard a support vessel. Id. Plaintiff contended that his duties were exclusively to ROVs and took no part in the upkeep of the support vessels, and never performed maintenance work like sanding, painting, or chipping the support vessel. Id. Plaintiff further contended that he never steered the support vessel and had no involvement in determining the support vessel's path to the intended target, steering, anchoring, or making navigational decisions. Id. The Defendant moved for summary judgment at the district court level claiming that the Plaintiff was exempt from the FLSA's overtime provisions because he qualified as a "seaman." Id.
District Court said ROV Technician was a FLSA "seaman"
The district court agreed with the Defendant and said that the ROV technician did qualify as a FLSA seaman because "the ROV technician's presence on the water was critical to the primary purpose of his employment, which was tied to navigational decisions. The ROV technician's work was directly tied to the support vessel aboard in which he ate, slept lived, and worked." Halle v. Galliano Marine Serv., LLC, 2016 WL 1558829, at *4 (E.D. La. Apr. 18, 2016) (district court opinion).
Court of Appeals Reversed and held ROV Technician was not a "seaman" and entitled to overtime pay
However, on appeal in the Fifth Circuit, the court evaluated the "seaman" definition above and reversed the holding. The court stated that because the Plaintiff was not subject to the direction of the support vessel's master or report to the support vessel's captain, he was not a "seaman." Halle, Case No. 16-30558. Additionally, the court focused on the duties of the Plaintiff stating that the Plaintiff lived on the ROV Support vessel and operated the attached ROVs in the water to complete its industrial tasks. Id. He did not control the path to the intended target, steer, anchor or make any navigational decisions. Id. His operation of the ROVs had no direct relation to the navigation of the vessel, which made the ROV technician a non-seaman and FLSA eligible, entitling him to overtime pay. Id.
This case illustrates that there is significant confusion among employers as to how to classify some ROV positions and those whose jobs are offshore or involve navigational waterways. Are you or were you in the past three years an ROV technician or someone who has worked offshore or on the water without being paid overtime? If so, you may have a claim for unpaid overtime. Consider speaking with an experienced overtime attorney to understand your legal rights. Josh Borsellino is a licensed Texas attorney who fights for the rights of workers. He can be reached for a free consultation at 817.908.9861 or 432.242.7118.
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Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters" Offers First-Ever Front And Rear-Facing Lens On Snapchat
Sony Pictures Entertainment (PR Newswire) - 09 July 2016
On July 7th, Snapchatters Can "Bust" Ghosts Using Their Front-Facing Camera or "Slime" Friends Using their Rear-Facing Camera on Highly Popular Lens Feature Adored By Millions
CULVER CITY, Calif/PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, Snapchatters can use both the front and rear cameras of their phones with a new type of lens as millions of users become true Ghostbusters on the popular digital platform. Using the front camera on your smart phone, you can "Bust" ghosts. By switching to the rear camera, users can "Slime" unsuspecting friends or themselves.
Sony Pictures is the first brand partner to use this new kind of Lens on Snapchat, taking full advantage of the fact that smart phones come equipped today with front and rear- facing cameras.
Sponsored Lenses allow brands to take part in the communication between Snapchatters in the most interactive and personal way. Lenses are a creative, dynamic and fun extension for Snapchatters to make the most out of their selfies. They offer users the opportunity to add a selection of real-time visual effects and sounds to their photos.
With the Ghostbusters Lenses, the iconic music from the movie will play in the background as Snapchatters can choose between wearing a proton pack and becoming a genuine Ghostbuster or getting doused with green slime by a playful apparition.
"Whether its dog ears or flower crowns, face swapping or alien eyes, Snapchat's popular portfolio of Lenses are highly engaging pieces of content that fans truly love," said Elias Plishner, Executive Vice President of Digital Marketing for Sony Pictures. "We are very excited to be the first ever partner to introduce this new type of Lens to the market. These Lenses are fun and creative extensions of Ghostbusters and we think Snapchatters will have a great time using them."
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return to theaters on July 15 with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they're here to save the world! The film is produced by Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal, and written by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, based on the 1984 film "Ghostbusters," an Ivan Reitman film, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
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Macs are cheaper than PCs? Yes
Andrew Gruen
Aug. 7, 2006 12:33 p.m. PT
is an intern who reviews products for CNET.com and CNET News.com.
As Rich Brown posted earlier this morning, the the new Mac Pro is here. Now that all Apple's machines run on commodity, Intel-based hardware, Apple can't get away with charging much more for its products. Sure, there's value in Mac OS X. There's also value in Apple's legendary industrial design. But now we get to see exactly how much it's charging for it.
At the WWDC keynote, Phil Shiller, Apple's senior VP of marketing, told us that the "standard" Mac Pro configuration is about $1,000 less than a similarly configured Dell. A Mac Pro with dual 2.6GHz Xeons, 1GB of 667MHz RAM, a 250GB hard drive spinning at 7,200rpm, and an Nvidia GeForce 7300GT video card with 256MB of dedicated video memory is $2,499 on Apple's site, as promised. A Dell Precision 690 workstation with the same specs except for an Nvidia Quadro NVS 285 video card will run you $3,709. An HP Workstation xw8400 with that same Quadro NVS 285 hits $3,791. So if our elementary-school arithmetic is correct, the Mac Pro is $1,210 less than the Dell and $1,292 less than the HP. With Apple's free Boot Camp utility that lets you run Windows on a Mac, it's easy to imagine folks opting for the Mac Pro even if they never plan to use Mac OS X. Obviously, Apple hopes that the price differential will get more power users onto the Mac platform to at least give OS X a spin.
Before leaving WWDC, we had the chance to eye one of the new Mac Pros. From the outside, they look remarkably similar to the PowerMac G5s. External differences include an additional optical drive bay, additional USB and FireWire 800 ports on the case's front, and space on the back to prevent blocking one of the machine's four PCI Express slots when using one of the latest, double-wide video cards. Also on the back, there's now only one fan grille, and the power jack is now at the top center of the case.
We don't have one of the Mac Pros in the Labs yet, but check back soon for a full review. Also be sure to bookmark CNET's full coverage of WWDC 2006.
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Ben Roethlisberger said he went through his "checklist" after he got crunched to the turf by Za'Darius Smith during the Steelers' 23-17 win Sunday in Baltimore.
During his postgame news conference, the 36-year-old quarterback said he "knew right away" that he hadn't suffered a head injury.
Raise your hand if you were doing the same thing as a fan watching on TV.
Apparently, Roethlisberger had the wind knocked out of him so badly that he couldn't communicate his "checklist" to the medical staff.
I know that's what I was wondering.
Roethlisberger has had one of those injuries already. Let's face it. He's had just about every injury already.
That AC joint injury came against the Bengals in the 2015-16 playoffs. He came back the next week and nearly led the Steelers to a road upset in Denver.
But more severe AC joint separations can take weeks to heal. As do knees. And collarbones. And rotator cuffs. And elbows. And sometimes concussions.
Yet for all of those significant injuries, some of which Roethlisberger has endured, not one of them has resulted in him being put on the shelf for the bulk of a season.
Not once have Steelers fans had to watch someone like Brett Hundley try to keep a season afloat in December instead of Aaron Rodgers. Or Matt Cassel for a full year instead of Tom Brady. Or Matt McGloin and Connor Cook instead of Derek Carr.
In 2015, Roethlisberger missed four games due to injury. That's when St. Louis' Mark Barron fell into his planted knee. The two full years before that, Roethlisberger didn't miss any games. In the two and a half years since, he has missed just one because of injury — against Arizona in 2016.
Think about it. Since Big Ben was drafted in 2004, how many column inches, talk radio segments and TV sportscasts have been dedicated to sweating Roethlisberger's injuries?
Hundreds? Thousands? In each category.
Of course, Roethlisberger has been accused of dramatizing his injuries, Bart Scott's "drama king" reference being the most memorable such slap.
However, from the ice water on the thumb before the 2004 playoffs all the way through the "broken toes," the motorcycle accident, the concussions and his nearly punctured aorta , the Steelers have never in the Roethlisberger era seen a season end without their quarterback in uniform.
Drama or not, that's amazing. And tough. And lucky. Seeing that hit on Sunday was a reminder.
Don't get me wrong. Full marks to Josh Dobbs for making a 22-yard completion while Roethlisberger was getting his wind back. But my guess is none of us would be talking about the Steelers still trying to nudge their way into a division title or a playoff bye — as we are today — had Roethlisberger been seriously injured.
Hey. The kid made a big throw. And he has those Tomlinisms down. I'll give him that.
But I imagine just about every Steelers fan is hoping that "extended period of time" doesn't come to fruition in 2018-19.
Given Roethlisberger's track record, it won't. And given the track record of physical abuse he has suffered, that's stunning to realize.


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Q: Need Help Restoring A Failed RAID5 I was handed a Seagate NAS with 4 HDDs set up as RAID5.  One of the drives failed: won't spin up, clicks, etc.  The other 3 drives are fine.  They spin up, when connected via USB, the data on them is clearly visible with a hex viewer.
Seagate has instructions for restoring a failed RAID5, is calls for a new drive, among other things.  The problem is that a crucial [ rebuild ] button is missing from the interface and Seagate has no further instructions except to call their data recovery service, which is $$$$$.
My question: is there software that can do the following:
(1) Rebuild the drive given 3 other drives connected via USB (I took the drives out of the NAS).
(2) Mount the resulting software RAID5.
I have access to Mac OS, Windows, and if need be Linux machines.  I'd prefer a solution with fewest question marks for safety of the entire array.  Note: the files which the user seeks to recover aren't JPG, XLS, and the such.  They are highly-specialized format not included in disk scanners.  Which is why mounting the resulting software RAID is a requirement.

A: Most probably the NAS uses Linux so it should be easiest to restore the RAID with Linux. In addition it can be done perfectly safely.
After connecting a drive you can use dmsetup to create a virtual block device with a 1:1 mapping to that drive. But this device mapper device can be created read-only so that it cannot be damaged when you experiment with mdadm. If you can create a read-only RAID then you can use mdadm on the original drive block devices to create a regular, read-write RAID.

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Posted: January 28, 2013 in Announcement, News, Uncategorized
Tags: bartender, bucks county, delaware river, john and peters, lambertville, missing, new hope, Sarah Majoras
** BREAKING NEWS **
During a news conference tonight, authorities confirmed that a body found in the D&R canal during the search for Sarah Majoras is believed to be that of Sarah's. Foul play is not suspected, but authorities are not ruling it out and will continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. The public is asked to continue to contact authorities with information that can aid in the remaining investigation.
More information at ABC 6.
** ONGOING UPDATES APPENDED TO THE END OF THIS POST **
Family and friends of Sarah Majoras need your help.
The 39 year old resident of Lambertville, NJ went missing in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, January 26th. She is a popular bartender of 16 years at the well-known John and Peter's bar in New Hope, PA – a favorite spot for checking out local bands – just on the other side of the bridge that connects the two towns. She was not working on Friday evening; she is said to have gone to John and Peter's to hang with friends and listen to live music, then left at about 2:00am Saturday morning for the usual walk to her home from the bar. She walked home alone and has not been seen since. Authorities have said that video from closed circuit cameras on the bridge shows that Majoras successfully made it across the bridge.
As a former nearby resident of the area, I've spent much time in the bucolic sister towns of New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ. And every year for the last several years, my mother and I have also spent time there exhibiting artwork at the Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce's annual New Hope Arts and Crafts Festival. Walking alone in that area is not something that is typically considered very unsafe. It's a quiet, beautiful area, with a friendly tight-knit community, lined with historical colonial homes and charming village shops.
This morning, I received the following email from the Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce:
Your help is urgently needed to help find our friend and local John and Peters bartender, Sarah Majoras. She was last seen leaving John and Peters at approximately 2am on Jan 26th. She did not make it home and did not report to work last night for her shift at 9pm. If you have any information, heard anything strange, have surveillance video from your house or storefront, please call New Hope police (215) 862-3033 . Someone must know something or have seen something that can help. Please help to spread the word to the local community, press, social media, anyone. See picture below on twitter…we are using #findsarah on twitter.
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I have also spent much time at John and Peter's over the years, and while I did not know Sarah, I was shocked and saddened when I opened the email and recognized her young and vibrant face.
Merchants in the area are being urged to check any available surveillance video for potential information that could be helpful to the investigation.
The community is also urging those who wish to assist to please help spread the word in any way you can – blogs, social media, phone, and on foot if you're nearby. Again, if you're tweeting, they are using #findsarah as the hashtag.
There is a Facebook page that has been set up to assist in helping to communicate information about the search for Sarah. The group has recently added an Information Portal tab to the page that includes photos and downloadable posters, donation information and more.
The following flyer is also available to post online and to print and pass around in nearby areas.
Local and national media outlets have since picked up the story, you can read a few of them below.
NJ.com/Hunterdon County Democrat: Scuba divers search beneath canal ice for missing Lambertville woman
PhillyBurbs.com: 100 volunteers join officials in search for missing Lambertville woman
NBC News: Missing Bartender Made it Across Bridge: Investigators
Daily Mail: Scuba divers search under frozen canal for woman, 39, who went missing after walk home alone from nightclub
FOX News: Divers search Delaware River for missing bartender
Once again, if you have any information, or surveillance video that you think can assist in the investigation, please contact the New Hope Police at (215) 862-3033 or the Lambertville Police Department at (609) 397-3132.
UPDATE on 1/30/2013 at 3:30pm EST:
The prosecutor's office and investigators on the case are holding a live press conference today to begin sometime between 3:30 and 4:00 pm EST. Livestream is available here at ABC-6. Hunterdon County, NJ prosecutor to press: "You are our mouthpiece."
I will add that the area of New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ is a popular tourist area in NJ. Visitors from out of town could have been in the area and seen or heard something before leaving the area without ever having known about Sarah having gone missing – this is why spreading this story outside of the immediate community is so important.
UPDATE on 1/30/2013 at 12:00pm EST:
No new leads; the search continues.
"Underwater searches are focused on the canal and are no longer taking place in the Delaware River, since authorities determined Majoras made it into Lambertville."
More at LehighValleyLive.
Planet Princeton reports that the prosecutor's office has released an update, as well as footage of Sarah Majoras crossing the bridge from New Hope, PA into Lambertville, NJ in the hopes that "it may trigger someone's memory if they saw her that night." View their article to see still photos of the footage.
ABC / Action News has also posted a complete set of photos of the search activities, including additional photos of the surveillance footage.
Anonymous Takes Out the FTC in Protest Over ACTA, Google Privacy
Posted: February 18, 2012 in Justice, News, Technology, Trade
Tags: ACTA, anonymous, dana white, federal trade commission, Free Speech, FTC, google, hackers, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, pipa, privacy, SOPA
by Liberty Chick at BigGovernment
The hacker collective Anonymous has struck government websites again, this time the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the National Consumer Protection Week websites. According to the Associated Press, "both sites were replaced with a violent German-language video satirizing the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA." A pastebin page to which some of the Anonymous associated Twitter accounts are linking outlines the message that was distributed by the hackers, as well as a link to the violent video mentioned in the AP article.
The hackings were in response both to Google's recent changes to its terms of service and, more prominently, to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which 22 of the European Union's 27 member states signed last month in Tokyo. Pressure from Anonymous and anti-ACTA activists caused Poland to suspend the bill last week, where members of its Parliament donned Guy Fawkes masks in protest. Poland and Slovenia are now distancing themselves from the treaty.
ACTA is an international treaty aimed at curtailing copyright infringement, counterfeit and pirated goods, and other forms of intellectual property theft across multiple member states. The agreement is meant to provide a framework for member countries, which have differences in legal systems and practices, to work together cooperatively "to address the problem of infringement of intellectual property rights, including infringement taking place in the digital environment, in particular with respect to copyright or related rights, in a manner that balances the rights and interests of the relevant right holders, service providers, and users." In light of controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, ACTA has generated a good deal of discussion and debate in the same political and activism circles. Some fear it's too much government intrusion for a solution that they believe may not ultimately address the problem adequately anyway. Others have argued that while such legislation may be flawed, the need to protect against international stealing online does exist.
(Read the rest at BigGovernment…)
More articles on Anonymous by Liberty Chick at Breitbart.com.
Propaganda vs Pepper-Spray: Which Weapon is More Dangerous?
Posted: December 1, 2011 in Big Labor, Education, Free Speech, Legal, Media Criticism, News, Occupy Movement, Politics, Uncategorized
Tags: #OccupyWallStreet, anonymous, davis 11, Education, First Amendment, Free Speech, labor unions, non lethal force, occupydavis, pepper spray, protest, university of california davis
by Liberty Chick & Adam Baldwin ~ at BigJournalism.com
UC Davis protesters encircle police to prevent them from leaving. Police issued multiple warnings to those in the path to clear access. Just prior to the pepper spray, Officer Pike gives a final warning to each protester, "Do you understand that if you stay here when the police squad comes, you will be subject to the use of force?
On Monday, students, faculty and supporters at the University of California, Davis, attempted a mass general strike to protest tuition hikes and to demand the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi after police pepper-sprayed eleven protesters who blocked a public access way at an #OccupyUCDavis event on November 18th. Students maintain it was Chancellor Katehi who requested the police remove the Occupy encampment and clear access to the facility. The incident sparked a firestorm of media all across the world and has become a viral phenomenon, and now even an Internet meme.
We stand behind those calling for Chancellor Katehi's resignation. But not for the reasons they might think.
The events of UC Davis and the way in which the pepper-spray was handled has set a number of dangerous precedents. In the setting of academia, the rights of the majority of students are being trampled on to appease the tyranny of a minority. Further, the very system of law and order and its public servants instituted to protect the rights of the public at large have been undermined by incompetent leaders, unable to withstand the growing pressure of a noisy minority and the corrupt media that supports it. Most importantly, propaganda has established a foothold that is now stronger than ever, and far more dangerous than the short-term effects of pepper spray.
Over the last week, we have seen the media pick up the UC Davis story and run with it, always highlighting the same twenty seconds of one Officer Pike, methodically pepper-spraying eleven "peaceful protesters," as onlookers gasp and scream in horror and dismay. The public was almost undivided in its immediate condemnation of the act.
But just as Winston Churchill once said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Perhaps in this case, it's not so much a lie, but a lot of omissions.
And the Most Unfortunate On-Air Typo of the Day Goes to…CNN
Posted: November 7, 2011 in Media Criticism, News, Uncategorized
Tags: CNN, freudian slip, peen, penn state, sandusky, scandal, sex abuse, typo
Peen State? Tweeted earlier today: https://twitter.com/#!/Liberty_Chick/status/133625836250218496
h/t for the pic to @mollybuckley
Freudian slip. Ouch.
Someone over at CNN's really got peen on the brain: "Sandusky's autobiography titled 'Touched'"
If you don't know the backstory, you've apparently been under a rock.
Here's one to get you started on the catch-up:
"Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky arrested in child sex case; AD Tim Curley charged with perjury"
University Professor Censored Over… 'Firefly' Poster?
Posted: October 4, 2011 in Culture, Education, Free Speech, Hollywood, Legal, News
Tags: 'Firefly', academic freedom, Censorship, chancellor sorensen, fascism, Firefly (TV show), First Amendment, Foundation for individual rights in education, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, James Miller, jayne, lisa walter, Mal Reynolds, serenity, theater, University of Wisconsin-Stout
by Adam Baldwin and Liberty Chick
UPDATE: UW-Stout has retreated. "…Therefore, UW-Stout has reconsidered its decision to remove the two posters from outside the professor's office, meaning he can display them if he so chooses." Popehat has the analysis.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is one of America's most sacred freedoms and our public universities often among its staunchest defenders. But at the University of Wisconsin-Stout (UWS), it seems this sacred freedom is in the eye of the beholder.
UWS theater professor Dr. James Miller is relatively new to the short-lived, now cult hit TV series "Firefly." Some of his students are loyal fans and asked Dr. Miller to check it out for himself. He liked it enough to hang a Firefly poster on his office door. Given its remote location in the theater wing, where mostly only theater students would see it, who would have expected the poster to cause such a firestorm?
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reports:
On September 12, 2011, Professor Miller posted on his office door an image of Nathan Fillion in Joss Whedon's sci-fi series Firefly and a line from an episode: "You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me. And you'll be armed." On September 16, UWS Chief of Police Lisa A. Walter notified Miller that she had removed the poster because it "refer[s] to killing." After Miller replied, "respect my first amendment rights," Walter wrote that "the poster can be interpreted as a threat." Walter also threatened Miller with criminal charges: "If you choose to repost the article or something similar to it, it will be removed and you could face charges of disorderly conduct."
In response to Walter's censorship, Miller placed a new poster on his office door on the 16th. The poster read "Warning: Fascism" and mocked, "Fascism can cause blunt head trauma and/or violent death. Keep fascism away from children and pets."
Walter escalated the absurdity. On September 20, she wrote that this poster, too, had been censored because it "depicts violence and mentions violence and death" and was expected to "be constituted as a threat." She added that UWS's "threat assessment team," in consultation with the university general counsel's office, had made the decision. College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Interim Dean Raymond Hayes then scheduled a meeting with Miller about "the concerns raised by the campus threat assessment team."
Read the rest here at BigHollywood
Posted: August 27, 2011 in News, Uncategorized
Tags: 1999, bound brook, evacuation, flood, get the hell off the beach, governor chris christie, hurricane floyd, hurricane irene, hurricane photos, manville, maximized your tan, millburn, new brunswick, New Jersey, NJ, raritan, weather
Memories of Hurricane Floyd, only a tropical storm by the time it reached New Jersey in 1999.
Listen to Gov Christie: "You've maximized your tan. Get the hell off the beach….Do not waste any more time working on your tan."
Enlarge: Main Street, Bound Brook, NJ
More photos: S Bound Brook flooded house
Enlarge: Burned out and flooded buildings in S Bound Brook
Enlarge: Dunkin Donuts in Lodi, NJ
Enlarge: Fighting fires in Bound Brook, NJ (just one town over from my hometown)
Enlarge: Millburn, NJ roads have become flowing rivers.
Enlarge: Route 23 in Wayne, NJ.
Enlarge: A major intersection in Bound Brook, NJ.
Enlarge: Raritan, NJ
Enlarge: Bus stop in Raritan, NJ.
Enlarge: One of many fires in Bound Brook, NJ.
Enlarge: Aftermath of Floyd: Burned out stores in South Bound Brook.
Enlarge: More burned out stores in South Bound Brook, NJ.
Enlarge: Cleaning up oil spills in Bound Brook, NJ.
Enlarge: A Hunterdon County road buckles to the water wear.
Enlarge: Cleanup in Manville, NJ.
Enlarge: More cleanup in Middlesex County, NJ.
Enlarge: Building damage to stores.
Enlarge: Port Authority police check on flooded out Bound Brook residents.
Enlarge: Young child next to damaged store.
Enlarge: A Bound Brook street after the water clears.
Enlarge: Big hauls arrive for cleanup help.
Enlarge: High water mark in S Bound Brook: 8 feet 10 inches.
Enlarge: The Fisher family never gives up.
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The Newest Google Heist: Copyrights
Posted: July 19, 2011 in Congress, Culture, Free Speech, Legal, News, Technology, Uncategorized
Tags: art, buzz, chrome, copyright, Eric Schmidt, facebook, facebook friend exporter, federal trade commission, FTC, google, google books, google plus, image, infringement, intellectual property, IP, Photofocus, photography, privacy, social media, social networking, terms of service, Washington Post
"We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less guess what you're thinking about."
— former Google CEO Eric Schmidt at a Washington Ideas Forum last October
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Much has been said about Google's evolution from a hip, niche technology outfit to a behemoth advertising machine over the years. As the company has grown in its product offering, so has all that valuable user data – and their users' online habits. With almost 200 million users monthly of the Gmail service alone, there's no shortage of juicy email content from which Google can serve up a cacophony of those automated "creepy" integrated advertising links in and around your email messages based upon your email habits. When Google launched its Buzz product and automatically opted all of its users IN rather than OUT, the outcry for privacy and data protection was deafening. And most recently, we've read the news reports of Facebook blocking the Google Chrome extension Facebook Friend Exporter, citing its violation of Facebook's terms of service for vacuuming data right out of other users' Facebook accounts without their permission. Names, email addresses, websites, addresses and even phone numbers of users' friends were being sucked out of their Facebook accounts straight onto Google's servers where the information could be used by Google in any way they saw fit. I share my info with my Facebook friends, but that doesn't mean I want them extracting it for other applications they might want to use. (But hey, how dare I complain, when Google calls this openness.)
Now, it's copyrights that Google is seeking to hijack from users.
The Washington Post reports that under the fine print of the Google Terms of Agreement for Google+ there is a provision that robs photographers of the ability to sell their works if they upload their pictures on the site.
The Post noted:
Google's Terms of Service on photography, Photofocus cautions, should be read carefully, especially these sections:
By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.
Scott Bourne at Photofocus writes that there's a reason he doesn't use Google photo sharing services and won't be signing up for Google+.
"If I do share images on Google services – under the current terms of service – I will risk genuine harm to my ability to earn income from those images. As a professional, I don't see the reward of using the Google services as being worth more than the risk."
At least this time Google had the courtesy to notify users upfront that they'll have to abandon rights to their intellectual property–unlike the launch of Google Books, where Google uploaded copyrighted material without even asking the authors, which resulted in a class action suit.
Some will argue that the Google+ terms state that users do retain any rights they already hold, but the practical application of protecting those rights simply isn't assured under Google's model, and most certainly not under its current terms. In these times of open source and file sharing, artists of all stripes can barely avoid making some of their content available for free to keep customers happy. In fact, most will find it beneficial to do so to increase their traffic and to build up a customer following. But many of those artists make their money in exclusive licensing agreements, the boundaries of which become a bit blurred by portions of Google policy, especially now that Google+ has launched. My mother is an artist and as someone who helps her market her work, the Google dilemma is one with which we struggle all the time. Her artwork is quite unique and sometimes a customer may inquire about an exclusive licensing agreement to use a work of hers, for a line of fashion t-shirts, for example. If she uploads photos of her paintings to Google+, it might be great to have millions of eyes looking at and sharing her work, but at the same time, she can't necessarily promise her customer that the "exclusive" image he's purchasing won't show up in a Google ad or at a trade show booth someplace.
We frequently hear people in our country say, "we used to make things here in America, we used to create things." The truth is, we still do. We now create ideas, innovations, inventions, technology. We create inspiration: words, music, art. And while our society is speedily growing accustomed to sharing these creations collectively and openly, and expecting them at zero cost, we must remember that for some – for many, in fact – these creations are the very lifeblood of their creators.
Google itself started as the creation of two young college graduate students. In the end, Google is built on the acquisition and use of more and more data from more and more people that is used to build marketing profiles and sell advertising. And that insatiable need coupled with a long track record of outright disregard for privacy and property rights should prompt users to exercise caution.
After all, these are the same do-as Google-pleases and take-whatever-Google-wants policies that Congress and the FTC are currently investigating.
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
— Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt [video]
TROOPATHON: Care Packages for the Troops – Purchase Today!
Posted: June 19, 2011 in Announcement, Defense, News, Uncategorized
Tags: bloggers competition, care package, COINS, donate, military, sacrifice, troopathon, troops
Until the June 23rd deadline, when the 8 hour Troopathon show begins, these blogs will battle it out – competing to see who can raise the most sponsorships for care packages that will go to our brave troops serving overseas. Packages start as low as $24.99.
Liberty Chick is part of the competition and is raising awareness of this event as a member of the COINS team (yes, as in counter insurgency…how appropriate?). Anytime you donate a care package from this link, team COINS will receive points for that purchase. Just a little friendly competition amongst bloggers. The special URL for the COINS page is http://www.thecampaignstore.com/store/default.asp?parentid=448&rname=teamcoins2011.
Here are some of the other teams with which we're competing:
Why Donate? Here's Troopathon's goal:
The goal of Troopathon is simple: Send care packages to our troops, as many as we can get sponsored in a single 8-hour show. In our first year (2008) our inaugural program brought in over $1.5 million for care packages for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the single largest shipment of care packages ever recorded. Over the succeeding two years, our innovative webcasts have raised over $2 Million for our troops. Since our organization began sending care packages in 2006, we've sent over 168 TONS of high quality beef jerky, Gatorade, Oreo cookies and gourmet coffee to our troops, and that's just the beginning!
A little more about the Troopathon event:
Troopathon is groundbreaking and innovative in that we bring together famous celebrities from radio, television, the movie, musicians, journalists, and more to create a one-of-a-kind event with one purpose – to support our troops on the front lines in the war on terror and honor their service and sacrifice for our nation. It's like a "Jerry Lewis-style" telethon but on the web for a most worthy cause.
So please, donate a care package to the troops today, and do it with team COINS! Packages start as low as $24.99.
If you want to help me spread the word with my team, pass along this page or the URL below:
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View all the hosts and personalities on the Troopathon program here.
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Latest Protests Bring an 'Epic' Wisconsin Donor Back Into the Spotlight
Posted: June 17, 2011 in 2012 Budget, Big Labor, Health Care, Healthcare, News, Politics, State Politics, Tea Party, Technology
Tags: AFL-CIO, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, electronic health records, electronic medical records, epic systems, Fidel Castro, governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund, health care reform, health information technology, judith faulkner, Kaiser Permanente, Kloppenburg, Madison, Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, paul soglin, Prosser, protest, scott walker, tammy baldwin, Wisconsin
Labor unions and leftist activists are expected to once again descend upon the Captiol in Madison, WI on Tuesday. They plan to protest Governor Scott Walker's first 2-year budget proposal, which seeks to cap entitlement programs and make cuts in education while expanding school voucher programs, in an attempt to close a $3 billion budget deficit. Republicans also expect to add the collective bargaining provisions that were passed in March, unless the State Supreme Court issues a ruling before then.
Opponents of Walker's proposal view their side as an issue of human rights and a statement against corporations, and have not surprisingly ratcheted up the rhetoric. On its website announcing Tuesday's protest, the Wisconsin state AFL-CIO posted:
Debate will be limited, democracy will be circumvented and the balance will greatly tip in favor of ramming through an anti-worker, anti-family, anti-community agenda. Come bear witness to this denial of democracy… Please take part in democracy and bear witness to the extreme attack on the people of Wisconsin. Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, June 14, as we continue to stand strong against a budget that guts public schools, attacks health care, raises taxes on workers and seniors, and jeopardizes public services like police and fire. All while handing over $300 million a year in tax breaks to the rich.
Oh, the drama….


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El Pasoan Hoping to Find True Love on Netflix's 'Love is Blind'
Joanna Barba Published: February 14, 2022
Netflix's weird reality show "Love is Blind" is back for a second season. Among the hopeful 30 (!) contestants this season hoping to find true love is 31-year-old El Pasoan Salvador Perez.
For a quick recap- "Love is Blind" premiered in 2020, right before Valentine's Day- so it makes sense that they released this new season right before Valentine's Day. I was immediately hooked- but it also feels like it's been FOREVER ago because this hit right before the pandemic; this was pre-pandemic days!
"Love is Blind" is a reality show on Netflix where singles try to find a match and fall in love -- without ever seeing each other face-to-face! It sounds insane, I know, but it will really suck you in- and if you are starting with season 1, be prepared for the journey that is Mark and Jessica!
On the show, singles are put into pods, weird I know, where they get to communicate one on one with each other, but they never get to see what the other one looks like. In the first season we all fell in love with Cameron and Lauren- who also fell in love with each other- and got married! It looks like they're still going strong- so maybe this does work?
Now, Salvador is hoping to be the next contestant to find true love.
In the first two episodes, Salvador tells us a little bit about himself, and how he's not afraid to show his emotions- we love that! Judging by his Instagram account, he's very much a family man- and he shows off more of his ukulele skills. (He writes Mallory, a woman who he has been getting closer to in the pods, a very cute song!)
I won't spoil it if you haven't seen the show, but it is intense, and the show moves real fast.
Will Salvador find true love? The first five episodes are available now. Good luck to Salvador, we're rooting for you and for true love!
El Paso One of the Best Places To Get Married? Totally! Here's 6 Reasons Why
Here's Where To Find All 9 Of El Paso's Balloon Mural Series:
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Categories: Buzz Adams Morning Show, Local / El Paso, Television


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Q: jquery load vs ajax for form post submission If all I want to do is submit a form to a PHP processor with POST data and get the result, is there any reason to use the ajax method over the jQuery load method?
Using Ajax requires a bunch of code versus something very simple on one line in jQuery like this:
$("#myDIV").load("myProcessor.php", {field1: target.value});

Hmmm, maybe this only works well with one field? Sorry, just getting back into JS.

A: *

*The .load method is is roughly equivalent to $.get(url, data,
success) (src).

*The .get method  is a shorthand Ajax
function (src).

For a simple ajax call, .load is appropriate. Use .ajax if you want to deal with specials parameters.
PS: If you don't want a fat framework like jQuery, look here : http://microjs.com/#ajax

A: From jQuery website about load

This method is the simplest way to fetch data from the server. It is
  roughly equivalent to $.get(url, data, success) except that it is a
  method rather than global function and it has an implicit callback
  function. When a successful response is detected (i.e. when textStatus
  is "success" or "notmodified"), .load() sets the HTML contents of the
  matched element to the returned data.

you can read difference between load ajax on StackOverflow.
But, load is not for submitting a form using post method. Both POST and GET are different methods and works differently, data submitted using GET method will be available in the $_GET array but not in the $_POST.

A: $(element).load(...) will automatically insert the server response into the selected element as html (jQuery documentation for .load()). This might result in your server exposing information about the request directly to the user, which is probably not what you're looking to do.
$.ajax() also allows very fine control over what happens during the request. You can accurately intercept exceptions and produce a callback when the request finishes succesfully. These are all reasons to use $.ajax() over $(element).load(...). However, if your only concern is sending the data in the POST header and working with the response, then using $.post with a callback function will probably be the simplest approach. http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/


Arrive in Barot which is 70 km from Bir Billing. Our camp site just next to (Uhl ) river and road. After lunch we go for fishing in Uhl River. In the evening roast the fish on the bone fire which cached. Night stay in tent.
Early morning we go for fishing again as fishing is always in evening and early morning. In between we have packed breakfast and fishing until lunch. Post lunch departure to your destination for further journey.


This Red Beans Roundtable explores redlining and environmental justice.
Red Beans Roundtables are casual conversations. Small Center provides red beans and rice from Café Reconcile and great panels of speakers who have unique insights into the big issues facing New Orleans. Panelists and participants bring their questions, expertise and appetites to Small Center to learn and teach together.
As always, events at Small Center are free and open to the public.


WordPress is a widely accepted and loved platform for the passionate bloggers. It is not only a free CMS but rises to popularity due to its easy to use features. There are thousands of themes for WordPress and the numbers increases by few hundreds every month. These themes comes both as free themes and premium themes. Our today's list caters to new free and premium WordPress themes for September 2015.
Publication comes as a beautiful Blogging theme. What makes it special is its full-screen Featured Images, thus giving your images the visual appeal they need.
GridBlog is a visually stunning blog new WordPress theme. It is based on grid layout. It is the best choice for content heavy websites.
DeNature brings you a step close to nature with its calm and serene color choices. It is best suited for the blogs with deals in nature, climate or ecology. However, it can be modified to suit various other purpose.
This responsive new WordPress theme for September 2015 is artistically crafted. It is ready to bring your website on top of search results with its search engine optimization. It has a responsive layout too.
If you are running an online news or magazine website, Drego is the most suitable theme for you. This theme is integrated with BuddyPress, Woocommerce and BBPress and is SEO optimized.
Fallex is designed to adpat to changing screen sizes. It comes with Infinite Scroll and Masonry layout, just like Pinterest. It is also BuddyPress, Woocommerce and BBpress layout integrated.
Oberon is a simple and new free WordPress child theme for the popular theme Twenty Fifteen. You can customize this theme to a great exxtent and come up with your desired results.
Round is a gaming theme for avid gamers. The design is deliberately kept simple to avoid any distractions. It also supports WooCommerce so that you can sell membership and merchandise online.
True North is an elegant latest Portfolio theme for WordPress. If you want to put your best foot forward and let the people know about your work, this theme makes an excellent choice for you.
Onimag is magazine WordPress theme released for September 2015. It is search engine optimized and comes with monetization options. Take your pick from various slider options, fonts, colors and much more.
Shutter, as the name suggests for the Photographers. It is a clean and simple theme with easy and powerful back-end options. It lets you unleash your talent and creative inputs.
Entro is a responsive theme with a modern and clean layout. It comes with SEO optimization, Featured Image Ready, featured post sliders, custom widgets and WooCommerce compatibility.
Hired is a crisp and professional CV theme. It is responsive and clean theme. It is easy to use so that you can focus on your core competencies.
Meet Brisa a clean and modern WordPress blogging theme. It comes with many useful features like 6 custom widgets, social media integration, Thumbnails , 7 widgetized areas, 5 post formats, 10 Blog page layouts and much more.
Luxury is an elegant theme for the websites dealing in high-end brands and services. Every detail of this theme is crafted well and artistically to add a sophistication to your website.
HowTo is a perfect new premium WordPress theme for the content rich websites and blogs. It is designed to give a visual delight to readers. It is also a fast and responsive theme.
EstateEngine is an advanced theme for websites related to real estate. Keeping in view the profession, the features included in this theme are in sync. You can even monetize your website.
Tempo is a minimalistic theme with maximum visibility. It has a masonry, multiple header layouts and WooCommerce integration. Customize this theme to your heart's content.
Optima is a well built theme for bloggers. It devoid any distractions arising out of blingy design. It comes with demo content to make your work easier.
Travelhub is a wonderful and practical theme for websites dealing in online travel management. It comes with a tour planner, flight scheduler, layout builder and many other options for front-end user.
Websites dealing in property and real estate will be benefited with this theme. It comes with a Drag & Drop page builder, advanced filtering, map system and multiple customization options.
For those who don't want any distraction on their websites so that their content can take the centre stage, Leda is the theme. It is well coded, SEO optimized and a responsive design.
DiningEngine is a restaurant, cafe & bistro WordPress listing directory theme. It is a highly customizable theme with great features and it lets you take full control of your website.
Villa Rental, as the name suggests, is an advanced booking theme for luxury properties. This theme comes with Tevolution plugin, the Booking System add-on and is completely widgetized.
eCommerce is an elegant and highly functional eCommerce theme supported with WooCommerce. It is a fast and responsive theme and it comes with 4 different demos, wishlist and quickview options.
SCRN II is a one page portfolio wordpress theme that gives you a perfect launchpad to introduce yourself to your potential customers. It comes with aqua page builder and bootstrap grid.
Domino Magazine is a beautiful and functional WordPress theme for online Magazines. It is a responsive theme that gives ample space and sportlight to your content. It also has a Visual Customizer.


I remember reading this book at the Day Unit. This is a memoir by Grace Bowman, a popular 18 year old who decided to go on a diet before heading off to university. Soon dieting turns into something vicious, she finds she can't stop. She struggles to understand how or why it's happened and why she can't bring herself to eat. In this Memoir, you find out what lead to Grace's anorexia and you get to follow her recovery out of this self-destructive illness. The book draws you into mindset of Grace and into dark world of Eating Disorder. I would like to share few snippets from the book. It's a good read, simple to comprehend and easy to relate to and gives a powerful message on power that exists in each of us to beat Eating Disorder.
The Passage of time is a powerful thing. When people ask how you overcome an eating disorder it doesn't sound like the most convincing of explanations to put it down to things just getting better, but this was the case in my experience. It was a slow process to wear it down but the more I fought it, the more I wanted to rid myself of its strangling hold, and eventually, with sustained effort, the eating disorder voice gradually faded out.
A big part of my recovery came down to embracing the change rather than opposing it.
If you are able to admit real responsibility of what you can achieve -if you can start to encounter that fear- then you realise that anorexia is something you can put a stop to.
The strength of anorexia is such that its remnants are clearly felt, or translated into something else long after the 'phase' has passed. It is not something that you forget you experienced. You cannot do this because the potential long-lasting consequences for your body range from infertility to osteoporosis to the erosion of tooth enamel. And it can come back. Even if the relationship with food recovers, the relationship with yourself can remain a fragile one.
A truth for all times, thought Denver.
As you recover from very low weight and self-starvation- as you put on more weight, and return to the target you are told to achieve- lots of things do improve (perception can shift and rational decisions can begin to be made), but at the same time it can be a terrifying experience. The biggest change for me was the emergence of real feeling. I felt, like many others who regain weight and grow, that I was thrust back into my hypersensitive body. Emotions returned with full force after a long period of nullification. I went from emotional paralysis to a sense of being flooded with fear and feeling. It was as if all of the experience of the last few years had been unlocked and released, and I was initially totally knocked down with it. The first thing that an anorexic looks to do with that intense emotion is to relate to her size and weight. She believes this is what shapes all of her feelings and moods, and fuels her happiness or unhappiness. It was the same for me.
As an anorexic, you don't have a sense of what your 'self' equals, and so you think that if you can emulate others, something will form around you. If the images you are presented with are long and thin and glossy, it is easier to think you should be like that; it is easier to think that that is how and why those people have got there.
It is hard to accept you have to find your own level, which is inevitably a different level from everyone else's. It's hard to stop staring, to pull away, to stop wishing for a transformation to someone else's idea of 'the right shape'. Your inside strength finds it hard to come through, but when it does, you stop the self-rejection. You start to think of your-self as your own unique shape, your own outline.
I am different today, no question. The anorexic version of me is a part of my memory, but she doesn't feel like she needs to be part of my present. It is amazing now, but I am able to stop myself thinking about the fat on my stomach, or the depth and width of my thighs. One day like that came along, and then it was two days, and then three in a row. Imagine that! Three days in a row with hardly any fat feelings and a head focused on other things. Even better sometimes I can't remember what I ate two days ago.
Mostly I still remember today, but I certainly can't list everything over the last week. I can't even tell you the calorie content of a pizza, or a slice of toast with butter, or a can of coke. In fact, it's almost as if I have been brainwashed not to remember by my own brain. It's like I hypnotized myself backwards.
Quiet often I forget about my body and my weight, I stop thinking about it. I wonder if it is because I don't need to focus on that anymore.
The voice, the wrong-speed inside voice has slowly faded. It is more like a whisper than a roaring shout. Sometimes I faintly hear it trying to come back. Sometimes I punch it out in the gym. Sometimes I breathe it away. Sometimes I sleep through it. Sometimes I laugh so loud that it disappears entirely. Sometimes I jump on my bed and do forward rolls; anything to mix it up, screw it right up, throw it out the window.
Anorexia just lost its appeal frankly, the view of thin me was not fulfilling, nor truthful, nor logical. The equation didn't make sense. I had been reciting the same lines over and over again, and years later, the thinness had contributed nothing to my self-esteem (that had to come from somewhere else). It took me time to work this out. It took me time to outgrow it, until one day, or one series of, days, I decided to stop running away from finishing it.
When you decide to allow yourself access to the reality of your eating disorder, past or present, that's when you empower it with an existence outside the confines it has shrouded itself in. That is when it can start to break down. When it is shared it is broken.
The anorexia itself tries to stop such an invasion of its privacy, of course. It tries to stop any sense of an ending to keep its power within, and you have to fight this. You have to break the secrecy.
For my part, I have stopped thinking about my body so much, and I have accepted that it will change as I change, and as I grow older. So what I weigh today, or yesterday, or tomorrow will not tell you anything about me. It will not tell you who I am, what kind of person I am, What I believe or what I will be tomorrow.
To give up control, you need to give yourself and your time to someone else's plans, to someone else's needs; to do things for other people. This helps to break through the fear of what will happen if your life isn't planned just the way you want it to be. You can't control everything, and never will, and once you have accepted this you begin to steady.
I used to feel an absence from myself. I discarded my body, I threatened it, I tried to shrink it. Now I feel it, I sit in the presence of myself and I nurture it. It has helped to try and link my body and my mind, rather than separating them out and letting them fight each other. I feel like I am not fighting myself anymore.
I actually feel protective of my body now. This is my shape, my body. This is my shape, my life.


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Eric Garner
Media meme: Innocent, generous, congenial, "neighborhood peacemaker", father of six children (grandfather of three), was attacked, choked out, and killed by the evil NYPD for the crime of walking while black as part of "stop and frisk".
Truth: Stop and frisk was ended long ago because it was too effective. Tobacco smuggler (selling illegal untaxed cigarettes), and repeat violent felon (30 arrests including assault and grand larceny), was in poor health and resisting arrest. He was on bail for smuggling and illegal selling, driving without a license, marijuana possession, identity theft/fraud (false impersonation), and that's what the cops were taking him in for. He didn't die of Daniel Pantaleo's chokehold, he died in the ambulance that the police called for him, after had a heart attack violently fighting with the cops. Either his life was given up over his own stupidity, or over the lefts war on tobacco. The race baiters blamed a racist system, instead of admitting any truth or culpability by Eric Garner, or the law they supported that empowered the cops to arrest him in the fist place.
Obama jumps in, does nothing to correct the record, magnifies the problem, encourages the violence and frustration felt over black thugs being killed for resisting arrest, and being obese and in bad health. He sicks the DOJ on the case, then silently, nothing comes of it, because they knew all along that this was an unfortunate consequence of over zealous tax laws (local cigarette taxes making dug/tobacco smuggling profitable), and normal arrest procedures meaning that if you fight and have a heart condition, you might die.
Facts I've pointed out that only angered the delusional who wanted to believe the racist myth:
Garner was resisting an arrest for illegally selling untaxed cigarettes
Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik: "You cannot resist arrest. If Eric Garner did not resist arrest... he wouldn't be dead today." "Regardless of what the arrest was for, the officers don't have the ability to say, 'Well, this is a minor arrest, so we're just going to ignore you.'"
The video of the July 17 incident clearly shows Garner, an African-American, swatting away the arms of a white officer seeking to take him into custody, telling him: "Don't touch me!"
Garner, 43, had history of more than 30 arrests dating back to 1980, on charges including assault and grand larceny.
Garner was out on bail after being charged with illegally selling cigarettes, driving without a license, marijuana possession and false impersonation.
Garner was 6' 3", 350 pounds, suffered from a number of health problems, including heart disease, severe asthma, diabetes, obesity, and sleep apnea
Garner did not die at the scene of the confrontation. He suffered cardiac arrest in the ambulance taking him to the hospital and was pronounced dead about an hour later
Chokeholds by police are prohibited in New York City. But between 2009 and mid-2014, the Civilian Complaint Review Board received 1,128 chokehold allegations. It's hard to take someone down and restrain them, without arms going around necks and chests, and many takedown techniques involve wrapping your arms around a person in the same way.
The 23-member grand jury included nine non-white jurors who found Officer Pantaleo not guilty of the crime that 'he knew there was a "substantial risk" that Garner would have died due to the takedown' -- and of course there are many takedowns and very few deaths.
Ramsey Orta, who shot the much-viewed videotape of the encounter, was indicted on weapons charges (he slipped a .25-caliber handgun into a teenage accomplice's waistband outside a New York Hotel).
http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/10/report-doj-moving-towards-charges-in-death-of-eric-garner/#more
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/07/video-analysis-doj-correctly-declined-civil-rights-charges-in-eric-garner-death/
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/eric-garner-chokehold-grand-jury-police/2014/12/04/id/611058/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner
Assassinations in response to media disinformation: http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/mark-levin-did-holders-reckless-broadsides-against-police-lead-to-nyc-cop-killing/article/2557705
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Q: How to interpret the documentation on LinearSegmentedColormap I got this example code using LinearSegmentedColormap that I cannot understand.
type(cmap) gives matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap
cmap.__dict__ gives
 'name': 'jet',
 'N': 256,
 '_rgba_bad': (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
 '_rgba_under': None,
 '_rgba_over': None,
 '_i_under': 256,
 '_i_over': 257,
 '_i_bad': 258,
 '_isinit': False,
 'colorbar_extend': False,
 '_segmentdata': {'red': ((0.0, 0, 0),
   (0.35, 0, 0),
   (0.66, 1, 1),
   (0.89, 1, 1),
   (1, 0.5, 0.5)),
  'green': ((0.0, 0, 0),
   (0.125, 0, 0),
   (0.375, 1, 1),
   (0.64, 1, 1),
   (0.91, 0, 0),
   (1, 0, 0)),
  'blue': ((0.0, 0.5, 0.5),
   (0.11, 1, 1),
   (0.34, 1, 1),
   (0.65, 0, 0),
   (1, 0, 0))},
 '_gamma': 1.0}

while LinearSegmentedColormap.__dict__ gives
              '__doc__': '\n    Colormap objects based on lookup tables using linear segments.\n\n    The lookup table is generated using linear interpolation for each\n    primary color, with the 0-1 domain divided into any number of\n    segments.\n    ',
              '__init__': <function matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.__init__(self, name, segmentdata, N=256, gamma=1.0)>,
              '_init': <function matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap._init(self)>,
              'set_gamma': <function matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.set_gamma(self, gamma)>,
              'from_list': <staticmethod at 0x1bc1ae2b5c0>,
              '_resample': <function matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap._resample(self, lutsize)>,
              'reversed': <function matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.reversed(self, name=None)>})

Isn't cmap an instance of LinearSegmentedColormap? And in such case why does it's attributes and functions not correspond to the ones in the class LinearSegmentedColormap?
The other question is what is happening when the line:
colors = cmap(np.arange(cmap.N))

is run? I suppose one of the class methods are being run but which? And is it possible form the documentation of LinearSegmentedColormap to figure out what is happening?
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
import matplotlib as plt
import numpy as np

cmap = plt.cm.get_cmap('jet')
type(cmap)
cmap.**__dict__**
colors = cmap(np.arange(cmap.N))

LinearSegmentedColormap.__dict__

A: The question about the difference between the class __dict__ and the instance __dict__ may already be answered in instance.__dict__ & class.__dict__ or dict in Python object instance doesn't contain the methods of the class. In any case they are different, and the instance __dict__ does not contain all the class attributes.
It seems the heart of the question though is to find out what happens if you call the class instance.
You can call any instance that has a __call__ method. In case of the colormaps, LinearSegmentedColormap subclasses the base Colormap. Colormap has a __call__ method. It takes in a (list of) number(s) and returns a (list of) color(s).

And is it possible form the documentation of LinearSegmentedColormap to figure out what is happening?

Unfortunately, it seems not the case. Probably there should be a sentence explaining it in the matplotlib.colors documentation, as well as in each of the Colormap subclasses.
 Improvements of the documentation are always welcome.


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Like with most the story starts at a young age. Combined with a natural love for music and curiosity he started experiencing with music at a very young age. The career started taking form in 2011 when a simple setup was acquired to prepare his path into the music world.
The first steps into the club scene were taken next to Dj Toxic who became a mentor which resulted in a resident spot at "Regisseur" where he also played alongside Dj Warlord.
The grind came when he had to move to "Desperados" where he got a carte blanche. From that moment on Bum started playing sets of New School hip hop combined with some old school flavors and Dancehall.
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Samsung already has a good name for its laser printers and now adds itself to the list of manufacturers producing a photo printer based on dye sublimation technology. Its SPP-2040 is a direct competitor to Canon's Selphy CP-500 and appears to use the same printer engine and consumables.
"The Samsung SPP-2040 Photo Printer being put through its paces in this PCSTATS review prints 4"x6" glossy photo's via the dye sublimation process directly from any of six common flash media formats, incorporates a folding 2" colour LCD screen for previewing images, and can connect directly to PictBridge-enabled digital cameras.
The dye sublimation printing processes is the closest you can come to photo-lab-quality results at home. With traditional photo laser and inkjet printing methods, images are made up of individual coloured dots. Yet when these printed materials are examined closely, the dots don't add up to a very realistic photograph.
By and large the Samsung SPP-2040 is really handy tool for anyone who yearns to take the "digital" out of some of their most cherished photographs. It prints 4"x6" glossy images by the dye-sublimation process, resulting in digital photo prints with a quality on par to the photo-lab. The Samsung SPP-2040 photo printer retails for around $150USD ($170CDN) and comes with a 10 print starter pack included."
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Seriously, though, studies show that drinking beer in moderation is also beneficial to our body.
Allow me to share some of the benefits we can get from drinking this crisp golden nectar called beer.
1. Beer protects the kidneys and 1 bottle can lower the risk of forming kidney stones by 40%.
2. Beer contains a large amount of fiber which aids in lowering DLD cholesterol levels.
3. Beer is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6 and B12. Experts say that people who drink beer have 30% higher levels of vitamins.
4. Beer drinkers have less chances of developing Alzheimer's disease than those who don't drink beer, this is according some studies conducted.
5. Beer is a good stress "buster." Two bottles may decrease anxiety and occupational stress.
6. Beer is good for the skin. One bottle a day will make the skin smoother, silkier, suppler and look younger.
7. Beer improves the quality of sleep and can prevent insomnia.
8. Beer aids in lowering the risk of a heart attack.
9. Beer makes the blood circulate better thus preventing blood clots and artery blocks.
10. Silicon in beer helps the bones become stronger and denser. So, my anesthesiologist was right all along!
As what doctors usually say, we can eat, do, and take anything in moderation. But if it becomes habitual, that's the time it becomes a bad routine.
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Back in the day, when I'd get cuts and wounds, my grandmother would boil guava leaves and use it to clean and cure cuts. She said the wounds would heal faster than any antibiotic or topical ointment doctor would give.
So, it's literally like Wolverine?
I didn't believe her but when I gave birth to my first child, my mom did the same thing: boiled guava leaves (or dahon ng bayabas) and asked me to use it as a vaginal wash. For some reason, both of them were right. This traditional herbal method has more benefits than just curing wounds and cuts; guava is one of the powerful medicinal fruits in the Philippines.
If you prefer a natural remedy, bookmark this article as Loveit.ph team gathered 5 surprising benefits of guava leaves.
According to Yakult Central Institute in Japan, boiled guava leaves and drink as tea may effectively lower glucose levels in the blood.
It also prevents the absorption of sucrose and maltose by the body lowering blood sugar levels faster than any medicine. If taken straight for 12 days, you'll see a significant change in your blood results.
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Guava contains vitamin C that helps and improves the immune system. Guava has anti-inflammatory properties that fight off diseases. Eating one guava a day fights off the common diseases like colds, coughs, and flu.
Guava has anti-cancer properties that work as antioxidants that help neutralize free radicals damage in the body. Regular intake of guava can prevent different types of cancer like breast, mouth, skin, stomach, colon, lung and prostate cancer.
Guava leaf extract can increase the number of platelets in the blood, thus fighting Dengue fever. Boil 9 leaves of guava in 5 cups of water until only 3 cups are left. Strain and cool and have the patient with Dengue fever drink the concoction 3 times a day.
Fortunately, our moms and grandparents were quick to realize the benefits of this fruit, which by the way, you can grow at home.
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Our friends from Dumaguete visited us last week. So, I decided to prepare viands that are easy to cook. Aside from Chicken Adobo, I also served them Sinigang na Baboy or Pork in a tamarind soup.
Sinigang is easy to cook and ingredients are readily available even in the supermarket. It can be enjoyed either at home or in a restaurant. It cooks fast too and best partnered with rice.
The ingredients are so easy: You can choose among pork, beef, fish, or shrimps as your main meat then add eggplants, water spinach (kang-kong), radish, finger pepper, string beans, tomato, and onions plus the soup base made from tamarinds (Sampaloc). Some use guavas, local lemons (kalamansi) and even raw or green mangoes. But the easiest way to make the sour soup base is to buy a ready mix pack made by food manufacturers at the local store or supermarket.
But while the Sinigang is a favorite in Luzon, it is not so popular in the Visayas. People who cook or order Sinigang in the Visayas are either hail from Luzon, have stayed in Luzon for a long time. People who grew up in the Visayas rarely eat this dish, though, according to my friend.
I asked my friend, who lives in Dumaguete, why and his answer was simple yet weird. According to him, it tastes sour (maasim in Tagalog, aslom in Visayan). Surprisingly, to Visayans, a sour tasting dish only means one thing: the dish is spoiled or pan-os in their language! My friend also added that Visayans don't enjoy the fish sauce (patis) as much as Tagalogs do.
Moreover, he explains why dishes with the slightest taste of sourness is not popular in their area. Dishes like sweet and sour pork, tokwa't baboy (tofu and pork), or anything with sour-y taste sauces isn't welcome there.
Funny that a place an hour away by plane can be so different even in food preference.
I personally love Sinigang, so I can't comprehend his explanation. What do you think about this? Share your thoughts below!
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As a kid, we all loved dipping our fingers onto our mom's cookie dough and admit it, it's one of life's simplest pleasures! That's why we almost dropped everything when we saw the news that Oreo is finally offering a legit cookie dough and it is already available in the market!
Although it is only available in the United States at the moment, many are still hoping for this treat to be sold all around the globe.
Now, what do you think? Has this been way overdue? Let us know in the comments!
In a Facebook post by Mary Salter, she expressed her intrigue as her grandson's ice cream sandwich didn't even melt after three days being under the sun.
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Singapore Airlines "flights to nowhere" rumours gather steam- first flight coming in October?
An email sent to corporate clients suggests that Singapore Airlines' flights to nowhere are a go, with a mid-October inaugural date proposed.
Well well well.
On Wednesday I wrote about how "flycations" might soon become a thing in Singapore, with a local aircraft charter firm called SAC conducting some market research on the topic. A (partially-completed) website has been set up, with launch prices of S$288 and S$688 for Economy and Business Class seats respectively.
Under a charter arrangement, the charter company would pay a fixed fee to "borrow" one of Singapore Airlines' aircraft, with flight crew and pilots provided by the airline. They'd then pocket the difference between whatever they raised in ticket sales, minus the charter fee and associated operating costs.
But it now appears like Singapore Airlines may be planning to go it alone.
Are Singapore Airlines' flights to nowhere starting in October?
A Milelion reader shared a screenshot of the following email in the Telegram Group. This was apparently sent to a number of Singapore Airlines' corporate clients, giving them priority access to reserve tickets for an inaugural flight on 17 October 2020.
Based on my discussions with a couple of folks in the industry, it's my understanding this is almost certainly going ahead; it's just a question of when.
Assuming this is true, what else can we glean from this email?
The flight will be 3-4 hours in duration
It will be a recurring thing (the email talks about weekly flights)
Singapore Airlines will be operating and marketing these flights
Proceeds from the inaugural flight will be donated to charity
When will this be announced?
As you've probably heard by now, Singapore Airlines has announced plans to retrench at least 2,400 employees, as the downturn in air travel caused by COVID-19 shows no sign of abating.
It's a sobering reminder that while some of us may be relatively insulated from pandemic's financial impact and have the disposable income to spend on an airplane joyride, there are others who are much worse off.
Given what's happening, my guess is that they'll wait a few weeks before making any sort of announcement.
I reached out to Singapore Airlines for a comment, and got this response:
Singapore Airlines is considering several initiatives that would allow us to continue engaging both our customers and members of the public. We will make an announcement at the appropriate time if we go ahead with these plans.
What's my take on this?
I get that there are those who are vehemently opposed to the idea of flights to nowhere. "It's bad for the environment"/ "It's peak capitalism" are two of the common responses.
With regards to the environmental angle, I think one commenter in the previous post hit the nail on the head when he/she said you could equally make the same comment about pleasure cruises. In fact, according to the New York Times, the most efficient cruise ships emit 3 to 4 times more carbon dioxide per passenger-mile than a jet. Two wrongs don't make a right, of course, but I think the outrage should at least be consistent.
Moreover, these flights aren't anywhere close to becoming a daily affair. They'll be novelty items, run once a week for a few months and then discontinued. Singapore Airlines has already cut thousands of flights, and in absolute terms, the additional pollution from flights to nowhere is going to be negligible (and dwarfed by the reduction in pollution due to the cancellation of scheduled flights).
So it seems to me that the damage here is more ideological than actual, and in any case, given Singapore Airlines' commitment to environmental sustainability, I'm sure they'll announce some scheme or other to offset the environmental impact of these flights.
With regards to the peak capitalism critique, well, flights to nowhere are no doubt frivolous in the sense that you don't need them. But (ignoring the environmental aspect, already addressed above) how is it any different from a staycation, or going to the movies, or any other form of recreational spending? Ultimately, people on these flights are not solving for getting from Point A to Point A. They're purchasing entertainment, and if getting on a plane happens to amuse them, then so be it.
My take is I'd absolutely sign up for one. While let's not pretend that any of us are doing these flights for altruistic reasons, if the incremental revenue generated helps save even a couple more jobs down the line, why not?
I also think that Singapore Airlines' PR team is playing this smart by donating the inaugural flight proceeds to charity. That might help offset a few of the initial negative reactions, and add a feel-good gloss to the whole thing.
While these flights to nowhere are unlikely to be a big money-maker for Singapore Airlines, I do think there'll be a pretty enthusiastic response nonetheless. Similar flights in Taiwan and Brunei have sold like hotcakes, and there are dozens, DOZENS of us#Avgeeks out there.
Watch this space.
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They should consider a twist by having SIN-XSP and vice versa.
Reply to Benjamin
Great idea! Inaugural/very rare domestic flight in Singapore is something that might tickle a few of the dozens of avgeeks out there.
I dont mind keeping the boarding pass too! rare moment in history
correct me if i'm wrong, but XSP can't take a 787 or a350 can it?
Reply to Aaron Wong
I think it depends on load. Narrowbody
on the other hand won't have any issues.
But don't take my word. I'm not an expert.
yuuka
Perhaps as "introductory" flights for the SQ-liveried 737s, which are apparently coming soon?
Reply to yuuka
i thought about that! but if the interior cabin product is still the old silkair one, they probably wont want to show off that to the international media.
SLeung
i guess it's gonna be something you can redeem with your miles, like the experience thing SIA run during this period.
Reply to SLeung
yes, hoping this comes out for KF experiences
Much as I hope Covid is tackled and SQ gets out of this rut as soon as possible, i find flights to nowhere incredibly pointless. It's like, how about having a road trip from our HDBs, to… Sentosa. Package it with some al fresco lunch and dinner by the sea, and as this "Mr Wood" claims, people will "lap it up". Will support SQ instead via KrisShop which I presume they have some commission from sellers.
mel perry
a lot of speculation and smoke blowing
by s wannabe
Environmental impact will be horrible. Flying isn't exactly environmentally healthy, and flying nowhere is even worse.
Reply to William
Aviation only contributes 2.5% of all global carbon emissions per year. A negligible amount compared to cars. Shame on the environmentalists who shut down this brilliant idea
Fellow AV geek and mile chaser aficionado here. There's just gotta be a better way of helping SIA weather the storm than with pointless and environmentally destructive ways . I disagree Aaron about your comment that this is a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands of flights that are being cancelled. With this mentally why wouldn't you throw your trash out in public since it's a drop in the bucket compared to the environmental pollution from factories and fossil fuel. We can and need to do better. Here's a constructive way of doing it. Submit your ideas on… Read more »
Reply to G T
Cruise ships are a very different experience from flights, people get entertained on a cruise ship while flights are pretty much a means to end. People miss TRAVEL, not sitting on a plane for 3/4 hours in a tight seat, eating cold airline food and arriving back to where they started. Not to mention the same air that they'll be breathing for that 3/4 hours, definitely not when a virus is still circulating. Wonder if the airline actually considered why would anyone be interested to do that?
Reply to Megan
but it's different strokes for different folks. in the some way that people get a kick out of cruises, there are some people, believe it or not, who really enjoy flying. i mean, i know there are some guys who really enjoy taking mrt rides and spotting different trains. i dont get it, i never will get it, i see a train as a means of getting from point A to B. but if they want to spend their money taking train joyrides, more power to them. re: air- HEPA filters on aircraft make the risk of onboard transmission low,… Read more »
Wee Lin
Agree to disagree I guess. Cruises come with sundecks, libraries, cinemas, casinos, dozens of restaurants, theaters, running tracks, ice skating rinks, golfing, fishing, balconies, arcades etc (not that I have ever been on one, but I do understand their appeal). So I do believe that's more whataboutism than a fair comparison.
Let's hope there will be a scheme to offset the CO2 balance of these.