I'm interested in most things related to sleep. Using behavioural observations, accelerometry for remote monitoring and neurophysiological recording techniques, I seek to provide insight into how sleep and sleep functions have evolved in different types of animals, from flatworms to birds and mammals. I also study how ecological factors (e.g., predation risk, reproduction) influence the amount, composition, depth and timing of sleep. Most recently, these interests have expanded to include how anthropogenic light pollution influences sleeping brain activity in mammals (with Dr Kylie Robert) and birds (with Dr Therésa Jones).
I completed my B.Sc. in zoology at the University of Guelph (Canada) in 2002. I then did a MSc with Drs Charles Amlaner and Steven Lima at Indiana State University (USA) (2003-2006). This work consisted mostly of phylogenetic comparative analyses of sleep quotas as a means for testing interspecific support for various non-exclusive hypotheses for the functions of sleep. These, and other, studies provided evidence that the risk of predation can reduce the amount of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep over both evolutionary and ecological timescales, in prey. From there I joined the Avian Sleep Group of Dr Niels Rattenborg at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology – Seewiesen (Germany). My PhD focused on the evolution and regulation of sleep states in birds (2007-2011). I stayed in Seewiesen for the remainder of 2011 as a postdoc – a part of what has been the most fulfilling collaboration of my career. Working with Drs Rattenborg and Mihai Valcu, and Prof Dr Bart Kempenaers, we studied breeding pectoral sandpipers on the tundra in Barrow, Alaska; work that provided the first direct evidence that sleep loss can be evolutionarily adaptive. For my contributions to this group effort, I was given the Young Investigator Award by the Sleep Research Society (USA). After 5 wonderful years in Germany, I took up a University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at The University of Western Australia (2012). Soon thereafter I was offered a continuing position at La Trobe University, which I commenced in 2013. From 2014-03/2017, I was an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Research Fellow. In December 2016, I was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
Increasing artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most rapid and pervasive changes to our natural environment. Nevertheless, the consequences of ALAN for wildlife are only beginning to be understood. A likely impact of ALAN is the disruption of endogenous daily rhythms, or circadian rhythms, including the sleep-wake cycle. My research investigates the impacts of ALAN on the circadian rhythms of two urban bird species, the black swan (Cygnus atratus) and the pigeon (Columba livia). Wild swans at Albert Park Lake are well-studied, individually identifiable, exposed to artificial night lights, and ideal for investigating impacts of ALAN in a natural or semi-natural environment. Meanwhile, pigeons are an ideal model species for studying the impacts of ALAN in a more controlled, laboratory setting. My project is co-supervised by Prof Raoul Mulder and Dr Therésa Jones at The University of Melbourne.
Sleep is important for maintaining optimal performance during wakefulness. The dominant venue for sleep research is the laboratory, with a clear focus on the study of inbred strains of rat and mouse. Most work on the role of sleep in memory processing and performance is conducted with mazes and motor-vigilance tasks. However, (a) the laboratory is an overly simplified environment that fails to capture the complexity of natural conditions, (b) inbred rodents themselves are simplified animals, and (c) the cognitive tests used have limited ecological relevance. Little is known about how animals use sleep for maintaining cognitive abilities in the wild.
Advanced cognition is a key trait enhancing the fitness of many wild animals. Maintaining the neural mechanisms for advanced cognition, including specialized memory, is energetically expensive, and is critically dependent on sleep. In addition, sleep also imposes missed-opportunity costs on animals by limiting the time available to perform alternative behaviours. In my PhD, I will study the ecological role of sleep in the lives of birds in Australia and in the USA working with Dr Timothy Roth at Franklin & Marshall College and Prof John Endler at Deakin University.
Sleep is a conspicuous behaviour in the lives of most animals, and is intimately tied to activity patterns, circadian rhythms and changes in metabolic rate. Sleep is of great importance to us as humans and is found in all terrestrial vertebrates and many invertebrates studied so far. However, questions of whether, how and when, many aquatic animals, including sharks, engage in this enigmatic behavioural and physiological state remains unclear.
My dissertation aims to answer these long standing questions by integrating investigations of behavioural patterns of inactivity, circadian rhythms, and the influences of environmental factors, with the assessment of physiological indicators of sleep (heart and respiratory rates, muscle tone) and recordings of brain activity in sharks. I will search for signs of sleep in representatives of benthic sharks (buccal pumping species which can remain motionless on the sea floor for extended periods of time) and pelagic species (ram ventilating sharks) that must swim continuously to keep water flowing over their gills. Overall, this comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach will help characterise sleep in sharks for the first time and provide new insights into sleep evolution and how the physiological demands associated with different respiratory strategies influence if and how sharks obtain their daily sleep. I am co-supervised by Prof Shaun Collin at La Trobe University and Dr Jan Hemmi at The University of Western Australia, Perth.
Sleep is a much-studied behaviour across animals, with humans spending roughly one-third of their lives in this vulnerable state. But where did it all start? My research looks at the evolutionary origins of sleep. My main research animal is platyhelminth flatworms – a phylum that appeared 800 million years ago, to determine if the processes that maintain and regulate sleep in humans is shared across distantly-related animals. To do this, I use a combination of behavioural, pharmacological, biochemical, and electrophysiological techniques. As well as looking at flatworms, I examine the phylogenetic breadth of sleep, through the study of animal phyla previously unstudied with respect to sleep. Collectively, these studies will provide insight into when, why, and how sleep first appeared. I am co-supervised by Assoc Prof Bruno van Swinderen at The University of Queensland and Assoc Prof Martin Steinbauer and Dr Matthew Hale at La Trobe University.
Sleep is a prominent part of animal life, but our understanding of the adaptive value of sleep remains incomplete. Even though it is generally thought that reduced performance is an inevitable outcome of sleep loss, some animals may perform well on little sleep when ecological demands favour extended periods of wakefulness. One of the best mammal candidates for such sleeplessness is antechinus, as these marsupials die synchronously after just one intense mating season. My project, based in the Otways, examines the activity patterns of dusky antechinus in a real-world environment in and outside the breeding season, and quantifies the concentration of various hormones that may predict activity levels. Furthermore, to provide insight into sleep evolution and function, my research seeks to determine relatedness among animals to see whether the most active males sire more offspring. I am co-mentored by Dr Kylie Robert also at La Trobe University and Dr Peter Meerlo at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands.
Shaun has extensive experience scoring electrophysiological, accelerometry, and video recordings of awake and sleeping birds.


I have my own quest forum now. I shall post information and betas of my quests here. So welcome to my forum and all that good stuff.
Edited by Naldrag, 12 August 2009 - 06:19 AM.
Hey, congrats on your forum. Only it is called Jake's Quest Stuff, while your name is Darkspawn. Anyways, hopefully you will make good use of the forum.
Yeah, I PM'd LTM about that it should be changed where it says Darkspawn instead of Jake soon.
Awesome man. Kudos. ^_^ You may want to keep a pinned thread up there with a list of all of your projects and their completion percentage and progress. Post a link to that in your signature, and update it frequently. ^_^ That's my advice to you.
Congrats Jake, looking forward to seeing your cool stuff.
Wow, another quest forum. What next, my own???
Anyway, kudos as well. Someday I'll happily have my own, I hope.
Well, Linkus, I'd certainly be willing to share my own, were it that it weren't already crammed with not two, but three people in it. X_X' I'd say PM one of the people that aren't sharing it yet.
Maybe it's your deoderant, maybe your right guard went wrong?
I may have partners in this forum soon. Yay! They are Fire Wizzrobe and Comix. So you two feel good. And congrats.
Dunno.... when you see MOD CP where tells you to log out you'll know.
Yeah, try to confirm it. I'm good with sharing with 2 people... get me in there.
Do you mind if I start posting in here? I have a lot of updates, etc for my quest needing to be posted.


Deans injury log! (And some gainz). Sugden Barbell.
692.0 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq Not logged any training for a while so decided i would start a new journal. Still currently overcoming the issues i had with my hip and sciatica, mainly just tightness in my right leg and my right glute which doesnt like to do its fair share of work!
Leg extensions SS bodyweight lunges - 1min rest between sets.
150x3 - 5 second pause on first rep.
Strength seems to be improving each session, all lifts starting to work there way back up. Only training twice next week due to a holiday.
Had monday and tuesday off from training as i was in rome, flew back today and managed to get some training in, felt a bit stiff due to all the sitting down.
One of those days where my squat form actually felt good, just need this to be more consistent and then progress might be a bit easier.
Squats feeling heavy today but form held up well, usually today is my rest day but schedule changed a bit so body feeling a bit fatigued. Physio tomorrow on my hamstrings.


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Registarske oznake u Belgiji su specifične. Ako prodate svoj stari automobil i kupite novi, vi zadržavate svoj stari broj tablica.
Zadnje registarske tablice država isporučuje, a prednje prodvac. To ima uticaj na izgled prednje ploče, koji mogu biti identični ili slični evropskim registarskim tablicama sa plavom zastavom EU . To objašnjava zašto često vidimo ogrebene, prljave, ili stare tablice na novim automobilma u Belgiji. Zadnja tablica je obično montirana na osnovnu ploču koja prikazuje slovo "B" i obično je oglas za auto dilera.

Oznake na vozilima
Ponekad prvo slovo (ili prvo i drugo slovo) ima posebno značenje:
 CD: Diplomate (CD je skraćenica za 'diplomatski kor')
 M ili W: motocikli
 O: Koristi se za oldtajmer vozila koja su stara više od 25 godina. Od jula 2013. godine neka ograničenja su ukinuta, npr kada je bilo dozvoljeno za vožnju samo noću ili do 25 km od kuće vlasnika. Vozilo se nije moglo koristiti u komercijalne poslove ili vožnje između kuće i posla.
 S: Skuteri
 TX: Taxi
 U ili P: tablice prikolica
 BY: trgovinske tablice
 ZZ: Test vozila
Za preostala slova, koriste se sva slova abecede. U početku pisma I, M, Q i W nikada se nisu koristili kao 2. ili 3. , ali su naknadno ubačeni da se proširi broj raspoloživih kombinacija. Slovo "O" se ne koristi kao 2. / 3. slovo na tablicama sa šest cifara.

Diplomatske
Početne slova (CD) se ispisuju u zelenoj ili crvenoj boji, sledi tačka "." i 4 simbola (simboli 5 i 2010), pisani u crveno, po hronološkom redosledu upisa, Ovi simboli mogu biti:

4 cifre
1 slovo + 3 cifre
3 slovo + 1 slovo (2008)
2. slovo + 3 cifre (2010)

Kraljevska porodica
Tablice koje se izdaju samo pripadnicima kraljevske porodice. Automobili koje koristi kralj i kraljica imaju samo jednu cifaru (1 do 9). Automobili koriste drugi članovi kraljevske porodice imaju dva znaka.

Vojska
Bela ploča sa crnim brojevima i belgijskom zastavam na levoj strani. U sedištu NATO-a ranije koristili crvenu ploču sa belim slovima SB (kasnije M) sledi broj.

Probne
Ove ploče su imali beli font sa crvenom pozadinom. On su samo brojevi. U 2010. godini, imaju 7 brojeva umesto šest. Godine na levoj strani (desno na 2010) ukazuju na datum isteka.

Spoljašnje veze

Белгија
Регистарске ознаке

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Dec 2012 Issue
Happy Holidays from the Puget Sound Institute! Here's a quick look at what's happening around the Institute as we wrap up a busy year. We wish you a productive and prosperous 2013.
Featured news:
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound forms editorial board
Communities see need for national dialogue on working waterfronts and waterways
The calculus of forage fish: an interview with Marc Mangel
Recent reports:
Sweetening the waters
PSP's State of the Sound report now available
EoPS features recent papers and reports
Save the date: 2013 UW Water Symposium
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About us: The Puget Sound Institute is a cooperative agreement between the University of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Puget Sound Partnership, seeking to catalyze rigorous, transparent analysis, synthesis, discussion and dissemination of science in support of the restoration and protection of the Puget Sound ecosystem.
The Puget Sound Institute is pleased to announce the formation of a nine-member editorial board to guide the recently launched Encyclopedia of Puget Sound (www.eopugetsound.org). The board first convened on October 24th at a reception and workshop on the University of Washington Seattle campus, and includes prominent authorities from agencies, academic institutions and other organizations working in Puget Sound. [More]
Puget Sound Institute Visiting Scholar Nicole Faghin writes that by 2050, the United States will likely exceed 400 million people, more than half of whom "are projected to be living in coastal counties." In this article, Faghin looks ahead to next March's National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Symposium in Tacoma, and discusses some of the issues that face our increasingly urban coastlines and waterways. [More]
One of the first things that many budding ecologists learn, often to their chagrin, is that they probably should have paid more attention in math. Of all the biological sciences, ecology may be the most fundamentally rooted in numbers. Not only is it the study of distribution and abundance—where and how many?—but it also tells you how systems and organisms connect and interact, and how they change over time. For more than 30 years, Dr. Marc Mangel has been a leader in this sort of quantitative ecological research as a Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at UC Santa Cruz. He is currently a Visiting Scientist at the Puget Sound Institute, where he is applying mathematical principles to the population dynamics of Puget Sound forage fish and other species. We spoke with him about some of his work. [More]
Did you know? Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is one of the fastest growing organisms on earth. Cultivating kelp and other algae could help offset ocean acidification. Read the Governor's recent Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Ocean Acidification, which was released on November 27th. [More]
As we round out the year, check out "the current status of the ecosystem," in the Puget Sound Partnership's 2012 State of the Sound report. Download the 2012 State of the Sound report.
You can now keep track of the latest Salish Sea research with the help of Google Scholar and the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. Papers and reports of interest to the Puget Sound science community are pulled from Google Scholar and other sources, and are added to the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound based on geographic relevance and subject matter. View recent papers by month of publication, and let us know if you would like us to add papers that are not yet mentioned in the list.
The Center for Urban Waters and the Puget Sound Institute are pleased to announce that the 2013 University of Washington Water Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Husky Union Building on the UW, Seattle campus. The symposium brings together scientists and engineers to present and discuss water-related research for Washington and beyond. To read more about the event, or view past proceedings, visit the Water Symposium website.
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1. This dress worn by Ginger Rogers.
GIF found at Schatzepage Tumblr.
GIF found on Gingerrogerss Tumblr.
5. Dancing with the snowman.
6. Adjusted for inflation, those hats Trixie has delivered would cost about $1,300 each. She really didn't appreciate being mistaken for a gold digger.
7. The way Fay reacts to seeing Trixie and Carol in a restaurant with Lawrence and Fanuel.
8. This lighter with a clock in it.
9. The shots during musical numbers when the camera moves down the line of chorus girls and gives each of them a little moment to shine. A similar shot is also used in "Remember My Forgotten Man," only with a line of forgotten men instead of chorus girls.
GIF found at the Tumblr Gilbo Garbage.
My selection is Busby Berkeley's chorines arranged in the pattern of a single gigantic violin. Second choice is the soulful Etta Moten singing "Remember My Forgotten Man".
The way my hubby looked at me sadly during the movie and said "Poor you. You got a thing for Warren William, but you're married to Guy Kibbee." Ha!


These photos were taken in an ethno village (Kotromanićevo) which we decided to visit one day. Hope you'll let the photos to speak for themselves. The place is not big yet it is beautiful. It is situated near the main road so you cannot miss it. And on the other side is a stream where you can borrow a boat and take a short ride. Nature all around.
wow, beautiful post, amazing place and outfit!
I love the peacefulness of this place.
I really like your outfit here and the location is just beautiful!
Nice post the nature is just breath taking.
the place is cool and I like your outfit!
I'm loving it. The village is so cool.
Beautiful place and scenery too! I would love for you to visit my blog and maybe we can follow each other on GFC and Bloglovin?
Thanks for your comment and following my blog. Followed you now on GFC (Cassandra L.M.) and Bloglovin too. Keep in touch..
Thanks for the comment!! I like to follow them and hope they do the same :))) have a nice day!
Thank You for the comment on my page.
I'd love to follow you on Bloglovin. I am following you now.
I hope you do the same. Also, I am following you on GFC.
That horse is a beauty! Btw, I'm hosting a giveaway of a MAWI spiked sphere ring that retails for £295, I guarantee it's a very provocative piece to own!
Awesome post! And pics too!
Very nice pictures! I love your blog!
This looks like such a beautiful place to visit! The photos are so beautiful! I just followed you on gfc, I would love it if you would follow me back!
thank you for following me, followed you back – GFC and Bloglovin!
nice place and beautiful photos.


Eradicating poverty, combating inequalities and protecting human rights are among the key priorities that the European Union must defend in next year's negotiations on the future sustainable development goals, the European Parliament confirmed in a resolution adopted this week during its plenary session in Strasbourg.
MEPs discussed and passed a report outlining EU priorities in the upcoming debates on the future global development framework set to replace Millennium Development Goals when they expire at the end of 2015.
Although several milestones have been accomplished since the MDGs were adopted in 2000, he said, progress has been uneven and there's definitely still much work ahead on fighting poverty and promoting sustainable, inclusive growth.
MEPs agreed in Strasbourg that ending poverty and combating inequality should be the central tenets for the post-2015 global development agenda. Likewise, measures to mitigate climate change and reduce disaster risk must be mainstreamed into global development policy.
The European Parliament also wants the EU to push for a human rights-based approach, stressed the importance of equal access to health and education and defended a stand-alone goal on gender equality.
CBR Team has exciting plans!


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The Family Nation
Vinny Guadagnino Parents - Jersey Shore Cast Dad And Mom
By Divya Dahal | November 17, 2022 02:04 PM
Vinny Guadagnino with his mother, Paola, and his uncle Nino( Source : distractify )
Vinny Guadagnino's parents are separated; unlike his mom Paola Giaimo, his dad's identity remains a mystery.
The American television personality, Vinny, is popular from MTV's Jersey Shore. His family belongs to a traditional Italian-American descent.
He grew up in the Staten Island of New York City and graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School. He got admitted to the Suny New Paltz and later transferred to the College of Staten Island. Vinny's major was in political science.
The Tv star has been successful in appearing in all six seasons of Jersey Shore from the year 2009 to 2012. Since he had a great interest in acting, after he came out of the show, he began taking acting classes in a professional manner. He got the opportunity to guest-star on MTV's scripted comedy series called The Hard Times of RJ Berger as RJ's cousin. At the same time, he also got the opportunity to appear in the Syfy original movie called Jersey Shore Shark Attack.
MTV has also produced a show called The Show with Vinny. It debuted and premiered in May 2013. The show featured different celebrities at Guadagnino's home. The celebrities used to have random talks while having dinner with their family.
It was in the year 2018 that he reunited with the original Jersey Shore castmates. The reunion was not just a regular one but a reboot of the series titled Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
Vinny Guadagnino Dad And Mom
Vinny Guadagnino Has Two Sisters In Family
Who Is Vinny's Uncle Nino?
Vinny Guadagnino's mother is Paola Giaimo and she has been always supportive of Vinny's career.
On the other hand, his father prefers to stay out of the Telivision show and all the limelight. At the same time, his son Vinny has not even mentioned his name yet.
On the other hand, his mother Paola is one of the regular guests of Jersey Shore and Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. During her appearance in the first ever season of the show, the viewers absolutely loved the overbearing, and protective nature of Paola towards her son. Guadagnino is absolutely close to his mother and speaks of her most often. However, his father is not involved in the show.
Vinny Guadagnino with his mom Paola Guadagnino ( Source : foodnetwork )
Vinny's father and mother are separated. His dad was reported to be iving in the downstairs part of Vinny's family's home. However, there is no information about his residence since Vinny moved out from there.
Paola, Vinny's mother raised her children alone as a single mother. She made sure that she fulfilled all of their needs and raise them to become good human beings . Besides, Vinny, she has two daughters who are named Antonella and Mariann. Guadagnino's family often takes part in different interviews, that generally include his mother, Uncle Nino, and his siblings Antonella and Mariann.
Paola is also available on the social media platform, Instagram under the username @mammapaolag. She has got 31.6k followers on her official handle, which she has kept private. Her bio suggests "Vinny's Mamma Paola."Vinny is still living primarily in Staten Island and his mother usually visits and cooks for him.
Vinny has two siblings called Antonella and Mariann. Both are his sisters whom he loves dearly and adores a lot. However, the sisters are rarely seen on reality Tv, unlike their brother and mother.
Vinny has got a good relationship with both of his sisters. He has also shared some pictures dedicated to his siblings through his official Instagram handle. According to him, family is more important than anything.
A post shared by Vinny (@vinnyguadagnino)
During the beginning days of Vinny's fame, one of his first orders of business was to get a place to live for his family including his sisters and mom. He eventually got a family house for, everybody, to live in, making sure that it had a separate apartment for him downstairs.
During The Show With Vinny Days in 2013, he used to post photos that included Antonella and Mariann most often. However, he has not included his sisters in his Instagram profile in recent years.
Vinny's uncle Nino is a popular name in the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. His real name is Antonio Giaimo, and he is related to cast member Vinny Guadagnino. The viewers and fans of the show adore him for his personality. Uncle Nino was introduced to the show for the first time during the original MTV series back in the year 2009. It was the same year that Vinny's family made a debut in the show.
Uncle Nino from the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation at an event. ( Source : thethings )
Nino is absolutely loved because of his goofy, fun-loving, and light-hearted behavior. The star is also referred to be the original guido. He is usually seen making fun out of partying and enjoying life. According to thethings.com, he is considered the go-to guy for many of the cast's issues and complications.
He is also available on the social media platform Instagram under the username @therealunclenino and has got 2,451 followers. He joined the social media platform in the year 2014, however, he is not usually active. Uncle Nino is very close to Guadagnino and his mother.
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Q: Regular pentagon in a square Recently I stumbled upon the following problem:

What is the area of set of points of unit square that can be covered with a regular pentagon that is contained entirely in the square and whose diagonal has length $1$?

In other words, fix a unit square $S$ and let
$$\mathcal P = \{P \subset S \mid P \mathrm{\ is \ a \ regular \ pentagon \ with \ diagonal \ of \ length \ } 1 \}.$$
What is the area of $\bigcup \mathcal P$?

A: Let $\mathcal U$ be the union of all regular pentagons of diagonal 1 lying wholly in the unit square. We refer to the diagram below.

Consider a pentagon flush with the square's left side. It rotates while keeping point contact with the bottom and left sides at A and B respectively until it is flush with the bottom side. The locus of R during this rotation then forms part of the boundary of $\mathcal U$; four of these loci (one at each corner) and four straight lines of the pentagon's side length $\Phi=\frac{\sqrt5-1}{2}$ form the entire boundary of $\mathcal U$. The regions of the unit square not in $\mathcal U$ are shaded.
Despite initial appearances, the locus of R is not a straight line; we must derive and integrate an expression for it. We know that BA = 1 and BR = RA = $\Phi$. If O is the origin, OX = $x$ and OY = $y$ then a simple application of the Pythagorean theorem yields
$$\left(x+\sqrt{\Phi^2-y^2}\right)^2+\left(y+\sqrt{\Phi^2-x^2}\right)^2=1$$
$$\left(x+\sqrt{\frac{3-\sqrt5}2-y^2}\right)^2+\left(y+\sqrt{\frac{3-\sqrt5}2-x^2}\right)^2=1$$
From here on we will be relying on Wolfram Alpha for our expressions. Solving for y in terms of x yields
$$y=\frac{\sqrt{10}-\sqrt2}8\sqrt{-2x^2-\sqrt5+3}
-\frac{\sqrt{10+2\sqrt5}}4 x$$
The indefinite integral of this (up to a constant) is
$$\frac{
2\sqrt2(\sqrt5-2)\sin^{-1}\left(x\sqrt{\frac{3+\sqrt5}2}\right)
-x(2x\sqrt{5+\sqrt5}-(\sqrt5-1)\sqrt{3-\sqrt5-2x^2})
}{8\sqrt2}$$
This expression vanishes when $x=0$, so the area of one of the triangular regions not in $\mathcal U$ is its value when $x=\frac{3-\sqrt5}4$, the x-coordinate of the bottom-left vertex of the pentagon flush with the square's bottom side. After substituting and a drastic simplification we get the very nice
$$\frac{\sqrt5-2}{40}\pi$$
The area of $\mathcal U$ and the answer to the original question is therefore
$$1-4\left(\frac{\sqrt5-2}{40}\pi\right)=1-\frac{\sqrt5-2}{10}\pi=0.925837\dots$$
This constant is indexed as A275967 in Sloane's OEIS.

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Korea and has the IP address of 34.4.88.47.
to be in Yangon, Burma.
posted just as I have found in mine.
will be shed from his/her eyes. Such cold-hearts deserve such fates.
It's called "eye for an eye."
validity has not been formally assessed. The EEG shows awake rhythms."
malingering are the most common causes of pseudocoma."
stopped. As I've recently found "RHRRC" has also been impersonated.
that are definitely not yours.
Obviously neither of you posted the above two messages.
patients deemed to be in feigned coma."
information. Another term for this condition is functional amnesia."
particularly with the help of therapy."
information is too stressful or traumatic to be remembered.


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Q: Unmarshalling - internal (child) element is null I have the following XML received as a response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
    xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
    xmlns:tns="**********">
    <SOAP-ENV:Body>
        <ns1:RemitInterfaceAPIResponse
            xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
            <return xsi:type="tns:RemitInterfaceSoapObject">
                <TransactionNumber xsi:type="xsd:string">12345</TransactionNumber>
                <Status xsi:type="xsd:string">STRING</Status>
                <StatusDesc xsi:type="xsd:string">String string string.</StatusDesc>
                <Code xsi:type="xsd:string">STR</Code>
            </return>
        </ns1:RemitInterfaceAPIResponse>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

RemitInterfaceAPIResponse.java:
@XmlRootElement(name = "RemitInterfaceAPIResponse")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class RemitInterfaceAPIResponse {

    @XmlElement(name = "return")
    public RemitInterfaceAPIResponseObject soapObjects;

    public RemitInterfaceAPIResponseObject getSoapObjects() {
        return soapObjects;
    }

    public void setSoapObjects(RemitInterfaceAPIResponseObject soapObjects) {
        this.soapObjects = soapObjects;
    }
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RemitInterfaceAPIResponseObject.java:
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public class RemitInterfaceAPIResponseObject {

    @XmlElement(name = "TransactionNumber")
    private String transactionNumber;
    @XmlElement(name = "Status")
    private String status;
    @XmlElement(name = "StatusDesc")
    private String statusDesc;
    @XmlElement(name = "Code")
    private String code;

    public String getTransactionNumber() { return transactionNumber; }

    public void setTransactionNumber(String transactionNumber) { this.transactionNumber = transactionNumber; }

    public String getStatus() { return status; }

    public void setStatus(String status) { this.status = status; }

    public String getStatusDesc() { return statusDesc; }

    public void setStatusDesc(String statusDesc) { this.statusDesc = statusDesc; }

    public String getCode() { return code; }

    public void setCode(String code) { this.code = code; }
}

When I'm trying to unmarshall into an instance of RemitInterfaceAPIResponse, I'm getting a valid RemitInterfaceAPIResponse instance of an object but soapObjects is null.
Here's my unmarshalling code:
SOAPMessage message = MessageFactory.newInstance().createMessage(null, new ByteArrayInputStream(responseString.getBytes(StringConstants.UTF_8)));
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(RemitInterfaceAPIResponse.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
return (T) unmarshaller.unmarshal(message.getSOAPBody().extractContentAsDocument());

Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!


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Janice Sue "Jannett" Galster (Obituary ~ 06/08/10)
Janice Sue "Jannett" Galster, 55, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2010, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born April 4, 1955, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Gene Fleener and Phyllis Larson Fleener. She married Gary Lee Galster on April 13, 1996, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...
Griffons win third straight (College Sports ~ 06/08/10)
If it's not one thing, it's another. The Nevada Griffons' efforts to get the 2010 home opener in the books were nearly foiled for the second time Sunday. The Griffons were set to play a team from Southwest Baptist University in a non-league contest, but that team ultimately pulled out a matter of hours before game time. ...
Hunter Balk earns Chertow All-American selection (Community Sports ~ 06/08/10)
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MT. VERNON, Mo. -- It is time for landowners and hay producers to start making entries to the Ozark Empire Fair Hay Show according to Eldon Cole, a livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension. The entry deadline is July 10; judging takes place on July 29, the day before the fair opens...
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A one vehicle crash that occurred in an alley near 414 Walnut Street, Nevada, about 10:30 on Saturday night knocked out a transformer and power to several homes and businesses. A car driven by Ryan K. Mauer struck a utility pole in the alley and caused the outage. Mauer suffered "evident-not disabling injuries," according to a Nevada Police Department press release...
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Review: Enjoy a breaktime boomer shooter with Impaler
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Good things can come in small packages, and so it is with Impaler. Written in C as a solo weekend project by developer Aaron Geisler, this microgame is possibly the smallest entry yet in the current wave of old school shooters. The action plays out in just a single gothic chamber, in which the player tackles ten waves of enemies culminating in a boss. Impaler makes a virtue of its simplicity and brevity. Given that even a full run will take only around thirty minutes, it's an ideal lunch break experience.
While Geisler's game is very straightforward, it has enough clever kinks in the formula to sustain interest. One is right there in the title; at any time, the player can cause a magical spike to explode out of the floor. Most obviously, this can be used to pierce through enemies. Weaker ones will be killed instantly, and left to gruesomely slide down the spike. They will also drop a small health pickup. More stylishly, players can also use the spike to propel themselves harmlessly up into the air, all the better to then crash down onto foes.
Soon then, Impaler becomes a kind of dance, alternating between using a gun and deploying the magic spike. Guns particularly come into their own when dealing with enemies who are largely immune to impalement, either because they can fly or because they ride a tall column up into the chamber's lofty reaches.
Upgrades can make spikes faster, more damaging, and longer-ranged
Impaler is also a roguelite, and so brings to mind earlier games like Ziggurat. At the end of each wave, a new upgrade can be purchased from a choice of two. These might improve a gun's fire rate, enhance the damage dealt by the spike, or increase the health awarded at the end of a wave, to give just three examples. The coins dropped by enemies last only a few seconds, which adds another dimension to the player's second-to-second decisions about where to be in the room.
This simple but engaging formula works very smoothly. Reaching certain milestones unlocks new weapons, encouraging more runs in which more upgrades can be discovered and experimented with. There are a number of wave variants, which keep things interesting. Sometimes, for example, the player will have to push large urns into specific locations to gather coins, all while under fire. Obstructions often spawn in, complicating movement patterns – but these can be destroyed with the right firepower, to open up new paths.
Impaler is a game built for short play sessions. Over longer periods, its stark simplicity can't compete with other retro-style shooters. Clearly, though, it doesn't need to. The game's small price and tiny install footprint make it a proposition that is hard to turn down, and easy to keep around for whenever the right mood takes hold. In that sense, Impaler occupies a specific and worthwhile niche in the retro shooter ecosystem – high praise in these crowded times for the genre.
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Don Roberdeau was kind enough to give us permission to post his map of Dealey Plaza. He wants us to link to it so that people always see his latest updates.
Please give it time to load. Those who have seen it know it's huge. Those who haven't seen it will likely be awed. It's an incredible resource. Invaluable.
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I would like to make Don's map and your JFK time line a sticky so they are always easy to find. I think they are both indispensable to any researcher in this area.
Great idea Maggie. Yes, let's make Don's map a sticky. Thanks! I'm always downloading copies of it to my PC because I'm so afraid it'll disappear. I wonder how long it took him to create it. I know he's still working on it.
Oh, I should point out that while it has a Dealey Plaza map, it also has a lot of additional JFK-related material and data.
I'm still in the process of getting the time line ready. Do you think it should be a post in the JFK board or a link in the links menu?
By right-clicking and selecting Save Picture As, it is possible to save the map and other associated data to a drive.
The resultant 962-976K gif file can be opened in an image program and manipulated smoothly.
There is a vast amount of information here; it is an enormous resource.
Right, thanks for that tip Phil. Don's hard work has saved me so much time. That's the ideal, to build on the work of others so we can make progress.
Don did stipulate that we provide the link to his map though since he updates it and wants people to have the latest.
Don's map and diagram has been updated.


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'Big Little Lies' Season 2: Meryl Heads To Monterey
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The Queen of Hollywood ups the star power for the sophomore season of HBO's Big Little Lies.
Gay fever dreams do come true!
It was just announced that Meryl Streep will be joining the cast of the Big Little Lies Season 2. This is not a drill people. We have a reunion of two of the leads from The Hours. Someone get Julianne Moore's people on the phone.
Streep will play Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Alexander Skarsgard's departed Perry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary Louise is comes to the shore of Monterey in search of answers regarding her son's death, and she is concerned about the well-being of her twin grandchildren. Does this mean we are going to get a standoff between Streep and Nicole Kidman's Celeste?
In case you were living under a rock, Big Little Lies became a huge phenomenon for HBO in early 2017. It was originally created as a limited series, but due to its popularity, a second season is on its way. The initial season of Lies garnered 8 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The last time Streep was involved with an HBO production, it was the television adaptation of Angels in America, and she walked away with her second Emmy Award (her first was for Holocaust in 1978).
I have been a vocal opponent of the series continuing, but there is no way to stop the Big Little Lies train. Fingers crossed that it will remain a richly dramatic series, and it doesn't turn into HBO's version of Desperate Housewives.
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The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) has started training 130 data administrators from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for effective information management ahead of 2019 polls.
ECES' Project Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr Rudolf Elbling, who disclosed this at the opening of a three-day workshop in Kaduna, said the trainees were drawn from the 36 states of the federation.
Elbling, represented by Mr Samson Fadare, Consultant, Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC), said the training was part of efforts to harmonize all the information about the election monitoring units into a single body for effective service delivery.
"Today's workshop is strategic and critical to successful operations of the EMSC in all the INEC states offices, as it is targeted at building the capacity of data administrators for effective performance in discharging their duties.
"Your role as data administrators will determine the quality and timely availability of reports in line with the overall EMSC reporting frequencies.
"It is extremely important for data administrators to meet up with the reporting deadlines to achieve the goals and objectives of the EMSC in the build up to the 2019 general elections," Elbling said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports s that the centre had held a two-day EMSC workshop for INEC's Implementers in the North West Zone in Kaduna between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
According to the official, EMSC will continue to provide the tool that INEC requires to effectively manage its field assets, resources, constituencies and chains of electoral activities within the electoral cycle.
Earlier, the Special Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Muhammad Kuna, said the training would enable the data administrators to provide accurate information in preparations for the 2019 polls.
Kuna said the workshop was the fourth in the 54 training checklist lined up for the various categories of staff ahead of the 2019 polls.
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Jamba Juice's Mysterious "Dairy Base"
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Last week in the New York Times, Mark Bittman scolded McDonald's for turning something as inherently healthy as oatmeal into additive-laden junk food. This got me thinking about another "natural" item that fast-food chains have desecrated: the smoothie. I can make my own relatively low-calorie smoothie with three ingredients (fruit, ice, and skim milk) in my home blender. And yet fast food chains have somehow managed to mess up this simple task.
The bulletin board at the Jamba Juice near MoJo HQ welcomes customers with a colorful, friendly sign that reads, "We commit to bring you consistently great-tasting products made from simple, honest ingredients." The Jamba Juice website highlights its "natural energy from nutritious ingredients." Yet it's actually impossible to get a smoothie made with a base of plain old real milk: Only soy milk can be substituted for the frozen yogurt and sherbet in the "classic" smoothies, and the light smoothies are all made with a mysterious "dairy base" that contains the artificial sweetener Splenda.
I recently asked Jillian Shamoon, the general manager at the store, why good old-fashioned milk isn't an option. "Milk and fruit doesn't taste good together," Shamoon told me. "That's probably why." Riiight.
Then there's the fact that a typical medium-sized Jamba Juice smoothie—the Mango-a-go-go Classic—contains 400 calories. Most smoothies from other chains, including Tropical Smoothie and Smoothie King, have similarly high calorie counts. (At all three venues, most drinks range from about 250 to 600 calories.)
For a fast-food meal, 400 calories isn't too bad. "You certainly get some nutrients from it, although you're getting a lot of sugars too," says Alison Field, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on the epidemiology of weight gain. "If the question is: 'Are smoothies a better option than a Big Mac?' then the answer is definitely yes." (Big Macs contain 540 calories, gobs of saturated fat, and minimal nutritional value.)
The problem, Field says, is that most people aren't drinking smoothies as alternatives to meals. Instead, they're drinking them as snacks, or even with meals, as beverages. Gerry Chiaro is a marketing lecturer at Northwestern University and has worked as a marketing consultant for Tropical Smoothie, McDonalds, and Gatorade. He says getting consumers to regard smoothies as meals would be a tough sell. "Whether Jamba Juice intends to place [its smoothies] as a meal replacement or not, the consumer will perceive them as an on-the-go snack," Chiaro says.
The Jamba Juice website doesn't clearly position smoothies as either meals or snacks. However, it lists the smoothies together in one section, and puts the oatmeal, sandwiches, and "ideal meals" in another section. (The "ideal meals" are a mix of fruit, soymilk, yogurt and granola.)
Many "light" commercial smoothies contain artificial sweeteners—and customers often have to look very, very closely to discover that what they're eating or drinking does not contain the "simple, honest ingredients" they thought it did. The Jamba Light Smoothies site ("say sayonara, calories") and Jamba's "nutritional information" webpage contain no Splenda logo or complete ingredient list. Only by rolling a cursor over the names of the individual smoothies can discerning customers discover that "light" means artificial sweetener. "The website is certainly not making much of a mention of [the Splenda content]," says Chiaro.
The jury is still out on whether Splenda poses a health risk, but Field says she "doesn't see any reason" to consume artificial sweeteners because "people can change their diets in many ways to eat fewer calories." Moreover, recent studies suggest that people who consume artificial sweeteners, particularly in diet sodas, actually end up gaining more weight. "They think they've bought themselves some breathing room by drinking a diet soda instead of a regular soda, but then they eat more," Field says.
I found the tiny, circular Splenda logo next to the drink's name on the Jamba Light menu board difficult to see from the register. But general manager Shamoon thinks customers know about the Splenda content. She says, "The people who get them are customers who have always been getting the Jamba Lights, and it's always said Splenda."
I think I'll decline to join the ranks of the dyed-in-the-wool Splenda drinkers and stick to my homemade concoctions instead.
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Provence's Lavender Fields Are An Instragrammers Dream And A Visit Costs Just £100
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Keen influencers, and even just regular people with an eye for the perfect Instagram picture, are always after picturesque locations for holidays.
"Instagrammability" has become as much a factor in choosing our holiday destinations as cost, weather, and local activities, which is why the famous lavender fields in France's Provence region are quickly rivalling the likes of the Amalfi Coast and the beaches of Bali. And not only will you get the chance to build that sweet Instagram engagement (!), the location is surrounded by cultural gems, traditional food markets and stunning landscapes.
Chances are, even if you've never been to Provence, you've seen its lavender fields.
Each summer, the region of Provence in southeastern France is transformed into rolling hills of dusky purple, when the lavender blooms. It's the perfect chance for a natural, colourful shot - and a visit is remarkably affordable.
It'll cost you less than £100 to travel to Provence with Ryanair (from London). A word of warning, however: if you're planning on visiting, be careful not to be a bad tourist. That means no trampling the flowers, no selfie sticks in people's faces, and no disturbing the wildlife. The recent Super Bloom in Southern California saw an unprecedented amount of visitors thanks to Instagram, forcing the town to charge for entry and limit tourists. With all that in mind, here's how you can visit.
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Where are the lavender fields?
The main lavender fields of Provence are centred on, and to the north, of the Luberon and Valensole plateau regions to the north of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, and to the east of Avignon, with the flowering season in the lowlands being generally from mid June to early July, though it can vary slightly from year to year depending on rainfall and temperature.
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Higher up on the plateau, around the town of Sault for example, the colder weather means the blooming season is slightly later, i.e. roughly speaking from early July to early August.
When should I go?
The lavender blooms from mid June to early July, but we recommend you go in late June/early July to beat the school holiday crowds.
You can catch a flight for under £100 to Marseille with Ryanair, and from there an hour and a half in the car (or take a tour) to the beautiful Valensole Plateau, 800 square kilometres of beautiful, endless lavender fields. There are others, but that's a great - and massive - start.
What else do I do when I'm there?
Tons! Marseille is a port city on the coast, so if you stay there, there's always going to be something going on. The towns around the Valensole Plateau have lavender festivals and museums, but you might need to go later in the summer to get those. Whatever your plan, be sure to book any accommodation or tours early - it's going to get busy!
What if I can't make it?
Fret not! There are other lavender fields, even in the UK, that might prove a more reasonable alternative in a pinch. This Time Out guide to lavender fields in and around London is a great start.
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Liquor Moratorium Continues to Divide Community
By Hélène Goupil | Jun 14, 2012 | Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics | 42
Supervisor David Campos addresses community members at a public meeting on the Mission's liquor license ban
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Supervisor David Campos ended a heated discussion of the Mission's liquor license ban Wednesday by promising community members that they could find a middle ground.
"Co-existence is not an easy thing to do," Campos said. "The Mission is a very special place and we want this to be a place that works for everyone."
A discussion over possible changes to the 16-year-old moratorium on new liquor licenses turned into an argument between residents who say they don't want more alcohol in the neighborhood and business owners who say they need it to compete. Some argued that not allowing businesses to transfer licenses is the key issue with the moratorium.
The Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District was put in place in the mid-1990s, in part because residents were concerned about public drunkenness and crime.
Those concerns still hold true for many residents today.
Since the ban went into effect in 1996, data gathered from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shows that 156 restaurants have been licensed to sell beer and wine in the neighborhood, 39 restaurants obtained a full liquor license, two new bars have opened and three more stores sell beer and wine.
"The amount of alcohol already exceeds anywhere else," a man in the audience said. "We still have to live here. You have to think about the residents, not just the businesses."
"Just last night I had to call the cops," a woman said, explaining that she had to confront a drunk person on the street. "All I hear here is that you want to make a buck," she said to business owners at the meeting.
Business owners, on the other hand, said that the moratorium is penalizing responsible establishments.
Yaron Milgrom, owner of Local Mission Eatery and Local's Corner, said he has been having a difficult time opening a small market on Harrison and 23rd streets.
Supermarkets that are 5,000 square feet or more, such as Fresh & Easy, are exempt from the moratorium, he said. Milgrom's market is smaller and therefore falls under the ban. One of the owners of Valencia Whole Foods said his store has run into the same issue.
"Why are we supporting this?" he asked. "We need more markets to feed our families, and to offer a full meal is also to offer wine and beer."
Many business owners argued that transferring licenses should be allowed.
Jaime Maldonado, owner of La Victoria Bakery, wants to offer alcohol. His wife owns a bar in another neighborhood and would like to transfer the license, but the ban makes it difficult.
"We're trying to move into a new direction. We want a Latino-themed lounge and a coffee bar," he said.
Elixir would like to expand. Shea Shawson said the owner would like to open a lounge next door but hasn't been able because of the restrictions.
The moratorium currently doesn't allow a business with a liquor license to transfer within or into the neighborhood. However, a business owner who opens a "bona fide restaurant" — meaning that 50 percent of the sales are food — is exempt.
Erick Arguello, president of the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association, also wants to allow transfers.
"There's plenty out there," he said of the availability of alcohol in the neighborhood. He's concerned about the number of people who are intoxicated on 24th Street. Organizations that help people with alcohol addiction are packed, he said.
If the law is changed at all, Arguello said, it should be to allow transfers within the district.
Campos agreed: "I don't believe that we should eliminate [the moratorium]," he said, "but I do believe that there is some middle ground, especially with transfers."
For some in the audience, the discussion was more about a changing neighborhood than the amount of alcohol available.
"There's some essence of gentrification that we're not talking about here," a man said.
"We don't want more fancy restaurants and fancy cheese shops. You say you're serving the community, but what community are you serving here? Not ours."
"It's not about whites versus Hispanics," another man said. "The question is, what can we all do? Maybe it's about working together a little bit more."
No future meetings have been scheduled, but Mission Local will post an update if one is announced.
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marco	on June 14, 2012 at 9:11 am
RE: "We don't want more fancy restaurants and fancy cheese shops. You say you're serving the community, but what community are you serving here? Not ours."
One of the reasons all these restaurants are opening is because you need to open a restaurant to get a new liquor license!
Chris	on June 14, 2012 at 3:08 pm
I agree with you Suki. I will say this. The merchants wil listen to the gripes silently knowing that they will get their way after all is said and done.
I like a drink as much as the next guy but the argument for a modification seems to suggest that it is hard to find a drink in the Mission.
Look at all the establishments that allow patrons to drink outside while waiting for a table. If a liquor store across the street had a person drinking a beer from a bag there would be he'll to pay.
I have seen the changes in the Mission over the past three decades and am extremely knowledable about the historical perspective. A lot of the changes are food, but not all of them. This one is not good.
suki	on June 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
They wont get their way if people who want to see the ban stay in place continue to turn out.
suki	on June 14, 2012 at 9:29 am
Businesses moved here knowing there was a ban. I bet they figured they'ed argue with it once they got here.
That's not going to work.
Why should residents needs be pushed aside to increase a merchants bottom line?
Maddalena	on June 14, 2012 at 1:03 pm
And you probably moved here knowing that the Mission has a lot of bars and drinking. As a resident, my needs include markets that sell wine and yes, even bars.
Gee Madalena- you have easily 100 markets and stores to choose from. Go crazy!
P.S. I moved here for one reason: I could afford it.
Think about that for a while.
There was far less drinking back in the day compared to now. There were the dive bars which had far fewer patrons than today because no sensible person would dare enter.
A lot of people have lived in the Mission for more than twenty years and now this is accurate.
Go to North Beach on any weekend night. Is that what you dream of for the Mission?
North Beach isn't like that because of booze – it's like that because of the tourists living next door.
Nah. North is like that because of the booze and the tourists.
And we don't need more bars! Elixir wants to expand into what? A bigger bar? No thanks.
Bob	on June 14, 2012 at 10:59 am
Typical NIMBY attitude. Lots of people in the neighborhood want additional flexibility and more services, including the ability of small markets to succeed and yes, bars where appropriate.
mission bred	on June 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
don't you have anything better then NIMBY. Its so over used.
Typical lame retort. Come up with another word, please.
Maddalena	on June 14, 2012 at 12:57 pm
I live here and I love Elixir – which has been here since 1860-something btw. Bars, markets, restaurants, cafes improve the neighborhood. What would you have instead? Auto repair shops and deserted store fronts? Bar and restaurant patrons, even the drunk ones, create the foot traffic that keeps me safer when I walk home at night.
Kevin	on June 14, 2012 at 2:57 pm
The race comments are probably there because the ban was created when the drunks were mainly Hispanic. Now that more of the drunks are not Hispanic the ban somehow needs to be modified. The person who commented on empty storefronts is off base. Those businesses are closed because the old places could not afford the rents. Someone will be occupying them in no time flat.
Resident	on June 14, 2012 at 9:31 am
Prohibition didn't, and doesn't, work.
Don't understand the argument that somehow Hispanic vs White has anything to do with Alcohol vs No Alcohol.
This is no way near prohibition…
No one is talking about prohibition. We';re talking about keeping a ban in place, which, should our perspective prevail, will not affect the functioning of hundreds of alcohol-dispensing restaurants and bars and corner markets.They will still be in business.
It's funny how freaked out people get when they think their alcohol is going to be taken away from them.
MrEricSir	on June 14, 2012 at 9:55 am
In other words, our solution was a complete failure by every measure, so let's keep it up!
Reinonu	on June 14, 2012 at 1:05 pm
This is not true.
There have been dramatic improvements to the Mission with respect to the amount of public drunkeness and debauchery.
It's still a problem but there was a much bigger problem in 70's/80's.
MrEricSir	on June 14, 2012 at 1:37 pm
As someone who works on Capp St, can I ask what the hell you're smoking? I step over broken liquor bottles every day, needles, passed out crack heads… and you're telling me the problem is upscale restaurants serving liquor?
Kim	on June 14, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Sure…Capp st does have a problem near Sixteenth. Does that mean that all of the people who should know better get a pass . They are a large part of the problem.
Wrong….there are more drunks than ever. At least the previous generation of drunks passed out somewhere and didn't run around yelling….I'm wasted"
Charles	on June 14, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Do these community based types live above the bars? We all know these community based types live far from here and would not tolerate this nonsense in their neighborhoods.
Adam	on June 14, 2012 at 11:01 am
I hope these innovative, community-minded entrepreneurs prevail over these out dated laws.
If they were, they would not need to sell liquor to make money.
18th Street Resident	on June 14, 2012 at 11:28 am
in the midst of all this arguing about markets, bars, restaurants…whose gonna clean up the vomit that regularly appears on Valencia Street in the early mornings. Those of of us walking to BART, or work have to deal with that… it's gross and disgusting. It's one reason that we don't need more liquor licenses here.
People get all worked up over those who don't pick up after their dogs, yet somehow there's nothing said about the drunks that leave their mess for others to clean up. It's disgusting and does nothing make those of us who live and work here feel any better about those who want to open businesses that need liquor licenses.
I have idea: if you are so fussy, move to the suburbs. They are full of people like you.
Nah. That's an old solution that's resulted in suburban sprawl, which has, in turn resulted in the loss of critical habitat for endangered species, hugely negative impacts on air quality because of more cars on the road traveling longer distances to get to urban centers- all that stuff which intelligent city design and habitability policies seek to address.
In-fill is better idea. Deliberate density. And to compliment that, changed behaviors in cities should be the goal of Bay Area governments. That includes the impacts of alcohol on neighborhoods.
The San Francisco Dept.of Public Health is just one city agency among many in the nation that recognizes that noise is a by-product of uncontrolled entertainment/consumer industries like restaurants, bars, nightclubs, etc…and that it constitutes an environmental health hazard. And that it needs to be scrutinized (what are the sources of noise?)and discouraged.
We don't need to encourage people to leave cities. Nope. We need to enact city policies that work to make neighborhood environments livable.
This means low-cost housing, transit-oriented housing developments,pedestrian and bike-friendly streets and publicly endorsed and municipality enforced periods of calm and quiet.
No one should have to pay more money to get the rest they need from a party that never ends. Advising people to spend more money to gain a supposedly scarce resource like "quiet" in a sense gentrifies quiet. It puts serenity and rest only within reach of those who can afford it.
It's only unimaginative people like your self who want cities to maintain their old identities as 24/7 bacchanals and use out-dated terms like "nimby". Most of us live in the city because we can afford to do so.
Seeking common-sense solutions and policies to control noise and other behaviors that flow from unchecked and unexamined consumerist entertainment culture is the least we can do to protect the environment, both within the city and without.
Adam	on June 15, 2012 at 9:37 am
There are MANY other parts of San Francisco for those seeking more "calm and quiet". People from everywhere are attracted to the Mission's vitality and come here to dine and socialize. This fact provides enormous economic benefits by generating jobs for locals and revenue for a city struggling with deficits.
suki	on June 15, 2012 at 10:02 am
That's a rote response, Adam. It's like you flipped open a Sunset magazine and cut-n-pasted a paragraph from their write-up of the Mission.
Quiet neighborhoods in the Mission, huh? Where are they and how much? This is a trick question: I know- since I've lived here for 22 years- where the quiet neighborhoods are. They're more expensive. And these days, they're getting absorbed into Noe Valley.
But that's beside the point. People don't need to move to accommodate commercial interests. I have an apartment I can afford. Why would I? It isn't in my financial best interests.
"People from everywhere who are attracted to the Mission's vitality" are not likely to be turned off from coming into the Mission simply because of heated discussion in the comments section of newspapers,or community meetings OR by a ban on alcohol that's currently in place.
Look what we got now with the ban. And with this discussion. Lots of out or towners. Lot's of other city residents. Lot's of you term "vitality" and lots of what I and others see as detrimental to the livability of the neighborhood. It's in the eye of the beholder, you know?
Except the noise part. Go ahead and argue that uncontrolled noise is a health benefit. Go find the study that shows that. I'll be waiting.
To reflexively say that Mission residents who are organizing to get the response they need from city officials is anti-business(which is essentially your plaint) is a non-starter for an argument. It isn't my job to support businesses. And it overlooks and diminishes the dual nature of the Mission and by extension the city: it's both residential and commercial. Which one gets favored?
Perhaps Ingleside may work for you.
And perhaps not. I like my apartment, But thanks for your concern!
Please don't say that it's not your job to support business. Business tax revenue is second only to property tax revenue (which businesses also pay) as a source of city funding. This is completely unrelated to any discussion of liquor laws, a point on which we don't have to agree. But we must have successful businesses for the city to continue to provide services.
Look at the alcohol bases problems in Walnut Creek. It got so bad the hours of allowed alcohol sales were scaled back. Last I checked Walnut Creek which is the suburbs couldn't control the problem.
Living in the City doesn't mean it has to be the way you envision it.
Tom Ferriole	on June 14, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Mission district residents have every reason to be protective and concerned about the fragile vitality of their mixed-use residential neighborhoods. The progressive faction of the Board of Supervisors, including president David Chiu and David Campos, speak equally on behalf of business interests based primarily in profit from alcohol sales as they do for residents.
Campos is now carrying the "vodka" for businesses that don't like Special-Use District limitations on their alcohol-sale profiles. Campos doesn't like the limitations either and is positioning for a middle ground: alcohol sales will be expanded and residents will have to adjust to it (http://missionlocal.org/2012/06/liquor-moratorium-continues-to-divide-community/).
Mission residents aren't alone in essentially being stalked by radicals supporting alcohol-venue expansion. In the words of Entertainment Commissioner Audrey Joseph, San Francisco ought to be cranking 24/7.
Former EC president Joseph admitted to me that she lives in a district where no businesses are permitted.
David Chiu and Campos want your real estate…and they don't care whether you like it or not.
Tom, I couldn't agree more. Please see my rebuttal to David's "nimby" remark above.
Bob	on June 15, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Glad to hear you finally admit you are an anti-business NIMBY.
Charles	on June 16, 2012 at 1:25 am
I think it is more an anti drunk policy. This one trick pony of booze and food is boring. Any other innovative ideas out there?


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Q: Error Using CheckConstraint in Model.Meta along with Django GenericForeignKey - Joined field references are not permitted in this query I am trying to restrict GFK to be pointed to objects of a few models only, and I thought CheckConstraint will be a great way to do this, however I get this error
class ManualAdjustment(Model):
    content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(null=True)

    booking_obj = GenericForeignKey('content_type', 'object_id')
    # should point to a app1.Booking1 or app2.Booking2 or app3.Booking3 only - trying to enforce this via CheckConstraint

    class Meta:
        constraints = [
            models.CheckConstraint(
                check=
                Q(content_type__app_label='app1', content_type__model='booking1') |
                Q(content_type__app_label='app2', content_type__model='booking2') |
                Q(content_type__app_label='app3', content_type__model='booking3'),
                name='myconstraint_only_certain_models'),
        ]

Error I get on migrate
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 323, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py", line 30, in execute
    return super().execute(*args, **options)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 364, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py", line 64, in handle
    sql_statements = executor.collect_sql(plan)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 225, in collect_sql
    state = migration.apply(state, schema_editor, collect_sql=True)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/migration.py", line 124, in apply
    operation.database_forwards(self.app_label, schema_editor, old_state, project_state)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/operations/models.py", line 827, in database_forwards
    schema_editor.add_constraint(model, self.constraint)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 343, in add_constraint
    sql = constraint.create_sql(model, self)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/constraints.py", line 47, in create_sql
    check = self._get_check_sql(model, schema_editor)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/constraints.py", line 37, in _get_check_sql
    where = query.build_where(self.check)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 1296, in build_where
    return self._add_q(q_object, used_aliases=set(), allow_joins=False, simple_col=True)[0]
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 1312, in _add_q
    current_negated, allow_joins, split_subq, simple_col)
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 1318, in _add_q
    split_subq=split_subq, simple_col=simple_col,
  File "/Users/myuser/.virtualenvs/xenia371/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 1199, in build_filter
    raise FieldError("Joined field references are not permitted in this query")
django.core.exceptions.FieldError: Joined field references are not permitted in this query

Any clue on how to solve this? I have used GFK before but with new checkconstraint it actually now can be a nicely error-safe way, if I could get this to migrate
Thanks

A: It is not possible to achieve this using the CheckConstraint functionality. Django translates all ORM commands to the low level DB specific commands, and such constraint creation isn't possible even on the DB level. In fact, we can apply CheckConstraint to a single row being added/updated only.
The note in documentation on PostgreSQL says:

PostgreSQL does not support CHECK constraints that reference table data other than the new or updated row being checked. While a CHECK constraint that violates this rule may appear to work in simple tests, it cannot guarantee that the database will not reach a state in which the constraint condition is false (due to subsequent changes of the other row(s) involved). This would cause a database dump and reload to fail. The reload could fail even when the complete database state is consistent with the constraint, due to rows not being loaded in an order that will satisfy the constraint. If possible, use UNIQUE, EXCLUDE, or FOREIGN KEY constraints to express cross-row and cross-table restrictions.
If what you desire is a one-time check against other rows at row insertion, rather than a continuously-maintained consistency guarantee, a custom trigger can be used to implement that. (This approach avoids the dump/reload problem because pg_dump does not reinstall triggers until after reloading data, so that the check will not be enforced during a dump/reload.)

So, the only way to introduce desired constrains is using db triggers. You can create empty migration and add DB trigger into it.


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At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon, protest
by: GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press
Posted: Aug 17, 2019 / 04:06 AM GMT-0500 / Updated: Aug 18, 2019 / 04:04 AM GMT-0500
A road closure sign is seen in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in advance of a rally as the city prepares for crowds. In the past week, authorities in Portland have arrested a half-dozen members of right-wing groups on charges related to violence at previous politically motivated rallies as the liberal city braces for potential clashes between far-right groups and self-described anti-fascists who violently oppose them. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.
Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. They were largely successful.
"This was a dynamic event with demonstrators frequently moving from one part of the city to another," Mayor Ted Wheeler said at an evening news conference.
As of early afternoon, most of the right-wing groups had left the area via a downtown bridge. Police used officers on bikes and in riot gear to keep black-clad, helmet- and mask-wearing anti-fascist protesters — known as antifa — from following them.
But hundreds of people remained downtown and on nearby streets, and there were skirmishes throughout the day. Police declared a gathering of mostly left-wing protesters near Pioneer Courthouse Square a "civil disturbance" and told people to leave.
Police spokeswoman Lt. Tina Jones at one point said there were about 1,200 on the streets, but that number fell throughout the day. Six people suffered minor injuries.
The events began late Saturday morning. Flag-waving members of the Proud Boys, Three Percenters militia group and others gathered downtown, some also wearing body armor and helmets. Police said they had seized the weapons, including shields, from multiple groups as they assembled along the Willamette River, which runs through the city.
More than two dozen local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, were in the city for the right-wing rally. Portland Police said all of the city's 1,000 officers would be on duty for the gathering that was hyped on social media and elsewhere for weeks.
President Donald Trump weighed in early Saturday, writing on Twitter that "Portland is being watched very closely … Hopefully the Mayor will be able to properly do his job."
He also wrote that "major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an 'ORGANIZATION of TERROR.'"
But it wasn't immediately clear what he meant by that as there's no mechanism for the United States government to declare a domestic organization a terror group.
Wheeler responded to the president's tweet in an interview with CNN, saying, "frankly, it's not helpful."
At the evening news conference Wheeler tied the demonstrations to "a rising white nationalist movement."
"We're certainly seeing that play out. … Portland being a very progressive community is always going to be at or near ground zero of this battle," Wheeler said.
The self-described anti-fascists had vowed to confront the right-wing rally, while leaders from the far right urged their followers to turn out in large numbers to protest the arrests of six members of right-wing groups in the run-up to the event.
Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson, who organized similar rallies in 2017 and 2018 that erupted in clashes, surrendered Friday on an arrest warrant for felony rioting. He was at a confrontation that broke out on May 1 outside a bar where antifa members had gathered after a May Day demonstration.
In a video he livestreamed on Facebook, Gibson accused the police of playing politics by arresting him but not the masked demonstrators who beat up conservative blogger Andy Ngo at a June 29 rally that drew national attention.
A video of that attack went viral and led the Proud Boys, who have been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, to organize Saturday's event.
Police continue to investigate several incidents from clashes on May 1 and June 29 and are politically neutral, Jones said.
Authorities had asked residents not to call 911 unless it's a life-threatening emergency and to stay away from the heart of downtown.
Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw said authorities tried to keep everyone safe and allow people to exercise their free speech rights.
"Today was a long and arduous day," Outlaw said at the news conference. "The disruptions were held to a very small area of downtown Portland."
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Judiciary couple's case: Testimonies given on luxury car purchases
Fadley Faisal
Evidence from bankers concluded yesterday, which continued with testimonies surrounding luxury car purchases in the prosecution's case against Ramzidah binti Pehin Datu Kesuma Diraja Colonel (Rtd) Haji Abdul Rahman and Haji Nabil Daraina bin Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin in the High Court.
A bank teller from Bank A confirmed processing a deposit transaction of BND291,000 into the defendants' joint account, consisting of 12 pieces of BND10,000 notes, 60 pieces of BND1,000 notes, 142 pieces of BND500 notes and 400 pieces of BND100 notes.
The cash deposit was made on December 4, 2015, with funds which were claimed to be sourced from 'home savings'.
According to the BND10,000 report submitted to Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD), the deposit was made by Ramzidah.
On March 17, 2016, another bank teller from the same bank processed a cash deposit of BND300,000, consisting of 30 pieces of BND10,000 notes, which were claimed to be derived from the 'share of the sale of property owned by parents' and also 'sales of car'.
Accordingly, the depositor's information was keyed into the bank's BND10,000 report and was reflected to be made by Haji Nabil Daraina. It was suggested by Simon Farrell, QC that the only reason why Haji Nabil Daraina's name was keyed into the report was because his name appeared first before Ramzidah's name in the bank account, to which the witness agreed.
On re-examination by Jonathan Caplan, QC for prosecution, he clarified that the name entered into the report was based on the identification card handed over to him.
Evidence produced by Bank A's teller also showed that Ramzidah made an application for an overseas remittance in the amounts of GBP100,000 (approximately BND170,000) in December 2016 and GBP150,000 (approximately BND255,000), in December 2017.
The teller processed the transaction, and the amounts were remitted to the defendants' joint account in a bank in the United Kingdom.
CCTV extracts were played in court. One was a clip between 12.35am to 12.37am on June 9, 2017, showing what the prosecution says is Haji Nabil Daraina depositing money into the cash deposit machine (CDM) of Bank A.
Another clip then showed both defendants depositing cash into two separate CDMs at Bank A on December 8, 2017, between 6.10pm and 6.16pm. The last clip showed the two defendants depositing cash into a CDM at Bank A between 12.50am and 12.56am on December 10, 2017. The prosecution later produced witnesses from several car dealers, when the trial resumed in the afternoon.
A previous sales manager of Car Dealer A gave evidence regarding the sales of four luxury vehicles to the defendants.
Evidence suggests that Haji Nabil Daraina purchased Luxury Car A in April 2014 for BND139,000 which was paid for with cash, cheques and debit card.
Luxury Car B was purchased from Car Dealer A by Ramzidah for BND176,000 in January 2015, which was largely paid in cash, with BND6,000 paid using credit card.
Two months later in March 2015, Haji Nabil Daraina bought Luxury Car C for BND217,800.
The payment was made using credit card for the amount of BND10,000 and the remaining BND207,800 in cash in the following month by Haji Nabil Daraina.
According to Farrell, both defendants were present at the showroom when the cash was being paid. He further argued that it was Ramzidah who handed over the cash.
The witness could not remember who handed over the cash but he recalled that normally it would be Haji Nabil Daraina conducting the dealings of car purchases with him. The last car purchased by Haji Nabil Daraina was a custom order for Luxury Car D. He paid for the car in full by December 2016, with BND128,000 in cash and the remaining BND55,000 by cheque.
A sales executive, currently employed at Car Dealer B, testified in court regarding the purchase of four luxury cars by the defendants.
In October 2012, Ramzidah purchased Luxury Car E for the price of BND265,000. She paid a booking fee of BND35,000 using a cheque, and subsequently in March 2013 paid the remaining BND230,000 in cash.
In June 2017, she purchased Luxury Car F for the amount of BND93,000. She paid for the car in cash, which according to the sales executive, was kept in an envelope. The payment was made in BND500 and BND10,000 notes.
On the other hand, Haji Nabil Daraina purchased Luxury Car G in August 2012, for BND95,000. He paid cash in the amount of BND20,000 and also by cheque in the amount of BND25,000, in May 2014. He paid the balance of BND50,000 by way of hire purchase.
Sometime in October 2014, Haji Nabil Daraina purchased Luxury Car H for BND335,000. He paid BND69,000 by cheque as a booking fee for the car.
A few days later, he paid BND31,000 in cash as part payment of the car. The car only arrived in Brunei after a year, as it was a special edition and had to be pre-ordered. The remaining BND235,000 was paid in cash in October 2015.
During cross-examination, Farrell showed screenshots of WhatsApp messages between the witness from Car Dealer B and Ramzidah. The messages discussed arrangements for surprising Haji Nabil Daraina on his birthday in 2014. The witness also assisted Ramzidah in the purchase of a registration number for Luxury Car I, a new vehicle purchased from Car Dealer C.
The registration number was bought for BND3,500. A photograph showing the witness with Haji Nabil Daraina and two others was also shown, purportedly taken on Haji Nabil Daraina's birthday, when the car was collected from the showroom.
Justice Gareth John Lugar-Mawson ordered for the trial to continue today, with evidence from the salesman of Car Dealer C.
Caplan and Deputy Public Prosecutors Hajah Suhana binti Haji Sudin, Hajah Suriana binti Haji Radin, Dayangku Didi-Nuraza binti Pengiran Haji Abdul Latiff and Muhammad Qamarul Affyian bin Abdul Rahman appeared for the Public Prosecutor.
Farrell and Sheikh Noordin Sheikh Mohammad represented the defendants.
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El condado de Lafayette (en inglés: Lafayette County), fundado en 1820, es uno de 114 condados del estado estadounidense de Misuri. En el año 2000, el condado tenía una población de 32,960 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 20 personas por km². La sede del condado es Mount Vernon. El condado recibe su nombre en honor al Marqués de La Fayette.

Geografía
Según la Oficina del Censo, el condado tiene un área total de , de la cual  es tierra y  (1.49%) es agua.

Condados adyacentes
 Condado de Ray (noroeste)
 Condado de Carroll (noreste)
 Condado de Saline (este)
 Condado de Johnson (sur)
 Condado de Jackson (oeste)
 Condado de Pettis (sureste)

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo en 2000, los ingresos medios por hogar en el condado eran de $38,235, y los ingresos medios por familia eran $45,717. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $31,972 frente a los $22,684 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para el condado era de $18,493. Alrededor del 8.80% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

Transporte

Carreteras principales
  Interestatal 70
  U.S. Route 24
  U.S. Route 40
  Ruta 13
  Ruta 23
  Ruta 131
  Ruta 224

Localidades

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Lafayette County Website